31 Elder (1)
"Alright. Tell me what is your specialty?" Mu Qing Lang questioned this Goblin Champion on his skill and expertise.
"Master, I can command troops, use Spiritual Energy, or become the settlement's vanguard. My given skill is (Eater) which allow me to recover limitlessly as long I can replenish myself with anything edible." the Goblin Champion answered.
The scene between a kneeling Goblin Champion towards a human is laughable. By sheer size alone, that goblin champion it twice the weight of that human, and half size bigger than the human. But only the outsider may consider thinking of such.
For the members in this place known as Mu's Settlement, their master's strength is comparable to all of them combined. Who amongst them can battle three Boar Tribe Orcs and win them?
"Good!"
"I'll give you the name Guan Yi. Protect our settlement well and take care of the young. Meet me tomorrow for the set of equipment." Mu Qing Lang smiled and dismissed the Goblin Champion. From today onwards, he can be more relaxed in his approach in term of battling the wolves.
This is because Guan Yi is now capable of leading the fighters, and a competent warrior on his own. Perhaps it's possible for Mu Qing Lang to hire a few goblin mothers to start expanding their numbers. From what Qing Yi and Xiao Qing told him, this is the fastest way to expand the number of goblins.
Mu Qing Lang then gave Xiao Qing another Yunxia Bamboo shoot to be planted beside the two previous plants. Similar to yesterday, they added two additional fields of Xian-Ren Grass, where they can expect six thousand stalks of Xian-Ren Grass can be harvested once every two days.
With Guan Yi managing the settlement's safety and Fengbu-Luoli couple handing the menial task, Mu Qing Lang decided to went for a journey on his own. His intention is still the same, to increase the number of collected plants in his database while he's still inside the Chang Emperor Prairie.
Perhaps, he might consider moving on to other places after he's done as much as he could for those relying on him in this prairie. But before leaving, Mu Qing Lang left a set of 200 Small Xian Pill, Recovery Ointment, and Xian-Qin Pill to be used when necessary.
"Ah, freedom!" Mu Qing Lang rides his carriage pulled by Xiao Hui and left to satisfy his own needs as an avid collector. Since he completed the collection for three kinds of staple food, there are only two herbs and one wild plant to be collected.
He's anticipating the bonus given by completing the record.
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Meanwhile, in the location northeast from Mu's Settlement.
The Ashen Wolves had divided their forces into two, one led by the Ashen Wolf King to attack the Mu's Settlement and another led by the five Prairie Black Wolves to attack the Namu Settlement.
Under one leadership, the Ashen Wolf King side decided to exhaust the resources of Mu's Settlement before going for a killing strike. But for the Prairie Black Wolves, their leadership ability is filled with [Attack First]-[Attack the side]-[Attack again] orders.
This lack of creativity chain of command, with five Prairie Black Wolves in charge, made their formation crumbles. From a proper swarm, it became a pile of sand thrown without a target.
Although its a mess, they overwhelmed their opponents from Namu Settlement and almost successfully attacked their settlement. But at the crucial moment, Namu Mayue who lost two of his sons' steps into the battle.
His weapon, a club with Ashen Wolves Fang embedded all over on the top, is used to slaughter the wolves. Unimaginably, a mere chief of a settlement like him is actually a cultivator in his Second Stage Spiritual Palace!
"How dare lowly pups like you dare to attack my settlement! I'll repeat the lesson taught by my grandparents again, and slaughter your king next!" Namu Mayue charged with his toothed club and delivered the demise to the Ashen Wolves.
He moves like a modern battle tank. Unstoppable, mighty, and violent. Each time a swing from the club went from one side to the other, five to six Ashen Wolves is thrown aside with crushed bones.
But no matter how strong is Namu Mayue, he's still a mortal human. Lack of super medicine like Mu Qing Lang's Recovery Ointment, it was difficult for him to continue waltzing into the battlefield.
Landed with a fatal wound on his back, even Namu Mayue has to retreat. He was protected by his fellow members while backing off, and this situation becomes the worst memories for the people of Namu Settlement.
Five Prairie Black Wolves charged into the battlefield, slaughtering the human warriors like taking off the paper hung on a thin string. Their assault almost decimated the group included Namu Mayue if he was not protected by the barricade and a wooden gate.
Since all the enemies had retreated back to their settlement, the five Prairie Black Wolves turned their attention to a different direction. Under the order of the five, this pack of wolves bares their fang towards the Mu Settlement.
The end of tonight ain't going to be a quiet one, especially when Mu Qing Lang is outside of the camp for his personal interest.
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At the same time, the atmosphere between the Yelu Settlement and Tiezu-Orc Village wasn't that positive either. After the three chiefs returned to their respective area, the Orc Scouts reported the arrival of one thousand additional militia inside Yelu Settlement.
Based on their current number, the Yelu Settlement already surpassed the threshold to be labeled as a Village. With 2,800 villagers, they are far more than qualified to be called as a "Town" strength establishment.
Still, this figure is just a third higher than the Tiezu-Orc Village with 2,100 orcs. For creatures, there were categorized into two different categories. A village grade is given to those with 50 to 2,500 populations, separated by "Small" "Medium" and "Large" grading.
A "small" village has between 50 to 500 members, while the "medium" village housed between 600 to 1,500 members. Above 1,500 members to 2,500 members, they can be graded as a Large Village.
As long they reach 3,000 residents and above, the Large Village can move on to be conferred as "Half-Completed Town" until they obtained 10,000 residents for the "Small Town" title.
With their number of people continue to increase every day, the Yelu Settlement will very soon surpass the Tiezu-Orc Village in term of both numbers and armed militia. Worst of all, the battle started to side with the Yelu Settlement.
Leading this group of militias is a cultivator. With him inside of this battle between orc and human, the flow of this battle is going to be disrupted. What made Tiezu-Yu worried was not how many of them might be left at the end of this battle, but how early are they going to be slaughtered.
"Leader of Tiezu! Send one of yours over for me to slaughter! I'm itching for some good pork dishes!" the cultivator provokes those inside the village to come out and fight, but luckily, with Tiezu-Yu, Wu, and Gu's leadership, none of them fall into that trick.
But their silence was not received happily by those waiting outside.
The militias split into two groups and attacked the Pigsty surrounding the village. This aggression was taken to no heed by Tiezu-Yu, but deep inside his heart, the chief is aching until he can vomit a mouthful of blood if he tried to speak.
At the end of this battle, the Tiezu-Orc Village suffered a loss of more than 300 orcs, along with three pigsties which housed more than 600 Iron Skin Boars. Before the militia left, they destroyed the corpses of the boars. This made them inedible even after processing them.
"Brother, I don't want to hold this anger with me until my death!"
"Me too!"
The two younger Tiezu chiefs expressed their dissatisfaction. But they could not read their brother's expression.
As the leader of the three chiefs, the eldest in the Tiezu-Orc Tribe, how can he swallow this mouthful of anger? If it was not because his two younger brothers lack of maturity, he's outside fighting already!
"Wu! Gu! I want both of you to achieve something for me." Tiezu-Yu put his hand on both younger brother's shoulder as he continued.
"Each of you will lead fifty orcs and two-hundred fifty boars to Mu's Camp. Whoever reaches the camp first will be the one escorting Chief Mu to help our tribe."
"As for myself, I will stay here and defend until Chief Mu is here. Can both of you do it?" Tiezu-Yu stares at his brothers and awaits for their reply.
"I can!" Tiezu-Wu replied.
"I can!" Tiezu-Gu followed.
"Good. Depart as soon as possible." Tiezu-Yu turned around and began giving instruction to the younger orcs. Tiezu-Wu and Gu left to their own section, starting to choose the stronger Iron Skin Boars and expert boar-keeper.
Two hours after the arrangement, the two brothers quickly leave the village with the boars and orcs. In Tiezu-Wu's hand, there's a box ordered to be given to Chief Mu personally.
Behind them, Tiezu-Yu waved at his two brothers with his left arm, while his right is bleeding through the bandages.
