The relevant people quickly gathered at the location where the scout claimed to have found the target wood.
Because he had to arrange the movement of a large group of people, Uzov arrived a step late. When he arrived at his destination, he saw craftsmen belonging to the Grand Duke of Kavi taking their apprentices to identify the wood.
The wood found is suspected to be the target's silver-grained camphor. The strong smell that permeates the air is its characteristic. But this time it is to be used as a wardrobe for nobles, just like the magic materials used by magicians.
Even if they are the same type, there are still some differences that can be used and those that cannot be used.
For example, those that are hollow or have crooked necks can only be made from materials to make small objects, but not large ones. In addition to poor quality, there are also some that have extremely uneven power distribution and are defective magic materials. If you want to use them, you can only use part of them.
, also cannot make large objects, and even some picky magicians will directly discard such defective products.
Sometimes the processing after felling is not good enough, causing the wood to become unusable. It's like peeling a monster and not polishing it properly, so the skin is useless.
That’s why experienced craftsmen are needed to do the appraisal, and professional lumberjacks are required to handle it. Rather than just any adventurer just cutting down the wood randomly and bringing back the same type of wood for use.
But luck was very good. After appraisal, the Duke's great craftsman confirmed that the few scattered silver-leaf camphor trees in front of them could be used, and a group of people prepared to cut down the trees.
But whether trees can be cut down in this forest is not decided by these craftsmen and lumberjacks, but by the guards. In the mysterious and dangerous areas, people who are employed to protect the lives of others are the ones who have the final say.
Guards, when their employer does not cooperate with what they consider to be safe behavior, the guard has the right to decisively abandon the employer who is looking for death and leave on his own on the grounds of ensuring his own safety.
Don't look at such rules as they seem cruel, and how can the person who gets paid not agree to whatever the uncle who provides the money wants to do? There is no spirit of contract at all!
In fact, in such dangerous places, it is not new for guards to break the legs of their employers who have no fighting ability in order to survive, so as to attract the pursuing monsters.
Anyway, if you can leave the forest alive, the rest are accomplices. No one can tell the ugly behavior they did when they encountered danger in that forest. And the people who died in the forest have no way to come forward to accuse them.
Everything that was betrayed.
So instead of testing the character of the guards, it's better to say something ugly beforehand, which can also curb the various tricks of some habitual men. Because it has been made clear that in the dangerous wilderness, if you don't follow my fucking rules
Just go and die as you are told, and it will make some people restrain themselves a bit.
In Lost Land, the most valuable thing is loyalty, and the least valuable thing is loyalty.
So even if the craftsmen are part of the Grand Duke's team, they only ask the lumberjacks to make preparations first and do not actually start work. Putting aside the stubborn behavior of seeking death, they also hope to have a safe place in a dangerous area.
The working environment makes it impossible to really ignore the suggestions of the guards and just stick to your own ideas.
Uzov, who was one step behind everyone else, did not move forward to take a look at the silver-grained camphor, which is also a high-grade wood magic material, after he obtained the wood of the target tree species. He brought two or three of them with him.
Friends of the alliance patrolled the surrounding environment.
"What do you think of camping here?" Uzov asked his friends.
The leader of the guard, who has a considerable status in the Ikaruga Alliance, followed Uzov around in a circle, and of course he understood what his friend wanted to see. So he quickly answered the question: "Although it is not the most ideal environment.
.But there is still some time before dark, so if you arrange it properly, there should be no problem.”
After getting the same opinion, Uzov ordered: "Okay, then let people camp here for the night. Wait until tomorrow morning to start felling operations."
You can prepare to rest early, and no one will express dissatisfaction. Besides, even if you start the logging work now, it will be at night until everything is completed. It would be better to do it during the day tomorrow. So everyone quickly cleaned up the environment and set up a temporary camp.
At this time, the young scout came to Uzov again, rubbed his hands, and asked with a smile: "Boss, how about I go back and find the bear? I heard that bear paws are delicious, but I haven't eaten them yet."
Uzov slapped the young man on the back of the head angrily and said: "If you go back alone, I really can't be sure who ate whom. Don't think too much, just look around with the veterans.
That’s good. No one will leave the team and look back for something that’s not sure whether it’s still there.”
"The bear is gone?" the young man asked innocently.
"It has four legs, and it will stay there stupidly, waiting for you to go back and kill it. Don't think so much, and learn more from those veterans. They are people with real skills. Even I am with them.
I learned a lot from him.”
"Okay."
At night, the camping ground in the forest was quite lively. Although there was no alcohol, as members of the Turtle Dove Alliance, there were few people who could not play the piano and sing a few words casually. Moreover, this was not a serious military operation.
So everyone was eating and making noise in a quite relaxed mood.
Of course, the guards on the periphery are still very serious. Because they don't want to let something happen that shouldn't happen because of the guard's mistake when they are relaxing. Whatever reward they hope to get, they must pay the same amount.
The price is the basic spirit of the alliance.
Beside the campfire, several female warriors, including Mai Ershan, were naturally the targets of everyone's attention. But whether it was the women who were also experienced adventurers, or Mai Ershan, who was born in a dark elf, they were able to deal with these things with ease.
.Of course, there are also people who fall in love with each other and go into the depths of the forest hand in hand, only to return after a while. Some people may be envious of a casual marriage, but that's all.
People from the technical guild, regardless of whether they were allies or not, were accustomed to making friends, so they naturally blended into the relaxed atmosphere of the guards.
On the contrary, the team of craftsmen from the Grand Duke were a little self-reliant and could not let go of their emotions. Several young people looked at the positions of several women with envy, but when the old man in the lead glared at them, they seemed to have withered.
He retracted his head.
When the noise in the camp gradually subsided, except for the campfire, which was still being guarded by people, everyone else found a place to sleep. Uzov sat next to Mershen, who was still asleep.
The dark elf said jokingly: "Are you lonely, or do you feel cold and need me to warm you?"
Uzov, with a wry smile on his face, said: "I want to ask about the things you mentioned during the day. They must be people under the Grand Duke."
"Oh, it looks like you're not blind yet." Meyer showed an appreciative look.
"That kid is following the master. But his actions are not like a young apprentice at all. Many things are too deliberate and have become very obvious. If you still can't tell, I've been fooling around in vain." Uzo My husband lowered his voice and said, "I just want to confirm with you whether what you found is what I said."
Meyer did not have Uzov's mysterious attitude, but he also said softly: "If there is no one with better acting skills, then you and I should find the same one."
After receiving the reply from the dark elf, Uzov nodded slightly to a member of the Turtle Dove Alliance not far away, and the other party calmly turned his head and left. If others hadn't paid attention, others would never have noticed that the two were connected.
Maier looked at the man in front of her with great interest, as if she had met him for the first time. Uzov stared at such a beautiful woman for a long time, and no matter how thick-skinned he was, he couldn't help but cough once or twice, trying to cover it up. He was embarrassed. But he still asked: "Why do you keep staring at me?"
"I always feel like your people are very used to doing this kind of thing." Mai Ershan pointed to the secret communication method he just saw.
In response to such doubts, Uzov smiled shyly and said: "I have done this kind of thing a lot before. I always entered the territory of other nobles and tried to find a way to save this person and that person. It was a serious adventure. It’s a journey that only lasts a few times.”
Mai Ershan also just remembered that the main goal of the Turtle Dove Alliance is mutual aid, and the actual action is just a group of people who have offended the powerful people rescuing each other. And then because of such behavior, they offend new powerful people, or offend the original enemies even more deeply, perfect A vicious cycle. This is also the reason why the people of the Ikaruga Alliance do not have a good reputation in the eyes of most people.
As if to ease the embarrassment, Uzov said: "But although I know there is a mole, I still can't guess what he might do. After all, in such a dangerous place, it is too easy to frame people."
With her slender arms supporting her sharp and beautiful chin, Melson winked and said, "Do you need me to help you ask him?"
Uzov would not be so naive as to think that the dark elf was just trying to trick someone. So he asked: "Can it not be discovered?"
"With one person missing, it's impossible not to be discovered. But as long as the arrangement is good, there is still a way to explain it."
Of course, Mai Ersu has considered using women's greatest asset to make lies. If she does this from a comfortable background, she has a high chance of success.
But this is a place where life and death are at stake. Those who will be sent here will not be the kind of people who can let go of their guard with warm words. And they don’t have the time to make excuses, so naturally they use all kinds of vigorous and resolute methods. , it is necessary to obtain information in the shortest possible time. But by doing so, there is no way to leave an intact person.
Regarding the dark elf's suggestion, Uzov thought about it for a while and then shook his head and rejected it. He said: "I don't know the reason why the other party is targeting us? Is it because the boss is involved, or the technical guild attracts attention. What's behind it? Is it Grand Duke Kawei, or someone else? I want to know these answers more than what trap he plans to set. But if you are too hasty, there is a high chance that you will get the wrong answer."
In response to Uzov's concerns, Maiershan nodded in agreement. If the person who came was a dead soldier, it would not be impossible for him to tell some false information to confuse the public even if he knew he was exposed.
And Uzov had another consideration, saying: "Besides, we don't have any conclusive evidence to prove that the person intends to set a trap and betray us. What if all this is just a misunderstanding? Even if it is not a misunderstanding, how can we tell others
Explain, or even explain to the Grand Duke himself? Or should we treat them all equally and deal with them as traitors? If it turns out in the end that all this is just our overthinking, how much effort will it take to get things back on track. So I
The idea is to wait until he exposes himself. Until then, we just have to be careful."