"Have you never run into the really powerful kind of monsters?"
Ethan frowned and continued questioning him.
Although he had previously heard players mention on the regional channel that they had only encountered low-level monsters, that was just a few cases and couldn't really prove anything.
So Ethan had also considered the possibility that.
Ordinary players who ran into high-level monsters were already dead, so naturally no one could answer his questions.
But today he had caught someone from an army. That counted as an informed source.
Ethan naturally had to get a clear understanding.
This was a key chance for him to learn more about the mist world!
"Uh…"
After thinking for a long time, the honest man finally said, "Once, we ran into a completely red bull. It was very powerful."
"It could cause earthquakes, and it could even use its horns to knock a bunch of people flying."
"It was just like a group of tanks."
"After that, we never ran into anything that powerful again. Most of what we met were just ordinary beasts. Of course, we did run into pure white tigers."
"They were much bigger than tigers on Earth, probably weighing seven or eight hundred jin. Very scary."
As he spoke about those monsters, the honest man's face turned pale.
Hearing that, Ethan's frown deepened, "With so many of you, did not a single one of you ever encounter a monster that could kill you with just one glance? Or man-eating plants? Or water ghosts drifting in the water?"
"Uh, sir, I really can't answer that."
The honest man turned to glance at his companion, who was still vomiting wildly, his whole face green from it, "If there really were such monsters, then the person who met them would probably already be dead, right? So of course they wouldn't make it back."
"As for man-eating plants, I haven't seen them. I've heard from the exploration team about poisonous plants though. They said if you get stabbed by them, you die. Supposedly several people already died from that."
"As for water ghosts, aren't those just rumors?"
"…"
Ethan suddenly felt like he and these people hadn't even arrived in the same world.
Giving up on asking more about monsters, he raised another question, "Then how exactly did you find me? I don't even know where District One is. How did you know where District Seven is?"
"Th… that…"
The honest man hesitated.
Ethan snapped his fingers, and a group of fart bees flew over.
The honest man panicked and blurted out, "It was the adjutant! The General's adjutant found a map with the locations of various districts marked on it!"
"And on that map, there were even some coordinates, numbers or something like that."
"Your coordinate, Lord, is number 888. So we followed the marked coordinates and used a compass to find our way here."
"Based on our calculations, even wearing sprint shoes, it would take about six hours to get here from District One. Today there were eight hours from sunrise to sunset, so we set off at full speed and rushed over!"
"Oh?", Ethan directly pulled out the Dragon-Slaying Blade and pressed it against the honest man's neck, "So according to what you're saying, you didn't plan on leaving after you came, right?"
"It takes six hours just to get here. And with your guts, you probably wouldn't dare travel at night, so…"
"You two planned to come here, kill me, and then go back to report to your General. Is that it?"
"I… I…"
The honest man lowered his head in terror, "Spare me, sir! Spare me, Lord!"
"I was forced! I didn't want to come, but if I didn't, I would die. The General said if we want to survive from now on, we have to obey."
"Because survival will only get harder. All of us are crammed into a few stone houses. Anyone who disobeys gets assigned spoiled food, or even the corpses of those who committed suicide before."
"I really had no choice…"
"Please, let me go!"
"Don, you coward afraid of death!", the poker-faced man shouted again, "Do you think he'll let you go just because you talked? You useless piece of trash!"
"Hey! You know what? I actually might let him go."
Ethan smiled and snapped his fingers again.
Three more fart bees flew over. When the poker-faced man saw that, his face turned from green to white. The bees hadn't even released any gas yet.
But he had already started vomiting by reflex.
"L… Lord, if you're really willing to spare me, I swear I'll serve you like an ox or a horse. I'm willing to follow you for life. I will never betray you!"
The honest man hurried to promise, afraid Ethan would change his mind.
Ethan stroked his chin and looked at him, "You're not a territory resident, right? Your current identity should be a free player in District One, correct?"
"Y… yes, Lord."
Seeing a glimmer of hope, the honest man nodded repeatedly.
Ethan rubbed his chin. Given that he was short on manpower right now, having one more resident didn't seem like a bad thing.
Besides, this guy knew where District One was.
Ethan was not the type to say a gentleman takes revenge and waits ten years. That idiot Shakun dared to provoke him. Not taking revenge was impossible.
Waiting ten years was even more impossible. Ethan preferred not to let a grudge last even overnight.
But tonight was an extreme cold night, not letting it last overnight would be a bit difficult, 'Fine, I'll give him one day.'
Then, Ethan turned to look at the other sly-looking guy. When that man saw Ethan's gaze, he immediately nodded repeatedly, "I'm willing too!"
"I'm willing to follow Lord and become your most, most loyal supporter."
"Even if you want me to kill General Shakun, I won't hesitate. Please believe in my loyalty, Lord!"
The sly guy begged desperately.
The poker-faced man had just inhaled the poison from three fart bees. Even while enduring the poisoning, he still shouted angrily, "Loran, are you crazy? You dare say something like that!"
"You traitors! You damn traitors!"
"I'll make you… blegh!"
Before he could finish, he inhaled another mouthful of poison and collapsed into retching again.
The other two looked at him, their eyes filled with nothing but sympathy and speechless disbelief.
Ethan looked at the sly guy, Loran, "You just said you'd do anything for me? Including assassinating General Shakun?"
"Uh…", Loran's face stiffened for a moment, then he nodded quickly, "Yes! I'll do anything for you, Lord. If not, may I die a miserable death!"
Loran thought that as long as he could bluff his way through for now, once he returned to District One, to General Shakun's territory, he would be safe.
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