Chapter 12: The Kobold Menace
Different from the bartender's bright smile, hearing the bartender's words, Gu Feicang's originally intoxicated expression sank instantly, this news is too important.
Around the Baiye outpost, there is not a small number of kobold people, but a kobold group, even if there are only a hundred or so people just a small group, for the Baiye outpost, it is also a great threat, after all, the orcs are strong, a hundred kobolds, and it is not bad to be far from a hundred or so fighter apprentices, plus there is also a junior magician-level kobold sacrifice, once the power is blessed, I am afraid that this group of kobolds will be able to exert the power of nearly one hundred and fifty fighter apprentices.
And now, in Gu Feicang's hands, there are only fourteen pikemen, even if a new recruitment is carried out next week, there are less than thirty, it is completely impossible to face the attack of so many kobolds, if you want to survive, you must develop the castle space as soon as possible, otherwise, the kobold at the Baiye outpost will disappear in a month, and the kobold clan will definitely react.
Now, the only good news is that one of the kobold auxiliary sacrifices that originally belonged to the kobold clan should have been killed by himself, which is a good weakening for the kobold, but even so, the strength is still too different, if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't collect materials at all after leaving the Baiye outpost, Gu Feicang would have the heart to directly abandon the Baiye outpost and flee for his life. Immediately, Gu Feicang turned around and walked towards the outside of the tavern.
"Lord Commander, please stay!"
Just as Gu Feicang turned around and wanted to leave, the bartender suddenly stopped him.
"Is there anything else?" Gu Feicang looked at the bartender suspiciously, could he have any other news.
I saw the bartender show a kind smile, pointed to the wine he hadn't finished drinking, and said, "Dream Forest, promise a hundred gold coins." “
"Much, much, more, how much? A hundred gold coins, you blackmailed me? Just such a glass of wine, you want me a hundred gold coins, am I not the owner of the tavern? Why do you need money?"
Hearing this, Gu Feicang, who was originally worried, suddenly exploded, a hundred gold coins, and a pikeman was only sixty gold coins, and as a result, a glass of wine was almost two pikemen, how could Gu Feicang accept this.
I saw the bartender shrug his shoulders and said helplessly: "I'm sorry, even if you are the commander, you can't eat and drink for nothing, the Forest of Dreams is a specialty of our tavern, a hundred gold coins still depends on your identity, you know, it is difficult for others to drink if they want to, and the price is also higher, a hundred gold coins is definitely not much, after all, I will never pit you, right?"
Hearing this, Gu Feicang's face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, looking at the innocent appearance of the bartender, he wanted to punch him into, but there was still no way to do it, he handed over a hundred gold coins, and then rushed out of the tavern with great momentum, all the way to the blacksmith shop.
Unlike the last time, he didn't dare to buy too many logging and quarrying tools because he was worried about the homeless, in the face of the kobold who could appear at any time, Gu Feicang could only develop as soon as possible, and once again spent a hundred gold coins to purchase a batch of logging and quarrying tools from the blacksmith shop, Gu Feicang left the castle space.
"Lord Consul, have you finished your breakfast?" As soon as he left the castle space, Gu Feicang heard a knock on the door, followed by Ashley's crisp voice.
When Gu Feicang heard this, he immediately said aloud: "Ashley, come in." ”
With a squeak, the door was pushed open, and Ashley, who was wearing an obviously ill-fitting robe, walked into the room, put away the dinner plate like a maid, and turned around to leave.
"Ashley wait. “
"Do you have any other orders?" Ashley stopped and turned her head to look at Gu Feicang.
"That's the case, Ashley, after you go out, help me gather everyone, I looked at it yesterday, with the current level, it is too slow to collect enough materials for the Baiye outpost, so I have created another batch of collection tools and are ready to distribute them to everyone, this matter, I will leave it to you to do it for me, can you do it?" Gu Feicang looked at Ashley.
Hearing this, Ashley's face suddenly showed a determined look, and she nodded heavily, "Lord Archon, please rest assured, Ashley will definitely live up to your expectations." With that, Ashley walked out with this determined step.
As Gu Feicang expected, with enough collection tools, the speed of collecting wood and stone suddenly became a lot faster, originally he could only collect a little wood a day, but now he can basically collect two points of wood a day, although the stone is a little slower, he can also collect a little bit a day, and the speed is more than twice as fast, which makes Gu Feicang, who is always facing the threat of kobolds, breathe a little sigh of relief in his heart.
However, Gu Feicang, who breathed a sigh of relief, didn't know that having enough collection tools not only boosted the speed of collection, but also boosted the greed of people's hearts, although he had expected that human nature could not withstand trust, but when he really happened, he still gave Gu Feicang a big lesson, and even, almost killed him, if it weren't for Ashley.
It has been three days ago since Gu Feicang rescued the group of homeless people from the hands of the kobolds, and in three days, the state of this group of homeless people has changed dramatically, although they are collecting wood and stone every day and are working, but because of the pikemen, they can eat and drink enough, although they have only three days, they have also got out of that skinny state, and now it seems that they have a little more energy.
As the saying goes, food and clothing are **, in the same way, food and clothing give rise to greed, with the gradual food and clothing, some of these displaced people also have untimely thoughts.
In a jungle next to the Baiye outpost, a few wandering homeless people were cutting down trees for a while, only to see them cutting trees while being lazy, and then, a lewd homeless person walked into a few people and whispered: "Hey, guys, have you heard? Around this Baiye outpost, there is also a group of kobolds, I am afraid that it will not be long before the Baiye outpost will attack the Baiye outpost." ”
"Isn't it?" Hearing this, several homeless people were startled, and the work in their hands that they didn't pay much attention to suddenly stopped.
"York, you didn't scare us when you heard that, but we finally settled down, and we had food and drink, and if the kobold came again, what would we do?" said one of the homeless people worriedly.