Chapter 3092

If there's no time to replenish, it really would be eating one's way through the mountain—steadily dwindling.

And growing ever more precious.

Moreover, tokens generally aren't obtained from spoils of war.

The lords who possess tokens are basically high-tier lords.

They wouldn't possibly hold onto a token until the very end without using it, only to make a wedding dress for their opponent—they'd absolutely use it in battle.

After all, the ones across from them are enemies who came to kill them—how could they possibly leave it behind?

Even if it's a waste, lords wouldn't leave it for their opponents.

And perhaps summoning a giant beast could turn the tide of battle, so spoils of war basically wouldn't include them.

If a low-tier lord possesses a token, then they'd waste it even less.

Low-tier lords treat tokens as life-saving talismans, their final line of defense—they wouldn't possibly go down to defeat without using them.

Low-tier lords' battlefields are also very basic; a single giant beast can almost decide the outcome, turning defeat into victory.

The possibility of obtaining tokens from low-tier lords is also very small.

It's already quite a lot that Yao Feng still has 12 tokens left in hand, after all—only three weeks have passed since the White Tiger Regiment's last evacuation battle, so the recovery time hasn't been long.

And recently, Yao Feng has been facing sneak attacks from top-tier werewolf lords, including nation-level and state-level ones.

She still has 12 tokens remaining under these circumstances.

That can only mean her previous battles didn't include ones where she had to go all out.

Looks like her level really is high.

Worthy of being the White Tiger Regiment's lord.

Also a true White Tiger.

Yao Feng covered her mouth and giggled at Zhao Chi's praise.

"Hehe, I'm not as amazing as you say. My tokens were actually all used up during the evacuation battle—these were all traded from nobles and other legions a few days ago."

"Huh? Is that so…"

"Yep~ otherwise, having 12 left until now—did you think of me as some female war god?"

"You are a female war god."

"Haha, when others say that about me, I honestly don't feel much, but hearing you say it now makes me really happy."

"I really do think so. Not only did you defend against the enemy's sneak attacks and assassinations, you even counter-killed such a strong nation-level lord—amazing!"

"You've got quite the sweet tongue~ just now you praised my figure, and now you're praising my combat strength—are you trying to coax me into a good mood so you can freeload off me?"

"Yes, can I eat it?"

Yao Feng laughed: "Weren't you eating it just now? You didn't miss a single one of those two big soft meals just now—still want more?"

"…We're talking business here."

"You are my business."

"Sis, please stop flirting with me now?"

"What? Don't want to hear it?"

"I do—I'm afraid I won't be able to hold back."

"…Oh, so that's how it is? Hehe~ alright, let's talk business~ anything else you want to ask?"

Zhao Chi asked: "I want to ask about the source of tokens—aren't most of these tokens dropped from lairs?"

"Mm." Yao Feng smiled: "Lairs are the most stable source, and also the main way most lords obtain them. Some are obtained from opening treasure chests, but that's very random and the probability isn't high. Some are obtained from raised giant beasts, but the cycle is very long."

"Understood."

"But now many of the demonic beast lairs have been relocated by the central district, so even if we want to farm them we can't. Being able to give out this many tokens is a really big help—even though they came from the Abandoned, the credit for this goes to you."

Zhao Chi nodded: "Yeah, looks like the value of this batch of tokens really is a bit greater than imagined."

"Not just 'a bit,' you know~"

"Understood… I knew this batch of tokens was valuable before, but I didn't expect it to be this valuable—it's really impossible to refuse what the Abandoned gave."

Yao Feng nodded: "Yeah…"

"Regiment leader… Feng'er, have you ever accepted supplies from the Abandoned?"

Yao Feng's expression shifted.

The tenderness in her brows and eyes faded a little, replaced by some thoughtfulness.

"Yes… the fact that I could become the White Tiger Regiment's leader actually involves help from the Abandoned."

"Huh!?"

Yao Feng smiled: "Factually speaking, becoming the White Tiger Regiment's leader was my own effort—after all, to become the leader, one's hard strength definitely can't be lacking. But… my being this strong really is related to the supplies the Abandoned gave."

Zhao Chi quickly asked: "What did the Abandoned have you do?"

Yao Feng shook her head:

"They never had me do anything.

"At that time I was still the captain-general. Our captain-general's unit obtained a piece of intelligence—the nobles would have a transport convoy passing through, and several teammates we'd been wanting to rescue would be escorted along in the transport.

"The enemy's strength wasn't low.

"Fortunately, we struck together with the Xuanwu Regiment's captain-general's unit, so the odds were still very good.

"Besides rescuing our teammates, the plan also included looting supplies along the way.

"Two birds with one stone.

"On the eve of the sortie, the head of the Divine Luo Trading House delivered the supplies I'd purchased, and because I'd sold her some urgently needed divine artifact shards, she gave me a batch of special-grade and super-grade spiritual technique scrolls.

"That time was just like yours this time—the quantity was very large."

"Although the value isn't as high as these tokens, it was still quite valuable."

Hearing this, Zhao Chi cut in and asked, "So they sold you urgently needed supplies, and you gave them spiritual technique scrolls?"

Yao Feng nodded. "That's what they said at the time. Of course I was overjoyed and gladly accepted. But thinking about it later, I found it very strange. Those divine artifact fragments were sold to them, the transaction was already a fair one, yet they said they'd done a great favor, so they offered thanks."

Zhao Chi said in surprise, "Also using gratitude as the excuse?"

Yao Feng nodded:

"Right.

"I had several normal transactions with the minister of the Shenluo Merchant Guild, and the cooperation went well.

"I did think about refusing at the time, after all, the number of scrolls he gave was large, and the grade was high. Besides special-grade spiritual technique scrolls, there were also a small number of super-grade scrolls — gratitude isn't thanked like that.

"But considering we were about to go on a mission, and the target was a noble's transport convoy, winning and successfully rescuing our comrades wouldn't be easy — it was bound to be a tough fight.

"To play it safe, and to have a few more trump cards, I accepted them first.

"But I didn't expect that battle to far exceed our expectations. A traitor appeared in the team, our intelligence was seriously inaccurate, the enemy had far more lords accompanying them than reported, including a national-grade lord.

"That intelligence was a trap.

"In short, we were nearly defeated.

"The enemy first killed Xuanwu Corps Captain Ying Du, then came to surround me.

"I was only a state-grade lord at the time, while the opponent was national-grade, their strength was a notch above mine, I could barely win.

"But I didn't expect the opponent to use a mixed-element race — extremely strong combat power — yet... the scrolls given by the Abandoners completely countered them, it was a dimensionality-reduction strike against them.

"Originally, relying on just a few scrolls, or a few special-grade or super-grade spiritual techniques, could only produce a small advantage, and couldn't have any essential impact on victory or defeat.

"But I had a whole box of scrolls.

"A whole box!

"That made all the difference.

"It was more like I had set an ambush for them, catching them completely off guard.

"Relying on the spiritual techniques' countering effect to disrupt the enemy, then my soldiers and I seized the moment and attacked desperately.

"While attacking fiercely, we kept using scrolls without pause, then continued seizing the moment to attack fiercely.

"Although the final casualties were considerable, we ultimately won in the end — of course this outcome was acceptable.

"And there were scrolls left over...

"Of course, the remaining scrolls were immediately used on other battlefields.

"Although the overall losses at the end were terrible, especially the Xuanwu Corps' losses being enormous, we did win after all.

"My contribution in that battle was the highest, so I received a huge amount of loot.

"Although I gave quite a bit to the families of the lords who suffered losses, the loot was simply too much — after all, we captured an entire transport convoy, plus the loot from so many high-grade lords. I had never obtained so much loot before.

"After digesting it, my strength quickly made a leap.

"Although this victory couldn't be separated from my soldiers' hard fighting, and the other lords' joint desperate combat, the scrolls given by the Abandoners Alliance still played a crucial role."