Act 20 Expansion (Second Update, Erupts Today, Ask for Subscription)

Although it is part of the Dark Forest that extends into civilization, the Bearman Forest itself is not large, especially the mountain forest where the four lumberyards are located, and it only takes a day or half a day to traverse.

The westernmost sawmill captured by Brando was called the Horseshoe Sawmill, and news of its fall spread throughout the forest in a matter of hours as the cavemen broke out.

For a while, the cavemen in the mountains and forests began to become ready to move.

At the same time, of course, the news reached the ears of the patriarch of this troglodyte tribe. Born from one of thirteen noble bloodlines of the cavemen, Tajib was a natural witch doctor's choice - a darker complexion than the elite warriors of the cavemen, and covered in long feathers - the feathers of the dinosaurs, the spoils of the battle against the dark elves of the underworld.

But now it sits on the Bearskin Throne, and has no intention of caring for these beautiful feathers. It stroked the skull with a wooden stick, also feathered, with its slender fingers in it, a little irritated.

It had become the leader of the clan five years earlier, becoming independent from the patrilineal clan. However, he encountered trouble in the fight for his own territory, and had to habitually migrate with his people. This is not uncommon in the Underworld, but surprisingly they discovered one of the paths to the surface.

Although the rumored surface world was far from a paradise for Tajib, he decided to take a risk, and after a brief adaptation to life in the surface world, he and his people began to realize that humans here were not as terrible as they imagined, so they seized the four lumberyards located in the forest.

But this action drew the wrath of the local lord, of course, Baron Grudin. Humans and cavemen fought in the forest twice, but Tonigel's uneven army and noble private soldiers were no match for these cavemen, and the humans were driven out without taking advantage of them.

In the end, Gruddin even had to pull down his face and come to talk to it in person. The caveman didn't need the wood from the forest, but Grudin's couldn't, and Tonigel supported Ampesel's supply of timber, and the first person to trouble him in case of a problem was his powerful father, Count Jean Denel.

So the deficit was a deficit, but Grudin had to find a way to secure Tonigel's annual exports of basic timber. The four lumberyards near Fir City were among the most productive in the whole of Tonigel, and he did not dare to give them up, but there was no way to retake them by force - and the matter could not be known to Count Denel - so the only recourse left was to rely on the means of buying and selling.

While it may sound strange that a lord should spend money to buy the produce of his own domain, Grudin's silver mines are still in his hands, and silver is an important currency in circulation in the underworld, and Tajib needs more money to strengthen his clan, so the two sides hit it off, and this private transaction has been preserved.

Tajib appreciated such a deal, and although the cavemen had won more than once in their previous battles with humans, even making Gruddin have to pull down his face, this did not hide the fact that his tribe was scarce. Thousands of Black Iron-level combat power sounds terrifying, but this is the entire population of its tribe-

Tajib is very smart, and through constant contact, he gradually learns the truth of the human world in which he lives. While it may not be possible to find an army in Tonigel that can easily drive them out, it will not please them if they rashly appear in human territory.

Keep in mind that the Barony of Fir alone is home to nearly 70,000 people, not to mention the entire Toniger. What's more, if an alien race like them rashly attacks a human settlement, it may attract a wider range of attacks.

It knew that the place belonged to a country, and that the concept of the state was synonymous in Tajib's mind with the underground kingdom of Jorgande, which made it a little afraid.

Therefore, even though it knew that there was a silver mine in Gruding's hands, it did not dare to occupy it lightly. Anyway, it was satisfied with the current state of affairs, and it only had to keep a firm grip on the three lumberyards to get a steady supply of silver from the human lord's hands, with which it could expand its tribe at will, until one day it could return to the ground.

In Tajib's mind, returning to the underground is still his number one goal. Tonigal is covetous, but it's not their cavemen's territory.

But it seemed that good things did not last long, and on this day the patriarch felt that he was in trouble.

After adapting to a stable life, it becomes less inclined to start a war with humans, especially when the development of the tribe has just seen a good situation. Because fighting with humans would inevitably attract the attention of the surrounding forces, it did not really want to expose its existence now, but the more it thought about it, the more it seemed that the trouble had come to its door—as if news came from the front that afternoon that the humans had once again slaughtered into the forest-

This time, the humans not only captured a lumber plant, but also killed at least a hundred of its tribesmen.

Upon hearing the news, Tajib became furious, and while ordering the members of his clan who could fight, he became calm and began to inquire about the other party.

The defeat ahead made the cautious and clever caveman witch doctor cautious, and he had gathered all his henchmen here to hear more.

The first to speak was an older caveman in a bear's skin, and of course, from a human point of view, the so-called growth of the caveman was nothing more than becoming more rickety, with more fragile and slender limbs, and his body was covered with white stripes.

The old caveman was called 'Hornclaw', though most of the cavemen had no name, and the name was given to him by Tajib, Hornpaw was the name of a bipedal underground lizard that was one of the most famous hunters in the underworld, and was known for its cunning.

Tajib gave the name to the old caveman in praise of his wit and experience. But in fact, the old caveman defected from an opposing tribe, and the caveman did not have the notion of a human being - it was common for underground creatures to respect the strong, and to defect from one tribe to another.

Moreover, the 'Hornclaw' is experienced and sophisticated, so it has a lot of weight among the tribes of Tajib.

"I've heard that the people who retreated earlier described that there should be wizards among the humans," said the old caveman, "and it's a silent spell that the dark elves often use against us when fighting underground." It's a pity that we don't have more witch doctors on the front line, otherwise we wouldn't have died so many people. ”

"How many of them are there?" Tajib asked.

"Two or three hundred."

"It's only two or three hundred," said the caveman patriarch gloomily, "that human named Grudinin is so tired that I don't dare touch him if I let the mercenaries come to us for trouble?" "Let's deal with these mercenaries before we go and kill that bullshit lord, and I'm not going to be polite to him - the silver mines to the south have been taken." ”

"If you do," Hornpaw replied, "you'll cause a human backlash." ”

"It doesn't matter, it takes time for them to move. When we grab a sum of money in the silver mines, and then we go back underground, I'll see if they dare to catch up. Tajib replied dismissively.

Several elders in the room exchanged views with each other using their own unique sound waves. "So what are those human mercenaries going to do?" Another caveman asked.

"I'll do it myself," replied Tajib, "and it's just magic." ”

It stood up and said, "Tonight, I will ask all those humans to pay the price of blood for our people" Tajib's shrill voice echoed through the room, and several caveman elders bowed their heads, but did not object.

In their minds, those humans are indeed a little ignorant of life and death.

Because unlike the news that Tajib deliberately released, in fact, there are more than 3,000 cavemen living in the bearman forest at this moment, and in the face of this huge force, even if the entire Toniger's army is gathered together, it is not enough to see. Of course, perhaps Tonigel has the county of Jean Denel behind him, and Eruin.

But Tajib knew very well that Gruddin could not bring in the outside army in such a short period of time without leaking any news.

Now there are only mercenaries in Fir City who have gathered before. This is exactly what they had been told before, and it seemed that Gruddin had indeed mobilized mercenaries to deal with them.

But if that guy thinks this will shake their foundation here, then he will pay for it.

But what Tajib couldn't have guessed was that Gruddin had already paid the price. It's just not for them, cavemen, and the enemy standing in front of them at this moment is Brando, who is as familiar with him as they are.

The battle changed direction from the very beginning.

……

The battle in the horseshoe wood felling field ended early, and the cavemen who poured out of the nest left nothing more than old and sick people in the camp, and they were powerless to resist.

But even so, the mercenaries paid the heaviest price in the final battle for the lumberyard. More than thirty people were injured and ten died.

Juta, Fern and Clenthia were relieved when the victory was finally decided. They are people who are accustomed to seeing the difference between life and death, and this casualty is actually somewhat unexpected. No, it should be said to be a miracle, if it weren't for Brando's familiarity with these underground residents, they wouldn't have paid such a small price, and even winning was a luxury.

Although this battle with the cavemen was not originally expected by them-

Therefore, the mentality of the three Grand Masters at the moment was a little complicated, and it could be said that they were not so willing to fight for that young lord. The fir barony was supposed to have nothing to do with them, but for some inexplicable reason, they were bound together.

Juta, Fern, and Clenthia couldn't help but look at each other, but there was only a bitter smile in their eyes.

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