Chapter 48: Observing Each Other
Ellie, Morian and the others eventually settle down in the Oasis. Quite simply, they don't have a choice!
The Jane Provincial Mountains are the largest mountain range in the Arsa Wilderness at the junction of the Outer Ring and the Middle Ring. In fact, it is not so much a mountain as a huge rock, because it appears so abruptly in the wilderness, and there are no mountains around it, only its lonely forest.
The mountain of Jian Province is 648 meters high, 6,800 meters long from east to west, the circumference of the base is about 18,000 kilometers, the east is high and wide and the west is low and narrow, although it is called a mountain range, it is a super huge stone, its top is flat, there were people who once lived in it, but because this place is too landmarked, it eventually became a place where everyone wants to stretch out their hands, but no one can reach out.
A small depression on the eastern side of the province is where the oasis of the province is located, this oasis is not large, but because it is located in the depression of the mountain of the province of Jane, it is protected by the mountain of the province of Jane, so it has become one of the few extremely stable oases in the wilderness of Alsa. Not much has changed in thousands of years.
Nowadays, there is an unwritten rule in the oasis of Jian Province, that is, anyone can rest here, but not for more than a month, otherwise they will be attacked by other forces.
The reason why Tang Dou found Jian Xingshan was not the direction pointed out by Crane, but that they happened to be not far away from the center after they subdued Crane's small village, and then took it away to the center, when they encountered a group of robbers, half of whom had now been absorbed by Tang Dou, and the remaining half had turned into a part of the yellow sand and red soil.
The robbers co-opted by Tang Dou will not be made up with the people in Klein Village, these robbers are just cheap cannon fodder now, and when they can turn positive, it depends on their performance. These robbers didn't even know about the existence of the Source of Life space, and they had been following the real world since they were co-opted.
Tang Dou's management of these robbers was very loose, almost to the point of not caring about them, but none of the robbers dared to flee and resist - the reason why only half of them were absorbed was because the remaining half of them tested the fate of escape and resistance with their lives.
Twenty robbers honestly followed Tang Dou.
Tang Dou took both Klein and Somiba with him, and when he rested, Crane would return to the Source of Life space through the space tent, and he was usually outside, on the one hand, Tang Dou needed all kinds of guidance from this experienced old elf, and on the other hand, Crane himself strongly requested.
As for Sumiba, he is now being trained by Tang Dou, and he is not an apprentice, but he is actually similar to an apprentice. Tang Dou was planning to build a suitable weapon for this big man, and now he was struggling with whether to make a shield for this guy, or a shield, or a shield.
Well, Suomira's battle spirit is an armor that focuses entirely on defense, so Tang Dou plans to make this big man become MT, and now he is actually entangled in what kind of shield to build.
Somiba's mind is not high, and he is honest and obedient, although he is a big bear child, but he is surprisingly obedient, and he has a small mind, and he played with little Lori in a short time, and now he is a playmate of little Lori.
However, Tang Dou will not let little Lori leave the source of life when there are outsiders, so Suomiba will go back to the source of life space for an hour every day to play with Xiao Lori, in the eyes of outsiders, Suomiba will go to the space tent for an hour every day to rest.
Sha Yunyue and Lin Xiao will take turns to enter the source of life space to accompany Xiao Lori, in fact, Xiao Lori can play with the people of Klein Village, but helplessly, after the people in the village know the identity of Xiao Lori, except for Suomba, who is not very good at braining, no one else dares to take any offense to Xiao Lori. It's not going to be played together at all.
"Yo, the little girl is asleep?" Tang Dou was listening to Lin Xiao talk about what happened before, and when he saw Sha Yunyue coming out of the space tent at this time, he knew that she had coaxed Xiao Lori to sleep.
"That kid just ran away with Somiba for a long time, and couldn't get out of the lake, so I finally caught her and fell asleep!" Sha Yunyue said with a doting smile.
Klein immediately looked at Somiba, who was smirking on the side: "You let the little princess go to a dangerous place again?" ”
Somiba's neck shrunk, then continued to giggle.
Tang Dou waved his hand indifferently: "It's okay, it's okay, the girl won't be in any danger inside, and she won't be able to drown in the lake!" "There are Hedgehog and Qi Qi in the Source of Life space to help watch, how can little Lori have an accident? Not to mention that there are more small equipment on Xiao Lori's body than Sha Yunyue's body, just swimming, and it is impossible to drown.
"Elder Crane, Somiba didn't do anything wrong. We have always hoped that someone can accompany Xiangru to let go of playing. But we didn't have time all the time. And after the others knew Xiangru's identity, they couldn't let go, and now that Suomiba is with her, it's too late for us to be happy! Sha Yunyue smiled at Klein.
Klein nodded, his attitude towards Sha Yunyue was a little strange, as if he would be very nervous as soon as Sha Yunyue spoke to him, which made Sha Yunyue always a little confused why, but Klein didn't say it, and everyone didn't ask.
Elves of such an age, there will always be some stories, people don't tell it, is it to be punished?
"Miss Xiao, I think I know where these people are from!" Just now, Lin Xiao finished talking about what happened, mainly describing Ellie, Mo Anli and others. And the experienced Klein heard the clue from this: "If the old decay is not wrong in speculation, they should be the people of the Talos Territory." But now that it's like this, I'm afraid something has happened! ”
"Talos Collar?" Everyone looked at the old elf together.
Klein began to tell what he knew about the Talos Territory, some of which were more than ten years ago, but it was much better than Tang Dou and the others were completely confused. By the time the old elf finished speaking, everyone already had a general idea.
"It seems that the Taros Territory should have been captured, but since they are the first in Central Strength, what kind of people can defeat them? Could it be the people of the inner ring? Lin Xiao scratched his head and asked.
"No!" Tang Dou shook his head: "Girl, if you think about what the old man said just now, you should know why!" ”
Crane's mouth moved, but he gave up. Tang Dou has always asked people to do what they want, he insisted on calling Klein the old man, although the old elf refused many times, but it was useless, and now it can be regarded as a default.
However, after half a month, he also has some understanding of Tang Dou's character, and knows that Tang Dou is a rather complex mixture, but as far as his own people are concerned, Tang Dou is a person who is quite easy to talk to, and can even be said to be without the majesty of the superior. But in the face of the enemy, especially those who dare to betray him, he will become extremely cruel and decisive, and will not give the other party a second chance at all, and kill him directly.
Lin Xiao held his head, and couldn't remember for a moment which of what Klein said would be clues. It's not to blame her for being stupid, it's just that she doesn't have much experience.
"Stupid, didn't you listen to the old man? Talos's daughter woke up fifteen years ago, and before that, he had already had four sons. As the leader of a big force, Talos will naturally have a succession problem, right? So before his daughter woke up, do you think he didn't arrange this kind of thing? But when his daughter woke up, he messed it all up! Tang Dou deduced and asked Lin Xiao to think.
Lin Xiao finally thought of the answer, and his face was shocked: "But, is this possible?" Because there is no inheritance, there is civil strife? So, isn't that a move on your family? "Whether it is his previous experience or following Tang Dou later, what Lin Xiao has come into contact with is the importance of his family and his loyalty to his own people. Where would she have thought that in such a matter as inheritance, people would often be beaten to the brink and their relatives would not recognize it?
When Tang Dou and the others were discussing Ellie and Morian and the others, the other party was also discussing them.
"Uncle Morion, I see that those who are working, seem to be slaves. Every time they looked at that Nicholas, their eyes were full of fear, it seemed that this Nicholas was not worthy of our refuge, and he would only treat his men as slaves! Ellie spoke her observations.
Morian nodded: "Your observation is still careful, but not careful enough, don't you notice the clothes worn by those who work?" That's typical robber dress. Everyone has equipment, but the equipment is not uniform, and the quality is uneven. This can only happen to robbers. ”
Morion's reasoning is correct, and in the wilderness of Arsa, there can be roughly divided into three forces. One is the force like Klein and them at the beginning, which simply existed for survival, and there were many such people outside, generally speaking, their scale was not large, and there were few or even no combatants. Naturally, it is impossible to have all the weapons, just like in the previous Klein Village, Somiba used empty hands, and the other villagers were at most some wooden sticks.
The second type is a regular force, just like the Talos Leader, but this kind of force generally starts to appear in the Central District, and there are very few outer rings, and even if it appears, it will find a way to move to Central, where there is more population, more resources, and better development. And it's also farther and safer from the route of the Elven Expedition.
This type of person will naturally have all the equipment, and even if the weapons cannot be unified, the clothing should also be unified, which is a proof of identity, and it is impossible for any force not to do it.
The third type is robbers. It's a complete mess, everyone will have weapons and equipment, but the equipment will definitely be uneven, and there will be no uniformity in clothing. Because they are completely casual organizations, maybe today they are still a gang, and tomorrow they will be broken up, and the day after tomorrow, there will be many things to form two gangs and fight again.
Morian looked at the robbers who were working: "Ellie, take a closer look, what is the difference between those people and Nicholas?" ”
"The difference?" Ellie stared at her for a long time, and finally said uncertainly: "Those people, although they are afraid, do not seem to be forced?" In other words, the reason why they are busy is not that Nicholas takes them to do things, but that they are afraid to stop! ”
Morian nodded with satisfaction: "In the past, we also had some slaves in the Talos Territory, think about the difference between those slaves and these people!" ”
Ellie recalled: "The slaves were numb, their fear was carved into their bones, but it was not visible on the surface, they needed someone to supervise them to work, not because they were lazy, but because they were numb. But these people, they seem to be diligent, but a lot of things are repetitive, things that don't make much sense. They will also be afraid! Uncle Morion, I see, you mean to say that these people are bandits who have just been co-opted by Nicholas, and they fear Nicholas not because Nicholas has enslaved them, but because Nicholas has just defeated them! ”
Morian smiled slightly: "That's how it should be!" After laughing, his face sank again: "But there is one thing I don't quite understand, what does that Nicholas want to do?" ”
"For us?" Ellie asked.
"Yes, at first I thought he was trying to dry us and make us anxious, but now it seems that he doesn't seem to care at all, what the hell is going on? What's more, apart from the bandit, his personnel mix is really strange. ”
"Strange? Where is it strange? Ellie didn't see anything strange, or rather, she saw that Tang Dou and his party were all strange, and there were many strange places, but she didn't know what was strange.
Morian showed a puzzled look: "Ellie, take a good look, the tent behind them, that size looks like an ordinary single tent, but you can also see it, even the big man of the bear clan half-demon has been in and out several times, so I can be sure that it is a space tent." Do you know how valuable a space tent is? A man with two high-level war beasts, a space tent, and a pure human being, how could he come out with this retinue? ”
"I heard their conversation just now, the elf girl and the blue-haired human girl are both Nicholas's wife. The half-elf girl who brought us here was his apprentice, the old elf, Nicholas was quite polite to him, it should be a consultant-like character, and the real entourage may be the big man who is half a demon. Don't you think such a combination is strange? Such a person came to the Arsa wilderness to do it? They looked like they had just entered the wilderness for a short time, but that calmness was definitely not an escape, and I really couldn't figure out what they were coming from and what they were doing here. ”
"So should we join them?" Ellie is also confused now.
Morian was about to speak, when suddenly a co-opted robber standing guard outside rushed in with a shout: "There are enemies! My lord, there are enemies attacking, there are many, many of them! (To be continued.) )