Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

Muto climbed up from the ground, thoroughly convinced after the beating of reality. He opened his mouth, wanting to speak, but the blow to his back made it impossible for him to catch his breath, rendering him speechless.

"Oh? Still not admitting defeat? Truly worthy of being a brave orcish barbarian!" Li Wei praised from the bottom of his heart. "Since you're unwilling to concede, then let's go again!"

Muto: "?"

Boom, boom, boom!

Body slam! Throw slam! Overhead slam!

The arena resounded with a series of dull thuds as flesh collided with the ground, even the ground trembling slightly. The onlookers were petrified by the scene, turning into lifelike statues.

"Good heavens! Does he have a giant hidden inside him?!" The arena manager stared blankly at everything, muttering to himself.

No one knew better than him how brave these orcs were. They would even treat a brown bear as a toy to wrestle with, but what was he seeing now?

This brave orc was now being thrown around like a rag doll, like a deaf and mute girl in the slums, weak, pitiful, and helpless.

Li Wei was a little surprised by Muto's performance.

Based on his experience in arenas and coliseums, gladiators would understand after taking a couple of hard hits that they were biting off more than they could chew and would lie on the ground and honestly admit defeat.

Even those knights in the arena with long titles who shouted about honor all day were actually quite pragmatic, at most saying a few righteous words before admitting defeat.

In contrast, this orc was unbelievably resilient. Despite being unable to fight back, he struggled to get up from the ground after being thrown down more than a dozen times, showing no sign of admitting defeat.

What gave him such tenacious fighting spirit?

Was it the unyielding wild grass in the wilderness, or the heart that feared no strong enemy?

Was it the orcish sense of honor of never admitting defeat, or the life motto of getting up wherever you fall?

Li Wei had long regarded these orcs as his subordinates, so he had always held back, but now he was considering whether to give him a couple of hard hits.

"Zat, are you orcs all so unyielding, fighting to the death?" Li Wei couldn't help but ask.

"Uh, uh, Boss, I think... he should have admitted defeat a long time ago..."

Li Wei: "?"

With a final thud as his heavy body hit the ground, Muto used his last ounce of strength to roll over, his eyes blankly watching the white clouds in the sky through the transparent dome.

It's good to be alive...

...

Li Wei left the Howling Arena with the orcish barbarian, bid farewell by the awed eyes of the mustached man and his servants, who looked at him like a monster.

The initial formation of the armed personnel of the future territory was complete, but it still lacked many things.

For example, these muscle barbarians were currently all "naked"—literally.

They didn't even have weapons, and their upper bodies were bare, with only a pair of big pants, and their wide feet were still in shameful negative-distance contact with the ground.

Being so poor that you only have a pair of pants was no longer a figure of speech, but their daily portrayal.

Pioneering was not as romantic as in knight novels, where you only needed to bring a few guards to build a castle, collect beast-eared girls, elves, and maids, and then live a shameless noble life.

On the contrary, it was an extremely serious military activity with huge upfront investment.

Besides the two thousand gold coins Li Wei transferred from Fulina's left hand to his right, he had a little over a thousand left.

These were what he had saved up coin by coin over the past three years as a mercenary, merchant, and gladiator.

He had to save at least six hundred to buy supplies, food, building materials, clothing, and so on.

Only four hundred coins could be used to buy weapons and equipment.

This amount of money was actually a lot, enough to buy a manor, and then buy a few maids and servants to live comfortably for the rest of your life.

But throwing it into the military wouldn't even make a ripple. Equipping these fifty orcish barbarians would only get them a newbie three-piece set each.

Li Wei was even considering whether he should sell his body. With his looks as the king of ducks and his body comparable to a perpetual motion machine, he would definitely be a boon to wealthy women.

But as a nobleman, how could he sell his body to support these muscle barbarians? Wouldn't that be turning the world upside down?

It should be these orcish barbarians who sell their bodies to support him!

A group of muscle barbarians walked on the streets of White Stream City, their fierce aura rushing towards them. No one dared to stand in front of these giants, and they all made way, not even daring to breathe loudly.

Only after they disappeared from sight did they start to discuss which noble master had taken in these barbarians.

Leading the team, Li Wei came to the northwest corner of White Stream City. This remote area was not as dilapidated as he had imagined, but extremely prosperous.

The Northern Territory was the northern border area of the Deber Kingdom. Further north was the uninhabited no-man's land.

This wilderness was full of various races such as goblins, gnolls, and northern barbarians, and was full of danger.

Since the land of Deber was almost completely enfeoffed a hundred years ago, the policy of land grabbing began. Most people were given the title of pioneer lord.

Any territory developed in the no-man's land belonged to them, which also set off a craze.

For wealth and land, waves of pioneers surged into this wilderness one after another, never stopping, but facing the endless dangers in the wilderness, success was like an illusory dream of wealth.

Countless gamblers spent their last copper coin in this land, owed huge debts, and finally had to sell their asses in brothels for the rest of their lives to pay off their debts.

And in this illusory dream of wealth, merchants were the real winners who made a fortune.

Pioneering was an industry, and the stores that provided services for it were so prosperous that they even formed an extremely prosperous commercial street in White Stream City.

Armor, food, building materials, slave warriors... you can buy anything you need for pioneering here.

There were even various types of female half-orcs. These half-orcs usually had human bodies and some beast-like characteristics.

For example, one female half-orc had a tiger tail and a pair of fluffy tiger ears, while her body was completely human.

As for why you would see this kind of slave in a serious pioneering operation, you have to mention a widely circulated joke in the wilderness.

"In the wilderness, you can only find three holes on a harpy."

Pioneering for two or three years, a sow looks like Diao Chan, which shows that pioneering is not as beautiful as imagined.

However, there are always more solutions than difficulties.

These half-orcs inherited the physical qualities of orcs while also having human appearances, which undoubtedly made them more suitable for survival in the wilderness than weak human girls.

They can be used to work at ordinary times, and can also be used to do...

It can be said that they have a full cost performance and are deeply loved by most pioneer lords.