Chapter 80
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Chapter 80: Ancient Scoundrels
[System Notification: Congratulations to player ‘Luo Ji’ for increasing his Leadership level!]
[System Notification: Congratulations to player ‘Luo Ji’ for acquiring the tactic ‘Driving Wolves to Devour a Tiger!’]
Before Luo Ji could fully react, the two consecutive system notifications in his mind made his expression freeze, then a look of ecstasy quickly appeared on his face.
“Damn! Finally upgraded?!”
Since becoming a player, he had experienced many battles, big and small.
Almost every time, he personally led troops into battle.
If there was such a thing as experience points, he must have accumulated a lot.
Yet, his 5 star potential Leadership had remained stagnant.
This had secretly made Luo Ji anxious, but this time, it finally upgraded!
He quickly opened his attribute panel to confirm.
Looking at his Leadership, which had grown to 3 stars, Luo Ji clenched his fist, then quickly took two deep breaths to calm his excited emotions, lest he suddenly shout out in the middle of the night.
The Leadership level increasing from 2 stars to 3 stars had a significant impact on Luo Ji’s attribute panel because both his ‘Ruler’ talent and ‘Inspire Morale’ skill were affected by his Leadership level.
Now that his Leadership level had increased, the effects of the talent and skill influenced by Leadership naturally improved as well!
[Ruler (Talent): As an excellent ruler, your civilization is impregnable. All citizens receive a default +10 loyalty, civilization development speed increases by 30%, and the combat power of the army you lead increases by 30%]
[Inspire Morale (Active): After activation, the overall morale increases by 45% through simple words and actions]
The change in the Ruler talent was that both civilization development speed and the combat power of the led army increased by an additional 10% compared to before.
The ‘Inspire Morale’ skill, on the other hand, had a larger increase, from 30% to 45%, directly increasing by 15%!
Additionally, the ‘Tactics’ section, which should have been empty, now had a tactic named ‘Driving Wolves to Devour a Tiger.’
Luo Ji tapped on this tactic, and the detailed description window immediately expanded.
[Driving Wolves to Devour a Tiger: When there are three or more factions, including your own, on the battlefield, the success rate of provoking or luring two other factions to fight each other increases by 15%]
After reading the description of this tactic, Luo Ji stroked his chin, pondering for a moment.
Simply put, to use this technique well, it required a bit of skill and was not as simple to use as a skill like ‘Inspire Morale.’
However, if used well, it could directly change the situation of a melee, and could even allow him to achieve a, ‘When the snipe and clam grapple, the fisherman benefits’ effect.
With this thought, Luo Ji immediately had a plan.
He closed his attribute panel.
Looking at the sky, it was clearly impossible to rush back overnight.
The most important thing was the carcasses of the wolves and the saber-toothed tiger.
They couldn’t just wastefully leave them all there, could they?
They definitely had to be taken back!
Thus, he didn’t mind the saber-toothed tiger’s smelly den anymore.
He first gathered some branches, built a bonfire, and then settled for a night in the cave.
The night passed uneventfully.
The next morning, Luo Ji, having slept in a cave, felt a soreness all over his body.
After a brief rest, he gathered his people, hoisted the carcasses of the hungry wolves and the saber-toothed tiger, and the group set off quite conspicuously on the way back to the Mirror Tribe.
The gains from this trip had definitely exceeded several days’ worth of work for the hunting team, even though wolf meat didn’t taste good.
On the way back, everyone remained quite cautious.
After all, with so many carcasses, the density of the bloody scent was imaginable.
It was almost like activating a wide-range, indiscriminate taunt skill.
Earlier, they were in the saber-toothed tiger’s territory, where other wild beasts dared not approach.
But now, they had left that dense forest, and carnivorous beasts that sniffed out the bloody scent would probably track them down!
Just as Luo Ji was thinking this, a group of beasts entered his line of sight in the distance.
There were about thirteen or fourteen of them.
Their size was similar to wolves, but in terms of appearance, they looked more like dogs than wolves.
Their fur was brownish, covered with numerous irregular blackish-brown spots, giving them a dirty first impression.
Their appearance was truly unappealing.
Of course, they probably didn’t need to be appealing.
Luo Ji, who had done his homework recently, immediately recognized that this group of carnivorous animals in the distance are hyenas!
“It seems that life in these icy, snowy days is hard.”
“The hyenas, normally nocturnal animals, are now forced to come out during the day to hunt for food…”
Luo Ji’s face was full of bitterness as he spoke, sounding as if he was trying to find joy in suffering.
If wolf packs were the army of the animal world, then the hyenas before them should be categorized as thugs and hooligans.
Of course, this didn’t mean they were weak.
In reality, hyenas, with their thick hides and surprisingly strong power, were not easy to deal with at all.
So, ‘thugs and hooligans’ referred to their despicable, cunning, and insatiable nature!
Being targeted by them was definitely not a good thing.
Even if they didn’t attack immediately, these hyenas would absolutely not just leave obediently.
They would follow until they achieved their goal.
At the same time, don’t think that a small trick, like casually dropping a carcass as food, would save them.
If that were the case, they wouldn’t be described as insatiable!
“Chief, they’re still following us.”
Luo Yong’s face was solemn as he said this.
“Why don’t we just fight them directly? With our numbers, it’s not impossible to win!”
“That’s right, we can’t let them keep following us. If they discover the tribe’s location, given these beasts’ nature, they’ll probably loiter outside the tribe every day afterward…”
As the former chief of the Black Jackal Tribe, Black Jackal had clearly suffered greatly from them before.
Now, when mentioning these hyenas, his tone was laced with gnashing teeth.
Luo Ji nodded, clearly agreeing with both of their statements.
Making these insatiable creatures retreat from difficulty seemed too hard.
It looked like this battle was unavoidable.
With that in mind, Luo Ji briefly sorted his thoughts before speaking.
“Everyone, keep moving forward, and act according to my instructions as you go.”
At this point, Luo Ji paused for two seconds before speaking again.
“Slingers in the back, move to the very front of the formation first.”
“Then Black Jackal and Luo Yong, retreat to the very back.”
“Once the battle begins, four warriors will be specifically responsible for protecting the slingers’ safety.”
“The others will spread out to cover Luo Yong and Black Jackal during the fight.”
“If you understand, then let’s move!”
