The bamboo rat Oguri turned her spirit power into a rope and carried the Artful Thief to the fifth floor of the mall.
Oguri walked up the stairs from the first floor to the fourth floor. Countless onlookers stared at the young man floating in the air with a dispirited face. He struggled as if he was tied up by countless chains.
He was different from the handsome Artful Thief in their imagination!
She wasn't a cute lady either!
"No strength, not good looking. From now on, I'll turn from a fan to a hater."
"I'm disappointed. It turned out to be a man."
"Don't you think a man is good?"
"That little loli is so cute. No, she's so fierce!"
She dragged the young man all the way to the fifth floor. The onlookers retracted their gaze, but a louder discussion broke out.
The hunters who worked part-time in the newspaper office in the crowd were so excited that they almost jumped up. They ignored the noisy environment and immediately picked up a pen and paper to write a draft.
[I never thought the Artful Thief would be that kind of person!]
Once they started writing, they couldn't stop.
With the Artful Thief's fame, it was enough to open a special column. No matter how many news articles they wrote, it was never too much.
Another hunter in the crowd shouted, "Artful Thief bundled PLAY photos, 50 spirit stones per photo, no bargaining!"
The young man who had just been brought to the fifth floor heard the voice coming from downstairs. His face turned red, and a muffled breath rushed to his head.
… …
The bamboo rat Oguri withdrew her spirit power, and the Artful Thief fell to the ground in a forward posture.
Then, Oguri hopped forward.
"Boss, the mission is completed, squeak. Is there a reward, squeak? If not, I'll ask again later, squeak!"
She jogged to the young man's side and stretched out her short legs to turn the young man over. She saw that the young man's eyes were white and lifeless, looking as if he had nothing to live for.jpg
Oguri tilted her head, "Did you get turned into an idiot by the illusion?" Her spirit power spread out, "Maybe you can give him a mental shock, squeak!"
The young man on the ground like a dead fish immediately jumped up and crawled in front of Tang Yu, "My King, please spare my life!"
… …
"Name?"
"Nicholas …"
Tang Yu glanced at him coldly.
"I really … no, wait, don't —"
A moment later.
"Name?"
"Zhuang … Zhuang Laifu." The young man was dejected.
"Who is Tsune Takeshi to you?"
"Huh?"
…
The Crafty Thief's real name was Zhuang Laifu, a native of Norland.
It was not a lie that he called himself Nicholas, but after the young man made his debut, he felt that his real name was too inferior, so he gave himself the name Chivalrous Thief.
According to him, he was a hero robber who robbed the rich to help the poor. Of course, he was beaten by Tang Yu again.
After the beating, Tang Yu felt refreshed. He peeled the space ring from the young man's finger and took out the stolen equipment from it.
Zhuang Laifu's strength was at the Tenth Awakening Stage. Tang Yu observed with the Eyes of Insight. His cultivation progress had exceeded 90%, not far from the Eleventh Awakening Stage.
If he was nurtured by a powerful force, he would have long stepped into the eleventh layer.
They were already the top group of Awakened ones in Norland.
It was no wonder that he had never fallen for anything up until now.
Zhuang Laifu was good at illusions and escape skills. Even those at the peak of the Order of Awakening might not be able to catch him. Zhuang Laifu did not steal everything. At least, he did not touch some of the heavily defended places in Norland.
However, if you always walk by the river, your shoes will get wet.
Since his shoes were already wet, he might as well sell himself.
The young man sitting on the ground shuddered.
… …
With the "Arcane Thief" as a negative example, there was no more trouble in the mall in the next few days.
It was convenient for Tang Yu to travel between the two places through the teleportation circle.
Nancy usually cultivated in the territory. Only when he went on a long journey would she serve as his personal guard.
The safety of the Norland Transit Station was not a concern.
Gray Blade, Shay, Bamboo Rat Oguri, and the Protoss sisters were also helping. There were a lot of things to do in the early stages.
With the five experts, even if there was a hunter stronger than the "Arcane Thief," he would only be abused.
And Tang Yu's real trump card was the Puppet Guard No. 2.
After the sub-territory was established, the puppet guards could arrive through the teleportation circle. With the strength of the Puppet Guard No. 2, which was equivalent to 2 or 3 Yan Dingtian's strength, if Lu Zhanghong and the others secretly made a move, they would be crushed under absolute strength.
But after waiting for a few days, Tang Yu didn't see any secret movements.
He was a little puzzled.
On the contrary, some of the Norland's higher-ups repeatedly sent signals of goodwill.
Several first-class families placed orders.
Every force wanted to be the first to get the equipment.
During this time, Tang Yu often stayed in the workshop to make equipment. Now, every time he saw the touch screen panel, his fingers had an urge to click on it.
He wanted to vomit blood!
He also tried to let Elaine make it, but it was useless. Unless he personally operated it, otherwise the workshop was just a lump of iron.
Including the market refresh, purchase, tavern summoning, and so on. Although the followers could walk in, they didn't have the authority to control it. Among the four core buildings, only the Research Institute could be controlled by others.
But some core functions in the Research Institute still needed Tang Yu's personal operation.
Tang Yu didn't just focus on making equipment to make money.
Spirit stones were important, but strength, cutting-edge technology research, overall planning of the territory, and so on were indispensable.
As a result, high-end rune equipment was still scarce.
With the expansion of the production line, low-end rune equipment was shipped to the Norland in batches through the teleportation circle, including countless puppets.
Nowadays, the biggest feature of the Tree Shade Transit Station was that there were many hunters followed by puppets.
The newbies were followed by the chubby basic puppets.
Most of the senior hunter squads bought two or three gun fighter puppets for long-range support. Unlike the melee puppets, which were scrapped after a few uses.
The most cost-effective.
Guardian puppets, generally only senior hunters could afford to buy, but the sales weren't low. They were mostly used to protect their loved ones.
A Guardian Puppet following a close relative was equivalent to hiring a tireless, loyal bodyguard that was not weak and good at protecting others.
No matter how expensive it was, it was worth it.
What Tang Yu valued was not the puppet's sales, which were far less than conventional weapons and equipment.
However, weapons and equipment couldn't have their own blue and purple light effect. How could others know what you were wearing? But puppets were different!
Conspicuous.
Bringing them out would make them look good.
And they couldn't be bought anywhere else!
It was a disguised publicity for the Tree Shade Mall.
… …
On the tenth day of the mall's opening.
Tang Yu's focus had returned to the main territory. He established a small goal to develop the territory to the scale of the Norland's defense circle.
Gray Blade once again applied for a leave of absence. Seeing that the transit station wasn't a big problem, Tang Yu was also ready to approve.
At this time.
But the people from the Devil Bureau sent an invitation.
It wasn't a meal, but an invitation to visit the military exercise. The invitation was from the Norland Council.
"Three military exercise? What is that?"
… …
After Gray Blade's detailed introduction, Tang Yu finally had an understanding.
The three armies weren't ordinary armies, but the Ancestral Dragon.
Under the Ancestral Dragon's banner, there were three special numbered legions.
The Candle Dragon Legion, the Winged Dragon Legion, and the Azure Dragon Legion.
The three legions gathered more than 70% of the experts in the defense circle.
This Three Military Exercise was a regular contest between the Ancestral Dragon's three legions.
Every once in a while, there would be similar exercises, battles, exchanges, learning, and rewards to motivate the experts of the three legions.
Tang Yu had implemented similar methods in several of his legions, but it wasn't as formal as the Norland.
"However, the Three Military Exercise is an internal matter of the Norland. Why did they invite us?"
Mercenary corps, Chamber of Commerce forces, no matter how large they were, they had never heard of any of them visiting the Three Military Exercise.
The matter of visiting the exercise wasn't decided by the Devil Bureau's Chief. The signatory wrote the Norland Council.
There might be a deeper meaning in this.
Tang Yu thought of the calm days. Although there was no need to speculate about others with the greatest malice, in the eyes of the Norland, the Tree Shade was an unstable factor.
In peacetime, it would be a thorn in their side.
But in the doomsday, it was more about cooperation. But the Norland didn't show their strength to deter him.
Tang Yu was also curious about the Three Military Exercise.
… …
The date of the exercise was set for three days later.
As an invited guest, Tang Yu had to go himself. Nancy and the guards would accompany him.
In addition, Shay, Oguri, and the others at the transit station also clamored to accompany them. Tang Yu agreed, but Gray Blade was suffering. He was ready to sign the original leave application. But now, he rejected it.
Gray Blade looked at him with resentment, which made Tang Yu afraid to appear in front of Gray Blade recently.
Not only Shay and the others, Tang Yu also planned to bring Roger, Sky, Elaine, and some of the senior figures of several major legions under his command.
Tang Yu didn't speculate about the purpose of the Norland's invitation.
But visiting the Three Military Exercise was beneficial for him, Roger, and the others!
Bringing Roger, Sky, and the others was in the hope that they could absorb the Norland's advanced management and training concepts from the exercise. In this regard, Tang Yu believed that Roger and other professionals knew more than him.
… …
Three days later.
The north wind blew.
A convoy of three rhinoceros chariots and two floating chariots drove out of the Tree Shade transit station.
Their destination was the Ancestral Dragon Base.
Located in the southwest of the Norland Base City, about seventy or eighty kilometers away.
The convoy drove along the road for more than an hour and saw the outline of the base in the distance, the towering steel walls.
Countless defensive facilities were set up on the city walls and the surrounding mountains.
In fact, as early as a few kilometers ago, it was designated as a military restricted area. There were soldiers standing guard and patrolling. As an invited guest, the Tree Shade could naturally drive straight in, and the Norland's vehicles led the way in front.
Other hunters would be blocked outside. Even if the base was built to deal with demonic beasts, it's not a place for humans to sneak in.
The gate of the Ancestral Dragon Base was open. The soldiers stationed on both sides, Tang Yu sensed and found that each of them had the strength of Sixth Awakening or above.
Outside, they were at least the leader of an elite mercenary regiment.
The Bureau Chief Yao Jun was already waiting here, showing the importance of the Norland side.
"Brother Yao, you look so happy recently."
"Haha, that's all thanks to Brother Tang. I was thinking of ordering another batch of equipment."
"Well, I heard that Brother Yao's people often deal with demonic beasts. I recommend the Purification Scroll and the Imprisonment Scroll. It's definitely worth the money."
"Then … let's start with 500 of each."
… …
Inside the Ancestral Dragon Base, there was a sentry every three steps.
Tang Yu saw many sci-fi weapons and equipment. He scanned them one by one through the Eye of Insight. After a while, he withdrew his gaze with satisfaction.
"The Crack of the Abyss is suppressed in the Ancestral Dragon Base?"
Tang Yu saw a dense red mist over the distant mountain.
"That's right." It's not a secret, Yao Jun didn't hide it. In fact, people could see it at a glance. "And it's suppressing the largest crack of the abyss in the Norland's defense circle, 500 meters!"
Tang Yu was also surprised.
500 meters was the largest crack of the abyss he had ever heard of. Maybe the demonic beasts that emerged were different from other places.
Tang Yu asked casually, but it should be confidential. Yao Jun smiled and said nothing.
Along the way, from time to time, they could see other people wearing non-ancestral dragon costumes.
Although the Three Military Exercise was an internal military exercise in the Norland and not open to the public, the number of people who came to visit was much more than he expected.
There were big shots from the Norland Security Bureau.
There were City Defense Army Commander, City Bureau Senior Officials, Special Department Minister.
There were also top officials from the eight satellite cities.
The satellite cities didn't have a City Lord, but the Guardian was the leader. And this time, four Guardian Guardians came to the Three Military Exercise.
There were more senior figures, so Yao Jun didn't introduce them. The rough man felt his mouth was dry.
Tang Yu also saw Lu Zhanghong, Kang Jiaming, and others.
Not long after, they arrived at the martial arts practice field.
It was an open space that covered a large area. Looking around, one could see some training facilities.
In the distance, the hunters of the Candle Dragon, Yinglong, and Azure Dragon Legions had gathered.
Their powerful strength caused the surrounding air to distort just by standing there.
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