Forest, near the werewolf's lair.

There were three werewolves talking and laughing, and their expressions were relaxed and returned to the lair, and one of them also dragged a pointy-eared brown bear weighing nearly half a ton in his hand, which was their prey, and it was also considered a full load.

He was walking happily when suddenly, at the back, a werewolf shook his body, staggered a few steps forward, and finally fell to the ground.

The remaining two werewolves looked at each other, unclear for a moment what was going on.

"Is he sick?" A werewolf asked.

"Just look at it."

The two werewolves went over to check.

During this inspection, the two werewolves found a small object stuck in the werewolf's neck, which had spikes at one end and cotton wool at the other......

Even with the head that usually lacks a string on the shoulders of werewolves, they knew that this strange little thing could never have grown from a tree or grass.

"Someone stole ......"

"Poof" and "poof" were two more inaudible sounds, and the bodies of the two werewolves were also shocked, and then they followed in the footsteps of the first werewolf and threw themselves forward to the ground.

As soon as the three werewolves were unconscious, ten highland hunters crawled out of the bushes less than five meters away from them, several of them holding a long hollow pipe in their hands.

This is something that the leader came up with, and he said it was called blowing arrows, and the elves also used it.

After the experiments of the highland hunters, this thing is indeed very effective, and with the poisonous poison extracted from the rhizome of the Qinhua, it does not need to take any effort, as long as it is ambushed on the path that the werewolf must pass, one shot at a time.

"Quick~quick~ drag these idiots away."

With a wave of his hand, the hunters rushed forward, first tying the fainting werewolf's hands and feet with a tough hemp rope soaked in wood gelatin to prevent him from waking up and fighting back, and then tying the wolf's mouth tightly. Preventing it from howling and summoning its companions, it plugged the werewolf's asshole with a mahogany stopper, and the nutcracker clamped its genitals tightly so that the werewolves would not poop and pee so as not to leave trailing clues.

The ten hunters have a clear division of labor, and six hunters drag away the werewolves. Three dragged away the sharp-eared brown bears, while one was at the back to sweep away the trail and smell and prevent the werewolves from following them.

All in all, after a few mistakes, the Highland Hunters who are good at learning lessons have become veteran Werewolf Hunters.

So, the three werewolves disappeared silently.

This kind of drama has been staged in the forest every day, and it has been going on for a month, except for the beginning, Sun Ran followed all the way. For the rest of the day, it was operated independently by the Highland Hunters.

The hunters never had a head-on confrontation with werewolves, and they used traps, poisons, and all sorts of intrigues to catch werewolves.

Over the course of a month, there were more than a hundred werewolf slaves in the Falling Star Valley, and mining had already begun.

Soon after, three newly captured werewolves were transported to the Falling Star Valley.

Immediately a craftsman stepped forward. Attach a wolf's muzzle made of hard iron and wood to these werewolves, and then attach a special barbed ring to the wolf's neck. As soon as these werewolves are slightly angry and their muscles bulge, the barbed ring will touch their backs and then cut their carotid arteries.

These external controls were not enough, and the Highland Hunters had a killer trick of feeding each werewolf with a strange toxin extracted from a poisonous wood called Basha.

This poison is very vicious. After eating, it will take 24 hours for the attack to occur, and after the attack, it must be relieved with medication within three hours, otherwise the whole body will ulcerate.

The rule set by Sun Ran was: exchange ore for antidote and food. Deal clearly, exchange as much food and antidote as there is any ore, and after three years of drying, you can leave, and never cheat.

As a result, although the arrested werewolves felt angry and helpless, they finally had hope in their hearts, and slowly accepted this kind of treatment similar to that of slaves.

Of course, almost no werewolf can finish three years, under the double destruction of poison and hard mining, even if the werewolf is extremely strong, after three years, the oil will run out, if they survive, Sun Ran doesn't mind letting them go.

The new Falling Star Mine is just like that, and the mining efficiency of werewolf slaves is much higher than that of the Terrans, and one day of work is equivalent to five days of work for the Terrans, and the output is extremely high.

Falling Star Valley.

Sun Ran and a few overseers inspected the ore dug up by the werewolves.

"Chief, the quality of these deep ores is much better than the surface layers. Iron ore is purer, and the proportion of corundum is much more. And look at this, the chance of the appearance of the previously rare krypton gold particles is also much higher, and we have now collected four. ”

Over the course of a month, the overseers saw more and more werewolves appear, and mining efficiency increased rather than decreased, and slowly agreed with the authority of a new leader.

Sun Ran nodded: "This is very good." But I have an idea, we can't all give these ores to that dwarf, can we use some of them ourselves? ”

"We use it ourselves? These iron ores can't be burned and burned, how to use them? The overseer rubbed his head, confused.

There is no way, the Terrans are too weak, and there is no concept of metallurgical forging at all.

Sun Ran could only explain: "I was in the elven castle, and I saw that the elven blacksmith could use fire to burn ore into juice and extract pure steel from the juice. They used this steel to train all kinds of weapons and utensils with great lethality. If we can do this too, the power of our Terrans will be greatly increased. ”

"But it's very hard. I heard that the elves and gnomes were able to melt steel because they had mastered the secret fire. An overseer said with awe on his face.

"The gnomes never reveal the secret of the secret fire, and the leader of Ida tried to forge his own weapons, but in the end he was unsuccessful. I think the elves will keep the secret fire a secret, too. Another overseer.

"Legend has it that it was a gift from the Creator." And humane.

Sun Ran's face was solemn: "I know it's difficult, but we can't rely on dwarfs completely." If we want to be truly independent, then we must obtain the secret fire and be able to forge our own weapons! ”

"Chief, I have a solution." It was Eddie who spoke.

"Oh, you say." Sun Ran was interested.

"I've heard that when elves forge weapons, a lot of the heavy work is given to their slaves. I thought that these slaves must have learned something from spending all day with the elven blacksmith. If we can get these slaves, we might be able to find out some of the mysteries of the Secret Fire! Eddie's eyes sparkled as he continued, "Moreover, even if it is a gift from the Creator, if it is not cherished, it will be taken away!" ”

Sun Ran laughed and patted Eddie's shoulder heavily: "You said it well! That's it! ”

"But the chief, is that an elf?" It's incredible to have an overseer.

The horror of the elves has penetrated deep into the marrow of every intelligent creature in the forest, and now the leader wants to fight their idea, just thinking about it makes people feel weak in their hearts.

"It's just an idea, and how to do it has to be carefully considered." Sun Ran reassured.

"Chief, there's one more question." Another overseer spoke.

"You say."

"We don't have much food, these werewolves are very edible, even if there are hunters who keep hunting to replenish food, I'm afraid it won't last more than a month. You know, there is always a limit to the beasts in the forest. ”

A month ago, the overseer had been whipped and killed, so the overseer was cautious.

This is indeed a problem, Sun Ran looked at Eddie again, this Eddie is very spiritual, he likes it a lot.

Eddie also nodded in acknowledgement, "There are fewer and fewer prey in the forest, and we have to hunt farther away, not only here, but also around Highland Village. If this continues, we will soon have to clash with the elves. You know, the elves seem to follow a strange idea of balance and never kill wild beasts indiscriminately. ”

Sun Ran had long considered this problem, and the primitive food gathering method of catching wild beasts from the forest and collecting plant fruits and tubers was very limited.

The size of the current Highland Village has exceeded this limit.

There is only one way to get rid of this: to learn from the elves, to switch from food gathering to food production, and to cultivate crops.

This is the development path that Sun Ran has thought of a long time ago, but he lacks seeds and planting technology, although he knows all of these, but he can't say it out of thin air.

If you think about it, there is only one way to go, and that is to learn from the elves.

Sun Ran pinched his eyebrows and said, "In this way, we have to deal with elves." ”

"Chief?"

"There are a lot of elf farms, but the population is small, they don't have much to eat, and they have a lot of food. We're going to negotiate with them and see if we can find a way to get some food. ”

"Will they change? The elves were very arrogant and never treated the Terrans as slaves. ”

"Arrogant, but not unreasonable. And, can you think of any other solution to the problem right now? ”

Everyone looked at each other and finally shook their heads.

"Then this matter is decided, get ready, let's go to the nearest elf farm from here, and explore the way first." (To be continued......)