In the next couple of days, the troop stayed perfectly still, without any big noise.
On the flagstone road, the troop moved straight south along the straight road. The rumbling footsteps of the troop even shook the ground. From time to time, the shouts of non-humankind slaves, the shouts of human warriors, and the sounds of leather whips could be heard from time to time.
In the past couple of days, Mo Shan and Mo Shui had been quite attentive, showing their faces in front of Ji Hao for a couple of times every day. They would either bring drinks, grilled meat, or fresh fruits collected by Ink Ape Clan warriors from afar. All in all, they were so attentive, as if Ji Hao was their real father.
However, no matter what they brought, Ji Hao would accept it right in front of them, and burn everything behind them.
Even Man Man, who was the most innocent one, and Taisi, who was a simple-minded one, had sensed that something was wrong. They subconsciously raised their vigilance, doing everything carefully. Besides, except for Feng Xing, who was hiding somewhere, the others tried their best to stick together no matter what they were doing.
Another three days passed within a blink of an eye. The moving speed of the troop suddenly slowed down.
Ji Hao didn't expect those Ink Ape Clan warriors to report to him about the situation on their own. Treading on a fiery cloud, he rose into the air and looked at the front. In the front, clouds of dust rose into the sky. Large groups of large animals had been shouting loudly, slowly moving across the straight road.
Ji Hao's face darkened. This flagstone path was built by master Magi of the Magi Palace with a great amount of power.
Normally, this straight road would be buried deep underground to avoid the damage caused by rain, wind, sun and rain. Once a war broke out, master Magi Palace Magi would cast a spell. This straight road rose from the ground, directly reaching the Chi Ban Mountain in the north from Pu Ban City. It was the most important transportation and logistic route for the alliance of human clans, and was related to the outcome of the war.
Therefore, around this straight road, the humankind had set an extremely strict rule.
During the war, no one was allowed to approach within five-hundred miles on both sides of the straight road. Anyone who violated this rule would be treated as a spy of the non-humankind, and would be executed.
By now, although the war in the front had stopped, elite human armies were still stationed in the Chi Ban Mountain area, monitoring the movements of the non-humankind in the north. They were afraid that the non-humankind would come back and catch the humankind unprepared.
Therefore, to be exact, although warriors from some small and medium-sized clans, who weren't so elite, had already started leaving the Chi Ban Mountain area one after another, this great war hadn't ended yet. It would take at least a couple of months for this great war to truly come to an end when Emperor Shun, Si Wen Ming, Huaxu Lie and the other core leaders of the humankind began to retreat in a small scale.
"Which tribe are those animals from? How dare they block our way? "Ji Hao yelled harshly.
No one paid any attention to Ji Hao. Those Ink Ape Clan warriors stopped moving one after another, as if they didn't see Ji Hao at all. Some of them even leaped down from their mounts, sitting on the roadside and resting while giggling. Some of them even waved their long whips, ordering those slave warriors and slaves to stop and rest.
"Zhamu! Let's go take a look! "Looking at these lazy Ink Ape Clan warriors, Ji Hao sneered, then shouted out.
Not too long ago, Zhamu, a middle-aged slave warrior who nearly died in the hands of Ink Ape Clan warriors, and whose daughter was nearly raped by these Ink Ape Clan warriors, responded with a grunt. Armed to the teeth, he took big steps and dashed to miles away with only a few rises and falls, quickly running towards where large groups of animals had been.
Zhamu was a 'dark-kind'. The origin of this name might have something to do with the color of his skin.
Dark-kind was an appendage of the Yu Clan. Among the large-scale official armies of the Yu Clan, dark-kind people were an extremely important part. In an official army of the Yu Clan, over ninety-five percent of warriors were dark-kind.
Generally speaking, dark-kind warriors were far less talented than Jia Clan warriors. However, dark-kind warriors were quite talented as well. On an average, one among every hundred dark-kind warriors would emerge. With severe cultivation, these dark-kind warriors could easily reach the level of Senior Magi, or even Magus Kings. Among dark-kind warriors, there were even many Divine Magi.
Zhamu was a dark-kind big warrior. Although the cultivation system of dark-kind warriors was different from that of the humankind, he was a peak-senior-level warrior, and was only a step away from the level of Magus Kings.
In the private army of the Qian Family, Zhamu was a ten-thousand-man commander. As a private army of the Qian Family, Zhamu and his warriors had been stationed in the private territory of the Qian Family all the time. They were responsible for guarding the cities of the Qian Family, and had never fought against the humankind.
In a sense, the hands of Zhamu and his warriors were relatively clean!
Therefore, that night, after Mo Shan and Mo Shui left with their warriors, Ji Hao, who deeply felt that he was short of warriors, directly paid out of his own pocket and bought Zhamu and all warriors under his command, along with their families, according to the market price in Pu Ban City, as his personal slaves and slave warriors.
Back in Chi Ban Mountain, Ji Hao extorted a great amount of wealth from the Dishi Family. Added with the large amount of jade coins given by Si Wen Ming, he easily bought Zhamu and nearly ten-thousand dark-kind warriors under his command. With the secret magic of the Magi Palace, Ji Hao controlled the life and death of Zhamu and his warriors. Therefore, these people had already become Ji Hao's most loyal slaves.
As a ten-thousand-man commander, Zhamu was quite experienced. Not long after that, he ran back with quick steps.
Kneeling heavily on the ground, Zhamu bumped his forehead hard against the ground, then yelled out in an extremely respectful tone, "My dear and kind master, a few wandering human clans were passing by. They are eight clans in total, with over forty-thousand clansmen and over a million large livestock raised by them. "
Gasping for air, Zhamu continued in a deep voice, "According to them, all the grasses in their original pastures have been eaten up, and they are rushing to the next pastures. Otherwise, their livestock would lose weight. But your lowly servant, Zhamu, feels that there's a problem with this. "
"Hm? What problem? " Ji Hao stood on the chariot, conveniently releasing a magic seal that blocked the sound, so that Zhamu's words wouldn't be heard by the others.
"First, Zhamu knows that this straight road is an important route for the humankind during wars. Wandering human clans are the lowliest clans among the humankind. They don't have the right, neither do they have the guts to cross this straight road during wars."
"Second, if they are truly a wandering human clan, why are there only young and healthy men among their over forty-thousand clansmen, but no elderly or women?"
"Third, I found heavy armors, crossbows, and longbows on those large carts that they used to transport supplies. Wandering human clans who live on livestock don't need heavy armors, neither do they need long-range weapons. There's something wrong with them. "
Although Zhamu saw the dim light released from the magic seal that blocked the sound, he still lowered his voice cautiously.
Ji Hao looked at Zhamu, remained silent for a while, then took out a handful of jade coins and threw them in front of Zhamu.
"Nicely done, Zhamu. Your experience can help me do many things in the future. Work hard, with these jade coins, you can use them to buy a few nice new clothes for your daughter. "
"Tell your warriors to prepare to arm themselves. Tonight, prepare to kill. "
Speaking of the word 'kill', a fierce beam of light suddenly flashed across Ji Hao's eyes.
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