Chapter 532: Chapter 282: A Group of “Victims”_3

As a result, at this time, mercenaries who came and went from Bengala Town brought the latest news about Hope Village.

Hope Village had also opened a Task Center, and furthermore, it was now fully accessible to all village-level territories.

The permanent and transient population of the territory might have reached twenty thousand, the scale of shops on Commercial Street had reached two hundred, enough to meet the daily needs of Professionals and those seeking to enhance their strength, and the prices in Hope Village were still far lower than those in Bengala Town. Additionally, various kinds of support facilities were under construction.

Such news, once it came out, was undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire for the residents of Bengala Town.

In no time, the number of parties organizing trips to Hope Village was countless.

Among them, some of the most eager were parents.

The school in Hope Village was what attracted them the most; many had experienced the hardship of not having books to read, and after growing up, they tried everything to cultivate their own children. However, their efforts were ultimately limited, hoping more on their children’s talents, which wouldn’t be apparent until after age twelve.

But what about Hope Village? One could enroll at the age of six and graduate at twelve.

The knowledge gained in those six years put them years ahead of other children!

Therefore, they planned to personally take a look and see if Hope Village really had a school, and if the teaching content was really that good.

If it was, moving to Hope Village for the sake of their children wouldn’t be too big of an issue.

Most importantly, Hope Village clearly had the strength to become Hope Town.

“Are you all going to Hope Village?”

“Of course! Why not go? I have two or three kids at home! They usually just play around in the territory. They’re too young to be trusted to kill Demon Beasts, and we can’t afford to send them to school. Now with this opportunity, we naturally want to check it out.”

“Me too!”

“Hehe, you all are doing it for your kids, I’m simply in it for good food and drinks. The goods brought back from Hope Village are already so delicious, eating there must be even better.”

“That’s absolutely true, it’s explosively delicious!”

“You know?”

“I’ve been there with a team before.”

“Then do you know what the school is like?”

“When I left, I only knew that Hope Village had built a school, but classes hadn’t started, so I don’t know what it’s like inside. At that time, Hope Village was about to have a Territory War, so of course, I ran first. But the few days I stayed in Hope Village were really enjoyable.”

“I’ll go take a look too! Hope Village seems to treat those with Supporting Professions quite well. Bengala Town is the City of Craftsmen, and what we do not lack here are craftsmen. The treatment for us in those professions isn’t very high, but what Hope Village offers—starting at 50 silver coins plus bonuses—is quite tempting to me. I’ve asked some people who returned from Hope Village, and besides their basic salary, they indeed receive bonuses based on labor. Altogether, it’s better than in Bengala Town.”

“Then let’s hurry and go!”

“Of course, let’s go while the hype and the merchant teams and Mercenary Teams are focused on going to Hope Village; it’s safer for us too!”

“Anyway, it’s good to check it out; even if in the end we don’t plan to move there, we can take a tour. Compared to the Capital of Gourmet, Hope Village won’t cost much money!”

“Right, right, right.”

“…”

Similar discussions were happening within Bengala Town.

Seeing this situation, Bengala Town’s Mayor Simmons felt a bit desperate.

He didn’t know about the other territories near Hope Village, but Bengala Town had already become a significant source of population outflow for Hope Village.

If it weren’t for the Lord’s absence, necessitating him, the Mayor, to personally oversee things, he would have wanted to visit Hope Village himself.

Previously, it was other territories that moved to Bengala, but now…

Just as Simmons was sighing, suddenly, he received a notice from the territory.

When he saw the message, he was stunned.

The Earl, Lord Orkot, had returned!

Immediately, Simmons hurried to the city gate.

And at the gate, a lengthy caravan was already entering the territory greeted by kneeling Soldiers.

Upon entering the territory, the Lord of Bengala Town, Earl Orkot, had already received countless messages from the territory.

Most of these were summaries of affairs since he left the territory and the latest notices.

Most of the notices were basically overlooked by him, the Earl, as he knew his Lord Mayor would handle the affairs well for him; he just needed to focus on a few to be informed.