5: Hunting mammoths

Gou San was trembling. His 100 loyalty didn't allow him to refuse. After being tricked by Han Huohuo for a bit, he got a rush of blood to his head and charged forward with his knife.

Loyalty -1

Loyalty -1

Loyalty -2

Loyalty -5

Loyalty -10

...

As he ran, his loyalty kept dropping. Before he even reached the Mammoth, his loyalty had successfully dropped to 0.

When the Mammoth discovered this arrogant little thing dared to charge towards it with a knife...

It was stunned for a moment, then it successfully infuriated them. Stomping the ground, the earth shook, and two Mammoths charged fiercely towards Gou San together.

The ground rumbled and shook so much he couldn't even stand steadily. It was terrifying.

Gou San's loyalty had already become 0. He screamed "Mommy!", threw away the knife in his hand, and turned to run.

At this moment, his leg wasn't limping anymore. He moved nimbly, howling as he fled backward.

The two Mammoths, one after another, wouldn't let this shameless scoundrel go. How dare he challenge the dignity of the King of the Jungle?

He didn't dare to look back at all. Gou San was scared out of his wits.

One chased, one ran, and they were quite fast.

Two Mammoths, one in front and one behind.

As the Mammoth behind chased, it suddenly slowed down and looked around cautiously.

Three strangely shaped mechanical Giant Wolves silently surrounded it from three directions, their eyes flashing with strange light, fixated on this Mammoth!

It sensed danger. In this forest, it had never seen Giant Wolves the size of a calf.

It wanted to summon the Mammoth in front, but that beast had already been led far away by Gou San.

That guy Gou San specifically chose difficult small paths to run on. He might not have other skills, but he was truly good at escaping.

The three mechanical Giant Wolves charged over and quickly started tearing into the Mammoth.

The battle was fierce. Han Huohuo, hiding in a distant tree, was so scared his little heart pounded wildly. The ground was shaking, the big tree swayed back and forth, and he tightly hugged a branch, breaking out in a cold sweat. It was too terrifying.

The three mechanical Giant Wolves fought very methodically. One advanced, one retreated. One was responsible for drawing fire, while two attacked fiercely, constantly tearing at the Mammoth.

Each time the Mammoth attacked a Mechanical Giant Wolf, the other mechanical Wolves would charge and bite fiercely from behind it, while the attacked Mechanical Wolf would continuously retreat slowly, dodging the beast's attacks.

After a few rounds, this Mammoth couldn't hold on any longer.

Although Han Huohuo himself was a weakling, sitting in the tree, he surprisingly understood. Although the Mammoth's attack was stronger and it was tougher, the mechanical Giant Wolves' combat skills far surpassed the Mammoth's.

Therefore, when the Mammoth faced the siege of three mechanical Giant Wolves, it simply couldn't win.

Before, he was curious about what it meant for the mechanical Giant Wolves to have 10 intelligence. Now he knew; intelligence also included combat skills.

Simply put, smart people are better at fighting!

mechanical Giant Wolves are purely machines born for battle.

It was too terrifying!

With an earth-shattering wail, this Mammoth finally fell unwillingly.

Another Mammoth in the distance heard the death wail of this beast and realized it had been tricked. This fool finally gave up chasing Gou San and turned back to run.

It was already too late.

The beast lay on the ground, its body torn apart by the Giant Wolves everywhere.

Even a red-eyed Mammoth couldn't defeat three cold-blooded combat machines. After more than ten minutes, the second Mammoth also fell in a pool of blood.

Han Huohuo was extremely excited. He climbed down from the tree, went over to check, and confirmed that both Mammoths were dead.

"Bo... Boss!"

Han Huohuo was startled. He turned around and saw that Gou San had returned. He smelled of pee and poop all over, but he didn't have a single injury on his body.

"Huh? You're not dead yet?"

...

Damn, he said the wrong thing. Han Huohuo was a little embarrassed.

A fierce light appeared in Gou San's eyes. He really wanted to go over and strangle Han Huohuo. The three mechanical Giant Wolves walked over, stood behind Han Huohuo, and tilted their heads to look at Gou San together.

Loyalty +30

Loyalty +30

Loyalty +30

Gou San's loyalty instantly became full.

"Boss, I was in great danger. I almost died just now. I didn't lose face for the Boss, did I?" Gou San cried and complained with snot and tears.

Han Huohuo quickly nodded, "That's right, you were very brave. I knew you could do it. See, aren't you fine now? Let's go, Boss will treat you to a big meal tonight to reward you, the great contributor!"

Gou San was instantly moved to tears, "Boss is wise! Being able to follow Boss is the greatest honor of my life."

Han Huohuo thought to himself, this guy is really awesome. Is this what it's like to have unstable emotions?

The mechanical Giant Wolves were incredibly strong. Dragging the Mammoths by their tusks, they forcefully dragged the bodies of the two beasts back to the camp.

After disassembling the two Mammoths, he obtained a total of 800 high-quality food, which was a huge fortune. He also obtained two heavy hides and four tusks.

Still no blueprints dropped. Han Huohuo was speechless. Was he destined not to get blueprints, or was the drop rate really extremely low?

Ding!

Disassembling the Mammoth, obtained a treasure!

[Horseshoe: Increases Lord Luck +2]

Treasure?

A horseshoe that increases luck? What's the use of this?

Ding!

[Congratulations, Lord, your personal level has reached level two. You are the first Lord to be promoted to level two. Announce globally?]

"Refuse!"

Han Huohuo didn't want to be famous at all. Isn't it better to quietly make a fortune? What idiot would make himself a target for the whole world?

What is Lord leveling up?

He opened the Lord interface and saw his stats.

[Lord]: Han Huohuo

[Level]: Level Two

[Attributes]: Strength 3, Defense 3, Stamina 1, Intelligence 2.

[Exclusive Skill]: Mechanical Specialization

[General Skill]: Junior Leadership

Seeing his attributes, Han Huohuo was dumbfounded. Ignoring other stats, how was his stamina only 1 point? Wouldn't he die if touched? He was greatly shocked.

So he was a glass cannon?

He was uneasy, thinking that he must stay far away from danger in the future.

He then looked at his two skills.

[Mechanical Specialization]: When leading mechanical troops, all mechanical troops' movement speed increases by 2 points, and attack increases by 5 points.

[Junior Leadership]: 50% of the Lord's attributes will be added to the troops you command.

So his attributes could also be added to all his troops?

He picked up the horseshoe. The little thing was very delicate; it wasn't a real horseshoe, just a small decorative item. Han Huohuo found a string and hung the horseshoe around his neck as a necklace.

Now he was someone with a treasure too.

Stamina isn't enough, let luck make up for it!

[Congratulations on being the first to advance. Reward: one treasure chest. Lord, please accept.]

Huh?

There's a reward too?

A treasure chest appeared before his eyes. Opening the chest, he found a hero token and 2500 gold coins inside.

[hero token: Holding a hero token allows you to recruit Heroes from this world to fight for you or manage for you.]

Heroes are different from farmers. Heroes can lead armies out to conquer for you!

You always need a General for battles. You can't personally participate in every battle; what kind of Lord would that be?

It doesn't seem useful for now, and he hasn't encountered any Heroes, but this thing should be quite rare. He'll keep it for now.

He put away the hero token.

He looked at the wood and stone. While he was hunting, the workers had already collected forty wood and twenty stone.

This was roughly an hour's production.

No, there are too few workers. He needed to recruit more workers; the resource collection efficiency was too low!

The Level 1 Main Camp requires 1000 wood and 500 stone to upgrade.

With this few workers, he wouldn't be able to upgrade the Main Camp until tomorrow. The progress was too slow.

Han Huohuo was a bit discontented now. It usually took others about three days to upgrade to a Level 1 Main Camp, but he thought even one day was too slow.