Chapter 23: Before the War
The sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, approaching Erlong Mountain in a mighty way. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Ferdy hurriedly jumped to the rocks and looked down, only to see that the road in the distance below the mountain was dusty, and he vaguely saw hundreds of soldiers wearing standard armor galloping towards Erlong Mountain.
"The city guards of Tisai are here!"
I don't know who shouted among the bandits, and the entire Erlong Mountain suddenly came to life. The bandits, who were still sleeping, emerged from the caves one after another and rushed towards the cave of the big boss.
More than a hundred bandits soon gathered in the open space outside the cave where Ferdy was, and Ferdy looked at their weapons and equipment, and Ferdy didn't understand why the first two leaders of Erlong Mountain would rather put the looted equipment in the dark room than take it out for them to use.
At least half of the bandits gathered in the clearing had no proper weapons, some of them had wooden sticks in their hands, some of them had farm tools, and as for armor and other protective equipment, they could not be seen on these people at all.
"There are some weapons and equipment in the cave, which everyone has looted before. Now that the enemy is facing the enemy, how can we fight the enemy without decent weapons and equipment? So, my brother who has no weapons and equipment will go into the cave with me to get equipment!" Ferdy finished and walked into the cave first.
Hearing Ferdy's words, the bandits with sticks and farm tools in their hands were ecstatic and followed Ferdy into the cave.
The dark room in the cave, Ferdy didn't want to keep it a secret. But the simple and crude practice of simply blocking the hole in the dark room with a wardrobe seemed to Ferdy to be like taking off his pants and farting—too much.
Moreover, the money looted in the dark room was basically copper, and although it filled five large wooden boxes, it was really not much, and Ferdy was not afraid of their greed.
Once inside the cave, Ferdy had already removed the wardrobe and made his way into the dark room.
In the darkroom, weapons and equipment were thrown all over the place. The bandits who followed Ferdy in saw the scene in the dark room and looked at Ferdy with strange expressions.
"What do you want me to do?" Hurry up and pick, what are you doing when you see that the city guards are about to go up the mountain?" said Ferdy with a glaring at the bandits.
The bandits looked at each other and began to search for their favorite weapons and equipment on the ground. Several large boxes were close at hand, and although the bandits were curious, Ferdy stood by and watched, after all, no one dared to open the wooden boxes to find out.
By the time everyone had finished picking up their equipment and left, the scattered equipment was gone. These rags were not worth a penny in Ferdy's eyes, but he didn't expect these bandits to show great enthusiasm.
Ferdy was the last to leave the dark room, find his own half-body armor in the cave, put it on, and took the large steel axe in one hand, and walked out of the cave with murderous vigour.
As soon as he walked out of the cave, Gigiro walked quickly in front of Ferdy.
"Boss, you really don't need to hand out gear. In the past, we were all about meritorious deeds, and if you do this, the other brothers will have a problem in their hearts!" said Gigiro in a whisper as he leaned into Ferdy's ear.
"The city guards in Tisai City seem to be quite numerous, if they break through Erlong Mountain, what's the use of keeping those equipment?" said Ferdy as he looked at Gigiro with a blank face.
Gigiroth was speechless.
"How many of them are there, have they attacked Erlong Mountain before?" asked Ferdy as he looked at Gigiro.
"There are three hundred guards in Tisai City, and when the mad wolf boss was here, they surrounded and suppressed them a few times. However, the mad wolf has poured a lot of money at Chuck, the leader of the city guards, so most of them don't work hard and are just putting on a show!" Gigiro said with a wry smile as he looked at Ferdy.
"I only sat in the position of the big boss of Erlong Mountain yesterday, and I haven't had time to buy the Chuck commander, so it seems that the city guards are really coming this time!" Ferdy's pupils shrank, no wonder there was not much money in the dark room, it turned out that the previous boss had been filial to the city guards.
Gigiro nodded in silence.
Just as Ferdy was thinking about how to repel the city guards, a curtain of light suddenly appeared in front of him.
【The Great Demon King System Side Quest Started!】
[Side Story: Defeat the Incoming Enemy!]
[Mission description: Within three days, repel the city guards in Tisai City and capture Chuck, the leader of the city guards!]
[Task reward: After completing the task, 100 Soul Plunder points will be rewarded, and if the task fails, 300 Soul Plunder points will be deducted.] If the Soul Plunder is insufficient, wipe out the host!]
Looking at the words on the light curtain, Ferdy just wanted to scold!
Now, with more than 100 bandits in Erlong Mountain, it is not easy to repel the 300 city guards in Tisai City, and it is even more difficult to capture Chuck, the leader of the city guards, alive!
The task given by the system, the first side quest is quite simple. But since killing Macbeth and earning the title of "Apostle of the Demon King", the difficulty of the mission has begun to increase.
"Then we can only fight!" said Ferdy hatefully.
Seeing Ferdy gritting his teeth, Gigiro opened his mouth and stopped talking.
"The enemy is about to fight up the mountain, say whatever you want to say!" Ferdy glared at Gigiro, angrily.
Gigiro shrunk his neck: "Actually, we can also buy Chuck!"
When the big battle came, the bandits gathered in the open space outside the cave quietly waited for the order of Ferdy, the new boss. Gigiro's voice was not loud, but it was still heard by many people.
The bandits' eyes looked at Ferdy in unison, no one wanted to die, if the three hundred city guards in Tisai City were serious, whether they lived or died could only be left to fate.
However, if the new boss is willing to spend money to buy peace, everyone can save their lives and continue to be powerful in Erlong Mountain, and they don't have to fight to the death with the city guards, such a proposal is very good.
Ferdy's face was as ugly as constipation!
"Buying Chuck? I would like to! But, what about the money? Do you expect those five boxes of copper? Even if Chuck is hungry and accepts those five boxes of copper, will all the people in Erlong Mountain drink the northwest wind next month? What's more, the side quest of the Great Demon King system has been triggered again, if you don't do it according to the requirements of the system, your soul plundering value will be almost spent, are you waiting to die?" Ferdy screamed depressedly in his heart.
Looking at the bandits' expectant gaze, Ferdy could only be ruthless and shouted loudly: "We are bandits, bandits! Only others spend money on us to buy peace, how can there be any reason why we spend money to buy peace!"
"This time, we must fight with the city guards with real swords, and let those who dare to stretch out their hands to us know that we are powerful! Only by beating them in pain and fear can we live a worry-free life in Erlong Mountain. So, get ready for battle!"
An uplifting pre-war declaration came out of Ferdy's mouth, and after he finished speaking, Ferdy's heart was filled with a pang.
He was just a little tailor and had never experienced such an occasion before. An impassioned pre-war declaration, even Ferdy couldn't believe it was his own words.
I have to say that most of the time, identity can really determine the height!
Unless, that person with status, his mind is full of water!