Finally back to the cottage in the woods, where they said I was missing.

There was a big yellow dog still lying there so quietly, I read that right, there was really a dog, it was indeed not a hallucination. It's just that it's already a corpse.

"You died the night you disappeared." He looked at me with a complicated look in his eyes.

Tim pointed to the house where I lived. That's the house I crawled out of in the dark.

Touching the rough wooden floor and the weedy bed in the house, he recalled that when he woke up, he thought he was blind and couldn't see his fingers, gritted his teeth and didn't dare to scream, crying and groping for this to crawl out of here. I looked under the bed and at the box that had been turned over. It doesn't seem like a dream!

The shadow didn't seem to be a hallucination...... I looked back at the door and felt palpitations...... I won't sleep alone tonight.

"That's it. One has been found. Tim pointed to a large tree trunk in the clearing. I was amazed by the sight of this tree. I've never seen a tree so thick.

"How much more?"

"At least 4 of them. We're running out of time. After a while, we have to hurry up the mountain. He handed over an axe.

The old hunters in the woods showed us the way, and I followed them all the way into the mountains. There were no horses on the mountain, so we had to walk.

It took three days to find the tree in the mountains, and it is said that it took nearly two weeks for lumberyard workers to transport the tree out of the mountains. We made a trip back to Donggu Town, and I took the opportunity to meet Ellie, and then we hurried back to the Eastern Barracks site.

It is not difficult to build a barracks in a dense woodland, but it is much more troublesome to build a barracks on the top of a mountain. The trees at the top of the hill had been cut down, and a large building scaffold stood in a large clearing.

The scaffolding was visually measured to be thirty meters high. Tim told me to double the height. I asked him why he wanted to build such a tower in such a place.

"The largest military fortress in the East Elwyn Forest will be built here, and it will be very close to the Silent River. After the Jinghe River is the sunny woodland. The Sunny Glades' avenue to Alwyn Forest is also close by. The avenue to the north is the official road leading to Chiji Mountain. This is the eastern gateway to defend Stormwind. He pointed to the guide side and the east side.

"When the Stormwind Kingdom fought the troll gnolls more than ten years ago, the north was not willing to send troops to support at all. We don't have a lot of interaction with the dwarves who dig caves. The jackals on the side of the Red Ridge Mountain will still haunt, and the fertility of this group of beasts is really strong! This group of male dogs is estimated to be idle every day. So it only takes three to five years for their she-wolves to give birth to a new army! Can you imagine? Hum! The Stormwind Kingdom can only defend itself. In recent years, the country has been much more stable, and His Majesty King Lane can be regarded as taking precautions. Tim said.

I asked, "How long has it been here?" ”

"It's been almost a year." Tim said.

"Where do we work?" I asked.

"North Alwyn Forest, Jade Mine Cave. It was badly damaged by the gnolls during the war, and we have been working there for four years, and the mine is not fully open, but it is ready to mine. He said.

"I turned out to be a miner." I say.

"No, Mason...... Alas, I really don't know when you'll be fine...... We are not miners, we are a brotherhood of masonry. Of course, our union also includes the miners. He turned his face to look at me. Your brother's name is Edwin Van Cleef. ”

"This ...... I still have memories. I responded. But is he a stonemason or something else? ”

"It turned out to be a stonemason, but he is now our chief. Your brother is amazing. ”

I don't know if this sentence is a sycophant or really remarkable. But I thought I could ask my brother for something or remind him. When I think about this, I have some expectations and hopes.

"I don't have to say he's nice or anything, but Mason, I think you really have to be considerate of him." Tim grabbed the reins of his horse and jumped off his horse. "We're here, I'll take you over to reminisce about memories."

There's something in what he said.

Hundreds of workers were busy on the edge of the tower. There are dozens of shacks on the edge of the forest, which are supposed to be places to sleep at night, which is really simple enough.

But I immediately saw the stake with the head in it. The head has begun to rot, and the flesh on the face is more of a miserable peck from the birds.

"Gragg...... "I walked close to my head, his eyes were long gone, and his hollow sockets were staring at me hollowly.

I don't have any impression of him in my head, but since they all say so, my relationship with him must be unusual. What's more, he is still the head of such a big project. This is my brother......

I took his place. But I don't know if my head will ever stick here side by side with him. If it doesn't finish on time, I feel like it should be promising.

But I always felt as if it wasn't that simple.

It was time for lunch, and I didn't have any appetite when I looked at the workers' food. Coarse bread and vegetable soup full of bran and black bran.

"No meat?" I stared at the workers who were receiving their meals and asked Tim suspiciously.

Tim was silent for a moment and said, "Yes, come on." ”

He took me into the cabin where I lived. After a while, a thin little boy walked in with several plates.

"Mason-sama, your lunch is ready, I'm sorry we didn't receive a notification of your return, please forgive me. Dinner is sure to please you. The little boy bowed his head in fear.

I was stunned and looked at Tim. Tim pursed his lips and smiled. He looked at my surprised face and said to the little boy, "It's all right, Jim, leave it here." The little boy walked in very restrainedly, and gently put a few plates on the table, along with a jug of wine. Then he retreated.

"What do you mean?" I pointed to the food on the table, which was fish, stew, ham, vegetable soup, bread that was noticeably whiter than the workers ate, jam and wine. I couldn't see what Tim's face meant.

"Mason, it's not interesting. Have a good meal. I'll go to the tower first. He smiled and walked out.

Honestly, I'm not hungry, and I don't think I can eat these things alone. And this meat ...... I feel a little wrong. I suddenly remembered what they were talking about. I walked out of the hut to where they had their meal.

The workers who shared the meal obviously knew me and nodded their heads to greet me, while the workers lowered their heads and received their meals in silence. I stood on the edge of the barrel and watched as they filled the bowls of soup to the workers, spoonful by spoonful. According to my thinking and impression, at least there must be oil and water in it. As a result, I found out that it was a boiled dish, or a dish I didn't recognize.

After standing for a while, I couldn't help but ask a young guy, "This has to be at least a bit of an oil star, isn't there any meat?" ”

This sentence obviously stunned a few of them to divide the meal. They looked at me and didn't dare to speak.

"Hey, what's your name?" I asked, standing next to the young man who was sharing the meal.

The young man did not dare to raise his eyes, and as he distributed bread to the workers, he said, "Karen, my name is Karen Porter, Master Mason. ”

Here I am an adult.

"I just asked you, is this soup a little too vegetarian?" I think that's fine, but this guy named Karen is obviously a little scared.

"No, my lord, we eat like this all the time." He said timidly.

"Isn't that delicious? Can it be delicious? What about no oil and water? "I try to keep my tone particularly amiable.

"Ah...... It's ok, we think it's okay. That's the kind of lie that such a young kid can tell. How can this be delicious?

"Don't you eat meat at noon?" I then asked.

"This ...... Isn't that what you decide? He kept his head down. One sentence choked me half to death.

Am I ordered? Is this my order? Not good! It doesn't feel good!

"Uh, okay I forgot." I prevaricated. What else can I say? "Is there meat tonight?" My peripheral vision caught the workers who heard me raise their heads.

"This ...... I'm sorry, my lord, I don't know, these are all set by you, I don't know your arrangement, my lord. And I'm only responsible for distributing meals. Cullen said with his head down.

"Okay, Karen, I see, I seem to have forgotten a little." Lying makes me blush, and it makes my face so hot that it's hot.

"Thank you." With that, I slipped away.

What the is going on! How can I still be responsible for their meals? I have fish and meat in my meal, what do these workers eat? What am I doing here? What kind of guy am I?

"Tim, you'll have to tell me more." I said to Tim, who was eating, that his meal was better than the worker's, but far worse than mine.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I'm in charge of the workers' food?"

He just snorted.

I was a little anxious to see that he was no longer talking. "Who's in charge of this?"

"What, who's responsible?"

"Who's in charge?"

"You." He shifted the food in his mouth to the other side.

"Me? Am I the head? This group of workers are all our people? ”

"Not exactly."

"What about you?"

"Me? Take them to work. ”

"My deputy?"

"Not really."

"What do you mean by not counting? You're not a deputy? ”

"Lord Baron Palmer. He's your deputy, and I'm just working with the workers. ”

"What is this, baron, who is he?"

"The nobles of Stormwind City, it is said that they made great achievements in the siege of Stormwind City more than ten years ago."

"What is he doing here?"

"Watch us work."

"What does it mean to watch us work?"

"Yes, looking, to be precise...... Uh, you. ”

"What the...... What kind of baron is this? Where is he? Why didn't I see him? ”

"He doesn't usually be here, he often goes to Shining Gold. If he's not here, he's probably going back to Flashgold Town. ”

"The kid named Allen who shared the meal just now told me that I ordered these meals?"

"Cullen, his name is Cullen."

"What's it called, I'm still a guy here? Head chef? Director of Logistics? ”

"You take care of everything. Mason. The secretary is called Vernon."

It's all my business? How can I do this, do I...... No...... There's no one to stop me? "No, no, no! No...... What is Nagerag? Isn't he the head of the place? What do I care? Can you explain to me what I am? ”

"Gragg is the head of the pack. You're the second-in-command here. In fact...... Your brother Edwin isn't very supportive of this. Mason! But in the end, I don't know why I took this job. Grag was assigned by you. The expected time for the first phase of the project has arrived, but nothing has been completed...... And then you're coming, uh, it's us. However, the second phase did not meet the specified time as expected. But Gragg was killed anyway. You've also been missing for a few days. ”

"Do you know Gragg, then?" I asked.

"I didn't know you until I got here."

"He's the boss, what does he care?"

"You sent him, Mason."

Why did this come full circle or does it have something to do with me? Is it my business that he was beheaded?

"They...... How long have you been eating this. ”

"It's always been like this."

"Was that the same before we came?"

"Well, that's the same when we first came, almost." His answer made me feel better. Could it be Gragg's personal actions?

"What about when I come?"

"Uh......"

"Hasn't it changed? So what did I do? ”

"This ...... Mason, I don't know. It's not something I can intervene in. But the food has not been very good. ”

"That Grag! How the hell did he die? Tell me about Earley's decapitation! I don't think it's possible to ...... Delays......" I raised my voice, pointing outside.

"It's said to be embezzlement." Tim's face wasn't very good-looking.

"Embezzlement?" I suspect I misheard! "No...... The king wants to build a barracks, and the difficulty is like this...... He really ...... What is this Vernon doing? ”

"I don't know what's going on...... You can go to him and ask him about it. Tim pouted. Our workers haven't been paid for more than a month. ”

"Okay, who's in charge of the salary?"

Tim gave an embarrassed expression. "It's you, Mason." He said softly.

"What about before?"

"It's ...... you, too"