Aung San held the big wooden bowl and looked at the baked wheat cakes floating in the oil soup and a large piece of softly boiled wild boar meat. A strong aroma stimulated his taste buds.
He has eaten a lot of wild boar in the hills north of Dodan Canyon over the years, and it can even be said that he is tired of it.
Every time it is nothing more than grilling on a fire, and this way of eating is nothing new for Aung San.
The only difference is that the cavalry are more willing to add some spicy spices and salt to the soup pot than they are the collectors. Food with strong salty taste is basically not too unpalatable. The price of salt in Dodan Town is not cheap. These
The collectors, who are composed of aboriginal people, are usually reluctant to eat salt like this.
Suldak threw a piece of greasy fat back into the soup pot.
These cavalrymen in the deserted land are all country bumpkins. Food in those villages is usually very scarce, and sometimes they can't get meat for months. Probably only they think that the most delicious thing about wild boars is the thick fat on them.
In fact, wild boars climb mountains and ridges every day, and a lot of exercise makes the fat layer on the wild boars extremely limited. The cavalry believe that fat is the most delicious thing, followed by the fat intestines and internal organs hanging with net oil.
The cavalrymen at the back would reluctantly fish out Saya's lean meat from the soup pot.
Surdak threw his fattest piece of fat into the soup pot, carefully picked out some ribs from the soup pot, and then walked to Gulitem's side with a large wooden bowl and looked at him.
Roast the two skinned ghost leopards.
Seeing Aung San gulping down a bowl of meat-soup cakes, he invited him to sit over here.
Going further north, you will enter the Invercargill Monster Forest.
The forest composed of pine, oak, and oak trees in front of you looks deep and quiet, and there are even howls of wild wolves in the distance.
Invercargill Monster Forest is a general reference to the forest in the northern part of the White Forest Plane. In fact, it is the collective name for the 400-kilometer-long strip of forest in the northern part of the mountains, starting from Plantos Town in the east and Nantu Town in the west.
The territory developed by the Green Empire in the White Forest Plane is basically a large area of land radiating out from Wilkes City.
Duodan Town is a border town in the northern part of the occupied area, and it is also the northern gateway to the occupied area.
Surdak set his sights on a mountain ridge to the north and looked at the Invercargill Warcraft Forest in front of him. Only Aung San, the collector, had the most say on how to proceed next.
To this day, Surdak still doesn't understand what the beast tide is like.
He walked out of the Duodan Canyon and saw these beasts in the hilly areas, posing no threat to the northern wall of Duodan Town.
"Aung San, are these the only wild beasts in this hilly area?" Surdak put down the wooden bowl in his hand and asked Aung San next to him.
Aung San pondered for a moment and then said: "In addition to the wild boars, the most commonly seen here are some colorful doves, snow chickens, gray rex rabbits, hedgehogs and elk, and occasionally some black bears, wolves, lynx and other carnivores.
Animals come in, and the indigenous tribes here basically rely on hunting for their livelihood."
"There are not usually so many wild beasts here. Beasts such as ghost leopards and black bears will not easily escape from the Invercargill Warcraft Forest unless they are so hungry that they faint."
"They are very territorial. They know that the hilly areas are the hunting grounds of the indigenous tribes and their lives will be in danger if they set foot there."
"But now, due to the approaching beast tide, the division of territory in the Invercargill Warcraft Forest has been completely messed up."
"More and more animals are coming out of the forest, and so are the predators."
"The mountains in front are the territory of the Black-maned Beast King. That guy is very lazy and has a good appetite. He eats everything. He usually doesn't run out of the territory. He only leads his harem to dig kudzu in the forest.
It eats cassava and white-ringed canes, and if other wild animals come to its territory, it doesn't mind eating meat."
"The pine boars in this hilly land all have some of that guy's blood in their bodies."
"When we enter the Invercargill Warcraft Forest, we have to pass through the territory of the Mane Beast King. As long as we walk along the edge of the territory, there is a high probability that we will not meet that guy. It usually doesn't like to patrol its territory.
."
"As collectors, few people dare to go to the valley to the east..."
Aung San climbed up a pine tree, stood on the horizontal branch of the pine tree, pointed to a leafy mountain col to the east, and said.
"There is a large group of moon blade fire wolves living there, and the leader is a moon blade fire wolf king with four eyes. It is said that this group of moon blade fire wolves defeated the iron-backed man-bear that had been entrenched in this mountain for a long time, and became this
The new king of Pianshan Ridge, the Moon Blade Fire Wolf, likes to live in groups. This wolf king has a large group of Moon Blade Fire Wolf. Their territory is very large. From that mountain depression, it spreads widely, and the mountains behind are also
Belongs to them."
Surdak asked Aung San curiously: "Are these maned beasts and moon blade fire wolves the only ones in this forest of monsters? Even if they appear in groups in Dodan Canyon, if the number is ten times greater, there will probably be no more."
We can't climb over the northern city wall! The most these monsters can do is give us some supplies."
Aung San laughed and said: "You are only talking about these monsters at the edge of the Invercargill Warcraft Forest. There will be some mane beasts and moon blade fire wolves running into the Dodan Canyon in the early stage. It is estimated that there will not be any later.
Already."
Aung San said with a serious face: "The so-called beast tide is actually tens of thousands of iron-armored ghost-patterned red ant colonies deep in the Warcraft Forest."
"These ant colonies originally thrived in the Dark Worm Valley deep in the Invercargill Warcraft Forest, but every ten years, the queen ants there would give birth to countless ghost-striped red ants, and they would crawl out of the nest almost at the same time.
, they will eat everything in the forest and then spread to other parts of the forest."
"They will not go to the cold north, but will only migrate south. Almost all the animals in the forest are food in their mouths. Apart from fleeing, these animals have almost no resistance in front of the red ant army."
"At this time, the so-called beast tide is only on an early stage."
"When some new queens fly out of the ant nest, these ghost-striped red ants will form an army of red ants and spread everywhere in an organized manner."
"They will only launch an organized attack on the Dodan Canyon at this time. There are so many of them that they will almost fill the entire Dodan Canyon."
Aung San said with a solemn expression.
Surdak took a breath of cold air, but he did not expect that the real beast tide was the new queen of the ghost-striped red ants expanding their territory, and if they chose to invade forward, they would naturally enter the hinterland of the occupied area from the Dodan Canyon.
Surdak asked Aung San again: "Isn't it possible?"
Aung San shook his head and said: "Ordinary ghost-striped red worker ants do not have magic cores in their bodies, and the hard carapace on their bodies is useless, so they are of little value. Also, because they are good at spitting out highly corrosive acid, they are not suitable for employees.
The weapons and armor of the soldiers are extremely damaged, and the cost of hunting them is often not worth the loss. Therefore, not many adventure groups and mercenary groups are willing to come here to stop the ghost-striped red ants, unless there is a reward issued by Wilkes City.
Golden Mission.”
"Only the ghost-striped red soldier ants belong to the category of second-level monsters. It is not easy to hunt them. In addition, except for the magic core, their hard carapace is still useless and is a completely worthless monster material."
Aung San wiped his mouth, his eyes full of memories, and said:
"Every time there is a beast wave, some ghostly patterned soldier ants will infiltrate into the occupied area. Wilkes City will issue a reward mission and ask the city's mercenary groups to hunt the red ants that invade the territory in the occupied area. The last beast wave
, I accepted the employment of an adventure group and received a full three gold coins..."
Aung San talked a lot about the beast tide. According to him, only the second-level ghost-marked soldier ants have some value. It is just that the soldier ants in a group of ghost-marked red ants are the main force in the battle. If you want to kill a ghost-marked red ant,
Soldier ants are not an easy task.
The ghost-patterned red ants will also enslave some low-level insect monsters. Together with the ghost-patterned worker ants, this is the so-called beast tide.
Once the beast tide formed by the ghost-striped red ants is eliminated, the Invercargill Warcraft Forest will be in a vacuum of Warcraft territory for a period of time, which is the best time for the imperial army to expand territory northward. At this time, enter the Invercargill Warcraft
Forest is very easy.
But building a fortification in the Invercargill Warcraft Forest to resist the Warcraft in the northern part of the forest has always been the biggest problem for the Bena Army.
And unless the ghost-striped red ants are completely eliminated, we will never be able to truly occupy the Invercargill Warcraft Forest.
…
Surdak's cavalry team rested outside the Invercargill Warcraft Forest before entering the forest under the leadership of Aung San.
This mountain range belongs to the territory of the Mane Beast King, but when the cavalry set foot in this forest, they found that the entire forest area had become messy, and many small beasts in the territory were migrating to the hills and mountains.
Some carnivorous beasts have become extremely violent. They don't even kill for food, but simply for killing. There are corpses of carnivorous animals everywhere, and this place has become a paradise for scavengers.
Aung San rode a horse at the front, his horse's hoofs trampling a white mandible into the soil. He looked around with vigilance...
There was a big lynx lurking on the crown of a big tree just in front of him. It was hunched up and ready to pounce. Its two different-colored pupils, one red and one blue, revealed its location.
Samira held the Painting of Withering in her hand, ready to kill the big lynx with an arrow at any time.
Probably sensing the murderous aura emanating from Samira's body, although the big lynx was a bit violent and bloodthirsty, it quickly jumped from the big tree to another tree based on its beastly instinct to sense danger.
The big lynx was light and agile and quickly disappeared from the tree canopy.
Aung San looked back at Samira and Gulitem. Although he didn't know their true strength, the beasts in the Invercargill Warcraft Forest allowed him to get to know them again, and he could kill the big lynx at a glance.
This was the first time Aung San saw the scared archer.
I have been to Lyon Mountain many times. In order to dig out the magic herbs in the forest in front, every time I sneak in here, I have to fight wits and courage with the group of maned beasts.
But only this time, he rode through the territory.
Although they just slipped past the edge of the mane beast's territory, with such a large group of people, it was impossible not to make some noise.
He saw that the ogre seemed to be looking forward to meeting the maned beasts, and some cold sweat inevitably broke out on his forehead.
The ogre Gulitem was walking in the team carrying a bone-crushing club, looking reluctantly to the top of the mountain, his bell-sized eyes full of longing.
According to Aung San, the mane beast king and his harem are in that dense forest. There will always be some kudzu growing in that dense forest. This kind of magic grass has strong recovery power and is the most popular among mane beasts.
One of his favorite foods, and also the main material for making primary healing potions.
"Boss, should we hunt down that maned beast king?" The ogre wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and asked Surdak.
Surdak shook his head and said:
"Not now. We are going to the depths of the Invercargill Warcraft Forest to conduct reconnaissance. We will try not to cause conflicts. When we return, if you can seize the opportunity, I will not stop you..."
The ogre was a little disappointed and whispered to Surdak:
"Eating its meat can definitely enhance your physical fitness."
Surdak also knew that ogres basically rely on eating the flesh and blood of powerful monsters to improve their strength.
He hesitated for a moment before asking:
"Aung San, what level of monster does that mane beast king belong to?"
Without even thinking about it, Aung San said with certainty:
"There are probably three levels, and its strength should not be underestimated. I have heard that no less than fifteen adventure groups were destroyed in its hands. They always felt that the mane beast would not break through the bottleneck of the second level, but
The mane beast in this mountain has definitely reached the third level."
"Let's go in first..." Surdak said decisively, no longer thinking about hunting.
If it is a lone third-level monster, this team still has a great chance of hunting it, but they are facing a group of people. Even if they bring all the cavalry in the cavalry battalion, they cannot easily kill this one.
The mane beast king might even let it escape deep into the forest.
It is not a good thing to have enemies with Level 3 monsters. They will be full of hatred towards the Imperial people.
Surdak's cavalry battalion will not be affected.
From now on, the gatherers will have an extra pair of ears and eyes in this forest. Unless they are hunted, their revengeful actions will never stop.
Under the leadership of Aung San, Surdak and his party quickly passed through the territory of the Black Mane Beast King. Going forward, they could not avoid the territory of the Moon Blade Fire Wolf King.
Aung San originally wanted to take a detour, but at the edge of the territory, he happened to see a three-meter-long glazed beast throwing a moon blade fire wolf to the ground, biting its throat instantly, and there were five or six moon blade fire wolves next to it.
The corpses looked like they had been bitten to death by glass beasts.
When the glazed beast saw Surdak's cavalry team, it let out a low roar, turned its entire body into a white cannonball, and rushed towards Aung San, who was walking at the front of the team.
"Ding, ding!"
With two soft sounds, two fine steel arrows fell to the ground in no particular order.
The glazed beast let out a painful cry, but did not suffer any injuries on its body. After being hit by the arrow, its body was refracted in the air, jumped up a big tree, and slipped away quickly like a fleeting shadow.