Chapter 137: Orcs
After Ma Long finished talking about his experience, it was everyone's turn to report on their respective responsibilities during this time.
Especially Malf, Marlon has not forgotten what Harvey said: The big trouble in the kingdom has not been forgotten.
"Remember the Gnolls?" Malf asked.
"Naturally, I won't forget!" The Gnoll can be said to be the beginning of Ma Long's fortune, of course he remembers it clearly, "At the beginning, I wondered why there were so many gnolls gathered in that place in Senburgh?"
"Even if there are wizards involved, using witchcraft to gather them, what if they are consumed? Gnolls also have to eat, and how they survived, I haven't figured it out, there must be something wrong with this!
"But with our position at that time, we shouldn't worry about this matter, so we didn't think about it deeply.
"Now that you and Harvey are both mentioning the Gnoll, I think the problem is revealed?"
Everyone looked at each other, couldn't help but be amazed, and gave a thumbs up.
Malf praised: "It's worthy of Marlon, just by mentioning the jackal, I can think of the main point, it's really amazing!" ”
"So, I guessed right, it's really the gnolls who have a problem, what else is behind them?"
Nodding, Malf said, "It's really related to the gnolls, but it's a much bigger trouble than them."
"Some time ago, I went to the royal capital to rescue the soldiers, but I received news that the orcs were found in the south......"
"Orcs?" Marlon wondered, he did know about orcs, but it was a previous life, and they were in games and movies.
But this world, he really hasn't seen it, and there is not even an authoritative book that records it.
It is only sung in biographical novels, but it is not credible, and they are less informed than the elves.
"Yes, orcs." Malf added: "The traces of the orcs have been found in the south of the kingdom, and after investigation, they are scouts of the orc kingdom in the south of the Black Forest. ”
Ma Long was surprised: "There is an orc kingdom in the south of the Black Forest, are those legends true?" ”
Nodding, Malf confirmed: "Yes, not only that, but the orc kingdom seems to have the intention of invading humans through the Black Forest and north!"
"The kingdom has to gather a large number of troops in the south, and there is no more strength to control us.
"By the way, I have two more letters here, which were brought to you by the Temple and the Council of Nobles."
After speaking, Malf took out two letters from his bosom, got up and handed them to Malone.
Reaching out to take the envelope, Malone found that this letter paper was actually produced by Blackstone Collar, not the parchment paper that was commonly used before!
When I opened the envelope, the contents of the two letters were similar, and the beginning was an affirmation and praise for Ma Long's previous contributions.
Then he talked about the current difficulties of the kingdom, hoping that Marlon would continue to work hard and resolutely fight against the barbarians, and that there would be rich rewards when things were settled in the future.
The tone is unusually sincere, as for the reinforcements, there is just no!
If he hadn't known that the kingdom was now because of the orcs, but it was really difficult, Marlon would have thought that he was perfunctory.
However, it mentioned a mobilization order, and the kingdom officials could not support the Blackstone Territory, but issued a nationwide mobilization order.
Mobilize wandering knights and adventurers from all over the country to come to Blackstone Territory to help resist the barbarian attack.
"Are there many adventurers and wandering knights in the realm now?" Marlon looked at the crowd and asked.
"But that's exactly what happened." It was Haiwen who spoke, she was the consul appointed by Ma Long, "During this time, dozens of wandering knights came, and there were nearly 10,000 adventurers. ”
Nodding, Ma Long expressed his understanding, and then asked, "Is that easy to manage?" Will there be an impact on law and order? ”
Haiwen replied: "It does have an impact, most of these people are armed with weapons, and many of them are short-tempered, and they will fight when they disagree, which puts a lot of pressure on public security, and even causes a certain amount of chaos."
"However, the people can understand that there are foreign enemies on the side of the territory and need their strength, so they are still relatively restrained.
"Mainly those wandering knights and adventurers, they all feed on battle, and the scale of our war with the barbarians is not large, so we don't need these people for a while.
"But for them, there is no income without fighting, it's okay for a short time, and that's the source of chaos for a long time."
"And how did you arrange that?" Malone asked.
Hai Wen brushed the hair between her ears, sorted out her thoughts and replied: "Ordinary adventurers are easier to manage, the newly expanded territory is full of construction, just treat them as ordinary labor, although the professional aspect is poor, but I have seen the world, I can do almost anything."
"Development that had been stalled by the war was because they were able to continue.
"The really hard thing is those wandering knights, they were born for war, and they grew up to know nothing but fighting.
"Since there has been no fighting for a long time, they are the most dissatisfied......"
"Wait!" Marlon interrupted: "In that case, why don't you arrange for them to go to battle?" ”
"Do you know how much it costs to hire a knight into battle?" It was not Haiwen who spoke, but Malf: "With equipment maintenance, then every day a single person is settled by silver coins, dozens of knights, a dozen gold coins a day." ”
"Are we short of money?" Ma Long asked rhetorically, he raised the letter paper in his hand and said: "There are special products such as paper, refined salt and other products that are sold all over the country, and there should be no shortage of money!" ”
"There is no shortage of money!" Malf explained: "But this money is not necessary, and in the current situation, our army can fully cope with it, and there is no need to hire outsiders!" ”
"Indeed!" Harvey also took over the conversation: "The individual strength of the barbarians is indeed very strong, but the number is not large, it is difficult to form a scale, and there is no military formation, and the terrain of the Grand Canyon is also very favorable for defense, which is suitable for our military training."
"Our army has never had much experience in large-scale warfare, and the current situation is just right for training.
"And there is a special circumstance......" Harvey hesitated, a little uncertain: "Anyone who goes to the battlefield, whether it is an ordinary soldier or a knight, the strength has improved rapidly, and now there are several new knights in our army!"
If this continues, it won't be long before we have more riders than wandering riders! ”
Ma Long bowed his head, he knew that the reason for the rapid improvement of his strength on the battlefield was that the military potential in the lord attribute in the panel was in play.
Although Harvey and others did not know the existence of the panel and did not understand the deep-seated reasons, they still vaguely understood that it was the impact of the war, and instinctively did not want outsiders to take advantage.