26 The Upcoming Mu's Settlement (4)
"We're going to die here!" Mumu Ba, the youngest of the nine fighters cried in regret for coming out. Worst of all, he kept complaining about how jealous he is towards Fengbu for marrying that beautiful lass, Luoli.
"Sew that mouth and put it away. Han Xi went back to get help. Our master will come here to rescue us soon!" Han Yu said. Using the Straw Sack with few stones inside as a weapon, he tried to force the Ashen Wolves to leave them alone.
A few other guys copied his action and did the same. But once one of the Ashen Wolves successfully took a bite on the sack, the others followed. Suddenly, all of them get aggressive and tried to destroy the Straw Sacks.
Stones scattered all around them the moment the sack is torn. The split second gave one Ashen Wolf the chances to launch itself on Han Yu, forcefully pushing him down on the ground. It tried to deliver a lethal strike at Han Yu to rob him of his life.
"I won't die here! I'm not going to die here!" Han Yu reaches for the stone near him and slaps the Ashen Wolf's head. That strike was deadly, given the insignificant 0.5 points improvements in his total fitness and force stats.
While a normal human roughly possess 2-3 points of strength is equivalent to a 40kg-60kg weight in a punch, a 0.5 points addition means his attack is now 10kg weight strength stronger. When the power is added with the stone's destructive harness, it became a deadly weapon.
The Ashen Wolf fall flat on the ground died without an opportunity to howl in anguish.
Proud with the success of killing one of the wolves, the group found their motivation. They started to try even harder in the fight, looking for the opportunity to give the Ashen Wolf a "Kiss" with the stone in their hand.
With a stone in their hand, the fighters retaliate. Some of them even tried to hold a stone on each side of their hands to increase their hit rate. It continues until they killed one wolf a person that Mu Qing Lang arrived at the spot.
"Tiny wolves! You dare?" Mu Qing Lang's arrival came along with a shout. The sword in his hand swung in a straight line above two fighter's head and cut off three Ashen Wolves. When one Ashen Wolf tried to sneak at him, Mu Qing Lang sent the wolf away with a simple kick.
His appearance became a trouble to the Ashen Wolves. While regular fighters are capable of killing one by putting a great effort, Mu Qing Lang's arrival kills three of them with a swing and the fourth with an unsophisticated kick.
If they tried to attack in a group less than four, won't they face the same ending like their companion? The wolves get smarter as they fight, but still, fall to his sword on the second swing.
"AOU!!!" the leader of this team gave the following order.
The wolves immediately change their tactics from that order and stop attacking at random targets. More Ashen Wolves came to join the fight and started to surround them without leaving them with an exit. Once the formation is complete, the wolves began to charge randomly without a proper movement pattern.
This quickly catches them off guard as they're not trained to handle an organize attack like this. Even Mu Qing Lang will encounter some difficulties to destroy this formation.
They continued to fight. Out of three to five attacks, Mu Qing Lang randomly caught one to two and delivered a killing blow. Other than that, a few people in the group suffered deep wounds on their body and started to become a liability for everybody.
"Defend! Defend!" Mu Qing Lang repeated the same word over and over again. He'll have to keep motivating them until the goblins and Ka-Ba is here to assist him.
"ROAR!" one of the Ashen Wolf charged Mu Qing Lang while he was occupied with another target.
"Zzup!" an arrow pierced through the Ashen Wolf's skull accurately without an inch of mistake. This must be from Qing Yi, the unimaginably good archer from his camp.
Nothing much to say, the goblins finally here to rescue them. The Hobgoblins might be slow, but they're the last kind of enemies the Ashen Wolf wanted to encounter.
Reason?
A Hobgoblin possessed 6 Points in Fitness and 5 in Force Stats. This alone equals to a constant 120kg heavy punches during the fight. For an Ashen Wolf that can barely handle a force over 65kg, a simple slap from the hobgoblin can kill them efficiently.
The fight continues for half an hour before the Wolf Leader left with others.
From the look of it, 60 Ashen Wolves sacrificed themselves in this fight against the Mu's Camp. It was a complete loss for the Ashen Wolves, but their leader still managed to escape at the final moment.
This made Mu Qing Lang feeling a little lost. Although they won the fight, it feels like the Ashen Wolf is testing their strength. How will it end if the Ashen Wolf Tribe attacked them with their entire force?
It seems that their preparation is not enough to overcome this kind of attack. On this moment onwards, the Ashen Wolves will repeat the harassment against the camp at least until they failed to replenish their resources.
The moment their enemy camp started to get weaker, the harassment will get worst, all the way until they invaded the camp. By then, the entire village will not be able to escape from this claw of the Ashen Wolves.
But unfortunately, their plan is destined to fail before it even starts.
One of the reasons it will fail is because the one they are fighting against is not anyone else, but Mu Qing Lang. His effort in making the Mu's Camp capable of producing a large amount of food was starting to bear the fruit of success.
In a rough estimation, the number of dried soybeans available inside Xiao Qing's house is far more than enough to feed the entire camp for half a month without shortage. Additionally, there's 8kg of Fine Wheat Flour stored inside, along with their own Prairie Horn Rabbit's farm, and the Xian-Ren Grass.
If the Ashen Wolves wish to harass the camp until they're out of food supplies, they might need to do it continuously for no lesser than 45 days to see the path of success. And can the Ashen Wolves struggles for 45 days without leaving their spot?
Impossible!
Utterly Impossible!
Absolutely Impossible!
They possess no food backup at all, neither owner to feed all of them. This reason alone is the biggest game-changer that might alter the results of who win and lose in this fight of attrition.
"Master, we should start saving sufficient food supply. The harassment from Ashen Wolf Tribe will keep coming until we're weakened and became an easy target." Ka-Ba and Han Yu said.
"Don't worry. Continue with the farming duties. As for the corpses here, bring all of them back to be processed and give me the pelts, parts, and bloodstones inside their skull. I have use for them." Mu Qing Lang instructed and returned to his camp.
There was nothing else for him to be worried about because Mu Qing Lang had already set his eyes on hunting the Ashen Wolves until their number is reduced drastically. At that time, he will then try to tame them and start domesticating them from their next generation.
He believes the domestication process can be completed within three generations of Ashen Wolves. By that time, the Ashen Wolf will no longer become a danger in this Chang Emperor Prairie, but cultivated for their pelts and other produce.
After he returned to the camp, Mu Qing Lang prepared a set of Recovery Ointment, Small Xian Pill, and Xian-Qin Pill for all the members. Especially for those injured in the fight this afternoon, applying a Recovery Ointment on the spot helps in speeding up their recovery.
The fight earlier made everyone understands the importance of possessing the ability to protect themselves. Luoli started to focus on creating proper tools, Ka-Ba practiced harder to increase his fighting strength, and Yulin followed Qing Yi to practice archery.
Everyone suddenly found something to focus on. As it was all positive changes, Mu Qing Lang did not bother with their matters too much and returned to his carriage to scan the few new items available in his Storage Chest.
"Information Table... Show me everything." Mu Qing Lang collected the item from the chest and sat on the provided chair.
[Toot!]
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[*Yunxia Bamboo's Shoot*]
[*Chang Empress Medicinal Opium Latex*]
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"I'll check what's available inside the Opium Latex first before moving to... Knock Knock Knock!" Mu Qing Lang finger is going to the third option, only to be surprised by the knock on his door.
"Who is it?" Mu Qing Lang said as he opened the door.
He was then greeted by Han Yu, who collected all the Ashen Wolf Pelts, Scraps, and Bloodstones to be handed to him as soon as possible. Such efficiency is commendable.
Mu Qing Lang accepted the materials without hesitation and dismissed Han Yu. In his mind, Mu Qing Lang already considered about making a special gift for him. When he received it, Han Yu's is most probably going to drop on the ground due to the inability to control his surprise.
