David's original archery skills can only be regarded as qualified, and of course it is enough for hunting or something, even if he practices a rapid fire, he can only be regarded as a good young hunter.

Not to mention the elite archers of Irontree Castle, even compared to an experienced old hunter like Addis, it is not a grade, let alone the hanging force Laura who can destroy the Brotherhood of the Sun with a hunting bow.

But since he gained the talent for archery, David's strength in the bow and arrow has been improving - he has personally felt what it means to be crushed by talent, and the results of his hard training for several years are not as good as the progress he made after casually practicing after getting the talent.

Today's David, after picking up the bow and arrow, his body seems to have an instinctive feeling, telling him how to better shoot the target, and the target will become like a slow-motion state when he is engrossed, even if the opponent is moving at high speed, there is no way to escape his aiming lock.

What's more, his hole cards are far more than excellent archery, even if this orc did not die under David's arrows and successfully rushed in front of Maloney, David was able to stop that guy and kill him, after all, his biggest killing move is the Holy Light Spell, especially the lethality of the Holy Fire is very strong, which is David's current killer weapon.

This time there was no chance for him to show the Divine Fire, and after shooting the orc, Hackett, who saw this scene from a distance, was relieved, and realized that the only way to make up for his previous mistakes was to destroy these hateful enemies as quickly as possible.

Adjusting the direction again and rushing towards the few people in the melee, several elite fighters had skilful cooperation, and they had the upper hand, and Hackett's addition was the last straw that crushed the enemy.

But unfortunately they couldn't all be wiped out, and an orc, under the cover of his companions and a giant wolf, climbed on a giant wolf and ran away towards the east.

At the end of the battle, the four enemies riding the giant wolf were killed and fled, and their mounts were also killed and fled, while there were no casualties on the human side, only two warriors were wounded, much to David's amazement.

When the cavalry of both sides were hedged, all four warriors except Hackett were knocked off their horses with weapons by the other side, and they were not seriously injured under the impact, and they were even able to defeat the orcs who were stronger than themselves on the flat ground...... The physical fitness of these fighters was much stronger than David thought.

Watching several fighters help each other check their physical injuries, make sure that everyone is not fatally injured, and put on their armor after briefly treating their injuries, David was once again amazed at the physical fitness of the next few fighters.

He was looking at a few warriors over there, and over there Knight Hackett was pleading with Maloney, because his misjudgment had nearly put Master Maloney-Mansfield in danger, and his performance as the captain of the escort for the operation was completely unsatisfactory.

"Forget it, after all, I don't know much about the enemy."

Maloney Mansfield may have been resentful and slammed Hackett as the captain of the guard. But on the surface he won't say anything, especially at this time - even if Hackett doesn't perform well this time, he can only let Hackett be in charge of guarding for the rest of the time.

In this case, it is not half beneficial for him to spray Hackett wildly, so even if he is dissatisfied, he will not show it, and even have a few words of comfort, hoping that Hackett will forget this mistake and show his true strength in the next time.

"In the coming days, I will definitely not disappoint adults." The Hackett Knight was close to swearing, and he was really ready to work hard to erase the bad impression he had just created in the next period of time.

Maloney calms Hackett while several warriors begin to clean up the battlefield – examining the corpses of several enemies as well as the giant wolf as mounts.

"This is the giant wolf of the north." Pretending to be a transparent person the whole time, and trying not to attract attention, Ardis still didn't control the professional habits he had developed over the years, and after a few glances, he saw the types of these mounts: "This giant wolf is generally the leader of the wolf pack, with a larger size, strong strength and endurance, and good running speed than the average gray wolf, but I have never seen anyone use this giant wolf as a mount." ”

David looked at the northern giant wolf a few more times, and he remembered that the pure white giant wolf he had seen in the troll village earlier seemed to be this breed.

"Is this northern giant wolf common around Irontree Fort?"

"When I was younger, I could still see it around Irontree from time to time, but I haven't seen this northern giant wolf in these years, so I should go further north...... That's what this area is about! Realizing that he was now on the plain north of Irontree Castle, Ardis temporarily changed his words: "This giant wolf is not afraid of the cold, and in this cold region, it may be more suitable as a mount than an ordinary horse." ”

Not to mention that this giant wolf also has good combat effectiveness, and they have just seen how these giant wolves cooperate with their masters to fight.

Originally, Ardis just chatted casually with David, but he didn't expect that a few words would attract several people, including Maloney.

Especially when it was said that 'the giant wolf of the north is especially suitable as a mount in the cold environment of the north', Maloney's two men began to record again, and Maloney even asked David: "Is there such a giant wolf near Winter Village?" ”

"There should be...... When I was destroying trolls with my fellow villagers before, I saw the corpse of this giant wolf. At the same time, he also began to wonder if he could also catch a few giant wolves of the north and train them into mounts. The thought of riding a giant wolf to gallop back and forth on the northern snowfields seems to be quite handsome.

Soon Davy was pulled back from his fantasy to reality, and after cleaning up the battlefield and simply burying the corpses of several orcs and giant wolves, the team set off again.

Maroni, who was back on the road, decided not to camp tonight and rested, and hurried all night to reach Winter Village as soon as possible.

"David, you must be worried about your village, right?" Maloney estimated in her heart that the distance from Winter Village should not be very far, so it was better to speed up and strive to reach Winter Village today, even if it was at night.

Maloney's decision was mainly due to the fact that the group of 'orcs' had emerged from the north, and suspected that these guys had discovered and even attacked Winter Village.

Although nothing was found from these people, the possibility cannot be ruled out. Of course, it is also possible that another orc team has already captured Winter Village, and this group of cavalry is back to report the news.

Maloney was wondering what to do if Winter Village was truly captured, or completely destroyed.

"Do you want to 'fund' David to rebuild Winter Village?"

As far as Maloney is concerned, David may be the illegitimate son of a nobleman, and the elders of the family still take good care of this illegitimate child, so they will arrange for David to join the development team and let him use legal and reasonable means to obtain a territory of his own.

At the same time, there should be more than one family behind David, and that Laura Crawford is here because of this. Otherwise, he really couldn't figure out the reason why a young lady from a noble background appeared in such a remote place.

Of course, these were just his guesses, maybe he guessed wrong? Although Maloney felt that her judgment was 90% correct, even if it was biased, it would not deviate too much.

So without considering these factors, is David worth the 'investment'?

He carefully counted the various resources available in the village: potatoes, a new crop with a short maturity period and a large yield. It can be eaten as a side dish or as a staple food.

This is the main characteristic product of Winter Village, before the value of potatoes is widely recognized, no farmer will easily choose an unfamiliar crop to replace the original crop, that is, at present, except for Winter Village, there will be no other place to grow potatoes.

The giant wolf of the north? A mount with decent combat power and more adapted to the northern climate? He didn't think it was impossible to train the northern giant wolf as a mount, and if those ugly giants could do it, why couldn't they?

But the question is how much is this kind of thing worth? Is it possible to cultivate in large quantities? If the quantity is small, it can only be regarded as a novelty, and it has little practical value.

What else? Maybe it's just Davy himself?

The point is, what benefits can you get by yourself or your family? Maloney fell into deeper thought.

As a result, before they knew it, they had arrived at Winter Village.

"My lord, there is Winter Village in front of you."

After rushing at full speed, they arrived at Winter Village earlier than expected, when the sun had not completely set, and against the backdrop of the setting sun, Winter Village seemed unusually quiet.

"This ......" Maloney looked at the quiet village, could it be that all the people in the village had been killed? How else could it be so quiet? And you can't even see a figure?

Turning his head to look at David, David immediately explained: "There are not many people in Winter Village now, and there are only two people left in the village. ”

As David spoke, a strong man stepped out of the cabin. He seemed to notice them in the distance, standing at the edge of the village and looking this way.

Although it was far away, everyone present could clearly see that this man had a very strong physique, even stronger than several elite warriors of Hackett and others.

"This is ......"

"This is Tirio Fortin." David thought for a moment and added, "It's the lumberjack in the village." ”

He wasn't talking nonsense, since Tirio Furding chose to settle in Winter Village, the most work he had done was to cut down trees, and all the wood used in these wooden houses in Winter Village was cut down one by one by Tirio Furding in the forest north and returned to Winter Village.

"Tirio...... Fordin? Maloney listened to David's introduction, a little unable to control his expression, his face was full of strangeness: "What about the other one?" ”

Mark Watney...... The only farmer in the village. ”

“……”