Chapter 1922 High Elves Attack -Part 1
When Jin returned to the Dungeon Maker, Kraft was smiling at him as if he had done more than what the others would have done. "To think that you subdued the Red Cross Ape, making it your servant rather than using the System to do that. All for the impression to show that you are an expert."
"If the Red Cross Ape dies in one hit, the onlookers would not know how strong the ape is. They might have thought that the military was just incompetent in killing it. By allowing it to show its powers to a certain extent, the onlookers even those who were not of a high grade could see that this Red Cross Ape was a danger to them if not taken care of. The evacuation that the military had done was justified."
"Ah, and you allow the military to save face and in the mean time bring up the reputation of the Demon Exorcists as well." novelb1n
"Well, Ma Ge did give us something good deal on the land even though he drove a hard bargain."
"It's more like the User drove a hard bargain to him." The System begged to differ.
"In any case, by doing this act of ...'non violence', the Demon Exorcist organisation would sure to have some erm... extra points to their name. I am sure Ma Ge would appreciate it a fair bit." Jin replied.
"Anyways, the land would not be yours until a week later according to the paperwork. Xiong Da still needs to verify a few more documents with the Ministry of Land and you are good to go. That's Tinda's words and I decided to be the messenger for this."
"I have an aching feeling why you wanted to tell me directly about this issue," Jin said as he folded his arms.
"What? I'm a bearer of good news. What is so bad about that?"
"No, you want to see where that Red Cross Ape comes from, don't you?" Jin questioned and Kraft shrugged his shoulders.
"Why would I want to know where that Red Cross Ape originated? So what if it came outside of the borders and probably from Mongolia? They are no match to me and I do not see any benefits in looking out for their breeding ground." Kraft reasoned.
"Fine. I will allow that. System, how much loss are we expecting from the destruction of the New Adventurer's Town?"
"Enough to pay for your land in terms of Dungeon Dollars. That's its current valuation that the System had determined. It might not be indicative of the value that it had racked up throughout the months. The growth had been exponential and to burn it down the ground means the System and User have to spend resources to rebuild it."
"Can we liquidate certain items or at least move out a few things before the High Elves' arrival? Even if we cannot save people, saving the goods should allow some monetary relief." Jin asked and the System had stated that it would mobilise the goblins and Orcs to do a sweep a day prior.
"Be quick about it, from the map, it looked like they might be coming in about a few days' time."
"Hmm... actually on second thought, don't remove everything." Kraft suddenly cracked a smile. "They had been going through quite a few detours and while they had been rather obedient to their superiors, it was pretty obvious that they were at the breaking point due to resources."
"What do you mean?"
"There might be a chance that they might want to raid the New Adventurer's Town a little to get the resources, take a few hostages to show that they were serious. And once they have their fill of raiding then they will start destroying the place.
"Eh? So we have to put up an act with them? I am not sure if our own Goblins and Orcs are up for it."
"Come on, they should be able to. The monsters had been in dungeon instances for so long that they needed to limit their strength to fight against newbie cultivators. This is practically the same thing. Just put up a neat little show along so that they would get killed by the High Elves. In return, I promise they can be part of the ambush against the High Elves' kingdom. Though, it's a slight pity that you do not allow usual 'pillaging' protocols." Kraft mumbled his last line and Jin heard it loud and clear since he did not have the intention to hide his comments, just being more conscious since his 'master' was around.
"Alright, if that's the case then you are paying those monsters the System points needed for those who were killed in that act of yours." Jin finally agreed to it even though Kraft did mention this to him before about this plan.
"To make it more sweeter, let's put some mild laxatives to the food as well. And also make some of the coins wither into ash when they touch it. Oh, the faces on them would be such a delight to the Night Foxes." Kraft grinned when Jin knew that all of these mischiefs were also for him to partake on.
Thus, the operation to trick the High Elves had already started with the outer layer of the New Adventurer's Town to be evacuated and placed in Jin's temporary dimensional instances until the raid was over. Jin's Orcs and Goblins who heard of the plan started to populate those areas and prepare to act as meek as they could even though Jin did say some retaliation was allowed. As for the townfolks who were not under Jin's control or contract were instantly forced into the temporary dimensional instance with the intention to wipe their memories away once it had been done.
But for now, Jin had decided to keep that method as a secondary method since Kraft said that he might be able to mass hypnotise the entire town once they are in the temporary dimensional instance to think that the new town they build after the High Elves' attack would be the thing they would waiting for anxiously to happen.
It was only at that moment, that Jin wondered why Kraft could not just mind manipulate the High Elves to tell him the location.