Chapter 142 Public Beta is Open! Birth, all can give birth! Ten births! (10.6k, 12/68)_5
The chaotic scene outside suddenly quieted down, after all, when those Rangers sat on horseback, the astonishing height they displayed instilled a heavy pressure on the players below, inexplicably.
For a time, the noise significantly decreased.
The person leading the way in front was Barry Knight, clad in heavy armor.
As a professional of Extraordinary Rank, even his steed was markedly different from normal horses.
Bigger and taller, draped in streaming soft armor, it exhaled black flames from its mouth while shaking its head and neighing.
"Quiet! Everyone be quiet!"
Old Barry's voice was surprisingly loud, and at his shout, even managed to suppress the voices of other players.
Seeing the crowd gradually calming down, Barry then raised the long lance in his hand and bellowed:
"The border Rangers are recruiting these days. Those willing to join can head to the Dungeon's Ranger Camp, and after signing the related contract, we will provide the Undead with beginner weapons and the advanced course for spell swordsmen."
"Now, those who are interested, step forward!"
Your next chapter awaits on empire
In the thunderous voice of Barry, a group of players, already planning on adventuring, broke off from the crowd in no time.
Seeing so many Undead choosing to become spell swordsmen brought a satisfied smile to Barry's face.
Recently, Lord Kael had formulated a development plan targeting the future direction of the Undead.
Although the territory didn't temporarily need so many players to become professionals, Kael still planned to further reduce the difficulty for the Undead to take up professions.
As for why he would do this, that's a story for later.
After a group of players was pulled aside by the Rangers, soon enough, a series of roaring sounds were heard.
Accompanied by a dense trampling noise, to the exclamations of the players, wolves the size of horses leaped over from the checkpoint.
One! Two! Three! ...Hundreds!
Only when a pack of Shadow Wolves stood before the players did they realize that atop the lead Shadow Wolf Guard, three Rangers were mounted.
No, perhaps they should now be called Wolf Cavalry.
They appeared quite young and wore light armor that was even thinner than the Rangers'.
But obviously, for such a swift squad, reducing the burden was essential to enable the wolf pack's speedy rush and to showcase the advantages of the Wolf Cavalry.
"Undead, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and get on, the wolf pack is going to speed up!"
The young man in the front laughed as he stretched out his hand to pull a male player onto the wolf's back.
The number of Shadow Wolves was greater than expected; more than two hundred Shadow Wolves, including even larger Two-headed Shadow Wolves and the occasional Shadow Wolf Guard.
Even a regular Shadow Wolf could carry two to three players to the borderlands.
If it was a Two-headed Shadow Wolf or a Shadow Wolf Guard, squeezing a bit more could even accommodate two extra people.
Thus, as the group of newbies watched agape, those who had firmly decided to become adventurers and conquer the Dungeon rode off into the horizon on the back of the running wolf pack, becoming a receding silhouette by the roadside.
The path trodden by the speeding wolf pack was marked by trails of black flames that had not completely dissipated, extending into the distance in the direction of their pursuit and disappearing like phantoms soon after.
Clearly, not just the new players but even the beta testers were stunned by this spectacle.
"The Cat Who Doesn't Sleep In" couldn't help but mutter softly, "When did Lancaster have Wolf Cavalry trained? No, those seem to be Shadow Wolves! Weren't they still fighting us tooth and nail before? How come they have suddenly become a troop type of the territory now?
And I remember, ordinary Shadow Wolves didn't have the ability to use Black Flame before, right?
How come now every wolf has such capabilities? How long have we been gone?"
"Are you talking about those Shadow Wolves?"
The indigenous person standing next to "The Cat Who Doesn't Sleep In" glanced at her and said:
"That's normal, the original Shadow Wolves certainly didn't have such abilities, but they were enhanced by Lord Kael.
Lord Kael has become much stronger now, and even in the Mage Academy, which is the most renowned in the Duchy, he now holds a prestigious position."
"Is it because he has a chance to inherit the Lancaster Duchy?" "The Cat Who Doesn't Sleep In" asked.
The native nodded, pride evident on his face, and said:
"Lord Kael's status is indeed very special now. I heard from several Rangers who had accompanied him to the Royal Capital that the Florence Chamber of Commerce, which was compensated to Lord Kael before, has now been renamed the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce.
They are selling potions and special items developed by Lord Kael, and it's said they are very popular. The queue at several stores can stretch out for hundreds of meters every day.
Now with the related resources, plus Lord Kael being an exceptional Spellcaster himself, he conducted magic experiments on those Shadow Wolves that voluntarily submitted to the Lord, which is why they all received a significant boost in strength."
The common folk were unaware that actually, the Shadow Wolf pack had been subjugated by the Totem Power under Kael's influence, and even the Black Flame branded on them was one of his research achievements in the Protection System of Totem Power.
All these were kept secret, resulting in many rumors about the wolf pack in the territory that were distorted as they spread.