Chapter 282: Savage Legion
As the island's economic activity increased, many wild people lived a life where they no longer had to worry about food and clothing, especially those who had jobs. These wildlings are even showing signs of gradually breaking away from the tribe, and some of them have chosen to live near the market in order to work nearby.
With the market as the center, large areas of thatched huts and wooden huts began to appear around, and these wild people went to the market every day to work, and at night they would return to their huts to cook with their families, and when they had spare money, they could buy some clothes and utensils, and if they wanted to eat meat, they didn't have to hunt anymore, as long as they could buy it in the market, so that life was many times better than the days when they were hungry before.
Some tribes began to notice these phenomena, and a wave of resistance to the city was also surreptitiously surging. However, no matter how much they resist the modern way of life, the wild people are also human beings, and they do not want to live in poverty forever, so more and more people still choose to live near the market.
The tribes that resisted strongly were mainly those who were far away from the market, and they did not have as much convenience as other tribes, so they did not feel the benefits of the market obviously. So Sahain opened two more markets to take care of the remote tribes, and now there were fewer and fewer people who resolutely resisted the market, but the hatred of the market became stronger and stronger, and finally some wild people decided to attack the market.
That morning, Savin received a report from a wild tribe that a market in the northeastern part of the island had been attacked by the Antlers three days earlier, and that the market had been burned to the ground and dozens of people had been killed. Savan was furious when he heard this, and he slapped the table and stood up, ordering the soldiers to inform the tribes at once, and hold a meeting of the tribal alliance in three days.
By the time the alliance meeting was held, most of the people had already known about it, and the tribal representatives were talking in private, but this time the Antlers were angry, and everyone knew that in addition to Sahain's subordinates in the market, some savages had also begun to trade, and even stalls opened by savages had appeared. The reckless action of the Antlers angered not only Savan, but also the other tribes.
In the past, when such a thing happened, there would always be bloody conflicts between tribes, but after the conflict, the market could no longer be maintained, after all, no tribe wanted to fight all day for the market. But this time there is Savin here, and the punishment of the antlers must be led by Sawen, and Sawen's strength is not comparable to the savage tribe, and once the force is used, I am afraid that it will be directly exterminated.
Sure enough, at the beginning of the meeting, Sawan severely denounced the Antlers, and the people of the Antlers also knew that they were at a loss and did not come to the meeting at all. This just gave Savan an excuse to directly announce the expulsion of the Antlers from the Alliance, which was tantamount to announcing the death sentence of the Antlers.
Hearing this decision, some tribes were happy and others were secretly worried, Sawin didn't care about this, he wanted to take this opportunity to stand up and let the savages know who was the boss now.
"A hundred troops from each tribe, and the rest will be sent by me, and in two days we will march to the antlers!" Savan's words were no longer a consultative tone, but a direct order.
After many meetings, and since Samhain's proposals always passed at each meeting, everyone had grown accustomed to being whatever Samhain said, so that when he gave the order directly, no one remembered to object, or they did not want to oppose at all.
The matter was settled, and two days later a makeshift army headed for the antlers. The Antlers already knew that they were about to be retaliated against, and many of the tribe were panicking, some of them were already secretly preparing to flee, and it was none of their business to rob the market, and they didn't get any benefit, so it was not worth it to be buried in vain.
Before Savan's army arrived, most of the Antlers had fled, leaving only a group of recalcitrant men who refused to surrender or flee. These people were lucky, after all, they had only heard of Sawan killing the monster, and they had not seen it with their own eyes, and they were quite unimpressed by the various legends.
A few days later, Savin led a coalition of troops to surround the Antlers, who hid in the camp and prepared for a desperate battle. Seeing this, Sawin sneered in his heart: "These guys still think that I will fight with them, they are really a group of guys who don't know the height of the sky." ”
Sawan didn't intend to engage the other party in a hand-to-hand fight, so he called a few magicians and asked them to cast magic at will, and directly leveled the antlers. At the sound of the command, the magicians were no longer polite, and a moment later the antlers ushered in its end, with fire, hail, lightning strikes, and wind...... All kinds of brilliant magic fell from the sky, and in an instant, the camp of the Antlers Department was bombarded into a pile of ruins.
The magicians were intent on showing themselves in front of Savan, and they were dedicated to using their most powerful magic, and in less than half an hour there was no hut left in the antlers, and the raging flames burned the tribe to the ground, and those who were ready to fight to the death lost their lives without even seeing Sawin's face.
The other tribes that had followed Savin felt a wave of palpitations when they saw this overwhelming terrifying force, and everyone shuddered when they thought about it.
The war against the Antlers ended without much effort, and Sahain reconvened the Alliance to reiterate his claim that whoever dared to break the deal was the enemy of all tribes. At the same time, Sahain also announced at the meeting that in order to protect the safety of the market in the future, he will build a fence around the market, and the safety of the market will no longer be a problem, and everyone can only trade with confidence.
With this incident, no one dared to object to this proposal, although some nimble people, such as Pursa, had already seen that Sawan was going to build a city. Sure enough, soon after, a stone wall began to be built around the market, but this stone wall not only enclosed the market, but also enclosed the surrounding area, including various thatched huts.
Although some people were well aware of Savan's intentions, they could not find any reason to oppose it, because Sawin did not say that he wanted to build a city, but only a wall to protect the market, but the wall was built so large that it was clearly the prototype of a city. At the same time as the wall was being built, a strange structure was being built at the same time, and the wildlings looked at it for days without understanding what it was for.
When the building was completed, news began to spread rapidly among the wildlings.
"Did you hear that Lord Samhain is going to recruit soldiers among us? A wild man whispered to the others.
"Needless to say, I heard about it the other day. ”
"So we can be soldiers in armor like those soldiers?"
"I've heard that there is a lot of money to give, and with this money our family doesn't have to hunt or go to the market to find work. ”
"But I've heard that being a soldier means killing people, and it seems dangerous. ”
"There's a fart danger, you look at the soldiers under Lord Savan, when have they killed people for so long, they haven't even killed a deer, I think they are very idle, and they use money to gamble...... Gambling, as it seems. ”
"Then let's go to the army, I don't want to hunt anymore. ”
The news of Sahain's recruitment of soldiers soon spread throughout the island, causing an uproar in every tribe, and some savages speculated that Sahain might be organizing them to go to the mainland to rob, and the savages had done this kind of thing before, but in recent years, the coastal defense has become more and more tight, and the difficulty of robbery has become greater, so the number of times has decreased.
But many more people did not bother to care about this, and as trade on the island became more and more popular, there was already a clear gap between the rich and the poor among the wildlings, and those who had jobs had gradually made a good living, much to the envy of the other tribes. Now the savages already knew that money was a good thing, and when they heard that there was a lot of money in the army, they were all eager to try it, as long as they became soldiers, they could live a good life, and this concept quickly spread among the savages.
When the day of the official recruitment finally came, a long line formed in front of the building that the savages did not understand, not only men but also many women came to participate, and the line went out for miles, and if it had not been for Sahain to keep the soldiers in order, I am afraid that there would have been a riot long ago.
And these wild people who came to participate in the recruitment finally learned what that strange building was, and it turned out that the place was called the barracks.
(End of chapter)