Chapter 24

First, the food supply for the 150 people had to be secured. This bandit village would likely be the same as other alien villages, splitting into several groups to hunt. Sure enough, before long, 40 people walked out of the village in four groups, departing in different directions.

Seeing this, Zhao Fu immediately split his forces into three groups to intercept them, while he personally led his men to follow the last group. Watching the group of men carrying blades and swaggering along from the tall grass, Zhao Fu called Bai Qi to his side and whispered his tactical plan into his ear.

Bai Qi's face showed a hint of embarrassment as he said, "Your Highness! I am afraid I cannot do that."

Hearing this, Zhao Fu turned his head to look at Liu Mei, who was standing nearby.

"What?"

Facing Zhao Fu's gaze, Liu Mei shuddered! A sense of foreboding immediately washed over her, and she hurriedly asked.

But after Zhao Fu explained briefly, Liu Mei's face lit up with joy. She took Bai Qi and three others and walked openly and brazenly toward that group of bandits.

"Hey! You lot, stop right there!"

Liu Mei led Bai Qi and the others in pursuit, shouting loudly at the bandits.

Hearing the voice, the group of bandits turned around to see a bewitching beauty in a red dress. Furthermore, there were only five of them, while their own side had ten, so they had nothing to fear. Leering with lust, they said, "What does the beauty want with us? Do you want to come and have some fun with us brothers?"

Liu Mei heard this and offered a charming smile. The next second, she whipped her lash, striking them fiercely. Bai Qi and the others also charged forward. The battle began and ended in an instant; Bai Qi alone killed four men, and the other three each killed one.

Liu Mei left three survivors on her side.

At this moment, Liu Mei gently flicked her whip and smiled seductively. "What was it you said earlier?"

The three bandits knelt on the ground, begging for mercy. "Heroine! We know we were wrong, please spare us this once!"

"Ah!"

No sooner had the bandit spoken than a whip lashed down on him with force. Liu Mei shouted in dissatisfaction, "Who's a heroine? I'm your great-aunt!"

The bandits nodded repeatedly, saying, "Yes, great-aunt, great-aunt..."

"That's more like it! Where are you from?" Liu Mei asked with a smile.

Hearing her question, the three bandits hurriedly replied that they were from Tiger Village, their leader was Wang Meng, and there were over two hundred fierce brothers in the village.

The three bandits mentioned Tiger Village and their leader, while also inflating the number of people in the village, hoping to intimidate Liu Mei into letting them go.

However, another whip lashed down on them, and the bandits cried out in pain. Three more bloody welts appeared on their bodies. Liu Mei snorted coldly and said, "What is Tiger Village worth? That guy named Wang Meng sounds like he's all talk and no action!"

The three bandits, cowed by Liu Mei's ruthless display, nodded and agreed.

Snap! Snap! Snap!

The whip struck them several more times. Liu Mei, looking somewhat dissatisfied, hummed lightly and said, "I didn't quite catch what you three said!"

The three bandits cried out in pain and hurriedly shouted at the top of their lungs, "Wang Meng is a coward, Wang Meng is useless, Wang Meng is a eunuch!"

"Giggle!"

Liu Mei let out a series of laughs, her ample chest heaving, and she lashed the three bandits again. "I still didn't hear you!" she said coquettishly.

The three bandits had no choice but to endure the pain and curse Wang Meng again.

Yet, while Liu Mei giggled, she continued to lash the three bandits with her whip.

Hidden to the side, Zhao Fu realized that Liu Mei might have some peculiar tastes, but since she was following his orders, he said nothing.

"Alright! Get lost and tell that Wang Meng to come over here and lick the soles of my shoes, or I'll finish him off."

After lashing the three bandits, Liu Mei felt refreshed and spoke with a happy smile.

When the battered and bruised bandits heard that this female demon was finally letting them go, they were overjoyed. They scrambled back to the village, exaggerating the story, claiming the woman wanted to skin Wang Meng alive, chop him into pieces, and force him to mate with a sow, and that she was now demanding he crawl over to lick her feet.

When Wang Meng heard this, rage surged into his heart. His face flushed red, and upon learning they only had five people, he shouted, "Brothers, follow me!"

Wang Meng then led over fifty men—more than half the village's combat strength—and marched aggressively toward where Liu Mei was located.

Before long, Wang Meng arrived at a relatively open clearing. Seeing Liu Mei, he shouted loudly, "So it's you, you stinking bitch! You're the one who said I should come and lick your feet? Today, I'm bringing my brothers to take turns with you!"

Hearing this, Liu Mei didn't get angry; she just smiled faintly, as there was no need to say anything to a dead man.

"Fire!"

At the command, arrows rained down, enveloping Wang Meng and his fifty men. Wang Meng's men were completely caught off guard, and they fell to the ground, dead, pierced by countless arrows.

Zhao Fu's other three squads had already intercepted the other three groups from Tiger Village. Now, Wang Meng's fifty men were facing the fire of 40 goblin crossbowmen and 60 archers. Caught completely off guard and without any cover, there was no way they could survive.

Including Wang Meng, all fifty-plus men were killed; not a single one survived!

Only then did Zhao Fu emerge from the hidden grass with his men and order them to clear the battlefield. He walked up to Wang Meng's corpse, searched him, and found only a small coin purse with a few dozen silver coins, though the large blade in his hand was of blue quality.

Afterward, the group headed toward Tiger Village. Liu Mei followed behind Zhao Fu with a smile. Zhao Fu turned to look at her and said softly, "You performed well this time!"

Originally, Zhao Fu had intended for Bai Qi to go out and provoke them, the more insulting the words the better. But Bai Qi was a general of a nation and could not bring himself to spout such filth, so he had let Liu Mei, a former bandit, do it. This time, Liu Mei deserved the most credit.

Liu Mei snorted lightly, no longer as restrained as before, and said smugly, "Of course! I'm quite capable, after all!"

Zhao Fu chuckled at this and said nothing more, for they had arrived at Tiger Village. With only forty or so people left, the village was no longer a threat.

At a signal, Bai Qi stepped forward and shouted, "You have all received the notification. Your leader and the others are dead. Surrender now, and I guarantee I will not kill you."

Seeing the three hundred enemies surrounding the village, the bandits inside thought it over several times and ultimately chose not to fight to the death, opting to surrender obediently instead.

Zhao Fu also found the blacksmith capable of forging iron armor—a man with slightly dark skin named Deng Li.

Subsequently, Zhao Fu went to the village hall and chose to occupy it. A notification indicated he had gained 50 battle merits. Since this village was quite far from Great Qin Village, Zhao Fu chose to relocate it, and a notification indicated that Great Qin Village had gained 280 experience points.

Then, another notification rang out!

"Congratulations! Great Qin Village has been upgraded to an Intermediate Village."

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