The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse

Chapter 518: Chapter 427: You’re Too Excited

Conch Tavern.

Millicent was sitting on the bed, holding onto Philippa, inquiring about her recent life, how she was eating and dressing, and reminding her to be well-behaved outside.

After listening to a few words, Philippa began to grow a bit impatient, scratching her head and looking around.

Before she came, Wu Heng had instructed her not to talk too much about pirate affairs with Millicent, seeing as Millicent had just become a professional and came from a village herself.

It was hard to say what might be discovered if someone investigated.

Philippa remembered these matters, so when chatting, she didn’t mention any specific details.

Feeling quite annoyed, she waved her hands and said, “Okay, okay, I got it.”

Millicent said no more.

The main reason mother and daughter were released from the cell was because Philippa still had some value.

Otherwise, they might have been executed along with the other pirates.

After the chat, her gaze fell back on Wu Heng.

“Sir, I apologize for any trouble Philippa may have caused you,” Millicent repeated.

“Philippa’s done well in her work and has been quite helpful to me,” Wu Heng responded.

Philippa raised her head with a small hint of pride.

“Being able to help you, sir, is her good fortune,” said Millicent.

Philippa suddenly looked over, “Millicent, why would you say that?”

Wu Heng indicated there was no need for such formality.

Seeing both of them looking at him,

he took out four bottles of first-level corpse core potion from the Space Ring.

“You both have drunk this potion before; it can enhance your constitution. Take two bottles each,” he said.

Having consumed the elixir before, they were well aware of its effects.

The sight of the potions made their eyes light up.

Especially Philippa, who last time had her doubts and used a bottle to experiment on a parrot.

She almost regretted it to death.

For pirates, strength is always the foremost requirement.

If you are not strong or your means are not harsh, even subordinates are hard to control.

Now that there was more potion available, and even her mother had her share,

“Thank you!” Philippa walked over and grabbed the potions.

Millicent glanced at her daughter, bowed slightly, “Thank you, sir.”

“Go ahead and take them; I’ll keep an eye out for you,” Wu Heng offered.

Both nodded, exchanged glances, and each opened their potion to drink it down.

The painful side effects made their bodies curl up and tremble slightly.

Soon, the side effects subsided.

They felt their bodies and once again showed joyful expressions.

“Drink the second bottle as well!” Wu Heng saw that they were fine and spoke again.

The mother and daughter opened the second potion,

and tilted their heads back to drink it down.

The same brief side effects followed, then they returned to normal.

“Thank you, sir,” Millicent repeatedly expressed her gratitude, her face full of grateful expressions.

Philippa stood by without speaking; her eyes showed more dependence.

“Hmm, it’s good that you’ve seen improvement. In the future, when I have the chance, I’ll provide you with more. Don’t worry about work; I won’t shortchange you,” Wu Heng assured them.

“Yes, yes, we will definitely do our best for you,” Millicent hastily agreed, pulling on her daughter beside her.

Philippa pouted and repeated after her, “We will do our best for you.”

“Good,” Wu Heng nodded.

At that moment, light footsteps could be heard outside the door.

The three of them stopped talking; the footsteps halted at the door, and the voice of a bartender came through, “Boss, a guest wishes to exchange rooms, and we need your help to coordinate.”

It was the time when guests were most plentiful.

Millicent immediately adjusted her hair and clothes, softly saying to Wu Heng and Philippa, “I’ll step out for a moment, I’ll be back shortly.”

Having said that, she directly opened the door and went out.

…

Only two people were left in the room.

Philippa shrugged her shoulders and propped up her legs again, “Are you going back today, or are you staying with us?”

“Staying together?”

“Where would you stay then?” Philippa countered.

“I’ll return to my own place tonight and come back to pick you up in the morning,” Wu Heng said directly.

“What about the funding you promised me?” Philippa asked again.

Wu Heng reached out, pulling out a wooden barrel of silver coins and some alchemical grenades, “Spend it wisely; I can barely afford to keep you up.”

“I’m already very thrifty,” Philippa joyfully put away the silver coins and grenades.

Wu Heng continued to take out four bottles of potions, “Keep these safe as well, drink two bottles every few days.”

Wow~!

Philippa exclaimed, immediately pouncing forward, straddling his lap, “Thank you, daddy!”

The force of her lunge made the chair slide across the floor, emitting a grating screech.

Wu Heng hugged her tightly, “Aren’t you a little too excited?”

“I knew it, you’re the best to me,” Philippa gave him a hug.

Resting her head on his shoulder, she took a light sniff, “Why do you smell so nice? Do all nobles smell this good?”

Uh…

“Since when do women say that men smell nice?” Wu Heng pushed her slightly.

“But you really do smell good.” Philippa loosened her embrace but still sat in his lap, starting to get handsy, “Why don’t you stay over? My waist is undefeated, I guarantee I’ll make you soar to the heavens.”

Hearing the clearly learned risqué remarks from her, Wu Heng was somewhat at a loss for words.

Undefeated waist.

You’re a woman, what does your waist have to do with anything.

And to use it on me, no less.

Wu Heng gently patted her waist, “Stop fooling around, your mom’s going to come back and see you like this, she’ll beat you to death.”

“She can’t beat me anyway.” Despite saying so, Philippa still stood up and moved to the side.

Gathering up the elixirs from the table and hooking one arm around his shoulder, she asked, “What are your plans moving forward?”

“Still the same mission, gathering pirate intelligence, looking into the blank envelope situation, and also keeping an eye out for news related to the treasure map,” Wu Heng said, then took out the book A Brief History of Pirates and the treasure map inside.

Philippa leaned in to take a closer look.

Tossing the history book aside, she scrutinized the map intently.

After a while, “I don’t recognize anything, could it have been drawn by the author just making things up?”

That’s also a possibility.

A Brief History of Pirates wasn’t the only edition; it seems like a batch of them circulated to the public at some point.

Imilo had the same book, with an identical map as well.

“Keep these things safe, and pay attention to these matters in general.”

“Alright!” Philippa put everything away and then continued, “When you come over tomorrow morning, bring some Tamed Beast food. I promised that dumb bird, and it won’t stop nagging if I don’t bring some back.”

“Okay.”

“And, get me a seafood soup from the tavern at the entrance to the association, and fruit pies too. The ones by your association’s entrance are the only ones that taste good, the other places are bad.”

“Sure, I’ll bring them to you tomorrow morning,” Wu Heng said with a smile.

During this time, Philippa’s personality had become a bit more exaggerated, but she had indeed provided him with substantial help.

He would still need her to provide information in the future, and especially since she had only just returned home, he wanted to make the young girl happy as much as possible.

“Hehe, thanks, daddy!”

Creak~!

Millicent stood frozen in place, holding a blanket.

Her face and neck flushed red, wanting to back out but feeling it was too late.

Still, she entered, not saying a word, and began to make the bed.

Wu Heng stood up straight, “Alright, you guys chat, Philippa don’t leave the room too much if there’s nothing important. Recently the island’s been really strict with pirates.”

“Okay, goodbye Vice-executive,” Philippa said somewhat awkwardly.

Wu Heng put on his mask and left the room directly.

He called for a carriage and hurried toward his residence.

…

Back at his place.

The sky had already dimmed.

Mini was in the living room, reading comics. Noticing Wu Heng’s return, she immediately sat up, “Master, have you eaten yet?”

“I had food at the tavern.” Wu Heng also sat down on the couch and took Bunny Girl into his arms.

He wrapped an arm over her shoulder and slid it inside her collar, grasping her soft roundness.

“What did you do all day, Master? You didn’t come back with Wei’er either,” Mini leaned into his embrace, breathing softly.

“I had some things to take care of at the port, seems like there are more Guard Team members around.”

“Yeah, some guards came directly to investigate today and got attacked by the Skeletons. Had I gone out a bit later, those guys might’ve been chopped to death,” Mini said, twisting gently in his arms.

Here at the residence, they had set up five level-15 Skeletons, with the rest all being level-10 Skeletons.

Those people barging in without dying showed they were not of low level.

“What were they investigating?”

“It seemed to be about resident information. I told them this place belonged to a consortium and told them to communicate with the consortium before closing the door on them.”

“Ya! Mini is so clever.”

This residence was rented from the consortium.

Whatever their purpose, letting them communicate with the consortium was enough.

“Not really, I’m just following what Master taught me,” Mini twisted a bit more.

While they talked, Andre Willow also came down from upstairs.

Seeing the two snuggled on the couch, she approached and nestled into the other side of his embrace, her pristine legs curled on the couch.

Wu Heng also wrapped an arm around the little fox’s shoulder, reaching into her collar.

He compared the differences between the two.

“Master, Xi Ligui the Vice-executive is back,” Andre Willow mentioned.

“Hmm, they’re not in any danger, are they?”

“I saw them today and had a little chat. I heard that the ‘Steward’ of Lopaz City has gone missing, before people from the headquarters arrived,” Andre Willow raised her head to look at him.

Gone missing?

Ran away?