3: Chapter 3: What happened to starting with farming?

Tada Arisu was completely stunned.

Didn't we agree that in this battle of lords, everyone would start developing from primitive tribes?

Yet, what's the deal with this Floating Island Tribe that looks like it's powered by magic and technology?!

Moreover, aren't all the lords in this area Japanese Lords? Why did a Great Xia Lord suddenly appear in their midst?

Logically, at the start, lords from each country should be assigned to the same region. This should be the farming era, a time to develop tribes and climb the tech tree.

So why is this Great Xia Lord going for a "flying dragon to the face" rush right from the start?

Tada Arisu stood dazed for a long time, watching helplessly as the island suspended in mid-air continuously closed in on his territory.

Are... are you kidding me!!!

However, Xu Xuan wasn't going to give him any time to daydream. Standing on the ten-plus-meter-high Floating Island, his starting advantage was the high ground!

"Smash them!"

In a primitive tribe with only clubs and stones, the tribe members grabbed prepared rocks and hurled them downward.

In Tada Arisu's Tada Tribe, the savages had never seen anything like this before. They shrieked in terror, scurrying away with their heads in their hands.

Stones rained down from above like hail. Fist-sized rocks plummeted, and those hit either died on the spot or were knocked unconscious.

Xu Xuan stood to the side, watching Hu Zi Mei lead a group of savages in frantically throwing stones. Seeing the savages of the Tada Tribe wailing in pain, Hu Zi Mei burst into laughter.

"So satisfying! This is great, hahaha!"

Her hearty laughter echoed across the plains. Under the sunlight, Hu Zi Mei's two canine teeth gleamed, and her wheat-colored skin shone with a healthy luster.

Scurrying below, Tada Arisu never dreamed that less than half an hour into the start, he would be attacked by a Great Xia Lord.

Didn't we agree to farm first after landing?

Didn't we agree that this area would be filled with Japanese Lords? How did a Great Xia Lord appear among them?

A Great Xia Lord who starts with a Floating Island, no less!?

As he ran, Tada Arisu shouted, "Counterattack! Fight back!!!"

Some loyal warriors of the Tada Tribe picked up stones from the ground and threw them upward.

However, given the Floating Island's height of over ten meters, even if the stones reached them, the impact was negligible.

Since ancient times, the advantage of the high ground has been overwhelming.

Seeing the Floating Island continuously approaching, Tada Arisu was so terrified that he abandoned his tribe and bolted.

Before this, he was just an office worker in Tokyo. Having come to this place to be a lord, he possessed no fighting spirit whatsoever.

Seeing most of the Tada Tribe fleeing, Xu Xuan waved his hand. "Lower the ropes! Go down and seize their food and people!"

The Tada Tribe's most elite warriors had been scattered, and the rest were only concerned with running for their lives.

The Floating Island's current built-in technology was [Hemp Rope]. After all, without this tech at the start, Xu Xuan's people wouldn't even be able to get off the island.

The system had gifted him the Hemp Rope technology at the beginning, so his starting novice lord supplies included not just food, but also herbs and Hemp Rope.

Ropes were tossed down one by one. Xu Xuan's tribal warriors descended along them, with Hu Zi Mei leading the charge at the very front.

Xu Xuan stood on the island, overlooking the entire Tada Tribe.

The enemy lord's flight, combined with the sudden attack from the Floating Island, caused the tribe's morale to plummet.

Xu Xuan's tribal warriors swarmed into the Tada Tribe like soldiers descending from heaven.

Their primary objective was to seize food!

Because Xu Xuan's Floating Island had little land and was surrounded by Japanese Lords, he couldn't descend to the ground to farm.

To survive in an environment surrounded by wolves, he had to plunder!

Only by seizing food from other lords could he maintain the food supply for the Floating Island Tribe!

The Tada Tribe's food was all stored in thatched huts within the village; various berries and beast meats were still fresh.

Leading the warriors, Hu Zi Mei charged ahead. She rushed forward with a wooden club and knocked down a warrior attempting to resist with a single blow.

Blood sprayed onto her face and stained her long hair.

She raised the blood-stained club and let out a battle cry toward the sky, making the other tribal warriors' blood boil as they charged forward with howls.

So fierce!

Watching her lead the warriors into battle, Xu Xuan couldn't help but sigh inwardly. This kind of primitive and rugged girl was impossible to find in modern times; she possessed an indescribable wild beauty.

As Hu Zi Mei rushed into the center of the village, she saw the Lord Crystal floating there.

Capturing this Lord Crystal would signify victory in the tribal war!

A virtual screen appeared before Xu Xuan's eyes.

[Your tribal warriors have conquered the Tada Tribe. You may incorporate the other savages into your tribe.]

[Note: In the primitive era, tribes have not yet developed civilization or a sense of identity. Annexed tribes can integrate quickly.]

Seeing this, Xu Xuan chose to annex the tribe without hesitation.

After all, what he wanted was population!

To plunder other lords, he had to increase his own population, raising a pack of wolves like a rolling snowball!

After Xu Xuan issued the annexation order, Hu Zi Mei stood in the center of the village and shouted to the savages still putting up a desperate resistance: "Your chieftain has abandoned you! Join our Floating Island Tribe, and your lives will be spared!"

Upon hearing this, many savages gradually laid down their clubs and chose to stop resisting.

They were a group of newly spawned savages and hadn't had time to develop a sense of tribal belonging. Since their chieftain had abandoned them, they had no choice but to surrender.

Some savages chose to flee, but for them, it was just a matter of knocking them unconscious with a club and taking them away.

In this barbaric period of civilization, tribes plundering each other for population was a common occurrence.

In this era, there was no need for dowries. If someone caught your eye, you just called a few buddies, brought some clubs, knocked the person out, and dragged them home to be your wife.

Aside from the twenty-plus killed by stones and the dozens who fled, Xu Xuan captured a total of 37 people from the Tada Tribe.

Naturally, these 37 people would soon become new members of the Floating Island Tribe.

Xu Xuan glanced at the captives.

[Savages]

[Loyalty: When a chieftain or general is present, they can fight to the death. When a chieftain or general abandons them, they will surrender at the speed of light.]

It seemed that as long as he or Hu Zi Mei was present, these savages could maintain their morale.

There was no need to worry about the loyalty of the newly recruited savages. As long as they were given food and drink and were accepted, they would recognize Xu Xuan as their chieftain.

Fortunately, starting in the primitive era allowed him to quickly annex population through force.

While he was watching the screen as Hu Zi Mei occupied Tada Village...

[Global Announcement: Great Xia Lord Xu Xuan has successfully occupied Japanese Lord Tada Arisu's tribe, becoming the first lord in the world to achieve victory in battle!]