Chaos Lord: Infinite Guidance

Chapter 28 You reap what you sow

"This bullying the weak and fearing the strong can't really be considered a trash skill..."

After a moment's thought, Wang Jue spent another hundred points of soul power to give a second round of guidance to [Primordial Giant Cat - Fast Runner].

"Since you bully the weak and fear the strong, then take the path of stealth, develop cautiously, eat and drink well, and make yourself strong. Also, you need to practice running. Your name is 'Fast Runner,' so you must improve your running speed to escape safely when you encounter danger. If you can't beat them, you can outrun them. Just increase your star rating peacefully like this, understand?"

As soon as Wang Jue finished speaking, his body lit up with light.

"Ding! Guidance successful! The ancestral giant cat, Run Fast, has been enlightened by your guidance. It hunts small animals even more diligently, eating frogs, pheasants, rabbits, bamboo rats... The more it eats, the bigger it gets, and the heavier it becomes. It remembers your advice and has practiced long-distance running for three days. After reaching a weight of one ton, Run Fast only needs to eat and drink well. Now its weight has reached three tons, advancing to three and a half stars!"

"Ding! Your ancestral giant cat, 'Run Fast,' has activated its bloodline power, granting you an obese physique and increased loyalty by 15..."

Wang Jue stared blankly at the changes in the ancestral giant cat, feeling its body expand continuously as if it were being inflated, eventually becoming even larger than a rhinoceros. It lay on the ground, plump and chubby, like a big fur ball, and even rolled over to rub itself on the ground, appearing incredibly lazy.

"Good heavens, what kind of feed did you eat? You remember when I tell you to eat, but why can't you keep going when I tell you to run? I named you 'Run Fast,' and now you're so fat, how can you even run?"

Wang Jue once again lamented the unreliability of the system. The Primordial Giant Cat must have become stronger, increasing by half a star and weighing three tons. It looked big and cute, but where was the fierce aura of a beast?

"Well, it's still a three-and-a-half-star hero. Its combat power is enough to intimidate ordinary players. Let it and the three murloc brothers guard the base. Ordinary players shouldn't dare to act recklessly."

Wang Jue stopped worrying about the changes in the Ancestral Giant Cat. He had already exhausted his soul power, so he sent Run Fast to patrol the territory and then brought up the Lord's Shop panel, where he purchased 100 units of food.

A moment later, Wang Jue recruited ten more old beggars in the simple shack of the No. 1 courtyard and sent them all to the Illusion Wood Forest.

After that, Wang Jue focused solely on making bricks.

With nothing happening in his territory, Wang Jue continued building until dawn the next day.

He made another 100,000 red bricks, and the plasterers, bricklayers, and bricklayers used these red bricks to continue building the courtyard wall.

A moment later, just as Wang Jue finished taking inventory of the produce from the Illusionary Wood Forest, a system notification sounded in his ear: "Ding, your territory has been invaded, and the Mysterious Scarecrow is under attack!"

"Bandhu got into another fight?"

Wang Jue hurriedly left the courtyard and soon discovered that the mysterious scarecrow was fighting with Odron.

"You're too weak! You're too weak! Show me your skills and kill me already!"

Bandhu shouted loudly. He had little control over the mysterious scarecrow, but the scarecrow's automatic attacks kept Odron busy and unable to get close.

Audron was whipped several times, his mouth twitching in pain, but he forced a smile and said, "Brother Tiger is amazing! This whip technique is clearly the work of a master, gentle yet powerful, continuous and unbroken. I am truly ashamed of myself! I wonder where Brother Tiger got this scarecrow skin; it's so majestic, I'm so envious!"

"Don't you dare try to get close to me. If you don't kill me today, I'll kill you..."

Just as Bandhu finished speaking, the scenery before him suddenly shifted, and he immediately burst into curses: "That damned lord, he's messing things up again..."

At this moment, Audron breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Wang Jue and said, "My name is Audron. I'm here to turn in a quest to the goblin merchant. Who are you?"

Wang Jue said, "I am the lord here. If you need to complete a mission, you can come to me directly."

"You're the lord here? Bandhu's master?" Audron quickly cupped his hands in apology. "My apologies! Well, I'll be frank. The goblin merchant commissioned me to investigate a Chaos Lord, and I've done my job, uncovering some clues."

"Oh, great! Tell me your story. If it satisfies me, the promised reward will be substantial!"

"Alright, I believe you!" Audron nodded and said, "The female player that the goblin merchant asked me to investigate, if I'm not mistaken, should be named Montata. She is the lord of Wasteland Village. I found her territory, which is about 30 miles from here. There is a group of goblins and a saber-toothed tiger in her territory. This female player also appeared in the newbie village yesterday, seemingly trying to buy player life tokens from the village chief, but she failed in the end."

"Mentata, is your territory thirty miles away?"

Wang Jue's mind raced, and he asked again, "What are player life tokens?"

"Player Fate Tokens are special items that are bound to adventurer players. They are usually held by lord NPCs. Wherever the Fate Token is, the adventurer player will be resurrected in that location after death. Perhaps Montata wanted to absorb player residents, which is why she bought player Fate Tokens. Unfortunately, NPCs aren't stupid; why would they sell them to her?"

"I see!"

Wang Jue immediately realized the importance of the life tablet, and at that moment, he received a system notification: "Ding, your territory has been invaded. The fence is partially damaged, and the mysterious scarecrow is under attack!"

"Huh? Why is Bandhu fighting again?"

This time, Wang Jue dared not be careless. The fence had been damaged, which meant that uninvited guests had definitely arrived.

"Brother Delong, please wait here for a moment. I need to take care of some business and will be right back."

Wang Juejue bowed to Audron, then led Mad Dog King quickly toward Bandhu's location.

At this very moment, in the northernmost part of Wang Jue's territory, in the chaotic star sea, near the shore, three star sea cloud boats were moored side by side.

On each of the three Starry Cloud Ships stood a figure, and the person in the very center was none other than Meng Tata.

Meng Tata faced south, looking at the brick wall under construction, his brow furrowed. Suddenly, he said in a deep voice, "Our goal this time is to occupy Xuanzhou Village, destroy everything inside, and preferably kill the Xuanzhou Lord and his lackey, Bandehu!"

"Yes! Bandhu must die! This time I'm going to turn the tables!"

The one speaking was Mahaya, the first person to fight the mysterious scarecrow in Xuanzhou Village.

He stood on the small boat to the left of Montata.

Since his resurrection, Mahaya has been busy digging for wild vegetables. He digs for vegetables quickly and diligently, eager to take revenge. Yesterday, a man named Odron was selling discounted Cloud Boat Capsules. He went to great lengths, together with Zakra, to persuade everyone to pool their money and raise 3000 yuan to buy two Cloud Boat Capsules. He also hired two two-star mercenaries.

Mahaya took one of the two Yunzhou capsules, and Zakla held the other.

As for the mercenaries they hired, they had already rushed into Xuanzhou territory and were fighting the mysterious scarecrow.

Both mercenaries are two-star swordsmen. They have their own Starship Cloud Boats, no names, only mercenary numbers, and each is paid 700 coins per day.

Actually, there were two other mercenaries fighting the scarecrow at this time. They were hired by Montata and were both two-and-a-half-star axemen. Each of them was paid 1000 coins per day.

"Mahayah, don't be impulsive. We're just friends, here for the fun. Fighting is out of the question! We're sailing with everyone's trust and expectations on our backs. Making money is our top priority. Don't waste your time and then blame me!"

Standing on the small boat to the right of Montata is Zakra, who calls himself the "Big Brother" and is also a skilled wild vegetable gatherer. He continued, "Montata, we have a deal, okay? We only play when we're winning!"

"I wasn't really counting on the two of you anyway!" Mengtata said irritably. "Warfare relies on mercenaries. Four mercenaries, plus my three-star saber-toothed tiger, I don't believe we can't take down this mere Xuanzhou village!"

At this moment, Bandhu was surrounded and being beaten by four mercenaries, clearly at a disadvantage. However, he was extremely excited and shouted, "Yes, that's it! Kill me!"

Hearing his shout, Mengta felt provoked, snorted coldly, and then pointed forward, directly summoning the Gate of the Stars.

Two breaths later, a saber-toothed tiger leaped out and, at Montata's behest, charged toward the mysterious scarecrow.

However, just as the saber-toothed tiger pounced on the mysterious scarecrow and before it could even bite, a large, round cat, bigger than an ordinary rhinoceros and with tiger stripes, suddenly ran over from a distance. It was none other than the ancestral giant cat, Run Fast, who patrolled the territory.

The fast runner didn't care about the safety of the mysterious scarecrow. Its eyes were fixed on the saber-toothed tiger as if it had found a beloved toy. With a meow, it pounced on it.

The ancestral giant cat now weighs three tons and is much larger than an ordinary saber-toothed tiger. With a single claw strike, it made the saber-toothed tiger stagger, and then with a press of its two claws, it firmly pinned the saber-toothed tiger to the ground.

Mengtata was stunned.

Zakla and Mahaya were also stunned.

"Wh-what is that?"

"What a huge, fat cat!"

"Who is this fat cat? How did it take down the saber-toothed tiger so easily?"

After a long while, the three of them finally started talking.

Wang Jue finally arrived at this time.

He immediately moved the mysterious scarecrow closer, glanced at Mengtata outside his territory, and said coldly, "Those who reap what they sow! Mad Dog King, kill them all, leave no one alive!"

Mad Dog King didn't say any lines this time. He immediately took action, sliding in first and charging directly into the middle of the four mercenaries.