Without a leader, a hundred Third Grade bandits were easily exterminated at the checkpoint. One had to admit, if these bandits had a leader, they would have retreated even if they couldn't take down the enemy. This situation wouldn't have happened.
If this had happened half a year later, after the first system update, even a single NPC soldier would be more humane. They would be occupied by the checkpoint while being attacked by a rain of arrows. They would quickly scatter and retreat. This wouldn't have happened either!
The reason why the system set the NPCs as monsters was to allow the players to gradually adapt to this' second world '. Soon, the system update would slowly adjust the players' perception of the game!
Yang Rui understood this very well. He didn't delve into the details. Once all the bandits had been killed, Yang Rui ordered the gates to be opened quickly. He had the soldiers collect the equipment and money dropped by the bandits!
This was the first drop of a Third Grade soldier! Yang Rui predicted that these bandits wouldn't be stingy. The soldier's report also verified Yang Rui's thoughts.
"My lord, we have killed a total of 108 Third Grade heavy blademasters this time. A total of 15 adamantine heavy sabers, 12 advanced skill books for saber techniques, 26 leather wrist guards, and nearly 30000 copper coins have been obtained.
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As the soldier reported, he presented all the items he had obtained to Yang Rui one by one.
"Advanced Saber Technique Skill Book: Pike Blade Third Grade Skill Book. Can upgrade Second Grade pike blade to Third Grade heavy bladed blade. Required Construction: Beginner Barracks!"
"Fine Iron Saber: Grade: Normal, Attack 25-35. Level Requirement: 30. Durability: Leather Wrist Guards: Grade: Normal, Defense 0-5. Level Requirement: 30. Durability: Out of the three main items, the leather wrist guards had the most average attributes. They weren't particularly rare. The wrist guards made by Beginner Tailor Liu Yan of the Mountain Village had a much lower level requirement than the leather wrist guards. However, the attributes weren't too far off! Almost all of Yang Rui's soldiers already had one!
The other two items were what Yang Rui had been looking forward to for a long time. These were the necessary items for a Third Grade soldier's advancement! With the skill books and the corresponding equipment, as well as the beginner barracks required for a Third Grade soldier's advancement, obtaining a corresponding number of Third Grade soldiers was only a matter of time!
"Village Chief Blazing Sun, why don't we take advantage of the fact that the bandits on the training ground have all been cleared out and our morale is high to scout the camp on the peak!"
Molin, seeing Yang Rui happily ever after he put away the spoils of war. He couldn't help but remind him..
"Brother Molin's right! We can use this opportunity to scout the bandits on the peak! " Yang Rui was reminded by Molin's words and remembered the important matter at hand. Thus, he gathered Chen Li, Chen Ping, and the hundred over Second Grade pikemen under their lead and headed towards the camp on the peak with Molin.
Molin was still in the lead. Taking advantage of the fact that he was faster than the road, he played the role of scout. He ran back and forth several times along the way, reporting the news and confirming that there were no threats from bandits on the path from the checkpoint to the camp on the peak. Only then did Yang Rui and the rest arrive at the training ground in front of the bandit camp.
With the experience of attacking the checkpoint last time, Yang Rui didn't let the soldiers get too close to the bandit camp this time. If a group of Third Grade bandits were to rush out, they wouldn't be able to hide in time, nor would they be able to afford to be injured. There would be bound to be some losses! These Second Grade soldiers were as precious as gold in Yang Rui's hands. Even the slightest loss would cause his heart to ache!
"Gourd Valley Bandit Camp:
Grade: Beginner Camp
Strength: 101
Grade:? Grade:
Characteristics: 1. When the number of soldiers reaches five hundred, they will attack the territory within their strength.
2. After destruction, it will automatically upgrade to an Intermediate Bandit Camp! "
Yang Rui quickly checked the general information of the bandit camp. In fact, before he checked, Molin had already checked once and reported the results to Yang Rui. After checking with Yang Rui's results, they were exactly the same.
Yang Rui looked at Molin in surprise, but soon understood. According to his guess, Molin's scouting skill, which was similar to a player's, should be something that he had as a hunter!
"Brother Molin, it seems that a forceful attack is impossible. Currently, my soldiers are still Second Grade soldiers. Even though there aren't many enemies, they are all Third Grade soldiers. If we were to fight them head-on, the result is easy to imagine!"
Yang Rui looked at Molin very honestly and directly voiced his thoughts. "That is why Blazing Sun still wants to ask Brother Molin to act. With bows and arrows and fast horses, try to lure the bandits to the checkpoint. Then, let the archers at the checkpoint deal a heavy blow to them!"
Molin agreed without even thinking about it. After all, this was the only way to reduce the number of bandits at the moment!
Soon, Yang Rui withdrew all the soldiers he brought to the checkpoint at the mountainside. He then once again arranged for the archers to be on guard, ready for battle. Molin was the only one left in front of the camp at the top of the mountain. After Yang Rui had made the appropriate arrangements, Molin rode his horse recklessly in front of the camp. As expected, a group of ten bandits were lured out.
Following that, the ten or so bandits almost repeated the fate of the bandits on the drill ground. They were led by the nose by Molin all the way to the checkpoint halfway up the mountain. What awaited them was a barrage of arrows and an insurmountable stone wall!
The only slight difference was that these ten bandits were clearly of a higher level. Even though Yang Rui couldn't accurately detect their level, these bandits would occasionally break through the defenses while attacking the checkpoint, indirectly indicating their high level!
Even so, it couldn't change their fate of being turned into porcupines. They obediently handed over a few advanced skill books, weapons, bracers, and other equipment, and waited for the next round of the system's refresh.
Under Molin's cooperation, luring and killing monsters like this continued until half the afternoon. When Molin lured only thirty-one bandits were left in the camp at the top of the mountain, these bandits became cowards and didn't take the bait anymore!
Thirty-one bandits stationed in the camp at the top of the mountain were still not something Yang Rui could deal with at the moment. Thus, this bandit extermination mission could only be temporarily stuck here. He could only wait until Yang Rui had enough Third Grade soldiers to take down the entire bandit camp in one go!
However, Yang Rui wasn't in a hurry. After all, the time limit set for the mission was still early. The number of Second Grade and Third Grade skill books that he could obtain every day was very considerable. Among them, the basic skill books required to advance to Second Grade were about thirty, and the advanced skill books for Third Grade were close to twenty!
This number was very considerable! If the mountain village didn't stop recruiting soldiers and their leveling speed could keep up, ideally, they could have an additional thirty Second Grade soldiers and twenty Third Grade soldiers every day!
Of course, with the current growth rate of the mountain village, this number couldn't be reached for the time being! However, this didn't delay the accumulation of skill books and equipment!
If Yang Rui's plan was to successfully take over this Gourd Valley bandit camp, there wouldn't be such a rapid production of skill books before he could find a new source of skill books! Moreover, there was a very high possibility that there would be a break in the supply!
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