In the two days since she joined, Mariel also heard about Zong Shen's deeds of robbing goblins.
Now Zong Shen happens to be away from the camp, and all the men who followed him into the mountains are also with him.
So Marier made some calculations and sent all the patrol troops in the territory. Except for the frontline combat team and the soldiers who were taken away by Zong Shen, almost all the soldiers in the territory passed.
This was not the end yet. In order to increase the confidence for the confrontation, Mariel notified Dutra and asked him to bring more than 200 kobolds to the scene of the confrontation.
Those kobolds are much stronger than farmers, but they are just weaker than ordinary second-level warriors. They still have a certain degree of combat effectiveness, otherwise they would not have been able to fight against the powerful spider web monster tribe in the mines for decades.
More than two hundred kobolds, led by the kobold chief Dutra, rushed to Vereesa's side and surrounded the goblins.
Some kobold slingers took out their slingers, the kobold prophets also raised their staffs, and the rest of the kobold warriors even drew out their daggers. They all bared their teeth at these goblins.
The fine scales on his face all stood up upside down, sending a deterrent signal to the enemy.
Upon seeing this, the remaining five goblin airships also landed one after another, and a large number of goblin warriors walked out of them.
There are four teams of goblin crossbowmen alone, totaling forty-eight people, as well as four teams of goblin warriors, a team of goblin spellcasters, and a team of tall one-horned ogres holding maces.
Those ogres were tall, and they were all lifted directly from the special open pod of one of the airships. The closed pod of ordinary airships is only more than three meters high, and cannot accommodate these ogres who are more than five meters tall.
Damn it, these savage big men are extremely oppressive to everyone.
Both sides dispatched hundreds, or even two to three hundred people. A confrontation of this scale can be called very spectacular. Zong Shen's side had the upper hand in terms of numbers, because there were a large number of kobolds joining in. Therefore, the number of people seemed to be even greater.
More.
Although Boswell knew the appearance of Zong Shen and Tasia, Luna, and Colby who were accompanying him that day, he did not know anyone else. Obviously, he did not know the specific location of Zong Shen.
The strength shown now only shows their determination to find people, and they don't want any conflict to break out here at all.
The atmosphere seemed a bit tense for a moment. Boswell looked at everyone who arrived, but did not find Zong Shen and others. He guessed that he must have looked in the wrong place.
It looked at Vereesa, bowed slightly to Vereesa, who was always riding a horse on the grassland, and saluted, then turned around and waved to the goblin warriors behind it.
"Put away your weapons, this is all a misunderstanding!"
After hearing Boswell's words, the goblin crossbowmen lowered their crossbows and pointed them at the ground. The goblin warriors also put their daggers back into their sheaths. The ogres punched their maces on the ground and stretched out their big hands to strike through the thick forest.
They have giant beetles under their armpits. These ogres have a certain amount of intelligence, but their style is rough and they have no concept of etiquette.
Overall, this group of goblins and the ogres they brought have a certain degree of discipline.
After Boswell saw the performance of the goblins behind him, he nodded with satisfaction.
Then he took out a portrait from his arms and unfolded it directly in front of Vereesa.
"My lord, I take the liberty of disturbing you."
"First of all, please allow me to introduce myself."
"We are merchants of Ratchet City Trading Company, affiliated with Hotsand Group."
Boswell introduced it while pointing to the Ratchet City emblem on his chest.
Vereesa said nothing and still looked at Boswell with a serious expression.
The confrontation between the goblins just now was nothing more than a provocation.
As an ancient hero, Vereesa knew very well how to deal with this problem with the most natural expression.
In this case, it is the correct and natural reaction to appropriately express your offended anger.
Sure enough, Boswell didn't care at all about Vereesa's attitude.
It has a polite smile on its face, but paired with its funny big nose, it shows that his smile is very fake and malicious.
"Recently, we were robbed of a batch of supplies in this area, and we are currently tracking down the suspect."
"Have you ever seen the human man in the portrait?"
It gestured at the portrait in its hand, which was exactly Zong Shen's sketch. The overall painting skills were pretty good, and it was about 60-70% similar to Zong Shen's.
Vereesa just glanced at it lightly and shook her head casually.
"I don't know this human being, I just want to settle the score with you!"
She said sternly, shook her shoulders, turned the [Hiphawk Battle Bow] in front of her, held it with one hand, and quickly pulled out an arrow with the other hand and placed it on it.
"Buzz!"
Vereesa drew the bow and arrow into a full moon shape and pointed it at Boswell. Everyone could hear the contraction and trembling sound of the bow string being pulled apart.
At this time, the atmosphere became tense again, and there was another "clang" sound behind Boswell, and the two sides once again entered a stage of tense armed confrontation.
"Ahem..."
"My lord, we really don't mean to offend..."
Vereesa was the famous Windrunner ranger and the founder and commander of the Silver Covenant Legion. Her aura made Boswell feel the pressure.
Especially facing Vereesa's bow and arrow, it gave it the illusion of facing death.
Naturally, he would not fight with Vereesa and the others here. Whether he could win or not was a matter of doubt. Regardless of the outcome, once a war started, it would be a loss outweighing the gain for Boswell.
Vereesa also took advantage of Boswell's thoughts and took such a tough stance.
Sometimes showing too much generosity and weakness can actually be a flaw.
After a brief thought, Boswell decisively chose to surrender.
This area is really not peaceful. First, the Saintess of the Calamity Raven Church splashed dirty water on them for no apparent reason, and was forced to compensate them with a sum of supplies.
Now I randomly came to a settlement to ask about the situation, but I encountered another tough problem.
Even though the Ratchet Trading Company branch in the giant city of Rentatus urgently sent reinforcements through the goblin airship, Boswell had no confidence to walk in this area.
Now he just wants to put an end to the matter quickly and leave this terrible settlement and this terrible Elf woman!
"My lord, I apologize to you for our rudeness."
"Here are two thousand continental dinars, hoping to make up for our mistakes."
Boswell took out a money bag and apologized in a low manner.
Two thousand dinars are nothing compared to armed conflict. Now he just wants to deal with Vereesa as soon as possible, stay far away from this damn settlement, and find the real culprit who stole the supplies and their cash boxes.
.
But Vereesa shook her head, and the hand holding the arrow tightened a little tighter.
Boswell was in trouble now. Two thousand continental common dinars was already the limit that the stingy Boswell could accept.
"Sir, how many mainland dinars do you think is appropriate?"
It felt a dull pain in its head. When did these goblin merchants start to become so disrespectful?
Boswell has already thought about it in his mind. If the other lion opens his mouth, he will fight them to the death!
At this time Vereesa spoke softly.
"Five thousand!"
Hearing this number, Boswell felt his little heart a little cramped.
It looked around, looked at the wolf-like warriors, and the numerous kobolds. It gritted its teeth and nodded. It fumbled in its arms for a long time, took out five thousand mainland dinars, and placed them on the ground.
Vereesa then let go of the bow string, withdrew the arrow, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Very good, you can get out."
"Don't let me see you again!"
Vereesa waved her hands in disgust and said domineeringly.
On the contrary, Boswell did not dare to hesitate any longer, and hurriedly called his men to enter the airship.
It also entered the pod of an airship, and the six goblin airships took off again, moving farther and farther toward the east of the territory.
"Let's all disperse and give the money bag to Mariel."
"These damn goblins probably won't come back again."
"The goblin merchants are actually not short of money. Five thousand dinars is enough to impress them with pain, but it won't cause them to retaliate."
Vereesa explained lightly that she had often dealt with goblins thousands of years ago and had a very clear understanding of the temperament of these cunning guys, so she used the right scale to deal with Boswell.
Everyone admired Vereesa, and at her order they dispersed and took their places.
Vereesa herself also rode a prairie horse back to the crypt front line.
About fifteen minutes later, Zong Shen and his party returned to the territory.
Mariel handed him the purse and told Zong Shen about Boswell's arrival.
Hearing this, Zong Shen exclaimed that it was a lucky thing that these goblins did not give up tracking him. Shen Shen was just waiting for reinforcements these days, and now they began to search for him in this area as soon as the reinforcements arrived.
He heard from Mariel about Vereesa's emergency response, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
"You and Vereesa did a great job!"
"Continue to be careful of that group of goblins to prevent them from returning again."
Zong Shen explained that now that Mariel is the logistics hero, he only needs to issue an order for many things.
After Mariel's purchase, all the construction resources needed for the canteens and bathhouses on hand have been gathered. However, there are still more than two days and a few hours before the end of the crypt challenge. Zong Shen does not plan to do so at this juncture.
Extensive construction work.
After all, after the crypt challenge, all the buildings will be moved outside the inner city and a new plan will be carried out. Building any buildings now is a waste of time.
It is better to endure it and wait until the challenge is over, then carry out the relocation and regional division of buildings in a serious and unified manner, and then build new buildings according to the divided areas.
Other than that, nothing special has happened in the camp recently.
All the farmers have entered the first-level training ground and started training under the leadership of San Pang.
Zong Shen's farmer training plan was quickly responded to and implemented.
After the kobold chief Dutra returned from the confrontation scene with more than 200 kobolds, he began to consciously collect around the territory.
With their strength, even without the special protection of soldiers, they can still protect themselves when dealing with those cave monsters. Of course, people will occasionally be injured, but everything is within an acceptable range.
In fact, this group of kobolds is quite a worry for Zong Shen. Whether they are working or assisting in the defense of the territory, they are extremely cooperative.
After Zong Shen briefly communicated with Mariel about the situation in the territory, he walked into the lord's small building. He gave the accompanying mages and the wolf riding team three hours of rest.
Let Favid take the newly joined fire mages Doris and Parks around the territory.
Neither Doris nor Parks is actually very interested in the development of the territory. In contrast, they are more interested in the magic palace and can't wait to go in and meditate.
Without Zong Shen's instructions, Luna had already started wandering around the territory with the three newly joined huntresses.
After introducing the general situation of the territory, he took the three of them out of the territory and prepared to go to the front line of the crypt to see Vereesa.
Vereesa Windrunner was still very famous among the elves thousands of years ago.
Everything in the territory is still so orderly, and everything is moving forward according to the development trajectory Zong Shen expected.
At present, Zong Shen's plans are basically arranged after the crypt challenge, such as the opportunity to harvest wool in Odo Village, and how to obtain as many benefits as possible, such as resources, population, and equipment while seizing the Demon Soul.
Another example is the layout of Dinan Village and the trip to Bosbon. In addition, it will soon be time to recruit farmers once a week in Citano Village. These are all tasks that Zong Shen needs to arrange after the crypt challenge.
In order to gain more people as quickly as possible, Zong Shen planned to go to Bosbon. He also had many special props related to Baron Bezos. After these things were dealt with, it was time to continue exploring.
Zong Shen walked into the lord's small building and sat next to the territory's sand table, thinking about the development plans and arrangements for the next period of time.
Of course, in addition to full development, you also need to pay attention to the new challenges that the lord system may bring after the crypt challenge.
Zong Shen has now seen through the motivations of the lord system. No matter what the challenge is, its essence is to accelerate the growth of the lords. As long as the lords can deal with it carefully, they will be able to obtain commensurate gains from the challenges.
So Zong Shen actually doesn't resist the challenge and doesn't worry much about it.
What interests him more is the type of challenge. He doesn't know what the next challenge of the lord system will be.
Is it a kill challenge like Beast Boil and Crypt Challenge?