gnovel Chapter 56: With the first official in charge, someone will naturally take care of the Luo family ar
Chapter 56: With the first official in charge, someone will naturally take care of the Luo family ar
Chapter 56: With some tact and preparation, someone will naturally take care of the Luo family army.
It must be said that it was fortunate that Rock did not place too much hope on the rumors gathered by the villagers in the first place, because when he sent out cavalry to search, he found that most of these rumors were false.
There may indeed be traces of monsters in some places, but they have already run away, so the villagers' glimpses are meaningless.
In some places, there are only larger wild animals or some strange things, but they are not sentient beings at all.
For example, some villagers claimed that when they were cutting firewood near the mountain, they accidentally discovered a tree that seemed to breathe. However, when the cavalrymen got closer, they found that a black bear hibernating in a cave under the tree was hiding there.
When Rock saw the black bear that the cavalry had brought back from their hunt, he was both amused and exasperated. Moreover, after tasting the bear's meat, he realized something:
Bear paws are alright if cooked well, but if you don't have the skill, the taste is indescribable, truly stinky and foul!
Strangely enough, Rock discovered that the meat of monsters only needed simple cooking to become exceptionally delicious, while the meat of ordinary animals was far from having that property suitable for cooking.
Could it be that after animals in this world evolved, their evolutionary direction was actually to make themselves taste better?
Although most of the rumors were false, Rock and his group actually found two genuine monsters.
The animal that had come to life was a huge wild boar. Rock had never seen such a large wild boar in his life. It was comparable to a small elephant and must have weighed at least a ton!
Although the wild boar did not seem to display any special talents or abilities, it simply used the violent ramming of a human-powered chariot to knock over one of Rock's cavalrymen and kill his horse in the process.
When the other cavalrymen fired lead bullets at the wild boar, they found that they couldn't even scratch its hide!
It wasn't until a Skaven had a flash of inspiration, adjusted a dimensional stone bomb, stuffed it into a large lump of dough, and fed it to the boar that the boar was finally blown up.
Unfortunately, the meat contaminated by the dimensional stone bomb is inedible, but the rest of the meat should be fine. Also, the wild boar's blood was wasted because the tiny fragments from the dimensional stone bomb flowed through its blood vessels, turning the boar's blood green!
Judging from its appearance, one might think that Rock had infused this boar with too much fel energy, causing it to transform into a pit lord!
After finishing off the wild boar, Rock also acquired a wild boar hide with an incredibly tough texture.
He found a leather craftsman in the village under his jurisdiction who knew how to make leather armor and asked them to process the wild boar hide and make a leather suit for him.
This thing has insane defensive capabilities; it can even stop lead bullets. If you wore it, wouldn't it be a ready-made bulletproof vest?
Rock has always been very concerned about his safety. No matter how powerful his total war system is, once a person dies, the system cannot bring him back to life. Therefore, protecting himself is the most important thing.
Besides the wild boar, the other monster captured by Rock and his group was a large black rat weighing several dozen kilograms!
This thing wasn't actually discovered by Rock's men while they were patrolling outside. Rather, they were inspecting the mountain stronghold's granary when they accidentally found a large hole dug in the side of the granary, and it turned out that this big rat was hiding inside the granary stealing food!
Unfortunately, despite the rat's agility and sharp claws that could easily tear through the cavalrymen's boots, it was still brutally killed by the cavalrymen who attacked it with heavy swords.
However, Rock wasn't really sure if this thing was edible; at least he didn't want to eat rats.
After much thought, he finally decided to leave the thing to the Skaven to deal with. He wondered if the Skaven would be able to learn anything after eating the giant, cunning rat and then practicing boxing with Brother Lu.
As for making Skaven eat rats, wouldn't that seem a bit too hellish?
Just kidding, having such an idea is simply a sign of not understanding the habits of the Skaven. As the most evil race in Warhammer Fantasy, these guys are not picky about food, eating raw or cold things without any restraint.
These rat-men usually eat each other. When they are starving, they will even capture slave rats to fill their stomachs. Even when they are still in their mother's womb, before they are born, they will start to devour each other to eliminate their brothers and rivals.
To be honest, Lu Xiong was a little worried about these rats that even ate their own kind.
If it weren't for the fact that these bomb-throwing rats always obeyed Rock's orders completely and performed quite well on the battlefield, he would have even suggested to Rock that they should just kill these rats.
After all, these beasts are truly inhuman!
Although Rock captured two more monsters, unfortunately, neither of them contained a demon core.
He discovered that demon cores were actually quite rare, and not all demons possessed them.
It was lucky that we were able to catch that idiot last time, because theoretically speaking, any demon with a demon core must have innate supernatural abilities. I don't know if that idiot was too stupid or for some other reason, but he died before he could even use his innate supernatural abilities.
While Rock and his men were living a prosperous life, the other bandits were having a much harder time this year.
When the bandits within a ten-mile radius of Luo's army learned that such a powerful person had appeared in this place and that he was specifically targeting them, most of the bandits chose to flee.
Although they were indeed very unwilling to flee in such a disgraceful manner, it would be wishful thinking to expect them to stay and confront the powerful Luo family army head-on.
The bandits understood one principle very well:
As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn. They can temporarily avoid the sharp edge of Luo's army and simply rob other places instead of fighting this group head-on.
Furthermore, many bandits viewed Luo's army with a wait-and-see attitude—"Let's see how it goes!"
In their view, people like Luo Jiajun, who act so arrogantly and domineeringly and recklessly break the local rules of the underworld, are bound to not live long.
They may be able to act arrogantly for a while, but by doing things this way, they have already offended countless people. They haven't even managed to cultivate relationships with officials, which has caused them to offend the government without even realizing it!
That's why these bandits were quite pessimistic about the future of Luo's army, believing that these guys would be finished soon!
Meanwhile, the three bandit families, who now all had a stake in the gold mine that Rock coveted, gathered together to discuss the issue of the Luo family army.
"—Gentlemen, I think you've all heard of the Luo family army recently. They wiped out Black Dragon Mountain, and besides Black Dragon Mountain, they've destroyed more than 30 other gangs!"
"Now, the Luo family army is actually regarded as guardian deities by those unruly people, who worship them every day and regard them as some kind of nemesis of bandits!"
"Since they don't follow the rules of the outlaw world and haven't sent anyone to mention the gold mine to us, in my opinion, we shouldn't bother with any chivalrous talk. Let's just divide the gold from Black Dragon Mountain according to our respective shares!"
Black Whirlwind, the leader of Erlong Mountain, sat in the head seat with his legs crossed, smoking a pipe as he addressed the crowd.
The leaders of the other two bandit groups didn't have much objection to the proposal. If you had to say something, they might have some disagreement about the distribution ratio, since who wouldn't want to get more gold?
The main purpose of these three bandit leaders getting together was to discuss how the gold should be divided; the secondary purpose was to discuss the Luo family army.
"What Black Whirlwind Manager is right, but on the other hand, by dividing up the Black Dragon Mountain faction, we're bound to offend the Luo family army. What if they cause us trouble in the future?"
Ge Shouye, the leader of the Ge family army, casually said while sharpening his nails with a knife, "The Ge family army is like a bandit, coming and going like the wind. We're not afraid of trouble from them. We can just hide. But your two families are different."
"Whether it's Erlong Mountain or Heiqi Ridge, both of you have large and powerful families. You can't just abandon your strongholds and brothers and run away when the Luo family army attacks, can you?"
"The Luo family army is not to be trifled with. Previously, Lianyun Village had gathered a total of six or seven hundred bandits, who were determined to settle accounts with the Luo family army. However, they were wiped out by the Luo family army. Very few of them managed to escape. In total, more than a thousand bandits have died at the hands of the Luo family army."
No sooner had Ge Shouye finished speaking than Tie Liancheng, the leader of Black Flag Ridge, slammed his fist on the table and roared, "Damn it! Let the Luo family army come if they dare! Whatever they've got, Black Flag Ridge will take them on!"
"So what if they have fast horses and foreign guns? We at Black Flag Ridge have everything they have. I refuse to believe we can't defeat Luo's army of two or three hundred men!"
Tie Liancheng has always had a fiery temper and a rather straightforward mind, so he doesn't bother to think about things that much.
In his view, at worst they would just have a real fight with Luo's army, as if they were afraid of Luo's army!
If all else fails, they have other channels to obtain more powerful weapons. At worst, they can find a way to buy a cannon. He doesn't believe that the Luo family army can withstand a cannon!
However, Black Whirlwind, the bandit leader of Erlong Mountain, shook his head and calmly said, "Brother, calm down. Don't always think about acting recklessly; you must use your brain!"
"The Luo family army is indeed troublesome, but their eccentric and domineering behavior has already offended a group of people they shouldn't have!"
"Next, all we need to do is take the lead and make some connections, and naturally someone will be willing to help us deal with the Luo family army!"