After a month of construction, Harmony Village has completely become a construction site.

Zhou Qingfeng succeeded in integrating the fragmented population of the Black Forest by providing food at low prices and adapting living conditions. This proves one thing - the lowest untouchables can play a powerful role as long as they are well organized.

Meanwhile, deep in the Black Forest, a broken team emerged from the ruins of Silverleaf City, occupied by the Magru tribe. The chief alchemist of Coldwind City, Lord Fabro fled from the forest with five or six men in disarray, desperately hoping to be repaired.

The 'Alchemy Chief' was in a bad condition, his expensive arcane robes had become tattered beggar's outfits, the scroll bag around his waist was empty, and the staff he had at hand was exhausted, which would not even be able to be used as a crutch.

Originally, there were warriors, rangers, thieves and other people in the team, but now more than half of them were killed and wounded. The living were exhausted, but they didn't even have a mouthful of hot water, and supplies were either lost in battle or depleted.

"Tambos." The 'Chief Alchemist' shouted, calling out his students over, "It's not appropriate for us to return to Coldwind City right now. You've been in the Black Forest for a while, is there a good place to stay? ”

The condition of the wizard's apprentice is worse than that of his own teacher. Half of his face was blackened, his body was wounded, one hand was hanging from his neck, and it was difficult for him to walk tiredly. It was true that he couldn't return to Coldwind City in his current situation, but because of this, he hated his teacher even more.

Tambos said, 'The nearest thing to us was the village of stucco, but that village was destroyed. We can only go to Tyrant Village now. He spoke respectfully, but bowed his head deeply, afraid that his irrepressible hatred would be revealed.

Or maybe Fabro knew that the students hated him, but he couldn't care about it now.

The ruins adventure that has just passed is a complete disaster.

The first is supplies, a team of more than a dozen people, one horse each. However, with high loads, one horse can eat the rations of five people. As a result, the horses and camels were not supplied enough to feed themselves.

Fabro had thought the quest wouldn't be long, but he was wrong.

After abandoning the horses into the forest, casualties appeared. Tambos reminded his teacher that the elven ruins were overrun by a powerful tribe of goblins. But Fabro didn't take the goblins seriously at all, and felt that a single fireball spell was enough to scare the greenskins away.

The result? Fabro didn't even touch the edge of the elven ruins, and the whole month of his adventure was spent fighting goblins.

All the casualties came from the humble greenskins. They hide in the canopy, in the bushes, in the mud, and constantly cause trouble with poisoned arrows, traps, ambushes, etc.

In the beginning, the fireball technique did have a good deterrent effect. Goblins will run as fast as rabbits. But over time, these cunning and stupid creatures have paid for their lives to find ways to deal with outsiders.

The greenskins are endless, and they can't kill until they drag Fabro and the others down. They will even use their own kind as bait to deliberately attract firepower and attack when their prey is negligent.

For the first ten days, Fabro and others had the upper hand. But when they realized that their supplies were running out and they had to retreat, a continuous attack appeared.

Goblins all over the mountains appear like a tide, and they can't be killed. They are like monsters that only appear in nightmares, fearless and only know how to fight.

In addition to goblins, there are also bear goblins, lizardmen, gnolls, and kobolds. The latter is more insidious and cunning, and more difficult to deal with. These monsters are adapted to the environment of the Black Forest, elusive and unguardable.

In order to flee for his life, Fabro kept dividing his troops, in fact, he discarded his sons and tortured them to the enemy. There were originally five wizard apprentices such as Tambos, but now only two are still alive, and the others are dead.

Fabro's party entered the Black Forest with sixteen men, and five wizarding apprentices, including Tambos, were joined in the village of Greymud. Now only six scarred, hungry fugitives have come out. Everything else was lost in the endless forest.

Finally escaped, and everyone supported to the limit. Tambos said that he was going to the 'Rat Village', but no one had any opinion, but he didn't know if he could hold on?

After staggering for a long time, the group came to a fork in the road. It's getting dark, but it's still a few kilometers away from the destination, and it's a long, long walk in the forest.

Someone in the group began to cry in despair. At that moment...... a four-wheeled carriage drove at the fork in the road, and on the carriage sat seven or eight laughing adventurers.

What's going on?

The exhausted fugitives stood stupidly on the side of the road, not understanding how such a scene could happen in the Black Forest. But the groom who was driving the car passed by with a whip and shouted, "Do you want to take the car?" One silver coin per person, and there is a discount for group tickets.

You're halfway to the bus, so it's half price. Two silver coins will take you to Harmony Village. There are taverns, rooms, hot water, good food in the village. Looks like you're still going to need a doctor. It doesn't matter, although there is no priest in the village, there are witch doctors. ”

The groom rubbed his hands proudly, and said in a loud voice: "As long as you are willing to spend money, there are even beautiful women in the village." What do you think? Get in the car. ”

The fugitives were still stunned, and the contrast between such a situation in the gloomy and terrifying Black Forest was too great.

Fabro turned his head to look at his students, and Tambos hurriedly asked, "Harmony Village?" Isn't this road leading to Rats? ”

"Ah...... it's the original Rat Village, and now it's renamed. Can't you get up? If you don't come up, I'll go. This is the last train of the day, and if you miss it, you will have to spend the night in the forest. "The horseman whipped his horse and was ready to go.

Tambos couldn't hold it anymore, so he took out two silver coins of his own pocket and let the people in the group squeeze into the car. I can't squeeze in the carriage, so I can only hang two outside, and then divide two to squeeze with the coachman.

The wizard students and their teachers crowded into the carriage, and the people in the carriage looked at them in stunned amazement. The master and apprentice were so tired that they didn't want to speak, but someone still took the initiative to ask: "Look at you like this, did you go to explore the elven ruins Silver Leaf City?" ”

The master and apprentice looked at each other, but they couldn't hide it. Tambos nodded, 'um' in acknowledgement.

...... uproar, the carriage was already lively, and this 'um' ignited the passion of the passengers. A series of questions followed. Tambos had to answer briefly.

"Are the ruins real?"

"Of course."

"Is it dangerous?"

"Isn't this nonsense?"

"There are a lot of goblins and monsters, right?"

"Yes."

"Dead?"

"More than half of our teammates died."

"So we made the right choice to purchase the Silver Leaf City Adventure Pack. Otherwise, if you rush into an unfamiliar territory to explore, the outcome will be the same as this team. ”

"yes, yes, why save money? If you want to explore, you can't save money. In particular, the preparation must be done well, this is an iron law. Look, this is the lesson of blood. ”

"It seems that Harmony Village is still worth visiting, and the money is well spent."

At the end of the topic, it was already an internal discussion among the people in the carriage, and everyone was satisfied with the decision they made not long ago when they saw what happened to Fabro's team.

But as the 'chief alchemist' of Coldwind City, Lord Fabro obviously didn't like to be judged like this. He couldn't help but ask, "Well...... what kind of gift package?" ”