Chapter 3670

Iron Fortress City, slum back street.

This was an abandoned factory area. In the huge courtyard, besides weeds growing everywhere, there were many rusty cargo boxes piled up. At this time, in this courtyard that should have been deserted, there stood many Beast race members with unruly gazes and lazy expressions.

Among them, some were Beastmen, some were Snakemen, others were standing wild beasts, and there were even Tree-thriving race members taller than the factory building, sitting on the wall.

Between the branches of this Tree-thriving race member, which resembled the shape of a large hand, was a "cigarette" nearly 1 meter long and as thick as an arm. After he took a deep breath, he didn't exhale it, but blue smoke emerged from between the branches on his head.

And not far away, there was a Cow-Horse combination. To be precise, it was a Horse-race member and a Minotaur talking in low voices. The two's gazes would drift toward a Snake sister nearby from time to time, but the two didn't dare to step forward to strike up a conversation.

This Snake sister was from the Tuoman branch of the Snakeman race. Besides the poisonous fangs in her mouth, there was a hidden poisonous fang like a cat's claw on the fingertip of her right hand. The poison of the Tuoman branch was unsolvable.

The reason why so many talents from all walks of life gathered here was because of the assistance of the local snake, Egein. It could be said that more than 90% of the guys in the slums who were capable but had bad records were summoned by him through various channels.

From this matter, one could see how strong Egein's traitorous heart was. He was clearly prepared to get more of his own people and then constantly test Su Xiao's methods. If Su Xiao had eyes and ears everywhere, Egein wouldn't easily rebel. But once he discovered that Su Xiao was strong on the outside but weak on the inside, Egein would gradually reveal his traitorous heart.

Please don't misunderstand, Egein wasn't trying to defect to the enemy or anything; he just wanted to be a Beast race lord. Especially, the ownership of the lord badge for a lord without a fief had always been relatively vague, quite having the meaning of "the capable shall reside." This was also why Grand Commander Kane was willing to use the position of lord as a bargaining chip for cooperation.

Su Xiao very much appreciated Egein's behavior of forming gangs. That's right, it was appreciation. The thing he was most worried about now was not being able to recruit people. As long as he gathered 100 elite units, he could set off to the main battlefield to hunt. After fighting with the enemy, his own team would definitely have casualties. At that time, he could supplement the team's number by recruiting defeated army leaders on the main battlefield.

Su Xiao could be sure that the team initially formed, even with the Sun Lord bonus, wouldn't be a boss team. Only after being tempered on the main battlefield, being eliminated in batches, and joining in batches after several rounds, could it become a boss team. At that time, he could take action against areas like "White Hoof Port" and "Ancestor Lighthouse" opposite the main battlefield.

Not to mention launching a surprise attack on these places, which could gain a large amount of faction reputation, once the surprise attack was successful, the material depots of these two Sea race strongholds all stored a large amount of materials.

In fact, there was a more ideal lineup, which was to find a flying strange beast, capture it alive, and use it as a flying unit to transport boss team members. In this way, whether it was a surprise attack or a withdrawal, it would be more flexible.

Inside the abandoned factory, a wooden table was placed here, with the contract scroll on the table. Su Xiao sat behind the table, and opposite him were Beast race members of various shapes and sizes waiting in line.

The assessment content was very simple: first check the information, as long as they reached "Elite level," it was fine. Afterward, the other party signed their name on the contract scroll, and they were considered to have joined the lord's command. It was so simple that the dozen or so Beast race members who had already joined felt a sense of unreality.

"I am the leader of the third detachment of the original Blood Jaw Legion, once because..."

Before the Snake sister across from him finished speaking, Baha said, "You are hired."

"I was once..."

Just as the Snake sister was preparing to take the initiative to reveal her dark history, she saw Egein, Viper, and Evil Tooth. This made her feel relieved at once. If these three were all recruited, then the mistakes she had made were like a child stealing a lollipop.

The recruitment went smoothly in this strange atmosphere. By noon that day, a small team with a total of 120 members was formed. The leader was a Human, and the second-in-command was a pure-blooded Beastman. Not only that, this team also included Tree-thriving race, Blood Beast race, Wild Beast race, Red Dwarf race, Horse-race, Half-blood Elf race, Soul Ghost race, and many races within the Beast race lineup. This team contained at least one-third of them.

Some applicants who failed to join the team left while cursing. Clearly, expecting these fierce thugs to show demeanor was unlikely. Fortunately, no one cared about this point.

At Su Xiao's signal, Amu carried over a sealed large box filled with Soduo. The so-called Soduo was the large-denomination currency of the Beast race faction. Because it was made of precious metals, it appeared dark gold. Most Qiyuezhe were more accustomed to calling it Beast race gold coins, or more simply, calling Soduo directly as gold coins.

With a bang, Amu smashed the edge of the large box, and the gold coins inside flowed out with a clatter. The eyes of the Beast race members present went straight. It stood to reason, if they had plenty of money on hand, why would they stay in the slums of Iron Fortress City?

These former elites or leaders of the Beast race were only good at fighting, but because they were removed from their legions, they basically had no source of income.

"Everyone look here, 10 Soduo each. From now until 12 o'clock noon, you can use this money however you want, entirely according to your personal wishes."

Baha, Amu, and Bubu Wang began to distribute the gold coins. Because the number of people wasn't large, they finished distributing them in a while. Egein weighed the money bag containing 50 gold coins in his hand. He looked at Viper and Evil Tooth, whose hands were empty, and asked suspiciously, "Don't you have any?"

"We don't look down on this little bit of money."

Evil Tooth smiled disdainfully while speaking, while Viper lowered his eyes and didn't speak.

Egein poured 20 gold coins out of the money bag, which made Evil Tooth's eyes change, almost saying: "Big brother, I'll follow you from now on."

"Use 20 Soduo to go find some fun first. Excuse me, you two."

Egein left with a smile, completely ignoring the two people behind him who were spitting fragrance silently. As for giving Viper and Evil Tooth 10 gold coins each, Egein wouldn't do it. Rewarding subordinates was something only a lord was qualified to do. Egein had a rebellious bone, that's true, but he wasn't stupid at all. On the contrary, he was quite attentive and attached great importance to maintaining Su Xiao's lordly dignity.

If someone stood up and questioned Su Xiao for being a lord without a fief and not having real power, Egein would definitely stand up voluntarily and kill the person who said this.

The Beast race members who got the gold coins left one after another. In a while, only Viper and Evil Tooth were left. The two were drinking sullen wine there, lifting their eyes to look at Su Xiao from time to time, and then muttering something that didn't know what they were chanting.

"..."

Su Xiao, who was organizing the contract scroll, frowned. He looked at Viper and Evil Tooth. Noticing his gaze, Viper and Evil Tooth both shivered and trotted to the front of the wooden table, waiting for orders with their hands bound.

Su Xiao casually picked up two money bags on the table and threw them to the two guys opposite, saying, "Get lost."

"Yes, yes, yes, we'll get lost right away, get lost immediately."

Evil Tooth slipped away after taking the money bag. Viper didn't leave immediately. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Lord, I'm worried that those guys will take the money and not come back."

"..."

Su Xiao's action of checking the names on the scroll paused, and he lifted his eyes to look at Viper opposite him.

"It's like this, Lord. These guys don't care much about contracts, and in this Iron Fortress City, there are professionals who provide contract evasion. I don't mean that you would care about this money, but letting those guys get benefits for nothing and not help you do things, I'm angry in my heart! I..."

At this point, he was interrupted by Su Xiao raising his hand. He picked up another money bag and threw it to Viper. After Viper took it, he immediately stuffed it into his bosom, but his mouth said, "Lord, I'm not asking for credit from you, I'm really worried that you'll have a loss..."

"Amu, hang him up and beat him."

Su Xiao spoke. Hearing this, Amu stood up.

"I'll go, I'll go right away."

Viper retreated with a face full of smiles, but his eyes were fixed on the remaining money bags on the table, and he left with some unwillingness.

Su Xiao put away the contract scroll. At this stage, his subordinates could truly be called "full of talents." There were those with rebellious bones, fence-sitters at the speed of light, and those who were both cunning and cruel. The small team had a total of 120 members, one by one, checking their information, none of their loyalty exceeded 50 points. Even more, 10 people added together couldn't even make up 100 points of loyalty.

Su Xiao picked up a gold coin on the table and flicked it with a ding. The gold coin flew in the air and then fell, but no foot stepped on the gold coin.

This made Su Xiao couldn't help but suspect, could it be that Caesar hadn't entered this world yet? Calculating the time, that guy should have been mixed in the second batch of Qiyuezhe with a disguised identity and entered this world by spaceship.

Holding the attitude of trying it out, Su Xiao took out a Soul Coin and flicked it with a ding. The Soul Coin flew, bringing some light particles. Just as it fell, a thin and not very large hand held it tightly.

"My dear friend, you seem to be looking for me?"

Caesar, in the state of man-and-jar-as-one, appeared with a treacherous smile. However, the Soul Coin in his hand had disappeared without a trace. Once a Soul Coin reached Caesar's hand, it would naturally be like this.

"I recruited a small team, but I haven't settled the weapons and armor yet."

Su Xiao had been considering how to handle this. A hundred sets of boss-level standard armor + weapons was a huge expense. In the situation where he didn't have a fief, he definitely couldn't afford this expenditure.

Baha began to explain the current situation to Caesar. The more Caesar heard, the more the treacherous light in his eyes grew. In the end, he slapped his thigh and said, "My dear friend, have you forgotten? Grand Commander Kane promised us hundreds of sets of armor, and there's a voucher."

After saying this, Caesar placed a voucher on the table. It was taken out when Baha was explaining the situation just now. This voucher was Kane's appropriation of 2000 gold coins from the material depot. Right now, this voucher had been scrapped.

In a while, Caesar took out all kinds of bottles and jars. In less than an hour, a weapon and armor requisition approval document was placed on the table, with Grand Commander Kane's handwritten signature on it, as well as the stamp of the Grand Commander's badge. Seeing this, Baha asked a bit worriedly, "Kane's side, won't they fall out with us because of this?"

"Of course not. We are requisitioning materials in Iron Fortress City, and these materials aren't Kane's. Why would he fall out with us?"

"Then the City Lord of Iron Fortress City..."

"It's also fine. This is Kane's handwritten approval. This is a big favor. The City Lord is three ranks lower than the Grand Commander. The City Lord of Iron Fortress City is more willing than anyone to admit that this approval is real."

"Then how do we get past the supply depot of Iron Fortress City? Even if Kane and the City Lord recognize this approval, if the supply depot of Iron Fortress City doesn't recognize it, we have no way."

Speaking of this, Baha showed worry. Without these weapons, armor, etc., the hundred-plus Beast race members recruited this time wouldn't be willing to step onto the main battlefield.

"How could I not recognize the voucher I issued myself?"

Caesar looked at Baha with a treacherous smile. Baha suddenly realized that the military supply officer of Iron Fortress City was right in front of them. It was wondering before why Caesar hadn't come to assemble. It turned out that he had started to fish for benefits long ago.

Caesar had just entered this world and came to be the military supply officer of Iron Fortress City. This wasn't a coincidence. This guy had long guessed that Su Xiao would definitely go to the main battlefield to fish for reputation, and the best starting point to go to the main battlefield was Iron Fortress City.

"My dear friend, should we... regarding reputation..."

Caesar rubbed his hands with a treacherous smile. The implication was already very obvious, which was to operate a bit to speed up the acquisition of reputation.

"Not for now."

Hearing Su Xiao say this, Caesar showed suspicion.

"Wait until I have a fief, and you find a way to become the military supply officer of the Sea race."

"This, well, hmm~, quite good."

A pale yellow shimmer appeared in the center of Caesar's pupils. Various operations were already brewing in his mind. Stocking up in his own faction's shop? No, the truly superb operation was to go to the enemy's faction shop to stock up.

The Beast race and the Sea race had been evenly matched for many years, so one could infer how the Sea race's faction shop was from the richness of the Beast race's faction shop. If one could go there to stock up, the sour and refreshing degree could be imagined. The amount of resources obtained could even give Su Xiao the capital to charge toward the "Absolute Strong."

Su Xiao fully expanded the lineup list, chose battlefield-type missions, and then began to look for his favorite missions inside. The content was as follows:

【Faction Mission: Capture/Surprise Attack on White Hoof Port.】

Difficulty level: ★★~★★★★ (Faction mission difficulty is ★~★★★★★).

Mission introduction: Because the Sea race occupies White Hoof Port, which is close to the main battlefield, and uses this as a landing buffer zone, the several major legions of the Beast race are under huge pressure.

Reward for capturing White Hoof Port: 38000 reputation points (occupy for at least 2 natural days).

Reward for surprise attack on White Hoof Port: 500~37000 reputation points (based on the number of enemies killed during the surprise attack and the degree of building destruction).

Mission time limit: 3 natural days.

Mission penalty: Reputation points -1000 points.

【Faction Mission: Destroy Ancestor Lighthouse.】

Difficulty level: ★★★★★

Mission introduction: Destroy this landmark building to cause the morale of all Sea race legions to suffer a setback.

Mission reward: 45000 reputation points.

Mission time limit: 5 natural days.

Mission penalty: Reputation points -5000 points.

【Faction Mission: Soul Fountain.】

Difficulty level: ★★★★★

Mission introduction: Destroy the Soul Fountain on Floating Light Island, causing the soul mist over the island and surrounding sea areas to dissipate, exposing the Wraith race to the sunlight.

Mission reward: 54900 reputation points.

Mission time limit: 10 natural days.

Mission penalty: Reputation points -3200 points.

Among the several faction missions at the top of the list, none were suitable for doing now. Just by killing enemies on the battlefield or destroying important enemy buildings, although one could also gain reputation points, compared to cooperating with faction missions, the efficiency of the former was much worse.

Su Xiao flipped down for a while and soon found a very good faction mission. This was a small Sea race stronghold on the edge of the main battlefield. According to reliable information, a batch of energy crystals would be transported out from the Crystal Forest tonight and then stay in this stronghold for one night, which was both to complete subsequent processing and to let the transport team get a rest.

This mission only rewarded 1200 reputation points, but counting the killing of enemies and the looting of materials, the total income should be around 3000 reputation points. Considering that the small team had just been formed, trying the water with this small stronghold first was the best choice.

Time passed minute by minute. When it was noon, the abandoned factory was still empty, with only Su Xiao sitting steadily, and Egein, Viper, and Evil Tooth beside him. As for the remaining 100-plus members, they clearly didn't plan to come back after getting the gold coins, or rather, they didn't believe that Su Xiao was a lord.

"Lord, I'll go catch those guys back one by one."

Egein spoke. This statement was both to show loyalty and contained a test.

"Everyone has their own aspirations. Besides, look, isn't someone back?"

While Su Xiao was speaking, a Horse-race member rushed into the abandoned factory. Just after rushing in, this Horse-race member, whose whole body was almost soaked in sweat, fell to the ground. With his face against the ground, he gasped for breath, and the muscle groups on his body twitched from time to time due to the sharp soul pain, which looked painful just by watching.

The next second, a wailing Tree-thriving race member rushed in. Just after falling to the ground, it sprayed a mouthful of green juice from its mouth. I don't know if this was the Tree-thriving race version of spitting blood.

The Beast race members who signed the contract in the morning rushed into the abandoned factory one after another. The atmosphere that was cold just now became lively.

Su Xiao glanced at the time, it was exactly 12 o'clock noon. All 120 members of the lord's small team were present.

"Everyone is very punctual, not one is late."

Baha's words made all the Beast race members glare. Among them, a Swift Leopard race member suddenly disappeared in place, and his sharp claws grabbed toward Su Xiao's side neck.

With a swish, a transparent coating blocked the Swift Leopard race member's attack. The arm blades folded on the Swift Leopard race member's arm popped open, like metal sharp claws, tearing at Su Xiao, preparing to capture the thief first by capturing the king, and threatening Su Xiao to hand over the contract scroll.

Swish! Swish!

Sparks splashed. After a set of smooth and powerful combos, the Swift Leopard race member couldn't break the soul coating of 【Mad Hunter's Night】. In fact, this was excusable. The soul coating with 140,000 durability points was too difficult for the Swift Leopard race member, who was an elite of the Beast race, to break in one set. Added to that, he hadn't received the Sun Lord title bonus yet.

Originally it was a thrilling assassination, but at this moment, it suddenly became awkward. The Swift Leopard race member leaped backward with all his strength. Just as he was in mid-air, Su Xiao pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife at a speed that wasn't fast. While releasing the Magic Spirit, the Magic Spirit, which was like black-blue smoke, formed a blade whip and lashed out with an accurate arc.

Slap!!

Blood feathers exploded, and a piece of broken arm blade spun and nailed to the wall. As for where the Swift Leopard race member went, the large piece of blood mist scattered in the air was that Swift Leopard race member.

"Everyone, if you are dissatisfied with the contract content, don't waste our time. You all come together. Although I am a lord and not good at force, I also have some combat abilities."

While speaking, Su Xiao pulled out the long knife at his waist and released his blood energy toward these Beast race members for the first time. As the blood energy dissipated, the gazes of the Beast race members present immediately became clearer. In a very short time, their loyalty increased from an average of about 20 points to an average of over 30 points.

There were many reasons for this. It was not only the fear of Su Xiao's aura but also because the Beast race members present felt that following such a powerful lord actually had prospects. With some longing for the future, their loyalty naturally increased.

Compared to these guys, the increase in Viper's loyalty could be called quite amazing, soaring directly from 10 points to 85 points. Considering this guy's fence-sitter character, such an increase wasn't worth being surprised about.

The increase in Evil Tooth's loyalty was normal, reaching 30 points. Only Egein, this guy's loyalty seemed to be locked at -20 points. Although this guy looked full of admiration + admiration at this moment, his loyalty didn't increase by even 1 point.

"Don't be stunned, this way."

Baha flew out of the abandoned factory. A few minutes later, all the Beast race members boarded several transport vehicles. It is worth mentioning that the Beast race's transport vehicles were generally very large, all with a three-story structure. Just by removing the internal seat frames, large-sized races like the Tree-thriving race could sit inside.

Several transport vehicles set off from the slums, and after circling around in the city, they drove into the parking lot of the supply depot. Just after getting off the car, Caesar, wearing a formal suit, stepped forward with his head held high and his chest out. That unique formal suit that was one size too large made Caesar look treacherous and sneaky.

"Where did you come from?"

Caesar carried his hands behind his back, looking a bit impatient. Seeing this, Baha quietly stuffed a money bag over. The subordinates on both sides of Caesar immediately chose to be temporarily blind.

"Cough~, let me see the approval note."

After Caesar took the approval document and checked it, his expression changed immediately, changing to a flattering one: "So it's Grand Commander Kane's approval note. Please, please quickly."

While making a gesture of invitation, Caesar ordered the guards in front of the warehouse: "Open Warehouse No. 5."

"But... Mr. Caesar, without the City Lord's..."

"Look carefully, this is Grand Commander Kane's handwritten approval note." While speaking, Caesar had already stepped forward and lowered his voice: "Are you stupid? Don't worry about what's going on between those big shots. You and I are acting on orders, and we won't offend anyone."

Hindered by Caesar's height, the guard who leaned over to listen nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, I'll listen to you, sir."

In a while, the warehouse opened. The strange thing was that after the members of the lord's team entered the warehouse, the warehouse door was closed again.

With a click, the lights in the warehouse turned on. Baha spoke: "Hurry up and find the armor and weapons that suit you. 10 minutes at most, hurry!"

Hearing this, all the Beast race members knew there was something fishy about this matter and began to hurry to choose armor, weapons, etc. Su Xiao walked between the rows of shelves, and every time he touched a piece of armor, he put it into his storage space.

The whole process took 20 minutes. The lord's team drove away from the supply depot. Not long after they left, a black vehicle stopped in the courtyard of the supply depot. The City Lord of Iron Fortress City got out of the car with slightly hurried steps.

Caesar, who was in the dark, saw the City Lord rushing over. He brewed his emotions, then rushed out quickly. Before the City Lord could react, Caesar had already knelt down and hugged his thigh. Caesar cried loudly with snot and tears: "City Lord, you have to make the decision for me!"

"!"

City Lord Feizi showed anger. Just as he was about to reprimand, Caesar interrupted his spellcasting and cried loudly: "Sir, just now someone took the approval note of Grand Commander Kane to requisition materials. I just said that I wanted to see your approval note, and that group of people kicked me out so far."

"Tell me, who took the materials?"

City Lord Feizi felt angry in his heart, with murderous intent hidden in his eyes.

"He calls himself Bai Ye, and he is a lord."

"Who?!"

City Lord Feizi's brows were tightly locked.

"That person calls himself Lord Bai Ye."

"This..."

City Lord Feizi put on a mask of agony. After taking the material list, he pondered for a moment and said: "Just pretend this matter never happened."

"How can this be?!"

Caesar's expression was like he was about to explode. Seeing this, City Lord Feizi narrowed his eyes.

"City Lord, you have the final say."

Caesar wilted immediately. City Lord Feizi could only offer comfort: "I know you tried your best to stop them. You've worked hard. I feel at ease leaving this place to you."

Main battlefield, edge area, in the dense forest on the east side of the Crystal Forest.

Su Xiao sat on a tree branch and glanced at the time. It was only three o'clock in the afternoon. According to intelligence, that transport team would only be able to transport a batch of energy crystals from the "Crystal Forest" to the small stronghold around five o'clock in the evening every day. As for why they didn't use the teleportation array, both the Beast race and the Sea race had tried it, but the result was that all the energy crystals exploded.

Therefore, this kind of strategic material could only be escorted by transport teams, first transported from the Crystal Forest to the small stronghold, and after processing, sent to "White Hoof Port" by another escort team in the stronghold, passing through "Ancestor Lighthouse" during the period, then to "Reef Island" for transit, and finally sent to the Sea race's main camp.

"Lord, the latest intelligence has come. In about 2 hours, the enemy transport team will arrive near our ambush point."

A Soul Ghost race scout spoke. This person wasn't a member of the lord's team. After Su Xiao accepted the faction mission of "Intercepting the Transport Team," he was the scout responsible for providing intelligence for this mission. This faction mission existed almost all year round, so naturally, there were corresponding reconnaissance teams.

"Who is leading the transport team this time? What is the approximate combat power level?"

Baha spoke. Hearing Baha's question, the scout replied: "The one leading the team this time is a Spellcaster."

"Spellcaster?"

Su Xiao felt slightly surprised. He didn't expect the Sea race to trust Spellcasters more than he imagined. Listening to the scout's meaning, this Spellcaster seemed to be acting alone with a group of Sea race members, without other Spellcasters around, which made Su Xiao's murderous intent greatly reduced.

The reason was that Su Xiao remembered one thing: Raven Woman had held the "Necronomicon" before and brought the "Necronomicon" back to Arcane Eternal Star. So, could this Spellcaster also do this?

In this way, it seemed he could send a gift to Arcane Eternal Star again. Last time, he let Raven Woman bring the "gift" named "Necronomicon" to Arcane Eternal Star, and that side could be called "overjoyed." And this time, as long as he captured this Spellcaster alive, he could let him choose one from "Necronomicon," "Soul Crown," and "Nether Bone Ring."