Chapter 148: Horde or Alliance?
Two months later, Yang Yi woke up early in the morning in the fish-man town of Ratchet Village, and the first thing he did when he woke up was to go to the hotel to eat breakfast cooked by the chef's spoon.
On the way to the hotel, Yang Yi passed through the west side of Ratchet Village, where all the buildings that had been burned down by the Kokar Centaurs two months ago had been rebuilt, and there was no indication that there had been a major fire here. In order to prevent the building from being set on fire again by fires from hostile forces such as centaurs, the new buildings were kept a hundred paces away from the western wall of Ratchet Village.
The inn in Ratchet Village has been upgraded to a small town level, and the inn is now a two-story structure with four high walls painted white, and it looks quite large.
Yang Yi walked into the hotel, which was very lively early in the morning. A few of the pioneers who had stayed in the inn last night had already started breakfast, along with three minotaurs, two orcs, and a human from the northern castle.
Chef Spoon has been an intermediate chef for a while, and has brought out two Fishman junior chefs, who are now busy making breakfast for guests with a beach crab named Ka Ka on their heads.
Yang Yi sat down, and without him opening his mouth, the soup spoon soon brought a herbal baked egg and two slippery mackerel.
"Spoon, didn't you send one of your apprentices to the inn to help? Why do you still do everything yourself? Yang Yi chatted casually with the soup spoon while eating breakfast.
"It's a lot easier with the help of an apprentice, but Spoon still likes to cook the food by himself." Spoon said with a smile that cooking food is his greatest passion.
"Whatever you want. Anyway, if you like it, it's fine. Yang Yi also smiled.
Yang Yi and the soup spoon were chatting, and the two orcs at the table next to them were also talking about something.
"Say, when is it going to be fought on the side of Ash Valley? I heard that there was another truce a while ago. This time, I heard that the people of the alliance are going to retire. An orc said weakly, his tongue a little knotted.
"Who, who knows." The other orc, who was lying on the table with an empty wine glass, suddenly straightened up when he heard his companion's words. "How many times have you been back and forth, anyway, the two of us can't go to the Warsong Lumber Yard for the time being."
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The two orc laborers had been drinking in the hotel since last night, and Yang Yi sat at the front desk and listened to the conversation between the two orc laborers clearly.
"The battle in Warsong Canyon has been over for months, and so far the Alliance and the Horde have had their own victories. It is said that the outposts of both sides were captured several times by the other side and then recaptured. Now the two sides of the alliance and the tribe are at such a stalemate, I don't know if they are preparing for the next big move. ”
Yang Yi had seen a lot of news from the forums and the aborigines about the fighting between the tribes and the alliance that was taking place in the Gray Valley. However, he didn't care too much about it, because he didn't plan to let the fishmen of Ratchet Village wade into the troubled waters.
"What's so fun about fighting around all day, the master of the skill still continues to develop in Fishman Town, and one day the fishmen in the town are so strong that they can directly scare the enemy away if they are released. That's the fun. ”
Yang Yi is bent on burying his head in development. Who told him that he had the artifact of the lottery system, and now he runs out to fight with others, which is asking for trouble.
After Yang Yi finished breakfast, he passed through the town center square.
"There was one night, and I don't know if the value in the center of the town has increased." When Yang Yi saw the center of the town, he wanted to use the skill of the Lord's Eye to look at the information of Fishman Town, and now this is almost a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder. It seems that I don't feel comfortable if I don't take a look at the latest data.
【Fish-Man Town Center】
【Small Fish-Man Town】
[Civilization Level 4, Military Level 4]
[Civilization Stats: 3701/10000, Military Stats: 3733/10000]
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"Civilization increased by 3 points overnight, and military increased by 5 points. Not bad. The fish-people in Fish-Man Town are working so hard even at night now. Yang Yi was pleased that these two values were the main growth time during the day. But now there is competition from all walks of life in the Ratchet Village, and many fishmen are trying to improve themselves at night.
After looking at the attributes of the town center, Yang Yi took a look at his attributes.
【Fishman Lord】
【Level 5 Male Fishman】
[Level 4 Fishman Lord, Level 4 Fishman Tidewalker / Level 3 Fishman Hunter / Level 3 Fishman Beach Walker / Level 2 Fishman Tide Catcher / Level 2 Fishman Nightcrawler]
[Specialty: Invisible]
[Skills: Lord's Eye, Dual Form, Sonic Spear, Shockwave......]
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"Tut-tut, the ability master is very awesome now, there are several combat professions above level 2 alone, and the highest fish-man tidewalker has already been promoted to level 4 more than a month ago. How many combat professions, plus the skills of each combat profession, the master of the ability will be a full professional in the future, and it is enough to go out to fight with others just to use all the skills that he knows once. Yang Yi thought proudly.
Yang Yi is not fantasizing, it is basically impossible for opponents of the same level as him to beat him now, even if he is one level higher, he may not be sure to defeat him. If Yang Yi can make reasonable use of the various skills he has learned, his combat effectiveness will be greatly improved.
"It's a pity that Bane isn't here, otherwise I'd have to find him as a sparring partner." Yang Yi remembered Bain. Bloody Hoof, some time ago, he stayed in Ratchet Village for several days, and Yang Yi was looking for him to compete every day, which made his fighting skills improve a lot.
Yang Yi came back to his senses, he stretched out his hand, and a drawing appeared in his hand from him.
【Drawings for the construction of the Affiliated Fishman Town Center】
【Consumable Drawings】
[Building function: Establish affiliated towns, formulate and implement town decisions, and realize the orderly rule of affiliated towns. 】
[Architectural effect: With the prestige of the main town, it represents the authority of the affiliated towns and attracts foreign population. 】
This drawing appeared automatically when Fishman Village was upgraded to Fishman Town, and Yang Yi did not immediately rush to establish the subsidiary village of Ratchet Town after getting this drawing. Where exactly is this affiliated village to be built, and who is responsible for managing it. It all needs to be well thought out.
"There are no other valuable resources in the canyon fish-man village except for the underground copper ore veins, if you need it, just send some fish-people to build a village, this drawing is powerful. You can't just use it indiscriminately. ”
Yang Yi was thinking about the problem of the attached village, and at this time, the deputy mayor of the old blind ran over, he had just been promoted to a level 4 fishman beach walker a few days ago.
"Lord, the Horde Alliance is about to attack the Kokar Centaurs in the Deadwater Oasis again." The old blind man reported.
"Oh? The fighting on the other side of the Ashen Valley had just stopped, and the tribal camp was going to take advantage of this time to do something in the barren land. Yang Yi was a little surprised to hear the news, but it was reasonable to think about it.
Virogo, Khan of the Kokar Centaur Clan of the Deadwater Oasis, was mortally wounded in a flank attack by the Fishman and Minotaur last time, but was lucky enough to escape. Verrogo spent a long time recuperating in a centaur camp in a backwater oasis. But lately, this Verrogo has come out with his centaur tribe. After surviving the crushing defeat of Fish-Man Village, Verrogo continued to change his crazy style, and the centaurs of the Backwater Oasis began to raid everywhere again. The Centaur race of Kalimdor has never stopped plundering, and both travelers and settlements are under constant threat from Centaurs.
"These Kokar centaurs are not easy to deal with. It's best for the tribesmen to destroy them, and we in Ratchet Town can just watch the show. Yang Yi thought to himself.
The tribe is finally about to start making a move on the Kokar centaurs in the Backwater Oasis again, and Yang Yi's first thought is that it is none of his business, and you will fight you. I Ratchet continues to bury its head in development.
But. Things are far from being as rosy as Yang Yi imagined. Half a day later, a group of orc wolf cavalry galloped from the West Avenue outside Ratchet Village.
Yang Yi learned that a team of orc wolf cavalry had arrived at the entrance of the village, and he hurried over.
Yang Yi came to the west gate of the village and found that this group of orc wolf cavalry was all equipped with marauder armor, and all of them were full of murderous aura, and they knew at a glance that they were elite troops.
The orc Yang Yi, who is the leader, has also met a few times, and it is the orc officer Mankorik who once led a hundred orc warriors to bravely enter the boar man's crypt to save people. Mancolik, who has made many achievements, is now a glorious orc wolf cavalryman, that is, an orc marauder. Because Mancoric had many encounters with the fish-people of Ratchet Town. So he's been sent to Ratchet again this time.
"Mayor of Ratchet Fish-Man Town, the Horde Alliance is about to go to war with the Kokar Centaurs of the Backwater Oasis. We need the cooperation of the Ratchet Fishmen. Mankrick said to Yang Yi in a thick voice. Orcs are usually rectums, and Mancorick doesn't go around in circles, and he gets straight to the point as soon as he speaks.
"The Tribal Alliance needs the cooperation of our Ratchet Fishmen?" Yang Yi wondered how the tribal alliance could suddenly ask the Ratchet Town Fishmen to cooperate with them.
"Yes, it requires the cooperation of the Ratchet Fishmen." Mankrick nodded and reiterated.
"How do you need the fishmen of Ratchet Town to cooperate?" Yang Yi asked.
"The Tribal Alliance will open a fierce attack on the Centaur tribe of the Deadwater Oasis, and I hope you Ratchet Town will send fish-man warriors to defend the eastern side of the Backwater Oasis." Mancorick said.
Yang Yi was silent, and he began to think about the key to it.
To the east of the Deadwater Oasis is in the direction of Thundering Peak and Ratchet Town, which is not a good choice if the Kokar Centaurs of the Deadwater Oasis are to break through. After all, the sea is vast to the east, and the land of a flat river to the west, not to mention that the most powerful centaur tribe in the barren land is in the sweet water oasis to the west of the backwater oasis.
"The strength of the fishmen in Ratchet Town may not be worth it, this time the tribal alliance specially sent a team of elite orc wolf cavalry to Ratchet Town, it should have another deep meaning."
"If the fishmen of Ratchet participated in this tribal coalition's attack on the Kokar centaurs, it would be a manifestation of Ratchet's attitude to the outside world, indicating that Ratchet is on the side of the Horde camp. If the fishmen in Ratchet Town are unwilling to cooperate with the tribal alliance, then it is estimated that they will be blacklisted by the tribal camp immediately, and in the eyes of the tribal camp in the future, the fishmen in Ratchet Town are estimated to be like the Kokar centaurs, boars, and harpies in the Barrens. ”
"When the time comes, will the crossroads reward the fish-man's eyeballs or the fish-man's dorsal fin as proof?" Yang Yi's thoughts suddenly went astray, and he thought of something that made him hairy.
"I'll go, now is not the time to think about this kind of thing, these orc wolf cavalry came here to let the fishmen of Ratchet Town choose to take sides!"
Yang Yi finally figured out the key to it, the tribal alliance did not value the strength of the fishmen in Ratchet Town, but wanted to use this opportunity to make Ratchet Town make a choice.
In the beginning, the Fish-People only built a small Fish-Man Village in Ratchet Bay, and the tribal camp looked at it but did not pay attention to it. But after driving away the invading Kokar centaurs twice in a row, the fishmen of Ratchet Town have now truly entered the sight of the tribal camp.
The people of the tribal camp are not stupid, they cannot allow an uncontrolled force to grow in the barren land without any indications, even if it is a Fish-Man force that is recognized as weak and low.
"Okay, our Wormtooth fishmen will hold the east side of the Backwater Oasis." Yang Yi raised his head and said solemnly to the orc Mankrick.
"Good, we'll be together again!" The orc Mankrick happily tapped his fist on his chest and said loudly.
Mankrick's expression has always been stiff, but he actually has a good impression of the fish-people in Ratchet Town. After all, last time, he was able to rescue the orc general Sock and other trapped orc warriors from the boar people's crypt with the help of these fishmen, and the withering healing potion that cured the orc warriors infected by the blight plague was also a recipe that these fishmen came up with very cooperatively.
"Together!" Yang Yi also clenched his fists and knocked the fishman's chest.
Mancolik didn't leave immediately after receiving Yang Yi's reply, he waited outside Ratchet Town with a team of orc wolf cavalry.
Yang Yi told the old blind to go and organize the fighting fishmen in the village.
The population of Ratchet is growing rapidly, and the Fishman Nursery has been upgraded once again to limit the delivery of 400 small fishmen to Ratchet Town per month. In addition, Ratchet Bay has completely become the fish-man activity area of Ratchet Town, the fish-man fry that grow naturally in the bay have been effectively protected, and the small fish-people who have grown up have also joined Ratchet Town, so that the number of small fish-people in Ratchet Town every month is very considerable.
There are now more than 6,000 fish-people in the town, and most of them are underage fishmen.
Although the Fish-People are not as all-human as the Lobstermen, they are also a fierce and aggressive race, especially since there are many buildings with special architectural effects in Ratchet Town, so the proportion of fighting Fish-People in the village has always been high. This is thanks to the many seashell farms and seaweed farms that have been built in the town of Ratchet that do not require much manpower.
During this time, many training buildings in the town have been upgraded in level, the effect of the buildings has been greatly enhanced, and the success rate of training fishmen has been greatly improved, and the number of combat fishmen in the village has reached 1,200. Nearly 400 of these 1,200 combat fishmen are combat professionals, and a ratio of nearly three to one is already unimaginable for the fish-people, and many ordinary orc troops cannot reach this ratio.
Yang Yi stood in the square, and the battle fishmen quickly came to the square in the center of the town to gather, most of them were fish-man beach walkers and fish-man tide walkers, many of whom had been upgraded to level 2.
Yang Yi was thinking about a question: "What will Ratchet Town do in the future, join the tribe or join the alliance?" Or is it that neither side joins? (To be continued......)