Chapter 629: Chapter 470, Ma Hong’s Territory_3
Official teams refer to city teams within the Federation.
“How many people are in the Robber Camp?” Fang Hao showed an interest.
Robber camps themselves are also considered exploration bases.
Clearing a camp could also yield chest rewards.
He might not deliberately attempt to clear out this robber team, but it would be helpful to know the enemy in case of a confrontation.
“According to refugees who traveled through here, there are nearly a thousand. As you know, few people here are able to count properly, so they only have a rough estimate, and can’t describe the exact number,” said Ma Hong.
A robber group of nearly a thousand people is indeed considered a large-scale team.
As for their own team dispatched from Lyss City, the one they were escorting had only nearly two thousand people.
If the enemy launched a surprise attack, it could potentially cause severe damage.
“Are you clear on the heroes and the soldier levels?” Fang Hao continued to ask.
Ma Hong shook his head, “The refugees couldn’t explain clearly. Back then, because I feared that the robbers would attack, I specifically inquired about it and added defenses on the city wall. In the end, the robbers didn’t attack, so I didn’t pay much attention to these matters.”
Fang Hao nodded, indicating that he understood.
To put it straightforwardly, in the case of being unable to use the Bone Dragon and Undead abilities, this robber named ‘Life-taker’ did pose a threat to this team.
At the same time, Ma Hong also mentioned that robbers generally would not attack passing teams.
He hoped that both parties would avoid trouble for each other.
If they hindered his journey, Fang Hao swore to send the Bone Dragon overnight and clear out the robber’s camp.
After chatting a few more words with Ma Hong, the sky gradually dimmed.
Fang Hao leisurely rose, intending to return to his place to rest.
Hearing that Fang Hao was leaving, Ma Hong breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Fang Hao had a high reputation in the channel and was supported by most transmigrators,
when he saw Fang Hao’s true strength, it was still awe-inspiring.
Thousands of soldiers, carts packed with supplies.
A large number of higher-level soldiers, and orange-grade heroes — any of which he could not compete with.
He only now realized the gap between him and the true power players.
In this chaotic continent, there were no rules or laws.
The rule on this continent was the survival of the fittest.
Even if Fang Hao wanted to occupy his territory, he had no means to resist.
The fact that Fang Hao had no interest in his territory at all was what he most wanted to see.
After seeing Fang Hao out of the Lord’s Mansion and instructing his people to prepare all kinds of goods for Fang Hao, he returned to his own room to rest.
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The next morning.
The team started to pack up tents. The army gradually left Ma Hong’s territory and continued on their journey.
At departure, Ma Hong bid them farewell, “Mr. Fang Hao, keep in touch when you have time!”
Fang Hao nodded and waved goodbye to Ma Hong as well.
As the team gradually moved away, Ma Hong, who was standing at the door, heaved a deep sigh of relief.
Finally, he had sent Fang Hao off.
Even if Fang Hao was courteous, he still brought an enormous pressure.
He didn’t sleep well the previous night.
Waking up several times, he dreamt that he was dragged off by two orange heroes and beheaded.
“Lord, will we continue hunting today?”
The militia’s inquiry brought Ma Hong back to reality.
Ma Hong felt his own neck, “Yes, let everyone go hunting. I’ll go back and rest first. Call me if anything happens.”
“Yes, Lord.”
After that, the militia organized and began to go hunting in small groups.
…
As time passed, the team from Lyss City traveled away two days at a time.
The speed of the team was not slow, and even because of the Dwarf carts, it relieved the burden on the horses, allowing them to travel twice as fast as before.
Fang Hao sat in the cart, looking a bit tired due to the fatigue of the journey.
The large map on the Book of Lords automatically recorded the South’s unlocked map status.
They could see that they were already quite far away from the main city.
Suddenly, night fell once more.
This time, they were not so lucky to have any cities nearby for them to stay the night.
The team selected an open location and started to set up camp and build a temporary base.
Rebecca and Fang Hao each arranged for people to scout the surrounding area.
They drove away and killed nearby beasts.
Fang Hao jumped off the carriage, stretched his sore back.
He opened the Book of Lords and started to make some tools to assist the soldiers in establishing defenses more quickly.
As for dinner, Fang Hao prepared hot pot ingredients, as well as a lot of meat and vegetables.
Even in the tents, there were mattresses and quilts taken out from his storage space.
There were even complete sets of pajamas.
If it weren’t for the fact that they were passing through for one night, Fang Hao could have directly set up a new camp from here.
After dinner, Fang Hao returned to his own tent.
The surrounding tents belonged to people like Demitrija and Aseti, so he didn’t need to worry about safety.
Additionally, there were a lot of people on rotational night watches.
…
Late at night.
In a forest south of the temporary silver mine.
The hazy moonlight, like a fog woven from silver gauze, enveloped the whole forest.
Clip-clop! Clip-clop!
Urgent hooves rustled in the dark forest.
Under the moonlight, a knight dressed in leather armor continually urged his horse to speed up, harness in hand.
Non-stop travel.
Eventually, he stopped before a concealed fort in the forest.
The knight spoke loudly to the person on the fort gate.
The fort gate opened, and the knight hurriedly walked towards the central building.
He pushed open the building gate and walked directly in.
In the room, several people appeared to be waiting for the knight’s return.
The knight went to the middle and declared loudly, “Big, I found the military camp from Lyss City. At least a thousand people and they’re expected to arrive here by tomorrow noon.”
“Did you see Rebecca? She is worth fifty thousand Gold Coins,” a deep voice echoed from the front.