Summoning Total War

Chapter 52 Oak (Part 1)

Breakfast is wheat porridge and dried meat, cooked like rice cereal and very fragrant.

Although Murphy felt a little bit disappointed because of the departure of the Harpy Queen Evana, he has never been a sentimental person.

So, none of this affected his appetite, nor his plans to find Ebony.

The time was probably around nine o'clock in the morning.

Murphy ordered the team to continue deeper and head to the north side of the wood elves gathering place, which is less than ten kilometers away from the Karazhan Mountains and is an area on the edge of the dense forest. It was also a place where wood elf priests held festivals and ceremonies.

Ebony was so scarce that Murphy couldn't see a single one now.

In fact, he already had the idea that this rare wood had been transplanted by the wood elves during the great migration. But now that I'm here, I still have to give it a try.

Fortunately, Murphy has always had a habit of being prepared.

The oak tree is one of the sacred trees respected by the elves and is also the symbol of the elves druids. According to legend, oak trees that have spent a long time can be awakened by druids. The awakened oak trees will turn into ancient trees. They are the most reliable allies of the elves. It is also the source of the incarnation of the ancient war tree and the ancient guardian tree of the previous era. The ancient tree people possess powerful power and can use most natural magic. They are legendary creatures that are not weaker than dragons.

In fact, ancient tree people are very rare.

Because awakening the ancient tree people requires a great druid with high magical attainments, and you also need to find an ancient tree whose age has been recorded for tens of thousands of years! As we all know, the inheritance of the elves' druids had already broken down at the beginning of the Second Era.

Moreover, human history is only a few thousand years old.

The elves have the habit of planting oak trees regularly every year, because oak trees are an indispensable part of the elves' life.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, a large number of oak trees can be found near the gathering places of the elves.

This is Murphy's second-hand plan!

Oak is hard and has good elasticity, making it a good substitute for making longbows when yew is not available. According to Murphy's estimation, because the oak in this world was grown by elves, it should be older and should not be too bad in terms of lumber production.

When he couldn't find ebony, Murphy planned to transport a batch of oak back first.

Now that you're here, you can't leave empty-handed, right?

The group continued deep into the dense forest.

Many beasts were frightened away along the way. Even some ferocious beasts could only flee in confusion when faced with so many warriors.

The so-called saying that other worlds are full of monsters is simply not true!

There is an old saying in China, "One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers"!

why?

Because there is not enough food!

There are always only a few creatures with great power, just like the Karazhan Hurricane Pterodactyl. The number of hurricane pterosaurs in the entire Karazhan Mountains is only a few hundred. You must know that the Karazhan Mountains are a large mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles, almost connecting the route from the south to the east of the continent!

A Karazen hurricane pterosaur can eat one or two wild boars weighing several hundred kilograms a day.

Assuming there are only 500 Karazhan Hurricane Pterosaurs in total and they only eat one wild boar every day, then there are 15,000 wild boars in a month and 180,000 wild boars in a year!

What a terrifying amount of prey is this?

Just like the southern wilderness land dragon occupied nearly half of the province's territory in its previous life, the more powerful an individual creature is, the larger the territory it occupies!

As far as Murphy has seen so far.

The largest structures in the world's wilderness are ordinary beasts. The so-called Warcraft is not that common.

Large groups of prairie wolves are the biggest trouble for merchants, and encountering tigers, leopards and bears will give even an experienced warrior a headache.

It must be mentioned here that jackals are also in the tiger's diet!

Of course, tigers are also within the hunting range of jackals.

The last time Murphy saw a team of adventurers who had hunted a tiger in the territory, the tiger was much larger than the size of the earth, and its weight was estimated to reach 800 pounds, which is more than 700 kilograms. It was almost close to the size of a Siberian tiger. From the adventurers' mouths, Murphy learned that the beasts in the southern plains were generally smaller due to their living environment, and their combat effectiveness was lower than in other places with harsh environments.

The more famous hill tigers can basically reach a weight of more than a thousand pounds!

With beasts like this weighing nearly half a ton, not to mention humans, even orcs and dwarves are in their diet!

It was not until around 12 noon that Murphy and his party arrived at their destination.

After a brief rest, Murphy ordered the soldiers to spread out and look for Ebony.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, after searching all the surrounding areas, Murphy had to regretfully discover that the legendary ebony was really not left by the wood elves!

Because he discovered a very unexpected open area about five hundred meters south of the place where the wood elves held sacrifices.

All traces have been covered up by time.

But some clues can still allow Murphy to find clues to the matter.

There is not a single tree within a radius of about 300 meters. It is just overgrown with weeds. There are inconspicuous pits on the ground every 15 meters. Although a long time has passed, the traces have not been covered up. The most obvious sign is that except for this area of ​​300 meters in radius, there are many oak trees planted in other places!

This is worth considering!

Still holding on to a little hope, Murphy waited until all the General Guard soldiers returned at five o'clock in the afternoon. Only then did I have to be convinced that the ebony was gone.

The wood elves did not leave these precious trees behind.

The only good thing is that Murphy found a large number of oak trees. Most of these oak trees are over fifty years old, which is enough territory to imitate the centaur longbow.

Many affairs in the territory still need to be checked by Murphy personally, and the progress of the development of the territory cannot be slowed down just because of the ebony incident.

Therefore, Murphy only had two days to spare to search for Ebony.

In two days, no matter whether he could find the legendary Ebony or not, he would go back and take charge. Without him, there would be no one to make decisions on many matters in the territory.

Although Mrs. Elizabeth is capable, she is an outsider after all. Although she holds a certain position in the territory, she cannot gain the recognition of the town residents. The high priest has enough prestige, but he is too mild-mannered and is not used to making decisions. In fact, Murphy has always expressed disbelief that she can suppress the new priests!

The only general who could reassure Murphy, Leo Dallie, was not in the territory now.

If an emergency such as a Jackal attack occurs, things will be really troublesome.

Now that the oak has been found, half of the task is completed.

In the evening, Murphy led the soldiers and a few people guarding the horses to meet up, and then embarked on the road back to the territory.

In the past few days, he had to arrange manpower to find a way to get these oak trees back.