After returning to the East Sea Metropolis, Chen Mo met up with Joanna.
"I've found two suitable candidates, but I think you'll be more interested in one of them." Seeing Chen Mo, Joanna knew why Chen Mo was here, so she said directly.
"Oh?
What kind of special dagger skill does he have? "Chen Mo's interest was piqued.
Joanna had seen a lot of things. If she could say that he was interested in this person, then this person must not be simple.
"The skill is nothing special, but this person's identity is special.
This person's name was Horka. He was originally from Eastsea Citadel, but he betrayed the human race during the interracial war 12 years ago and joined the Beastmen's side. This caused the human race to suffer a few losses in the war against the Beastmen. In the past, he had been on the wanted list of the human race.
However, a few years ago, his name disappeared from the wanted list for some unknown reason.
However, in the past two days, I received news that he appeared in the territory of the human race. The place where he appeared was none other than your territory, Katrin. "
Joanna explained in detail, and Chen Mo finally understood why Joanna was so sure that he was interested in Holka.
Holka should belong to the Orcs now, but he appeared near Katrin's territory. No matter how he looked at it, it was a little strange.
"Where did Holka appear? Do you have a specific location?" Chen Mo raised his eyebrows and asked.
Katrin was his territory. Now that a traitor had appeared, he could not just sit back and do nothing.
Moreover, this person was an NPC that was suitable for Joanna. No matter what, Chen Mo had to find Holka.
"I only have a rough location. The person who sent the message is in that area. I saw him two or three times," Joanna nodded and told Chen Mo the coordinates.
"Well done. I'll come to you if I need anything. If you have any trouble, you can also come to me."
After receiving the coordinates, Chen Mo did not ask Joanna to help him. Instead, he turned around and left the Castellan's mansion. He then used the Teleport Skill and teleported back to Katrin.
East Sea Metropolis was quite far away from Katrin, and it would be inconvenient for Joanna to travel back and forth. Moreover, if they were in Katrin, he could ask for Hai Ruo's help. Hai Ruo's strength had already recovered, and he was at the same level as Joanna. Capturing Holka would not be a problem.
If Hai Ruo couldn't do it alone, he could still ask Enoch for help. If the two of them worked together, no matter how powerful Horka was, he wouldn't be able to escape.
"How is the development of the territory recently? Is there anything particularly urgent?"
After returning to Katrin, Chen Mo wasn't in a hurry to find Holka. If Holka ran away, he wouldn't be able to find him now. If he didn't run away, it wouldn't be a problem for him to find him an hour or two later.
Chen Mo quietly entered the Lord's mansion and found Enoch. He asked about Katrin's recent development. He had left Katrin for more than a week.
Now was the most important time for Katrina's development. Although Chen Mo had already handed Katrina over to Enoch, he still needed to know what he needed to know. He had to ensure that Katrina developed according to his plan.
"You're back?
Well, the development of the territory is as usual. There aren't any big issues. The hired guards are now working. Recently, the security of the territory has improved a lot. However, the territory hasn't been managed for many years, so it's a bit broken. Many of the city walls have collapsed and need to be repaired.
And because there aren't many hired guards, the deterrence to the adventurers is not great. The adventurers who like to fight in the territory haven't decreased much compared to the past. On the contrary, many adventurers see this as a challenge and often secretly kill other adventurers in the territory.
So, for the time being, the security of the territory has improved significantly compared to the natives. In the eyes of the adventurers, the security of the territory hasn't improved at all. If this continues, it might attract more adventurers with bad behavior. "
After thinking for a while, Enoch reported the development of the territory to Chen Mo.
As soon as Chen Mo heard this, he knew that things were really different from what he had imagined.
Although he had taken over Katrin's territory, he hadn't been able to confirm the specific situation of the territory. For example, he didn't know about the collapse of the city walls.
When the city walls collapsed, players could freely enter and exit from the collapsed areas. The guards at the gate were almost non-existent. Those players who liked to PK liked the excitement. They saw the new guards as a challenge and competed with them by killing them without being discovered by the guards. If this continued, the security of Katrin wouldn't improve, and it wouldn't attract ordinary players.
Without ordinary players to spend money, Katrin's economy wouldn't improve. This was different from Chen Mo's plan.
"How much does it cost to repair the city walls?
Repair the city walls as soon as possible! "Chen Mo made his decision without much thought.
"This is what I want to discuss with you.
There are two options for repairing the city walls. One is to simply repair it. It doesn't cost much money, 100 gold coins would be enough. But repairing it like this won't be of much use. Many parts of the city walls are too broken and can't give the residents a sense of security. If you want to attract more people to live here, it's necessary to tear down the city walls and rebuild them.
Moreover, since you want to repair it, you have to build a better foundation. The total cost is estimated to be 2,000 gold coins.
However, if you repair it, it will be easy to upgrade it in the future. The cost will be much lower. "Enoch said with a slight headache.
Katrin's territory still had more than 5,000 gold coins in construction funds. However, if they spent 2,000 gold coins to repair the city walls, the construction funds would be halved. If they wanted to carry out other construction, they would be strapped for cash. It would be inconvenient to do anything.
However, security was the foundation of a territory's development. If the security wasn't good, the territory couldn't develop at all. No matter how you looked at it, the city walls had to be built. They had to be built firmly to give the residents a sense of security.
"Don't think too much about it. Spend 2,000 gold coins to repair the city walls!
Don't worry about the money. I have some income recently. "Chen Mo said as he took out the 3,000 gold coins he had just received and deposited them into the territory's construction funds.
Damn, developing a territory was really expensive. The 3,000 gold coins he had just earned were gone immediately.
However, Chen Mo had no reason to hesitate about repairing the city walls.
As long as the city walls were not repaired, the territory would not be able to develop. Moreover, it was just a simple repair. With the development speed of Katrin's territory, Chen Mo knew that he would have to tear down the city walls and rebuild them soon. Otherwise, the territory's prosperity would not increase.
Since that was the case, he might as well finish it in one step. In any case, he could still take out the money now.
Moreover, this money was similar to picking up free money. Chen Mo would just pretend that he didn't pick it up.
"Okay!
I'll have someone do it right away! "Enoch's face lit up with joy. If Chen Mo, the Lord, was willing to pay, then it was naturally the best thing that could happen.
The matter of the city walls was solved. However, Chen Mo still had to deal with the PK elements that gathered in and around Katrin's territory. With these people around, the reputation of Katrin's territory would not be good. Even if it could develop in the end, the speed of development would be slowed down by a lot.
As for how to deal with these people, Chen Mo quickly came up with an idea.
However, he was not in a hurry to deal with these people. As long as they were still within Katrin's territory, they would not be able to escape from his grasp. On the other hand, he needed to find and deal with Horka as soon as possible.
"By the way, Enoch, the two sisters that came to the territory over the past few days, where are they living now?"
Enoch was about to leave to deal with the city walls when Chen Mo called out to her.
"Oh, those two sisters. I told them to pick an unoccupied house. In the end, they seemed to be living in a more remote house in the north of the territory," Enoch did not know the identity of the two sisters, so she answered without thinking too much about it.
"Okay." Chen Mo nodded. He then left the mansion and walked towards the north.
The north of the territory was the place with the least people living in the territory. The houses there were generally dilapidated. Most of the houses in the territory that needed repair were located in the north.
Since the two sisters chose to live here, it was clear that they did not want to be too conspicuous.
"Big Brother Adventurer!"
After passing through several dilapidated houses that were uninhabitable, Chen Mo arrived in front of a somewhat decent house. He then found Hai Weila, who was looking at ants on the ground in boredom.
When Hai Weila saw Chen Mo, she was immediately pleasantly surprised. It seemed that the ten points of Favorability did not affect her feelings for Chen Mo.
"My sister went out to hunt … Oh, she's back!"
Chen Mo turned around and saw Hai Weila walking back with a large black boar in her hand.
"You're here. What's the matter?" Hai Weila knew that Chen Mo was most likely here for something.
"There's something I need your help with.
A suspicious person has appeared around the territory. He is a traitor who betrayed the humans and joined the Orcs more than ten years ago. Recently, he has appeared in Katrin's territory. He might be up to something. I want you to help me capture him. "
Chen Mo gave a simple explanation of his intentions. He then mentioned Horka's special identity.
As for his true motive, Chen Mo did not tell Hai Weila and Hai Weila.
"Someone from the Orcs?
Alright, shall we depart now? "Hai Weila agreed without much thought.
The Beastmen and the Seafolk were also enemies, and Hai Ruo didn't have a good impression of the Beastmen. Furthermore, she and Hai Weila were finally able to live safely in Katelyn. If the Beastmen had any intentions towards Katelyn, she and Hai Weila would have to run for their lives and find a place to stay.
Of course, Hai Weila was unwilling. Hence, when Chen Mo revealed Horka's identity, she was more than willing to help.
"Let's depart now. We don't know where he'll hide if we're late." Chen Mo did not want to delay any longer. The sooner they could capture Horka, the better.
"Hai Weila, wait at home. Take care of this boar. Remember not to run around, and don't speak carelessly when you see people." Hai Weila handed the boar to Hai Weila.
"Got it." Hai Weila lowered her head and said gloomily.
Hai Weila was treating her like a child. However, Hai Weila did not want her sister to worry. Even though she was unhappy, she did not say anything.
"Let's go." Chen Mo brought Hai Weila out of Katrin's territory and ran towards Horka's location.
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Tomorrow at 4: 00 PM.