Minecraft: I Am The Demon King

Hearing Barbeque Sauce's words, Xu Yuan instantly understood why Barbeque Sauce didn't run earlier, but insisted on fighting the five players.

It was probably for that villager that Barbeque Sauce risked staying behind.

Xu Yuan instantly became curious about this villager captured by the five players. Xu Yuan knew about the situation where the Villager Kingdom had been hollowed out by the Void.

He had originally planned to find the escaped Mustard. Unexpectedly, during the Trial Grounds' prep phase, he saw Mustard.

And Mustard was the only villager participating in the entire Trial Grounds. Which meant the captured villager might possibly be Mustard.

But Xu Yuan didn't have much hope. He wasn't sure about Mustard's current strength.

But even if Mustard didn't have the half-god power like Annoying Village HIM, with his intelligence, it was unlikely he'd be caught by five average players.

Still, you never know, better go check.

If the captured one was Mustard, that would be best. It would mean Xu Yuan made contact with the Villager faction.

If it's not Mustard, then it's very likely a villager refreshed in the Trial Grounds.

This also isn't a loss. At least Xu Yuan can know what kind of role villagers in the Trial Grounds play here.

Hearing Xu Yuan's voice, the five players who were retreating thought Xu Yuan had changed his mind and wanted to team up with them. All turned around with smiling faces.

"Brother, changed your mind?"

"Had a change of heart? Looks like Big Boss Steve's face really works…"

The five people hadn't finished speaking, but one sentence from Xu Yuan made them suck in a breath of cold air.

"Hand over the villager."

Hearing Xu Yuan's words, and seeing Barbeque Sauce standing side by side with Xu Yuan, the five players finally understood.

"How does he know we captured a villager?!"

"That chicken!! It must've been that chicken who saw us!!"

"No wonder!! So that chicken was desperately fighting us for the villager?!"

These five players actually didn't intentionally look for a villager.

They just got lucky and happened to meet a villager on the road, so they casually tied him up and brought him back.

Seeing that Xu Yuan looked like he wouldn't take no for an answer, and adding that Barbeque Sauce also seemed ready to join the fight, the five players were somewhat helpless and began whispering to each other.

"This guy's too greedy, right? We already gave him the chicken, now he wants the villager too?"

"That chicken is already on the same side as him. If we don't agree, then we'll have to fight…"

"Forget it! Forbearance brings calm seas, take a step back and the sky is wide! Anyway, that villager isn't really useful to us right now, and he can't change professions. Let him have it!"

"Fine then. He doesn't seem like a normal person anyway. Just treat it as early investment, get our faces known."

When Barbeque Sauce's stance wasn't clear just now, these five players didn't really dare to fight Xu Yuan.

Now that Barbeque Sauce stood on the same side as Xu Yuan, the five players were even more afraid to take the risk.

After a short discussion, they decided to hand over the villager.

One of the five players, named Fat Cow took the lead and spoke, "Brother, meeting once is fate. Since you've spoken, we'll just give you the villager…"

After saying that, he looked toward the player named Yoyo, who had been pecked to low health by Barbeque Sauce.

"Yoyo, you go bring the villager over."

Fat Cow was also a clever man. These five players had a small base not far from here and had gathered some materials along the way.

Of course, he didn't want Xu Yuan to follow them to their base.

Sending away both a chicken and a villager was already frustrating enough. If Xu Yuan made outrageous demands and asked for their remaining materials, his buddies wouldn't be able to tolerate that.

Xu Yuan originally thought that after making this request, these players would definitely fight him. But he didn't expect that they actually held back again.

However, this also showed one thing, this villager didn't seem very important to them.

If it were a valuable resource, there's no way they would keep tolerating Xu Yuan again and again. Just this was enough to prove that the villager probably wasn't Mustard.

With that in mind, Xu Yuan didn't say anything more. He basically accepted Fat Cow's offer by default.

Fat Cow saw this and gave Yoyo a look. Yoyo also hurriedly ran toward the base.

This scene brought quite a bit of shock to Barbeque Sauce, who was watching from the side.

"Cluck Cluck Cluck???! (Just one sentence and they agreed to release the villager??!)"

Before, Barbeque Sauce had rescued quite a few lives with Blue Demon and Jio, but had never experienced anything so easy.

You could say every rescue had been earned through battle. Barbeque Sauce had never thought things could be solved just through communication.

At this moment, it looked at Xu Yuan with a somewhat complicated expression. 'If he could join us, rescues would probably be much easier, right?'

Although Barbeque Sauce had a momentary thought of forming an alliance with Xu Yuan, it quickly shook its head rationally.

'He's a player… can't fully trust him…'

While Barbeque Sauce was brainstorming, Yoyo could be seen panting heavily while carrying a villager over.

You didn't see wrong, carrying.

Seeing Yoyo carrying the villager over, though the four teammates really wanted to complain, they still held back.

After Yoyo put the villager down, Fat Cow once again looked at Xu Yuan and said, "We're leaving the villager here."

"Brother, until we meet again."

Seeing this, Xu Yuan also put away his shield and iron sword, and nodded toward Fat Cow. Xu Yuan could tell Fat Cow was a smart guy, someone who understood how small patience avoids big trouble.

And he also knew how to leave a good impression in times like this. If they met again in the future, Xu Yuan would definitely return the favor somehow.

Seeing Xu Yuan's response, Fat Cow finally breathed a sigh of relief and left with his teammates.

The villager that was left behind wandered around aimlessly.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan confirmed his guess, this villager wasn't Mustard, should just be a villager spawned in the Trial Grounds.

Coming to the villager, Xu Yuan immediately opened his trade panel.

After seeing the trade slots, Xu Yuan finally understood why Fat Cow and the others were willing to give him up.

"A leatherworker, no wonder… Probably can't even change profession… otherwise they wouldn't give him up so easily…"

Although he already guessed, Xu Yuan still crafted a wooden barrel using wood blocks and placed it in front of the leatherworker.

As expected, he didn't walk toward the barrel, didn't even glance at it.

'Looks like villagers refreshed in the Trial Grounds have fixed professions, can't be changed by workstations…'

A leatherworker villager, and can't change profession, at present, truly isn't useful.

And Xu Yuan also noticed two more things.

First, this villager had already unlocked all trade slots.

Second, there were no trade options that allowed exchanging items for emeralds.

Xu Yuan immediately understood. 'Looks like emeralds have become a one-way hard currency.'

After understanding the villager's role in the Trial Grounds, Xu Yuan could pretty much guess the sources of emeralds.

In the main world, emeralds come from four sources. Villager trading, loot chests, mining, and killing Pillagers and Evokers.

The Trial Grounds had obviously been modified. Villager trading could be ruled out.

As for mining, Xu Yuan had already tested it when entering the Trial Grounds.

Even basic ores were pitifully scarce, let alone rare emeralds.

That only left loot chests and killing Pillagers and Evokers.

The real HIM made those changes in the Trial Grounds mainly to connect all factions together.

That's basically a clue, the best way to get emeralds in the Trial Grounds must be through Pillagers.

While Xu Yuan was calculating this, Barbeque Sauce flew to the leatherworker with a worried face.

"Cluck Cluck Cluck? (Is he okay?)"

Hearing Barbeque Sauce's words, Xu Yuan couldn't help but feel a bit helpless.

From Barbeque Sauce's actions, the fact that it was willing to risk its life for a villager without consciousness already proved it was truly kind.

But that kindness was also its weakness. This is actually the case for most monsters and animals in the game world.

They aren't bad by nature. Their fighting and resistance against players is entirely out of desperation.

They just want to survive. And with what they know, the only path they see is to fight the players.

Thinking this, Xu Yuan looked at Barbeque Sauce and said, "Is he worth risking your life to save?"

Hearing this, Barbeque Sauce's eyes flickered. It also knew clearly that this villager had no consciousness.

Maybe it was just out of habit, or maybe Barbeque Sauce simply couldn't convince itself to leave him alone. It still chose to try its best to save this villager.

After thinking for a moment, Barbeque Sauce still stubbornly said, "Cluck Cluck Cluck?! Cluck Cluck Cluck!! (Isn't it worth it?! It's still a life!!)"

Seeing Barbeque Sauce's moment of hesitation earlier, Xu Yuan understood that deep down Barbeque Sauce knew everything, it was just trying to convince itself.

Xu Yuan didn't argue, but instead asked, "Then what do you plan to do next? You should also have seen, he has no awareness."

"You risked your life to save him, you definitely want to guarantee his safety, right?"

Hearing that, Barbeque Sauce thought for a moment and was just about to speak when Xu Yuan interrupted, "There are only two ways to guarantee his safety."

"One, trap him and hide him. Two, take him along wherever you go."

Hearing this, Barbeque Sauce thought Xu Yuan was sincerely giving suggestions and replied after thinking, "Cluck Cluck Cluck… (His behavior can't be controlled, bringing him along is dangerous…)"

"Cluck Cluck Cluck Cluck… (Looks like hiding him is the only way…)"

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