Chapter 340
Time quietly slipped by…
Night fell, and after a day’s work of resource extraction, Dazhuang and the others all returned to the territory under the escort of soldiers.
Dahua and several other cooks also prepared a sumptuous dinner for everyone.
Cao Xing and the others had a simple meal.
During this time, Dahua approached Cao Xing and reported, “Lord, our territory’s grain supply is running low…”
“The over a thousand pounds you brought back last time was expected to last us nearly a month, but with the population surge these past few days, we consume two to three hundred pounds of food daily…”
“The new wheat and vegetable seeds have been planted, but they need time to mature.”
After Dahua finished reporting, Cao Xing nodded.
This situation was within his expectations, as the frenzy of recruiting soldiers meant a massive consumption of resources.
“I understand, Dahua. I’ll find a way to solve the food issue.”
Dahua respectfully replied, “Okay, respected Lord.”
With that, she stepped back.
Meanwhile, Cao Xing pondered to himself, “Once the snow stops, we need to go out and procure supplies.”
“However, this time I plan for large-scale procurement; Hog Village’s grain reserves likely won’t suffice.”
“Are there any larger towns nearby?”
He checked the map for a glance.
Due to the system’s built-in map function, only explored areas would be recorded.
Currently, Cao Xing had only explored a small area of Gale Snow Plain.
However, this didn’t prevent him from having a Hunter’s map.
Opening the Gale Snow Plain map, amidst the scattered sun symbols, he spotted a slightly larger town.
Much smaller than Dorun Lake City, it was called Merlin City.
Though it was also quite distant, over five hundred kilometers away, it was much closer than Dorun Lake City.
Cao Xing decided to take a look at Merlin City the next day.
His territory still needed a large number of workers, as well as some specialized talent.
“With my current wealth, I should be able to purchase a lot of supplies.”
Currently, Cao Xing held over a million in huge wealth, along with a pile of valuable accessories, which gave him considerable confidence.
Then, he continued to revitalize the Ascalon Soldiers.
Until past ten at night, even the snow had lessened considerably.
Cao Xing had finally restored the status of over a hundred Ascalon Soldiers on the territory, as well as their combat personnel and some key personnel in the territory.
Except for Hilda, Blot, and Wally Bell, the three beings with group status abilities,
everyone else was already exhausted.
After all, their spiritual power was exhausted time and again, using tree liquid repeatedly to recover.
It had utterly drained them.
Despite this, the newly recruited Wild Boar Warriors hadn’t had their status enhanced in time.
Cao Xing shook his head.
Since it couldn’t be done today, he decided to leave it for later when there was more time.
“Alright, that’s it for today, everyone go rest.”
Following Cao Xing’s command,
everyone went back to rest.
Including Cao Xing and Liu Muxue, they returned to the Lord’s Hut together.
As the bustling territory gradually quieted down,
two silhouettes appeared about two or three kilometers away.
They watched the snowy territory with deep eyes narrowing slightly, as if they had found their target.
The two exchanged a glance and then vanished on the spot.
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Upon nightfall,
Cao Xing and Liu Muxue took a simple bath and fell asleep in each other’s arms.
They were so tired today that they fell asleep quickly.
Meanwhile, within the territory, Assam and twenty Ascalon Soldiers had just returned after a battle.
Outside the territory, it was all a vast expanse of white.
After a day and two nights of heavy snow, the snow outside was deep enough to bury a person completely.
And at that moment—
two shadows silently approached Cao Xing’s territory.
The two whispered through their masks.
“Uri, this otherworldly Lord’s territory has many defensive arrow towers, much more formidable than other Lords’ territories. Do you think this might be the target the High Priest is after?”
“I don’t know, we can find out by infiltrating.”
“Loic and the others have drawn portraits of the otherworldly Lord and his followers, we can verify once we’re inside, and if we find someone matching the images, it will be confirmed.”
Hearing this, the shadow opposite gave a nod.
Then, the two shadows entered stealth state.
In stealth, they could evade the Elemental Arrow Tower’s automatic attacks without being detected.
Soon, the two shadows reached the base of Cao Xing’s territory’s walls.
They skilfully bypassed the areas covered by thorny vines, choosing walls without vine entanglement to climb up.
Two Hunter Scouts crouched atop the wall, their eyes scanning the entire territory.
They couldn’t help but be amazed at the level of defense in this territory.
So many arrow towers and watchtowers truly startled them.
At the same time, they noticed Assam, leading a group of Ascalon Soldiers in patrolling the territory.
The two Hunters’ eyes locked onto Assam instantly.
They exchanged a glance, then quietly conversed, “Doesn’t that guy in armor look a bit familiar?”
“He does seem familiar, the High Priest’s portraits include a knight in armor.”
The opposing scout said, “Let’s verify it, as many knights wear armor.”
“The High Priest mentioned our actions have gradually attracted the attention of the Ice Crystal Kingdom, it’s not suitable for large-scale actions now.”
“Alright, let’s keep observing.”
After that, they continued to monitor Cao Xing’s territory.
At that moment, Andrew pushed the door open, coming to Assam’s side to exchange shifts for the night watch.
Because he was on duty for the latter half of the night.
At this time, the two Hunter Scouts’ pupils contracted sharply.
They quietly gasped, “That’s the Druid, one of the targets in the portraits!”
“We found him, the High Priest is looking for this person, the one who raided Priest Nadav!”
“So, here is his territory!”
Excitement flashed in both their eyes.
The Hunter Scout beside whispered, “Uri, let’s hurry back and report this to the High Priest!”
“Alright!”
With that, the two Hunter Scouts prepared to jump off the wall.
And at that moment,
the sound of an arrow whistling through the air reached their ears.
An arrow shot toward them at lightning speed!