Located to the east of the porcelain village, the Crow Castle is too old to verify.

The Witch of Viara, who rules the entire Horn of Despair, has taken most of the powerful races in this land under her banner, and has cultivated some of these intelligent creatures with potential, creating some subordinates whose strength has been greatly improved.

And this huge fire crow is the patriarch of the fire crow clan who originally lived near the red crow castle, and it was promoted by the witch of Viara two hundred years ago, and the strength of the second-level wizard apprentice reached the level of a first-level wizard.

There are no less than ten subordinates like her under the command of Viara Witch, so it is not considered a cruel Viara Witch, but it can be regarded as a qualified ruler for the creatures of the Horn of Despair.

Fire ravens, lizardmen, and trolls, the native creatures of the Horn of Despair, can be said to be out of respect and worship for the witch of Viara, rather than because of her strength, they are willing to be driven by her as if they were willing to provide her with everything.

And the Elemental Tidal Storm, which occurs every fifty years, is both an opportunity and a disaster for the creatures that live here.

Creatures like the Porcelain Man will only have more people when the Elemental Tidal Storm comes, so that they can obtain some of the materials necessary for their race.

For ordinary creatures, elemental tidal storms will destroy small settlements, inflict severe blows on weak tribes, and even lead to the extinction of entire tribes.

But the fire raven, who obviously had scruples, after briefly explaining this, shifted the problem of solving the puzzle to the invitation of the witch of Viara. "Mistress Raymond, Mistress Viara welcomes you very much, but since she can't leave the Crow Castle to invite her in person, please make sure you take the time to meet with Mistress Viara at the Crow Castle. I'm sure all your confusion will be cleared up after meeting with Mistress Viara!"

With his honest eyes, respectful attitude, and elegant conversation, everything that this monster fire crow showed made Raymond even more curious about the witch Viara who made it.

It's just that Raymond, who finally sent the fire crow away, couldn't help muttering to himself when he looked at the back of the fire crow that flew into the sky and disappeared quickly. "What is it that makes Viara Witch unable to leave the Crow Castle and willing to pay such a price in exchange for friendship and bitter water?"

I couldn't figure it out, but there was no need for Raymond to go to Porcelain Village Elder Hewlett. The old man appeared in front of Raymond soon after the fire raven had left, and asked about the purpose of the fire raven's visit.

Without too much politeness, Raymond directly turned the topic to substance. "What was the tax your village paid to the Rook Castle before?"

"Exquisite hand-embroidery, special aquatic products from the lakes, a wide variety of medicinal herbs from the mountains. and a small amount of bitter water," said Zhilu, this is the old Hewlett who is concerned with the survival of the porcelain village. First, let's talk about the standard tax share from 10 years ago. This is followed by a detailed explanation of the requirements of the Rook Castle before the last conflict. "Originally, the decennial tax was changed to once a year, and the amount of bitter water was tripled due to the abolition of other tributes, but the inability to hand over the method of extracting bitter water led to the conflict......

With old Hewlett's explanation, combined with the amount of bitter water needed by the Witch of Viara, Raymond guessed the problem that the Witch of Viara was facing.

The porcelain man is an inorganic life. It was through the arrival of the Elemental Tidal Storm that the population had increased, but she had miscalculated the Porcelain people's attitude towards the conservative way of extracting bitter water, resulting in the area she ruled over, with the exception of old Hewlett here. It should be a porcelain elder who does not know the method of extracting bitter water.

Therefore, although the Red Crow Castle imprisoned more than 300 porcelain people, the Viara witch, who could not extract the bitter water herself, could only compromise with this porcelain village living next to the lake.

And the appearance of Raymond, an outsider, has also become a bridge for the witch of Viara to obtain bitter water in disguise, and under the condition of maintaining the bottom line of obtaining bitter water, more than 300 imprisoned porcelain people are exchanged for the corresponding bitter water, and they can also show favor to him.

Although there are still many things worth scrutinizing in such speculation, Raymond believes that such a conclusion should be closer to the truth, so after telling the meaning of the fire crow, he told the elder of the porcelain village Hewlett about the conditions of the witch of Viara.

"More than three hundred porcelain men imprisoned in the Crow Castle, if I ask the witch of Viara to release them, can you guarantee a stable supply of bitter water?" Raymond, who directly took out this condition and began to speak, looked directly into the eyes of old Hewlett. "And after the Elemental Tidal Storm comes, the entire porcelain village can't migrate anytime soon......"

"Three hundred porcelain men!" But old Hewlett, who was frightened by the number of things Raymond said, did not pay attention to what Raymond said afterwards, but muttered to himself in shock. "Living in the porcelain village of the Corner of Despair, there were less than a thousand porcelain people at its peak, and the witch of Viara is going to exterminate our race......"

Old Hewlett, who had fallen into indignation and fear, trembled in his body, and two lines of cloudy tears fell from his eyes, which took a long time to ease.

Raymond, who was quietly waiting for old Hewlett, could understand his anger and hatred, but the vulnerable porcelain people had no ability to fight against the Viara witch at all.

The weak have no choice but to be slaughtered without support, and Raymond believes that the bitter water that exists in the porcelain human body should be artificially extracted, and the secret that old Hewlett wants to protect will be a futile and ridiculous struggle in front of the high-ranking wizards.

"It takes an adult porcelain man a week to extract two milliliters of bitter water, and if you extract too much, it will cause a great reduction in lifespan," said old Hewlett, whose voice became a little hoarse and sad, and finally frankly stated the yield of bitter water. "More than 300 of the same clan, as long as you have the ability, you must be rescued, please bother!"

After speaking, the porcelain man Old Hewlett, who wanted to kneel down at Raymond, made Raymond unable to bear such a big gift from him, and quickly dragged him up from the ground. "The people of the Crow Castle will come back in a month, try to save up as much bitter water as possible before they arrive, and I will do my best to keep the porcelain village safe and intact!"

"Thank you, Lord for your love of the porcelain people!" Raymond's promise touched old Hewlett so much that after a moment of hesitation, a struggle appeared on his face. "But if you want to increase the yield of bitter water, you need a purple clay that grows in the extreme east of the Horn of Despair. ”

Raymond, who was very surprised when he heard the sound, couldn't help frowning. "The purple clay of the Far East can increase the yield of bitter water?"

Hewlett, the elder of the porcelain village with a very struggling expression, finally told the reason frankly. "This kind of clay does not directly increase the yield of bitter water, but it can make up for the life lost by the porcelain people due to the extraction of bitter water!"

"Then before the team from the Crow Castle arrives, then increase the yield of bitter water as much as possible," Raymond said directly to his thoughts after understanding what this clay meant to the porcelain people. "I will negotiate with the people of the Red Crow Castle for the acquisition of this clay, and after the three hundred porcelain people are released, the survival of all the porcelain people will be easier!"

Old Hewlett bowed down and left, and his steps became relaxed when he left, but Raymond, who was sitting in the room, was still confused.

But a moment later, a faint voice came through the door. "Ray, Lord Raymond, can I—May I ask you for one thing?"

Raymond, who raised his head, immediately saw the porcelain girl Anita standing at the door, with a frightened expression on her face, but expectation in her eyes.

"What's the matter?" but Raymond, who was blankly asked, quickly reacted, because the porcelain girl Anita actually spoke the ancient Torrean language!

"I—I want to ...... I'd like to take the kind of test you've done before," Anita, the porcelain girl who immediately walked into the room, said in a firm tone. "It is to inject metals and other substances into the body, so that the porcelain people can have a stronger test ......" (to be continued......)