NOVEL NEXT Chapter 56: Base Camp
Having free labor that couldn't say no was really amazing. I had this woman already dragging the bodies back to a Cave not far from the last battle. She was stone-faced as she dragged her criminals to the cave, looking at her potential fate if she didn't surrender so quickly. That being said, it was still dark out as we finished bringing everyone together. Nine bounties altogether, and I could not help but grin as I took their pictures and looked at the total amount that I made.
With eleven thousand credits for the two I knew about, I was surprised to learn that they were not the highest amount. The Mouse-looking guy was actually the highest. When I took his picture, I realized how incredibly good it was to drag myself that way through the dirt.
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Bounty: Jona Joshua Jones
Race: DarkMouse Race
Crimes: Rape of a Minor, Murder, Torture, Assault, Sexual Assault, Murder of a Bounty Hunter, Murder of a Soldier, Murder of Child, Murder of a pregnant woman
Federation Bounty: 23500 Federation Credits
Wanted Dead or Alive
Note: This Man is a Sniper that has been in war with ten kills. Be warned, Travels with a group of other Criminals. Please Beware of this Criminal
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I was surprised to see such a disgusting person among the people I killed. But I wasn't sure if this thing was someone that was dangerous behind a scope. It did have more kills than me at this point in time so I couldn't say for certain. I was also surprised at the lack of a Bounty for someone so disgusting, but maybe that was also why it was so high in the first place.
Overall, when I got back from my trip, I would have a stack of bounties behind me and a capture target with my new little slave. I would send her in as I wouldn't want someone like her around me constantly, but for now, she was extremely useful in cleaning up the base camp. The amount I would make from just the dead bodies in the camp right now was Sixty-two thousand eight hundred credits without my little capture target that was now digging a hole in the cave for these criminals.
Kimmy was now using my shovel and looking grim and pissed as she dug the hole as I looted their bodies. It was a lot of random jewelry and things like piercings in places I didn't care to take. Ammo and guns were helpful, and I was smiling as I looted their bodies and even took intact clothing as I realized I could probably use it as a trap for others in the future. There was so much I could do and so many little things on their body.
This was real looting, and it felt weird to loot corpses; as I worked, I realized I got a couple of notifications. Then there was one thing I didn't understand, but each of them had I on them. It was Black cards that almost looked like credit cards, which I was unsure about. I finally turned to Kimmy as she continued to dig the mass grave.
“What are these?” I asked, holding up the black cards.
Kimmy looked at me while she scooped up more dirt and looked at me after a moment. “They are Black Credit Cards,” Kimmy said, “They are exclusive to this forest's main Criminal Camp. You can purchase things with those cards depending on the credit count on them,” Kimmy finished, her voice sounding reluctant, and she was breathing heavily. The hole was clearly still not big enough.
“I will take it that there are things you left out, but continue digging,” I told her, pointing at the hole. Kimmy looked annoyed and continued digging like a good Criminal slave, unable to refuse because of the collar around her neck.
Meanwhile, I continued to loot the bodies and came up with not a lot. It seemed that their jewelry and guns were the most important things. I started to take inventory of what I gathered before I started to take in the surroundings to ensure I was ready to take a nap. I needed to get out of the game and back into real life to eat. Not only that, but I needed to rest my character since sleep was a necessary thing in the game.
Ten handguns, all at the 9mm caliber
Six assault rifles with a 5mm caliber using different ammo than mine takes.
One pump shotgun with electric shock cartridges.
One light sniper rifle with 5mm ammo that matches the assault rifles.
It was good to have these, and there were a bunch of various supplies and containers that would become useful in the coming days. The fabric of the tents would allow me to set up shop here in the forest, and I could not take all of this with me. First, I would have to set up my base camp and a place to put prisoners out of there. It would also allow me to increase the amount of loot I could carry back.
Now, with that setup and the bodies stripped naked and ready to be pushed into a hole, I needed to survey the area. With a water source nearby, predators should come by occasionally. Same with the caves, and I couldn't help but wonder if that was why these criminals were here. Poaching of some type?
I didn't know, but this was a great place to set up, and I needed to start checking out caves. “Continue digging till I tell you otherwise,” I told Kimmy, who nodded, unwilling to piss me off. I got up and walked out, taking a light from the previous cave and leaving one for Kimmy.
Right now, if I were attacked, I would be in a world of trouble. I was out of position, tired, and didn't know the area. All my stuff was in an obvious spot, and I needed to survey my surroundings lightly, at least before light. Now, I started surveying, and I found a dozen cave entrances that mostly lead nowhere.
Taking my time, I would turn off the light I got when I wasn't in a cave, and my eyes took their time to adapt. I walked around for hours, not knowing what exactly I was hoping for other than a place to start setting up a base camp properly. The problem I was coming up with was another cave that could be defended easily that also had an exit. Some were deep, but mostly a dead end.
It took me almost an hour till I reached the waterfall, and I noticed a cave by some Blue and purple vines that looked darker than it should. In the dark, I saw it but was not initially sure that it was an entrance. When I got closer and looked at the vines, I noticed that the vines went almost all the way up the cliff face and that it acted like a natural camouflage to the entrance, although it was not perfect.
Getting close, I pushed aside some of the vines to check if I was right, and I found that I was correct that there was a cave behind it. I pushed the vines aside a little more, making sure to use my sleeve in case they were poisonous. I stepped into the cave and turned on the lantern I had taken from the previous cave.
The cave lit up, and it smelled a little of moss. I looked around and found a dark purple moss on the wall and a patchwork of similar mold on the floor. I walked forward, watching the floor just in case, and I tried not to walk on the moss. Walking deeper into the cave, I noticed it go down quite a bit, and it moved toward the waterfall. Then I noticed a small chasm and a little outlet of water that was leaking through the wall into the small pool inside the chasm. It was a little gap in the wall of the cave, and it would provide a nice source of water that I would need to ensure that I boiled before I drank it. Still, I would rather have clean water from provisions.
The cave continued and turned sharply not even a meter later and headed up in a sharp direction, and I wondered how this naturally developed. The amount of moss sharply decreased now, too, and I climbed up a little before the cave, then turned to an almost giant staircase. Each step seemed to be about a meter and a half high and maybe a meter or so deep. There were at least three from what I could see in the light I currently had.
For a moment, I thought about it and gritted my teeth. If there was no exit, this might be a death trap, but if there were another exit/were other exits, this would be a perfect area to set up. I jumped and climbed up the first step and noticed another step as I got up. I continued to grit my teeth and climb up, and I found myself climbing up the seventh when I found no more steps. Looking around, I grabbed the lantern, and I noticed that there was a crack along the floor of the cave that seemed to be an inch. I wondered what happened to make this cave.
I walked forward and checked it out and quickly found a cavern and then a tunnel. The Cavern was a little small but incredibly useful. It was almost a room, about ten meters all around, which was enough for what I wanted to do. This was a damn perfect base if there was a place to look over the area and be able to defend the cavern, plus a backup exit.
I took a deep breath and smiled as the air smelled clean in here, too. I looked, and I saw that there was another end not far from where I came in; it dipped down a little and turned a little before I started to smile as I found something that made me smile brightly. Before me, there wasn't a large chasm where I could look up much, but there was a large crack leading outside as I got on my stomach and looked out. The Crack was half a meter thick and was at least three meters long. The crack then tapered off on both sides, and I could not help but smile.
I got up and grinned; this was a perfect base. It was an absolutely perfect spot to set up, and I turned around and started to head back to my criminal slave and stuff. It was time to head back, and my thoughts were now about how to set up the cavern and take all my new things over here. Kimmy would help a lot, but there was so much to do, and I couldn't help but wonder if sleeping on the rock would be a bad thing or a good thing.
Getting back to the cave where Kimmy was still digging took some time in the darkness, and things were starting to light up slowly. It seemed Sunrise would be soon, and I didn't want to be caught outside. When I entered the Cave, it seemed Kimmy was just reaching the point where the mass grave was large enough for the dead bodies I had accumulated.
Kimmy sighed in relief, and I motioned for her to climb out of the hole. “Come on, I found a spot for us to put things down. Push those bodies into the hole and cover it up a little.” I said, looking at the mound of dirt that was precariously close to the hole. “Don't take too long; we have supplies to move,” I told her, and she grunted while breathing heavily.
Damn, these capture collars were practical. They were Slave collars, and it seemed Kimmy couldn't say no to me at this moment. She licked her lips and climbed out of the hole as I gathered everything we needed and put them in the containers they brought. It seemed we would need some time to move everything, and once Kimmy dropped half the pile of dirt over the bodies, I motioned and ordered for her to help me move things. It was going to be a long night, and I grabbed my backpack to move things.
Strapping on things to her and moving supplies started now. We could make trips into the entrance of the cave, but we also needed to cover our tracks.
Damn, this game was more challenging the more I thought about things, and the more I thought about things, the more I enjoyed it.
Still, it was complicated.
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