Lu Yao looked at the newly opened map.
Behind the mountains there was a large forest and plain, and along the edge of the forest there was indeed an astonishingly large salt pond shoal. In the middle of the mudflat stood a black castle, surrounded by a lingering grey mist.
The salt pond covers a large area, and many houses, sentry towers and pits have been built alongside it. Many small people have scooped salt water into one of the pits and set up furnaces around them to heat it up in order to extract the salt inside.
In addition to this, there were lumberjacks in the forests, quarrymen on the rocky posts, and pastures on the plains, where a large bird called the [Pacing Bird] was kept.
Just like its name, the pacing bird likes to walk around, it doesn’t fly, it’s not aggressive, and it’s raised as a meat bird.
The labourers are mostly wandering savages with bare hands and feet, organised to do this mechanical labour, involved in logging, quarrying, and refining salt …… Each savage has ropes wrapped around their bodies, connected to each other so that they cannot escape.
Those who commanded them, however, were not from the Salt Pond Tribe, but a humanoid monster with blue skin [Corruptor].
The Corruptor was the upper class here, supervising and directing the work of the humans.
Although they were called Corruptors, this group was not the kind of zombies that were senseless. Instead, they have a very clear division of labour and individual missions.
The Corruptors supervised every human’s labour, and issued warnings and reminders under their breath from time to time.
“No slacking off! Want to go without food! You! Pariahs, stand up quickly!”
“All for the great Whistle Blower!”
“By labouring, you too can become glorious corrupters and never fear death again!”
“Don’t be afraid of injury, don’t be afraid of labour, it is only after death that you will gain eternal life!”
“The Lord Knight will give the untouchables rewards for becoming Corruptors!”
This kind of bullying compulsion made Lu Yao look at him with wonder.
He remembered that the [Evil Bone Whistle] he had seized from Liza was made by the Whistle Blower, and it looked like this one should be a not-so-weak god.
The situation within the Salt Pond Tribe was a little more complicated than he had expected.
Lu Yao continued to observe.
He noticed that the little people of the Salt Pond Tribe who wore flax clothing were also very humble in the face of the Corrupted. This group of people were also just subordinates and henchmen of the Corruptors, doing foreign trade for the Corruptors in exchange for various commodities.
The real ruler of the Salt Pond Tribe was the Corruptor.
Lu Yao counted.
The number of Corruptors was small, twenty-five in total.
However, they were of a very high rank, with the lowest being LV12 and the highest even being as high as LV15, which was comparable to Isabelle just from the rank alone.
No wonder Liza had to cooperate with them even before, the cave monsters had to bow their heads even when facing the Corruptors.
Just because he hadn’t entered the battle mode, apart from being able to see the rank, Lu Yao wasn’t able to know the detailed values of this group of Corruptors, and couldn’t make a basic assessment of their combat power.
However, Isabelle gave her assessment, “My lord, they are not weak. I can tell the strength from the Faith Flame.”
“Is it necessary to execute them all?”
Lu Yao looked shocked.
Your two sentences before and after are unrelated.
Just now you say that they’re quite strong, and then later you say that they can all be executed?
He typed to confirm.
–You can handle these Corruptors?
“Yes, my lord.”
Isabelle said stoically, “But this is just the periphery, the real danger and controller is in the castle. I haven’t entered the castle yet, so I’m not sure about the opponent’s strength.”
Lu Yao was quite confident in Isabelle.
Since awakening her, Isabelle hadn’t encountered any real opponents, and it was nothing more than a matter of how long it took.
However, being careful was a good thing.
Lu Yao typed again.
–When you meet a strong enemy, can you escape?
“My lord, the enemy should be unable to leave that castle for some reason.”
Isabelle calmly analysed, “Otherwise, with the enemy’s strength that overrides ordinary Corruptors, as long as they leave that castle and enter the outside world, they can completely control the nearby area.”
“Right now, it looks like it’s likely because he’s restricted in some way.”
“Of course, these are also my inferences.”
“But I’m very confident that I can successfully retreat even if I don’t defeat the other party.”
While Isabelle couldn’t understand the mechanisms involved, Lu Yao did.
Whether the castle was a copy or not, there was definitely a boss inside.
In this novice area, the boss must not be able to walk around freely. Otherwise, the trainee god players simply have no way to play, and before a few populations are burned and robbed and abused by this group of high level monsters……
If this were true, the Garlic Tribe’s grave grass would be several metres high by now.
Lu Yao thought for a moment.
–Then do it and get rid of this Corruptor as soon as possible.
“Yes, my lord.”
Isabelle rushed from the mountains to the salt pond, and the nearest Corruptor immediately spotted her.
“Who are you! Stand still! Pariah!”
The [Battle in Progress] sign instantly surfaced above Isabelle’s head.
Lu Yao tapped on the battle interface.
Two Corruptors who were also Lv12 took on Isabelle.
……
[Corruptor LV12
Life Value: 240/240
Mana: 37/37
Damage: 10
Defence: 8
Speed: 7
[Stubborn LV6
Has a certain probability of being unaffected by spells.
[Rebirth LV6]
After death, if the body is not completely destroyed, there is a certain probability of resurrection.
……
These two abilities immediately put Lu Yao on alert.
Spell Immunity + Rebirth?
As an ordinary small monster, was this a bit too strong?
He muttered in his heart, could it be that this was the Simulator’s sanction for refusing to come out of the safe zone?
However, facing Isabelle, who was in the state of summoning the Holy Sword, the Corruptor still didn’t have the slightest chance. The huge gap in numbers turned them into mere sandbags with slightly thicker blood skins.
Holding the Holy Sword, Isabelle hacked over the two Corruptors, and the other Corruptors joined the fray, opening up a wheel-to-wheel meat grinder battle.
Lu Yao wasn’t worried about these small monsters, they couldn’t pose a substantial obstacle to Isabelle.
What he cared about was the castle wrapped in grey mist.
There were constantly Corruptors running out of the pixelated castle and joining the battle outside.
In this situation, a portion of the savages tied up with ropes tried to escape and were immediately executed on the spot by the other Corrupted. Seeing this, the other savages all of a sudden did not dare to move.
Thus the side of the salt pond became a two-threaded situation where those who were labouring were labouring and those who were fighting were fighting, a situation where they did not interfere with each other.
As the battle continued, some of the corrupted corpses on the ground pieced each other together and were reborn into new corrupted corpses, continuing the marathon battle with Isabelle.
The castle kept brushing monsters outwards, which was practically endless. Isabelle hacked over hundreds of Corruptors, and these monsters were still desperate to come back.
Even during this process, Isabelle had risen a level to LV16.
Lu Yao’s heart burst with ecstasy.
Could this be the legendary Monster Brush Point?
Brush well, brush the monsters hard for me!
Lu Yao ordered a fried potato and baked gluten. With a Coke, he watched Isabelle cut the grass and slash the monsters with relish, more soothing than if he had done it himself.
How he looked at the Corruptor now was good.
Stubborn is good, Reborn is good, both are good skills, and you guys are also first class good wild monsters! Refresh me, respawn me, and fight me hard!
A dialogue box appeared above Isabelle’s head while she fought on her side.
“My lord, the situation here is not right.”
“There hasn’t been any decrease in the number of Corruptors.”
“If we continue to fight, other Corruptors will also awaken from the castle, and the number is much higher than expected.”
“Perhaps the key reason is inside the castle. Should we go in now to check?”
Practising here was crucial, so don’t bother with useless things like that.
Lu Yao nibbled on the baked gluten while rapidly typing in the dialogue box.
–They’ll fight for as long as they want, until they’re completely victorious!
