Chapter 7: Robbery is a lucrative profession

  The bandit leader looked at Xiao Yu, lost in thought. He himself had less than a hundred men left under his command, and going up against these dozens of Beastmen infantrymen was a gamble with uncertain outcome. But the thought of handing over all the spoils he had accumulated over the years made him hesitant - that was the fruit of his labor for over a decade.

  Xiao Yu looked at the bandit leader without saying a word, but was too lazy to bother with him, and directly waved his hand, making an attacking gesture. Suddenly, Grom led these beastmen infantry and charged forward.

  Now, Xiao Yu was certain that these remaining bandits were definitely not his match. If he killed them, it would be a good experience. Anyway, most of these people absolutely deserved to die.

  Those robbers were frightened by so many beastmen and fled without a fight.

  The bandit leader was shocked to see this, and knew that the situation had already turned against him. The beastman's intimidating power over ordinary humans was extremely severe. The bandit leader turned around and tried to escape, but was quickly caught up by Grom's swift Wind Step. With a single sword strike, a brilliant light arc flashed out, directly cutting him in half.

  This bandit leader doesn't even know how to fight with aura, and only became the leader by relying on his tall and large build, how could he possibly be a match for the Sword Saint.

  Originally, at the beginning, Xiao Yu still thought that after annihilating those people, he would use Jian Sheng's stealth to sneak into the mountain stronghold again and assassinate some bandits before launching a frontal attack.

  But later he suddenly discovered that when humans see beastmen, the fear would greatly reduce their combat effectiveness. Especially these mobs who had not received professional training would immediately collapse and flee in disarray, in which case a few dozen beastman infantry would be enough to trample this place flat.

  So, Xiao Yu directly broke through the gate and rushed in. In fact, his speculation proved to be correct.

  After taking down the leader of the bandits, those little rascals had long since collapsed and fled in all directions. Xiao Yu immediately ordered the beast tribe infantry to disperse and pursue those bandits, while he himself walked towards the large tent in the middle, searching for spoils of war.

  "Don't kill me, don't kill me, Lord! I know where the bandit chief's treasure is hidden. I'll take you there. Just spare my life." A sly and cunning fellow, seeing that he had nowhere to escape, scurried over and knelt down in front of Xiao Yu, wailing and begging for mercy.

  "Do you know where he hid the treasure?" Xiao Yu originally had no sympathy for these bandits and just wanted to kill them off, but now she held down Grom's long sword that was about to fall, listening to him continue.

  "I know, I know, I'll take Master right away." With that, the guy hastily turned around to lead Xiao Yu.

  Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment, then followed him. Under the protection of the Sword Saint, this guy couldn't do anything out of line. At this point, Xiao Yu followed the guy into the big tent, and he indeed made an effort to bring out some valuable things.

  Many things in here are beneath Xiao Yu's notice.

  Because this gang's power is not very strong, they are also relatively poor. Some home decorations and so on are all very old and worthless, but the territory although now very decline, some family property still exist, at least better than these gangs.

  The game base only recognizes money, other things no matter how valuable they are will not be accepted, and must be exchanged for gold coins to be sent over.

  So these things that were looted in general, couldn't be sold at a good price, Xiao Yu really looked down on them.

  However, this guy tried his best to please Xiao Yu and managed to come up with a considerable amount of gold coins.

  Several heavy bags, Xiao Yu took a look and roughly estimated that there were at least tens of thousands.

  "There were actually tens of thousands of gold coins." Xiao Yu's heart was thrilled for a moment.

  But even with 10,000 yuan, it's still not enough. Is this bandit's savings really just this little? It's really too poor. Xiao Yu started to worry again.

  "Is that all?" Xiao Yu asked with a frown.

  "Of course not, there are still some buried by the village owner in the back mountain, others don't know, but I do. This guy was originally a bit hesitant, but under Grom's piercing gaze, he didn't dare to tell a single lie and immediately spilled everything out."

  Xiao Yu immediately perked up and said, "Lead the way ahead."

  At this moment, the guy nodded and bowed, and then led Xiao Yu towards the back mountain.

  He arrived at the back mountain, this guy calculated the landmark all around, then started digging vigorously in one place. After digging for more than ten minutes, he finally exclaimed excitedly: "It's here, it's here."

  Xiao Yu hastily went forward and found that it was stuffed with several bags of gold coins.

  "Haha, so many gold coins, I estimate there are 30,000 to 40,000. With money, everything becomes easy." Xiao Yu was extremely pleased in her heart.

  In the end, after gathering all the gold coins together, Xiao Yu had this guy help count them, and there were more than 500,000.

  Apart from these monetary gains, due to the occupation of a mountain stronghold and the killing of over 100 bandits, Xiao Yu and Grom's experience were also greatly rewarded.

  However, Gromm needs 10,000 experience points to reach level four and is still far from it.

  However, Xiao Yu, as the commander, shared everyone's experience and the commander's reward for capturing the stronghold, actually reached level 2. Moreover, that merit value also increased by 200 points at once.

  Last time I killed the giant tribe, but it only gave 10 points.

  Now, Xiao Yu's attributes are:

  Xiao Yu

  Race: Human.

  Level: 2

  Basic attributes: Strength 4, Agility 5, Endurance 6, Meditation 6. Remaining assignable attribute points 10.

  Skills: Gale Step (Level 1), Invincible Slash (Level 1). Remaining skill points: 2.

  Xiao Yu looked at these attributes, his heart blooming with joy. He didn't expect that after leveling up, he would have 10 points to distribute among his attribute points, and when he reached level 2, he could learn another skill again.

  Xiao Yu thought for a moment, adding 3 points to his strength, bringing it to 7 points. He added 4 points to his agility, bringing it to 9 points, and added 3 points to his endurance, also bringing it to 9 points.

  At this moment, Xiao Yu's physical quality improved immediately. In the instant when he added the point, Xiao Yu felt that there seemed to be a force slowly recovering inside his body, making him feel refreshed all over.

  She had two more skill points, and Xiao Yu also chose to add them all to Mortal Strike. The second level of Mortal Strike could increase the chance of dealing double damage by 30%.

  "The hero may be formidable, but I, the commander, am even more formidable. With a level up, I get 10 attribute points and 2 skill points. I estimate it won't take long before I surpass the Sword Saint, haha..."

  Xiao Yu is indulging in her fantasies.

  Looking at the bountiful harvest, Xiao Yu's eyebrows opened with a smile, and she robbed this industry. It turns out that it has great prospects, and in the future, she can continue to do so.

  Those bandits were either killed or had already escaped. At this point, the mountain stronghold, except for the guy who helped Xiao Yu dig up gold coins, there was not a single outsider left.

  Xiao Yu was about to triumphantly return to the city, but upon seeing this sly and cunning guy, he suddenly asked: "Who are you? Why do you know where the bandit leader's treasure is hidden?"

  "This guy hastily said: 'I am the bandit chief's military advisor, and have been following the chief for several years, so I know a bit more.'"

  "Oh? I didn't expect you to be a military strategist. Then, as a military strategist, what abilities do you have?" Xiao Yu asked with interest.

  "This guy listened and immediately said: 'I don't have any great talent, but I'm good at inquiring and summarizing information, coming up with some strategies for the chief to use.'"

  "Have you heard any news about other bandits around here?" Xiao Yu suddenly asked with a stir in her heart.

  "It's only natural, when you're a bandit in these parts, to be familiar with the surroundings. Otherwise, you'd offend people you shouldn't, or steal someone else's prey, and you'd have been done for long ago." The guy said with a nodding head and a flattering face.

  "Haha, alright then, you can stay by my side for now and help me wipe out these bandits." Xiao Yu said with a hearty laugh.

  Originally, Xiao Yu had intended to let this guy go. He wasn't a bloodthirsty person, especially after seeing real killings in this world, he still felt resistant in his heart, and killing someone who didn't resist was even more unbearable.

  This guy isn't much of a threat either, letting him go won't make a difference.

  But now that this guy is so useful, there's no way around it, I can only keep him. These 50,000 gold coins are far from enough, in the future when recruiting soldiers and buying horses, where will we not need money?

  So, the industry of robbing this lucrative route will have to continue. With this guy, future robberies will be much more convenient, someone will lead the way.

  "What's your name?" Xiao Yu asked with narrowed eyes, seemingly appreciative.

  "The little one is called Zhao Hu." The guy with the rabbit head and mouse eyes replied. He originally thought he was going to be released, but unexpectedly he was taken away by Xiao Yu, with a worried and unhappy expression.

  "Hmm, Zhao Hu, you look just like a fox. But don't think about playing any tricks under my hands, otherwise, I guarantee to turn you into a roasted fox." Xiao Yu threatened.

  "The little one doesn't dare, the little one doesn't dare, the little one is just timid, absolutely doesn't dare." Zhao Hu nodded and bowed, not daring to be slow in the slightest.

  Xiao Yu had also seen his cowardice early on, but didn't mind it. People like him can be very useful when used properly. It's not like he was being asked to go into battle.

  At this time, Xiao Yu led Zhao Hu back.

  Xiao Yu did not bring Zhao Hu to the territory, and for now, he does not want others to know that he has beast tribe infantry. This matter must be done slowly, as humans are still very resistant to beastmen.

  So, Xiao Yu covered Zhao Hu's eyes and led him around in the Ancestral Mountains for half a day before bringing him to the Beast Tribe base and throwing him into a beast tribe pit, assigning a beast tribe laborer to watch over him.

  The Beastmen's hard labor may not be an official military force, but that build can still handle ordinary humans without any problems.

  Zhao Hu looked at himself and was shocked that he had been brought into a beast tribe's village, and directly fainted.

  With this money, Xiao Yu immediately started producing infantry again and directly chose the number of 400.

  The remaining 10,000 gold coins were originally intended by Xiao Yu to purchase the blacksmith shop, produce some equipment, arm the infantry, and help Sword Saint upgrade his weapons.

  But an ironwork shop actually required 300 points of contribution value, which made Xiao Yu roll his eyes.

  He finally understood what this merit value was for, and he didn't know why the system had set up such a merit value. He inquired about it to the system, which only said that in order to match the true strength of the commander, if there wasn't so much merit value, then it would be considered unable to control so many resources.

  There was no way about it, Xiao Yu could only throw the 10,000 gold coins into the barracks again, planning to recruit another 100 infantrymen. The blacksmith's shop would have to wait for a while.

  Just after the result was just cast, Xiao Yu learned another message. His current military rank is private, so the maximum number of soldiers that can be recruited is only 500, and more quotas will only be opened when a higher level is reached.

  "Ugh, everywhere is restricted. Others can travel through and directly release their majestic aura, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops, and the world submits to them. I'm good, but I can only lead 500 infantrymen... damn it." Xiao Yu was furious. In this way, even if he had 50,000 gold coins, he couldn't produce more than 500 soldiers again. Adding the 40 infantrymen he already had, he could recruit at most 460 more soldiers.

  It's 460 anyway, even if there was no such limit, he doesn't seem to have much money to recruit more infantry.

  "Hurry up and accumulate merit points, hurry up and build the blacksmith's shop. With the blacksmith's shop, these beastman infantry won't have to go around bare-chested with just a broken axe in hand. Although they look very fierce, in reality even the thickest flesh can't withstand swords and knives. Otherwise, when facing Karu's army, we'll be at a disadvantage. Karu's army is not something that these bandits can compare to."

  The barracks can produce up to 48 infantrymen per day, and at least 460 infantrymen will need ten days. Xiao Yu calculated that such a long time had already passed for half a month, and in another half a month, Karu would bring people to attack.

  "If there were a thousand beast tribe infantry, it should be barely possible to counterattack against Karu's army. They are here to attack the city, I won't go out and fight them foolishly, I will defend the city and gain an advantage. The best troops for defending a city are archers, alas, if only there were elven archers. I wonder when I can build a second sub-base."

  Xiao Yu thought of this and asked when they could establish a second branch base.

  As a result, this time made Xiao Yu extremely delighted. The system's response was that as long as Xiao Yu was promoted to Lower Officer, he could build a second base.

  What a great thing! Building a second base, first giving away a Storm Altar, can summon a hero for free without any conditions. Also, you can directly buy a Barracks with money, no need to consume Merit Points, and then you can summon an Archer.

  "How many merit points do I need to upgrade from private to corporal now?" Xiao Yu asked expectantly.

  "Requires 1000 merit points." The system replied.

  "Damn, 1,000 merit points, I just took down a bandit den and only got 200 points. To reach 1,000, I'd have to take down five of these dens." Xiao Yu pondered how he could quickly achieve the rank of Junior Officer.

  Upon learning that reaching the lower officer rank would allow him to find his second base, Xiao Yu immediately set his mind on this goal instead of focusing on optimizing his blacksmith workshop.

  After all, having one more hero and one more racial unit is very helpful. In comparison, the Beastmen's Giant Trolls are also ranged units, but they are absolutely not as easy to use as the Elf Archers. Moreover, it is currently impossible to produce Giant Trolls, and you must upgrade the Barracks to level 2 before being able to produce them, and the cost of producing Giant Trolls is very expensive, unlike the Elf Archers which are cheap.

  The most crucial thing is that once he has the Spirit Clan's base, he can summon the number one beauty of the Spirit Clan, Tailande, whom he had fantasized about countless times. Thinking of this, Xiao Yu couldn't help but drool. That was Tailande after all.

  "It seems I'll have to continue robbing then, it's profitable and also increases my contribution value." Xiao Yu made up her mind.