Chapter 389
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Chapter 389: The Right Candidate
The day the truce token expired arrived quickly.
Luo Ji sat calmly in his office, waiting for the system notification of a player invasion to sound.
Whether Zongheng Tianxia had truly put aside their animosity would be known by their actions today.
However, nearly half an hour passed, and there was still no sound from the system notification.
This caused Luo Ji to raise an eyebrow in surprise, then his brows furrowed slightly.
Being invaded by old players at the exact moment the truce expired was indeed something many new players complained bitterly about, but from a certain perspective, it was also a good thing.
Because in such a situation, you could clearly know that as soon as the truce token’s effect ended, enemies would attack, which allowed you to prepare mentally and arrange your troops in advance.
Conversely, once you entered a state where enemies might not immediately invade after the truce token ended, it could be a bit harder to endure.
The reason was that enemies would invade at a time you couldn’t determine, invisibly adding more unknowns and difficulty.
His finger gently tapped on the desk.
He had, of course, encountered something similar once when he was unranked, but at that time, his fearsome reputation had already spread far and wide; unranked players generally dared not provoke him, the great demon king.
But what was the situation now?
Although he had just leveled up and was immediately targeted by Zongheng Tianxia’s players, even engaging in a standoff with this alliance for a while.
Overall, among the many players in the Bronze rank, he should be relatively low-key, right?
With this thought, Luo Ji specifically opened the Bronze rank leaderboard to check his ranking.
Although he had achieved continuous victories, his ranking was still only at 381.
To be honest, this ranking had no deterrent power whatsoever.
Why had he suddenly become idle?
For a moment, Luo Ji, unaware that his fame had already spread far and wide, fell into deep contemplation.
He actually quite enjoyed defensive battles.
Given the advantage of terrain, winning defensive battles and getting a treasure chest was more than enough for him.
Furthermore, capturing surrendered soldiers and expanding his military force was what Luo Ji wanted to do most at this moment.
With good luck, he might even get an ‘artifact.’
For example, ‘Li Yuanjie’s Artifact’ was currently lying in Luo Ji’s backpack slot; he had no intention of opening it for now.
He estimated that Li Yuanjie, as a player whose development relied solely on burning, killing, and plundering, should have a considerable amount of Civilization Points.
But he didn’t need that many Civilization Points for now, so he simply stored this amount as an ‘artifact’ and would open it when needed.
Incidentally, Luo Ji also kept the golden treasure chest he had earned before, storing it in the system warehouse.
On one hand, he wasn’t particularly lacking anything right now, so there was no need to keep opening treasure chests.
On the other hand, he believed in metaphysics.
And he planned to accumulate more treasure chests and open them all at once, feeling that this would increase the chances of getting good items.
Regaining some spirits, constantly guarding against other players not invading wasn’t a solution either.
This rare tranquility, as a newbie, meant that while no one was attacking, he should quickly develop steadily.
Cultivating a future through caution was the true path.
Luo Ji undoubtedly understood the essence of cautious development.
While issuing several commands to the defending generals of the border cities to remain vigilant and not relax their guard, development within Myriad World Civilization still needed to proceed quickly.
As the saying goes, to deal with external threats, one must first ensure internal stability.
The northern barbarians had already begun to annoy Luo Ji.
He decided to take this opportunity to deal with them.
And upon closer thought, after capturing those barbarians, he could also expand his military force.
For Luo Ji, who was short on troops, this was also a good thing.
The troublesome part, however, was that to launch an offensive, he first needed to ascertain the locations of the northern barbarian camps, which were not easy to find, especially with a large area of difficult mountain forests in between.
He needed to find a unit that was agile, flexible in action, and adaptable to the terrain.
Liu Meng’s sword-shield troop was a suitable choice, but proactively engaging in combat in terrain unfavorable to them would undoubtedly result in considerable casualties.
Luo Ji, who had only just recovered half his forces from the great battle with Li Yuanjie, did not wish to suffer another wave of losses.
With this thought, Luo Ji immediately thought of an even more suitable candidate.
“He Liang, issue a command, and tell Li Ke to come see me.”
Yes, agile and flexible. How could ordinary human soldiers compare to the wolf tribe?
Most importantly, with the addition of the wolfmen’s noses, finding the northern barbarian camps would likely be much easier for them than for other troops.
“This humble general, Li Ke, pays his respects to Your Majesty!”
Li Ke arrived quickly.
Over this period, he was clearly in a very good mood.
The large influx of human merchants and the opened shops had brought new development and vitality to their wolfman tribe.
After Li Yuanjie’s death, as the new wolf tribe chief, he was undoubtedly pleased to see such a situation.
Subtly, his loyalty to Luo Ji was steadily increasing.
Currently, Li Ke’s loyalty had reached over 80 points, essentially making him a trustworthy general.
This was the main reason Luo Ji was willing to assign this task to the wolf tribe.
“Li Ke, I have a task I need your wolf tribe warriors to undertake…”
Li Ke’s nerves tightened slightly upon hearing this.
He was somewhat worried that Luo Ji would order him to do something that violated wolf tribe traditions.
Their wolf tribe had seen a resurgence since submitting to Myriad World Civilization, even vaguely feeling as if they were developing better than before.
At such a critical moment, Li Ke truly did not wish to face anything that would put him in a difficult position.
Luo Ji, who was unaware of what Li Ke was thinking, directly explained the entire situation with the northern barbarians from beginning to end.
After hearing the full story, Li Ke secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Those northern barbarians plundering their surrounding food resources and harassing their border cities were actions not allowed even within the beastman world.
It was only natural for Luo Ji to retaliate and eliminate the northern barbarian tribes!
This matter did not violate their wolf tribe’s traditions.
It now seemed that Luo Ji was indeed fulfilling his promise at that time.
Subtly, Li Ke’s loyalty to Luo Ji increased by another 2 points.
