novelraw Chapter 38 I want the orcs dead!
Chapter 38 I want the orcs dead!
The battle ended quickly; a mere few dozen goblins were nothing more than walking experience packs in front of the players.
With a dozen or so players working together, the goblins were wiped out in less than a breath.
However, no one was happy after the battle, because the tragic state of those wooden houses was too much for the players to bear.
"What should we do, Boss Huang? There are still some NPCs alive." The leveling team leader couldn't help but ask. He was currently serving Huang Tian, so he passed the question on to him.
"..."
After pondering for a moment, Huang Tian had some ideas in mind.
"Bury the dead somewhere nearby. Try to communicate with the living first, then send them back to Blackwater City!"
No one objected to Huang Tian's idea, or rather, everyone approved of this arrangement.
When they came into this world as heroes and were given the mission of making humanity great again, they unconsciously immersed themselves in the role.
"Boss, let us handle those girls! They're all girls, so maybe we can get along better with them!"
Zhang Houtu, along with the only three female players in the Starry Sky team besides her, volunteered to take on the responsibility of caring for those poor girls.
Huang Tian did not refuse. Although Zhang Houtu seemed a bit carefree, he was actually quite good at taking care of people.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for the other person to simultaneously hold the positions of secretary, bodyguard, and girlfriend.
Four female players went to look after the poor NPC girls, while the rest of the team continued to wander around the abandoned village, hoping to make some unexpected discoveries.
Inside the house with half the roof collapsed, Zhang Houtu saw the three surviving NPC girls. They were wrapped in several large pieces of clothing and looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old. However, they were dazed and had no energy in their eyes due to inhuman torture.
No matter how Zhang Houtu and the other female players tried to communicate, the other party remained unresponsive, like a soulless shell.
The female players didn't know what they could do until Zhang Houtu looked at the pitiful girls and said in the gentlest tone, "It's alright, it's all over! The great God of Light has returned and is leading humanity toward the future that everyone longs for."
"The Holy Throne of Light, has He returned to save humanity?"
A girl asked in a hoarse voice.
Her voice trembled slightly, filled with inexplicable fear. She seemed afraid of a negative answer, but fortunately, Zhang Houtu gave an affirmative one.
"Yes, but He is not the Holy Throne of Light, but the successor of the Holy Throne of Light, the God of Light, Ai, the protector of mankind, the establisher of order. He will lead all mankind to the future they hope for, and He will protect all mankind who have hope in their hearts."
Upon hearing Zhang Houtu's answer, the girl fell silent.
She didn't know how much time had passed when she suddenly choked up and finally burst into tears, and all the girls followed her and cried loudly.
After an unknown amount of time, the girls finally calmed down and began to tell their origins.
The first girl to cry was named Ling, a pure-blooded human.
They were born into a city ruled by orcs, and were among the lowest and most inferior humans in the city.
They are not allowed to have wealth, power, or even themselves.
She was a slave, a talent whose body and soul belonged to others, something to be raised and bought and sold like livestock.
He lived in a daze, unaware of why he was alive, existing only as a servant of those orcs.
That was a life like purgatory.
But it was during those hellish days that she came into contact with people who were trying to rebel against the orcs and to make humans more like humans.
They also learned about humanity's glorious past from those people, and about the existence of the "Holy Throne of Light".
Under the guidance of those people, she finally found faith and prayed for the return of that great being.
Not long ago, that group of people seemed to have heard news of the resurrection of the God of Light.
He then used all his accumulated power to send Ling and a group of ordinary humans out of that hellish city and escort them to the holy land where the God of Light resides.
But in the end, they were caught up by the orcs.
Some were killed by the orcs, while others were lucky enough to escape.
However, escaping the orcs' pursuit does not mean that the danger is over.
Ling is just like that.
Without any power, she and her companions had no ability to survive in the wild.
Even the lowest-ranking goblins rendered them powerless to resist.
Later, they were brutally slaughtered, and the players came to their rescue.
Under Zhang Houtu's questioning, Ling revealed the approximate location of the city she escaped from. However, after comparison by the players, it was determined that this city was not the one Caesar had escaped from.
Instead, it was another city called "Kolster".
Immediately afterwards, a mission popped up in front of all members of the Starry Sky Team.
Side Quest - Kolster - Part 1
[Mission Description: Through Ling's account, you discovered the existence of the orc city of "Kolster"]
[Mission Objective: Complete the exploration of the inner city of Kolster]
[Level Requirement: None]
Failure Condition: None
[Number of participants: Unlimited]
[Task Rewards: 5000 Contribution Points, Bronze-level Promotion Qualification Ticket x1, Random Item x1]
【Whether to accept】
【whether】
"A new city, and with the qualification for bronze-level promotion, who would have thought there would be unexpected gains!"
Seeing the pop-up task, Huang Tian excitedly said something and clicked "Yes" to accept the task.
Then Ms. Zhang Houtu suddenly spoke up.
"Boss, I want to kill all the orcs! Those despicable orcs!"
"good!"
Although he didn't understand why Ms. Zhang Houtu's thinking had jumped to this point, Huang Tian nodded and looked at the other members of the Starry Sky Team, asking, "Did you all hear that?"
"Yes, sir! Kill all the orcs! Kill all the orcs!"
The crowd shouted in unison, perhaps genuinely immersing themselves in the game characters, or perhaps simply not wanting to let down their salaries.
Huang Tian arranged for four players to send those poor NPCs to Blackwater City.
After all, they couldn't just let these NPCs fend for themselves. Since they had offered to help, they would naturally help them to the end.
Even if given the right direction, these NPCs who can't even defeat goblins probably wouldn't survive to reach their goal.
As for the remaining people, after carefully inspecting the entire dilapidated village and finding nothing unexpected, they continued their original goal and headed towards the orc city of "Kolster".
Along the way, you'll encounter monsters from time to time.
However, at this moment, the Starry Sky Team lacks a lot of experience to level up.
The group walked around, stopping frequently to fight monsters and rest, without encountering any further unexpected events.
After about two game days, Huang Tian finally emerged from the dense forest and immediately saw the city nestled on the horizon, resembling a coiled black dragon.
Colster.
Arrived.