Watching his master’s merchant-like smile, Dou Youyou felt pity for the players.
“Master, you’re too evil!”
“Evil? I can be even more evil. These are my things, I can’t let them use them for free. Put this away first, it might be of great use later!”
Dou Youyou pouted.
“What great use? You just want to milk the players for money. Why do I have such a stingy master?”
Zhang Pingfan placed the mobile spring in his small courtyard. It did add a certain charm, transforming the lonely courtyard with a spring and rockery, making it quite aesthetically pleasing.
“Heh heh, this reward from Miss System is commendable!”
[Ding! Village upgrade complete. Village upgrade quest triggered: Defend the Village. In two hours, a group of bandits will attack the village. Please prepare!]
“Damn it, which blind bandit dares to mess with me? I’ll make sure they never return.”
Zhang Pingfan went to the village entrance. It’s just a few bandits, no big deal.
When Zhang Pingfan opened his quest log, he almost died on the spot.
“Holy crap, are these bandits? This is clearly an army! 500 bandits!”
The number of bandits far exceeded Zhang Pingfan’s expectations. Not only were there many, but all the bandits were level 15 or above. The bandit leader was a level 20 boss.
“Damn it, Miss System, aren’t you clearly trying to trick me?”
[Ding! This is determined by the number of players in the village. This village has a maximum online capacity of 500 people. Currently, 500 players are online, with 378 currently active!]
The system saying this made Zhang Pingfan even less confident.
“With only 378 players online, and you’re sending me 500 bandits, how am I supposed to handle this!”
[Ding! Handing over 500 gold coins to the bandits can pass this quest!]
“Holy crap, five million? You might as well go print money yourself! What kind of joke is this!”
[Ding! Wish you good luck!]
Zhang Pingfan’s face was full of dark lines; this thing was purely meant to annoy him.
There was no other way. Zhang Pingfan could only rely on his disciple. After all, his disciple was the number one player on the entire server.
Dou Youyou, who was leveling up in the wilderness, suddenly received a master-disciple message from Zhang Pingfan.
[Ding! System notification: Your master, the Village Chief, is summoning you back!]
There was no choice. Dou Youyou had to abandon the wild monsters in front of her.
“What’s going on? I just got to the leveling area!”
When Dou Youyou arrived breathlessly in front of Zhang Pingfan, her eyes were filled with resentment.
“Master, are you okay in the head? You didn’t say anything when I was here, but as soon as I reached the leveling area, you called me back. I can’t fly, and running is tiring!”
Zhang Pingfan tapped Dou Youyou’s head and said, “Stop yelling. I am your master, and you don’t know how to respect your elders!”
Dou Youyou rubbed her head in pain.
“Then what is it?”
[Ding! System notification: The Village Chief has issued you the Defend the Village quest. You have been appointed the Great Captain for this village defense. Upon completing the quest, you will receive a mysterious item and an additional 5 free attribute points!]
Mysterious item? This immediately excited Dou Youyou. This was the first time she had received a quest from her master with other rewards.
“Master, what is the mysterious item?”
How would Zhang Pingfan know? He was only responsible for issuing the quests; the rewards had nothing to do with him.
“How should I know? You’ll know once you complete the quest. I’m just a quest-issuing robot!”
“Oh, I’m so looking forward to it! What could it be?”
“Alright, you are now the Great Captain for defending the village. What you need to do next is gather all the players from the novice village to come here and accept the quest. After all, the opponents you will face are even more difficult than the beast tide!”
Dou Youyou said dismissively, “It’s just a few bandits, what’s the big deal? With my current abilities, I can defeat them in minutes!”
Zhang Pingfan said calmly, “The bandit leader is a level 20 Golden Boss. All other bandits are level 15 or above, a total of 500. Try defeating one of them in minutes!”
“Clang!”
Dou Youyou’s staff dropped to the ground.
“Master, stop joking. During the beast tide, everyone’s levels were similar, with at most a 3 or 4 level difference. Moreover, we had a large number of players. Did you make a mistake this time? This is an impossible mission!”
Zhang Pingfan was also somewhat helpless. He wished he had made a mistake too.
“No mistake. This is a system-issued quest, and I can’t do anything about it!”
“Fine, as expected, this mysterious reward isn’t easy to get! Master, quickly issue the quest so we can prepare in advance!”
“En!”
[Ding! System notification: The Village Chief is issuing a quest within the novice village’s safe zone. All players, please quickly return to the novice village to receive the quest!]
Upon receiving this system notification, the players were ecstatic. They didn’t expect the quests to come one after another. Joyful!
The 88th novice village, which originally had only 378 players online, became bustling because Zhang Pingfan was about to issue a quest.
Many players who hadn’t logged in yet, or whose work had delayed them, also sneakily logged in. 138 Reading Network
“Damn, I missed out last night. I can’t miss this today!”
“I was disappointed all day yesterday because I missed last night’s quest. As expected, fate will not let me down. Village Chief, I love you!”
“Hurry up, why are you still fighting monsters? The quest is more important!”
Soon, most of the players outside the novice village had returned to the safe zone.
Fortunately, the safe zone was much larger this time and didn’t look as crowded.
The players were overjoyed when they received the quest.
This time, they could obtain two free attribute points and a level increase of two levels. Such a quest was incredibly satisfying.
However, all the quests they received this time were marked as difficult, which could be imagined that this mission would not be easy.
“Who cares! With a player like Dou Youyou, the number one combat power on the entire server, here, what do we have to fear from bandits!”
“Yeah, Dou Youyou’s health seems to be close to 5000 now. Leave the bandit leader to Dou Youyou, and we’ll take care of the rest of the minions. This quest looks easy!”
“That’s right, as long as this girl is here, this quest will be a piece of cake!”
But Zhang Pingfan was not so optimistic, especially given the large level difference this time.
He wondered if Dou Youyou could withstand the damage from the bandits.
“Xiao Hei, do you have anything to save lives? Give it to Youyou!”
Hei Huang said, “To save lives? I have some, but Young Master, your current ability is too low to use them!”
“Uh… never mind!”
Zhang Pingfan rummaged through his warehouse. It seemed only the mobile spring could guarantee Dou Youyou’s safety.
“Damn, you gave me this mobile spring as a reward. Was it for this moment?”
If nothing unexpected happened, Zhang Pingfan guessed correctly.