Arcane Lord

As a scholar, Abner knows that the nature of the two is completely different. If Barbarian had taken the initiative to attack, then this raid would be no different from previous years, and after he had enough food, he would naturally return to the forest. But if it is forced, then the Turs Valley, which is located in the nearest border forest, will face new threats, and even guard against profiting from somebody’s misfortune by other human forces in the surrounding area.

After all, this is the outermost layer of the radiation range of the entire Linton City. Five days westward is West Town, which belongs to the Duke of Wyan, and two and a half days east is the territory of Earl Carl. , They are all very traditional nobles, concentrate on running their own territory, and have no affiliation with Linton City, and occasionally there will be some friction.

In fact, since Toya, the ancient Human Kingdom that dominated the entire south, was destroyed by the ancient red dragon “Chiyan” Golden, this land has been divided by countless nobles, stand In great numbers there are thousands of large and small noble lords, among them there are dukes whose area is larger than that of small kingdoms, and knights who rule several villages.

Their geographical location and interest relationship have formed countless alliances, and they have been fighting all year round.

Only the more enlightened aristocrats in the coastal area found that the wealth brought by trade was much greater than that of land management, so they decisively gave up on the inland expansion, but through the huge caravans and masses Gold Coin, the necks of the inland aristocrats who die of the card holders, used salt, cloth, sophisticated weapons and armor in exchange for food, captives, minerals and slaves.

I have to say that this method is very groundbreaking. Equivalent to a tube is inserted in the neck of the inland nobleman, and he keeps sucking the other side’s blood to strengthen himself, making potential enemies more and more. The weaker.

But everything has advantages and disadvantages. The inland aristocrats are not fools. After more than ten years of trade deficit, they are horrified to find that they are getting poorer, and the cities of the Green Sea Alliance are getting richer and richer. , And hatred slowly arises…

No one wants to watch their wealth stolen by a neighbor little by little, even in the name of trade, especially when a cart of food He minerals were purchased by merchants along the coast at a very low price, and then shipped back to be processed into weapons, armor, tools, and soft and delicious snacks, and then sold back at an outrageous price. As long as they are not blind, they will have a strong hatred of wealth.

There is a good saying, the anger starts from the heart, the evil grows to the guts…

Although the inland nobles can’t get rid of the trade control of the Green Sea Alliance, they have Invented a new method to make up for their losses, that is, letting private troops pretend to be robbers to rob. Although most of the time they only rob a few caravans, once the number is gathered to a certain extent, they will also attack some relatively wealthy ones. Towns and estates.

Of course, this is not the most terrifying. The most terrifying is that some inland nobles will unite with monsters in border forests to launch attacks on the coastal area.

Be aware that this is not the first time they have done this. As early as a hundred years ago, great-grandfather, the current Duke of Wyan, once united with the semi-orc. Sneak attacked Linton. Numerous villages and manors outside the city robbed a lot of food and wealth.

Later, Linton City Council sent troops in a rage, not only drove the half-orc back to the depths of the forest, but also captured the Duke of Wynne and hanged him directly in the center of the city square. The hatred has been kept in mind by his descendants, and has not been forgotten so far. It is said that the current Duke of Wyan still has connections with certain tribes in the forest.

Since Abner came to the Tulse Valley, he has made up for the surrounding history and family pedigree. He knows how dangerous his current location is. Maybe Barbarian’s affairs were done by the Duke of Wynne. ghost.

When he thinks that the thriving territory is about to face the war-torn baptism, it is only strange that he feels better.

“Relax, my manager, this thing is not as bad as you think, maybe it can turn into a good thing.” As Andre said, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he sat down on a chair. , Raised his hand for the maid to prepare dinner.

“Sorry, sir, I can’t think of a good thing for a group of Barbarians to go around our territory. Even more how behind them, is likely to be followed by a large group of semi-orc, Goblins, kobolds, maybe our good neighbor, Duke Wynne, has also joined them.”

Abner smiled bitterly and rubbed his eyes. It has been two days since Barbarian appeared in large numbers. Why did you sleep? The whole person looked very tired, and the eye bags and dark circles were quite obvious.

Seeing that his men didn’t understand what he meant, Andre couldn’t help but shook the head with a smile: “Don’t you think these Barbarian women and children are good labor? If I remember correctly, You seemed to say a few days ago that we buy a lot of cattle, sheep, and pigs, and we don’t have enough staff, right?”

“The god of knowledge is here! You…you want to include Those women and children?” Abner exclaimed in surprise.

“Why not?” Andre touched the chin asked rhetorically. “Look, we need labor now. Those Barbarians need food and shelter, and they can cooperate with each other.”

For this proposal, Abner was very disapproving. He took a deep breath and explained: “Your Excellency, you I’m afraid I don’t know that Barbarian has a sense of pride and superiority emanating from in the bones. Even if he starves to death, he will not work for us weak “Southerners”. This has been confirmed by countless scholars.”

“No, don’t say anything so absolute, send a messenger to get in touch, then make an appointment with a time and place to talk, by the way, ask what is happening in the forest. Oh, yes, Barbarian There is no habit of killing messengers, right?”

“No, Barbarian warriors value bravery and honor very much. Unless they are provoked, they will never kill an opponent who is too weaker than themselves, even more how they are messengers. “Ebner found that Andre had made up his mind, so he had to answer without omission and in detail.

Although he felt that doing so was a waste of time, out of awe of the nobles and mages, not at all continued to object.

“Then it’s settled, immediately send a bolder servant, bring a few packets of flour, two barrels of ale, and some dried meat, as a gift to Barbarian’s camp, and say I want Talk to their leader, this is the reward for the brave.” As Andre took out a ruby ​​from the adventure and gently placed it on the table.

Know that it is not an easy job to get in touch with Barbarian, especially those outsiders who don’t understand the etiquette and rules of Barbarian Race at all. If they are not careful, they may get their heads off by irritating them.