Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!
Chapter 384 - 285: Water Ghost Pirate Attack

Chapter 384: Chapter 285: Water Ghost Pirate Attack

Wang Hao quickly made up his mind.

"Water Ghost Pirates, huh... The bandits of the Mountain and Sea Realm might have acquired some superpower."

"Power of Illusion replenishes every day... yet Qingshi Town cannot be easily destroyed."

"If it comes down to it, for this battle, we’ll spend it all!"

In Mountain and Sea Realm, Qingshi Town.

"Is the notorious reputation of the Evil Core a good thing?"

"Has the Distress Matrix, as a True God turned into a bad thing?"

Li Qingshan was somewhat surprised, feeling astonished at such an unthinkable matter.

Huang Youcai sighed and said, "The world is cold and unjust, Evil Gods run rampant, disaster and disease spread far and wide, so the recent notoriety of our Qingshi Town has drawn many refugees. Those willing to live an honest life have come here to farm; those unwilling to live well have turned to banditry."

"The Water Ghost Pirates started with just a dozen or so people, robbing merchants passing by to make a living. But in recent years, they’ve grown more demanding, recruiting over a hundred men. Though not enough to directly confront the court, the Government just doesn’t have the time to deal with them."

"Especially since the bandits’ stronghold is located at Lake Entrance, amidst reeds everywhere, plus the protection of the Water Ghost King, making it very difficult to capture them."

Lake Entrance, Water Ghost Pirates, these terms weighed heavily on everyone’s hearts.

Old Master Huang turned around, searching for a while before finding a wax-yellow Government notice.

"Here’s the Arrest Warrant for their leader."

An abstract ink painting was also illustrated above.

"This Niu Sanda is the chief of the Water Ghost Pirates at Lake Entrance. For many years, no one has captured him. Because he has sought refuge with an Evil God, we all call that Evil God ’Water Ghost King’."

Saying this, Old Master Huang spoke with a hint of fear: "The Water Ghost Pirates initially only operated around Lake Entrance, robbing merchants passing through."

"Any wealthy family passing by would be cursed if raided by them; the women would be taken back to bear children, and the men would be sank straight to the bottom of the water."

"Over ten years ago, our Qingshi Town had a merchant caravan that suffered this fate, and the entire family of more than a dozen people were wiped out, a tragedy beyond words."

"Later on, several towns’ wealthy people couldn’t bear it anymore, and combined their resources to hire a dozen or so martial heroes to capture the Water Ghost Pirates."

"Martial heroes? Are those the ones who know kung fu?" Lu Tianming asked with keen interest.

"Not only do they know kung fu. The leader of those heroes was adept in Taoist Skill and could even breathe fire from his mouth!" Huang Youcai gestured with his hands, "I witnessed it with my own eyes."

"And the result... they all ended up sunk in the water."

"That ’Water Ghost King’ doesn’t care for any sacrifices, only favoring to drown people in water. Over the years, the bodies that have died at Lake Entrance could number in the thousands."

"Water Ghost King..." Lu Tianming and Pan Hao looked at each other, simultaneously recalling Earth’s recorded strange "water ghosts."

According to records, these malignant spirits died unexpectedly in water or committed suicide in rivers and seas, unable to reincarnate. They secretly roam the water’s depths, luring or directly pulling living persons under to drown as their substitutes, after which they could reincarnate, also known to people as "water monkeys."

Of course, the "Water Ghost King" here might be somewhat different from Earth’s legends.

It was perhaps once weak, but after many years of growth, it has established itself, not so easy to deal with.

Old Master Huang continued: "Over time, the notoriety of the Water Ghost Pirates is such that no one cares about Lake Entrance anymore."

"Without a livelihood, the Water Ghost Pirates could only go out and rob. They’ve become established, starting to raid villages; women are taken to bear children, and men are taken to be sunk in water, their power growing even stronger."

"This time, these bandits might have set their sights on our Qingshi Town, after all, there are hardly any people left around, and they can’t just attack the big cities."

"Fortunately, we foresaw this early and actually have a little time to prepare." He bowed respectfully to the newly arrived lady, "This lady... may I ask your name?"

"My surname is Li," Jenny replied.

"So you are Miss Li, thank you, Miss Li," Huang Youcai murmured to himself, wondering where all these capable and unique individuals were coming from.

As if they had fallen from the sky.

In the past half-month, over a hundred refugees arrived in Qingshi Town, most being good citizens registered in the surrounding areas.

The Great Qian Government currently employed a system of Baojia, organizing households into units, with a head for each household; forming groups of ten households into a Jia, with a head for each; and ten Jia forming a Bao, with a Village Chief for each.

Qingshi Town accepted all these good citizens without question.

After all, there were still many vacant rooms and some barren farmland left uncultivated, Huang Youcai was eager for people to come work for him.

However, for refugees without household registration, he needed to give some thought, wondering if they were bandits who had fled from elsewhere...

Yet Huang Youcai was surprised to find that the Great Witch Pan Hao and others seemed unable to present a household registration...

Of course, that wasn’t important. With the officials dead or fled, no one could trace back to the Great Witch.

But those the Great Witch brought had major abilities!

Like that Miss Li, who could even prophesy— he racked his brains but couldn’t figure out how that transparent stone (Crystal Ball) could display images?

Within the time it took to burn a stick of incense, the Water Ghost Pirates were going to attack!

The town’s bell was rung, the "clang clang clang" sound gathering a large crowd of the old, weak, sick, and disabled near the well, their faces darkening upon hearing the news.

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