Truth be told, there wasn't much that could be exchanged between Motobu and the Toulon tribes.

The Toulon tribe has just migrated here, and it is still in the stage of infrastructure construction, which is basically a stage of poverty and whiteness. Its most abundant thing is the growing population of animals during migration;

However, meat is the most indispensable material in the headquarters at this stage, and there is no incentive to exchange it at all.

And the seeds of grain crops, which are the first target of the transaction, are not enough for themselves, so how can they have a surplus to provide to the headquarters?

Moreover, the land on the Tianci Plateau is newly cultivated, and according to the only little knowledge of agriculture in Nesta's previous life, there will not be too high yields per mu in the first few years.

Of course, they have a relatively long history of farming in the land where they used to live, and maybe they already have a technology that Nesta can't imagine. For example, the shamanic caster of the Toulon tribe.

However, it is a pity that although the boat tooth met several shamans, he did not have the opportunity to have an in-depth exchange of spells. The Toulon shamans were unusually conservative in this regard, and although they were curious about the ability of the ship's fangs to cast spells, they had no intention of exchanging knowledge.

The people of Toulon do not know much about shamans, which is not enough for the ship's teeth to form a complete cognitive outline.

For these reasons, the consensus reached with Toulon this time is at best a 'friendly coexistence agreement', and the results of material exchange are relatively lackluster.

"So, if we give some food, tools, and weapons, the hornhoes agree to exchange farming techniques, right?"

"Yes, when the batch of supplies that are being prepared arrives, a few 'old farmers' will be sent over there to teach ......"

"Did you get that kind of thing?"

"They excuse themselves by saying that they don't have enough for the time being, and they don't want to provide it to us.... But the ship's tooth stole a small bag, and I sent two witch doctors to work on it. ”

"That's enough, then this aspect of the matter, just continue to ask the rough-toothed witch doctor to keep an eye on it more,"

"Yes, that's what I'm supposed to do."

"In addition, we found another trail in the northeast that crosses the northern foothills."

"How's it going?"

"According to the report, this road is not as easy to walk as the Heihe Gorge... As for the more specific situation, we will have to wait until the return of the Farfarder troops sent later. ”

"Understood, what about White River? What is the situation? ”

"We also explored the upper reaches of the White River, where the terrain is extremely steep, and many sections of the river flow down a straight slope close to 90 degrees, and do not form a geographical or hydrological environment that can be navigated by large forces like the narrow area of the Black River."

"Whew, that's good.... The gaps in the northern foothills of the mountain range will continue to be explored, and the terrain along the entire route will be recorded. ”

"Understood."

"By the way, from my observations this time, the number of predator-type demonic beasts in the mountains should not be underestimated; For them, even the wolves in the West Bank have to gather 'forces' to clear them regularly... Therefore, we must be more careful when probing. ”

"Yes, we've confirmed that from the hornhoofs, who seem to have suffered great losses in the mountains, and then turned to move laterally along the mountains, and finally found the land they are now."

That's all the big things that have happened to the tribe in the past few months. As for the rest of the small items, Nesta will find out for herself through the prepared dossier.

But the information he brought on the west bank of the Black River made all the witch doctors a little worried.

Because the situation there is really a bit too severe.

"The random blow of the wolf in the underground in a coma almost killed me on the spot, it is undoubtedly a high-level magical beast that the tribe has never heard of before. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to be in good condition, as if it has suffered a very serious fire injury..."

"In addition, the more than a dozen 'wolf kings', more than a hundred wolf lords, and the giant wind wolves and wind wolves under their command are all a huge source of danger; ”

"Let's talk about how we can deal with it."

"Fire damage..... Could it have something to do with the barren lands of the South? After all, the temperature there is really a bit abnormal...."

"It's possible.... The territory of the two high-level demonic beasts was one west and one south, and for some reason they began to fight with each other, resulting in one of them being seriously injured and unconscious; Before it went into hibernation, it had its wolves wipe out all the instability in the vicinity.... And the primary target is the powerful tribe that the old witch doctor said, and the other tribes are just linked in the process? ”

"I also think it has something to do with the South.... But they are not necessarily native species, they may just have fled to the West Bank to recuperate after the defeat in the South.... But exterminating the troll tribe should indeed be to avoid risks."

"It's not necessarily risk-averse... I do think that slaughtering the Troll Tribe may have been a regular practice during its healthy days, just as we would regularly harvest the fruit that grows from the trees. ”

"Yes, it may not be for food, but to prevent the emergence of a super-large civilization like ours in the Black Forest, which would jeopardize its domination and the survival and expansion of the wolf pack."

"What do you mean... It is precisely because it is injured now that we have been able to grow to the scale we are today; And the wolves on the east bank of the Black River have thus shrunk back to the west bank—what is it now suggesting? ”

"Well, I think it's a bit more likely, otherwise I can't explain why the Black Forest punishment is said to be 'eternal.'" ”

"Indeed, it turns out that we trolls are not stupid, but we have lived in the Black Forest for an unknown number of years, but we have never really had a real civilization..... Perhaps, this is the reason for this? ”

"Isn't it 'what to do?' What's the use of thinking about that! ”

"If you don't understand the cause and effect, how can you talk about the way to deal with it? Do you just rush up and hack to death? Who will bear the subsequent revenge of the wolves? ”

"Well... There may be some truth to what you say. ”

Nesta listened quietly to the discussions of the witch doctors, and thought of how to deal with it.

To be honest, given the size and strength of the wolves on the West Bank, it was a whimsical idea for the headquarters to completely exterminate them.

And in his previous life, he loved wolves very much, and even more so in this life. So in terms of heart, Nesta prefers that the tribe and the wolves can establish a harmonious alliance.

Of course, the leadership of the alliance must be in the hands of the Ministry.....

From his observations, wolves are quite intelligent creatures, especially the high-ranking wolf species.

Therefore, the idea of an alliance is feasible in terms of the IQ of both sides.

But there are two obstacles.....

First, the existence of the wolf in the underground is too detached;

Judging from the wolf king's ability to deter the lord wolf, as a higher-ranking existence, it should also have stronger control over the wolf pack.

Therefore, once it wakes up, it will be a catastrophe that may occur at any time for the headquarters.

Second, the strength of the wolf pack is definitely above the current headquarters;

Normal trolls may be able to ignore the attacks of normal wolves, but they must not face more than five Wind Wolves, or two or more Wind Wolves.

At the level of the Wolf Lord, as far as Nesta is concerned, the only trolls who can win one-on-one are him and Aesara;

Among them, he may play harder, and Aishara will be relatively easy.

As for the dozen or so wolf kings, there is no possibility of defeat in the headquarters.....

But the war between the two ethnic groups is not a simple battle of chess;

If the existing witch doctors unite to fight the enemy, in terms of the powerful control of the spell, the combat power should be not inferior to the combined force of more than a hundred lord wolves.

And the wolf king.... To be honest, he wasn't very confident that he would be able to win with the number of witch doctors available.

But the forces that can be integrated in the headquarters are not only witch doctors, but also hunter teams, warriors, and so on....

At least, the headquarters has an absolute advantage in the face of wolves in terms of battle formations, weapons, and organizational capabilities;

Therefore, what the specific situation of the overall war will be will be before we can really know after fighting.

In fact, what the headquarters feared most was not war, but the fact that the wolves would break into pieces and run into pieces to find fault with them in the Black Forest.

In particular, the guerrilla warfare mode of 'the enemy retreats and we advance, and the enemy is stationed and disturbs, the flexibility and speed advantage of the wolf pack will greatly drag down the hunting ability of the troll tribe, thus affecting the durability of the war.

Even so, the Department cannot ignore the ever-present threat in the West Bank because of these estimates;

In any case, the monster must die, and there must be several tough battles with the wolves, and only when the monster is dead and the wolves are subdued, can we talk about the follow-up relationship.....

With this in mind, and the previous discussions of the witch doctors, a rough plan began to take shape in Nesta's mind.

I saw him tap his fingertips lightly on the table, and after attracting the attention of all the witch doctors, he asked,

"How is the expansion of the soldiers going, and how is the supply and totem matching researched?"

Hearing his question, a witch doctor belonging to the Witch War Integration Committee stood up and replied,

"The soldiers and soldiers are in place, and now they are undergoing intensive training and officer training;"

"Negotiations with the Covenant Ministries of the Second Category have also been completed, and they have agreed to bear the resulting increase in the 15 per cent protection tax, which will be taken from every transaction."

"In terms of totems, the apprentices have completed the inscription of the totem of the brute force of the warriors; As for the choice of other totems, the committee did not dare to make a decision on its own, but it has compiled the totems we have selected into a book...."

"Very well done, show it to me."

"Yes..."

The witch doctor seemed to be prepared, and he pulled out a roll of paper from his coat and immediately handed it to Nesta.

Opening the paper, Nesta saw the names of more than a dozen spells, all of which had completed the totem transformation during his absence for most of the year, or even earlier.

Among them, the agile blessing categories are: trespassers (10%), windrangers (20%), and agile ones (25%);

The power blessing categories are: Great Power (20%), Brute Force (30%), Tree Shaker (35%), Stone Breaker (40%);

The protective categories are: barkers (5%), soil walkers (10%), stone walkers (15%);

There is only one type of charge: Raider (30%).

In addition, there are also listeners and whisperers developed specifically for investigation and interrogation.

When he saw these names, Nesta instantly had a feeling of grasping the future, and the different combinations of totems seemed to be some kind of prototype of the transcendent profession?

Of course, this number and classification are definitely not enough now, and there must be more choices in terms of totems;

Moreover, the limitation of the three totem positions and the vacancy of the energy supply side also restrict the further development of this.

So he put up with this thought for the time being, and focused on the choice of the totem of the soldier in the present.....

"There is a difference in the difficulty of inscription for different levels of totems, right? What about overlapping side effects, duration, etc.? ”

"Yes, the lower the amplification of the totem, the simpler it is, such as the 'Barker' totem, an apprentice can complete an inscription when he becomes proficient in a lamp; But at the level of the 'Stone Crusher', it's not surprising when it costs four or five lights. ”

"There is no standard time limit in terms of duration, and it is usually only related to the user's own physical fitness, which is basically the more physical strength there is, the longer the duration..... However, the higher the totem is often more laborious, so the duration will be correspondingly shorter. ”

"As for the side effects... In fact, it is also linked to physical exertion, such as the 'Stone Crusher' totem, if a strong warrior is only turned on for less than three minutes, then at most there will be different degrees of hunger after the end; ”

"If it is more than three minutes and less than five minutes, there will be different degrees of fatigue; If it lasts more than five minutes, you will feel extremely weak; ”

"And all of the above are still in the realm of recovery, but once it exceeds seven minutes, it will have to consume the vitality that cannot be replenished....."

"This is the result of only opening one totem, and when multiple sets of totems are opened at once, the time will be further shortened."

"I see.... Can this kind of attrition warriors feel when they use the totem? Will it unconsciously enter the stage of consuming life force? ”

"Your Excellency the Dictator, who can be perceived, the fighters have reported that the body will feel it at different stages, but.... You may be so involved in the battle that you will ignore this 'warning'..."

"I see, thank you for your hard work.... As for the follow-up, find a way to amplify the 'warning', sometimes you have to retreat, don't waste the lives of the fighters by indulging in battle. ”

"Yes, I see...."

When the witch doctor who had explained to him returned to his seat, Nesta continued,

"I'll say a few points...."

"First, temporarily abandon high-end individual battles and focus on group battles on a squad scale or above."

"Since the overall advantage of the wolves is agility, then our side should strengthen the meat accordingly;"

"The whole body protection is estimated to be unrealistic, but the protection of key areas, if we work hard, we should be able to do it;"

"In this regard, my idea is to develop head armor and front and rear heart armor, and on this basis, inscribe protective totems for the warriors to be supplemented."

"The standard of protection against the nail should be as high as possible... But at the same time, we have to take into account the output; ”

"And the protection standard of the totem can be appropriately lowered to take into account its duration."

"In addition, you must understand the difference between claw attacks and pure power bombardments, the attack pattern of wolves is relatively more towards the former, so when developing and choosing armor and totems, you should pay attention to this factor."

In response, the witch doctors nodded their heads in response.

"Second, large city defense weapons .... This can be left to a few apprentices who focus on mechanics, and I will give a preliminary design concept later. ”

"Third, temporarily form an elite team of witch doctors, use the cave wolf as an imaginary enemy, and study ways to kill it in medium and long ranges, and the ultimate goal is the same.....

"To achieve this, we need to go deep into the West Bank, so we must find a way to control the emission of the scent, otherwise the wolves' overly sensitive noses will cause them to lock their hatred directly on the tribe."

"Of course, this is not something that can be done immediately, the wolf killing drill should be carried out together with the equipment upgrade, when the totem and equipment are in place, we will set off."

"Fourth, since everyone feels that the injury of the cave wolf is related to the barren lands of the south, the exploration of the south must also be put on the agenda.... Considering our fire resistance, I won't go there myself, and I'll leave it to the Far Wanderer troops. ”

"Understood."

"Understood."

There was a sound of agreement, and after that, the witch doctors discussed other trivial matters for a while, and then they dispersed and left.

Leaving the council chamber, Nesta found several leaders in mechanics, and revealed the ideas he had copied from his previous life to make crossbow arrows for city defenses, as well as the ideas related to repeaters.

But he can only go so far, as for more specific research, these apprentices have to think for themselves.

After that, Nesta found two witch doctors, Fangs and Coarse Fangs, and told them to focus on improving their energy level for the time being, hoping that the tribe would soon have two more combat forces of the same level as him.

There were also a few Giant Wind Wolf Crystals captured from the West Bank, which he also handed over to several other witch doctors who were proficient in the study of beasts.

At this point, the arrangements for everything after returning have finally come to an end, and then it is time for the Witch Doctor Commando to drill and wait for news from all parties.....

Two days later, a makeshift commando team of twenty witch doctors was formed, and a wolf-killing exercise began in a simulated cave environment.

Four days later, the fleet of the Toulon tribe on the Tianci Plateau set off with the city-building tools promised by the tribe, nut powder that can withstand ultra-long-distance preservation, defruiting fruits, and a few steel and wood weapons.

At the same time, a witch doctor came up with the idea of combining a ship with a refrigerator tree, believing that it would be more conducive to expanding the tribe's farthest reach.

Nesta agreed, and asked him to work with the ship's teeth on the subject.

Ten days later, the heart armor and head armor were finalized, the former being two pieces of steel and wood the size of a palm (troll), and the latter being a full-coverage helmet with only eye and hearing holes.

A month later, the project's team of witch doctors also designed and manufactured a further full-body armor;

Its upper part is the neck ring armor, the front and rear breastplate (can be inlaid with the heart armor), the shoulder armor, the upper and lower arm armor, and the back of the hand armor; The lower part is the skirt armor, upper and lower leg armor, knee armor, and foot armor.

This set of equipment can effectively cover almost every inch of the soldier's skin; And they weigh only 80 kilograms, which is not a problem for trolls, and they are completely easy to bear.

The reason why such a complex set of things can be produced so quickly is because it does not need to conduct research on materials, and the tribe's existing three-level strong steel and wood are enough to do it;

All the witch doctors need to improve is the shape of the steel and wood.

Therefore, apart from the design of the joint connectors, the whole study did not take much time.

After inquiring about its yield, Nesta learned that it only takes three hours to produce seeds, and it can start to produce after five years of natural growth, with a monthly yield of 2.5 pairs of nails per plant;

However, if the spell is accelerated during planting, it only takes half an hour for the tree to fully mature.

The monthly output of A is 2.5 pairs, and the monthly output of 100 plants is 250.....

The tribe currently has 2,700 laborers, and even if you count the Voyagers and Cavalry Corps who don't need armor, it will only take less than a year to prepare all of them;

And if only more...... It doesn't seem like a dream for all people to prepare armor.

Nesta was quite satisfied with this, and immediately ordered that all the witch doctors stationed in the headquarters should take ten days off to give birth, except for the fangs and coarse fangs who were busy with advanced fangs.

The 25 witch doctors who accepted the order mastered all the techniques of seed production in less than one lamp on average;

Then, it took them four days to concentrate on making a thousand armor species;

After the preparation of the tree seeds, they used the spare time of the remaining six days to ripen 400 of them, so that the tribe immediately had the ability to produce 1,000 pairs of armor per month.

The remaining 600 plants were just planted in a suitable place, ready to grow slowly over a period of five years.

As an aside, almost all of the tribe's output today comes in the form of 'so-and-so tree'.

At first, Nesta didn't think there was anything wrong with this;

But when this kind of fast-growing, high-yield trees became more and more around the tribe after the adjustment of the technique, he thought of the land fertility problem in his previous life, and began to worry about the carrying capacity of the land.

Fortunately, the 'fertility' that may be accumulated in 10,000 years in the Black Forest has not caused any carrying capacity problems in these planting areas around the tribe for the time being.

But as the saying goes, 'everything is foreseen, nothing is planned, nothing is done", and it is always right to conduct relevant research in advance;

Therefore, Nesta set up a research group to explore this area a long time ago;

And after the cell research was completed, it was reorganized according to the model of the 'institute'.

This unit, named the "Soil Research Institute", has actually made several achievements;

For example, they found that the dung of the tribe's big animals and trolls could be processed to increase the fertility of the land; Moose droppings, on the other hand, do not have this effect... Wait a minute.

When the "Negotiation Group of the Ministries" came to visit the tribe, the old men and women in the pasture area who used tongs to pick up black particles were actually collecting animal feces for the research institute.....

Getting back to the point, after finishing the preparation of the armor tree, the wolf killing commando team began the relevant drills again.... It may not be appropriate to say that it is a drill, because it is still in the stage of exploring the method.

Considering the power of that blow and the state of the cave wolf that would not wake up easily, Nesta, after consulting with the other witch doctors, initially decided on the idea of 'witch doctors do not enter the wall", and decided to use the thick steel and wood wall to advance little by little...