Chapter 765: Chapter 619, what exactly happened. Chapter 765: Chapter 619, what exactly happened. …
Wu Heng sat in the carriage, his eyebrows raising upon hearing the chatter.
How did the conversation turn to him?
Moreover, he didn't prefer the nearly three-meter-tall, robust type of beastman.
Had these people misunderstood something?
“Sir, the road ahead is too congested. Shall we take a different route?” the driver's voice came from the front.
“Let's take another route,” Wu Heng said.
The carriage slowly turned around, avoiding the main road and continued toward the direction of the Island Lord's Mansion.
Upon reaching the closest district to the Island Lord's Mansion.
Wu Heng got out of the carriage and walked some distance before returning to the Island Lord's Mansion.
He walked in through the gate.
Three maids came out to greet him.
Mini helped him take off his coat and said, “Master, they have started installing street lights on Lighthouse Street.”
“I saw it on my way back,” he replied.
“The residents of the Lighthouse Street area are quite happy. I heard someone shouting thanks to the Island Master and such,” Mini looked pleased.
“Is that so? I came back rather late and didn't hear that,” he responded.
“Hehe!” Mini chuckled, “Master, would you like lunch?”
“No need, let's eat together tonight!”
“Okay!”
Mini and the other two maids returned to the living room, while Wu Heng went straight to the corner of the courtyard.
With a casual wave of his hand, two coffins appeared on the open ground in front of him.
He ordered the skeletons to open the coffin lids.
Peering inside, he cast [Corpse Battlefield] on two corpses.
Necromantic power rippled out.
Two skeletons stood up from the coffins, shaking their bodies as the decaying flesh and rotting clothes fell off.
[Skeleton Mage (Level 11)]
[Skeleton Mage (Level 7)]
Wu Heng opened and glanced at their attributes.
Under traits, they retained [Hollow Skeleton] [Intermediate Soul].
Expertise retained included [Cloth Armor Specialization] [Staff Mastery].
However, the skill slot was blank; not a single skill had been retained.
Wu Heng knew what this was about.
Any mage from any sect, once transformed into a Necromancer Attendant, would lose all skills, and even if they learned new ones, they could only learn those from the Necromancy Sect.
It was a way to lock down their options.
“Come on out,” Wu Heng commanded.
The two skeletons stepped directly out of the coffins and stood orderly at the side.
Wu Heng told other skeletons to clean up.
He then said to the two Mage Skeletons, “Come with me upstairs, I have tasks for you.”
The skeletons followed behind him.
They continued upstairs into the study.
Wu Heng walked up to the bookshelf and took down two skill books.
He approached the level 11 Skeleton Mage and handed over [Corpse Battlefield], “Start with this book, learn the skills as quickly as possible.”
Then, he walked over to the level 7 Skeleton Mage, handing over [Bone Manipulation Skill], “You read this. Find your own spots to read!”
Both skeletons found places and began flipping through the books.
Wu Heng sat down nearby and released three ghosts, allowing them to move around freely.
Read books or watch cartoons.
“Uncle, that's my spot,” Xiao Xiao pointed meekly to where one of the skeletons was situated.
Wu Heng looked at the spot where the level 7 skeleton was, the same spot Xiao Xiao usually watched cartoons from.
On the windowsill, there were colorful stuffed animals and various oddly-shaped, valueless trinkets.
“Understood!”
Wu Heng nodded, took a sip of water and said to the two skeletons, “You two, come with me to the next room to read.”
“Thank you, uncle, you're the best,” Xiao Xiao cheered from the side.
Wu Heng led the skeletons out.
In the neighboring room, he let them start reading.
Skeletons didn't need light, so it didn't matter whether the light was on or off.
As long as there was a quiet place, it was fine.
Wu Heng had been sitting in the study when Mini's voice calling for dinner came from downstairs.
He opened the door, went downstairs, and joined the maids for dinner.
Click, click, click~!
As the sky grew darker, the streetlights on Lighthouse Street, one after another, lit up.
They illuminated the entire main avenue of Lighthouse Street brightly.
The surrounding crowd instantly erupted in cheers.
Closed shops reopened for business.
Vendors started weaving through the streets with their goods, selling various items.
A young Bard looked up at the streetlights shining as bright as the sun, his eyes dazzled.
He surveyed a spot under the light.
Then clenched his fists.
He pushed through to the front, carried a wooden box to the spot under the streetlight, and placed it down.
Stepping up on the box, he cast two spells on himself.
He declared loudly, “Bard 'Gavir' takes this opportunity to read a Great Detective story to everyone.”
After making a bow, he began the story.
“My name is Watson. I was sent back home due to an injury to recuperate…”
The crowd surrounding him gasped in surprise.
Watching the street lamps was indeed pretty uninteresting.
Someone telling stories here was another way to pass the time.
As he started telling a story,
more people began to gather, making the crowd even denser.
At that moment, another person stood under the next street lamp, the light converging as if it were a spotlight on a stage.
He shouted loudly, “Let me tell you a story too.”
Before long, one after another, figures stood under the lights along the street.
It was as if each was on a small stage.
Performing for everyone.
In the crowd.
“This place is much livelier than the Central District,” Shi Yali said, holding her sister's hand and turning her head to speak.
Even when there were street lamps in the Central District, it drew quite a few people.
But it wasn't as lively as it was here.
“Xi Ligui said, “Perhaps Wu Heng never imagined that these street lights would become a stage for low-level bards.”
Newspaper stories are all the rage.
But low-level bards don't have the chance to enter pubs and tell them to others.
Whereas here, so many people had gathered.
Although there was no compensation, they could still improve their levels and enhance their professional skills.
“Maybe he thought of it long ago. Didn't he say he wanted to support bards and change the theater?” Shi Yali said.
“Heh… perhaps he didn't think of that.”
Elsewhere.
Philippa, wearing a beige long dress, had a green parrot on her shoulder.
Looking at the bright street, her face lit up with excitement.
“Wu Heng is amazing, he really installed street lamps on Lighthouse Street.”
“I knew I saw something in him; he didn't disappoint me.”
“Silly bird!”
Philippa turned around and flicked the parrot on its forehead, “Don't you talk about him like that.”
The parrot glanced at her and flew away.
“Philippa…” Millicent, draped in a cloak, came over and grabbed her hand, “What are you wandering off for? What if we get separated?”
“Lighthouse Street! How could I not find my way home?” Philippa asked, looking at her.
“With so many people around, it's always good to be cautious.”
Smack!
Philippa smacked her on the buttocks forcefully, “I'm the captain of the Gold and Silver Island fleet; who would be blind enough to mess with me?”
Millicent's face immediately turned red.
She carefully glanced around and tightly held her daughter's hand.
Philippa continued, “Tomorrow I'll go find Wu Heng and ask him to install one of these right by our door.”
“Don't bother the lord with that.”
The next day, morning.
After breakfast, Andre Willow went to city hall.
Wu Heng came downstairs from the room with the Skull learning books.
A night had passed, and he still hadn't unlocked the skill.
It seemed he still had to wait a few more days.
Tap, tap, tap~!
Footsteps, and at the stair corner, the cat girl, Robey, ran into his arms.
She rubbed her nose and immediately said, “Master, some people are here outside; they say they are representatives of a merchant caravan, here specifically to visit you, and they also brought some gifts.”
Visit him?
Wu Heng had basically met all the permanent merchant representatives on the island.
He had cooperated with many of them.
Those coming this time must have just arrived on the island, planning to participate in the exhibition.
“How many people came?” Wu Heng asked.
“Three representatives of the merchant caravan, with some attendants, and they brought gifts,” Robey replied.
Wu Heng thought for a moment, then said, “Take them to the sitting room, and go find Shanaela; tell her to get up quickly and come over.”
“Right away!” Robey replied and ran downstairs.
Before long, Mini came in with three lavishly dressed individuals, leaving all the attendants in the courtyard.
Looking at the full yard of skeletons, they appeared somewhat restrained and uneasy.
“Lord Island Master.”
“Nice to meet you, Lord Island Master…”
The three of them bowed slightly.
“No need to be formal, have a seat and let's talk.”
On Gold and Silver Island, inside a tavern.
The story [Blushing Maid Benny] had just finished.
The tavern fell quiet once again.
Even though they had heard it many times, there was still an inexplicable melancholy amidst it.
In an upstairs private room, a lavishly dressed elderly man and a middle-aged man sat facing each other, with several accompanying guard attendants sitting near the entry.
“It really does make one reflect; telling the story from the perspective of a maid,” the middle-aged man said.
The elderly man nodded slightly, stayed silent for a moment, then spoke slowly, “My wife also used to write little stories about the common folk.”
His gaze suddenly turned sad.
“We used to sit together and listen to her spin tales.”
The atmosphere in the room grew even more somber.
The middle-aged man pondered for a while before asking, “Forgive me, but what exactly happened back then?”
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