This young master truly has the ambition of a hero.

Inside the stronghold, the raiding force that broke in through the tunnels quickly suppressed the bandits, ensuring that not a single one escaped.

In the chaos of battle, Voluf was the first to be hit, taking a spinning kick from Yor and losing consciousness on the spot. He was later found by soldiers cleaning up the battlefield and dragged to Dick like a dead dog.

Seeing that the other person was still breathing, Dick raised his hand and controlled the water element to condense a water ball, which he splashed on the unfortunate child's face, helping him quickly regain consciousness.

"You're awake."

"Who...who are you?"

"Heh! You sent your men to assassinate me, but you don't even know what I look like?"

"You are...you are that governor!?"

With a bruised and swollen face, Voluf shook his head and finally saw the handsome young man's appearance clearly. Based on his "professional habits" developed over the years as a human trafficker, he mentally rated him as "top-quality goods."

Many wealthy people have a particular fondness for this kind of food. My cousin, who is the second-in-command of the Haihu Gang, told me that in the prosperous southern coastal region of the empire, there is a nobleman who has built a small island in the open sea and raised many "little chicks" like these on the island to entertain high-ranking officials and nobles.

Whether someone with such exceptional looks is male or female is no longer important.

"two thousand……"

"what?"

“I’m telling you, if I sell you to the Sea Tiger Gang, I can make at least two thousand gold coins. If those pirates resell you to those perverts in the south, they can make three times that amount.”

Knowing that as a bandit leader, he would surely die if he fell into Dick's hands, Woruf simply chose to throw caution to the wind. Instead of begging for mercy, he deliberately provoked Dick, trying to anger him into killing him.

As soon as he said this, the private soldiers around him were furious, but Dick did not show an angry expression as Waruff had expected. Instead, he smiled and said...

"Your vision and business acumen are lacking! I am the son of a duke, a magician, and I have the appearance of a half-elf. If you had any means to get me into a high-end auction in the Maple Dew Kingdom and use those gimmicks for publicity, those wealthy, leisurely, and elf-obsessed nobles of Maple Dew would have fought tooth and nail at the auction, bidding tens of thousands of gold coins. And now you're telling me that I've fallen into your hands, and you can only earn a measly two thousand? Are you trying to make me pity your stupidity?"

"..."

Wolver was speechless for a moment, not expecting Dick to retort from this angle.

Dick waved his hand and ordered his men to keep an eye on the man and take him back, instead of dealing with him as he had with other bandit leaders before, by simply "disposing of him harmlessly".

Because Dick will need this guy to deal with the pirate groups in the north later.

At this moment, a sergeant came over to report that they had found the place where the Blood Wolf Gang was holding hostages, and there were about three hundred people there.

However, the Blood Wolf Gang's treatment of hostages was not as brutal as that of the Vulture Gang. These hostages were their "products," and they needed to be kept alive and in good condition for sale. Therefore, they received only basic necessities of food and drink, and would not be mistreated as long as they did not escape.

"Most of them are children, should we... release them first?"

The squad leader who came to ask for instructions was a young man. He was probably kind-hearted and felt sorry for the imprisoned children, so he took the initiative to ask if they should open the cages first.

But Dick thought for a moment and told the sergeant not to rush to release the people. Instead, he told them to open the cages one by one and take out the sick, injured, and weak children first, and hand them over to the medical team for treatment. The others should stay in the cages and not move for now, but to try to calm them down and provide them with some water and food. He also said that he would go and check on them later.

"We can't release everyone all at once, otherwise the situation could easily get out of control."

After giving the other party a few more instructions, the young sergeant had just left when Dick saw Blake (Black Gunner) come in from outside and report that the situation outside had been brought under control, but the battle had been relatively intense, resulting in heavy casualties on the enemy.

As a result, they captured less than a hundred prisoners. Some useless bandits were properly "dealt with" by Blake before the medical team arrived, so as to avoid any complaints from the female doctor.

During the previous anti-bandit operations in the east, Dick had some minor conflicts with Shizuka Marikawa of the medical team over how he treated prisoners.

Natasha was alright, after all, she had been a leader of the resistance. Although she felt that Dick's methods of treating the captured bandits were indeed a bit brutal, she also knew that these scumbags deserved their fate, and Dick could still reason with her. However, Shizuka Marikawa, who had not participated in the Vulture Gang's operations, was somewhat influenced by an inappropriate sense of compassion.

Because Dick would order his soldiers to finish off the seriously wounded and disabled bandits in order to conserve medical supplies. After all, even if such people survived, they wouldn't be able to work on the labor camp, and Dick wouldn't waste food feeding such useless scum; it was better to send them to hell to repent.

However, Shizuka Marikawa felt this was inhumane. These bandits were guilty and should be tried, but as a doctor who had recited the Hippocratic Oath, she could not stand by and watch the wounded die.

Dick was speechless, so he personally took the overly naive female doctor to the bandits' dungeon to broaden her horizons. He also told her several real cases that were terrifying just from hearing the descriptions. Shizuka Marikawa was so frightened that her face turned pale.

After that, both sides actually backed down. Although Shizuka Marikawa still did not fully agree with Dick's approach, she would no longer try to stop him. Dick, on the other hand, had his men do it more discreetly.

After all...out of sight, out of mind!

After the Blood Wolf Gang was wiped out, the only remaining bandit gang in the western mountainous area was the Deer Head Gang, and there were still some villages that were colluding with bandits that needed to be dealt with.

It took five days for Dick and his men to return the prisoners, rescued members, and gold and silver treasures from the Blood Wolf Gang's stronghold to the castle in batches. During this time, Dick also discovered some interesting things.

While sightseeing in the bandits' den, Dick unexpectedly discovered that this small village was actually built on the foundation of an ancient elven ruin. The hall where the prison was located had many ancient murals on the walls. Dick even found some content about the Snow Kingdom and the winter god Ajax, which indicated that elves had lived and settled here at that time.

However, just as Dick was studying the murals with great interest, he saw Shizuka Marikawa walking towards him angrily, looking like she was about to confront him.

"What's up?"

“Dick, I need to talk to you.”

"If you mean I ordered that Class A medical supplies not be used on wounded bandits, then there's nothing to discuss. An order is an order, and there's no room for negotiation."

"Several wounded soldiers have become infected, and if not treated properly, they could lose their lives due to the worsening of their injuries."

"So what? You want to tell me that even a bandit's life is a life? I remember when I took you to visit the bandit's den, I made it very clear. Mercy to the wicked is cruelty to the good!"

"But I checked the inventory, and we don't lack that much medicine!"

"Not lacking? The bandit suppression is only halfway done! There are still tough battles to fight. If we give a few bandits anti-inflammatory drugs now, what if my soldiers get injured and we don't have enough medicine? How will you, as the doctor, explain that to them? If they are seriously injured and die, how will I, as the governor, explain that to their families? Having compassion is a good thing, but you have to be careful about who you're dealing with!"

"You, me..."

After being bluntly rebuked by Dick, Shizuka Marikawa's face turned bright red. Unable to win the argument, she turned to leave in a huff, only to be stopped by Dick's telekinesis.

Dick was genuinely angry now. Once or twice was fine, but if he kept getting angry over things like this, he wouldn't tolerate it unconditionally.

With a wave of his hand, Dick signaled the guards who were looking at each other to leave. He then took out his staff and released a silencing barrier that enveloped himself and Shizuka Marikawa, who was "hanging" up. He then used wind magic to blow out most of the oil lamps in the underground hall.

The atmosphere instantly returned to the eerie and terrifying dungeon state it had been in before.

The last remaining chandelier flickered incessantly in the wind, making Dick's sneer face appear sinister due to the flickering light.

"Dick, what are you doing? Put me down!"

"NO, NO, NO! Don't even think about getting off until I've finished educating you."

"Education? What education?"

Under Shizuka Marikawa's puzzled yet slightly flustered gaze, Dick took out two strange little gadgets from his spatial bracelet: a leather eye mask and a small ball with air holes and two strings.

This was a "gift" Dick received from the two succubus sisters when he volunteered to take the blame for his older brother. When the two sisters made physical contact with Dick, they sensed their kinship and learned that Dick had come of age. So, according to the custom of the succubus clan, they each gave him a brand new sex toy as a coming-of-age gift.

Dick had always kept these two little items, and this was the first time he had taken them out to use them.

So Dick personally put a blindfold and gag on Shizuka Marikawa and whispered something in her ear.

"Next, I will play the role of a bandit and personally demonstrate what would happen to a beautiful woman like you if she fell into the hands of those bandits."

As Dick spoke, he used a mid-level earth magic spell called "Rock Armor," which uses magic to form a transparent yet tangible barrier on the body's surface. However, some mages with peculiar thought processes "modified" Rock Armor, increasing the size of specific parts and using it on some less-than-proper "battlefields."

Dick, on the other hand, directly modified his entire body size, transforming into a 1.92-meter-tall burly man, and then used a water-based magic spell called "Mimicry Sea Monster" to grow eight tentacles on himself.

If Grandor were here, seeing his most prized and talented disciple wielding magic in so many creative ways, he would surely be very pleased... just kidding!

At this moment, Shizuka Marikawa, who was blindfolded, could not see the changes in Dick's body. So when a pair of unfamiliar large hands suddenly began to roughly knead her breasts, she was really scared. An unprecedented sense of panic overwhelmed her.

Even though she knew it was Dick's doing, she was still terrified.

She wanted to beg for mercy and apologize to Dick, but because of the soft rubber ball in her mouth, she could only make "woo-woo" sounds and could only helplessly let him do whatever he wanted.

Dick first reached his sticky, icy tentacles inside Shizuka Marikawa's clothes, then violently tore them to shreds. He then arranged her in a very shameful position and slapped her plump, peach-shaped buttocks hard across the face.

"Pity the bandits? Do you think the bandit leader would pity you?"

"Waaaaah (I was wrong)!"

"I brought you here this time to cure your 'saintly' syndrome. You should have seen the way those bandits looked at you. Guess how they would have treated you if the guards hadn't stopped them?"

"Ooh! (Be gentle! It's so big, it hurts!)"

"Scream, scream! The bandits love to hear women scream. The louder you scream, the more excited they get. They have no mercy on women!"

Dick grew increasingly angry as he spoke, his movements becoming more and more violent. His mimic tentacles lashed at Shizuka Marikawa's delicate body like whips, but he controlled the force perfectly to ensure it hurt without causing serious injury. The effect of the slave contract transformed his anger into genuine fear in Shizuka Marikawa.

Dick stopped his swift and decisive "education" only when he heard Shizuka Marikawa's whimpers turn into soft sobs, and removed the blindfold and gag.

The female doctor looked at Dick with teary eyes and a pitiful expression, which made Dick feel a pang of heartache. He secretly regretted whether he had gone too far just now. But for the sake of the educational effect, he still asked with a stern face.

"Now you know what it felt like for those women who were violated by bandits?"

"I know, I was wrong, I'm sorry..."

"It's good that you know you were wrong. I didn't really mean to mistreat you. I'll put you down now."

"Don't!"

Upon hearing Dick say he wanted to put her down, Shizuka suddenly stopped him, and then, under Dick's slightly puzzled gaze, said something with a touch of shyness.

"Can we continue?"

Dick: ? ? ?

Chapter 043: Mountain Heroes

Honestly, Dick initially just wanted to cure Shizuka Marikawa's "saintly complex" and stop her from wasting her sympathy on worthless trash. Who knows, maybe one day she'll suffer a great loss because of this, and the story of "the farmer and the snake" will be repeated in real life.

As a result, the treatment had a slight deviation from the intended effect, activating the other party's "hidden attributes"!

So when Shizuka Marikawa begged him to continue in an almost pleading tone, Dick was speechless.

Okay! It's better to enjoy this than to suffer later.

So Dick not only satisfied Shizuka Marikawa's greed, but also used his own flesh and blood to work hard to completely transform the female doctor into his own shape from the inside out.

The saying goes, "If you don't train thoroughly, it's better not to train at all!"

Since Dick was the one who turned Shizuka Marikawa into this state, he has an obligation to take full responsibility!

Shizuka Marikawa completely let loose. If the initial rough treatment had awakened the masochistic tendencies hidden deep within her, then being brutally beaten by Dick until her buttocks barely touched the ground all night truly imprinted "submission" deep into her soul.

The two first carried out their "education" in the dungeon until dawn, then moved the battlefield back to Dick's room in the temporary camp. The female doctor obediently bowed between Dick's legs, her focused gaze faintly shimmering with pink hearts.

These symptoms only appear when a succubus is poisoned by bodily fluids. Those poisoned experience intermittent sexual cravings and must ingest succubus bodily fluids regularly to recover. This is also the main reason why succubi, despite being as beautiful as elves, are relegated to lower-class brothels.

Given that Shizuka Marikawa and Dick had a master-servant relationship based on a slave contract, unless Dick himself has a change of heart, Shizuka Marikawa will have no choice but to "suck" on him when her addiction kicks in.

To be honest, Dick first learned that he had succubus blood when he was fifteen years old. At the magic academy, someone tried to "murder" him by placing a succubus older sister into his dormitory.

Those scoundrels were thinking of waiting for Dick to be seduced by a succubus and end up in bed with her, then they'd lead the school administrators to catch them in the act. They figured the school would expel Dick for seriously violating school rules and bringing shame to the magic academy.

When the succubus sister used her innate charm skill on Dick, Dick didn't react at all. In fact, being charmed triggered his own bloodline talent.

Dick then realized that he had a quarter succubus blood, and that his mother was actually a half-elf and half-succubus hybrid, but she looked like a pure-blooded elf.

However, not many people know this secret, and even if it were accidentally exposed, it wouldn't pose much of a threat to him.

The next morning, Shizuka Marikawa returned to work in high spirits, looking perfectly fine. However, her colleague, Dr. Natasha, looked noticeably tired, as if she hadn't slept well the night before. When she greeted Shizuka Marikawa, her expression was somewhat unnatural, and her eyes kept darting away.

Last night, when Shizuka Marikawa went to confront Dick in a fit of anger, Natasha happened to be away. When she returned and heard about the incident, thinking that the two were about to argue again, she rushed over to mediate. However, she unexpectedly witnessed a scene she shouldn't have seen and was stunned on the spot.

Natasha still can't forget what she saw last night. Although the soundproof barrier blocked Shizuka Marikawa's voice, it didn't block the scene... The boy's back kept bumping against the mature older sister's fair and naked body, while Shizuka Marikawa, who was suspended in mid-air by invisible chains and posed in a shameful position, did not show any pain on her face. Instead, she seemed to be enjoying it very much.

Natasha fled the scene as if escaping, returned to her room, and collapsed into bed, but couldn't fall asleep. Every time she saw Shizuka Marikawa, the scenes from the previous night would automatically flash back into her mind. The scenes even underwent some subtle changes; Shizuka Marikawa had somehow transformed into Natasha herself.

Meanwhile, Dick, unaware of the mess he had made and who had inadvertently tricked Natasha, was personally receiving an old man wearing an animal skin coat outside the mountain stronghold.

The man looked quite old, his dark face bearing the marks of time and hardship, but his burly frame remained upright and strong, his calloused hands with large knuckles. Even though he had put down his weapons from a distance, the soldiers following Dick were still on high alert.

"You're Caraccio?"

"You are...the new governor?"

Looking at the innocent-looking little boy in front of him, the old man called Carracio frowned slightly, seemingly puzzled.

Dick has been in office in Lagug for about half a year now. Although it happened to be winter, which blocked the flow of a lot of information, rumors about him still slowly spread in the area.

Therefore, Carajo, who had specially sent people to gather intelligence beforehand, knew some information about the new governor and that he had elven blood, which made him look younger than his actual age.

Dick also sent people to inquire about this "Karacho," who was the village chief of the savage village "Nameless Valley," a well-known figure in the western mountains, and had considerable prestige among the savages.

This man became famous because more than 20 years ago, he was oppressed by the then governor of Laguge. He chose to rise up and assassinate the governor. After succeeding, he fled into the deep mountains and forests to hide.

Although Caraccio was a wanted criminal who had fought against the Lagug Governor's Mansion for many years, he was also a true man with some backbone. He did not choose to associate with bandits, but instead hid in the deep mountains and forests, living a carefree life without fighting the world or paying taxes.

However, Dick's arrival brought Lagug a governor who was actually doing things for the first time in a century.

His swift and decisive anti-bandit campaign was particularly well-received by the people, but for the wild people hiding in the mountains, it was not necessarily a good thing.

Although the common people were also oppressed by bandits, they knew very well that the governor's office also disliked them, considering them no different from the bandits. So when two-thirds of the bandit gangs in the western mountains had been eliminated, both the common people and those villages that colluded with the bandits couldn't help but become tense.