Chapter 40: The Pace of Expansion!
Time transitions to the fifth day of the mission.
At this time, Zhao Futu had already cleared seven or eight nearby lair points, and at this time, the troops in his hands had accumulated to 324 cave people, 60 harpies, 7 evil eyes, 103 Medusa, 5 minotaurs, and 3 lion scorpions.
During this period of fighting, Zhao Futu discovered a very interesting phenomenon!
That is, when he recruits captured dungeon creatures after a battle, he finds that he has a particularly high chance of recruiting cavemen, but a much lower chance when recruiting other creatures. Similarly, the Medusa hero Melina, who has a very high chance of success when recruiting Medusa captives, but has a low chance of recruiting other creatures.
According to Zhao Futu's estimate, this should be related to the hero's specialties and racial characteristics, and even he doubted that if he changed his job to become an official hero template, he would suddenly comprehend the heroic talent of a 'cave man'.
If that's the case, it's a very bad idea!
As for recruiting creatures of other races, it has basically not been successful so far, and I don't know if it's because of racial exclusion.
Another thing that must be mentioned is!
When Zhao Futu attacked the third lair, his primary diplomatic skills were meritorious.
At that time, he led the army to attack a harpy nest, there were about sixty or seventy harpies in it, because of the abundance of long-range troops in his hands, most of the wild creatures that Zhao Futu attacked were melee creatures. Originally, he was about to give the order to attack that day, but at that moment, suddenly a harpy witch flew in front of him, and then the cold prompt sound of the nightmare space sounded:
"Contractor Number 1013, a group of harpies, fearing your prowess, have asked to join your army, but you must pay 6,000 gold!"
"Yes/No Yes?"
"Yes!" Zhao Futu agreed without hesitation at that time.
As a result, there was an extra batch of harpies in his army. Some died in the ensuing battle, and eventually these 60 remained.
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Compared to the harpy banshee who charged, when Zhao Futu attacked the ninth target, it was more in his interests that what was happening in front of him.
Because, before he could attack, the cave people in front of him couldn't wait to surrender, and then the cold prompt sound of the nightmare space sounded again:
"Contractor Number 1013, a large group of cavemen admire your prowess and ask to join your army!"
"Yes/No Yes?"
"Yes!"
As Zhao Futu chose to agree, the number of cave people in his team immediately increased again.
The number of cave people in this batch is as high as more than 200. Zhao Futu's subordinates had nearly 600 cave people at once, but unfortunately these are only the lowest level of troops, and it is okay to deal with skeleton soldiers of the same rank, but to deal with slightly more advanced creatures, you can only use human tactics to fill in. After such a long period of exploration, Zhao Futu also roughly figured out the strength of the creatures of all levels in the dungeon.
Putting aside those advanced professions, elites, and bosses, they are just ordinary rank creatures.
Probably three cavemen are as strong as a harpy, five cavemen can do more than one evil eye, ten cavemen can challenge Medusa, and twenty or so cavemen can resist the minotaur. It takes a hundred or so caves to fight against a flightless lion scorpion. As for dealing with the red dragon and the black dragon, even thousands of cave people are probably useless.
In fact, it is very rare for ordinary cave people to successfully kill lion scorpions, and it is rare to see them in almost a hundred years!
But. The huge population base still gives the cavemen other abilities, for example, the probability of them generating elites is relatively high, basically a nest of more than 100 people will inevitably appear in a caveman elite, and the strength of a caveman elite is basically equivalent to between the third and fourth order creatures. If it's a caveman leader. Then the strength will be between the fifth and sixth levels, and there is a high chance of mastering a hero skill.
So!
In the real evolution of the plot plane, there are times when everything cannot be measured by rank. Otherwise, it will be easy to capsize in the gutter!
"There are too many captives in the lair! Looks like we're going to have to consume a batch! Zhao Futu looked at the pit in front of him and muttered.
I have to say, there are so many fucking pits in the underground world!
This was the fifth pit he had occupied, and it was the kind of pit that had already been developed and the ore could be harvested the day it was put into operation. In addition, there are many undeveloped pits in his territory that will take a little time to mine. He was very suspicious that the dungeon he had captured was built on a single ore vein, or else he would have brought so much ore.
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Due to his unexpected affinity for the cave people, the cave people in Zhao Futu's territory also began to increase.
After deducting those captives who were captured and unsuccessfully recruited as slaves, the number of residents in Zhao Futu's dungeon had reached more than a thousand, which meant that he was now able to receive an additional 1,000 law gold coins per week in the poll tax income. Compared to the deserted beginning, the entire dungeon has become much more lively in just a few days, but it has also become much more chaotic and dirty.
One of the most representative points is that there are more lumps of things on the streets.
And the number of creatures fighting in the streets is also starting to increase!
As a last resort, Zhao Futu could only set up a security team in advance, led by a minotaur, assisted by a Medusa, the harpy was responsible for reconnaissance, and a team of cave people served as the errand boys.
As a fifth-order soldier, the minotaur can be said to be more than enough to maintain law and order.
As for those creatures who dared to excrete a lump of objects on the street, Zhao Futu grabbed it and smoked it half to death without saying a word, and then fell at the gate of the city and hung up all night.
The next day everyone got up and saw that the poor fellow was dead!
From then on, no one dared to excrete on the streets. Although the cave where the caveman lives is still very dirty and messy, at least the interior hall and the core street are very clean and tidy, and no one likes to go to the cave where the caveman lives anyway, so it doesn't matter how dirty it is, at most a mushroom ring will be built there in the future.
There is a benefit to dungeons.
That is, there are many creatures who are proficient in mining and blacksmithing, cavemen are born hard laborers, and minotaurs are born blacksmiths.
Don't look at these two guys stupidly, but the cavemen's mining skills can be compared to the dwarves, but these guys don't like mining like the dwarves, and their nature is to be lazy and sleepy. If the ghosts have no one to persecute and supervise them, the cave people will be able to collect at most a part of the ore that is enough for their own use. So if you want the cavemen to be more productive, you need to have a leather whip and an overseer.
Minotaurs look like they're big and thick, but no one would have guessed that they're natural blacksmiths.
Although the level of forging is a bit biased, limited to forging axes and armor, it is also an ability!
In the entire dungeon, the only weapon in his hand is the Minotaur.
After all, they use two-handed tomahawks!
The reason why I mentioned this is because in Zhao Futu's territory, after accumulating resources for a day or two, the blacksmith shop was finally established.
The role of the blacksmith shop is obvious.
That is, the cave man in Zhao Futu's hand finally has a decent weapon in his hand.
Taking advantage of the large number of slaves in his hands, Zhao Futu expanded the blacksmith shop, striving to popularize the equipment as soon as possible.
Another advantage of the establishment of the blacksmith shop is that Zhao Futu can spend 2,500 law gold coins to make a powerful ballista.
This kind of ballista is not small, and it can kill a second- or third-order creature with a single arrow!
As for the fourth- and fifth-order creatures, they may need a little bit of character.
Because he had to build other buildings, Zhao Futu was not willing to spend 2,500 law gold coins to buy a ballista.
By now, he only had about 12,000 gold coins left in his hand.
As for the dungeon, the building has also been changed to the following:
"Night City [Dungeon]." (Status: Occupation successful.) )
"Origin: Heroic Invincible Plane."
"Item Type: Dungeon."
"Effect 1: Recruit creatures!"
"Effect 2: Increases gold."
"Owns Buildings: Fortress, Interior Hall, Blacksmith, Market, Crypt, Bird Pavilion (unfinished), Medusa Lair (untransformed), Minotaur Lair (untransformed)."
"Special Effect [Law Protection]: When the dungeon is under a special threat, you can activate the power of the law inside the dungeon once!"
"Comment: This is a long-abandoned dungeon, which was once a lair of wild creatures. If you want it to work again, you'll need to spend a lot of Law Gold to fix it. Luckily, though, it's been a nest for wild creatures for a long time, and if you have enough resources, you can turn their nest into a class recruiting building! ”
[Hint: This dungeon is blessed by the power of the laws of the Nightmare Space!] All of its building consumption will be reduced by 50% of its resources, and the power of the Nightmare Space Extraction Law will directly transform all town dwellers, automatically mastering the relevant extension capabilities, and its repair, construction, and production time will be greatly reduced! 】
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"There's still a first-level magic guild left, and you can establish a council."
Zhao Futu looked at the dungeon in front of him, which had changed greatly in just a few days, and said excitedly: "As long as the council is established, then you can get 2,000 gold coins every week!" ”
"At that time, the income was basically enough!" (To be continued.) )