Chapter 20 - Chapter 20: The Tiger Crisis

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Everyone had now truly regarded themselves as a part of Chang’an Village. They had treated Avril as their Lord, so they naturally had to listen to the Lord’s orders.

Seeing that everyone had accepted the fact that Su Mu held military power, Avril nodded and continued speaking.

“From now on, any matters concerning military power will be handled by Su Mu. There’s no need to ask me. Su Mu has the right to decide on matters regarding military forces, and he can also appoint military positions! I will be in charge of the internal affairs of the village.”

Avril carried on.

After listening to Avril’s words, everyone was shocked.

They all knew what this meant.

It meant that Su Mu had the absolute right and say over military power!

They originally thought that Avril had only given Su Mu a portion of military power.

But it never entered their minds that Avril would completely hand over military power to Su Mu!

The way everyone looked at Su Mu had completely changed.

This meant that from now on, Chang’an Village had two people in charge.

One was Avril, and the other was Su Mu!

The difference was that Avril was called a Lord, while Su Mu was called a Great General.

An existence that was only second to the highest Lord, and even, to a certain extent, surpassed a Lord!

Su Mu stood in the middle of his subjects with an indifferent expression.

After everyone had digested the words, Avril proceeded, “Alright, then everyone can go to the military camps to learn and strive to become a militiaman as soon as possible!”

After speaking, Avril pointed at the special military camps behind her.

Only then did the subjects suppress the shock in their hearts and enter the military camps with excitement.

…

On the back of the mountain, within the depths!

Su Mu was holding a long knife in his hand and fighting with a black bear on the ground. He was using this opportunity to sharpen his blade skills and increase his strength.

At this moment, the black bear’s paw struck out with great force!

The air instantly burst out!

Su Mu suddenly leaped into the air and dodged the bear’s paw.

In mid-air, Su Mu’s expression was calm, and his gaze was ice-cold. The long knife in his hand instantly slashed out.

Then and there, a cold light appeared!

The air seemed to be cut apart by the light from the blade!

‘Chi!’

The next moment. 

Su Mu sheathed his knife.

Behind him, a shocking slash mark had appeared on the black bear’s body!

However, it was still standing.

A moment later.

‘Plop!’

The black bear fell to the ground.

Su Mu’s strength had once again risen to another level.

At the same time, after three job advancements, Su Mu discovered that the experience gained from hunting wild beasts dwindled to very few points.

As for cutting wood, it was almost impossible to gain experience points anymore.

“If I want to continue leveling up, it seems that I have to fight actual battles with stronger monsters, or even against real people!”

Su Mu had this thought as he used his long knife to subdue the black bear.

Right now, he couldn’t wait for the novice protection period to end as soon as possible!

In Su Mu’s eyes, those were all precious experience points.

After walking for a while, Su Mu seemed to have sensed something and suddenly turned his head.

Behind Su Mu, a two-meter-long white tiger covered in stripes was staring at Su Mu ferociously with a fierce gaze.

Seeing the fierce tiger, Su Mu reacted quickly. Without the slightest hesitation, he raised his knife and charged at the fierce tiger, slashing down!

‘Swoosh!’

The sound of air being cut rang out!

The fierce tiger nimbly evaded and actually dodged this knife!

Su Mu was somewhat surprised, and his expression became solemn.

The fierce tiger was angered by Su Mu’s knife just now, and a few low growls came out from its throat.

In the next moment, the fierce tiger pounced on its prey like a hungry animal. It bared its fangs and was about to bite Su Mu alive!

“Its speed isn’t fast.”

Su Mu quickly made a judgment and lightly dodged. Simultaneously, he brandished his black knife and suddenly exerted force, slashing towards the fierce tiger’s mouth.

However, when the black knife hit the tiger’s tooth, the weapon in his hand shook slightly!

As for the tiger, it was sent flying, but it was fine.

“What tough teeth!”

Su Mu couldn’t help but be a little surprised.

Although the tiger didn’t receive any serious injuries, it still felt pain. Instantly, it became furious and growled!

“Roar! Roar!”

The tiger’s roar resounded through the sky.

Thereafter, the tiger pounced on Su Mu as if it had gone mad.

However, Su Mu deftly dodged a few times and avoided all of the attacks.

Seeing that it couldn’t hurt Su Mu in the slightest, the tiger grew infuriated. Its tiger claws immediately swept towards Su Mu like lightning.

Su Mu held the knife in his right hand. The tiger didn’t dare to move, but the left side was left with no defense!

For a moment, Su Mu could only stretch out his hand to block!

‘Bang!’

His left arm collided with the tiger’s claw. Su Mu’s arm immediately felt extreme pain!

“This guy is not simple. He has very high intelligence!”

Su Mu’s pupils constricted. He immediately realized this point.

However, Su Mu still held the black knife in his hand. He gritted his teeth and instantly exerted strength with his right hand. The knife hit the tiger’s body!

Fresh blood instantly gushed out!

“Wu! Wu! Wu!”

The tiger howled in pain.

However, at the same time, it also realized that the human in front of it was extraordinary.

How could an ordinary human have such great strength?!

“It actually only bled a little?”

Su Mu was a little stunned. He raised the black knife and continued to fight with the tiger.

After a few rounds of fighting, Su Mu’s body was also wounded. However, he was only scratched by the tiger’s claws, so it was not a big problem.

As for that fierce tiger, it was covered in blood, but it still did not fall down for a long time!

Just when Su Mu was enjoying himself, this fierce tiger suddenly let out a long howl, then turned around and flee!

“It ran away?”

Su Mu’s eyes were wide open!

This was his experience pack!

No matter what, he could not let it go!

Su Mu immediately raised his black knife and chased after it.

This fierce tiger wasn’t fast, so Su Mu caught up to it very quickly.

“Wu! Wu!”

The fierce tiger’s eyes revealed a look of fear as it slowly retreated.

Su Mu raised his black knife and slowly approached.

With this black knife, Su Mu estimated that his experience should increase by a large margin!

After all, this fierce tiger’s strength was strong, and its power wasn’t insignificant.

At this moment, this fierce tiger suddenly lowered its head and let out a pitiful roar.

During this time, a notification panel appeared before Su Mu’s eyes.

[You have subdued the white tiger. Obtained 200 experience points.]

[You have leveled up. Current Level: LV18]

Instantly, a warm current surged up from Su Mu’s body, and his strength increased once again.

“Subdued?”

Su Mu was slightly stunned as he looked at the tiger in front of him.

The white tiger let out a whimper and looked at Su Mu with fear and dread in its eyes.

Then, the white tiger suddenly stood up from the ground and slowly approached Su Mu.

Su Mu immediately tightened his grip on the black knife and readied his weapon at any time as he remained wary of this white tiger.

Seeing this, the white tiger immediately stopped and let out an aggrieved howl. It looked towards the north and then looked at Su Mu.

“You mean, you want me to go with you?”Su Mu asked with a frown.

The white tiger whimpered and then nodded its head.

“You do have some intelligence. Let’s go.”

Su Mu held the black knife tightly and said, “If you have any evil intentions, I’ll kill you directly!”

The white tiger lowered its head and began to walk north with Su Mu..