Chapter 610: Chapter 624: Two Alliances
According to the information provided by Mr. Thief, there are a total of three hundred bandits on the entire mountain.
Apart from the bandit leader and his guard whose strength is unknown, the rest are at the Heaven Rank.
If we just compare by strength, the people from Newbie Village are simply no match for those on this mountain, unless they can also enhance their strength by killing enough wolf packs.
Contribution points can be exchanged for strength enhancement, much like how Mu Can uses contribution points to exchange for Medicine Power to increase his own strength.
On this mountain, however, just as described in the Guide, there is a huge treasure cave, which stores most of the wealth plundered by the bandits over the years.
The wealth alone is enough to tempt Mu Can and the other two, especially since the Guide also states that with enough wealth, you can exchange for good items from the village chief.
This village chief is a greedy fellow, who has never shown a friendly face to outsiders; however, offering enough wealth could win over the village chief.
It’s even possible to leave Newbie Village ahead of time, which is a huge temptation.
"What do you think we should do? I’ll follow your lead," Ye Feng looked at Mu Can and asked. With such a vast treasure before them, there’s no reason they wouldn’t take their chance.
Although they have limited numbers, this could also be an advantage. If too many people try to infiltrate, the difficulty would surely increase manifold.
"Don’t rush; let’s spread this news." Mu Can thought for a moment and said.
Those guys who entered Newbie Village with them are probably still teaming up to hunt down the wolves, nobody dares to attempt attacking the bandit’s mountain.
"Why?" Ye Feng looked at Mu Can, puzzled. They went through great effort to get this information, and now they’re just handing it over to others?
"Our strength is limited as of now, even sneaking in would be very dangerous, and it’s very possible we won’t even reach the treasure vault," Mu Can pondered and explained.
This mountain is currently like a huge treasure vault, but with their strength, Mu Can and the other two are not yet capable of seizing it.
So they have to think of other methods; dragging everyone down with them is definitely a good idea.
After briefly explaining his thoughts, Mu Can got the approval of the other two.
Da Zhuang, the bull-headed man, is simple-minded and physically strong, asking him to use his brain is not as effective as letting him wield an axe to chop people.
Ye Feng, being younger, has some small schemes, but they aren’t sufficient to strategize the big picture.
In the end, both appointed Mu Can as the military advisor, responsible for strategizing for the three of them.
After thinking it over, Mu Can had Ye Feng feed a poison to the pitiable bandit leader and then released him back to the mountain.
This person can’t be taken back to Newbie Village for now, but it’s not a simple matter to just let him go; it’s better to keep him under control.
The bandit leader was surprisingly cooperative, as long as he received an antidote from Ye Feng each month.
A limited freedom is still freedom; it’s delusional to expect someone who went to the mountains to become a bandit to have any high principles.
The three returned to Newbie Village, where many teams who had hunted the small wolves were organizing their spoils.
And the village chief and some villagers went back to their rooms.
Surprisingly, Mu Can and the other two discovered that the other teams had formed two loose alliances, which were slowly starting to hunt stronger wolf packs in units of alliances; and the leaders of both alliances had already broken through to Heaven Rank, showing the effectiveness of team hunting.
Mu Can signaled to Ye Feng and Da Zhuang, and the three acted quickly and separately.
In just half a day, Newbie Village was buzzing, with rumors from an unknown source claiming that the mountain concealing the bandits hid an incredible opportunity.
The rumors were convincing, even naming items like Divine Level artifacts, unique Cultivation Techniques, and Epic Level weapons, sounding utterly believable.
Upon hearing this news, the leaders of the two alliances gathered all their brothers from the alliance, putting aside their disputes over monsters to study the bandit-occupied mountain.
"If nothing unexpected happens, the most precious things in Newbie Village should be there. According to previous instances of the Glory Trial, although each location is different, the rules are generally the same; the more dangerous the place, the greater the reward," one leader-like figure said to the surrounding crowd.
The power of a moving crowd is immense; in just a short period, detailed information about that mountain was gleaned.
These people may lack Secret Manuals, but they’re not incompetent; the small wolves they hunted and gifted to the villagers also helped them gather information.
"They’re going to act!" After spreading the news, Mu Can and Ye Feng had already left Newbie Village and began hunting small wolves while others were away.
Before they attempted to fish in troubled waters, they wanted to elevate their strength to the level of Heaven Rank.
With Mu Can’s Elixir, coupled with Da Zhuang and Ye Feng, the three hunted small wolves with terrifying speed.
In a short time, each had accumulated several thousand contribution points; at this rate, they just need a little longer to amass enough points for a breakthrough to Heaven Rank.
Mu Can couldn’t help but feel amazed; strengthening from the All Things Realm to Heaven Rank normally would require accumulating enough Spiritual Power and a sufficient understanding of the Law of the plane.
But in the Glory Trial, just amassing enough contribution points allowed for a direct breakthrough, without even a bottleneck – terrifying indeed.
If future breakthroughs are all like this, no wonder the Great Powers are also keen to enter here.
Indeed, if trying to make a breakthrough in the real world, reaching their current realm would be despairingly difficult, but it’s different here. Just retrace the path from the All Things Realm to their current realm, and then they could break through their previous realm – a huge gain.
"Let’s kill some more, then we’ll leave," Mu Can estimated the time and said to the other two; by this time, the two alliances from Newbie Village should have finished their discussions and certainly won’t pass up the opportunity to enhance their strength; they will continue to come out and hunt small wolves.
Sure enough, as soon as Mu Can and the other two left, a large group of hunters for small wolves streamed out of Newbie Village.