Chapter 24 Your Job Is to Make Them Work
After dinner, Lind also received replies from Reed and Leo that there should be no problem with 8 people.

There are 6 women, the oldest is in her thirties and the youngest is only sixteen years old.

Both children were boys, only four years old. Normally, children would slowly forget their memories before the age of two, which meant that they had been living in doomsday ever since they could remember.

They are not wanderers, but live in a small camp near a clean water source. They make a living by catching mice and dung beetles. Their staple food is thorn roots. They occasionally eat juicy and fibrous grass stems, which are difficult to digest but give them a strong sense of fullness.

In today's world where all species have to evolve because of the end of the world, thorns have buried nutrients deep underground to ensure their survival. The thorns on top are wilted and difficult to eat, but the thorn roots below are rich in starch. The thorn roots, which are as thick as fingers, not only taste bad, but can barely be considered a mutated potato with a deteriorated taste and constipation.

In addition, 8 people took the initiative to mention the power of the 'Hyena' Old Mand, 6 adult males, with two crossbows and four bows. Among them, Old Mand used to be a hunter and had killed people.

There was nothing much to say about the wanderers they encountered. Four players killed their way through the wanderers' temporary camp. It would be easy to kill old Mander's team of six.

"There is another wanderer settlement, which is far away from us," Reed reported worriedly. "Old Mand once saw it from afar. There are at least 50 wanderers, all of them are strong men, fully armored, and their leader is a two-headed man."

"Two-headed man?" Linde was stunned: "Deformed child?"

The place I traveled to should be a magical apocalypse, not a nuclear war wasteland apocalypse.

"I don't know. I just know that the two-headed man can tear a horse apart with his bare hands. They just stayed away from him and didn't dare to get close."

"hiss"

Lind was a little surprised. He had only been promoted to Grand Knight for one day and had not had time to take action yet. However, he had almost adapted to the strength. He had believers who could tear a horse apart with their bare hands. With the power of "Clory's Explosion", it was not impossible to blow a horse to pieces directly.

The other party is most likely also a great knight!
Facing an opponent who became a great knight earlier than himself, Linde was still very cautious.

Safety comes first. Dangerous tasks should be left to players. This is not called being a coward. If you can resurrect yourself, huh!
There are still 50 fully armed men, and their strength is stronger than that of Prey Town.

Have to prevent!

Lind frowned and thought for a while, digesting the information.

The news is mixed.

The bad part is that a large force of 50 people roaming around is disturbing. Even with the help of the Great Knight, the high walls of Star Dragon Outpost are difficult to defend. Only after taking this step can you realize how big the gap is between the Great Knight and ordinary people.

The good part is that players have "dungeons" to play, but the number of players is too small. If there were more, they would be killed even if they risked their lives.

Lind didn't think that the two sides could live in peace. The other party might have known about the existence of Star Dragon Outpost for a long time, and didn't come because they were not ready to bite off this tough bone.

The casualties in siege warfare are huge.

Moreover, “wanderers” are inherently more dangerous than “vagrants”.

If wanderers represent people with nowhere to go and wild dogs that huddle together for warmth, then wanderers are wolves that travel thousands of miles and whose joy is killing, looting and plundering.

Everything can only be prepared early. The most important thing at present is to increase one's own strength and let the undead do more work so that one's soldiers can recover and improve themselves.

"Let's go and see them."

Lind's nine soldiers cannot do the skinning work every day, and of course he is not going to let the women and children do it. These eight people will be the first batch of experimental NPCs he launches. He will sum up his experience on these eight people, and then when he issues tasks as the "Lord of Star Dragon Sentry", he will be more secure.

Some things players like, some things they don’t like, so we definitely need to experiment.

Linde took the initiative to find the women and children huddled in the cold wind and brought leftover broth.

The tent was set up well and there was a fire coming out of the tent, so it shouldn't be too cold.

When Linde approached, two children poked their heads out of the tent, looking at him with fear and curiosity. It was not until the people inside heard footsteps and the women followed out that they exclaimed, "Lord!"

A group of people knelt down in unison, except for two children who, after their heads were pressed down on their knees, raised their heads unconsciously.

It was located right downwind, and the smell of the broth was so strong that it hit my nose.

Greedy!

Lind nodded and signaled the soldier to put down the broth.

The eight women and children kept looking at the pot of broth, but no one dared to move.

Just my stomach growling loudly.

Linde pretended not to hear. He had to endure the leader's words no matter how hungry he was.

"I don't care where you come from. If you want to stay at Star Dragon Outpost, you can. I can also guarantee your safety, but there is no such thing as getting something for nothing. If you want to stay, you must work."

Of course the women didn't dare to refuse. Some even looked at Lind and the soldiers beside him with red faces and said, "We are willing."

What do you want?
Who do you take me for?

Lind took a closer look at the women in the tent. They were all plain-looking, including the 16-year-old one.

My heart has also become more resolute and tough. Who do you take me for? Humph!
"Okay, since you are willing, let me tell you about the work you are going to do," Lind said. "Starting tomorrow, I will arrange your work and give you Rand coins. All you have to do is take the coins to find those undead people, tell them the work content, let them complete the work, then check the work progress and pay them the gold coins."

Worried that these people would not be able to do the job of NPC, Lind had to start from scratch and slowly teach them how to assign tasks to players and to check and accept tasks after they were completed, making sure that players would not be given the opportunity to exploit bugs.

Once the tasks actually start being issued, he will explain them in more detail, including the lines.

They are wanderers originally, and they are wanderers rescued by the players themselves. There are no special requirements for their lines, and the main thing is to be sincere and in line with their characters.

Reed and Leo on the side said that these were the basic operations of the lord.

Two days ago they all thought it was abnormal, but now seeing that the Lord used a method that no one could understand to make the undead behave obediently, they just thought it was too normal!
Even if you tell them that if one day the undead give money to Lind and take the initiative to work, and even thank him profusely even if he is executed by Lind, they will not think there is anything wrong with it. They will only sigh: You are worthy of being the undead, worthy of being the lord.

"Yes!"

The women nodded. It turned out that it was not about sleeping with the man. This was their previous job in the gathering place.

But then they all looked up.

"Lord, what do you think our job is?"

My Lord, have you forgotten what you just said? There is no such thing as gaining something for nothing. Our job sounds like gaining something for nothing!
Lind repeated patiently: "Your job is to let them do the work!"

"what?!"

(End of this chapter)