In the Bingyan tribe, a group of old and weak people were trembling and standing together in compliance with the orders of a group of humans.
It is said that they are old and weak, but except for the snow giants who are really too old to walk, or are still in their childhood, most of the snow giants who have not come out to fight are actually quite dangerous. Their strength varies according to their physical condition.
Between the quasi-knights and the great knights, some can even display their peak strength as knights, so they must be guarded with extra caution.
Logically speaking, based on the common sense of snow giants judging their strength based on their size, these old and feeble people would not be so honest when they saw the group of "little dwarfs" led by Richard. At most, a strange-looking giant would make them feel...
A lot of pressure.
But in front of them, the Man Gu who was being carried back, the Xiao Man who was covered in bloody wounds, and several members of his race who were lying on the ground with no idea of their life or death made their minds very clear at this moment.
This group of dwarfs is not simple. The tribe has been defeated. In order to survive, it is better to obey the leader's orders and cooperate with this group of humans.
"Sir, there are still fifty-three people in the entire Snow Giant tribe, including seven elderly people and children who are weak and have no fighting ability."
A soldier reported to Richard after completing the count.
"Um."
Richard nodded and didn't ask any more questions. These snow giants might be a big trouble to others. After all, there are still many knight-level warriors inside.
But Richard is not worried at all. Anyway, if they dare to act recklessly, nearly ten earth-level combatants and hundreds of knight-level combatants here can easily suppress them.
"Sir Richard, the mana crystal vein has been found."
A spy came to report to Richard.
"Let's go, take me to see it."
Richard has not forgotten the main purpose of his coming here this time. Isn't it just for these magic crystals that he came to this place with biting cold wind?
After telling Elena and Ron to keep an eye on this place, Richard led a few people to the foot of a hill.
There were several kobolds standing there at the entrance of the cave. Haba, who was wearing a blue cotton coat, was talking to several kobolds.
"The great Lord Marquis!"
When the sharp-eyed Haba saw Richard and others approaching, he immediately abandoned several kobolds and rushed to Richard and knelt on the ground on all fours.
In fact, Haba's exaggerated respect made Richard a little bit annoyed, and even made him feel that it was a little detrimental to his own character. However, Haba, as a smart person among kobolds, also set a benchmark among kobold slaves.
Richard's attitude towards Haba is still good,
Being disgusted and disgusting are two different things. Richard nodded towards Haba, and then asked him to stand up and speak, otherwise Haba would have to kneel on the ground for an unknown amount of time with his licking temper.
"Have you asked what happened to these kobolds?"
"The great Lord Marquis..."
"Say it directly."
"Yes, sir."
Haba finally became obedient and explained the situation clearly to Richard without any unnecessary flattery.
The kobolds in these mines were originally sent by Grugesh to collect magic crystals. After the snow giant came, some of them fled, and some were used as snacks by the snow giant.
But Grugesh didn't care about this, and kept sending kobolds here to mine magic crystals, as long as he could bring back enough magic crystals for his use. In his opinion, the kobolds were eaten as snacks by the snow giants anyway.
It doesn't matter at all. It is simply impossible to fight a snow giant for the safety of the kobolds.
It wasn't until Mangu accidentally discovered the function of the magic crystal that these kobolds finally escaped the fate of being a snack. Mangu directly intercepted these kobolds to mine for himself. Now there are hundreds of kobolds working in the mines.
Originally, when Grugesh found out that he couldn't get even a single magic crystal, he would definitely attract attention. At least the ogres would have to fight the Ice Flame Tribe.
But before Grugesh noticed the problem here, Richard had already sent him back to the arms of the ancestor god, so Mangu had safely occupied the magic crystal for more than a month. Until now, this mine has once again
Change of ownership.
Although there are hundreds of kobolds inside, the output is not high. It is difficult to mine magic crystal mines, and the kobolds lack tools. They rely entirely on their racial talents to dig. Richard estimated that based on the current output, this
The mine can only provide two or three units of mana crystals every day.
For Grugesh or Mangu, these outputs are more than enough, but for Richard, they are just a drop in the bucket.
It needs to be used for buildings, recruiting some troops, using spells for magic troops, and even native mages like Gandolf, so it is imperative to expand production.
Fortunately, Richard was well prepared. When he came this time, he not only brought troops, but also thousands of kobold prisoners to speed up the collection of magic crystals.
"Haba!"
"The great Lord Marquis."
As soon as he heard Richard calling his name, Haba subconsciously knelt down in front of Richard.
"From now on, the kobolds in the mine here will be under your control. You will be responsible for collecting the red crystals for me."
"Thank you, Lord Richard. Thank you, Lord Richard! I will definitely complete the task!"
Hearing Richard ordering him to take charge of thousands of kobolds, Haba was a little excited and kowtowed repeatedly. A tribe of several thousand kobolds was a huge tribe in the wilderness.
Haba has now become the leader of a large kobold tribe! Thinking of this, Haba's tail is so high that it almost goes up to the sky.
"Don't be too happy too early. You have to guarantee me the output, at least five times the original output."
"Don't worry, Lord Richard, I promise to complete it!"
Haba patted his chest and assured Richard.
Haba's confidence is not unreasonable. Originally there were only a few hundred frightened kobolds here, but now the number has increased tenfold, so the amount of extraction will increase a lot.
At that time, it will divide the kobolds who go to the mine into groups, reward the group with more harvest, and then reduce the food for the group with less harvest, strengthen the work enthusiasm of its own kind, and then divide it into several groups to dig at full load day and night.
Shouldn't this output be kept growing for a long time?
Haba is a very clever kobold. He understands everything about how to manage kobolds in Demon City, and he can learn and use it to deal with his own kind immediately.
…
"You discovered rare resource crystal X3"
After Richard took away the magic crystals he had dug outside the mine, he turned around and left with the others. He just had to arrange some things and didn't need to do it himself.
Although Haba was given temporary control over this group of kobolds, Yusidu still left many people to supervise them. When doing things, Richard would first supervise them and then give them trust. After all, the cost of testing some things is too high.
Doing things one by one, after taking care of the important things in the mine, Richard was ready to see Man Gu, who was still recovering from his injuries, and ask questions. After all, figuring out the reason why the snow giant went south was also one of his tasks.
one.
"Master Richard, Master Richard..."
Several guards thought about Richard and saluted. Several Crusaders were guarding the place where Barbarian Bone was recovering from his injuries. Not far away was the place where Zebul and other champion knights were resting. Even though Barbarian Bone was recovering quickly, there was nothing he could do.
"grown ups…"
Man Gu, who was lying down to recover from his injuries, greeted Richard with a very respectful tone when he saw him coming in. This is the tradition of Snow Giants. Respecting the strong and resisting to the death in the face of powerful opponents is definitely not the tradition of Snow Giants. Give up.
Survival is the way for snow giants to survive.
This tradition seems a little inconsistent with their size.
"I ask, you tell."
"Yes, sir."
Richard was not polite when he came in and started asking questions directly. Mangu also told everything he knew. Anyway, after giving up the resistance, Mangu didn't have so many ideas. Everything was focused on the survival of the tribe, and the survival of the tribe depended on this human being.
in a moment.
"Mission: The Mystery of the Snow Giant (Completed)"
Thanks to Mangu's cooperation, Richard quickly figured out the whole story. From being driven here by a medium-sized tribe to discovering the use of magic crystals, the basic story was sorted out.
The system also immediately prompted the task completion message.
The completion process of this mission was relatively easy, but the difficulty was actually not low. Although it was just an investigation, if Man Gu hadn't been convinced, he wouldn't have given such a clear explanation like this.
The combat effectiveness of more than a dozen knight-level warriors plus the combat effectiveness of two earth-level warriors. In the past, let alone defeating them, they had to walk around when they saw them. In the final analysis, Richard's strength was getting stronger and stronger, and the earth-level warriors were