From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 125 Refugees and Travelers

Fortunately, the Black Forest is far enough away that the influence of the tide has not really reached here;

Migration on a species scale has stopped when it is still quite far away from the Beilu Mountains.

Only some of them, it is not even sure whether they were affected by the aftermath of the spring tide, finally arrived outside the northern barrier of the Black Forest - the North Foot Mountains;

There is a strange group of people who, by many chances and coincidences, walked and stopped all the way to the plateau extending out of the Beilu Mountains.

Further south, the terrain of the mountains and the various powerful monsters entrenched in them make it almost a dead place for civilization.

After paying a heavy price, the tribal leader looked at the endless mountains in front of him and finally decided to give up, choosing to stop his march southward here.

He looked towards the north with worry and longing, which was the direction of his hometown, but at this time, it was being ravaged all day long by the iron hooves of the prairie barbarians.

No one is willing to leave their hometown, let alone take the initiative to give up that large area of ​​land that has been fully cultivated;

But the size of his tribe was too small, and he could no longer bear the continuous invasion that had lasted for too long, so he had no choice but to choose to escape.

Now, the road to escape seems to have reached the end. I hope it is safe enough here, he thought.

"That's it, this will be our home from now on!"

Therefore, the two squadron leaders made a decision: if they still could not find suitable prey in the next day, the travelers would return south to the area occupied by forests in the river valley.

The narrow land at the exit of the mountain range has been left behind, and in front of the travelers is a vast and endless wilderness.

So they avoided the mountains and only searched east and west on the plateau below, and soon found a large river in the west.

They set off from the Nomen station and had been away from traditional hunting grounds for six months. After eating the military rations they carried along the way, they continued hunting all the way north.

The squad leader of the team accurately received this special whistle sound during routine totem monitoring, and then ordered the team members to immediately respond in the same manner, and by the way, spread the message representing 'assembly' further away.

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For the tired tribes, this is undoubtedly a god-given land without one.

Fifty travelers rushed towards the 'prey' from all directions in a near-surrounding situation. Almost all the trolls had lightning eyes, hoping to find traces of the 'leader' as soon as possible.

They spread out in the wilderness and began to look for prey that could satisfy their hunger in small groups.

And they also followed the direction of the river and found a vast valley at the mountain pass.

Finally, one day after passing through a narrow mountain stream eroded by running water, they finally arrived at an environment they had never seen before.

The big river seems to originate from the snow-capped mountains further to the west, meandering all the way from west to east on the plateau, then turning south and rushing towards the mountains in a mighty way.

In this way, under the relay of the whistle, all the Far Traveler teams scattered over the land of more than ten kilometers in radius learned the news in just a few minutes and rushed in the direction of the whistle.

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Not long ago, a team of Far Walkers that detoured to the northernmost point had just arrived at the ambush point;

The squad leader lay down in the grass and raised his neck slightly, trying to see if he could lock on to the leader first.

It would be best to target the leader of the livestock herd directly, then drive all the way back south and bring them all back to the tribe.

But after taking a look at it, he found four obviously out of place figures among the four-hoofed animals with white fur all over their bodies and no more than 1.5 meters tall.

"It seems to be the sound of hooves. There are about a hundred of them weighing about 300 kilograms each in the northeast direction!"

In addition, what they are holding in their hands is obviously not a simple natural object like a forest ape, but a real tool that has been carefully processed;

At first, they were undoubtedly stunned by this sight, and decided to move on in excitement.

At this point, they just want to find a 'home' and settle down.

Below, those fellow racers with tired faces and ragged clothes finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this;

Several years of continuous migration have exhausted all their energy, and the tribe has retreated from the era of full farming to the nomadic group it is today.

When one of the team members heard this, he immediately put his finger into his mouth, and then a sharp whistle sounded with intervals of ten seconds, spreading far away from this place as the center.

After several months of construction, a simple walled city was built in the river valley, the surrounding land was gradually reclaimed, and everything was initially on track.

The continuation of life in this world is still inseparable from the nourishment of water. It is natural for this tribe to choose a new foothold near a river.

It seems that only there is a land that can feed trolls.

At this time, two Farstrider squadrons were traveling northward from the southern end of the valley.

The rolling mountains form a bell-mouth shape here, and the dark land appears extremely fertile, with lush grasslands growing on it.

The team closest to them is three thousand meters away in the southeast;

The travelers were hungry and had eaten small burrowing animals and even squishy insects.

"There's movement!"

After a few days, I was tired of seeing the fresh scenery, but food was not as easy to obtain as in the forest.

Their extremely tall bodies made them stand out in the wilderness, and the grassland, which was no deeper than their knees, was completely unable to cover the bodies of the trolls.

"We have food three thousand meters away, no more than five thousand meters away. Hurry up and sound the whistle!"

"Boohoo!!!" The sharp whistle sounded again.

A few hours later, the leader of the northernmost team stopped as usual while marching;

He first signaled to his companions to be quiet, then briefly activated the 'Listener' totem on his body, turned his ears towards the north and closed his eyes to listen.

Most of the figures are strong and strong, with upright legs that are the same as themselves;

Although it is not as tall as the troll in terms of height, it is still about 2.7 meters tall.

About an hour later, fifty travelers successfully gathered and began to sneak around and move in the direction of the prey.

The squad leader's eyes shone brightly and he spoke excitedly.

After getting closer, the trolls, who had to lie down in the grass with difficulty due to their height to ensure that they were not discovered, finally got the order to attack.

Because they knew the needs of tribal animal husbandry, they judged that this should be an animal that was extremely suitable for large-scale livestock raising, so the encirclement net was spread out as much as possible, with the intention of encircling every one without missing a thing.

At a distance of less than a few thousand meters, even if the trolls sneaked at a slow speed, it would not take the Manchus much time;

Not long after, as far as the eye could see ahead, in the knee-high grass, a large group of animals could be seen vaguely.

He is still wearing 'clothes', and even the workmanship is much more exquisite than those produced in the headquarters.

‘Oops. This seems to be a civilized race. These animals are not wild species, but livestock they have raised.’ The team leader who saw this scene concluded.

He always kept in mind the order that the witch doctors had emphasized before to 'be cautious in contacting civilized groups', so he wanted to pass on the information here.

But before any action could be taken, the "attack" whistles of the two squadron commanders were heard.

(End of chapter)