Chapter 417 [Treasure Land]

Lan Lan and Tacitus did not slack off, and conveyed the warning of the cold night very strictly, telling everyone in the team. Even Tacitus went so far as to tell everyone that no one was allowed to have contact with the local natives without his permission!

As the leaves of the boat descended the river and gradually approached the canyon, several figures appeared on the observation deck at the mouth of the canyon, which was piled up with stones.

Lan Lan, Tacitus and the others immediately recognized it: orcs!

These are the orcs of the Hoofland, and they are dressed in very rough clothes, the fabric is probably similar to some kind of linen, and they look very shabby.

The few orcs crowded on the lookout are probably all guards, so they have at least some additional equipment, such as protective gear. Lan Lan and Tacitus recognized a minotaur orc standing at the front, wearing a piece of wooden armor.

It was strange to them.

Because this kind of protective gear made of wood chips is almost impossible to see in the Roland Continent. Armor made of wood is not excellent in terms of defense, and it is very troublesome to preserve. Even leather armor is far superior to wooden armor.

As for the weapons they use, they're pretty good. It looked a little shabby, but it was still made of metal, with axes and hammers.

It's obviously very shoddy, but it's a decent weapon.

As the blades slowly approached the canyon, the orcs standing at the mouth of the canyon visibly began to tense.

Some orcs quickly ran back into the canyon and yelled for something, while the rest of the orcs were at the mouth of the canyon, obviously making a very vigilant posture. From their appearance, Tacitus recognized, they were ready to fight.

At this time, the cold night came forward.

She leaped and leaped, gliding lightly through the air before landing lightly on the front of the blade of the river.

Cold Night felt something from his bosom that seemed to be a whistle. I took it in my mouth and blew it.

The strange whistle was heard, and the orcs standing at the mouth of the canyon were noticeably relaxed.

Some orcs clearly saw the cold night standing on the bow of the ship, so they directly put down the weapons in their hands, waved their arms vigorously in the direction of the cold night, and shouted loudly.

It is not known what they are shouting, but at least from the tone of voice, it should be a welcoming attitude.

When the human team came to the mouth of the canyon, the river happened to pass through the canyon, and the river at the mouth of the canyon. At least two dozen orcs have already arrived.

These were strong, male orcs, poorly dressed, but at least each had a weapon in their hands.

Tacitus found that the orcs were not having an easy time as they could tell from their equipment.

Only a few orcs hold iron weapons and look rather crude.

Most of the orcs held weapons in their hands were nothing more than crude wooden sticks. There are even those who hold the bones of unknown beasts, but they sharpen one of their heads.

He even saw that there was a weapon in the orc's hand, just a wooden stick. A sharpened ...... was tied to the top. Stone!!

Even the orc kingdom on the Roland continent has always been ridiculed by humans as a backward civilization.

can be compared with the orc group in the Roland Continent, these orcs in front of them are simply a group of people called Hanako.

But this kind of contempt in my heart will not be on my face. Tacitus had already quickly reinstated his discipline by letting his men pass on the word again.

Because there is a cold night as a guide, when the leaves of the ship are docking. The orcs didn't stop them—to the numbness of Tacitus and the others, they clearly saw some strong orcs, standing on the shore, holding something like a slingshot in their hands, and a pile of stones, large and small.

It is conceivable that if there was no cold night, my group of people would rush here and suffer the baptism of these orcs' stone bullets before they could go ashore.

The smallest of those stone bullets was the size of a fist, and the largest was probably the size of a basin.

After the boat landed, Cold Night had already jumped ashore first, and then she quickly walked up to the orc, nodded to one of the strongest orcs, saluted each other, and then began to talk quickly.

After talking a few words, Han Ye turned around and shouted a few words to Lan Lan, signaling to her that humans could go ashore and land.

The team went ashore one after another, and the leaves were properly stowed.

It's just that when the human beings were busy, those orcs stood far away, more than ten meters away, in a circle, obviously not giving up their guard posture, observing these humans in front of them with a puzzled attitude.

According to what Cold Night said, for these orcs, this human team is the first time in their lives that they have seen a living human.

"I've talked to them. ”

Cold Night returned to Lan Lan's side and said slowly: "The orc leaders here agree to let you land and allow you to enter this canyon, but they require that you can only rest in the designated place and are not allowed to move around. As for the supplies you need...... I'll continue to negotiate with them, if that doesn't work......"

"I'm not in a hurry to resupply or anything. Lan Lan replied - she also saw that these orcs should be living in distress themselves, so she had no intention of getting any supplies from these orcs at all. It is enough to ask for a place to rest.

The negotiations between the two sides were all carried out on the cold night.

From beginning to end, these orcs gathered together, watching these strange humans from a distance.

Many orcs expressed a strong curiosity about these humans, especially the members of the Knights of the Church who saw these humans, and the orcs had a strong envy for the equipment of the Holy Knights.

The equipment of these knights, in the eyes of the orcs, is simply unimaginably extravagant!

Each member of the Knights is wearing very sophisticated protective gear, the kind of half-body metal armor, although it can only be regarded as light armor in the Roland Continent, it is only used when fighting on foot. But for orcs, it's already a good thing that you can't even dream of.

What's more, the weapons that these knights are equipped with are also the envy of the orcs: each knight is equipped with a long sword. There is also a short sword hanging from the waist, and many people have a dagger tied to the leg of their trousers or thighs!

Even the sailors who were nothing more than ragtags or burdens in the ranks were armed with axes or swords or something like that—the finest equipment from the Roland Empire.

And this tribe, even the tall orc leader, with an ax in his hand, is not as good as a sailor.

Not to mention the clothes these humans wear.

......

At the entrance to the canyon, on both sides of the river, a ditch about seven or eight meters wide was dug.

This probably acts as a moat. The river was brought in, and a rope bridge was made of something that resembled a tree vine.

There are stone piles in the middle to hold them in place.

The human contingent was allowed into the canyon. When you walk through this ravine, you will find the whole of this settlement.

The area of this valley is a bit larger than expected. It's not as narrow as you might think.

In fact, the space inside is still quite large. At the mouth of the canyon, on the side of the mountain wall, several caves had been dug out of the mountain wall, and as he walked through these caves, Tacitus clearly saw several orc heads peeking out of them.

From the equipment and appearance, these orcs are all powerful and strong. Obviously. These caves near the mouth of the canyon all have a military role, probably similar to the function of the Tibetan Cave.

The further you go into the canyon, the more open the terrain becomes.

Here are some large and small houses made of stone piles.

Most of the houses are built on the ground. Occasionally, you can see stone houses on some gentle slopes on both sides of the mountain, and halfway up the mountain.

Most of the people who live here are orcs.

All the way. Tacitus and Lan Lan made a rough estimate in their hearts, and estimated from the number of stone houses, and the number of orcs here was at least one or two thousand.

There were still some young orcs in the canyon. Just like children in the human world, they were frolicking and running around, but when they saw such a group of humans walking in from a distance, they immediately heard the shouts and ran away.

From beginning to end, Tacitus's team was supervised by a dozen orcs with weapons in front of and behind them.

The canyon is not in the shape of a long strip. Rather, it is a terrain similar to a chain hoist.

After walking through the first canyon, the road to the inside was a slightly narrower area, and when he passed through the narrow area of guò, Tacitus saw that beside the mountain walls on both sides, there were many stones piled up on the slopes - it is expected that in the event of an attack, if the first valley misses, then the orcs here can push the stones down the hillside and block the passage, which can effectively protect the inner part of the valley.

When I came to the second valley, the scene in front of me suddenly made the humans exclaim!

Over here...... Far better than the phenomenon!!

Throughout the Abandoned Continent, most of the wilderness is barren, and the occasional vegetation is sparse and weak.

But in this second valley, it is surprising that people can see a large area of dense and luxuriant green!!

The valley is about 200 acres of land, planted with large tracts of trees, and has been reclaimed for a lot of farmland.

Surprisingly, when the Surumbi River of Hope passes through the valley, it forms a natural source of irrigation.

At least it seems that the dealers and trees here are growing quite well.

Especially those thick trees, which make the crew and sailors very greedy!

A captain approached and quickly communicated with Tacitus, who calculated that if all the trees were cut down here (about three hundred), he might be able to barely make a small ship.

Tacitus just glanced at the captain coldly: "Don't think about this kind of thought. ”

Because judging by the attitude of these orcs, it is clear that they take the protection here very seriously.

The woods and the dealer's side are guarded by orcs, and they are armed with weapons!

Passing through the valley of this farmland, there is a narrow mountain road in front of you, and you can see that the terrain is open up again along the Surumbi River......

It's a residential area again.

"It seems that the population here is much larger than we expected. ”

Looking at the large and small stone houses here, Tacitus said to Lan Lan.

The further you go inside, the greater the surprise.

A total of six valleys were crossed. Four valleys are inhabited areas. There is a valley dedicated to trees and crops, and there is a valley where humans are amazed to see how many livestock are raised!

The most common things are naturally pigs, cows, and sheep...... I guess it was brought by the ancestors of the orcs in ancient times. And there are also some strange-looking livestock, probably a specialty of this continent.

At least Lan Lan had seen something that was bulging like a ball of flesh, with a short snout, thick limbs, and huge ears—there were plenty of them here.

"It's called Garomon. Cold Night was very understanding on the side to solve Lan Lan's curiosity: "This is the only local specialty on this continent that our ancestors have harvested." This Garamon is an omnivore. They eat everything, and they grow fast and are not slow to reproduce. Our ancestors tamed and bred a large number of these garatins, which could provide us with a large amount of meat. And...... Garamon dung can be used to make fires. ”

The settlement of the four valleys, this gathering place, has a total population of about five or six thousand.

In addition to the orcs, Lan Lan also saw a small number of dwarves.

These dwarves apparently have a worse attitude towards humans. The dwarves all live in the third valley, near the mountains, and they don't live in stone houses like that. Instead, they made one cave after another in the mountain wall.

The number of dwarves is not very large, there are only two or three hundred in total - according to the introduction of Cold Night, the dwarves do not reproduce fast because of the characteristics of their race. But the dwarves have brought many benefits to this gathering place.

Dwarves are good at mining and burrowing. Almost all of the caves here were made by the dwarves, and the dwarves were good at mining. To the surprise of Blue Blue and Tacitus, according to Cold Night, in the mountains next to this valley. There is a not too big iron ore vein in the zài!

Therefore, all the weapons and equipment used by the warriors in this gathering point are from the handiwork of the dwarves.

"But they still have a big problem. Han Ye smiled bitterly: "Iron ore will not turn directly into iron. It doesn't turn directly into swords and weapons. Smelting requires a lot of fuel, which is indeed the most scarce. The manure of the Garamon can only be used for daily life, and it is not enough to burn the stove or something, but it is not enough to use it to smelt iron.

Residents here can only use firewood...... But as you see, the trees in the planting area are precious and there are not many of them, and far from this valley, there is a special place where zài carboniferous is stored...... But that place is too dangerous! There will be monsters attacking the charcoal mining team. So this has always been a bottleneck that has limited the development of this agglomeration. ”

Lan Lan listened to it and secretly remembered it in her heart.

In addition to dwarves and orcs, to Lan Lan's surprise, there are also elves in this gathering place!!

What a surprise!

Because the elves are considered to be the most conservative and exclusive race, although they do not like to kill, they also do not like to deal with other races - all elves are born with pride.

But there are also elves in this valley!

Less than a hundred grass spirits appeared on the slope of one of the innermost settlements.

There are several excavated cave houses, and some vegetation that looks like it has been transplanted, albeit very sparsely.

At first, these grass and tree spirits just stood on the hillside, looking at the group of humans who had run into the valley from afar with curious and puzzled eyes.

But when they saw the cold night walking in the middle of the group, walking beside Lan Lan, the elves burst into cheers.

The grass spirits immediately vibrated their wings behind them, flew down the hillside, and then gathered around the cold night.

Obviously, Cold Night has a high status and prestige among these grass and wood elves.

These grass and tree elves flew to the side of the cold night, and they all folded their wings one after another, and bent down to salute the cold night with the most reverent posture.

Their faces were filled with warm and reverent smiles, and some of the elves chirped loudly for something in the cold night.

Because they spoke so fast, Lan Lan could barely hear a few words.

The approximate meaning seems to be that these grass and wood elves expressed a very strong gratitude to Cold Night, and used a lot of slang of the elven race, praising Cold Night as a great warrior who made great contributions to the peace of this continent......

In particular, a sentence from a grass and tree elf made Lan Lan pay extra attention!

The grass elf cheered loudly, and said that he thought that Cold Night should be qualified to be the king of the elves!!

Elven ...... King?

......

"The soil and water here are much more fertile than in other places. Han Ye looked at Lan Lan, but his face was a little regretful: "But unfortunately, in the entire abandoned continent, like here, there are too few places suitable for ethnic groups to live and reproduce." Moreover, we still can't figure out the reason for this special fertile water and soil. And...... The land here can only accommodate so many ethnic groups to reproduce here, and if there are more, they will not be able to feed them, so they can only migrate to other places. ”

The place where they are at the moment, the tribes of the canyon have been designated as an area for humans to live temporarily.

This is in the sixth valley, and it is inhabited entirely by orcs. The human beings were placed in the southeast corner near the mountain wall, and seven or eight stone houses were divided for them.

Tacitus could be sure that this sixth valley should be the most militarily powerful place in the entire gathering point.

There is a huge stone house here, which is probably the core of this place, and it is also the administrative center of the entire settlement, so there are at least two hundred orc warriors around.

Placing humans here, obviously, the orcs did it on purpose - placing these strange outsiders in the place where their military defense was the strongest, which naturally meant supervision.

And, obviously, in this temporary settlement, the orcs have placed more than a dozen warriors outside in the open space outside the gate, and other orc residents are forbidden to approach it.

Even the grass elves were told not to come in and visit the cold night.

"Here, because the land can only support a limited number of people, the system here has always been very strict. Like the dwarves and the grass elves. It's not that the orcs want to share this valley treasure with these dwarves. It's just that the orcs need the skills of the dwarves to burrow and mine, and they can't do without the help of the dwarves. And the grass and wood elves, because they have the ability to fly, so the grass and wood elves are the orc tribe's charcoal mining team far away from the valley, when they go to the distant charcoal mines to collect resources, the best candidates and vigilant sentinels, the grass and wood elves who can fly in the air, can minimize the danger, and can run fast in case of danger. ”

There was something mocking in Cold Night's tone: "The elves are such a proud race, but they have to live in caves with orcs...... It's just because, on this continent, there are too few forests suitable for elves to live in......" (To be continued......