Offering the Perfume Formula
"Wait, we surrender!"
Vasili shouted loudly.
"We are willing to pledge our allegiance to you and become your subordinates to shut that monster up!"
Vasili was terrified that if he hesitated even a moment, his Orks.
"Subordinates? No, slaves! From this day forward, you are all my slaves!"
Chen Changhe gave Vasili a cold look.
Where did that arrogance go?
If you won't listen to reason, you'll have to suffer the consequences. Let's start by putting in the effort!
"From now on, anyone who works under me and achieves a certain amount of merit will receive a reward."
When the total bounty reaches ten gold coins, you can exchange it for your status as a free man and become a free citizen of the territory. Vasili, you can too...
Chen Changhe was prepared to give Vasili and his soldiers a good talking-to.
"Don't go too far! Don't forget I have so many men under my command; if we really fight, it will be a lose-lose situation!"
Vasili's eyes widened in fury, veins bulging on his forehead. His voice, hoarse and shrill with rage, seemed to pierce eardrums.
"Don't forget how many men I have under my command! They are all warriors who have been in the Northlands for many years. If they really fight you to the death, it will definitely be a lose-lose situation, a fight to the death!"
At that time, no one will benefit from this struggle!
He stared wide-eyed at Chen Changhe.
"Yeah?"
Chen Changhe didn't say anything, he just snapped his fingers.
The Orks had just stopped moving, continued to shove the unconscious warrior's head into its gaping maw, about to bite it off.
"Stop, stop, stop! Slaves it is!"
"However, I have some gold coins and valuables here, enough to buy our freedom!"
"Shut that monster up!"
Vasili's defenses have been breached.
What he said before was just harsh talk.
He was all too clear about the relative strengths of the two sides.
If this conflict continues, the fish will surely die, but the net will remain unharmed.
"Oh? Let me see the gold coins first!"
Chen Changhe was also surprised.
He hadn't expected that Vasili and his gang of bandits would be so wealthy.
Vasili had a total of 780 men.
At 10 gold coins per person, that would amount to seven or eight thousand gold coins.
How could he possibly get so many gold coins?
Chen Changhe was taken by Vasili to a temporary warehouse where gold coins and valuables were stored.
He was also somewhat shocked.
This Vasili is truly a talent.
They actually managed to get so many good things from the Northlands.
Chen Changhe could have seized these things by force.
After all, Vasili and his men had already become his slaves.
Their previous property should naturally belong to Chen Changhe.
However, Chen Changhe did not go too far.
His original intention was to recruit these people into Blackwater Fief as free citizens.
Not only them, but also the other slaves in the territory, Chen Changhe planned to use appropriate methods to grant them the status of free citizens.
Anyway, once Blackwater Fief develops well, under the influence of the Orkification Lord Talent...
All the people will be unconsciously Orkification, becoming devout believers in the Ork God.
As a member of their extended family, Chen Changhe was everything to them.
Slaves only lose their physical freedom.
They even surrendered their souls to Chen Changhe.
In this context, the terms "slave" and "freeman" are merely labels.
There's no need to care so much.
What surprised him even more was that Vasili had found a way to make ordinary people avoid the senses of the Corrupted Creatures.
Inside the room where the treasure was hidden, Vasili presented Chen Changhe with a note detailing the method for making Corruption Perfume.
Chen Changhe was overjoyed.
Upon venturing into the Northlands, the first threat the lords faced was the Corruption Mists.
Apart from the God's Chosen and lords who are protected by divine power, other creatures entering the Corruption Mists must constantly contend with the power of the Corruption Goddess.
If the fight against corruption fails and the body is invaded by corrupting forces, it will lose its original life form and become Corrupted Creatures.
However, this problem is easily solved.
All you need to do is carry enough Corruption Godstone at all times.
Compared to its effects, the price of the Corruption Godstone is not too expensive.
The vast majority of pioneering lords could afford it.
The second problem to solve is those Corrupted Creatures.
When the Corruption Mists appeared, all creatures living in the Northlands, as well as the corpses of invaders from the Beastfolk Kingdom, the Elves, and the Goblin Tribal Alliance, turned into Corrupted Creatures.
This number is truly astonishing.
In addition, Corrupted Creatures have been invading the territories of the Dragon Empire, the Beastfolk Kingdom, the Elves, and the Goblin Tribal Alliance from the Northlands for years.
Numerous victims were killed by the Corrupted Creatures, and their corpses, carried into the mist, transformed into new Corrupted Creatures.
Although over the years, a large number of Corrupted Creatures have been killed.
However, the total number not only did not decrease, but actually increased.
Some experts and scholars even believe that Corrupted Creatures have developed a certain degree of procreation.
They can combine with each other to form new Corrupted Creatures.
This claim seems rather absurd and quite unreasonable.
After all, Corrupted Creatures are already inanimate objects.
How can inanimate objects reproduce?
However, all indications suggest that this may already be true.
In short, the Northlands are teeming with Corrupted Creatures.
Lords who wish to operate in the Northlands must contend with a constant stream of Corrupted Creatures.
If the frequency of battles is too high and a mistake is made, the consequence will be death in the Northlands, becoming Corrupted Creatures.
"A perfume that can bewitch Corrupted Creatures..."
Chen Changhe's eyes gleamed with the light of gold coins.
Once it enters the market, it will surely be snapped up by those pioneering lords.
This is an inexhaustible gold mine.
"Besides you, who else knows the formula for this perfume?"
Chen Changhe hurriedly inquired about Vasili.
Vasili shook his head:
"Nobody."
He was also well aware of the value of this Corruption Perfume.
He personally oversaw every step of the process in creating the Corruption Perfume.
He even personally went to collect the raw materials.
All he knew was that Vasili had purchased a magical, Corruption Perfume through special channels.
Little did they know that the creator of this perfume was Vasili.
"Well done! Excellent work!"
"This is a great achievement for you!"
"I assure you, given time, I will give you a vast territory and make you a true lord!"
Chen Changhe made grand promises to Vasili.
"Thank you, Your Excellency!"
Vasili immediately knelt down on the ground. For some reason, he felt a greater sense of closeness to Chen Changhe.
He instinctively wanted to believe anything said.
It wasn't just him.
Even Chen Changhe didn't know the reason for this.
Because of the existence of Julia, the God's Chosen of the Ork, Chen Changhe can still utilize some of his Lord talents, such as Orkification, even without activating his territory.
In other words, Vasili's body is slowly changing towards Orkification.
The first things to be changed were his soul and his beliefs.