Chapter 280: Chapter 280

There are still more than ten days before he leaves this world. After a big war, a major attack on the Sandpeople is unlikely to happen again. If he leaves now, there would be no losses.

Du You has also gained some understanding of what nobilities require for their development. It is basically manpower, military strength, and various materials. Du You had no idea what a Professional needed to develop a territory.

Without preparing these things, Du You used the excuse of scouting first, and left the city.

The military was relieved by Du You’s decision. If he had taken a group of people out without knowing anything, it would simply be feeding the Sandpeople.

The southern mountains and the northern oasis are quite far away. If something unexpected happens, White Stone City would not be able to dispatch help in time, so they have to rely on themselves.

Before establishing a territory, it is vital to carefully survey the surroundings and choose a suitable place for development.

Those who quickly lead people out in the heat of the moment often can’t hold on for more than two months.

Du You left White Stone City and rode Xiaozi into the sky. It would take more than five days to walk to the southern mountains on land. But with Xiaozi’s flight, it didn’t take more than a day to reach there.

Although the distance is still quite far, that’s good enough. As for the northern oasis, Du You gave up on it.

Although there were some nobilities who had gained a firm footing in that place, Du You lost interest after learning how they had done it. These nobilities united to form an alliance.

Besides, they had another big city behind them that was quite close. It seemed that some of the people had some connection with the city master, which helped them stabilize their foothold with the aid of that city.

With their help, of course, a big part of their harvest had to be handed in every year. Moreover, the territories over there were almost all divided, leaving only the desert untouched. Going there would be like being in the domestic situation, having to deal with a large number of nobilities. So, Du You gave up on it too.

There were only a few straggling cats in the southern mountains, which could be considered quite miserable. But the benefit was to be away from other nobilities, and everything could be decided by oneself. Check latest chapters at 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩•𝗳𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝕟𝕖𝕥

Even if he made the wrong choice, Du You didn’t care. As a Professional, if there were any problems, he could just leave this world. Du You still didn’t realize how rare the qualification of a lord was.

If he hadn’t performed so brilliantly in the battle, he wouldn’t have been granted such a qualification.

After a whole day, Du You finally arrived in the south. He had already understood the map of this area quite well. Beyond the mountains and further south, passing the mountains would lead to the Goblin Forest, where he had first arrived in this world.

The resources in the Goblin Forest were not very rich and the location was too remote. No one was willing to go there. This chain of mountains blocked the Goblin Forest. There were not many Sandpeople in the mountains, but there were quite a few Magical Beasts.

On the way there, Du You saw many Sandpeople running this way.

The failure on the battlefield resulted in the sand people scattering to escape. It was certain that many Sandpeople would enter the mountains in the coming days, thereby increasing Du You’s hunting targets.

Moreover, hunting Sandpeople was a merit after becoming a land development lord. If you could keep hunting and reach a certain extent, you could upgrade your rank. Of course, it was extremely difficult. The quick promotion this time was due to his good luck.

"The environment in the mountains is indeed very poor. There are too few places to grow food. If a territory is established here, it would be difficult to develop. Without food to support, there would be no population, no military power. I wonder if the Professional system could solve this."

As of now, Du You could only calculate according to the usual city development plan. This was not a good place indeed.

But he hadn’t made a final decision yet, and the task wasn’t triggered, so it didn’t matter where he was.

If it turns out this place is not suitable, it won’t be a waste of time to choose some other place later. For the next few days, in addition to confirming the location, Du You also focused on Magic Beasts and Sandpeople.

Du You kept hunting Magic Beasts and Sandpeople. With Xiaozi as his mount, he was very mobile. His Crystal Coins were once again slowly increasing.

This money-burning profession made Crystal Coins not enough for him. Du You had to hurry up and harvest all the Crystal Coins.

After a few days, a large number of Sandpeople appeared on the edge of the mountains. Some of them entered the mountains, some built their own tribes outside and continued their previous lives.

They thought they had escaped the humans hunt, but didn’t expect a killer from the sky to arrive.

Descending from the sky, Mucus Swamp and fire used together, and a tribe was instantly wiped out. This slaughter was so refreshing, and seeing his harvests made him more pleased.

There were also a few Sand Sculpture Knights in the sky. As long as they didn’t form a scale, for Du You, it was just a matter of a few more strikes. It was unlikely that there were many second-tier Sandpeople that could escape to the south.

For several days, Du You didn’t see any second-tier Quicksand Soldiers or Quicksand Priests.

Most of them were normal Sandpeople equivalent to Semi-Professionals, or Quicksand Soldiers with weak talent. A few Quicksand Soldiers were on par with official Professionals, but they were the same to Du You.

Because of the uneven quality of the Sandpeople, whether Du You was hunting directly or occasionally got hidden mission treasure chests, there were no good items, mostly just Crystal Coin gains.

As more Sandpeople were hunted, Du You’s gains kept declining. According to the rules, when you reach a certain number of kills for a kind of creature, the rewards start dropping, until it is close to zero.

In the end, Du You had to give up hunting Sandpeople and switched to hunting Magical Beasts.

But Du You himself didn’t know that he was slowly gaining some reputation in the few lord circles in the south.

Time passed slowly, and one day, Du You finally felt that his law aura had reached its limit. If he stayed here any longer, he would be assimilated by this world. In his personal space, the most significant change was the quagmire robe. Now there were as many as 238 pieces.

As for the other various items, he had no idea how many there were, he would deal with them when he got back.