"Alright."
Wu Liang did not refuse.
A glimmer of pleasant surprise instantly burst from Kayla's eyes.
The two of them walked out of the house one after the other, stepping into the swirling wind and snow.
On the Tribe's city walls, there was a towering arrow tower lookout post at regular intervals.
Wu Liang and Kayla stepped through the thick snow, ascending the tallest lookout tower step by step.
From here, one could overlook the entire panorama of the Tribe.
The lights of ten thousand homes flickered in the wind and snow, bringing a hint of warmth to this freezing night.
"Chief, look, our Tribe is getting larger and larger."
Kayla stood beside Wu Liang, her voice filled with emotion and adoration.
She was born and raised in the Black Rock Tribe, and had witnessed with her own eyes how this Tribe had developed step by step from a small Tribe struggling to survive to its current scale under Wu Liang's hand.
Especially after Wu Liang appeared, the changes in the Tribe were simply earth-shaking.
Sturdy city walls, spacious brick houses, inexhaustible food supplies, and that invincible army.
All of this was brought by the man before her eyes.
"This is still not enough."
Wu Liang said indifferently.
"My goal is the entire Great Desolate Mountain, and even the world beyond the mountains."
His words caused Kayla's mind to tremble.
She gazed blankly at Wu Liang's profile; under the reflection of the torches, that handsome and masculine silhouette appeared so captivating.
This man possessed the broadest mind and the most terrifying ambition she had ever seen.
While she was merely an insignificant little Spear and Shield Battalion commander under his command.
An impulse made her no longer able to suppress the emotions in her heart.
Her fit body grew as scalding hot as a ball of fire.
Wu Liang's body stiffened slightly, but he did not push her away.
"I..."
Kayla's voice carried a rustling tremble.
"I know I am not worthy of you, I am not as noble as Chief Wei Xian, nor as powerful as Lord Akomann..."
"But, I am willing to do anything for you, even die for you!"
"I beg you, let me offer my loyalty to you as well..."
Her words were blunt and passionate.
"Are you... asking me to collide with you?"
Wu Liang turned around, looking at this Female Warrior whose face was covered in tears yet still held her head high, stubbornly looking at him.
"Yes, my Chief, there are still many training techniques I need to learn from you, please!"
In her eyes was the purest adoration and love, completely unconcealed.
For a warrior loyal to him, Wu Liang was never stingy with his grace.
"Very well Kayla, I accept your loyalty."
Wu Liang slowly lowered his head.
Kayla's body jolted violently, erupting with unimaginable passion.
The wind and snow howled outside the lookout tower.
In the freezing winter night, they were scaldingly entangled, oblivious to the cold.
Kayla went from nervous to eventually being completely frenzied.
Exhausting all the strength in her body, she catered to her king.
Tonight, Kayla's soul was completely branded with this man's mark.
[Ding! Detected that the target 'Kayla's' submission level has reached 100% max! Target has developed a die-hard loyalty mentality!]
[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for completing the special individual mission: Completely conquer Kayla in one go!]
[Ding! Detected that the Host has completed the first bloodline connection with high-potential target 'Kayla' (Potential Evaluation: B-grade), triggering the 'Conquest Rebate' reward!]
[Mission Evaluation: Perfect!]
[Distributing mission rewards...]
[Reward 1: Double rebate of the Host's consumed stamina!]
[Reward 2: Target's racial talent 'Tough Physique LV5' (Passive, increases defense and endurance) has been acquired and strengthened into 'Steel Body LV5' (Passive, significantly increases physical defense, damage reduction, and abnormal status resistance)!]
[Reward 3: military technology tree upgraded, 'Tower Shield Reinforcement' and 'Heavy Infantry Armor' related branch blueprints acquired!]
A powerful force instantly filled Wu Liang's entire body.
He could feel his body becoming even more indestructible.
And within his mind, knowledge regarding how to forge sturdier shields and heavier armor also appeared.
Wu Liang looked at Kayla, who was already as limp as mud in his arms yet had a happy glow overflowing from her face, his heart peaceful.
He gently stroked Kayla's sweat-dampened hair.
This night was an unexpected harvest for him.
The severe cold of winter soon enveloped the entire Great Desolate Mountain.
Continuous heavy snow turned the Black Rock Tribe into a world wrapped in silver.
Beneath this beauty, however, a fatal crisis was hidden.
The first place to have a problem was the Wounded Soldiers Camp.
Due to the sudden drop in temperature and the naturally poor resistance of the wounded, a strange illness began to spread rapidly within the Wounded Soldiers Camp.
The initial symptoms were just coughing and a runny nose, accompanied by chills.
Chieftain Alisha and her Yuequan clansmen initially used some herbs to dispel the cold and didn't pay much attention to it.
But soon, the situation spiraled out of control.
More and more wounded soldiers began to show symptoms of persistent high fever, their whole bodies aching and weak.
In severe cases, they even had difficulty breathing, and the phlegm they coughed up was tinged with blood.
Panic, like the plague itself, rapidly diffused throughout the Wounded Soldiers Camp.
"Chieftain Alisha, two more people are dying!"
A young Yuequan woman ran to report to Alisha while crying.
Alisha rushed into the room crowded with patients.
An air mixed with the smell of sweat and medicine made one almost want to vomit.
She saw two young Female Warriors lying on straw mats, their bodies twitching incessantly.
Their faces were purple, and their breathing had become extremely weak.
No matter how her clansmen fed them medicine or used wet cloths to cool them down, it was all to no avail.
Ultimately, amidst painful struggles, those two warriors' bodies slowly stiffened, completely losing all signs of life.
Inside the room, there was a dead silence.
Despair and fear were written on everyone's faces.
"Why... why is it like this?"
Alisha's body swayed, her face as pale as paper.
The herbal knowledge she was so proud of appeared so powerless in the face of this unknown disease.
This sense of powerlessness nearly made her collapse.
And this was merely the beginning.
The transmission speed of the virus far exceeded everyone's imagination.
Soon, several Yuequan Tribe members responsible for taking care of the wounded also fell ill one after another.
From the source of the Wounded Soldiers Camp, the virus silently spread to the entire Black Rock Tribe.
At first, it was just isolated cases.
But a few days later, people coughing and having fevers could be seen everywhere in the Tribe.
The entire Tribe fell into a state of panic.
People did not dare to go out or talk to others, for fear of being infected with that "strange disease."
The usually bustling Tribe became deathly still.
Wu Liang stood in his room, listening to Akomann's report with a calm expression.
"Chief, currently in the Tribe, over three hundred people have been infected, and the number is still increasing."
"Everyone is saying the gods are angry and have sent down a curse."