Captain Gregory looked at David's Pioneer Order, and he couldn't actually be sure if it was real or fake, but that wasn't his job in the first place.

As for the vigilance mission, their team was sent here and re-stationed at the northern sentry, and it was not humans who were really on guard, which was the main reason why David and Laura were put directly inside the sentry without any interrogation.

"I really didn't expect that there would be a team to build a village in the north, and I've heard from those who gave up about how bad the environment on this plain is." Grigory, who was in charge of stationing the northern outposts, naturally had to know enough about the area: "Didn't you say that the land on this plain could not grow food? ”

"We were lucky enough to find a wild crop that we could grow." David took a few potatoes out of his backpack, and he and Laura brought some of them, not as food, but as a kind of credential: "Do you want to taste them?" It's delicious. ”

"A newly discovered crop?" Grigory took the potato and looked at it a few times, sniffed it a few times, and it looked like something pretty good.

But the necessary caution made him not recklessly agree, but returned the potatoes in his hand to David, and the reason was very reasonable: "These are going to be shown to some people, right?" Don't waste it with us. ”

"It's a good thing, it's easy to grow, and if Captain Grigory stays here for a long time, there will definitely be a chance to taste it in the future." David put the potatoes back away, and was completely understandable about Captain Gregory's precautions - if he wasn't careful enough, he wouldn't have been stationed at the border post.

He then asked, why was the long-abandoned sentry reactivated?

"Actually, the reactivation of this guard post has something to do with the pioneer team."

Gregory gave a brief explanation before David and Laura understood what was going on. And the main reasons for the reactivation of the northern outposts:

Some things were similar to what David had predicted, and the pioneer team that headed to the northeast didn't really build the village, and they even gave up before the team to the west.

The reason why this pioneering team gave up, in addition to the poor living environment, was that it was attacked.

"According to the survivors' descriptions, they were attacked by a strange race taller and stronger than humans, with brown and earthy skin and huge fangs......"

Listening to Gregory's description, an image slowly appeared in David's mind, and the more he listened, the more he realized that it was an orc.

There are orcs in this world?

He hadn't heard of it before, but that wasn't a reference, after all, David was just a young hunter, and it was normal for him to have little knowledge. However, judging from Gregory's description and reactions, the captain also did not know about the 'orcs'.

But David didn't interject, just listened quietly, after all, his judgment was not necessarily correct, maybe it was a creature similar to the troll he had encountered earlier?

The frontier camp to the northeast was destroyed by the attack, and the survivors ran back to Irontree and reported the situation.

After learning of the existence of such a force in the Northern Plains, Irontree Castle sent soldiers to investigate, and finally discovered that the race, which they did not know at all, had already established a village in the place where the Pioneers had been stationed, and seemed to have the idea of settling down for a long time.

At this time, the Iron Tree Castle side still didn't care too much, after all, the development team was not always successful, and there were countless teams that had been destroyed by various forces and even ferocious monsters in history, and the destruction of this team was not worth their excessive attention.

But then the other team also failed, although this time the village was not successfully established, and it had more to do with the harsh environment, but the attack of the elves was also an element that could not be ignored.

Considering the hostility of the elves towards Irontree, Irontree Castle paid a little more attention this time: it sent a team led by Gregory to station the northern outpost.

It may sound strange, as the Iron Tree Forest is next to the Iron Tree Castle, and the Northern Outpost is located to the northeast of the Iron Tree Forest.

Even if you are worried about the attack of the elves, it seems that there is no need to restore the northern outpost?

After a closer look, David realized that the restoration of the Northern Outpost was not to keep an eye on the elves, but to monitor the entire Northern Plains.

The elves and the humans of Irontree Castle are neighbors, and the friction between the two sides has never stopped, so Irontree Castle has never lowered its vigilance against elves.

If a conflict breaks out with the elves, and a third-party force suddenly kills from the north, then the Iron Tree Fort will be easy to suffer, so it sent a team of people to be stationed here - the main role is to give the Iron Tree Fort an early warning in the event of an attack, and leave the Iron Tree Fort a reaction time to mobilize troops, so only one team was dispatched.

After knowing why the northern sentry post was back in use, David's mind drifted to the mysterious force in the northeast.

"Do you think I'm starting too easy? Got me an opponent? ”

If you are playing a game of farming, this sudden enemy is equivalent to your main competitor in the early stage. As for the bunch of trolls on the doorstep? That's at most a beginner's teaching level at the beginning.

"Originally, I wasn't in a hurry, I thought it was okay to develop slowly, but now it seems that it is better to go a little faster."

According to David's original idea, it would be quite successful to grow the village to the size of a town within a few years. As for going further? Turning Winter Village into Winterfell? I'm afraid it will take many years to get there.

The most critical issue is people, and the increase in population is not an easy task, and the population in the Irontree Fort area is not that large.

"If only we could pull some people from somewhere else."

Laura and Mark aside, as long as Fordin can bring people from the world of Azeroth, population is no longer an issue for David.

The reason is simple, Fording was banished and secluded, which means that the world is not far from the plot of Warcraft 3, in which Arthas Minethiel, the former prince of Lordaeron, who became the Death Knight, led the Scourge to sweep through the Eastern Kingdoms, causing great destruction to many countries and hundreds of people.

Despite the Scourge being very strong and terrifying, there are still many Lordaerons who have survived the catastrophe and become refugees without a home, not to mention the many elves of Quel'Thalas, who are not only excellent mages but also top hunters.

If David can lend a helping hand to the multinational refugees in Azeroth at a time like this, it will be a good thing for both parties.

"It's a pity ......"

Without dwelling on it for long, David quickly put the matter aside and focused on the matter at hand.

After a night's rest in the northern outpost, David and Laura left the outpost early the next morning and headed for Irontree along the road between the Tiran Mountains and the Irontree Forest.

It's not safe to go along the way, after all, the Iron Tree Forest is right next to it, and the elves may rush out and launch a sneak attack at any time.

So both Laura and David walked as fast as they could, and they would stay on guard at night to make sure they were safe.

In this way, after a total of thirteen days of trekking, Laura and David finally arrived outside Irontree Castle, two days faster than the shortest time they had expected.

"Is this the Iron Tree Castle?" Laura looked at the tall walls in front of her, a little surprised that the defense of Irontree seemed to be much stronger than she thought.

"No, it's just the northern pass." David introduced Laura to the general layout of the Iron Tree Fort: because of the bad relationship with the elves and the initial wariness of the vast land to the north, when the Iron Tree Castle was established, a pass was built at the northern passage, and it was connected with the fortress wall on the west side, which was regarded as the outer defense line of the Iron Tree Fort.

In the pass and the fort on the northwest side, more than half of the troops of Irontree were stationed, led by Ismael Sousa, the lord of Irontree Castle, the most trusted knight of Marquis Dudley Morgan.

After passing the pass, you will have to walk a while before you reach the outer city of Irontree Castle.

After the establishment of the core area of the Iron Tree Fort, countless ordinary people who moved to the castle lived around the 'Iron Tree Fort', and slowly formed a large residential area, and then a variety of shops for these civilians were born, and finally became the outer city of the Iron Tree Fort.

The outer city is huge, but there is no planning to speak of, and the quality of the buildings is uneven, and the whole of the outer city is synonymous with chaos and squalor, even if there is still a considerable distance, Laura can already smell the not so good.

"Oh my God~ this smells ......"

David couldn't help but smile evilly, he had expected Laura to have this reaction, but seeing it with his own eyes was completely different from what he imagined, and seeing it in reality would be more interesting.

As the distance continues to shorten, all the details of the outer town are revealed to Laura - the outer city has no walls, which is why the outer city can be expanded.

Looking at the environment in front of her, which was even worse than the worst slum, Laura had long known that the living environment of the 'backward civilization' was not very good, but after seeing it with her own eyes, she still felt that her knowledge had been refreshed once.

"I suddenly understand why you joined the Pioneer team." Laura tried to breathe through her mouth, but the smell kept rushing into her nose, making her suspect that her thinking was beginning to be affected.

"Ahem, that's one of the reasons." Instead of leading Laura into the city, he turned south after a distance: "I'll take you to meet someone, we can stay with him for one night tonight, and then go into the city tomorrow to run errands." ”

Noticing that Laura was a little hesitant in her steps, David gave her a reassurance: "Don't worry, that person's residence is relatively remote...... The environment is slightly better. ”