Chapter 91

On the west side of Victor's collar are endless mountains. The highest of these hills is only more than 700 meters. The mountains are gentle and lush, inhabiting groups of wild boars, yellow sheep and short tailed deer.

More than a dozen short tailed deer were leisurely eating fresh alfalfa in the valley. The dense bushes on the hillside shook, making these alert creatures flee in all directions.

After a while, a huge beast more than three meters high stood up in the bushes. This is a huge bear. Its shiny fur, sharp long claws and terrible shape all show that it is a ferocious bear.

Watching the short tailed deer run farther and farther, the giant bear has no intention of hunting. Although it weighs 3000 pounds, its speed is faster than these sensitive animals and its endurance is much stronger. As long as it wants to hunt, no prey can escape its hunting. But it has more important things to do today.

The giant bear jumped violently, the tough bushes around him were smashed, and two deep claw marks appeared on the ground. The giant male bear jumped over a 10 meter wide mountain stream and jumped to the opposite hill. It should continue to patrol its territory. As a ferocious bear, its territory is 20 kilometers wide and 50 kilometers long. It is a well deserved overlord in this vast area. Every female bear here is its spouse. However, recently, it found two powerful beasts invading its territory. In order to protect its wives and concubines, it must drive away the invaders.

It is the season of the earth, when flowers are in full bloom, buzzing wild bees gather nectar in the flowers, and a huge honeycomb hangs on the treetop not far away. The sweet nectar and fat and tender larvae in the beehive are the favorite of giant bears. Although the stings of these wild bees are very fierce, especially those soldier bees. Their ferocious jaws are enough to bite most animals' fur, but these are not enough to cause harm to giant bears. As usual, the giant bear will directly shoot off the trees, and then it will be attacked by wild bees and enjoy its favorite snacks. But the giant bear's mind is not on honey at this time. It has smelled the smell of its opponent, and its enemy is close at hand.

The giant bear stood up. His height of more than 3 meters provided him with a wide view, and then he saw the beasts invading his territory. This is a huge, strange looking wolf with blue and black fur, cold fangs and green eyes. The bristles of the giant bear stand up to make it look bigger. It makes a low roar at the giant wolf, which is warning its opponent to leave its territory.

The giant bear is not afraid of the strange wolf, but his intuition tells him that it is a difficult opponent. Even if he can kill the strange wolf, he will be hurt. As long as the strange wolf leaves the territory automatically, an unnecessary conflict can be avoided, which is a tacit understanding between powerful beasts.

The strange wolf didn't give in, but raised his hind legs and peed on the bush. Facing the naked provocation, the furious giant bear roared through the mountains and forests. It rushed at the strange wolf and wanted to tear the evil guy to pieces. The strange wolf turned and ran away. The giant bear begged to chase after him, but he found that he was not as fast as his opponent. But it doesn't matter. It will keep chasing. The giant bear believes that he will bring down the guy in front with his own strength.

The ferocious giant bear runs fast in the forest, the trees are broken, the bushes are crushed, the thorns are flattened, and nothing can stop its steps. When he reached a valley, the giant bear stopped. The strange wolf saw that the big guy behind him stopped. Instead of continuing to escape, he turned and roared provocatively at it. The giant bear remained unmoved. The beast's intuition told him that if he chased forward, he would die!

The giant bear sniffed hard. Unfortunately, it was downwind and found nothing. But the uneasy feeling still hovered in his mind. The giant bear decided to go back. Despite the provocation of the strange wolf, he turned around and left.

After a few steps, the giant bear stopped with a terrible howl behind him. This is the scream of the female bear. When the giant bear came back, he saw the scene that made his eyes want to crack. Another strange wolf dragged a beautiful female bear out of the other side of the valley.

The giant bear knows the young female bear. This is his favorite mate. The female bear is always fascinated by her soft fur and fishy smell. But now, the female bear howled helplessly under the strange wolf's mouth, and dark red blood gushed from its neck. All this completely angered the giant bear. It charged at the strange wolf with red eyes, and the threat of death has been forgotten by it.

A silver streamer shot out of the bushes and directly into the ferocious giant bear's hard as iron skull, and the pigeon's egg thick crossbow arrow pierced through the back of its brain. The giant bear's strong vitality made it rush forward for more than 100 meters with this crossbow arrow before it fell to the ground.

Two strange wolves bit the poor female bear's throat, but they didn't get close to the fallen giant bear until the giant bear stopped twitching. They trotted over, sniffed, and then howled. A hunter with branches tied all over his body stood up in the bushes.

The hunter whistled, and two black crows flew out of the woods. They circled over the corpse of a giant bear like a hill for a while, croaking and flying north. In the north, two companions are waiting for news. They will enter the giant bear's nest to collect a special mineral specimen.

The hunter raised a huge crossbow full of leaves from the bushes and walked towards the bear body. He took out a silver dagger from his waist and began to peel it.

The hunter was Victor's Alchemy militia.

Fearing that there would be cannibals in this mountainous area, Victor used the remaining funds to produce ten alchemical crows, an alchemical militia, an alchemical auxiliary soldier loaded with casting skills, and transferred two war mastiffs. Victor ordered these alchemists to carry out reconnaissance missions in this mountainous area.

After a month's exploration, the alchemists did not find the ogre group in the continuous mountains, but only found two small jackals. They also found a large area of oil wood and a fine iron vein in this area. However, a ferocious giant bear built a nest near the ore vein, which made it difficult for the subsequent survey task to continue.

After receiving the news, Victor consulted Renault carefully. Then he made a decision to hunt the ferocious bear and sent a militia to send a silver crossbow.

The silver crossbow is a top-level weapon secretly made by several alchemy auxiliary soldiers in the upper camp. In order to make it, Victor reluctantly disassembled a military heavy crossbow. These materials were incorporated into the silver crossbow by cloth. The rebuilt silver crossbow can't be stringed by ordinary people with a winch. Only the cattle subdued militia with 17 points can do it. Its power has also doubled. Victor believes that this big killer can even kill ogres.

The monkey militia who received the silver crossbow did not live up to expectations and successfully shot and killed the terrible beast. In fact, ferocious beasts are very difficult to deal with, and their wild instinct can always keep them away from danger. They are far sharper and smarter than their ordinary counterparts. But intelligence doesn't mean wisdom. The biggest difference between wild animals and intelligent creatures is that they can't control their nature. When a ferocious bear meets an alchemical militia familiar with its nature, it becomes prey. In the eyes of the alchemists of the naril Empire, there has never been the concept of ferocity. The combat units made by the empire may be all ferocious creatures.

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When Haig walked into the small canteen, he saw his team members drinking purple cane wine unhappily.

"Everyone is not in high spirits." Hagrid opened a chair and sat down with a smile.

After a moment of silence, a member of the group finally said, "leader, look at the other groups. Everyone is happy. Their leaders have become village heads. Only us, or the villagers' group."

"Team leader, I don't understand. We're not as good as them? We have to be the bottom." Another team member shouted angrily.

Although the other team members didn't speak, they drank muggy wine one after another.

Haig turned his head and looked. The other villagers at the other tables were talking and laughing loudly. In contrast, his gang was much more boring. Hagrid shook his head and laughed. They were all inexperienced farmers.

"I know everyone is blaming me for not competing for the position of village head with several other team leaders. However, everyone has heard the saying often said by chefs: good dishes are always the last."

"You say, Lord, what you value most is the village?" Haig asked with a smile.

The team members looked at each other. One man said tentatively, "brick kiln village?"

"Your Excellency does attach importance to the brick kiln village, but that's because the blacksmith village has not been built yet. Let's think about it. If the blacksmith village is built, how many people will the Lord arrange for us? I tell you, there will be no less than 300 people! Who will be the first village in the territory then?"

"The team leader is really the team leader. What he wants is to understand better than us." One of the team members woke up first. He patted the table and shouted.

Watching the team members sweep away the decline, Haig smiled and drank a glass of purple cane wine. Victor received a lot of good things, but what Haig looked forward to most was the blacksmith village that had not yet been built. He had participated in the construction of other villages, and Haig also mastered 7788 of the mysteries. The blacksmith village is directly related to armaments. As a spy trained by York family, Haig paid attention to this outside.

"Unfortunately, we still have too few people here. When Baron Victor recruits miners, I hope the family can send me more help." Haig thought in his heart.

A guard came over and said to Haig, "leader Haig, your excellency wants to talk to you about recruiting miners."

Haig was delighted. When he and the guard walked out of the canteen, he heard the cheers of his men.

The upper camp is a mysterious and dignified place in the hearts of all the leaders. Only a few people can enter the upper camp directly without communication. Haig was not among them. When he walked into Victor's office with a smile on his face, he met several familiar partners, and his smile froze.

A quill was spinning rapidly at Victor's fingertips, and his other hand rubbed his chin. There was a smooth and delicate area without any stubble, which made Victor a little depressed. When he was on earth, he had to shave every two days. At that time, he hoped he wouldn't grow such a troublesome thing. But without a beard, he would think of that old and strange career on earth.

The three partners looked at Haig awkwardly. They all knew that they had been exposed.

"Archer has met baron. Good day, sir." Haig saluted Victor with a wry smile.

Victor and Nelson looked at each other and asked, "Achille is your real name, so you're an agent of the York family?"

"Yes, sir. I am indeed a York spy. Sir, can you tell me how you saw through me?"

Haig saw the captain of the guard Nelson with empty hands. It was obvious that Baron Victor did not intend to use force against him, so he simply admitted it. At the same time, he was also curious about how Baron Victor saw through these people who were as proficient in farming as ordinary farmers?

"Remember you told me last time that you collected honey for the noble lords in the eastern provinces?" Victor laughed: "I believe you've eaten honey, but you certainly haven't collected honey. I just know that ordinary farmers can't collect honey. Wild bees are very fierce, and ordinary leather armor can't help their bite. Collecting honey requires professional honey collecting teams, which are often organized by aristocrats. No one will steal honey. They will not only be whipped, but also be deducted a considerable reward."

In Victor's memory, the little Baron's father had two bee teams, which were the main source of income for his family.

"So, after I was exposed, adults quietly began to investigate the people around me until they found us all?"

Haig was very disappointed. He thought his companion had inadvertently exposed his identity. Unexpectedly, he revealed his flaw.

Victor smiled but didn't speak. Haig was discovered by him, but the two men in the escort were dug up according to barrol's method. As for the other one, Victor also discovered it.

"Then, Sir Knight, do you want to put it on?" Victor said to an old farmer with a smile.

The room was quiet. The old farmer looked at Victor in surprise and gradually stood up straight. A look of arrogance came into being. Nelson raised his eyebrows and stepped forward in front of victor.

Looking at Nelson, the old farmer's eyes showed a look of appreciation. Although he was confident of defeating the mercenary, Nelson stood there with an iron and fearless momentum. The old farmer believed that Nelson would not frown even in the face of the Golden Knight. He was a brave soldier.

"Grice York, met Baron victor." The old farmer made a knightly salute to victor.

Victor smiled, patted Nelson on the shoulder, signaled him not to be nervous, and said, "you all go down. I want to talk to Knight Grice alone."

After everyone left, the old knight smiled bitterly at Victor and said, "Baron Victor, how did you find out I was a knight?"

"Because you are very unprofessional." Victor smiled.

The old knight would never have thought that Victor could detect a person's element attributes. Since Haig was exposed, Victor has detected people who intersect with him from time to time, and finally found the knight disguised as an old farmer. In fact, Haig is professional, and other spies did not dig it out by observing Haig, but the old knight revealed many flaws, Victor searched them one by one according to the method provided by Barol.

"Baron, you really shouldn't have found me." The old knight regretted.

"Why?" Victor asked with burning eyes.

"I was ordered by my wife to protect you secretly." The old knight replied frankly.

Vic was as heavy as water. After a moment, he said, "Sylvia is really extravagant. She sent a noble knight disguised as a humble farmer to protect me?"

"I know it's incredible, but that's the truth. In fact, when you recruit mercenaries, your wife prepared a team for you. Unfortunately, you chose War Bear mercenaries. Victor, please believe that we have no malice against you." Said Knight Grice sincerely.

Victor was silent for a long time: "does Nicole know who you are?"

If Nicole knew about it, Victor would have to go his separate ways. Victor had too many secrets, and the strength of the big family frightened him. You know, it was incredible to let a knight disguise as a farmer and do farm work every day. But Sylvia did it.

"Nicole doesn't know, Bruce doesn't know, they don't even know me. I came from the same family as Nicole, but I'm old."

Grice sighed. The family had trained him. He was going to work for the family. It was a very wronged thing to pretend to be a farmer to protect Victor, but he had to pave the way for his children. His wife promised him.

"You go." Said Victor in a low voice.

"My Lord, let me stay and protect you. Everyone else can withdraw."

If Grice goes back like this, his task will fail. Even if the family won't punish him, I'm afraid the promised conditions don't count.

"I don't need your protection. I'm not a vassal of the York family. You've crossed the line." Said Victor coldly.

Then Victor raised his hand to stop Grice's plea and threw Grice some sheepskin scrolls.

"Take these back, Sylvia won't embarrass you."

Grice opened it, a relieved smile on his sad face. He said to victor, "as you wish, my Lord. Please let me do one last thing for you before we go."