Chapter 27 Southwest Highlands and the Tall Bird
Leon never thought that a simple dinner would achieve such fruitful results.
It wasn't until Fast personally told the current situation of the Lapluke people that Leon finally realized the situation of this descendant of the ancestors at this time.
All in all,
it's bad, very bad.
Leon also found it difficult to understand the explanation given by the priest in front of him.
According to Fast, in the mountains south of Antolia, black mist from the other side of the mountains actually appeared.
"How is this possible?"
Leon asked in surprise.
"It seems impossible, but it is indeed a fact."
Fast felt helpless about this:
"The thin black mist has little effect on animals and plants, but near the Lapluk camp, the concentration of the black mist It has obviously exceeded the previous level."
"Although humans have not yet experienced obvious perception, the animals in the mountain forest have begun to flee down the mountain, and the plants planted nearby have also withered in large areas." "Most of the creatures in
Antolia All have been affected by the black fog. Unless the concentration of the black fog increases significantly, such a phenomenon will definitely not occur, and the Lapluk people will definitely not face this food crisis." Leon listened quietly to
Fas A unique description, with thousands of thoughts in my mind.
Obviously,
the density of black mist is lower than that of air.
Otherwise, there would be no phenomenon where the top of the mountain is filled with black fog and everything is normal below.
For Antolia,
it is actually quite normal to be shrouded in black mist from time to time.
Even in the Thorn Territory, which is located to the north of the mountain range, a layer of oppressive clouds and fog often hang over the city.
It's just that the people living in this land have long been accustomed to the gloomy and hazy sky, and their sensitivity to black fog has become very low. On weekdays, they will not notice the changes in the black fog entrenched thousands of meters high.
"This may mean...that something has changed on the other side of the mountain range?"
After pondering for a long time, the old priest finally told Leon his suspicions.
"Is there some kind of change..."
Leon nodded, but then changed the subject and said with a smile:
"But since the Lapruk people are willing to become my subjects, there is no need to worry about the black mist."
" The Jimena family has no other abilities, but when it comes to dealing with the black mist, they ask themselves not to lag behind anyone else."
Hearing this, Fast couldn't help being shocked:
"What the Viscount means is that you really know how to disperse it. Those diffuse black fogs?"
"Just as you thought."
Leon nodded affirmatively.
Using shadow monsters to swallow the black mist is only the most basic method. A more efficient method is to create a batch of shadow manipulators.
This is the information Leon previously obtained from the ancient archives.
The only problem is that Leon currently does not have enough materials to build such a machine.
But so what?
Whether you know something and whether you can do it are not in conflict with each other.
In addition to the changes in the black mist, the Lapluk people's contribution also brought more useful information to Leon.
And these
just make up for Leon's knowledge of the land of Antolia.
In addition to the Lapruk people, there are dozens of mountain tribes living in Antolia, with a total population of tens of thousands. The population even far exceeds that of the Thorn Territory today.
You know,
even if the Lapluk people are included,
the number of people directly ruled by Leon at the moment is just over 4,000, not even half of the total population of the mountain people!
In this era,
at least in Leon's eyes,
population is the most precious resource.
Now that the Lapluk people are facing a food crisis, what about other tribes?
Do you want to strike while the iron is hot...
No, no!
Leon quickly put an end to the thought of being so happy about his success.
Not all tribes face the same predicament as the Lapruk people, and the current food inventory of the Thorn Territory has reached its limit after accepting the Lapluk people, and is completely unable to support a larger population.
You won't become fat if you eat in one go, but if you just blindly recruit the mountain people and end up with a shortage of food supply, it will be great fun.
"And I'm actually more concerned about the source of the warm stones than the black mist." "
The warm stones in the hands of the Lapluk people all come from the southwest highlands."
Now that we have decided to lead the Lapluk people to the Jimena family's Warship, then Fast naturally told Leon's question frankly and answered without thinking.
"Southwestern Highlands?"
"Exactly."
"The Plateau Hounds came from the direction of the Southwest Highlands, right?"
"Yes, the previous generation mentioned that there is a canyon leading to the Forsaken Land. But over the years, no tribesman has set foot there again."
"After all... the southwest highlands are not a peaceful place." "
Why do you say that?"
After hearing this, Leon couldn't help but become interested.
The southwestern highlands were originally Leon’s exploration direction for the coming spring.
Obviously, the priest in front of him seemed to know a lot about that highland, otherwise he would not have given such an evaluation.
Since the warm stones he had seen before were also mined from the southwest highlands, the exploration of that land should be put on the agenda.
"Tall-footed strange bird."
Fast explained: "A unique creature similar to a plateau hound. They live in that land all year round. Although they cannot fly, they can kill people with just one beak. They are quite dangerous. ."
"It is precisely because of the tall-footed strange birds that we actually don't have many warm stones in our hands. We can only mine them while those strange birds are hibernating." "However, winter is a time of
plateau hounds . On the days of migration in groups, without the strange birds but with the addition of hounds, it is naturally extremely dangerous." "
As for why the plateau hounds do not attack the mountain people..."
Fast said simply before Leon asked, "La There is a stone tablet left by the ancestors in the Pluk people's camp. Birds and beasts stained with black mist dare not approach, so there is no need to worry about the invasion of plateau hounds." "Stone tablet?" "Stone tablet with different runes engraved on
it
. ?"
Leon seemed to remember something and asked quickly.
Seeing this, the old priest nodded repeatedly: "Does the Viscount know the origin of that stone tablet?" It's
funny to say that
although the Lapluk people regard the stone tablet as a treasure,
the history of the stone tablet has changed over the course of thousands of years. It turned into dust, and all that remained were mere words passed down by priests through the ages.
"I've heard of it, but never seen it,"
Leon prevaricated.
If his prediction was correct, the so-called stone tablet was probably the stone slab inscribed with the original ancient magic text that had been recorded in the ancient archives. (Note: Chapter 14)
After all...
the function Fast described previously is quite similar to the original use of the stone slab.
(End of chapter)