Nominally, humanity is still the controller of the western wilderness, but unfortunately this nominal controller is now only nominally controlled.

As the supreme commander of the entire Sentinel Ridge, Grian Stallman certainly had a fairly clear understanding of the current terrible situation. It is one thing to have a clear understanding, and it is another thing to be able to take corresponding effective measures.

Unfortunately, the lord who holds the land in Yuexi Town and the surrounding area is an out-and-out Second Ancestor, and in addition to trying to eat, drink and have fun on weekdays. Other things were never considered.

After the town of Moon Creek was voluntarily abandoned, the lord packed up all the gold and silver belongings he could take with him as quickly as possible, and then moved his family to Stormwind City to continue enjoying life.

According to some bits and pieces of information brought by the traveling merchants, in order to shirk the responsibility for the poor defense of the land, the lord even gave up the ownership of Yuexi Town.

The nominal supreme leaders have already thrown their territory and come to a rather chic soft run. With such a living example in front, the rest of those who have the ability to naturally learn from each other, and all those who can run have come to a soft run.

In other words, after such a large-scale collective transfer event, the human beings who remained in the western wilderness were not only native-born freedmen, but also some people who truly loved the land.

Well, after the vast majority of the upper-class people who didn't take responsibility left this messy land of right and wrong, the current western wilderness has become a borderless land without a lord. This should logically be a good thing, and the lack of lords of mature land is always a source of prying eyes.

If someone wants to regain control of the land, they will naturally need to reinvest their energy and resources in the land. At least if you don't clean up the jackals that are inexplicably overflowing, it will be impossible for those good farms, forest farms and mines to regenerate resources, right?

However, a strange thing happened that made Grian Storman, and even those who remained in the western wilderness, puzzled. The entire Wild West seems to have been forgotten by the nobles of Stormwind.

No one expressed the slightest interest in this place, as if they had collectively forgotten the land that they had fought over for and over.

In addition to this, there is an even stranger thing, and Grian uses his connections to send several letters to Stormwind's military asking for reinforcements. In the letter he made it clear that it didn't matter if he only sent some new recruits, and that he would reward them with extra pay.

However, what everyone didn't expect was this. These letters for help were like stones thrown into the ocean, and there was no response except for a small splash of small waves and a few dry replies.

Grianstallman had thought very simply, he would try to keep the situation going until reinforcements from Stormwind arrived. After all, there is no big man in the current Western Wilderness who can speak. In the current messy situation, no one understands that no one is standing in front of the overall situation, and that is really going to be bad.

When Stormwind's reinforcements arrived, Grian felt that he could let go of this burden and deal with some personal matters with peace of mind.

Unfortunately, the next thing didn't turn out at all as Grian had imagined. The much-needed support didn't come long, and Grian had to continue to put it on his shoulders.

It's a blessing in disguise, Grian Stallman is a paladin. Such an identity makes what he says more or less weighty. In addition, the original upper echelons of the Western Wilderness all left this place with the Second Ancestor Lord. The few remaining people who understood did not have the heart to compete with him for power and profit.

In this case, Grian's prestige has accumulated over time, day by day.

With his prestige in his hands, Grian is getting more and more comfortable with things. And God knows if it was the Light that invisibly blessed his followers, or if something else played a role in the subtle way.

This afternoon, Grian received a report from the lookout that the gnolls, who had been semi-encircling the entire Sentinel Ridge, had suddenly retreated.

Grian's first reaction to receiving the report was that it was unbelievably good news. The second reaction was to immediately send someone to immediately confirm the authenticity of the news.

So, for the sake of safety. As one of the highest combat forces in Sentinel Ridge, Grian personally went out and carefully reconnoitred outside with half of the cavalry.

Eventually, the armed reconnaissance team, led by Grian Storman himself, returned safely to Sentinel Ridge with the tail of the setting sun.

Half an afternoon of personal reconnaissance allowed Grian Storman to confirm one thing. The damn long-haired brutes did retreat, and they did so in a hurry. The lodging camp was hastily cleaned up, taking only some of the most critical food and weapons. When encountering the reconnaissance unit he led, it was also completely different from the previous performance.

You know, just before today, the Gnolls reacted to seeing humans in the same way they reacted to fresh meat. Except for screaming and rushing up, there is basically no other reaction.

Today is completely different.

Those guys took the initiative to leave some people in charge of the break, and the rest continued to bury their heads forward. In order to avoid those unnecessary casualties, Grian only took his men to fight a wave of surprise attacks and withdrew on his own initiative.

After figuring out the truth, Grian Storman, who led the team back to the Sentinel Territory, announced the good news in public in a very excited tone in front of all those who dared to come over after hearing the news.

For those ordinary people, the news of the jackals' withdrawal made them feel that this lifeless day had finally seen a glimmer of light. As for why those gnolls did this, it doesn't really matter.

And those who are more knowledgeable and understand think a little more.

These gnolls aren't going to pull the encirclement for no reason, something must have happened that made these guys have to do it. Well, no matter what, no matter what caused this to happen, it's a good thing. Many people have decided to prepare something delicious tonight to celebrate this rare good news. As for what to do in the next few days? Let's wait until we're done eating, life has to go on no matter what, doesn't it?

That's all the more people with a little insight can think of, and the higher-level figures, like Grian Storman, and his partners, can think of even more.