Release that Witch Chapter 8: Months of Demons (on)

If you want to develop well, you must take root here. If the land is not good, you can reclaim wasteland. If the territory is too small, you can expand outwards, but everything is empty talk.

If a territory is likely to be abandoned at any time, who is still willing to buy a property here, and who is willing to produce with peace of mind?

After Assistant Minister retires, Roland calls Carter Lannis, his Chief Knight.

"People with you, come and find me some local guards, hunters or farmers. They will stay here for more than five years and have experienced Months of Demons. It would be best if anyone had fought with Evil Beast."

Knight took the lead and left, Roland rubbed his forehead and continued to look at the collected information.

Border Town's's main output is minerals and animal skins, bulk imports are grain, and all transportation is through Scarlet Water River to Longsong Stronghold or Willow Town. There are all kinds of ore in the minerals, iron, copper, sulfur, crystal, red gem, blue gem ... This has completely exceeded the concept of associated mines. He remembered that Anna had said that Northern Slope Mining area was previously said to be the lair of an unknown monster underground. Until now, the number of forks on the bottom of the mine has not been fully ascertained.

Finally turning to the item of food, Roland frowned. Most of these ore were sold to Longsong Stronghold, but the other party did not use the Kingdom gold royal to pay, but used food to offset the price. It stands to reason that gem and the like can be regarded as luxury goods. However, after several years of trading, Border Town has not saved much grain, and fiscal revenue is not surplus.

In other words, the annual output of Border Town's mining industry only exchanged rations for 2,000 residents a year. Considering that before the prince's airborne, feudal lord here was a person of Longsong Duke. It is understandable that it is self-produced and self-sold. Anyway, in their opinion, no matter how much food is stored here, it is just cheaper for those monsters.

The fur trade belongs to the local people's own input. They go west to Hidden Forest, hunt some birds and beasts, or sell to the purchaser of Longsong Stronghold, or to the residents of Willow Town. Border Town did not set taxes on this transaction because there was no regulation at all.

Roland thought about it. Now that he is here, the output of ore can no longer be offset by grain. The branch of Scarlet Water River runs through almost the entire kingdom and traffic is not considered blocked. With this transport artery, even if Longsong Stronghold no longer provides food, he can buy it from other places.

On the premise that he can be here to block the **** monsters at Border Town.

Carter moved quickly, The next day found two guards and a local hunter, "These two are Border Town's patrol Captain, they are responsible for the fire every year. The hunter said that he and Evil Beast * I passed, and I personally cut off a Evil Beast's head. "

The three bowed together to salute.

Roland nodded, asking them to step aside first and step forward one by one.

"Respect ... Prince Esteemed ... His Royal Highness," the first guard who was called up was so nervous that he couldn't even speak. "I and Brian ... are both here, uh ... now After the snow, we ... we will go to the GG ... beacon stand of Northern Slope Mining area. There you can see the movement of the monsters for the first time. If they cross the mystery ... Hidden Forest, we will ignite ... ... the path was withdrawn, and the speedboat prepared before leaving ... left. "

"Since they are together, let your partner come up to answer," Roland covered his face and shook his head. "What does Evil Beast look like, can they be killed?"

Although another guard is also nervous, at least he has no stuttering. "His Highness the Prince should be okay. They were just ordinary animals in the forest. Although infected with Breath of Hell and become manic and ferocious, they can still kill Every year after Months of Demons passes, Longsong Stronghold will send a cavalry team to clean up the remaining Evil Beast on the road from stronghold to Border Town. "

"How long will Months of Demons last?"

"It usually takes two to three months ... it depends on the sun," said Brian.

"Look at the sun?" Roland wondered.

"Yes," the guard explained, "Your Highness, you have just arrived here recently, so you don't know. Once Border Town is snowing, it will not stop until the sun is restored, and the snow will disappear."

"It will not be the end of Months of Demons until the snow turns?" Roland recalled, at least Greycastle's snow is not the same, basically The next day has melted, and no changes have been seen in the sun.

"That's right. The longest Months of Demons I've ever experienced was two years ago. That lasted nearly four months, and many people couldn't survive it."

"Why, does Longsong Stronghold have no more than one month of food reserves?" Roland asked.

Brian's face became a little worse, "They do. But the city council officer Freno who was in charge of supply at the time said that the ore we produced in the fall was only enough to buy three months of grain, and we had to wait for a new batch in the fourth month The ore can only be distributed when it arrives. But Months of Demons has not passed yet, we cannot leave stronghold at all. "

"So that's it ... I see."

It's a fool of self-defeating people. If Longsong Stronghold treats this group of people as warm as a spring breeze, it may not be easy for them to want to leave them, but now it seems that the group of guys who are crouching behind the city wall is not a good thing. Roland facelessly recruited the last person to answer, but he remembered the name in his heart.

The third man was strong and powerful and approached six feet when standing upright, which made Roland feel very pressured. Fortunately, as soon as he stepped forward, he dropped kneeling on one knee.

"You said you killed Evil Beast?"

"Your Highness," his voice was low and hoarse, "one Wild boar species, one Wolf species."

"" Species "? Repeated Roland, "What does it mean? "

"This is hunter's name for Evil Beast's, Your Highness. The fiercer the animal before the mutation, the more difficult it will be after mutation. And they will multiply the original advantages of the body. Like Wild boar species, its back fur is extremely hard Fifty meters away, it is difficult to penetrate even a crossbow. Wolf species is even more cunning and runs at an amazing speed. To kill it, you need to set traps in advance.

"Strong is stronger, faster and faster," Roland nodded, "but still animals."

"That's right, none of them are the most terrible enemies," said hunter, swallowing, "the most terrible is hybrid species."

"They are the incarnation of Devil. Only **** can create such a terrible monster. I have seen a hybrid species. It has not only a strong beast-like body, but also a pair of huge wings behind it, which can be short. Flying from a distance. And it ’s like knowing where I am. No matter how I hide, it can carry me out. It ’s not preying, Your Highness, it ’s just teasing prey. ”hunter lifted his clothes and saw a huge The scar extended from the abdomen to the chest, "I jumped into Scarlet Water River before coma to survive."

"There are such monsters," Roland thinks the world is becoming more and more fantasy. A solid city wall can block all common Evil Beast, but what can I do if it can fly? "hybrid species should be rare, right?"