Having received the specific instructions, [ the Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] turned and ran towards Dragonborn Village. He only needed to convey the message to the village chief, and he wouldn't need to handle the rest himself.
Seeing that the matter was settled, [ A Huan ] carefully put away the gold coin on the obsidian counter. He only needed to go to some of the Aberration trees that could handle the business to deposit the gold coin into his account.
However, now that the training arrangements have been finalized, there are still some things that leave him quite confused.
The instructor looked at the leisurely Red Dragon in front of him and said:
"If I may ask, I've heard that the Dragonborn of the Red Dragon are exceptionally strong and valiant in battle. Why would such a race need my training?"
Seraphina did not look at [ A Huan ]. At this moment, the dragon girl was holding a palm-sized dragon scale in her hand, on which was neatly recorded a concept that Ed had once talked about - corporate culture.
After reviewing the detailed definition and related concepts of the word again, Seraphina asked a question instead of answering:
"I also have one more question: what exactly did those shouts of 'Zhong' and 'Zhonglei' before the disbandment mean?"
So that's what you wanted to ask?
Upon hearing this, [ A Huan ]'s face immediately darkened.
As Seraphina said, before the " Adrian Imperial Guard " disbanded after each training session, a few players would lead a chant, with the players vying to shout out to the other Guard members whether they were "loyal or not?"
The other members would then chime in with comments like "Loyal!", "So loyal!", "Too loyal!"
Some mischievous guys will even quietly shout things like "I'm disloyal!" and then someone will yell at them as traitors.
Since these pranks always happened after [ A Huan ] announced his disbandment, he had no objection to them.
Moreover, [ A Huan ] was well aware that in the eyes of other players, World of Disorder was merely a game ahead of its time.
They play games for fun, so I shouldn't hold them to the same high standards I hold Gungnir and the Wild Hunt to. I need to strike a good balance between strictness and leniency.
The slogans listed above, because they are shouted in another world's language, are dialects, and have a strong tone, have an exceptionally good encryption effect.
Therefore, Seraphina didn't actually know what those "returning Soul Returner" were shouting; she just seemed to think that taking sides was cool and chanting slogans was interesting.
[ A Huan ] pondered his words for a moment, then earnestly said to Seraphina:
"This is a spontaneous means for them to strengthen cohesion, roughly meaning loyalty to the leader or the Son of God..."
"Spontaneous..."
Seraphina repeated the word and sighed silently.
This is the difference between her Dragonborn and these Soul Returner.
His family has remained virtually unchanged over the past century; the first generation forged blacksmiths in the same way the current generation does.
She merely pioneered many "evil dragon economics" businesses that the dragon race originally did not offer before the Demonic Tide, and she offered nothing new after the Demonic Tide broke out until Ed arrived.
Therefore, from an innovative perspective, the Soul Returner not only completely surpasses the Dragonborn, but even surpasses her, the Dragonborn's ruler.
Seraphina knew that such things couldn't be changed overnight, just as she didn't think her Dragonborn would spontaneously shout out their loyalty to her without guidance.
But that's alright, because she will proactively intervene.
"Can you come up with a few more slogans like that? I want my clansmen to have some catchy slogans to shout too."
"This... I'm not really good at it..."
Upon hearing this, [ A Huan ] fell into deep thought. To be fair, his personality was rather introverted and serious, and he had little practical experience with such frivolous behavior.
"Smack!"
Another gold coin was slapped in front of [ A Huan ]. He swallowed hard, his mind already racing.
An idea suddenly popped into his mind—
Why do I have to think in the direction of creating something outrageous?
While the players were indeed messing around, his explanation to Seraphina was quite formal.
While he might not know the catchy rhymes, as a peacekeeping elite who has served for ten years in the real world, how could he not know the serious slogans?
After all, anyone with a modicum of common sense knows that shouting slogans is undoubtedly an essential part of military training.
"Smack!"
Seraphina flicked out another gold coin, and [ A Huan ] adjusted his expression and tone, speaking seriously:
"I am willing to serve you!"
He had figured it out: even if his slogan wasn't popular, he could outsource the task to players who were good at creating hilarious content, which wouldn't even cost them a fee.
All it takes is a clever idea, or a post that gets briefly pinned to the top, and countless slogans of all styles will follow.
An hour later, a full one hundred Dragonborn gathered in an open area on the outskirts of Valhalla.
Six months ago, this place was a dense forest, but as more and more players came, the trees that could move ran away, and the trees that couldn't move just accepted their bad luck. Now they have become part of the countless wooden houses under construction or already built in Valhalla, and even the tree roots have been dug up and used for firewood.
The players' expansion speed is clearly not keeping up with the logging speed, which has resulted in this area currently being completely undeveloped.
With Seraphina's authorization, [ A Huan ], a seemingly ordinary Soul Returner, was naturally able to command the usually arrogant and irritable Dragonborn.
So, under the afternoon sun of spring, the Dragonborn of Dragonborn Village experienced their first military posture training with an otherworldly flavor.
As Soul Returner, [ with Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] certainly didn't have to suffer under the sun with everyone else, but he still didn't go too far from this area.
After all, it's common knowledge that military training is a tough experience for oneself, but watching others undergo military training is quite the opposite.
While happily enjoying a melon in the distance, [ the Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] suddenly heard [ A Huan ] calling him.
"What's up, buddy? What's the matter?"
[ A Huan ] let the Dragonborn stand there for a while to temper their tempers, while he himself found [ Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] and told him about Seraphina's second request.
[ With Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] his eyes lit up, and he said to [ A Huan ]:
"Dude, don't bring your real-life tactics here. This is a game world, so the focus should be on creating fun and silliness!"
Hearing what the other person said, [ A Huan ] didn't think it was completely unreasonable, but according to his own assumptions...
He gripped the arm of the man with the Lion Hidden in the Eyes, as if afraid he would run away.
"I have no objection, but since you think it's so necessary to do this, how about I leave it to you? Just consider it helping out your buddy, I'll treat you to a meal at the restaurant later..."