The Black Forest in winter is cold and at the same time magnificent. After the heavy snowfall, the warm sunlight spills through the treetops, and together with the snow blown off the treetops by the wind, it looks like a bewildering beauty. Snow is piled up on every pine tree here, as if the Christmas party is about to start early here. If you wrap brilliant and colorful lights around these tall tree trunks, it will look even more beautiful.

It was still Xiao Yan who walked at the front of the team, and behind him was a group of dwarves with a total of about 150 people, and the most fortunate thing for Xiao Yan was that there were no babies in this dwarf team, so the entire team's itinerary would not be affected too much. The youngest dwarf was 7 years old and had already begun to grow a beard.

This is also something that puzzles Xiao Yan, in fact, dwarves generally start to grow beards from the age of 7, and when they are about 10 years old, they will grow into a large beard that covers half of their faces. This pre-emptive change can effectively separate humans from dwarves. Generally speaking, a dwarf at the age of ten is an adult and can start a family on his own without his parents, but in reality the dwarf is usually a real adult at the age of twelve or a little later. Thirteen of the dwarves in this dwarf colony were 10 years old, and they were as strong and powerful as the adult dwarves, and they were hardly different except for manual work.

This is an unimaginable fortune, and it is no wonder that in little Fryman's memory, these dwarves are the most loved by the slave hunters. Think about it, these dwarves will work hard as long as they are provided with enough drink. And they are able to live longer and work longer than humans. From the age of 10. Keep working. Buy back a dwarven slave that can be used by three generations for the price of a human slave. It's a lucrative deal.

What's more, the dwarves are a jack-of-all-trades, as they are skilled at prospecting and gathering minerals, forging and smelting minerals, they can craft sharp swords and solid armor, and they can also make fragrant wine. How could such a dwarven slave or subject not be welcomed?

Tosto's idiots, Xiao Yan shook his head as he walked. Neither the small local lord of Tosto, nor the merchants, had ever thought of giving these dwarves enough respect and compensation. If it is a lord who knows how to give grace and power, rather than blindly oppressing, and always favors humans when problems arise, this dwarf tribe may have already belonged to that lord and brought more considerable wealth to the lord.

But he also needed to thank the stupid lord, Xiao Yan thought, because of the existence of such a lord, he could take these dwarves so easily, along with their group. For decades, the lords of Tosto had never recognized the dwarves as subjects, only because the dwarves were not subjects. will be able to exploit more tax dollars.

When Xiao Yan entered the dwarven village a few days ago, his first reaction was to pat the inexplicable Carpenter on the shoulder. Not only Carpenter, but those dwarven warriors were all photographed by Xiao Yan one by one.

"There is a long way to go, come on, come on."

This was Xiao Yan's words at the time, and no dwarf could understand what he was trying to say.

After doing this, Xiao Yan had already decided that if Rose Collar had enough money, he would be willing not to use any dwarven warriors, along with Carpenter. He was only going to let these dwarves do one thing, and keep having a relationship with those dwarven women.

Looking at the nearly 40 female dwarves of childbearing age who also have beards, Xiao Yan felt that this was simply the biggest waste of population. Think about it, 10 years, just 10 years, you can have at least 20 dwarves, and the numbers will continue to add up every year in the future, and at most 30 years, the Rose Territory will have a combat force composed entirely of well-equipped dwarves.

And how many years is the combat life of this combat unit? 50 years, 60 years, or 100 years?!

When Xiao Yan thought of this, he didn't continue to think about it. At that moment, he was shocked.

It's too deep into the play, and this is something he suddenly discovered.

He was Xiao Yan, not Little Fryman, but at that time he was thinking from the perspective of Little Fryman. He was, and was only a hurried passerby, and the life of the indigenous people for decades and hundreds of years was nothing to him.

He knew it was because of Weishenme, carrying the crown for too long, building the circle pool, and dealing with other things, and his mind was being guided by that crown. That's why there was that strange change at that time.

After that day, Xiao Yan put the crown into his scepter. And it was decided that he would not continue to use this crown unless necessary.

As for when necessary, it should be the next circle upgrade.

This made Xiao Yan feel a little helpless, because without the crown, he couldn't call out the floating window, and it was impossible to know if he had more magic circles, and he didn't know how many gene points he had and how many magic circles he could use. And the magic circle is his biggest reliance on survival in this shijie, without the support of the shijie tree skill system and the demon skill system, if the magic circle is also unusable because of insufficient gene points, it is likely to mean the arrival of annihilation.

The problem is that if he wants to upgrade the circle pool, he has to keep mastering more basic circles, which means that he has to spend a part of his gene points every day, and the gene points in the circle pool are in a vague calculation, and each time the circle is released, it will be vaguely constrained. It's like a warrior fighting a tiger, both hands and feet are invisibly bound in a tiny area. However, this range is not fixed, and this warrior must deal with the ferocious tiger in this chaotic background.

However, Xiao Yan knew that he had to adapt to all of this, and he had to precisely control the use of the circle in a more vague sense. If he can do that, his progress will be very noticeable. And this will be a valuable experience for him.

Holding a white scepter, Xiao Yan walked slowly through the snow, the dwarven children behind him seemed to be more energetic than the adult dwarves, and they ran back and forth throughout the group, and the slightest difference would make them extremely happy. Because of their presence, the entire dwarven team has also become vibrant, and there is no such feeling of defeat and silence.

"Luckily this is the Black Forest, and luckily it's winter."

Looking at the snow-covered tree trunks, Xiao Yan couldn't help but say: "If it is another season, in other places, I am afraid that there will be fierce beasts that have never hibernated, as well as those slave catchers who are hungry for profit. ”

Capone, who was following closely behind Xiao Yan, nodded and said, "Yes, my lord, I didn't think of these aspects at all. “

Xiao Yan smiled and said, "No, you are numb. Walking through the mountains and forests, there are people missing in the procession, which makes you feel alarmed once or twice, but over time, you will not be panicking. ”

After a pause, Xiao Yan continued: "My arrival is to tell you that the life and freedom of every dwarf are precious, don't ignore them at will. ”

Carpenter drew a cross on his chest and responded, "Praise! Your Excellency, you are the most merciful lord I have ever met, not one of them. ”

Xiao Yan shook his head slightly and asked, "How long will it take for us to reach the Speyer Monastery?" ”

"According to the direction, the normal march should be about ten days to get there, but the speed has been slowed down a lot, and at the current pace, it will take at least five days to reach the Abbey of Speijel."

"We currently have 42 days of food rations left, and at this rate, we can't reach the Rose Collar before we run out of food. And even if you arrive at the Rose Realm, it may only be spring, and there will be a shortage of food to meet your food needs. ”

Xiao Yan looked ahead and whispered, "I need to go to the Speyer Monastery to see if I can buy more food there, and you must build a suitable resting place near Spayer to ensure the safety of all dwarves." I will leave my current grain there, and you will wait for me for 5 days. ”

"What if you don't come back after 5 days?"

Xiao Yan smiled slightly and said, "Then bring the dwarves and make the Speyer Monastery a historical relic." ”

Carpenter's body shook, stared at Xiao Yan, and said, "My lord, you are against the nobles of the entire Holy Roman Empire. ”

Xiao Yan nodded and said, "Of course I know, but that's what the Holy See wants." What's more, I am the Lord's walk on the earth, and my existence is testified by the Lord. The destruction of Speyer, perhaps against me and the nobility of the entire Roman Empire, but against me, was against the Lord. Those who oppose the Lord are blasphemous, impure, and must die. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Yan turned his head to look at Carpenter and said, "At that time, if you can destroy Speyer, what awaits you is not to flee, but to be accepted by the entire European aristocratic circle." Because you are the one who defends authority and justice for the Lord, and your community is the one that defends justice for the Lord, with these, your shijie will become completely different, and it is normal to become a nobleman. ”

Carpenter stared at Xiao Yan, and after a while, after the team behind him, the leader of the dwarves whispered, "I would rather let you survive than become a noble." My lord, the dwarves also used to have nobles, but the nobility of the dwarves does not bring hope, you can. What the dwarves lack is not nobility, but hope. ”

When Xiao Yan heard this, his body stiffened a little. He thinks of himself as a passerby, so what about these dwarves? Really just leave them behind everything?

The hills in the distance were covered with snow, and there was no noise in the sky except for the wind.

Even the bouncing dwarfs stopped talking, and they stopped, looking at the young but magical lord in silence. (To be continued......)