Wizard Immortal

Chapter 451 Recruitment

"Genesis? Players? Game?"

On the other side of the city, riding a horse through the city streets, Adir's lips twitched as he inexplicably felt a deep sense of déjà vu.

As a seasoned time traveler, he may not know much about games, but he is certainly familiar with them.

Those "players" weren't exactly tight-lipped.

Perhaps subconsciously thinking this was a game world, the visitors from another world only slightly concealed some information. After all the surrounding residents had left, they openly discussed it without any sense of caution.

This is understandable, since if these visitors from another world treat this world as some kind of game, they will naturally not have the same level of vigilance as they would in the real world.

Moreover, it seems that some kind of protective mechanism exists on these visitors from another world.

Just as Adir was spying on those visitors from another world, a unique power emerged from them, directly weakening their presence and silencing their words.

Adir estimated that if he hadn't developed his own origin after advancing to level four, he would probably have been affected by that shielding power and accidentally ignored what those people were saying.

This can also explain some anomalies.

Reality is not a real game. If these players had no defensive capabilities whatsoever, their unusual behavior would likely have alerted the local inhabitants long ago, leading to various consequences.

But with this force shielding them, these players can live peacefully in this world, and their unusual actions and words will not arouse the vigilance of the surrounding natives.

"Interesting, is it the protection of world consciousness?"

Sensing the aura emanating from those visitors from another world, Adir smiled.

He was no stranger to the power emanating from those visitors from other worlds; in fact, he had sensed it in many other worlds before.

That was the power of world consciousness. However, compared to the worlds Adir had experienced before, the world consciousness power of these visitors from other worlds was more active, unlike the lifeless worlds of others, and was full of vitality.

This is understandable. After all, as the world is nearing the point of integration, it is impossible for the world consciousness to remain dormant. It is normal for it to become active again.

"Players..."

Silently reciting the word, Adir's expression remained unchanged; he simply glanced to the side and said, "Rune."

"Your Highness, what are your orders?" Rune rode forward and asked Adir respectfully.

"What do you think about recruiting some soldiers locally?" Adir asked thoughtfully, looking at Rune.

"This is a very necessary approach." Rune paused for a moment, then nodded. "Even if Your Highness hadn't said so, I would have suggested it to Your Highness later."

"The defenses in Sisley City are too lax. If anything unexpected happens, it could be very dangerous."

"In a few days, send someone to announce this news around the city." Looking in a certain direction in the distance, Adir said meaningfully, "Don't rush to dismiss the original two hundred guards in the city. Keep them there for a period of training."

"We need to complete the original 500-person staffing quota before the end of this month."

"That would probably cost a lot of money," Rune said after a moment of silence.

"The taxes collected from the previous three years in Sisley City haven't been collected yet, that's a sum of money. Besides, I can also contribute money in a critical situation," Adir said nonchalantly.

As a prince, the original owner of Adir's body was not like those characters in novels, who, despite being a prince, lived a life worse than a servant.

Although this body was not favored by the original owner's father, it was still a legitimate prince. The wealth he had accumulated over the past twenty years, while not as much as some great nobles, was still considerable, and recruiting a few hundred people would be a piece of cake.

"Then there's no problem." Hearing Adir's words, Rune smiled and patted his chest to assure Adir, "As long as there are enough funds, it's easy to recruit suitable soldiers here."

"I hope so." Adir nodded, then looked to the other side, his eyes carrying a strange meaning.

Those players were waiting for his move, so he went along with them and gave them a chance.

Over the next few days, Adir did not show much abnormality, but seemed to be much more diligent, handling various affairs in the mansion and completing the handover of Sisley City.

As planned, he also sent people to various streets in the city to spread the word about recruiting soldiers.

"Here it comes!"

At noon, the sun shone brightly in the sky, baking the entire city like a giant oven.

On a high platform in the city, a well-dressed young messenger is giving a speech.

The speech was brief, consisting of only a few points, the most important of which was Adir's announcement of recruiting soldiers.

"...Soldiers who pass the selection process can have their food and lodging arranged at the Marquis's mansion, and receive 53 Naals and two large bags of wheat per month..."

A series of loud voices came down from the high platform, and not long after, when the announcement was finished, the messenger frowned as he looked at the crowded people below, but finally squeezed his way out, sweating profusely, to the next place to announce the announcement.

This is the limitation of this backward society; communication basically relies on shouting.

Paper is available, but unfortunately, the literacy rate in this world is obviously not high. If it were like the notices posted in TV dramas, Adir estimated that very few people would be able to understand them.

After all, he was recruiting soldiers, not some kind of divine doctor or knight-errant, so it was only natural that they couldn't read.

Faced with this situation, he had no choice but to order the construction of high platforms in various places as temporary reading points, and send people to announce the decrees in the most primitive way.

"Slim, we were right!"

Standing outside a platform, watching the crowd gradually disperse, Lera exclaimed excitedly, "The new lord has indeed ordered the recruitment of warriors! Our chance has come!"

"Once we become regular soldiers, we can shed our current identities and directly enter the city's military system to begin our next phase of development!"

He said excitedly, his dark face covered in beads of sweat.

Although they are "players," this "game" is extremely unfriendly to them.

Whether for the sake of realism or for some other reason, when players are born into the game, apart from their clothes, they are often completely blank, meaning they are penniless.

Even if you have no money, you still need to eat in this world, otherwise your hunger level will gradually decrease and you will eventually starve to death like an ordinary person.

Therefore, in the very beginning, these players tried everything to prevent their characters from starving to death.

Some stole things, some sold their labor, and some hunted and ate wild vegetables. In short, people tried all sorts of methods.

For players born in Elka State, life is even more miserable.

Elka State is a notorious bad place, not a prosperous area at all, and is surrounded by bandits and indigenous people.

It is extremely difficult for these players to develop in this place; they can hardly find any opportunities.

In the eyes of these players, this recruitment of local lords is an excellent opportunity.

This is a formal recruitment, recruiting real soldiers, not cannon fodder temporarily conscripted during wartime.

As a standing force within the territory, this regular standing army, while not particularly valuable, is rarely openly recruited.

They were able to meet this time because of the complicated situation near Sisley City and the fact that a new lord had taken office and lacked sufficient military strength.

"As long as we become warriors, with our abilities and as long as we put our hearts into it, we will eventually rise to the top."

After pacing around in place a few times, Lera said excitedly, "If I can become an officer, that will open up new possibilities, and everything will be much easier afterward."

"Slim, how many members do we have in total near Sisley City?" he asked, looking at the refined young man beside him.

"The count has been done, there are a total of seventy-eight people." Slim nodded and said, "However, there are only fifty-three male members among them, the rest are female members, which does not meet the requirements for recruiting warriors this time."

"Fifty-three people are enough." Lera nodded. "After we log off, send a message to tell them to drop what they're doing and come join us."

"Although there aren't many players in Sisley City, there are quite a few besides us. We shouldn't let someone else beat us to it."

(End of this chapter)