Chapter 13: Luck Too Bad, Encountering Marauders (Seeking flowers!!!)

"Ding! Attention all players, the three-day novice protection period has ended!"

"Mobs will spawn near your territory to loot your resources; please be sure to protect your territory!"

"Special Note: The combat effectiveness of mobs is equivalent to militiamen. Besides mobs, there is a very small probability of large-scale marauders spawning; once encountered, it is best to voluntarily offer all resources to avoid the territory being destroyed!"

After seeing this announcement, the chat area exploded instantly.

"Three days passed so quickly; the protection period ended so soon!"

"Damn, I just upgraded my territory and didn't even have time to recruit soldiers before the novice protection period ended."

"I'm a bit better; I recruited a few infantry and archers. Dealing with some mobs shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Which big-shot brother is willing to trade food and iron blocks? I'll exchange with double the wood and stone."

"Don't even think about it; the most important thing for recruiting troop types is food and iron blocks. At this juncture, who would trade them?"

"Better to recruit a few more militiamen to deal with it."

After Su Li woke up and saw this system announcement, his first reaction was to go to the chat area and trading area to check.

Whether anyone was willing to trade iron blocks for food.

It was a pity that both resources were in urgent need; everyone was lacking.

After this day passed, only 36 units of food were traded away, and 12 units of iron blocks were obtained.

No choice.

In order to strengthen the territory's combat effectiveness.

Su Li had to first use 12 units of iron blocks to exchange for four Inferior Iron Blades and four Inferior Leather Armors.

Then he exchanged for 8 Wooden Short Bows and several sets of Wooden Arrows.

Then he recruited 10 farmers through the Lord's Mansion.

And then he selected the 12 farmers with the highest Might attributes to transfer to four infantry and eight archers.

Up until now.

Excluding him, the lord, White Cloud Village had a total of 25 people.

Among them, 12 were combat professions, and the other 13 were farmers.

This configuration should be stronger than other players at the current stage.

However...

The biggest difference was still Su Li, the lord.

Over 30 points of Might, an Advanced Blade Technique, an Intermediate Archery skill, plus a Master-level Logging skill, a 2-star trait, and a 1-star weapon.

Adding these together was enough for him to sweep all players at the current stage.

After recruiting the combat troop types.

Su Li had them patrol the territory to prevent surprise attacks by mobs.

Just in case.

Su Li didn't go into the mountain forest to grind monsters and level up.

He also didn't arrange for farmers to collect resources, but had them all hide in the thatched huts.

Facing the upcoming enemies, the farmers' pathetic Might attributes probably wouldn't be of any use.

Forcing them to join the battle might not have any benefits and could instead lead to injuries.

It was just a group of mobs comparable to militiamen.

8 archers, 4 infantry, plus him, the lord, was completely enough! ===== CHAPTER 31 =====

At least the large-scale marauders that had a very small probability of being encountered...

Su Li felt that he shouldn't be that unlucky, right?

Time passed bit by bit.

Very quickly.

After some time.

When the sun had completely risen, a group of figures appeared on the plain in the distance, walking toward this side.

"Lord, Lord!"

The moment those figures appeared, Zhang Zhang Zhang Qiang ran to Su Li's side: "Over there! The enemies are coming!"

Hmm, Zhang Zhang Zhang Qiang was one of the original five farmers, but his Might attribute was higher than that of ordinary farmers.

Su Li had also transferred him to a combat profession: infantry.

Su Li didn't need Zhang Zhang Zhang Qiang to remind him; he had already seen the incoming enemies.

"One, two, five, ten..."

"Twenty enemies?"

Counting the number of enemies, Su Li had the four infantry stand at the village entrance, the other eight archers stand behind the infantry, and he himself took out the Iron-Tire Bow, waiting for these twenty enemies to approach.

One thousand meters.

Five hundred meters.

Three hundred meters.

When these twenty enemies were only a hundred meters away from the location of the territory, Su Li's eyes narrowed.

With the coarse iron long-blade at his left waist and the quiver on his back, his left hand raised the Iron-Tire Bow, nocked an arrow, and pulled the bowstring to a full moon.

Swish!

An arrow broke through the air, flying out like lightning, crossing the distance of over a hundred meters in almost the blink of an eye, and shot toward one of the twenty figures!

Under the 40% accuracy bonus of the Advanced Archer profession and the [Powerful Shot] trait of the Iron-Tire Bow.

Without the slightest accident, when the arrow arrived, that figure was directly pierced through the forehead and fell to the ground.

"You have killed a mob and gained 20 experience points."

"Your [Intermediate-level Archery] (LV.6) proficiency +1, current proficiency 3248/6000!"

"Due to your talent [Hundredfold Growth], you have gained additional growth during this process. [Intermediate-level Archery] proficiency +100, current proficiency 3348/6000!"

"Just a mob..."

After shooting and killing an enemy, Su Li took a moment to glance at his character panel and felt relieved.

The combat effectiveness of mobs was the same as militiamen, both being professions that didn't even count as basic troop types.

If the enemies attacking this time were just mobs, let alone these twenty, even if hundreds or thousands of mobs attacked, he was confident he could kill them all!

The first mob fell to the ground, and Su Li continued to draw his bow and shoot arrows, immediately shooting and killing the second mob.

At this time, the remaining mobs were still a full ninety-plus meters away from his territory, White Cloud Village.

The third mob fell, the fourth mob fell, eighty-plus meters;

The fifth mob fell, the sixth mob... seventy-plus meters.

By the time all twenty of these mobs were shot and killed, the mob that had charged the closest hadn't even approached the fence enclosing the edge of the territory.

"Our lord is so amazing!"

Seeing with their own eyes how Su Li shot and killed the enemies one by one, the twelve NPCs of combat professions immediately showed awe and worship.

They felt how lucky it was to be born in White Cloud Village and have such a powerful lord.

"Ding! Your heroic posture has inspired the soldiers; morale has risen!"

Looking at the prompt before him, Su Li shook his head.

Rising morale could increase the soldiers' combat effectiveness.

But now that the enemies had all been solved by him alone, raising morale was of no use.

Having solved the mob attack, Su Li prepared to let the farmers of White Cloud Village resume their labor.

Those who should chop wood should chop wood, those who should farm should farm, and those who should dig stone should dig stone.

But before he could give the order.

Zhang Zhang Zhang Qiang, who was beside him, suddenly looked into the distance and shouted: "Lord, there are more enemies!"

Hearing this, Su Li subconsciously looked over.

A large number of enemies appeared on the plain in the distance.

Just by taking one look, Su Li's face changed drastically: "Damn, is my luck really that bad? Did I actually encounter large-scale marauders?"

The new book sets sail; seeking flowers and ratings!!! ===== CHAPTER 32 =====