In the end, Antinoya still refused to accept the persuasion of the former coachman, the old man Matthews, and left resolutely.
This also cast a looming shadow in Zhao Xu's heart.
He realized that the abilities he had acquired so far seemed powerful, but in fact, they had not yet achieved true invincibility in front of a truly strong person.
Even now, if he wants to reach the "Abyss" or "Bato Hell", he has no spells that he can use.
Therefore, after Zhao Xu also participated in the "joint meeting", the highest authority in the town, in the next two days, he continued to stay on the wooden tower, reading a series of books on magic principles, and constantly thinking about the five rings. 's secret.
Through the last security patrol, they cooperated with the scammers to offend Zhao Xu.
Zhao Xu, who only had the title of lord but no "personnel power", for the first time tore a hole in the town's power pyramid and turned the entire security team into the Zhao Family Army.
It also made people who wanted to get involved start to become more enthusiastic and come to visit this station from time to time.
There were a lot of people who wanted to watch the fun, and they were all ready to see the jokes of Zhao Xu, who had no talent at all.
After all, players cannot be online 24 hours a day. Sometimes when they are busy, they are not even guaranteed to be online even one hour a day.
During the National University Examination Month, the whole Arthur was deserted by many players, and it is still vivid in my mind.
It's just that Zhao Xu may be unfamiliar with other departments, but he can be said to be completely familiar with the security team, which has been struggling since time travel.
He knows who is being suppressed, who has conflicts with whom, and who has been unable to come forward.
So when he re-adjudicated the Sheriff and gave the other party a brand new list.
The entire security work in Falling Star Town went smoothly without even a splash.
It also allowed Zhao Xu to continue to focus on improving his daily strength.
For mages, each link corresponds to a floor. Mages are like being blindfolded and have to rely on their own strength to find their way to the stairs in the dark.
Some people are lucky and find the corresponding stairs directly.
If you are unlucky, you may have to explore half of the floor before you find the entrance.
And Zhao Xu was the kind of lucky person who took the elevator straight to the fourth floor from the beginning.
But now, he was afraid that if he continued to mess around like this, he would get even more black-eyed when he reached the larger floors above.
Therefore, he treated the principles of these spells more carefully and thought about them bit by bit.
Suddenly, a rush of gongs and drums sounded from the sentry tower at the city gate.
Zhao Xu, who had read the code table, realized that the rhythm meant that people were dead, and there might be a lot of them.
Zhao Xu suddenly stood up from the wooden tower and looked towards the city gate, only to see a beacon burning there.
This is a city-breaking signal.
Realizing that the situation was serious, Zhao Xu directly stuffed the spell books in his hands into his backpack, climbed over the tower and jumped directly down, activating the "Feather Falling Technique" and allowing him to land smoothly.
The surrounding construction workers were stunned.
"Vivian, you watch here, Cyrus, you and I go see what's going on." Zhao Xu shouted directly.
Then he used the three-ring magic of Phantom Pony.
A large, semi-realistic horse-shaped creature instantly appeared under him, and the four horse hooves were as insubstantial as smoke.
Zhao Xu pulled the horse's reins, and the phantom pony also activated the "flying" ability brought by the 14th level caster level, and galloped away at a speed equivalent to 8 times that of a human being.
As for White Dragon Cyrus, after he cooperated with Zhao Xu to set up a trap in Falling Star Town, the legend spread in the town that the lord could control the dragon.
After all, compared to the young dragons and hatchlings who are still living in the countryside, the white dragon Cyrus, who has already reached his prime, can be considered to have the ability of "Dragon Power", and he can be considered to be on the side of the "dragon" .
The master can cast terrible spells, and the top brass of the town will only think that this is the case.
But when Zhao Xu can subdue a giant dragon, it means more.
Even the magic pet that a mage should have has never been seen by Zhao Xu.
Let everyone doubt the possibility of the white dragon.
Many people reconsidered their relationship with Zhao Xu on the spot, which also allowed his personnel reform to proceed smoothly.
Zhao Xu, who was satisfied with this result, did not hesitate to give Bailong "wages" to make Cyrus work more energetically.
After a while, Zhao Xu and Cyrus arrived at the city gate and saw a militiaman wearing simple cloth armor howling and crying.
Zhao Xu immediately remembered what was going on.
The recent ice and snow have receded and are slowly melting away, and the early spring grazing is about to begin.
Therefore, after Lu Qi, the newly appointed town sheriff, asked him for instructions yesterday, he organized the outstanding young adults in the town and pulled them out to practice before spring planting, which can be regarded as their labor tax.
In other words, these militiamen who are not included in the establishment of the security forces will organize training twice every year before spring plowing and after autumn harvest to maintain their basic combat effectiveness.
They are also Arthur's version of "reserves."
Naturally, these people are not needed for daily security in small towns, city defenses, and security in mining areas.
They are ordinary farmers and craftsmen, but in times of crisis, when the town needs to be defended, and when Winter City fails to provide timely assistance, they are the last "new force".
The militia training process is also a talent selection.
In the previous life, the black dragon attacked Falling Star Town. In addition to destroying Zhao Xu's family, it also exhausted the town's temporary militia group. In that month, no less than a hundred families held funerals.
At this time, looking at this militia boy with a scorched face and a slovenly appearance, Zhao Xu immediately realized that something was wrong.
Something happened, but he was the only one.
At this time, many big figures in the town had arrived one after another.
"What's going on?" The mayor asked urgently in an instant, and his grandson also joined the militia service this time.
However, this young militia boy who had just been drawn into the team today couldn't help but become even more nervous when he saw these big shots who would be entertained by his blacksmith father when they came to his house on weekdays. He started to cry on the spot.
"Why are you crying? I'm asking you a question!" The finance officer with a goatee became even more angry. His daughter had just been engaged to the mayor's grandson, so how could he have thought of causing such a thing.
But his questioning only resulted in louder cries.
Thinking that time was running out, the blacksmith who came over saw the angry eyes of these big men, and he almost raised the hammer in his hand and hit his son.
Only the boy's mother, who was wrapped in a thick animal skin to avoid being burned by the fire, hugged her child tightly and wanted to comfort him, but she couldn't stop her emotion for a while.
"Peace of mind and calmness!"
After Zhao Xu shook his head, he waved the staff around him and cast this second-ring spell.
For an instant, with him as the center of the circle, everyone within six meters felt a stable and peaceful force, and the restless emotions in their hearts slowly calmed down.
Whether it was the thought of blaming someone or the boy's crying voice, they all weakened a little bit.
"Is this the beauty of magic? It's so magical."
"As expected of the lord, no, I should say the president."
"I have never felt so relaxed and comfortable inside. It's so comfortable." The person who sighed even closed his eyes, as if he was feeling it.
Zhao Xu's ears automatically filtered out most of this rainbow fart.
The spell of An Xin and Calm was originally used to suppress "emotional" driven states, such as counteracting the effects of blessings, poets' songs, and barbarian rage.
Inner peace is an added bonus.
At this moment, the young man also began to cry and said: "Today, Chief Lu Qi took us and said we would go to the wild for training first to test our physical fitness and teamwork. As a result, we were on the way to Menghu Gorge."
As he spoke, the young man showed a horrified look and choked up, "Then a group of monsters suddenly appeared. It was so scary. They were a bit like dragons, flapping their wings, but they had three heads, and they could also spray out all kinds of mysterious energy. , poisonous gas also has lightning and fire.”
"Chief Lu Qi and the six or seven coaches who were protecting us fainted all of a sudden. Then these monsters took my companions away. At that time, I was caught in the trap arranged by Chief Lu Qi because of the execution and fell into the pit. He dodged a bullet."
"Three heads?" Several top town officials suddenly turned pale.
"Chimera, a monster with a challenge level of 7." Zhao Xu explained.
"What can we do?" the parents of a missing militiaman who came immediately after hearing the news wailed.
Zhao Xu recognized the other party as a clerk from the Government Affairs Department, but unexpectedly he also placed his child in the militia team.
It seems that everyone is sure that he will clean up the power structure of the entire town next.
There must be someone to fill the position, and when the time comes, he will most likely choose from the militia system managed by his direct lineage.
Naturally, these better-informed families also exerted their power early.
This is also the helplessness of the local official who is in charge of the government alone.
Because no matter how they change their staff, they will find that as long as they are promoted locally, the people who come up will have various roundabout relatives.
But Zhao Xu, who has the backing of future earth travelers, naturally doesn't care about this.
However, as the leader of the entire security system, he did not expect that Sheriff Lu Qi, who had only been promoted for two days, would be attacked and disappeared like this.
Even among this group of missing militiamen, those who can be included in the list have some backgrounds.
If they were all dead, it would be enough to shock Falling Star Town, which would directly affect his prestige.
It was like a slap to his face.
"Lord, please save my child." Immediately, the secretary from the mayor's side ran over, bowed to him and begged, "My wife was looking forward to seeing that boy get married, so she breathed a sigh of relief. , if something happens to him, our whole family will definitely be ruined."
"Yes, Lord Lord, please." Another mother, who was standing further away, even knelt down directly towards him.
Zhao Xu also quickly motioned to his men to help him up.
It has to be said that as he incorporated the entire security force, the security force basically became his direct subordinates. He could give orders with just a word, instead of having to go round and round and rely on making requests to the sheriff.
Because he is the "final boss" who controls the future of these people.
"Why did you run so far on the first day?" Zhao Xu asked.
At this time, standing aside, Khaqi, who was in charge of the security team's paperwork, said awkwardly: "Because the deputy chief Qingqiu suggested that we use their 'ice-breaking trip' in the earth world to eliminate everyone's sense of strangeness through unity and cooperation, so we arranged training first. "
"I didn't expect that a powerful monster like the Chimera would suddenly appear in this not-so-distant distance." As he spoke, Khaki, the clerk, became confused. One of the militiamen was also his nephew. At this time, he didn't know how to get there. Face your sister.
Zhao Xu also looked embarrassed. Lin Qingqiu was his direct subordinate in his previous life and was also a powerful warrior.
The other party originally upgraded very quickly, but unfortunately he ran out of five resurrection stones a few months before the time travel, and he had to start a new account in the end. So after time travel, although his level was almost the same as that of Zhao Xu, because the relationship behind him was not strong enough, he still had to take second place. under.
In this life, Zhao Xu, knowing that the other party was a reliable character, gave him the position of deputy sheriff, but he didn't expect that something would happen.
"What about him?" Zhao Xu asked.
"Chief Qingqiu has gone out to search." The clerk replied.
Zhao Xu also nodded. He dared to find a group of Chimeras with a single challenge level of 7 alone. He was indeed brave. If something happened, he could protect them.
But since Zhao Xu appeared, basically everyone was looking at him, waiting for him to come up with ideas.
Power corresponds to responsibility. He can call a group of younger brothers. Naturally, when something goes wrong, these younger brothers will have to watch his face.
"Kaqi, you first select a group of brothers who are quick to respond, smart, and have tracking experience, and go to Menghu Gorge first."
"Lord, these Chimeras can fly, so I'm afraid it's hard to find them." Khaki struggled, "Let alone me, we haven't heard of any Chimera nests nearby."
After hearing this, everyone woke up and realized to some extent that the militia boys who were taken away were in danger.
Creatures that fly away leave no traces on the ground at all.
This is like killing someone in the snow, but there are no footprints, there is nowhere to check.
"I'm not asking them to find the Chimera, but to see if there are any others in a situation similar to this boy who were lucky enough to survive and hide."
After hearing this, a mother cried bitterly: "Lord, what about our children?"
It's your child, not ours.
Zhao Xu silently corrected himself in his heart.
"Don't worry, I will go find the Chimera's lair myself." Zhao Xu said.
The clerk, Kaqi, was worried that Zhao Xu was doing useless work and said tangledly, "Sir, there is no record of Chimera appearing in this town before."
He has been looking at the records since he took over yesterday, so he is very clear.
However, Zhao Xu shook his head, "Think about why they want to take away these militiamen or leave them alive?"
Khaki shook his head when asked.
"Because there is a nest, we have to take it back and raise it as food." Zhao Xu explained.
As soon as these words came out, the parents of several militia boys burst into tears on the spot.
"Stop crying, I will bring them back."
Zhao Xu said and tugged on the reins of the Phantom Horse, "As long as you are alive, there will be no one missing."
"This is a lord's promise."
(End of chapter)