The Jonathan family was defeated by the Eastern Route Army, and the situation on Richard's side was suddenly in danger.

Despite occupying the kobold cave and having fortifications under the transformation, it is still a matter of no chance to win against the legendary dragon.

After all, due to supply restrictions, Richard now has only 500 soldiers under his command, although they are all elite soldiers, their actual strength is not comparable to the 6,000 men in Duke Jonathan's county.

Duke Jonathan dispatched 6,000 regular troops, but was unable to defeat the legendary black dragon. Relying on Richard's five hundred people, it is also impossible to defeat the army under the command of the legendary black dragon.

Because of the poor transportation conditions, it was difficult to communicate effectively between the east and west roads, and although both sides had messenger contact, it was already twenty days after receiving the defeat of Duke Jonathan.

These days, the legendary black dragon Ramoos did not organize an army and launched an attack on the kobold cave.

After two battles in a row, the losses of the legendary black dragon were also very heavy.

The Dragonvein Kobold was completely wiped out, only half of the number of Wyverns remained, and the western part of the Kobold Cave fell into the control of the Harland Lord. Half-Dragons, Lizardmen, and Ogres all suffered different battle damages.

In today's situation, the legendary black dragon Ramoos had to shrink his forces and give up part of his territory, so he did not organize a large army to attack the kobold cave far away from the dragon's nest.

After more than 20 days of recuperation, most of the wounded soldiers have gradually recovered their vitality and can move freely.

During this time, Sophia crafted four servitude contracts to be used by the four Wyverns.

Because the people left behind are relatively tame bipedal wyverns, who have lived with humans during this time, and have been preliminarily tamed in order to survive, the probability of signing a successful contract is very high.

The first bipedal wyvern enslavement contract has been signed, and the contractor is the seventh-order warrior Drifen.

After the battle of annihilating Pilosa, although Driven was seriously injured, he got revenge, but he had a heartfelt matter, and after the injury, he quickly broke through and succeeded in a blessing in disguise, and was promoted to a seventh-order warrior, responsible for commanding the second wave of reinforcements.

Although Wilde and Derifen were very strong and not weak, they did not receive meritorious service in Haaland, and it was impossible for Richard to directly appoint them to the top of the army.

You can only adjust them to the right position and let them make war achievements first.

After Drifen successfully contracted the Wyvern, he was appointed by Richard as the leader of the Wyvern Knights, commanding the four Wyverns.

Although Drifen was only a squad leader, his position was more important than that of the infantry brigade.

Seeing that the legendary black dragon had no intention of recovering the kobold cave, Richard was also preparing to slowly withdraw to the Haaland Territory. However, he did not intend to abandon the area entirely, but planned to set up a forward camp with a small garrison.

The Warcraft cavalry consumed too much food and was not suitable for stationing on the outer line, so they were transferred back to the Double Star Castle by Richard. Only one hundred and sixty members of the Kobold Cave remained, and Commander Richard appointed Wilde to his position.

In addition, half of the squadron of magical hot air balloons is stationed in the kobold cave, carrying high-powered binoculars to monitor the enemy.

In this way, the garrison was reduced to about 200 people, and there were still 360 tons of grain left, without the Warcraft Cavalry, a large consumer of grain, the 200 garrison would consume 6 or 700 catties of grain a day, and it would only be 10 tons a month.

More than 300 tons of grain and grass are enough for the demon hunting team to eat for three years, and there is no need to worry about the problem of grain and grass in a short period of time.

The Kobold Cave is rich in Warcraft resources, and when the infrastructure is slowly completed, Richard is ready to rely on Warcraft resources to build a demon hunting town near the cave.

Now the Harland Territory is preparing to set up a Demon Hunting Association to attract Warcraft hunters in the northern region of the Grant Kingdom.

The Dukedom of Haaland now has three major associations, the strongest being the Mage Association, which has grown to a certain scale, with a total number of more than three hundred people. Magical civilization has also developed to a high level, and new things are emerging one after another.

The second is the mercenary union, the president of the union is Soros, Soros was also a mercenary in his early years, and with the success of his life, he enjoys a very high reputation among the mercenaries in Northern Xinjiang.

Due to the southward movement of the Iron Lion and Grizzly Bear armies, the economy of the two castles of Iron Lion and Grizzly Bear suffered a devastating blow, and now there is almost no commercial activity, and the mercenaries active in the two castles suddenly lost their jobs on a large scale, and finally poured into the most economically developed Harland Territory.

These mercenaries are divided into twenty-three mercenary groups, with a total number of 1,600 people, many of whom are retired from the army, and the backbone of the mercenary group is also filled by professionals, and their combat effectiveness is a few points stronger than that of Harland's security army.

When it comes to critical times, the Haaland Leader can recruit mercenary groups to fight, which can play an important role.

The third is the Demon Hunting Union, which now has less than 200 members, most of whom are members of the army's demon hunting team and serve the government. The private nature of the Warcraft hunters, there are only a dozen people combined.

In the past, hunting monsters was an official monopoly business, and the territory also enacted laws prohibiting private hunting of monsters.

However, there are a lot of monster resources near the kobold cave, and the population is sparse, in order to speed up the development here, Richard decided to make some policy adjustments and recruit scattered monster hunters in northern Xinjiang.

In addition to the official demon hunting team, there are also a large number of Warcraft hunters, and the number of these people adds up to several thousand, and a large part of them are part-time Warcraft hunters.

When Richard first debuted, he and Hayden participated in the demon hunting team organized by Soros and Roland, and he was also a part-time Warcraft hunter back then.

Warcraft hunters generally have a very high income, most of them are professionals, and they are considered excellent talents in the northern Xinjiang region, attracting these people to the vicinity of the kobold cave, relying on the hunting of warcraft business to establish a stronghold, not only can earn a lot of profits, but also with the help of the power of the warcraft hunter to guard the kobold cave.

Richard and his soldiers built a simple wooden castle near the Kobold Cave and named it the Demon Hunting City. Then return to the Harland Territory with the Beast Cavalry.

Although the Demon Hunting City is simple, it is the key area for the next development of Haaland's leadership, and all kinds of materials are prioritized.

Soon, under the protection of the soldiers, the Chamber of Commerce directly under the territory came to the Demon Hunting City, and the store for the purchase of Warcraft materials, the store for the sale of potions and alchemy items, the store for enchanted weapons and enchanted armor, taverns, and inns were all opened, and in just one month, the number of people providing logistics services exceeded two hundred.

Richard even set up a special transport team, appointing Jennings as the leader of the transport team, with twelve mid-level warriors, using ninth-order lockers to supplement logistics for the Demon Hunting City.

Upon returning to the territory, Richard vigorously promoted the Demon Hunt City to the surrounding area.

Compared to the lords of other regions, the Harland Lords did business fairly, and the level of the entire bureaucracy exceeded the average level of the Grant Kingdom, and it quickly attracted a group of witchers.

After entering autumn, there were already eight or nine hundred people living near the Demon Hunting City, and the size of the castle had expanded considerably.

Of course, the area is still very barren, with simple wooden houses and a scarce number of artisans, and although the witchers can make a lot of money, they can only provide a low standard of living.

After winter, the witchers return home, where only the Haaland Demon Hunter Squadron is stationed, and peace is restored.

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Although this battle did not hit the legendary black dragon hard, from a strategic point of view, the east-west cooperation was not played well, and it was not particularly successful.

But for Harland, the harvest is not small at all, within three months of the clean-up operation, seven terrain dragons, twenty-two bipedal flying dragons were killed, and the sorted out wurm skins could refine two hundred fourth-order enchanted armor and equip two squadron elite soldiers.

Now there are only a dozen pieces of wurm skin enchanted armor in Haaland's collar, which are basically in the hands of early officers, and with these two hundred wurm leather armors, the combat effectiveness of Haaland's leading team has been greatly improved.

In addition, the internal organs and brain marrow of demonic beasts can refine Tenghui Elixirs, and with this batch of resources, the supply of Tenghui Elixir in the territory will increase by 6,000 this year. According to past statistics, at least five or six hundred professionals can be trained. With this batch of new blood replenishment, Haaland will be able to quickly expand his army.

In general, the amount of Venant Elixir produced by the Haaland Collar is not stable, although the several auxiliary materials for refining the Venant Elixir, the Boiling Flower, and the Moonlight Grass Haaland Collar can be self-sufficient and can supply a large amount. However, the main material, the internal organs of the Demon Beast, need to be provided by the Demon Hunting Team.

The income of demon hunting has always been very unstable, almost relying on the sky to eat, and some demon hunting teams have gone deep into the forest for half a year, and almost nothing has been found. Because of the unstable supply of Warcraft internal organs, the production of Haaland Lingtenghui's potions fluctuates greatly and is very unstable.

In the entire Grant Kingdom, only the royal family and a few dukedoms in the north can provide a large number of Radiant Elixirs.

The Duke of Fox is the same as the Duke of Harland, the supply is unstable, and the Duke of Edward's Warcraft Warhorse breeding base is very large, and occasionally kills the eliminated Warcraft Warcraft Warhorse to supply a part. However, the Iron Wildebeest is of a low grade, and the magic power in the internal organs is insufficient, and an Iron Wildebeest can provide a few materials, although the situation is better than that of Haaland, in fact, it is just enough for his own use.

The supply of Duke Jonathan's dukedom is larger, mainly because there are more resources to master, and there is a natural medium-sized magic well near the legendary black dragon dragon's lair, and there is not a lot of magic power escaping from the nearby area, and the number of demonic beasts is also relatively large, and the income from demon hunting far exceeds that of other dukedoms.

The reason why the Grant royal family has the largest and most stable supply is mainly because of the success of artificially bred Warcraft.

The royal family has a Arrow Demon Pig breeding base, which can produce two hundred Arrow Demon Pigs every year, and the Arrow Demon Pig is a large-sized fifth-order Demonic Beast, one can provide one hundred and twenty potion materials, and there is a Arrow Demon Pig Breeding Base to lay the foundation, which can continuously provide Warcraft meat and Tenghui Elixir.

But the royal family also needs to supply the nobles of the whole country, and in fact, the supply and demand of the Venerant medicine are not very balanced.

Of course, Harland also hopes to establish a Warcraft breeding base, but the Grant royal family strictly guards the Warcraft breeding technology, and outsiders are not welcome near the Arrow Demon Pig breeding base, and it is not easy to successfully establish a Warcraft breeding base.

Now there are three artificial magic wells in Haaland's territory, and the magicians in the territory are also doing induction experiments to see if they can catalyze and induce ordinary animals to turn them into magical beasts, but the induction experiments have not been very successful.

After killing the terrain dragon and the bipedal wyvern, Harland took care of the loot. The Warcraft meat is all packed into the space bag, and the Warcraft meat is rich in nutrients that can help train soldiers. Especially the terrain dragon, the high-grade demonic beast meat of the bipedal flying dragon, can strengthen the body and strengthen the fighting spirit, and the effect is second only to the Tenghui Elixir.

The most important thing is to kill a large number of demonic beasts and dig out twenty-nine demonic cores. Most of these cores are high-level cores, which can be used to power high-level alchemy items.

From the ruins of the ancient wizards, Harland led a set of high-level golem refining methods, which required the use of a large amount of super magic metals and high-level magic cores.

The high-level magic cores in the Haaland territory are very scarce, and there is no high-level alchemist to suppress the array, Richard tried to refine them twice without success, and also consumed the only two high-level magic cores in the territory.

Now that there are a large number of high-level demon cores, and Wendini, a seventh-order alchemist, the probability of successful golem refining has greatly increased. Even if it is refined into a team of twelve golems, it can play a very big role in battle.

The Iron Golem is a seventh-order alchemy item, under the manipulation of the magician, it is a few points more powerful than the seventh-order warrior, and the twelve golems attack at the same time, and the combat power of the head-to-head duel is close to that of a squadron of Warcraft cavalry.

In addition, if you kill the bipedal wyvern and the terrain dragon, you will also have twenty-three bottles of dragon pith liquid collected.

Although the dragon marrow liquid is not of great use to the Haaland Lord, it is the most urgently needed resource in the Duke of Jonathan, and it has a very high transaction value.

Finally, the bipedal wyvern, the claws of the terrain dragon, and the fangs are all high-grade alchemy materials, which are also of great use to the Harland Collar.

Many years ago, Richard couldn't use these high-level Warcraft materials, so he could only trade them to the Grant royal family in exchange for ordinary resources, and now the Harland Leader Mage Association has developed to a very high level, and every material can be used to enhance the foundation of the territory.

This operation hunted twenty-nine terrain dragons, bipedal wyverns, and almost added millions of gold coins to the Haaland Territory.

In addition to the benefits of hunting monsters, Harland also seized two precious magic items, the Locker and the Dragon's Blood Mirror.

The locker was left in the kobold cave to treasure and store precious resources, and although the special legendary item Haaland Collar could not be used, it could be traded with the Jonathan family.

After consulting with the high-ranking officials of the territory, Richard decided to exchange the Dragon's Blood Mirror for a royal seal.

Although Haaland has a royal seal, it is not enough for the past two years, and now dozens of contracts need to be stamped with the royal seal every day, and those who sign the contracts need to rush to Fort William.

According to the rules of the Grant Kingdom, a legion often needs a royal seal, for example, when Richard signed the royal power contract in the Wild Lion Legion, he could complete the contract at the legion headquarters, and did not need to go to Nolan to sign the contract.

Now there are two and a half legionnaires in the Haaland Command, and both need to go to Fort William to sign the contract. A lot of time is wasted on the road, and efficiency is not improved for a long time.

Although Richard has been promoted to duke, his priority has been increased, but he is not a believer in the Church of Kingship, and he still needs to wait in line for eight years to reserve a royal seal with the Church of Kingship and Order.

In order to formulate this seal, Richard needs to provide 30,000 gold coins for the Church of Monarchy every year starting this year, and it will cost 360,000 gold coins to exchange for a royal seal.

For a big nobleman, the seal of royal power is the foundation of their monopoly of power, and the most important foundation of a big nobleman, which cannot appear in auctions, fairs and other occasions.

Although the Jonathan family has formed two new main legions due to a large expansion of the army, and also lacks the royal seal, in order to obtain the Dragon Blood Treasure Mirror, Richard estimates that the transaction has a good chance of success.

(End of chapter)