Chapter 1656 Loya’s Pride
The Savage Highlands have never been a wealthy place. Whether it was the countless years before the Highlanders were discovered, or the thousands of years after their birth, that land has never been a wealthy place. It is not a suitable place to live, and the word "barren" is the most fair and objective interpretation of it.
It is true that there was a short-term prosperity there due to the appearance of savages who had not yet become 'Highlanders', but even in such a grand situation, those druids, fertility believers, and shamans who came here to The full priests have not been able to transform the environment into a suitable place for survival. This is not because they have not tried hard, but because this land has indeed lost all possibilities long ago.
Of course, barrenness does not mean barrenness. Even in the Savage Highlands, there are plants that can grow fruits and land suitable for farming. But the key is that the proportion of these resources is too low.
Even if they learned farming with the help of other races, the food grown in the fields was not enough to feed even one tribe. Even in the earliest barbarian highlands, there were nearly a hundred settlements at the same time. There are more than thirty tribes, which is by no means too many for a race, but it is already the limit.
It has nothing to do with fertility, but if there are more people, large areas will starve to death.
All in all, under those circumstances, nearly a hundred settlements in the highlands could barely survive by collecting wild fruits and hunting monsters. But today, the highlanders who have integrated with 'civilization' have long been unable to survive. It was inevitable to usher in a population explosion. Now, the number of settlements in the Savage Highlands has exceeded 600, and there are nearly 200 tribes. In the past few hundred years, three large-scale 'states' have been established.
[Shangbang Meladia] is the largest economic center in the Savage Highlands and the only place where the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce branch is stationed. The prosperity here is comparable to the Anka Market in the northwest continent. Compared to the latter, it is probably only less than one-eighth of the latter.
[Zhanbang Daragabu] is located in the center of the Savage Highlands. Its core is a large-scale arena group. Competitions with generous rewards are held regularly. The only mercenary union in the Savage Highlands is located in the state. , countless mercenary groups come to poach every year.
[Gambling State Sirkos], also located in the center of the Savage Highlands, next to [War State Daragabu], is the largest casino in the entire continent... Note, it is the entire continent and not the entire northwest continent. Not one of them, even the famous gold-selling cave [Tianyuan] in the Free City is not half its size, and the gold coins that 'flow' through Silkos every day are dozens of times the average daily turnover of Anka Market .
Naturally, Hilkos has all kinds of extremely luxurious facilities, and is full of luxury and luxury, day and night. However, all of this has nothing to do with the highlanders. In fact, there are very few highlanders in Hilkos. It's so pitiful that even the maintainers of law and order are cobbled together by all the major underground forces. Although there are indeed some highlanders doing grassroots work here, they are just a drop in the ocean.
This is not the oppression of locals by outsiders. In fact, the major shareholders of [Gambling State] contribute a large amount of tax revenue every year to the highlanders, the nominal masters of this land. But most of this money will flow directly into the [Warring States] next door to maintain the arena and pay rewards to relevant personnel.
Because of this, for highlanders, the most lucrative job is to be a gladiator in the [Warring States]. Regardless of whether the performance is good or bad, at least there is no problem in living a life.
It’s just out of some inexplicable pride that few highlanders take the initiative to go to the [War States] in the hope of becoming a gladiator. At most, they can just fight a few casually so that the mercenary groups can poach them. It's just me, but in terms of professional gladiators, people of other races account for the majority.
To sum up, the life of the highlanders in the Savage Highlands is not only not rich, but even difficult. In the case of insufficient natural resources, even the majority of the adults have left their hometowns. Their own skills in hunting, including but not limited to food shortages, still plague the Highlanders as a race.
In this case...
"Leave aside those who like to wander outside, in the Savage Plateau, the vast majority of highlanders who have entered the [Decadence Period] will voluntarily leave the settlement."
While stroking the wine glass, which was extremely delicate compared to his big hand, Largo said calmly: "Many of them will choose to return to their hometown when they are approaching the age of forty, so that they can spend the last part of their lives away from home. Disputes and noises, those in the cultivating settlement who have hardly ever seen The newborn of the parents, and the length of this period depends on when the [Decadence Period] will come to the door."
Ji Xiaoge swallowed nervously and asked in a low voice: "Then... After the [period of decline] arrives..."
“Highlanders are strong and tough. After realizing this, most people will say goodbye to familiar people within half a month, and this period of time is enough to consume all the money they have accumulated in the past. Food.”
Largo shrugged and said calmly: "This may sound primitive, but for us highlanders, food has always had a different meaning. It is a very important and extremely cherishable hard currency, and Before returning home, highlanders who travel abroad will basically exchange all their savings for a space storage item and a large amount of portable and highly nutritious food.”
When Yaya heard this, he nodded immediately and echoed loudly: "Wang! Eating Wang is very important! Wang likes delicious food!"
"Haha, generally speaking, the more food there is, the more delicious food there is. Nutritious things are more expensive, and the more expensive things are, the easier it is to make them delicious, so in this sense, we will indeed bring a lot of delicious food when we return home.”
Largo blinked at Yaya and said cheerfully: "But before the [Decadence Period], the returnees who were responsible for educating children and teaching teenagers usually ate together with the people in the settlement, and hunted when they could. They give priority to eating prey, and when there is no prey, they take out their own food to share. Each settlement is different in this regard, so there is nothing to say, and after the [Decaline Period] comes... just like As I just said, most people will say goodbye before consuming their food reserves, and then leave the settlement alone.”
Because they had already expected it, everyone did not show any signs of shock. He just remained silent with a complex expression, and even Wang Badan didn't make any unnecessary remarks. After all, he was a mean-mouthed person, but he also knew what kind of person was worthy of respect.
Largo also smiled faintly and continued: "[The period of decline] will cause great physical and mental torture to us Highlanders. In the case of insufficient nutritional supply, we will be swallowed up by tremendous pain and eventually become It looks very miserable, and if you want to maintain your life and mental state, you will consume a huge amount of food, so leaving alone is the most rational and ideal choice."
"Then... what about after leaving?"< br>
Lujiang's pretty face turned pale and asked softly: "Will you walk more peacefully?"
"Then I don't know."
La Ergo happily spread his hands and drank the glass of wine in his hand: "After all, I have never died, nor have I experienced a period of decline, and the situation of our tribe cannot be used as a reference."
Wang Badan snorted and asked dully under the table: "But if all the people in the [Decadence Period] died outside, wouldn't your Savage Highlands be littered with corpses? Or is there someone specifically responsible for collecting them? The person with the corpse."
Neither Mo Tan nor Ji Xiaoge kicked him this time, because this was really just a normal question, not an offense.
“That’s not the case. In fact, there are no corpses everywhere in the Savage Highlands, and there are no people specifically responsible for collecting corpses.”
Largo gave Wang Ba Gu a piece of cake. Bread lowered his head and explained: "No one knows why, as long as he died in the [Decadence Period] For the Highlanders in the middle, there will be no corpses left. Well, in order not to affect everyone's appetite, I will keep it simple. If we die in the [Decadence Period], it will only take a few minutes for the place where we are to remain. There are only clothes left." Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned and it took a while to react.
"Largo, you mean, for such a big person..."
Jadeka frowned, raised his hand to gesture, and said in a deep voice: "It disappeared in one click?"
Largo shook his head and said with a smile: "It doesn't just disappear in a 'pop'. In fact, there is a process, but it is a little difficult to describe. In short, we basically have nothing in the end. will be left. "
Mo Tan nodded slightly, and then brought the topic back to the original point: "Then as you said before, generally speaking, no one will set up a cemetery in their own territory. Only the Qin tribe is the only one that has its own cemetery. Tribe...what do you mean?"
"Haha, even though it's okay to say it myself, I still feel happy when someone takes the initiative to ask."
Largo laughed and said quite proudly: "That's right, the reason why our 'Loya' tribe has a cemetery is because since nearly two hundred years ago, no one in our tribe has wanted to do what other tribesmen did in [Decline] [period] left everyone after arriving. Everyone who returns to his hometown is in In the end, they died in the tribe with almost no pain, while others were buried in their last clothes. Over time, our tribe’s cemetery took shape.”
Everyone looked at La La with beaming eyes. Ergo, clearly feeling his pride.
And the reason is not difficult to guess...
"I understand."
Mo Tan nodded slightly, and rarely poured himself a glass of wine to Largo He and Birger raised their glasses and said seriously: "It's because of the existence of the [Destruction King] mercenary group that your 'Loya' tribe has not had to worry about food problems in the past two hundred years, and it can even support those tribesmen who have entered the [Decadence Period], right? ”
Birger nodded vigorously, raised his chest and raised his head before his uncle and said loudly: "Yes! That's why I think everyone in the mercenary group is a hero!"
To be honest, this guy is actually pretty good. He has a handsome face and a clear and clear boyish voice. However, because he is too tall and strong, his innocent and loud voice is a bit inconsistent.
"Now we can indeed be called the heroes of the tribe, and in the future, the 'Loya' tribe will have new heroes like you."
Largo patted Looking over his nephew's shoulder, he immediately turned to Mo Tan and others and continued: "The people in our tribe are the longest-lived, and with more older people, the inheritance becomes more and more comprehensive, and the most important one is The inheritance is also the soul of our 'Loya' tribe, and it is this [Destruction King] mercenary group that was handed over to me."
Ji Xiaoge pursed his lips and asked very movedly. Said: "So, Mr. Largo, all members of your tribe are actually part of this mercenary group, right?"
"That's right, beautiful little girl, I used to be like me, and every young person in the tribe now is like Birger, who longs for this [Destruction King] mercenary group, and everyone will basically join the group for a period of time after they reach adulthood. "
Largo grinned at Ji Xiaoge and said cheerfully: "But we Highlanders generally only Marriage is internal, so couples who have children during adventures will be allowed to return to the tribe for a period of time, but for most people, rather than going back to enjoy a comfortable life, it is better to leave the children to the seniors who have retired. Well, for example, my younger sister, the couple have never even met Birger a few times, which is indeed a bit excessive. "
The big boy sitting next to him scratched his head and said with a smile: "I don't blame my parents."
"In short, this is our Luo. The Ya' tribe is a tribe that every member will be proud of, and the [Destruction King] mercenary group has already obtained the epic rating and has become A big guy with a fixed base and a stable membership of never less than 300 people."
Largo picked up the jug and poured a glass of wine for Mo Tan, and then directly touched the cup with him. , smiled and said: "But this time there are only more than thirty people going home with me to transport food. The others are working hard to complete their tasks."
Mo Tan nodded slightly, drank all the strong wine in the glass, and then coughed lightly: "Speaking of which, Captain Largo, I have one more thing to ask."
"Oh. ?”
Largo blinked and nodded: “You said.”
“I like you two new friends very much, and I also appreciate your kindness to Ye Ge and Lu Jiang. "
Mo Tan smiled, and then looked steadily into Largo's eyes: "But I still think that if Captain Largo just likes us, you should. He won’t talk to us that much, and he’ll just help us at most, so...is that what Director Harold meant, or do we have common acquaintances?”
"Well, I don't know who Director Harold is..."
"Well, I think so, so..."
"Zordon Nightcrawler from the Archaeologists Association, I I have a good relationship with him.”
“Eh?”
Chapter 1647: The End
(End of this chapter)