Glacier Bay is a place name that makes people want to wear more clothes and makes old Zoron lame and rheumatism relapse.
The beaches here are gray and rough, the water is freezing cold, the sea breeze is humid and noisy, and the forest is boundless. No one will come here except adventurers and lost travelers.
But as soon as the ogres saw Annan they thought of their future - referring to how to cook.
When Annan saw Glacier Bay, he had already imagined a beautiful town built along the bay. When night fell, these houses lit up with warm lights, reflecting on the sea and echoing the stars. He fell asleep under the gentle waves like a lullaby.
.And in winter, the houses are covered with thick snow, smoke rises from cooking stoves, and the night sky echoes with the barking of kobolds...
As for the humidity at the seaside, the severe cold in the north, and the approaching winter... this is a magical world, and you can even build a floating island that will never fall——
But it's not something Annan can afford. Even though "The Fall of the Mage Tower" has ignited the Breeze City, emptying the streets, and even abandoning the income of the nobles from buying magic stones and only counting the tickets, there is still an income of thousands of gold coins - even keeping a floating island afloat
Monthly resource consumption is not enough.
Retracting his divergent thinking, Annan looked at this future territory. The name of Glacier Bay comes from the melting glaciers of the snow-capped mountains and the crescent-shaped bay about eight or nine miles long.
To the north is the location of the glacier, but the river will freeze in winter. Across the river is a lush forest. To the south is a headland, where you can build a watchtower or lighthouse. You can jump over the sea of trees and look at the movements of dozens of miles around.
The south is still a lush forest. The east... is still a lush forest.
The nearest city is Breeze City, which is nearly a thousand miles away, followed by Bethal City, which is about 1,300 miles away, and Fertile City, which is about 1,700 miles away.
Glacier Bay's real hope lies in the bay in front of Annan - both Augusta and Olmedo hope that Annan can build a port in Glacier Bay. Once completed, Glacier Bay Port will become the only northern port of the Kingdom of Rekaner.
It is the only northern port in London.
However, it is too early to talk about ports. Annan needs to establish a foothold here first.
The first thing is to lead the people:
There are three forests in Glacier Bay, one on the north, one on the south, and one on the east.
To put it mildly, Glacier Bay, surrounded by forests on three sides, has a large amount of timber resources. To put it harshly, it is inaccessible. The nearest intelligent group is the gnolls, followed by the kobolds, and then the goblins, orcs, druids and elves.
When building a village, the source of food is not a problem. The ogres can't build a single dwelling in one day, so they eat the sweets made by so many people in vain. The forest can be cleared to open up farmland, and there are plenty of fish in the sea.
In order to prove this, Annan first asked the ogre to knock down a few trees to build a wooden house, choosing it on the promontory with the best view in the south, and then entrusted the special envoy knight to encircle the territory of Glacier Bay with the bay as the center - because Annan's trip
Only bring ogres and orcs.
The defeat caused the rat people to completely withdraw from the north. At least this winter, the northern border of the kingdom is quiet.
Moreover, the tower spirit gave Annan an amulet, which can summon the epic mage from the Mage Tower once when encountering danger. After using it, he can go to the Mage Tower to recharge - this is Annan's reward for protecting Breeze City and the Mage Tower.
So on the afternoon of the third day after leaving the ruins of the old mage tower, Annan rushed to Glacier Bay.
Before the envoy knight returned, the ogre had completed the "building" made of logs. Annan picked up a branch, stretched his arms and stood on tiptoe, but still couldn't reach the door frame...
It would be unfair to say this is a barn, but hundreds of wererats can probably be crammed in here.
Well, they will be demolished when the territory is officially built anyway.
After inspecting the big house, Annan ran to the beach. The ogre asked the orcs to prepare a bonfire and prey, and followed Annan, leaving a deep pit next to the footprints.
The gravel in Glacier Bay is rough, but fortunately there are no broken shells. Annan found many oysters along the coastline around the rocks under the headland. The lack of predators made them huge and plump, each one about the size of a palm.
Annan knocked down a few pieces but couldn't free his hands, so he asked the ogre to help carry them. He knocked out more than a dozen oysters on a rock before returning to the headland.
Annan summoned the elements in front of the unlit bonfire, and a large water element appeared.
It's not a fire element, but it's okay. Annan stuffed all the oysters into the body of the water element, and let it help clean the oysters and the rabbits caught by the orcs, and borrowed flint from the orcs to light the bonfire.
The two envoy knights returned in the evening, and the scope of Glacier Bay was officially recorded in the development order as two hundred miles in diameter with the bay as the diameter, which is similar to the actual control area of Breeze City.
So strictly speaking, the distance from the easternmost edge of Glacier Bay to the westernmost edge of Breeze City is less than 700 miles.
"Lord Annan Reeves, do you want to keep the name Glacier Bay or name it something else?"
Annan looked at the ogre hesitantly.
"Howler and I would only recommend that you call Ogre Bay and Orc Bay," it said.
Annan tried to draw inspiration from his surroundings. When he saw the dusk disappearing on the sea, and the moon and stars reflecting on the quiet sea, he thought of what to call this place.
"Then let's go to Xingyue Bay."
"Is this your show of love to the elves?"
"What?"
"Stars, moon, flowers, elves love such poetic names."
"Just a coincidence."
But it would be nice if we could attract elves here...
The special envoy knight wrote Xingyue Bay on the development order, which meant that Annan officially became the lord of this land.
Annan's eyes rippled, as if an invisible sense of belonging appeared on him, deepening his connection with this land.
The bonfire crackled, and Annan placed the washed oysters on the hot rocks beside the bonfire.
The envoy knight returned to rest beside the dragon-blooded horse and did not participate in Annan's campfire dinner.
Annan sat in front of the log house, and the ogre sat down to resist the night wind. The weather was getting colder day by day, but fortunately there was a bright bonfire and delicious oysters, and rabbit meat warmed the heart.
The Howler talked about his hometown. Due to human hunting and occupation, the living range of the orcs was getting smaller and smaller.
"I have seen the most noble orcs, and I have also seen the most despicable humans..." Annan comforted the orcs.
"You are discriminating against orcs. You subconsciously think that humans are nobler and orcs are despicable."
However, Howler admitted before Annan explained: "But yes, we orcs are rude and savage, so I left the clan and became a mercenary."
"To eliminate these prejudices?"
"To eliminate people who harbor these prejudices."
"So what's your story?" Annan looked at the ogre again.
“I don’t want to have a boring conversation about identity in a beautiful night scene.”
"I guess you want to be the first philosopher among the ogres." When Annan picked up the oyster and said, a wolf howl sounded in the distant forest.
This beast was no threat to them, but the Howler suddenly stood up and said he smelled the scent of a gnoll.
