Chapter 3392

Sunlight shone into the command room, not from the windows, but emitted by the floating "Ring of the Sun."

Their own wild boar warriors and dwarf boars all believed in the sun. Following the previous "Tufu Incident," the wild boar warriors all had a deep impression of the "Ring of the Sun," regarding it as the representative shape of the sun. The power of faith generated from this all gathered within the Ring of the Sun.

Su Xiao looked at the Ring of the Sun floating above; a large amount of faith power had already gathered inside, far exceeding his expectations.

After developing the Sun camp for a period of time, he discovered a characteristic of the faith power of the sun: when wild boar warriors are near death, they generate a large amount of faith power. The specific reason for this remains to be verified.

It is precisely because of this that the Ring of the Sun has stored such a quantity of faith power of the sun.

In the fierce battle from the second half of last night to this morning, their side suffered over 100,000 casualties among the wild boar warriors. The amount of faith power generated by this number of deaths exceeded Su Xiao's original expectations.

Su Xiao opened his palm, and the Ring of the Sun floating above descended, hovering above his palm. The Ring of the Sun is not large, with an inner diameter of about 5 centimeters. It looks thin and light overall, yet it can carry a massive amount of faith power.

Currently, the 【Sun Lord】 title is a four-star title. Su Xiao materialized this title, and an ornament resembling a badge appeared, slightly smaller in size than the Ring of the Sun.

Su Xiao attempted to upgrade the 【Sun Lord】 title using the faith power within the Ring of the Sun. As he manipulated it, the 【Sun Lord】 title floated up, and with a 'ding', it was embedded into the Ring of the Sun, its edges caught by the ring, fitting perfectly—no matter how one looks at it, it does not seem like a coincidence.

Of course, this is not a coincidence; the purpose of creating the Ring of the Sun was to upgrade the 【Sun Lord】 title.

【Yes/No: Use the faith power of the sun within the Ring of the Sun to upgrade the Sun Lord (★★★★ title).】

【Warning: Once this title is upgraded via the faith power of the sun, it can no longer be upgraded through title burning. Please consider carefully whether to upgrade this title in this manner.】

There is no need to consider the two choices for the upgrade path. As long as the Sun camp is developed this time, the subsequent faith power of the sun will be continuous. Additionally, the Sun Church within the Painted World can also provide a certain amount of faith power of the sun.

Although both types of faith power are generated by believing in the sun, their specific characteristics differ. The faith power of the wild boar warriors has the following characteristics: the core is the sun, accompanied by war, flame, beast, and pure attributes.

The faith power from the Sun Church is more intense, with characteristics: the core is the sun, accompanied by hunting, madness, fanaticism, and zealot attributes.

It is hard to say which of the two types of faith power of the sun is better. The main characteristic of both is the sun; having more of the other characteristics is beneficial for the development of the 【Sun Lord】 title.

As it absorbed the faith power of the sun, the data of the 【Sun Lord】 title became blurred, and Su Xiao could no longer view the star level of this title.

The 【Sun Lord】 title seemed to be sealed, firmly embedded in the Ring of the Sun, unable to be pried out. Consulting the Reincarnation Paradise through his brand, Su Xiao learned one thing: the 【Sun Lord】 title cannot be easily pried out; it will detach itself after it evolves to a certain degree.

Su Xiao does not know exactly to what star level it must evolve before it detaches itself. Fortunately, he has no urgent need for the 【Sun Lord】 title right now.

This title is useless when one cannot develop a legion style, but it can be used in worlds where elite units can be recruited. As long as the number of elite units exceeds 100, this title is a cure for traitors. Low loyalty? It doesn't matter; after joining, praise the sun together, and there will be no heart of rebellion.

Su Xiao picked up the communicator and contacted the slave merchant Azba. Judging by the laughter on the other end, Azba must have taken the five wild boar brothers to a brothel.

They did not forget the serious business. Su Xiao's method has always been a mix of kindness and severity. Once, when the five wild boar brothers didn't learn their lesson, the second, fourth, and fifth brothers were almost whipped to death by Amu.

The human side has already taken delivery of 140,000 sets of combat uniforms, priced at 8.5 kilograms of active ore per set, for a total of 11,900 units of active ore.

This price is not low, but on second thought, it is normal. The Heavy Hammer Troop is one of the ace troops of the "Demi-human Alliance." Although General Lei Zi has significant conflicts with the alliance officials, those officials are somewhat wary of General Lei Zi. Plus, since they are going to fight in the Border Area, the combat uniforms allocated to the Heavy Hammer Troop are all top-tier goods.

Why did Su Xiao send the five wild boar brothers to the human side? It was because he was worried that the amount of this transaction was too large and the slave merchant Azba would abscond with the money.

This is a very likely occurrence. The character of a slave merchant cannot withstand too much testing. He had operated the business in Free City for so many years, and the other party said he would give it up, so it is reasonable for this guy to abscond with the money.

Even with this risk, he must cooperate with the slave merchant Azba. Other optional collaborators are either less reputable than Azba or lack the capability.

If that guy Caesar hadn't suddenly disappeared, the business on the human side would definitely have been handled by Caesar.

The active ore obtained from this transaction does not need to be brought back. Use these active ores to purchase pig-headed men on the human side, and then use the channels left by Caesar to transport the pig-headed men in batches from Warehouse No. 3 on the human side to Warehouse No. 2 in the Border Area.

Regarding Caesar's disappearance, Su Xiao asked Baha to investigate, but there were no clues. The last trace of Caesar was in a small workshop in Free City, after which he vanished into thin air.

With that guy's ability, Su Xiao absolutely does not believe he just died suddenly. The worst news is that he withdrew and returned to the Reincarnation Paradise.

Not considering this for now, Su Xiao has another matter to deal with. In this battle with the Heavy Hammer Troop, besides killing enemies and loot, he also captured 35,000 demi-human soldiers. The specific number is being counted; 35,000 is an estimate, and they are all wounded.

Previously, when the Warhammer Troop retreated, because the two sides were mixed together, a rash retreat would have resulted in heavy casualties. The demi-human side formed a suicide squad to cover the retreat, and because the wounded moved slowly, these 35,000 demi-human soldiers knew they had no way to escape and voluntarily stayed behind.

After being completely surrounded, the demi-human major with the highest rank among them ordered them to surrender. Regrettably, they failed to capture that demi-human major alive; he slit his own throat after giving the order. He was the type of person whose pride outweighed his life.

From the very beginning, Su Xiao knew that the Demi-human Alliance was difficult to deal with, which is why he developed until now before engaging in his first battle with the demi-humans, and only after the demi-human troops took the initiative to attack and arrived in the Border Area did he engage with them.

For these 35,000 wounded demi-human soldiers, Su Xiao has two choices: either kill them all or let the Demi-human Alliance ransom them. Making them mine or similar tasks is far less efficient than dwarf boars. Keeping them in the Sun Fortress is an unstable factor. Although they are all wounded, they are also all soldiers.

Killing them all would reduce the number of enemy troops, but not only is there no benefit, there is also a disadvantage.

Once the news that the Sun Fortress slaughters prisoners reaches the demi-human side, in subsequent battles, the demi-human soldiers will definitely fight to the death and not surrender. Since they will die anyway, they might as well fight and leave behind a name as a hero.

Conversely, if the Sun Fortress does not kill prisoners, when the enemy troops are surrounded and face a desperate situation, their resistance will inevitably be greatly reduced, because surrender does not mean death. As long as those big shots are willing to exchange resources for them, they can not only live but also return.

Soldiers with combat capability cannot be released back. For the wounded or severely wounded, letting the other side ransom them back is a very good choice. The severely wounded have no combat capability, cannot return to the battlefield in the short term, and still consume supplies to treat them.

Who to contact is a problem. The other party must have a high say in the Demi-human Alliance and cannot be a bureaucrat.

Those bureaucrats will not be in a hurry to ransom these soldiers who fought to the death. They will drag it out as long as they can. Dragging these wounded soldiers from severe injury to death is the result they most want to see. At that time, they can say it is not that they didn't want to save them, but that the enemy was deliberately delaying.

General Lei Zi is excluded first. Su Xiao needs to find someone who has both a high status and is from the alliance military. A name floated in his mind: He Kangdiwei. More people call him the Lone Wolf of the Alliance. He was only one step away from ascending to the position of "Alliance Chief," standing at the peak of the Demi-human Alliance's power.

After narrowly losing to the current Alliance Chief Tuoyin, He Kangdiwei is now the number two figure in the Demi-human Alliance, holding the position of Alliance Marshal.

It is not that Alliance Chief Tuoyin doesn't want to get rid of this former rival; it's that there is no opportunity. If He Kangdiwei steps down, no one knows what will happen to the military of the Demi-human Alliance. As long as the human threat exists for one day, Alliance Chief Tuoyin dare not act rashly.

Alliance Marshal He Kangdiwei and Alliance Chief Tuoyin belong to two factions. The former is the head of the military, while the latter is supported by officials, firmly holding the power of resources, finance, and so on.

As for Alliance Chief Tuoyin, there is no need to even think about it; there is no need to contact him at all. Conversely, Alliance Marshal He Kangdiwei—if He Kangdiwei is unwilling to be stepped on forever and be the eternal number two, this is the opportunity to turn things around.

Just as Su Xiao was thinking this, the communicator on the table rang. After picking it up, Caesar's voice came from the communicator.

"My dear friend, Caesar is back."

Noisy human voices could be heard on Caesar's end. The voices were far away; he should be in a room where he was alone, but there were many people outside the room.

"After I started the war with the demi-humans, did your Quartermaster ability take effect?"

As soon as Su Xiao finished speaking, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Beni all gathered around. Beni jumped onto Su Xiao's shoulder, listening intently. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang looked at Su Xiao's other shoulder, and after estimating that he would be beaten if he jumped up with his size, he leaned against Su Xiao's leg.

"That's right, I became a Quartermaster. For a person as honest, trustworthy, simple, and hardworking as me, becoming a Quartermaster is a matter of course."

Caesar's treacherous laughter had nothing to do with the words he said.

"Of the three demi-human factions, which one's Quartermaster did you become?"

Hearing Su Xiao ask this, Caesar on the communicator was silent for a moment, then turned and said: "I became the Quartermaster of the Demi-human Alliance."

Caesar began to elaborate on his plan. Although he is now the Quartermaster of the Demi-human Alliance, he cannot act recklessly. Absconding with the money is absolutely impossible. For such a powerful force as the Demi-human Alliance, the difficulty of absconding with the money is too great.

Who is Caesar? Even the mice in his house would be thrown into a hamster wheel to run and generate electricity. Please don't laugh; Caesar really invented this thing. A mouse weighing 1.5 jin, when it left his house, it would be good if it still weighed 0.5 jin.

It was the same last time in the Painted World. When Baha saw the mouse running in the hamster wheel to generate electricity, he thought it was a pet kept by Caesar. After learning the truth, Baha carefully observed the mouse and exclaimed: "Damn! This mouse is running until it's crying. You guys come and look."

Plucking feathers from a passing goose, leaving electricity from a passing mouse—this is Caesar's style. This time he became the Quartermaster of the Demi-human Alliance; how could he not operate a bit?

Caesar's plan is that he cannot be easily exposed on his side. He needs a contractor to cooperate with him to farm camp reputation in the Demi-human Alliance.

Su Xiao immediately thought of catching one of Morey or the Moon Apostle, but Caesar refused, the reason being that Morey and the Moon Apostle had seen him before, which might bring unnecessary risks.

The contractor responsible for farming camp reputation and subsequently frantically exchanging items at the Quartermaster's office is best to be a fresh face, and one who has never had any violations before, a contractor with a good reputation.

Not going to find Morey is because she is a Battle Angel; she not only has a high brand reputation but also a high authority level.

Caesar guessed that Morey and the Moon Apostle should be key targets for cultivation by the Apocalypse Paradise, the reason being that in the god-like lineup of the previous world, they both successfully obtained the Beast Heart.

As the Quartermaster on the demi-human side, it is not easy for Caesar to kidnap contractors. Moreover, he is not specialized in combat capability. If he doesn't use treacherous means, Caesar's combat capability is not as good as Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's, and his survival capability is a mystery.

Su Xiao is responsible for catching an enemy contractor who has already joined the Demi-human Alliance, and arranging a one-stop service from physical negotiation to signing a contract.

After that, it will be Caesar's turn to perform. He will make the speed at which that contractor gains reputation reach a shocking degree, but this requires Su Xiao's cooperation.

For example, Caesar issues a mission to infiltrate the enemy camp, to reach the command room of the Sun Fortress, find the secret door in the command room, and then sneak into the alchemy laboratory to steal classified information.

As the current hostile force of the demi-humans, the Sun Fortress is no exaggeration to call it a dragon's den. Several Tier 8 assassination-type contractors have tried to sneak in to sabotage it, and all have died on the spot.

They couldn't even enter the first floor of the fortress, let alone enter the top floor of the fortress guarded by Sun Lord Kuku Lin Bai Ye. What's more, they had to find the secret door in the command room and enter the alchemy laboratory.

In the camp judgment of the Void Tree, the difficulty of this mission must be explosive. After Caesar issued this mission, with his flamboyant style, he must have maximized the reputation that could be rewarded by this mission.

May I ask, is this mission difficult? The answer is of course difficult, but what if it is executed by the person Su Xiao sent to Caesar?

After the other party sneaks in, Su Xiao "happens" to be taking a nap, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang "catches a cold," Baha goes into shock due to "keratitis," Amu has a "cerebral infarction," and Beni discovers the enemy and fights back hard, but is defeated.

At that time, the nightmare-level mission will become a sleepwalking-level mission.

After there is enough reputation, you can go to the Demi-human Alliance to ransack... cough, you can go to stock up.

This is the benefit of Caesar being the Quartermaster on the enemy side and Su Xiao being the leader on his own side. With these two identities joining forces, the room for operation is particularly large.