Chapter 3: Deterrence
ICP record number: Xiang B2-20100081-3 Internet Publishing Qualification Certificate: Xinchu Network License (Xiang) Zi No. 11 Network Culture Business License: Wen Wangwen [2010] No. 128
At night, the cold wind on the plains blew the flames in the fire swaying.
Xiu Yi sat quietly by the fire, next to Asahi shaking his head and tail and munching on a piece of meat and bones.
Two blazing birds lazily swayed their feathers in a tree branch not far away, and their presence conclusively confirmed Huey's identity.
Originally, Xiu Yi had let Red and Green fly on their own, which would have prevented others from suspecting him, but now it was clearly no longer necessary.
Seeing that the target of their robbery turned out to be the terrible teenager who killed Abrite not long ago, the bandits had completely lost their previous sharpness.
They lay on the ground, looking horrified at the boy who was roasting meat alone.
"I'm in a good mood. The boy finally spoke.
His face was filled with a happy smile, but this smile was like a devil, and every bandit couldn't help but shiver.
In fact, Huey was in a good mood.
Although the presence of the bandits forces him to reveal his identity, they also inadvertently do him a great favor - helping him learn a new fighting technique.
During the daytime battle, when Xiu Yi used the two spells of Elemental Condensation and Wind Soaring, he used this wind on his body out of the idea of making a move, and as a result, he successfully created a tornado-like combat skill.
Unlike Tornado spells, Tornadoes are level 5 spells that magicians use to perform ranged attacks. The tornado that Xiu created using Elemental Condensation and Wind Soaring could only help him move high. Take yourself as the eye of the wind, attract the gathering of the wind element, maximize the power of the wind, and then through the rotation and movement of the wind, on the one hand, confuse the opponent's vision and blur their vision, on the other hand, further accelerate the degree of their approach to the enemy, thus forming a strange offensive line, and finally supplemented by the offensive means of the samurai, this set of offensive paths is formed.
In the final attempt to dodge the bandit's roundabout attack, Xiu Yi used the tornado's upward throwing power to throw himself into the air to dodge his opponent's attack, finally completing the final step of this offensive method.
Xiu Yi gave this attack a name, and it was called "Wind Strike." ”
Unlike the Void Slash, the Void Slash is nominally a combination of magic and martial arts, but in fact they are not used together, but are used separately, and finally form a set of paths.
Wind Strike is the use of magic while developing the fighting skills of samurai.
In terms of power, the Wind Strike may not be as powerful as the Void Slash, but in terms of the combination of magic and martial arts, the Wind Strike goes further. What is especially rare is that although the power of the Wind Strike is not as good as the Void Slash, because it uses a primary spell, the consumption of mana is extremely low, and the follow-up combat ability is strong.
And the use of the Void Slash, without the support of Xu, can only be stiffened by drinking medicine.
The bandits' attack actually helped him inadvertently complete a deeper combination of magic and martial arts, which made Xiu Yi's mood very good, and even looked at those bandits with a special pleasing eye.
In addition to helping him make a big breakthrough in the combination of magic and martial arts, the appearance of these bandits inadvertently helped him another big favor - after taking down these bandits, a brilliant idea suddenly popped into his mind.
He realized that he could take these people for himself.
Because the thieves, like themselves, are people who cannot tolerate the laws of the empire, and they are the characters abandoned by this country.
In a way, if you want to choose to use force against the law and the state apparatus, there is no better place to do it than thieves, hooligans, and bandits.
This is a kind of sadness for Xiuyi, and the people who can follow him for a long time in the future are almost destined to be robbers, bandits, hooligans, villains, murderers, and wanted criminals. In the development stage of his power, he can only rely on this kind of person to lay his foundation.
But there is no doubt that it is a very practical idea.
Moreover, the mountains of Bilas are a place where bandits are rampant, and the Imperial army does not have time to clear it here, so even if they come, it is useless. The bandits are like weeds in the spring, always clearing stubble and growing stubble. As for the criminal investigation force, it is even more constrained here.
If he can gain a foothold here, it means that he has a base of his own.
In addition, the current Lance Empire is focusing on the direction of single teenagers.
Xiu Yi realized that after experiencing the incident in Fragrant Leaf City, he could no longer escape the tracking of the Department of Justice by simply changing the color and appearance of his head, and he needed further cover.
Hiding yourself in the middle of a large group of people is undoubtedly a more effective practice.
In addition, for Xiuy, there is another thing that he has always wanted to do, but he can't do it because of the conditions, and now, the opportunity seems to have come.
For all these reasons, he urgently needs to organize a group of his own people immediately, and bandits are the best choice......
It was after that that he let go of the carriage and began to think about the details of the whole plan for the next step. Clearly, he couldn't just locate the Bilas Mountains in the search for Electra's lab.
While he was pondering the details, the bandits were forgiven by him for most of the day, until dusk came.
At this moment, after saying that he was in a good mood, Xiui said to the bandits: "I must admit the fact that I had the idea of killing you all during the day, but I finally changed my mind, and you must be glad for this, after all, for a demon who kills without blinking, such rare mercy is not easy to come by. ”
"Fuck you, little bunny!" the bandit yelled arrogantly.
"Very strong performance. Xiui chuckled lightly, snapped his fingers, and Asahi stood up energetically.
"The left thigh is thick and delicious. The boy's words were simple and sharp.
Xu rushed out, bit the big man's leg fiercely, tore off a large piece of flesh and blood, and devoured it.
The big man screamed in pain: "Hue Igler!
"That's right. Xiu Yi stood up with a grin: "I'm a devil." But anyway, I'm merciful now. The manifestation of my mercy is not that I will not kill you, but that I can give you one more choice: one, be the devil's opponent, I will let Asahi eat you all one bite at a time, and finally turn you into feces and excrete them on this land, please don't doubt its appetite. ”
The bandit snorted, and the demon dragon in front of him was baring its teeth and cracking its mouth at him, and it seemed that it supported the bandit's courage to continue his "proud" spirit.
But the other bandits could not bear the mental torture and cried out, "Oh no, let's go the other way." ”
"Don't worry, you're done listening to the second way. Huey continued. "The second option I give you is to be my subordinate. To put it simply, it is the servant of the devil. You will be at my disposal, and I will send you eastward, and you will not be able to go westward. ”
"You want to be beautiful. The bandit yelled.
"Right leg. Xiu Yi said lightly.
Asahi bit down with another ferocious bite, and the bandit let out a terrible scream.
As if immersed in his screams, Xiu Yi closed his eyes slightly and muttered, "What beautiful music." Honestly, I don't mind your rebellion, at least it allows me to enjoy killing you. ”
"No! we are willing to be your slaves!" the bandits all howled in fright.
They had seen all kinds of fierce and powerful men who regarded human life as nothing, but none of them regarded killing as art and torture as enjoyment as the teenager in front of them.
It's an authentic, perverted devil!
Seeing a group of bandits surrender, a glimmer of coldness flashed in Xiuyi's eyes.
One must thank the Reims Empire for the slander of his image and the promotion of his crimes, which made it easy for him to establish the impression of his brutality in the minds of the people. The bandits are not ordinary people, they are fierce, cunning and capricious. If you want such people to willingly work under your own hands and be their leader, you have to be more cunning, more ferocious, and more cruel than them.
At least on the surface.
Don't believe that a little favor can impress them, money will only stimulate the appetite of these villains and make them more greedy.
For these bandits, it is more effective to use a terrifying hand to make them fear themselves than to use money to win them over, and it is easier to subdue them with a cold heart than to use high martial arts.
You must know that the bandits worship not only the strong, but also the decisive figures.
A warrior like Lancelot may be able to defeat 10,000 bandits, but he may not be able to make a hundred bandits willingly obey.
Because his heart is too soft.
Relying only on his outstanding killing skills, he wants to convince those bandits, and all that awaits him is a dark sword that may stab at any time. No matter how powerful you are, if you are soft-hearted, you are conniving at them to attack you. Only by making them completely afraid of themselves can they obediently obey their orders.
This is the way of dominion over the wicked.
Since Xiu Yi let go of the passengers in the carriage during the day, he lost a point in his image, so he had to use double the violence and ** to redeem the demonic impression in everyone's minds.
However, Xiu Yi asked himself that he could not show his "majesty" by torturing others like a devil all the time, so he could only show his cruelty in another way.
The sinister of the knife is hidden in the smile, the pervert who sees torturing others as a game, the humble gentleman who is gentle and elegant on the outside, and the crazy ruthlessness hidden inside, in short, the horror devil who is a gentleman on the outside and perverted on the inside. The consequences of offending him will always be a hundred thousand times more terrible than that of ordinary oppression.
This is the image positioning that Xiu Yi is currently trying to show in front of that group of bandits.
This allows him not to perform his "ferocity" at every moment.
So far, the show has been quite successful, and the bandits are far more shocked than they imagined when they see the young man's hard heart, and even his pet seems to be so vicious.
"Then you're all left. Xiu Yi looked at the bandit, it seems that this guy's bones are really hard enough.
He walked over and began to observe the bandit's wounds with great interest, and then taught Xu: "The flesh and skin torn from the living creatures, fresh. But you can't eat it in such a big gulp. You have to learn to chew slowly and savor the delicious flavors. You know that you are the highest form of life, how can you eat without grace like all the other lower beings?"
Asahi listened carefully to Xiuyi's teachings.
Xiu Yi caressed Xu's little head and said softly in a soft tone: "Next time, remember that when you eat, you are the most gentlemanly person." As a higher being, you can't eat in such an indecent position, it will affect your image. If you do this again, I'm going to punish you, you know?"
Asahi nodded earnestly.
"Ah, you devil!" the bandit roared frantically.
The young man in front of him was handsome, but every move, every word, was full of crazy tyranny, and he simply saw himself as a dish on the table, studying how to eat.
This big man, who has never been afraid of **, felt the horror for the first time in his life, and he had a feeling that it was much better to die than to fall into the hands of this young man.
At this moment, Xiu Yi lightly tied a white scarf to himself, then sat down next to the big man and opened his backpack. In fact, the backpack he used to make the appearance was empty, except for a few simple pieces of clothing. At this moment, he took out the bottles and cans from the ring and pretended to take them out of his back and spread them on the ground, and then said slowly: "In my hometown, there is a famous dish called donkey. The donkey was brought to the table, the skin was poured with boiling oil, and a piece of meat was cut off from the body. The donkey cries out loud when it is in pain, and the guests will enjoy the scream while eating. Since the meat was freshly scalded from a live donkey, it tasted extremely delicious. ”
The bandit stared at Xiu Yi with wide eyes, and the other party had already taken out a knife and fork. Oh my God, he actually thinks of himself as a donkey, and he eats it in such a way.
"Unfortunately, I don't have boiling oil here, but luckily I did bring some spices. Oh, this bottle is salt, this bottle is wine. I can only temporarily change it to a raw boil. By the way, do you need me to explain to you what Shengjiong is?" Xiu Yi looked at the bandit with a playful look.
"Oh my God, you're a devil...... The real devil!" the bandit's anger was completely dispersed, and he groaned weakly.
Xiu Yi held the knife and fork in front of the bandit's eyes: "Your vocabulary is so poor, is that all you can say?...... The last choice, follow me from now on, or be my meal. ”
"I'm willing to follow you!" roared the bandit.
Xiu Yi's face showed a look of regret: "It's a pity, to be honest, I don't want you to agree." You know that you are a tough guy and the meat on your body must be delicious...... I wanted to make an example. ”
All the bandits were already paralyzed in fright.
No one noticed, and Shui and Asahi made a smug glance.
The little guy Xu licked his tongue and looked at the bandit with some reluctance. Compared to Xiu Yi's unwanted and contrived remarks just now, it really wanted to eat this guy clean.
The meat quality that contains fighting energy is quite good.
The night was dark, but the people had no sleep.
The golden boy stood under a big tree with his hands behind his back, his expression indifferent, like a cold reef.
Behind him, forty-six bandits stood trembling and frightened.
They had just used the healing potion given to them by Hue's reward, and by this time the injuries had all healed.
You must know that it is a rare top-level potion, and even those noble lords have a rare opportunity to use it. Who would have thought that the young man in front of him would make a random move, and it would be such a valuable item.
This not only made the bandits grateful, but also even more in awe of the teenager.
While using thunderous measures, it is necessary to adopt appropriate policies of softness, which is the only law that envelops the hearts of the people. It is worth noting here that the power of deterrence must be greater than co-optation.
That's how the human psyche is sometimes so cheap.
**'s master's occasional kindness is enough to make his subordinates grateful. The occasional harshness of a benevolent master can make his subordinates dissatisfied.
Huey knew this very well, so when the bandit had developed a strong fear of his master, he didn't mind throwing a little sweetness to satisfy them.
Therefore, in just half a day, this group of bandits has completely surrendered to Xiuyi's feet.
"Rele Jesa is at your command, head. ”
The former bandit, the ** samurai Reller was the most seriously injured and the last to recover. Immediately after his injuries healed, he respectfully walked behind Xiuyi.
At this time, he no longer has the domineering spirit he used to be.
"Call me master. The boy's tone was full of indifference.
"Yes...... Master. ”
"Learn to add honorifics. ”
"Yes...... Strong and generous hosts, thank you so much for your teachings. Rayler said through gritted teeth.
Hue smiled slightly. He looked back at Reller.
"Relejesa?"
"Yes, Lord...... Person. ”
"Maybe you can tell us a story about you and your partner, I think it will help us get to know each other. Although the boy's words were soft, his will could not be refuted, and the bandits were understanding this.
"Yes, my lord. ”
Like most bandit gangs, this is a violent gang of gangsters, ruffians, hooligans, and scoundrels. Of the forty-six men, at least thirty were wanted by the Reich with murders on their backs. Only a very small number of them are locals, and most of them have fled from other places.
As for the original leader, he once had a period of experience in the army, because he escaped because of a violation of military law, and he turned around and fell here, and with his strong force, he subdued this group of people and became a member of the Villas Mountains.
The robbers' rules of survival are simple and straightforward: the strong are respected, and the winner is king.
Most of the time, when a new leader comes to power with his own strength, he will kill the old one to avoid possible trouble.
In the chaotic Bilas Mountains, it is not only the bandit team of Leller, in fact, there are many large and small bandit gangs. And in this area, the most powerful thief group probably has to count the wolf thief group.
"Are there a lot of bandits in this area?" Huey asked Reeler.
Rayler nodded, "Yes." ”
"Who's the strongest?"
"Brian Buckler, the leader of the Wolf Thieves, has about 300 men under his command. ”
"Where do they live, and what kind of strength is that Buckler?"
"The town of Robinia is about twenty miles from here. Buckler himself was a seventh-rank samurai. ”
Rank 7 Sea Warrior?This strength surprised Xiu Yiglaire a little.
People who can become seventh-level warriors will be reused by the empire, and there is really no need to be downtrodden to come out and be a bandit.
Perhaps seeing the doubts in Huey's mind, Reyler said, "Buckler was a well-known wanted man ten years ago, and he was not a sea warrior at that time. ”
"I see. Xiu Yi thought for a moment and said, "Tell the brothers, go back to your station and rest for the night, and then we will go to Robinia Town in a few days." But before I do, I think I'll need to train you guys first. ”
At this time, Lei Le didn't understand what Xiu Yi meant by training.