The edge of the vein of the Invercargill Forest Copper Mine, which is considered the north of the vein.
The leader of the horse team was a local aboriginal guide. He did not ride a horse and walked barefoot on the dead branches and leaves in the forest.
He has a very strong physique. He is surrounded by animal skins. The exposed skin shows a bronze color. There are five magic cores tied to the fine braids on his head. The hard skin of these magic cores has not been completely worn away.
It just opened a window somewhere, revealing the magic crystal containing magic power inside.
He carries an alloy hunting bow on his back, a wooden spear in his hand, and a short knife hanging on his waist. These weapons all flowed out from the Dodan Town garrison camp and have basically spread to all the indigenous tribes in the Invercargill Forest.
These indigenous tribes are considered residents of the Viscounty of Surdak, so they have all the rights and interests of formal citizens of the Green Empire.
Having said that, Wilkes City will not notify these indigenous tribes when it holds a magic awakening ceremony.
This indigenous guide is a warrior of the Monidi tribe. He can understand the Imperial language and can also speak some simple words.
Following him is an adventure group from Wilkes City. This adventure group has a total of twelve members. The leader is a level 1 to 18 warrior who possesses a valuable magic pattern structure. However,
This set of magic patterns is very old, and many of the magic patterns have been worn to varying degrees. I am afraid that the repair cost will be astronomical.
A group of team members under his command also have the strength of Rank 1 or above, some members have a single piece of magic pattern structure, and all of them have magic weapons. They can be regarded as a team with good combat capabilities in the adventure group.
A few days ago, they had hunted three low-level monsters in succession according to the locations marked on the map.
But as adventure groups continued to enter the Invercargill Forest, the monsters marked on the map were hunted down one after another. In the next few days, they continued to miss, and they had not gained anything for several days in a row.
I heard from other adventure groups that monsters are often seen outside the mineral vein mountain, and occasionally traces of some high-level monsters are seen. Many adventure groups try their luck near the mineral veins. The leader of this adventure group solicited the opinions of the group members.
Finally, I decided to take an adventure here.
Aboriginal guides are experienced hunters in the Invercargill Warcraft Forest.
He knew that there was only such a small river in the valley nearby, and it was the water source for many herds of animals nearby.
Recently, the hunters in the tribe have also been hunting around this mountain range. There is an invisible wall inside the mountain range, blocking all monsters from the outside, so this has become an excellent hunting ground in the eyes of the hunters.
But in the eyes of the monsters in the Invercargill forest, these tribesmen and adventure group members are not prey...
This cloud-patterned ghost leopard has been promoted to a fourth-level monster after possessing the fourth magic pattern. The middle section of the copper mine vein is its territory for hundreds of miles. It usually hides in the mountains and forests, hunting low-level monsters for food.
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When the beast tide broke out, they fled into the Anya Swamp where even the ghost-striped red ants were unwilling to set foot.
This time it returned to Invercargill Forest, and was suddenly surprised to find that there was the smell of a dragon in its territory. The suspicious cloud-patterned ghost leopard did not break in to explore the truth, but wandered around the periphery of the territory, waiting for opportunities.
It had just eaten a white-horned deer recently, and now it was just thirsty, so it ran to a water source to drink water.
It is an experienced hunter and very patient. It will never act rashly until it understands the true strength of this horse team.
The adventure group searched for the beast's footprints by the river. It was lying in the grass on the other side, and even its breath was completely hidden.
In the evening, a group of mane beast families came to the river. Four warriors rushed out from the grass by the river and began to hunt the mane beast, which had two large, five small and seven heads. Several spears slashed through the mane beast.
In the sky, the mane beasts were bulky, and one of them accurately pierced the back of the strongest mane beast.
An indigenous guide stood on the horizontal branch of a big tree and looked around cautiously.
The male mane beast roared and "charged" towards the adventure group alone. Rock-like armor appeared on its skin. It approached a big tree and rubbed out the spear inserted in its back, but it didn't even bleed.
A drop of blood.
The female mane beast's bristles stood on end, and she fled behind her with the five little beasts.
The curved fangs in the mouth of the mane beast are like two sharp blades. Facing the charge of the mane beast, the leader of the adventure group raised a heavy tower shield and supported the shield with his body. At the same time, two members stood with him.
, intending to resist this charge.
An adventure group member behind held a spear in his hand. At the moment it rushed up, its fangs overturned the heavy tower shield. The three adventure group members behind the tower shield fell backwards, and the
The member of the adventure group holding a spear, the spear in his hand was like a poisonous snake spitting a message, right between the two front legs of the mane beast, it broke through the solid rock armor, and the sharp spear tip sank into the body of the mane beast.
The spear penetrated from here, just enough to penetrate into the heart of the maned beast.
The maned beast made a grunting sound, held the spear in front of its chest, and rushed forward dozens of meters before falling to the edge of the river with lush water and grass.
The magic patterns on his body gradually dimmed, and the layer of rock armor slowly disappeared.
The members of these adventure groups are a group of experienced hunters, and they are very experienced in dealing with these junior monsters.
In the direction where the female maned beast was escaping, eight members of the adventure group were lying in ambush in the grass.
At this time, no one will pay attention to the cubs. Only the adult mane beasts can have magic cores in their skulls, so they will let these young mane beasts leave on their own, but the adult mane beasts cannot escape this kind of ambush hunting.
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The female mane beast never charged and escaped because there was a little beast following her. In the end, she was covered in blood and was killed by several swordsmen using gorgeous sword styles.
The leader of the adventure group came over and saw the holes on the backs of the maned beasts. He was so angry that he said loudly: "There are just two maned beasts with holes all over their bodies. This kind of rotten leather is not good at all."
It’s not worth much money.”
The cloud-patterned ghost leopard crawls towards the cavalry...
Just as the leader stood by the river and cursed his subordinates, the cloud-patterned ghost leopard rushed out like a bolt of lightning. Its aura was so well hidden that even the most experienced hunter did not notice its existence.
It was like a phantom, a pair of sharp claws resting on the shoulders of one of its members. Just as the member turned around in horror, its bloody mouth tore open the main artery in his neck.
The blood splashed on the ghost leopard's fur, and since it bounced away...
The cloud-patterned ghost leopard suddenly accelerated in the next second, and its body was like a line of blue smoke in the dusk, disappearing in a 'whoosh'.
"No, it's an adult ghost leopard...run away!" the leader of the adventure group roared.
After being stunned for a moment, all the members rushed towards the grass by the river. Of course, the cloud-patterned ghost leopard would not let them go so easily, and pursued them closely.
Its speed far exceeds the imagination of the members of the adventure group, and its body is as light as a wisp of smoke. Every time it condenses and appears, it will harvest the life of a member.
The indigenous guide from the Monidi tribe stood on a tree and immediately jumped into the river and disappeared.
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A moment later, the twelve fragmented corpses of the adventure group members were found in the valley. Their internal organs had been basically eviscerated, and most of the leather armor on their bodies had been torn into pieces. Only some magic weapons were left scattered in the grass.
The horses were also killed by wild beasts, and some supplies were randomly thrown on the ground.
Some wild animals that came to drink water took the opportunity to eat these corpses.
The natives of the Monidi tribe rushed to the mine in one breath.
When Andrew led the cavalry battalion to the water source, except for some torn supplies, not even bones were left on the ground.
The cavalrymen picked up some broken magic weapons from the grass and gathered around Andrew.
Andrew picked up a completely scrapped magic pattern constructed shoulder armor, handed it to the two-headed ogre behind him and said: "It seems that the monsters lurking around here are at least the third level of peak strength..."
The two-headed ogre magician looked at the broken wounds and suggested to Andrew: "You can try to find a sharp dagger."
Andrew used his butcher's ax to scratch the magic-patterned shoulder armor, and the shoulder armor was only lightly scratched.
"It seems that this shoulder armor is stronger than imagined..." Andrew said with a gloomy face.
Recently, members of three adventure groups have been ambushed by this one in a row nearby, and this adventure group was the most disastrous. The entire twelve-member adventure group was wiped out.
"If this continues, maybe no adventure group will dare to hunt in Invercargill Forest." Andrew said with some worry.
The two-headed ogre said happily: "Wouldn't that be just right..."
Andrew shook his head and said: "But the boss hopes that the safety index in this forest can be higher,"
After saying that, he mounted the ancient Bo Lai horse and rushed forward along the river valley.
A squadron leader came up from behind and whispered to Andrew:
"I heard that Captain Samira will pass by the mine tomorrow with a batch of goods..."
Andrew's eyes lit up and he said with a hint of joy: "Then wait for her!"
…
On the day Samira led eighteen thunder rhinoceros to the temporary camp of the copper mine, she saw Surdak leading 300 tribal natives into the mine camp.
Eighteen Thunder Rhinoceros gathered at the foot of the mountain, and Samira stood on the platform on the back of the Thunder Rhinoceros and waved to Surdak.
Surdak rode up to the armed Thunder Rhinoceros.
Samira slid down from the eight-meter-high platform along the fur of the Thunder Rhino's neck. This time, the iron wood that Samira brought back was a thick trunk, but before being put on the shelves, it was all wrapped in linen.
Now you can only see gray packages piled on both sides of the platform shelves.
"Is the journey going smoothly?" Surdak asked Samira.
After not seeing each other for many days, the life of the half-elf archer in the forest made her look a little more wild.
"It's not bad, I just met a lot of adventure groups on the way." Samira said with a slight frown, and then she smiled proudly and said: "But... along the way, we met the monsters returning to Invercargill Forest...
…seems like more…”
The sunlight shines down from the gaps in the tree canopy and falls into spots on the forest glade.
Suldak said: "I sent the distribution map of the Warcraft in Invercargill Forest to the Adventurers' Guild and the Mercenary Union, just hoping that they can come to Invercargill Forest to hunt and keep the number of Warcraft as low as possible."
Surdak was riding on horseback and said to Samira: "We will chat after I settle down these young people from the indigenous tribes!"
Samira, however, spread her long legs and followed Suldak.
Surdak pointed at these indigenous young people and introduced to Samira: "I recruited them from the indigenous tribes in the hills and mountains."
Then, as if he had found a bargain, he whispered: "I promised them that I would pay them twenty pounds of wheat flour every day. I didn't expect that recruiting miners would be easier than recruiting soldiers."
Surdak really did not expect that local indigenous people could be hired so cheaply.
I thought they were used to the traditional lifestyle and were not willing to work as miners. Unexpectedly, I only visited two tribes and recruited 300 people. The number of people greatly exceeded my budget.
On the way, he asked a young native who knew a little imperial language why he wanted to work as a miner.
The young native was very upright and said directly that he could get twenty pounds of wheat flour every day by digging rocks, which was much better than hunting.
For the indigenous people, this job is easier than hunting.
Moreover, twenty pounds of wheat flour is far more valuable than a small animal. These wheat flour can allow a native to live happily for twenty days, but a grouse cannot, and there are not only grouse in the forest.
More than 300 young natives were arranged by Suldak to live in five large, empty work sheds. These work sheds are still very crudely built. They can only stop some stupid beasts from intruding, but they cannot stop mosquitoes or mosquitoes.
Live Warcraft.
There was not even a wooden bed built in the work shed. The workers who originally lived here just laid a thick layer of moss on the ground.
The wooden beds built by the young indigenous people themselves are also very simple. They just use arm-thick wooden sticks to lay them secretly on the ground to form a floor bed.
They like to cover the ground with thick moss and pine needles. The pine branches have a strong smell of pine oil, which many mosquitoes don't like.
When the young aborigines arrived at the simple copper mine camp, someone immediately cooked some grain porridge for them. The first batch of workers in the mine were aborigines from Duodan Town. They knew some aboriginal languages and the imperial language.
There will be no discrimination against the indigenous tribes. Now Surdak will hand over these young indigenous people to their management. Communication between the two parties should be much easier.
At least there will be no imagination of abuse, deduction, discrimination, etc.
Suddenly so many natives came to the camp, it suddenly became lively, and the food reserves here immediately became tense.
This time, the armed Thunder Rhino will transport the iron wood back to Dodan Town, and also transport a batch of grain from there.
Andrew and the cavalry battalion did not emerge from the mountains until evening.
When they returned to the mining camp, they learned that Suldak was coming, and immediately rushed to the camp.
The surveyor and two clerks from the Wilkes City Territorial Administration also followed the team. Living in the mountains for more than half a month made them look like jungle savages in gorgeous costumes.
I don’t know how long it’s been since I shaved my beard… maybe I haven’t shaved since I left Duodan Town.
The surveying and mapping officer did not rush to see Suldak, but got into his tent and asked a young secretary to shave him...