163: Song Yi's mission

Lin Yue opened the first spatial ring, which contained some silver, weapons, and elixirs, but nothing too special.

The items in the second and third spatial rings were similar, until he opened the fourth, which was a bit different.

It was a hundred rolls of toilet paper!

Lin Yue put them all into his own spatial ring; he had been buying them from the system shop before, where each roll cost 30 copper coins, so if he were poor, he wouldn't even be able to afford paper!

These four spatial rings contained about fifty taels of silver and three Yellow-tier weapons. Overall, the value of the spatial rings themselves was greater than the value of the items inside them.

Most players now do not store valuables in spatial rings but rather keep them in their main camps. Spatial rings usually only hold a bit of silver for emergencies, so even if one dies in battle, the loss is not significant.

Moreover, the space inside a spatial ring is limited, and they need to reserve enough room for spoils when they go out to plunder!

Then, Lin Yue opened the last spatial ring, and his mouth twitched slightly after taking out its contents.

It was over a hundred small umbrellas!

No, why is there even this stuff?

This was the first time he had seen such an item in the game, and he guessed it was most likely from a Lucky Small Treasure Chest.

After all, that small treasure chest could yield all sorts of weird and wonderful things, aside from useful items!

But to get over a hundred small umbrellas was truly astonishing. Lin Yue didn't know whether the original owner of the ring was lucky or unlucky.

Lin Yue searched and found that there was no market for this item, as the game currently had no child system, nor had he heard of players being able to have children in the game, so this item was completely useless.

He sighed, not knowing what to do with them, and so he stored them in his own spatial ring.

"Where is Li Siye?" Lin Yue asked.

"Brother Li was worried that there might still be Mountain Bandits with ill intentions, so he stayed there to Guard. This humble general told him to return, but unfortunately, I couldn't persuade him," Hou Da said.

"Good. How are the casualties among the villagers?" Lin Yue asked.

"Eleven injured in the First Guard, fifteen injured in the Second Guard. Thanks to the Qin Crossbow and Brother Li's assistance, there were no fatalities," Hou Da said.

"That's good. You and those two, open these storage bags and categorize the items inside before handing them to me," Lin Yue instructed.

"Understood!" Hou Da and the two Soldiers behind him responded.

The storage bags should not contain valuables, and Lin Yue didn't have the energy to check them one by one, so he handed them over.

"My Lord, Song Yi has returned," Feng Cai said.

"Let him in."

"Yes," Feng Cai said.

"My Lord, the mission has been completed," Song Yi walked over and said.

"Excellent. You should rest. Your fellow villagers have been settled, and you can go see them," Lin Yue said with a smile.

"Alright," Song Yi nodded, then hesitated before saying to Lin Yue, "My Lord, I observed something."

"What did you observe?" Lin Yue asked.

"After I completed the mission, I stayed at the original location for a while, wanting to see the Subsequent development, and unexpectedly, I saw..." Song Yi recounted everything he had seen and heard to Lin Yue.

Lin Yue chuckled after hearing it: "East Kill Guild? I didn't expect to stumble upon someone to take the blame for me."

"Feng Cai, you heard everything just now, didn't you?" Lin Yue turned and asked.

"This old man heard it," Feng Cai said respectfully.

"Then send someone to inform Wang Hu. He's watched the show long enough; it's time to cast the net," Lin Yue said with a smile.

Lin Yue had noted down the names of their guilds and given them to Song Yi when he discovered in the regional chat channel that they were planning to jointly attack the Fief.

The plan was to make them fight among themselves, and when the players were both injured, Wang Hu would cast the net.

Now, the sudden appearance of the East Kill Guild didn't matter much to the overall situation; the outcome would simply be another mutual defeat.

If the East Kill Guild's presence made Wang Hu helpless, then he, as the Mountain King, might as well quit.

"Understood!" Feng Cai said with a smile.

Then Lin Yue handed a spatial ring to Song Yi, which contained the fifty taels of silver they had just captured.

Their village had just relocated here, and they needed the money for emergencies.

Song Yi's face showed a mix of emotions, and he finally thanked him before taking it.

[Song Yi's loyalty +10!]

"It's nothing," Lin Yue said with a smile. It seemed Song Yi was not so resistant to him anymore.

Then he watched Hou Da and the other two rummage through the storage bags, lost in thought.

There were still oversights; the sudden appearance of the East Kill Guild was completely unexpected.

It seems that relying solely on information from the regional chat channel is still not very reliable.

After all, there are too many 'sixth-man' types like the East Kill Guild now!

If Song Yi hadn't paid attention, who knows what might have happened.

"Call Shen Qin," Lin Yue said to Feng Cai, who had just returned.

"Yes," Feng Cai nodded and stepped back out just as he had entered the courtyard.

"My Lord, it's all sorted. A total of 72 taels of silver and 7732 copper coins.

The rest are all low-grade weapons, herbs, and so on.

Only this item, This humble general and the others haven't figured out what it is," Hou Da stood up and said, then handed the item to Lin Yue.

Lin Yue took it and saw that it was a blue hemisphere.

Is this half a sphere?

[Name: ???

Description: ???]

Lin Yue was a bit confused; the feedback from the game system was all question marks.

He examined it carefully but still couldn't figure out what it was.

"What do you think this is?" Lin Yue tossed the hemisphere to Song Yi.

He had been a wandering swordsman traveling north and south for a long time, so he might know something about it.

Song Yi took the hemispherical item, looked at it from left to right, examined it carefully, then held it up to the sun, squinting and looking again, and finally returned it to Lin Yue, saying, "This humble general doesn't know either."

Lin Yue was a little disappointed, but his intuition told him it should be a treasure, so he also put it into his spatial ring.

"You can give the rest to Feng Cai," Lin Yue said.

"Understood!" Hou Da responded, then withdrew.

"Song Yi, I need you to train a team specifically responsible for assassinations.

Once this matter is settled, you can select suitable individuals from the Guard for training.

Accordingly, I will no longer employ you in the future. As long as you train an assassin organization, you can continue your life as a wandering swordsman, and I will protect the safety of your fellow villagers," Lin Yue said to Song Yi.

This was the true purpose for which he had gone to such lengths to recruit Song Yi.

Having an assassin organization under his command would make it much easier to handle inconvenient matters.

Even if Song Yi couldn't train any high-level assassins, they could still serve the town or help Wang Hu assassinate some Mountain Bandit leaders; either way, it would be a gain.

Song Yi thought for a moment and finally asked, "May I ask, My Lord, what scale do you require?"

"Soldiers are about quality, not quantity. You decide how many people in the village are truly suitable for the path of an assassin," Lin Yue said.

Not everyone can become a qualified assassin, which is why Lin Yue wanted to recruit Song Yi the moment he saw him.

They are simply too hard to find!

Lin Yue felt that there would definitely not be more than ten people in the village suitable to be assassins, and if even one could reach Song Yi's level, Lin Yue would have made a huge profit!

"Alright," Song Yi nodded.

"Hmm, you should rest. If you or your fellow villagers need anything, just tell me, and I will do my best to resolve it for you," Lin Yue said.

"Yes," Song Yi nodded and then withdrew.