Looking at the territory in front of him, which to him can only be regarded as a small settlement.
Howie's thoughts also came to his mind.
The Goti Castle he was in before was a state-level city and a large castle, far beyond what Zong Shen's current small territory could compare to.
Goti Castle has a history of five to six hundred years and has always been one of the fiefdoms of the Viscount Ector family.
Howie knew the history of Goti Castle and knew that it had developed from a settlement into a state city. It took decades and two generations of viscounts to build and operate it before it finally took shape.
However, after so many years, there has been almost no major development in Goti Castle, and it still maintains its original appearance. Both the architecture and the population are in a state of stagnant balance.
In fact, Howie was also tired of the life in Goti Castle, where he could not realize his ambitions at all, and he could not participate in the development plan of Goti Castle. It can even be said that Goti Castle had no development plan at all.
Everyone is doing the same thing every day.
In addition, the area where Goti Castle is located is in the hinterland of the Kingdom of Nord. There has been no war for a long time, and there are not many rogues and bandits.
The castle's defenders often did not have to fight for several years.
Although life is stable and comfortable, it is easy for people to become depressed day by day.
But here, Howie seems to have discovered something he has been pursuing and longing for.
As he listened to the conversation between Zong Shen and Mariel, he felt an inexplicable sense of expectation in his heart.
There is also an unprecedented longing to build a city brick by brick, step by step. What a meaningful and fulfilling career this is.
Howie has not yet sworn allegiance and has not been included in the lord system, but at this time he has already developed some curiosity and yearning for Zong Shen's territory.
The three of them squatted on the ground. After Zong Shen gave a few more instructions to Mariel, he left with Howie. Tonight, Howie would rest with the dragon-turned-gun-and-shield warriors in the exploration team.
Mariel went to the [Territory Science and Technology Research Institute]. In the past two days, Mariel had upgraded [City Defense Science Type 1] by three levels, directly to level five. This is the upper limit of the level that the Institute of Science and Technology can research. Now Territory
The building has 400 points more solidity than before.
In addition, Mariel also upgraded the second-level [Arrow Tower Type 1], which increased the range and lethality of the defensive arrow tower by 2%. She also upgraded the first-level [Storage Warehouse Type 1]. The current storage
The warehouse skill has reached level 3, which makes the territory storage box have 30 more storage spaces.
After clicking on technology, Mariel came to the [Market] again, looking for items that would be helpful to the development of the territory among the massive items for sale.
At present, the territory's material reserves are very sufficient, enough to meet the construction after the crypt challenge.
Those unbuilt drawings on hand can all come in handy.
I have to say that Mariel's joining did help Zong Shen take on a lot of chores.
Moreover, as time goes by, Mariel's ability to deal with things is gradually improving, and she is constantly adapting to the management of territory development.
This is a kind of progress, and accumulating experience is actually a way to improve your abilities.
Zong Shen handed Howi over to the gun and shield warriors. After settling him, he walked into the lord's courtyard.
At this time, four or five soldiers from the second wolf cavalry team were escorting the captured Frost Raven, breathing cold air into the temporary ice cellar. Now, the Frost Raven was required to come to the ice cellar several times every other day to replenish the cold air.
This guy has become a refrigerator in the territory. In addition to the Frost Raven, the raven scout is still in the territory. Zong Shen did not sell him to the slave merchant. Now the raven scout has begun to integrate into the territory.
The territory was in, and he had no intention of escaping. He spent the past two days helping out at the ranch.
There are various arrow towers in the territory and patrol groups outside the territory. The raven scouts cannot escape at all.
As for the Frost Raven, its wings and feet were tied up and tied up in the stable. This guy has wings and cannot be untied. In addition, there are two wolf cavalry who take turns guarding it. Such a useful refrigeration
We can't let the machine escape.
The emergence of temporary ice cellars has greatly increased the shelf life of food. All the beast meat accumulated during the previous territory expansion mission can be preserved, so that it will not be wasted, and there is no need to pickle or dry all kinds of fresh food.
Meat enriches everyone's diet.
Zong Shen stretched out and took a look at the territory's storage box in the courtyard. He had a good idea of the territory's current reserve situation.
He was a little tired today, his body still smelled bad, his equipment needed cleaning, and he needed a shower.
They killed tens of thousands of cave monsters today, which was not an easy task. Not only Zong Shen, but also the other warriors were very tired, so Zong Shen's plan for tonight was to rest, and go to bed early and make arrangements early.
He plans to start gathering at 4 a.m. tomorrow morning to implement his plan.
Ever since he discovered that demonic intimidation could attract crypt heroes and make them mistake them for companions, Zong Shen had a bold plan.
That is to use the characteristic of demonic deterrence, use yourself as bait to attract crypt heroes, and then take the opportunity to capture or kill them. Before the crypt challenge enters the final challenge, accumulate as many points and extraction values as possible
.
After the crypt challenge is over, it will be very difficult to collect the extraction value.
So far, he has relied on the advantage of the number of monsters challenged in the crypt to kill 7 crypt heroes and many crypt monsters. He has only obtained 8 points of strength attribute. Now he still has more than 300 points to collect new ones.
Extraction value of 1500.
If the crypt challenge ends and the crypt monsters and crypt heroes disappear, it will not be easy for Zong Shen to collect all the extraction points at that time.
Unless you attack tribal forces such as the spider web monster group and the goblin tribe.
Otherwise, just relying on the commander-level or overlord-level monsters killed during exploration, even if all the commander-level and overlord-level monsters in the entire area were caught in front of Zong Shen and killed by him, the extraction value would not be enough for a few times.
Only national challenge tasks like the Crypt Challenge, led by the lord system, are the best opportunities to increase the extraction value. If you miss it, it will be unjust!
Zong Shen has a very clear plan for this, and if he grasps the crypt challenge well, it will be a welfare show for the strong, which can greatly improve the development progress and strength.
Zong Shen finished handling the matters in the small courtyard and walked out of the territory while thinking.
Under the influence of the vitality source effect of [Vitality Totem (Blue)] in the territory, everyone's energy can receive a certain recovery bonus.
He went directly to the stables and took out the old traveling horse.
The old horse saw Zong Shen and wanted to nuzzle him, but as soon as he brought his head closer, he smelled the unpleasant smell on his body and snorted in disgust.
Zong Shen chuckled, turned over and rode on the back of the old traveling horse, heading towards the north of the territory, preparing to go to the creek to clean his equipment, especially the glove that had caught the [Kodo feces].
It really stinks now.
In addition to gloves, combat helmets, armors, combat boots and even dragon turtle backpacks all need to be cleaned.
Under the night, Zong Shen rode his old traveling horse and headed north alone. After walking for two or three kilometers, he saw the small stream. It was not far from the territory. If he continued walking north for more than one kilometer, he could reach it.
Arrive at the front line of the crypt.
Soldiers in twos and threes by the creek also wash here. Before the bathhouse was built, this was the "bathroom" for most of the male warriors in the territory.
As for female warriors, they enjoy preferential treatment and can use hot spring cabins.
Zong Shen came to the creek and put the old traveling horse aside.
Under the moonlight, more than a dozen strong men could be seen wiping their bodies in the stream.
There is also a giant wolf from the Wolf Cavalry lying lazily on the grass beside the stream.
There are also some armors, shields, sabers and other equipment piled up by the stream.
Those who were bathing in the creek were mainly some wolf cavalry, but also gun and shield warriors, druids and the like.
"Everyone! Stop for a moment!"
"Let me wash the equipment first, and then you can continue."
"Today's equipment is a bit smelly, and I'm afraid it will affect your mood in the shower."
Zong Shen shouted, and all the soldiers recognized the voice of their lord.
"My lord, please wash up first."
"We have nothing to do with each other."
The soldiers all responded politely.
Without much hesitation, they all followed Zong Shen's request and walked onto the shore.
Zong Shen then took off his equipment with satisfaction, even his underwear, and threw them aside.
The original underwear was so smoky that it was abandoned by Zong Shen.
He put on a new set of underwear. This kind of basic underwear can be made by mastering certain tailoring skills. It is sold in the [market] and the price is not expensive. Zong Shen prepared several sets for himself.
After changing clothes, Zong Shen grabbed the equipment in one hand and the discarded underwear in the other. He slowly squatted by the stream and began to clean each piece carefully, removing the mucus, flesh foam, pus and dirt stained on it.
All the dust was washed away.
After washing each piece, he put it aside to dry in water until he took out the [protective thick leather gloves], and a stench filled the air and penetrated his nose crazily.
"vomit!"
Zong Shen dipped his gloves into the stream, and the stench faded a lot.
"I really can't imagine how those orcs who raise kodos must live."
"I'm afraid those orcs don't have a sense of smell, right?"
While complaining, he endured nausea and washed his gloves.
…
At the same time, in the Salander Sultanate in the south of the mainland, a large primitive city stood in a large mountain forest in the southwest of the kingdom.
Although this place belongs to the territory of the human kingdom Salander Sultanate, it is an enclave occupied by the ancient orc clan. These strong green-skinned orcs live here and build the giant city of Orgrimmar.
It is also one of the few giant orc cities in the entire continent.
Even the Salander Sultanate was unwilling to offend and allowed it to occupy this area and turned a blind eye to it, and the two of them lived in peace.
The orcs have other forces that are distributed all over the continent, even on the ice fields. The orcs have their own culture, they are humanoid creatures, they are all green, and their faces are rougher than humans.
, fangs raised, believing in primitive shamanic culture.
The green-skinned orcs are the main ethnic group of the orcs. In addition, there are many branches, such as the fox orcs who believe in the fox totem, the rabbit orcs who believe in the rabbit totem, the eagle orcs who believe in birds of prey, and those who live on the grassland.
Tauren, these branches of orcs are distinctly different from green-skinned orcs in appearance and customs.
These branch ethnic groups were all incorporated into the orc ethnic genealogy after repeated unions and annexations in the ancient era.
In the legends of this continent, the orcs are the real aborigines of this continent, and all other races came from across borders or were born due to other chance and coincidence conditions.
At this moment, there was a depression not far outside Orgrimmar, which was surrounded by a log fence. There were thousands of huge kodo beasts walking in the entire depression.
This is the largest kodo ranch of the orc clan, guarded by hundreds of strong orc warriors, and some orc shamans wearing shaman robes and strange totem masks are processing the kodo feces.
This totem mask can create a unique magical position and block the stench of Kodo feces.
"Ah sneeze!"
One of the orcs suddenly sneezed.
"What's wrong Lambros?"
Another orc asked curiously.
The orc named Lambros shook his head.
"I don't know, I suddenly felt my nose was itchy..."
"Let's get to work quickly. We can have a rest after dealing with these feces."
…
By the stream, Zong Shen complained while cleaning his gloves.
After all the equipment was cleaned, the washed stains flowed downstream along the stream.
"Okay guys, keep going!"
Zong Shen waved, started to pick up the equipment, shook the water, and put them on one by one.
Even though this place is not far from the territory, Zong Shen still won't take it lightly. Only by wearing equipment can he feel safe.
After putting on the slightly damp equipment, Zong Shen rode the old traveling horse again. Now his body smelled much better than before.
After leisurely riding the old traveling horse back to the territory, Zong Shen tied the horse into the stable and walked quickly outside the hot spring cabin, only to see three huntresses guarding the door.
After seeing that the person coming was Zong Shen, they hesitantly reached out and blocked his way.
"Who's in there, is it Luna?"
Zong Shen asked doubtfully.
The three huntresses nodded awkwardly.
"Oh, it's okay, you don't have to stop me."
Zong Shen smiled and pushed their hands away, then walked carelessly to the hot spring cabin.
He carefully pushed open the wooden door, opened a gap, and squeezed in sideways.
This chapter has been completed!