The age of elves has passed, and Richard has only learned about the power of the elven empire from a limited number of books.

It was a time of magic, the elves had created a glorious civilization, they were powerful and proud, they regarded all races as slaves and ants, and even dragons did not dare to wipe their edges.

Humans, orcs, and dwarves are all its servants, but unfortunately it seems to be an inevitable law that prosperity must decline.

As the magic tide declined, magic began to become more and more difficult to cast, and the elven empire became more and more unsustainable, and the elven mages who could wipe out a city with a forbidden spell could not even rub out a fireball in the end, and the elven mages quickly fell off the altar.

The breathing method and fighting qi, which were only inferior cultivation methods before, began to gradually come to the forefront, but these two cultivation methods could not avoid the polishing of physical fitness.

Elves are a race that is born to eat by magic, not to mention that their physical fitness is not compared with orcs, and even humans are stronger than elves purely in terms of physical fitness.

Of course, elves are not without advantages, and their innate mental strength can make it easier for elven quasi-knights to be promoted to the knight rank, but the elves' fertility will offset this advantage.

Elves, a race with an extremely low fertility rate, simply cannot compare the development of the population with humans and orcs.

In the past, when the magic power was abundant, the elven mages could not withstand a large-scale war spell, and you could not withstand it even if you had thousands of troops, so naturally you didn't have to care about the disadvantage of a small population, but when the magic power subsided, the elven clan's biggest advantage was lost, and only a few extra knights could not reverse the decline of the elves.

Under the siege of the former servants, the elves who were once high above were completely unable to resist, and the entire elven empire collapsed.

For the continuation of the race, the remnants of the elves gradually intermarried with the human race, forming the current large and small half-elf tribes, as for the pure-blood elves, it is a question whether they still exist on the continent now.

Richard's understanding of elves is through this hand-to-hand memory, and collecting some book materials and information is also one of Yusidu's tasks, which can help Richard understand this continent more deeply.

No longer dwelling on the rise and fall of the elves, Richard is more important to place the main city of the fortress (elves).

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"Not really."

Richard looked at the unchanged Ironwood Fort with some disappointment.

After careful consideration, Richard finally made up his mind to place the main city of the Barrier (Elf) directly in the Ironwood Fort.

With the strength in his hands, cover it up a little, and he is not afraid of anyone who has a heart to covet it in the Northland.

However, when Richard made up his mind to place the main city of the Barrier (Elf), he found that Ironwood Fort did not meet the conditions for placement.

Perhaps, it has something to do with the group of half-elves.

"Go and call Al."

"Yes, sir."

The soldiers who gave the order were ordered by Richard and left in a hurry.

At this time, Al Zheng and his people ate the food provided by Tiemu City, and some coarse rye bread was ordered as a side dish, but they ate it with relish.

After all, they haven't been able to eat for a long time, and the officials of Tiemu City have come to count their number and allocate houses for them, of course, the houses are not for nothing, and they have to pay a little rent to Tiemu City every year until they have money to buy them.

Swallowing some throat-pounding black bread, the half-elves looked satisfied, and after experiencing the ogre invasion, they realized that the freedom they pursued was actually not that important, and it was also a good choice to join a powerful group and have a stable support.

"Leader Al Richard, Master Richard asked you to go."

The herald's shouts interrupted Al's thoughts.

"It's coming"

Al ate the rest of the food in his hand and set off with the herald.

A short time later, Al came to Richard's mansion in Ironwoodburg, and walked inside after being inspected by the guards at the door.

"What do you command, sir?"

As soon as Al came in, he lowered his posture, and at this time, the survival of the entire tribe was between the thoughts of this man.

"Well, you don't have to be polite to sit down."

There was a smile on Richard's face, and he didn't mind showing his amiable side to Al, who had a hero template.

"Tell me more about your tribe and the ogre."

Richard asked, looking at Al, who didn't dare to sit down casually.

"Our tribe used to have nearly five hundred people in a small river valley in the Ironwood Forest."

"We built a wooden village out of ironwood, and the beasts and snow thieves could not threaten us at all, and life was quite comfortable."

Speaking of this, Al couldn't help but have a trace of remembrance on his face, if there was no threat from ogres, that kind of free life would be the most in line with the life pursued by the half-elves.

"On that day, the ogre, who was supposed to live on the outskirts of the Iron Wood Forest, actually stormed our tribe."

Speaking of this, Richard could feel the pain in Al's tone.

"We couldn't resist it even if we were desperate, and the wooden village was quickly lost, and they rushed in and killed all the living creatures they could see."

"My father is dead, the elder is dead, so many people are dead, they don't want to loot or kill everyone at all, only I ran out with the last bit of my clan."

“……”

Al, though grieved and angry, was still sane, and clearly recounted to Richard what he knew.

"You mean, you have a wooden village?"

"Hmm"

"Tell me more about it."

Al was somewhat confused as to why a breached wooden village had aroused Richard's interest, but he carefully described to Richard what their former home looked like.

"Is it about the size of Ironwood Castle?"

"Yes, but the wooden walls are no match for the stone walls of the Ironwood Fort, otherwise they wouldn't have been broken so easily."

In the past, Al didn't like the cold feeling of the stone wall, but now he felt that the hard and cold stone brought a heavy sense of security.

After listening to Al's description, Richard had a key guess, perhaps, the key to the release of the main city of the fortress (elves) was on this half-elf wooden village.

Richard thought for a moment and said to Al:

"Al, do you want revenge?"

Al was stunned, of course he wanted revenge, but he was a person who knew how to advance and retreat, and at this time he was just sending people under the fence, and he didn't dare to mention such a thing as asking Richard to send troops to help with revenge.

But at this moment, since Richard took the initiative to ask, Al was not hypocritical, and directly answered what he thought in his heart.

"Think"

"Get ready, rest well, take your people to join the Flying Bear Army, and go to your wooden village in a few days."

"Yes, sir."

Al's simple answer was hard to be emotional.

With a wave of his hand, Richard motioned for Al to leave and prepare.

Al got up and bowed deeply to Richard before leaving, different from the reluctant posture when he came, after Richard said that he was going to attack the ogre tribe in the Ironwood Forest to give him a chance to take revenge, Al seemed to have his whole spirit returned.

Richard naturally wouldn't do such a thankless job simply because of the subordinates he had just accepted,

Bringing troops to the forest to crusade against a small ogre tribe with a conservative estimate of hundreds of members is like a fantasy for other lords, and Richard now has more than a dozen knight-level crusaders in his hands before he has the confidence to launch this active attack.

If you can, it is natural to wait for the ogres to leave the woodland and fight in the plains to better play the advantages of cavalry.

However, for the sake of the main city of the fortress (elf), even if you fight to bear some more losses, you must take this elf wood village.

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