“Ding”
The clear sound accompanied by the vibration of the Computation Bead made Lady Aqua, who was making final modifications to the design before her, look down in surprise. Then she saw a random event triggered under the third phase of Transia’s dawn mainline quest “100-Day Grand Construction Campaign”.
【Mainline Event – ‘Transia Population Census’ has been triggered!
Event Content: When Transia’s rulers shifted their focus from war to internal affairs, a thorny problem faced Lord Murphy and his administration, currently less than one-third of the total existing population in Transia is registered and managed by the Crimson Citadel!
This chaotic situation cannot be tolerated by Governor Murphy and the Crimson Citadel Administrative Office.
Therefore, Lord Murphy and Regent Miriam hope that during the 100-Day Grand Construction Campaign, warriors from other realms can help the severely understaffed Transian civil servants find and register the holess wanderers on this land.
Event Objective: Find as many wanderers as possible and escort them to the Crimson Citadel for population registration before the ‘100-Day Grand Construction’ campaign ends.
Event Reward: For every 10 wanderers found, receive 1 Administrative Office Reward Package containing various gold coins and consumable supplies, and record ‘Construction Points 1’.
These special points can be used to purchase so valuable special items in the Blood Rat Gang’s black market shop, or to increase player reputation within certain factions in Transia and purchase skill manuals.
Event Duration: Continues until the end of the ‘100-Day Grand Construction’ campaign.
Note!
The Transia Governor’s Administrative Office has opened the special profession ‘Crimson Civilian Protection Officer’. Any player with Construction Points >50 can apply to beco an ‘Inspector/Law Enforcent Officer/Civilian Protection Officer’ from Lord Kudel.
This profession is considered a “Combat Administrative” hybrid mode, with unique professional gaplay and skill sequences taught by Lord Kudel himself, along with special duty allowance calculations and promotion patterns.
Please visit the Administrative Office for detailed information.
The first recruitnt quota for Crimson Civilian Protection Officers is 50 positions, next recruitnt ti unknown.】
“Tsk, the developnt team has gotten addicted to the points pool mode, actually issuing such a quest. The wanderers on this land are in luck now.”
Lady Aqua muttered quietly:
“No matter which corner you’re hiding in, you’ll all be ferreted out by these otherworldly spirits who never tire, fear nothing, and are as cunning as foxes, and be sent to Lord Murphy’s domain. Seems the territory really needs people now.”
The high-IQ housewife plus designer master was imdiately inspired, but she first spent ti completing the clothing design at hand, while thinking about her team’s action mode based on this newly released quest in her mind.
This multitasking was far too simple for her.
As for the uniform design Lady Aqua was working on, these were several sets of military uniforms designed for Transia’s soon-to-be-ford army, but only initial drafts. According to Lady Aqua’s work schedule, it might take another week to submit the final version.
She didn’t indulge in designing very luxurious uniforms for Transia, but instead based on the current dire material conditions, modified so WWII-era uniforms without adding leather armor or plate armor elents. Lady Aqua herself wasn’t an expert in armor so she didn’t casually offer opinions, but summoned a “friend” – though that person might need so ti to enter the ga.
So, Lady Aqua planned to create the military service uniforms first, then deal with the armor later.
A few minutes later, Lady Aqua stretched in her tent. She took paper and pen to write down her thoughts, then after frowning and pondering for a mont, finalized the draft and used the Computation Bead to gather her companions.
Little Sword Saint Ashina was the last to arrive.
But this noisy little one fluttered her wings while shouting in the tent:
“I just went to check out the special black market shop that Blood Rat Gang just opened in the sewers, the things they sell are so outrageous! Countess Sharon’s handmade firearms and engineering items are just the lowest tier, they even have elite war horses trained by witch hunters and intelligence about the old church’s 150 sacred blades.
They even have heavy armor horse gear for winged cavalry and charge tactics manuals.
But the most outrageous aren’t these physical items.
I found Lord Murphy’s vampire seven clans’ advanced sword technique manuals on the deepest shelf of Miss Dorothy’s black market shop, except for the blood frenzy ones, along with his understanding of these sword techniques. Lady Lainnia is consigning moon elf war bows and archery notes there, and Andrei is even more dramatic, putting two Frostfang blades right in the display case.
The most precious items this ti are Lady Tris’s spirit ability notes.
A full seven volus!
The item description says that as long as you collect all of these, it’s enough for a spirit mage to learn up to the golden rank without needing to change magic texts.
But the price is terrifying too!
One volu costs 200 construction points, getting them all ans having to find 14,000 wanderers.
But those wanderers aren’t like chives for us to harvest at will, they have legs and can run, and the trickiest part is that the black market’s goods refresh every Monday, forcing us to invest in this activity.”
“Well, I called you here to talk about this too.”
Lady Aqua sat in her chair stretching her body, playing with her drawing charcoal while leaning back in her chair, looking at several key points written on the paper before her, saying to the girls in front of her:
“I think we can focus our next actions on this activity, we have advantages in this area.”
“What advantages?”
Sister Pogranate scratched her head, saying:
“There’s just five of us, even if each person works non-stop every day there’s still a limit, and Little Ashina said the stuff in that shop is so good, plus officials opened new professions, this is enough to get most players enthusiastically invested in this.
Transia isn’t that big, but it’s not small either.
Anderma Hills just got rid of the gnoll gathering plague, the wanderers there either fled to East Prussia or were eaten up by the gnolls, and the wanderers around Kadman territory have all been gathered.
The only place we can really go is Seicob territory, but that’s great plains terrain, we don’t have any advantage in finding people there.”
“Sigh, you need to use your brain.”
Lady Aqua helplessly rubbed her brow, turning to Lumina who was covering her face, saying:
“What do you usually chat about with her? How can she still think about problems this way when she’s already a T1 level player? Not to criticize, but can you teach her? Being this slow, she’ll get bullied after marriage.”
“I’ve been trying very hard to change her way of thinking.”
Lumina said weakly:
“But the straightforward warrior thinking in her personality is really stubborn, it’s not sothing I can twist around.”
“Hey! You two that’s enough!”
Sister Pogranate unhappily clenched her fists.
This intimidation was quite effective, and Lady Aqua, knowing when to assess the situation, imdiately beca serious, coughed once, and expressed her thoughts.
She said:
“We should make good use of NPC power!
Actually, this ga emphasizes this point in various details. We players at this stage obviously cannot act independently from Transia’s nurous NPCs. We are mbers of this collective and should learn to use the collective’s power.
To put it simply.
I’ve decided to go to Bataxin City in three days to find Lady Palen and use the Bataxin Chamber of Comrce’s channels to bring back those ‘locals’ who have fled outside Transia’s borders.
There’s been war here for 10 years, population loss is very severe, the principle that ‘people away from ho are cheap’ applies in Transia too. Just need reasonable propaganda and necessary initial support, those people stranded outside will be willing to return to their holand. Of course, there’s no need to tell them about the coming Black Plague.
That would just be asking for trouble.”
“But Lady Palen might not be willing to help.”
Sister Pogranate objected:
“Isn’t she responsible for getting food for Transia? I heard from Grayman’s two secretaries that their mother and all mbers of the chamber of comrce have been working non-stop lately, they don’t have that much energy to busy themselves with these things.”
“Lady Aqua ans we just borrow Bataxin Chamber of Comrce’s na to make it easier to operate outside Transia.”
Fatal Orchid patiently explained to the slowest mber in their team:
“Plus being able to find more labor force for the lord and governor is solid political achievent, and Lady Palen is a businesswoman with strong career ambitions, she won’t refuse. I guess she might even share so resources from her hands to help us complete this.”
“That’s right! Just the five of us scattered all over Seicob territory searching for people, how long would that take?”
Little Sword Saint chewed on fruit candy while waving her fist saying:
“Leave those scattered wanderers for other players to catch, we’re doing ‘big business’! I feel if we operate this well, we might be able to bring back several thousand or even tens of thousands of people in one go.”
“Mm, if we use so ‘unconventional’ thods, the numbers might even double.”
Lumina said quietly:
“Isn’t our city defense officer Mr. Portman always working on the ‘slave capture team’ thing? There are lots of landless farrs on the Kafhoka Plains”
“Uh, let’s leave those ‘unconventional’ thods for later, keep it as our second choice if our business operation fails.”
Lady Aqua waved her hand saying:
“By my estimate, as long as we get Lady Palen’s help, we can definitely make a big haul, I’m 80% confident about this, so if there are no objections let’s prepare now, we’ll set out in 30 minutes, aiming to reach Bataxin City by dawn to start our operation as soon as possible.
With ti limits on the population census operation, ti is the most precious thing.
Lumina, go contact Grayman’s two secretaries.
If they’re willing, bring them along, it’ll make things easier. Speaking of which, if our Silver Moon Group wants to maintain good relations with the Bataxin Chamber of Comrce, I think we might as well absorb those two sisters into our group.
Even if they just serve as honorary advisors, making good use of NPC power can always make our work twice as efficient with half the effort.
So, little Pogranate, have you learned?
By the way, does sister need to teach you so more little tricks for keeping a man’s heart after marriage? Among us, I think you’re the only one who could enter the next stage of life in the next few years.”
——
While the Silver Moon Group was discussing their action plan, the student party also received the sa quest, but their thinking was quite unique, they didn’t try to rely on NPC power like Lady Aqua, but went in another “extre” direction.
“I went to the Pioneer Fortress in East Prussia before, and on the way I saw many holess people with nowhere to go. Now I hear that area is completely under military control, that half-dwarf marshal won’t be kindhearted enough to give food to those holess people.
So the holess there are living quite miserably, I think they’d be willing to co with us just for sothing to eat.”
Niuniu sat by the campfire, eating roasted rabbit while saying to the student party vampires gathered in a circle:
“So, let’s go there! I’ll lead the way, it’ll take at most a week round trip! We can bring back at least a few thousand people, after everyone exchanges points to buy skill books, we can co back to Foul Swamp to continue grinding Blood Claw Clan reputation.
We can’t miss those skill books.
I heard from my sister they’re all Lord Murphy’s sword technique manuals, sounds like really high-level stuff.”
“I saw Hog take so gnolls into the swamp this morning, by noon they ran out in a ss, those gnolls must be exploring paths in the swamp, this might be another hidden plot.
Anyway I feel the plot line with Hog has great potential, I have a feeling if we dig along this line we’ll definitely get sothing amazing, plus Smuggler’s Woods has tall trees and dense forest, little sunlight, vampires can operate here without interference, much better than other places.
I say, why don’t we set up our guild headquarters in the Baroness of Shadow territory?”
Ah Yuen hugged his twin swords, sharing his views with other students, and after getting everyone’s approval, Ah Yuen chuckled, then also expressed his opinion on what Niuniu said.
He stroked his chin, saying:
“I think we don’t have to just go to East Prussia, I heard from Blood Rat Gang NPCs that if you go southeast from Smuggler’s Woods for one or two days you’ll reach Lake Shulps, that area is Cato territory now.
That place is currently managed by the Wolfsbane vampires.
Those bastards definitely won’t treat civilians like Lord Murphy does, when we go over we can persuade them a bit, and that’s another big group we can bring back.
If that doesn’t work we’ll just rob them!
Anyway we’re players, playing the role of slave catchers isn’t a problem~”
“Mm, makes sense! Cheche has wanted to try being a bad guy for a long ti, it’s absolutely impossible to be a bad guy in reality, but in gas, trying it out is no big deal.”
Cheche shouted:
“Plus we can hit those Wolfsbane pups, those bastards are always causing trouble for us, how can it be that only they can make trouble and we can only passively fight back? This ti let’s open their eyes properly, show them what ‘Lord Murphy’s warriors’ ans!”
These radical young folks quickly set their action goals through their back-and-forth discussion, but while they were discussing so people had already taken action.
“We’ll imdiately hire a team of gnoll barbarian soldiers and head to the Cato region now.”
Border Town Wanderer said to his two brothers:
“When we get there let the gnolls go rob things to create chaos, we just want people!
This way they take the bad reputation, we can still maintain a good na, and incidentally increase so other regions’ awareness of the ‘Black Plague’ matter, so people there can prepare early, avoid waiting for death with closed eyes when the Black Plague really cos.”
“Damn, how co I never noticed you were so devious before?”
Master Ziwei carrying the lion spear complained:
“But since we’re doing this anyway, might as well go harder! When that ow King was preaching before, didn’t we brothers all join the Avalon Church? I heard this old church used to have quite big influence, with followers in various regions, why not use the church’s na to recruit those devout believers to co to the Crimson Citadel?
Aren’t they about to build the Avalon Cathedral there?
I reckon that counts as a holy site, just like Jerusalem, as devout believers how can they not go on pilgrimage when it’s right next door? If they still won’t go after persuasion, let Guildmaster Natalie give them religious excommunication!
People in this era are all superstitious, I believe no one would dare stay in the Cato region under the pressure of excommunication. This way, we won’t need to painstakingly persuade them, those people will follow us voluntarily.
Plus with the Black Plague coming, I don’t think the Wolfsbane vampires will protect them, bringing them to Transia can let them be useful for a while longer, being farming commoners is better than staying in Cato to be bullied by vampires.
So, we’re doing good deeds~”
“You’re damn devious too!”
Mustard Madman cursed, shaking his head while leaning on his war hamr saying:
“You guys doing this might incur divine punishnt you know? I think we should be more peaceful, isn’t Brother Loyalty building factories? Factories definitely need workers. Let’s go recruit workers, offer generous wages, and ntion that the Blood Vulture Clan is going to start all-out war with the Wolfsbane Clan, let the border villagers quickly flee this way.
And discuss with those vampire student party mbers.
Let them pretend to be Blood Vulture Clan vanguard and kill a few Wolfsbane pups to raise the flag, then let our three companions experience so actual combat practice, stir up the border to make it easier for us to fish in troubled waters.
Ah, finally have a chance to put into practice those thods learned in training classes before.
You know what, thinking about it makes a little excited.
But gotta hold back a bit, brothers, after all we have different identities, still need to have so bottom lines~”
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