The repair of the sentry has been put on hold, but the slender strips of wood on its sides have been dug deep into the frozen ground. The nets woven around them are light and strong, and when the skeleton is completed, it is covered with tarpaulin and felt to withstand the cold winds of the valley.

The camp was littered with bandage-clad adventurers, who had largely recovered after overnight treatment by the priests. Among them, there are even a few seriously wounded who were dug out of the dead by their comrades yesterday - the ability to channel positive energy is not only an emergency in wartime, but also an excellent means of post-war recovery in large-scale operations.

The only problem is that the complete recovery of internal organs and fractures requires the help of rehabilitation. Therefore, the adventurers who were injured in that area had to rely on ordinary medical means to stabilize their injuries for the time being. It was only after the priests had spare healing techniques that they could be cured.

Players also take advantage of this opportunity to relate to these aborigines, as if hoping to get some information from their mouths that they were not aware of. It's a pity that most of the aboriginal adventurers who were able to participate in this operation were human spirits, and the blood-stained gray flowers only learned a little about their 'hometown' (I don't know if it's true or not).

In the evening, a hard tent in the shape of a yurt appeared in front of everyone. Players with a new residency have to move out of the cozy cabin of Priest Weldon. Although everyone who was mentally prepared for this blood-stained gray flower, when it was time to actually move in, Lalu still looked at the wooden house where she lived last night with some reluctance.

Rielly was very dissatisfied with the catboy's humiliating behavior, and immediately raised her fingers to the other party's ear: "You kid, come in for me." ”

"It hurts! Hurt! Hurt! Lalu called out as she stood on tiptoe.

Barrett smiled bitterly and shook his head: "You guys move faster, don't let people outside take it as a joke." Incidentally. Rieli: How's your reel reimbursement going? ”

"That's not bad. Through the relationship of Ties. The scrolls were converted according to the official quotes given by the mage organizations. At this point, Rielly let go of Lalu's ears. As for the circulating price in the market, I have never had the luxury of expecting it. ”

Claudia. Auditore suddenly asked, "I remember Lily, you used up almost two dozen scrolls yesterday!" If there is an attack like that in the future, will you still have enough stock in your backpack? There is no need to transcribe some more these days. ”

"But even if she wants to copy the papers, Lily is afraid she can't help it now! After all, copying scrolls costs experience points, and Lily has just been promoted. I don't think there's much capacity in the experience pool anymore. "Claymatis. Bot immediately reminded his friend of the problem she had overlooked.

But Claudia. Auditore, however, insisted on his opinion: "The previous experience pool may have been emptied. But Lily, her two fireballs yesterday should have gained a lot in terms of experience! Moreover, successfully countering other people's spells, it should also be experienced for mages. ”

"Yes, yes! However, if you use a scroll to counter, you will lose at least half of the experience of the same spell. And I'm still using the 'Disenchantment' scroll, and I'm only able to get back a third of the points. If it weren't for the fact that the fireball technique was settled after the war, I am afraid I would not have had any experience in copying scrolls. Rielly said with a smile. It seems that the combat style of the protection system is not suitable for quickly accumulating experience! ”

"So you're ready to revert to the violent and brainless fireball throwing tactics?" Barrett also joked at this time.

When Rieli heard this, she was not annoyed at all: "It depends!" When dealing with miscellaneous soldiers, throwing fireballs can indeed quickly return to the cost! ”

"That's not right! The experience shouldn't be that bad! If that's the case, how can an existential school like the Prophecy Department play? "Claudia. Auditore immediately exclaimed, "Besides, even if I use 'chivalry', I can gain experience from the enemy!" ”

"I think the key to this should be the successful kill! The spellcasters who were successfully countered by Rielly should have been able to gain an extra amount of experience if they had died in the attack. Barrett tilted his head and glanced at Rielly, "But as I said yesterday, although the mage is vulnerable, he has many means to save his life. So it's not easy to get your hands on this performance reward. And the rest of the basic remuneration is not enough to fill the stomach at all. So you're really out of luck! ”

"Barrett, if we had charged those spellcasters. You should have a way to deal with a few of them under my cover! Rielly asked, somewhat uncertain.

Hearing this, Barrett lowered his head and touched his chin and pondered, "If there is no triggering displacement spell." We should be able to take a few. However, considering the number of spellcasters and guards on the other side, the final result is that we all hit the streets! ”

"That is, if it weren't for the fact that there were so many enemies. This tactic is completely feasible! Rielly nodded, "In other words, if it's a squad-type encounter in the future, you can use this tactic to kill the enemy spellcaster first." At the very least, it can force the other party to flee or consume the means of saving their lives. ”

"You're thinking ahead, but wait until that's the case! The key now is how we survive if we are attacked again. "Claudia. Auditore said, hugging Rielly from behind. Next, I rubbed her body twice.

Reaching out and pulling the palm of the real master's hand that was clasped in front of his chest, Rielly then patted Claudia. Auditore's face: "Speaking of attacks, I don't think the previous attackers still have the ability to do this!" Yesterday's big action cost a lot of manpower and material resources. Coupled with the back and forth between the other party and the church in the mountains before, I think it should be impossible to organize a second attack in a short time. If the other party has this ability, it is better to take the camp in one go. Is there such a waste of resources? ”

"Yes! That's it. The rest of the time we'll have is easy. "Claudia who let go of the mage. Auditore stretched happily.

Unfortunately, many times good wishes are just wishes. The next day. Even the plate armor of the anvil hadn't even had time to be repaired. The players were informed of the bad news by the service arranged by Priest Weldon.

Hearing this, Rielly immediately shouted, "Those guys from the Mammoth Dynasty have been overactive lately!" Are they going to meddle in this kind of thing? I thought those barbarians were just mercenaries who paid for their lives! I didn't expect it to be an official act. ”

This was a bit of a surprise. However, it is not clear what the Church of the Goddess of Wealth and Commerce is searching for in these mountains. Maybe there was some conflict between their purpose and the Mammoth Dynasty. Barrett guessed as he touched his chin.

"But why would the Goddess of Wealth and Commerce Church do such a thing, aren't they going to establish themselves in the Mammoth Dynasty? Can the gains this time really make up for the losses caused by the trade cut-off? "Claudia. Auditore looked at her friend and asked, she really couldn't figure out why.

"For within the Mammoth Dynasty, there is not a temple that belongs to my lord. And even if you are at odds with them, the church's income will not be greatly affected. "Speaking of which, Klematis. Bot smiled, "Because those guys are simply able to transport their goods to the South and buy the goods they need. ”

The main body that made up the Mammoth Dynasty was a nomadic people made up of humans as well as other races. Their armies relied on the issuance of secret Northland passes to pay their taxes, and caravans without them would be plundered by them. They were to be guided by caravans with passes, and these soldiers often used the ancient ruins as their own station.

These northlanders, who lived on the tundra, were unable to develop agriculture. Therefore, it is under a semi-nomadic and semi-fishing and hunting economic system. The tribes among them, large and small, were led by their respective chiefs. The wealth of these chiefs was measured by the size of the herd they owned, and how well they were raised.

At the same time, as with the steppe barbarians that the player has seen before, these Northlanders are constantly migrating from one meadow (mainly lichen) to another, and rarely stay in the same area for long periods of time. These tribes and retinues moved on foot, but they would place fur tents and other belongings on sleds dragged by mammoths or other domesticated behemoths – from which the mammoth dynasty is said to have taken its name.

This economic situation makes the goods and goods they can digest themselves relatively limited. More important is the aforementioned predatory winds among the tribes. As a result, they often take action against passing caravans - even more unabashedly than the steppe barbarians.

For the Church of the Goddess of Wealth and Commerce, which is dedicated to the trade of goods, the mammoth kingdom needs a complete makeover. If it can completely destroy its original political system. If you move to a relatively suitable area. The Goddess of Wealth and Commerce Church will support it when the time is right – such as low-interest loans, interest-free loans, or subsidized loans. Of course, it's impossible to get those shiny golden guys to go into battle shirtless.

It is for this reason that the Church of the Goddess of Wealth and Commerce participates in the blockade of munitions from the Mammoth Kingdom by the Northland city-states and the Council of Nobles. Otherwise, with their style of wanting to make a fortune, they will never be able to participate in trade sanctions.

The most obvious is the thanks to trade. In fact, there was no shortage of steel in the Northland, but the Mammoth tribes were unable to obtain the cheap coal and iron resources in the north due to artificial blockades. Because the Northland nobles and merchant city-states, who had more resources, wanted to force these races outside of their rule into the existing system in this way.

And the caravans that traveled from the south to the north could have played a role in providing metal resources to those tribes. But at this time, many of the local rulers put aside their contradictions. They united with the Church of the Goddess of Wealth and Commerce to tightly control the flow of trade in and out of the North.

Although the smuggling operation continues all the time, even the Church of the Goddess of Wealth and Commerce cannot control the greed of the merchants. But the blockade does not require the other side to get any supplies in many cases. It is only necessary to ensure that the materials obtained by the other party do not pose a threat to your side.

In reality, such economic sanctions would likely collapse a small country. For example, in the past, there have been many cases of small countries losing blood under the sanctions of a large country and its allies, and finally being easily resolved in war. However, in this world with supernatural abilities, such sanctions will still affect the overall strength of the other party. However, the mammoth kingdom, with its unique system and warlike customs, is still not able to cause a lot of trouble for the other two regimes in the Northlands.

Not to mention that the bones of some behemoths can replace steel to a certain extent. At the same time, the giants driven by the mammoth kingdom are the nightmare of the other needles in the Northlands. Because the inhabitants of the mammoth kingdom have a strange feeling of hatred and respect for giants - they plunder and fight against the giants all the time, but they also adopt young giants who have lost their parents as a result......

Giants with commands are a symbol of power in the mammoth kingdom. The heroes of the mammoth kingdom will raid the mountains deep in the ice fields and earn a reputation by destroying the giant tribes there. But instead of exterminating all the giants they encountered, they took the young giants into slavery. Teach them the way of life of the Great Plains and revere them as brothers and sisters—some superstitious people, even with a religiously fanatical fervor for the orphans of these giants.

Over time, these orphans have come to see the humans they captured as family, and even to the point of sacrificing their lives to protect them and their leaders. The more giants a leader has to work for him, the more powerful he becomes. For example, there are a dozen such giants under the command of the current king.

The struggle between the two sides has been going on like this for hundreds of years, so the Church of the Goddess of Wealth and Commerce doesn't have to think about the reaction of the other side at all. (To be continued.) )

PS: Modify the wording. Thanks to the two big votes of the "Paladin Little Seven". At the same time, I would like to thank "Yijia fis" and "Assasinger" for their great rewards.