Chapter 249: The Trade Wind from the North (2)
For Arnault tickling his back in front of everyone, Chen Kai and they were completely accustomed to even ignoring it. In the eyes of everyone, especially in Xu Fei's eyes, he knew that Arno didn't rub the stone chair behind him when he rubbed his back. At the same time, the only thing to be thankful for Xu Fei and the others is that fortunately, Alyssa has this bad habit, in fact, most of the female minotaurs have changed this bad habit after coming to Burkner Town.
If Alyssa rubs her back in front of Chen Kai and them, that situation may instantly destroy an otaku's good impression of Alyssa. Of course, this impression may only be had by Chen Kai, after all, there are not many players in the entire Berkna town who have seen Alyssa's true face, and of course, the otaku who saw Alyssa's appearance is definitely not as lucky as a certain rotten girl. Because she not only saw it, but also pinched it in front of many people.
Of course, what was being discussed in the conference room at the moment was not how soft Arno's sister Miss Alyssa's breasts were, or how big they were, but about the Minotaur of Arno's kind. Of course, these Arno people are not the copper-ringed minotaurs of Burkner, but the blackhorned minotaurs of the north. Even if the other party is not a member of the Brass Ring Clan, he is also a member of Arno's clan. For Arno, he really didn't have much heart to save the people in the north, not only because he had no money, but also because he had no way to fool each other.
Because those black-horned minotaurs not only eat better, but the most important thing is that the minotaurs who can basically act as warriors are Senaru? Furry die-dead. Maybe some of them don't like Senaru that much? But they would never run with Arno, not only because their family members were still under the control of Drow, but most importantly, their standard of living was not worse than that of the minotaurs who lived in Burkner.
In fact, because the residents of Beihu Town did not take much with them when they evacuated, and although the fighting in the city was fierce when Beihu Town was captured, it did not last too long, so most of the urban facilities of Beihu Town were retained. So the Drow and Minotaurs, who now occupy the town of North Lake, are not bothered by the rain and wind. Of course, the so-called lack of trouble is only for some of the Minotaurs and Drow. After all, if it doesn't bother. Then Arno could not exchange a million gold coins for more than a thousand Minotaur refugees.
But you must know that the number of minotaurs in the underground world is not only a few thousand in Beihu Town now. In fact, Arno didn't know how many minotaurs there were in the underworld, maybe 100,000, maybe only 50,000. For Chen Kai and them, they hope that there are only a few thousand minotaurs in the underground world, and Berkner Town will concentrate half of them, which is the best. It's a pity that this is a delusion after all, because according to what Alyssa knows. She knew that there were more than thirty small tribes of the Minotaur combined, and each of them had nearly a thousand people. The combined population of those small tribes alone is more than thirty thousand, and there are at least three large tribes like the Miscellaneous Tribes in the Underworld, and each large tribe has a population of at least five thousand or more. Therefore, the combined population of the large, medium and small Minotaur tribes is at least about 50,000. And that's not even counting the small, scattered bisonaurs who are hiding.
This is definitely a very large number, if these minotaurs all become Drow's warriors, then even if Chen Kai has 100,000 soldiers in his hands, he will have to turn around and run away. Fortunately, most minotaurs can't be the most elite warriors, but even if they don't have elite training, they can become very good soldiers. This is not good news for Chen Kai, in fact, the even worse news is that compared to the Blackhorned Minotaurs, the Drow population of the underground world is larger. If it weren't for this, they would not have been able to become the most powerful beings in the underground world, but fortunately, the even more massive Hansting Empire above the ground stood behind Chen Kai, so those Zhuo Er didn't dare to make too much trouble.
Of course, even if they don't dare to make too much trouble, these drows are still very formidable opponents for the natives and players of Hugodi. The bad news now in front of Chen Kai is that the number of drow and minotaurs in Beihu Town has at least doubled, but the number of drow and minotaurs pouring out of the ruins of the old city of Hugodi is even greater. Just three days. The number of Drow and Minotaur had at least doubled, and the faces of the aboriginal nobles and player lords who received the news had almost turned as bad as Chen Kai's. Therefore, along with these messages, there were also a bunch of letters for help from the player lords in the north near Beihu Town and the old city of Hugodi. Of course, in addition to the player, there are also aboriginal nobles.
Chen Kai basically ignored these letters for help, because he didn't have the ability to send reinforcements, and the last ambush made Burkner hurt his muscles and bones too much, and he couldn't slow down at all in a month or two. This is actually the biggest problem with relying on the Native army instead of the player's army, and the replenishment of troops simply cannot be done in a short period of time. The training of soldiers in the game is not like in the past games where you only need to farm soldiers in the barracks, in fact, most soldiers need to be recruited by the player from the civilian population and then trained little by little. Although the combat effectiveness of the aboriginal soldiers is much higher than that of ordinary players, it has become the biggest problem of the aboriginal army that there is no way to replenish it in a short period of time once it is lost.
With the current situation in Burkner Town, the only estimate that Chen Kai can rely on is the five archmages and Arno, but who knows if there are any legends among the Drow elves. Of course, Chen Kai also knew that it was impossible for the basic legendary powerhouse to appear in the Hugodi Domain, if the legend of Zall appeared, then he would wait for the legendary powerhouse of the Hansting Empire to overturn Zhuoer's nest. Legends can fight each other, but they must not intervene in mortal warfare, and while it may seem that the old monsters of the Dark Council don't have this to mind, the Drow have concerns about this. After all, they are not the perverts of the Dark Council, there is a demigod in it, and Drow may have legendary powerhouses, but the number of them can definitely be counted on one hand. Perhaps the number of legendary powerhouses among the drow elves is not as large as the number of legends nesting in the city of Adolig, so if the drow dare to let the legends show their heads on the ground, then the legends of the Hansting Empire who are idle and have nothing to do will definitely come to let them loosen their bones.
However, the absence of a legendary powerhouse does not mean that there is no Holy Rank, although the Holy Rank is as powerful, they are not so noticeable compared to the Legend. In fact, the Drow Holy Order Archmage appeared in the battle in North Lake Town, and this was confirmed by the resurrected players in the subsequent time, but they didn't know that the Holy Order Archmage who shot was only one of the Holy Orders who participated in the battle that day. In fact, among the Drow and Minotaurs who attacked North Lake Town, at least four Sanctuaries attacked. Except for Senaru? Miscellaneous hair, this minotaur patriarch and Ace? In addition to Losing, the prince in charge of the Drow Elves' ground commander, there are two other sanctuary.
Except for the archmage. Also involved in the attack was another Drow Elf's powerhouse. However, after the capture of Beihu Town. The two rarely go out. Because they are the same as Ace in the beginning? Luo Xin was also attacked by the trap inside the Lord's Mansion in Northlake Town, and almost lay on the ground as a result. Because the town of North Lake has been in operation for a much longer period of time than the lord's house in Burkner, the city was not attacked during the Hugodi Lords' rebellion. Therefore, the trap facilities inside are relatively intact. These relatively well-preserved trap facilities caused the Drow Elf Archmage and another Drow Elf powerhouse to suffer a great loss, and they almost became dead corpses on the ground, but they were only almost alive in the end, and the lord of Beihu Town, along with his wife and daughter, died.
If there were only these four holy steps, then Chen Kai wouldn't be too worried. At least in the remaining two months, there were still five Saint-Rank Archmages in Burkna Town, and even if they slept in the Mage Association most of the time, Chen Kai could greet them. But Chen Kai knew very well that there were definitely more than just four Holy Orders among the Drows, and even the Minotaurs were not only the two Holy Orders, Senaru and Arno. Every Minotaur clan has a Sanctuary powerhouse, and there may be more than one.
So if there really is a Sanctuary among those Drow troops and Minotaur troops who arrive, then not to mention that there are five archmages in Burkner Town, it is estimated that it will not be able to play with doubling it. Because the Sanctuary around Chen Kai is all zero-hour workers except for Arnault, and it is also the kind of zero-hour workers who can retreat at any time. If the battle is in danger, then these archmages will definitely not fight for Chen Kai. Even Arno is the same, but as long as Alyssa and the Copperring clan are still in Burknatown, then he will fight desperately to protect his people.
If you exclude the Holy Rank powerhouse. The drow and minotaurs alone could easily capture Berkna, and in such a battle of nearly 10,000 men. The combat power that a Saint-Rank powerhouse can exert is actually not very high, unless those archmages are willing to pay a high price to release forbidden spells. But if such a spell is issued around the town of Burkna, it is estimated that it is not only the Drow army that will be destroyed, but also Chen Kai's territory.
"Arnault! Under what circumstances would you minotaurs abandon your settlement? Chen Kai looked at the numbers of the minotaurs on the table, and felt a sense of annoyance in his heart, although those minotaurs were still at least nearly a hundred kilometers away from Burkner Town, and it might be easier for them to attack the adjacent territories in the north than to attack Burkner Town. But these minotaurs and drow are like swords of Damocles hanging over the head of the town of Burkna, and they could destroy the town of Berkna at any time.
"Migrate! All I know is that every time there is not enough food to eat in the fields, the tribe has to go out and find something to eat! It seems that most of the time there is not enough food grown on the tribal land! Arno grabbed his back with his hand, then leaned on the table and remembered the miserable years of living in the underworld. At that time, even he was often hungry, and even the calves of the tribe starved to death. When he thinks about those tragic years, Arno feels that his life is very good now.
"There wasn't enough food to eat! Does this happen often in the Arno Underworld? Xu Fei's eyes instantly widened when he heard Arno's news, but he immediately realized that his question was simply in vain, because if it wasn't for the fact that there was often not enough food in the underground world, then why would the black dwarves use weapons to trade food with players. Because of the lack of food in the underworld, the black dwarves are willing to trade their sophisticated weapons for food with players.
"Of course! There are too few places in the underground world where you can grow food, and those cassava mushrooms are hard to eat, and if you eat too much, you may have a bloated stomach! The food on the ground is still better, the bread and barbecue are better than the things in the underworld! Arno couldn't help but drool as he spoke, as if he were recalling the most delicious food.
"By the way, when you came to the surface, did you hear about a famine in the underworld!" Chen Kai looked at Arno and asked, but the latter was immersed in the fantasy of food at the moment and obviously didn't hear Chen Kai say anything, and in the end Chen Kai could only turn his gaze to Alyssa with a pair of big watery eyes, and the latter had been waiting for Chen Kai's gaze for a long time. Those big sparkling eyes were actually radiating radio waves to Chen Kai for a long time, transmitting a signal to ask me and ask me.
"Miss Alyssa! Do you know? Look into Alyssa's eyes. Chen Kai's mood was very twisted. Because Alyssa is still very hot today. Even if her brother Arno is back. This heifer also doesn't have the slightest idea of restraint.
"I don't know!" Alyssa's eyes flashed and she answered the three words that made Chen Kai vomit blood after a long time, but after saying these three words, she continued to speak, "But this season of the year is the season when the tapioca mushroom stops growing, and most of the time the tribe will try to save as much food as possible to survive about two months, or buy food from the dwarves through other channels!" ”
"Those minotaurs certainly don't have a way to buy food from the dwarves. And Drow probably won't sell them grain now. The minotaurs who get enough to eat will be encouraged by the Drow to the surface, and once on the surface, they will not be able to return to the starving underworld! Xu Fei used his unique voice to answer all the questions, and most of the people who followed Drow to the ground at the beginning were Senaru? Members of the Minotaur tribe and a small number of smaller tribes. Although Senaru is the Minotaur patriarch. But he didn't have the right to command all the Minotaurs, at most he could only call on them.
For the Minotaurs, they will not leave their settlements if they do not have enough appeal, because the settlements in the Underground World are the lifeblood of the Underground World race. Only settlements can grow food, and once they are lost, they may lose food and eventually perish. But Senaru, who wields grain, definitely has this appeal, and it is clear from the fact that Drow and the Minotaur took control of the grain depot as soon as they invaded the village and city.
In fact, Chen Kai and the others didn't know that the Drow Elves and the Minotaurs attacked the ground with such fanfare, in fact, in addition to food, the other half was also forced by them. The food resold to the Black Dwarves by the player showed the Drow a solution to the food crisis, but neither the Drow nor the Minotaur had the capital to do business with the humans on the ground, and in fact they were not good at doing business at all. For them, looting is far more cost-effective than slow trade, and most importantly, much less costly.
When capturing the first player's village, they found less than five hundred tons of wheat. But by the time they opened the granary in Beihu Town, they found at least 10,000 tons of grain. As a market town connected to the Northern Territory by water, Beihu Town is the largest grain trading and distribution center in the entire Hugodi Territory except for the town of Burkner. Even more important than the town of Burkner. Because water transportation of grain is far more convenient and less expensive than land transportation.
At least half of the grain that enters the north from the town of Burkna passes through here and is transferred to the north, so this grain gives the Drow a taste of sweetness, and naturally they work harder to organize armies from the underground world. Although the attack of the Central Knights and the ambush of Chen Kai led to the death of a large number of Drow and Minotaurs, this loss was nothing compared to the food transported to the underworld. With that 10,000 tons of grain as a base, even Senaru, who is seriously injured? Miscellaneous hair also has the confidence to speak in front of the minotaurs of other underground worlds. With his vigorous shouting, more than 10,000 minotaurs walked out of their tribe's settlements and came to the surface so that the descendants of the tribe could be fed and join the drow's servant army.
For the aboriginal nobles on the ground, these newly arrived minotaurs are definitely nothing, after all, most of the minotaurs don't even have metal weapons in their hands, and many minotaurs are simply primitive people with a stone axe in their hands. But when they were armed by the Drows, the combat power that erupted was absolutely heaven and earth. The heavily armed Minotaurs are definitely terrifying, especially when they fight for their own tribe and food.
If it weren't for Senaru's constant suppression, these minotaurs would have screamed and rushed to the player's territory alone, and then wanted to rely on their flesh to break through the gate and rush in to loot the grain. When they ate the bread provided by the Drows made from flour seized from Beihu Town, their eyes were almost cannibalistic.
For the arrival of Zhuoer's reinforcements, the most nervous was not Chen Kai, but the territories closest to Beihu Town and the old city of Hugodi. The faces of both the Iron Riders and the Zodiac League were very ugly at the moment, and they knew that they were almost like sitting on a volcanic crater now. The growing minotaurs patrol the area with the same sparkle in their eyes as they glow like wolves. (To be continued.) )