Chapter 84 – Harvest

These slaves numbered quite a few, possibly over a hundred. Compared to the commonly seen goblins and kobolds in the wild, these small creatures appeared much thinner and weaker, with scabbed wounds covering their bodies.

They were likely used as slaves in the orchard area, performing simple tasks like loosening soil, watering, and weeding.

Hmm, it seemed there was more to it than that.

With the sharp eyes of the Hurricane Falcon piercing through the treetops, Mu Yuan noticed more details. Many fruit trees had partially buried corpses around their roots, faintly recognizable by their green skin, dog-like heads, and other features.

Wow, this was a full-service industry from slavery to fertilizer. This Snakefolk Tribe was quite advanced.

The orchard was an important resource site, so Mu Yuan immediately dispatched a group of Skeleton Warriors and Specters to take over.

However, when his troops stepped into this forested area, the previously dull, sluggish, and obediently resting goblins and other monsters under the tree shadows suddenly had their eyes glow with a faint crimson. Their stiff faces twisted grotesquely, with veins bulging out, appearing ferocious and morbid.

They roared and fearlessly charged at the Skeleton Warriors who were ten or even a hundred times stronger than them.

Then they quickly met their demise.

Mu Yuan scratched his head, “What’s the logic here? They were so docile when kept by the Snakemen.” And he was the Hero who had eliminated the great villains, the Snakemen, although… he had never intended to rescue these goblins.

But he still couldn’t stand this injustice!

While pondering the deeper reasons, Mu Yuan continued directing his skeletons through mental commands. Of course, after the major battle, his Mental Link was no longer connected to all his troops. Otherwise, even with Deadbone acting as a relay, Lord Mu would have been completely drained.

At this moment, he was only linked to Bone Three and Bone Four. These two Skeleton Generals, whose intelligence had significantly improved after evolution, served as temporary commanders to relay his orders.

Meanwhile, he used the War Falcon’s vision to circle the orchard several times, conducting a simple survey.

“There are at least over two thousand Snakescale Fruits here. Of course, the vast majority of them are unripe, and the unit price of Snakescale Fruits isn’t as high as the neighboring Crimson Blood Fruits, but…”

The quantity is massive, super massive!

This batch of Snakescale Fruits alone represents a huge fortune.

“There are 13 rare-grade Treasures ‘Snakeblood Fruits’ in total, two of which are ready for harvest.”

Mu Yuan had already remotely directed Bone Three to bring over several Skeleton Warriors to build a ‘bone ladder’ and carefully pick them.

Compared to the Snakescale Fruits and Snakeblood Fruits, the land itself was equally valuable. Being able to nurture large quantities of graded Materials undoubtedly made it a resource site.

If he were already an official Lord, he might have heard a prompt like:

「Ding! Notification: Your troops have discovered a Tier 1 resource site ‘Serpent Scale Fruit Forest’ blah blah…」

“With a Shrine and a resource site, this place is quite suitable for establishing an outpost, but it’ll have to wait until after the Lord trial.”

He contemplated.

Dolai had already led a large group of history, skeleton, and soul troops to thoroughly search the entire Snakefolk Tribe inside and out, with remarkable efficiency.

Moreover, Dolai’s arithmetic skills were self-taught and naturally acquired, having somehow mastered addition and subtraction within 100. Truly a Genius.

“Guji~” (57 ordinary-grade Remnant Souls guji~!)Among them were 36 Random Remnant Souls, 11 two-star Snakemen Remnant Souls, and 10 three-star Snakemen Warrior Remnant Souls. There were also two rare-grade Random Remnant Souls.

The amount of Soul Sand was too much for Dolai to count quickly, but large piles of Soul Sand had already begun to aggregate, forming two and a half Soul Crystals.

Dolai: “???” So it had been counting for nothing!

There were countless other miscellaneous spoils, making it difficult to tally them all for now. However, among these items, only about a dozen were tiered equipment, and there were no truly high-value Treasures.

In the most luxurious hall of the Snakefolk Tribe, which was covered with thick animal hides and decorated with various skulls of beasts and monsters, there were signs of hasty looting.

This definitely wasn’t the work of some thief snatching his spoils; it was more likely that…

The leader of the Snakefolk Tribe had fled.

After all, even when raiding a Goblin Camp, they had encountered a rare three-star Goblin Chieftain. It seemed unreasonable that such a large Snakefolk Tribe would only have rare one-star monsters as the highest-level threats throughout.

“But would a monster leader actually flee?”

Typically, no. But considering this tribe kept slaves and even had a revivable Giant Snake Totem… the idea of a monster leader running away didn’t seem so strange anymore.

Dolai continued looting, determined to dig three feet into the ground. To do so, it morphed its two giant palms into huge shovels and began digging everywhere with great effort.

Meanwhile, after 6 minutes and 36 seconds, Deadbone finally completely destroyed and purified the Totem’s foundation.

“Purification doesn’t require extra energy from the Lord or Heroes, but the higher the level of the target, the longer the purification takes. This means tactics like sneaking into the enemy camp to destroy the crystal won’t work.”

Ding!

“Prompt:…”

The notification sound rang out at the perfect moment, and strands of glorious light bestowed by the heavens descended.

One after another, white and green light orbs appeared, radiating an enticing glow.

Lord Mu rubbed his hands together.

“Saving the world is something we players are duty-bound to do!”

Please, let this happen many more times!

Deadbone began opening the orbs.

The first orb yielded 3 Soul Crystals, while the second produced the rare-grade Treasure ‘Experience Stone: Broken Blade Dancer.’

“This is an experience stone for a rare three-star unit… Well, Deadbone could play around with it.”

Don’t think that the Undead Emperor doesn’t need to learn. Creating skills requires a foundation; it can’t conjure something from nothing. Controlling Bone Spikes and Bone Joint Swords in combat demands advanced techniques and rich experience.

Although the Broken Blade Dancer and the Dance of Bones are completely different, he believed Deadbone could absorb useful experience and integrate it on its own.

Next, they obtained one rare-grade Random Remnant Soul and one remnant soul of the rare three-star unit ‘Royal Griffin.’

Including previous drops, this made a total of four rare units.

“The rare random one should be sold, but this Royal Griffin…”

With its lion-like appearance, majestic eagle wings, and golden shimmer all over its body… the Royal Griffin was a unit with impressive looks—among rare-grade units.

Most importantly, compared to the smaller Hurricane Falcon, the Royal Griffin could be ridden.

Who wouldn’t want to ride a mount and stand in the heavens?

But as reason returned, Mu Yuan shook his head. In the end, the Royal Griffin was just for fun. Even if it could carry a rider… as if he’d dare to ride a griffin into the Nine Heavens.

He really didn’t dare!

Better to find a way to become a Dragon Rider in the future.At this moment, only one last green orb remained. Deadbone stepped forward and opened it, causing a Miracle Blueprint shimmering with faint radiance to drift out and hover half a meter above the ground.

It was a blueprint named ‘Watchtower’.

「Watchtower」

「Grade: Rare」

「Description: A special structure that can be constructed outside the territory’s coverage range, possessing the function of revealing vision.」

「Hint: You have not yet been promoted to a formal Lord and cannot construct this special building.」

(End of Chapter)