Chapter 253: Chapter 253

After slightly testing the Death Scorpion’s combat strength, Du You discovered that although the Death Scorpion was still less powerful than the Heavenly Disaster Demonic Dogs in his hands, it could still hold its ground against them.

In dealing with general enemies, the Death Scorpion was more challenging than the Heavenly Disaster Demonic Dogs since it wouldn’t be harmed unless the main body was attacked. Unlike those limited by the Death Scorpion’s own lack of physical strength, it was useful in many situations, often performing better than the Heavenly Disaster Demonic Dogs.

The Death Scorpion could maintain full fight capacity for a maximum of one hour before its exhaustion.

Due to its small size, recovery was quick, only needing two hours in the summoning space to regain its strength. Therefore, as long as he controlled the usage time, there should not be any major problems. Follow current novels on 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡~𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚~𝙣𝙚𝙩

The only regret was that the feared toxin of the scorpion could not be utilized by the Death Scorpion. Since it was enveloped in the sand, its toxic substance couldn’t erupt.

So the Death Scorpion has evolved into constantly condensing and strengthening its own toxins. Due to this constant strengthening, the venom’s power has increasingly amplified to the extent that it would end in mutual destruction each time it’s used, causing the Scorpion’s death from its own toxins.

In response, the Death Scorpion disregarded the consequences and continued evolving in that direction. It resulted in its current state, burning all its power to further enhance the virulence of the toxin while using it. Even though it wouldn’t die from the poison, all its strength would be burnt out, leading to death. Such was the origin of this killer move.

Therefore, unless the creature’s poison resistance reached a terrifying level, there would be no way to avoid this move.

Although the situation of the toxin could not be specifically determined, in comparison with his own Mucus Swamp, Du You was certain that even a tier-2 peak creature would generally fail to resist this poison.

After securing the Death Scorpion, Du You continued on his journey, finding traces of the Sandpeople, and first carried out the task at hand. He was to locate all the patrolling Sandpeople in the area and eradicate them one by one.

Three days later, Du You completed the patrol and cleanup of the area, then rode Xiaozi back.

Having a flying mount was great. Other people would need lots of teams to patrol this area, and without almost half a month and would not have cleaned it as meticulously as he did.

With the same amount of time, he alone could clean up several regions by himself, and all the credit would be his.

Back in White Stone City, Du You quickly extracted the record from his badge for others to note his feats. The soldiers checking the merits were shocked and incredulous.

They never imagined that Du You could locate a large gathering place with six Sand Sculpture Knights and one Quicksand Priest, all of whom failed to escape and died under Du You’s hands.

Leaving all else aside, these achievements alone were significant. It would take many years for an average person to accumulate such merits.

Many people initially regretted and were annoyed with Du You for not helping to collect Black Mountain Goat wool. But now, no one would. In border cities like White Stone City, those who demonstrate their strength are more highly respected.

In their eyes, the ability to eliminate more Sandpeople, reducing the threat during winter, was far more important than collecting wool. After all, anyone could do the wool-collecting task, right?

"Your merits have been recorded. Is there anything else you need help with?"

Du You said solemnly, "In the process of exterminating the Sandpeople, I obtained some very important information. I need someone important to receive it." Du You didn’t plan to give it to just anyone.

"Would it be ok if our quartermaster receives it?" This person held considerable authority.

Du You shook his head. "No, we need someone of higher rank."

"Um, I understand. I will immediately inform Guard Xi Luoha." The other party sobered up upon hearing Du You’s response, beginning to speculate that something significant was discovered.

Such as finding the Sandpeople’s attack plans. If discovered and reported in time, it could avoid significant losses. Moreover, it might even turn the tables, making it challenging for the Sandpeople to invade for several years.

Although the Quicksand Empirewas also an imperial state, it differed from the Divine Flame Empire, basing its rule on military power.

The king’s orders barely had any effect in these border areas. Unless the border was suffering a significant setback, the Sandpeople from other places would not care. Normally, only the Sandpeople nearby attacked White Stone City.

A similar situation had occurred before where someone had spotted the Sandpeople’s movements in advance and issued a warning to the authorities.

As a result, White Stone City timely summoned all those who were out of the city, avoiding a sudden attack from the Sandpeople. At the same time, a trap was set up to exterminate a massive number of Sandpeople.

For the next five years, the Sandpeople could not recover. Unfortunately, this was a long time ago, and since then, the Sandpeople’s movements have become more secretive and no one has been able to detect them in advance in recent years.

Du You did not explain anything. Xi Luoha was one of the three upper-class figures in White Stone City; one-third of the city’s elite army was directly under Xi Luoha’s control, and his authority was second only to the city lord.

This time, although it would be more appropriate to give the notes in his hands directly to the city lord, the city lord was not easy to meet.

Currently, Du You was only here by employment and wasn’t a formal soldier in the army. Also, he didn’t have a governmental position, and the noble rank wasn’t high enough for him to meet with the city lord easily.

A person capable of serving as a city lord in White Stone City must be at least a count, or perhaps even higher.

But entrusting them to General Xi Luoha should suffice; at least his contribution wouldn’t decrease because of successive submission.

As for upsetting people, did Du You care? As a professional, he could completely ignore many rules of this world. If not for the need for official recognition of a territory issue, he wouldn’t have even joined White Stone City.

Remarkably, the message got conveyed quickly. In just over a dozen minutes, Du You was ushered into a military camp. Well, it seemed that the upper class of such border cities fancied military camps.

A bearded man, whose age could not be determined, strode towards Du You under the protection of many guards.

"You must be the newly promoted Baron Du You. Tell us what you’ve discovered. There’s no one here who can monitor our conversation."

As he spoke, numerous soldiers ran outside, inspecting every nook and cranny. This scrutiny was so severe that any surveillance would have been discovered, and everyone was strictly vigilant.