Chapter XXXI Prestige on
Osfa was apparently much luckier than the town of Jovan, which had been sacked twice, and the town closest to the mountains and the invaders' base was never patronized. The focus of the two bad fortunes in Jovan was different, Richard's main income came from Sir Goyo's manor and knight's camp, and the taxes collected from the town were only meaningful. And all the income of the baron's army came from Jovan, so now the people of the town are a little unclear who they hate more.
Bypassing Osfa is also what Richard meant. He deliberated and repeated countless times on the map before deciding to let go of this nearest and most threatening supply point, and instead went straight to the town of Jovan in the heart of the city, and sure enough, the battle was successful, and a number of strategic objectives were initially achieved.
On the other hand, Immovable Osfar may also give the enemy the illusion that they have already left the forward base and choose another nest. Otherwise, there's no reason why you shouldn't pull out the nail that is in front of you first.
Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, Richard led his troops in a large circle and advanced towards the mountains. By daybreak, they will reach the edge of the mountains. There is only one village on this route, so it's easy to hide your whereabouts. Needless to say, it was again the surrendered fighters who were familiar with the terrain who led the way.
By the time dawn came, the group had left the town of Jovan 30 kilometers and had crossed a sparse woods to a small lake at the foot of the mountain. The team will rest here and open a temporary camp, as for the next move, Richard only has a prototype in his mind, and there is no complete plan yet, and he needs to wait for news from Marven.
The lake is small, but the water is clear, and the calm surface of the lake is like a mirror made of sapphire faces. Several mountain streams flow into the lake not far away, eventually emptying into the lake. On the shores of the lake was a meadow where the horses were unreined and had been gravided by experienced warriors with drinking water.
The two wagons also stopped at the edge of the lake, the last point where the wagons could reach, and beyond that there was a steep mountain terrain that was difficult for even the horses to pass. When the women and children came out of the carriage after a rough night, they were all pale and uneasy, and could barely stand on their feet. Some of the young ladies looked like they were about to faint at any moment, but when they found out that they were two terrifying ogres who had come to their support, they immediately screamed and became more energetic than anyone else.
As a powerful and rapidly multiplying intelligent race, ogres also exist in this plane, and because of their high-profile recipes, they are among the monsters that men, women, and children are familiar with. After a moment of confusion and screaming, the captive women and children were all rushed together, sat down honestly, and waited for the soldiers to set up camp.
Medium Cook helps the soldiers cut down trees, and Tiramisu sets up a cauldron to cook his best meat soup.
Richard found a shade tree, spread out the map on the grass, and continued to study the surrounding situation. At this moment, there was a sudden fluctuation in his consciousness, and the voice of the brood sounded: "Master, I found a goblin camp, the number is about two hundred, and I am ready to clean it up." ”
"Go, take care of your own safety. Richard replied.
Goblins, creatures with low combat effectiveness, but extremely strong reproductive ability and environmental adaptability, often appear in various planes. If there are goblins in this plane, it means that the similarity with Norland has been further improved. Moreover, according to the observation of the surrounding environment these days, the abundance of food on this continent is even higher than that of Norland, and the population of various organisms is therefore more abundant.
Richard picked out a bio-illustrated book from the book he had seized from the town of Jovan and began to look through it. These are more important to him than tens of millions of gold coins. With them, Richard was able to learn more about his native plane and survive better.
The combat power of goblins is similar to that of humans of the first and second levels, and the most powerful warriors are only equivalent to the human beings of the fifth level. The camp of more than 200 goblins can only be said to be a small camp, and the nature of the goblins is that once they encounter a strong opponent, they will often scatter in a hurry, and it is difficult to form an effective counterattack. So Richard wasn't worried about the safety of the brood, today was the second day, and the brood had three more powerful speedy beasts, so it was even more secure to win.
However, Richard paid attention to the overall situation of the brood by the way, and in his consciousness it was clearly mapped out with a self-calibrated diagram with a precise talent, and the colored column next to the brood image had been reduced to half of its original size, and the color had also dropped from the blue field to the red field. This column represents the current level of energy and nutrient reserves of the brood, and also determines how many combat units it can create.
Now that the location of the brood is more than thirty kilometers away from Richard, and it is only dealing with a small nest of goblins, Richard did not let the three velociders that followed him to help, but let them scatter into the forest to hunt on their own.
Not far away, the elf Oral, under the guidance of quicksand, was writing a letter to Baron Fosa. Although the troubadour did not yet have a good grasp of the new language, with his understanding of art, he still wrote this new language beautifully. The content of the letter was simple, it was a ransom in exchange for Sir Goyo's wife and children. If Baron Fossa was willing to pay a higher price than the slave traders, he would have regained his dignity and decency, and would have built a reputation among his subordinates.
Richard knew that this letter was destined to be fruitless, and even if Baron Fosa had the heart to pay the ransom, he would only choose outright hostility and could do nothing because of his status as a dimensional invader. Now that the God of Courage has sent down oracles, any kind of transaction with the Plane Invaders will be seen as disobedience and disrespect to the Gods. The god of courage is not omniscient enough to be omniscient and omniscient, and in fact there is no god in the laws of the world who can do this, even the legendary king of the gods is only infinitely close to omniscience. However, the priests and priests of the realm are the eyes and ears of the god of courage, and while these eyes and ears can be temporarily ineffective at a certain cost, the cost to the baron is far greater than the loss of prestige caused by refusing to pay the ransom.
What Richard needed now was to make Baron Fossa lose his prestige. Originally, the baron's prestige was not very high.
In the forest, the splash is holding the Eternal Sleep Guide, repeatedly making slow slashing motions, again and again, seemingly tireless, and not boring. Gangde leaned against a large tree not far away, his blood-soaked axe resting beside him, and lazily watched as a few soldiers moved the wood he had just chopped down to the lake so that he could set up camp.
"These guys work really hard. Gangde said lazily.
"I don't like them. Shui Hua replied lightly, she suddenly waved her knife and made a horizontal cutting motion, and said with a hint of murderous intent: "They actually hate us, if there is a chance, these people will kill us immediately." ”
Gonder shrugged and said, "Most of them are cowards, cowards, and scumbags, and the boss must know." The chieftain does not need their respect, only their fear, so that the cowards will be obedient. The daring fellow has long fed me the big axe. ”