Chapter 440: Candidates
Leon's words startled Erin, and then an expression appeared on her face that she wanted to laugh but was embarrassed to laugh directly, which looked quite interesting.
"That's it!" the young man waved his hand and made a direct decision.
Jeff's ability is relatively comprehensive, he is good at managing all kinds of chores, or arranging the plans that have been made in an orderly manner, and is good at dealing with people, so the position of butler is quite suitable for him.
Erin's planning and logic are quite strong, she is knowledgeable, and she is also quite insightful about the future development of the territory, she and Jeff can work together to make up for their own shortcomings, and Eric's ability is relatively poor, but it can be regarded as being able to focus on a few things that he is good at, so that Leon only needs to be responsible for some general directions, and he can almost leave it alone, which is much easier.
"Since Ms. Crystal said that Edward would be there in a day or two, you can tell him that I am very grateful that they have given me this opportunity, and that they are willing to be a part of the City of Chaos, but now that Campbell is in a period of recovery and development, he may not be able to perform his duties in a short time, and I hope that they will help me coordinate this matter. ”
"In addition, Erin, you can reveal my whereabouts to him......" Leon thought for a moment and continued: "Let's just say that this time I entered the Black Forest and the Great Wasteland in advance, explored the resources and products therein, and prepared for the next development, if he is interested, I am willing to share some of the benefits with him, as for the details, we can wait until the next meeting to discuss in detail." ”
These words were not just said by Leon, since he was going to take Sophia through the Black Forest into the Great Wilderness. Then it's a good time to stop by and take a look inside and get to know this area that is both mysterious and terrifying to other people's mouths.
The Great Heath is located in the southeast of the kingdom of Sver and extends downwards to intersect the Pale Mountains. This part of the area is equivalent to one-third of the entire area of the Kingdom of Sver, and it is not known how much further south of the Pale Mountains. The Campbell Territory is located in the southernmost part of the kingdom, and most of the Black Forest stretching out of the Great Wasteland is on its east side, so Campbell is the closest to the Great Wasteland and the largest territory in the entire kingdom.
The Great Wasteland has been covered with a thick layer of fog for hundreds of years, and even the Black Forest has been filled with a large part of this fog, and judging from the condition of the Black Forest, the Great Wasteland will be full of monsters. It is likely that the deeper you go, the greater the number of monsters, and the stronger they will be, so they will be inaccessible for hundreds of years.
It's not that the Kingdom of Svir doesn't want to open up this area. It is the inability to open up, or there have been many times when the idea has missed the best opportunity, and in the end it is gone.
According to Leon's knowledge of the history of the continent during this time, just more than 300 years ago, the Kingdom of Svir was still a federation of more than a dozen small countries. To the west of it was a powerful empire. The north is a fierce and warlike barbarian and a brutal and bloodthirsty orc, the east is a mysterious and terrible wasteland, and the south is very close to the Pale Mountains, so it can be said that the living environment is quite bad.
At this time, the Atwood family rose like a new star. First he usurped the throne as king, and then waged war against his neighbors. It gradually expanded, eventually annexing the entire federation and changing its name to the Kingdom of Sver. Atwood I then led a large army to drive the barbarians from the north from the northwind tundra to the snowy plateau further north, and at the same time launched a full-scale attack on the orcs with a great victory, and the orcs had to retreat to the blood-filled hills to the northeast under the great loss of strength, and finally laid the foundation for hundreds of years of stability in the kingdom.
However, the repeated wars not only consumed a huge amount of money, but also made the national strength of the new kingdom extremely empty, and even Atwood I himself was injured by the enemy's super power, so he was no longer able to expand, so he could only try to stabilize his defense and recuperate.
In the following hundreds of years, there were also several ambitious and powerful leaders, but the barbarians and orcs were also unwilling to accept their defeat, and fought many wars with the kingdom, plus participated in two wars between humans and dark creatures, and later deteriorated relations with Caesar's empire, so the kingdom of Sver did its best for a hundred years and finally only pushed the kingdom south to Campbell, as for the expansion in other directions, it can be said that it is powerless.
So until now, the Great Wasteland has maintained its mystery, and as long as it doesn't occasionally break out into the border like a hundred years ago, the kingdom will not devote any energy to this area.
In fact, the development of the Great Wasteland is not in any of Leon's current considerations, with his original plan, as long as the trade area is opened up, and those hunters can be used as pioneers to find out the situation on the outskirts of the Black Forest, as for the depths of the Great Wasteland...... Maybe he won't have an idea until he is at the fourth order.
But this time he had to go.
This is the so-called plan can't catch up with the changes, but it's better to take a look first, so as not to catch yourself off guard if something changes happen in the Great Wasteland in the future, of course, judging from the products contained in the Black Forest, Leon has an inexplicable expectation for the Great Wasteland, if there is anything to gain, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?
As for the unknown dangers that are about to be faced...... Leon considered asking Master Kaka to come with him, but he dismissed the idea in an instant.
There are also a lot of things on Kaka's side, and the manor itself needs a strong man to be in charge, plus research alchemy, configure potions, arrange early warning circles, and contact a few of his "old acquaintances", and now he has to entrust him to see if he can make a device that can be contacted remotely, and these affairs are piled up together to keep him busy.
“...... Duncan?"
This person appeared in the young man's mind, he was indeed very strong, but at least he had to wait for him to return from the royal capital, which was equally unrealistic.
Leon pondered for a while, and finally said, "If the elves are in the manor, let Singal send the two rangers over, and if he has other candidates, he can consider it himself." ”
The woodland is the environment that elves are best at, and this was proven in the battle in the wolf's kiss forest, so as soon as he heard that he was going to go through the Black Forest to the Great Wasteland, the first thing that came to Leon's mind was the elven rangers, and they should be back at this time.
In addition, the mountain people are also a good choice, but unfortunately they also need to be responsible for the defense of the manor and the mountain people's temporary residence at the same time, so they can't be mobilized too much, Leon decided to let Yelena or Menshak pick ten people from among them and follow him into the Great Wasteland. ”
Next Leon thought of Hilarily, this new member is expected to be very restrained in the manor, her own strength is good, and her loyalty can be expected, so take this opportunity to let her accompany her, not only to accelerate the integration into the team, but also to take a look at her appearance.
That's pretty much it, the group of people he took away didn't affect the strength of the manor too much, and at the same time ensured his own strength, thinking that back then, my grandfather would be able to kill the monsters on the periphery of the Black Forest with ten knights who were only of the second order, but this time there were nearly twenty people, and the worst was the strength of the second order, and there were five third order, the strongest...... Of course, it's the vampire girl Fiona, who can definitely surpass her grandfather's level with them. (To be continued......)