Global Lords: Me and My Calabash Kiddos

Chapter 44: Chapter 40: Extortion and Bountiful Spoils of War

”You won’t just let our warriors return home for no reason, will you?” the Queen calmly sent a message to Yi Tian after a moment.

”Of course not! I have always respected warriors,” Yi Tian replied.

”However! I have one hundred and fifty Three-Eyed One-Horned captives, including dozens of Silver Warriors. I also have fifty critically injured ones. If you want these captives, you must pay a price.”

Yi Tian had just replied when another message came through.

”Divine Stone? How many?” the Queen asked.

Having experienced this before with Yi Tian, her first thought was that Yi Tian was trying to extort Divine Stones again.

”I don’t want Divine Stones. I want gold!” Yi Tian replied.

There are two reasons for not wanting Divine Stones.

First, Yi Tian’s territory is large enough now, and he lacks trustworthy people. He cannot control more territory.

If any disaster occurs within the territory, it’s uncertain how long it will take just to run the map.

Second, Yi Tian summarized and found that the Celestial Dao Stones are not rare. With countless populations in the cosmos, Celestial Dao Stones number in the trillions. Yi Tian is not afraid of not obtaining Celestial Dao Stones later. If all else fails, he can rob these tribes once his power is strong enough.

The big fish eat the small fish, and the strong devour the weak. In hostile forces, there is no sense of morality!

So there is no need to store the Divine Stones currently; extorting gold, which has a greater appreciation potential, is the best choice.

In the Celestial Dao World, it can basically be determined that more Celestial Dao Coins represent stronger territorial power.

Moreover, Yi Tian is not sure about the price of Celestial Dao Stones. He knows that if he asks for Celestial Dao Stones, the Three-Eyed One-Horned Tribe can’t give many.

”How much gold do you want?” The Queen was also unwilling to give Divine Stones because Divine Stones can enhance the tribe’s strength and the lifespan of the powerful.

Furthermore, each Divine Stone is seized from the Lord by risking the lives of the tribe’s sons.

Due to the Lord’s mist, the chance of death within the territory for Indigenous People is very high.

The collision between Lords and Indigenous People results in massive casualties for the latter. However, the Divine Stones can quickly foster a very powerful Indigenous tribe.

The countless regions’ forces in the Celestial Dao World have been reshuffled due to the Lords’ advent.

”Not much. According to the Celestial Dao World’s gold unit, 500,000,” Yi Tian demanded exorbitantly.

This was ten times the slave price before the 31st.

From tomorrow onwards, the slave price drop is inevitable! Because there must be many Lords capturing slaves, everyone wants to sell slaves, so they have to compete by lowering prices to sell them.

”Impossible. Our tribe doesn’t have that much gold,” the Queen directly refused.

”I don’t believe it. Gold is your basic currency. How can a tribe of thousands of years not have gold reserves? I’ve said my piece, I hope you think it over.” Yi Tian finished speaking, showing signs of closing the Celestial Dao Stone.

Yi Tian didn’t believe the Queen’s words!

”Lord, I agree to your deal, let our tribe’s sons go,” a message appeared at this time.

Yi Tian knew from the tone that it wasn’t the Queen. It must be the King of the Three-Eyed One-Horned Tribe.

”Good! Prepare the gold! Niu Ang and a hundred captives from the Heaven-Reaching Tribe are in my hands. Let their tribe’s leader contact me. If no one contacts me today, I’ll sell these people,” Yi Tian knew the Three-Eyed One-Horned Tribe definitely had contact with the Heaven-Reaching Tribe.

”Also, if you and the Heaven-Reaching Tribe are adversaries, I can help you eliminate their Golden Warriors; just pay a little price.” At the end, Yi Tian added a sentence.

”No need; we have been allies for hundreds of years. How could we betray?” the Three-Eyed One-Horned King coldly replied.

Yi Tian was speechless. He thought there were conflicts between tribes and that he could exploit it.

The Three-Eyed One-Horned Tribe quickly prepared 500,000 gold, trading all 150 captives and the corpses of the Three-Eyed One-Horned Tribe back.

In less than half an hour, the Heaven-Reaching Tribe contacted Yi Tian.

”Lord! Consider yourself lucky this time; the next time the barrier is thin, it will be your death date.” King Niu Batian of the Heaven-Reaching Tribe said viciously upon contacting Yi Tian.

”Stop nagging. Take out 500,000 units of gold from the Celestial Dao World to exchange for Niu Ang and over 100 captives, and 50 of the severely injured. Additionally, I’ll give you your tribe’s corpses for free. If you don’t exchange, I’ll throw the corpses out to feed the beasts, and sell the captives directly.” Yi Tian also countered sharply.

”Deal!”

King Niu Batian softened after a moment of silence.

For the mining of gold, there is no comparison between Indigenous People and Lords. For Indigenous People, gold is merely currency, nothing more.

It’s not even high-end currency; the high-end currency is Divine Stones, and the medium currency is Beast Cores.

With some operations, two small Gold Mountains appeared outside North City’s gates. Corpses received respect, and the severely injured would be cared for.

However, before the transaction, Yi Tian beat Niu Ang.

”Greedy Lord, my Heaven-Reaching Tribe, my Minotaur Race has an irreconcilable grudge with you.”

After completing the transaction, Niu Batian began to curse again.

”Hmph! If you have the ability, keep attacking; next time it won’t be this price.”

A fickle Minotaur Race, huh?

After saying this, Yi Tian ignored Niu Batian.

Yi Tian found Tianbao’s ID in the transaction messages.

”Brother Bao, what are you up to?” Yi Tian sent a message.

At this moment, in a corner of the Celestial Dao World, a castle within a certain forest. When Tianbao learned that the team attacking the Evil Lord was completely wiped out, he almost smashed a big hole in the castle.

Suddenly, the Celestial Dao Crystal Ball on the table emitted light, and Tianbao noticed the message.

First, he was stunned!

”Boom!”

Then he directly smashed the table to pieces.

”Next time, I’ll personally come and twist off your head to use it as a wine goblet,” Tianbao exhaled deeply and said hatefully. He would never forget the humiliation of being extorted.

And he would never forget the pain of his son losing a leg.

Although there are heavenly and earthly treasures that can regenerate lost limbs, how easy are they to find?

”Let’s not talk about next time. This time, I accidentally captured 450 of your people. Do you want to ransom them back?” Yi Tian asked.

Indeed, there were a total of 450 people with minor injuries, severe injuries, and uninjured.

”A bunch of useless fools, what use do I have for them?” Tianbao spoke disdainfully.

Yi Tian frowned, I was speaking kindly, and this is the attitude I get.

However, Yi Tian turned to think and understood. The Fierce Beast Gang is just an organization, survival of the fittest is their way. They are like the Liangshan Marsh, mostly lone wolves, but their spirit isn’t as high as the Liangshan Heroes.

The Heaven-Reaching Tribe and the Three-Eyed One-Horned Tribe exist in a racial form, with tribal connections spread among relatives. For their tribesmen, they are willing to pay a big price.

It’s obviously not very likely that the ruthless Tianbao would spend large amounts of gold to ransom the captives.

It’s just, what to do with over a thousand corpses?

The beast corpses can still be sold at a low price, but the corpses of intelligent beings can’t be sold!

”Your gang doesn’t care even about Golden Warriors, huh? How about this, if you’re willing to give two Divine Stones, I’ll return the captives, Gu Qianqiu, and your fallen comrades’ corpses to you.” Yi Tian’s eyes shifted as he spoke to Tianbao.

”Agreed!” Tianbao agreed without a second thought, never expecting such a good deal. He assumed Yi Tian would ask for a sky-high price, so he intended to abandon the captives.

Two Divine Stones won’t have any impact on his breakthrough.

”Good! I’ll give you the bodies and the heavily wounded for free first, then after the captives finish their work, we’ll trade for the Divine Stones.” Yi Tian replied.

Tianbao didn’t notice anything amiss, and after Yi Tian had the pile of corpses and the heavily wounded brought out, Tianbao saw no issue and clicked confirm outside the castle.

”Brother Bao, sorry, I misspoke earlier, it’s 200 Celestial Dao Stones, or 2 million in Celestial Dao Gold. Agree, and we trade!” Yi Tian sent out this sentence again.

He had been tricked, this guy was trying to offload the heavily wounded and corpses.

With so many corpses, digging a big pit would take a whole day and night!

Tianbao’s face turned green. Asking him to produce 200 Divine Stones, or 2 million in Celestial Dao Gold, is that possible?

He’s about to advance to a Platinum Powerhouse, he needs the Divine Stones!

”Lord, wait, I want you dead!”

Deep within the forest, another hysterical roar was heard.

”It seems your leader doesn’t wish to ransom you, huh! You’re not even worth ten Divine Stones? But his useless son is worth ten Divine Stones, huh.”

After packing away the Celestial Dao Stones, Yi Tian looked at Gu Qianqiu with a smile.

Gu Qianqiu was ragged and extremely disheveled.

This fellow’s body constitution at 685, managed not to be split by the Thunder Element Soldier, that’s some skill!

Gu Qianqiu, with his decent strength, is still a Human Race. Once subdued, it would add a high-level combat power to the territory.

”Although Gu’s martial power is average, he hails from a great clan in the Feng Kingdom, with some insight and experience. If the Lord doesn’t mind, I’m willing to serve loyally.”

Gu Qianqiu complicatedly performed a kneeling salute, the one in front looked ordinary in strength, but his potential capability could easily kill him.

When close by, one could sense the faint presence of power inside Yi Tian.

He is a Qi Refiner!

A Qi Refiner, in essence, cultivates spiritual energy through meditation.

Mages and Qi Refiners are quite similar, yet fundamentally different.

Mages utilize the so-called power of gods. Or, they use themselves as a medium to channel a part of such power.

Qi Refiners rely on their own power.

When Gu Qianqiu was captured, he lost all hope. Tianbao was ruthless, cold, and fickle. The thought that he would ransom him is absurd.

”This is the Lord Contract, once signed, our fates will be linked, sharing glory and loss together.” Yi Tian took out a Lord Contract and handed it to Gu Qianqiu.

Understanding thoroughly, Gu Qianqiu squeezed a drop of blood onto the Lord Contract, formally becoming a part of the territory.

The Territory Points increased by 200. The current Territory Points stood at 204,650 (discounting a hundred Brass Mechanized Guards, deducting 5,000).

Being captured, Gu Qianqiu couldn’t care less about his tattered clothes and singed hair and immediately took to his role.

He ordered the captives to start working, slaughtering the wild beasts. A slow-moving Kobold was kicked away by Gu Qianqiu.

The number of beast corpses obtained this time was too many, Yi Tian picked only what he thought delicious like ox, pig, deer, etc., to slaughter and put in the underground ice storage for meat reserves. These were what Yi Tian considered top-quality meat, totaling 350,000 Kg in storage.

Other beasts, after removing the Beast Cores, were all sold, with Yi Tian directly selling at half the usual price to others, including furs and tendons, a beast fetching just 1,000 Celestial Dao Coins.

Typical cutthroat competition.

It can’t be helped without competing, with over a thousand corpses, the auction house is flooded with beast corpses. The price drop in furs and tendons pulled down the price of Beast Cores, albeit slightly.

Ultimately, 1,500,000 Celestial Dao Coins were credited.

Besides the Celestial Dao Coin reward this time, a plethora of loot was seized from these invaders.

These invaders carried, including the Beast Cores from the beasts, a total of 13,550 E-level Beast Cores, 1,080 D-level Beast Cores, 215 C-level Beast Cores, and 3 B-level Beast Cores were obtained.

According to pre-assessment market rates, it’s approximately 30 million Celestial Dao Coins.

Even now, it’s worth 20 million.

A total of more than 3000 Divine Weapons was acquired.

Although a large portion is E-level Divine Weapons, these weapons’ worth exceeds that of Beast Cores.