Chapter 2445: Plan

As Su Xiao opened the Title Smelting Permission, a scorching red light surged before his eyes, forming a disc. The diameter of the disc was about half a meter, and it was overall a somewhat dark metallic color, covered with dark red fire patterns, like flowing magma.

In the center of the disc was a circular notch; this was where the main title was placed. On the edge of the disc, there were five symmetrical circular notches, through which a dark red faint light shone. These five notches around were for placing secondary titles.

Consuming 1 to 5 secondary titles could improve the attributes of the main title. The more secondary titles consumed and the higher the rank, the greater the improvement of the main title.

Su Xiao currently had six titles in total: 【War Lord】, 【Battle-Hardened】, 【Walker's Elegy】, 【Old Hunter】, 【Team Slaughterer】, and 【Upholding Justice】.

Among them, 【War Lord】, 【Old Hunter】, and 【Walker's Elegy】 were titles that absolutely had to be kept.

Although 【Battle-Hardened】 was not bad, it could only be considered a low-to-mid-tier title. The attribute "Paradise facility usage fee -10%" was only useful at the Fourth Tier and invalid at the Fifth Tier.

And "Damage dealt to Contractors increased by 12%"—this attribute was not bad, but Su Xiao usually wore 【Walker's Elegy】 to avoid being sneak-attacked by Charisma-type Contractors.

After activating the Title Smelting Permission, Su Xiao received many prompts related to titles. The quality of titles was divided according to star ratings, from ★ to ★★★. As for whether there were better ones, there definitely were, but Su Xiao hadn't obtained any yet.

Among the existing titles, 【Upholding Justice】 was a one-star title, 【Battle-Hardened】 was a two-star title, and 【War Lord】, 【Old Hunter】, and 【Walker's Elegy】 were all three-star titles.

Strangely, 【Team Slaughterer】 was also a three-star title. This title had no attributes. When Su Xiao first obtained this title, he was forced to wear it for three worlds. Once any friendly Some Qiyuezhe approached Su Xiao within a certain range, or formed a temporary team with Su Xiao, they would receive a warning.

After wearing it for three worlds, all attributes of 【Team Slaughterer】 disappeared, becoming a "blank" title. Su Xiao had never known the function of this title before. Now it seemed that this was a good thing, which could be used when smelting titles.

Su Xiao's plan to deal with the Rule-Breakers was actually very simple. Based on his estimation, those 4 Rule-Breakers should all be Seventh Tier top-tier combat power, and none of them would be stupid. No, maybe one or two old schemers were among them.

Fighting these Rule-Breakers head-on, or scheming against each other, was not safe in Su Xiao's view. His advantage now was that three Rule-Breakers hadn't entered this world yet, so he could take the opportunity to develop.

The temporary Title Smelting Permission rewarded by Reincarnation Paradise had already indicated that if Su Xiao fought hard against those Rule-Breakers, his win rate would be very low.

Su Xiao's idea was to make the best use of existing resources. First, obtain a small portion of military power from the Sand Flame Kingdom. It didn't need to be much, just a few thousand to ten thousand people would do. Sand Flame and Peru were at war all year round. Going to the front line to fight was the best way to quickly improve his status and command more soldiers.

Su Xiao had never led soldiers in war, but he had participated in various wars. In the Ghost World and the Black King World, there were talents among his subordinates who were extremely good at deploying soldiers.

With Su Xiao's status at the time, asking his subordinates to learn some things was not a problem at all. Asking subordinates for advice was not shameful; on the contrary, it would enhance the subordinates' pride and sense of belonging.

Sometimes, when a ruler "does nothing," the subordinates become more excellent. Doing everything personally is not a ruler, but a nanny. What a ruler should do is to gather his subordinates. He can choose not to do it, but he must never be completely ignorant.

As long as he obtained the command of several thousand or ten thousand soldiers, Su Xiao would leave the Sand Capital. Through the 【War Lord】 title, he would add bonuses to the soldiers under his command. As long as he could win battles, he wouldn't worry about not being able to recruit soldiers.

A small number of soldiers who could fight, plus a large military establishment—even if this establishment was an empty shell—besides these two points, he also needed a large amount of gold coins. These three things were what Su Xiao wanted to get in the Sand Capital. With these things, his plan would be officially launched. When his plan was fully formed, even if those Rule-Breakers knelt down and called him daddy, it would be useless; they would all have to die. Moreover, Su Xiao could also use the soldiers under his command to obtain a large amount of benefits in this world.

Not only that, the upgrade of the 【War Lord】 title was also a top priority. 【War Lord】 was a three-star title, which could be smelted three times, meaning at most 15 titles could be consumed.

Su Xiao's expectation was to upgrade the 【War Lord】 title to four stars. If it could be upgraded to five stars, then it would really be stable. He hadn't even heard of five-star titles, let alone seen them.

Thinking of these, the train of thought in Su Xiao's mind became clearer. Rule-Breakers? Don't worry about them. As long as he could develop well, let alone four Rule-Breakers, even if forty people came, they would all have to die here.

After arriving at the Sand Capital, he had to get a large amount of gold coins. Conservatively estimated at over 100,000 gold coins, fighting a war was burning money. Soldiers' salaries, required food, weapons, armor, medicine, and even containers for transporting fresh water—these were all money.

Only by reaching the front line and winning battles could he obtain a large amount of military funding in the Sand Flame Kingdom. And the spoils of war obtained on the battlefield all belonged to the soldiers under his command. Su Xiao was not for accumulating wealth; he wanted numerous soldiers who could die for him. If he didn't give the soldiers a bright future and immediate benefits, why would the soldiers die for him?

Su Xiao never thought he had much personal charisma. He only let the soldiers under his command see the benefits. If things were done, there would be great benefits to take.

Everything was very clear. The only problem was that he hadn't arrived at the Sand Capital yet, so he had nothing.

After Baja cleaned up the corpses on the back of the Giant Rock Dragon, he looted 609 gold coins. When they arrived at the Sand Capital, Su Xiao was prepared to sell the Giant Rock Dragon. Caesar would do this; it had already been negotiated, and Caesar would take a 5% cut.

Su Xiao was prepared to let Caesar manage the existing gold coins. This guy was indeed greedy, but he never embezzled. If he could develop, letting this guy be the quartermaster would be quite good. Picking up his old profession, Caesar was very skilled in this area.

"It can be done, absolutely can be done. First, handle the Sand Capital, then go to the front line. As long as it develops, hehehehe."

Caesar rubbed his hands, seemingly already serving as a quartermaster.

"Caesar, we haven't arrived at the Sand Capital yet."

Baja glanced at Caesar. Whether it could be done depended on the situation in the Sand Capital. As the saying goes, plans don't keep up with changes. If he couldn't get military power, he could only recruit powerhouses in this world.

"Uh~"

Caesar was choked quite badly. Indeed, the Sand Capital hadn't been reached yet, and everything said now was empty talk.

The Giant Rock Dragon was flying at high altitude. The desire to survive locked the direction of the Sand Capital in the air for Adler. At most a few hours, they would be able to arrive at the Sand Capital.

More than eight hours later, before the sky turned completely dark, a desert city appeared below. The Sand Capital had arrived. Even looking down from high altitude, one could feel how huge the Sand Capital was.

A tall sculpture stood in the center of the Sand Capital, conservatively estimated to be a hundred meters high. This sculpture wore a cloak, held a long curved blade in its right hand, representing royal power, and a scepter in its left hand, representing deities. The lowered left arm represented that royal power was higher than divine power.

The Giant Rock Dragon landed outside the city wall of the Sand Capital. The tall city wall was earthy yellow, as if piled up by sand and soil, but it was actually a type of underground rock with extremely high strength, which could be used to defend against enemies and also allowed earth elements and earth veins to form a cycle, completely blocking the wind and sand.

The Giant Rock Dragon hadn't landed yet when a burly man rushed up in a rage.

"Where are you from? This is the Rock Dragon transport in the east of the city. I have paid the tax. No one can come and rob my business."

Obviously, this burly man was a regular Giant Rock Dragon passenger merchant. Today, he had contracted the business in the east of the city. Suddenly, a Giant Rock Dragon came, which was robbing his rice bowl.

"This dear friend of the Sand Capital, don't be angry. We are not robbing business, but well, I want to ask, do you buy Giant Rock Dragons?"

"Ah?"

The burly man's anger subsided immediately. Before long, he was talking in a low voice with Caesar. Finally, Caesar sold the Giant Rock Dragon for 4,250 gold coins. ===== CHAPTER 2446 =====

The burly man's rage subsided immediately. Before long, he was whispering with Caesar, and in the end, Caesar sold the Giant Rock Dragon for the price of 4,250 gold coins.