After four days of trekking, David and Laura finally arrived at the edge of the Ironwood Forest.
Looking at the much narrower river next to it and the ruins of the dilapidated houses around it, David helplessly spread his hands: "Obviously, this pioneering team failed."
There are a lot of wooden houses here, and they are all separate residences, not temporary large wooden houses. It seems to mean that the initial development of this team was smooth?
But this did not change the fact that the place was in ruins, and judging from the condition of the remains of the houses, the village had been abandoned for a long time.
If we just give up, the house will not be like this: there is no intact wooden house, and it has obviously been burned by fire.
"The development team will set fire to the house before giving up and leaving?" Laura didn't understand this very much. Is there any point in doing so?
"No, I will just pack up the valuable things and leave directly." David walked around the abandoned village several times and finally found some clues under a wooden house next to the forest.
"What is this?" Laura kept looking around. When she saw David squatting down and picking up something, she immediately moved over to take a look and found that David was holding a damaged arrow shaft in his hand: "
arrow?"
"Hmm!" The arrow shaft in his hand is not complete, only half of it, but the real clue lies here: "It's an arrow from an elf."
"How can you tell the difference?"
"Only the elves in the Iron Tree Forest use this special leaf to make arrow fletching."
At present, it is much easier to live the life of your dreams than you originally expected.
"When you get to Iron Tree Fort, you can also see the elves. As for this section of the road, it's best not to encounter even half of the elves. That's definitely not an interesting thing."
After listening to what David said, Laura learned more about the situation in Iron Tree Fort and the entire northern plain: "If the team heading to the northeast failed to establish a village, this large plain area,
Can it all be counted as your territory?”
The village chief becomes a town mayor, the town chief becomes a city lord, and the city lord becomes a great lord. At the same time, he is awarded a title based on his contribution. This is all written in the law. It can be said that the rise and strength of the Kingdom of Tilan is related to this law. Including Tieshu
Including the fort, this is how most of the territory of the Kingdom of Tilan came to be.
Therefore, the pioneering force did not stop after arriving at the guard post, but divided into two teams directly here. One-third of the people headed northeast along the Tilan Mountains, and the remaining people walked west along the north side of the Iron Tree Forest.
"So, this village was destroyed by elves?"
But the pioneering team is different. They are originally going to occupy the land outside the kingdom. They can occupy as much land as they can. As long as you can control it, the kingdom will recognize that this is your territory and will even increase the level of the lord according to the situation.
The two of them had to walk along the northern edge of the Iron Tree Forest to the junction of the Tilan Mountains and the Iron Tree Forest, then turn south and continue along the 'passage' until they finally arrived at the Iron Tree Fort.
Although David did not speak clearly, Laura still understood a lot of information contained in this passage: the elves in Iron Tree Fort probably did not live in that city voluntarily; the relationship between humans and elves in Iron Tree Fort has changed.
It can't be worse. In this case, it's better not to encounter the elves in the forest.
So without the help of cheats, plug-ins and other means, the situation faced by these two development teams is no different from the previous two years: the climate is cold, crops cannot survive, food cannot be obtained stably, and winter is especially difficult.
The two people should try to walk as fast as possible on this road, because compared with the previous journey, danger may occur at any time on this road.
"However, this plain is too vast. It is not easy to turn the entire area into my territory." At least this foundation must be turned into Winter City.
After arriving at the place where David now stands, another half of the people stayed and built a village here, and the last remaining people continued north along the river.
I gave Laura a brief knowledge. This kind of leaves can only be found in the depths of the Iron Tree Forest. Those places are the main activity areas of the elves. It is difficult for humans to go to those places, let alone collect a large amount of this kind of leaves.
"Oh~"
"Actually, I am very curious about the elves. It would be great if I could see the elves with my own eyes... Maybe we can communicate with each other?"
"Because I have successfully established Winter Village, I will report back to Iron Tree Fort this time."
In addition, the outstanding appearance of the elves often attracts the spying and capture of slave traders. Due to various reasons, the relationship between humans and elves cannot be said to be a fight to the death, but one must always fall.
Although he has lived in this world for many years, the various influences from his previous life have already penetrated deep into his soul. Even if he succumbs to the pressure of reality for a while, he will choose a lifestyle that makes him more comfortable if he has the slightest chance.
In addition, the village he is in is also facing the threat of the elves in the Iron Tree Forest. At first, he was worried that it was too close to the elves. In order to avoid one day suddenly dying under the attack of the elves, he chose to follow the final
A team continued to go north, and now it seems that their choice was correct.
"Judging from the results of this village, it may be difficult for the group of people heading northeast to successfully build the village."
The large army set off from the Iron Tree Fort and headed north along a flat road between the Iron Tree Forest and the Tilan Mountains. After walking out of this 'narrow' passage, they arrived at the northern outpost of the Tilan Kingdom.
This is an abandoned post. It was originally built as the northernmost warning post of the Tilan Kingdom to prevent forces on the huge plain to the north from launching attacks on Iron Tree Fort.
"Huh?" David hadn't really thought about this before. After recalling the various laws and regulations regarding the pioneers in the Kingdom of Tyran, he found that this was really not impossible.
After a simple night's rest in the ruins, David and Laura did not wait for the sun to rise this time before setting off. As soon as the sky got brighter, the two of them were already heading east along the Ironwood Forest.
After confirming that David was actually a member of the pioneering team that had set out from Iron Tree Fort, the soldier looked surprised: "Are there actually people from the pioneer team who have not returned to Iron Tree Fort?"
What really surprised David was that after arriving at the northern post, a small group of soldiers actually appeared in this long-abandoned post.
It is difficult to obtain, and it is not an irreplaceable material. Naturally, humans will not choose this kind of leaves to make arrow feathers. Only elves who can easily obtain such materials will use them.
"So that's it."
"..."
Laura knew what happened next: although Winter Village was established, David was the only one left.
It's not that David cursed those people, but that the climate in this huge plain area is similar. David went around and couldn't find any cultivated farmland, which means that the conditions of the land are similar.
When I first joined the development team, it was determined from the beginning that three villages would be established, that is, there would be three teams, but when setting off, the three teams would set off together.
I don’t know if it was because David and Laura kept a sufficient distance from the Iron Tree Forest and did not attract the attention of the elves in the forest, or maybe they discovered it but did not have the right time to take action. In short, they were very calm along the way and no accidents occurred.
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"It seems that you really want to become the lord of this place!" David's words proved that he had considered this matter, otherwise would it be easy?
"If I could become a big lord, would I be satisfied with being a small village chief?" David did not want to stay in Iron Tree Castle and be a hunter. Instead, he chose to join the pioneering team, which showed his true thoughts.
"The possibility is relatively high." Thinking of this, David couldn't help but feel glad that his original choice was absolutely correct.
In this environment, it is normal for the elves in the Iron Tree Forest to discover that a human village has appeared to the north of their hometown and launch an attack.
The territories of village chiefs, town chiefs, and even noble lords within the kingdom are fixed, because their territories are adjacent to the territories of other "colleagues". Unless the dominance of the Kingdom of Tilan collapses and falls into civil war, otherwise the territories within the kingdom will
Lords are never allowed to invade and plunder the territories of other lords at will.
"What is going on?" Because both David and Laura had pure human appearances, after the initial tension, the soldiers at the sentry did not embarrass them.
Moreover, since the Kingdom of Tilan expanded its power into the Iron Tree Forest, the relationship between humans, mainly humans in the Kingdom of Tilan, and the elves in the Iron Tree Forest has plummeted. Humans have cut down the wood in the Iron Tree Forest, which is equivalent to aggression in the eyes of the elves.
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As a result, after the outpost was established, it was discovered that there were no powerful forces in the entire northern plain. The northern outpost seemed to have lost its meaning, and the garrison and funding were gradually reduced until it was completely abolished.
"how?"
Laura's strange reaction confused David very much. Did he say something wrong?
David's answer surprised the soldiers even more, but David showed his development order, which didn't look fake...
The soldier didn't know how to greet these two men, so he could only call his captain.
"Hello, I am Captain Gregory who is in charge of guarding the northern sentry." A middle-aged man wearing full armor and a Tiran Kingdom shirt appeared in front of David and Laura: "You are from the northwest
That member of the pioneer team?”
"Yes, although our pioneering team encountered a lot of troubles, many people quit midway, and many people died on this plain, we finally succeeded in establishing a new village, Winter Village. This time I just want to
We need to go to Iron Tree Castle to report the situation and let Winter Village officially become the kingdom’s territory.”