Although he was one step closer to the village chief’s seat, William Harper was not particularly happy. He didn’t want to be the village chief at all, okay? He was an IT guy, and had no longing for the life of a village chief. That was the kind of ideal life only artsy men liked. This task wasn’t a beginner’s quest and did nothing to help him leave this place and return to the outside world.

Chapter 11: Still Can’t Solve the Problem!

“When on earth will this group of unfortunate villagers finally respawn? Sigh, why did I trigger this damned village massacre quest? I didn’t even lift a finger, and this cursed quest was completed!?”

William Harper just wanted to lose it. He had no patience left to search New Huangjia Village again for clues, and went straight back to his own “home”—the house he had just designated as the “Wu Residence.”

Although he couldn’t take the surname Wu, who said the house couldn’t be called Wu?

This “Wu Residence” covered more than six mu, looking very much like a small manor, with six courtyards in a row, enough to house dozens of people. If he had such a courtyard in the outside world, even if it was beyond the Fifth Ring Road, it would definitely be worth over a hundred million. But in All-time Martial God, William Harper didn’t feel it had any value at all—it was just a house in a game, a set of data, nothing more!

Sitting in his own courtyard, he could gaze out over the whole of Huangjia Village and the babbling brook not far away, with a gentle breeze on his face and birds chirping all around. But William Harper couldn’t shake the gloom in his heart, and his eyes were clouded with worry. Bored, he pulled out the last three item cards to check their details. These three basic-grade weapon cards had all been unequipped from Angelic Boy and Luna Harper.

One was a pair of fine-looking longswords, used by Angelic Boy, called the Fei Xing Chuan Hen Sword.

Weapon: Fei Xing Chuan Hen Sword

Quality: Basic Weapon

Sharpness: 15

Texture: 21

Set: Pair

Attribute: +2 martial arts when equipped singly, +5 martial arts value when equipped as a pair. Special attribute: Recall! When using the tenth move of the Meteor Sword Technique, “Meteor Crossing,” to throw one Fei Xing Chuan Hen Sword at an enemy, as long as you still hold the other, you can recall the thrown sword from a distance. The Meteor Sword Technique and Fei Xing Chuan Hen Sword must be used together to activate this attribute.

The other two were both unequipped from Luna Harper.

Weapon: Fei Xue Piao Ye Spear

Quality: Basic Weapon

Sharpness: 18

Texture: 22

Set: None

Attribute: +3 martial arts

Weapon: Wu Ding Flying Cable

Quality: Basic Weapon

Sharpness: 0

Texture: 302

Set: None

Attribute: +5 martial arts, extendable, up to a kilometer long!

After a moment’s hesitation, William Harper equipped the Hundred-Change Weapon Manual and the three spear techniques, along with the Fei Xue Piao Ye Spear, from the character card Luna Harper onto The Gentleman in White. He only had five martial arts card slots, so he had to unequip the Little Essence Manual to free up a slot.

As soon as he equipped the three Fei Xue spear techniques, the system immediately popped up a prompt: Due to racial differences, The Gentleman in White can only use the Fei Xue spear techniques, and cannot increase martial arts value.

William Harper was a little surprised, but didn’t care much. He didn’t have any proper martial arts anyway, so even if he could only use the moves, it was better than nothing.

He tried it out and found that weapons equipped in the item card slots could be stowed away at any time—he didn’t have to carry a long spear around all the time, which made him quite happy. Although the Fei Xue Piao Ye Spear provided two martial arts points when used singly, and five when used as a pair, and was slightly inferior to the Fei Xing Chuan Hen Sword with its recall attribute, the spear suited William Harper’s taste better. With the remaining item card slot, he could also equip the Wu Ding Flying Cable. Even if he couldn’t use it, as long as it steadily provided martial arts value, it was a good thing.

William Harper browsed his spoils for a while and adjusted his character cards, but still didn’t see the villagers of Huangjia Village respawn.

Just as he was growing irritable and at a loss for what to do, a group of people suddenly arrived outside Huangjia Village. They eyed each other warily, and whenever their gazes met, it was with fierce glares, their eyes full of naked killing intent that screamed, “I really want you dead.”

William Harper’s house was on high ground, so he spotted the group before they even entered the village.

Earlier, William Harper had familiarized himself with the All-time Martial God system and roughly understood that for large quests like the village massacre, the system would automatically send out a public invitation to everyone nearby and share it automatically… and this auto-sharing couldn’t be turned off.

It was obvious this group had also received the village massacre quest invitation. The last two “heroes” had completed the massacre so smoothly, and though these people arrived late, they weren’t disappointed. Clearly, they weren’t here for the massacre itself, but for the player who had completed it. Everyone saw each other as prey, so naturally, there were no friendly looks.

“I’d better stay far away from this bunch of plague gods! Otherwise… what if they decide to kill me later? If this character dies, the completed beginner’s quest will definitely be wiped, and I’ll probably have to start all over again…” Just thinking about this outcome, William Harper felt like he didn’t have enough tears to cry.

He hadn’t even decided where to hide when a burly man suddenly charged straight toward his house.

This burly man had a three-star tag floating above his head, bobbing behind him like the flags on the backs of generals in Peking opera—very imposing.

William Harper had chosen the largest house in the village, which was also on the highest ground, making it the most conspicuous and attracting the strongest guy in the group.

In a panic, William Harper dashed straight for the outhouse… Not because he suddenly needed to pee.