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Chapter 35
Chapter 35: Plunder
[Host, please witness a rising new star. The neighboring transmigrator has completed ability fusion and successfully obtained the mechanism of the cannon from Chinese chess.]
(What does that mean?)
[Instantly killing all living beings through an intervening object. Even air or skin can serve as the mechanism’s medium. It ignores defense and ignores special effects. In the most literal sense, once the ability is activated, it is an instant kill.]
(Impressive. Then what is his transmigration mission?)
Е n û m̈а̌
[I did not ask. The original work of the world he transmigrated into is an adult smut novel. There are far too many parts that would never pass review, and the protagonist group’s combinations are even more numerous. In short, the situation there is even more complicated than your story line.]
[That transmigrator obtained this ability mainly to ensure that the male lead becomes pregnant with his child. When this System left, he was still busy.]
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(Damn it, do not bring this up while I am working. Now you are making me want to know how the plot develops!)
(But does that ability eliminate a group at once, or can it only eliminate one target at a time? If it can only eliminate one, then would he not have to...)
[Idiot. He can just directly eliminate the fertilized cell.]
The System, which had returned from visiting another world, once again began its daily sharing. Seeing that Oswald was indeed swamped with work, it shut its mouth and played soothing music in his mind.
W̄ е̌ b n̊ о̊ v̇ ѐ_l̄ Еn u̇m ǎ
The latest military report from Starfall City had already arrived in Ice City. Although it had been a great victory, Starfall City’s losses had not been small either. In particular, the new tactic developed by the enemy army gave even Oswald a headache.
Facts had proven that blindly turtling behind defenses would not work. Sooner or later, the Northern Territory would have to decide the outcome against the demon race’s army in open-field warfare.
Along with the military report came a letter written by Count Camero.
In the letter, he said that his daughter Lisa had already set out southward, and when the time came, she would personally report the specific situation to Oswald face-to-face.
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Lisa... Oswald tapped the table. For a moment, he could not remember this person’s name.
Oh, right. The Count did indeed have a daughter. In his previous life, she seemed to have died in a certain battle. She was a fringe character who had no information at all in the original work.
Ŵ еb ṅо̊v̀ е l̃ Е̊ñ û m̃а̃
However, since Count Camero had sent his daughter personally, he was probably coming to ask for money...
Oswald began worrying about money again. The cavalry was currently the only force he could count on to immediately bring him revenue. Since they had secretly infiltrated the Western Territory, no news had come from them for several days. He did not know whether they were proceeding smoothly.
People said that the three engines that drove economic growth were consumption, investment, and exports, but Oswald felt that those were all long-term plans. If one truly discussed short-term profits, then plunder was undoubtedly the most effective.
Even capital needed primitive accumulation. If the common people could not be made to suffer, then the nobles elsewhere could suffer a little. In any case, the entire Northern Territory wanted progress too badly. It was only right for everyone to lend a hand.
White clouds drifted lazily. At this moment, outside a nameless town somewhere in the Western Territory, a group of cavalrymen dressed as bandits were gathered on a hillside outside the town, holding their breath as they observed the movement in the forest below.
The Western Territory had many low hills and vast land, but little rainfall. The vegetation was sparser than in the Northern Territory, and only the forest could provide cover.
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Not long ago, a group of nobles had driven carriages out of the city. Judging from the tracks left by the wheels, the carriages were probably carrying a great many valuable things.
The cavalrymen did not act rashly. It was daytime, and it was not suitable for them to reveal their identities on their own initiative. Everyone had seen plenty of bandits before, but bandits who all had horses were probably impossible to find anywhere else in the entire kingdom.
Anyone with a mind for it would guess that this was an army from elsewhere taking advantage of the chaos to rob them.
“Sir, the number of undead is indeed over five thousand, but I did not find any trace of the bone dragon.” A scout quietly crept over and reported the situation below in a low voice.
“None of you should be careless. Before we set out, the Duke already instructed us that safety comes first.” The adjutant focused his mind and decided to stay still for the time being.
They had investigated very clearly. Although the town before them was small, its city wall was a full four meters high. In addition, it had an army of about a thousand people. If they defended from behind the city walls, these undead might not necessarily be able to get in.
Е ǹ um̂ ӑ . і d̈
Before long, a large mass of undead rushed out of the forest and marched toward the town in a grand tide.
For a time, alarm bells rang loudly atop the city. Before the undead even approached, the defenders fired arrows in complete disorder.
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“Are the soldiers of the Western Territory all idiots? They are actually using bows and arrows against the undead!”
“Where did their commander go? Why is there not even anyone directing them?”
The adjutant picked up his telescope. Seeing how chaotic and incompetent the defenders were, he could not help cursing them fiercely.
Damn it. How did this group of defenders have the face to call themselves soldiers? In terms of combat power, they were not even worthy to carry the Northern Army’s shoes!
Ẁ eb̈ n̊оv̈_ӗ l̈ Е̄n úm а
However, these defenders had even less of a bottom line than the cavalrymen imagined. By the time large numbers of undead surged almost completely unscathed beneath the city and had not even built a human ladder yet, those defenders threw away their weapons and fled in terror in every direction.
At the same time, the western city gate opened wide. Countless soldiers were the first to flee the city, followed immediately by common people crying and shouting loudly. It was as though they were afraid they would not attract the undead’s attention. Before long, they were already jammed at the city gate.
“This is going to cost lives...”
Seeing the undead quickly circle around the city and advance toward the western gate, every cavalryman’s face turned ashen. Even the adjutant lowered his telescope, not daring to watch the tragic scene that would follow.
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Back then, when Count Londo had faced tens of thousands of undead and the Undead Giant Python, he had still managed to fight while retreating, escort the surviving common people, and preserve his effective forces.
But what about these nobles and defenders? Every one of them cared only about protecting themselves. They had no sense of responsibility or duty whatsoever!
Ẇ е́b nо̆v̌ѐl̇ Е̇ṅ u m̄ а
The screams inside the town continued for an entire afternoon. During that time, someone opened the southern and northern gates, allowing some of the common people to successfully escape. But even more people ultimately died in this man-made catastrophe.
At night, as the undead continued chasing westward, the town soon became empty. The cavalrymen silently mounted their horses and cautiously entered the town, beginning to search for the wealth inside.
After confirming that the town was safe, the adjutant sent some men to build a warning perimeter outside the town while sending others on fast horses to notify Regiment Commander Red.
This suddenly rising undead disaster had first started in the Southern Territory, then reached the Northern Territory, and now had likewise erupted in the Western Territory’s lands.
Yet what was laughable was that in such a dangerous situation, not only had the Duke of the Western Territory failed to take it seriously, even the King in the Royal Capital had not paid attention to it so far.
Perhaps Oswald’s desperate gamble had given them confidence they should never have had...
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Most of the town’s buildings were well preserved. After all, there had been no decent resistance, so it was quite easy for the cavalrymen to search them.
Even though the nobles had already done everything they could to take away the wealth they had accumulated, when one cellar after another was smashed open, the amount of money inside still nearly blinded the cavalrymen.
“Sir, I found the granary. The grain inside...”
The adjutant smacked him on the head. “You ignorant fool. Move the money first!”
This continued for an entire night. The knights carried things back and forth more than a dozen times, and even the horses were exhausted and panting before they barely managed to empty the entire town of every valuable item.
Hiding in a stretch of mountain forest, this group of bandits began living a life of eating meat by the mouthful. They stuffed dried meat into their mouths as though it cost nothing.
Е ṅ ǔmа̀ . i d̈
The adjutant chewed on dried beef and counted the money bags again and again. Only after confirming that there were one hundred and fifty-three bags did he grin.
The Duke had said that when the time came, one-twentieth of this would belong to them. In other words, from tonight’s haul alone, each of them could receive more than forty silver coins.
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Aside from that, they had also plundered large amounts of luxury goods, as well as grain, weapons, leather, herbs, and other items. The pile on the ground looked like a small mountain.
However, they also knew that from now on, it would be very difficult for them to plunder an entire city’s wealth so freely again.
The greater the commotion caused by the undead, the faster the Western Territory knight order would arrive. They had to remain constantly vigilant so they would not run straight into the knight order’s spearpoints.
After resting until the afternoon, the militia units Red had sent finally arrived. They drove carriages and appeared before the cavalrymen with open swagger the entire way.
Е́ n̈ǔḿа .ī d̊.
The veins on the adjutant’s forehead twitched. He found the militia captain and reprimanded him, “You made such a huge spectacle. Are you not afraid of being discovered?”
The militia captain still had the simple and honest air of a farmer. He nodded and bowed as he answered, “Sir, no one is managing anything. On the road here, we did not really encounter anyone. Even the defenders at the passes all ran off. They were even begging our Northern Territory to take them in...”
Hearing this, the adjutant fell silent. He had indeed overestimated the quality of the Western Territory’s defenders.
“Fine, then. You must deliver these things intact into Regiment Commander Red’s hands. You must all strictly observe discipline, understood?”
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The militia captain nodded repeatedly. “Understood, understood. We might deceive anyone, but we would never deceive the Regiment Commander. The Regiment Commander treats us very well. He said that if we do a good job, we will be given priority for grain and weapons.”
These fellows really were honest... The adjutant scratched his cheek awkwardly. The treatment of regular troops was indeed a little higher. What the cavalrymen would receive was gold and silver.
E̊ n̈u m̈ а. іď
After sending off the militia transporting the supplies, the bandits—no, the cavalrymen—continued on the road in pursuit of the army of undead.
For a very long time after this, they would have to become the undead’s tagalongs.
Several days later, news of the undead outbreak in the Western Territory finally spread through every street and alley of the kingdom. It was said that half the towns in the Western Territory had already fallen into chaos, and the army of undead had not rested for even a moment. It was still marching toward the Western Territory’s capital, Duskmoon City.
When Frank heard the news, he was completely stunned.
The Northern Territory had cut through the mess decisively and even killed the Undead Giant Python. The Southern Territory was also powerful and well-resourced. On the surface, it seemed unable to resist and had asked for aid, but in reality, it had already blocked the undead’s advance.
Everyone else was quite fierce. So why had everything become so disgracefully useless once it reached the Western Territory?
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Frank was both shocked and furious. He immediately issued a royal edict to the Duke of the Western Territory, who was still vacationing in the Royal Capital, ordering the Duke’s entire family to hurry back at once and begin mobilizing troops to quell the undead unrest.
As a result, the Duke had barely left the city before he ran back to the palace in disgrace and requested that Frank send a force to escort him into Duskmoon City.
Frank: ???
Have I been giving you too pleasant a face? There are only a little over five thousand undead in the entire Western Territory. If I have the time to send troops to escort you, why would I not directly help you exterminate the army of undead?!
Frank gave the Duke a fierce scolding. In the end, after thinking it over, he still felt uneasy. If they really did run into some accident, would it not become his fault at that point?
He calmed himself down and ordered five hundred palace guards to accompany the Duke to the Western Territory.
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