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Is This Really A Game? - Chapter 124

Published at 19th of May 2023 05:55:33 AM


Chapter 124

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Crazy Bookworm: "Drop your weapon! Drop your guns and don't try to mess around!"

Tabletop Cop: "Huh?! Why isn't there anyone resisting?"

The Boy On The Construction Site: "I'm so lonely!"

Killing Chicken At Midnight: "Money back! Mosquito give me my money back! This rocket is useless at all!"

Borrow Another Ten Centimeters From The Sky: "Brother Chicken, forget it, it's only 5 silver coins, it's a good thing if it's useless, trust me!"

The war went very smoothly. When the players rushed into the gate, the defenders on Beit Street had already dropped their weapons, squatted in the corner consciously, and surrendered with their heads in their hands.

This makes many players who are looking forward to a big fight feel like they have punched cotton.

How did they surrender so quickly? Can't they resist a little bit?

Walking through the wooden door blasted open by the cannon along with Manager, Wade's face was filled with shock and admiration.

So strong! He had only seen these blue coats well-equipped before, but he didn't expect that they were not only well-equipped, but also had good fighting qualities.

Although there were no rules when charging, the opponent was completely overwhelmed by their aura, without the slightest will to resist.

Thinking of this, Wade secretly rejoiced in his original decision, and it was indeed a correct choice to rely on these strong men.

"Put our flag on the fence!" Lucius looked around with some nostalgia, and then looked at Walter who was squatting in the corner, "You, get up."

Walter froze for a moment, and stood up with his head in his hands.

"...My lord, what orders do you have?"

"Don't recognize me?"

Old Walter smiled sarcastically.

"I recognize..."

Lucius smiled, took a knife from Wade's hand, threw it into Old Walter's hand, and pointed at the people squatting in the corner with his chin.

"Watch them for me."

Old Walter quickly took the knife and bowed his head respectfully.

"Yes, my lord."

The weapons have been confiscated, and these guards have lost the will to resist.

Since they surrendered so readily, Lucius didn't intend to embarrass them. As long as they waited for everything to be over, they would naturally let them go home to find their mother.

Leaving two high-contributing players guarding the gate, Lucius then told Aries to ask him and Yugin to appease the survivors on Beit Street, telling them not to panic, stay at home and wait patiently for the end of the war, and the public trial of the old leech.

Noticing that the fighting had subsided, old Charlie came out from a side alley.

When he saw Lucius's face, a surprised expression appeared on his face for a moment. He obviously didn't expect that the leader of this group of blue coats was actually that foreigner wandering around in the wasteland in a daze.

However, he reacted relatively quickly after all, he was only surprised for a few seconds, then bowed his head respectfully and said.

"My lord, I welcome you! The survivors of Beit Street are ready to welcome the new owner."

"Hold your head up, the era of the old leech is over, and people here can decide their own future."

Seeing Charlie nodded, Lucius didn't exchange any more greetings, and got straight to the point.

"Since you are here, it is just right that I need to let the people of Beit Street know that we are here to liberate them, not to persecute them. No one's life will be affected except that the mayor will be hanged. So when we attack the castle, I hope no one will come out and get in the way, you know what I mean."

Of course old Charlie understood, and bowed his head respectfully and said.

"I'll comfort everyone for you!"

Lucius nodded, looked at the eager players behind him, and waved his hand towards the castle in the middle of Beit Street.

"The rest, please come in with me!"

The players were very obedient. Under Lucius's order, they marched along the street without harassing the shivering survivors huddled in the shack.

The only one who is not very law-abiding is only one person.

The gate was opened with a cannonball before, and Mosquito, who was not yet satisfied, was about to command the little player who helped him pull the cannon cart to shoot at the castle, but was immediately stopped by Lucius.

Joke. The fattest place on Beit Street is that old leech's castle.

This is his own trophy. How could he be blown up?

They did not encounter any resistance along the way. Under the leadership of Lucius, the players passed through several brick houses near the center of the town, and soon arrived at the gate of the castle.

When a group of people arrived, the gate of the castle was closed tightly, and the situation inside could not be seen clearly from the window alone.

Through the VM, Lucius directed the players to divide into three groups,

A group of people surrounded the castle from the outside, a group of people occupied the armory next to the castle, and the remaining group of people attacked from the front of the castle and captured the old leech alive!

"The blasting team is in place!"

"Ignition!"

Although the door was obviously knocked open, several small players who were in charge of attacking the building happily placed explosives at the door.

The fuze burned out, and with a bang, the main gate of the castle was blown apart and fell heavily backwards to the ground.

"Go Go Go!"

The rifles were equipped with bayonets, and the players rushed into the castle screaming and stepping through the smoke of the explosion.

Everyone was shocked when they saw the gorgeous arrangement in the castle hall.

"My god, is this the painting style that wasteland should have?!"

"Awesome, this pillar is still made of marble!"

"The pillars should have been built before the war...but this carpet, damn it, is actually made of bear skin!"

"Too rich, too rich!"

Everyone is still hungry, and the old mayor is already well-off!

Not only the rugs sewn from wild animal furs, but also the murals hanging on the walls, and the crystal lamps hanging from the ceiling...all of these are in stark contrast to the decaying streets outside. This place doesn't look like a wasteland at all, but looks like a palace.

In addition to those things that are very valuable at first glance, the players soon discovered that there is actually an elevator in this castle with only seven floors! However, the generator here seems to have stopped working.

The players who entered the castle quickly divided into two teams, one team swept up the stairs, and the other team started a carpet search from the first floor, looking for the location of the generator and the whereabouts of the old leech.

However, what is unexpected is that the players responsible for attacking the building searched the entire castle, but did not find the mission-critical NPC—the old leech family.

These people disappeared from the castle as if they had evaporated from the world!

But soon, a player named [ Killing Chicken At Midnight ] made a new discovery while exploring the underground wine cellar.

He returned to Manager with an ax in his hand, and reported excitedly.

"Master Manager, we found a passage in the underground wine cellar!"

After Lucius heard about it, he was not surprised.

As for the old leech's tyrannical governing style, if he doesn't build a way out for himself, he may not even be able to sleep well at night.

Looking at Killing Chicken At Midnight, who was reporting the situation to him, Lucius immediately ordered.

"Take two people to chase and see if you can catch up with them."

"It doesn't matter if you can't catch up, I need to know where that tunnel leads to!"

At the same time, a task window popped up on the VM worn on the arm by Killing Chicken At Midnight.

[ Task: Explore the underground passage of the castle wine cellar ( The task can be duplicated for up to two players.)]

[ Reward: 5 silver coins, 50 contributions. ]

Glancing at the task pop-up window, Killing Chicken At Midnight excitedly clenched his fists.

"Yes!"

After speaking, he formed two teammates nearby and headed towards the tunnel to kill.

Seeing the backs of the little players running towards the underground wine cellar, Lucius touched his chin.

Speaking of which, this old leech is quite good at enjoying himself, and actually built a wine cellar in the basement? Just in time, when celebrating the victory at night, the old mayor's collection can be distributed as welfare to the players.

Thinking of this, Lucius walked to the armory next to the castle. The warehouse manager who was guarding here had already raised his hand and surrendered, squatting in the corner.

Passing through the open door, Lucius glanced inside, with a look of surprise—and confusion—on his face.

Thirty iron-pipe rifles from Boulder City, the same type of weapon that Liszt sold him. There are also homemade pistols, shotguns, etc. on the table, as well as bullets and fragment grenades in the box, which are enough to arm guerrilla warfare!

These people are not weakly armed. Even slightly more standard than the predators' gear.

However, until the castle was breached, these weapons were not distributed to the survivors of Beit Street, but they were placed here.

Wade's face was full of confusion.

"Their equipment are not weak."

Lucius nodded.

"Yes."

"...Then why, he didn't distribute the equipment to his people?"

"Because those people are not his people, but his servants and slaves. If they didn't need to hunt, he wouldn't even allow them to have bows and arrows."

Lucius thought for a moment, looked at Wade and continued.

"Let your people pack these spoils into a caravan and bring them back to the shelter to find Luka, he knows what to do with it."

I didn't expect Manager to trust me so much.

Wade was overwhelmed by the flattery, his expression became solemn, and he solemnly accepted his orders.

"Yes, my lord!"

At the same time, Lucius waved his hand, signaling the players behind him to follow him.

"Let's go."

"Let's visit the old leech's private collection!"

...

Just when the players in the shelter planted the 404 flag on the spire of the castle, Aries, who was ordered to go deep into the neighborhood to appease the masses, finally came to his door.

Looking at his family members, this skinny man burst into tears and hugged his family members.

"Father! Mother! Brother! Sister-in-law! I'm back!"

The elderly mother burst into tears.

"Son, you are back!"

"Thanks to those blue coats, they saved my life." The red-eyed Aries sucked his nose and forced a smile on his face, "I send the salt with Yugin did he brought it to you?"

Dad nodded, looking a little apprehensive.

"I have it, I have it! Son, tell me the truth, where did you get that salt? Why is it better than the one we bought at the grocery store?"

The big brother on the side also nodded and said nervously.

"Yeah, don't take other people's things!"

"What do you mean taking someone else's things? Am I that kind of person?" Aries said with a smile, "Don't worry, I got it with wages!"

The big brother looked at a loss.

"Salary? What salary..."

When they helped the old mayor, they never received any wages, at most they took care of food. Sometimes I work until four o'clock in the afternoon, and it's still a while before the meal, and I don't even have a meal, so I throw a croissant in my hand and send it away.

Aries said with a smile.

"Working for those blue coats, not only food and housing, but also a silver coin every day, which can be exchanged for things in their warehouse. I bought that salt from their warehouse! It's much better than the grocery store in the town!"

Speaking of which, he held his big brother's hand.

"Brother, why don't you come too, I think they are still recruiting! The silver coins can not only be exchanged for salt, but also for food, which is worse than chips! Anyway, it is rare to hunt prey in winter, so why don't you burn bricks for them? You are not tired from work, and you are still warm, much more comfortable than lying in the snow waiting for your prey!"

Aries's brother's eyes widened.

"Is it really as good as you say?"

Aries nodded vigorously.

"Of course! Can I still lie to you?"

The big brother touched the back of his head and muttered.

"Then I'll think about it... By the way, are you still going home? Or follow those people?"

"I'm planning to work until next spring. There's not enough food at home, so I won't spend the winter at home!"

Looking at the younger brother, the big brother said with some regret.

"...You have suffered."

Hearing this sentence, Aries couldn't help laughing.

"Hey, there's no need to suffer. Big brother doesn't know how good life is over there. Occasionally we can cook fish soup. I feel like I'm going to gain weight. Forget it, next time you pass by, I will show you how good life is there!"

Although he is reluctant, he still has a task to do. After saying goodbye to his family members, Aries went out and went on to talk to the next family.

On the other side, the same goes for Yugin's family.

Looking at the second younger brother who came back from the outside, Yudeep, who was holding an ax in his hand and guarding the house with a terrified face, pulled him nervously and asked.

"What's going on out there? Who are those people here?"

Yugin said with a smile.

"Brother, don't worry, those are Brother Lucius's people!"

"Brother Lucius?!" Yudeep was taken aback when he heard that it was his savior, but he didn't feel nervous anymore. He dropped the ax in his hand, looked at his younger brother and asked, "Why is he here?"

"It's because of our mayor!"

Speaking of this, Yugin thought of that letter, and when he thought of that letter, he became so angry that his words became Lucius's tone.

"That old leech actually colluded with the predators secretly! If I got a chance I definitely beat the hell out of him!"

The survivors in this wasteland hated the predators to the core, and even hated these people even more than they hated alien species.

Yudeep had a look of surprise on his face. He didn't understand what was going on, and he couldn't figure out how the mayor got in touch with the predator.

"I don't worry if they are those people," The old man who was standing next to him also let go of the weapon in his hand, and said with a sigh of relief, "As long as they're not a member of the Bloody Hand clan, everything is easy to talk about!"

Looking at his father, Yugin suddenly remembered something.

"Ah, by the way, Dad, I forgot to tell you that the Bloody Hand clan will no longer harass us!"

"They won't harass us again?" The father glanced at his son and said with a smile, "When will they not come in winter? They won't harass us if you say they won't harass?"

"I didn't say that," Yugin smiled honestly, and said proudly, "Blood Hand clan's lair has already been leveled down by Big Brother Lucius!"

"Those people will never come back!"





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