“...... His subordinates, ah yes, that is, Bufax, take care of Miss Thoughtful" Liu Ergou hurriedly changed his words.

"No! Just your ......" "In this case, then I am grateful for the love of my lord, and the little woman is grateful! Tufarn was about to impatiently refuse, but was promised by Dries!

Quietly made a strange gesture to Tufaun, who immediately understood and said no more.

And all this was seen by Elanster on the side.

"I can't figure it out, the dignified Tiger Clan, and the empire's leading merchant group, why did they go to a place like Beiyuan where birds don't?

Even if you want to go to the Sunset Mountains, you don't need to cross the Santias River to get here, right? In the depths of the blue-winged bat cave, Liu Ergou rubbed his eyebrows in confusion.

"Those who come are not good, and those who are good do not come." Elantst glanced at Liu Ergou, "Not to mention that this kind of big business group is not profitable to come to Beiyuan at all, even if there is, it will not be our turn." ”

"Besides, if you really want to investigate the Sunset Mountains, with the strength of the Brev Merchant Group, and an upper-class nobleman like the Tiger Clan, how can you send a few more guards!"

"Pretty Bref can make the goblin rob? I'd rather believe that old boy from Buffex is going to dig a hole! ”

"Eh, just talk about things, what are you taking me for?" Bufax on the side was very dissatisfied and patted Elanster.

"No matter what their purpose is, since they have come to our northern plains, sooner or later they will have to come up with some real chapters!"

Liu Ergou simply stopped hesitating, turned his head and instructed the two patriarchs: "Buffex, I will work for you during this time."

Didn't they want to investigate the Sunset Mountains? Let them see, see enough! It's best to see a few pitfalls for us!

Just follow them, but be careful! Stay safe! ”

"Ellanst! You are well-informed, and you have to go on a trip. Aren't the other survivors of the caravan still on the side of the church?

You'll go back tomorrow and see if you can see something. Abel and Boudley are too young, and Celia is an orthodox nobleman, and there is no one to control the scene, so I am afraid that my family will suffer! ”

Just after noon the next day, Ellanster asked Brent to fly back with him under the pretext of repairing the magic array. Tiger Clan, Brev Merchant Clan, Second Deacon.

Combining these three identities and one body, Delis is not to say that he covers the sky with one hand in the empire, at least he is the number one person who can walk sideways.

For the Empire, the class system of the royal family, the aristocracy, and the people was the cornerstone of maintaining the rule of the empire.

Every subject of the empire has its own definite and unshakable place on this strict pyramid;

Correspondingly, they are endowed with equally clear and unshakable rights and obligations.

Among the many large and hierarchical families, there are five huge families that always sit at the top of this pyramid.

Radiating a glow that overpowers everything towards the whole empire, these five families are the five families that Xilia introduced to Liu Ergou at the beginning.

Nominally, the five families under the leadership of the royal family are the symbols of this orc empire.

But what Celia doesn't know is that if these five families are called the face of the empire, then there are four other families that can be called the pillars of the empire.

These four families are the Lyracers Rhino Clan, the Leon Lion Clan, the Snake Clan, and the Tiger Tiger Clan, to which Delis belongs.

Among them, the Lyralthers rhinoceros controlled nearly eighty percent of the empire's food production;

The Imperial Farming Association, led by the rhinoceros people, is an organization that almost every farmer must join.

Otherwise, as long as the Cultivation Association gives an order, no matter how good the quality of your products is, no businessman will have the courage to buy it.

And the Leon Leon clan controls every slave trade in the entire empire. Of course, on the surface, these slave trade groups have a proper name such as a job agency or an adventurer's association, and all kinds of documents are readily available.

Behind the scenes, these slave gangs used kidnapping, extortion, usury, and even direct arrests in remote areas to deliver a steady stream of "goods" to the Empire's slave markets.

Under imperial law, coercion of freemen as slaves was a capital offense. But as long as slavery and the slave market remained legitimate in the empire, there was always a way for these lions to become slaves "voluntarily".

Of course, such a slave is not easy to get rid of in the general market.

And some bigwigs want to get some special-purpose slaves, so naturally they won't swagger here to choose.

At this time, the Snake Clan, who are forever lurking in the shadows, are the best candidates to meet such needs.

The Snake Clan is the master of the Empire's underworld, the uncrowned king of the dark side.

Here, whether it's special slaves, rare items that the Empire prohibits trading, or Empire's standard weapons, you can easily get your hands on them here.

Even some sensitive intelligence, or killers who lick blood at the tip of a knife, or a private army of outlaws, are not a problem here in the Snake Clan!

As long as you have the money.

And the obviously very wealthy royal family and the five major families inevitably seek some special "help" here every year to solve some problems that cannot be put on the table.

In contrast to the black market of the Snake Clan, the Brev Merchant Clan, formed by the Tiger Clan, almost monopolized the legal commercial market within the empire.

Don't think that the name of "merchant group" will treat Bref's tigers as random peddlers.

In fact, almost every wholesale market, every chain of industries, and even every transportation route in the empire can be seen behind the shadow of the Brev merchant group.

And the second deacon is enough to manage an entire trade line on his own.

Further up, there are only the first-class deacons who take charge of an entire province, and the president who holds the highest position.

In this sense, a second-class deacon like Driess is still above the mayor of an ordinary city.

However, because the work they do is somewhat unacceptable, these four families are not as glorious as the five families at the top of the pyramid.

But the magnates who are really qualified to participate in the internal affairs of the empire know that the pillars of these four families are sometimes more important than those five families.

It is precisely because of this that the shadow cabinet composed of representatives of the above five families and the lower four, plus the imperial family, is the real ruler of this orc empire.

The decision-making body composed of the nine nobles of the king, in the mouths of the powerful, is also called: the Golden Council.

As for the gang in the parliament building? To them, they are nothing more than a bunch of noisy clowns.

The inside story of the empire, not to mention that the abandoned patriarchs like Elanster and Buffax don't know, and even the real nobles of the upper five families like Celia are unheard of.

Because once this "nobility of the nobility" leaks out, it will fundamentally shake the ruling foundation of the empire, that is, the existing aristocratic system.

However, not knowing about the Golden Council does not mean not knowing about the Brev Merchants.

As for the power of such a behemoth, Elanster and Bufax have also heard of it.

As for Liu Ergou? Even the limited understanding of history in his previous life was enough for him to understand that the sudden appearance of such a big man in such a place must have been something terrible behind it.

There must be a demon when something goes wrong, and none of the three of them took it lightly.

However, there will be no news from Elanster's side for a while, and Dries and Tufaun are determined not to leave.

Liu Ergou had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead the team to the Sunset Mountain Range as originally planned.

Missions come first! As for Delis? The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth.

No matter how much energy these two people have outside, when they enter this sunset mountain range, they still have to rely on their fists to speak.

If something really happens, Liu Ergou doesn't mind tasting the taste of the bloodline of the Tiger Tiger Clan.

However, when he thought of blood, Liu Ergou was also quite surprised. If nothing else, after using the bloodline to detect and sense, Liu Ergou was very surprised to find that the strength of Delis's bloodline was still above Tufaen!

The measurement of the strength of the bloodline is affected by both the strength of the bloodline inheritance and the degree of exertion of the bloodline power.

Generally speaking, the stronger an individual's strength, the more or more powerful the bloodline power awakened, the stronger the bloodline inherited by the person.

It cannot be ruled out that he has a strong bloodline, but for some reason it cannot be stimulated at all, resulting in a very weak individual strength.

However, due to the lack of a way to detect hidden bloodlines in this world, this situation is generally treated as a thin bloodline.

But after sensing Dries and Tufaen, Liu Ergou found a problem, although Tufaen's power was very powerful.

It is so powerful that even Bufax and Liu Ergou themselves are a little difficult to resist. However, the Bloodline Perception gave a very different answer.

Either Delis is actually a strong man with hidden strength, and his strength is actually far superior to Tufarn. But how could such a strong man fall to this point?

Either......

They are also Tiger Tigers, but they have a bloodline inheritance that far surpasses Tufa'en? This Delis, I'm afraid her identity is far from being as simple as she said! No matter what kind of secret is hidden behind Delis, at least for now, it has no impact on Liu Ergou.

However, Liu Ergou can't let go of the labor sent to the door in vain.

Maybe Delisi hides an unknown strength, and maybe Delisi has an unimaginable identity for Liu Ergou. But it doesn't matter.

The important thing is that Tufaun is the escort of Delis, and it is the primary duty of Tufaun to protect the safety of the current "weak and helpless" Delis.

Liu Ergou saw this very clearly.

So from this day on, Tufaun was very helpless to find that he somehow changed from the guard of Delis to the guard of the entire expedition team at some point.

Without him, it's just that every time he encounters an enemy that is difficult to solve, Liu Ergou leads to Delis's side.

Liu Ergou doesn't care what status Delis has in the empire! After all, the Sunset Mountains have been a dangerous place since ancient times.

Since Dries offered to act with the expedition, she could only blame her for not being able to do anything or that her face was too dark.

As for nobility? The entire northern wasteland is an existence abandoned by the Empire, even if Delis has the heart to convict Liu Ergou of being negligent, where can he go to sue?

So in this way, Tufaun became the guardian and meat shield of the entire expedition.

Liu Ergou's attitude is very clear, since you are the defender of Delis, it is a matter of course to protect Delisi's safety.

Our expedition was beaten and Miss Deliss was implicated, so we are very sorry.

But you can't just sit by and wait for the enemy to kill Delis in the face, can you?

Carry the black pot, I'll come! Die? You go!

However, to Liu Ergou's surprise, Delisi himself, as the party concerned, did not complain about this.

Not only that, but Delis even took the initiative to participate in the work of the expedition, either cooking with Hoffman every day or helping Avril take care of the wounded.

Within a few days, Delisi mingled with most of the people, and Liu Ergou was also a little embarrassed!

Shame is shame, he, the boss, is destined to have some responsibilities that can only be put on his shoulders.

Although Liu Ergou and Tufaen looked at each other more and more unpleasantly, they were fine for a few days.

As the journey continued, Liu Ergou and his party also drifted away in this long and steep sunset mountain range.

Unlike the outer mountains of the mountains, the expedition is now trudging through a wet, narrow mountain valley.

In such an area, it is difficult to see even the glow of the sunset in the deep gorge.

Even if one or two rays of sunlight were lucky enough to pass through a certain pass and sprinkle on the land, they would only be blocked by the various intertwined vegetation, casting a large shadow in vain in the forest.

It is precisely because of the lack of sunlight all year round that the deep fallen leaves accumulate layer by layer in this valley, and layer after layer of decay, turning into muddy streams flowing everywhere and a sticky mist that accumulates all day long.

Fortunately, it seems that because there are no poisonous plants, although the fog is sticky and smelly, it has never been like the legendary God Cry Canyon, which is full of miasma enough to kill people all year round.

And Liu Ergou and the others are now slowly moving along an intermittent stone road in this fog that is difficult to distinguish the direction.

With the guidance of this path, there will inevitably lead to some man-made facility; Second, it is better to step on a solid stone slab than to sink into a rancid fallen leaf.

"Good thing that old fellow Ellanster didn't come...... Hey... Call...... Otherwise, his old cold legs would have killed him......" Buffax was trudging as he made a joke about Ellanst.

"Whew...... Ho...... What kind of broken road is this" Bufax is not good at trekking, and no one has taken care of this stone road for many years.

Bufax had no choice but to walk with a deep paw and a shallow paw, staggering and jumping, and it was quite interesting to see Liu Ergou in the back.

"Eh, boss, look over there, what are the girls doing with Avril on the side of the road?" As if he had suddenly discovered something, Bufax pointed to the distance and said to Liu Ergou.

Liu Ergou looked at Bufax's direction, there were indeed two figures, one large and one small, I don't know what they were collecting from the plants on the side of the road, it was Delith and Avril.

A few meters beside them, Tufaun, who was carrying a small basket on his back, was looking at the surroundings with a vigilant expression, thinking that he was watching the wind.

"The two young ladies are so Yaxing, and they didn't forget to enjoy the flowers here." Liu Ergou stepped forward and quipped curiously.

Delis just smiled when he heard this, and was about to speak, but it was Avril who took over and said:

"No, Sister Drissy is taking me to pick herbs. Sister Dries said that there are many herbs with different uses in this Sunset Range, and picking a little more will be helpful for exploration. ”

Since the system automatically translates the language of the world into Chinese, Liu Ergou didn't know that he hadn't called Drissy by name before, and then made a joke that was not too big or small, so don't mention it here.

"Tufarn! Bring the herb box and show it to the lord! Seeing that Avril had finished explaining, Drith turned her head to greet Tufaen.

Not surprisingly, Liu Ergou gained a pair of tiger-like eyes from Tufaun.

When the basket was opened, there were bunches of various plants in different categories, many of which Liu Ergou had never seen, or who had seen and didn't care.

Each bouquet of plants is tied with a small label with a beautiful font. At the bottom of the basket, there were a few small green fruits, and a bottle of unknown liquid.

"This is a water vever, a plant that has a lot of water in its rhizome and is naturally very active in the water element, which is very useful for treating burns......

"This is a silver flower, soak the stamen in the center in the wine, and you get a good detoxification wine......

"These are pecans, and the juice squeezed out when ripe is applied to the wound and can speed up the healing of the wound.

The squeezed juice is best preserved in this crystal bottle to maintain the maximum potency, these are not yet ripe, and they have to be left for a while before they can be used. ”

I didn't expect this humble herb to have so many effects!

What surprised Liu Ergou even more was that this seemingly pampered eldest lady. So erudite!

Listening to Liu Ergou's admiration and surprise, Drissy only smiled politely and explained to Liu Ergou: "The highest creed of our Brev merchant group is to firmly believe that everything has its value. ”

"In addition to traveling from south to north to buy and sell goods, another important task of itinerant merchant groups like ours is to discover valuable goods. For a deacon like me, each of them must have a wealth of discernment. ”

"It is precisely because of this accumulation over the years that our Brev Business Group has achieved the level of overseeing everything in the world today."

"I see, I really admire it...... Eh, what about this little bundle, I don't know what kind of herb it is? Liu Ergou pointed to a small inconspicuous plant in the corner of the basket and asked curiously.