The next morning, Allen took the remaining Twilight Knights on their way back to Wilderness Town. He left Gale behind. The young man finally went home to visit relatives, so he might as well stay a few more days to spend time with his grandfather.
Gram is also good.
Allen, who was riding a horse and thinking about yesterday's events, still had a slight pain in his head. Although the fruit wine tasted sour and sweet, and it felt like juice, in fact its alcohol content was not low, and it even had a slight alcohol content.
A little stronger than beer.
In their military camp, Allen and Hank drank happily. Until the end of dinner, there were already a lot of fruit wine bottles on the table. In his slightly hazy eyes, Allen seemed to see something from Gale's eyes.
A look of reluctance.
Under the influence of alcohol, Allen's reaction was slightly sluggish, and he immediately understood in his heart that he might have drank a large amount of Hank's inventory this time, and he immediately called a halt to this sudden simple banquet.
However, the old man, who is already in his fifties, is indeed a very good drinker. When Hank left the tent last night, he didn't even need Gale's support. His drinking capacity was at least as good as Allen's.
What was a pity was that until the end of the dinner, Hank never mentioned his future plans again and just chatted about some insignificant things. Alan knew that the time had not come yet.
After all, these northerners are not like the forest dwellers who settled in the Misty Mountains and near Dol Guldur. Before the Battle of Lonely Mountain, these humans who were tortured by the dark power would naturally want to find a powerful leader to rely on.
And Allen's reputation happened to be able to radiate to the surrounding areas, so it was natural that the population of Wilderness Town increased at that time, which was a good thing for both parties.
But now, the situation has changed again. The environment around the forest is much safer. The strength of the three northern villages has always been pretty good. It will still take a while for Allen to absorb them.
At this time, Allen didn't know that in Hank's heart, he had already identified himself as the biggest threat to the future lives of the three villages, relying on his strong strength to silently force them to make a choice.
If Allen knew this, he would definitely scream injustice. Until now, he still feels that yesterday's banquet was a good start for both parties.
He believes that as long as he maintains goodwill, under the witness of time, it will only be a matter of time before everyone comes together.
However, it was indeed a matter of time, but the process was not as beautiful as he imagined.
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Beorn's carefully tended garden is a place that is evergreen all year round. In spring, the flowers here are more gorgeous and lush than in summer elsewhere. In winter, the flowers are still blooming here just like spring. Even
The bees and butterflies living here are more than ten times larger than those outside.
At this time, hundreds of women, led by Beorn, were assembling some strange-shaped beehives. They were evenly distributed in a large sea of flowers. Some huge bees were flying around, but they did not attack them.
It is surrounding these women, as if waiting for them to build their own homes.
After being carefully raised by Beorn, these bees have acquired basic intelligence and their lifespan has been greatly extended. In other words, these hard-working little guys have completely evolved into another species.
They no longer continue to live in a way where the worker bees are responsible for all the work in the colony, the drones are responsible for mating, and the queen bee is responsible for laying eggs.
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Bees with higher intelligence and longer lifespan will imitate their breeders and live like skin-changers. The male bees will find their favorite female bees to form a family. Under the protection of humans, they will work hard to collect honey and properly cultivate their own bees. The next generation.
At the same time, the extra honey produced by their hard work will be taken away by the skin changers as a reward for protecting them.
In this large garden, there is an inexhaustible source of honey. As long as these women can take good care of the bees, they will indeed be able to harvest the first batch of honey in autumn.
In the forest not far from the garden, many wooden houses were built on the trees for birds to live. Kress sat on the table under the woods, turning his head from time to time and talking to the birds that landed on his shoulders. talk.
"Speak slowly, speak slowly, you said you flew for a long time, how long was it? The sun rose to the sun set? That's a whole day. Then what? You saw some big black spiders there Occupying? What direction? The direction where the sun rises? That’s the east. OK, okay. Little Huihui, you did a great job, this is your reward."
As he spoke, Kress reached out and fed a small piece of special food to this extremely smart gray swallow, and touched its smooth and soft feathers.
In fact, this little girl was not in a particularly good mood.
Of course Kress was happy chatting and playing with the birds, but after Ellen asked her to write out the information provided by the birds and make statistics, this job was not as happy as before.
Under Allen's supervision and the guidance of Jamila and many other companions, Kress learned to write early, but she didn't like writing.
She was tired of sitting at the table all the time, writing and drawing on parchment with a quill pen. She preferred to jump around and play as she pleased.
Now, Allen, who had just returned, was sitting opposite Kress, holding a lot of notes in his hand, waiting for Kress to write out the news brought by Gray Yan.
The pile of notes in his hand contained almost no useful information. Most of them were "Xiaobai said that there was a scary furry creature in the forest, and he actually wanted to jump up and catch it." "Lu'er said, In the direction where the sun rises, there are many people gathering there." "Dabai said that it flew in the direction of warmth for a very, very long time, and there seemed to be a human gathering point there. Well, there are still people who want to attack it."
Allen looked at these notes over and over, thinking about what these adjectives meant.
"The furry creature is most likely a squirrel." "Where the sun rises? Has this bird flown to the dense forest road?" "In the warm direction, the south? This information about human gathering points is very important, but
It has been flying for a very, very long time, how far is it? It is probably impossible to find it, so I can only let this bird lead the way."
This information was too vague, and it also added a layer of Kress's own understanding. Allen seemed to have a headache.
It's just that he doesn't have any good methods now. As early as a year ago, Allen discussed with Beorn whether he could also learn this skill. At that time, Beorn looked at Allen up and down for a long time, and finally regretted it.
It means that Allen is too old.
If you want to learn it now, it is very difficult and requires a lot of energy and time. Beorn particularly emphasized that he did not guarantee that Alan would be able to learn it in the end.
After hearing this, Allen had to give up the idea. He really couldn't afford to spend so much time and energy, and there were a lot of things waiting for him to do and think about.
Since he couldn't learn it from Beorn, Allen thought about whether he could find a way to solve this problem in the simulator. After all, being able to understand the words of animals would be of great help to him.
It's just that he doesn't have a clue about this matter yet, so now he can only rely on Kress.
But when Allen put down the note in his hand and picked up the wine glass in front of him, he saw Kress opposite him in a daze.
"Huh? Why are you so dazed? Have you finished writing?"
While Kress was writing, he saw Allen's frown and knew that Allen was not satisfied with the information and had some thoughts in his mind.
However, after listening to Allen's words, the little girl quickly wrote out the message that Gray Yan had brought and handed it to Allen.
"Xiao Huihui flew all day long and found some big black spiders in the dark forest, located in the east."
Allen looked at the content on the paper and almost spit out the mead he just drank. A lot of complaints appeared in his heart again.
"Hiss~ What is this? Don't I know that there are unfinished spiders in the black forest? How many are there? Ten? Eight? How far does it fly for a whole day? Which east is the east? Northeast
Square? Southeast? True east?”
After reading this information, Allen, who was confused, rubbed his forehead and felt that continuing like this was not an option. These birds could indeed provide some information, which was very useful at critical moments.
However, this information is too vast, and it is indeed difficult to filter out the useful ones, let alone take corresponding actions based on the information.
For example, the spiders in the Black Forest. Allen has long known that they are still active in the deep jungle. These descendants of Ugoliant, under the protection of Sauron, acted extremely rampantly and raided Ai more than once.
Lun's subjects.
In order to get rid of these arthropods, Wilderness Town and Woodland Kingdom made great efforts to suppress these guys.
However, as Sauron fled in panic, the spiders, who lost the protection of the dark power, greatly reduced their range of activities. It had been almost two months, and Allen had never heard of a spider attack.
It was obvious that they were hiding in the darker depths of the black forest. In this case, Allen couldn't send soldiers to chase them in and fight them. There would be no benefit at all from paying such a huge price.
However, it is good to be able to grasp their movements, but this information is a bit difficult.
Allen did not want these animals to provide very precise information. This was too difficult for the birds. He needed to consider other ways to collect and screen information.
For example, let Kress take the birds to station at the edge of the forest, and then tell the birds not to fly around, and be responsible for investigating an area.
In this case, even if there is only a general direction, a relatively accurate position can be obtained. As for the quantity, we will not consider it. These need to be arranged by professional personnel to investigate, and with the leadership of birds, the efficiency of investigation will also be improved.
It will be much higher.
Allen felt that there was no rush in this matter and that he should take his time. Such results were already very good, and Sauron would not be able to arrange for the Nazgul to come back in a short period of time. The surrounding environment was still relatively calm.
It is better to wait until later, when Beorn teaches more children, and let Kress and Grim take them with them, and then we will see the results.
Kress, who was sitting on the other side of the table, looked at Allen, who was holding the note and frowning, and felt a little nervous. The little girl was worried that she would be scolded again.
In fact, in order to complete the tasks assigned by Allen, this little girl has put in a lot of effort. In recent days, she has even controlled her playful nature and sat here obediently every day, repeatedly writing some boring words.
Information.
Kress does these things in the hope that through his own efforts, others will recognize him, and the most important thing is to have Allen recognize himself.
Looking at his former companions, each of them began to take charge of important tasks. As the little girl grew up, she also felt a sense of urgency in her heart. Kress already understood that play is not everything in life.
But when she looked at Allen's current expression, she felt that the boss opposite her didn't mean to praise her, and she couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. Moreover, this frustration soon turned into an expression of grievance, which appeared on her face with a certain heroic spirit.
On the face, this girl is not a wealthy person after all.
At this moment, Allen, who put down the note, saw the expression on Kress's face. He was stunned for a moment, then thought about it in his mind, and immediately understood what the little girl was thinking.
"Does this mean I'm not satisfied with her work results?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Thinking of this, Allen felt very relieved, and his frowning expression gradually softened. This little boy who followed him often made him worried and anxious.
The girl has finally grown up, started to care about what others think of herself, and knows how to work hard.
Thinking of this, Allen stood up, stretched out his right hand, gently rubbed Kress's hair across the small table, and said: "Okay, okay, why do you look so unhappy?"
, you have done a good job in this matter, and I am very satisfied. As a reward, I will give this to you in advance."
Then Allen took out something from his body, which was a sword and shield medal with a velvet ribbon. The pure gold material was made into a kite-shaped shield with a long sword, which represented the identity of a brave man.
Five colors of gems, red, white, blue, green, and purple, are evenly inlaid in the center of the shield, forming a circle. Under the sunlight, the slightly shaking medal emits a brilliant light, and behind it is
The crown represents Allen's three-star flag, and Kress's name is engraved in three languages below the flag.
In an instant, Kress, a little girl who likes jewelry, was attracted by the medal. Without caring about her grievance, she quickly took the medal from Allen's hand, turned around and ran away.
Then the little girl's cheerful figure stopped, and a crisp "Thank you, boss" floated into Allen's ears.
"So happy? You must be showing off to your friends."
Allen thought helplessly and shook his head.
This medal is an identity certificate specially designed by Allen for the brave men in the cabinet. It is made of pure gold and gems. Frey has just made some recently, so Allen took this opportunity to send it to Kress.
Originally, Allen was thinking about holding a ceremony or something, but then he thought about it. During the busy farming season, it is not necessary to gather everyone for this matter. It is not safe to gather a large number of people. Don't turn a good thing into a bad thing.
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When Allen came to Beorn this time, he actually had other things to do. He prepared a gift for his little niece, which was a silver-white longevity lock.
The longevity lock made of mithril has three pendants inlaid with topaz. On the front is a picture made up of extremely fine gemstones of various colors, with a red sun, green trees and gorgeous flowers.
And on the back is a paragraph.
"To the lovely Rebecca----Ellen".
In addition, Allen also sent people to the Woodland Kingdom and asked His Majesty Lord Thrand to cast some magic on the longevity lock. Before the effect fades, this longevity lock can increase the number of babies to a certain extent.
The constitution of a young child ensures that Rebecca can grow up healthily.
It's just that Beorn is busy now, and it's not convenient for Allen to visit Marianne, who has just given birth, and his newborn niece.
So at this time, Allen could only drink mead by himself and wait for Beorn.