At the top of the bare hills, white snowflakes dot the withered yellow meadows, and a watchtower made of earth and rocks rises at the top of the hill. At the top of the watchtower, a rabbit paw flag with white stripes on a black background is waving in the cold wind.

Inside the watchtower, a Mona holds a telescope, observing the surroundings and alerting the surrounding situation.

On the ridge at the back of the hill, a magic node is radiating magic in all directions. Around the Mana Node, a group of Mona are digging through the dirt and building a camp with tools such as pickaxes and shovels.

This is the Mona's first stronghold in the Orc Wilderness, and it is also the outpost of the Demon King's Leader in the Orc Wilderness.

In the camp, Felix holds the Magic Mirror of Communication, inspecting the work of the Mona and paying attention to the Magic Mirror in her hand, waiting for her master's regular contact once a week.

Philix's work this week has been very smooth, not only successfully reaching the Orc Wilderness, but also successfully finding a monster lair suitable for the [Stronghold].

Demons (Mona) and monsters are both magical creatures that require a huge amount of mana to survive, and if there is no [Mana Node] that can supply mana nearby, they will quickly disappear due to lack of mana. Therefore, after arriving in the Orc Wilderness, the establishment of the [Stronghold] has become a top priority.

Phylix was lucky enough to encounter a monster lair of wildebeest in the wilderness. This weak monster is not very valuable as an army, so Felix took advantage of the permissions granted by Grimm to convert it into a mana node, and began to establish a camp here.

"When it's built here, the situation will open up." Felix looked at the thriving camp in front of her, feeling very happy, and at the same time became a little anticipatory to tonight's routine work report.

Green is in regular contact with Felix every week for Felix to report back. Before arriving in the Orc Wilderness, Phylix was nervous every time she debriefed, but now Phylix can finally relax.

The watchtower has been built, the camp has begun to take shape, the Mona who have scouted have been dispatched, and everything is going well.

At this moment, Mona, who had gone out to explore the way, rode the ice wolf and ran back to the camp.

"Mona, Mona, Mona! ~”

"There's a monster lair behind that hill?" Hearing Mona's report, a flash of joy flashed in Felix's eyes, "What type of monster is it?" ”

"Mona?" Mona looked dazed.

Seeing Mona's stupidity, Felix felt a little helpless, so she could only say something else: "What do those monsters look like?" ”

"Mona, Mona, Mona~" Mona gestured with both hands.

Philex listened to Mona's introduction and thought for a while: "Steppenwolf? Mountain wolf? Or is it a wolf? ”

"Mona?" Mona looked cute.

Most of the smarter Mona have been promoted or transferred to management and research departments, and the soldiers in these exploration teams are basically stupid people with failed cultural grades, so this kind of ignorance often occurs. Felix is used to the cuteness of these idiots.

Although Mona can't explain the situation, Felix can analyze it based on the information.

As an orc, Felix still knows a lot about the situation in the orc wilderness.

The orc wilderness is sparsely populated, barren, and hilly, and in addition to the longhorned rabbits, mad cows, and horned sheep, the most common are the herds of wolf monsters. From Mona's description, as well as the hilly environment, Felix believes that there is the most likely mountain wolf den there.

The Mountain Wolf is a medium-sized monster with a length of about two meters and a height of about one meter. Mountain wolves have a keen sense of smell, a well-developed sense of hearing, are good at long-distance running, and also have the ability to [self-heal]. And when the mountain wolves are summoned to the world in the form of "monsters", their [self-healing] ability becomes more powerful, as long as they can't be killed at once, then they will completely recover after ten seconds!

If it's a monster nest of a horned sheep or horned rabbit, it can basically only be dismantled and converted into a magic node, but for this kind of monster nest with a certain amount of combat power, it is generally kept as a [barracks]. Soon after setting up the camp, she found the Barracks, and Felix felt that she had been running lately!

At that moment, Felix noticed that the magic mirror in her hand lit up.

"Master!" Felix straightened up and looked at the magic mirror in her hand.

In the magic mirror, Green's image emerged from it: "Felix, I haven't seen you for a week, how is your work over there?" ”

"Everything went well. I've made it to the Orc Wilderness, and I've managed to establish a stronghold here......," Felix began to report back to Green.

Phylix's report also surprised Green.

After instructing Felix to keep up the good work and set a time for the next contact, Green disconnected.

After reporting on her work, Felix turned to Mona who had brought back the information and said, "Let's go, take me to the mountain wolf's lair." ”

"Mona?" Mona looked cute.

Felix: "...... It's the nest you found earlier. ”

"Mona!"

Mona mounted the ice wolf and left the camp with Felix.

Three ice wolves, one of them carrying Mona and some Chaos mushrooms, and two ice wolves carrying some food and other supplies that Felix needed, as for Felix herself, she had to go on foot - it was okay for the ice wolves to pull the sled, and it would be a bit difficult for them to run on the hills with a man on their backs, so Felix had to hike.

Hiking in hilly terrain is not a pleasant thing.

After a long day and a night of travel, Felix finally arrived at the stronghold that Mona had discovered.

"Sure enough, it's a mountain wolf!" Looking at the huge creatures around the lair, Felix was very happy, "Now the mount has landed. ”

Mountain wolves are much larger in size than ice wolves, and their weight-bearing capacity is also stronger than ice wolves, making them more suitable for hilly environments. Moreover, the mountain wolf also has the ability to carry enough weight to carry a person, and can be used as a mount for Felix!

Felix happily walked towards the mountain wolf's lair.

In the mountain wolf's lair, two Mona are stationed here. Seeing Felix approaching, the two Mona did not have the slightest idea of getting up to greet them, and still lay on the belly of the mountain wolf like two dead fish, with a "happy" expression.

"How's the situation around?" Felix asked the two Mona, "Have you scouted the surrounding area?" ”

"Mona Mona~" Mona said lazily.

"Very high, very strange Mona?" Felix was stunned for a while, frowning slightly, "How tall?" ”

"Mona Mona~" Mona said.

Felix thought for a while, and finally reacted: "Wait! Are you talking about rabbit people? Did you find a rabbit man nearby? ”

"Mona?" Mona looked cute.

"The rabbit man is the one you found that is so tall that it looks like a rabbit...... Creatures with long ears that look a bit like you. ”

"Mona." Mona had a look of sudden realization.

"Where's that rabbit man?" Felix asked.

"Mona?" Mona looked cute and tried to think, and after a while, Mona suddenly showed an expression of sudden realization, "Mona! ”

The expression on Felix's face was a little hideous: "You said it was gone?" You don't know where it went!? ”

"Mona~" Mona nodded.

Felix took a deep breath and held back the anger in her heart. Calm down, calm down! Phylix, you have to calm down.

After a while, Felix finally calmed down.

"That's fine. For now, let's turn this lair into a barracks. Felix took a box from her bosom and opened it.

Inside the box is a black crystal. Felix picked up the crystal and stuffed it into the monster's lair in front of her......

"Click~"

The crystal shattered, and a pitch-black muddy magic emanated from it, and began to transform the monster's lair. At the same time, the mountain wolf, which was serving as a blanket for Mona, suddenly turned into a ray of light and disappeared into the monster's lair, and Mona, who was originally lying on the mountain wolf, fell directly to the ground.

"Mona! ~" Mona rolled on the ground with a painful face.

Felix ignored the guys and focused her eyes on the vortex in front of her.

At this time, the monster lair has changed from a controlled "monster area" to a "barracks" where "soldiers" can be recruited.

"Summon!"

After exhausting her mana, Felix successfully summoned a mountain wolf from the barracks.