Chapter 685: Chapter 685

The party continued north, resting midway, spending two days gradually leaving the territory of the Divine Flame Empire.

This place, beyond the borders of the Divine Flame Empire, was quite far from their own territory. According to the information Du You had previously gathered, this place was known as Wild Boar Ridge.

Of course, it was not actual wild boars that inhabited this place, but a derogatory name given by humans.

What actually lived here were boarmen. A group of boarmen once escaped from somewhere and took over this desolate hillside, developing here.

The boarmen also farmed in this area, but more often they robbed passerby.

The problem became more and more severe overtime. Locals who wanted to trade on the other side had to take a detour. As the boarmen population grew, the detour also became longer.

Communication between the two sides became more and more troublesome, causing a significant impact on the local area.

However, the local nobles didn’t have enough military force to wipe out the Wild Boar Ridge. The nearby powerful nobles could do it, but the cost was too great, so the reluctant nobles let it be.

As a result, despite increasing rewards year after year, no one could complete the task. After all, those capable of completion were nobles, who wouldn’t possibly take on such tasks. The powerful beings also wouldn’t bother coming to deal with a bunch of boarmen.

Most importantly, if a large army were sent, it might arouse the vigilance of the opposing nation, leading to misunderstandings.

This border area between the two nations was thus left alone, and the population of boarmen continued to grow.

However, both sides had very detailed information about Wild Boar Ridge. Du You found that to this day, there had been no fourth-tier presence in Wild Boar Ridge. That made sense, for if there were, it would meet the criteria to establish a duchy.

At that time, neither the Divine Flame Empire nor the opposing nation would tolerate their continued development.

Without a fourth-tier boarman, though the number of boarmen here had reached eighty to ninety thousand, no one paid attention to them.

The boarmen here, the number of those who reached the third tier was not small. According to the records, there were at least five thousand of them. Although they were far fewer than the centipedes and ants Du You had hunted, they were organized.

To deal with these boarmen, they would need to consider seriously. At Du You’s current level, large-scale monster hunting could only be dealt with in battles, or against beasts like magical beasts.

Only magical beasts could have many high-level existences based on their talents and wouldn’t form a large-scale unified command.

The boarmen were blocking his path, and Du You decided to wipe them out. After all, they weren’t humans. Killing these boarmen didn’t burden Du You psychologically. As he killed more and more, killing had become routine for Du You.

Two days later, the party of three finally arrived at Wild Boar Ridge. They didn’t bother taking on the task because the reward was too small, and Du You didn’t want to waste time. However, Shaliya had already taken down the task in the name of the territory. This was a great opportunity to expand the influence of the territory, and Shaliya wouldn’t miss it.

Once they finished killing here, the rest would be up to Shaliya.

Right in front of them was not a towering mountain, but a hill not too high. Like a village on the hill, it was messily arranged. As they got closer, a foul smell pervaded the air.

There was no denying, these boarmen were extremely unhygienic. Pigs were known to be clean, yet these boarmen were so messy. In the end, the trio had to wear simple poisonous gas masks to isolate themselves from the smell here.

Even speaking had to be done through a communication panel.

"Master, what should we do? If these boarmen find that we are too powerful, they might run away. In the past, when other territories came to suppress them, they used this method."

That was only true when the boarmen weren’t that strong. No one dared do so in recent years.

"Don’t worry, the boarmen might be cunning, but they have a great business now. They can’t run away. Moreover, we are few. As long as we show a certain level of power, they won’t run, but gather their military strength for us to wipe out in one go. It will be much easier to deal with the remaining ordinary boarmen."

"By the way, did Shaliya take down the task yet?" Du You asked.

"That’s already been taken care of ages ago, waiting for you to remember it delayed a lot of work. Sister Shaliya has sent people to follow nearby, they should have arrived by now. We don’t really need to bury the spoils of war onsite, Sister Shaliya’s people would sell them here, and just bring back the gold coins and other resources."

Du You nodded, "I trust her with the work. Now, let’s start the first round, to show these boarmen how formidable we are."

Du You waved his hand and led the two sisters towards the biggest town-like place in front. To gradually increase the boarmen’s military strength, a certain technique was needed.

Looking at the boarman town that looked like a pigpen, Du You signaled the two sisters, and the three began to act simultaneously. Du You’s summoned beasts appeared one after another, followed by a wide-scale attack from the Dark Flame Arrow Array.

Lin Yushi, like Du You, also used Explosive Scattering on a large scale. However, Lin Yucha was different, she targeted the stronger boarmen for one-on-one kills. As soon as the trio made a move, the signal for attack was sent. However, Wild Boar Ridge was vast, and it was not easy to assemble an army.

The trio used only conventional means, and it took less than half an hour to flatten the entire town. The few thousand boarmen in the town didn’t make much of a wave.

In the end, Du You set fire to it, cleaning the place up. Xiaozi had relayed information from the air.

"Good, the boarmen have noticed us, and realized that we are not easy to mess with. Then next, as long as we perform well, we could eliminate all the boarmen in one go."

The boarmen lived spread out, so it wasn’t practical to use Putrid Insect Mist to wipe them all out at once. At least, they would have to clear out the strong boarmen first, and then use other methods to sweep all the boarmen.

Under the leadership of the strong, these boarmen had strong execution abilities.