Mountain and Forest Kingdom

Summer in the Northland has always passed very quickly, and it passed before you knew it.

Lawrence stood by the Ice River, looking down at the soybean fields covered with blue leaves in the paddy fields.

After two years of exploration and improvement, the current Hanbing soybean varieties have not changed much. The higher and higher yields are mainly due to systematic planting experience and breeding.

Especially from the beginning of random planting, inserting the seeds in your hands when you feel the soil is about right, to choosing the soil and water quality suitable for soybean growth based on experience, the time between a few sentences is almost hundreds of days and nights.

Lawrence watched the farmers harvesting soybeans in the field, and stood quietly at the edge of the field thinking about things.

Next to her, Catherine waited quietly for a while, then quickly asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Normally, Lawrence would take the initiative to exercise in the fields and gain divine power by coordinating with the earth. This is the view of witches such as Catherine and Dana.

Lawrence looked very quiet today, as if he was worried, and Catherine gently asked why.

"It's nothing." Lawrence said casually: "I gradually discovered that a person's power probably has a limit, and it will reach the limit very quickly. It does not always become stronger. It is good that it can not be reduced now."

Lawrence noticed changes in his body a few years ago, especially after he received the blessing of this land, he felt that the power of faith would make him stronger and stronger.

But just like those barbarian berserkers and wizards in the past, strength and weakness are already determined, and even acquired efforts can only make them stronger within a slight range at most.

Catherine didn't quite understand what Lawrence said, "What should we do?"

Lawrence smiled and looked at the sky in the distance, "No need to do anything, the world is like this."

"Bloodline only made me understand that a certain path is not suitable for me, but my brain and thoughts are so free that even this sky cannot accommodate them."

Catherine also raised her head and looked at the sky that she had been looking at for decades, but had never felt free.

"What's out there in the sky?" Under Lawrence's guidance, Catherine suddenly wanted to know.

Lawrence replied: "A sea of ​​stars."

Catherine remembered this, and when she was thinking about what to say, the cry of Dom sheep came from the distance.

Riding is a bad thing for every Dome sheep.

Especially when the weather is not cold, Dom sheep are generally not so obedient.

More than ten years is not that long for humans, and it may be even more so for Dom sheep. Today's Dom sheep are similar to those of the past, and they don't like to be manipulated by others.

Birds and lizards are also very precious. They are the mounts of nobles and are basically not used as livestock.

Lawrence also noticed the nun coming from the manor.

The nun who rides the sheep is also a warrior, because only a warrior is qualified to raise a delicate mount like a Dome sheep alone, and at the same time, he can retain some personality.

This female knight's Dom sheep is more muscular than ordinary Dom sheep. The horns on its forehead are as slender as willow branches. The length of more than one meter is enough to affect its eating and normal life.

But it is eye-catching enough, whether in the Domu sheep group or in the eyes of humans, it is special enough and popular enough.

After eating and drinking enough, both humans and animals have more needs.

Lawrence thought about what it was. It might be something in Oak City, or it might be something in the mountains.

After four months of exploration, the people previously sent out have found a location suitable for building a city in the mountains, and have been transporting large amounts of materials to speed up the construction progress.

Due to the Star Alliance and some things, Lawrence was very busy during this period, so he didn't have time to go there in person.

"Prophet!" The female knight quickly got off Dom Sheep, walked to Lawrence and knelt down and said: "An elf named Stella has come to the manor, and she wants to see you."

Lawrence thought about the elf's purpose.

[It’s for food, maybe... But this year we have traded part of the food with the Elf Queen. Is the food problem of the elves that serious? 】

Lawrence's estimate of the number of elves came from the area and rumors, as well as insider transactions with the Queen in the past two years.

Having the elves exploding everywhere didn't suit Lawrence's needs.

At first I was too lazy to fight.

Still too lazy to fight now.

The next step is to confront the Holy Light Church. There is no shortage of wars in the Land of Ice. Lawrence has no urgent thoughts about the elves, and he doesn’t want to be busy with this troublesome matter if he has nothing to do.

"Go back and take a look." Lawrence quickly returned to Shanfeng Manor.

After years of development, it has become a large church area with a large number of believers.

Generally speaking, the early architectural style can still be seen, but there are some taller buildings around the building. These buildings cluster the original houses on the hilltop like stars holding the moon.

A large number of craftsmen gathered in the nearby Ironforge. While technology and output exploded, the craftsmen urgently sought a spiritual sustenance because of the dangers and accidents at work.

The craftsman families here are all loyal believers of the Church of the Star, and the development of the church and the region is not the government and church model of later generations, but a family model that Lawrence could not have imagined.

It is somewhat similar to the situation of a family ancestral hall. Every household will send people to work and serve in the church. At the same time, the church serves as a judge, marriage justice, maternity hospital, school and other functions.

Different from the company factory model, people here not only do not receive wages when working and serving, but also pay back to the church to maintain the operation of the church.

This manor church belongs to Lawrence and is also an asset of Lawrence. However, after neglecting the management of this area over the years, it was found that while maintaining itself as the main body and authority, the area gradually formed a family alliance model due to the gathering of various families. .

It is not an individualistic gathering of craftsmen, soldiers, farmers, nuns, scholars, etc., but a family joint model formed by these people gathered here.

In the past, elites were united under Lawrence.

Now it's a family united under Lawrence.

Perhaps in the not-too-distant future, organizations and forces will unite under Lawrence.

Just like the soil in a field, the more these clods, hard lumps, and stones condense, the harder it is for crops to grow.

But there are stones everywhere. There have always been stones and hard blocks in this world, and there are not many fertile soils suitable for growing crops.

Lawrence is not worried about the current situation. The current family model makes it easier to train good family members to join the army. This is the main force of the Kingdom of Stars.

The family, the country, and the world were originally a matter of feudal society.

Lawrence walked up the hillside in front of his home, and saw Stella at the door, whom he had not seen for a long time.

"Welcome to be our guest, Stella." Lawrence smiled and said, "The harvest in the fields this year is good. It should be the same as last time. I will give you more wheat."

Lawrence had a good impression of Stella. After thinking that Stella was here to get wheat, he generously hoped that Stella would continue to be the sheriff for a few days and then he would give her more wheat.

Stella was a little lonely, but she quickly cheered up.

"I hope to live here with you and I will trade my job for my share of food!"

Stella stated her purpose straightforwardly, so directly that Lawrence could clearly know what the other party was going to do.

Lawrence looked surprised, "Great! I welcome you to join the Kingdom of Stars! However, can you tell me what happened? If it's trouble, I will handle it. If it's grievance, I also want to share it for you!"

Lawrence is actually very talkative, but it is mainly because he has become lazy over the years, has gradually lost his pursuit of women, and has become visibly taciturn.

Stella had never met a human being like Lawrence, and in addition, her impression of Lawrence had gradually changed over the years. She soon entered the room with Lawrence and told them what they had encountered recently.

Lawrence is a very good audience, and the talkative Sariel did not get in the way today and joined in the fun, and he quickly explained everything.

"That's right." Lawrence nodded after listening patiently, "This kind of thing is actually normal. There are good people and bad people among humans, and there are all kinds of elves among the elves. It's like it's hard to find two complete elves in a forest. Same leaf, different for every soul.”

"I understand the thoughts and motives of the elf captain. He just wants to eat some meat and drink some wine. This is easy to understand."

Lawrence has received two different educations since he was a child. One is civilized education, which requires compensation for hitting someone, and violence is a crime.

The other set... is the completely opposite barbaric culture!

Killing and robbing just for a bite to eat is very understandable in the culture of this world and is a very normal thing.

The elf captain's motivations were very logical and normal. He was neither crazy nor a desperado.

What does killing someone mean to him? Just like a man killing a rabbit, who would worry about the rabbit's revenge?

Stella frowned and looked at Lawrence, not understanding Lawrence.

"You think there's nothing wrong with him?"

Lawrence smiled, "Judging from your description, he has a very clear mind and knows who is easy to bully and who cannot be provoked."

Lawrence smiled and pointed at himself, "I believe in my judgment. That elf is very normal and calm in both his thoughts and actions. He has no way of getting meat and wine from places other than those refugees."

"In contrast, stealing wine and meat from my village and territory is like stealing food from the Elf Queen's house, and is even more terrifying."

"He is afraid of violence, possesses extremely strong destructive power, and can calmly restrain himself from crossing the line. He just takes advantage of the gray area between me and the elves."

After being explained like this by Lawrence, Stella also discovered that the wizard had always exercised restraint when killing people, at least not to the extent of killing witches, or even just giving verbal warnings.

Under normal circumstances, a crazy wizard will not coddle a witch. Fists and weapons are always more convincing than mouths.

Lawrence soon became serious, "I actually don't know what happened this time. The people under me are very slow in passing on information, and they don't like to meddle in outside affairs."

Lawrence explained the situation in the area to Stella.

"The area to the west of the Elf Forest is the territory of the Kingdom of Kojako. There is only a small area bordering our Kingdom of Stars. Moreover, there is a market where Feiyu Port secretly trades food and other daily necessities with your Queen. It is affected by both sides. protection of."

"Although the dead are human beings, to the people of Feiyu Port, they are thieves and robbers who tried every means to secretly occupy their land and orchards and medicinal fields."

"To all countries, these people are the criminals who escaped from the noble territory without permission. No one will care about them even if they die."

"If I want to protect the people on this land, then I have to become the master of this land, which will affect the internal affairs of other countries."

Lawrence was sure that those elves were not killing randomly, they were looking for soft persimmons to kill, and they were killing people who had no backers and were not liked by the people around them.

The elves were killing Kojako people. Although Lawrence felt that this was a bit inhumane, he actually didn't feel anything in his heart.

They are neither relatives nor friends. Besides, these Kojako people don’t even care about the Kojako royal family.

Stella made a decision quickly.

"I can't stay here any longer!"

Under Lawrence's doubtful gaze, Stella said directly and firmly: "I'm going to build a town outside the forest to help the humans resist the elves' butcher's knives!"

"My escape was wrong. I'm sorry, but I decided to do what I should do!"

After Stella understood the deeper reason, she said sorry to Lawrence. She didn't want to care about these things before and decided to come here to live in seclusion and not care about the world.

But after realizing that it was not a certain wizard who was doing bad things, but a planned and deliberate massacre of the weak, he made an instant decision in his heart.

Lawrence was very surprised by this female elf's thoughts. She was the only one with a fair heart among the many extraordinary beings he had met so far.

"Don't worry." Lawrence reassured: "Let's continue chatting. You also understand the cause of this incident. In the final analysis, it is the queen who cannot make the elves live a good life."

"The elves in the forest are different from the humans here." Lawrence reminded: "Most of our mortals here lack the power to resist and must unite to overthrow the nobles and kings."

"But where you are, it only takes a little anger, and a strong man who has lost his mind can easily do this."

"It seems to me that even if I give them enough wheat, these elves will be thinking about milk and honey bread, and meat and wine."

"I can lift the blockade on the elves, give them wheat to survive the winter safely, and even allow the elves to visit and study. In return, you will serve as the peace officer here, and you will also be responsible for helping the other elves adapt better. How is life here?"

Lawrence really wanted Stella to stay, so he directly lifted the food blockade on the elves.

From beginning to end, Lawrence did not treat the elves' problem as a big problem.

Stella looked at Lawrence in shock.

The troublesome things that plagued the entire elves were just solved?

Stella didn’t dare to make such a request, because she felt that this kind of thing was too important and she was not qualified to ask Lawrence to do this.

"This kind of thing... thank you very much, kind-hearted Prophet Lawrence." Stella hesitated and said: "But don't you need to discuss it with others?"

"Discuss?" Lawrence smiled and said: "No need, I am the king here, the king!!"

Stella quickly understood how strong Lawrence's position was and said gratefully: "Okay! I will abide by what I said and work for you here! Until one of us falls into an eternal dream!"

Lawrence was very happy, "Okay! But I also want to remind you that just because I don't block the elves, it doesn't mean that your queen is willing to let those elves out, nor does it mean that she is willing to cease the war."

Stella said directly: "This is enough. I have done what I can. I can save the life of a bird, but I should not change the natural laws of the entire forest."

Lawrence liked this kind of character and thinking, "Well, maybe we should give the elves a happy life. If the queen wants to continue fighting, I will invite her to my palace as a guest and let her see the beautiful life here!"

Stella didn’t think there was a problem with this and thought Lawrence’s idea was very good.

Lawrence soon decided to take control of the Green Forest Kingdom.

The more intense the war, the sooner it will end.

The protracted fight will not end in a hundred years.

In the past, I felt it was unnecessary and not very interesting. I was also worried that assassins in the forest would come out and cause trouble.

Now he felt that it was not possible to continue like this, especially after discovering that those wizards were also afraid of being picked on, so Lawrence was no longer afraid.

The more unwilling you show your willingness to fight, the easier it will be to be looked down upon.

Lawrence decided to give in one last time, showing his final act of benevolence.

After that, it depends on the Queen's choice. If she chooses to be tough and continue to promote the theory of hatred, then... violence will teach her how to create humans!

In this world, fists have always spoken. (End of chapter)