“It’s been three hours. Is this Pingjiang City Lord reliable or not? Why hasn’t he returned yet?”
Zhang Pingfan watched the time, his face filled with anxiety.
The longer this dragged on, the closer he was to completing the mission.
They only had five days in total, and almost one day had passed. The entire construction project hadn't even reached 1/10th completion, and this was with the players from Pingfan Town all present!
“Big Sister, this progress is too slow. We haven’t even reached 1/10th yet. This mission absolutely cannot be completed in five days!”
As one of the supervisors, Zhao Xin could see the mission progress updates.
Dou Youyou also looked helpless.
The players from Pingfan Town were already trying their best, but the area to be expanded this time was too large, and their numbers felt insufficient.
“I’ll go ask Master to see if there are any solutions!”
“Why don’t you remind the Village Chief to invite some external help? The Village Chief knows the City Lord of Shanda so well, he should be able to invite quite a few helpers. If that doesn't work, just release the mission to other players!”
Dou Youyou said, “Mm, go urge them on and try to speed things up!”
“Alright!”
At this moment, the City Lord of Pingjiang and the three of them, including Ri Tian, finally returned to Pingjiang City.
From the teleportation array behind them, a large number of dwarf craftsmen appeared one after another.
“Finally, we’re back. Let’s go, back to the town!”
The appearance of a large number of dwarf craftsmen in front of the teleportation array in Pingjiang City shocked some of the players in Pingjiang City.
“What is this? I’ve never seen them before!”
“I don’t know. Their names say they are dwarves, but the game introduction doesn’t seem to mention dwarves as a race, does it?”
“It really doesn’t. The official website’s furthest reach mentioned the monster range up to level 50 in the three main cities. Clearly, the dwarf race is not among them!”
“I’d guess they are from level 50 onwards, but why would they appear in our Pingjiang City in advance?”
Everyone was guessing, but no one knew the reason.
When the dwarf craftsmen disappeared into the teleportation array, the players were utterly bewildered.
Zhang Pingfan was anxiously waiting in the courtyard.
The courtyard door was pushed open, and he thought the City Lord of Pingjiang and the others had returned, but Dou Youyou appeared instead.
“Why is it you?”
His tone indicated that his Master was clearly disappointed.
“Master, you’re not happy to see me!”
Zhang Pingfan shook his head and said, “The mission progress is too slow, and I’m worried!”
“Master, don’t worry. Although the mission progress is indeed very slow now, we can ask the three City Lords for reinforcements!”
Zhang Pingfan said, “I’ve already inquired. Even with the craftsmen from their three main cities joining, it’s impossible to complete the mission on time!”
“Then let’s release the mission to other players!”
Zhang Pingfan said irritably, “If they could come in, I would have released the mission to them long ago. Why would I be anxiously waiting here!”
Dou Youyou smacked her forehead. How could she forget this? They couldn’t enter anyway.
At this moment, the courtyard door was pushed open again.
Ri Tian ran in first. Upon seeing Dou Youyou, he immediately adopted a fawning demeanor.
Then, the City Lord of Pingjiang also walked in.
“Master, the mission is completed. The dwarf craftsmen are all outside!”
When Zhang Pingfan heard this, the stone in his heart finally settled.
“You took so long, I thought you couldn’t find anyone. You’re finally here. Youyou, hurry and assign tasks to those dwarf craftsmen!”
Seeing her Master’s relieved expression, Dou Youyou understood that the mission should no longer be a problem.
“Master, I’ll take Ri Tian out with me! I haven’t walked the dog in a while!”
Looking at Ri Tian’s wagging tail, this fellow had made a great contribution today, so he would be rewarded by being allowed to go out for a walk with his disciple.
“No problem, this lecherous dog has finally accomplished something significant today!”
Dou Youyou picked up the dog leash from the table and led Ri Tian out.
The City Lord of Pingjiang was used to this situation.
The fearsome Ri Tian in his eyes was as docile and obedient as a street dog in front of his Master.
“City Lord of Pingjiang, you’ve completed this mission very well this time. Next time there’s something good, I’ll definitely not forget you first!”
“It is my subordinate’s duty to act for Master, and moreover, this time it was mainly thanks to Big Brother Ri Tian!”
“Alright, I’ll go out and observe too. I want to see what these dwarf craftsmen you speak so highly of are like!”
“Master, please!”
Initially, the dwarf craftsmen were quite unhappy when they arrived here. But when they saw a young girl about to assign them tasks, their dissatisfaction grew even more.
However, when they saw Ri Tian, whom Dou Youyou was holding by the leash, they could only suppress their anger.
“Alright, the task arrangements are finished. Youyou, I’ll trouble you gentlemen dwarves. Please complete the task as quickly as possible and don’t delay my Master’s mission progress. Otherwise, if my Master gets angry, I don’t know what the consequences will be!”
The dwarf craftsmen didn’t care who their master was. As long as this dog was here, they could only obey obediently.
They knew that their Dwarf King, a peak ninth-tier battle god, couldn’t withstand a single move from this dog. One could imagine how terrifying this dog was.
The efficiency of the dwarf craftsmen was truly extraordinary.
With the addition of the dwarf craftsmen, the players from Pingfan Town instantly felt that the work they had to do was much easier.
“Village Chief, where did you find these helpers? They’re so amazing!”
“Yeah, our progress today was too slow, Sister Youyou has urged us several times, but there’s nothing we can do. We’re too few, we can’t handle it!”
“With these people, this mission might even be completed ahead of schedule!”
“Don’t just stand there, let’s also put in some effort. We have our own task quotas. If we don’t meet the quotas, we won’t complete the mission either!”
Dou Youyou, holding Ri Tian, patrolled around Pingfan Town.
She found these dwarf craftsmen to be truly magical. One person could do the work of at least ten, and many difficult tasks were not a problem for the dwarf craftsmen.
“Ri Tian, you’re so amazing. Are these the helpers you brought back? Thank you, you helped Master solve an urgent problem!”
Being praised like this by Dou Youyou, Ri Tian’s tail wagged even more vigorously.
Zhang Pingfan and the City Lord of Pingjiang stood at the highest point of Pingfan Town.
Indeed, the addition of the dwarf craftsmen greatly accelerated the originally slow construction progress.
“Good, very good. Within five days, this construction will definitely be completed ahead of schedule! City Lord of Pingjiang, I broke your magic treasure last time, and you’ve done such a good job for me this time. I don’t know what to give you, but how about this? I’ll give you the axe I used before. Although it’s not a great item, I find it very handy!”
With that, Zhang Pingfan took the axe from his inventory and handed it to the City Lord of Pingjiang.
The City Lord of Pingjiang’s ecstatic expression showed how much he liked this axe.