Transcendent Noble

On the solid wood table in front of Victor, there is a pile of purified crystals. These transparent crystals are piled together, shining like diamonds, but their value is far More than any kind of diamond.

Victor didn't care about the pile of magical crystals, but stared at two dry mud, browse tightly frowns.

On the piece of mud on the left, there is a human footprint. The footprint is 13cm long and 5cm wide, with slender soles and round toes. From the shape and size, this is the right footprint of a human child.

The mud on the right is several times larger than the one on the left. On the mud is a 46cm long and 38cm wide paw print. The paw print has four toes. The toe segment is obviously sharp claw, and the claw toe There are webs in between. This is the paw print of a giant beast, and it is an amphibious giant beast.

"Jack, are you sure this is a human footprint? Not a halfling footprint?" Victor looked up at the alchemy militia opposite.

"Adults, halflings are similar in shape to humans, but they are all descendants of the magic rat Sypsis. Halflings hardly leave footprints, and very few halflings can even be on water. Walk, so these are human footprints!" Jack responded.

Victor nodded, just yesterday, the alchemy creature squad that collected purification crystals returned smoothly and brought back 54 purification crystals.

The process of collecting crystals by alchemy creatures is unremarkable. With the help of Golden Crow, they avoided most of the dangerous creatures, and did not encounter the lizardmen tribe. After reaching the destination, the homunculus dived into several pools and collected the purification crystals inside.

However, they later discovered a strange set of footprints, the footprints of a human child and the paw prints of a swamp giant beast. This set of footprints shows that the human child and the swamp giant beast are close together. Sometimes the child's footprints will disappear. This shows that the child has walked a certain distance on the body of the giant beast. In the end, this group of footprints disappeared in a lake, Jack and the others gave up tracking, dug out two pieces of mud covered with footprints, and brought them back to the assembly point.

"Do you know what animal left this paw print?" Victor pointed to the giant beast paw print and asked Jack.

"It should be a swamp dragon lizard, but it is three times larger than a normal dragon lizard."

Victor suck in a breath of cold air, the body length of the swamp dragon lizard is 5-7 Rice, weighing more than 1 ton, sharp claw, powerful and agile, is a very fierce predator, especially their skin is very tenacious, it is the material for making top-level leather armor. It is said that the dragon lizard leather armor, blades and swords find it difficult to cut, can also effectively defend against blunt weapon blows. This shows that the dragon lizard is a wild beast with high attack and high defense.

And this dragon lizard is three times larger than the ordinary dragon lizard. In other words, this guy is more than 12 meters in length and weighs about 3 tons. This is very likely an alienated creature!

"Why do you bring these footprints back for me to see?"

Victor is very puzzled. He wants to figure out why the alchemy militia track these footprints and bring the evidence. Back.

"My lord, when we are performing a Level 3 collection mission, if we find traces of human activity in a dangerous area, we should investigate the relevant information and report it to the owner. This is the content of our will. "

Jack's answer made Victor silent. It seems that the level 3 missions of the alchemy militia have a very loose implementation standard, even with a detection function.

"I already know the situation, let's talk about your next task."

Victor reached out and pushed lightly on the two pieces of mud on the table, breeze Surrounded, the dry mud tops floated back a few meters like feathers, and landed firmly on the corner of the wall. Victor now has neither the ability nor the mind to go to Great Swamp to be nosy, and it is still such a weird nosy.

"Jack, the four guys should have been in the temporary residence, right?" Victor touched his chin and asked lightly.

Yesterday, Victor ordered the other four alchemy militias at the assembly point to enter the temporary garrison as freedmen. The alchemy war mastiff was still lurking at 40 kilometers, but Jack sneaked into the upper camp at night according to his instructions.

"Yes, my lord, I saw them enter the temporary residence with my own eyes." Jack nodded said.

"Jack, come and see this map." Victor stood up, behind him was a wooden board covered by linen.

Victor opened the linen cloth, and the whole board was exposed suddenly. A huge map was drawn on the board, but this map is very simple and many places are vacant, but there are a few on it. The dot says, Hill Camp, Chebman Camp, Pinghu Village, Great Swamp Entrance.

"Jack, two days ago, I ordered the Barren Niu and the others. By the way, the Barren Niu and the others are new alchemy militias."

"I ordered the Barren Niu and them to be in this position. Build a free private camp and recruit mountain people scattered in the territory." Victor clicked a location on the map.

"Your first task is to take those 5 big dogs and 2 big crows, patrol the entire territory, and drive the wild people into this area, but you can't let people notice the big dog and yours. Relationship. Secondly, I want you to draw a detailed map of the entire territory, including remote areas, and investigate the animal communities, monster communities, and the distribution of plants and veins throughout the territory. Do you have any questions?" Victor turned his head and asked York road.

"My lord, if the wild folks don't run into the designated area, can they kill them?" Jack asked.

"No, I just want those wild people who can’t build a gathering place. Also, if the wild people threaten your safety, you can kill."

For Victor, the wild people It doesn't matter whether the min seeks refuge in Pinghu Village or the Shanmin camp. Sooner or later, it will be his bowl.

"My lord, when do I start?"

"Check the equipment, bring the supplies and you can set off."

Jack acted immediately Get up, two short swords, one dagger, one hunting bow, two barrels of arrows, equipped with a set of leather armor, and without any dry food, walk to the secret door of the restricted area.

Victor watched Jack act swiftly and cleanly, secretly proud of his heart, powerful melee ability, precise shooting skills, a few dogs, two birds, can perform tasks in the wild alone, such a powerful warrior , He will have many.

When Jack disappeared in the secret door, Victor walked to the cave. This time he went straight to the core of Alchemy Tower-the element extraction platform.

"King, report Alchemy Tower's current production status and capital reserves." Victor connected Tower Spirit and preached.

"My lord, No. 7 Alchemy Tower has currently produced 7 alchemy militias, 6 alchemy assistants, 15 Golden Crow crows, 5 alchemy war mastiffs, consumes 177 soul fire, and the remaining soul fire 4823 points, reserve gold coin 11550."

This data made Victor smile bitterly. It’s really not a master. I don’t know that Chai Migui. At the beginning, he had a full 40,000 gold coins, but now he adds Alchemy Tower. Reserve funds, his money is still less than 15,000 Kingsor.

"King, I need to discuss with you the plan behind the territory, so that I can determine the alchemy life that needs to be produced." Victor has no staff, and can only help him with Tower Spirit to fill in the omissions.

"My lord, please tell us about your current situation." The king who turned on autonomous wisdom would naturally not refuse Victor's request.

"The population I currently control is about 900 people, and the stock of food has basically been exhausted. Now the entire camp is dependent on gathering and hunting to maintain." Victor said with some embarrassment.

Originally, there were only 400 people in the hill camp. It was completely self-sufficient by relying on food reserves, gathering and hunting. But as more and more people took refuge in Victor, eating became a big problem for the camp. In order to fill the stomachs of these people, more and more people are sent out for gathering and hunting, and they go farther and farther, and some teams will not even return to the camp until the second day.

Victor also discovered a terrifying situation. The renewable resources around the hill camp have been devastated, that is to say, the nearby crops that can be collected have been lighted! This is also the reason why the surrounding wild boars started to eat purple cane, and humans simply cannot eat meat.

"Now, more and more people go out to collect, and the places they go are getting farther and farther. The number of guards and militias sent out is also increasing, but the collection efficiency is declining." Victor shook his head and sighed.

"The longer the distance, the greater the consumption of supplies, and the collectors and guards also have to eat." The king responded.

"I’m too impatient. Those free private camps are scattered all around the territory. It has its own reason. The free people can meet their needs by relying on the resources near their camps and a small amount of planting. Yes, and the surrounding natural crops will not be destructively mined."

"I gathered them before I was ready. I should send people to take over the free private camps. Disperse the freedmen before relocating them. So that my hill camps can develop in a healthy way."

Victor is very upset, because he is worried that the freedmen will regroup, the freedmen’s camps have been demolished by him. Now, even those materials are used to build settlements and villages.

"My lord, at present, you can only rely on the purchase of food to sustain you."

"This is inevitable. The fields reclaimed by the camp have been planted with barley and beans, but The harvest will not be until the windy season, and the offerings in Pinghu Village are not enough to feed so many people."

"The problem now is that there are only two places where I can buy food, one is the York home. In another Chebman’s house, Chebman’s house does not need to be considered. I cannot expose their weaknesses. Then there is only Black Castle Town. Then, what is the probability that the York house will control us by this?"

"One hundred percent." The king responded without the slightest hesitation.

Actually, Victor also understands the idea of ​​Great Family, but Sylvia initially supported him 40,000 Kinsoul (50,000 was knocked away by Mrs. Count and 10,000) and sold him a batch of equipment at a low price. , So that Victor still has a little illusion about the beautiful and alluring lady of count.

"Then we can only speed up the construction of the village and divert the population out as soon as possible. But how can we ensure the control of those free people who have not fully grown up?" Victor asked the king again.

"My lord, I suggest that you temporarily release control of the people and let them develop freely. At the same time, you can produce enough auxiliary soldiers, establish a secret camp, gather the auxiliary soldiers, and let them burn Make special bricks and quickly build castles. As long as your castle is built, you can naturally control the entire territory. Moreover, auxiliary soldiers can also build Thorium equipment to improve the battle strength of your army. I think this is the best choice." The king suggested.

"This is a bad idea!" Victor said coldly.

"King, I am afraid you still don’t know what special bricks mean to the lords? This kind of bricks can change the entire human world. If I expose this technology now, I will soon be wiped out. The same is true for Thorium equipment. So before I have the ability to protect myself, I will not come up with these sensitive technologies."

Special bricks allow the lord to build more fortresses and castles, thereby Can control more territories, all lords will be crazy about this technology, and will not hesitate to launch wars. But in the king’s perception, special bricks are just the most common technology of Alchemy Empire, not worth mentioning, because Alchemy Empire is mainly offensive, while the current human world is mainly defense. This is a misjudgment caused by differences in civilization.

"Furthermore, alchemy assistants are just the most basic labor unit in your eyes. But in this era, they are all Master Rank talents. It allows them to concentrate on low-end labor. Through them, ordinary villagers will be driven to play a greater role.” Victor added in his consciousness.

"However, your suggestion made me think of a way to control the villages, that is, to let those villages develop abnormally!"

"My lord, what do you mean?" King Asked inexplicably.

“Deformed development is to allow these villages to take the path of specialization, such as building a village specializing in linen production in areas rich in sisal resources, building farms in fertile areas, and building near mineral veins. Villages dominated by iron. These villages are not self-sufficient. When there are few people, they can collect surrounding crops to supplement their food shortages, but when the population increases, they will rely on my control.” Victor excitedly informed the king. road.

The villages under the jurisdiction of ordinary lords are administrative units composed of lords or vassals. They are loyal to their lords and self-sufficiency is of course no problem. However, Victor's foundation is too shallow. It is very likely that those free people who have only been together for a few months build self-sufficient villages will get out of control, so they must be allowed to develop abnormally.

"It's a good idea. Specialized villages rely more on advanced technology. The alchemy assistants who master the advanced technology also gain the highest authority. Adults can firmly control those villages by sending a small number of managers. "The king approves of Victor's plan.

"The king, start the construction task and produce 12 alchemy auxiliary soldiers, each of which is loaded with Spirit Monkey Secret Shape and remote weapon control. Then these auxiliary soldiers are divided into three groups, each with one Different production skills."

Alchemy assistants also have certain battle strength, which is more in line with Victor's needs. Long-range weapon mastery and Spirit Monkey Secret Shape are good choices.

"As you wish, sir, this production consumes 84 units of soul fire, consumes 6000 gold coins, the remaining soul fire of alchemy is 4739 points, and the remaining gold coin 5550." The king reported the production consumption to Victor .

This is really going to go bankrupt, but I don’t know how much money Nelson can bring back for me? Victor in the heart lamented.

And Nelson is already on his way back.