Chapter 2455: Opportunity to Make a Fortune

Central battlefield, sand-soil area, large military tents were distributed here, arranged neatly.

Su Xiao had just woken up when Caesar ran into the tent. This guy looked radiant, and his steps were so light he was almost floating.

"My dear friend, Caesar has returned."

Caesar raised his hand, wanting to take out a metal box with great style, but the thing was too heavy, and it smashed onto the ground with a clatter.

"Ouch!!"

Caesar's scream traveled far; the metal box had smashed his foot.

Ignoring Caesar, who was holding his foot and wailing, Su Xiao opened the metal box on the ground. Inside, complete Soul Crystals were arranged neatly—40 in total. The King of Peru had really compromised.

It was to be expected. As the commander of the broken-horn unit, Layton Red Beard had been captured alive, and the King of Peru wouldn't easily give up on him; doing so would chill the hearts of other high-ranking officers.

Having received the Soul Crystals, Su Xiao had Aus release the person. Credibility still had to be maintained. If everything went smoothly, there should be more such good things, so he naturally had to keep his promise.

Including these 40 Soul Crystals, Su Xiao's gains in this battle were not small. Baha and Xiang Bubu Wang found 10 treasure chests on the battlefield, all Epic-grade. The drop rate of the treasure chests was somewhat touching; the broken-horn unit was elite, but considering Su Xiao didn't kill the enemies himself, having such a harvest was already very good.

Compared to the gains that could be brought out of this world, there were more items not notarized by Reincarnation Paradise, such as a large amount of supplies. The food, dried meat, and fresh water among them were enough for their soldiers to use for 20 days. Counting what Xiang Bubu Wang and Caesar had purchased before, the food and fresh water were enough for about a month.

It seemed like a lot, but Su Xiao had only over 10,000 soldiers. The more soldiers, the greater the consumption of supplies.

Besides supplies, there were 14,725 weapons, of which 11,590 were usable and had all been distributed. Due to the geographical environment and forging craftsmanship, Peru's weapons were much better than Shayan's.

As for armor, there were 9,156 sets. Besides selling them to nearby fortress cities, they had no other use. The height and physique of the Peruvians destined that these armors wouldn't be used to aid the enemy.

The number of gold coins wasn't large; fighting wars meant carrying supplies, so naturally, they wouldn't carry too many gold coins. These gold coins went to whoever found them. Although the patterns on the gold coins of the two countries were different and their weights were different, gold was gold, and it was useful everywhere.

There were two days left in the time limit. Su Xiao checked the Main Quest: Second Ring. This quest was the most special one he had ever received.

【Main Quest: God's Weeping (Second Ring)】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 66

Quest Information: Capture the God of Lush Growth (neutral deity) alive and obtain key information.

Quest Deadline: 20 natural days.

Quest Reward: Golden Skill Point x5.

Quest Penalty: Forced execution.

Su Xiao had no idea what the God of Lush Growth was. There should only be two neutral deities in this world: one in Shayan and one in Peru.

Su Xiao speculated that this was highly likely the neutral deity on the Peruvian side. He had plenty of experience killing Old Gods, but he hadn't had much contact with neutral deities, and he even had to capture this one alive.

Assuming this really was a deity of the Kingdom of Peru, then for Su Xiao now, the quest difficulty was definitely higher than Lv. 66. Leading soldiers, he couldn't sneak into the Kingdom of Peru.

Just as Su Xiao was pondering, news came from Xiang Bubu Wang's side.

"Aus."

"Subordinate is here."

Aus, who had been waiting outside the tent, walked over quickly.

"Have the soldiers assemble and prepare for battle."

"Yes."

Aus, as a deputy commander, was quite competent; he only followed orders, asked nothing, and offered no personal opinions.

One minute later, their 12,650 soldiers completed assembly. The reason it was so fast was because of the order Su Xiao had given before: no need to form ranks when assembling, as long as they weren't crowding each other.

Two minutes later, Su Xiao set off with 12,650 soldiers. That's right, it was just that fast. If other Grand Commanders saw this scene, they would doubt whether these were soldiers at all; the chaotic crowd running didn't look like soldiers should.

Su Xiao couldn't do everything perfectly. The soldiers' tacit understanding and the battle formations they formed required long-term training. He didn't have that time. Even if he spent a few days letting the soldiers grind together to form a battle formation, it would just be a show.

Although the soldiers Su Xiao led had no formation, their marching speed was ridiculously fast. In less than half an hour, a series of roars came from ahead.

Inside a fortress city that had almost turned into ruins, Shayan soldiers and Peruvian soldiers were fighting. A conservative estimate was that the total number of both sides exceeded 70,000.

This fortress city had been breached because there was a traitor inside. Just as the dwarf troops arrived, the fortress city's metal gate was blown open from the bottom.

Someone had dug a hole in the city beforehand and placed a large number of 'black oil barrels' under the city gate. In the enclosed space, plus the fact that it was at the bottom, let alone the metal city gate, even the tens-of-meters-high city wall in front was cracked by the explosion.

Hum~

The sound of a horn came from inside the fortress, and the sounds of killing soared.

Hum~

Several horn sounds came from the surrounding area one after another. The reinforcements of their side were blocked by the dwarf troops. These horn sounds meant: 'Hold the fortress city.'

The reason Su Xiao wasn't blocked was both because Xiang Bubu Wang opened the way and because his marching speed was fast. Before the enemy could react, he had already arrived near the fortress city.

Su Xiao didn't rush into the battlefield immediately. He was waiting for his side's army to collapse. Only then could he carry out annexation.

At the same time, 15 kilometers east of the fortress city, two groups of soldiers were charging at each other. The total number of both sides was at least over 100,000.

Under the protection of layers of Shayan soldiers, a man with a hooked nose stood on a war chariot, surveying the battlefield. He was one of Shayan's Grand Commanders, Nieposuo, and also the overall commander of this large area.

"Lord Nieposuo, Rongsha Fortress has been breached and is about to fall."

"What?"

Grand Commander Nieposuo was shocked upon hearing this. From the time he received the request for help to the time Rongsha Fortress was breached, it was at most half an hour. A fortress city breached in half an hour was simply absurd.

If Rongsha Fortress fell, it would be like cutting a hole in their own defense line, requiring three times the troops to hold this war zone, and that would be holding it without a fortress.

Rongsha Fortress had been attacked an hour ago, and the distress signal was only transmitted half an hour later. What happened inside was now unknown.

The current situation was that Rongsha Fortress had been breached, and its fall was only a matter of time. Grand Commander Nieposuo's army came to reinforce from the east and west sides of Rongsha Fortress, but were blocked by the Peruvian army halfway.

At this very moment, the fighting inside Rongsha Fortress was extremely tragic. With Rongsha Fortress as the center, within a few kilometers around it, the Peruvian side had formed a circular defensive formation, just waiting for Rongsha Fortress to be completely captured, while Shayan soldiers charged from all directions, trying to break through the Peruvian circular defensive formation.

Grand Commander Nieposuo not only arrived in person, but his 9 military guards also arrived, each responsible for commanding 50,000 soldiers and uniformly accepting the command of Grand Commander Nieposuo.

The organization of soldiers under Grand Commander Nieposuo clearly exceeded 500,000. He was Uno's man, and no one would pursue this point.

At this time, Grand Commander Nieposuo was commanding less than 100,000 soldiers. What he was facing now was Peru's top elite unit, the Male Sheep Cavalry.

The troops under Nieposuo were also elites, and the two sides broke out in a tragic plain battle. Compared to the Rongsha Fortress side, the battle here was more intense.

In the area near Rongsha Fortress, behind a small dwarf hill, there were bushes and a few trees that weren't very thick.

Soldiers were lying behind the small hill, hiding here. These were the over 10,000 soldiers under Su Xiao's command.

Inside Rongsha Fortress and around the city walls, Shayan soldiers and dwarf soldiers were fighting, totaling about 70,000. Seeing his side's soldiers collapsing one after another, Su Xiao felt this was an opportunity to make a fortune.

There would be many defeated troops near Rongsha Fortress. With other battlefields around fighting so intensely, there wouldn't be few defeated soldiers. Now he could just wait, wait for Rongsha Fortress to be captured.

Assisting in defending Rongsha Fortress had no benefits. Even if they won, this fortress and the soldiers would all belong to another Grand Commander, Nieposuo. Nieposuo would likely express verbal gratitude, and at most, send some gold coins or armor.

If things went wrong, Nieposuo might even take all the credit for defending the fortress. Su Xiao wasn't surprised by this point. Nieposuo was Uno's man. Even if the other party was an upright person, under pressure, he could only do this, unless the other party didn't want to be a Grand Commander anymore.

The opportunity to make a fortune was right before his eyes. Behind the dwarf slope, Su Xiao tossed a Soul Crystal fragment into his mouth and chewed slowly. As long as he was given 50,000 soldiers, he could flatten 'Segona City.' ===== CHAPTER 2456 =====