Green Monster Epic

Soon, the news that Allen was taking a group of teenagers on a long journey spread throughout the village, and Allen's stone fort was unusually lively after nightfall.

From time to time, people would knock on Allen's door, wanting to learn more about the upcoming journey. Among them, especially the families of the dozen or so selected teenagers, some were still worried about their children and wanted to plead with Allen. However, Allen used his authority as the chief to righteously refuse them.

Of course, not everyone was like this. Some people directly approached Allen, begging him to take their children along, at least to let them see the world.

Faced with such requests, Allen could only婉言劝说 them, assuring them that there would be more clansmen who could go out to travel and adventure in the future, and not necessarily all at once.

Allen wasn't just saying this to comfort everyone, but because he genuinely had such thoughts.

After the two great battles, there was a small peak in the number of warriors in the tribe advancing, which made Allen reflect on whether he should give them more opportunities to improve their strength through practice when training them.

Moreover, it might not be a bad thing for more warriors in the tribe to go out and adventure. It could not only broaden the horizons of the clansmen, but also bring various benefits of adventure to the tribe, which was not a bad thing. Of course, letting the clansmen go out to adventure also had great risks. Kobolds and hobgoblins were not bad at fighting, but their brains were not so flexible. Except for a few relatively normal brains like Camellia and 花蛇, many clansmen actually looked a bit simple.

This could easily lead to the clansmen being exploited when they went out to adventure, becoming cannon fodder and thugs for others, with all kinds of dirty and tiring work being thrown at them, while they wouldn't get a share when it came to making real money. Moreover, letting the clansmen go out to broaden their horizons was both a good thing and a temptation. Just like Lacey and Hanji, the couple who had previously committed embezzlement, they were blinded by the outside world and had the idea of leaving Green Lake Village to settle down elsewhere, but in the end, they embarked on a path of no return for money.

In the end, the price they paid was very miserable. Allen escorted them back to Green Lake Village from thousands of miles away, and in front of all the clansmen in the mountain top square, he cut off their flesh piece by piece, making them the first couple in the Green Field Tribe to be executed by slow slicing. The more ruthless Allen's methods were, the more it showed how much he hated this kind of thing, causing the clansmen to relive the harsh methods of the wilderness leaders.

However, these difficulties were not enough to dispel the thoughts in Allen's mind. If there were difficulties, then solve them. At least at this time, Allen already had a outline in his mind that could solve most of the various problems and difficulties he could think of.

"I have discussed it with 花蛇 and the others. I will also accompany this group of teenagers to 蔓莎城 this time, but the difference is that I will be away for a longer time this time, and all the affairs of the tribe will be handed over to you."

Before leaving, Allen, as usual, called the backbones of the village, and even the jackal 博班, who had semi-joined their tribe, to arrange the affairs of the village after his departure.

But to be honest, Allen didn't have much to arrange. Over the years, under Allen's step-by-step division of powers and establishment of a relatively complete system, the village already knew what they should do and what they shouldn't do. As the leader, Allen often only needed to coordinate the overall situation and make decisions on various emergencies.

花蛇's ability as a deputy may not be outstanding, but temporarily leading the tribe was not a problem at all. At least Allen had traveled to Thorns Fort from time to time over the years, and 花蛇 had not caused any trouble while guarding the village.

"Okay."

"Yes."

Mao Luo, Paao and others nodded one after another, and even 博班, the jackal leader who was temporarily living in Green Lake Village, couldn't help but nod.

After all the arrangements were made, all that was left was to watch Kerr and Tom prepare their 14-member team, select their respective suitable weapons and equipment, and each teenager was also equipped with two palm-sized flying axes made by 满杜里.

Even in order to select equipment for Barrington and 沙林, the two newly promoted shield warriors, Kerr asked Allen to tell 满杜里 and his wife to quickly forge a set of armor that fit their profession.

Shield warriors and strongmen were both newly added combat class advancements in the tribe, and their weapon requirements were also different. For example, although strongmen looked similar to berserkers when fighting, berserkers focused on the爆发 of instant combat power, while strongmen focused on continuous suppression with great strength. Because of these differences, the weapons and equipment of each newly promoted combat class had their own focus. Shield warriors needed to focus on defense, with heavier armor and one-handed weapons paired with a heavy shield.

The village naturally had shields in stock, but most of them were captured light leather shields and wooden shields, and their defensive power was definitely not very good or strong enough. Kerr and the others searched for a long time and couldn't find equipment suitable for Barrington and the others to wear, so they were very dissatisfied and approached Allen.

The teenagers were going out on an adventure for the first time. Although Allen didn't give too many suggestions, he agreed to all their requests, and found 满杜里 and his wife to work overtime to forge a few suitable shields.

As for the armor, Allen had already thought about it. After arriving in 蔓莎城, he would buy two sets of 精良 armor for Barrington and 沙林 from the store in the city. It wasn't impossible to have the two gray dwarves, 满杜里 and 沙丽华, make two sets of armor with better defense, but that would take a little too long.

While 满杜里 and the others were forging a few heavy iron shields for Barrington and the others, Kerr led her selected team of 13 members and practiced in the mountain top square in a well-organized manner. It wasn't enough to just select suitable candidates. Tom, as the team's strategist, obviously understood Allen's purpose in having Kerr select each member, and after the list was approved, he told everyone the reasons why the list was approved one by one.

Then, Tom used some concepts mentioned in the scattered books he saw in the village library to help the team members determine their identity, position, and function during combat: two shield warriors stood at the forefront of the team, Kerr led a few狂斗士 to attack around them, three剑舞者 used their speed advantage to contain the opponent's rear wings on both flanks, and the only shadow walker, Erin, was both the team's eyes and ears and an assassin who would assassinate the opponent's mastermind at the last moment.

Of course, there was also a矮地精 wearing a蟒鳞甲 in the rear of the team, riding on a snow-white座狼, showing off his power.

Although the functional positioning of Tom's team was still very superficial, this was originally what Allen was going to teach Kerr and the others when he went to 蔓莎城. Now that Tom had thought of these things one step ahead, Allen was naturally very pleased to see it.

It's just a pity that Tom's strength as a student was still a little lacking. Otherwise, his role in the tribe after he grew up would definitely be more useful than an average middle-level combat class.

Perhaps this trip to 蔓莎城 could allow Tom to develop in the direction of deploying troops and arranging formations. Allen suddenly had this idea in his mind, and then shook his head and threw it out of his mind. How many people did the Green Field Tribe have now? How could there be any opportunity to form a professional army and let Tom command the battle!

At least in the foreseeable decades, the tribe might not have any wars!

Allen overlooked the vast wilderness in front of him from the balcony, a mixture of earthy gray and grassy green. There were no traces of any natives within a radius of nearly a thousand miles. It would take a long time to repair the damage caused by the demons if he wanted to restore the Green Field Plain to its former appearance.

Kerr, like a real squad leader, carefully made various attack movements in her position, while not forgetting to turn around and stare at her partners. If anyone was distracted and thought this was a game, they would be smacked on the head by Kerr and howl.

"Listen to me, I am responsible for all the members who go out to travel this time. If anyone thinks what we are doing now is a joke and doesn't seriously listen to Tom's arrangements, then don't blame me for crossing your names off the list later!!"

Although young and still having a bit of a childish voice, Kouer's demeanor as she rested her heavy sword on the ground was serious and solemn, bearing a resemblance to Alan's usual commanding presence when leading the tribe.

“What are you looking at? I'm talking about you, Linas!!”

“Even though you're a spellcaster, you don't need to cast spells during team formation practice, but don't you dare wander off!!”

“Okay, okay, okay!”

After being taken by Alan into the wilderness for several hunting trips, Linas gradually lost the guilt he felt after personally killing a human. He finally regained his bear-like smiling face. He couldn't immerse himself in this game-like rehearsal, and ended up lying down, burying his face in Little White's sparse fur, muttering to himself. Kouer caught him in the act and scolded him severely.

Alan, on the balcony, couldn't bear to watch any longer. This little rascal had too many bad habits. Although he had been refining him for over half a month and he had changed somewhat, the delinquent teenager's behavior would still pop up from time to time.

Alan silently picked up a pebble from a flower pot on the balcony, bent two fingers into a bow, and flicked it out, hitting Little White's firmly planted front leg directly.

Although he didn't use much force, it was enough for Little White, the dire wolf mount, to feel pain. Stimulated, Little White suddenly leaped high, using its strong dire wolf instinct to hide in the crowd, lowering its body and staring in Alan's direction.

Linas, who had been lazily lying on Little White's back, was caught off guard and rolled off Little White, landing face-first in the dirt. His face slammed hard into the ground, and he couldn't bear the stinging pain in his nose, tears streaming down uncontrollably, causing his companions to burst into laughter.

“Serves you right!!”

After this commotion, there was no point in continuing the rehearsal. Kouer scolded Linas once more, waved her hand to dismiss everyone, and announced the training time for tomorrow.

Because he was leading a group of teenagers, Alan couldn't simply cross the wilderness directly, as there were too many dangers in the wilderness. Even if Alan could protect himself, he couldn't guarantee that he could protect all the teenagers around him.

Therefore, this time he took Kouer and the others eastward, following the course of the Cato Mountains, then reaching the Cato Canyon at the intersection of the mountains and the Mansa Corridor, and then heading south to Mansa City.

The border of the Cato Mountains was actually not too far from Alan's tribe, about 400-500 li away, but the main range of the Cato Mountains was quite a distance from the Greenwild Plains, at least a thousand li. Because the foothills around the mountains undulated and the environment was complex, although there were many trees and creatures growing there, Alan and his people had never considered expanding their territory in this direction.

This mountain range was like a barrier, directly separating the Greenwild Plains from the prosperous Mansa Corridor to the west. Coupled with the Tagan Desert to the north of the tribe, this was an important factor in the Greenwild Plains' consistently sparse population.

Of course, the vast plains and hills to the south were also barren, so few large tribes existed. This also made those small caravans willing to take risks to save on travel expenses, traveling back and forth along the western border mountains, until they reached the Damu Swamp, more than a thousand li away. There, the population of creatures gradually increased, and the vegetation became more lush, but it was the territory of a large Lizardman Argon tribe, with no opportunity for other races to exist.

Lizardmen need both warm weather and cannot be away from water sources for long periods of time, so swamps have always been their favorite.

“Teacher, look, there are so many foxglove vines!!”

The biggest bad habit of young people is being too restless. Besides requiring the entire team to move forward at varying speeds according to the pre-set formation, ensuring the integrity of the team, Alan occasionally acted as the target of attack, engaging in a contest with the 14-person team.

The rest of the time, everyone would follow the wilderness path they were traveling, searching the surrounding vegetation with treasure-hunting eyes, looking for various magical medicinal plants hidden within, all because shortly after entering the Cato Mountains, Tom found a thriving Mind-Calming Vine in a bush, and extracted about 15 milliliters of Mind-Calming Liquid from the vine.

Mind-Calming Liquid is a good thing, one of the medicinal ingredients for many spellcasters to enter deep meditation and quickly restore mana and mental power.

It was this unexpected surprise that gave the teenagers a good way to pass the time while traveling.

At this time, Alan and his group were walking at the base of a continuous high cliff in the mountains. Low shrubs and dense weeds could be seen everywhere, growing wildly at the moist base of the cliff, causing great inconvenience to Alan and his group's progress.

However, there are both advantages and disadvantages. Looking up, clusters of foxglove vines climbed and grew in mid-air between the steep cliffs, making Kouer and the others long for them but unable to reach them, complaining to Alan with regret on their faces. Of course, taking advantage of the opportunity to complain, Kouer still hoped that Alan, as their teacher, could display his climbing skills and help everyone collect some foxglove fruits, which were all valuable magical medicinal materials.

“Why don't you mark them, and if we have the chance in the future, we can come here to collect the plants!”

Alan didn't fall for it, casually glancing at the vines on the cliff face and continuing to bury himself in the journey.

“Awoo~~~~”

Suddenly, Little White, who was active and rarely had the chance to run wildly in the wilderness, raised its wolf head and howled loudly dozens of meters ahead on the left, both alerting Alan and the others behind him and warning the enemies it had sensed.

“Form up!!”

The training along the way had finally had some effect. After Kouer gave the order, the 14-person team picked up their weapons and stood in their positions.

“Linas, communicate with your Little White and see what the enemies are?”

Druids can communicate with animals to a limited extent, and even druids with animal affinity can fully understand the various thoughts of their pets, so when Kouer spoke, Linas called Little White, who was in a defensive posture in front on the left, back and began to communicate with it.

Unfortunately, Linas didn't have the talent for animal affinity. All he could sense from Little White's thoughts was that powerful beasts were approaching, and there was more than one.

Alan took his time. While Kouer and the others were forming up, he simply left the team and ran between the cliffs, nimbly climbing upwards along the not-so-smooth cliff face, occasionally using protruding rocks as footholds. He had already decided that it was time for Kouer and the others to put their long-practiced formation to the test. He could also take this opportunity to help them see where improvements were needed.

No matter how skilled you are in practice, it's not as effective as fighting a real battle. Many problems are learned through experience in actual combat. Although he had fought against her team dozens of times, there was still a big difference between facing one opponent and facing more opponents.

When Alan climbed halfway up the cliff, holding onto several vines hanging down from above with one hand and stepping on a cypress tree clinging to the cliff with one foot, looking down, Kouer's team had already collided with nine long-armed gorillas that had suddenly appeared in front!

Long-armed gorillas are primates about 1.7 meters tall with an arm span of over three meters. They are as strong as earth elementals and live in family-based groups. They have a strong sense of territory and prefer to live in mountains and jungles, using their innate climbing skills to move as easily on the cliffs that Alan was standing on as they would on flat ground. Moreover, long-armed gorillas are individually powerful. It is said that a single long-armed gorilla can retreat unscathed even when facing a jungle saber-toothed tiger, which means their individual strength is almost at the level of an advanced practitioner.

In the long-armed gorilla family in front of them, the last long-armed gorilla, whose fur was gradually turning golden, had an even more peculiar appearance. It had mutated and grown two more arms, a total of four arms, with the front left and right arms holding a thick stick, and the rear two arms holding chunks of stone as large as human heads, slowly approaching Kouer and the others.

“Oh, it seems that Kouer and the others have met their match this time!”

After clearly seeing the beasts that suddenly attacked from below the cliff, Allen instead felt that this was a stroke of luck. The rookie team of Coer and the others encountered a tricky opponent right away, which was perfect for testing the effectiveness of their team formation.

A barrage of rocks came down, and ape-like creatures seemed to enjoy using their forelimbs to throw stones, using it as a means to force back enemies, perhaps because they could stand on two feet. Facing the flying rocks, Barrington and Shalin raised their heavy shields, which were half their height, and held them tightly in front, flipping the shields up and down, using peripheral vision to judge the angle and direction of the flying stones, doing their best to block as many as possible.

From the side and rear, Coer, Bush, Cree and other berserkers with strong bursts of power, first threw their javelins, using medium-range weapons with little accuracy to counterattack the opponents in front. Beside them, Treeborn, Brin, and an earth gnome swordsman named Follen, waved the swords in their hands to help Coer and the others block the flying stones that were not stopped by Shalin and the others.

Further back, because of their height and strength, Linus and Tom, who had returned to the team and were carried on the back of Little White Camel, one observed the surrounding situation, issuing warnings to the team members in front, and the other began to mutter slowly, while holding a white oak staff less than a meter long, gesturing rhythmically in the air.

Both sides' ranged attacks were just random attempts, only the four-armed gorilla, slightly behind the main group of gorillas, threw stones that were heavy and dense, and the shooting accuracy was extremely high, bringing great pressure to Shalin and Barrington in the front.

Even Linus and Tom, riding on the snow-white Little White, at the very back of the team, were subjected to many stone attacks because they were too conspicuous. Although Little White's agile movements prevented Linus and the others from being injured, Little White's movement directly caused Linus's spellcasting to fail. Without the assistance of feats such as mobile spellcasting, Linus, who was only a level 6 druid, basically could not succeed in casting spells if he was disturbed by the outside world.

When the javelins were exhausted and the gorilla team got closer, Coer and the others threw more lethal flying axes, finally hitting the jackpot. Two or three flying axes hit the first long-armed gorilla, one after the other. The great force caused the flying axes to embed deeply into it, interrupting its pouncing action, causing it to roll backwards several times before dying.

It seemed that Linus's spell would not be used for the time being. Eight long-armed gorillas agilely ran along the mountain wall towards Coer's team. After a short period of long-range harassment, the two sides entered a melee.

As expected, actual combat was the best way to test a team's formation. Although Shalin and Barrington's defense was excellent, in front of the agile long-armed gorillas, they were like clumsy big bears. Although the opponents could not hurt them with their claws and teeth, it was basically impossible for Shalin and the others to stop more than four long-armed gorillas.

In the end, a chance encounter that was originally intended to test the rationality of Coer and the others' formation, developed into a chaotic situation where everyone fought on their own.

Relying on her strong individual strength, Coer rushed out of the team's position alone, because the four-armed gorilla in the distance posed a greater threat to everyone. Its two extra arms threw pieces of rubble, taken from the immediate surroundings, into Coer's team, bringing great threat.

As the captain of the team, Coer only thought about sharing the pressure for everyone, but did not think that her sudden departure would cause their already fragmented formation to collapse at once. Everyone no longer had any cooperation or formation, and they all used their best methods to fight with the long-armed gorillas that rushed into their team.

"Treeborn!! Go help Cree!!"

"Bush, don't rush too far forward!!"

The only one who remained calm was Tom, who was riding on Little White, constantly surveying the battlefield, reminding his eleven companions, but no one gave him a positive response.

After all, in this team of theirs, except for the two dwarf gnomes riding on Little White, all the other members had advanced. Even if they were fighting a long-armed gorilla alone, everyone had no problems at all.

"Ah…so…"

Finally, Linus completed his first spell. A faint green light followed the wave of his staff and fell into the grass in the center of the battlefield where everyone was. The grass blades suddenly became sharp and pointed. A team member stepped on it, and the simple straw shoes were directly pierced, and he screamed on the spot.

Of course, the more miserable ones were naturally the long-armed gorillas without shoes to protect them. The two long-armed gorillas in the range of the divine spell screamed, while their two hind limbs kept stepping on the ground alternately, being cut by the grass blades with countless wounds. Both offense and defense became full of flaws, and then Brin, who was watching for an opportunity, used a Smoke Wave Step combined with a straight stab, piercing its eye socket and crushing the brain behind the eye socket.

… … … …

"Take a look at yourselves, what kind of mess is this!!"

The final victor of the battle was naturally Coer's team. When Coer entangled the four-armed gorilla, buying time for the other team members to kill the long-armed gorillas, and finally everyone worked together to kill the four-armed gorilla, and piled the corpses of these apes together, what awaited them was not Allen's praise, but a head-on scolding!

"Where is your formation!! When your commander was shouting, did you hear it??"

Allen's face was gloomy, and he fiercely scolded the tribesmen beside him who were still excited after the victory of the fierce battle, hooking their shoulders and backs.

"…Didn't we win in the end?"

The young Bush was fearless, having just taken down a long-armed gorilla by himself. At this time, he was holding the relatively intact fur from the long-armed gorilla, wanting to ask Allen for credit, but when he heard Allen's scolding, he muttered unwillingly.

"Won? That's because your strength is stronger than the opponent. If you encounter someone stronger than you, can you still laugh to the end like now?"

"Look at Anxi, he was almost torn off his arm by a long-armed gorilla. Where were you teammates at that time??"

"And you, Coer, as the captain of the team, you didn't remind your teammates when you charged into battle. Do you know that because you suddenly left the formation, two long-armed gorillas directly killed their way into the middle of your team??"

"… …"

Allen stood in the high air of the cliff, seeing everything that happened in the battle between Coer and the others clearly. Although in fact, he himself only had a smattering of knowledge about arranging troops and formations. In the wilderness, tribesmen didn't understand how to arrange formations when fighting and hunting, and only used small tactics such as ambushes and encirclements when hunting.

However, in recent years, Allen has invested a little bit of research in this area. The impact brought about by the military formation and cooperation that he saw fleetingly in the border of the Elf Kingdom, and the powerful power brought by the human cavalry charging in formation this time, all made Allen understand that if they want to strengthen themselves in the future, they might be able to consider this aspect.

This time, Allen was practicing the formations and cooperation that he had figured out on Coer's adventure team, thinking about seeing the effects of it, and at the same time hoping that Coer and the others could gradually adapt and improve in actual combat, just like the various combat tactics that their tribe had created on their own.

Coer lowered her head at this time, not having the confidence and confidence she used to have when facing Allen, humbly listening to and accepting Allen's teachings. She recalled what she had done before, although it was brave, but she did not take into account the actions of the team members around her, which made her very regretful and annoyed.

"Clean up the battlefield. When you rest at night, you must summarize today's battle and the mistakes you made. Starting tomorrow, your training time will be doubled. If anyone makes a mistake, the two companions next to them will be punished together!!"

The long foothills of the Cato Mountains, stretching thousands of miles from east to west, added a lot of trouble to Allen and his team's progress, because the sparse population here greatly increased the types of creatures, and also increased the number of battles Allen and his team encountered, giving Coer, Eileen and the others a chance to accumulate practical experience.

Large wild animals such as long-armed gorillas, jungle pythons, and even saber-toothed tigers were often seen. There were even traces of dragon-like creatures. The variety of species was much richer than that of the Green Plains, which meant that Kohl and her team often encountered opponents and engaged in battles.

By the time they left the Catoer Mountains and reached the entrance of the Catoer Canyon, Kohl and her team had finally completed their initial training in teamwork and formation, and had gained some combat effectiveness. As for the rest, they would have to rely on their own step-by-step experience and learn from other adventurer teams to grow slowly.

In addition to fighting, Kohl and her team also gained a lot of good things. Saber-toothed tiger teeth, tiger skins, snake galls, and other materials and furs were all good things that could be exchanged for money in the outside world. There were also various magic potion herbs hidden in the foothills vegetation, which always appeared at unexpected times and became a harvest for Kohl's team. According to the methods of processing magic potion plants learned in the Crystal Middle School in the village, they were properly processed and waited to be taken to Mansha City, where they could be exchanged for a sum of money.

Catoer Canyon is a non-natural terrain that directly runs through the Catoer Mountains and divides a mountain range stretching for thousands of miles. It is said that this canyon was formed after a battle between the incarnations of two gods, which tore apart the ground where the canyon was located, and finally left behind the remains of the battle. Then, the Ajinaga tribe of goblins, which grew here, continuously excavated for thousands of years, and finally formed this dangerous natural barrier.

On both sides of the canyon are the main veins of the Catoer Mountains, which rise hundreds of meters from the ground, surrounded by steep cliffs that are more than 2,000 meters high at the highest point. Deep in the center of the canyon, even the sky becomes a line, which is also called a Line of Sky by passing merchants. Such a natural barrier just forms a north-south trade route, and it is also the most suitable place to establish a stronghold and collect tolls from passing merchants.

Therefore, with the support of the Temple of Nature, the Ajinaga goblin tribe spent a huge price to build fortress-style castles made of expensive magic-forbidden stones at both ends of the canyon, guarding the throat of the entire canyon. Any merchants who want to pass through this place must pass through these two fortresses.

Of course, a fortress that guards a prosperous trade route like this can accumulate amazing wealth for a tribe just by collecting tolls and taxes. Therefore, the Ajinaga tribe, which is mainly composed of goblins, can control these two fortresses. In addition to the strength of their own tribe, the nature god and Mansha City, which support the tribe and share most of the benefits behind it, as well as the allied camps adjacent to it, are important reasons why it has stood here and has not been replaced by its owner.

Alan only learned a few years ago that there was a powerful goblin tribe more than 2,000 miles away to the southeast of their tribe. Previously, due to the barrier of the Catoer Mountains, and Alan had not thought about having much interaction with the large wilderness tribes for the time being, he had not been to the fortresses on both sides of the canyon of the Ajinaga tribe until now.

At this time, Alan and his team were only more than 70 miles away from the Mur Fortress of the Ajinaga tribe in the south, but Alan did not intend to take these teenagers to visit the Ajinaga tribe. Instead, he looked at the looming huge artificial building complex in the gray-black mountain outline on the horizon a few times, and then led Kohl and her team to continue heading south.

The Ajinaga fortress is there, and you can visit and see it at any time, but the impact of this tide of demons is not something that people can control. The high-reward tasks issued by those temples and the Mansha City Guard will not wait for people.

Before obtaining the approval of Mansha City and finding a tribe to rely on, Alan rashly took the tribe to appear in the goblin tribe's territory of Catoer Fortress, which is likely to attract the other party's attention and find his own tribe by following the clues. Alan is also unwilling to take this risk.

After entering the prosperous trade road of Mansha Corridor, the opportunities for Kohl and her team to hone their skills became less. A long road that has been trampled on for many years and is now barren stretches to the end of the horizon.

Alan and his team of more than a dozen adventurers also encountered a huge caravan with dozens of carriages more than ten days later. They seemed friendly to each other, but in fact they were all somewhat wary, maintaining a certain distance from each other and slowly heading south.

The chaos of the evil god not only caused a large number of indigenous tribes in the wilderness to be wiped out, but also made the once prosperous Mansha Corridor trade road less lively. It was not until the chaos of the evil god came to an end that some desperate large caravans would travel between the Elf Kingdom, the Airen Kingdom, and Mansha City.

Moreover, although the Mansha Corridor is much safer than the wilderness, and the surrounding area is divided and occupied by countless powerful tribes to obtain various direct or indirect benefits brought by a trade route, it does not mean that it is not dangerous at all. Among them, the teams of merchants traveling on this road are likely to be friendly plains in the previous moment, and then turn into jackals who covet the other party's caravan's wealth in the next moment.

The more powerful the caravan, the more likely it is to do such things, because they have their own trained combat teams and do not have to worry about leaks. The mercenary groups hired from outside are also likely to betray under the drive of interests.

As for signing a magic contract, a contract can only restrain the two people who signed the contract. For adventurers who need to be hired for long-distance trade, at least 50 people or more are required. It is impossible for everyone to sign a magic contract. In that case, the employment cost will be greatly increased, and it is very likely that it will be taken advantage of by people with ulterior motives, putting both the employer and the employee in danger.

This is also why the magic contract seems safe, but it is actually not suitable for cooperation between two large forces. Only Alan was foolishly instigated by Philip in the first place, and under the circumstances of not understanding the principles of the contract, he ran to threaten the Bone Crusher, and finally put a set of shackles on himself because of the contract.

"Teacher, do you think we can sell the materials in our hands to them?"

At this time, Kohl and thirteen goblin partners each had a large bag on their backs, and a shelf for transporting various furs, which exuded a variety of foul odors under the carrying of Bush and Cree.

Because they were in a hurry to get on the road, Kohl and her team did not have time to tan the freshly divided furs. In addition, the hot weather in the wilderness caused the foul odors emitted by the furs and materials collected from the beasts to make Kohl and her team, who had already developed clean habits, feel very uncomfortable.

At this time, it was rare to encounter a caravan, so Kohl quietly approached Alan and asked cautiously.

The reason why she was so cautious was that Kohl knew that they were only trying to get rid of these burdens on their bodies as soon as possible, rather than maximizing the benefits of these materials.

"I can't control this. Anyway, after arriving in Mansha City, I won't provide you with any financial support. If you want to gain a foothold in the city at that time, you will have to rely on this batch of materials on your body!"

Alan glanced at Kohl lightly, then shrugged his shoulders and gave his reply.

Originally, Alan had prepared a start-up fund for Kohl and her team, but they had gained a lot along the way, so Alan suddenly decided not to give Kohl and her team a start-up fund anymore, to see if they could finally use this batch of materials to persist until they obtained their first source of income.

Since he was letting Kohl and her team out to train, then the economic system operating in this civilized world was also something that Kohl and her team needed to learn and understand. In the past, Alan and Flower Snake had protected the teenagers too well. It seemed that they had cultivated them well, but in fact, if they were really let go to work independently, Alan now felt that these little guys were still lacking a lot.

The 10,000-word transition is considered to have picked up the pace, otherwise I would have to update it twice, and everyone might feel that the plot is a bit slow.