Roddy looked around at the barbarians and continued, "However, the leader of Avala is a little unwell and needs to rest these days. ”

He raised his arm as he spoke, and several old hunters who wanted to enter the house were immediately stopped by the soldiers, they obviously realized that it was not that simple, but there was no leader present at this time, and these barbarians, who were usually accustomed to obedience, could not be tough even if they wanted to.

"Get out of the way!

"This is mine!"

The noise came from afar, and the barbarians who were looting food and weapons had no idea what was happening here. Sodrol and the soldiers cordoned off the place, Akasha and the soldiers entered the house to give simple medical treatment to the three severely injured barbarians inside, the hunters who wanted to get close were pushed into the distance, only Erwin still hadn't figured out the situation, he stupidly shouted at Roddy: "The leader of Avala wanted to kill you last night!"

Luo Di stopped, looked at him with some surprise, and then nodded: "He just told me this, and I decided to forgive him." ”

With that, he walked on, leaving Erwin confused as he thought about what had just happened.

A day later, Avala, the leader of the barbarian village, appeared in front of his tribe wrapped in bandages.

He summoned all the people in the village and said uncharacteristically and solemnly: "After careful consideration, I think... The snow monsters must be expelled, or we won't survive this winter. ”

Avala was obviously unable to speak, but when he saw Roddy standing aside with a smile on his face, his broken rib seemed to ache faintly. In desperation, he swallowed his saliva and continued to repeat the "counteroffensive plan" that Roddy had asked him to memorize.

Although it was the leader who spoke, the call to fight back against the snow monster did not receive much response, and these barbarians were used to running away from the snow monster, and they dodged one by one, and they did not see any desire to fight at all.

"I know what you think, but this Baron Roddy... Will lead his team to help us!"

It wasn't until these words were uttered that no one below raised their heads, and their originally numb eyes showed a little hope.

"We have new weapons and reinforcements, and the snow monsters are no longer a threat!"

With a stiff expression, the crowd dispersed, and Avala stayed there honestly, waiting for Roddy to nod before returning to his house under the "protection" of Sodrore and the other two soldiers.

Roddy didn't think he was going to use this method to manipulate the tribe - it didn't feel good to raise a puppet, because it always reminded him of some unpleasant memories of the "motherland", but the plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and everything was pretty good at the moment: at least Roddy didn't do anything to kill or oppress, and all his methods had been peaceful so far, and no human life had been taken from beginning to end.

Sodrore had no extra emotions about this, and in this era, Roddy's methods were much "cleaner" than those of the aristocracy. There is no genocide, no indiscriminate killing of innocents, a carrot in one hand to buy the hearts of the people, and a big stick in the other hand to deter the leaders, these unintelligent barbarians are easily in their hands... He thought it would be better for these guys to be stupid, at least they wouldn't be in a bad mood when they were kept in the dark.

The villagers didn't think that the leader of Avala would be insincere, and they were still immersed in the joy of food and weapon supplies, and their attitude towards the soldiers was quite friendly, and they even took the initiative to pack up a warm room to provide shelter...

Roddy didn't know whether to say they were simple or stupid, and there was always some inexplicable emotion at work in his heart: he was counted by Avala, and he wanted to wipe out these barbarians directly - but in the face of reality, he could only choose to compromise.

"What's the next plan? Really help them fight snow monsters?"

After locking up Avala, Sodrore asked as he moved his arms beside Roddy.

"I didn't expect the snow monsters here to be a nuisance, so cleaning up was a must..."Roddy squinted his eyes at the sparse vegetation on the hillside and ice field in the distance, "but... Originally, I wanted to 'establish diplomatic relations', but I didn't engage in aggression, hey. ”

Sodrore was puzzled by Roddy's inexplicable feelings, but he didn't express any opinions, but after confirming the strategic direction, he went to arrange the team to prepare for departure.

At noon that day, two teams set out on a journey to drive out the snow monsters - each team consisted of five barbarian hunters and about twenty battle-hardened soldiers, one led by Sodrore, and the other led by Nata and Akasha, and the team of about fifty people quickly disappeared into the vast snowfield.

It's not difficult to deal with snow monsters, and there is no need to worry about having a general pressing the formation, so Luo Di and the sappers stayed in the village, wandering around the village with nothing to do, chatting with these villagers in a northern accent, completely harmless to humans and animals, and invisibly creating a friendly and harmonious atmosphere.

Five days passed quickly, and the two teams returned to the village on time, with good news for the barbarians: the snow monsters were easily disposed of, and the hunting area was more than forty percent restored.

The large number of prey brought back with them made the villagers feel relieved, and they looked at the piles of meat, and they became more and more in awe of these "short" warriors.

And that's just the beginning of all of Roddy's plans.

Avala was placed under house arrest in disguise, and some of the people in the tribe were suspicious and even hostile to Roddy at first, but seeing the results now, their attitudes also changed unconsciously...

In difficult living conditions, it is already difficult to be able to eat. Over the years they had survived on a diet and malnutrition had become almost universal, and within a week of Roddy's arrival in the tribe, everyone had enough meat to eat—the contrast between the two living conditions was so strong that they naturally chose the latter between "loyalty to the chief" and "a life without starvation."

As a result, Avala's authority was gradually overlooked, and when Roddy's team set out on the second expedition, the barbarian hunters became noticeably more active, and young hunters like Erwin enthusiastically signed up to see the bravery of the regular army.

Roddy was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he decided to agree and double the proportion of barbarians in the team.

The wind and snow were all over the sky, time passed, and the team set out again and again to exterminate the snow monsters, while Roddy sat in the warm stone house, writing the integrated information on parchment, constantly analyzing the number and distribution of the snow monsters, and carefully comparing them with the data in his memory.

A month later, the snow swept across the ice field and the temperature became colder, and the troops who returned for the fourth time successfully completed their intended goal and began to rest as planned - by this point, more than a dozen Yeti tribes in the vicinity of the tribe had been cleared, and the hunting area within a radius of tens of kilometers had been completely recovered.

In previous years, the winter was always full of depression, but this year the barbarian village was extremely festive: frozen reindeer, wild boar, and all kinds of meat were piled up in the ice cellars for storing food, and although there were more than 100 "outsiders" in the village, their food reserves were more than three times more than in previous years, and they were more than enough to eat until next spring.

Roddy, who is good at grasping the atmosphere, organizes a celebration in which the barbarians, young and old, and the soldiers, sing and dance, and also issue an order: the team will no longer participate in the extermination of the snow monsters, but will enter the snow fields to explore, and if the barbarians are willing to join the team, they will be rewarded with high-quality weapons and armor.

This is the second step in the plan, which is local conscription.

The weapons that were given to the barbarians before were all shoddy and simple weapons, in other words, "trial versions", and the free things were worse after all - these days they have been watching the battle with the team for a long time, and these barbarians naturally understand the difference between the weapons in their hands and those "high-quality weapons"...

People are greedy, and the barbarians who are warlike and martial themselves can't restrain their inner desire for weapons, so as soon as the news came out, the first batch of twenty people was immediately sold out.

From the hostility of a month ago, to the current enthusiastic registration, the change in the attitude of the barbarians is really not small, but when you think about it, all this is extremely reasonable - looking at the barbarians who are elated because they have been chosen, Sodrore can't help but sigh secretly as he counts the series of traps that Roddy has laid for them.

"Speaking of which... The foundation of these barbarians is really good. The talent of that person named Elwin is very good, and the potential of the others is much stronger than that of the farmers of Karen, if they come to be infantrymen, I am afraid that the orcs will not take much advantage. ”

Sodrol is used to being an instructor, and everyone has a desire to cultivate. Instead, Luo Di laughed beside him: "Otherwise, what do you think I brought a hundred or so people here for? In half a year, I want the number of barbarian soldiers under your command... More than five hundred. ”

"But there's a whole village—" Sodrore's eyes froze in the middle of his words, and then he looked to the mountains to the west, "I see. ”

In the midst of the snowstorm, a wounded snow monster struggles to walk through the forest.

The wound in the abdomen was extremely severe, and a section of the intestine even drooped outside, and it had long been frozen in the position of more than 30 degrees below zero. Blood dripped and after fleeing the battlefield for more than ten kilometers, the sturdy snow monster finally couldn't support it and fell into the depths of the dense forest with a "bang".

A group of snow wolves smelled the smell of blood and came around, and their eyes were vigilant around the circle slowly approaching the dying snow monster, after confirming that the other party was not threatening, the wolf king led by called his companions to hug up, excitedly preparing to enjoy this "feast".

The snow monster was powerless to resist, and could only watch as the beasts approached, but just as the sharp teeth were about to bite its throat, the trees in the forest shook for a moment...

The snow wolves stood there for a moment, then turned and whimpered and fled into the distance - while the dying snow monster opened its eyes wide and tried to turn over, as if it had heard some kind of call, and tried to crawl forward, but it was not long before the severely injured snow monster finally stopped moving and stiffened on the crawling path.

The strange fluctuations in the air continued for a while and then slowly disappeared, the startled birds gradually fell back into the trees, the snow was still drifting, the wind was still howling, and everything was calm again.

But at this time, the Shadow Dragon stopped in place with an ugly face.