The area for the bound food tickets.
Instead of decreasing, it increased.
Chen Yu stared at the unfamiliar faces in front of him, stunned, and remained silent for a long time.
"Ah, this..."
Chen Yu, his lips twitching, frowned slightly.
"Where did they come from."
"Picked them up." As soon as Kailin said this, Chen Yu's confusion deepened. After blinking for a while, he tilted his head, "Picked, picked them up?"
"Mhm~"
Kailin nodded slightly.
Judging by her expression, she also found it peculiar. She pursed her lips and said,
"You went out to attack the city, and we were worried someone might sneak into our camp. Noah, Illya, and I discussed it and sent some people to guard the surrounding caves."
Chen Yu nodded gently after hearing this.
This was fine.
Guarding the outer caves could provide early warning to a great extent. If suspicious individuals appeared, they could prepare in advance.
The necromancer's city-state was too careless.
If they had stationed even a ten-person team in a few areas outside the city-state, they would have known Chen Yu's intention to attack the city in advance.
Perhaps then, they could have defended the city-state.
"Next?"
Chen Yu murmured softly. Kailin then pointed to the unfamiliar food tickets.
"We encountered them. Our people reported back that there were a lot of people unconscious outside. At first, I thought they were victims and wanted to help. But after I went there, I felt something was off. Thinking of the food tickets we had bound before, I brought them back."
"Hiss!"
Chen Yu, gasping, was full of disbelief.
This actually worked?
He didn't ask further. He walked up a few steps and squatted in front of a stripped orc. Clearly, Kailin and the others had handled these new food tickets, being too lenient.
They even left their underpants.
If it were Chen Yu, let alone underpants, he would have cut off their testicles to use as medicinal ingredients if he were truly desperate.
"Hey, wake up."
Chen Yu patted the orc's face a couple of times. When his hand touched the orc's face, he felt it was cold. Inadvertently, he also noticed that there were still unmelted ice fragments on the orc's body.
He glanced at the surrounding orcs. They were all like this.
With a few slaps from Chen Yu, the unconscious orc groggily opened his eyes. Upon waking, he instinctively bared his teeth and tried to rub the back of his head.
When he realized he was bound, he instantly sobered up and stared at Chen Yu with wide eyes.
"You..."
"Shh." Chen Yu placed a finger on his lips for a moment. "Please maintain a good emotional state. If you're a smart person, you should understand your current situation."
The orc glanced sideways and saw the surrounding orcs, all bound and unconscious. He gritted his teeth.
"You are Chen Yu, aren't you? You've gotten yourself into big trouble."
"Oh, you recognize me?" Chen Yu smiled upon hearing the voice. "In that case, you must be a subordinate of that big crocodile."
"Yes!"
The awakened orc glared fiercely.
If looks could kill, Chen Yu's bones would have been gnawed to pieces by now.
"Chen Yu, I advise you to be sensible."
*Thud!*
A dull thud followed. The orc, before he could finish speaking, suddenly had a glazed look in his eyes. Another blow made him fall unconscious.
"I hate being threatened the most."
Chen Yu glared fiercely at the orc and threw the club to the ground.
"Camp Master~" Kailin and the others looked concerned. Chen Yu raised an eyebrow slightly. "When you picked up these orcs, was there ice on them?"
"Yes!"
Noah nodded.
"They were all frozen into ice sculptures. Many of them only melted little by little after we carried them back~"
Ice.
Chen Yu nodded slightly, understanding dawning in his mind.
He looked around.
"Hey, where's Illya?"
It was only then he noticed that he hadn't seen Illya since returning.
"Illya has gone to rest," Kailin said softly. "By the way, Camp Master, it's actually thanks to Illya today. She made many suggestions, including sending people to guard."
"Is that so?"
Chen Yu exclaimed in surprise.
"Okay, I understand. It's getting late, you all should go back and rest. You've all worked hard today."
"Hehe, no trouble."
Kailin and Noah's eyes sparkled with smiles. Finally, under Chen Yu's insistent urging, they waved goodbye with smiles and returned to the camp to rest.
Chen Yu, meanwhile, slowly walked towards the main camp area.
Ice!
This reminded Chen Yu of the mercenaries he had encountered in the wilderness before. When Chen Yu found them, there were still traces of ice on those orc mercenaries.
He wondered if it was the same person.
If so, it would be too much of a coincidence. This hero had helped him out twice. Not to mention the mercenaries last time, Chen Yu had made thorough preparations in the camp.
This time, if it weren't for this hero, these new food tickets attacking the camp...
It would have been quite troublesome.
"If I could meet that hero, I'd definitely thank them properly," Chen Yu muttered to himself. "It would be even better if I could invite them to the camp."
Chen Yu's territory was not lacking.
He had a camp and a city.
What was scarce was high-tier combat power.
This ice-elemental mage, capable of freezing thousands of mercenaries and hundreds of orc warriors with a wave of their hand, must possess considerable strength.
He collected his thoughts.
Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Yu, who hadn't slept well last night, stretched lazily and prepared to rest. He still had to wait for Kuka and the others to return.
"Camp Master~"
Just as Chen Yu was yawning, Kuka arrived at the camp with a group of militiamen.
"You've returned just in time," said Chen Yu, looking exhausted, pointing to the bound food tickets. "Kuka, you'll have to work a bit harder and carry those food tickets to the city-state."
"No problem."
Kuka shouted at the militiamen to carry the unconscious food tickets. Chen Yu also said softly.
"After you get there, don't come back in the dark. Get a good night's rest. You should also compile a list of these people. Tomorrow morning, I'll have Kailin provide them with resource points or commissions."
"Leave it to me, Camp Master~"
Kuka, patting his chest with a resounding thud, had a smile in his eyes.
"Camp Master, you shouldn't stay up any longer. Your eyes are about to close. Hurry and rest. Leave these matters to me, and absolutely nothing will go wrong."
"Hard work."
Chen Yu patted Kuka heavily on the shoulder and, yawning continuously, returned to his bedroom.
Just as he was about to collapse onto the bed.
He suddenly felt as if he had been enlightened, his eyes widening.
"Little devil."
"Huh?"
The little devil floating beside him looked confused. Chen Yu squinted at her for a long time.
"You, don't you owe me something that you should give me now!"