The clouds are dense and dark, making people feel extremely depressing. This reminded Lorist of the Tang poem that he had memorized in his previous life when he was a child: Dark clouds overwhelm the city, wanting to urge it...
Snow like goose feathers is flying all over the sky, and the mountains and rivers have long been covered with thick white coats...
The sky was dark, and even though he couldn't see the distance clearly, Lorist could still keenly hear the roar of monsters in the distance and the sound of footsteps of monsters crossing the field and stepping on the snow...
I don't know how long it took, the group of monsters of Heiyayao flooded the open space below Fenglin Villa like a rising tide, and then spread towards Fengleyuan...
"My lord, it was our negligence. We forgot that every winter the demonic beasts on the barbaric plain would cross the Demon Dragon Mountain Range to hunt for food in the family territory..." Berunek and Pachico pleaded guilty to Lorist.
Lorist's face was livid, but he still waved his hand: "It's none of your business, it's because we didn't do a thorough investigation, so we rushed to arrange the development plan..."
Having said that, Lorist is still very anxious. This is the first winter of Fengleyuan Development Plan, and about 300,000 people have been arranged to winter in Fengleyuan. They are distributed in 83 villages and seven In this town, although the initial defense facilities such as the village fortress and city wall have been built, what if the monsters below go crazy and want to attack the village
These are all monsters from the wild wilderness that humans have never set foot in, and they are particularly aggressive. They have never seen human beings, and they don't understand the horror of human beings, so as long as human beings touch the territory boundary in their consciousness, these monsters will often take the initiative to attack, and even die endlessly...
"The family records say that these demonic beasts from the barbaric plain crossed the Demon Dragon Mountain Range, passed through our family's manor castle, which is Fenglin Villa, to the wasteland, and wandered from north to south looking for food. Herbivorous demonic beasts Digging up the snow, gnawing on the weeds and lichens and mosses submerged in the snow. Carnivorous monsters appear around these groups of herbivorous monsters, looking to prey on the lonely monsters and the sick and weak among them... Every winter, the tide of monsters sweeps the family territory , estimated at no less than a million...
As for why these groups of monsters come to the family territory every winter, the ancestors of the family have done research and investigation, and they believe that our family territory is close to the sea. The thick lichens and mosses growing on the wasteland have a slight salty smell, and the monsters are attracted by these lichens and mosses.
In order to prove this point, the ancestors of the family also conducted experiments. They put the feed and the lichens and mosses together, and found that the livestock would eat the lichens and mosses first, and then eat the feed when they were gone. Then the ancestors went to catch some herbivorous monsters and made three piles of feed. The first pile was hay, but sprinkled with some salt powder, and the second pile was lichen and moss, which was directly obtained from the wild. The third pile is the normal feed for livestock. It was found that the dry grass sprinkled with salt powder was the most popular among herbivorous monsters, followed by lichen moss, and finally the feed.
Therefore, the ancestors of the family believe that the tide of monsters coming to the family territory every winter is to supplement the salt powder. This has formed a deep-rooted consciousness in those barbaric monster groups, unless the nearly one million herbivorous monsters are eliminated. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to stop the coming of the winter tide of monsters. This is also one of the reasons why it is difficult for families to set up Tunken villages and towns in the past two or three hundred years.
Fortunately, the wilderness is enough for these monster groups to toss about. The monsters left in the wasteland after the tide of monsters recede every year become the best hunting targets and fur providers for the family. They obtained a lot of meat and fur, but sometimes there were many meat-eating monsters left in the wilderness, which brought great danger to the family's hunting activities.
According to family records, when Beiye Town was established, it was often harassed by monsters in winter. It was not until most of the surrounding land was developed and turned into fields that the traces of those herbivorous monsters gradually disappeared. However, the fields developed in the first ten years were often destroyed by herbivorous monsters, so that the family often suffered from famine during that time... "
It was Miss Teresty who recited these family records. This time she also came to Maplewood Villa with Lorist to spend the winter. Her main purpose was to see the Norton family's understanding of this land and the written records for hundreds of years. She was wrapped in a thick leather jacket, revealing a small face, but standing on the top of the castle, her face was still flushed from the cold.
Lorist wanted to cry without tears. Everyone worked hard for a year, and finally arranged everything before November. They stored grain and sufficient fuel for the winter in all the Tunken villages. Fence partitions and wooden houses, and a lot of fields have been reclaimed. After confirming that the arrangements are in order, we will have a big vacation, let everyone recuperate for a winter and then do a big job next year.
But no one mentioned that there would be such a large group of monsters sweeping the entire wasteland in winter, and they either forgot or didn't think about it at all. It was only when Lorist brought a large group of people back to Fenglin Villa, Wodong. At the banquet held to celebrate the first heavy snowfall, a disabled old family soldier who was invited looked at the snow-flying sky and said: One sentence: "When the second heavy snow comes, the wave of monsters will also come..."
Only then did the elders of the family realize that they had neglected this important situation, and Lorist was also shocked that the situation was not good. Speaking of which, it was the first time for Lorist to spend the winter in the family territory, and last year he ran to meet the arrival of the northbound convoy, so he had no idea of the wave of monsters plaguing the family. It wasn't until he asked the elders in those families and looked up all the family's written records about the winter wave of monsters that Lorist realized that the seriousness of the matter had far exceeded his expectations.
The road was blocked by heavy snow, and it was as thick as a foot. No one could do anything to go out under such circumstances. After thinking about it, Lorist took out skis, a sharp tool for snow walking, and just asked the carpenter in the villa to make a few pairs. Before Lorist himself had mastered how to use the skis, the second heavy snow Here comes the tide of Warcraft followed closely.
"Mountain-climbing magic antelope, big-horned wild sheep, iron-horned magic rhinoceros, one-horned magic sheep, striped wild horse, blue-eyed bison, red-backed magic wolf..." Lorist silently recited the types of monsters passing by below the villa. The knowledge of Warcraft he learned at Dawn Academy finally came in handy at this moment. Lorist never dreamed that the protagonists of the colorful illustrations drawn in books in the past would line up before his eyes...
"Why do these monsters pass under the villa so quietly instead of attacking the villa?" El, who was standing beside Lorist, asked curiously.
"Family records show that the first ancestors of the Norton family were attacked by waves of monsters every winter in the first ten years before they established the family manor castle here, but the monsters failed every time, causing heavy casualties. Only once A large number of winter wolves invaded the manor along the rocky slope of the back mountain, killing a large number of livestock. After that, the family ancestors specially spent a lot of manpower to cut the rocky slope under the entire manor castle into a straight wall, such a thing It never happened again. The monsters on the front mountain road couldn’t capture the castle, and over time, they ignored the location of the castle and just passed by below.” Before Berunek could answer, Therese, who was leaning on Lorist’s arms, Miss Tee opened her mouth and recited another passage of material, answering El's question very well.
Berunek had no choice but to shrug his shoulders, expressing his admiration for Miss Tresty's strong knowledge.
Lorist hugged Miss Teresty even tighter, and wiped the fur hat on her head with his face lovingly...
"God, what is that?" Josk, the arrow on the other side, was the one with the best eyesight among the people on the top of the castle, and he was the first to spot the group of big guys coming from a distance.
Lorist looked up, and immediately cursed: "My god, Mammoth Golem, why is there such a thing!"
Dozens of big guys walking slowly from a distance are as tall as five or six meters, and the leading guy in the front is even taller than the same kind. He is covered with long black hair, a long and strong nose, and the corner of his mouth Stretching out two huge and curved fangs that shone coldly in the wind and snow...
These big guys seem to move slowly, but their steps are huge, not much slower than the magic antelope jumping next to them. A little mammoth golem with a body of more than four meters, which is obviously not yet an adult, looked at Fenglin Villa above the mountain road, suddenly raised its nose, and let out a long howl, as if provocative. It wasn't until a huge mammoth golem behind it slapped its ass with its trunk that the little mammoth golem reluctantly followed the large group and left...
Lorist slammed his fist on the jagged mouth of the city wall, and he seemed to see the wooden fence partition walls scattered in the villages on the Fengle Plain being knocked away like paper paste in front of these huge monsters, and then the hordes of What a miserable scene it would be if monsters flooded into the village...
Miss Teresty in her arms thought about it and said: "The family records have not found the shadow of mammoth golems in the tide of monsters in the past ten years, and they only appeared once every few years before. I don't know why they appeared in the tide of monsters this year. , Every time they appear, they will cause great damage to orchards and farms. And what they dislike the most is the things we humans build. The family records record that a stone mill built in the wild was demolished by them to the ground. All the huts built in the woods or the little log cabins that sheltered from the rain and sun by the side of the road will be destroyed. …”
Mammoth golem, omnivorous monster. In the specialty of Warcraft knowledge, they are listed as the same monsters as the fierce beasts, especially they are social monsters. If you provoke one, it is equivalent to attracting a large group, and they are particularly vengeful and ferocious, even those who are carnivorous Even the fierce beasts dare not provoke the mammoth golem. Once they do, it will be the end of endless death.
In the history of Galintia's exploration, the most famous record is that there was once a famous mercenary group that accepted a hiring mission, which was to hunt for a few mammoth golem ivory. A small group of more than a dozen mammoth golems successfully completed the employment task. Seven years later, this mercenary group once again received a mission to come to the border area of the barbaric plain. As a result, they were suddenly attacked by nearly a hundred mammoth golems while camping at night. The mercenary group of more than 200 people only A dozen lucky people with good legs and feet escaped back.
According to the analysis and judgment of those experts and scholars afterwards, it is very likely that the mercenary group did not properly dispose of the abandoned items and household garbage when completing the task of which mammoth ivory, which left a breath for the mammoth golem group who came after hearing the news , As a result, seven years later, when they came to the old place again, they were smelled by mammoth golems, and they gathered nearly a hundred of them to take revenge. Only then did the tragedy of this mercenary group happen.
"How many days will it take for such a wave of monsters to pass through Fenglin Villa?" Josk asked.
"The family records say that if it is a large wave of nearly a million monsters, it will take about fifteen days. It can be judged according to the number of days if it is less than or greater than this number." Miss Teresy said.
"Lock, don't worry. In fact, the Fengleyuan development plan we have developed this year is less than a quarter of the entire wasteland area, and after entering the wasteland, these monsters will gradually disperse, and they will dig up an area. The lichens and mosses on the ground will move to the next area, and the speed is not very fast. According to family records, these monsters will spend more than a month wandering from the northern end of the wilderness to the southern end, and then return to the wilderness before spring comes..." Therese Miss Dee was well aware of the anxiety in his lover's heart, and began to whisper comforting words.
"Does the family record say the approximate range of the wasteland that each wave of monsters passes through?" Lorist asked the lover in his arms in a low voice.
Miss Teresty thought about it carefully before answering: "No, it is very dangerous to track the tide of monsters in winter, but you can roughly calculate the range of the tide of monsters. We divide the wasteland into seven areas. The first area is the mountain city. , there is the Morgan Hill, where the tide of monsters has never reached. In Beiye Town, the seventh district, the land has been developed over the years, and the lichens and moss that monsters need rarely grow. Except for a few groups of monsters that will wander there, basically It's nothing. It's mainly from the sixth area to the second area, and the wave of monsters will pass through these five areas."
"Lock, we have made full preparations for this winter. Don't forget that we have arranged a small team of regular family soldiers in each village for reclamation, and also arranged for a silver-ranked swordsman to sit in town. The group of monsters attacking the reclamation village should be able to support them. You have to trust your soldiers, they can protect the reclamation village and everything will be fine."
Lorist shook his head: "That's not what I'm worried about. If the reclamation village can't survive the wave of monsters without incident, then everyone will lose the motivation and confidence to develop this wasteland. Even if this winter can survive , but next year, so what if the tide of monsters comes. We must find a way to completely stop the tide of monsters. This is a war between us and monsters for family territory. For the survival and peace and contentment of more than half a million people, We must win this war!"
Lorist turned around and said to everyone standing on the top of the castle watching the tide of monsters: "There are still more than ten days before the tide of monsters will be over. During this time, all family knights and silver-ranked swordsmen must be proficient Master the use and skills of snowboarding. Once the wave of monsters is over, no matter whether the snow stops or not, we will go to the wasteland to ensure the safety of every settlement village."
Everyone stood in silence: "Yes, my lord."