Chapter 182 - 181: Massive Loot

Chapter 182: Chapter 181: Massive Loot

This bow is really good.

It’s a shame there’s no one in the territory who uses a bow right now.

Although Yang Lu and the others use bows, they’re just hunters, not true soldiers.

Giving it to them would be something of a waste.

For now, Zhao Chi would hold onto it.

Zhao Chi wasn’t exactly an expert with the bow.

But he had no problem with its basic use.

He closed the bow’s interface.

Zhao Chi opened the second piece of Equipment.

Soft Gold Armor. He didn’t even need to look at the Attributes; the name alone told him it was the piece Zhao Ji had been wearing.

This was basically standard-issue Soft Armor for nobles.

[Name] Soft Gold Armor

[Mass] Standard

[Durability] 45/600

[Defense] 39

[Material] Morale +20%, Socializing +20%

This Armor was truly excellent.

Standard Leather Armor only had 150 Durability.

This Armor had a full 600, four times as much.

And the Defense was even more outrageous—a full 39 points.

In other words, if an Attack couldn’t penetrate its Defense, it couldn’t harm the wearer’s Body.

You would have to break through all 600 points of the Armor’s Durability first.

When Zhao Chi and Qi Yue had attacked Zhao Ji, they had to use the Continuous Dance Combat Skill repeatedly just to hack away the Durability on his chest plate.

Only then were they able to truly wound him.

That was why Zhao Ji’s final wails and cries for help had lasted for so long—the Armor’s high Durability and Defense had protected him.

However, Qi Yue had only managed to slash open the chest piece. The other parts were still relatively intact, which was why it still had 45 Durability left.

With a few repairs, it could be worn again.

But... Zhao Chi was just looking at the data.

He was just trying to better understand nobles.

He’d have to be out of his mind to wear this noble-Exclusive Armor.

’I’ll dismantle it soon to destroy the evidence.’

Still, this Armor was made of a Special Material.

Zhao Chi had always assumed noble Armor was actually inlaid with gold.

This Material increased Morale by 20% and Socializing by 20%.

Those numbers were quite substantial.

Zhao Chi’s Encourage Skill only increased Morale by 10%.

This Armor alone gave a 20% Morale boost.

’No wonder those nobles are always so confident. Turns out their Armor has something to do with it.’

As for Socializing... it was like a combination of "Trade," "Oratory," and "Charm."

It made others more receptive to one’s opinions, made it easier to gain an advantage in Trade, and so on.

To be honest, Zhao Chi really wanted to wear this Armor.

He could earn so much more from his business dealings.

Unfortunately, he absolutely couldn’t wear it.

In fact, besides this Armor, he could barely keep any of the other Equipment.

The Jade Bone Longbow would have to be hidden away and not brought out often.

While it wasn’t noble-Exclusive, he feared that someone familiar with Zhao Ji would recognize it as the Weapon of his subordinate, Zuo Yuan.

That would expose him.

He had seized 1,414 Iron Short Swords this time, which was a lot.

However, Zhao Chi had no use for them.

After all, the two Combat Skills known in his territory were the Gun-type Thrust and the Blade Skill Continuous Dance.

They didn’t know any Sword Skill Combat Skills yet.

Besides, these swords were too short, more like large daggers.

They offered no advantage in close combat.

’I’ll smelt them into Iron Ingots later.’

Zhao Chi really wanted to keep the 753 Black Armor Sets.

It was Iron Armor, after all.

It was even stronger than Ordinary Iron Armor.

But...

This damn Armor was also exclusively for Noble Soldiers.

There was no way he could keep it.

Besides, they were all men’s sizes.

Getting Tang Ruan and the others to wear them would require Modification, which was also time-consuming.

’Might as well smelt it all down.’

’What a true pity...’

But it couldn’t be helped.

This was, after all, practically direct evidence of his crime.

But it didn’t matter. All this Equipment would smelt down into a huge amount of Iron Ingots.

That in itself was worth a small fortune.

Finally, there were the 265 Leather Armor Sets.

These he could keep.

However, these Leather Armor Sets were also men’s sizes. They would need a Tailor to modify them into women’s sizes before the Female Soldiers could wear them.

Although he hadn’t fulfilled his dream of outfitting everyone in Iron Armor, having this Leather Armor was still good.

Overall, except for the Leather Armor, all the other Equipment had to be smelted down.

The Jade Bone Longbow would also have to be stashed away for a good while.

Or perhaps used only within his own territory.

Next up were the items.

When he saw the items, Zhao Chi couldn’t sit still any longer.

He lost all interest in even caressing Gu Qing.

He just wanted to quickly check the items’ Effects.

The haul included a wide variety of Medicine.

He had been planning to buy more, but this new supply would be enough.

’Nobles are truly extravagant.’

They’d dropped over 800 items of Medicine in one go.

Over half of it had been looted from corpses, but that didn’t matter. If you needed to take it, you took it.

Aside from the Ordinary Medicine, the other items had all come from a small box in Zhao Ji’s room.

These included 66 Body Health Pills and 58 Strength Pills.

Zhao Chi knew about the Strength Pill; he had seen it before when he was exchanging Learning Points for items.

It temporarily increased Power by 1 point.

But he hadn’t checked the details for the Body Health Pill yet.

[Body Health Pill] A functional Medicine. Increases Constitution by 1 point for a Duration of 10 minutes. 20% resistance buildup. Has minor side effects and a slight chance of addiction.

’So it’s the Constitution version of the Strength Pill.’

Taking one increased Constitution.

’That Zhao Ji...’

’What was he doing storing so many Pills that increase Constitution and Power in a little box?’

’Was his Body that weak?’

Zhao Chi happily took them all.

’Next time Gu Qing dares to Taunt me...’

’I’ll pop one Body Health Pill and one Strength Pill, and give Gu Qing a session she won’t forget. That’ll make her behave for a while.’

But relying on Medicine wasn’t a long-term solution. The fundamental way was to train his Body and raise his Attributes.

’As for that Woman’s Revenge... what is it?’

[Woman’s Revenge] A functional Poison. Taking it will stimulate lust, which will rapidly intensify over Time for a Duration of 2 hours. The effect is removed after successful intimacy with a person of the opposite sex. Has minor side effects. Please use with caution.

’Son of a bitch...’

’No wonder it has that name.’

’That Zhao Ji really had all sorts of strange things.’

’I’ll take it for now and figure out what to do with it later.’

’Since it has side effects, my own people definitely can’t take it.’

’Besides, my people have no need for something like this.’

Even without taking it, Gu Qing acted like she was on it every day, clinging to him whenever she had a spare moment.

So Zhao Chi had no use for it whatsoever.

He was also unwilling to use such means to violate other women.

’I’ll store it in the System Space for now and deal with it when an opportunity arises.’

He had collected a total of 308 Spiritual Stones this time.

Two hundred of them were full of Spiritual Energy, while 108 were not quite full but could still be used for a while.

Spiritual Stones could be thought of as portable chargers; they could store Spiritual Energy and dispense it.

However, you could only draw out the Spiritual Energy that you yourself had stored.

You couldn’t draw on anyone else’s.

But for items that ran on Spiritual Energy, like Spiritual Lamps or Spiritual Energy Automobiles, it didn’t matter whose Spiritual Energy was in the stone; they could use it all the same.

Honestly, Spiritual Stones were excellent items, and highly valuable.

Plus, they weren’t noble-Exclusive, so he could keep and use them openly.

A high-value, quality item.

And the last item.

This one also came from Zhao Ji’s wooden box.

When Zhao Chi saw it, he felt like shaking Gu Qing awake.

A full 2 Heroic Appointment Certificates!

Zhao Chi didn’t quite understand. What was Zhao Ji doing holding onto these Appointment Certificates?

Wouldn’t using them earlier have increased his power sooner?

But after a moment’s thought, Zhao Chi understood.

’Because he didn’t have any candidates.’

Right now, in Zhao Chi’s own territory, only Qi Yue was suitable to be Promoted to a Hero.

No one else was quite right for it.

It seemed Zhao Chi would also have to hold onto one for later.

Finally, there were the miscellaneous items.

The books had already been taken out and placed on the table beside him.

But Gu Qing showed little interest.

’I can take a look at them later.’

Then there were the various corpses outside.

Before, if there had been a single corpse outside his window, Zhao Chi would have been too restless to sleep.

But now, with over 400 corpses outside, Zhao Chi lay there holding Gu Qing, completely unconcerned.

It was just that the corpses were useless and would leave behind evidence.

’I’ll burn them all later.’

He had also seized some luxury goods this time.

Most were useless.

For example, there were exquisite paintings and stone sculptures.

There were unfamiliar spirits and some expensive clothes.

And a bunch of other miscellaneous junk.

He didn’t know the value of these items.

It would be a pity to just burn them.

Especially the works of art.

’I’ll find a place to bury them deep for now, and deal with them when I get the chance.’

He acquired a lot of currency this time.

Most of it was in Copper Coins, followed by Silver Coins, with Gold Coins being the rarest.

All told, the value came out to about 178 Gold Coins.

That was already quite a haul.

After reviewing the list of spoils, Zhao Chi was filled with emotion.

’Killing a noble is just too profitable.’

’It’s an exorbitant profit.’

’I wonder when I’ll get the next one?’