my age of magic

Chapter 668 168. The View of Xinliu Valley
The bright night sky of Xinliu Valley is particularly fascinating. Some huge celestial bodies pass by this floating mountain. The unparalleled sense of oppression makes the sky of my spiritual sea oppressed by dark clouds, and the golden sea is rough.

Stepping on the feet is the thick and soft green grass like Yagui's body. Not far away is a dark green forest, and looking far away is the endless mountains stretching for eight hundred miles. Winding news flowed out from the mountains, passed through the grassland, and passed through the small orc village in the distance. There was still smoke rising from the village.

I never thought that just two fire bombs would blow up a karst cave not smaller than a football field, creating an extra basin on the vast grassland of Xinliu Valley. Kalantso and I sat on the top of the basin On the lawn, the orc village in the distance can be seen in the field of vision. The orcs were cleaning up those red copper ingots in the cave. The aftermath of the big explosion scattered those copper ingots all over the ground.

In the sea of ​​spirits, I felt a little uneasiness from the seed of life of the world tree that I imprisoned in the ball of thunder and lightning. It was originally the clone of the world tree on the island in the center of the lake in the circular valley in Xinliu Valley. Living in my spiritual sea, perhaps because of this explosion, the seed of life that has been silent for a long time has been awakened again, and it is calling me softly.

I entered the sea of ​​my own spirit, and removed the layer of thunder that imprisoned the Seed of Life.

It told me with spiritual thoughts: the World Tree in Xinliu Valley is calling me, eager to communicate with me.

On the grass in the distance, a few orc girls were driving a group of cattle and sheep to graze quietly. From the small village of the orc tribe, a group of orcs with baskets on their backs and carts appeared. Among them were old people, women, There are also orc children, who formed a very special team eloquently and rushed towards us.

These people are the orcs who got the news and came to help us pick up the red copper scattered in the cave.

Kalancuo stood beside me, leaning on his thin waist with one hand, covering his forehead with the other hand and looking at the orcs from a distance, frowned and said to me: "There are still too few people in the village, hello!" , I suddenly had an idea!"

I tidied up my luggage, and those sheepskin drawings had filled my magic medicine bag. I looked up at her, and went on with my own business.

Kalancuo said to me: "I think if I have time, I can go to the slave market or slums in the imperial capital to rescue those orcs who are wandering in Green and living in poverty!"

Xinliu Valley is vast and abundant, and there is only a small orc village with more than 100 people, which is really a bit too deserted.

It's just that orc slaves are not easy to sell. The orcs who must revenge are those who hate slave catchers. There will always be some strong orcs who travel all the year round in the Roland Continent. Whenever they go to a place, the first thing they want to do is to inquire Many slave traders would be severely retaliated against if they found out that people were selling orc slaves, and their end would be very miserable.

Rescuing orc slaves, every strong orc who travels around the world does this for a living, and those slave traders are often their cash machines, even if slave traders who do not sell orcs, sometimes, they will Threatened by those powerful orcs.

So sometimes, asking those slave traders in the slave market whether to sell orc slaves is often regarded as a kind of provocation.

I said to Kalancuo: "There is no need to go to the slave market. It is impossible for wolf orcs to sell it publicly. If there is one, it will only be traded in the underground slave market. That place does not accept strangers. But it can be in the imperial capital." Look around in the slums, maybe there will be orc laborers in places like the private mines of some noble lords!"

I stretched out my hand and squeezed her strong thigh, and said to her with a smile: "Do you think there are orcs who are as stupid as you, who would think of selling themselves in order to save the people?"

Kalancuo gave me a hard look, and angrily greeted the group of orcs in the distance.

I hurriedly shouted to her: "Don't go there, we have to go to the round valley later!"

No matter where the tauren family is, they can easily become the most popular people. They are simple and honest in nature, kind and upright.

On the edge of the rocky cliff on the side wall of the collapsed cave, the tauren Luka and the orc warriors are digging a stone step leading to the bottom of the valley. stone steps.

Leaving the tauren Luka behind, I couldn't wait to meet the orc witch doctor Zewang, so I set foot on the path leading to the circular valley. It looked very brisk at the time, and the muscles of the whole body rolled rhythmically under the wheat-colored skin, running like a jungle cheetah.

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I have calculated the days of my leave. According to the standard time of the Green Emperor, it is already the third night of my leave, and there are two days before the departure time of the Royal Academy of Magic's cross-plane experience activities. If I want to return on time, I will You need to rush to the round valley immediately, so that you can have time to meet the world tree there.

I was dressed roughly, and looked at Kalantso running ahead from a distance, and gradually realized that the distance between me and her was constantly being pulled apart. She ran in the mountains and fields in a very strange form, lowering the center of gravity of her body and moving her body forward. Tilting, every time you raise your legs and take a step, you will try your best to stretch your body. When you are in the air, you will slide forward for a while, and when you land on the ground, you will jump high because of your own jumping ability.

Probably because my frivolous tone just now angered Kalancuo, so she deliberately adjusted the running rhythm to this way, making me run as hard as I can, but still a line slower than her. That kind of frustration made me feel very uncomfortable.It's really embarrassing to go on a long-distance cross-country run with a female beast warrior. She can easily get rid of me by three blocks.

Seeing that she was only a small spot in my field of vision, and had already climbed to the top of the mountain ridge in front, I sighed slightly, and put the magic broom buried by countless scrolls from the magic pocket. It came out, and then placed a magic spar in the center of the core magic circle, activated the magic pattern circle on it, and suddenly the powerful floating magic circle made the magic broom float.

I jumped up, sat on the soft leather seat, grasped the steering wheel with both hands, and input a trace of magic power into the magic broom, a strong wind surged on the magic broom, leading me to dive forward.

There is nothing more refreshing than riding a magic broom on the barren meadow. The powerful cyclone blows down the dense green grass, forming a light green pit, facing the direction where Kalancuo disappeared , Turn on the full power, all the energy indicators light up, a strong thrust blows the grass in the back, the grass clippings are flying, and the magic broom is like an arrow that leaves the string, shooting straight to the front.

"Ah..."

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The nine floating mountains are connected together, and the broken roots of each floating mountain are corrected by countless huge tree roots. It is these dead World Tree roots that connect all the mountains together, forming In addition to this strange and unique scenery, it is true that in this huge mountain, there is a tree root that has completely died, so there are forests, grasslands, clear streams, wild springs, flowers, birds and animals in these floating mountains. .

On the grassy slope, Kalancuo sat on a rock with a smile on his face, waiting for me quietly.

She turned her head and looked at the rear, the endless barren meadows on the hillside, the golden time in the distance flowing backwards, bringing sufficient light to Fukong Mountain, but these lights are a little dim, and places that are too far away will become gray and gray.

She was wearing a half-body leather armor, her delicate collarbone and round shoulders were all exposed, and she looked majestic with a two-handed sword on her back.

The wind on the mountain ridge blew her hair into a mess. She used her hands to gather the messy hair, and suddenly opened her eyes wide. She looked at me riding a magic broom, like a knight on a tall horse, with a smile on her face. Like a gust of wind, it appeared in front of her, then stopped beside her, bent down, and extended an inviting hand to her.

She smiled, that sweet smile was like a golden sunflower, she stretched out her somewhat rough hand to hold mine firmly, and with the pulling force transmitted by my hand, her body jumped into the magic circle very flexibly. The broom, her palm was covered with a thick layer of calluses, scratching my palm a little itchy, I took my hand out of her palm, held the tiller of the magic broom with both hands, and led Kalancuo to rush up the hillside. go down.

Heading towards the circular valley in the distance.

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From a distance, I saw a giant tree falling down with the sound of 'creaking', and finally made a loud roar, raising dust all over the sky, and some branches and leaves of this iron tree were also mixed in the dust. swirling.

Standing next to the huge tree stump were four barbarian slaves. They were only wearing a pair of tight lederhosen, their skin was very white, and there were some totem-style tattoos on their skin, which made them look terrifying, but each barbarian had no left Ear.

They are tall and burly, and each barbarian has a pair of black anklets on his feet. He originally had handcuffs on his hands, but it was later discovered that these barbarians were very honest and had never had any riots. People behaved well, and the handcuffs on their hands were removed later. After all, those things greatly affected their work.

There are two barbarians holding a huge logging axe in their hands, and the other two are holding long saws for logging. Barbarians with long saws will cut off the thicker branches of ironwood. Since ironwood is very hard, the cleaning work after felling usually lasts for one to two days.

There are no orc supervisors around these barbarians, but it seems that they have become accustomed to this kind of logging life. Even the cut off arms-thick branches are carefully removed and the excess branches and leaves are arranged into two-meter-long thin poles. The thin rods are bundled into a large bundle, and iron and wood logs of various thicknesses are stacked together, forming more than a dozen logs mountains on this lumber mill.

It turns out that this mountain forest has already opened up this large logging camp. When Kalancuo and I arrived in front of these barbarians with a magic broom, they just yelled and straightened up. They were sweating profusely, and their bulging muscles were vigorous. Only two people can lift the logs that can only be surrounded by four people hand in hand, and return them to the front of the largest wood pile.

A leading barbarian glanced at Kalancuo apprehensively. Seeing that she had no intention of walking over, he raised his hand high and signaled the three barbarians to stop. The four barbarians Sitting on the tree stump next to him, he took out a huge clay pot like a water tank, took turns to drink water happily, and then took out a kind of multigrain scone mixed with some sweet potato, and munched happily.

I was surprised to see how empty the lumber mill was, so I asked Kalancuo, "There are only four people logging here?"

Kalancuo nodded unabashedly, pointed at the pile of wood piled up in front of us, frowned and explained to me: "The problem now is overproduction. Have you seen those piles of wood piled up in the underground warehouse? , five warehouses have been piled up, and they are almost moldy, so they need to be dealt with as soon as possible."

I didn't know that I had accumulated so much wealth in this Xinliu Valley, but I was just hoarding it.

Once the timber is transported to the imperial capital, it will be a huge fortune, so I nodded to Kalancuo and said, "I will solve it as soon as possible. It seems that it is necessary to rent a warehouse near the airport of the imperial capital! It is impossible to transport these iron Wood logs are also moved into our basement."

Kalantso said to me: "I don't care how to deal with these timbers. In short, you have to find a way quickly. After crossing this mountain ridge, there is a lumberyard of indigo wood. Now those timbers are also piled up like a mountain. "

I lowered my head and thought for a while: "Then let these barbarians transport the wood of these logs out of the mountain, um... let me think about it, we can transport these woods to the ruins of the Pandawang goblin village, and form a new one there." Material transfer station. As for the hoarded wood, I will deal with it as soon as possible."

I looked suspiciously at the lumber field where there was not even a single orc in sight, and then asked Kalan Cuo: "Also, if you just let these barbarians log here alone, don't you worry about them escaping?"

Kalantso said to me nonchalantly: "The forest is only so big, where can they escape! In fact, they are used to this kind of work, and then get food. We don't restrict them to go to the forest, but But in this mountain, apart from birds, there are some small beasts, if they can't hunt enough food, they will come back hungry and be whipped obediently."

Then she went on to say: "In the past two years, we have been assigning them some jobs. No one is watching them. We just distribute their food according to their labor income and according to the practice. In this way, their work efficiency will become higher. , Moreover, these barbarians do not seem to have high requirements, as long as they can eat enough and have a place to sleep, no one wants to escape."

At this time, I suddenly found that the woman sitting on the magic broom behind me and hugged me tightly not only managed the orc village in an orderly manner, but also managed the nearly 600 barbarian slaves here. I think she must be There are some tricks, just like she asked why.

Kalanzo didn't hide anything from me, and told me a reason that shocked me: "Speaking of which, they prefer us orcs to cook food, those multigrain scones, and sometimes we will provide them with some raw meat Dry!"

"..." I was speechless for a while. It's hard to imagine that someone would treat raw meat jerky as delicious food. These savages have really bad taste!

Because I was in a hurry to see the World Tree, I didn't have time to go to the quarry to take a look. I just stayed on the ridge at the pass outside the circular valley, and glanced at the white flowers at the foot of the mountain, like a huge city wall. Looking at hundreds of savages carrying stones on the quarry, the construction site of the quarry is a scene of in full swing.

I asked Kalantso curiously: "How did you subdue these savages who have a bad temper and are as stubborn as bulls?"

She smiled smugly at me, then stretched out a finger, and said to me: "One word, that is 'hungry'. If you work, you will eat, if you don't work, you will starve. In fact, these barbarians They don't spare their physical strength, they only worry that they won't have enough to eat! As long as they can eat three meals a day, they don't care much about working hard, and they don't care whether they are slaves, and we orcs not only don't like to be Slaves, we did not treat them as slaves, they are a group of hard labor in our eyes, as long as they work, there will be hard labor to eat!"

Never treat anyone as a slave!This point is worthy of my deep reflection. Every race, every tribe has its own dignity, its own beliefs, and things it wants to protect and follow. They worship their ancestors or believe in gods. They guard the continuation of their lives, and they follow the laws of nature.

Thinking of them plundering male humans in the north, throwing them into mines, and plundering a lot of food in the north for them to survive the long and severe winter, maybe these are just for survival. Without these, they are in the ice and snow tundra , will be frozen to death, starved to death.

I waved my fist with some excitement, and said to Kalancuo: "When I return to the imperial capital this time, I will purchase a large amount of coarse wheat flour, which can provide these barbarians with black bread. Don't always eat these multigrain cakes. Don’t give them potatoes anymore. Maybe we can make something of higher value, such as vermicelli. Now in the imperial capital, those vermicelli are delicacies on the tables of the nobles. Give these sweet potatoes to the barbarians. It's a bit too wasteful."

And then I said, "And I can order some fatty pork leg bacon, um, I'll buy meats that are easy to store, and I can give them a life boost once in a while, once or twice a month... oh no, regularly Yes, I will provide them with some pork leg stew once a week, these must be improved, but wait until I come back from the plane of Hierro..."

The ring-shaped valley is surrounded by cliffs, the only way into the mountain, and a mountain city was built on the most dangerous pass. Unfortunately, the city still has a prototype now, just laying the rock foundation. I couldn't find a master builder who was willing to help me build the city, so the construction of the mountain city here was delayed.

I don't want to build a stone city wall, I want to build a mountain city, so the whole city must have a very clear, very clear, functional plan, this is not a simple house, this thing must be professional architects to complete the...

　My friends in the group want me to give a chapter push, although I feel that there are not many people who subscribe to this book, and not many people read it, but I still agree to give a chapter push, um, "God's Mercy" , If you are interested, go and have a look!
　　
　
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