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Chapter 204: Just Marry Your Daughter to Me
Chapter 204: Just Marry Your Daughter to Me
"Let's head back. The next wave of the monster siege is about to begin." Su Yu looked at the Mork family.
"Sure, thank you, Lord, for helping us level up!" Mork was very grateful.
Mork had initially thought that Su Yu had brought his daughter into the forest to do something nefarious. Seeing Su Yu genuinely help them level up, Mork felt deeply ashamed. He shouldn't have doubted the Lord.
"You don't need to thank me; it's my duty. If you really want to thank me, just do your best during the monster siege," Su Yu waved his hand.
Bringing Mork and Cathy to level 30 had another benefit: after advancing to the second stage, their attributes were now higher than the BOSSes in the monster siege. In the upcoming battle, they could provide significant support.
"We will!" Mork promised loudly.
Su Yu led Mork and his daughter back to Auphi Town.
Just as they reached the town entrance, Su Yu received the game announcement for the next monster siege.
However, this "monster siege" had a different tone from the previous ones.
The announcement read:
"Auphi Town's population has reached 1,200, successfully upgrading it to a Medium Town. The town's prosperous life has attracted the greed of the surrounding bandits. In 30 minutes, these bandits will attack Auphi Town. Please prepare your defenses."
"Average level of the attacking bandits: 20. Other details unknown. Countdown: 29:57."
Seeing the announcement, Su Yu was slightly taken aback.
How did it turn into a "bandit attack"?
According to the upgrade pattern of his territory from his previous life, the early stages of territory upgrades involved monster sieges, and bandit attacks only occurred after reaching the County stage.
He hadn't expected the bandit attack to come so early!
Bandit attacks were much more challenging than monster sieges. After all, monster sieges involved fighting mindless monsters, while bandit attacks required dealing with cunning and ruthless bandits—entirely different adversaries.
Clearly, Range Is Truth had also seen the game announcement and quickly sent a private message: "Boss, did you see the game announcement?"
Su Yu: "Of course, I saw it. I suspect the bandit attack is orchestrated by the City Lord of Aurum, whom I've offended before."
Range Is Truth: "Should we change our strategy?"
Su Yu: "Definitely. Here's the plan: you lead the elite team to defend the east and west sides of the town. Leave the north side to me."
Range Is Truth: "To you? Are you going to defend it alone again? But this time, it's bandits, and they're level 20. Can you really handle it by yourself?"
Su Yu: "Don't worry! And next time, I won't be alone. I have two new helpers."
Range Is Truth: "Alright, I respect your decision."
After making the decision, the relevant departments began gathering at the town's walls to prepare for the battle.
Half an hour later, the fifth monster siege—more accurately, the first bandit attack—began.
As the countdown ended, bandits poured out of the forest, charging with fierce determination.
They wielded long knives, roaring like demons.
The bandits were well-prepared.
Considering the siege, they had shield-bearers at the front to block spells and arrows, and in the back, there were numerous catapults, mages, and archers.
The catapults hurled massive stones engulfed in flames, crashing into the densely packed ranks of the defenders, each hit causing dozens of white flashes.
The bandit mages' area-of-effect spells and the bandit archers' arrows rained down, also causing large areas of white flashes.
As soon as the battle began, Range Is Truth realized their ranged firepower was inferior to the enemy's.
At this rate, they would be annihilated under the enemy's overwhelming firepower.
So, he issued the command: "Charge, everyone!"
"Charge!"
The warriors shouted their battle cries and surged forward, engaging the enemy in close combat.
Once the melee began, the bandits' ranged attacks lost their effectiveness. The specialized forces, with their superior equipment, tactics, and coordination, quickly gained the upper hand.
The bandit forces were gradually and systematically eradicated by the relentless advance of the specialized forces.
...
As for the northern side of the town, where Su Yu was fighting, it was far less exciting.
For Su Yu, killing these level 20 bandits was no different from slaying level 14 monsters. With his level 11 advantage over the bandits, he only needed a quarter of the power of his area-of-effect spells to take them down instantly.
Thus, under the relentless barrage of his wide-ranging spells, the bandits fell in droves, offering little resistance.
Moreover, Su Yu precisely controlled the damage, ensuring that his area spells left each bandit with just a sliver of health. Then, he let Merk and Kathy finish them off.
Merk and Kathy benefited greatly from this.
They each used their own area-of-effect skills to mop up the nearly dead bandits, steadily gaining experience points.
By the end of the battle, after they had killed over 700 bandits, both had leveled up five times, reaching level 35.
"Thank you, Lord Su Yu!" After the battle, Merk half-knelt, leaning on his sword, genuinely grateful.
"Don't mention it. It's my duty," Su Yu said dismissively.
"However, now isn't the time for you to rest," Su Yu looked at Merk and Kathy. "I'm going to take you to a place soon. Be prepared."
"Lord Su Yu, where are we going?" Kathy asked cautiously.
"We're going to the Scholar's Sanctuary in Goldfinch City. Kathy, there, you can learn some new ice-based skills," Su Yu ruffled the little girl's hair.
Then he turned to Merk, "Merk, you can also go to the Warrior's Guild in Goldfinch City to learn new skills. After that, I'll take you both to the market to get a set of second-tier equipment."
In truth, Su Yu's visit to the Scholar's Sanctuary wasn't just about learning new skills. He wanted to use his connections there to call in reinforcements, which could be crucial in future battles.
Taking Merk and Kathy to buy equipment and learn skills was just a side benefit.
But Merk and Kathy were thrilled. Merk said excitedly, "Thank you, Lord Su Yu, for doing so much for us. I don't even know how to repay you!"
"If you want to repay me, just marry your daughter to me," Su Yu joked. "From then on, you can call me brother, and I'll call you father. We'll each have our own roles."
Merk's face froze in shock: "???!?!"
"Kidding!" Su Yu laughed and patted his shoulder. "I'll go back to the territory to handle some personal matters. I'll notify you later, and then we'll go to Goldfinch City together."
With that, Su Yu activated his Hearthstone and left the area.
After the bandit attack ended, the specialized forces, as before, didn't linger and left Su Yu's territory immediately.
Range is Truth also returned to the town to find Su Yu, just like last time.
"How was the casualty count this time?" In the town center square, Su Yu greeted him as soon as he saw him.
"Ugh, it was heavy this time!" Range is Truth said with a bitter smile. "We lost 327 people. Almost half of our members were casualties, and we barely won."
Range is Truth clearly hadn't expected the difficulty of this siege to be so high. Last time, when level 20 monsters attacked, they only lost a dozen people. This time, they lost over 300! The bandits were indeed much tougher than regular wild monsters!
(End of Chapter)
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