Seeing the number of bandits from afar, Yang Rui decisively chose to retreat. The two groups of bandits that rushed over should also have the strength of Second Grade soldiers. Although Yang Rui and his men could take down ten Second Grade soldiers, it would not be worth it if there were some losses.
Seeing that Yang Rui had retreated with his men, the two groups of bandits quickly returned to their original patrol positions. One of the groups was already out of their line of sight. Therefore, Yang Rui led his men back and killed their way back. Without much effort, they successfully took down the other group of bandits.
This group of bandits also dropped a podao and a basic sword skill book. This made Yang Rui very happy. With such a drop rate, the Mountain Village would soon have a batch of Second Grade soldiers!
After eliminating this group of bandits, they attracted the attention of the other two groups of bandits. Yang Rui also led his men to retreat first and then advance later, leaving the aggro range and then counterattacking. As Yang Rui repeated the process, he eliminated wave after wave of bandits. Moreover, every wave of bandits would give him a Basic Skill Book and one or two weapons. They would also give him a lot of money, no less than 1,000 coppers. One of the best times was when a group of bandits actually gave him two Skill Books!
According to Yang Rui's memory, the drop rate of Second Grade skill books on the forums in his previous life should be much lower. The drop rate in the bandit camp of the Mountain Village should be around 0.5%. He wasn't sure if it was because it was his first time farming bandits, or if it was because the local bandits always had such a high drop rate, but the two types of resources that the Mountain Village lacked, such as basic skill books and weapons, were given out in large quantities.
Unknowingly, Yang Rui led the Mountain Village soldiers to a position halfway up the mountain. The mountain path had become much more rugged and winding. After killing a group of bandits, Yang Rui actually did not see any more bandits appear. He couldn't help but feel puzzled.
However, he quickly found the answer. When Yang Rui led his men around a small bend, the path up the mountain suddenly opened up. A checkpoint cut off the path up the mountain. On the checkpoint, heads were moving. Obviously, the bandits were prepared!
"Primary level: Defense 100, Durability 100."
Perhaps it was because of the terrain, but although this checkpoint was only at the beginner level, it looked more majestic than the checkpoint at the entrance of the valley outside the mountain village. Blocking the narrow and steep mountain road, it really felt like one man could hold back ten thousand men!
Not only that, the number of bandits at the checkpoint was definitely not small. There were at least thirty to forty of them! Yang Rui might not be able to see their detailed information, but judging from their equipment and level, they were undoubtedly Second Grade soldiers!
More importantly, half of these bandits were armed with bows and arrows. Yang Rui could tell at a glance that these bandits were all Second Grade archers! It was the troop class that Yang Rui was most unwilling to face among the low-level soldiers.
In particular, the presence of a Second Grade archer and the existence of a beginner checkpoint meant that a forceful assault was almost unstoppable at the beginner stage without siege weapons! Yang Rui decisively ordered the soldiers behind him to retreat. He was afraid that they would enter the range of the archers and become targets for the bandits.
"My lord, do you want me to go to the checkpoint and test it out?" Chen Li took the initiative to ask.
At the beginning, when the mountain village's military strength was not strong, each tribe would first send people to attract the enemy's firepower and gradually exhaust the enemy's strength. However, it was different now. Not to mention attracting the enemy's firepower, once they entered the range of the bandit archers, they would immediately become porcupines!
Yang Rui decisively rejected Chen Li's request. Just as he was at his wit's end, he saw the main gate of the bandit checkpoint open with a whoosh. A group of ten short spearmen rushed out in a single file!
"Kill!"
"Kill … …"
After the bandits rushed out of the checkpoint, they unceremoniously charged towards Yang Rui and the other uninvited guests!
The bandits were strong and had the geographical advantage. Yang Rui immediately led the soldiers to retreat in a panic. Fortunately, Yang Rui was worried that they would be shot by the archers and had retreated a good distance in advance. Otherwise, there would have been some casualties!
Even so, all the soldiers had to scramble and run for a long distance before they could completely shake off the bandits. It was inevitable that they would bump into some things along the way, and they were more or less injured.
When they turned back and wanted to find some scattered patrolling bandits, not a single one of the bandits that rushed out remained. All of them had returned to the checkpoint halfway up the mountain!
With the experience from last time, Yang Rui only observed from afar at the checkpoint. Since there was nothing he could do, he left and did not provoke any more bandits to chase after him. According to Yang Rui's estimation, the patrolling bandits at the foot of the mountain and halfway up the mountain would not respawn anytime soon. The earliest they would respawn would be a day later. Thus, he led the soldiers back to the checkpoint of the mountain village.
Although this was only a preliminary exploration of the bandits' situation and they were stopped halfway up the mountain by the bandits' beginner checkpoint, the harvest was still quite good. They obtained a total of nine Second Grade skill books – Basic Spear Techniques and eleven Common Weapons – Short Spears. This meant that the mountain village would soon have nine Second Grade soldiers!
In addition, the amount of gold they obtained was also very considerable. They had killed a total of ten Second Grade patrolling bandits and about the same number of First Grade soldiers. The amount of gold dropped was 10000 copper!
The next morning, Yang Rui could not wait to bring another batch of soldiers to continue hunting the bandits. The most important thing was that the Basic Skill Books needed to advance to Second Grade soldiers were too important! The number of soldiers Yang Rui brought with him this time had changed again. The number of people had been reduced by half to fifteen, while the number of Second Grade soldiers, including Chen Ping and Chen Li, had increased to nine!
The seven new Second Grade soldiers had leveled up overnight after obtaining the skill books and weapons yesterday. Only two soldiers who had obtained the Basic Spear Techniques had not leveled up overnight and were still practicing and comprehending in the barracks.
There was basically no bottleneck for advancing to Second Grade soldiers. Yang Rui believed that the remaining two soldiers would only need to spend a little more time to advance. It would not be too difficult for them to successfully advance!
With the change in the number of soldiers, Yang Rui and his men could almost deal with two groups of five Second Grade bandits at the same time! Thus, many repetitions were avoided. There were almost no pauses and they killed their way to the beginner checkpoint halfway up the mountain.
This time, they obtained eight Basic Spear Technique Books and eleven Short Spears. Compared to the previous time, the drop rate did not change much! Yang Rui felt a lot more at ease. If the drop rate was maintained like this, the Second Grade soldiers of the mountain village could basically be formed!
Although the number of Second Grade soldiers he brought with him had increased, compared to the number of bandits in the beginner checkpoint, it was still a far cry. Yang Rui consciously hid far away and did not provoke them.
After farming like this for a few days, although the drop rate of skill books and weapons fluctuated, it did not change by much. The number of Second Grade soldiers in the mountain village increased to twenty. On the fourth day, they successfully took down the dozen bandits that had rushed out of the checkpoint!
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
