Arranging troops.
Setting formations.
The city-state mercenaries, which Chen Yu had been anticipating, finally arrived around the underground cave where Chen Yu's camp was located.
Chen Yu was incredibly excited.
"How is it? Are there many people?" Chen Yu, face alight with excitement, looked down at Hei Dou and the others. The eyes beneath his sword-like brows seemed to sparkle with brilliant light. "Are those mercenaries rich?"
"Huh?"
Noticing Chen Yu's expression, Hei Dou blinked in confusion.
Why was he so excited?
With the city-state mercenaries coming to attack, Chen Yu was as thrilled as if a feast were about to be held in the village.
"There should be… not too few, right? Rich… I didn't see anything to suggest they were particularly rich." Hei Dou pondered for a moment before murmuring, "I didn't get a very clear look either."
"Tsk!"
Not rich?
Chen Yu, whose face had been beaming with excitement, clicked his tongue.
Then he thought again.
That's right!
No matter how you looked at it, mercenaries from a small city-state couldn't compare to the necromancer Chen Yu had previously snatched from. They were just taking on mercenary missions to make a living.
Alas!
It was about quantity.
Even if a single mercenary couldn't yield much profit, they could be taken in large numbers.
As long as enough mercenaries came,
Chen Yu wasn't worried about not having enough resources.
He would even have to consider it then.
Improving their lives.
Letting them experience the charm of a large enterprise.
There was no other way.
Who asked him to be the living Buddha of the underground cave?
He simply couldn't stand the suffering in the underground cave, couldn't stand their displaced, solitary lives without an organization.
Seeing Chen Yu ponder with his chin resting on his hand,
Hei Dou, who was somewhat apprehensive, licked his lips and patted Chen Yu's leg with his little paw.
"What is it?"
Chen Yu lowered his gaze.
Hei Dou, standing at his feet, tilted his head up, his eyes filled with tentative inquiry.
"Boss, they're mercenaries. City-state mercenaries are much stronger than those skeleton soldiers," Hei Dou whispered, then coughed slightly and said, "Of course, I know your strength is second to none, but… how about we spare their lives?"
Hei Dou was cautiously probing.
Seeing his little eyes, Chen Yu knew he was getting scared.
With a slight smile,
Chen Yu suddenly produced a multicolored long sword.
"Do you recognize it?"
As the multicolored sword was drawn,
a colored halo instantly flashed within the camp.
Seeing this sword, Hei Dou's eyes widened, sticking out his little tongue, his gaze fixed on it.
"The Five-Colored Sword, woah…" Hei Dou, in his astonishment, suddenly came to a realization, raising a paw to point at the void. "The announcement earlier, the divine gift treasure chest, it yielded the Five-Colored Sword?"
Chen Yu smiled without speaking.
Hei Dou, however, who had been uneasy, suddenly seemed like a different person, fierceness flashing in his eyes.
"Good! Let those mercenaries come! How dare they attack our camp? I think they're lighting a lamp in a latrine, looking for trouble!"
Hei Dou, with a defiant air, crooked his mouth, his eyes narrowed.
Chen Yu couldn't help but chuckle.
"Didn't you just say we should spare their lives?"
"Pah!" Hei Dou spat on the ground. "Spare them? Forgiveness is the work of the Buddha. We're not reincarnated bodhisattvas. Some people want to die, and you can't save them."
Having spoken, Hei Dou, with a face full of defiance, looked up and glared.
"Boss, don't you talk to me about compassion, lest you splash me with relics. Anyway, I've made my statement: we must teach those mercenaries a lesson they'll never forget!"
Listening to Hei Dou's words, Chen Yu couldn't stop shaking his head and laughing.
This fellow's face changed faster than turning a page.
"Don't worry, I never intended to leave anyway," Chen Yu said with a smile. Hei Dou also nodded with conviction, "We must teach them a lesson."
Then, Hei Dou suddenly frowned and gasped.
"Boss, hiss… there are quite a few mercenaries coming. Although we have the Five-Colored Sword, even the best fighter can't win against many opponents. We…"
"Even the best fighter can't win against many opponents?" Chen Yu scoffed upon hearing this. "Dou'er, do you know why, in ancient times, to capture a city of 30,000 soldiers, 80,000 troops were needed?"
"The advantage of defense!"
"Uh-huh."
Chen Yu raised his eyebrows and smiled. Hei Dou instinctively looked around.
"But we don't have city walls, nor any siege equipment…"
"Who says we don't?"
Chen Yu chuckled softly and opened the crafting page through his wristband projection.
[Basic Magic Cannon]
Hei Dou was familiar with the facilities before him.
"Can it be made now?"
"It must be made!" Chen Yu's eyes were filled with a smile. "The iron and copper ingots needed for crafting have been smelted for many days, and the complete magic crystals are also in the process of fusion."
"Great!"
Upon hearing this news, Hei Dou bared his little teeth instantly.
"We'll blow them to bits."
"We'll definitely blow them to bits!" Chen Yu also clenched his fists, his eyes blazing with ferocity. "They dare to enter our camp's underground cave, so let them come in but never leave."
"Exactly!"
"You guys too, stop idling here. Go rest and recuperate. We'll give them a good fight later."
"No, we'll go scout!" Hei Dou raised his little head and said seriously, "Today, we must make sure those mercenaries can't return. They'll come in with clothes and leave with their pants down."
"We'll strip them bare!"
Chen Yu said solemnly, and the others also vowed with conviction.
"We'll strip them bare!!!"
Swish, swish, swish!
Several figures darted off in different directions outside the camp. Chen Yu also stretched lazily and shouted with concentration.
"Smelting area, put the metal ingots into storage!"
[Cave Reminder: Iron Ingots +376]
[Cave Reminder: Copper Ingots +113]
[Cave Reminder: Silver Ingots +54]
[Cave Reminder: Gold Ingots +29]
The smelting of dozens of furnaces day and night yielded considerable returns.
[Basic Magic Cannon: Fire Element Crystal 0/10, Obsidian 20/50, Iron Ingots 50/376, Copper Ingots 20/113]
Obsidian!
Although Chen Yu had ample other resources, obsidian remained a scarce resource.
After pondering for a moment, Chen Yu opened Jiang Yaqing's chat window.
"Partner, resource needs."
"Speak."
"Obsidian, the more the better, purchased at a premium, 500 per unit."
"..."
Ding.
You have received a gift from Jiang Yaqing.
Obsidian +300.
"Enough?"
Hiss!
Is Jiang Yaqing really this rich?
200 black slaves.
They could make her resources so abundant that she could directly give away 300 units of obsidian.
It felt like—
the number of black slaves she possessed was not as few as 200.
"Enough, I owe you 150,000. I'll pay you back when I have time."
"..."
The two ellipses perfectly conveyed Jiang Yaqing's inner thoughts.
She was speechless!
Obsidian was definitely a high-level resource at this stage of the underground cave. Chen Yu's premium purchase of 500 was already quite predatory.
And then he asked for credit.
Fortunately, it wasn't the first time Jiang Yaqing had interacted with Chen Yu. Chen Yu had even rented his lucky set to her, allowing her to gain greater benefits from the five-colored treasure chest.
She couldn't be bothered to quibble over it.
"You don't need to give it now. You can deduct it next time you rent the lucky set to me," Jiang Yaqing's message came, followed by another message, "Busy now, chat later."
Chen Yu, gazing at the screen, let out a long sigh after a while.
"This big fat sheep is truly a good person."
Always responsive.
Easy to shear, and with plenty of wool.
Chen Yu hoped to encounter more such partners. With such allies, why worry about not achieving great things?
He stretched lazily.
Chen Yu's gaze fell upon the crafting page.
Cannons!
It was time for them to be born!
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Author's Speaking:
Good afternoon, you probably haven't eaten yet.