Everyone Wants Me Dead: The Villain Lord's Survival Diary

Chapter 68 – Please insert a coin first

The first-tier units all seemed quite appealing, each with a melee and a ranged configuration, and their prices were roughly the same.

Only the units from the Shadow Guild and the Graveyard had some price differences.

The assassins and crossbowmen from the Shadow Guild were priced at 150 points plus 5 gold coins each. These units were clearly not meant for the battlefield but rather for sabotage behind enemy lines.

The recruitment cost for skeleton soldiers was only 25 Villain Points, likely because skeleton soldiers were too fragile, being nothing but bones.

After much consideration, Sylvie ultimately chose the Outpost, not because the Beastfolk infantry weren't strong, nor because the Shadow Guild's assassins weren't cool.

Firstly, he was still within the Human Empire, surrounded by enemies, so it was best not to act too conspicuously.

Secondly, only the units from the Outpost came with armor and weapons. Sylvie calculated that if these system soldiers died in battle, the armor could still be used by regular soldiers.

Once he became more prosperous, he planned to indulge in all the options.

"System, exchange for the Outpost."

"Ding! Outpost exchanged. Current remaining Villain Points: 30,450. The Outpost requires a location to materialize. Would you like to materialize it now?"

Sylvie quickly chose no.

If it materialized, having a barracks building stacked on the castle's rooftop balcony would be quite the sight.

"Master... um... hug..."

Suddenly, Loli's sleepy murmur came from beside him. He thought the little maid had woken up, but looking down, he realized she was just talking in her sleep.

Sylvie smiled slightly, hugged the little maid a bit tighter, and pressed his face against her soft, fair cheek, falling into a deep sleep with her.

...

The next day, the sun was shining brightly, and the sky was clear.

Loli, wearing a beautiful maid's dress, walked thoughtfully into Roye's room.

"What did Master mean this morning?"

"Warming the bed is one thing, but why did he insist that Loli pretend to be unwilling tonight and resist loudly?"

The little maid shook her head in confusion, deciding to ask the sisters on Mrs. Chris's side later. Those sisters knew everything and could surely help her solve the mystery.

She was there to observe Roye's condition. From her master, she already knew that the poor girl before her was the Demi-human Saintess.

But Loli didn't feel much about it. In the past, she might have been thrilled and excited to meet the Saintess.

However, now, aside from being with her master and working at the clinic, nothing else made her particularly happy.

On the contrary, her heart was filled more with vigilance and fear.

The room was eerily silent, with only Loli standing in thought and the unconscious Saintess lying on the bed.

"Will she take Master away?"

Loli murmured to herself, her usually gentle and bright eyes appearing somewhat hollow and gloomy at this moment.

"No... I can't..."

"Master is mine, Loli's. Without Master, Loli would die... Loli doesn't want to die. Loli wants to be with Master for a long, long time..."

"And have many, many adorable children with Master..."

"I can't let her take Master away."

Loli's hesitant and timid expression suddenly turned a bit hysterical.

"As long as I can always be with Master..."

"Even if it means killing, Loli would..."

She looked coldly at the Saintess on the bed, leaned down, and gently placed her warm little hand on Roye's neck, gradually tightening her grip.

Roye's fair face gradually turned red, and soon a pained expression appeared due to suffocation.

"No..."

"I can't do this."

Loli murmured, withdrawing her hand from the Saintess's neck.

"If I do this... Master will hate me..."

"If Master hates me... then what's the point of Loli living?"

Loli looked at Roye, whose furrowed brows were gradually relaxing, with a complex expression, then began using her own power to adjust Roye's body.

"Actually, Loli can't serve Master well on her own..."

"So I just need to make sure she can't take Master away."

Thinking this, the little maid controlled two forces to penetrate deep into Roye's body.

One force, without Roye's defense, successfully embedded itself in the depths of her soul, while the other wrapped around her heart.

"This should do it..."

The force lurking in the depths of Roye's soul would gradually merge with her as she comprehended the Breath of the Wilds, making her feel close to Loli and not harbor any harmful thoughts.

If something Loli didn't want to see happened in the future, the second force would serve as a backup.

The little maid felt a small sense of pride in her cleverness at that moment, a bright smile appearing on her lips, and her eyes regaining their bright and gentle look.

"Time to polish Master's helm~"

"After polishing the helm, off to the clinic~"

The little maid murmured softly, leaving Roye's room with a cheerful smile, her steps light as she disappeared down the corridor.

Not long after Loli left, Roye, lying on the bed, suddenly opened her eyes.

Those eyes were hollow and insane, reflecting a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, filled with astonishing killing intent.

"I... I survived..."

In the quiet room, her hoarse and difficult murmur echoed.

...

In the castle's back garden.

Sylvie stood in front of a three-story-high Outpost, touching it here and there, his face full of curiosity and exploration for the new thing.

"So, System, can I go inside and take a look?"

"Ding! This building was materialized to deceive others; its interior is just a simple teleportation array."

"Can I see the other side of the array?"

The system remained silent, as if it had crashed.

"Can I? Can I, System?"

"Ding! No, this is a one-way teleportation array and does not have two-way teleportation capabilities."

"Oh," Sylvie shook his head in disappointment. He was really just curious about how the system created these system soldiers.

Could it be cloning technology?

Suppressing his doubts, Sylvie decided to summon a few system soldiers to try them out.

"System, summon five Crusaders and five Sharpshooters for me."

"Ding! Please insert coins, Host."

As the system's robotic voice echoed in his mind, a metal slot extended from the Outpost's entrance.

Sylvie: "..."

"Insert... coins?"

"Quite advanced, huh? I thought it would just deduct from me directly."

Sylvie grinned, picked up the bag of coins he had prepared from the stone table behind him, and tossed it into the metal slot.

The metal slot slowly retracted, making a strange "ka-ka" sound. Then, the slot extended again, "spitting" the coin bag onto the ground with a "poof."

Sylvie: "..."

After waiting for a moment, a group of strong, armored soldiers with helms, looking almost identical, opened the Outpost door and stood neatly in front of Sylvie.

"My Lord!"

The soldiers moved in unison, their voices loud, placing one hand on their chests and bowing to Sylvie in salute.