Chapter 412
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Chapter 412: The Bitter Cold Land
“The Bitter Cold Land…”
Jie Zichuan’s expression wasn’t feigned; he genuinely felt a deep sense of dread regarding the Bitter Cold Land.
Zhou Yi wasn’t an inflexible person, and he always listened to advice.
Besides, one escaping Hyenaman wasn’t a significant issue.
With that thought, Zhou Yi clearly abandoned the idea of sending people to pursue it.
He then instructed his soldiers.
“Quickly dispose of these corpses, and then we’ll withdraw tonight.”
To prevent an outbreak of disease, these corpses absolutely had to be dealt with.
His soldiers were quite skilled at such tasks.
After quickly piling all the bodies onto pre-arranged timber, Zhou Yi poured some lamp oil to act as an accelerant.
Then, with a gentle flick of his match, the entire pile of corpses immediately ignited.
After the corpses were thoroughly incinerated, as per Zhou Yi’s instructions, everyone raised their torches and traveled through the night, evacuating the northern mountain forest as quickly as possible.
The Hyena Queen’s head and a battle report arrived swiftly before Luo Ji 2 days later.
Opening the report, Luo Ji was satisfied, as Zhou Yi had done well this time, successfully clearing out the Hyenamen gathered in the northern mountain forest with very limited casualties.
Many details were also reported one by one: the Kobolds’ unruliness, a Hyenaman escaping north, and the matter of the Bitter Cold Land.
Zhou Yi had written about these in great detail in his report.
“The Bitter Cold Land?”
That area was unexplored territory for Luo Ji.
However, according to the report, Jie Zichuan seemed to know something about it.
It looked like he’d need to ask him about it later.
Aside from that, Luo Ji glanced at the wooden box containing the Hyena Queen’s head.
To be honest, he had no particular feelings about this war trophy; if anything, he thought it was quite ugly.
However, it was, after all, a trophy sent by a general under his command, so simply discarding it didn’t seem appropriate.
After some thought, Luo Ji decided to hand the head over to the Guard Captain He Liang, instructing him to have someone clean the Hyena Queen’s fur and flesh to turn it into a skull specimen.
At the same time, as if something came to mind, Luo Ji quickly pulled up his two special panels for a look, and a look of realization dawned on his face.
Sure enough, clearing out enemies within his own world could also earn Conquest Points and Beastman Points.
Although the difficulty of the clearance was too low, resulting in only one or two points per battle, even a mosquito’s leg is meat.
It was good to earn anything at all, and there was nothing to complain about.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Zhou Yi and his group simply rested for a day in White River City before beginning their return to Mirror City.
Luo Ji was quite understanding about this.
After all, they had spent nearly half a month in the northern mountain forest, and to be safe, they hadn’t rested much, evacuating the northern mountain forest overnight.
The soldiers were all exhausted, so resting in White River City for a day after sending the battle report was perfectly justifiable.
By the time Zhou Yi and his group arrived in Mirror City, it was already 2 days after the truce token had expired.
Luo Ji was clearly mentally prepared for being susceptible to invasions by other players again.
He remained perfectly calm, continuing with his usual duties.
After meeting Zhou Yi and the others, Luo Ji calmly gave them some simple rewards, which, of course, included the Kobolds.
Although Zhou Yi had mentioned their unruliness in the report, they had still contributed.
It wouldn’t be right to give them no rewards at all.
After the round of commendations, to avoid any complications, Luo Ji first instructed them all to retire and rest.
The next day, he quietly summoned Zhou Yi, Jie Zichuan, and Li Ke to gain a deeper understanding of the situation at the time.
“Li Ke, I’ll be direct. Regarding those Kobolds, you should know them better than I do. Will they truly rebel?”
Having received two commendations from Luo Ji, Li Ke’s loyalty had already reached 88 points, making him a truly trustworthy and loyal subject.
Facing Luo Ji’s question, Li Ke pondered for a moment before speaking.
“Kobolds are bullies who fear the strong and pick on the weak. They like to cling to powerful figures, essentially finding a backer. Under normal circumstances, they wouldn’t dare to rebel, unless…”
At this point, Li Ke’s voice paused, but Luo Ji, seated at the head, already understood.
“Unless we face an enemy stronger than us, right?”
“Yes.”
Li Ke nodded.
After Li Ke’s explanation, Luo Ji had a better understanding of the Kobold tribe.
He then shifted his gaze to Jie Zichuan.
“Jie Zichuan, I hear you know quite a bit about the Bitter Cold Land?”
Hearing this, Jie Zichuan immediately gave a wry smile.
“Actually, it’s not a secret. Our five tribes, which were entrenched in the northern mountain forest, all actually escaped from that Bitter Cold Land.”
“Escaped?”
“Yes, escaped.”
Jie Zichuan said, his face filled with bitterness.
“The living environment in the Bitter Cold Land is extremely harsh, not just because of the climate, but also because of the northern tribes living there…”
“Continue.”
“Among the northern tribes, there are many large and small tribes, but they are all basically subservient to two major tribes. Those smaller tribes must obey the orders of those two major tribes, and those two major tribes are the Winter Tribe and the Ice Bear Tribe…”
At this point, Jie Zichuan’s voice unconsciously carried a hint of panic as he recounted everything he knew.
North of the northern border, in the Bitter Cold Land, amid the swirling snow that almost obscured vision, a figure struck by several crossbow bolts struggled to flee against the wind and snow.
The scent of its blood attracted fierce beasts.
Those cursed creatures had already deemed it food, following closely behind, just waiting for it to die before rushing forward to feast on its flesh.
Severely wounded, it was certainly no match for those beasts.
Out of desperation, it could only flee north, hoping the endless snow of the Bitter Cold Land would scare away the creatures trailing it.
However, its keen sense of smell was now numbed by the cold wind and snow; it could barely detect any scent, making it impossible to confirm if the beasts were still following, nor did it have the energy to double back and check.
Finally, for the sake of its own life, it decided to run as far as it possibly could.
Just as the Hyenaman was thinking this, amidst the swirling snow, a colossal dark shadow, like a small mountain, appeared before it, accompanied by heavy footsteps.
A powerful oppressive sensation almost washed over it, threatening to stop its heart.
There was no time to think.
At that moment, it only heard a long shriek, a flash of black before its eyes, and a terrifying force, too overwhelming to resist, directly struck its body.
In that instant, it clearly heard the sound of its ribs and spine shattering, and its internal organs were pulverized into a bloody pulp.
Its body was sent flying an unknown number of meters before crashing heavily to the ground.
Dark red blood slowly seeped out, staining the surrounding snow.
Its eyes had already lost their last flicker of life.
