Chapter 926: Four-Way Melee (14)

Zhao Chi finished confirming.

Su Qin didn't stand on ceremony any longer either.

Her earlier refusal had been politeness and good breeding, but in truth she really wanted it.

After all, only Zhao Chi had fashion pieces of this attribute — it'd be strange if she didn't want it.

Since Zhao Chi was sincerely giving it to her, she accepted it happily.

"That's great, now I'll have a change of clothes."

"How much durability does the last set still have?"

"Still plenty, but I don't dare wash it — especially those stockings are so thin, I'm afraid I'll ruin them in the wash, and by now they've gotten a bit smelly."

Su Qin was embarrassed, but she still told Zhao Chi the truth.

Zhao Chi didn't know what to say either: "You can wash them, after all there's plenty of durability left…"

Su Qin laughed: "Hehe, I'm also a bit afraid washing will wear down the durability. Alright, since you don't think it's too expensive, I'll hurry off and go buy it for you — wait in my room for a bit."

"It's fine, I'll just wait for you here."

"Alright, I'll be back as quick as I can."

With that, she vanished on the spot.

Zhao Chi had been to Su Qin's territory once before.

A few days ago, when fighting Zhou Hua and others of the Heavenly King Army, Su Qin had called for reinforcements, and Zhao Chi had come here to rescue her.

After that, the two of them grew noticeably closer.

But it was mostly Su Qin taking the initiative.

In truth, that had only been a routine rescue.

It was very common between relatives or allied forces.

But Su Qin's gratitude had somewhat exceeded the usual bounds.

Presumably, as a woman alone in this kind of world, she felt quite insecure?

She happened to run into Zhao Chi, and on top of that Zhao Chi was also a member of the Zhao family, so she felt an innate closeness to him.

Although she was a vassal lord under the Zhao family, she had already come to regard the Zhao family as her own home.

Su Qin's main race was elves, and now there were also some beastfolk and humans.

The beastfolk were at the nearby training field, sparring with the human soldiers.

Those female elves weren't around — they were probably practicing archery somewhere?

Or perhaps resting.

Villagers kept passing by.

A lot of supplies were being hauled — they were probably all just seized.

Two female elves came over with smiles, carrying tea and fruit, and set them on the wooden table beside him.

After Zhao Chi thanked them, they waved it off and left.

Su Qin hadn't sent anyone to watch over Zhao Chi.

She seemed to trust Zhao Chi completely.

Zhao Chi didn't wander around either — after all, this was Su Qin's territory, and as a guest he still had to observe some propriety.

Before long, Su Qin's figure flashed and she appeared beside him.

"Bought it, here you go."

Su Qin opened the trade interface.

【You have obtained items】:

"Gold Coins" ×15

"Spring of Rejuvenation Expansion Scroll" ×1

"Spring of Rejuvenation Super Improvement Scroll" ×1

"Hmm? Why are there 15 gold coins too?"

Zhao Chi asked, puzzled.

Su Qin said proudly: "Hehe, I haggled the price down. He was charging so much, of course I had to bargain him down a bit — didn't expect it to actually work!"

"Not bad, not bad." Zhao Chi laughed.

15 gold coins was already quite a lot.

"Are you in a hurry to leave? If not, stay for lunch here?"

Zhao Chi waved his hand: "Can't — there's too much to handle back in the territory, I only slipped out temporarily."

"I see… alright then, next time then."

"Sure."

Zhao Chi had originally meant to leave right away.

But he suddenly asked: "What race was your opponent this time?"

Su Qin was taken aback: "Um… goblins. The reinforcements behind them were humans."

"Do you still need beastfolk?"

"Beastfolk? Do you have captives to sell?"

"Yes — among them 1 beastfolk hero, 4 rank-3 beastfolk berserkers, 150 rank-2 beastfolk warriors, plus various beastfolk craftsmen and the like."

"That many? How many captives did you take in total?"

"Around 500-plus, I guess."

"Huh? Don't you only have 100 female soldiers? How could you… oh, I won't ask — pretend I never asked. No wonder you fought for so long; turns out your opponent was really strong."