Even the soldiers present were clapping. It was clear to them what Cheng Yang ant. With the Imperial Guard patrolling the walls, they wouldnt have to waste ti clearing the occasional monsters at the wall while everyone else earned Experience Fragnts in the wilderness.
At first, no one had complained since it was necessary to keep the civilians safe and earn Experience Fragnts for the village. Now that soone else had co to handle that burden, no one was willing to share it.
I hope that everyone will treat these brave soldiers with the respect. they deserve, Cheng Yang said with a smile. As the crowd began to disperse, Cheng Yang led the Imperial Guard to the entrance of the Blood Soaked Cathedral.
Xue Yu, are mbers of the Imperial Guard allowed to enter instance dungeons? Cheng Yang asked.
My Lord this! How canWhy is this here? When Xue Yu saw the entrance to the Blood Soaked Cathedral, she was shocked, My Lord, how can an instance dungeon be this deep inside the territory?
Cheng Yang cocked his head to the side. Is it that strange?
In my dinsion instance dungeons would only be on the very outskirts of large territories. There was no way to bring them in purposefully, instead you needed to wait until the border of the territory naturally enveloped it. Even the- Xue Yu flinched, My point is Ive never seen one just a few feet from the Territory Altar.
Your dinsion? Cheng Yang asked, What happened to it?
Im sorry my Lord but that information isnt sothing Im allowed to share with you. Entering your dinsion binds us to the will of god so we cant give too much information to new- Xue Yu flinched again.
Dont force yourself, I understand. Hed heard rumors in his past life but now he had confird it. The store managers and the Imperial Guard mbers werent from this world. However, since prying further didnt seem like it would work, Cheng Yang filed that information away for later. So, can you use the instance dungeon or not?
Xue Yu nodded. As long as the instance dungeon is within the territory, we can enter.
Wonderful! Hayashi, Sumin. Both of you will enter a separate Hard Difficulty instance. Although the Boss in this difficulty level is an Elite Pinnacle Grade monster theres an easy way to defeat it
Then Cheng Yang told them how to utilize the environnt hack to beat the boss.
Even if they had just arrived in this world, Cheng Yang was certain the Imperial Guard mbers had even more combat experience than he did. As long as they used his special clearing thod there wouldnt be anything to worry about.
My Lord, let go in too! Xue Yu exclaid.
Absolutely not, a Warrior isnt capable of beating the Boss. A one on one fight is too dangerous so I wont allow it.
My Lord, you dont need to worry about . If I couldnt even beat a pathetically weak Pinnacle Grade Immature monster how could I dare to claim I can protect Phoenix Village? IF you can get so equipnt and potions Ill be able to defeat it easily. Even if I wasnt bestowed the power of an Elite by you Id still be capable of completing this task. Xue Yu insisted.
Fine. Cheng Yang couldnt refuse the young woman who was staring at him so intensely, Ill allow you to try but dont force it. If you cant handle the Boss just climb up the tree and wait for the instance to ti out.
Thank you for your trust my Lord. Xue Yu said with a bow. Even though she hid her excited smile, Cheng Yang could tell she wasnt taking his reminder seriously.
Cheng Yang sighed internally. Hopefully Xue Yu wouldnt get herself killed.
Cheng Yang gave her a stipend to buy potions with before going to track down Liu Hau. He had made sure his best friends had the best warrior equipnt on the village. Although Liu Haus set wasnt as good as his, it was far better than anyone else in the village.
It just so happened that Liu Haus brigade was training at the mont so Cheng Yang was able to borrow his equipnt to give to Xue Yu.
Once she had changed, Xue Yu imdiately followed the other two mbers of the Imperial Guard into the Blood Soaked Cathedral. Having been given high quality equipnt, she wasnt able to hide her blood lust any longer.
With that taken care of, Cheng Yang checked the state of the territories resources. Although earned Experience Fragnts for himself was important, the growth of the territory was what he really cared about.
When he check the system pane, Cheng Yang found that the territory only had a pitiful one thousand four hundred Experience Fragnts. Now that all of the class change statues were level three, the daily expenses for the territory were enormous. If it wasnt for the newly founded Imperial Guard being able to clear the Hard Difficulty of the Blood Soaked Cathedral, it would be impossible to keep up with the research costs. Once he hired another two mbers, the Imperial Guard would be the source of more almost two thirds of the Experience Fragnts earned each day.
Even if he had a few hundred more soldiers, there wasnt another way for Phoenix Village to earn even half of the Experience Fragnts the Imperial Guard could.
Next, Cheng Yang personally appraised civilians in order to find people that made suitable Priests. Now that the Priest class change statue was high grade, Phoenix Village could employ more than fifty Priests. This would allow each brigade to have ten.
Finally, Cheng Yang had to decide what to build today. The first thing he did was build a private Standard Grade ditation Hall for himself. Although he felt a little bad doing so while more than two thirds of his soldiers had to sleep outside, he knew that following Old Lees advice and distancing himself from his citizens was a good thing.
Using the remaining wood, Cheng Yang built another six Low Grade ditation Halls. This brought the total number of houses up to a asly sixty four.
Right now there wasnt anything Cheng Yang could do to build houses any faster. Now that all of the nearby trees had been felled, wood production was falling. Alas, this was one of the barriers to progress every territory would have to deal with.
Unable to do anything else, Cheng Yang left Phoenix Village to go hunting.
As he fought, Cheng Yang couldnt help but worry about his current state. Recruiting his Elite Imperial Guard mbers had totally cleared out his savings. If he wasnt about to find enough monsters today, he might have to go back to eight tis training speed. Although it wouldnt be an enormous loss, it was critical that he maintain his advantage over others. If he wasnt strong enough, how could he protect his friends and the civilians that depended on him?
Also, although the Imperial Guard didnt need Experience Fragnts to train, leveling up their skills was going to be difficult. Even with the added bonus of being able to use an instance dungeon, it would take days or even weeks for their skill levels to catch up with their experience.
Since Cheng Yang was a diligent and hardworking man, it was natural that he would be worried about Phoenix Village. He had taken up the heavy responsibility of being a Lord and now he needed to prove that he deserved it. Protecting Phoenix Village wasnt just Cheng Yangs duty, but sothing he wholly desired.
No matter what challenges he had to face, the important thing was to never back down.
Over the past few days, Cloud City had gradually stabilized.
The army, under the command of Yuan Jianzhe, had taken control of the city in just three days. During that ti they were able to save almost fifty thousand civilians. Unlike the haphazard rescue operations of the Phoenix Village soldiers, the army used historical data to evacuate the most heavily populated areas first.
But as civilians fled to the safe zone, trouble followed.
First of all, with so many people there was no way to avoid food shortages. Several people almost died, but with the help of so brave soldiers, the army was able to discern which monsters were safe to eat. However, with so few soldiers able to focus on hunting, there was only so much at they could gather in a day.
Secondly, so crafty refugees had begun to create cults using the events of the past few days as proof of their gods. The doctrines they had created spread like wildfire. It was all Yuan Jianzhe could do to stop his soldiers from being indoctrinated.
Finally, groups of refugees advocating fairness and freedom began to speak. They criticized Yuan Jianzhe and his control over the class change statues. They demanded that he let the public choose a class instead of hoarding it for his soldiers. Although it was obviously started by powerful groups looking to take advantage of the situation, the sentint was quickly picked up by normal civilians as well.
These problems gave Yuan Jianzhe a headache but he couldnt bring himself to use the army to silence dissent. He wasnt willing to throw away old world values. Yet.
The food shortage was temporarily solved by looting supermarket warehouses and buying food from the Grocery. Even so, food was strictly rationed to the public. Most civilians would get just two bowls of soup a day.
In order to deal with the cults, Yuan Jianzhe enacted several asures to suppress their growth. Any person found trying to gather followers was banned from receiving food and those that created them were imprisoned. Although it helped sowhat, there was no way to stop an idea.
As for the final issue, Yuan Jianzhe caved and allowed civilians to use the class change statues.
Although it may have seed like a rash decision, he needed to preserve the armys strength. Over the last few days, casualties had been piling up. His soldiers didnt have the combat experience or the numbers to win every fight.
It would allow other groups to gain power in the city but, they would be pressed into military service under the sa restrictions as the soldiers. Those rallying against tyranny would be pleased, the army wouldnt face as many casualties and there would be more people available to gather food.
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