Tauren Overlord

When she finally gave her last drop of spiritual energy, Rosa's crystal had been made more and more moist and smooth by Rhea.

Leia finally fell into a deep sleep.

She slept very well.

In the early morning of the next day, she felt like she was reborn, as if something that had been imprisoning her for years was finally released from her.

After a long ejaculation, Leia, who has always been self-disciplined, felt like staying in bed for the first time in a long time.

At this time, the small wooden door was gently pushed open, and the two maids took Leia to the dining table to enjoy a delicious and hearty breakfast.

This delicacy was much more delicious than the food Leia usually ate, which even made her feel a little guilty.

However, her attention was soon drawn to another matter.

When Leia was chatting with the maids, she heard that the master seemed to be investing heavily in the funeral industry.

This may be because a lot of people have died recently, which made Lu Heng see business opportunities.

It wasn’t just the late second Lord’s wife who passed away yesterday, Mr. Lundstall was also successfully placed in the coffin.

Although Leia was not particularly talkative among girls, she still couldn't help but ask:

"Mr. Lundstor...isn't he the largest spiritual material supplier here? Why is he dead?"

The maids seemed to be unable to judge whether the matter was true or not, and just said:

"It may be because he refused to accept the owner's suggestion of a price reduction yesterday and left here that night."

"Who knew that he would be ambushed by the Minotaur on his way south!"

"He's probably dead now."

14. Radio Alternatives

"Dear acting lord, we have figured it out. We have figured it out!"

After Londestal's son and wife escaped death last night, they decisively offered Lu Heng more favorable conditions:

"Not only will we reduce the selling price to half of the original price, but we will also not reduce the amount of protection money we pay."

According to imperial tradition, merchants who do business in a territory must pay a considerable fee to the lord who protects them.

In this regard, the lord of the Mountain Territory did not make any special arrangements.

Now that Lu Heng has become the acting lord, the task of collecting money will also be completed by him.

However, according to Lu Heng's original plan, after the price of spiritual materials in Londestal dropped, the money Lu Heng earned would also decrease proportionally.

Anyway, as the number of adventurers increases, both Lu Heng and Londestol can make small profits but quick turnover without suffering losses.

But after what happened last night, Lundstol's family members apparently came to their senses.

They took the initiative to send Lu Heng a batch of gifts early in the morning, including the Taimenia Psychic Potatoes, which were very popular among adventurers.

In the days before the Kingdom of Taimenia was incorporated into the Empire, the people of Taimenia cultivated a kind of psychic potato that could be used for long-distance communication.

This magical plant fruit originally became famous because the slices would make strange human sounds after being cut.

Later, the Taimenians discovered that the same psychic potato, after being cut into different pieces, became a natural conversation device.

Two people can each hold different pieces of the same psychic potato and chat intermittently at one end of the mountain and the other end of the mountain.

If the issue of psychic energy reserves is not taken into consideration, it can also be cut into potato chips or French fries so that more people can share a communication channel.

But the problem is that the spiritual power contained in the psychic potato is limited after all, so the more pieces it is cut into, the shorter its talking time.

Even if you simply cut a psychic potato in half, its spiritual power will begin to dissipate after about 30 to 60 minutes.

As the psychic energy dissipated, the delay in the psychic potato's voice transmission became higher and higher, and the transmitted sound became increasingly unclear.

It is very likely that after one end says something, it will take a minute or two for the other end to hear it, and it is difficult to hear clearly what is being said. Communication is basically based on guesswork.

If it exceeds 6 hours, the psychic energy of Taimenia's Psychic Potato will be completely exhausted and completely unusable.

This brings up a very difficult question:

The maximum usage time is only 6 hours. How far can the two communication personnel run?

If you have to meet up soon and cut new pieces of psychic potatoes, the effectiveness of this long-distance communication will be greatly reduced.

But no matter what, in an era when Taimenia was completely unable to research radio, many teams of adventurers discovered the practicality of psychic potatoes.

Anyway, the same team of adventurers usually won't be too far apart when exploring the same "wild monster nest".

As for the situation where no contact can be made for more than 6 hours, it is highly likely that the team has been fired, and there does not seem to be a need for a very long-term "team voice system".

But Rosa's psychic crystal brought a new perspective to the application of this plant.

To be precise, the assistance of a self-disciplined girl like Leia is indispensable.

After accepting the gifts from the Londestol family, Leia returned to Lu Heng.

Lu Heng took the crystal that Leia had charged last night from her hand and found that it was already filled to the brim.

So Lu Heng began to verify with Leia the charging effect of Rosa's crystal on the psychic potato cubes.

By the evening, Lu Heng determined that this crystal could replenish the spiritual energy of the cut psychic potatoes, allowing them to have long-distance communication capabilities for far more than 6 hours.

With this decisive enhancement, the psychic potato has great development prospects...

Of course, this great prospect is also inseparable from the enthusiasm of the Lundstol family.

Lu Heng was also willing to continue cooperating with them, so he said to Leia:

"Tell them that I appreciate their gifts and that I am willing to provide the necessary assistance to rescue Lundstor if they need it."

This made Leia feel a little surprised.

"But Master, I heard that Mr. Lundstol passed away last night, and his family seemed to have even prepared a coffin."

The Knight sister's words confused Lu Heng.

Ah, how could this happen?

He did transform into a minotaur last night and ambushed Londestal and his family as they were running away.

But I didn't kill Londestol himself?

When he let his family run away, didn’t he say that his family was wealthy and could afford the ransom?

Why did you change your mind now?

Lu Heng had no choice but to give Leia a calm yet awkward smile:

"I don't know the specific situation, but I believe that since Lundstol's family can return safely, he himself will have a glimmer of hope."

"So there is no need to give up the last glimmer of hope before confirming that Lundstol is dead."

"You can go to their house and have a chat. If possible, I really hope that the whole family of Londestal can be reunited."

Leia also quickly adapted to her role as an affairs officer.

While she was putting away the other half of the psychic potato that Lu Heng had just allocated to her, she knelt on one knee and said:

"As you command, my master!"

It seems that there will be a lot of things that can be entrusted to her in the future.

As the team grows larger, it will be impossible for Lu Heng to do everything himself.

He still needs to rely on psychic potatoes or other radio-like substitutes, plus reliable personnel, to establish a chain of command for him.

However, when Rhea went to visit Londestal's family, she found that the mission was extremely difficult.

Lundstoll's son was obviously in extreme joy, thinking, "The old man finally made some gold coins!"

He only accepted the news of his father's death, and absolutely could not accept the news of his father's life.

The wife of the spiritual material supplier also did not want to hear the news that "her husband is not dead yet", which was a kind of joy that would lead to sorrow.

As soon as Lea mentioned the possibility of Londestor's survival, the wife complained endlessly:

"Don't say anything. I saw my dear husband being torn to pieces by the minotaur last night. Now when I think of that scene, the fear in my heart lingers..."

"Sir, he must have been eaten by the ratmen until not even his bones are intact. Unfortunately, we cannot retrieve his body. We can only bury his soul..."

Leia looked again at the empty coffin in their house which had not yet been covered.

In fact, wealthy families like Lundestall, who have wealth and social status, usually customize coffins instead of buying emergency coffins from coffin shops to bury their family members.

But for this filial son and his wife, if they allowed the Minotaur Overlord to kill them, they would be able to inherit a large fortune.

So their attitude towards Lundstol was very firm: bury him quickly.

Leia had no choice but to walk out of Londestol's house, silently took out the psychic potato, admitted to Lu Heng that the mission had failed, and asked to be punished again.

15. Maid Development Plan

"I understand. Come back and have a rest."

At the other end of the psychic potato, Lu Heng spoke to Leia in a gentle tone.

He knew that it was not Rhea's fault, but he had completely misjudged Londestal's family.

As for the fact that the knight sister seemed to be a little addicted to accepting punishment... Lu Heng did not agree with her either.

Draining psychic energy is like drawing blood; doing too much will definitely weaken the person and even cause long-term damage to Reya.

Lu Heng really couldn't bear to use her so roughly. After all, spellcasters were quite rare talents.

In a remote place like the Mountain Territory, there may be 50 literate people, but there may not even be 10 spellcasters.

Most of these 10 are still hidden spellcasters, or are adventurers who are heading to other territories in search of opportunities and are just passing through the territory of the Mountain Territory.

At least there are only three spellcasters that Lu Heng can use right now, including himself.

There are basically two ways to acquire new spellcasters.

The fastest way is to go directly to the Adventurer's Guild to hire new adventurers.

Since they also take advantage of each other, the adventurers' commissions may be high, but they are usually not too outrageous.

Another advantage is that their own awakened exclusive skills are relatively certain, and Lu Heng can choose a specific type according to his needs.

But the disadvantages of hiring adventurers are also very obvious. They work for money.

If someone directly offered twice the price and asked them to betray Lu Heng or even assassinate Lu Heng himself, they might not refuse to accept it.

If the adventurers hired by Lu Heng have problems themselves, then he would be digging a hole to bury himself.

Given such a huge risk, Lu Heng is more inclined to train a group of relatively loyal people himself.

Anyway, he has the psychic crystal, so he can try to awaken his subordinates' unique talents.

The awakening process is to allow a person to receive relatively large psychic stimulation in a short period of time, thereby promoting the promotion of psychic level.

The most classic way to create this kind of great stimulation is to take magic potions.

This has nothing to do with killing or not.

If Lu Heng quickly injects the spiritual energy in the spiritual energy crystal into the body of the ascendant, it may also have a great stimulating effect.

During the upgrade process, the higher the psychic level of the awakened person, the more difficult it is to be promoted;

In other words, those who have not been promoted to level zero are actually the easiest to be promoted.

The only thing that needs to be verified is that the effect of a psychic crystal may be only a fraction of that of a magic potion.

This means that one crystal may not be enough, Lu Heng has to increase the dosage and use several more together.

Then having only one Rhea would be too inefficient, and we would have to find more spellcasters to generate electricity together.

Fortunately, the preliminary preparations for the "Great Adventure Era" have been completed.

Rosa has already prepared the promotional materials for "Hunting the Minotaur Overlord";

At the same time, Qunshanling also has a very competitively priced spiritual energy supply channel.

In addition to the three of us, more spellcasters will soon arrive in the mountains.