MC's career as foreign lord

"Lord Mosa, may I call you that?" Zhou Ren said, having collected all the ore into his backpack. He faced the two figures—or rather, a skeleton and a head (possibly).

The one speaking was the head. He lowered his brow slightly, "Of course, you may. It has been a long time since I've communicated with a human. If anything I say is incorrect, I hope you will point it out."

Zhou Ren nodded, taking the opportunity to ask his question: "Why did you suddenly come to chat with me?"

Mosa said, "You are the first human to see Jim and the others without showing disgust or rejection. The kind of person I've been looking for is someone like you!"

"Someone like me?" Zhou Ren continued, "As long as you don't interfere with my work, I don't care if you're cats or dogs. So, state your purpose. Our time is valuable!"

"I heard the town chief wants to sell this mine. I want to find a new owner!" Mosa said. The old lich didn't seem to care about their current conversation. "If we can't find one, we might have to leave for the wilderness, to search for a place to live in the vast grasslands!"

"Find a new owner?" Zhou Ren nodded. "So, the owner you're looking for is me?"

"Currently, yes." The old lich said bluntly, "I've never met a human who is kind to undead creatures. Your attitude is already exceptionally good compared to everyone else!"

Zhou Ren pointed at Jim. "Then what did he mean just now?"

"He was helping you!" The lich said, "Almost everyone who enters the mine tries to clear out the skeletons. They think skeletons are the biggest threat to humans, but you didn't. He just wanted to play with you!"

"And then he called a bunch of skeletons to help me dig for things?" Zhou Ren asked, looking at the lich thoughtfully. "So, only you and he are conscious in this cave, right?"

"Alas! Jim has always been a pitiful child. He wants to play with the people who come to this cave, but he always ends up battered and bruised!" Mosa said, "If this cave is taken back, who knows how badly he'll be bullied in the wilderness!"

A skeleton leading a bone army being bullied? Just imagining it was unbelievable! Zhou Ren thought, "Is Lord Mosa so sure the new lord will drive you out?"

"Whether humans or elves, they don't like the undead. Rather than waiting for them to bring holy knights to eliminate us, we might as well leave together!" Mosa said, "Human! Do you want to make a choice? You don't have to care about me. Just take Jim and leave. It can't be worse than the current situation, right?"

"Let me think about it!" Zhou Ren said. This was truly a peculiar problem. He hadn't expected things to unfold this way after coming to the mine.

Jim hugged Mosa's head anxiously, seemingly communicating something. Zhou Ren continued to think, then seemed to make up his mind.

"Humans dislike skeletons because of the widespread evil rumors about the undead, and elves, being too close to nature, don't particularly like undead creatures. How about this!" He pondered for a moment.

Zhou Ren took out a map, the regional distribution plan Locke had given him. "You might not know, but I'm actually the new owner here, so you and your little apprentice can live here in peace."

"Lord? You are truly a kind person!" The lich said, stunned. "Aren't you afraid...?"

Zhou Ren waved his hand. "If you cause any trouble for me, I really have ways to deal with you. As for now, just stay in the mine!"

He pointed to the map in front of him. "This mine, including the surrounding land, is my territory. Now you live here, and then..."

He pointed to another area, a region close to the wilderness. In fact, Pine Leaf Town itself was relatively remote. Besides the road coming from Val City to the north, the east, south, and west all bordered the wasteland.

"I understand what the town chief means, which is for me to take over the security here. Since you have so many skeletons, I'll leave the security here to you, how about it?"

Mosa looked at him curiously. "You really are different from other humans. They can't wait to drive us away, yet you want us to stand guard for you?"

"Everyone has their own use. Since we can communicate, there's no need to take drastic measures, don't you think?" Zhou Ren said, "If it's okay, is it settled?"

Mosa agreed, "If you were the leader of a cult, believe me, you would have many followers! The undead and the dead are not all so warlike. Many undead and underground races cannot survive in the Underdark... Alas, why am I telling you this!"

"I agree to your deal, in the name of the Scribe of the God of the Dead, the Recorder of Death—Yerog!" He said. As soon as he finished speaking, a vast dark power seemed to sweep through the area, making Zhou Ren's heart tighten slightly.

"The God of the Dead?" Zhou Ren said, "I will simply dig a passage that can connect this place to my own territory, so you don't have to appear before the world!"

"Thank you for your mercy, Lord!" Mosa said, "You can take as much of this coal as you can, it's a gift from Jim!"

Jim nodded his skull head and pointed at Zhou Ren again. "Jim says, if you need coal in the future, you can ask him to help mine it!"

Zhou Ren chuckled. He didn't expect to gain a little brother by mining here. He nodded, then picked up the coal at his feet. There was indeed a lot, about seven or eight stacks, almost more than he had mined himself.

"In that case, I won't disturb you any longer! Jim, take me back to the mine!" Mosa said, and the head and skeleton left.

Just then, he seemed to see a special color in the pile of coal. It was a touch of red. "Wait!" Zhou Ren said.

Mosa turned his head (Jim helped him turn). "Do you have any other questions, Lord?"

"This ore... where did you get it from?" Zhou Ren held a tiny red powder. Just now, the MC system had reminded him that it was a fragment of redstone ore, but because the amount was too small, it couldn't be called redstone.

"This? Jim?" Mosa also helped to ask. The little skeleton gestured wildly, explaining for a long time, roughly expressing one meaning.

"Uh... he said it's a kind of ore that newly grows in the ground, red and glowing, but it disappears once it's mined!" Mosa said, then saw Zhou Ren's solemn expression and patted Jim's shoulder.

"Jim, next time you see this kind of unmoved ore, especially the light blue one, don't touch it, give it to me!" Zhou Ren said. What else could he say?

The output of redstone was not small, so wasting it was fine, but if diamonds were wasted, he could cry!

However, Jim seemed to know that mining ore that couldn't be mined was meaningless, so he left a few redstones in the mine. Seeing Zhou Ren easily mine them, the little skeleton happily hopped twice.

"Jim! How many times have I told you, don't hop around with my head! Ouch!" The old and young gradually walked away, and Zhou Ren quickly left with a bag of ore.

Today was considered very lucky. Not only did he obtain a large amount of minerals and take in a little brother, but he also found the location of redstone, which was a great harvest.

Zhou Ren left the mine and thought about sealing it directly with stones. This would create the effect that he was already developing it. Next time, he could build a fence and a house, and basically declare ownership of the place.

Then, he would set the area above the mine to be indestructible, which would minimize the contact between the little skeleton and people. This should be a good thing for both of them.

Not long after he left, the head in the mine reopened its eyes. Mossa sighed alone in the mine.

"Is this another joke that adult is playing on me?" he said, looking at the broken stones. Little by little, mysterious characteristics seemed to gather on them. "So extravagant as to throw his divinity around randomly?"

He also thought of the newly appointed lord who had just left. That sense of alienation and unfamiliar perception, he had only seen in some reclusive demigods or godspawn. This was not a good sign.

(PS: Godspawn, a god's war weapon or a soulless, power-only terrifying offspring of a god.)

"Death God above, is this another sign that the God War is about to begin?" His heart, which had not fluctuated for years, suddenly beat!

Zhou Ren felt like he hadn't been to town for a long time, so he turned around and headed there.

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The mercenaries here were still coming and going, but it seemed that news of the Jackalmen had decreased recently. They no longer had the same murderous aura as before, and the atmosphere gradually relaxed.

But Zhou Ren knew that the reason there were fewer Jackalmen recently was largely because Kobolds were gradually increasing.

He occasionally saw some Kobolds with dragon bloodline heads gathering slowly in the wilderness, searching for tools and food.

So the crisis in this town was still not over, but most ordinary people were still kept in the dark.

He walked all the way to the market and saw the empty pixie stall and the tightly closed door of Old Ford. Only Henry was still standing in front of his stall in the market, reporting the situation to Zhou Ren.

"Sir, the bones in the market have been bought by some mage apprentices and professionals. There are basically none left..." He saw Zhou Ren coming and quickly stepped forward to report.

Zhou Ren nodded to show he understood. "Are there mages in town now? It seems that Val City also knows the news here!"

He wasn't too worried. The town chief had relaxed a lot since Antinoya came. This intermediate professional seemed to place all her hopes on the female elf, which couldn't help but make Zhou Ren continue to guess her identity.

Just like Liya's identity as the elven royalty of the Silver Moon Empire, Anna is Liya's aunt, so her identity should also be extremely noble!

With such a noble standing here, it's no wonder Locke is so relieved.

"Yes, sir, some city guards from Val City have come to the town to set up defenses!" Henry was obviously a little nervous. "You said that if anyone came looking for you, tell them to bring a pickaxe to find you, but no one has come to this stall for two days..."

"Don't worry, you stay here and watch. Just let me know if someone comes!" Zhou Ren continued to give him some money. "Are the children at home doing well?"

"Thank you for your concern, sir. Now that there is food to eat, they are eating well!" Henry said happily. "Do you still want to continue collecting flints and feathers, sir!"

"Keep collecting. Remember to buy me some beef and mutton tomorrow and send it to the door at the same time!" Zhou Ren said, "You take a rest!"

"Sir, please be careful outside... The wind is coming!" Henry muttered.

"Wind? What wind?" he said, turning to leave. It was already late, and it was time to go back.

Zhou Ren had finally managed to mine redstone, and he could finally continue to make the Tea Time module tools. The time for him to have a nice cup of tea in his chair in the afternoon was almost here!

He strolled back to the entrance of the town again. This time, Zhou Ren saw the guards from Val City that Henry had mentioned. Compared to this town where humans, half-elves, and elves lived together, Val City was more like a traditional elven city.

These elven guards were wearing standard iron armor and standing at the entrance, guarding teams of people walking into the church. These people should be the reinforcements that the town chief had spent a lot of effort to invite.

Thinking about it, besides those manors outside the town, the only buildings that could accommodate so many people were the administrative hall and the church.

Zhou Ren suddenly thought of Anna's words. He and Corellon were similar in some ways? What aspects were those?

Then he saw a woman who looked very much like Anna appear in the church, making all the surrounding soldiers bow and salute together, and then silently walk into the main hall of the church.

Today didn't seem to be Sunday, so not many people appeared here. Zhou Ren just glanced at it and turned to leave. Even if it was like Anna, so what?

His current task was to quickly make the soil monitor so that the seeds he had spent so long collecting grass and tree droppings had a chance to become real crops!

Just as he was leaving the town in a hurry, an unusually激烈的 conversation took place in the church!

"Antinoya · Lyadun! Do you know what you're saying? You are denying the authority of the Elven God!"

A brown-haired, green-eyed female elf said, the entire church interior actually only had the two of them present!

"Shia · Amastacia," Anna also slammed the table directly, "Don't think I don't know what you want to do! This is the fact, an undeniable and uncontroversial fact!"

Her complexion was indeed not very good, but her golden hair was still elegant, "This is a saint in the mortal world, a god who has been allowed by AO to descend into this world! If you don't want to accept it, I can accept it. At worst, I'll break into the temple and meet the Lord of the North Wind! We want the people that the Elven race doesn't want!"