forest kingdom

Chapter 354 Upstream, Downstream

After solving the beast's problem, Lawrence also obtained downstream information from Gris.

At the end of the river is a huge lake inhabited by a large number of basilisks and lizards.

The ancestors of the Viper tribe came from the lower reaches and landed in this area as missionaries before the Western Kingdom was broken.

Later, a group of people's retreat was occupied by lizards and giant snakes, and some people fell ill and died. The remaining people lived here with the savages of the forest tribe. Later generations gradually no longer wanted to go out and contact the savages.

The people of the Black Goat Tribe and the Viper Tribe have a common ancestor. The people who attacked the Black Goat Tribe and were conquered by Lathander were the forest barbarians of the Luofen Kingdom.

Now that the Western Kingdom has been shattered, the Eastern Kingdom that the Western Kingdom spoke of before was the Southern Kingdom that the barbarians perceived.

Lawrence suddenly discovered that this era was the era of barbarians.

If we miss this era, it will be difficult for the barbarians to get out again in the future.

Although I really wanted to take advantage of the winter to deal with those monsters, there was not enough time now.

The security of the territory is more important. Now both the Valkyries and the people in Pig Trotter City need to wait and see.

The newly conquered Valkyries need assistance and training, and most of the problems with ships and equipment must be solved before Evernight, so that they can set off as soon as possible after Evernight.

Many things need to be solved back home, and there are no problems downstream now. The more than 1000 people here are enough to solve most of the problems.

Lawrence quickly withdrew his troops and returned.

In addition to the soldiers who came over, in order to prevent the Viper tribe from retaliating against the forest people, Lawrence took away five Viper tribe warriors, including Gris and his men.

Without these people, Turaka and Regloo could suppress the remaining members of the Viper tribe.

Everyone quickly returned to the manor.

Lawrence looked at his wooden house, turned around and made arrangements for everyone.

"Take a rest and have a meal before going down. Let Gris and the others rest with the people at the lumber camp. They will work in the lumber camp for the next few days."

The people in the lumber camp are all men who are unwilling to fight. Most of them are Durila people and can barely communicate with Gris and others.

Although they all speak Durila language, the language spoken by people like Gris is somewhat different from the traditional Durila language.

After a few words of explanation, Lawrence, Sariel and others returned to the cabin, while Andrew took Gris and others to the public kitchen for a drink.

Emma and Candice opened the door to greet Lawrence and quickly closed the door after Lawrence entered.

Lawrence got off the Black Unicorn and felt the warm air in the room, finally feeling at home again.

Sariel carried two bearskins to the fireplace to warm up, and then looked at the group of people around Lawrence.

"Emma, ​​we have made these two bear skins into coats and blankets in the past few days. I plan to make clothes and a sleeping blanket for my father. It must be very cold on the boat!"

Emma couldn't help Lawrence, and the dark elves surrounded him to help him undress.

Hearing Salil's call, Emma quickly worked with Salil to sort out the bearskin.

Lawrence, Catherine, Sophia, and Saryl quickly went to take a bath, while Emma and Bull put the bearskin aside to study and think about how to process it.

The dark elves were ready to help in the bathroom. These graceful and strong dark elves were specially trained and selected maids. Both in terms of service attitude and professional skills, they were more competent than half-way maids like Emma.

They are more intelligent and better at being close to their owners like pets.

Khalan, Delenn, and Lathander came down to chat, while Navia, Dora, and Tukara's woman Cassie were cooking in the kitchen.

Three reserve maids were lighting fires in the kitchen and by the fireplace, and one was guarding the brazier in the bathroom lounge.

The cabin seemed lively and orderly, and the temperature quickly rose.

Lawrence soaked in the pool for a while and then came out. When he came out, he saw Tim throwing charcoal into the brazier with a thirty-centimeter-long tweezers.

Lawrence soon lay down on the bed in the lounge, and noticed Tim's presence when the two dark elves sat next to him and helped with the massage.

"Tim, the charcoal is enough. You go out and help Emma."

"Yes, Master." Tim quickly stood up, covered the brazier, and then placed the tweezers in the charcoal basin under the bed.

After seeing Tim go out, Lawrence closed his eyes and enjoyed the services of the two maids.When Kehalan and Delen walked in, they saw Lawrence hugging two dark elves on his left and right, and there were two more dark elves at his feet.

Kahalan smiled and said: "You are better at playing than the dark elves."

Lawrence opened his eyes and saw Kehalan, smiled and said: "No, I just did what four people did at the same time."

Kharan sat down on the bed next to him, already used to this kind of thing.

"How was your investigation?"

Seeing that Kharan was interested, Lawrence told him roughly what happened this time.

Kehalan said: "That lake should be the legendary Witch Swamp. I heard that there are several very old witches in it. It is a very dangerous place."

Candice, who was standing aside, quickly said: "Master, that swamp is close to the south of the Green Forest Kingdom."

The Green Forest Kingdom and the Kogako Kingdom are both below the Hokuriku Kingdom.

The Hokuriku Kingdom is the kingdom closest to the north. Most of the area is along the coast and is an inward-facing fan-shaped area.

The Kingdom of Kojako is a rectangular territory adhering to this fan-shaped area, while the Kingdom of Green Forest is an irregular A-shaped territory, and its territory is not only adjacent to the large Agama Mountains.

It's like stretching out two fingers on your right hand and adding a cross.

The ruler of the Green Forest Kingdom is a legendary elf, a forest elf. He is very powerful but has few members. Most of his people are half-elves and humans, with a population of only 5.

After the Kojako Kingdom was attacked, the ruler of the Green Forest Kingdom was willing to negotiate peace, mainly because he did not want to participate in the battle, and he did not want to be attacked by the barbarians on the other side of the mountain.

Lawrence quickly had a rough outline.

"It takes us about one day to get to the Forest Tribe, then to the Viper Tribe and Witch Swamp, and it takes about four days to go down the river."

"It takes a day or two from us to the Hokuriku Kingdom. Last time we took a day and a night with the wind to get to the Kogako Kingdom, and it took us four or five days to row against the wind when we returned."

"If we can open up the river in the south, we will have one more option to reach the Western Kingdom."

Kehalan reminded: "Witch Swamp also has water and land leading to the Southern Kingdom."

"Ignore it for now." Lawrence said quickly: "Next year, we will continue to conquer the Kingdom of Waves and obtain prisoners from the Kingdom of Waves to strengthen us. Our main focus now is to open up sea and land."

“Especially Wakiri Port and Feiyu Port are very important to us!”

Inland ships are different from ocean ships, and it is basically impossible for downstream ships to climb up the mountain. This line can only be one-way.

Defeating the Kingdom of Waves can open up free trade in the West, and also make other kingdoms no longer irrelevant.

Several nearby coastal kingdoms have become friends. Even if the distant kingdoms want to fight, they cannot organize an expeditionary force. Surrender and pay tribute are the only way out.

At present, we need to focus on subduing the forces of the Luofen Kingdom, especially the group of people in Pig Trotter City.

Only after successfully ruling the barbarian kingdom can one be qualified to confront the southern kingdom.

Lawrence quickly thought of the Savage Legend.

"That's right! Since in the legend of the mountain barbarians we escaped from the south into the mountains, there should indeed be a road leading to the south in the mountains."

"This road may be a river. At present, I am not sure whether this road is the big river in the north, the river downstream, or there is another river in the mountains."

Lathander walked into the lounge and said after hearing Lawrence's words: "It was a long, long time ago. I think our ancestors should have come from the Green Forest Kingdom and entered the mountains from the great river in the north during the winter. deep."

All legends are about the existence of the south. If you start from the south, then go north.

Some went to the northern region, some went around the river into the mountains, and some were scattered near Kogako and the Hokuriku Kingdom.

Lawrence quickly stopped thinking about these useless legends. There was no point in proving who his ancestors were.

It doesn't matter if you are a good person or a bad person, an extraordinary noble or an ordinary slave, you must be confident as a person.

"No matter how powerful a kingdom is, it will decline. The current Green Forest Kingdom is not our ancestor." Lawrence affirmed: "Now our fist is bigger, and it will get bigger!"

(End of this chapter)