Published at 23rd of March 2018 10:13:39 AM
Chapter 41
Chapter 41 - Kobolds
Translator: Mr Voltaire
Editor: Modlawls123
A few hours later, Zhao Fu arrived at Nankou City in the private jet . There was then a private car to take Zhao Fu and the others to a high-class district .
The high-class district that Zhao Fu was taken to was one of the Ying family's assets . Not only was the scenery around it quite good, but the security was also quite high as well . There were a couple thousand people living here, and all of them had the Ying family's bloodline . Of course, these people were not from the main branch of the Ying family - those who were from the main branch lived in an even better place .
Here, Zhao Fu met his maternal grandparents . After they hugged him and cried for a while, they asked him why he hadn't returned to live with them .
Zhao Fu was grateful that he was able to see his maternal grandparents . As for why he hadn't returned to live with them, it was because he didn't want to be a burden to anyone . They were getting to be quite old, and Zhao Fu was unfamiliar with his other relatives on that side of the family . His maternal relatives were quite cold towards him, so he was not very interested in staying in contact with them .
Afterwards, Zhao Fu was given his own house . It was about 100 square meters in area and luxuriously decorated . There were all sorts of electronic appliances, and it was clear just how wealthy the Ying family was .
After turning on his brand-new computer, Zhao Fu went onto the Heaven Awaken World forum out of habit to see if there was any news . Right now, the other powers were developing slowly because creating a massive enterprise was something that took many months and years and could not be done in an instant .
Because the regions were all separated, many of the powerful families were fragmented and separated into different places . As such, they established guilds to recruit normal people . Of course, these normal people could not be disciplined and controlled like in the military because who would want to do such a thing after living in comfort in the real world?
Moreover, after players died, the penalties were incredibly onerous . Players lost all of their levels and equipment upon death, and they would not be able to enter the Heaven Awaken World for 10 days . Those who were not Lords would also randomly spawn in another place . Essentially, the players that guilds recruited were not very reliable and very few became elites that were nurtured by the large families .
Apart from the large and powerful families, there were also ordinary people who were doing quite well . After all, it was not just the large families that had great ambitions - chaotic times often produced heroes, and every person, regardless of birth, could become someone great . Even ordinary people who were not from large families were able to rise above the masses .
"Gu Jun led hundreds of players to take down a mountain stronghold with 1,000 people!"
"Liu Xiuming took hundreds of people to destroy 3 Outlander Villages!"
"Jiang Changshui received the recognition of a village and became the Village Chief of Sanjiang Village, obtaining 600 villagers!"
After looking through these threads, Zhao Fu once again returned to the Heaven Awaken World . Compared to the real world, Zhao Fu felt a greater sense of belonging in the Heaven Awaken World .
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After returning to the Heaven Awaken World and thinking about everything he had read on the forum, Zhao Fu felt a sense of pressure . He realized he could not be careless and started to carry out a census .
Right now, the Great Qin Village had 1,340 people, and there were 4 other Human Villages, 3 Goblin Villages, and 1 Gnome Village .
After these few days, those villages had gradually recovered . The 4 other Human Villages collectively had 524 people, the 3 Goblin Villages had 410 Goblins, and the Gnome Village had 189 Gnomes .
Zhao Fu went to the different villages and chose some more people to become Great Qin Soldiers . Now, there were 930 Great Qin soldiers, 150 Goblin soldiers, and 100 Gnome soldiers for a total of 1,180 soldiers .
However, Outlanders could also change their professions into Great Qin Soldier . There was no limit to how many Great Qin Soldiers there could be, nor were there any race requirements . It was just that each village had a military limit, and any additional soldier would not receive that village's stats .
As such, all 1,180 soldiers were Great Qin Soldiers, and they received the stat bonuses from their professions . 35 of them were responsible for exploring the passages, 245 were responsible for protecting the village, and Zhao Fu led the other 900 .
Zhao Fu led these 900 Soldiers and explored the region outside of the surrounding 20-kilometer radius . Things were much more convenient now with horses, but only a minority of them knew how to ride . As such, most of the soldiers still walked - after all, there were only 200 Cavalrymen .
Right now, Zhao Fu was riding Little Black, the Black Forest Horse King, at the front of the army while Little Grey walked beside them and sniffed around .
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Suddenly, Little Grey discovered something . It howled before running forwards, and Zhao Fu followed behind it on Little Black .
After a while, they discovered an Intermediate Village on a plain . It was an Outlander Village, and the beings that lived there had the head of a dog and the body of a human, looking quite like Kobolds .
It was a Kobold Village and had roughly 1,000 Kobolds . There were 700 Kobold soldiers and the remaining 300 were all elderly, women, or children .
The Kobold soldiers either held sabers or spears . Zhao Fu did not dare to get too close to observe because it was possible that their noses would be as sensitive as a normal dog's .
1,000 Kobolds was quite a large force . If there were only 500 or 600 Kobolds, they could wait until night time to ambush the village .
"What should we do?"
Zhao Fu suddenly thought of something and looked over at Little Grey . Little Grey, who had completed its task and was lying down to rest, suddenly felt a chill and turned to see Zhao Fu looking at it with an evil look . Immediately, Little Grey felt like running away .
This time, Zhao Fu didn't have to do anything . Little Black bit Little Grey's tail as revenge for the bullying from before . How could it give up a chance to take revenge?
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Little Grey turned around and howled to tell Little Black to let go . Little Grey knew from his shameless owner's look that he was having wicked thoughts .
Little Black also whinnied as it held on and seemed to smile as it revealed its white teeth . It seemed to be saying, "Heheh, the one who's going to suffer is you, not me; I'm just being a good and obedient boy!"
Little Grey was incredibly furious and turned to bite Little Black, that shameless horse . However, Little Black held on and constantly dodged .
Zhao Fu couldn't help but lightly laugh and said, "Alright, you can both stop!"
In actuality, Zhao Fu didn't want to make Little Grey do anything like last time . Rather, it was because he remembered how much of an advantage Little Grey's sensitive nose was!
However, an advantage could be turned into a disadvantage if abused . The Kobolds most likely had sensitive noses too, so Zhao Fu thought about how to make use of this . Zhao Fu took his soldiers back to the Great Qin Village so that they wouldn't inadvertently alert the Kobold Village .
After returning to the Great Qin Village, Zhao Fu gave the order for everyone to work on one thing: to collect chilis and then dry them over a stove before crushing them into powder . Zhao Fu and his soldiers prepared a few hundred kilograms of chili powder before confidently going back to the Kobold Village .