Chapter 40, Volcano = Inexhaustible Advanced Matter
The salamander is not a creature of this wild land at all, and its origin is mysterious, but the small volcano is actually its own lair.
Finding the weak point of the earth's crust, penetrating thousands of kilometers of rock layers, and drawing out magma is nothing more than slow work for creatures like salamanders, and there is no difficulty at all.
Therefore, after searching for a whole week, Zhou Mingyue found that this wild area, well, at least within a radius of six hundred miles centered on the A3 tribe, there is no such terrain as a volcano.
This made him scratch his head a little.
It's a bit of a headache to see you find an inexhaustible advanced substance, but you can't find the source.
But just then, the griffin cavalry returned, and the caravan arrived.
This caravan is really diligent.
When Zhou Mingyue saw Arnell, he found that Viscount Hanks had arrived.
Only this time he was accompanied by a few standing soldiers, not even a single knight.
Seeing Viscount Hanks' arrival, Zhou Mingyue was a little surprised, why did this lord come?
Although the two sides barely had a friendship with each other before, there was not much interaction later, at most they helped send Ness and Tyrese over.
After all, Ness, although Tyrese is a subject of the knights of Temos, he is also a citizen of Viscount Hanks, and it is impossible to send it to the wilderness without Viscount Hanks' nod.
"Lord Viscount, why are you here?"
Zhou Mingyue greeted him with a smile, no matter what, the other party's title was higher than his own, as part of the way to cover up his identity as a guest from another world, it was impossible for Zhou Mingyue to make any surprising arrogant moves.
"Congratulations!"
Viscount Hanks is not the kind of person with a rigid and cold personality, not to mention that Zhou Mingyue is now an independent knight, although the title is slightly lower than himself, but he is not a knight under his command after all, so the smile on his face is more sincere.
After handing over the caravan transaction to Ness, Zhou Mingyue took Viscount Hanks back to his residence.
A larger cabin than the others.
In fact, because he spends more time with the A3 tribe, he rarely moves into the cabin after it was built.
"It's a little rudimentary, I'm sorry."
The two entered the wooden house and drove away, and Zhou Mingyue asked about Viscount Hanks's intention.
He didn't believe that a dignified viscount would bring a few soldiers to this wilderness because of his congratulations.
You know, even the area between the valley and the border is not so safe.
Sure enough, this Viscount Hanks is here to find help!
It turned out that this Viscount Hanks had recently had some conflicts with the neighboring Count Max.
Well, the two families have never been on good terms, and since Viscount Hanks' grandfather died on the battlefield because Count Max's grandfather didn't come to the rescue, the relationship between the two sides has been like ice.
Of course, Viscount Hanks's father also had some conflicts with Count Max's father after that.
As for the current Viscount Hanks and Earl Max, their relationship extends to love.
More than ten years ago, Viscount Hanks married the goddess in Count Max's heart, and this incident further aggravated the conflict between the two families.
The reason why Viscount Hanks came to look for help was because he found that Count Max was fighting during this time, trying to attack Viscount Hanks's territory.
It should be pointed out that it is normal for a war to break out between two sword-wielding nobles.
The only ones who could be ordered to stop it were their superiors, the royal family of Flor.
However, often for reasons of weakening the strength of the lower nobles, the Florese royal family generally does not order to stop it, at most when one side announces its surrender and gives up part of the territory.
However, the current strength of Viscount Hanks is far weaker than that of Count Max, and coupled with the weakening caused by the previous attack on the barbarian tribes, it is too difficult for Viscount Hanks to fight against Count Max.
Of course, Viscount Hanks was not only looking for assistance from Zhou Mingyue, but also several nearby viscounts and barons.
To be honest, Zhou Mingyue here, he didn't have much hope.
Zhou Mingyue originally didn't want to get involved in the internal disputes among the nobles of the Flor Kingdom, after all, it didn't do him much good.
Even if he helps Viscount Hanks win, at most it is to make gold coins and the like, and I am afraid that there is nothing else.
But during the conversation between the two, he unexpectedly learned that there was an active volcano in the territory of the Count Max!
Helped! What did you not say, what is the relationship between the two of us? That's a comrade-in-arms from the same trench!
Zhou Mingyue did not hesitate at all, and immediately patted his chest and made a guarantee, which made Viscount Hanks, who originally had no big plans, ecstatic.
Although before coming here, he also had the idea of playing three poles with and without dates.
After all, when they met before, Zhou Mingyue only had more than 100 peasant soldiers under his command, even if he heard that Arnell of the caravan said that the valley had changed a lot and the troops were strong, he didn't take it seriously.
But when he reached the valley and saw the flying dragons rising and falling, and the guards and infantry wearing black armor guarding the stone walls of the valley, it must have felt different.
To be honest, he, like Arnell, couldn't have imagined how Zhou Mingyue's troops came from.
Therefore, at this time, Zhou Mingyue gave him a reassurance, and his mood can be imagined.
Now that he has such strong reinforcements, Viscount Hanks has not wasted too much time here, and he still needs to go back to prepare for battle.
After all, it's not just Viscount Hanks who pulls people around, the Earl Max's social circle is more extensive, and the reinforcements he can pull are probably not less.
After agreeing to meet at Hanks Castle half a month later, Viscount Hanks hurriedly led the people out of the valley.
Although there was no caravan with him, Viscount Hanks was not worried about his safety when he returned.
You must know that this viscount is already the peak strength of knights, even if he encounters some wild beasts, he can't beat them, can't he still run away.
As soon as Viscount Hanks left, Zhou Mingyue called Ness and Tyrese to arrange some affairs in the valley.
For example, when spring arrives, ploughing and sowing are on the agenda.
Of course, none of this was a problem for Ness and Tyrese, after all, they used to be farmers.
In order to ensure the safety of the valley, Zhou Mingyue not only left all the peasants and soldiers behind this time, but also the only 15 cavalry and 2 monks who survived the war workshop + period.
Of course, these can only be regarded as scum in terms of combat power.
The real boss was that he left hoplites, hoplites, heavy cavalry, longbowmen, priests and even griffon cavalry in the wilderness.