Struggle in the Steam Age

This war can be regarded as a great victory for human beings, because even if they can wipe out tens of thousands of goblins in the face of goblins, only 17 people die and more than 100 people are injured, it can be regarded as a perfect victory. up.

But after the war ended, building this land became the main task of Lawrence and the others. And if you want to accomplish this, the most important thing is to go to the entrance and exit of this plain and block the karst cave system inside the mountain that can allow a large group of goblins to enter and exit.

So in the early morning of the next day, Lawrence led the elite troops and marched towards the mountain together with Fatina's rat people who had just completed an important sacrifice to the horned rat. In fact, the mountain range was only more than 40 kilometers away from the coastline, but the local terrain forced Lawrence and the others to spend two days on the march.

Others, under the leadership of Safir, began to actually build a wharf and a small town for people to live in, and at the same time reclaimed the land that had been reclaimed but is now deserted.

Although Safiel didn't know much about this aspect, it would not be very difficult to follow the very detailed development manual left by Lawrence and add a few retainers to help.

Not to mention that Lawrence received a response to the invitation sent to the Church of Agriculture before. It only takes two or three days for a Church of Agriculture team to arrive here by boat. Under such a two-pronged situation, even without his on-site command, Sai Phil held out until it was time for him to return.

"Why do you say this place is called Ox Horn Bay?" The process of marching was very boring, but Lawrence found something to do. As he marched forward, he asked the representatives of the local people who followed him to collect information. "The topography of this place doesn't look like cow horns, and I haven't seen any animals related to cows in this land."

"That's because there were several Tauren tribes stationed here first, my lord." A middle-aged man in his thirties and forties who served as a company commander in the militia said in a humble gesture. "When humans landed on this island for the first time, the captain at that time established some contact with this group of mild-tempered tauren."

"But then with the rapid increase in the number of goblins in the center of the island, we humans had to leave this important early trading post. Then we lost any information about the tauren. It is also unclear whether they left here or were taken by the goblins. They were wiped out. But at least the humans on this island haven't seen them since. Only one place name is left on the map."

While talking, the militia company commander pointed to the top of the nearby hill that was not covered by tall plants and said, "Look, according to legend, there used to be a tribe of tauren on this hill, and according to the The group of gentlemen on this island said that when they came to investigate later, they did not find any valuable treasures or animal bones in the tribe. If there is no accident, the tauren probably moved away on their own initiative."

This news didn't mean much to Lawrence. After all, it had been more than 100 years since the tauren moved away. Even if there were any traces left, it was impossible to continue to track them down. However, if it was just a process of understanding the history of the island, this matter still gave Lawrence a lot.

For example, Tauren is not the same as a cow, it is an omnivorous creature. Animal husbandry and gathering as a means of gathering food. If there were several tauren tribes in this land, it could at least show that this land was rich enough. Otherwise, it would be difficult for a guy with a big appetite like the tauren to persist in this kind of place.

Two days later, Lawrence finally arrived at the foot of the northernmost mountain range on this plain. And five or six kilometers further to the west is the confluence of mountains and rivers. This land is actually a plain surrounded by mountains and rivers, and if the mountains extend all the way up the island, it can be regarded as a mountain range extending westward from the highest peak of the entire island.

"The flow rate of the river downstream of this river is not moderate. With the ability of the goblins, it is impossible to cross the river on a large scale. And if a small group of goblins cross the river, as long as they are found, they will be wiped out by us." Looking at the front The cave half covered by hanging vines on the mountain wall was introduced by the militiaman next to Lawrence.

"Therefore, as long as the passage between the river beach and the mountains at the confluence of the mountains and rivers is blocked, it is impossible for the goblins in the depths of the island to enter this plain in large numbers."

"That's why the pioneers chose this plain as their foothold at the beginning, because this land is not only fertile enough and has great development prospects, it is also easy to defend and difficult to attack."

"But what everyone didn't expect was that the goblins actually found a series of caves in the mountains of this place that could pass through the mountains. This also led to the group of goblins smoothly bypassing the heavily guarded mountain roads and entering into the plains. Once the goblins swarm, the difficulty of dealing with them will increase exponentially."

Having said that, the militiaman showed a look of pity on his face. If it were not for these problems, the land conflict on the island would not be as serious as it is now. He didn't have to risk his life as he did now, the count before his tireless followers came here to fight the goblins.

Lawrence knew that what this militiaman said was true, because the distribution of goblins was too wide, so there were many scholars who studied goblins. There are also numerous books describing goblins.

A small number of goblins have always been at the bottom of the ecological chain in the wild, and ordinary beasts can pose a fatal threat to them. But as their numbers rise, it becomes exponentially trickier. If they gather to a scale of tens of thousands, they will even forget their lives and drown everything in their way like a tide like the previous two days.

Although the tauren belonged to the silver race like the elves, that is to say, they had a silver body, and as long as they practiced, they could smoothly upgrade to the expert level. But like the elves, they also belonged to families with difficulties in giving birth, and this became their fatal weakness when facing a large number of goblins.

In the same way, the tauren are also very good at fighting in the dark and complex underground space. For example, there are even some tauren city-states in the Underdark, but the prerequisite is that these underground spaces must not be too small in size. But the problem is that the tauren can't even enter the tunnels where the goblins are active, let alone fight inside.

And now this kind of embarrassment is also what Lawrence has to face. Although these tunnels can still be entered by humans, it is already a bit difficult to walk along the tunnels with a full set of equipment, let alone fight in such places. .

"Squeak—the horned rat will surely protect us." After the team set up camp at the entrance of the cave group, the priest of the ratman also led the ratmen to dig out a cave altar and began a sacrificial ceremony. As the last prayer was uttered, Lawrence could feel a great presence in the void cast extremely tiny attention on that simple altar.

All the Ratmen present immediately knelt down around the altar and recited prayers, while the humans bowed in the direction of the altar to show respect for the true gods.

After a few seconds, the gaze disappeared, and the priest's eyes were filled with fanatical flames. He waved the spike in his hand and pointed at the entrance of the cave and shouted, "According to the will of the gods, let us and our human allies clean up all the goblins in the cave and take this land back for our Lord."

"Squeak—" all the Ratmen shouted together, and after shouting the slogan, all the people present, regardless of whether they were humans or Ratmen, stood in the open space and began to form a mixed team to prepare according to the orders of Lawrence and Fatina Throw yourself into battle.