Surrounded by a distorted and depraved environment in which the entire world is distorted, there are two conditions that are necessary for the Twilight Great Forest to remain peaceful and tranquil and become the last pure land of the Tiger Spirit and the Iron Giant.

On the one hand, it is the Iron Giant who selflessly contributes his talent to support all the creatures in the forest and resist the ubiquitous spiritual storm of the outside world.

This is the most basic and important premise, but it is not enough.

On the other hand, because of the favorable geographical conditions such as the stone wall, the sand spiders will only try to attack the forest on the night of the full moon. Usually, the inside and outside of the wall can be safe.

This condition is also indispensable.

Sending troops for one day a month is still within the tolerance range for the tiger spirit, and he can still sustain his life.

Even from a more damning point of view, the regular loss of a moderate amount of population to avoid exceeding the upper limit of environmental carrying capacity may not be a necessary condition for long-term stability for the entire twilight forest.

But if you have to fight the sand spider every day, that's another matter. No matter what kind of war maniac you are, you will never be able to hold out for long.

It is not a question of whether to be timid or not, but that a state of war can seriously undermine production. No matter how good a soldier is, he must first eat a full stomach before he can fight.

This truth has not changed since the day intelligent beings began to learn to beat their fellow human beings with sticks and stones.

In fact, it had only been two months at most, and the natives in the Great Twilight Forest were already obviously overwhelmed.

Otherwise, Chief Setos wouldn't have looked so tired, and he must have been running around as a firefighting captain.

"It's a real headache. "It's not like Richard hasn't been in the sky, and he can see everything clearly in the sky.

It is simply unrealistic to try to wipe out the sand spiders by sheer force, as their numbers can only be described as terrifying. In contrast, even if it is as vast as a twilight forest, from a high-altitude perspective, it is like a flat boat drifting on the vast sea.

"Richard, you must help us. Chief Setos shook his head and sighed, "Whatever you want in this forest, take it." ”

"Don't say that, Chief, you've helped me so many times before, how can I sit idly by. The lord smiled, "Let's tell me the details first." ”

Richard is certainly not a compassionate heart for all sentient beings, but he is not a white-eyed wolf that he can't raise.

He remembered whether others were good or bad to him.

Regardless of the rest, just the Iron Heart Radiance Treasure Map, the affection is not great. As long as it is within his ability, since the iron giant has opened his mouth, there is no reason to refuse.

"It's mainly guarding a few gaps in the stone wall, you've seen it. Chief Setos grimaced, "Usually the number of sand spiders is not as exaggerated as it used to be on full moon nights, about a quarter to a fifth. But the last full moon night was the most exaggerated since we settled here, and it's probably about the same since then. ”

"How many days are left until the next full moon today?"

Without thinking about it, Setos immediately replied, "Seven days to go." ”

"Seven days ......," Richard nodded, "more than enough, it's completely in time, and I'll bring someone back before the next full moon." ”

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The lord hurriedly flew back to the mountain castle alone, and when he landed, the sun on the horizon had just lost the last rays of afterglow.

The rapid air currents blew his hair into a chicken coop, and Richard took off his goggles and threw them to the maid, and walked towards the lord's hall with the chicken coop on his head, and a moment later the majestic sound of the horn began to spread in the twilight.

There are three types of alarms at Alpine Fort.

The brass whistle is only a sign of alertness, and the patrol expands the search area after it is blown, while the people should stay at home and avoid going out as much as possible.

The trumpet signifies entering a state of war, and all the Ripper warriors are to assemble as quickly as possible.

There is also a large bronze bell being cast in the blacksmith's workshop, which has not yet been completed. After it is put into use, once it rings, it represents life and death. At that time, all adult men in the entire Alpine Fort had to be temporarily enlisted and obey the dispatch.

Even the lowest level of brass whistle is not a trivial matter, let alone a horn.

The calm was shattered in an instant.

As a territory born out of war and developed from war, emergency response has long been familiar.

"Hurry!" the soldiers gathered in a long line with torches in their hands, and the officers' urges were short and powerful, and the footsteps gradually changed from chaos to neatness.

At the same time, the heavy warehouse doors were opened, and the slaves shouted trumpets and carried out all kinds of supplies like flowing water and loaded them onto the loaded wagons. On the other side, the grooms were tying the fat and sturdy horses to the wagons.

There is an orderly order reflected in the hurry.

"Richard, what's going on?" Anne ran over like a lilting butterfly, wearing a pink patterned nightcap on her head, looking a little dumbfounded.

She was probably asleep just now, and when she got up, she hurriedly changed her clothes, and forgot her hat.

"The New World Sand Spider Riot, I have to bring someone over to help. The lord didn't remind her, "Listen, buy as much salt as you can, at least a few dozen tons of him." Two thousand more people were requisitioned and sent to the New World with salt. ”

"Dozens of tons!" Anne paused, "Do you have any idea of quantity? Do you know how many gold coins cost dozens of tons of salt?"

"You don't need good salt, you can use coarse salt. Richard wrung her face while she was stunned, "Don't pick the door, you have to spend it when you should spend it, do you understand?"

"But what do you want so much salt for?" The half-elf chick realized that she was still wearing a nightcap on her head, and she took it off with a blushing face and hid it behind her back.

"The meat of the sand spider can be eaten, and one can only cut out thirty or forty pounds of good meat. The lord taught and said, "What a lot of wealth is this, and if you store it properly, it may be enough for the entire Northeast Province to eat for a while, and the salt money is nothing." ”

He had already calculated it when he agreed to send troops, anyway, since he had to fight, he would definitely not let go of the oil and water that could be squeezed.

Marinating the meat of the sand spider and storing it will not only be enough for the mountain castle to eat by itself, but it may also make a lot of money.

"I understood, and immediately sent a caravan to purchase. Anne took a deep breath and nodded her head.

"Load me another 50,000 gold coins. Richard shook the spatial ring on his hand.

He was going to exchange more dinars and go to the New World to see what was missing, so that he could buy them directly in the system shop. After all, this expedition was too hasty, and there was no time to prepare for many things.

"Why?" the half-elf chick looked at him vigilantly, her eyes were like a little white rabbit looking at the big bad wolf, and she reflexively held the key to the vault and didn't let go, "You can't withdraw money if you don't make it clear." ”

"You figured it out, it's all my money, where did I get so much?" the lord rolled his eyes, choking with anger.

"Oh oh, I'm sorry I forgot ......"