After a month of intensive construction, Harmony Village has completely turned into a construction site.
Zhou Qingfeng successfully integrated the scattered Black Forest population by supplying food at low prices and improving living conditions. This proved one thing - as long as the organization is good, even the lowest untouchables can play a powerful role.
At the same time, deep in the Black Forest, a broken team came out of the ruins of Silver Leaf City occupied by the Magru tribe. The chief alchemist of Cold Wind City, Mr. Fabro, escaped from the forest in embarrassment with five or six people.
, is eagerly hoping to be repaired.
The 'Chief Alchemist' is in very bad condition. His expensive arcane robe has turned into a tattered beggar's outfit. The scroll bag on his waist is empty. The staff on hand has been exhausted. He can't even be used as a crutch.
arrive.
Originally there were warriors, rangers, thieves, etc. in the team, but now more than half were killed or injured. The living people were exhausted, but they didn't even have hot water to drink. The supplies were either lost in the battle or exhausted.
"Tambos." The 'Chief Alchemist' shouted, calling his students over, "It is not suitable for us to return to Cold Wind City now. You have been in the Black Forest for a while, is there a suitable place to stay?"
The wizard's apprentice's condition is worse than that of his teacher. Half of his face is burnt, his body is injured, one hand is hanging on his neck, and he is so tired that it is difficult to walk. The current situation is indeed unable to return to Cold Wind City, but it is precisely because of this
, he hated his teacher even more.
Tempos said, 'The closest to us is the Gray Mud Village, but that village was destroyed. Now we can only go to the Rat Village.' He spoke respectfully, but bowed his head deeply, fearing his uncontrollable hatred.
The intention is exposed.
Or Fabbro knew that the students hated him, but he couldn't care less now.
The ruins adventure we just had was a complete disaster.
The first thing is supplies. For a team of more than a dozen people, each person has a horse. But under a heavy load, one horse can eat the rations of five people. As a result, the supplies for the horses and camels are not enough to feed themselves.
Fabbro originally thought that this exploration would not last long, but he was wrong.
After abandoning the horse and entering the forest, casualties appeared. Tambos reminded his teacher that the elven ruins were occupied by a powerful goblin tribe. But Fabro didn't take the goblins seriously at all, thinking that a fireball spell would be enough.
Scare those green monsters away.
The result? Fabbro didn't even touch the edge of the elven ruins, and the whole month of adventure was spent fighting the goblins.
All the deaths and injuries come from those inconspicuous green monsters. They hide in the tree crowns, bushes, and mud, and constantly cause trouble with poisonous arrows, traps, ambushes, and other means.
At the beginning, a fireball spell can indeed have a good deterrent effect. The goblins will run away as fast as rabbits. But as time goes by, these cunning and stupid creatures will find ways to deal with outsiders at the cost of their lives.
method.
The green-skinned monsters are endless and endlessly killing them until Fabbro and the others are brought down. They will even use their own kind as bait to deliberately attract fire and attack when their prey is careless.
For a month, Fabbro and others had the advantage for the first ten days. But when they realized that their supplies were about to be exhausted and they had to retreat, continuous attacks appeared.
Goblins appeared all over the mountains and plains like a tide, and it was impossible to kill them all. They were like monsters that only appeared in nightmares. They were fearless and only knew how to fight.
In addition to goblins, there are also bugbears, lizardmen, jackals, and kobolds. The latter are more insidious and cunning, and more difficult to deal with. These monsters are adapted to the environment of the black forest, and they are elusive and difficult to detect.
In order to escape for his life, Fabbro kept dividing his troops. In fact, he was abandoning his sons to be slaughtered by the enemy. There were originally five wizard apprentices such as Tambos, but now only two are still alive, and the others are dead.
There were sixteen people in Fabbro's team when they entered the Black Forest, and they also met five wizard apprentices including Tambors in the Gray Mud Village. Now, only six scarred and hungry escapees came out. The others were lost.
In the endless forest.
After finally escaping, everyone was pushing to the limit. Tempos said that he was going to the 'Rat Village', and no one had any objections, but they just didn't know if they could hold on?
After walking staggeringly for a long time, the group of people came to a fork in the road. It was getting dark, but there were still several kilometers to go before their destination. It took a long, long time to walk several kilometers in the forest.
Someone in the team began to cry in despair. At this moment..., a four-wheeled carriage passed by at the fork in the road, with seven or eight laughing adventurers sitting on the carriage.
What's going on?
The exhausted escapees stood stupidly on the roadside, not understanding how such a scene could happen in the black forest. However, when the driver of the car passed by with his whip, he shouted loudly: "Want to take a car? One silver coin per person.
There are discounts for group purchases.
You are halfway on the bus, so let’s consider it half price. Two silver coins will take you to Harmony Village. There are taverns, guest rooms, hot water, and delicious food in the village. It seems that you still need a doctor. It doesn’t matter, although there is no priest in the village.
, but there are witch doctors.”
The groom rubbed his hands proudly and said happily in a loud voice: "As long as you are willing to spend money, there are even beautiful women in the village. What do you think? Get in the car quickly."
The escapees were still in a daze. Such a situation appeared in the gloomy and terrifying black forest. The contrast was too great.
Fabbro turned to look at his students, and Tambos quickly asked: "Harmony Village? Isn't this road leading to Violet Rat Village?"
"Ah... it's the original Violent Rat Village, but now it's been renamed. Can't you come up? If you can't come up, I have to leave. This is the last bus today. If you miss it, you'll have to spend the night in the forest.
"The groom spurred his horse and whipped his horse, ready to leave.
Tempos couldn't hold it any longer, so he took out two silver coins himself and let the people in the team squeeze into the car. There was no room for them in the car, so they could only hang two outside and split two more to squeeze in with the coachman.
The wizard student and his teacher squeezed into the carriage, and everyone in the carriage looked at them blankly. Both the master and the apprentice were too tired to talk, but someone still took the initiative to ask: "Looking at you like this, do you want to go explore?"
The elven ruins of Silverleaf City?"
The master and the apprentice looked at each other, but they couldn't hide it. Tambos nodded and said 'hmm' as an admission.
Wow..., the carriage was already bustling, and this "hmm" ignited the passion of the passengers. A series of questions came one after another. Tambos had to answer a few simple questions.
"Are the ruins real?"
"certainly."
"Is it dangerous?"
"Isn't this nonsense?"
"There are a lot of goblins and monsters, right?"
"Yes."
"Is anyone dead?"
"More than half of our teammates are dead."
"So it is absolutely right for us to choose to purchase the 'Silver Leaf City Adventure Gift Pack'. Otherwise, if we rush into an unfamiliar area to explore, we will end up like this team."
"Yes, yes, why should we save money? If you want to explore, you cannot save money. Especially the preparations must be done well. This is an iron rule. Look, this is a bloody lesson."
"It seems that Harmony Village is still worth a visit, and the money spent is well worth it."
By the end of the topic, it was already an internal discussion among the people in the carriage. After seeing what happened to the Fabro team, everyone was very satisfied with the decision they made not long ago.
But as the ‘Chief Alchemist’ of Cold Wind City, Mr. Fabbro obviously didn’t want to be commented on in this way. He couldn’t help but ask, “Well..., what kind of gift package?”