I Become a Landlady in the Game World

In fact, Captain Heidi was a stunningly beautiful woman with delicately sculpted features and could be described as fair-skinned with long, beautiful legs. However, her typically aloof demeanor, combined with her status as the strongest professional when she first arrived at Hope Village and later as one of the first to become an intermediate professional, led everyone to regard her as a formidable figure. Those who had sparred with her and been soundly defeated tended to subconsciously overlook her appearance.

Then she smiled, and it truly felt as if flowers were blooming everywhere!

It seemed she sensed the gaze of those around her, and the next moment, she collected herself, a chill habitually spreading from her.

The others quickly snapped back to reality.

Yes, this was the Captain Heidi they knew!

Indeed, although Hope Village had established a military rank system, no one had yet become a captain, and among the sergeants, Heidi rightfully ranked the highest in both level and contribution—she was a captain.

They had seen clearly that only Zhou Bai, the village chief, could make Heidi show her smile; others shouldn't even think about it.

Zhou Bai noticed this particular "favoritism" and couldn't help but smirk.

Speaking of which, she was really lucky; the undead she summoned almost never misbehaved, and they all liked her a lot. Bayer and Heidi had been a great help to her.

Considering that, without their help, Hope Village would not have come this far.

Could it be because the special building was the Heroic Spirit Hall that the summoned undead were all benevolent?

The more Zhou Bai thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.

After all, even with good luck, it was impossible that every summoned undead was benign.

"Everyone, cover up this area and then continue searching for the Magic Beast Group," Zhou Bai called out, snapping back to reality.

In the past few days, they had become accustomed to high-intensity hunting; they adapted well to the rhythm, and of course, they made sure to find a suitable place to rest at night to maintain enough energy for the daytime.

In no time, the group had cleaned up the "battlefield" and resumed tracking the Magic Beast Group.

Taking this opportunity, Zhou Bai checked his own status panel.

[Level: lv.19 (170,200/200,000)]

Similar to the situation from level 9 to 10, there was a significant jump in the experience needed for the last level to break through.

From level 19 to level 20 was the same; reaching level 19 required 90,000 experience, but level 20 jumped to 200,000. For example, with a middle-level demon beast at level 20, after reaching level 19, one would need to kill 137 of them.

Thus, for a village-level territory, supporting a group of intermediate professionals was a challenging task; typically, only a few strong professionals might stand out.

And such professionals, after their promotion for better development, tended to leave the village for higher-level towns.

Thinking this, Zhou Bai once again felt that choosing to exploit Bengala Town was indeed the right decision.

After all, as an old saying in Blue Star goes, "Better a friend die than a poor man."

Killing the demon beasts of Bengala Town was like killing two birds with one stone: it not only didn't cost anything but also cleared the way for trade between Bengala Town and Hope Village.

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In the following days, Zhou Bai and his team continued to search for and eradicate Magic Beast Groups.

With everyone working together, the humans in the team gradually advanced in their levels.

As one of the main forces, Zhou Bai naturally became one of the first intermediate professionals.

[Congratulations, Host, for killing a lv.22 Demon Scorpion, you have gained..., Experience Points *880, copper coins *880.]

[Congratulations, Host, for reaching level 20, you have become an Intermediate Professional.]

[Current open professions for the host: Swordsman, Mage.]

[Assessing host's aptitude...]

[Assessment complete, possible careers for the host: (Physical Skill System) Archer, Mercenary, Swordsman... (Magic Series) Mage, Summoner...]

[Note: The Host can now open a new profession, friendly reminder, focusing on one profession is better.]

After his promotion, Zhou Bai looked at the messages on the panel, his expression somewhat unusual. He truly hadn't expected that after reaching level 20, he could open another profession?

Should he open it?

Thinking, Zhou Bai asked himself, had starting as both a Swordsman and a Mage affected his strength?