Chapter 441 - 312: Four-Way Melee (13)
Chapter 441: Chapter 312: Four-Way Melee (13)
There were over 200 people.
All of them had their hands empty, and they weren’t wearing any Armor. It was obvious they were coming out to surrender.
Among them, over twenty Beastmen were bound, covered in bruises. It was unclear what was going on.
Just then, the Beastman leading them shouted, "Lord, we all surrender! Please don’t harm us."
So they really had come to surrender.
Zhao Chi pointed to the Beastmen in the middle. "What’s going on with them? Why are they tied up?"
The lead Beastman replied, "They still wanted to resist, but we all understand the situation. There’s no way we could beat you with our numbers. Resisting would just be throwing our lives away. So we tied them up as prisoners and are surrendering to you together."
Zhao Chi smiled. "Not bad. You’ve done well. But now it’s your turn. Put your hands behind your backs, turn around, and don’t move."
The Beastmen obediently turned around, each one extremely compliant.
Zhao Chi didn’t approach rashly.
’No matter what, as long as I don’t have complete control of the situation, I can’t let my guard down.’
He issued his commands, "Everyone, stay alert and be ready to fight. Tang Ruan, take some men and tie them up. Qi Yue, take some men and watch those Beastmen. If there’s any sign of resistance, kill them without hesitation."
Zhao Chi’s words were both a command and a warning for the Beastmen to hear.
The phrase "kill them without hesitation" was very intimidating to civilians.
"Yes!" The two Female Heroes led their people over.
Everything went smoothly.
The Beastmen didn’t resist in the slightest. They were all compliant as their hands were bound, not struggling at all.
A quick count revealed a total of 232 Beastmen.
Some of them were even Middle Level Craftsmen, who could be sold for more money.
Not bad at all.
’You really have to pick the right opponent to fight.’
’This Huang Bian was a good choice. Beating him was easy, and the rewards were substantial.’
Zhao Chi had no desire to ever again face opponents like Xiao Ning and Iwagaki.
The rewards from those fights were good too, but it had been far too dangerous.
The rewards weren’t proportional to the risks.
With all the Beastmen captured, the next step was to loot the territory.
Huang Bian didn’t have many Supplies in stock.
It was mostly mineral resources, and all of it was raw Iron Ore.
After all, this was a mountainous region, so it was bound to have more ore.
Iron Ore wasn’t worth much, but Zhao Chi wasn’t picky. He had it all transported away.
Like other male Robber Lords, Huang Bian also had quite a few female slaves.
There were Humans, Elves, and Beastmen—and even two female Goblins...
Zhao Chi stared at the two Goblins, finding the sight utterly baffling.
But there it was.
He didn’t understand it, but he accepted that such things existed.
There were 47 female slaves in total.
With so many, they couldn’t all have been for Huang Bian’s personal use. He guessed their past experiences must have been tragic.
Every one of them was listless, their eyes vacant.
Almost all of them were injured.
Gu Qing saw this, and her heart ached for them.
"My Lord, let me give them some Treatment."
Of course, Zhao Chi nodded.
Gu Qing didn’t use a Healing Skill. Instead, she opened her palm, and red silk sprayed out.
Then she opened her mouth and spat out white silk.
She sprayed a little silk on each of the injured female slaves.
The silk stuck to them and immediately began to emit a faint glow.
Soon, the glow faded, the silk lost its stickiness, and it fell to the ground.
The female slaves’ injuries had recovered.
’Looks like my guess was right. It’s not just Gu Qing’s Yellow Silk that can heal; her other silks can too.’
The female slaves quietly said, "Thank you," then lowered their heads again.
They certainly looked pitiful.
’But I’m not going to take them in.’
’I’ll let them have a full meal, and then I’ll sell them to a suitable buyer.’
Besides the female slaves, there were also 40 male slaves.
They, too, were from various Races.
Most of them were Miners, their bodies covered in black filth.
But their digging Skills were pretty good.
They should also be able to fetch some money.
Take them all.
Next, Zhao Chi continued his search throughout the rest of the territory.
The Hero’s room was even poorer than the one at Xiao Ning’s place. There was nothing inside.
Forget the Hero; even Huang Bian’s Lord’s House was the same.
There were only some feminine implements; he couldn’t find anything else.
He really had varied tastes. There was such a wide variety of implements that even Gu Qing couldn’t recognize them all.
She considered it another eye-opening experience.
Aside from this trash, there was nothing else worth taking.
Zhao Chi turned the place upside down but still came up empty-handed.
However, he did find some useful items in the storeroom.
[You have obtained item: Wangchuan Water x2]
Wangchuan Water could reset Enhancement Points. He had seen this item before.
He hadn’t expected to get two bottles of it from Huang Bian.
’I’ll take it for now. I can consider using it on Tang Ruan later.’
’But it’s not set in stone.’
There were also some Medicines and common items, which he took as well.
There was nothing left.
Zhao Chi stood on the mountaintop, looking down.
The view was excellent. He could see almost every corner of the territory.
In the distance was the white Wall of Fog, and below was barren, brown earth.
There were also a few mine shafts near several small hills.
That was about it. There wasn’t much to see, really.
However, during a war, especially when defending from this mountaintop, it offered a definite advantage.
At least in terms of line of sight, any enemy deployment would be completely exposed.
But in terms of daily life, it was nowhere near as convenient as flat land.
Bringing all sorts of Supplies up must have been quite arduous.
But moving things out was all downhill, which was relatively fast and easy.
However, it would also be easy for carts to overturn.
But since none of it was valuable, he didn’t care if a cart overturned.
As Zhao Chi was looking, he received another voice message from Su Qin.
Su Qin: [Zhao Chi, don’t you have a Rejuvenation Spring?]
Rejuvenation Spring?
The name sounded familiar.