O43novel #374 - Chapter 374: How to use the captives
#374 - Chapter 374: How to use the captives
“Gahahaha!”
Accompanied by the demon's twisted and bizarre laughter, an injured human soldier crawled backward in terror.
“Stop, cough cough, stop!”
At this moment, he no longer had any will to resist.
Even the spear he originally held had been thrown away.
However, this wasn't because he was being foolish or anything, but because he was simply too weak to hold the spear at this point.
The effects of the plague had put him in a state of extreme weakness.
This state of weakness made even crawling, no, even breathing difficult.
So, under these circumstances, the demon behind him easily caught up.
Then, his pain ended...
Ended forever.
His head, along with his helmet, became the demon's possession and trophy, a topic for it to boast about to its companions.
But his fate was not an isolated case.
Because more soldiers nearby were either still resisting or, like him, simply kneeling and begging for mercy.
However, in terms of outcome, they could be said to have reached the same destination by different routes.
Because all demons are cold-blooded and ruthless monsters.
Even if the Abyss Lord personally ordered them, they would try their best to slaughter the living beings in front of them and bring death and suffering to them.
Not to mention...
The Abyss Lord they served would never order them to treat prisoners kindly.
Because he was something even more terrifying than a demon!
But fortunately...
This monster, even more ruthless than a demon, had a "merciful, angel-like" female lord by his side to restrain him, and this female lord was also one of his few "anchors" of humanity in the outside world.
But don't get me wrong.
This female lord wasn't too kind either.
Because, like the Abyss Lord, she was also a profit-oriented person.
Only those who fit her interests were worthy of her mercy.
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“Stop for now, Wu Wei!”
“Leave this area to me to handle.”
“Judging from the armor on these warriors, they belong to Zhang Jiachao, a mid-level student.”
“The guild this student belongs to has a good relationship with my father's guild.”
“Hehe, I can use these prisoners as gifts to exchange for some support~”
In the ruins caused by the collapse of a mountain range, Su Yingxue pointed at a large group of human prisoners being slaughtered by demons.
Wu Wei, who was beside her, glanced indifferently at the group of human prisoners and nodded silently.
“Okay, no problem.”
With a thought from Wu Wei, all the demons immediately stopped what they were doing, gathering back extremely reluctantly but obediently.
Then, Su Yingxue's troops took over the prisoners.
They first ensured the basic safety of the prisoners' lives, then used the "real antidote" given by Wu Wei to cure the plague on them, and finally took them through the teleportation gate to Su Yingxue's territory, using them as her political bargaining chips.
“What about them?”
Then, Wu Wei pointed to the prisoners on the other side of the mountain ruins and asked Su Yingxue.
“Them? ...Let me see.”
Su Yingxue took out a small notebook from her personal space.
This notebook contained information on almost all the students of the War College, whether they were beginner students or advanced students, they would have corresponding records in Su Yingxue's notebook.
“Oh~ They are warriors from the Lao Feng family. This Lao Feng family has caused our Su family guild a lot of trouble in the past.”
Su Yingxue raised her head, glanced at Wu Wei, and gave an innocent smile.
“Kill them.”
The faces of the warriors belonging to the Lao Feng family turned pale the moment they heard these words.
Some of the faster warriors even ended their own suffering before the demons took over.
After all, after the previous scenes, they already knew what their fate would be if they fell into the hands of the demons.
However, things seemed to take a turn for the better...
Just as the demons were grinning and approaching them, who were trembling in fear.
“Wait!”
Su Yingxue suddenly stopped Wu Wei, and the hearts of the Lao Feng family warriors, which had been hanging in the air, were temporarily relieved.
“Wu Wei, I remember that the Lao Feng family warriors are usually strengthened in endurance and metabolism with some kind of special potion.”
“Although these special potions are difficult to replicate, I still want to try.”
“Oh?”
“Then what do you want to do?”
Wu Wei asked Su Yingxue curiously.
The surrounding Lao Feng family warriors smiled.
Fortunately, they still had some value, which was good news.
But their smiles disappeared quickly...
“Of course, it's to study them!”
“Remember to have your subordinates dig out their lungs and kidneys when dealing with these prisoners, and then give them to me.”
“These two organs may contain the residue of these special potions...”
“!”
After saying this, Su Yingxue left here with a relaxed expression.
But she seemed to realize something.
She quickly returned.
However, this beautiful lady only came back to add one sentence.
“By the way, Wu Wei, you must remember to extract them alive, because the organs of dead prisoners are easily contaminated after death.”
“!!!!!”
...
It must be said that Wu Wei and Su Yingxue cooperated very happily.
Wu Wei could provide Su Yingxue with a large number of prisoners, allowing her to exchange them for a considerable amount of political capital.
And Su Yingxue, in turn, could help Wu Wei make better use of these prisoners.
Use in every sense of the word.
With her extensive knowledge, she could not only distinguish which family's warriors were suitable for what kind of treatment, but she could also let Wu Wei know which family's warriors had valuable equipment.
Under such cooperation, although the number of prisoners held by Wu Wei was less in absolute terms.
But the "profits" Wu Wei obtained had increased several times over.
The equipment and resources provided by these prisoners, as well as the demon slave labor converted from the prisoners, almost made Wu Wei laugh with "happiness".
However.
These so-called prisoners and the value they possessed were just appetizers before the meal.
Because the high-value target that made both Wu Wei and Su Yingxue's hearts flutter appeared eight hours after the descent of the Abyss Teleportation Gate.
In the ruins of a swamp, a demon foreman conveyed his new discovery to Wu Wei.
And after he conveyed his discovery, in just over ten minutes, a large army of Laurent demons surrounded the area.
The reason Wu Wei acted so quickly was because the demon foreman said.
He discovered a... in these swamp ruins.
Dragon!
A real dragon!
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