Work Prophet
Chapter 606 - 38 You Will Help Us

Chapter 606: Chapter 38 You Will Help Us

Li Yu threw out a question and after a full minute and a half, the famished tribesmen didn’t respond at all.

Red Beard scoffed coldly at Li Yu, "Don’t bother, we’re not like you imperial people, we would never betray our tribe.

"I didn’t plan to do anything to your tribe, just wanted to pay a visit," Li Yu said.

He even had Tom fetch a loaf of bread and place it in front of the tribespeople.

Seeing the bread, several tribespeople’s stomachs couldn’t help but growl loudly.

But, just as Red Beard had said, they preferred to stay hungry rather than disclose the location of their tribe to Li Yu.

Tom said to Li Yu, "Prophet, use torture, I guarantee we can extract everything you want to know from their mouths."

However, Li Yu shook his head and said, "No need, to defeat the Dwarf Army blocking the entrance of the valley, we still need the help of those tribal people.

"We wouldn’t help you!" Iron Spear interrupted Li Yu aggressively, "Although we don’t think much of those dwarves, we’ve already made a pact with them, you’re too late."

Li Yu, undeterred, repeated, "You will help us."

"No, we won’t!" Iron Spear was adamant, "You’d better kill us now, otherwise if we find an opportunity later, you will regret it!"

"How about we make a wager then," Li Yu suggested.

"Let’s wager," Iron Spear was unafraid, "No matter what you do, my tribe and I will definitely not stand with you imperial people. If I lose, I’ll become your slave."

"There’s no need for that, I only want you to join me in worshiping Saturday."

"Saturday, what’s that?" Iron Spear frowned.

"It is the great god of rest and entertainment, bringing joy to the world. Those who worship it will also receive its favor," Li Yu explained.

"We don’t need it, we already have the protection of the Mountain Spirit," the female tribeswoman shook her head, "But it doesn’t matter, you’re definitely going to lose this bet, so you can make me believe whatever."

"What about the rest of you?" Li Yu looked at the other tribespeople.

Red Beard and the others also thought the bet was unwinnable, but they were more cautious than Iron Spear, so they didn’t agree immediately.

Li Yu didn’t rush them, letting Tom escort the captured tribespeople away before calling Greta over.

"Can you talk to the mice in the mountains," Li Yu asked the young girl, "They should know which areas often have human activity, right?

"If they can lead us there, I can give them a third of the food we find."

Greta was startled, "A third, that’s a lot, are you serious? Winter is coming, and those tribespeople must have hoarded quite a bit of food for the winter."

"I know, but we don’t need that much," Li Yu said, "As long as we can endure past those dwarves, it’s enough. We can’t carry the excess anyway."

Greta’s expression changed slightly, "So, you’re not planning to leave any food for the tribespeople?"

"Exactly, otherwise they won’t side with us," Li Yu explained, "Only when they have no food will they fight alongside us. Also, can you gather more mice?"

"If there is enough food, more mice would be willing to help us," Greta nodded.

"Very well, let’s start with the tribe closest to us. Our food supply is nearly depleted, so if we can capture a tribe’s store of grains within three days, that should be enough to sustain us for a while.

"After that, we can go and seize another... Keep going until those savages can’t take it anymore and decide to join us. At the same time, it will also expand your rat army," Li Yu paused, then asked Ireya.

"How is the combat strength of those savage tribes?"

Miss Rabbit hadn’t expected such a difficult and desperate situation to be easily resolved by Li Yu in just a few sentences.

The heavy stone that had been pressing on her heart was thus pried open.

The Lady felt a refreshing clarity, her demeanor partly restored to that of a distinguished marshal.

Patting her chest, she said, "Don’t worry, those savages don’t have decent weapons or armor. Against us, they can only take a beating. Marquis Kuren had them running scared and peeing themselves before.

"We might not be able to beat those blocking Dwarfs, but beating these savages should be no problem. Moreover, their tribes are scattered, which makes them easier to defeat."

"Hmm, after you raid one tribe, you can use their food to recruit warriors locally to attack the other tribes, so we won’t need to deplete our own manpower."

"That’s ruthless!" Miss Rabbit exclaimed in surprise, "But I like it, let’s do it that way, let those savages taste what it’s like to be hungry."

The Lady then called Duren, Thomas, and others together to further refine the details of the food raid plan.

By the following afternoon, nearby rats brought news that there were long-term human activities on the eastern side of Gravel Valley.

Some rats had even gone there to steal food.

However, those savage tribes living in the mountains valued their food highly and had many measures to prevent rats, so most rats only found a little bit of food residue there.

Plus, if unlucky enough to be discovered by the humans there, they might even be caught and turned into food.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, those rats didn’t like to venture there.

After all, except in winter, there was still plenty of edible stuff in the mountains.

But this time was different; the rats had found backers. They led the way with nearly eight thousand Imperial Soldiers following.

It only took a day and a half to find that hidden savage tribe in the deep mountains.

And the Lady discovered an unexpected bonus there.

The Dwarfs they had encountered in Gravel Valley seemed to have planned to retreat there, so they had also left some food and military supplies.

Now it all fell into the hands of Miss Rabbit, whose sudden appearance with the menacing Imperial Soldiers disrupted the peace of this primitive tribe.

At first, some savage warriors wanted to resist, but upon seeing the dense swarm of enemies, they were all stunned.

There were also those who tried to hide in the mountains amidst the chaos; running a few steps, they realized that they were surrounded from all sides without knowing it.

This battle was effortlessly won by the Lady, and they captured enough food to sustain the army for another twelve or thirteen days.

Miss Rabbit, having tasted success, rested briefly for half a day before rushing with the newly recruited savage mercenaries towards the next savage tribe.