Her Royal Highness the Princess doesn't want to be pushed down by the players

However, Chris soon discovered something strange. These players did not seem to leave the city after helping her move bricks as usual.

Moreover, these players did not come out to kill monsters and level up, but instead headed directly in a certain direction as if they had a destination from the beginning.

Moreover, the direction they were heading was exactly the same as the direction Chris was heading.

"Eunice, could it be that the Morris family is also issuing missions among foreigners to recruit them?"

Chris stopped her horse and asked Yuni curiously.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Yuni quickly gave her answer.

"In fact, long before the foreigners temporarily returned to their own world, Lord Baron Mickey of Morris sent people to publicize his territory development plan and attract these foreigners to come."

Yuni's cold face showed a hint of dissatisfaction with the players, but Chris thought it was normal.

In fact, many times, as long as it does not involve factions, or as long as it is not on the battlefield of faction war, players will not mind taking tasks from other factions.

Moreover, for many players, factions are actually not something they care about.

It’s just that because of the realism of the game Land of Hope, most players feel more involved, so compared to other games, they care a little more about the faction.

But the Morris family is a local noble family in Wade City. In the eyes of players, they belong to Chris's camp, so there is no problem at all.

"Let's keep going."

Chris, who was planning to gather intelligence on the Morris family's territory in the name of inspecting the progress of the family's territory development work in order to decide the level of support from the Wade City Lord's Mansion, quickly crossed the plains and arrived near the border of Seris, near the Morris family's territory on the border of the Angus Mountains and Turner City.

After entering this area, which was actually hilly, Chris and the others encountered a group of players.

Around their shoulders was a gray-blue cloth embroidered with the coat of arms of the Morris family.

Obviously, this team of players has been hired by the Morris family and has become their private soldiers.

"I have met Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

Someone on this team of players shouted to Chris in surprise.

None of them expected that Princess Chris would suddenly come to this border territory.

Although surprised, the captain of this player team still walked in front of Chris's horse and stopped Chris and the others because he had a patrol mission.

"Beautiful and noble Princess, how come you are here?"

"Oh, I just heard that Baron Mickey of Morris wants to redevelop his family's territory. As his lord, I want to come and find out in person to see if there is any way I can help."

Kelly didn't care at all and gave the team of players a friendly and lovely smile.

Her friendly smile immediately made the team of players put aside their mission requirements and start chattering loudly.

"Your Highness's smile is so adorable!"

"Ah, Chris is number one in the world!"

The captain of the player team, although he was also very excited, couldn't help showing an embarrassed expression when he heard the reactions of his companions behind him.

"All of you, be quiet and pay attention to your image!"

After turning around and yelling at his teammates, he quickly turned around and smiled embarrassedly at Chris.

"Your Highness, please forgive me for making you laugh. They are just too excited."

"Yeah, I understand."

Chris chuckled and shook her head, winking playfully at the players.

"Besides, I've long been accustomed to the love you strangers have for me. Thank you very much. I'm very happy and proud that you like me this way."

"Ah, I'm dead!"

A male player covered his chest with his hands and fell to the ground in an exaggerated manner.

Seeing his exaggerated performance, Chris and other players couldn't help laughing.

However, the player captain did not forget his mission and smiled apologetically at Chris.

They said that after they took on the patrol mission, they needed to inform the Morris family before letting Chris and the others go.

Chris pretended not to care, but when she dismounted to rest, she glanced calmly at another hill not far away.

There, there is also a team of players patrolling.

Morris family, why do you arrange so many people to patrol the border of the territory?

It is obvious that Wade City and Seris have become allies, and there will be no more invasions, and there will not be a large number of wild creatures appearing in the wilderness in winter.

What are they wary of and on guard against?

Chapter 144-26 Isa's Discovery

The warm late winter sun shining on my body already brings a hint of spring.

The snow began to melt, and even looking at the hills from afar, you could vaguely see bits of green beneath the snow.

But Chris was not in the mood to appreciate this cheerful beauty. She, Isa and Yuni were standing on a small dirt slope beside the road.

Behind him were the guard knights, some of whom were responsible for taking care of the war horses, while others were vigilant of the surroundings.

"Your Highness, why do the Morris family hire so many foreigners?"

When seeing several teams of players appear nearby, Yuni's cold face showed an expression of vigilance and suspicion.

"Yes."

Chris stood on the slope, glanced around, and nodded.

"Hehe, Yuni, I remember that the news of our alliance with Celis has already been announced to everyone in the territory, right?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

Although she thought about hiding, Chris knew that it was impossible to have such a large territory without a single spy from other forces.

The information that Nolan and Liu Pei came to Wade could not be concealed, so the matter of the alliance had already been announced to everyone in the territory.

Under such circumstances, the Morris family not only formed their own private army, but also hired so many players.

If Chris said they were guarding against the wild creatures on the Snow Crystal Flower Plain, she would never believe it.

After all, there are so many players in her territory. If a large number of wild monsters spawn somewhere, there is no need for the city hall to issue a task to clear out the wild creatures. The group of players will have already slaughtered the tribe of wild monsters.

"Your Highness, several more teams of foreigners have appeared."

Yuni gestured towards the distance, and Chris saw some players appear on the distant hillside.

Obviously, the news that her Royal Highness the Princess had come to the Morris family's territory quickly spread among the player community.

These players were very curious about why a princess would cross the plains and come to a small noble territory.

Is there any plot mission about to be triggered?

This is also one of the reasons why those players come here. After all, the story missions are very attractive to players.

It's just a pity that before these players could come over to see if they could trigger the mission, an alert guard knight came over to tell Chris that a team of cavalry was coming quickly from the northeast.

In fact, when the guard knight came over, Chris, Yuni, Isa and others had already noticed it.

A middle-aged man in aristocratic clothes, accompanied by several knights, rode his horse to the bottom of the slope where Chris was. He dismounted, threw the reins to the knight behind him, and hurried to Chris.

"Beautiful and noble Princess Chris, I'm so sorry I didn't come to greet you right away."

The current head of the Morris family, Baron Mickey, bowed in greeting.

"It's alright. I'm sorry to have come uninvited and disturbed your family's efforts to rebuild their territory, Baron."

Chris gave a polite and perfect smile and returned the greeting.

"I also ask all the foreign warriors who have accepted our mission to continue to carry out your tasks and work."

After exchanging pleasantries, Baron Mickey immediately turned around and frowned at the players who were watching the fun around him.

Although they were very dissatisfied and wanted to continue watching the plot, because they had a mission to complete, these players could only complain dissatisfiedly and continue to complete the patrol mission.

"I'm very sorry, but because our Morris family lacks the strength, we can only hire these unruly strangers to protect our territory."

After dispersing the players, the baron immediately apologized and explained to Chris.

"Although Your Highness has signed an alliance with the Seris people, I am still concerned about them because of our family's history and past experiences."

Mickey's words made Chris raise her eyebrows. It seemed as if he was venting his dissatisfaction with the alliance between Chris and the Seris people, but she didn't say anything.

Chris calmly stated her purpose, which made Baron Mickey, a nobleman who came from a remote area but was as hypocritical as those in the kingdom, look astonished.

"I am very grateful for your willingness to lend a hand, Your Highness, but..."

"Baron, you don't have to refuse out of embarrassment. In fact, your Morris family will not make an exception. In the future, as long as the nobles of Wade make the same decision as you, I will provide a certain degree of assistance."

When Mickey just opened his mouth, Chris smiled and waved her hand, blocking the other person's words with a smile on her face.

"Lords and subjects support each other. This has always been the tradition of our Kingdom of Aler. As a royal princess, I must set an example."

Mickey was silent for a moment and nodded. His calm expression made it impossible to tell what he was thinking at the moment.

However, Chris didn't really care.

Since Chris said so, Mickey, who couldn't refuse directly, was silent for a while, then took Chris and the others to the Morris family's stronghold in the territory.

Along the way, Chris was silently observing the surrounding situation.

In addition to those players, Chris also saw some Aboriginal refugees heading towards the Morris family with their families.

Generally, these refugee groups will have a team of players as guards to protect them. This is also a task issued by the Morris family.

Soon, Chris and the others saw the Morris family's stronghold.

It looked very crude, with crudely built wooden walls and just simple sheds. The land outside the stronghold had just been turned into farmland by some settled refugees.

Because it is not spring yet, these farmlands are still showing their ugly brown appearance.

There were also people patrolling around the stronghold, which could roughly be called a village or town. However, it was obvious that the Morris family did not trust strangers, so most of them were their own private soldiers, with only a small number of players.

But precisely because of its simplicity and the fact that everything was just beginning, this outpost looked very busy at this moment.

"Baron Mickey, why don't you go and do your own thing first? I'll take my knights for a walk around and just take a look around."

After entering the base, Chris spoke with a smile.

Mickey was stunned for a moment, but after confirming it, he smiled and nodded. "In that case, Your Highness, please forgive my impoliteness. If you need any help, please come to the tower in the center of the base to find me."

Chris nodded politely in return and watched Baron Mickey and his knights walk towards the tower in the center of the stronghold. Although it was not very tall, it was obvious at a glance that it was very sturdy and probably had a lot of magic attached to it.

"Your Highness, what should we do next?"

Chris put away the smile on her face and looked around while sitting on the horse.

"Of course, we're pretending to be investigating and carefully observing the progress of the Morris family in rebuilding their territory."

Didn't do too much.

Because Chris didn't even need the help of the system's mini-map to know that the Jedi had sent people to monitor Baron Mickey nearby - of course, if they were discovered, it could be said that it was to protect Her Royal Highness the Princess. After all, there were many refugees here and order had not yet been fully established.

Mickey stood on the top of the stone tower, looking down at Chris who was riding a horse on the dirt road.

"Sir, why did Her Royal Highness the Princess come to our territory?"

“I don’t know, but we just need to do what we should do.”

Mickey said something casually to his subordinates behind him, then turned and went downstairs.

And Chris also carefully observed the territory of the Morris family.

We helped the refugees build huts and learned from them about the assistance and promises given by the Morris family.

She also saw that at the entrance of the village, knights from the Morris family were leading people to distribute relief rations to the refugees who had just entered the village.

Of course, Chris also knew that as a noble of the Hefno continent, this world was not completely devoid of nobles of high integrity and justice, but there was simply a greater concentration of another kind of nobles.

They are unjust, one could even say evil, but they observe order—it’s just that this order is the rules of the game among their nobles.

To put it simply, many nobles are lawful evil or lawful neutral.

After finishing the tour, Chris returned to the village entrance with Yuni, Isa and others and fell silent.

Because from what she saw with her own eyes, the village of the Morris family now really looked like a village in need of reconstruction.

The knights of the Morris family, along with some players, worked hard to help the refugees and maintain order. The refugees who had fled from other areas due to unrest also settled down, worked diligently, and prepared for the spring with hope for their future life.

Am I really being too sensitive?