Standing on top of a mountain cliff overlooking the deep Lake Galbe, the palace seems to be crumbling.

When the craftsmen built this magnificent palace, they invited the elemental shamans to help, and they magically fused the stone with the forest.

Three minarets rise from the center of the palace and are made of solid stones supporting trees, the spires rise into the sky, and the side wall window lattices are lightly opened.

Each minaret is home to elemental shamans and teams of crossbowmen, ready to strike at invading enemies with the help of towering minarets, which can lead to thunder or shoot from a high vantage point.

The exterior walls are made of raised granite blocks, and the interior is filled with repeatedly steamed clay, which is a combination of rigidity and softness, even if it is bombarded with catapults.

The main hall, located in the center, is built by communicating with the spirit of the wild, condensing more than 100 towering ancient cedar trees to support the skeleton of this circular building, and then covering it with masonry and bronze ornamentation.

Anyone in their right mind will be amazed at this majestic structure and will be convinced that it is truly a miracle.

This palace is called "Mineyur", which means "fortress of arrows", and is the center of Houjian Island and the Federation.

"We have no choice," Wofgar whispered, looking at the members of the Dragon's Clan who were unloading the goods in Mali, and the three ogres standing not far away, so strong that even the polar bears were terrified, "At least until we get home, we'll ...... None of us had any choice. ”

Hearing Wolfgar's words, the chief of the Xiong Zhen tribe smiled bitterly and responded: "I'm afraid that we still have no other choice when we return to the fortress of arrows," and Walibel saw it more thoroughly than the son of the young Great Chief, "Just as the empire relies on tin ore, those steel ingots used for trading will definitely put a shackle on the Federation in the future......"

Voliber didn't go any further, Wolfgar wasn't as stupid as he looked, and he should have understood what he was going to say next—what if he knew it was a shackle?

Whether it's the dragon that can cause volcanic eruptions, the floating beast that descends from the portal made of volcanic rock, or the whale that escorts them all the way back to Houjian Island...... There was not a single one that did not leave them dumbfounded.

The other party is so powerful, if you fight against it, it is really an unrealistic extravagance.

What's more, the Federation is also monolithic - although the various tribes of the Polar Bear People and Walrus People nominally need to obey the command of the Great Chief, it is difficult to say that they will not have other thoughts in the face of the large number of steel ingots transported by the other party.

And this is the reason why Quest chose to carry out Huairou commercial plunder, in exchange for the power to be attributed to the emperor, or Caesar's camel empire, which can only resort to force to open its doors.

The main person who followed the merchant ship to Augon Island was the three ogre brothers, but they were not the main docking personnel, and in order to facilitate communication, Quest intended to recruit a diplomat in the world of ashes.

"Crying Face" - this gladiatorial star of the Tuka City Arena, who can freely switch between the three forms of human, half-iron-eater, half-human, and iron-eater due to bestiality, was bought out by the young blue dragon with money.

The beautiful life of wine, meat, and fights is completely away from him.

If you want to drink wine and eat meat, you must first learn to speak the various dialects and slang of the polar bear people, and if you want to get emotional and want to fight, you will have the help of the ogre strong man Naru, the senior in the gladiatorial arena, and teach the rules by physical means.

As for minor problems such as injuries and headaches, the witch doctor Palu said that all kinds of potions were enough, especially the energy potion that Quest named "Huoxiang Zhengqi", and drinking a spoonful of it when studying could solve his slackness.

"Three adults," after checking the progress of his studies, he drank three spoonfuls of energy potion in a "crying face", and said with a sad face: "Those two polar bears have already recognized, and the pronunciation of the colloquial words I said today is quite accurate. ”

The clever tongue scroll was used - in fact, this was originally a support item prepared by Quis for "Crying Face", but Blue, who "always has an idea", thinks that learning should be steady, so he only uses it when checking his learning progress - Blue also understands what "Crying Face" said, and what Volibell said about him later.

"Beware of arrogance and rashness," Blue replied in standard Polar Bear language under the influence of the spell, "Learning is a spiraling process, and then set a small goal—it will take two days to get to the fortress of arrows they say, and during this time you will need to learn to write the commonly used Polar Bear script, about five hundred words." ”

If crying helps, the "crying face" doesn't mind crying a lot. For the next two days, after sitting in a wagon pulled by a split-hoof ox and learning to write 500 polar bears, he was ready to cry.

The Leviathan's deliveries from the world of ashes were far more than a single sail cargo ship cobbled together from a few Nar-type warships, and their team was only tasked with establishing diplomatic relations first.

But even so, the cargo unloaded from the ship was piled up with a cart pulled by more than thirty split-hoof oxen, and a whole team of desert kobold warriors of the Dragon Clan guarded the convoy.

As for the cargo ship, after unloading the cargo, it had sailed to the open sea and anchored, and the whales that followed them all the way were deep at the bottom of the sea, and the undead who never slept were always watching over the cargo ship.

Unlike the Camel Empire, Houjian Island does not have a desert around its periphery. But the entire island is surrounded by cliffs, and the outpost fortresses are built on the roads in the mountains, forming layers of passes.

Due to the fact that there are Wolfga, the son of the Polar Bear Chief, and Volibel, the chief of the Bear Clan, although it is the same as when they first arrived at the port, many passes thought that it was the landing and invasion of the army of benthic devilfish monsters when they saw the desert kobolds, but fortunately, two noble polar bears came forward and resolved the misunderstanding.

Each outpost fortress in its path would send messengers on a large horseback beast resembling a mammoth to Mineyur in advance to report the news to the Great Chieftain of the Federation.

At the same time, some men will be assigned to follow the caravan in the name of "protection", depending on the tribe to which the pass belongs, whether it is Walrus people or polar bear people, and in fact they are vigilantly monitoring their every move.

In the midst of the fortress of the Arrows, in the back of the main hall, several chiefs of the Commonwealth tribes dressed in fine clothes sat in a stone chamber. In the center of the room, a grim-faced elderly polar bear man leaned against a smoky fire.

The polar bear man wore a moss-yellow glossy robe embroidered with various elements and wild spirits, and the body under the robe was loose, with a jawy fang, and bloodshot tired brown eyes.

He muttered a language that no one else could understand, and threw a few pine needles into the fire, making the smoke thicker and choke, filling the stone room, which was so shabby that it did not fit the palace forbidden pattern, with only a small ventilation window.

The old polar bear man leaned in and took a deep breath, "A pinch of bone meal and a little pine cone husk are missing......

Following a reliable and pure tradition that can only be found among the oldest shamanic sects, the oldest shaman of the polar bear race, who taught the "Thunder Roar," performed his divination rituals methodically but with care.

Although he described it as withered, had difficulty standing up without help, and was always hunched over and moving slowly when walking, this physical aging did not prevent him from listening to the conversations of various "spirits" with his soul.

But now, no matter how much he listened, the "spirits" who communicated with all things could not give him accurate answers—the creatures that appeared abruptly on Houjian Island, or even in the island world, seemed to be a mystery in themselves.

Thankfully, though, the most sensitive Wild Spirits, and the most lively Flame Spirits were fairly safe, and they didn't detect any hostility from the aliens who had already set foot on Houjian Island.

It seems、It should be safe to come into contact with。

When the news was told to the waiting chiefs, the old shaman was visibly relieved and invited them out of the stone chamber where he lived.

Then, with the support of the apprentice, he lay down on the soft slump sewn from leather and fur to rest, and replenished the energy that had just been expended in divination.

In the next work, it will be difficult for the old and frail shaman to help, and simply let the young and vigorous federal chiefs dispose of it at their own discretion and care.

When the caravan sent by the young blue dragon entered the forest of Mineyur, and the Splithoof Ox pulled the wagon on the "lakeside path" on the shore of Lake Calbe, the greeting team sent by the Arrow Fortress was already lined up on both sides of the road.

Although it is called "trail", this section of the road is actually specially carved out of the forest, and the loess mat road is then covered with stone slabs, and the road is wide enough to accommodate three or two ox carts going hand in hand.

As if to welcome the caravan, the "lakeside path" is now covered with pine branches, which exude a pleasant aura when they are trampled.

"The pine branches are dry," said Blue, who was sitting in a van with a keen sense of smell, and turned his head to Paru, who was sitting nearby, "and a smoky smell of drying...... Very easy to ignite. ”

The two ogres did not get out of the car, and their brother Naru stood behind the diplomat's "crying face" at the moment.

The leader of the greeting team was the captain of the guard of the Polar Bear Great Chieftain, and he naturally knew Wolfgar and Volibel, so he communicated with the two of his kindred first, wanting to ask about the precautions for docking with the alien merchant group.

As the "Crying Face" changed into the image of a half-iron beast and half human, everyone in the greeting team thought that he was a somewhat malnourished polar bear, and one of the guards came up to him and kindly asked, "Are you the guide of this caravan?"

"No, I'm ......"

Because he couldn't remember how the word "diplomat" was expressed in the language of the polar bears, "Crying Face" suddenly became a little speechless, and he glanced back at the strong ogre man behind him, but fortunately it was not the Blue who always checked his "homework".

"What's wrong with your eyes, are they still beating you?"

"Crying face": ......

This guard is like an offensive actor who is famous for "killing with one word".