The fisherman druid is in another world

Chapter 320 Mountain Forest Barrier
When Priest Luo left Ander Town, he took Baron Enom's uncle Gurao with him, and when he returned, he brought back another uncle Deimos.

Deimos is Nefeli's younger brother. He is only 17 years old this year. It is said that in his teens, he has come to Enom Castle like the sons of several solid knights to receive education, training, and provide services such as waiters. .

This custom is common in monarchical kingdoms. It not only cultivates abilities, but also cultivates feelings and inherits people's admiration for each other, which is conducive to strengthening the internal relationship of small groups.

Although Priest Luo already had the certificate of enfeoffment and the letter of appointment of the new baron in his arms, the process had not yet been completed. Not only does it involve solemn ceremonies and grand banquets and other celebrations, but it also involves registering with the Holy See and changing the emblem.

Whether it is real estate or a noble enfeoffed as Baron Enom, it must be reflected in the family crest.

If this step is not implemented in place, the title will still be empty.

Therefore, Deimos can be regarded as representing Baron Enomu and endorsing Priest Luo so that he can successfully take over the guard position of Ander Town.

Of course, with his strong strength and cruel methods, Priest Luo relied on his previous actions in Ande Town, and the people there did not dare not cooperate.

However, Priest Luo did not want to be fooled, and was willing to use this opportunity to help Baron Enom increase his prestige.

After all, a high-level mage takes an oath to become a vassal, is willing to accept the lord's job arrangements, and cooperates with the appointment process. This in itself is a statement.

Subtext: All the high-ranking mages respect Baron Enom, so what qualifications do you have to show off? Have you forgotten how to write the word "death"?
Macris, the commander of the cavalry stationed in Ander Town, and Anthony, the commander of the city guard, are still aware of current affairs, at least on the surface they can't find any faults.

Anthony also humbly admitted his dereliction of duty in public. But this was not enough. In order to clear the relationship with Gu Rao, the so-called traitor also provided several people, claiming that they were close to Gu Rao's family and had been bribed by him.

In fact, this is the scapegoat. The real backbone of Gu Lao's family were all escorted there when Priest Luo went to Enom Town.

Now that Anthony mentioned this matter in front of Demos, it was obviously a disgrace to him. But Anthony probably understood the situation and felt that he needed to take a stand.

After all, whether it was the Li Ying Wai He night attack on Ande Town that had not yet completely passed, or whether it was Priest Luo's appointment as garrison officer, or even Priest Luo's strength, he should side with Priest Luo.

He was not afraid that Nefeli, the regent, would take the opportunity to make things difficult for him. After all, his culpability is much lower than that of Gulao. If he is severely punished, how much punishment should Gulao receive? Don't be too partial to relatives, otherwise people will be dispersed and how can you lead the team?
Priest Luo is also very good at life. He expressed his position in public: "I am a mage. I am not good at military affairs. I also need to spend a lot of time on the exploration and research of extraordinary arts.

From now on, Anthony will be in charge of the military affairs of Ande Town, especially daily affairs, without asking for instructions. "

Seeing this, Makris also hurriedly showed his kindness.

Theoretically, the cavalry is directly under Baron Enomu. It patrols the territory on weekdays and is sent out to perform various tasks when necessary. The most common one is escort.

Like the succession of a new baron, as an integral part of the northern Xinjiang military aristocratic group, the personnel change of Lord Enom is still relatively important and requires a process, including the payment of a considerable inheritance tax.

Specifically, it involves the Grand Duke Malos and the Holy See, which requires a personal visit.

In this era, the kingdom is not at peace either. Not to mention that there is really a banditry, even if there is not, the guard force is not enough, it can suddenly 'change'.

Therefore, the lords are more willing to spend money on the cavalry, and the cavalry is basically the strongest force in the hands of the lords by default.

The Enomu Cavalry is indeed worthy of this evaluation.

The problem is, because of this, Neferi wants to take this power into her own hands, specifically trying to replace Macris with Deimos.

The difficulty is that Demos is young, inexperienced and incompetent.

Moreover, the new baron grew up in a noble family after all, and the education he received since childhood was different from that of children from ordinary families.

After his father died young, he chose to play nice and officially get the title in his hands first. Then he took the opportunity to express his sincerity to Makris, saying that like his father, he would continue to rely on Makris and even his son as always.

Macris reciprocated, and the cavalry was loyal only to the baron.

Therefore, within the barony of Enom, it can be said that there are overt and covert fights, and everyone has their own agenda.

Until Priest Luo descended from heaven and broke the balance.

At this time, Makris no longer cared about fulfilling his oath of 'only being loyal to the Baron'. He wanted to stand on the winning side.

To put it more bluntly, he surrendered to power, and it might be wrong to stand with Nefeli, or the new Baron, but if he stood with the priest, he would most likely win, or even win by himself.

Priest Luo is also very generous to people who are aware of current affairs. He said that the situation in northern Xinjiang is treacherous, and the night attack that occurred not long ago was even more thrilling.

If Ande Town wanted long-term peace and stability, it could not build a breakwater. As a garrison officer, he decided to use magic to build a mountain forest fort on the only thoroughfare to the outside world. In this way, the defense pressure on Ande Town will be greatly reduced.

And in this way, the cavalry team became an internal patrol.

You know, according to the recent torture interrogation, the first goal of the gang in this night attack was to take down the cavalry.

We are enemies after all. Without the cavalry, they can come and go like the wind, disappearing without warning.

For this reason, they even prepared a lot of explosive bombs for the barracks and stables.

Now that Priest Luo has come up with this plan, the cavalry team has become an internal patrol. At most, it can only deal with a few scouts who come through the mountains and forests. The pressure on military affairs will naturally be greatly reduced, and they can have free time to conduct training and personnel matters. Adjustments, etc. can also save a lot of costs, which is naturally a good thing.

Both sides went in both directions, everyone was happy, and priest Luo successfully took over the post of garrison officer.

He was a resolute man who got to work immediately.

Ask someone to bring over the dead head of the night raider. Didn't he ask for beheading before? It can be dealt with now, by stuffing crystals in the head and burying it in the ground.

Soon after, the Stone Golem was born.

It turns out that the value of the head lies in its brain structure, which was systematically utilized, eliminating the need for complicated spell model construction. After being elementalized by the crystal, it became one of the two cores of the stone golem. There is also a power core, one in the chest and one in the abdomen.

This makes the head look a bit weird, without a neck, like a deep pot with two holes cut out for eyes.

This is the magic version of mechanical equipment, representing the advanced productivity of this era.

Priest Luo built more than seventy of them at one time, helping Ande Town to loosen a large area of ​​soil outside the town, and the stones were removed, leaving only soft soil.

There are still more than thirty people with minor injuries, and together with the twenty-five so-called bribed by Gu Lao presented by Anthony, there are more than fifty in total, all of them are infected by big parasites.

It can only be said that as a life mage, Priest Luo is definitely on the dark side. In some aspects, even the necromancer is inferior to him.

Combining the concept of genes with a little bit of the power of biochemical laws, it is not difficult to transform genetic mutations into magical brain worms.

To put it bluntly, this is the high-tech magical version of Plaka Parasite (Resident Evil 4) from another world. Priest Luo did not fabricate it out of thin air, but obtained it through rapid iteration through collected magic insects, artificial mutations, and extraordinary power.

With this group of people, the soon-to-be-built Shanlin Fort will have not only coolies but also guards.

The value of the fortress lies in the fact that the effective defense of more than a hundred people can resist an attack of a thousand people.

Of course, the ratio of nearly 10:1 is not always applicable.

If there are less than a hundred people and there are many defensive positions but insufficient personnel, the value of the fortress cannot be fully utilized.

The opposite is also true. Once the offensive side exceeds the upper limit and exceeds the defense upper limit of the human-fortress unity, it is also impossible to achieve a 10-for-1 exchange ratio.

All in all, fortresses are still extremely valuable, and this world has developed bastions, also called star forts. The most advanced ones in northern Xinjiang are all star forts. The key is not the height of the walls, but that there are no blind spots for shooting, and the construction cost is not high. .

Priest Luo has no plans to build a star castle. He is a high-level earth shaman. The cost of building the castle is very high and he can use his imagination.

It's a pity that he is not a person who loves to express himself with his personality. The creations and styles he designed are conservative and even unimaginative, but he makes excellent use of the terrain.

Like the newly built barrier this time, it is an 'L' shape lying horizontally.

The long one is a road-blocking wall, and the short one is built against the mountain. It is very steep. If anyone tries to climb the wall with a ladder, he will be hit by artillery fire from the mountaintop fortress on the flank.

And if you want to attack the fortress first, the three sides are steep, the flat ground increases the height by tens of meters, and the only gentle slope is connected to the front wall by the city road, which is very difficult.

Moreover, this fortress is not a simple hollow structure, but granite that has been turned from mud into stone and integrated into one body. It is round in shape. The materials interact with each other and bear the force evenly. It is difficult for large trebuchets or solid projectile artillery to destroy it. Collapse.

Coupled with the fact that it is condescending, it can shoot farther, but it is difficult for large trebuchets to launch in the narrow area between the mountains and the jungle. The attackers will suffer a lot in a separate bombardment.

The mountain forest barrier designed by Pastor Luo opened the door on the side of the forest instead of on the road front.

In fact, there is not even a formal city gate, but the city wall is turned and built for a section, showing the pattern of 'L' on top of 'L', with long handles stacked on top of each other to form barriers, and a short wall of a bunker with one pair on the outside and one on the inside.

Then on the side near the forest, a fence wall was built, and on the side against the wall, a horse was placed and a checkpoint was set up.

This is a variant of the Wengcheng trap that seems to be able to charge cards, but in fact, whoever rushes will die.

Because there is a track at the end of this card, when necessary, a mobile train-like tower can be rolled out to seal the road.

As for the dense forest on the side.

Priest Luo is a life mage, so maybe he doesn't arrange some means in the dense forest?

Not to mention that the virgin forest has dense dark leaves and overgrown branches, making it difficult to walk. Even if you can walk, there are still flowers under the thick ground cover.

Moreover, it is difficult to see light all year round inside the virgin forest. It is very humid and difficult to ignite. The air circulation is poor and the bacteria and microorganisms are active. Although it is not comparable to the poisonous miasma in subtropical or even tropical jungles, it is not easy to deal with either. It can be said that if the virgin forest is so easy to traverse, why should it become a natural barrier blocking the northern barbarians from going south directly?
No one is stupid. The Northern Barbarians, who have always been tough and brave, would rather go around than rush in, which illustrates the problem.

Stone golems carried large rocks, parasitic humans built earth into walls, and priest Luo turned mud into stone, and then sandstone into granite. The total length of the wall was more than 300 meters, plus a large fortress. In less than 72 hours, the city was built. .

The rest is even simpler. The long logs that have been felled and trimmed are still used as molds, filled with sand and soil and compacted. After the mud turns into stone, the molds are removed.

But this time it is not as good as building a barrier that can place artillery on it and pass people at the same time. This time only the load-bearing wall was built, which was much thinner.

With this wall, use it as a gable to build a city and a house like a vegetable greenhouse.

The top is sloped. In the winter in the North, the snow will collapse the roof, so it will not be a flat roof, but a sloped roof.

This kind of building is a barracks. It can have bunks or partitions inside. It faces north and south and has a built-in fire pit. It is very comfortable to live in.

In just one week, the main construction of the 300-person barrier barracks was completed.

Priest Luo even had time to organize workers to level out tens of thousands of square meters of land and pave it with stone slabs.

Two wells were drilled, a three-meter wide and deep spear pile trench was dug on the front of the barrier, and greening was transplanted in many places.

At first glance, it is hard to believe that this was an ordinary mountain forest horse trail ten days ago, and the existence of the barrier is not eye-catching. It seems that it has been there for several years and has a sense of integration with the surrounding environment.

Candace, the second son of Grand Duke Malos, couldn't help but ask the accompanying guide: "Did Giannis build this forest fortress while he was still alive?"

Giannis is the name of the previous Baron Enome. Except for a few people who are familiar with him, few people will call him by his first name.

"To report back to Your Highness, I went to Ande Town at the beginning of the year, and there was no such barrier at that time."

Ioanni, the representative of the Order Spire, interjected: "I can still detect the aftertaste of the power of the earth element dissipating from this barrier. It should have been built in the past few days."

Candace let out a 'hehe' and said with a bitter voice: "It's just the right time for Enom to come with strong support."

Soon, everyone had the same feeling, because they saw the parasite whose job was changed into a guard, and the stone golem.

Compared to the rough and simple appearance when it was first born, the stone golem that has now become a war machine looks completely different on the outside.

Synthetic stone contains a high proportion of metal and can be said to be a ceramic alloy.

The surface is not shiny, but it is thick and dense.

The key is that the humanoid golem made of this material looks incomparably powerful, indestructible, and full of oppression, making people instinctively fear it.

The parasites are all muscular sticks with dull expressions, cold eyes, and a strong smell of iron. The armor they wear seems to be made of the same material as the stone golem. It has strong protective power, but it is also very heavy, but it is parasitized. The effect of just punching through the piece of paper can be said to be light and easy.

Magic (barrier), magic (golem), or magic (soldier), with Candace's extensive knowledge and Ioanni's rich experience, it is natural to see that there are not many more than thirty demons. Like, and dozens of heavy infantry are enough to withstand the attack of a conventional thousand-man battle group.

This is a quite terrifying magical force, and it was only created by the high-level mage who suddenly appeared in a few days.

After announcing their names, the person who came out to greet them was not Priest Luo, but Knight Celis.

Sellis had been in charge of the mining village, the gold mine discovered by the previous Baron Enom and secretly mined for more than two years before the information was leaked.

But the place is now taken over by the Luo priests.

Behind this is a new round of PY transactions.

First, the new Baron Yiannopoulos was unwilling to endure it.

Pros means 'son', so the new baron's name is Son of Giannis. It's not very creative, but it's very common in this country.

Originally, Yiannopoulos had to endure it even if he didn't want to, and watched helplessly as the maternal family frantically harvested Enom's wool. But the appearance of Priest Luo brought changes.

Gu Laao lost control of Ande Town, and the guard force and cavalry all sided with Priest Luo.

Priest Luo also built mountain and forest barriers, allowing the cavalry to serve as an internal patrol, which also greatly alleviated the possibility of the Enomu Territory being breached by outsiders.

Throughout the process, people appreciated the power of Priest Luo.

At the same time, Yiannopoulos also realized that the contract signed by Priest Luo and him was not a lie, because it was not necessary.

With Priest Luo's strength and ability, most nobles are willing to prepare a stepping stone for him in order to retain a favor and use it as the family's trump card.

Therefore, it’s not that Priest Luo covets Enom or anything, but that when Enom meets Priest Luo, it’s like he has grasped a life-saving straw.

It's like this from almost every angle.

So, if we can't take advantage of this opportunity to get as much benefit as possible, then the advantage of being able to sit down will be wasted.

Yiannopoulos is not yet able to straighten out this logic very well, but he instinctively knows that this is an opportunity to take back power and prevent his maternal line from reaping the wool.

So he used the authority of the emperor to summon priest Luo.

He said that he saw the construction of mountain forest barriers by Pastor Luo, and he hoped to make a deal with Pastor Luo, that is, to quickly dig up the gold mine.

For this, he was willing to pay a handsome sum of money.

Also, buy two war stone statues from Priest Luo and a small team of ten heavily armored guards.

Obviously, the hidden intention behind this was not to let Nefeli take away his money in a steady stream.

The gold was mined thoroughly, stored in warehouses, and guarded by stone statues of war.

Yiannopoulos' own safety is handled by heavily armed guards.

This is tantamount to leaving one's wealth and life in the hands of Priest Luo.

It seems that the communication is shallow and the practice is deep, which is quite unreliable.

But when it is certain that Priest Luo is a great god and cannot be accommodated by a small temple like Enom, Priest Luo is the most reliable.

It is not worth it to give yourself the name of regicide just for a little wealth and land.

In fact, once the involvement is deeper, you have to do your best to protect it to avoid being splashed with dirty water.

In other words, the reputation of being a powerful person is far more valuable than the overall value of the Enomu Territory.

To put it bluntly, the cost of building a mage tower for a high-level mage is enough to go to the sacred land of the kingdom and buy twice as much land as the Enomu Territory.

So do high-level mage have to build a mage tower?
Almost inevitable.

If you want to go further, want to study the rules, and want to do various magic experiments, how can you do it without your own mage tower?
Moreover, there is another reason why Yiannopoulos asked Priest Luo to go to the mining village, that is, there is actually a trail leading to the outside world there.

How was gold discovered? It's not that the lord slaps his forehead and thinks there may be a mine in my territory, so he asks the prospectors to find it.

It was the person responsible for prospecting, surveying the topography of the Enom Territory. Since many professions in this era were not detailed, the prospector had a certain understanding of the minerals and discovered the gold mine.

And Giannis asked people to explore the terrain because rogue bandits entered the territory and they were always hard to catch, and there were actually horses.

Horses are the main means of transportation in this era. They are very sensitive beings. Horses only bark when they can walk. Because horses can walk, the efficiency of transportation is greatly enhanced.

So this is not a trail, but the kind of passage used by caravans to transport goods in mountainous areas.

This is why Giannis arranged for a Cavalier to guard him.

After hearing this, Priest Luo said: "Let's do this. My fiefdom will not occupy the fertile land that has been developed in Enom, but will be replaced by a mining village.

I will hollow it out and you send people to inspect it. After that, I will use the mines there and so on.

At the same time, I will build another barrier somewhere on that hidden horse trail. This time it was secret, as a retreat for the Enomu Territory.

Most of these will be returned to Enom after a few years. After all, I am here to settle down temporarily and accumulate some tangible and intangible assets. "

Yiannopoulos believed what Pastor Luo said.

He is also assisted by loyal people, that is, the stewards, including the foreign affairs steward in charge of Ander Town, who are only loyal to Baron Enom. This is the professional ethics of a housekeeper and the foundation of his and his family's reputation. If his reputation becomes bad, he will be completely ruined.

The housekeeper can't do it twice, but the financial accounts are very smooth. The secret report from the foreign affairs steward contained information about the mage who was defeated by Priest Luo and detained in the prison of Ande Town.

A mage from the Spire of Order participated in the night attack. The water behind it was so deep that even a baron could not dig it out. However, he could roughly estimate how much money the mage would need to redeem himself.

Precisely because of this, Yiannopoulos became more and more convinced that Priest Luo looked down upon the three people represented by Enom.

(End of this chapter)