Chapter 535: Chapter 535

"I heard that up North around the oasis, there has been an increase in Sandpeople activity, with more frequent attacks happening."

A group of aristocrats gathered together, even though they are in White Stone City, their interests do not align with the city lord’s.

"Haha, looks like the lord has quite a problem on his hands now," a joyful aristocrat laughed gleefully.

"What do you think the Sandpeople are up to? According to our analysis, they clearly don’t have the capability to attack White Stone City again. Even trying to take control beyond the city is impossible, yet this time they’re making big moves."

A young aristocrat scoffed and said: "I suppose they’re just trying to apply pressure. Don’t forget about the rumours we spread before. If the Sandpeople want to attack the Southern territories and ensure that White Stone City doesn’t send out troops, what do they need to do?"

Understanding his words, everyone realized their plots have been working.

"Good, good, you’re right, let’s see how he handles this."

"He certainly can’t handle it. I believe we need to reach out. As long as he is seeking reinforcements, we will give him the opportunity. After all, we are all aristocrats, we should help each other out."

Everyone present joined in the laughter.

"Let’s send people to carefully monitor this. We all need to work together and not act on our own for the sake of personal benefit. If anyone jeopardizes our grand plans, they will bear the collective wrath of all of us."

Just as they had assumed, the city lord and White Stone City’s upper echelon have indeed been very busy these past few days. Sandpeople have been launching inexplicable attacks all over the North, and the number of these incidents has significantly increased.

To investigate, they had to divert a considerable amount of their military force. Out of fear that the Sandpeople would suddenly attack, a large portion of the troops outskirt had returned to White Stone City. Even human activities outside decreased.

No one knew that the Sandpeople had silently gathered a force in the South and they were moving rapidly.

The area was quite far from White Stone City and it was impossible to have a route to the heart of the Divine Flame Empire from there, which had led to few scouts being posted in the area. Thus, news from there would not reach White Stone City anytime soon.

The Sandpeople’s actions were determined and swift.

A group of high-tier Sandpeople suddenly ambushed the nearest Dunes Territory, capturing some locals and inquired without hesitation about the Mountain Town and news of Du You.

Nowadays, both Du You and his territory were well known, especially in the South, where many people were aware of them. In no time, the Sandpeople were clued in on all publicly available information about Du You. The Sandpeople, under the leadership of two chiefs, rapidly set off toward Du You’s territory.

After hearing about the situation, the lord of the Dunes Territory immediately had his people pack up and get ready to flee.

Yes, flee. The lord of the Dunes Territory did not believe that he could stand against a group of Sandpeople. Their territory had only one second-tier force, and they lacked an adequate defence and military power.

Facing a Sandman army with several hundred second-tier warriors, there was no chance of resistance.

In the meantime, the lord of the Dunes Territory sent a message to Du You. "You lot, take the backroads and notify Lord Du You as fast as possible. Tell him to prepare."

"Lord, wouldn’t our doing this possibly enrage the Sandpeople? If they were to come to attack us..."

"Silence, as long as we don’t expose this, how could others know? Besides, regardless of the outcome of this battle, we stand to benefit. The Sandpeople will definitely take a hit, and their numbers near us will decrease, which would be an opportunity for us to expand."

Even though their region is closest to the harsh lands of the Sandpeople, as a lord, he still isn’t willing to silently give up his territory. His predecessors put the territory here, seeing only the surrounding profits. However, he has ambition. A newly established Mountain Town can develop to this extent, why can’t he?

In his opinion, as long as the Sandpeople could be suppressed for a while, he would be able to establish a city here relying on his ability. By the merit of establishing a city, perhaps he could become a true blue blood aristocrat.

Becoming a minor noble wasn’t difficult. However, becoming a major noble, from the rank of count upwards, was extremely hard. Achieving such a title and getting promoted required significant contributions.

Still unknown to Du You was the Sandpeople’s action. He was dealing with some external affairs. As some matters were beyond Shaliya’s jurisdiction to decide, they required Du You’s decision.

"Lord, here’s a business proposal that requires your approval."

"This is already the third one today, why are there so many demands? These people are becoming too much." Thɪs chapter is updated by 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡~𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢~𝙣𝙚𝙩

While complaining, Du You picked up the business proposal. "Buying dogs, they actually shift their eyes to our dogs this time. Damn it, I even don’t know how our dogs breed."

Indeed, even though his territory hasn’t been established for very long, and the training period of his hunting dogs also hasn’t been long, how have they already given birth? Did the dogs get pregnant during training?

Du You was confused, but there were now some puppies. However, Du You was conducting experiments on them.

"Lord, I believe that this partnership is worthy of consideration. They are only asking for puppies, who aren’t as good as their parents. These people only want to buy them because they have seen how capable our war dogs are. This can also serve as an industry."

Upon reflection, Du You agreed that selling these puppies was more profitable than using their meat for food. However, there was currently no dog farm, and there weren’t many dogs.

He needed to keep them for his experiments; there was no way he could sell all of them. Besides, the ones that have been trained couldn’t be sold to other people. Most importantly, training dogs requires Crystal Coins.

Just as Du You was undecided on whether to agree, someone knocked on his door. Du You’s place was usually not disturbed unless there was an essential matter, apart from Shaliya, and Shaliya was right in front of him.

"Come in, what is it?" Du You asked directly.

A guard entered the room and said with a solemn expression: "A messenger from the Dunes Territory’s lord came to inform us that the Sandpeople have major movements, seemingly targeting our Mountain Town."

"The Sandpeople’s movements are targeting us? Is it because of what happened when the city was destroyed? Forget it, we couldn’t have kept that a secret anyway. I just don’t understand how the Sandpeople could be so daring."