38: Chapter 38 Envoy from the Main City, Trying to Poach Our Talents

The heat of the Novice Area's carnival week had not yet faded.

On the official road outside Luofeng Village, another motorcade arrived.

Eight white horses.

Two carriages with golden patterns.

A dozen armored guards followed behind.

The carriage wheels ground over the dirt road, kicking up clouds of dust.

Many players queuing at the village entrance looked up and immediately erupted.

"People from the main city?"

"Standard-issue carriages from Holy Light City!"

"Holy crap, is a big shot really here?"

The procession stopped at the village entrance.

The middle-aged official leading the group wore a robe embroidered with gold trim; his nose was high, and his eyes were full of condescension.

As soon as he stepped out of the carriage, he frowned and scanned the dense crowd of players, looking as if he found such a chaotic place repulsive.

"Is this Luofeng Village?"

A servant beside him immediately bowed: "Replying to you, Envoy, it is."

The man snorted softly and shook his sleeves.

"A mere novice village, yet it has caused quite a stir."

Upon hearing this, the players' expressions changed.

"This old fart talks really rudely."

"They come with ill intentions."

"Is he here to stir up trouble?"

On the earthen slope, Lin Zhe looked over with a calm expression.

Xing Jianwan stood beside him, holding Lin Chen.

Lin Chen was biting on a spirit fruit; his little face was quiet, but the golden pattern on his forehead glowed slightly.

Soon, the envoy led his guards to the front of the earthen slope.

He did not offer a salute.

He simply held his chin high, as if reading out a bestowal.

"Who is the Refugee Lin Zhe?"

The surroundings suddenly went quiet.

Lin Zhe did not move.

Xing Jianwan's eyes had already turned cold.

Seeing no immediate response, the envoy frowned deeper, and his voice deepened by a few degrees.

"I come from Holy Light City of the Human Empire, here under the Empire's orders."

"I heard that your Luofeng Village has produced an Epic-grade Archon."

As he spoke, his gaze fell on Lin Chen, and a trace of greed and scrutiny clearly flashed in his eyes.

"Not bad."

"It is indeed a rare talent."

He waved his hand.

Two guards behind him immediately brought up several chests.

Clack!

The lids of the chests were opened.

Inside were gold coins, bolts of cloth, several blue-grade items, and a bronze medallion engraved with the Holy Light emblem.

All the surrounding players saw it.

"A reward?"

"He really is here to poach someone!"

The envoy's expression was arrogant as he spoke slowly.

"The Empire is benevolent."

"It has decided to transfer this child to Holy Light City to serve in the main city."

"With his aptitude, it is not impossible for him to become a main city deacon in the future."

"As for you, Lin Zhe."

"The Empire will not treat you unfairly either."

He picked up the bronze medallion and shook it as if dispensing charity.

"From this day on, you are conferred the title of Honorary Villager of the Empire."

"You may follow the carriage and move into the outer city of Holy Light City to reside."

"For a bottom-tier Refugee NPC like you, this favor is a tremendous elevation."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the surrounding players darkened completely.

"Honorary Villager?"

"What kind of crappy title is that?"

"He wants to trade that for Little Archon Lin?"

"Is this idiot not awake yet?"

Xing Jianwan was holding Lin Chen, and she was already as cold as ice.

But before she could speak, Lin Chen moved first.

The little guy raised his head and glanced at the chests.

The next second.

Slap!

He waved his little hand.

The reward chest at the very front was directly overturned by the Power of Rules, spilling gold coins and cloth all over the ground.

The whole place went silent.

The envoy's face turned green on the spot.

"You—"

Lin Chen did not give him a chance to finish speaking.

The little guy spoke in a milky, childish voice, not loud, but the lethality was maxed out.

"Where my Daddy is, that is where I am."

"What is Holy Light City anyway?"

"Do you think you are worthy of having me go there?"

Boom!

The players were stunned for a second.

The next second, they almost went crazy laughing.

"Hahahaha!"

"Little Archon Lin is awesome!"

"What is Holy Light City anyway!"

"Well said!"

The envoy's face turned from blue to white, and his chest was heaving.

He clearly did not expect that a baby who had just been born not long ago would dare to step on him into the dirt in front of so many people.

He violently flicked his sleeves, and his voice turned shrill.

"How dare you!"

"Do you know whose decree you are refusing!"

"It is a blessing for you father and son that Holy Light City has taken a liking to you!"

"A mere novice village Archon dares to be disrespectful to the Empire?"

"Do you really think no one can deal with you?"

Lin Zhe still did not speak.

He just watched calmly.

Lin Chen, however, was already unhappy.

The little guy's face stiffened, and he raised his hand in a milk-fierce manner.

"Noisy."

Buzz—

A pale golden ripple instantly swept across the envoy's entire body.

[Notification: You have violated the rules of the Falling Maple Novice Area]

[Penalty 1: Immediate expulsion from the Novice Area]

[Penalty 2: Holy Light City teleportation access banned for three months]

[Penalty 3: Regional communication access banned for three months]

The envoy's eyes widened suddenly.

"What?!"

"You dare—"

Before he could finish his sentence, golden light exploded under his feet.

Whoosh!

He and the guards behind him were directly swept up by the Power of Rules and sent flying on the spot.

A flash of white light appeared outside the village entrance, and the group vanished completely in an instant.

The surrounding players were completely boiling.

"They got kicked out again!"

"Even the Holy Light City envoy gets rolled!"

"Still trying to poach Little Archon Lin, keep dreaming!"

"Little Archon Lin protecting his daddy is so damn cool!"

On the earthen slope, Lin Chen snorted and turned to hug Lin Zhe's arm.

"The bad guys wanted to take me away."

"I am not going."

Lin Zhe raised his hand and rubbed his head.

"Well done."

On the other side.

On the wasteland outside the Novice Area, the envoy fell clumsily into a grass pit, his official hat flying off.

As soon as he scrambled up, his face was twisted with anger.

"Rebellion!"

"This is truly rebellion!"

"I will report this to the Queen right now and mobilize troops—"

He raised his hand to activate his communication crystal.

But the crystal had no reaction at all.

He opened the teleportation panel again.

The Holy Light City teleportation array was gray.

The communication column was gray.

The report button was gray.

Everything was gray.

The envoy was completely dumbfounded.

"How could this be..."

The guard beside him turned pale: "Sir, we... we seem to be unable to contact the main city."

The envoy's hands were shaking; he tried three times, and all resulted in the same crimson notification.

[Access banned]

[Remaining time: 89 days 23 hours]

On the wasteland, only his gasps of shock and anger remained.

And on the earthen slope of Luofeng Village, the players were still shouting, one after another, that Little Archon Lin was awesome.

At the end of the official road in the distance, the aura of several forces coming from deeper within was already faintly approaching the Novice Area.