Hooves thundered, kicking up rolling snowflakes, as the troop led by Esdeath charged in a straight line, raiding the campsite where the Chinubi Tribe was stationed.
More than a dozen horses galloped across the snow together, scaring away the white rabbits poking their heads out from the snow from dozens of meters away.
“Captain Esdeath, we’ll be there once we cross the slope ahead.” Jietan tried hard to suppress the excitement in his heart.
“Should we charge in directly, or send someone to scout the situation at their camp first?”
Generally speaking, for the sake of caution, scouting the enemy camp’s forces clearly is the first priority.
When attacking a camp, unless one has an overwhelming advantage in force to simply steamroll them, a surprise attack is usually chosen.
For example, sending three or four people to sneak in and assassinate, then using the main force to launch an attack from another direction.
Esdeath leaned forward slightly, a confident arc curling at the corner of her mouth: “No need, launch the attack directly.”
“Listen, there are twenty-one people in the enemy camp.
Two are keeping watch by the big tree on the east side, eight are sitting by the campfire in the middle of the camp, six are in the tents, and the remaining five are huddled in a circle by the wooden rack on the west side, interrogating Staven.”
Separated by a hillside, with nothing visible, Esdeath stated the enemy’s situation clearly, word for word.
For a moment, the tribesmen wondered if there was something wrong with their eyes—perhaps there wasn’t actually a hill in front of them?
Otherwise, how could they explain that they couldn’t see anything, while Esdeath could describe the situation at the Chinubi Tribe camp so clearly?
What?
Was Esdeath spouting nonsense?
No, Captain Esdeath’s words were always right.
Confirming again and again that there was nothing wrong with his eyes, Jietan asked cautiously: “Captain, then from which direction should we attack?”
Esdeath deactivated the Eye of True Sight.
After this period of training, hunting, and leveling up, her mental power had improved, and the ability of the Eye of True Sight had been further strengthened, unlocking a positioning ability.
Esdeath had given names to the functions of the Eye of True Sight one by one.
The first function was brain overclocking, which made it feel as if the flow of time had slowed down, even allowing one to clearly see the trajectory of bullets fired in the air; Esdeath named it Bullet Time.
The second function was the Hunting Line, which could track pheromones and thereby track the activity paths of living creatures.
The third function was the newly unlocked ability, Perception Zone, which could map a certain area around her, forming a blurry map image in her brain to sense the location of living creatures containing life energy within it.
Now, when she activated the ability, even with her eyes closed, she could, like a bat, clearly present the situation within a hundred meters around her in her mind as if it were a map, with the life energy and positions of the creatures within it equally clear.
Esdeath issued orders to her subordinates one by one: two people to deal with the lookouts, and six people to watch the situation from the west and seize the opportunity to rescue Staven.
The remaining people would charge with her from the front.
Once the people who had split up reached their attacking positions, Esdeath led the remaining tribesmen to charge directly over the hillside, attacking the Chinubi Tribe camp stationed ahead.
Someone from the Chinubi Tribe, sitting around the campfire warming themselves, was bragging to their companions about past deeds.
“Back when I was a bandit, I killed a whole caravan of people.
Later, I was caught and thrown into the Public Security Bureau.
A few days before they were going to hang me, I escaped by myself and turned the town into a river of blood!”
“I wielded dual guns, one shot for each, and slaughtered a whole swathe of Security Officers in the town.
I killed a full twenty-something Security Officers, and then escaped the town…”
Swish!
Splat!
It was too late when the man heard the sound of the bow and arrow; he had already been struck.
A sharp arrow had pierced his head from a hundred meters away, and his bragging ceased instantly.
This arrow was just the prelude.
Before the others could recover from the shock of their companion suddenly being struck and killed, the heavy, chaotic sound of hooves had already trampled through their camp.
The Barutesu Tribe youths, wielding knives, spears, and axes, charged into the camp one by one, scattering the people of the Chinubi Tribe who were resting without the slightest preparation.
“Enemy attack!
Urgh!” The lookout scout only had time to say this sentence before being taken down from behind by an axe.
Esdeath did not charge in with the troop, but instead used the advantage of the Eye of True Sight to hold her bow and arrow outside the camp, providing support for the tribesmen.
Whenever a tribesman fell into danger, she would shoot an arrow to kill the enemy.
Esdeath could now manage three arrows in one second, never missing a shot.
With her help, the tribesmen only needed to focus on dealing with the enemies in front of them.
Those who wanted to sneak attack or flank them would have their skulls pierced by cold arrows one by one.
This exhilarating battle, where they didn’t have to worry about anything else, made the Barutesu Tribe youths feel ecstatic, and they slaughtered the people of the Chinubi Tribe until they threw away their armor and fled.
“No!” Two people from the Chinubi Tribe finally couldn’t take it anymore and turned to flee while the remaining few tribesmen were still fighting to the death.
Esdeath gently drew arrows, and the arrows crossed a distance of two hundred meters, piercing their heads one by one.
The battle was over.
Esdeath remained on her horse, maneuvering the white horse into the camp.
Staven had clearly been subjected to brutal torture, but fortunately, they had arrived in time.
Although there were whip marks on his body and he was covered in blood, his spirit was still good; he had even been cheering them on while the fight was happening.
Seeing his tribesmen, Staven, who had been tortured for a long time, couldn’t help but shed hot tears.
“Wuu, Captain, you came just in time.
They were just about to prepare to roast me alive.”
“Then you’re quite lucky.” Esdeath replied casually, “Go, after scavenging the camp clean, we will leave here immediately.”
Staven didn’t take it to heart; that Esdeath could bring people to save him was something he already considered a blessing from the gods.
This small Chinubi Tribe camp, although not rich in money, had quite a few useful items scavenged.
After Safi’s calculation, it was about three hundred keton.
After ransacking the camp, Esdeath led the tribesmen back to the tribe.
On the way back, not only had they saved Staven, but they had also looted a pile of valuables, and most importantly, they had taught the Chinubi Tribe a lesson.
The youths were extremely happy.
The system, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly appeared: “Mission complete.
Reward: Leader Aura.
When the host’s subordinates fight following the host, their combat power will increase by ten percent.”
Esdeath was stunned at first, then realized that these young tribesmen had finally all sincerely followed her.
However, Esdeath had a question: “System, didn’t you say you wanted me to subjugate all the young tribesmen?
I haven’t subjugated Take and the others.”
“They are already the host’s enemies, so naturally they are not counted among the tribesmen.”
Esdeath still didn’t quite understand.
Although their relationship was bad, everyone was of the Barutesu Tribe, so why would they be judged as enemies by the system?
Fortunately, the system subsequently answered this question: “Companions, enemies, and strangers are classified based on others’ favorability towards the host.
The favorability of Take and other tribesmen towards the host is negative, hence they are enemies.”
Esdeath nodded: “So that’s how it is.
But I can’t see their favorability towards me.
What is the use of positive and negative favorability?”
“People with high favorability towards the host will show good attitudes and behaviors towards the host, while negative favorability means that as long as it is possible, they will take actions to attack or even kill the host.”
Esdeath didn’t get angry, but instead laughed.
She actually wanted Take and the others to challenge her to a duel, but unfortunately, none of them dared.
Seeing them unhappy with her but unable to take her down, and having to pretend that nothing was wrong, was truly very pleasing.
It might not seem tempting right now but who knows what the future holds?
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”