Just as Da Fei was waiting impatiently while walking back and forth in the passage, there was finally a big movement on the opposite side. A large group of skinny hobbits in tattered clothes, armed with crossbows, slingshots, and flying forks, appeared, numbering no less than 500!

Da Fei was surprised and couldn't help but feel happy. There are many people and they are poor! If we incorporate them all, I will be prosperous!

The hanging door of the roadblock opened, and dozens of relatively sturdy Hobbit warriors wearing somewhat decent leather armor and holding strange daggers escorted an elderly Hobbit holding a staff and came to Da Fei. And this elderly Hobbit came to Da Fei. The man actually stepped on an unknown white halo, and suddenly he was a hero! And next to him, there was a little boy holding a wooden shield who also stepped on the dim white halo, and he was a hero again! Damn it, this guy is so stupid. Heroic start!

The fantasy of inclusion burst like a soap bubble, and Da Fei's eggs shattered on the spot.

As we all know, the power of heroes is extremely difficult to be absorbed by player lords. The reason is very simple. Even if players want to recruit an ordinary hero in a tavern, they still have to complete one or two tasks, let alone those epic heroes with story backgrounds. It is said that the difficulty is so high that few players in the whole world have recruited epic heroes. As for legendary heroes who can become high-ranking officials and have military power in the kingdom, it is even more unthinkable.

And these two Habbit heroes can be considered the overlords of one side with their soldiers, land, and population. Even if they are not legendary heroes, they are still small pots made of iron. Don’t treat the village chief as a cadre. Do you want to bring people and property together? Then The difficulty is so tangled that it would be better to just go to war and fight him until it hurts.

However, the opponent has a "city wall" and a long-range. The main hero seems to be a mage whose strength is unknown. The troops have strange weapons and their strength is unknown. It seems that the battle is not something that Dafei's 5-level lumberjacks can handle.

In the final analysis, the best way to encounter this situation is to cooperate. Even if the other party is a small village chief, he is an equal existence to the player, and he must give the other party presidential-level treatment. In fact, in the orc territory, There are also many indigenous forces in the swamps. These indigenous forces can tame powerful troops such as petrified giant lizards, dead bulls, and even flying dragons. Even the NPC orc kingdom has an equal cooperation relationship with them, allowing them to enjoy a country within a country. treatment.

In short, peace is the most important thing! Even if you can't bring them over, it would be good to develop a trading partner or even a military alliance. At the very least, the heroic forces have good combat effectiveness.

No! I won’t give in! The opponent is so weak and poor. It can be said that it is the weakest hero force since the game’s public beta. I must achieve the ambitious goal of recruiting on the basis of cooperation and alliance!

Da Fei's plan was decided. He bowed to the village chief who came forward and said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Elder. I am Da Fei, the lord of the City of Light in the World Tree of the Elf Kingdom. My mission is to prevent the Hell Legion from attacking the world. The invasion of various spaces in the tree. I accidentally discovered this place while exploring space, and I learned that there is also a hobbit village here. My mission makes me obligated to save any residents of the world tree space, but, I am very sorry, I'm in big trouble now and don't know how to get out, so I have no choice but to ask Mr. Elder for help!"

Brother, are you sincere enough? I’m just giving you favors, isn’t that enough to give you face?

At this time, the elder in a gray and worn-out robe was fascinated, stroking his long beard, and listened quietly to Da Fei's statement. Then he nodded and smiled lightly: "It has been 1,000 years, and you are the first person to appear here.

, and you are also a hero of the light camp. You are very likely to be the hero who saves us in the prophecy. However, we cannot fully trust you yet. The reason why we are here is because we were abandoned by our former alliance."

Damn it! Our enemy is about to die. Apart from trusting me, what other choice do you have? Can't you trust the Hell Clan? Damn it, it's not impossible, just surrender to them!

Da Fei said quickly: "Although I don't know your story, I will prove myself with actions."

The elder nodded: "Very good, let me introduce myself. My name is Bombo Oakenshield, the last leader of the Hobbits. Are there only two people left, Mr. City Lord?"

I'm dizzy! It turns out that he is the ultimate leader of a race! The level of this guy has been raised again!

Dafei said: "My department - the transportation team is still in the Black Forest." I originally wanted to say troops directly, but I felt that using the word "troops" was really inappropriate, so as not to irritate the other party, let's use transportation team.

In fact, it was originally a transport team with certain combat capabilities.

Elder Pangbo was suddenly startled: "No, hide your team in quickly. Every other day, the fire from the abyss will bake and boil the mercury lake in the black forest. At that time, the entire forest will be boiling."

Filled with mercury mist, no living thing can survive in such mist!"

Da Fei was suddenly startled: "Abyss Fire?"

Pang Bo shook his head: "It's a long story. It must have taken a lot of time to find this place. You don't have much time. You should quickly arrange the team first."

It turns out that Mercury Lake has such a killer move! Da Fei was shocked and said: "My ordinary workers can come over, but my tree spirits are blocked by trees and have no way to come over!"

Pang Bo sighed: "Then there is no other way, but the tree spirit has strong vitality and should be able to survive for a day. When the mercury poisonous fog subsides, Mr. City Lord will try to find a way to go out to respond."

It seems that this is all. What he means is that ordinary tree spirits can survive for a day. My brother's is an elite tree spirit, so there should be no problem.

Da Fei could only say: "Thank you, Mr. Elder, for taking me in. I will go out to meet the troops immediately!"

...

Now, Da Fei and TEDA rushed back to the Black Forest and went straight to the lumber camp. In fact, Da Fei still had an advantage, that is, it didn't take long to find this place, and he should have arrived in time.

Da Fei then asked: "Do we have enough time to cut a road leading here?"

Teda shook his head: "It's impossible. It can't be completed in one day. The only way is to station the tree spirit troops in place and guard our wood. Although I don't know how powerful the mercury mist is, tree spirits are not plants. In essence, they are not plants.

It is a spiritual creature. It should be able to resist the erosion of mercury mist."

Da Fei sighed: "That's all!"

Although these tree spirits are not his own soldiers, if this deceptive mercury mist really affects his combat effectiveness, or even loses it, it will definitely have a great impact on his subsequent itinerary. Then the only compensation measure is to find a way to fight with these hobbits.

Build a good relationship and hope they can help you.

The two approached the lumberyard, but they could no longer hear the banging sound of logging.

Da Fei's face changed drastically: "Not good! There is a situation!"

Sure enough, the army cannot be without a commander for a day. After walking for a while, did something happen to the army immediately? Da Fei was very anxious, but he had to start the phantom march and approached quietly and slowly. Soon, the lumberjacks were displayed on the map.

Green dot.

Da Fei couldn't help but be stunned, what's going on? Didn't he meet the enemy? Although he didn't know what happened, but as long as no one was killed, anything could be said.

As he got closer, he saw these lumberjacks lying on the ground in a mess. Da Fei couldn't help but felt a huge tremor all over his body and felt a chill in his heart. He was poisoned? No way!

TEDA reacted immediately and roared: "You lazy fools, get up!"

At this moment, the workers on the ground hurriedly got up to find axes and rushed to their posts. They started chopping down trees again!

Da Fei suddenly became stunned!

Teda said angrily: "If workers are not careful, they will be lazy and sleep! Sir, should we retreat directly now, or should we let them transport some of the wood?"

Damn it! You scared me to death! Only then did Da Fei come back to his senses and said angrily: "Transporting lumber! I'm going to overload! One person transports two units!"

Teda immediately shouted: "You've all had enough sleep, right? Let's all transport wood!"

Now, Da Fei left the remaining 39 elite tree spirits to guard the wood pile. As for the ballistae, they were also unable to travel through the forest, so they had to stay behind.

The so-called staying behind is actually garrisoning. The difference is that garrisoning is when there are building facilities. As long as there is enough food left, the troops will not escape, and they no longer occupy the player's command power. There is no building to rely on.

Staying in the wild is different. The troops left behind still occupy the player's command. If left alone for a long time, they will run away or turn into wild monsters. To this extent, staying behind is equivalent to being dismissed.

Then 300 workers slowly set off on the road carrying 600 units of lumber. 600 units is equivalent to the cargo volume of a big ship. But unlike a big ship, this trip is really as slow as a tortoise! ​​The big flight is finally official

I’ve seen the speed of overloading! Compared with it, the ballista’s marching speed of one meter per second is quite fast! In other words, I have to lead such a slow team through various unknown spaces and face the

Various unknown dangers, such as the abyss fire that the elder mentioned, and then return to the City of Light?

Damn it! It’s completely unreliable, okay! Not to mention that my current team configuration is terrible and does not have the strength to sweep all the way. How long will it take me just to stop and go along the way? One day, two days and three days? I will be back at noon the day after tomorrow.

There are missions with artifacts to take on!

In short, long-distance transportation back is not feasible, at least it is absolutely not feasible without heavy escort. You must make long-term plans. This Habit Village is the only existence you can rely on.

That is to say, you have to establish a strong relationship with the other party, and then store the materials and even the workers here, right! Store the workers here as well, and when you have nothing to do, organize these lazy people to go out and cut down trees, and wait for them to clear this large area.

When all the woods are cut down, it’s almost time for me to lead the army to take over!

Yes! That should be the case. The more Da Fei thought about it, the more he felt that only this method was reliable, and the overall development idea became clearer.

Da Fei's plan was finalized and he said seriously: "Mr. Teda, I think this last hobbit race is very important to the defense of our World Tree. I want to establish a friendly relationship, no, a military alliance, with this hobbit village.

What do you think about sending you to their village and serving as our city’s ambassador abroad? You will also be left with all the workers. Your main job is to cut down trees and store all the wood in their village. Then I will form an army to come over to help you. What do you think?

"

Teda bowed deeply: "Your Majesty the City Lord is wise. It is not only your honor to discover this hobbit survivor, but also the honor of my Elf Kingdom. I am honored to accept this glorious mission!"

Da Fei said with great relief: "Then thank you for your hard work, Mr.!"

Teda remembered something again: "My lord, if my main job is to cut trees, I may have a conflict with the hobbits, because they may claim the Black Forest as their territory."

Da Fei frowned: "This question is possible. By the way, do you think they will find that these mercury woods are different?"

Teda frowned and said: "For a druid like me who has a bachelor's degree in World Tree, it is very easy to distinguish the properties of wood, but for hobbits who love cooking and collecting, maybe it is not so easy.

?”

Da Fei's brows jumped, World Tree Professional? Damn it, no wonder he sent you to Brother's Pool of Light. Is this called a professional counterpart?

Da Fei hurriedly asked: "That is to say, not every druid can distinguish the properties of wood?"

Teda smiled confidently: "Ordinary druids can still distinguish the quality of wood, but those like me who can directly classify wood are experts!"

So that’s it! Da Fei made up his mind and made up his mind: “Gamble! Let’s bet that old Habit is blind and doesn’t recognize these mercury woods. We’ll buy them directly! We’ll buy them at the price of ordinary wood! Maybe when they’re happy, they’ll not only agree to our logging,

Will you still help us cut down the trees?”

Teda nodded: "It makes sense. If you are really blind and think it is just dead wood, the quality is not as good as ordinary wood, and the price is even lower than that of ordinary wood. It's just that I don't have the money!"

Is money still a thing? I came back from the game yesterday with an extra 2.4 million and I forgot to deposit it in the bank! Damn it, if I die, God knows how much money I will lose! Now is the period of raising funds for city construction.

The funds are equal to the lord’s personal funds, so hurry up and spend money!

Da Fei waved his hand: "Take these 2.4 million gold coins and spend them as much as possible to show them the dignity of our city!"

——System prompt: You have distributed 2.4 million gold coins in activity funds to TEDA, your material collection consultant.

TEDA was trembling with excitement: "Don't worry, sir, I will make good use of it next time! But, just because we are so obsessed with this forest, they will still be suspicious, right? Once they are suspicious, it will not be conducive to us establishing a cooperative relationship of mutual trust and trust."

ah?"

Damn it! Now that they have seen my brother’s style and the backstage of the Elf Kingdom, what choice do they have? Don’t spoil them to death!

Da Fei chuckled: "Let's just say that this black forest will be the main battlefield between our army and the Hell Legion. All the wood blocking the road must be cut down and recycled. They will definitely be scared when they hear that there is a big battle next door.

Cooperate honestly and obediently!”

TEDA gave a thumbs up: "Your Excellency is wise!"

Haha, wowhahaha!
Chapter completed!