Chapter 49
[The blossoming of the Creation Tree has attracted surrounding beasts. Please be prepared for defense tonight.]
Ye Bai received the same prompt as Zeta.
And because it has been upgraded twice in a row, the flowers of the Tree of Creation are blooming more luxuriantly this time.
However, this time there was no problem of insufficient food reserves in the territory. Because of Ye Bai's "strategy planting", the territory's agricultural output was gratifying. Even with the current population of the territory increasing to 120, it was enough to maintain consumption steadily, not to mention that Ye Bai also imported 10 boxes of long-storage grains from Melo City.
The food surplus in the territory is now enough to feed 120 people for 6 months. In the future, there will be [mills] and [smokehouses] to process the crude food in the past. These processed foods will once again increase the villagers' tolerance and satisfaction, forming a virtuous circle.
The night gradually fell. Compared to Zeta who was caught off guard, Ye Bai was well prepared.
Ye Bai organized 30 people from the newly joined villagers and transferred them to [Militia] at the basic training ground of the territory. There were exactly three teams, led by the six mercenaries who remained in the territory... Oh no, now they should be called the Lord's Guards, ready to deal with the monster attack tonight.
[Lord's Personal Guard] is a special honorary position in the territory. The lord can select the candidates himself. It is a mobile force directly under the lord. The upper limit is determined by the level of the territory. Ye Bai is now a level 1 lord, and the upper limit of the number of personal guards is exactly 10 people.
The effect is that by fighting with the lord, you can gain a 20% extra experience value aura, and as long as the satisfaction reaches the standard, the loyalty will increase 50% faster than other ordinary combat professions. However, the salary and benefits need to be paid by the lord himself, and sometimes different guards have different personal recruitment needs.
After giving orders to the guards, Blaise and the other six became highly alert and eager to fight.
This is the first battle after joining Ye Bai's team, so of course everyone wants to perform well.
The new recruits who had just been transferred to the militia were now uniformly equipped with ready-made standard crossbows and were nervously preparing for battle.
If no BOSS-level monsters appear during the territory upgrade this time, Ye Bai does not plan to use magic scrolls, but will let the combat teams cooperate with traps to solve the problem.
There is no faster way to train soldiers than joining a battle. It increases personal experience and proficiency. With the guards who have changed their jobs and Ye Bai watching over them, the recruits will not worry about the risk of attrition. They are another kind of "experience baby".
After arranging everything, Ye Bai himself came to the newly built wooden fence.
During this territory upgrade, Ye Bai's most important thing was the 'artificial wildebeest trap' made of wooden fences. The main purpose was to take this opportunity to keep the wild wildebeests on the grassland in the territory. Everything else was secondary.
The Tree of Creation emitted light again. The light flowed on the trunk and gathered on the branches, where fluorescent flowers emerged. The flowers then emitted spores like light spots, which instantly filled the entire territory.
The ordinary villagers who had had this experience closed their doors tightly, while the combat troops stood guard at their respective positions, waiting for the arrival of the beasts.
Soon, there was movement not far away.
That was in the north of the territory. Roman, the territory explorer trained by Ye Bai, had become more skilled than before, and the area of wild exploration had also expanded. Long before the territory was upgraded, Roman had seen new traces of wolves farther north.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
Just like last time, as soon as these wolves with red eyes appeared, they stepped into the trap set on the ground in advance.
'-120', '-150', '-130'...
This time the trap was just an ordinary trap, without any source energy crystals embedded in it. The standard damage of the trap was between 100 and 150, and the blood volume of the wild wolf was between 180 and 200. After stepping into the trap, the wolves became agitated and howled miserably.
A team of militiamen who had been waiting nearby, led by two professional bodyguards, rushed forward and gave the wolf a finishing blow after it was injured in the attack.
The first wave of 17 or 18 wolves were easily dealt with, and the experience points allowed the militiamen present, who were originally level 1, to rise to levels 3 or 4.
Ye Bai took a quick look and knew there was no problem here.
After a while, rumbling footsteps were heard from the east. Hearing the familiar heavy sound, Ye Bai knew that it was the wild boars that had come. The large amount of meat harvested last time was all contributed by the wild boars. Now there was another wave coming, and all of it could be made into smoked meat to increase the storage time.
In the village stage, the beasts that attack are from nearby. If you are not prepared, it is a crisis, but if you are prepared, it is a gift of meat.
Soon, fifteen or sixteen long-haired wild boars appeared, and they were greeted by traps and crossbows and arrows in the hands of nearby militiamen. The newly upgraded militiamen who had previously dealt with the wolf pack in the north also rushed over and directly surrounded the wild boars.
Ye Bai took a look and found that he didn't need to take action.
Time passed by minute by minute. From the south, heavy footsteps that seemed familiar came. Ye Bai looked over. This was...
A thick and tall black shadow appeared, and his small red eyes were full of ferocity.
Last time it was from the north, this time it was a brown bear further south.
Ye Bai released an insight - it was a level 19 elite monster, no big deal.
The person guarding this position was Blaze, the strongest of the Royal Guards. He was a level 22 swordsman. Seeing the big brown bear, he showed his excitement and rushed forward first: "What a big guy!"
Another guard followed, howling, "We'll have bear paws to eat tomorrow!"
Seeing this, the militiamen behind them, who were originally a little scared, were encouraged and picked up crossbows to attack from the side.
When facing a large beast like a brown bear, there is no need to worry about hurting friendly forces even when using a crossbow. Unless it is intentional, it is really difficult to shoot humans who are a whole size smaller in comparison.
Looking at this scene, Ye Bai knew that he didn't need to take action on this side.
When everyone was halfway through their battle with the brown bear, the sound of rapid horse hooves coming from the northwest drew Ye Bai's attention back. She suddenly changed her relaxed posture, stood up straight, and looked in the direction of the hoof sounds.
Here they come! The wildebeest herd!
After watching for a while, Ye Bai saw sharp horns emerging on the horizon in the direction he was looking. The texture on the horns was in spiral circles. Then, gray-black horse heads appeared one after another.
Wild wildebeests are running freely. The leading few wildebeests seem to be the core of the team. Their gray-black fur is shiny and smooth, and solid muscles can be seen under the skin.
Wild Wildebeest
Level: 20
Health: 1500/1500
Attack method: butt
Weaknesses: Horn, throat, eyes
The wildebeest's usually large oval eyes turned red under the stimulation of the Flower of Creation, and its upper eyelids turned into a fierce horizontal stripe, making it look very difficult to provoke.
There is not just one but a whole group of these guys who are not easy to mess with.
When they rushed over, Ye Bai took the opportunity to count them clearly. There were a total of 28 wildebeests in the herd.
By the time she finished counting, the herd of wildebeests had already rushed to Ye Bai.
"law……"
As the most recently seen living creature in the territory, the wildebeests immediately locked their hatred on Ye Bai as soon as they saw her.
With a neigh, it raised the horn on its head and bowed towards Ye Bai.
Ye Bai did not dare to be careless, and immediately used a roll to avoid the collision narrowly. At the same time, he also used this roll to pass through the "entrance" of the wooden fence.
Feeling the sharp horn brushing past him, Ye Bai, who was used to fighting bosses with ease, felt a little scared.
Wildebeests are incredibly fast, and their attack method is to butt the enemy with the horn on their head, causing over 300 damage each time. Their attacks are armor-piercing damage, which cannot be defended against by ordinary armor.
What's worse is that when you encounter the first wildebeest gore and fall into a basically stiff state due to injury, it often means that the next wildebeest gore is about to come.
More than twenty consecutive '-300' damages come at the same time, and the BOSS will cry out in terror when encountering it.
Seeing Ye Bai dodge the attack, the wildebeests, which had already entered combat mode, would not let her go and immediately chased after her.
After Ye Bai rolled over, he didn't even have time to turn his head. He stood up and ran for his life.
The movement speed of wildebeests is twice the basic speed of the player, and the wildebeests in the frenzy state are even faster. Even if Ye Bai rolled over and created a certain distance, the distance between them began to narrow again after he started running.
10 meters, 8 meters, 6 meters...
If Ye Bai didn't have the Light Feather Set that increased his movement by 40%, he would have been caught up by the wildebeests by now.
Just when Ye Bai was less than 2 meters away from the wildebeest at the front of the herd, she finally passed through the "corridor" made of wooden fences and entered the double-layer square area.
1, 2, 3, Ye Bai counted the seconds in his mind. With the speed of wildebeests, 3 seconds would definitely be enough for all 28 of them to come in.
"Open the door!"
With Ye Bai's order, the militia outside the wooden fence cut the rope that held the gate.
With a bang, the thickened gate fell, cutting off the square area from the rectangular area and trapping all 28 wildebeests in a double-layer wooden fence.
Of course, Ye Bai was also imprisoned.
However, at this time Ye Bai was not panicked at all.
With another roll, Ye Bai fell into the shadow formed by the wooden fence. At the moment when the wildebeests rushed up, she used the skill [Shadow Step].
"Bang!"
Three wildebeests in succession bumped into nothing, and their horns got stuck in the wooden fence. They shook their heads several times before pulling their horns free.
At this time, Ye Bai was standing behind a haystack outside the wooden fence. This was the "artificial shadow" she had prepared in advance.
Shadow Step's unique ability to travel through shadows can often be used as a teleportation skill that can break through physical blockages.
After doing all this, Ye Bai walked to the arrow tower next to him and looked at the herd of wildebeests trapped in the wooden fence from a high vantage point.
“Law, law, law…”
Having lost their biological target, the wildebeests were trapped in the fence and were spinning around. Attracted by the Tree of Creation, they kept moving forward and butting in one direction with their horns. Unfortunately, under the thick double-layer fence, all these efforts were in vain.
Seeing this, Ye Bai smiled. The artificial wildebeest trap was successful!
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