Berserk: The Prophet

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"Hey, boss, Lord Cheko is calling you."

When Ali woke Green up, it was already noon. Green had two strips of cloth with blood stuck in his nose, and he had been sleeping with his mouth open since dawn, drooling and snoring all morning. In short, he was sleeping like a pig.

"Ah? What happened?"

Green looked around blankly with bloodshot eyes and dark circles under his eyes. He was probably sleeping with his mouth open and lacking oxygen, so his mind wasn't quite right.

"Hey, boss, you've been sleeping all morning. Lord Cheko and the others are going back to the village today."

"oh oh."

Green ripped the gauze out of his nose and threw it on the floor. There were still drops of blood and traces of blood on the side of the bed, indicating that the amount of bleeding last night was staggering. But the shock Green experienced was not just from the nosebleed; who could withstand that?

"FrogFun, boss, why are you bleeding so much from your nose?"

Ali thought it was his own years of foot odor that had caused the eldest brother's nose to be stuffed up. In the morning, he embarrassedly melted some snow water and put it in a wooden basin, then called the other two to wash their feet together.

"Ah, it's nothing, I just have a sore throat. Let's go downstairs quickly, Ali!"

After quickly wiping his nose and putting on his coat, Green hurriedly called Ali to go downstairs with him; it was too embarrassing.

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"Are you leaving, Uncle Cheko?"

"Yes, we've rested enough, it's time to go back. The people in the village must be worried."

"Haha, what happened to you? Did someone punch you in the eye?" Cheko teased Green when he saw the two big dark circles under his eyes as soon as he put his luggage on the horses of the patrolmen who came to greet him.

"Ah... hahaha, I bumped my head while sleeping last night. I hope I didn't lose anything?" Green scratched his head sheepishly, feeling that even he found the excuse lame.

"Of course, but even if I leave it behind, the tavern owner will help me collect it."

"Okay, then be careful on the road, Uncle Cheko."

"Don't worry, we'll have knights escorting us to ensure our safety on the road." Cheko pointed to the dozen or so knights outside the door, who were probably responsible for patrolling the area.

"That's good. Have a safe trip, Uncle Cheko." Green escorted Cheko to the gate of the outer courtyard. The midday sun was quite bright.

"Come visit the village sometime, Green."

"no problem!"

Now that Cheko and his group have gone far away, it's time for me to find something to do. After all, I can't just sit around now that I'm feeling better; I need to make the most of every opportunity to improve my strength.

Ah, this is tough. We'd better recruit some men first. Green had just stepped into the tavern and sat down at a table to get something to eat when two city thugs immediately sat down next to him.

"Hehehe, boss, isn't it time to pay this week's salary?"

"Oh, it's time to distribute them." This reminded Green that the two of them hadn't leveled up yet, so he generously took out 50 dinars and gave them to the two of them.

"You two can use these 20 dinars to upgrade your equipment. The rest, besides your wages, can be considered tips. Don't forget to include the wages and bonuses of your partner as well."

"No problem, boss!!" Upon seeing so much money, the two urban thugs immediately grinned and slipped into the street.

Two city thugs have been upgraded to forest bandits/bandits, each costing 10 dinars.

I haven't seen this page in a long time, and I've forgotten what the unit types are, so I clicked on one of each.

The forest bandit is basically a small archer with a light crossbow, wearing light soft armor that can't be upgraded anymore. He's a small-time Karami-level character. Apart from adding a long-range crossbow, he doesn't seem to have changed much. At least he's not as weak as someone with only 5 strength who could be killed by a village girl with one punch. But his strength hasn't changed much either, only around 9, making him slightly stronger than the village girl.

To put it bluntly, these urban thugs are just young hooligans, the oldest of whom are no more than 15 years old. I believe some of them are from villages and probably can't even beat their own mothers.

Those who upgrade to bandits far worse off, with only 7 points of strength, no change in wages, and little change in equipment. The only advantage is that they have a longer path to follow, branching into highway robbers and mercenary swordsmen, at least they can take a legitimate route.

"Yours." Green took out ten more dinars from his pocket and handed them to Ali.

"Huh? I don't need to pay for mine... Didn't I already pay for it?" The three dinars in Ali's pocket were still untouched in his wallet. He was used to being frugal and couldn't bear to spend them. He wasn't as clever as the other two, who would secretly hoard some on the battlefield to sell.

"This is for you to buy some equipment. It's getting cold, so go and put on some more clothes."

Green planned to go out in the afternoon to see if there were any battles he could participate in. Anyway, the Vanscare people were still quite restless lately, and it wasn't Green's style not to make some money off the versatile pirate chainmail and sell it.

Green also noticed that his strength attribute had decreased since his right arm injury. It seemed he should try to avoid getting injured again, as attributes are already hard to come by. This pained Green for a long time, but life had to go on. How could he gain a foothold in the continent of Pendor if he didn't make money?

Green spent a dinar to get some lunch and brought it back to his seat. Seeing that Ali was still standing there in a daze and hadn't gone out into the street, he urged him on.

"Go quickly, there might be another battle this afternoon."

"Okay!" Ali then took the money and went to buy clothes.

"Sigh, what a miserable life..." After watching Ali walk away, Green began to eat his first meal of the day.

[Ali is promoted to: Pande recruit]

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Wandering around from God's perspective...

Dusk fell quickly, and the group was approaching Relancel Village. In the last clear moment, they saw 120 members of Barkley's regular army confronting 64 members of the Vanscare pirates. Even though it was late, they were determined to pull off a heist since they'd finally encountered a battle. Yes! For the goddess of justice, Astalia!!

[You have decided to aid the defenders of the Barkley Empire. Teleporting to the battlefield...]

With a wave of dizziness, Green quickly adapted to his surroundings. The Vanscare people were exposed by the firelight around the village, and Barkley's army surrounded the Vanscare pirates from all sides of the woods. As Barkley's arquebusiers pulled the trigger, after more than twenty shots, a small number of the densely packed pirates were immediately killed, and the cavalry and heavy infantry also launched a charge.

Green followed closely behind, leading the three to the battlefield. Spears and axes flew everywhere. After taking the lives of two Vanskerry raiders, Old Horse finally collapsed to the ground, groaning in exhaustion. Green quickly got up and hid behind a big tree. Fortunately, Old Horse was hit by a flying axe after they left the battlefield. Otherwise, if he had been ganged up on by so many people with axes, he would have been crippled if not killed.