Chapter 75: To Each His Heart! (1st Update)
It was getting dark.
Darkblade-Andriy didn't look very good when he walked out of the hall, the Drow warrior he had brought with him had already settled in another quarter, and by the time he returned, someone was already waiting for him. The drow elves didn't seem entirely reassured about Sauron, and they were still heavily armed when they settled down, just quietly waiting for the leader's return. Drow elves are sapient creatures who are suspicious, and they have a hard time trusting anyone else for a short period of time.
"How?"
A younger-faced Drow Elven warrior stood up and asked, "Lord Darkblade!" What did you say? ”
Darkblade-Andriy looked at the others and noticed that they also wanted to know what the Lord had requested, and finally could only sigh helplessly, "He wants us to be able to serve him and fight for him, as long as we can do this, the people will be able to get a steady supply of supplies, and he even promised to allow us to move here to live." ”
These words silenced many people.
Because at first glance it sounds like a good condition, but after thinking about it carefully, there is a suspicion of annexation, and the Drow Elves probably don't want to be controlled by a human being, and mutual cooperation is already the limit of what they can accept at present. Unless Sauron's power is so strong that they can't resist or refuse, they can easily erase their existence. Before coming here, the female priests had made a decision, in fact, the group of women was still a little disgusted and distrustful of humans, otherwise it would not be a male drow elf who would lead the group.
You must know that males are naturally inferior to females in the Drow Elves!
"Lord Darkblade!" A young drow elven warrior hesitated for a moment, then said slowly, "Didn't we just think that things would be like this before we came?" After all, there is no free food in the world, and he will definitely need something from us! If we just fought for him, it wouldn't be much to us, after all, we didn't deal with the natives once or twice. ”
What is the most overseas archipelago?
Aborigine.
It's not once or twice that this group of drow elves has been at war with the natives, basically in the overseas islands, where the living environment is slightly better, and the surrounding materials and food are richer, there will be large or small indigenous tribes. They are already living in the cruel environment here. There are many ways to deal with the natives, after all, they are drow elves, equally dangerous and evil creatures. Even if they give up their faith in the spider god, there will still be a trace of cunning and cruelty in the nature of the drow elves!
"I know."
Darkblade-Andriy looked at the others and said slowly, "But this Excellency wants to directly attack and exterminate the indigenous tribe!" ”
One sentence caused an uproar.
The other Drow Elven warriors couldn't help but widen their eyes and muttered, "Lord Darkblade, didn't you tell that Your Excellency that there is anything in the indigenous tribe?" Those spirits are quite difficult to deal with, and they have no flesh and blood, and we encountered them with heavy losses to the pirates in the camp. It's basically impossible to defeat the spirit, unless there is a fairly powerful caster! ”
The Drow Elves have also fought against the Native Spirits.
But they undoubtedly failed, not only because of their own lack of strength, but also because of the number of enemies, and the loss of the power of wizards and priests, it was difficult for a group of powerful hand-to-hand warriors to kill the spirit life of the half-energy form.
That's right.
Spirits are immune to attacks from any non-transcendent weapon!
If it is a spirit with demigod ability, it is immune to the attack of any transcendent weapon below the third order, and the ability to be immune is not much different from that of a demigod lich, except that it does not have the physical damage reduction ability of a demigod lich. After all, a lich's body is a skeleton of bones. In the entire camp, if you encounter a demigod spirit, there is no weapon that can hurt it except for Sauron's legendary scimitar ice death. One can imagine how passive this group of poorly equipped drow elven warriors were at that time. In the face of spirits, they are almost one-sided.
This situation is often unavoidable.
It's like if you don't have dragon slaying equipment, you can't break the defense against dragons sometimes!
"I said it."
Darkblade-Andriy looked at the others and said in a deep voice, "But His Excellency's attitude is quite resolute, and I don't dare to say no to him obviously. After all, you know the situation of the race now, and it is definitely not a wise choice to anger a pirate king! Fortunately, the indigenous tribes here are much weaker than what we encountered, with an estimated population of just over 1,000. According to the custom of the aborigines to participate in hunting even if they are warriors, there should be about 300 people with combat effectiveness! ”
Indigenous warriors did not participate in farming or labor, and were supported by the lower aborigines, except for regular hunting battles.
The leader of the Drow warriors looked at the others and said slowly, "Your Excellency said that you are sure to deal with the spirits, so our mission is to assist the pirates in dealing with those natives. ”
There was a brief silence.
A drow warrior who looked not too old stood up and said in a deep voice, "If that Excellency can deal with spirits, we are not afraid of those natives. It is almost time for the antelope and horned zebra to migrate, and this is the hunting time for all the indigenous tribes, and the source of meat for next spring depends on this hunt. So they shouldn't attack for a while, maybe we can pick a good time to raid them, and if we're lucky, the casualties will be much lower! ”
The overseas archipelago is somewhat similar to Africa.
Many of the islands here are scattered, but there are also connected islands because it was once a continental shelf. Creatures in the jungle area also have a habit of migrating from north to south, and when they migrate, the number of animals can be quite large, and sometimes they can encounter migrating elephants. This is the hunting season for the indigenous tribes, and a large part of their meat for the coming year comes from here. The aborigines will cure the meat with sea salt, which can be kept for quite a long time, until the harvest time next autumn.
Sturgeon, swordfish, striped fish, etc., migrate to warmer areas in the autumn and return to the norther areas in the spring. The fish population during this period is spectacular, and you can see a large number of fish along the migration route with the naked eye. To put it simply, you can catch dozens of fatty fish by throwing a large net, and since the fisherman does not hunt much, these fish are very clumsy and can be forked with a harpoon.
In a way, the overseas archipelago is indeed very rich in resources!
(Knowledge [Geography]: The overseas archipelago as a whole is a long and narrow island connection zone, the length of which reaches the size of the continental shelf, but the width is less than one-tenth.) The extreme edge of the Gulf Islands stretches all the way to the far north, eventually near the great glaciers that stretch for thousands of miles. )
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The other side.
Sauron walked back and forth in the hall, then raised his head and looked at his men in front of him, and commanded, "Watch out for those drow elves, and if there is any abnormality, tell me immediately." ”
"Yes." A scarface immediately left.
Just as the Drow Elves didn't fully trust Sauron, Sauron didn't fully trust them, because he hadn't dealt with the Drow Elves once or twice, and knew a lot about this cunning intelligent being. If you want to control the Zì Elves, you must either have power or interests, otherwise they will easily betray you.
Sauron closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then said, "None of the female drow elves have appeared, and no spellcasters have been seen. ”
"Is it because this drow has declined into this, or are they still not yet determined to fully cooperate with me? If it is to lead them, the value is greatly reduced, and a drow elven race that has lost the caster's inheritance has no future. If it's the latter, then they still feel rejected internally, and they can cooperate only because they have no other choice! ”
"You have to be strong to tame them completely, right?"
This drow elven race is very valuable, and Sauron's plan has them in it, which can do more with less. Besides, the nature of the drow elves is suitable for doing some shady things, and many of Sauron's methods are not necessarily possible for pirates, but these drow elves can definitely do it.
He had to hold the drow elves in his hands!
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(PS: Today's five watches.) (To be continued......)