"Ah?" The group of bandits was about to explode.
Kitts gathered his courage and asked, "Sir Dior, wasn't the extra person supposed to be killed?"
Bai Xiaowen sneered, "Did I say that?"
Kitts quickly shook his head. Bai Xiaowen really hadn't said that, but that evil smile at the time, plus the fresh blood of the three bandits that had been hacked to death, made everyone think in that direction.
Bai Xiaowen wouldn't do that.
It was because all the bandits were ostracizing Harvey that Bai Xiaowen was able to use him without worry — he didn't need a steward who was on good terms with all the bandits. After being isolated this time, Harvey and the bandits were bound to be estranged, and it was impossible for them to collude to deceive their leader.
Of course, this was a small matter. Even if Harvey was disloyal, he was just an ordinary level 2 weakling, and he wouldn't be able to cause much trouble.
The first order Bai Xiaowen gave Harvey was to record the groups of the 100 bandits.
Kitts asked again, "Sir Lord, are we going to fight according to this group in the future?"
"Of course not." Bai Xiaowen smiled again, but this time his smile was truly evil. "Your group of five is called the 'joint punishment team' … Do you know what joint punishment is? If one of you betrays, the other four are all guilty! However, reporting the betrayer is a merit, and you will be rewarded handsomely … "
All the bandits looked at each other.
Because the groups were free to form, all the bandits huddled together for warmth, and the teammates they chose were all brothers who were relatively close to each other. Once this "joint punishment" rule came out, it was really terrible.
The bandits, who were originally free and unrestrained, all felt a heavy shackle on their hearts.
Moreover, Bai Xiaowen couldn't let the bandits in the same group act together. He chose one person from each of the 20 groups to form the first group, and another person to form the second group … So on and so forth, each group had 20 people, forming five groups.
In this way, the five people who were close to each other in each group were separated into five groups, and the possibility of them conspiring to escape or betray was greatly reduced.
These five groups of 20 people were the normal operational groups.
Bai Xiaowen promoted a few more captains.
Keats became the captain of the first team, and the first team was an elite team that Bai Xiaowen had specially selected. Half of them were Elite Bandits, and the other half were Level 4 to 6 Intermediate Regular Bandits.
Having taken care of this, Bai Xiaowen ordered Kitts to lead the first team and tear down the wooden camp outside the cliff mine. He led the other four groups of bandits into the mine again and looted everything in the cave.
Bai Xiaowen's 400 gold coins were all used as carrots to lure the bandits. This time, he went straight to the main pit where Ian was and searched carefully to make up for his losses.
However, after a round of searching, Bai Xiaowen was a little discouraged. Ian, the bandit leader, was a little too poor. He only had a few dozen gold coins, and the rest were gold tools, silver ornaments, and other items that had yet to be sold. According to Harvey's estimation, these gold and silver items were only worth a hundred gold coins.
Bai Xiaowen put these items into his storage space. On the main page, the gold coins column had shrunk significantly, leaving only 47 gold coins.
However, the number of troops under Bai Xiaowen's command had increased greatly, directly reaching 102 people.
The Spiritual Realm had already sent a notification:
[Main Mission: Enlist Your Army!] The completion conditions have been met. You can lead your army to the Black Lava territory after being knighted, and report to Governor Hawk and submit the mission.
Now that Bai Xiaowen had some free time, he did some research.
"Isn't the main mission's requirement to have two Elite Level 3 Knights and above? I only have one Knight under me now, why does the notification say that I've met the requirements? "
The Spiritual Realm's rules gave a response this time.
"Knight is only a title, and does not specifically refer to the Knight profession. As long as you have two Elite Level 3 and above soldiers with complete weapons and armor, as well as 15 auxiliary soldiers with leather armor, you will have met the basic requirements of the mission."
"As the Lord, you can divide a small piece of territory, and confer your subordinates with Elite Level 3 and above soldiers, and promote them to Knights."
Bai Xiaowen nodded.
"Do you want to confer the title of a bandit first to complete the main mission?" Li Shuyi asked.
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "There's no rush for now."
After looting the mine, Bai Xiaowen led the original bandits, who were now the White Stone Town Guards, out of the mine. At this time, the first team had already dismantled the wooden camp, and a lot of wood was scattered all over the ground.
Bai Xiaowen's expression became serious. "Keats!"
"Here!" Keats quivered, and his original idea of taking credit flew out of his head.
"This wood is an important resource, who allowed you to carelessly throw it away? Now organize the wood for me, and transport it back to White Stone Town along with all the supplies in the camp! "
"Ah?" Keats' expression fell. "My Lord, we don't have a caravan, how can we transport it?"
Bai Xiaowen snorted. "Carry it back! Keats, it's time to test your loyalty and ability. I don't need a mediocre and incompetent guard captain! "
Keats had originally wanted to haggle a bit, but after hearing this, he quivered again.
"Yes, my Lord! Your will will be 100% carried out! "
Afterwards, Keats turned to his former bandit colleagues and revealed a ferocious expression. "Brothers, listen up! Whether you use your hands to carry it, or your shoulders to carry it, even if you use your mouth to hold it, you must transport the supplies back to the territory! No one is allowed to slack off! "
Some of the bandits looked at Keats, who was like a fox pretending to be a tiger, and felt resentful in their hearts, cursing endlessly in their minds.
However, with the mysterious and powerful Magus Bai Xiaowen watching from behind, no one dared to resist Keats, and no one dared to escape. Not to mention the shackles of the system, even if they could ignore their four companions and choose to escape, how could they escape? They would still be killed by the Magus Lord.
However, the strength of these bandits was still very great. Even the weakest bandit servant had around 10 points of strength, and was able to lift up a log used as a roof beam effortlessly. As for those elite bandits, they were used by Keats as human locomotives. Each of them dragged a large pile of wood, following the mountain path and majestically descending the mountain.
Bai Xiaowen was very satisfied with Keats' abilities.
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