The terrifying Winged Demonic Tiger nearby turned into a piece of black charcoal, still maintaining its pouncing stance.
Chen Xiaojia still had the torn Spell Scroll in her hand. Speechless, she couldn't believe a piece of scroll could… blown that terrifying Winged Tiger to death?
Right now, a huge amount of Spirit Power escaped from the Winged Tiger, flowing into her body like a river.
Chen Xiaojia's eyes widened. She could clearly feel the huge spirit of power pushing and accumulating in her body.
The surging power almost burst, she refining it slightly, the power converged into her body. It was nourishing her.
She felt very comfortable.
As long as she refined the spirit power, it's more than enough to advance through the Double Awakening Stage.
The other students looked at Chen Xiaojia with a surprised look mainly because there were plenty of such blazing colors objects in her backpack.
They watched as she tore open another scroll with air symbols and an aura surrounded her.
She quickly put on a strange white bracelet and handed some objects to the chubby girl.
Instantly, the two girls were fully armed. As if they had changed from white grade outfit to purple grade, full of advanced buffs.
When another Demonic Tiger pounced again, they were sure the girls could take care of it.
They couldn't afford to provoke them…
At this moment, they recalled something she said.
It seemed this equipment came from her cousin?
And it seemed… her cousin was planning to open up a martial school?
The eyes of the other students suddenly lit up.
.....
BREAKING NEWS!
The Zhentian Martial Arts School that went out for training was attacked by Demonic Beasts. The responsible team all scattered and fled, killing and injuring the students.
Even before Chen Xiaojia returned to the shelter, the news had spread over the shelter.
As one of the five major Martial Arts Schools in the Luoxia Shelter, Zhentian was redeemed powerful.
No one would've thought that an ordinary outing for training exercises would turn into a massacre.
It was said that the masters of the Zhentian Martial Arts School couldn't do much in the face of sudden danger.
Tang Yu was also shocked when he heard the news, especially when he remembered his cousin, Chen Xiaojia, also participated in the training outings.
Although he had stuffed his cousins with plenty of life-saving items beforehand, he never expected an accident to happen.
The outing location wasn't even that far from the Luoxia Shelter. The demonic beasts lurking in that area weren't particularly powerful.
With Zhentian Martial School's strength, they possessed no big threat, and no reckless hunters would dare to provoke them.
In his opinion, it should be called a wilderness outing rather than a training exercise. There wasn't really much danger to it.
"The wilderness sure are dangerous. Luckily, Xiaojia is alright, and she's almost back at the shelter." He contacted her through a special team.
However, there were a lot of students who were no longer be heard about. Perhaps, they were eaten by a demonic beast or fled somewhere else.
With the student's green fighting skills, not many of these students could survive on their own in the wilderness.
Although the Zhentian Martial Arts School had sent out several search and rescue teams, they were still questioned by many of the students' families. And the martial arts school's reputation rapidly dropped.
Tang Yu heard the news from Shay, who had been hanging out at the mercenary union for a time.
In just a half an hour, the mercenary union had hundreds more search and rescue missions. All of which were issued by the student's families.
Right now, he wasn't short of money and had no interest in taking such a mission.
But just in case, he sent the Protoss Sisters, Star, and Moon to bring back Chen Xiaojia, who was still in the wilderness, and brought along a group of students who were with them.
This way, his not-yet-to-be-named mercenary regiment had completed more than two dozen missions in less than 24 hours after their registration.
Which already broke the record of Luoxia Mercenary Union and left the second place far behind.
One after another, the martial arts students were successfully rescued. Yet, there were still a lot more whose fate was unclear.
A young man ran through the jungle, frequently glancing back every now and then.
Finally, he stopped running. Panting heavily. "Whoa… alright… looks like… I've finally got away."
Click.
Click.
There was a strange noise nearby.
The young man looked up, with tension and caution, in the direction of the sound.
A skeleton poked through the grass and appeared in front of him. The skeleton had the same height as a human with gray bone. It seemed to wander aimlessly, not very fast.
The young man froze and moved his feet, trying to avoid it without disturbing the skeleton.
But suddenly…
Crack!
The skeleton's neck turned 90 degrees towards the man with a crushing sound. The flames lit up on both of its hollowed eyes and rushed straight towards the young man.
He was a strong hunter among the students. Although he was nervous, he didn't panic.
He held the sword in his hands. He didn't lose it even though he had been running like crazy. He was relieved.
The skeleton's aura wasn't strong. With a weapon in his hand, it possessed no threat.
He fixed his mind and waited until the skeleton was close. He swung the sword high and slashed down at the skeleton's neck.
Clang!
The blade stopped mid-air.
The skeleton's skinny bony hands blocked the attack, firmly grasped the blade. Making the sword unable to move.
The young student's eyes were horrified. He loosened his grip on the blade, wanting to escape, but his expression was frozen as he saw the skeleton's other hand lifted.
Its hand pointed towards the student's forehead and a hollow opened. Blood flowing out of the hollow.
The flame burning on the skeleton's hollowed eyes glowed brighter. It moved its jaws, making a strange sound.
"Luoxia…. Human…. Food…."
The corpse of the young student in front of it dried up. While the piece of flesh slowly grows out of the skeleton's grey bones.
......
Lingcheng area.
Things remained the same here. The convoy from Hengcheng had yet to return.
During this time, more and more hunters traveled between Lindong and Tree Shade.
The Demon Slayer Longsword Series, the Cloud Breaking Battle Sword Series, and other weapons and equipment attracted the eyes of the hunters in Lindong even if they had not yet seen the weapon with their own eyes.
The Tree Shade Shelter's reputation slowly grew, no longer limited to the Lindong Officials.
The hunters and some well-informed survivors would mention it between casual conversation. What became the hot topic was obviously the Tree Shade equipment.
The Tree Shade Shelter's name bloomed around Lindong.
Everything was moving in a favorable direction.
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A few light beams flashed, and a few silhouettes appeared in the garden in front of the castle.
Aside from Tang Yu, the followers who returned to the castle were Tang Yu, Elaine, Winnie, and Shay. For the time being, the others stayed in Luoxia to help out.
Until they could recruit trustworthy personnel, the followers would have a busy time there.
Elaine and Winnie had to return early because they had a responsibility in the territory. And the burden of the followers who stayed in Luoxia was even heavier.
Tang Yu wasn't the kind of boss that likes to squeeze out his employees. He had promised to increase the benefits to all followers.
Aside from raising their wages, he tried his best to meet their personal needs.
For example, he gave Elaine a lot of books and webnovels. He had put in a lot of effort to meet Elaine's feminine suitable taste in books.
Only in a large shelter like Luoxia, he could find a lot of books in exchange for his pre-downloaded books. Cache? That kind of thing doesn't exist.
But…
Thinking that now that there's no internet anymore, even if they managed to find something from the past, there would be no updates.
Even the thousands of chapters of webnovels he read before the doomsday doesn't matter. As long as he could have it, he could expose it to the public.
Seeing the updates of hundreds of books on the bookshelf, all of which was updated more than a month ago, he, the Great Lord Tang, was satisfied.
How could he have survived all this time without these books?
He had an idea to develop some entertainment to satisfy the survivors, so they had a thing to vent their extra energy on. And also… to increase the territory's income.
"Let's save it for later."
He also gave Winnie plenty of custom-fit clothes that fit her size.
He gave Shay a variety of cigarettes.
He provided the Carmen Brothers Triplets their favorite liquor.
Foodies like Oguri were easily satisfied.
The Protoss Sister, Star, and Moon, however, didn't want anything in particular. But they requested an astrologist house in the future when they returned to the territory.
These were all small things, but Tang Yu cared every bit of them and wanted their satisfaction.
"Buying cigarettes, liquor, or books… all of them are done. So… what should I do next?" The Good-Boss Lord Tang fell in deep thought.
......
As the shelter's dutiful Leader, Tang Yu browsed through some of the reports submitted by Chen Haiping about the shelter's recent situation. He also signed some important documents.
His eyes suddenly widened.
A report on adventurer-related issues.
With the influx of Lindong hunters, the equipment sales had increased. But the problems were also increasing.
Where there were people, there was strife. Not to mention among the hunters who gained power in a short time. There were a lot of people who acted cocky all the time.
The patrol had dealt with many conflict incidents during this time. Sometimes, when two of the top teams in Lingdong erupted into conflict, even the members of the patrol couldn't stop it, which requires Roger or his other followers to deal with it.
For example, at the Night Bar. More than ten hunters were thrown by Lorraine. Tang Yu asked the details of Chen Haiping.
"Actually, these are all minor problems. In the beginning, many Lindong hunters were cocky and looked down on most weaker hunters in our shelter. Some even thought that the Tree Shade was lucky to find the weapon like the Demon Slayer Longsword, and didn't make it by yourself…" Chen Haiping explained.
Tang Yu nodded in silence. He wasn't surprised.
A lot of Lindong hunters came to the shelter. Only a few hunters who actually witnessed their power in the Secret Realms survived it.
So, hearing the news from other people's mouths was rather unconvincing. With the hunters' ruthless characters… well… the problem was inevitable.
That was the reason why he specifically instructed Roger to keep an eye out for the hunters.
Chen Haiping sighed and continued. "These were just minor matters. After killing the troublemakers and showing our shelter's power, the conflict in the shelter had been greatly reduced in the last two days…"
"…But the hunters that were restrained in the shelter immediately engaged in battle as soon as they were out of this shelter. I have discussed this with Captain Roger. It's a matter we can't easily solve. Fortunately, the conflict among the hunters didn't impact greatly on our shelter. But in the last two days, there was bad news. We found some hunters staring at our equipment here."
"Stalking?" Tang Yu wondered.
There's such a bold hunter?
Hearing this, Chen Haiping shook his head. "They had no guts to steal or rob at the shelter. But they lurked outside the shelter. When they saw a team who just purchased equipment and wasn't particularly strong, they committed murder and robbed them."
"And that group wasn't weak. They wandered freely in the wilderness but never actually came to the shelter. The patrols went out to look for them countless times, but they found no clues. The depleting number of weaker adventurers caused the Adventurer Guild's completion rate to decrease." Chen Haiping finished the sentence in one breath.
Tang Yu frowned. This was indeed a serious matter.
During the doomsday, things like killing people and seizing their belongings were not uncommon. Such incidents could happen just because of some verbal conflict.
A disagreement and a bloodshed.
Both Lindong and Luoxia, the mercenaries who died at the hands of humans, were not less than those who died at demonic beasts.
Even the Officials were helpless about it. It was hard enough to manage the things in the shelter, furthermore the chaotic place such as the wilderness.
"But that group's purpose was clear. They only target some team with rune equipment."
The money from looting an ordinary team wasn't that much. How many valuable items an ordinary team that went out to hunt carry with them?
Unless they discovered a rare mineral or a conflict broke out over a mutated beast carcass. Sometimes accidents happen. They would kill each other and take all the other's loot.
The chances were low, but it was inevitable.
But the teams that purchased rune equipment in the territory were certainly carrying dozens or even more than hundreds of spirit stones with them.
So they were easy to spot on. Once these people left the territory, the bad guys would take their chance.
If this trouble continued, there was no guarantee that other people would follow their path, and the Tree Shade Shelter could no longer become the center of the trade market. But a black market where traders sneaked in and sneaked out.
The territory's development progress would definitely become affected.
"We must solve this problem as soon as possible. We can't let those people do as they please!"
Chen Haiping, however, was having a hard time. "But Leader… we can't find them. Even if we send the patrols back and forth in the nearby area, we could only seize the movement here. It's not a permanent solution."
"I have a way to find those people. Listen to me carefully."
Tang Yu's eyes gleamed coldly. He had to let them know who's the boss in this area.
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