Chapter 91 Don’t be a Deserter
Of course there is no hot pot in the pub, and Wu Yu doesn’t really want to eat hot pot.
So as soon as he sat down in the tavern, he said solemnly: "I have 34 captain-level soldiers, 42 elite-level soldiers, and 12 children. These are the human monsters I recruited in the wild in the past six months. I originally planned to send them to another village more than a thousand kilometers away. The village chief there is called Li Congrong. He has been running this world for fifteen years. The village has developed like a small town. He is my old customer."
"So to be honest, if I send these soldiers and monsters to him, I can get at least 20 white fragments of hope in exchange. If the weapons you provided were not so good this time, I would not give you a single person."
"I'll give you a price, and let's not talk about anything else. Everyone's time is valuable."
"200 of those Imprisoned Spears, 20 long swords of this quality, and I also want to know the method of making Imprisoned Spears. If you agree, I will only keep 39 of my core subordinates, and the rest will be all yours. In addition, I will tell you everything you know."
Hearing Wu Yu's new price, Zhang Yang smiled slightly. This was not a cheap price, but a ridiculous price. Just now this guy excitedly said that Duan Kuan's evil-killing long sword was worth two fragments of hope, but he changed his words in the blink of an eye.
After thinking about it, Zhang Yang decided not to dwell on such contradictory statements with Wu Yu, as that would be meaningless.
"The method to make the Spear of Imprisonment is very simple. As long as you know the Imprisonment spell, you can cut it into wooden spears and seal it on them. So I will give you this method for free."
"As for weapons, I can only provide you with 100. This is my inventory for a few months. Also, there are only five of those long swords. Any more will affect the combat effectiveness of my soldiers."
"Brother, you are joking. Since you can make them, quantity is definitely not a problem. What a village like yours lacks the most is warriors. This time you met a fellow tribesman like me. If it were a group of monsters from other tribes, they would definitely pounce on you and kill you by surprise when they see that you don't even have a village patrol team or a little ghost to protect the village. How about this, brother, I will give you a ghost priest for free?"
Wu Yu gave in slightly.
Zhang Yang just smiled silently. This guy is still being stubborn. If a wild monster really comes to him, he will probably become a meal in a few minutes.
That's right. Although during this period, due to production and construction in the village, the patrol and alert range of the village has been reduced again and again. In addition to the daily stone mining that requires a team of soldiers to escort, the largest defense circle has not even been expanded to three kilometers in radius.
Also, because the ghost priest was killed, there was a lack of effective monitoring of the enemy's little ghosts.
This is why Wu Yu’s people only found out about it when they came to the tavern.
This situation can easily be misleading.
But this does not mean that Zhang Yang's village is vulnerable.
In addition to Zhang Yang himself, there are five heroes in the village, four third-level Storm Swordsmen whose strength is comparable to that of one-star heroes, four quasi-heroes, 21 captain-level archers, 54 captain-level infantrymen, 24 Berserkers, and 60 recruits in training.
With such a force, relying on the castle and the inner walls built around the houses, even if the orc lord Ahalu comes again, he will never return, let alone the wild monsters.
Especially now that Ryan, the king of shield soldiers, has upgraded his weapon to a more powerful one, holding the top-grade magical weapon-level Stag Tower Shield, he can basically defeat all of Wu Yu's soldiers by himself.
Otherwise, how could Zhang Yang be so confident that he could crush the ghost priest to death? "Brother Wu, I appreciate your kindness, but I don't want a ghost priest either. It's hard to keep him tamed. What I just said is my bottom line. Moreover, I gave you the method of making the Spear of Imprisonment for free, which is enough to show my sincerity."
"Hehe, brother, please stop teasing me. If the making of this Spear of Binding is so simple, I will dig my eyeballs out for you. Who doesn't know how to cut a wooden spear? I can also cast the Binding spell, but I definitely can't make it. In fact, it's not just me. In all the villages I've been to, no one has made one."
"However, I don't want your method of making the Spear of Imprisonment. I just want 200 of them and 15 of the Evil-Slaying Long Swords."
Wu Yu said quickly that he didn't believe Zhang Yang's statement at all, this was a mid-grade magic weapon.
"Then I will take a step back and offer you two options. First, I will give you 200 Spears of Imprisonment and 5 Evil-Slaying Long Swords, or 100 Spears of Imprisonment and 10 Evil-Slaying Long Swords. You can choose between the two options."
Zhang Yang is still lukewarm. There are already a thousand Spears of Imprisonment in stock in the village. The Evil-Slaying Long Sword will be quite difficult to make, but it can also be mass-produced.
But this bargaining process is necessary, and he is also trying to get the most benefits from the transaction in this way, because he not only wants to obtain those warrior populations, but also wants to know a lot of intelligence that Wu Yu has.
"200 Imprisonment Spears, 20 Evil-Slaying Long Swords. Brother, if you agree, I will also give you an incomplete village construction order, which I obtained from a small alien village that I destroyed before."
At this moment, Wu Yu gritted his teeth and said with great heartache that he was bleeding heavily this time.
"Okay, deal." Upon hearing about the incomplete village construction order, Zhang Yang immediately agreed. This is a good thing, but it is of little use to a wandering monster like Wu Yu.
With one hand handing over the money, the other hand handing over the goods. Zhang Yang and Wu Yu no longer bothered to be polite, let alone eat hot pot. Their eyes were wide open. One side confirmed that the weapons were received and of good quality. The other side confirmed that the population and wild monsters were included under the control of the village construction order. This could not be faked. With a flash of white light, the identity attributes of those warrior populations appeared.
Moreover, since Zhangyang Village has a special attribute, tolerance (1/5), it will increase the recognition of the village by 20% for foreign immigrants, so it is reflected at this moment.
When Ryan's group of population monsters first arrived, their loyalty was only 15 points, and they were on the verge of escaping at any time.
However, this group of wild monsters have just been included in the village construction order, and their initial loyalty is as high as 30 points. In other words, even if Wu Yu wants to play some tricks at this time, these soldiers will definitely not obey his orders.
This was even reflected in the changes in the expressions of these wild monsters. The moment before, they were under Wu Yu's command, all of them had no expression on their faces, and except for the murderous aura of beasts, they were numb. But the next moment, when they came under Zhang Yang's command, they seemed to be revived, and even their eyes showed a lot of spirit.
"Miao, brother, your village is not simple. Could it be that you have activated some hidden talent?"
Wu Yu looked on in amazement, but Zhang Yang just smiled and said nothing. He would never show off this secret to anyone.
Next, both parties sat back in the tavern, Zhang Yang asked questions and Wu Yu answered.
For three whole hours, Zhang Yang asked hundreds of questions about everything, from the weather changes and seasonal changes in this world to the geographical changes, vegetation characteristics, common poisonous insects, herbs, mineral distribution, river distribution, and the locations of all human villages and alien villages within a radius of one thousand kilometers.
It is further detailed into the characteristics of each ethnic village, the specific strength of the village chief, and what the specialties are.
There are also some situations involving groups of alien wild monsters.
How other villages survived the winter, and so on.
These questions made Wu Yu lose his temper. He had no idea that Zhang Yang could be so meticulous and abnormal. This little bastard even filled a big notebook with at least tens of thousands of words in shorthand.
Of course, in order to make up for Wu Yu's serious damage to his body and mind, Zhang Yang generously gave Wu Yu five evil-killing long swords, five captain-level reinforced iron shields, five captain-level longbows and 300 homemade wolf-tooth arrows.
At this moment, in Zhang Yang's eyes, Wu Yu and the human monster group have risen to the position of strategic partners, so it is no longer possible to consider whether the transaction can make money at this level.
Giving Wu Yu more weapons would greatly increase their chances of surviving in this cruel wilderness, and the benefits would be indescribable.
Before leaving, Zhang Yang even warmly invited Wu Yu to come to his village to rest after winter came.
But Wu Yu flatly refused. As they were used to roaming in the wild, they naturally knew how to avoid evil spirits and ghosts, so they did not want to seek death in a village that would be the focus of evil spirits, ghosts and wood monsters.
We said take care to each other and said goodbye.
But when Wu Yu and his group disappeared into the depths of the forest, Zhang Yang's expression immediately became serious.
Because compared to the many shocking pieces of information he got from Wu Yu, the most imminent food crisis in his village can no longer be delayed.
There were 88 new people added to the family. Except for the 12 children, the remaining 76 people were all big eaters.
The village originally had enough food for 20 days, but now it only has enough for 12 days.
"Wu Yuan, arrange for some people to welcome our new brothers and sisters. Also, ask those women if they are willing to live in the houses or continue to be soldiers."
Zhang Yang quickly said that in his village, women would lose loyalty if they were forced to be recruited as warriors or even to do farm work, but this did not mean that they would not become powerful warriors. As long as the environment was harsh enough and death was always around them -
He didn't want to think about how these women who became wild monsters because of the destruction of their villages survived in the wilderness, nor did he want to think about who the fathers of the little lives they carried in their arms or on their backs were. When Wu Yu left, he didn't take a woman or a child with him. Some things can be understood without saying anything.
Zhang Yang couldn't blame anyone. The only thing he could do was to lead the village to become stronger as much as possible, instead of disappearing like fireworks in this crisis-ridden world.
"Sir, can they be trusted? Of course, I mean, this matter is simply too weird, it's too incredible. If it were me, I would never abandon so many elite soldiers."
Wu Yuan was inexplicably angry, or maybe he felt the same way. He couldn't accept that soldiers were being traded like commodities. This was an insult!
Zhang Yang smiled bitterly and patted Wu Yuan on the shoulder, not knowing how to comfort him.
Because he is different from Wu Yu. Wu Yu does not need a village, so he does not need a large population as a burden. He is short and strong, moves quickly, seeks advantages and avoids harm, and if he fails to hit the target, he will immediately escape. This is what Wu Yu and his men pursue.
And as long as Wu Yu collects 100 white fragments of hope, he can escape from this world.
In a sense, Wu Yu is a deserter, so nothing he does is excessive.
Zhang Yang and those who have already built villages will have to continue fighting unless they are willing to be deserters of the battlefield.
When this thought came to his mind, Zhang Yang couldn't help but look at the people around him. They were not stupid and they had already understood it by now. Wu Yu was the most realistic example.
Their silence doesn't mean they are not worried. Wu Yuan's question just now was not so much about whether Wu Yu can be trusted as it was about whether Zhang Yang can be trusted. They are afraid that one day, they will be sold like commodities.
When Zhang Yang thought of this, his heart ached. This was the village he had built, and the soldiers he had trained. They had fought side by side, like brothers. How could he abandon them and run away? "Don't worry, I will never desert the battlefield."
"I am your village chief for one day, and I will be your village chief for the rest of my life!"
"I will live and die with the village!"
"I will never be a deserter!"
(End of this chapter)
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