Chapter 32: Chapter 32: Best Friend’s Guess

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

This was the first time everyone had gone down the mountain since the establishment of the stronghold. Going down the mountain meant that they could do whatever they wanted at the foot of the mountain!

Most of them had not gone down the mountain for a long time. When they heard the news, they were extremely excited. They quickly picked up their weapons and prepared to go out for a feast.

Simultaneously…

The lords at the foot of the Blood Claw Village did not know what kind of disaster the raiders in the stronghold would face.

…

“Avril, what’s wrong?”

As her best friend, Nelia naturally cared about her very much.

However, Nelia found that her best friend’s days after school were always a little odd.

Usually, Avril would be in a daze for no reason. Sometimes, when the teacher asked Avril to answer questions, she would be stunned and not know what to say.

In the past, that was not the case!

Especially today, after Nelia’s silly bestie exited the game, she actually rolled around in bed strangely…

This kind of behavior tells her that there was definitely something wrong with Avril!

“I… I’m fine, I’m just a little dizzy…”

Avril used her hands to cover her face, trying her best to hide herself.

However, even if Avril covered her face, it was still difficult to hide the joy and shyness of a young girl.

“How could you get dizzy playing ‘People’s Lord’? This is a holographic real-life experience. Could it be that…you met the right person?”

Nelia saw through Avril’s disguise in a second and boldly guessed.

Nelia and Avril had been best friends for more than ten years. It was the first time Nelia saw Avril acting so abnormally. How could she not know what she was thinking?

“How… How is that possible? It’s not!”

Avril hid her gaze with a guilty look in her eyes.

“Hehe, could it be someone you met in the game?”

When Nelia saw Avril’s expression, she became even more certain.

However…when it came to the game, Nelia had played it with Avril.

The last time Nelia had unintentionally live-streamed with her best friend, she had not expected that her best friend’s village would have such an amazing subject. Nelia was so envious of her…

Nelia also knew that during this game’s novice period, Avril controlled her own territory. At this stage, Avril basically would not have any interactions with other players.

Then, where did this best friend of hers fall in love with someone…

It couldn’t be an NPC in the game, right?

“Really… No, I just feel that this game is a little difficult to play. I don’t know how to play it.”

Averting her eyes, Avril quickly changed the subject.

“By the way, Connie, how far has your village developed?”

Avril knew that if she kept being interrogated like this, she might be talked out by her best friend, and Nelia would find out that Avril had a thing for NPCs in the game.

So, Avril needed to hurry up and think of a way to lead Nelia to something else.

After all, Avril’s best friend was as good-looking as her who had countless pursuers.

However, Nelia is an out-and-out gaming expert!

“Oh, don’t mention it. There are only ten subjects in my village.”

“But recently I have been preparing to hunt tigers near the village. It is said that if you kill a tiger, you will get some resources and drawings.”

“When that time comes…I’ll be able to build an army, unlike you, who were so lucky to meet such a strong hidden NPC.”

When Nelia talked about the game, she was so engrossed in it that she forgot about her best friend’s question.

As Nelia talked, she actually did not recall what she had just thought.

“This game is too difficult to play. I still don’t know how to play it.”

Avril also chimed in. When she saw that the topic had changed, she heaved a sigh of relief.

“Speaking of which, you really are Versailles. You actually built a military camp so quickly. Hidden boss, please teach me.”

Nelia smacked the table and winked.

She, Nelia, was a gaming aficionado after all. How could she be so far behind her best friend?

This blow had hurt her self-esteem a lot. This was the first time she had fallen so far behind in gaming.

“Uh, this…should be luck, right?”

When Avril heard this, she stammered and couldn’t say anything. At first, she only said that she wanted to invest in Su Mu. She didn’t think much about gaming, but she didn’t expect her village to develop to such a powerful point.

…

Chang’an Village, in the military camp.

Lines of militiamen stood in place and received Su Mu’s training.

The sound of gongs and drums kept on ringing, and the shouting carried on.

The wind in spring, accompanied by every swing of the blades, brought with it the smell of sweat.

“Everyone has to swing their blades 200 times a day! Make 200 sets of spear movements!”

Su Mu stood on the stage and looked at the crowd sternly.

These militiamen could only increase their combat power by 10 points every day.

However, after Su Mu received the commander’s book and with the help of Yale, his training speed increased.

These soldiers could increase their combat power by at least 4 to 5 points every day. Some of them even had close to 10 points of combat power!

After two to three days, some of the farmers with good foundations had already successfully converted to militiamen.

If Su Mu was given some more time, he believed that it wouldn’t be long before a strong and well-trained army would emerge in his territory.

“These soldiers already have some basic form of training. As long as I train them diligently and see blood later, I will be able to forge an elite army!”

Nodding his head in satisfaction, he stood up and returned to the village.

Slowly walking into the village, looking at the busy villagers, Su Mu’s mind wandered.

“According to the time of my previous life, the mountain raiders will come out in full force in these few days.”

Su Mu frowned slightly and carefully calculated the plan.

The main purpose of the mountain raiders coming out in full force was to go to every village to collect grain and catch some strong men at the same time.

Although they were raiders, what they did was no different from an uprising.

When they had gathered enough resources and captured enough strong men, they would rise up with the five foreign races at a suitable time!

This was a bit like a strategy of surrounding the city from the countryside. First, they would let their subordinates develop at the bottom, and when the sparks of fire were completely dispersed, they would start a prairie fire that could not be stopped.

However, in this world, the bravery of an individual could often change the outcome of an entire battle.

Hence, no matter how many members these five races had, they would only be able to deal with the empire’s lords and generals in a matter of seconds.

“If the timing is right, a large number of Lord Players will be destroyed in the next few days.”

“Even if the lords are lucky enough to survive, I’m afraid they’ll be severely injured.”

Over the past few days, Su Mu had become more and more proficient in archery and spear throwing. He had continuously hunted wild boars and elk. Through such an efficient method, Su Mu had already raised the points of his combat power to 48.

However, after reaching this combat power, Su Mu realized that it would soon be very difficult to raise it if he continued to hunt.

In the future, Su Mu would only be able to increase his combat power if he killed higher-level creatures.

Fortunately, with Su Mu’s current training speed, he had already trained ten swordsmen and fifteen archers.

Although they had just advanced, their combat power was definitely not to be underestimated!

With his current batch of soldiers, consisting of more than twenty men, and the remaining ten militiamen that were close to the edge of a job change, it would not be a problem for him to fight against thirty to forty mountain raiders.

“However, the crux of the problem is that the leader of the raiders is not like the previous bunch. His combat power is at least close to 60!”