Chapter 180 The plight of Yinyue and the silver dragon who volunteered
Just as Terry said, the visitors were none other than the patrol team from Silvermoon City.
This is a profession unique to Silvermoon City. Unlike the city guards, the patrol team is mostly composed of rangers. Most of the members are elves and half-elf rangers, as well as a small number of druids.
Of course, there are also a few humans, most of whom are elites among the rangers.
Because ordinary people cannot shuttle back and forth in the complex terrain of the northern forest like the elves without rigorous training.
In fact, the forest patrol team was a voluntary organization formed by civilians in the early years, mainly to deal with the endless chaos and potential enemies around the Northland.
Their frontal combat effectiveness may generally not be very good, but that is not their responsibility. They mainly serve as early warning and tracking scouts.
Due to many successful warnings against attacks from orcs, barbarians and trolls, he has been commended by Silvermoon City officials many times.
Finally, more than 20 years ago, after Alustriel was unanimously elected as the Supreme Mage by all the residents of Silvery Moon, during her reign, the patrol team was officially incorporated into the official establishment of Silverymoon City, enjoying a privilege only higher than that of the City Guards.
The military's salary is slightly lower than that of the military, and it has the same status and security, so it attracted more people with lofty ideals to join, making the team grow a lot.
Although this move has greatly increased the defensive patrol strength of the entire Silver Moon City, it still has its limits. For example, the slave capture incidents that have occurred near the Moon Forest in recent years have filled the hearts of these patrolling elves with anger.
But the sight that looked like a frozen snow country in front of them stunned the elves in this forest patrol team, and they were a little confused for a moment.
Because the terrifying power that caused such a natural disaster must be legendary.
And that is a force that they are far from able to compete with.
"Don't be afraid." In the end, the female captain said firmly: "I am afraid that this kind of winter-like power is coming from that existence. Come with me."
The team members looked at each other and chose to follow.
But when they boarded the deck, they found that people had already arrived on the ship. Fortunately, two of them were obviously moon elves, so they breathed a sigh of relief.
The elf looked strangely at Li Wei, an unusually tall elf, and the strange human with horns on his head next to him. He bowed to Terry and said:
"Ellini, the captain of the 17th Forest Patrol Team of Silvermoon City, has met the Chief of Guards! I wonder if your Majesty has any instructions?"
Terry nodded solemnly to him: "Thank you for tracking it all the way. It is a slave ship of the Zhentarim. Go to the cabin to search and rescue the people and gather the people. Also check to see if there are any fish that have slipped through the net."
"Follow your will! Your Majesty Terry! Follow me!" Ellini filed in with her team.
There was no sound of fighting as Terry expected.
Under Calvin's huge psychic energy, all the slave traders were sent to hell by his [Group Domination Technique]
After a short while, all the plundered Silver Moon people were rescued by the patrol team and walked to the deck one after another.
At first glance, there seemed to be five or six hundred people, and just as Calvin said, they were all women and children.
They were all dressed in thin autumn clothes, shivering in the cold wind, and generally there was still grief and fear in their eyes.
Li Wei snapped his fingers when he saw this, and a semicircular ice shield formed in front of the ship, blocking out the biting cold wind.
Seeing his boss doing something, Calvin quickly followed up and used his spiritual energy to directly lift the broken mast over. He cut it into countless strips of firewood and piled it up, then added a burning hand.
With a bang, a warm fire burned in the center of the crowd, causing many children to exclaim.
Under the warmth of the flames, the panicked and helpless refugees finally calmed down a little, but their eyes were still a little numb.
Most of them have just lost their fathers and husbands. Even if they are lucky enough to be rescued, their future is still bleak.
Terry also noticed the movements of Levi's master and servant, and her eyes couldn't help but feel a lot warmer when she looked at them. At the same time, she felt a little proud that she had such a young, powerful but kind-hearted descendant in her metal dragon clan.
But the warmth that arose in his heart was quickly extinguished like ice water by a corpse that was carried out immediately afterwards.
Ellini said to Terry with a heavy heart: "We arrived a step too late. This Harper failed to survive the torture of the Zhentarim and has returned to the kingdom of my god Melikai."
Terry sighed, "May his soul find eternal peace. Bring this warrior back to Silvermoon City for burial. This is the only thing we can do for him."
"Do your will."
Ellini responded. She thought for a while and looked at the miserable women and children around her with some embarrassment: "What about these suffering people?"
Terri asked a little strangely: "They are all poor people who have lost their relatives and homes. According to Silvermoon City's temporary resettlement regulations, shouldn't they be brought back to Silvermoon City or Aylward for resettlement?"
Ellini suddenly fell silent.
When Terri saw this, she couldn't help but frowned and said, "Did something major happen recently?"
The ranger captain reported truthfully: "Yes, just two weeks ago, the granary in the newly opened northern grain field next to our Moon Forest was suddenly attacked and plundered by an orc tribe.
"Due to the large number of refugees and the approaching winter, the Supreme Lady is already coordinating resettlement matters with Aylward and the city lords of several other cities, so now"
Hearing what she said, all the refugees looked desperate and looked hopefully at Terry, who was obviously in charge.
"It's been such an eventful time." Terri took a deep breath and said, "There are only 546 people. Let's take them back first. I'll go back to discuss this matter with Alustriel."
The ranger captain had long been accustomed to this being's attitude towards the Supreme Lady. He opened his mouth but didn't know how to dissuade her.
What she didn't tell the other party was that these 546 people were not the only ones who suffered similar experiences.
Because of the heavy casualties in the northern farms and the fact that the orc tribe was still active, people from many farms around Silvermoon City spontaneously evacuated to Silvermoon City out of panic. Now Silvermoon City is overcrowded.
Food, sanitation, and accommodation are all problems, and there are growing calls in the city to send troops to annihilate the orc tribe.
But as winter is coming, if the orcs are completely annihilated and returned to the city before the first snow falls, they will be in a terrible dilemma.
Otherwise, the Supreme Lady would not have such a headache.
Terry is not the kind of master who is willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of pure kindness. The experience of dragon life accumulated over many years allows her to deduce the entire chain reaction through just a few words, and she can see further than this ranger.
Of course she knew Alustriel's concerns. The Silver Moon Federation's second new army had just been established and lacked combat experience. It was not suitable to attack hard bones like the orcs at this time.
But if we attack with the main force of Silvermoon City, we have to worry about whether the giant tribe in the eternal wilderness behind us that has not yet shown hostility will take advantage of it.
More importantly, every time before the late autumn and winter solstice, there is a high incidence of orcs, half-orcs, and barbarian tribes' threshing grass. Just to prevent their invasion, a large number of troops must be deployed.
It’s hard to describe in one word.
If it really doesn't work, the worst she can do is go there herself. At most, she'll get scolded a few times.
However, when everyone was at a loss what to do, it was Li Wei who finally spotted the good opportunity and said:
"So since the current situation is so difficult, do you want to consider opening a new shelter to house the refugees?"
Everyone looked at him in astonishment, wondering whose elf this was, who dared to speak so wildly in front of this adult?
Open a new shelter? It’s almost winter now? Who will provide shelter? Who will provide food? Where will it be placed? What should I do if I am targeted by those nomadic herdsmen?
However, what the elves did not expect was that Lady Terry not only did not show any anger, but instead looked at Levi in surprise:
"Is it because you said you wanted to see Vera before?"
Li Wei smiled, caressed his chest and bowed to Terry:
"Yes, due to some changes, I, Levi, hope to get the approval of the Silver Moon Dragon Mother and the Supreme Lady to build a nest here. As a thank you and responsibility, it is also my duty to protect the people of this area.
Chapter completed!