Chapter 26: Tavern and Heroes

  Lin Tian, who led the army to victory and returned, was warmly welcomed by the people of the whole city. These lovely civilians spontaneously surged onto the streets, welcoming him with various foods and fine wines to reward the triumphant soldiers. Many bold girls even threw flower garlands or sachets at these strong and majestic men.

  All the way, the young lord was very low-key. For other people's curious inquiries, he always smiled and didn't speak. Among them were those with ulterior motives who came to probe the truth. His own secrets are not yet willing to be exposed too much, what can be done if they see it? I think there is absolutely no way for me to say it myself, you can guess by yourself.

  Someone had already sent all the Elf tribe soldiers back, and now the team only retained the long gunner, archer, swordsman, guardian, and pastor. These troops have been known to people for a long time, and it's not very meaningful to cover them up anymore. The slightly different monk, due to its low burst rate, had also been sent back to the hero space early on.

  It's worth mentioning that the Griffin, a fierce bird of prey, was also made public by Lin Tian. After all, the kingdom is called the Griffin Kingdom, and Griffins in human territory are limited in number and not particularly rare. However, for those powerful 6th-tier Knights, they categorically deny being their subordinates, no matter how others ask, they will absolutely keep their mouths shut.

  But even so, the combat power that is less than 1/3 of Lord Head's on the surface also made the entire Xianlin City shake. Some guys who had evil intentions in secret also had to reassess the strength of the young baron, this young successor of the Meilin family is not simple, can't be easily provoked.

  The beast tribe's army is surging forward, and although the Xianlin County has temporarily stabilized, the people are still restless. To address this, Lin Tian specially arranged for a team of long spear soldiers to take over the daily tasks of patrolling and maintaining order within the city. These soldiers, who were only equivalent to level 2, had limited effectiveness on the battlefield, but they were more than sufficient for patrol duties... This was also Lin Tian's way of indirectly protecting these loyal warriors. At the same time, all archer units and swordsmen guard units were deployed on the city walls to strengthen its defenses.

  Furthermore, a city master order was issued to confiscate all private assets of those who fled before the war, including their houses, land, tools and other supplies, which were all awarded to meritorious generals.

  Through these two measures, the people's hearts in the city gradually calmed down.

  Day 3 of Week 3.

  Lian Zhan, exhausted from the long battle, gently pushed open the door beside him and saw the radiant and lively spirit girl. He sat half on the bed, shaking his heavy head, and it took a while for him to wake up. It was time to build something.

  "Building Human Tribe 1st Class Tavern! -1000!" Remaining 76100.

  It seems I'm still not fully awake. How did I think of wasting the opportunity to build something and instead get this piece of junk? I had a hunch that the system wouldn't let me summon powerful heroes from the start, and the tavern's function to recruit heroes would definitely be cancelled. It's not like it's possible to have such an overpowered feature. Lin Tian didn't hold out much hope as he walked in. The exterior of the tavern wasn't very big, but once inside, it felt quite spacious. The dim lighting and simple bar with bottles of wine on display created a cozy atmosphere. Near the entrance, there were several large oak barrels with water faucets, resembling the kind of beer barrels that otaku guys loved to drink from. Several tables were arranged in the hall, each with matching stools. Two waitresses dressed in low-cut black and white maid outfits looked towards him as he opened the door.

  "Welcome! Lord of the city!" A scantily clad bar girl curtsied. Lin Tian looked around and, as he had thought, couldn't see any signs of heroic existence, not even a single customer.

  "Need some help? Your Lordship!" The bartender, who was also the owner and stood behind the counter, wore a white dress shirt with black trousers that had a somewhat aristocratic flair, and sported a pair of distinctly Western-style sideburns. He spoke in a slightly trembling tone.

  "Can I recruit heroes from here?" Lin Tian asked with a bad temper.

  "Not yet! Your Honor!"

  "Now?" A spark of insight, someone in the house heard something off: "Then when can I recruit heroes?"

  "It's simple, prepare 2500 gold coins... This annoying guy dragged out his tone: "Then wait for the Lord to reach level 20, and you can recruit heroes!"

  Xiao Huzi suddenly became honest and said all the information in one breath: "The number of heroes recruited is strictly limited, with an upper limit equal to the level of the city lord. Each main city has only one corresponding racial hero available for recruitment every week, and the race of the recruited hero is not limited!"

  Praise you, system great god, I am your loyal fan! Fantasizing that in the future when I go out and show off, I'll bring along dozens of heroes from a certain mansion to thoroughly go crazy, although it requires level 20 to unlock, but for an 8-level self like me, it doesn't seem too far away, right?

  "So what can I do here now?" The carefree dead householder ordered a cup of highball from the boss, looking quite good.

  "Cheers! 101 gold coins, thank you!" Little Beard handed over the wine cup. Before a certain miser could pick up his abacus: "This is the fee you must pay for understanding the system's settings information about the tavern earlier!"

  He glanced at the certain mansion that had just put down the board, and added a sentence: "In addition, you have to pay for the wine, 1 gold coin per cup, which can reduce the hero's fatigue and fill up life and magic."

  "Cherish life, stay away from excessive drinking, no more than 1 cup a day!" This little mustache is quite arrogant, isn't it? Remaining 76,000 gold? (Who dares to say 75,999? I'll chop you to death...)

  Got it! Since we've already made a mistake and built an inn, let's have the elves build some special buildings too to keep up with the pace!

  "Constructing a 1st-tier Goddess Statue of the Spirit Tribe! -1000!" Remaining 75,000 gold.

  Goddess Statue: If a city where the hero is located undergoes a siege, the goddess will bless all defending troops, with an effect of +2 morale to all defending troops, also effective for non-divine units!

  Adhering to the elves' aesthetic preference for magnificence, a pure forest goddess statue carved from a whole piece of white jade stands under the most eye-catching position of the ancient tree of life. The gentle and beautiful goddess is almost half-naked, only draped in a light gauze, which is consistent with the elves' yearning for freedom and nature. From the luxurious water bottle on her right shoulder, clear living water flows out continuously, and these waters are all from nowhere, appearing out of thin air. A certain owner swore that he searched around the statue for half a day but couldn't find any scientific basis to explain how this completely closed bottle with only one outlet could produce such a large amount of water... This is simply a miracle. Lin Tian, who used to only acknowledge science in his previous life, was thoroughly defeated by numerous phenomena that cannot be explained by science after crossing over.

  The effect of this goddess statue looks very powerful, it's rare that something can be effective on non-divine troops. Unfortunately, it can only be triggered during defense battles, which greatly reduces its actual usefulness. To those who claim to be aggressive players, shamelessly thinking that they will not give the opponent a chance to attack!

  I'm going, dare you be even more shameless?