Chen Yu was not picky.
Money!
Resources!
As long as it was useful to him or held some value, he liked it.
It wasn't that he absolutely needed money.
At this moment, there were hundreds of orc mercenaries in the entire wilderness cave. Even collecting their survival watches would be an astonishing fortune.
He was already very satisfied.
But the orc mercenary said he had a way to make money. Who would dislike having more money? Chen Yu also wanted to be able to say in an interview when he was wealthy someday—
I have no interest in money at all; I've never touched it.
The happiest I've ever been was when I first came to the cave world and opened a black bread, a boiled egg, and a bottle of water from the very first crate.
"King, look at that human."
The orc mercenary gestured with his chin.
Chen Yu subconsciously glanced over and noticed that the human youth, Tony, whom Chen Yu had slapped twice, was the one the orc mercenary was pointing at.
Tony, who was crouching on the ground, seemed to feel their gazes.
As soon as he looked up and met Chen Yu's eyes, he quickly lowered his head.
"What's wrong with him?" Chen Yu whispered, and the orc mercenary lowered his voice, "King, he's a member of the Ska family."
Chen Yu raised an eyebrow slightly.
It sounded familiar.
The Ska family, that kid had mentioned it when he first arrived.
"What's wrong with this family?"
"King, you might not know since you've just arrived in the cave. The Ska family is quite famous in the western part of our empire; they are very wealthy," the orc mercenary said with a knowing grin.
"You want me to kidnap him?"
"No, no, no!"
The orc mercenary quickly shook his head vigorously.
"King, you absolutely must not threaten the Ska family with his life to gain benefits. The Ska family is deeply rooted and has countless experts within their ranks. If the Ska family were to send a few Platinum-tier or even Diamond-tier experts, it would be troublesome."
"What do you mean?" Chen Yu asked.
"Since he's a member of a prominent family, his conditions are surely much better than ours mercenaries. If you go to him, you'll definitely be able to get a lot of good stuff."
"Oh really?"
Actually, even if the orc mercenary hadn't said anything, Chen Yu would have gone to Tony.
"Pluck the feathers from a passing goose, leave the skin from a walking beast!"
Chen Yu's policy was one of thoroughness. No one could leave his hands without leaving something behind. He just hadn't had the time to deal with him yet.
But—
Chen Yu was quite satisfied with the orc mercenary.
The satisfaction wasn't because he thought of reminding Chen Yu to extort Tony, but because he had firmly rejected Chen Yu's idea of kidnapping Tony to threaten the Ska family.
From this, it could be seen that the orc mercenary had good character.
"Stay here for a while." Chen Yu glanced at the orc mercenary, then looked at Kuka. "Kuka, I'll leave this to you. Make them leave their survival watches, clothes, and anything of value. Strip them naked and let them roll."
"Boss, what about the female?"
"?"
Chen Yu frowned slightly.
"We are robbers. Please respect our profession. In the eyes of robbers, there is no distinction between genders; they are just money to us, understand?" After educating him, Chen Yu frowned again. "Never mind, if they are female mercenaries, leave them with a piece of underwear."
"Yes!"
Chen Yu got up and left his seat. Kuka did not sit in Chen Yu's chair. He held a skull staff and pointed at the orc mercenaries lining up behind them.
"Next."
Without the orc mercenary's reminder, Chen Yu felt that this human should be someone with money.
As for the reason—
Pure intuition!
He walked to Tony's side in a few steps.
Tony, who was crouching on the ground, felt a shadow fall before him. When he looked up again, he saw Chen Yu leaning over him, which scared him into shrinking back.
"You, please don't hit me anymore."
No one would have expected that Tony's first words would be this.
It wasn't surprising.
The reason was that the two slaps Chen Yu had given him were too harsh.
A slap weighing hundreds of kilograms would be unbearable for anyone. Tony's face was swollen on both sides, and he had lost two molars.
Compared to Chen Yu, the previous young woman had been relatively gentle with him.
At least her watery slap didn't knock out his teeth!
"What would I do to you?" Chen Yu squinted and smiled, placing a hand gently on Tony's shoulder. "Do you want to live?"
"How can you let me go?"
"Simple."
Chen Yu grinned and rubbed his fingers together.
"Okay, you want money. I can give it to you." Tony immediately understood and nodded. "I'm from the Ska family. My family has the most money. Release me, and when I get back, I'll give you 5,000 gold coins."
"Ha?"
"Ten thousand?"
"Hey, is your Ska family that poor? You dare to offer ten thousand gold coins?"
???
Tony was stunned by these words.
These words?
They sounded so familiar?
"You still think ten thousand gold coins is too little?" Tony frowned deeply and said, "Many people may not even earn 500 gold coins in their entire lives."
"Is that so?"
Clang.
Chen Yu threw two chests of gold coins onto the ground.
"See? Do I lack your ten thousand?" Chen Yu smiled and tilted his head. Seeing the money in the chests, even Tony was stunned.
Purple gold coins.
A chest full of purple gold coins, and another chest full of gold coins.
This...
It had to be at least a hundred thousand, right?
Tony remained silent, occasionally stealing glances at Jales on the torture device.
Such small movements naturally did not escape Chen Yu's eyes.
"When he wakes up to save you?" Chen Yu grinned. "Do you really think that a Gold-tier expert is invincible in this outer area of the cave? Gold-tier is nothing!"
When Tony heard these words again, his eyes widened instantly.
"You, you're in cahoots!"
"Ha?"
"Look, you still say 'ha'?! You and the previous robbers are in league. Both of your words and your tones are exactly the same!" Tony glared. "What do you want to do? It's not enough to rob once, you have to rob a second time. Are you devils?"
"Ah?"
Chen Yu frowned at Tony.
What the hell?
Why was he acting so crazy?
"Don't act up with me here. I don't understand what you're talking about, being in league or not." Chen Yu pointed his finger at Tony's face. "As for your reliance on being Gold-tier... Nuoya!"
"Here, Knight."
"Go, wake him up." Chen Yu pointed at Jales. Nuoya looked confused, then her face flushed instantly. She lowered her voice, "Knight, I... I wake him up... I..."
Nuoya looked down at herself, and Chen Yu suddenly realized and slapped his forehead.
"Ah, I forgot, you can't wake him up. Then take a wooden bucket and splash him awake. Today, we'll let this young master see clearly."
"Gold-tier is nothing?!"
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Author's note:
Good evening, evening. Have you eaten?