Chapter 182: 182、End of the first phase of Tina’s line_1
Translator: 549690339
A second after receiving the game notification, Su Yu received another game prompt:
“Ding, congratulations on obtaining the [Experience Crystal Stone]. You can check the item details in your backpack.”
He opened his backpack and found an additional [Experience Crystal Stone] filling its last empty slot.
The Crystal Stone was a transparent stone, which when materialized was the size of a pebble in his hand.
[Experience Crystal Stone (Special Item)]
Current stored Experience Points: 324.
Description: Once your level reaches the version limit, any experience points earned are stored in this Crystal Stone and can be used directly when the next expansion is released.
Su Yu had never heard of this [Experience Crystal Stone].
In his past life, a few players reached the level cap in the first and second expansions, just tens of people in the entire “Chinese server”.
None of the later expansions let any player reach the level cap, so few people knew about the [Experience Crystal Stone], and hence Su Yu had never heard of it.
As players completed their quests one after another, the Experience Points accumulating in the [Experience Crystal Stone] became more and more, and the transparent stone in Su Yu’s hand grew larger and larger.
In the end, the number of the Crystal Stone stopped at “16234”, the size of the stone increased from that of a pebble to that of an apple.
Su Yu tossed the transparent “apple” in his hand and a weird thought suddenly crossed his mind, “With all the experience I will accumulate in this version, could I eventually form a small mountain-sized Crystal Stone and use it to smash people?”
However, he didn’t dwell on this thought for long and soon put it aside.
By now, the entire battle had come to a complete end.
Players, brandishing their gear, returned to their cities, boasting to their friends with satisfaction;
Tina and most of the unicorn knights, taking a large batch of seized goods, bandit prisoners, and Lake’s corpse returned to Orleans City;
Su Yu stayed at the bandit camp along with the remaining 50 unicorn knights to handle the aftermath.
The [Red Ridge Bandit Camp] had been operating for three years, and it was not only bandits inside, but a large number of elderly, weak, women and children, craftsmen, and enslaved were also seized.
The unicorn knights drove these people to the square at the gate of the camp, Su Yu and his secretary Swift roughly counted, there were about two to three thousand people.
If they were left here uncared for, the craftsmen among them would find a way to survive, but the majority of the others would be taken away and enslaved by the city lord’s manor.
Out of pity for these NPCs (definitely not to exploit them for free labor), Su Yu naturally decided to show them a way to survive.
Standing in the center of the camp, Su Yu faced the two to three thousand NPCs and spoke loudly:
“Good day to you all, I’m Nemesis (omits 300 words) The unicorn knights have eradicated the bandits in this stronghold, and now you’re all free!”
Upon hearing Su Yu’s words, many people shed tears of joy:
“We thank the brave knights of the knight regiment!”
“Three years! Do you know what I’ve been through these past three years?”
“I can finally go home now, wuu wuu ”
Most of these people were craftsmen like carpenters and stone masons who were kidnapped by the bandits and worked as laborers without any remuneration.
Now they could finally return home! These craftsmen were extremely excited and kept bowing and paying respect to the unicorn knights and Su Yu.
There were also many people in the crowd who exhibited a look of terror and despair.
These people were the family members of the bandits, mostly the elderly and weak. As per the Empire’s laws, they would be degraded to slavery until death. The freedom that Su Yu spoke of certainly did not include them.
Noticing the expressions of these people, Su Yu spoke loudly: “As for the other parties associated with the bandits, according to the Empire’s laws, you could be degraded into slaves. However, the unicorn knights have always upheld fairness, justice, and mercy for the weak (omits 500 words) You can choose to come to my territory as free citizens. I can’t guarantee much else, but I can assure you that you won’t starve and you won’t freeze to death.”
Upon hearing Su Yu’s impassioned words, the eyes of many of the elderly and weak shone with excitement, and they declared their willingness to follow, “I am willing to go to your territory, sir!”
At this point, to be considered a free citizen and ensure one’s survival is the biggest fortune. What more could they hope for?
Seeing that these people were reasonable, Su Yu nodded and turned to Swift, saying: “Swift, I’ll have the knights assist you in bringing these people back to my territory.”
“Okay, Chairman but do these people count as the population in my territory?”
“They won’t count as population, as the game doesn’t allow for that loophole. However, if these people live in my territory long-term, their next generation will count as part of the population. Furthermore, this group has a high proportion of females, which will likely increase the proportion of young male refugees we attract in the future.”
“Understood, I will ensure they are properly settled.”
“Right.”
Su Yu walked towards the 50 unicorn knights. Upon reaching team leader Felia, he handed her a bag full of spiritual energy coins.
“Captain Felia, I entrust this group of refugees to you!”
Felia took the bag of money, her eyes narrowing slightly: “Leave it to me, Lord Nemesis.”
Next, the NPC refugees were handled by Swift, and Su Yu rode his horse back to Orleans City.
Orleans City was currently conducting a massive victory parade.
Tina had Lake’s corpse tied up on a cross, making a public show of the captured bandits on the streets.
Citizens of Orleans City who heard about the eradication of the malicious bandits of Red Ridge came to watch.
Upon seeing Lake’s corpse, the entire city burst into cheers! Everyone spontaneously began praising Tina’s outstanding deeds.
Of course, there were those who were discontented, such as the wealthy nobles and businessmen in the city.
With Tina’s extermination of the bandits, she had inadvertently cut off many people’s source of income.
But Tina had a Guardian God backing her, so they dares not voice their discontent. Even the city lord of Orleans City, Claude, made a personal appearance to award Tina the [Orleans Cross Medal].
In the center square of Orleans City, Claude handed the medal to Tina and praised:
“Tina, on behalf of all the residents of this city, I offer you the highest respect (omits 300 words) You are the pride of Orleans City, and all citizens are proud of your actions!”
Claude’s expression was calm, as if Tina hadn’t just killed his cousin.
“Thank you, Lord Mayor!” Tina received the medal with a composed face, bowing as she accepted the award.
The moment Tina received the medal, the onlookers erupted in huge cheers, showering Tina with applause for her deeds.
Su Yu stood on the periphery of the crowd, watching Tina’s award ceremony.
Amidst the cheer of the crowd, he received a game notification:
“Main storyline [The Holy Girl of Orleans (16-25)].”
” Objective 1: Dissipate Tina’s discomfort and restore her confidence. (Progress: 100%)”
“Objective 2: Have Tina win the approval of 80% of the unicorn knights (Currently at 95% approval rate).”
“Objective 3: Have Tina win the approval of more than 60% of the residents of Orleans City (Currently at 97% approval rate).”
“All mission objectives are complete!”
“The first stage of the main storyline [The Holy Girl of Orleans] is finished. The next stage of the mission will start on June 15, stay tuned!”