Arcane Lord

Hunting beasts is almost not difficult for Gibb's team as long as they don't encounter powerful creatures such as trolls and bugbears, let alone Shado following them.

The only unexpected thing was that on the way to kill three wolves but not a bear, I met two wandering goblins, and then followed them and cleared out a small group of goblins.

Of course, this is not a big surprise. Goblins in the forest are like inexhaustible weeds, everywhere.

Although many wild beasts were hunted, only one bear was really brought back to [Biquge www.boquge.info]. Gibb and others dragged the bear to the camp, where they liberated and cleaned it by the water.

The current season is almost summer, and the flow rate of the Wolfsburg River has also accelerated a lot. With the sound of running water, accompanied by the chatter and laughter among the soldiers, the bear meat was processed in a moment.

After that, a few slaves came out and started cooking. These people were originally ordinary villagers and later became slaves. They could all do basic work.

Of course, this so-called cooking is just putting the meat in a pot, mixing hard bread and bacon, and finally making it into a pot of pulpy minced meat.

And for Xia Duo, the food that he wouldn't even look at is absolutely delicious in the eyes of others.

As the aroma of the three cauldrons continued to spread, the people in the five working groups began to turn around frequently, and even the slaves became a little commotion.

Xia Duo simply called everyone in front and announced a new order——

"For the five working groups of the settlers, the first one can eat as much meat as he wants, the second, third, and fourth members each have a bowl, and the last one can eat bread; the three slave groups will work together with the settler group after three days, as long as they can If the group that surpasses the leader group is given half a bowl of meat to each person, I will allow the group that performs best after one year to be freed from slavery.”

As soon as the order was announced, the citizens immediately looked at each other. Although there were no words, the sparks of competition ignited in their eyes, which was stronger than before, because the treatment of the last group might not even be as good as slaves.

But they didn't dare to question the lord's decision. They put aside the past and came here, weren't they just trying to get ahead? Just do it!

The subjects were silent, trying hard to perform well, but on the slave side, some people were already crying with joy.

They had long been numb to life, but since they came to this pioneering territory, they felt something different from other places.

Now when they heard that their status as slaves could be lifted, all the slaves fell to their knees and shouted——

"Lord, please be merciful!"

"Thank you Lord Lord!"

…

Xia Duo watched this scene calmly, not too moved. Merely relying on kindness cannot manage the territory and convince the people. When the scene calmed down a little, Xia Duo continued to announce:

"All working groups are under the responsibility of the group leader. If the group members disobey orders, the group leader must report to the Leiden priest and must not deal with it privately. Similarly, if the group leader's order is unreasonable, the group members are not allowed to resist on the spot and can report it to the group leader afterwards. Leyden priest reports.

"As long as you make a mistake, you will be whipped 20 times and the slave will be hanged directly."

As soon as these words came out, the originally enthusiastic scene suddenly cooled down. The leader group was fine, it was nothing more than twenty lashes. The slave group finally had hope of breaking away from the slaves, but now there was a death threat.

Only by contrast can one leave a deep impression. The slaves were trembling, but Chateau ignored them. Finally, he told Leiden to be responsible for supervision and grading, and then left.

As for the two groups of soldiers, it's not that Xia Duo ignored them, but that they had already been arranged.

As long as the caster cannot fly or teleport, he can still be surrounded and killed by ordinary people with ordinary weapons.

Xia Duo still attaches great importance to ordinary soldiers. Although he is not strong now, if he wears magic-resistant and spell-breaking equipment, he might even be able to cut down the archmage.

And Xia Duo's only requirement for soldiers is to obey orders. No matter whether there is a mountain of knives or a sea of ​​fire ahead, they should be able to rush forward without hesitation when given an order.

In this regard, neither Team Gibb nor Team Qiaoqi can do it, and it is even unlikely that any soldiers recruited in the future can do it.

This is possible only by selecting soldiers with a sense of honor and belonging from the next generation of territorial citizens.

For Qiao Qi and others, Xia Duo only gave them something that ordinary citizens did not have - wages, and the rest was similar to ordinary citizens.

Of course, this alone is not enough to make them give up, but it can be used.

…

When they came to the river bank, Qiao Qi's team was having a barbecue here. Seeing Xia Duo coming, everyone stood up quickly, "Lord!"

"You eat what you have and don't worry about me."

Xia Duo waved his hand, came to the river, stretched his hand into the river, and in a moment, he fished up a foot-long white phosphorus river fish.

Skillfully remove the scales, clean the internal organs, give it a final wash, rub it with crushed salt, and put it on the fire with the long sword at your waist.

Without a lot of seasonings, all Xia Duo can accept is grilled fish with a relatively bland taste. While waiting, Xia Duo reminded Qiao Qi's team of the next task:

"There will be new soldiers in the future. Qiaoqi, you will be responsible for teaching them daily vigilance. Next, one of you will follow Gibb every day to clean up the living creatures in the forest. You have all been adventurers. I hope you can adapt as soon as possible. "

"Yes, Lord Lord!"

"Eat quickly. After eating, go and replace Gibb and the others. They have a hunting mission in the afternoon!"

"yes."

Watching Qiao Qi and others grunting over the bear meat that still had a strong smell, Xia Duo frowned, picked up the cooked fish and left directly.

…

After the meal, Sha Duo discussed with Leiden the evaluation criteria for the working group before leaving the camp.

After many days, he had long wanted to hunt for treasure in the mysterious lock, but this time, he had a new tool in his hand - a shovel specially used for digging soil.

Finally, there is no need to use a shield to shovel the soil, and the shovel can also directly test the things in the floating soil, without the need to slowly scratch it with a sword.

Efficiency was immediately improved.

Speaking of this shovel, Shado specifically asked Arman to find it for him, not at the blacksmith shop, but at an adventurer's place!

There is no need for ordinary people to buy this thing, and there is no blacksmith shop. The one he is holding now was specially made by the adventurer for the convenience of digging for treasures.

At 10 gold each, it was almost the same price as an ordinary one-handed sword.

…

Pass through the puzzle and come to the ruins.

The target chosen by Xia Duo this time was the center of the ruins. Although he would always search it all over, the chance of finding the treasure in the center should be higher.

This is really heartbreaking.

Once inside the mystery lock, he lost his magic ability and became less convenient. Xia Duo quickly approached the center of the ruins with a shovel. He couldn't wait.

He felt like he was no longer running away with the shovel, but the shovel was dragging him away!