Although it is part of the Dark Forest that extends into the civilized world, the Bearman Forest itself is not large, especially the mountain forest where the four logging camps are located. It only takes a day or half a day to traverse it.
The westernmost sawmill captured by Brando was called the Horseshoe Sawmill. News of its collapse spread throughout the forest within a few hours as the cavemen collapsed.
Suddenly, the cavemen in the forest began to get ready to move——
At the same time, of course, the news also reached the ears of the leader of this caveman tribe. Tajib was born in one of the thirteen noble bloodlines of the cavemen, so he became a natural choice for witch doctors - his skin color was more than
The elite warriors among the cavemen are even deeper, covered with long feathers - those are the feathers of the Dread Vulture, trophies from the battle with the dark elves in the underground world.
But at this moment, it was sitting on the bearskin throne and had no intention of taking care of these beautiful feathers. It was stroking a skull with feathers on a wooden stick with its slender fingers, feeling a little irritated.
It became the leader of this tribe five years ago and broke away from the father's tribe. However, it encountered trouble when fighting for its own territory and had to move with its tribe members habitually. This is underground
The world is not uncommon, but what is unexpected is that they have discovered one of the roads leading to the ground.
Although the rumored surface world is far from a paradise for Tajib, it still decided to take a risk. After briefly adapting to life in the surface world, it and its people began to discover that the humans here seemed not as good as
It was terrifying in imagination, so they immediately captured four logging camps located in this forest.
But this behavior aroused the anger of the local lord, of course, that was Baron Grudin. Humans and cavemen fought twice in the forest, but Tony Gurren's uneven army and noble private soldiers were not these cavemen at all.
As an opponent, humans were driven out without taking any advantage.
In the end, Grudin even had to lower his face and come to negotiate peace with it in person. The cavemen did not need the wood produced in the forest, but Grudin had to do without it. Tonigel supported Ampelsel's wood supply, just in case.
When something went wrong, the first person to trouble him was his powerful father, Count Jeandenelle.
Therefore, a deficit is a deficit, but Grudin must find a way to ensure Tonigel's basic timber export volume for a year. The output of the four lumber mills near Fir City is among the best in Tonigel. He does not dare to give up easily, but
There is no way to take it back by force - and this matter cannot be known to Count Jean Denel - so the only way left is to rely on buying and selling.
Although it sounds unbelievable that a lord would spend money to purchase the products on his territory, fortunately, Grudin still has silver mines. Silver is also an important currency in the underground world, and Tajib needs more money.
He used more money to strengthen his tribe, so the two parties hit it off immediately, and this private and unknown transaction has been preserved ever since.
Tajib appreciated this kind of deal. Although the cavemen had won more than once in previous battles with humans, and even Grudin had to lose face, this could not cover up the fact that his tribe was sparsely populated. Thousands
The combat power of the Black Iron level sounds terrifying, but this is the entire population of its tribe——
And Tajib is very smart. Through constant contact, it gradually understands the true situation of the human world it lives in. Although there may not be an army in Tonigel that can easily drive them away, if they appear rashly
You can't get any favors in human territory either.
You must know that the Fir Barony alone has a scattered population of nearly 70,000 people, not to mention the entire Tonigel. What's more, if aliens like them rashly attack human settlements, they may cause trouble.
to attack on a wider scale.
It knew that this place belonged to a country, and in Tajib's mind, the concept of country was equated with the underground country of Qogendigon, which made it a little afraid.
Therefore, even if it knew that there was a silver mine in Grudin's hands, it did not dare to occupy it easily. Anyway, it is very satisfied with the current situation. It only needs to firmly control these three lumber mills to obtain
It comes from the endless supply of silver in the hands of that human lord - with this silver it can expand its tribe at will, until one day it can return underground again.
In Tajib's heart, returning to the underground is still its first goal. Although Tonigel is coveted, it is not the territory of their cavemen after all.
But it seems that good things don't last long. On this day, the patriarch felt that he had encountered a difficult problem.
After adapting to a stable life, it became less fond of starting wars with humans, especially when the development of the tribe had just begun to see a good trend. Because fighting humans would inevitably attract the attention of surrounding forces.
It doesn't really want to expose its existence now, but the more it thinks so, the more trouble seems to come to the door on its own - just like a message came from the front this afternoon, telling him that humans have invaded again.
out of the forest——
This time, humans not only captured a lumber camp, but also killed at least more than a hundred members of its tribe.
As soon as it heard the news, Tajib became furious. On the one hand, it ordered the members of the clan who could fight to assemble, but on the other hand, it calmed down and began to inquire about the other party's information.
The failure ahead made this cautious and clever caveman witch doctor become cautious, and he summoned all his confidants here just to listen to more opinions.
The first person to speak was an older caveman wearing a bear skin. Of course, from a human perspective, the so-called aging of a caveman is nothing more than becoming more rickety, his limbs becoming more fragile and slender, and his body is covered with white
stripe.
This old caveman is called "Horned Claw". Of course, most cavemen have no names, and this name was given to it by Tajib; Horned Claw is the name of a bipedal underground lizard under the Jogundigon.
They are one of the most famous hunters in the underground world. Their actions are thorough and effective, and they are also known for their cunning.
Tajib gave this name to the old caveman to praise its wit and experience. But in fact, the old caveman defected from an opposing tribe. The caveman does not have the concept of two masters like humans - underground
Creatures respect the stronger, and it is a common behavior to defect from one tribe to another.
What's more, 'Horn Claw' is experienced and sophisticated, so his words are very important among Tajib's tribe.
"I heard that the tribesmen who retreated earlier described that there should be wizards among humans," the old caveman said. "It's a silence technique. Dark elves often use this technique to deal with us when fighting underground. It's a pity that we don't have more wizards on the front line.
Doctor, otherwise we would not have killed so many people."
"How many are there?" Tajib asked.
"Two or three hundred."
"It's only two to three hundred," the caveman leader said gloomily. "That human named Grudin is really tired of living. Do you think I dare not touch him if he lets mercenaries come to trouble us?" it said bitterly.
, "Let's deal with these desperate mercenaries first, and then we'll kill that bullshit lord. I'm not going to be polite to him anymore - the silver mine in the south is also occupied."
"If we do this," Horn Claw replied, "it will cause a backlash from humans."
"It doesn't matter, it will take time for them to mobilize. After we grab a fortune in the silver mine, we will go back underground. I will see if they dare to catch up." Tajib replied disdainfully.
Several elders in the room exchanged opinions with each other using their own unique sound waves. "So how are those human mercenaries going to be dealt with?" asked another caveman.
"I did it myself," Tajib replied, "it's just magic."
It stood up and said: "Tonight, I will make every human being pay the price of blood for our people!" Tajib's sharp voice echoed in the room, while several caveman elders lowered their heads and did not say anything.
be opposed to.
In their view, those human beings are indeed a bit ignorant of life and death.
Because unlike the news that Tajib deliberately released, in fact there are more than 3,000 cavemen living in the Ursine Forest at this moment. In the face of this huge force, even if the entire Tonigel army gathers together,
It’s not enough. Of course, perhaps there is the Earl of Gendenel and Eruin behind Tonigel.
But Tajib knew very well that Grudin could not mobilize outside troops in such a short period of time without leaking any information.
The only people in Fir City now are the mercenaries who had gathered before. This is exactly the same as the news they received before. It seems that Grudin indeed encouraged the mercenaries to deal with them.
But if that guy thinks that this can shake their foundation here, then he will definitely pay the price for it.
However, what Tajib could not have guessed was that Grudin had already paid the price. It was just not for cavemen like them, and the enemy standing in front of them at this moment was a cloth who was as familiar with themselves as they were.
Lando.
The direction of this battle changed from the very beginning.
…
The battle in the Horseshoe Grass Lumber Camp ended very early. The cavemen who came out in large numbers left only some old, weak, sick and disabled people in the camp, unable to resist at all.
But even so, the mercenaries still paid the heaviest price since the battle in the final battle for the lumberyard. More than thirty people were injured and ten died.
Juta, Fern and Kerencia breathed a sigh of relief after the victory was finally determined. They were used to seeing life and death, so this casualty was actually somewhat unexpected. No, it was even more
It should be said to be a miracle. If it weren't for Brando's familiarity with these underground residents, not to mention that they only paid such a small price, even winning would be a luxury.
Although this battle with the cavemen was not what they expected -
Therefore, the mentality of the three grand leaders at the moment is a bit complicated. It can be said that they are not so willing to fight for the young lord. Everything in the Fir Baron should have nothing to do with them, but because of an inexplicable reason, they are
tied together.
Jutta, Fern and Clenthia couldn't help but look at each other, but there was only a wry smile in their eyes.