Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

Days passed, and the chaos in the wilderness not only didn't cease, but instead, there was a sense of impending crisis.

A large tribe moving south, especially the Minotaurs with their volatile tempers and strong builds, was like introducing a thousand-pound tiger into a sheep pasture with thousands of livestock, a devastating blow to the entire pasture.

Until they were dealt with, chaos would be the main theme of this wilderness.

Countless small tribes were helplessly driven south; staying put would mean facing the Minotaurs' horrific slaughter.

Some races with only production capabilities and no combat strength were even more miserable after losing their overlord's protection. They were looted by other races on the way, and even used as temporary rations, captured into the ranks.

To the point where their primary goal was no longer to escape, but to find a powerful overlord willing to accept them.

Coincidentally, there was a rising force in the wilderness that had both reputation and strength.

Countless goat people and rabbit people with no combat power were rushing towards this well-known force, and the scale of the team was snowballing.

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"My lord, I almost thought some ignorant people dared to attack Highcliff Fortress again!" Li Wei waved his hand speechlessly, dismissing the gathered Highcliff Fortress guards.

Behind Bai Ruisi Tina followed at least four or five hundred people, all looking at him expectantly.

The members of this team were complex, with goat people and rabbit people mixed together.

These two races were relatively timid and had little combat power. They basically served as vassals, doing some production work for powerful overlords.

"Sir, the brutal Minotaurs destroyed our peaceful home. We are now a group of homeless ghosts, and even newborn lambs in the wilderness know your reputation, so we come here to beg you to have mercy on us like a god."

The leader was an old goat person with a goatee and two goat horns. He sadly recounted his situation, and when he mentioned the lord, he was as devout as a believer about to fall into hell who had welcomed the god he believed in.

"Damn, give each person a sickle and go to the livestock shed to cut grass."

Li Wei originally wanted to refuse, but ultimately had a moment of kindness, and could only curl his lips and wave his hand with a look of disgust.

Just as the old goat person was about to leave, the lord couldn't help but stop him, and asked with joy: "In the eyes of you locals, does this lord have many resounding titles with meanings like kindness and compassion?"

The old goat person hesitated, looked at the lord's expectant face, and finally decided to beautify it a little: "Devil from hell, bloodthirsty demon, blood-colored meat grinder..."

"Really these? Aren't there some positive ones?" Li Wei asked unwillingly.

The old goat person blinked his eyes, looking very innocent.

"Damn it!" Lord Li cursed, acting like a shrew from the Debei countryside: "You are showing me blatant prejudice and discrimination!"

Bai Ruisi Tina covered her small mouth and giggled.

It's no wonder this lord has these titles. Every time there was a war, he was always the first to charge, and none of his opponents had a complete corpse that could be pieced together.

It can be said that these prestigious names have obviously been beautified. It is said that now the name of the lord of Highcliff Fortress can even scare babies in the wilderness into stopping crying.

As winter was approaching, the wilderness had been shrouded in thick clouds these days, with a sense of dark clouds pressing down on the city.

Apart from preparing for war, the most important thing for the entire Highcliff Fortress was to welcome the arrival of a big figure from Debei, but Li Wei didn't wait for Liya, but waited for a letter from the Debei noble court.

The letter was delivered by a black crow with a faint magical power. This bird had the ability to sense the location of specially trained magical items, even from thousands of miles away.

The noble badge issued by the noble court was not only a symbol of identity, but also a magical item. Each noble badge was made on the spot according to the owner, and a black crow was trained to remember the aura of this badge.

So that the noble court could contact these lords in time when something happened.

The group of high-ranking pigs in the noble court didn't disappoint the lord as always. The whole article was full of honorifics and formats, and the real content was only a few short sentences.

The general idea was to warn the lords who were exploring in the northern wilderness to return to Debei as soon as possible.

The black crow with feathers as black as ink drank a little fresh milk and set off again, but the wooden tube on its foot that had lost the letter now had an extra gold coin.

That's right, this warning letter was not free. If there were no benefits, expecting that group of pigs to actively worry about the safety of the pioneering lords would be like expecting a client to be gentle with a prostitute!

"Damn it, this trip earned at least a thousand gold coins, even robbing money isn't this fast."

Li Wei was both envious and jealous.

The wilderness was very large, so large that even after so many years, Debei still hadn't reached the end of the wilderness.

The pioneering lords were like sesame seeds scattered on the earth, all over the wilderness. Roughly estimated, there were currently thousands of pioneering lords in the wilderness.

The reward for the black crow to deliver the letter was at least one gold coin, after all, sometimes getting news one step ahead, the value can't be calculated by money.

But using a black crow to deliver a message about something that anyone who was slightly alert could discover to make money, the lord said that even hanging these pigs on lampposts wouldn't be enough to eliminate their sins.

Of course, there were also nobles who didn't pay in the past, but once a large tribe moved south, everyone received the news and returned to Debei, but this noble was kept in the dark and stayed in the wilderness, so he became the only unlucky person in that incident.

This time, killing the chicken to warn the monkeys also made the nobles understand one thing, that is, the news that you paid for may not be useful, but when you don't pay, then this news can become useful, although they feel pain, they still paid the gold coins.

Although the letter was received, Highcliff Fortress was still Highcliff Fortress, without any change. The soldiers patrolled, trained, and hunted as usual, and the people continued to graze and fish.

For Li Wei, if he retreated to Debei, it would be equivalent to losing all the efforts of this period of time, which he could not tolerate.

Highcliff Fortress was originally built on a hill, with three sides sloping downwards. Behind it was a natural cliff, hundreds of meters high.

The reason why Li Wei chose this place as a base was because it was naturally easy to defend and difficult to attack.

After capturing the slaves, he had been arranging them to dig the gentle slopes on the left and right sides into vertical earth walls, and finally the Feder blacksmiths personally used stones cut from the Kas Mountains to reinforce these vertical mud walls into city walls.