The edge of the vein at the Invercargill Forest Copper Mine, which is considered the northern part of the vein.

At the head of the team was a local Aboriginal guide, who was barefoot and barefoot on the woodland.

He has a very strong physique, his body is surrounded by animal skins, the exposed skin is a bronz, and the fine braids on his head are tied with five magic cores, the hard skin of these magic cores has not been completely worn off, but a window has been opened somewhere, revealing the magic crystal containing magic power inside.

He carried an alloy hunting bow behind him, a wooden spear in his hand, and a short knife hanging from his waist, all of which flowed out of the garrison camp in Dodan Town, and basically spread to all the indigenous tribes of Invercargill Forest, and these indigenous tribes were considered inhabitants of the Viscounty of Surdak, so they had all the rights and interests of the full citizens of the Grimm Empire.

That being said, Wilkes City holds a magical awakening ceremony without informing these indigenous tribes.

This indigenous guide is a warrior of the Monidi tribe, he can understand the imperial Chinese and can also speak some simple words.

Behind him was an adventure group from Wilkes City, this adventure group had a total of twelve members, the leader was a 1-turn 18-level warrior, and he had a valuable magic pattern structure, but this set of magic pattern construction was already very old, and many of the magic patterns had different degrees of wear and tear, and I am afraid that the repair cost would also be astronomical.

A group of team members also have the strength of more than one turn, some members have a single piece of magic pattern construction, and all of them have magic weapons, which can be regarded as a team with good combat power in the adventure group.

A few days ago, they had hunted three low-level demonic beasts in a row according to the locations marked on the map.

But as the adventuring groups continued to enter the Invercargill Forest, the demonic beasts marked on the map were hunted down one after another, and in the next few days, they continued to pounce on the air, and there was no gain for several days.

Hearing that other adventure groups often see demonic beasts on the periphery of the vein mountain, and occasionally see traces of some high-level demonic beasts, many adventure groups try their luck near the ore vein, and the leader of this adventure group decided to venture here after consulting the opinions of the members.

The Indigenous Guides are experienced hunters in the Invercargill Warcraft Forest.

He knew that there was only one such river in the valley nearby, and it was the source of water for many of the beasts in the vicinity.

Recently, the hunters of the tribe have also hunted around this mountain, and the inside of the mountain is like an invisible wall, blocking all the magical beasts from the outside, so this place has become an excellent hunting ground in the eyes of hunters.

It's just that in the eyes of the monsters in the forest of Invercargill, these tribe natives and members of the adventure party are not prey......

This cloud-patterned ghost leopard has been promoted to a fourth-level demonic beast after having the fourth demonic pattern, and the middle section of the copper ore vein is its territory for a hundred miles, and it usually hides in the mountains and forests, hunting primary demonic beasts for food.

The beast tide broke out, and he fled into the Anya swamp, where the ghost-patterned red ants did not want to set foot.

This time, it returned to the Invercargil Forest, and was suddenly surprised to find that its territory actually had the smell of dragons, and the suspicious cloud-patterned ghost leopard did not break in to explore the reality, but hovered on the periphery of the territory and waited for an opportunity.

Recently he had just eaten a white-horned deer, and now he is just thirsty and runs to the water source to drink.

It is an experienced hunter and very patient, and will definitely not act rashly until he has figured out the true strength of this horse team.

The group searched the river for the beast's footprints, and it lay in the grass on the opposite bank, completely concealing its breath.

In the evening, a group of maned beast families came to the river, and four warriors rushed out of the grass by the river, and began to hunt the maned beasts with two large and five small seven, several spears pierced the sky, the maned beasts were bulky, and one of them accurately pierced the back of the strongest maned beast.

An indigenous guide stood on the side of a large tree, looking around warily.

The male maned beast roared and 'charged' the group alone, its skin covered with rock-like armor, and it came close to a large tree and rubbed the spear out of its back, without shedding a single drop of blood.

The female maned beast stood on end with her hard hair all over her body, and fled behind her with five small beasts.

The fangs in the maned beast's mouth were curved like two sharp blades, and in the face of the maned beast's charge, the leader of the adventure group raised a heavy tower shield, supporting the shield with his body, and two members of the team stood with him, intending to resist the charge.

A member of the adventure group behind him held a spear in his hand, and at the moment when it rushed up, the fangs overturned the heavy tower shield, and the three members of the adventure group behind the tower shield flew backwards, and the member of the adventure group holding the spear in his hand, the spear in his hand was like a poisonous snake spitting letters, just between the two front legs of the maned beast, breaking through the solid rock armor, and the sharp spear tip sank into the body of the maned beast.

The spear pierced from here, just enough to reach the heart of the Maned Beast.

The maned beast made a gurgling sound, and with the spear in front of its chest, it rushed forward dozens of meters away before falling headlong on the river with abundant water and grass.

The magic patterns on his body gradually dimmed, and the layer of rock armor slowly disappeared.

These members of the Adventure Party are a group of experienced hunters who are very experienced in dealing with these junior Monsters.

Just in the direction of the female's escape, eight members of the party lay in ambush in the grass.

At this time, no one will pay attention to the young beasts, only the adult maned beasts can have magic cores in their skulls, so they will let these young maned beasts leave on their own, but the adult maned beasts cannot escape this ambush hunt.

The female maned beast never charged and fled because of the small beast following her, and was finally killed by several swordsmen with a gorgeous sword style, covered in blood.

The leader of the adventure group walked over and saw that there was a hole in the back of the maned beast, his face turned blue with anger, and he said loudly: "Just like these two maned beasts, they are still pierced all over the body, and such rotten leather is not worth a few dollars at all." ”

The cloud-patterned ghost leopard crawled towards the horse......

Just as the regimental commander stood by the river and cursed his subordinates, the cloud-patterned ghost leopard swooped out like a bolt of lightning, and its aura was so well concealed that even the most experienced hunters did not notice its existence.

It was like a phantom, a pair of claws resting on one of the member's shoulders, and just as the member turned in horror, the bloody mouth tore open the major artery in his neck.

Blood splattered on the fur of the ghost leopard, and since it bounced off......

The cloud-patterned ghost leopard suddenly accelerated in the next second, and its body was like a green smoke in the dusk, and it disappeared with a 'whoosh'.

"It's not good, it's an adult ghost leopard...... Run! The leader of the adventure group roared.

After all the members were stunned for a moment, they all burrowed into the barren grass by the river, and of course the cloud-patterned ghost leopard would not let them go so easily, and followed closely after them.

Its speed is far beyond the imagination of the members of the party, and its body is as light as a wisp of green smoke, and every time it condenses, it will harvest the life of a member.

The indigenous guide of the Monidi tribe stood on a tree and immediately plunged into the river and disappeared.

……

A moment later, the twelve shattered corpses of the members of the adventure group in the valley had basically been hollowed out, most of the leather armor on their bodies had been torn apart, and only some magic weapons were scattered among the wild grass.

The horses were also killed by wild beasts, and some supplies were thrown on the ground.

Some of the beasts that had come to drink the water took the opportunity to gnaw on the corpses.

The natives of the Moneti tribe ran to the side of the mine in one go.

By the time Andrew arrived at the water source with his cavalry battalion, there was not even a bone residue left on the ground, except for some shredded supplies.

The cavalrymen picked up some tattered magic weapons from the grass and gathered around Andrew.

Andrew picked up a completely scrapped Demon Pattern Constructed Shoulder Armor, handed it to the two-headed ogre behind him and said, "It seems that there are at least three demonic beasts lurking around here. The strength of the peak of the level ......"

The two-headed ogre mage looked at the broken slot of Qi Brush and suggested to Andrew, "You can find a sharp dagger to try." ”

Andrew used his butcher's axe to scratch the Demonic Pattern Constructed Shoulder Armor, and the shoulder armor was only scratched with shallow marks.

"It seems that this shoulder armor is stronger than expected...... Andrew said with a gloomy face.

Recently, three members of the adventuring group have been ambushed by this one in a row, and this adventuring group is the most devastating one, and the adventuring group of twelve members has been wiped out.

"If this continues, there may not be any adventuring group that dares to hunt in Invercargill Forest." Andrew said with some concern.

The two-headed ogre said with some amusement, "Wouldn't that be just right......"

Andrew shook his head and said, "But the leader hopes that the safety index in this forest can be a little higher,"

After saying that, he mounted the Gubolai horse and hurried forward along the river valley.

A squadron leader came up from behind and whispered to Andrew:

"I heard that Captain Samira will pass by the mine tomorrow with a batch of goods......

Andrew's eyes lit up, and he said with a hint of joy: "Then wait for her!" ”

……

On the same day that Samira arrived at the temporary camp in the copper mine with eighteen thunder rhinos, Surdak was seen entering the mine camp with three hundred tribal natives.

Eighteen thunder rhinos gathered at the foot of the mountain, and Samira stood on the platform on the back of the thunder rhino and waved at Surdak.

Surdak rode up to the armed Thunderrhino.

Samira slid down the smooth fur of the Thunder Rhino's neck from the eight-meter-high platform, and this time the ironwood brought back by Samira was a thick trunk, but before it was put into the shelves, it was all wrapped in linen, and now only gray packages can be seen piled up on both sides of the platform shelves.

"Is the road going well?" Surdak asked Samira.

After many days of not seeing, the life of the half-elf archer in the forest made her eyes and brows a little more wild.

"It's okay, but I met a lot of adventure groups on the way." Samira said with a slight frown, then she smiled smugly and said, "But ...... Along the way, meet the monsters that have returned to Invercargill Forest...... Seems like more ......"

Sunlight pours down through the cracks in the canopy and falls on the glades.

Surdak said: "I sent the map of the distribution of magical beasts in Invercargill Forest to the Adventurers' Guild and the Mercenary Guild, in the hope that they can come to Invercargill Forest to hunt and keep the number of magical beasts as low as possible. ”

Riding on horseback, Surdak said to Samira, "When I settle these young men of the indigenous tribes, we will talk!" ”

Samira, however, spread her long legs and followed Surdak's side.

Pointing to the young natives, Surdak introduced Samira: "They were recruited by me from the indigenous tribes of the hills and mountains. ”

Then, as if he had picked up a bargain, he whispered: "I promised them that I would pay them twenty pounds of wheat flour a day, but I didn't expect that it would be easier to recruit miners than soldiers." ”

Surdak really didn't expect to hire local natives so cheaply.

I thought that they were accustomed to the traditional mode of life and did not want to be miners, but I didn't expect that they would recruit 300 people after only two tribes, which greatly exceeded their budget.

On the way, he asked a young native who knew a little imperial Chinese why he would like to work as a miner.

The young natives were very upright, and said that they could get twenty pounds of wheat flour a day by digging stones, which was much better than hunting.

For the natives, this job is easier than hunting.

And twenty pounds of wheat flour is worth far more than a small beast, which can make a native live for twenty days, but not a grouse, and there is more to the forest than a grouse.

More than 300 young natives were arranged by Surdak to live in five large empty shacks, which were still very poorly built, but they could only stop some stupid beasts from breaking in, not mosquitoes, and no monsters.

There weren't even wooden beds built in the sheds, and the workers who lived here just spread a thick layer of moss on the ground.

The wooden beds built by the young natives themselves were also very simple, and they were secretly spread on the ground with wooden sticks the thickness of their arms.

They like to spread thick layers of moss and pine needles on the floor, and the pine branches have a strong smell of pine oil, which many mosquitoes don't like.

The first batch of workers on the mine side are all aborigines from the town of Dodan, they know some indigenous languages, and they also know the imperial Chinese, and they will not discriminate against these tribal natives, and now Surdak will hand over these indigenous young people to them to manage, and the communication between the two sides should be much easier.

At least there will be no ill-treatment, deprivation, discrimination, etc.

Suddenly, so many natives came to the camp, and it became lively all of a sudden, and the food stored here immediately became nervous.

This time, the armed Thunder Rhino transported the ironwood back to the town of Dodan, and a batch of grain had to be transported from there.

Andrew and the cavalry battalion did not emerge from the ridge until evening.

They returned to the mine camp and learned that Surdak had arrived, and immediately rushed to the camp.

The surveyor and two clerks of the Wilkes City Territorial Administration were also with them, and most of the month of mountain life made them look like jungle savages in gorgeous costumes.

I don't know how long I haven't shaved my beard...... Maybe you haven't scraped since you left the town of Dodan.

Instead of rushing to Surdak, the surveyor went into his tent and asked a young clerk to help him shave......