"A huge profit in one go, no loss at all."
On his way back to Xicheng, Jia Zhengyi hummed a little tune as he counted his new earnings in his backpack, feeling quite pleased with himself.
They were the ones who destroyed the town, and naturally, the containers in the city were also searched thoroughly.
Thanks to Su Lin's talent effect [Happy Six Plus One], which increases the quality of the reward by 1, he managed to get two small red items from these purple containers, which is much better than similar rewards before.
Of course, besides searching for containers, Jia Zhengyi also targeted the merchants in the town.
He personally took action, extorting and killing each of the greedy businessmen who came to his door. Now they would have to give back all the profits that these greedy businessmen had swallowed up from the team.
Unfortunately, in order not to affect the team's extra load or leave traces of stolen goods, Jia Zhengyi could not take too much of the merchant's profits. He could only pick some common items such as gold and silver coins, and then take some truly precious magical items.
Xiao Linlin told him to leave behind all other valuable items, such as magic cores and items unique to Blackrock Town, and forbade him from taking them with him.
Jia Zhengyi was obedient, but he still said with a hint of regret: "What a pity... No matter how I think about it, I feel like we didn't get enough to eat this time. We destroyed a town, but we couldn't take all the good stuff with us."
"It's good enough that we can take these with us. What we need to do is leave no trace, not put ourselves in danger because of greed."
Xiao Linlin frowned and lowered her voice: "Also, can we please stop discussing these murder and arson matters on the road? Aren't you afraid of being noticed by the NPCs?"
"Don't worry, I made a point of avoiding people. No one can get close to me."
Jia Zhengyi patted his chest and assured them, even pointing to a direction in the east: "Look, there are a few mages flying over there, heading towards Blackrock Town. They're probably investigating a case... They have no idea we're here; their routes are completely different."
"Besides, even if there is some kind of magic that can turn back time, we don't have to worry, we have half of the locals to help us."
After saying that, Jia Zhengyi smiled at Lyanna: "Isn't that right, All-Powerful Sister? You previously guaranteed that no one could possibly use magic to track us down? To know what we've been doing?"
"In the magic of concealing information, it is difficult for the human community to produce a powerful mage comparable to me, but this is not absolute."
Lyanna looked up at him and calmly repeated, but Jia Zhengyi didn't care at all and said casually, "You and the boss are the same. You say you're not sure, but you always do things steadily and ruthlessly."
With these two people working together to accomplish something so significant, and with a strategist offering advice, there's definitely not much to worry about.
To ensure they wouldn't be tracked down by magic, the two didn't even meet the lord. Right outside the town, Lyanna activated the magic bow and arrows in a barrage mode, supplemented by several "future individual bomb briefcases" that Xiao Linlin had specially purchased from the store.
Each individual bomb is worth 100,000 resource coins and has considerable power, equivalent to that of a carrier-based missile. Su Lin threw five of them in one go, distributing them to key locations in the town to paralyze them.
The bombardment was a combination of technology and magic, followed by a town-wide manhunt led by Su Lin and Jia Zhengyi to ensure no survivors or resources were missed.
The lord never knew who the murderer was until his death.
The reason the squad did this was not simply out of brutality and bloodlust; a large part of the reason was that the lord insisted on keeping the squad there, which had a coercive and threatening connotation.
In addition, Xiao Linlin also wanted to secure the search resources for Blackrock Town for Su Lin, and also to test the magical world's ability to react to and investigate small-scale urban damage.
"By the way, Brother Jia, are you sure those things you hid won't be found?"
Xiao Linlin hesitated for a moment before speaking hesitantly: "If someone finds out, I don't want any NPCs to be able to find us through them."
"You mean the grain and military supplies? They're all hidden! Don't worry, I'm not only a master at finding treasure, but I'm also an expert at hiding things!"
Jia Zhengyi patted his chest and assured, "Moreover, I deliberately hid deep in the forest, with the all-powerful sister's forest magic providing multiple layers of cover. Unless another local dragon slayer god solves the case, how could it be found so easily? Even if it is found, it doesn't matter, since it's supplies we stole anyway."
Jia Zhengyi didn't care; this was just a side move by Xiao Linlin.
If someone takes it away, just let it go, pretend you never got it. But if you can keep it hidden, it's a local resource that the team can use, and it might have a clever use in the future.
"It's unlikely that any particularly powerful NPCs will investigate this matter."
Xiao Linlin murmured, looking in the direction of the western city: "The empire is in a precarious situation, it is even short of soldiers, how can it care about such a small place?"
"Once they confirm that it is not an invasion by enemy forces, they will at most send more people to investigate, and it will most likely become an unsolved case."
"It's just a pity that we were placed in such a bad position this time, naturally putting us at a disadvantage in the war; if we could have gone to the side with the advantage, our escape would have been much easier."
Xiao Linlin was still pondering how to arrange the team's next move, but Su Lin did not disturb her thoughts and kept his head down, silently studying the boxing manual.
From his appearance, no one would guess that this calm and gentle man had recently led a team to wipe out a town inhabited by tens of thousands of people.
Su Lin felt no guilt, no joy, only ruthless efficiency in getting straight to the goal.
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