thefictionvixens Chapter 115: Profit is everything
Chapter 115: Profit is everything
"Wait a minute, I'll go too." Deputy Knight Commander Fang, who was sitting in the corner, saw Zhang Wei was going to see the Baron, so she stood up and followed him.
"Oh, OK." Zhang Wei couldn't say no. These days, the other four female knights had been working under Samantha's coercion in exchange for the right to live there. Only Deputy Knight Commander Fang refused to work.
Although the other four female knights felt that this was extremely unfair, and even the deputy knight commander had some resentment, they could only gather in one of the bedrooms at night to complain about their leader because he was their leader after all.
When they arrived at the Baron's Palace, the guards did not make things difficult for Deputy Knight Commander Fang. After all, it was the Viscount's century-man team that was in charge of guarding the Baron's Palace.
However, when it came time to enter the main building where the Baron was, there was a difference in the treatment Zhang Wei and Deputy Knight Commander Fang received.
Zhang Wei was also summoned and waited, and was quickly brought in by the servant. But Deputy Knight Commander Fang had to wait, and Zhang Wei could clearly feel that such obvious difference in treatment should be due to the change in the Baron's attitude towards Deputy Knight Commander Fang.
Walking into the room where the Baron was, Zhang Wei saw the Baron standing next to the window, slightly pulling up the curtains, and looking at Deputy Knight Commander Fang downstairs.
"How is she doing lately?" the Baron asked about Deputy Knight Commander Fang's whereabouts.
"According to the female knights who stayed in the store, she stayed in the store every day and did not go out to do anything without permission."
"Oh? You developed the female knight into a spy?" The Baron lowered the curtains and sat behind the desk.
"It's just a little trick that takes advantage of women's jealousy. I'm not good at this, but my woman happens to be quite good at it." Zhang Wei smiled. He didn't want the Baron to think that he was good at dealing with women. After all, there were rumors that the Baron suddenly turned against the female knights and didn't allow them to live in the main building or even in the Baron's Mansion because the Baroness lost her temper.
It didn't matter whether the rumor was true or not. It might be true, or it might just be a smokescreen used by the Baron to confuse everyone. However, for Zhang Wei, when it came to the Baron's sensitive areas, he would rather believe it than not.
"It's true that too many women can be troublesome. I heard that you've been busy leveling up in the dungeon recently. What's going on? Are you interested in the vacant position of a gold-level adventurer?" The baron asked Zhang Wei what his purpose of leveling up was.
"No," Zhang Wei had no intention of hiding it from the Baron. Some things could be concealed, while some things were better explained directly.
"Oh?" The Baron uttered a long sound. He was a little surprised by Zhang Wei's answer.
"Do you know about the selection of heroes?" Zhang Wei asked the baron.
"I've heard recently that this matter has made many people unhappy. What? You want to be a hero?" The Baron didn't like his subordinates who were too ambitious, but he also knew that once he became a hero, he would face the king directly. Even if the chance of success was only one in ten thousand, he would not offend Zhang Wei for this.
"How can I be qualified to be a hero?" Zhang Wei laughed. He continued, "I accidentally received an oracle from the goddess of reincarnation, reminding me to pay attention to this matter and asking me to lead people to upgrade their levels as soon as possible, saying that something unexpected might happen after this incident."
"!!!" The Baron stood up and instantly put on a smile that showed concern for his subordinates. He walked up to Zhang Wei, patted Zhang Wei on the back, and motioned Zhang Wei to sit on the sofa beside him.
"Take your time, there's no rush. Can I have a drink?" The Baron walked to the corner to pour wine for Zhang Wei and himself.
"I can drink it." Zhang Wei quickly stood up and waited for the baron to come over with the wine glass, then he took it with both hands.
"Sit down, sit down." The baron motioned Zhang Wei to sit down.
Zhang Wei did not sit down, but waited until the baron sat down before he sat down.
The baron was very satisfied with Zhang Wei's behavior. He took a sip of wine and said, "Tell me what happened in detail."
"Well," Zhang Wei licked his lips and said, "I don't know how to explain it. The oracle is very vague."
"That's normal. Oracles are often vague," the baron agreed.
"In fact, it only mentioned three things: the selection of heroes, upgrading levels, and other things that might happen." Zhang Wei finished speaking and took a sip of wine, pretending to calm himself down. After drinking the wine, he held the wine glass with both hands and continued, "I know myself well. The selection of heroes should have nothing to do with me, so I wondered if something bad would happen after the selection, so I was reminded to upgrade quickly. You know, sometimes the order of the oracle is also messed up."
"Indeed, oracles rarely give hints in order, and you are right to think so." The baron said this, but he felt that the oracle given to Zhang Wei by the reincarnation goddess meant for Zhang Wei to participate in the brave selection, but Zhang Wei and his people were now at too low a level, so they were asked to quickly upgrade their levels.
Although the baron thought so, he did not say it clearly. Instead, he asked Zhang Wei: "What are your plans?"
"I want to upgrade first, so as to cope with all kinds of changes."
"That's a good idea. What level do you plan to upgrade it to?"
"Level eight, I dare not go any higher." Zhang Wei lied to the Baron this time.
"Why not upgrade to level nine?" When the Baron heard Zhang Wei's plan, he immediately changed his sitting position and put the wine glass on the table in front of him, wanting to discuss it with Zhang Wei seriously.
"Level nine is a level only brave men are qualified to reach. Who dares to surpass it?" Zhang Wei still maintained the image of not wanting to participate in the selection.
"No, no, no, you can't think like that. In the past, you were right to think so. The hero was level nine, and no one except the royal family could reach level nine. But now it's different. Even the heroes summoned by the royal family are not heroes recognized by the goddesses. That is to say, anyone can reach level nine. If you are worried that the oracle is saying that a disaster will happen, then shouldn't you reach level nine?"
The reason why the Baron began to persuade Zhang Wei was not because he had a change of heart, nor because he really cared about Zhang Wei's growth, but because he had already determined that Zhang Wei was the candidate chosen by God. For the Baron, a living Zhang Wei was more profitable to him than a dead Zhang Wei.
"This, I think may be very difficult." Zhang Wei did not expect that the Baron would be so enthusiastic about his upgrade, which made him a little flattered.
"Why?" The baron didn't quite understand. He was afraid that Zhang Wei would misunderstand him, so he said, "To be honest, I don't know much about adventurer upgrades. Can you tell me where the problem is?"
"Sir, it's like this. There are currently two known ways for adventurers to level up. One is to kill monsters of the same level and accumulate experience points. For example, I am now level 5, and I can only accumulate experience by killing level 4 monsters, but it is very slow, and level 6 monsters can no longer provide me with experience. For me, if I want to level up quickly, I have to kill level monsters. However, our dungeon can only go up to the fifth floor, and the fifth floor leading to the last floor is guarded by people from the guild and is not allowed to enter."
"Guild members are guarding the last floor?" The Baron couldn't help but frown when he heard this. However, Zhang Wei's upgrade was more urgent now, and the guild's affairs could be discussed later. Seeing that Zhang Wei was about to explain the guarding, the Baron interrupted and continued, "That's not urgent. It means that the dungeon at home can't meet your upgrade needs now, right?"
"Yes, so today I want to apply to you to go to the dungeon of Viscount Jinhou to level up."
The baron nodded, indicating his agreement with Zhang Wei's idea. He thought for a moment and said, "There are only nine floors over there, right?"
"Yes."
"If there is still someone watching the eighth level, then you may only be able to reach level eight before the selection, right?" the Baron asked Zhang Wei.
"Yes, if you want to reach level nine, you have to go to the dungeon in the Earl's territory. Only because you care about your subordinates and sympathize with us can we go to the Viscount's territory to level up. But the Earl's territory..." Zhang Wei deliberately gave a bitter smile. He didn't expect the Baron to help him smooth things over. He just didn't want to reveal how he was going to reach level nine.
"Just focus on leveling up. I'll have someone deliver the transfer order to your store tomorrow. I'll take care of the other things. If you've finished leveling up and the selection hasn't started yet, there's no rush to deal with other stores and caravans." The Baron said this, then he stood up and walked to Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei quickly stood up.
The Baron patted Zhang Wei on the shoulder. He was still Zhang Wei's leader, so he could naturally continue to use his leadership status to build relationships in advance.
"Don't worry, I'm here." The Baron looked at Zhang Wei with a smile.
"Thank you, leader!" Zhang Wei drank the wine in the glass and then saluted the baron. Even though the posture was still similar to that of the puppet soldiers, the baron smiled even more happily.
When Zhang Wei was leaving the main building under the guidance of the servant, he happened to see another male servant following closely behind, trotting to Deputy Knight Commander Fang with a smile on his face, nodding and bowing to invite Deputy Knight Commander Fang in. It seemed that the Baron's attitude towards Deputy Knight Commander Fang had changed again.
"The Baron asked me to bring you a message, asking you to come back to Jinhou Town with me after you get ready in the next two days." After saying this, Deputy Knight Commander Fang reached out to Zhang Wei to ask for something.
"What?" Zhang Wei didn't react for a moment.
"Room key." Deputy Knight Commander Fang's arrogant expression seemed to be saying, now you are begging me, why don't you give me a room quickly.
"My room is the first one at the left end, close to the street." Zhang Wei put the key to his room in Deputy Knight Commander Fang's hand.
Deputy Knight Commander Fang said nothing and went to check the room with the key.
"Done?" Samantha, who had just walked downstairs, came to Zhang Wei and asked after seeing the arrogant Deputy Knight Commander Fang passing by her.
"Ah."
"when are we leaving?"
"Tomorrow at the earliest. I'll leave as soon as I get the transfer order. Even the Baron knows about the selection of heroes. Although he didn't specify the time, it feels like it will be soon."
"Okay, I'll find someone to take care of the shop. What about those shops, caravans and chamber of commerce?" Samantha was still thinking about her shops, caravans and chamber of commerce.
"They said they would give it to me after the selection."
"Hmph... I hope they can give it to me." Samantha turned and left with some dissatisfaction. She still needed to look for someone to manage the store.