The camp Surdak had set up on the slopes of the canyon in the northern part of the territory was right next to the cave where the fourth-level Dark Bat was hunted.

The native archer, who had been accidentally shot by Ranger Randy, was lying on a stretcher, and an arrow had pierced through his chest, and the native archer's mouth was foaming with blood, and his face was as pale as paper.

Surdak crouched beside the stretcher, his palms pouring out of holy light, and a golden light fell on the chest of the native archer.

The arrow peeked out from his back, and had been cut off by Surdak with a dagger, and with this holy light falling, Surdak reached out and pulled out the arrow decisively.

The two-faced, four-armed demon god statue emerged, and the 'Divine Blessed Body' landed on the native archer, and his breath gradually stabilized.

Samira, who was beside Surdak, glanced at her and reached out to flick her loose hair.

Samira, dressed in tight-fitting salamander leather armor, resembles a quiet cat, crouching beside Surdak.

Although she has been promoted to the second rank powerhouse, she is also a young half-elf, not long after she came out of the city of Warjmara on the Maca plane, before that, she was a local guide in the city of Warjmara, and she was also a thief, always like to steal the wallets of tourists.

In order to feed the children in the shelter, she was even willing to climb the city walls and shoot the hateful hellhounds below.

She never lacked courage in the face of life, but her disregard for life was gradually formed after she became a strong person.

With a wave of his hand, he asked the archers to carry the wounded back to the tent.

"Everybody has a lot of curiosity, especially if his skills give him the confidence to ignore the law, and it's understandable that they're curious about it." This sentence seems to be talking about the dead members of the party, and it is like talking about Samira.

The half-elf archer blinked her pale red eyes and didn't speak.

Surdak stretched out his hand and pulled Samira up, pushed the hut open and walked in, poured a glass of wine and handed it to her, and said, "They may have the idea of stealing, but if they only understand the simple idea and do not act on it, we can only warn the expulsion." ”

"You can't assume that someone is strong just because they look at you. Adulterer. He added.

With soft lips biting the rim of the glass, sipping the spicy and slightly sour fruit wine, Samira sat on a wooden bench near the window.

"Now that Invercargill Forest has become my territory, many things have to be judged, you are now in charge of an archer battalion, and you have more responsibilities on your shoulders, to establish the right code of conduct for those archers, we can't kill all those who are hostile to us, at least the laws of the Grimm Empire don't allow it, and that will also lead us into endless wars, sometimes deterrence is also a means of retreating the enemy."

Surdak put the golden cider back on the wooden shelf, turned and said.

He had already built several large wooden huts in the wooded area, which had thick walls and earthen stoves for heating and cooking, at least to keep the warriors out of the cold in the harsh winters.

Surdak intended to build a barracks here, so the wooden houses built here were built according to barracks standards.

"Malacomb has already sent the bed crossbow and catapult to Dodan Town, this time I'm going back to find a way to get those ordnance here, you stay here and keep an eye on the group of ghostly red ants on the other side, and try to make things easier for those adventurers."

Surdak lit a lantern in the room, and he hung it on a hook in the ceiling of the roof, and the room suddenly lit up.

Turning around, he said earnestly to the half-elf beauty in the light:

"It's definitely a good thing for us that they're hunting red ants on the south bank of the mountain stream, and if it weren't for the recent need for the mines and the army to continue to invest a lot of money, I would even want to give a financial subsidy to these adventure groups."

"Then it's better to set up a reward list, and set the adventure group that hunts the most ghost-tattooed red ants every month will get a reward, and we will only award it to the top three, so it shouldn't cost much." Samira helped Surdak with his ideas.

Surdak nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "That's a good idea, the reward can also be a magic pattern...... Anyway, it's rumored that there is a great alchemist behind me who is secretly supporting me, so I'm afraid it's no secret. ”

Samira narrowed her pale red eyes and whispered, "I'm a little looking forward to what kind of action those adventurers will take when they hear about this reward......

"Samira, you must remember that our enemies are not the adventurous groups that are hunting red ants on the south bank of the mountain stream to make a living, but the ant tribes on the other side who want to compete with us for land and all resources." Surdak sat down across from Samira and spoke to him again.

"If you know, you know what to say!"

Like an agile leopard, Samira swooped out of the window.

……

Eighteen thunder rhinos loaded with a group of ironwood walked along the forest road to the south, and in the early morning a faint mist rose in the forest, and the trees in the woodland where the leaves gradually withered and yellowed in the fog were looming.

Don't worry about these thunder rhinos getting lost in the forest, the leading thunder rhino only needs to walk along the ten-meter-wide forest road, and the exit is not too far from the north exit of the Dodan Gorge.

Standing on the platform of the Thunder Rhino's back, Surdak waved goodbye to Samira, who had climbed to the top of the tree.

"You're going to build a barracks here?" Aphrodite pushed open the door of the wooden house on the podium and stepped out of it, looking out over the hillside in the morning mist, and asked Surdak.

"Well, I'm going to transfer the northern defense line of the Bailin Plane Occupation Zone to this side, and the report has been transferred to the Chester Great Swordsman!" He smiled at Aphrodite and said, "Always go to the worm valley to the north......

Aphrodite took off the Mithril mask on her face, reached out and stroked the bed crossbow on the platform, and reminded Surdak: "As long as you don't think that the queen ant in that worm valley will have the same strength and means as the green queen ant who has not lost their wings when the beast tide meets, there will not even be any comparison between them, the one in the worm valley is only the strongest among the millions of queens, and these queens we meet in the beast tide have not even entered the maturity stage." ”

Hearing Aphrodite's warning, Surdak suddenly felt that he had taken this northern expedition a little lightly.

He thought that black powder was being prepared in the village of Wall, so he asked Aphrodite:

"How's the black powder prepared over there in Wall Village?"

Aphrodite said: "The first batch of gunpowder has arrived at the brimstone mine camp, and I am here for this purpose, it is too dry over there, and if there is a slight open flame, the batch of black powder will be detonated if it is not good, so it is necessary to transport it from the sulfur mine camp here early." ”

Hearing Aphrodite say this, Surdak felt as if the succubus had made Puss Mountain his home.

He promised, "Okay, I'll transfer as soon as possible." ”

Aphrodite asked, "Why are you in such a hurry, isn't it going to take ten years?" If we were to postpone it for a year, the situation would be much better here! ”

Surdak shook his head, then spoke, "I have inquired about the whereabouts of Viru, and I have heard that he has traveled north with a tribe of indigenous peoples to search for the footsteps of their ancestors into the Far North, in search of the refuge established by their ancestors for the indigenous people. ”

"Now this Dark Worm Valley is here, blocking our footsteps to explore the north, we must always try to eradicate it, I think that after the ant tide is over, it is also the weakening period of the Dark Worm Valley, and we can take this opportunity to go deep into the depths of the Worm Valley." Surdak said.

Then he said: "In addition, now that the army has expanded to three thousand people, which is much larger than ever, if you want to maintain the army's will to fight, this ghost red ant is a good choice." ”

Surdak looked to the north, but his view was blocked by a high mountain range, and he continued:

"The soldiers in the army need the Ghost Pattern Ant Inscription, even for the sake of those 'Strength and Toughness' Demon Patterns, I will continue to fight these Ghost Pattern Red Ants."

"Do they think the return to the Worm Valley Beast Tide is over?"

"It's not that simple......

"It's up to them when this battle begins, but it's up to us when it's over."

"As long as I can continue to benefit from this war, I will continue to fight until this worm valley is completely toppled down."

Aphrodite suddenly felt that the light in Surdak's eyes was as sharp as a sword.

In preparation for this war, Surdak not only prepared a large amount of black powder in the village of Wall, but also bought a batch of bed crossbows and catapults from the merchant Malacom, but unfortunately could not buy more powerful magic cannons.

A ray of sunlight pierced through the mist and shone on Surdak's body.

The Thunder Rhinoceros slowly made their way through the mountains.

……

A hoarfrost has formed on the grass outside the town of Dodan, indicating that winter is just around the corner.

Selena pushed open the window and let the cold morning breeze blow in, she leaned against the window with the quilt in her arms, and her exposed round shoulders instantly became cold.

She quickly retracted her body, put on a knitted sweater and a long black skirt, rearranged her long loose hair, put on warm deerskin boots, and hurried to the town market.

She didn't even have a window and there was a splash under the surface of the river, and the blue scales were dark red......

The weather was so cold that the river did not want to flow, but fortunately, the river did not freeze for the time being.

Winter was coming, and the mermaid was shivering in the river, so she quickly got into the makeshift nest under the wooden house, and quickly got out of the river, picked up a bath towel from the clothes hanging on the wooden wall and wrapped it around her body, and the huge fishtail flicked two ends into the warm bathtub that was slightly steaming.

In order to settle this friend, Signa and Nika have been working hard lately.

The girls even asked Aung San to build a new underwater room under the hut in the name of Surdak, half of which was deep into the river and the other part was outcropping, and was connected to Selena's riverside cabin.

It looks like a basement with a stepped floor that leads down to the river.

This basement has a fireplace and a large bathtub, and this is a nest built specifically for the Cana merfolk.

Beneath the large bathtub is also a stove that can be used to heat the fire, and the mermaid Cana lies in the warm tank, closing her eyes under the steam......

There was a knock on the door, and Thea strained her ears to listen carefully, and then raised her hand to shoot a stream of water, which was like a flexible ribbon, curling in the air and shooting at the deadbolt, which was pushed open by the current, and the wooden door was pushed open from the outside.

The two young faces of Signa and Nika were revealed at the door, and when they saw the mermaid Thea soaking in the bathtub, the two girls breathed a sigh of relief and walked hand in hand into the somewhat dark and damp wooden house.

"When I passed the bend this morning, there was a thin layer of ice near the shore." Nika said as she carried a bag of wheat cakes on the shelf next to her.

She glanced at Thea with some concern and said, "I'm afraid that in the future, there will be more and more ridges here, and the entire river will freeze." ”

"Don't worry, you can stay here forever." Signa said nonchalantly.

Nika said with a somewhat tangled face: "We are also going to the temple, I am afraid that I will not be able to accompany you here during the day, I will add a lock to the outside of this house to prevent anyone from breaking in." ”

"We don't know who to turn to to help you, I asked some rich people in the town, they face a homeless Canahai tribe, the first thing they want to think of is always to take you for themselves or sell you to a slave owner, probably no one will want to release you back into the sea, after all, the sea is too far away for the people here." Nika said.

She did ask some people in town lately, and she didn't even say that both of these statements sounded more plausible.

Some people simply said that there is almost no seafood in Dodan Town, and if you can meet a Cana mermaid, you can grill it and try it.

Or you can make a specimen while you are young and beautiful and hang it on the ceiling of your living room......

Signa didn't have so many concerns, and said directly to Thea:

"To get you out, first we have to save some money, then we have to have an excuse to slip out, and most importantly, we have to find a place with the sea."

The girls were a little worried, and the room fell silent.

"Otherwise, let's talk to Dark!" "He's the sheriff of the Badlands, the lord of Invercargill Forest, and I don't think it's hard for him. ”

Nika thought of Surdak's serious face and asked Signa with some embarrassment, "What if he doesn't want to help us?" ”

Signa blinked, and quickly said, "We can ask him first, if he has such thoughts, let's not talk about Thea, I heard that he is coming back soon, because the Twin Goddess Temple is about to hold a ceremony, he is the mayor of Dodan Town, and he must rush back for this kind of thing." ”

Nika muttered quietly, "You know, he's my master, and I don't want to deceive him for anything......"

"Got it, I'll go find him." Signa's dark eyes were like the silence of the night.

.bqkan8.. bqkan8.