Victor skimmed over the branches, the sudden weight of which caused the branches to sink down and then rise high again. With this force, Victor shot out like a bolt of lightning, and the branches that greeted him were so slender that they broke in an instant. At the moment of his downward fall, Victor reached out and grabbed the broken branch of the tree, turned over and landed steadily on the branch, he did not stop, and the next moment he had jumped up the higher branch.

The wind was wrapped in the strong natural breath in his face, and Victor leaped from branch to branch, the throbbing of his blood filled him with a sense of intimacy with this formidable forest, and at the moment he was able to move freely through the forest like an ape without using the wind and only by exceeding the limit.

The wind in his ears was whistling, as cheerful as Victor's mood at this time.

Satisfied with his plan, Victor presented the valuable Refining Potion to Lillilla and Lucien, and generously helped Thornhorn Manor out of trouble. In the eyes of ordinary people, this may be interpreted as willfulness, but they don't know that Victor not only perfectly conceals his intentions, but also takes advantage of many advantages.

Victor exchanged green bricks for charcoal, which promoted green bricks and obtained a stable and cheap energy source - charcoal. This fuel, which was neglected by the lords and nobles, was generally used to make fires for cooking, striking iron, heating, and of course, for firing adobe bricks. Almost every territory had large fields and there was no shortage of firewood, so charcoal did not become a common trade commodity like oilwood. However, with the development of the brick industry, the giant brick kilns in the hills of Renma need to consume immeasurable amounts of firewood, and in order to protect the vegetation of the territory, Victor and the York family can only purchase charcoal from outside. Seeing that it was profitable, the lords were bound to raise the price of charcoal, but Lord Lérila, in the presence of many people, received the kindness of Victor, and she had to abide by the agreement between the two parties for a long time.

In addition, Lillilla and Lucien have Victor as their backer, and if they can become trainee knights, it will be difficult for Baron Schultz to interfere with the agreement reached between Thornhorn Manor and Victor.

As long as the Thorn Manor continues to supply charcoal to the centaur hills, the other lords don't want to raise the price. It can be said that Victor, a big buyer, has set a price for charcoal!

Secondly, Victor is not ready to recruit knights, but Randall is very short of stewards who can write and calculate. Lucien was favored and rewarded by Victor for his invention of plant dyes, which also promoted Victor's reputation as a lover. It is foreseeable that there will be many down-and-out nobles who will join the Randall family with their own inventions and creations, and they will fill the vacancy of the Randall family's stewardship.

Give first and then take, get cheap and sell well. Victor's current style is becoming more and more like Sylvia's, and of course there is his idea of win-win symbiosis.

In fact, Victor's promotion of Lucian and Lérilla to Cadet Knights was just a coincidence, and he had to enter the Dark Forest no matter what. In fact, Victor began to plan how to shake off his tail in Red Pine Town. Although Victor has now managed to separate Crifton and Judge Samurai Solo, he must hurry or the people outside will be upset.

Guided by the Alchemy Raven, Victor moved forward at full speed, and 40 minutes later, he joined up with the Alchemy Militia led by Renault. Two hours later, Victor arrived at the camp of the Alchemy Militia.

There is a wooden fence more than 8 meters high around the perimeter of the camp. Walking into the fence, Victor entered the world of birds and flowers, the alchemy militia cut down dozens of towering trees, forming a forest glade covering an area of 18 acres, the bright sun poured down, the ground was green grass, flowers were blooming, and birds were chirping and singing among the flowers, several wooden houses stood on the lawn, the wooden shelves outside the house were hung with animal meat and animal skins, and the roof was placed with several shallow-bottomed baskets, which were sun-dried mushrooms and various preserved fruits, and those birds who tried to steal their beaks would be ruthlessly expelled by the alchemy crows.

It's a paradise in the middle of the jungle.

The sun had not seen for a long time soothe Victor's impatience, and he lingered on the grass for a while before entering the largest cabin.

This spacious wooden house is more than 7 meters high, divided into two floors, the interior of the first floor is very empty, and dozens of animal skin mattresses are spread on the floor on the left and right, which should be the residence of the alchemy militia. Compared with the Chase shop on the first floor, the second floor is divided into many rooms, including bedrooms, study, meeting rooms, washrooms, all kinds of furniture, and even wooden flower pots with flowers and plants.

Victor sat behind the wooden table in the conference room, patted the armrest of the mahogany chair with satisfaction, and shook his head regretfully.

At Viktor's request, each stronghold opened by the alchemy militia left him a comfortable place to live. Unfortunately, Victor didn't have time to stay here for even one night, the camp would soon be abandoned, and the alchemy militia would have to be withdrawn.

"First of all, I will report on your basic situation. Victor asked.

"Yes, sir. ”

"We have been infiltrating the Dark Forest for 298 days now, exploring an area of 2,700 square kilometers, and discovering 11 salt mines, 3 obsidian mines, 1 Misra crystal mine, 2 iron ore veins, and 4 copper ore veins, including a copper ore associated with a refined gold mine, 7 goblin groups, 3 gnolla groups, and 16 third-class medicinal materials, 1 second-class medicinal material, 1 first-class medicinal material, and a new species. We actually control 600 square kilometers of forest, including 1 Misra Crystal Mine, 1 Salt Mine, 1 common copper vein, and 2 glades. The suspicious target is also under our control, 7 kilometers from the camp. We lost a total of 19 alchemy crows, 2 alchemy mastiffs, 2 barberry militias, and 3 spirit monkey militias. ”

There are alchemy militia and alchemy war mastiffs sacrificed!

Victor was shocked, rubbed the corners of his forehead, and said, "The amount of information is a bit large, let's come one by one." ”

"How did my alchemical creature die?"

"The dark forest has many horned eagles that prey on a variety of birds and arboreal animals. In the course of our exploration, these 19 alchemy crows were hunted by the horned eagles. ”

"179 days ago, we found a new species in the canopy near the suspected target. In accordance with the requirements of the Exploration Regulations, we first observe the habits of the new species and try to capture live organisms. In the process of hunting specimens, a hunting team consisting of 2 alchemical mastiffs and 5 alchemy militias was wiped out by the new species. Since new species are not the goal of our mission, I order the hunt to be terminated in view of their danger level. ”

Victor frowned, he thought of the sheep-headed monster that Baron Schultz had said, and asked, "Is the new species a monster in the image of a sheep-headed ape?"

"Yes, sir. Kobo Mune nodded.

"Let's name the new species the sheep's head first!"

Victor was silent for a moment, and couldn't help but ask, "How many types of monsters are sheep's heads?"

"My lord, according to your reclassification, the Sheep's Head Male Leader can be counted as a three-class creature, and the rest of the adult individuals belong to the fourth category. Kobo replied.

"Three types of creatures can annihilate my team of alchemical creatures?" shouted Victor in disbelief.

The Alchemy Empire has a set of criteria for classifying species, they classify the hydra lizard as a super-level creature, the ogre leader as a second-class creature, and the swamp dragon lizard as a third-class creature, but there is no concept of a four-class creature. In order to facilitate statistics, Victor simply corresponds to the level of knights, and regards one type of creature as the gold level, the second class silver level, the third class bronze level, and the fourth type of black iron level, and the alchemy mastiff and the alchemy militia belong to the category of four types of creatures.

Although the artificially set level does not represent combat effectiveness, it is also roughly divided into the range of strength, the alchemy militia has advanced martial arts, sophisticated equipment, and knows how to cooperate tactically, their combat effectiveness far exceeds the vast majority of the four types of creatures, and can even kill many three types of creatures. However, the entire hunting team was annihilated by the sheep's head!

Victor was surprised and a little worried, the sheepshead lived near the ruins, and maybe there was a fierce battle to be fought in the future!

"My lord, sheep's heads are social creatures, and there are 621 members of this race......"

It turned out that after encountering the sheep-headed monsters, the Alchemy Militia began to observe new species that were not recorded on the side of the will. They found that the sheep-headed monsters were family units, each male leader ruled over more than twenty family members, and dozens of families gathered together to form a large group, they usually lived in trees, ate leaves and berries, and were not actively aggressive, but the sheep-headed monster group would launch a fierce attack on external enemies until the threat was removed. The horned eagle in the forest is the sheep's only natural predator.

At first, the sheep-headed monsters didn't care about the alchemy militia, but when the alchemy militia shot and injured a sheep-headed monster, the sheep-headed monsters of the entire clan jumped down from the trees and chased down the alchemy militia team as if they had gone crazy. The sheep's head was very strong, fast, and not limited by the forest terrain, and the alchemy militia team could not escape the pursuit, and in the end they all died, but they also killed 9 sheepheads.

"In accordance with the regulations, we dissected the carcasses of the sheep-headed monsters and found that they had three hearts, the toughness of the horns reached the standard of Class I resources, the bones and leather reached the standards of Class III resources, the meat was non-poisonous and edible, and our preliminary conclusion was that the sheep-headed monsters belonged to a new species with collection value. It is recommended that adults further observe, collect more detailed data and samples, and upload the alchemy pagoda. Kobo made a suggestion to Victor.

"I don't care about that! I don't care if the sheep's meat is good or not!" Victor shook his head helplessly and asked, "You tell me that the sheep's head will not hinder the excavation of the ruins?"

"No!"

"Are you sure?"

"My lord, I'm sure!" said Cobb.

Victor breathed a sigh of relief, the alchemy militia never joked, they said that sure is certain, must add affirmation!

"What are the Mishra Crystal and a class of herbs, are there any samples?"

"There are samples. ”

Victor knew both of the samples that Cobo had taken, one was a white crystal and the other was a sunflower root.

The White Crystal has two main functions, storing divine power and loading divine magic. The crystal that stores the holy power is called the holy crystal, and the clergy can absorb the holy power in it, while the white crystal loaded with divine magic is called the divine crystal, and the low-level priest can directly activate the high-level divine magic in the divine crystal. White Crystals are a strategic item for the Church of Radiance, and they can be used as currency to a certain extent, with each White Crystal worth 400 gold soles.

This medicinal herb is a specialty of the Dusk Forest, and it is said that it can increase the chances of knights and nobles reproducing, but Victor feels that this is useless, and the little baron often eats stewed deer whips with sunflower roots in the Marquis's Palace, and the nosebleeds are often made, and Sophia is still not pregnant.

Well, sunflower root is actually an aphrodisiac for the common aristocracy!

Victor didn't expect that there were also sunflower roots in the dark forest, and it was also a class of medicinal materials in the Alchemy Empire!

"How many types of materials does the Misra Crystal belong to, and what is it for?" asked Victor curiously.

"It belongs to three categories of materials, and the specific use is unknown. Kobo replied.

"What is this herb called, and what is it for?"

"Kurtz rhizomes, hydro-elemental affinity medicinal herbs, a class of materials, are the main materials for the manufacture of recovery potions. ”

"Recovery potion, what is that for?" asked Victor.

"The special potion for alchemists can restore the alchemist's mental power and physical strength. ”

Victor's heart moved, and he asked, "Do you know how to make recovery potions?"

"Yes. ”

Receiving an affirmative answer, Victor nodded with satisfaction, he has always been curious about alchemists, but alchemy humans are only the lowest level of resource gathering units in the alchemy empire, and they do not know the whole picture of alchemy civilization. Perhaps the recovery potion could reveal some of the alchemist's secrets.

However, the matter of recovering the potion can be put aside for a while, and the top priority is to check the suspected alchemy pagoda.

Victor stood up and commanded, "Take me to see the stone ball!"