Chapter 582

Chapter 582: Principal Plus Interest

Luo Ji directly pinned the blame on the system.

What else could Long Taojia do?

Was he really going to ask the system what was going on?

The system would have to be haunted to pay him any mind.

This matter was clearly beyond explanation.

Just as Long Taojia was gnashing his teeth in hatred, Luo Ji unhurriedly sent another message.

“By the way, the City Lords of your three cities and two of your defensive generals are in my hands. If you want to redeem them, the price is fixed: five Silver-grade items.”

Looking at this message, Long Taojia’s heart twitched violently.

The feeling of having one’s cities sacked and then having the perpetrator reach out for ransom made him so angry he wanted to kill someone.

At the same time, this profiteer-like approach felt strangely familiar to him.

Thinking back, when he first heard the name “Luo Ji,” it had sounded like a name he’d heard before, but he couldn’t place it at the time, so he had pushed it to the back of his mind.

The name was Luo Ji, he had a beastman civilization, he emptied the warehouses of every city he invaded, and he loved kidnapping important officials to demand ransom from players…

When all these pieces of information were pieced together, the thoughts in Long Taojia’s head suddenly became clear.

“Fuck! Isn’t this the guy who was invading everyone a while back and ended up with a notorious reputation?!”

Recalling the information he had gathered from the public chat channel, Long Taojia couldn’t help but cover his face with his hand.

‘What bloody bad luck.‘

How did he run into this god of death?

This guy was already a famous “tough nut” in the Bronze rank.

Many people felt that if he just put in a bit more effort, he could break into the top hundred.

After experiencing this battle, Long Taojia was even more convinced of this.

He even felt that Luo Ji already had the strength to firmly break into the top fifty.

Facing such a ruthless person, Long Taojia’s heart instinctively shrunk back a bit.

“Brother, leave a way out for others so we can meet again in the future. Directly leveling two of my cities… isn’t that a bit much?”

Feeling the change in emotion revealed between Long Taojia’s lines, the corners of Luo Ji’s mouth curled up slightly.

“A bit much? I’ve always been one to repay a debt of gratitude and settle a grudge. You were the one who plotted against me first! Taking two cities as principal plus interest… I’d say I’m letting you off cheap.”

Long Taojia was completely bewildered upon seeing this.

In this world, it was perfectly normal to occasionally backstab a few people.

Of course, he had nothing to say about the other party coming for revenge, but the problem was—he had no memory of this at all!

When had he ever plotted against this god of death?

The other party had a beastman civilization; if he had truly done such a thing, it was impossible for him not to remember.

Just as he thought this, Long Taojia’s expression suddenly froze.

‘Wait! There actually was one.‘

There was one player whose territory he had invaded, only to realize the climate was wrong.

In the end, he didn’t even fight and had no idea about the opponent’s background.

He had simply played the “divert the trouble to the east” trick, backstabbing the opponent before leaving!

Recalling this, Long Taojia wished he could bang his head against a wall.

He remembered now—that player at the time was indeed called Luo Ji!

However, the man’s notorious reputation as the “god of death” of the Bronze rank only came about several months after that incident.

By then, he had long since put the matter out of his mind!

He usually had so much to deal with in his own civilization, and given his personality of never suffering a loss, he had backstabbed many people.

How could he remember every single one?

“God damn it!”

Long Taojia’s mental state was on the verge of collapsing.

If he had known that Luo Ji possessed a beastman civilization, he never would have played that trick before leaving!

He figured if he had just retreated quietly, the other party probably wouldn’t have held such a grudge.

For a moment, Long Taojia’s mood was incredibly complex.

If you called it anger, he was certainly angry.

If you called it depressed, he was extremely depressed!

But if he were to seek revenge, his rationality told him that a death match against a beastman civilization skilled in sieging and plundering was simply not worth it.

Furthermore, the opponent suspectedly had a talent for leveling cities.

If the war continued and the opponent attacked again, every city captured would be razed.

Was it easier for him to build a city, or for the opponent to level one?

Thinking of this, Long Taojia couldn’t help but feel a deep sense of powerlessness.

After a flurry of typing, he sent another message.

“Brother, now that you’ve collected both the principal and the interest, can we consider this matter settled?”

Seeing this message, Luo Ji grinned and replied with one word.

“Settled.”

He didn’t intend to drive the man to a dead end.

Besides, driving someone to a dead end wasn’t easy.

Looking at Long Taojia’s military display earlier, it was clear that if Luo Ji pushed too hard, the other man would definitely fight for his life.

To wipe out Long Taojia, it was impossible to do so without paying a price.

Now that things were stated clearly, why bother fighting to a mutual destruction?

However, a warning was still necessary.

As his thoughts spun, Luo Ji sent another message.

“As long as you don’t provoke me again, this matter is settled. Otherwise, next time, I’ll steamroll straight to your capital.”

The muscles in Long Taojia’s face twitched.

He knew Luo Ji was warning him.

Steamrolling to the capital was equivalent to total extermination.

For a moment, he lost the mood to haggle with Luo Ji.

He directly spent five Silver-grade items to redeem the three City Lords and two defensive generals from Luo Ji.

After closing the message window, Long Taojia clearly intended to crawl back to his own territory and focus on farming.

On the other side, after concluding the conversation, Luo Ji naturally continued the unfinished business at hand.

The drafted formal orders were quickly handed to the guards beside him to be delivered to the various beastman tribes.

When the Elephantman tribal chief, Xiang Yan, received the rearing guide from the guard, his reaction was one of profound gratitude.

His loyalty toward Luo Ji immediately jumped up by three points.

Clearly, it had been worrying about the Elephantman population for a long time.

Although Elephantmen had always been one of the least populous races among beastmen, during their ancestors’ prime, a single tribe could have several hundred members.

Dwindling to the point where the entire tribe had only fifteen members was something Xiang Yan felt ashamed of before its ancestors.

The guide and the construction plan for the Calf Rearing House sent by Luo Ji were exactly what it needed most.

As for the Minotaur tribe… those simple-minded fellows had been drinking and celebrating since their victorious return.

When the guard arrived to deliver the orders, he was dragged into their drinking session for a long time and ended up sleeping until dawn.

It wasn’t until noon the next day that he dragged his splitting headache to the Foxman and Kobold tribes to deliver the emperor’s decrees.