Ironwood Fort Chamber,

After the development of the Hunter family, the decoration of the council hall has also been updated a lot, the new round table wooden chairs and large pillar statues, and even hung a bear capital looks a lot more atmospheric, this decoration is a majestic style, unlike the southern nobles like to use luxurious fabrics and jewelry and other luxury things to decorate, very a bit of northern taste,

Of course, in the eyes of the southern aristocracy, this style can be called barbaric, but the old straight men of the Viscount Sauter and the Hunter family like this style.

After entering the hall, everyone did not giggle as before, but found their own places and sat down.

The rules of the Hunter family, or the rules set by Richard, are like this, some fun on weekdays is harmless, but as soon as you enter this council room, you have to be serious and have to look like you are doing things.

Richard had habitually sat on the main seat, Viscount Sot sat in the lower position, and the remaining two uncles and Egger Butler and other dignitaries took their seats in turn.

"According to the reliable information I've received, orc spies will be entering the Northland in the near future."

"Orc spies?"

"Is this information accurate?"

As soon as Richard said this, the entire council hall exploded a little, not because everyone didn't trust Richard, but because some of the understandings were already ingrained.

Orcs are the most powerful enemies of mankind, but they have been blocked east of Dragon's Breath Pass for hundreds of years, and everyone really can't believe that orcs will infiltrate the Northland.

Richard was going to tell them that the Dragon's Breath Pass had been breached, and the orcs might have hit here, and they probably didn't have such a big doubt, at least logically.

"It's almost certain that when the ogre was heading east, there was intelligence that there might be orcs on the battlefield."

Richard didn't say the source of the intelligence, after all, it is a little outrageous to speculate on this reason according to the tasks issued by the system.

Fortunately, Richard's prestige in the Hunter family was high enough, so everyone could basically believe that there might be orcs infiltrating the Northland after Richard's confirmation.

"Infiltrate the Northlands, from the far north?"

"This is the only route to go through the Arctic Snow Fields, around the Great Snow Mountains, past the territory of the Snow Giants, and then down south to the Iron Wood Forest or the Wilderness."

"There are basically no conditions for marching in the far north snow field, the environment is already bad enough, and you have to deal with snow giants, I heard that snow giants are a race with a strong sense of territory, and orcs will not be attacked by snow giants when they cross the snow fields like this?"

Richard's subordinates have never relaxed the collection of information on the snow fields and some geographical information outside the Northlands, and often popularized these to their own high-level officials, which is very basic in Richard's opinion, but most of the minor nobles in this era do not have geographical knowledge, so everyone can still correctly guess the path of the orcs.

First of all, it is necessary to rule out that the orcs infiltrated from the Dragon's Breath Pass, not to mention that the more than one million elite troops there are strictly guarded, and even a bird can't get by, even if there are elites who have infiltrated the Dragon's Breath Pass, they are thousands of miles away from the Northland, so why shouldn't they come to the Northland.

Thinking in this way, there is only one way to bypass the extreme snow-capped mountains and cross the snowfield, this road is definitely not too far away, and it will take less than a month to reach it if you march normally.

But for so long, the orcs have not walked this road, and there is a reason why humans are not armed, such a harsh environment basically does not have the possibility of a large-scale army passing, the daily road closure with strong winds and snow, the logistics of passing the army is simply a nightmare, and it may be okay to pass a small group of elites, but there are too few people to achieve anything,

The second is that after passing through the snow field, you have to face the snow giant clan who attaches great importance to the hunting ground, don't look at Richard to win the Bingyan tribe easily, the Bingyan tribe is only a small tribe after all, and Richard is an open hanging, so as to cause the effect of this dimensionality reduction strike,

If you directly cross the snow field, at least you have to pass through the territory of several medium-sized tribes, then you have to face the most hostile earth level, and hundreds of snow giants of the great knight level, if the army disturbs the snow giant royal court, it will be even more terrible, the possibility of the entire army being wiped out is extremely great, this road has not been considered at all before, and now with Richard's determination, it was carefully scrutinized by the group of high-level leaders of the Hunter family.

"Is it possible that the orcs and the snow giants made some agreement?"

"Okay, you don't have to discuss this issue, just make arrangements according to the prediction that there will be orc spies and even a small group of orc troops infiltrating the Northland in the near future, and strengthen patrols and take strict precautions."

"Yes."

This is probably the benefit of Richard's words, what Richard must force to promote, even if the people below have any doubts, as long as it is not outrageous to the point of anti-intellectualism that cannot be implemented, it will be thoroughly implemented, and the only thing that may cause some interference with Richard's decision is that Viscount Sauter, who is either a sleeping god or the first to raise his hand in agreement in this situation, will not have other opinions at all.

This time the matter was serious, but Viscount Sauter did not act as a sleeping god, but frowned, put his hands on the table and hugged him tightly to listen to the whole process.

"If the orcs infiltrate through the Ironwood Forest from the Northlands, will we be able to resist the Ironwood City?"

Viscount Sauter's first sentence directly agreed with Richard's statement, and what he doubted was the strength of the orcs.

Although Viscount Sauter can't manage the civil affairs, his military literacy is not bad, if it's just a small range of spies to infiltrate, it's okay, after all, the ogres in the wilderness have made Richard break all his bones, and a small number of elites can't borrow strength to come to the Northland.

But if it is really a small elite army to infiltrate, it will be very dangerous, the orcs are so aggressive from the snowfield, it will definitely not be just two or three kittens and dogs, if you want to do big things, the strength of this team of centaurs is definitely beyond the imagination of Viscount Soth, otherwise it will not make much sense, although Viscount Sot will occasionally show arrogance, but he is not so arrogant that he does not pay attention to the orcs, a race that once rode on the head of humans, and behind it is also the kingdom's confidant enemy for hundreds of years.

"I'll tell you about it."

"Your Excellency Angle, in the future, I will join Ironwood City and directly enter Ironwood Castle."

The champion knight, who had been standing behind Richard, clenched his fists and signaled to everyone without saying more, acting rather coldly.

"What is this?"

"Father, rest assured, in addition to Anglie, there are several strong men stationed at the same time, all of whom are my most loyal subordinates, absolutely reliable."

Richard's words blocked the next question that Viscount Sauter wanted to ask, anyway, it is absolutely reliable, and his son's subordinates should trust it, but in terms of strength...

"Anglie is a knight of the earth, and the others are also knight-level experts, I believe that cooperating with the garrison of Tiemu City can ensure the safety of Tiemu City, at least until I lead the army back to help."

Although Richard is still heavily armed in the wilderness, he still has no intention of dividing the troops, the griffin can keep an eye on the situation here, but whenever there is a problem in Ironwood City or any point, he can bring the system army to support quickly,

Logistics skills plus knight gloves and magic boots, the speed of running is not covered.

"Ahem"

After listening to Richard's introduction, Viscount Sauter was like he hadn't caught his breath for a while, and the strength of the earth level was a bit amazing, and everyone below also looked at each other.

If Richard said that this person was at the peak of the Great Knight, they would not doubt it, but if the earth level is reached, there are only three in the kingdom, and even if there are a few hidden ones, it will not be the turn of the Hunter family to hide, and the original Hunter family is not qualified to access the power of this level.

Originally, the big knights were considered unfathomable in their eyes, and they had recently made a fortune, and everyone was a little bolder, and they could accept the strength of the peak of the big knights, after all, in addition to their first ancestors, the Northland Hou Lanster family in the past was only supported by several big knights, otherwise they would not have been hammered like that by the ogre.

Richard didn't say much, and gestured to Anglie's eyes, who was willing to draw the knight's sword at his waist and dance, and a fighting spirit came out of the sword.

"Boom!"

The fighting spirit bombarded the heavy stone slab more than ten meters away outside the conference hall, and the heavy stone slab was directly blasted out of a small hole by the fighting qi.

"This..."

"Fighting spirit out of the body!"

I have never eaten pork and have seen pigs run, and the fighting spirit is separated from the body, smashing the stone slab more than ten meters away, which is a typical feature of the earth level.

Everyone was shocked and then rejoiced, no matter how magical it was, anyway, in addition to Young Master Richard's suspected strength of the earth level, there was another earth level powerhouse on his side.

The people present are all people who are closely linked to the interests of the Hunter family, looking at the outrageous strength of the Hunter family, in addition to surprises, there are naturally greater expectations, the earth level, there are only a few in the entire human race, and now there are two of the Hunter family, this is not the intention of destiny?

If they knew that Richard still had nearly ten subordinates of this strength, wouldn't they faint with excitement?

After Anglie proved his strength, the remaining crusaders and high-ranking monks naturally didn't have to prove anything, and still stood silently outside the door, but the people in the council hall looked at them differently.

"Anchored by Anglie to garrison Tiemu City to ensure that Tiemu City is foolproof, all the peasants and soldiers from various villages are pulled out to patrol day and night, and now the spring ploughing is almost over, and it is also time to test the wartime mobilization ability of our Hunter family,

The rest of the cavalry patrols will continue as usual, but they will strengthen their patrols in the direction of the Iron Wood Forest. ”

"Let's get started!"

"Yes!"

…

"Assemble!"

"Stampede"

In a certain village in Hunter's territory, under the call of the sheriff

Far North Snow Fields

The snow field is still white, and it has been a while since spring, but there is basically no spring, summer, autumn and winter on the snow field, only the difference between cold and colder.

The white wind with snowflakes is constantly howling, which is a comfortable environment for snow giants, and a forbidden place for most life.

However, this forbidden place with almost no alien life is a little lively today, a group of "dwarfs" with a height of more than two meters are actually walking in the white snow, they are obviously not snow giants who have lived on the snow field for a long time, although the environment is more than 30 degrees below zero, it is already a rare time on the snow field to march.

Although the people in the team walked with difficulty and walked very slowly, they were very determined, with a clear direction and goal, and if you looked closely, there were thousands of people in this team, all of them were dressed in heavy coats, and their faces were almost completely covered, leaving only the small holes of the nose and eyes, and the weapons on their backs, and the upper body was held as much as possible to resist the cold.

"Tár, how far is it from the Iron Wood Grove you said?"

"If it goes on like this, it will take at least five or six days."

The question was about a taller orc, compared to the others

Far North Snow Fields

The snow field is still white, and it has been a while since spring, but there is basically no spring, summer, autumn and winter on the snow field, only the difference between cold and colder.

The white wind with snowflakes is constantly howling, which is a comfortable environment for snow giants, and a forbidden place for most life.

However, this forbidden place with almost no alien life is a little lively today, a group of "dwarfs" with a height of more than two meters are actually walking in the white snow, they are obviously not snow giants who have lived on the snow field for a long time, although the environment is more than 30 degrees below zero, it is already a rare time on the snow field to march.

Although the people in the team walked with difficulty and walked very slowly, they were very determined, with a clear direction and goal, and if you looked closely, there were thousands of people in this team, all of them were dressed in heavy coats, and their faces were almost completely covered, leaving only the small holes of the nose and eyes, and the weapons on their backs, and the upper body was held as much as possible to resist the cold.

"Tár, how far is it from the Iron Wood Grove you said?"

"If it goes on like this, it will take at least five or six days."

The question was about a taller orc, compared to the others

The small holes of the mouth and eyes, the weapon on the back, and the upper body as much as possible to resist the cold.

"Tár, how far is it from the Iron Wood Grove you said?"

"If it goes on like this, it will take at least five or six days."

The question was about a taller orc, compared to the others