The Amber Sword: Twenty Act Expansion (1)
Expansion of Act Twenty (I)
Although as part of the dark forest extending into the civilized world, the Bearfolk forest itself is not large, especially the mountain forest where the four logging sites are located. It only takes a day or a half to cross.
The westernmost sawmill captured by Brando is called Horseshoe Grass Saw Mill, and the news of its collapse spread throughout the forest with the scattered Troglodyte within hours.
for a moment, Troglodyte in the mountains and forests starts to get excited --
At the same time, of course, the news also reached the ears of the Tribe Leader of this Troglodyte tribe. Tajiv comes from one of the 13 noble bloodlines of Troglodyte, so it has become a natural choice for witch doctors. -- has a deeper complexion than the elite Warrior of Troglodyte. It is covered with long feathers --. The dreaded feathers come from the trophies fighting the underground world Dark Elf.
But at the moment it was sitting on the throne of bearskin, but he had no intention to take care of these beautiful feathers. He stroked a slender finger on a stick with a feather on the stick, a little irritable.
It became the leader of this tribe five years ago, out of the patriarchal tribe. However, I ran into trouble when vying for the territory of one's own, and had to carry out habitual migration. This is not uncommon in the underground world, but unexpectedly they found one of the roads to the ground.
Although the rumored surface world for Tajiv is far from being a happy land, it still decided to take a risk. After adapting to the life of the ground world for a short time, the one's own people began to find that the humans here did not seem to be as good. Fearful in their imagination, they immediately seized four logging farms located in this forest.
But this behavior has caused local Thane's anger, of course, it is Baron Grudin. Humans and Troglodyte fought in the forest twice, but the Trentheim mixed army and noble personal soldiers were not these Troglodyte opponents at all. Humans were driven out without any advantage.
In the end, Grudin even had to pull down his face and come to talk with him in person. Troglodyte does not need wood produced in the forest, but Grudin cannot. Trentheim supports the Ampere Searl wood supply. In case of a problem, the first thing to trouble him is his high-weight father -- Count of Radnor.
As a result, the deficit is turned into a deficit, but Grudin must find a way to ensure the basic timber export volume of Trentheim for one year. The output of the four logging farms near Fir City is one of the best in the whole Trentheim. He did not dare to give up easily, but there was no way to regain -- by force. Moreover, this matter could not let Count of Radnor know --. So the only way left was to rely on the means of sale .
Although an Thane actually needs to spend money to buy the production on its territory, this sounds strange, but fortunately, there are silver mines in Grudin, and silver is also an important currency in circulation in the underground world. Tajiv needs more Money to grow the one's own tribe, so the two sides hit it off. This privately unknown transaction has been preserved.
Tajiv appreciates such a deal. Although the previous battle with humans, Troglodyte, has won more than once, even Grudin had to pull its face, but this can't hide the fact that his tribe is rare. Thousands of Black Iron-level combat powers sound terrible, but this is the entire population of its tribe --
Tajiv is very smart, and through continuous contact, it gradually learns the real situation of this human world. Although it may not be possible to find an army at Trentheim that can easily drive them away, it is not good if they appear in human territory.
You need to know that just Fir Tree Barony is inhabited by nearly 70,000 people, let alone the entire Trentheim. Besides, aliens like them, if they rashly attack the human settlements, they may lead to a wider range of attacks.
It knows that this place belongs to a country, and the concept of country is in the mind of Tajiv and the underground country Gorgon Ravine is equal, which makes it a little scary.
So even if it knew that there was a silver mine in Grudin's hands, it would not dare to occupy it easily. Anyway, it is very satisfied with the current state. It only needs to firmly control the three logging farms to obtain the continuous silver -- from the human Thane. With these silver, it can expand the one's own tribe until it can Go back underground.
In Tajiv's mind, returning to the underground is still its first goal. Although Trentheim is eye-catching, it is not their Troglodyte territory after all.
But it doesn't seem to be a good thing. This day, the Tribe Leader adult felt that he was in trouble.
After adapting to a stable life, it did not like to start war with humans lightly, especially when the development of the tribe can only see a good situation. Because fighting with human beings will inevitably attract the attention of the surrounding forces, it does not really want to expose one's own existence now, but the more it thinks about it, the more trouble it looks like it came to your door -- like a message in the afternoon Come and tell him that humans have once again entered the forest --
This time, humans not only captured a logging yard, but also killed at least one hundred of its tribes.
Tajiv became furious when it heard this news. On the one hand, it ordered the combatable member in the clan to gather, but on the other hand, it calmed down and began to inquire about the other party.
The failure in the front has made this cautious and smart Troglodyte witch doctor be careful. It summoned all the confidants of one's own here just to hear more opinions.
The first thing to say is an older Troglodyte wearing a bear skin. Of course, from a human perspective, the so-called Troglodyte is becoming more hunched back, the limbs are more fragile, and the body is covered with white. Stripes.
This old Troglodyte is called 'horn claw'. Of course, most Troglodyte has no name, and the name is given by Tajiv; the angle claw is the name of a bipedal underground lizard underground under Gorgon Ravine. They are underground One of the world's most famous hunters, well-thought-out and effective, and known for his cunning.
Tajiv gave this name to the old Troglodyte in order to praise its wit and ample experience. But in fact the old Troglodyte escaped from an opposing tribe. Troglodyte does not have the concept of a human being like two innocents. -- Underground creature respects the strong, and it is very common for one tribe to take refuge in another.
Moreover, the 'Angle Claw' ample experience is sophisticated, so it is very important to open up in the Tajiv tribe.
"I heard that the retired tribe described that there should be wizard in humans," said the old Troglodyte. "It is a technique of silence. When fighting underground, Dark Elf often uses this hand to deal with us. Unfortunately, we have no more in frontline. Witch doctor, otherwise it will not be so many ethnic groups. "
"How many people are they?" Tajiv asked.
"Two or three hundred."
"Two or three hundred," said Troglodyte Tribe Leader gloomily. "The human named Grudin is really tired. I thought Mercenary would come to our troubles, so I dare not touch him?" It said resentfully, " Let ’s solve these deadly Mercenary first, and then go and kill that **** Thane. I do n’t intend to be polite with him. The silver mine south of -- is also occupied.
"If you do this," replied Hornclaw, "it will cause humans to rebound."
"it doesn't matter, it takes time for them to move. When we grab a sum at the silver mine, when they return to the ground, I will see if they dare to catch up." Tajiv replied disdainfully.
Several elders in the room exchanged opinions with each other with their own unique sound waves. "So how do those human Mercenarys solve?" Another Troglodyte asked.
"I went out on my own," Tajiv replied, "only Magic."
It stood up and said, "Tonight, I want those humans to pay the price of blood for our tribe without any remaining!" The sharp voice of Tajiv echoed in the room, and several Troglodyte elders bowed their heads and did not Against.
In their view, those humans are indeed a little bit dead.
Because it is different from the news that Tajiv deliberately released, in fact, there are more than 3,000 Troglodyte living in the Bearfolk forest at this moment. In the face of this huge force, even the entire Trentheim army is not enough. . Of course, there may be Count of Radnor collar and Aouine behind Trentheim.
But Tajiv knows very well that Grudin will not be able to mobilize outside troops in such a short period of time without leaking any news.
Currently, there are only Mercenary gathered in Fir City. This is exactly the same as the news they have received before. It seems that Grudin really inspired mercenary to deal with them.
But if that guy thinks that this will shake their foundation here, then they will definitely pay for it.
But what Tajiv can't guess is that Grudin has already paid the price for already. It's not just for them Troglodyte, but the enemy standing in front of them at the moment is as familiar with them as one's own Brando.
This battle changed direction from the beginning.
...
The fighting in the Horseshoe Grass logging yard was ended very early, and the Troglodyte that came out of the nest left only some old, weak, and sick in the camp, unable to resist at all.
But even so, mercenaries paid the heaviest price since the battle in the final battle for the logging field. More than thirty people were injured and ten died.
Jutta, Fern, and Kalun are actually sighed in relief after the final victory. They are people who are accustomed to the difference between life and death. In fact, the casualties of already are somewhat unexpected. No, it should be a miracle. If it is not for Brando's familiarity with these underground residents, they should not say that they only pay such a small price, even winning is a luxury.
Although this battle with Troglodyte was not what they expected --
Thus, the mentality of the three Head Commanders is a bit complicated at this moment. It can be said that they are not so willing to fight for that young Thane. Everything of Fir Tree Barony should have nothing to do with them, but tied them together for an inexplicable reason.
Jutta, Fern and Kalun couldn't help but look at each other, but in addition to the bitter smile, there was still only a bitter smile.