Chapter 327 - 274: Village Defense Battle (10)
Chapter 327: Chapter 274: Village Defense Battle (10)
The largest bandit force near River Valley Town was the one led by Jiang Yang, a group that called itself the Celestial King Army.
They robbed and plundered, holding no regard for nobles or Alien Races alike—everyone was a target.
The nobles, being the wealthiest, were their highest-priority targets.
Ordinary commoners, on the other hand, were too poor to interest them.
The second type: hidden factions.
Most of them had been forced to rebel by the nobility, or simply wanted to avoid paying taxes or fighting Magical Beasts. As a result, they led lives in hiding.
In the River Valley Town area, the strongest was the alliance of factions led by Feng Nan. They called themselves the Deserters’ Alliance.
The former Strong Fragrance Food Street, along with other black markets, was mostly run by them.
They were the most numerous, but their strength was only average.
Most were Craftsmen or Martial Artists, with a relatively small percentage of Lords.
Although they lived in the shadows, they didn’t have to fight Magical Beasts and had no quota to meet.
Furthermore, since they only had to pay reasonable taxes, these people actually lived very well.
However, the moment they were discovered by the nobility, their good life would come to an end.
Hidden factions and bandit forces often transitioned between one another.
When bandits grew weary of raiding, they would go into hiding, lying low for a time and living in the shadows.
When their supplies ran out, they would venture out to attack nobles or commoner families.
After securing their plunder, they would go back into hiding, awaiting the next opportunity to strike.
The third type: resistance forces.
These were the true resistance armies.
However, they were the smallest in number.
They had ideals and beliefs; they were the true hope of the common people.
Unfortunately, they were the targets most ruthlessly hunted by the nobility, and the ones with the highest bounties on their heads.
They were often betrayed for the bounty money.
Sometimes, even by the very people they had helped.
Their casualty rate was high, yet people still flocked to join them.
After all, passionate people filled with hope will always exist.
Bandit forces often used their name as a cover to raid and plunder.
The true resistance itself was also composed of several different factions.
The most powerful one nearby was led by General Yan Ling, and they called themselves the World-breaking Army.
Beyond them, there were many other miscellaneous factions that the nobility also lumped in with the resistance armies.
But Han’Er didn’t know the details about those.
By now, the interrogations were all complete.
From the System Spaces of the three Beastman Heroes, he had obtained a total of 260 doses of Medicine and some spare axes.
Needless to say, the three of them didn’t have anything of value.
However, being Beastman Heroes, they were valuable assets in and of themselves.
Combined, they could be sold for dozens, or even over a hundred, Gold Coins.
The haul from Gao Di and Han’Er, however, was a bit more substantial.
[Gao Di System Space]
[Loot] 45 Gold Coins, 203 doses of Medicine, 1 Three Lives Stone, 5 Boundary Locks, 10 Chaos Mark Talismans, 1 set of spare Iron Equipment
’Not bad.’
’The Gold Coins go without saying, but there’s even a Three Lives Stone.’
’The Three Lives Stone can reset a Talent. I don’t need it for now, but it’s good to keep.’
’As for things like the Boundary Locks, the more the better.’
The set of Iron Equipment included a full suit of Armor, a Shield, and an Iron Saber.
It was all brand new.
Zhao Chi gladly accepted it for his own use.
[Han’er System Space]
[Loot] 109 Gold Coins, 310 doses of Medicine, 10 Boundary Locks, 20 Chaos Mark Talismans, 1 Volume of the Cow Super-Improved Book, 1 set of spare Iron Equipment
Zhao Chi’s gaze immediately fell on the Super-Improved Book.
The moment he saw the book, Zhao Chi knew what its Effect would be without even having to click to use it.
It was, without a doubt, for the selective breeding of cattle to make them better.
’But two things are still missing.’
’One is the cattle themselves.’
’That’s easy enough to solve. I can just buy some from other Lords.’
’But I’m still missing a Cattle Improvement Book.’
’A Super-Improved Book needs to be used after an Improvement Book.’
’That seems like it will be hard to acquire.’
’I’ve never seen this type of Improvement Book on the Exchange before.’
’Relatively speaking, however, a Super-Improved Book is even harder to come by.’
’So the fact that I managed to get the rarer Super-Improved Book first isn’t bad at all.’
’I’ll just search for the other one later.’
Han’Er had a good amount of Gold Coins—over a hundred.
He also had an assortment of other items.
’Seize it all!’
Next, it was time to deal with the prisoners.
After the two battles, Zhao Chi had captured a total of 117 Human prisoners, 250 Female Elf prisoners, and 469 Beastman prisoners.
The captives also included the two Human Lords Gao Di and Han’Er, three Beastman Heroes, and one Female Elf.
Among the Human prisoners, 15 of the women had an Appearance rating of 6; these he could keep.
Zhao Chi had no particular designs on them.
’Although their looks were at the Class Flower Level, their other qualities were a far cry from the Peach Blossom Women.’
Zhao Chi wanted them to work the fields.
They were all of the Ordinary Human Race, and their Racial Talent was [Cultivation], which increased crop yield by 10%.
Although there were only 15 of them, they would be working with 200 Flower Demons.
Therefore, these 15 women could cultivate a vast amount of land.
He would sell the remaining members of the Human Race.
Zhao Chi had no use for them, but they could work for other Lords.
It was a decent enough fate for them, all things considered.
The number of Female Elf prisoners was considerable, a full 250.
Similarly, while the Female Elves also had an Appearance rating of 6 and good figures...
...the Peach Blossom Human Race was more to Zhao Chi’s aesthetic taste, and their bodies were more supple.
Zhao Chi wanted these Elves not for any personal reasons, but to increase his Combat Power and serve as sentries.
These Female Elves had slender figures and all possessed the [Lightness] Talent, which reduced fall damage by 30%.
They were well-suited for scouting and archery from treetops or defensive towers.
They would also be excellent as support troops.