Chapter 323 - 273: Village Defense Battle (9)
Chapter 323: Chapter 273: Village Defense Battle (9)
Su Qin thanked him happily.
Zhao Chi shook his head. "Don’t mention it. From Spoils Three, you can have all the Gold Coins, and I’ll take all the remaining Supplies."
Based on his 28% share, Zhao Chi could have taken 74 Gold Coins.
But he wasn’t short on Gold Coins at the moment.
So he might as well trade those 74 Gold Coins for all the other items.
You could never have too many Boundary Locks and Chaos Mark Talismans.
He wanted the two Silver Treasure Chests, the dozens of Functional Talismans, and all 2,790 Elixirs.
All those Supplies combined were more useful to him than 100 Gold Coins.
Su Qin was also very happy with this arrangement.
After all, an extra 100 Gold Coins would let her buy a massive amount of Medicine.
The Boundary Locks and Chaos Mark Talismans were useless to her, and the Functional Talismans only provided an acceleration boost. If she needed any, she could just buy them later.
Su Qin readily agreed. "Of course, no problem!"
Zhao Chi looked at the Fourth War Booty and fell silent for a moment.
There were a total of 2,049 captives.
Many of them had been captives of Han’Er and Gao Di, now seized by Zhao Chi and his group.
Based on his 28% share, Zhao Chi could claim 573 of them.
However, these captives were of no use to him.
The two Lords, on the other hand, were useful.
After all, Lords had a System Space, which might contain valuable items.
It was like opening a loot box.
It all depended on luck.
The Heroes also had a System Space, but the Supplies within were unlikely to be as good as a Lord’s.
Therefore, Zhao Chi was willing to take fewer captives in exchange for the two Lords.
He said to Su Qin, "From the Human captives, I want the ten women with an Appearance of 6. From the Elf captives, I’ll take all 147 Female Elves; the males are yours. Other than that, I also want the one Elf Female Hero and the two Human Lords. The rest are yours."
This way, Su Qin would receive 410 extra captives.
That was worth tens, or even hundreds, of Gold Coins.
And Su Qin would also get five Heroes.
Su Qin considered his proposal for a moment.
But she quickly nodded. "I agree, but you should think it through. Although Han’Er and Gao Di are Human Lords, there’s no guarantee they stored anything good. Their System Spaces might be completely empty, leaving you with nothing."
Zhao Chi said, "I understand. I’m willing to accept the results of the gamble. This was always a bet to begin with."
Su Qin smiled cheerfully. "In that case, of course I’m willing. I’ve taken heavy losses, so what I need are stable gains. Thank you, it’s a deal!"
Although Su Qin had maintained a very polite attitude and was willing to concede profits to Zhao Chi, it was precisely her attitude that Zhao Chi found refreshing, and he had no intention of taking extra advantage of her.
He would take what he was owed—no more, no less.
Zhao Chi didn’t need her to make any extra concessions.
Besides, distributing spoils based on the system’s Contribution Value was an unspoken rule everyone abided by.
Zhao Chi didn’t want to be the one to break that rule.
Contribution Value was measured across many dimensions.
The four most important were Attack Contribution, Defense Contribution, Support Contribution, and Control Contribution.
"Attack Contribution" referred to actually killing or injuring enemies.
Naturally, the higher, the better.
Typically, Attack Contribution was the key factor in determining the outcome of a battle.
It was also the metric most people valued highest.
"Defense Contribution" included what Tang Ruan did, directly withstanding enemy Attacks.
Likewise, it also included cases like Su Qin’s, where many of her own Soldiers were killed or wounded.
After all, the death of a Soldier meant that the enemy’s Attack had landed on them. By absorbing those Attacks, they too had made a Contribution.
Su Qin had lost over 1,000 Soldiers in this battle, so her Defense Contribution was considerable.
"Support Contribution"—the most direct form was Treatment.
Gu Qing’s Healing Skill, as well as using her own blood to heal allies, were both considered Support Contribution.
Zhao Chi’s Encouragement Technique and Wind and Cloud Step, which provided allies with a Bonus, were also counted as Support Contribution.
In addition, scouting enemy movements, making sound tactical arrangements, providing timely reinforcements, supplying Medicine and Equipment—including Arrows—all counted as Support Contribution.
"Control Contribution" was essentially controlling or guiding enemies to create favorable conditions for allies.
Although Tang Ruan’s Defense Contribution in this battle was straightforward, she also had a significant amount of Control Contribution.
She alone had drawn the attention of a large number of combatants.
It wasn’t just that she used her Taunt Skill to draw the attention of the Beastmen.
Her piercing, excited shouts had also attracted the attention of the enemy Lord and more of their forces.
The enemy didn’t even notice Qi Yue’s slaughter of the Goblins at first.
Thus, Tang Ruan’s Control Contribution was also considerable.
Likewise, Gu Qing’s Spider Silk, which restricted enemies, and Zhao Chi’s Thunder, which paralyzed them, both added to their Control Contribution.
All these values were combined to determine the total Contribution Value of the Zhao Chi Army.
The system determined that Su Qin’s total Contribution Value was greater, and Zhao Chi respected its judgment.
He only took what was rightfully his.
Zhao Chi directed his Female Soldiers to start moving the Supplies and handling the captives.
Then, he opened his family’s group chat.
There was only one request for help left in the chat, sent by his kinsman, Zhao Feng.
However, their Combat Power was too high. Although Zhao Chi was confident, he was also self-aware.
That wasn’t a battle he could join.
’He’d probably be sent flying the moment he entered.’
Su Qin was also looking at her family group chat.
She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that only Zhao Feng’s request for help remained.
"Looks like we can all finally get some rest. Thank you again for coming to the rescue. If you ever need help in the future, don’t hesitate to ask. I’m just afraid I won’t be of much use..."
Recalling the recent battle, Su Qin couldn’t help but feel discouraged.
Zhao Chi said, "You don’t have to say that. I had my family’s support, so our starting points were different. Your ability to fight two Lords head-on means you’re already very strong. Now that you have so many captives, if you can convert them all into citizens, you’ll have a formidable fighting force."