From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 60 Normen and the Raft

The Normen tribe is a small tribe with only 300 trolls, and the total number of available troops does not exceed one hundred and fifty.

When Blade Ya led 325 trolls to arrive in formation, he simply showed off his muscles and recovered them without any surprise.

After that, he separated some hunters to follow the local trolls to hunt, seizing the time to collect the food they needed.

As for the usual tasks of counting the population, sorting out inheritance, etc., they were handed over to Meiya, who had already been 'coaxed' the night she arrived.

As for himself, holding on to his somewhat sore waist, he led the soldiers to cut down the trees.

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Originally, Basuga wanted to try the canoe first, which he felt would be relatively easier.

But after experimenting, I found that it really just 'feels' simpler.

First of all, the troll is so big that it is not easy to find suitable wood;

Secondly, hollowing out the center of the wood to create a space that can accommodate the troll is also a big job.

After several attempts, he decisively gave up this unrealistic idea and instead focused on the 'raft'.

The vines that had previously accumulated in the middle section were now spread over the river in circles under the traction of the raft.

Blade Ya was quite helpless about this. He had just discovered that trolls in their prime generally had a physique that sank when they entered the water.

Seeing this, his companions stopped laughing. When they saw him standing firm and climbing through the gaps between the wood, they let go of the vines in his hands.

The hunter who was waiting by the vines was arranged to pull back the vines and let go again. After repeating this several times, the raft was still floating steadily in the water.

The experimenter with the expression "I'm back alive" began to feel proud as soon as he landed on the shore. He looked sternly at his companions who had previously laughed at him, and let out an arrogant laugh.

In fact, Saba was determined to do this experiment himself;

But then I thought about it and realized that this was a test they had to go through. Otherwise, how could they use the river water to march quickly in the future?

Fortunately, he was cautious enough and tied vines around the experimenter from the beginning, otherwise it would be difficult to save those just now.

First, arrange for hunters to cut down the trunks of various trees and put them into the water one by one to compare the proportions of different materials and water;

After several comparisons, one of the most buoyant ones was selected and began to arrange "manpower" for "large-scale" mining.

Of course, he asked himself that he was not capable of explaining this issue from a principle level;

The raft, which had lost its control, began to move toward the center of the river, slowly moving diagonally along the current.

"That's it for the time being. We can start the formal production. As for future improvements, I'll leave it to your younger generation. In addition, the materials used are still a bit excessive. You have to lead the hunters back tomorrow to cut more. I will also

Prepare some more vines.”

The selected troll was quite frightened at this time. He was patrolling in front of the raft, but he saw that the seniors who had fallen down earlier were quite miserable.

Not far behind him, several trolls who were responsible for holding the middle part of the vine kept laughing at their shaky-looking partner, and kept urging him to get up quickly.

While he was happy, he also felt a little confused. This broken raft had neither a sail nor an oar, so how could it exceed the speed of the river?

Several factors such as the weight and volume of the wood, load-carrying capacity and buoyancy, as well as how much flat space it can provide are intertwined with each other. It took countless failures before finally succeeding.

During the mining period, Blade Ya himself was not idle and used magic to start making vines for binding.

Later, he turned to help Meiya sort out their inheritance.

The initially finalized raft is a cross-stacked structure with two layers horizontally and vertically. While ensuring sufficient buoyancy, each raft can also leave a certain amount of space for trolls to lay down or lie down.

Almost a day passed, and the hunters who were assigned to cut wood, with the help of the magic apprentices who accompanied the army, finally collected what seemed to be enough trunks.

‘The only attrition in the expedition came from drowning?’ If such news were spread to future generations, they would probably laugh to death.

Previously, the water in the Black River was not deep enough, so they had to step on the bottom of the river to cross it, so they failed to discover this in time;

When taking a boiling water bath at home, the depth of the water in the tub made it even less likely that he would notice the problem in time.

When the time came at night, Blade Ya arranged for all members to undergo sleep rotation;

Blade Ya's words made him change his expression again, and he jumped back to the raft with a bitter look on his face.

Blade Ya glanced at the raft from a distance, which was about fifty meters away, and found that it was floating there very well, with no sign of capsizing or sinking.

After ordering this section of the experiment to end, he said to the apprentices on the side,

When I turned around, I found that the raft had reached the limit of the vine length. The two vines tied to the same tree at the other end were now stretched taut in mid-air and vibrating continuously.

"Come on, let's experiment a few more times, and you can work harder."

He said it was a 'guidance', but in fact, this was his first time getting started under his two lifetimes as a 'human being', so he stumbled across a lot of problems.

Whether it is the Tooth Troll or the Normen Troll, there is always one third of the labor force that can manufacture rafts under his guidance.

Blade Ya felt that it was almost enough, so he returned to the Nomen Department and began to plant the few refrigerator trees.

Blade Ya nodded happily, showing a 'teachable' expression.

At this moment, there were two "taut" and slightly elastic sounds coming from my ears.

After finalization, it is time to conduct a stability test while traveling.

But the White River is different. The water depth on the river bank alone exceeds the height of the troll. Except for a few sections of the river, it is almost impossible to step on the bottom of the river.

The weight of a mature troll is between 800-900 kilograms, and the weight of weapons and baggage carried by it is probably close to 100 kilograms.

Since the vines to be used this time did not need to be modified to the extent that they were used to restrain the moose leader, the overall manufacturing efficiency was pretty good. It only took half a day to get several hundred thumb-thick and more than one meter long.

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But this time, the experimenter had obviously overcome his fear and could at least sit with his butt down.

Therefore, I only plan to start from the ‘phenomenon’ and through repeated experiments, to find out the rules between them, so as to make better use of the river.

So, he only gave verbal encouragement.

After a while, the raft from the previous experiment finally docked.

This surprised and surprised him. He thought that he would be able to be at the same level as the current at most, but he did not expect to have such a harvest.

The witch doctor disciples nodded in agreement upon hearing this, and immediately began to guide the other trolls to build the raft based on the results just now.

Gradually, the raft moved faster and faster, and Blade Ya keenly discovered that its speed even exceeded the flow speed of the river itself.

First, two lengths of vines of equal length were prepared, one connecting the raft to the shore, and the other tied to the waist of the troll who acted as the experimenter.

With this intention in mind, in the next few experiments, Banya reset the variables several times by changing the 'water entry direction' and other methods.

It's not that he was deliberately tormenting this troll, but he really wanted to find out why the raft was faster than water. This experimenter was the biggest variable on the previous raft, so it was hard to replace him at the beginning.

As a result, the load capacity of the raft must be at least one ton to be safe enough.

"Well, just pull it back, that's almost it."

Fortunately, trolls are social animals with a strong sense of shame, and they do not lack courage.

After all, the experimenter couldn't resist the jokes of his companions. He closed his eyes and jumped onto the raft which was a certain distance from the river bank.

I want to use this to figure out the most direct reason that affects the speed of the raft.

Fortunately, his hard work paid off, and he finally discovered that the speed of the raft seemed to be directly proportional to the load. After confirming this, the direction of the subsequent experiments was finally clear.

In subsequent repeated trials, the balance point between safety and speed was gradually figured out, and the weight of each raft was re-planned.

Several days passed after that, food, rafts and other things were gradually prepared, and a group of trolls were about to embark on their return journey.

My brain is a bit dull today

(End of chapter)