Chapter 229 The loyalty of the frost people, the invention of canned food, and ice silkworm sashimi
The wind and snow roared, and the sound of horse hooves was drowned in the vast snowfield.
With this great victory, every cavalryman could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, and cast their respectful eyes on the young baron who led them.
Phokas leaned over to pick up the ax handle buried in the snow, pushed aside the ice and snow on the ax body, looked at the shiny ice ax, and exhaled a breath of white mist.
“The trophies captured are of great value.”
"Snow monsters are said to be descendants of frost giants and have certain forging skills." Yeats took the ice-made warhammer handed over by Helga, looked at it, and muttered:
"I'm using ice essence On the basis of this material, there is also a little bit of mithril, which is actually of high quality... This war hammer belongs to you, Helga."
The lion girl was stunned, and then she was overjoyed and held it up with both hands. The warhammer had a long handle, kneeling on one knee in front of Yeats's saddle, and said excitedly:
"Thank you, Lord!"
Yeats nodded slightly.
"There are a lot of ice materials in these weapons, with frost elements." Forkas looked around at the weapons buried in the wind and snow, "This kind of ice will not melt even if it encounters fire, and it is lighter than steel. Harder... I heard that the Great Wall of Neverwinter is entirely made of ice. "So, there might be ice mineral veins in the snow forest?" Helga was surprised.
"It's very possible." Phokas nodded seriously.
"The snow monsters are not as good at mining as the dwarves. I speculate that in their gathering areas, they enslaved the frost people to work for them."
Yeats paused for a moment and said : "Although the Frost People are uncivilized barbarians, they are still human beings after all. If there is a chance, we should also incorporate them as well."
"The frost people are nomadic people who believe in the goddess of winter, right? Can they speak human language?" Helga asked.
As a linguist, Yeats nodded and said: "The frost people speak a language similar to the northern dialect, and the frost people are excellent hunters and shepherds. If they can get The loyalty of the frost people is also a good thing for Chenshuang Ridge."
Forkas frowned slightly: "The frost people are barbaric and difficult to train. Even if they are rescued from the snow monster, it may not be possible. Willing to surrender to us."
Yeats said with a smile: "Seven captures and seven attempts."
"What do you mean by seven captures and seven attempts?"
Yeats did not answer, but patted the old knight on the shoulder and said with a smile:
"Based on the frost people, we can even build a Frostwolf Cavalry team belonging to our Morning Frost Ridge. By then, this cavalry team will The team is also under your command, Phokas."
Phokas was stunned and said with emotion: "I will live up to your expectations, Master!"
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Deep in the snow forest, in an ancient glacier cave.
A pair of ice-blue cold eyes looked coldly at Yeats who was several miles away.
This is a large monster with a terrifying head shape and two horns on top of its head, like a white-haired orangutan, but it has sinister eyes like humans.
Shuanghou wasn't originally called this name. He earned this title that symbolized bravery only after he broke his brother's head and won the tribal duel.
His wisdom and ambition are far beyond those of his peers.
It was he who led the snow monsters to kill the leaders of the frost people, and forcibly captured these humans as slaves.
From Frosthowler's point of view, humans are no different from wolfhounds.
Until today, when secretly confronting the human boy in the distance, Shuanghou felt a little bit of trouble for the first time.
He was not absolutely sure that he could defeat this human being head-on. He was even worried that once he appeared, he might not be able to leave.
Therefore, even if all the outposts fell, Frosthowl did not leave the territory it was familiar with in the snow forest.
In the battle of high-level people, geographical location is very important. Being familiar with geographical location means being familiar with the creative field there, and you can use the elements and mana of this place faster.
Shuanghou has lived in this snow forest since he was a child.
In the outside world, he may not be that human's opponent, but if a human enters the snow forest, Shuanghou is confident that he will never come back!
“Once he enters the snow forest, he will become my defeat!”
Shuanghou thought:
“Unless he can destroy the entire snow forest in one fell swoop. , Huh, that’s impossible!”
That night.
Shuanghou has not left this glacier cave and is still secretly monitoring the human village on the edge of the snow forest.
He and his people have been coveting the food in this village for a long time.
Unlike the skinny frost people, these humans are extremely delicious in Frostmaw’s eyes!
“This group of humans has settled down in the village. Night is usually the time when humans are least prepared.”
Shuanghou's eyes were deep, and he stood up suddenly, holding an ice-breaking battle ax in his hand, making a secret decision, and said coldly:
"I will go alone tonight, and I will make them pay with blood!"
Shuanghou stepped out of the cave and was suddenly stunned. On the treetop in front of him, there was a snow-white owl with bright eyes, staring motionlessly at him.
Suddenly, Shuanghou felt a chill, and he didn't realize when the snowy owl broke in.
This shows that it is at least a king-level monster to avoid his detection!
Already being targeted? But when?
Shuanghou's heart is cold, his face is cold, and there is a cunningness in his eyes that is rare for the snow monster family, and he spits out a mouthful of ice mist!
He tried to escape by hiding in the ice mist.
But, it’s too late!
Shuanghou was shocked to find that the scenery in all directions was changing rapidly.
The familiar snow forest has long since disappeared, and an extremely unfamiliar building surrounds itself: rows of cabinets hold a kind of picture album called "book" by humans, the snow on the ground has turned into wooden boards, and the dome above the head towers into the clouds.
A stronger sense of crisis climbed into Shuanghou's heart.
This environment has no advantage for him at all, not to mention that Shuanghou has not yet figured out what kind of method this is, and it can quickly change the surrounding environment!
At this time, a figure walked slowly from the high stairs.
Shuanghou's eyes suddenly widened, he clenched the handle of the ax in his hand, and stared at the silver-haired boy: "It's you? What kind of trick did you use!"
"It turns out that you can speak human language. It seems that you are very intelligent. No wonder you can achieve high levels."
Yeats held the silver oak sword in his hand and said calmly: "However, you are still too careless. If It wasn't your arrow that exposed his whereabouts. It would take some effort to find you."
"Now -" Yeats deliberately protracted his words, suddenly raised the edge of his sword, and struck out in a round. The bright moonlight sword light.
Zheng!
Shuang Roar was barely able to avoid it, and became furious: "You human being is so shameless, you actually attacked me secretly!"
"How can you talk about the truth with an evil heretic like you!" Yeats was righteous and stern, adding evil words.
Frost roared with rage, and swung his battle ax to fight back. The ax blade glowed with a cold light, and the heavy ax fell, as if a cold wave had set off, and all the bookcases in the illusion froze into ice!
The illusion weakened Frost Roar's geographical advantage, causing his perception of the frost element to plummet. Although the power of this ax was strong, Yeats was able to take it head-on!
Cang!
The sword edge collided with the battle axe, stirring up extremely cold energy.
There was a clanging sound of metal, and Shuanghou looked at Yeats parrying the battle ax in disbelief.
This human being is so weak that he did not dodge, but resisted my heavy blow?
In an instant, Yeats's sword stabbed at Shuanghou's throat, eyes, heart and other vital parts like a gust of wind!
Combat Skill·Blade Hua Wu.
In just a few moments, he can unleash an airtight sword move that can easily scratch him when fighting a strong enemy, but he can completely suppress a strong enemy when he is weak!
Clang!
Shuanghou was forced to defend with his battle ax, but it was full of flaws. In just three rounds, he was already shocked.
There is also a gap between high circles. Although Shuanghou is the "first Batulu" among the snow monsters, the blessings on Yeats are beyond the imagination of Shuanghou!
Bah!
The sword edge cut off Shuanghou's arm, and blood spattered everywhere. Shuanghou's heart felt cold. He wanted to escape, but he couldn't find a way out!
Between life and death, Shuanghou roared loudly, the sound was deafening:
"Spare my life!!"
Yeats's eardrums were buzzing, and he thought this snow monster was going to throw some big move, but he saw He knelt down and begged for mercy.
"You need a map of the snow forest, right? I can give you all the maps of the Frostmaw tribe and the snow forest. I just ask you to spare my life!"
Environment in the snow forest It is a bad place, with monsters infested and traps everywhere. Without the help of the spirit of nature, the importance of the map is self-evident.
Yeats narrowed his eyes and said: "I want a map, can you give it to me now?"
"No...but I know the specific number of people in our tribe, and the number of extraordinary people..."
Shuanghou kowtowed and poured out all the information he knew.
Yeats relied on his amazing memory to write down everything and secretly deduced.
Based on the information that has been discovered, some of this information is true or false. There are several traps that Shuanghou did not explain clearly at all, but he did give a lot of useful information.
This snow monster has such a strong desire to survive that it even betrays its companions. In the final analysis, it is just a man-eating monster and must be dealt a heavy blow!
Yeats looked cold, sheathed his sword, swung his sword to disperse the illusion, and said indifferently: "Let's go."
This is actually an illusion! Shuanghou was shocked and casually used a large-scale illusion to change the environment. This was clearly the specialty of the illusionist!
Illusionists have always been physically weak, but he was able to get close to me and completely crush me... Shuanghou's heart was filled with bitterness, and he had no intention of fighting. He was only grateful to have saved his life, trembling. Turn around.
boom! !
The arcane missile blasted by Snow Owl hit Shuanghou's back.
Shuanghou fell to the ground, turned his head in shock and anger, and said: "You..."
Yeats pulled out his flintlock pistol and sighed:
"No, Are you really leaving?”
Bang bang bang!
Bullets poured out.
For the sake of stability, Yeats also asked Snow Owl to throw several rounds of arcane missiles. After repairing the sword, Yeats nodded with confidence.
Now it is quite easy to kill a fourth-ring transcendent alone.
Yeats picked up the pistol and nodded secretly.
There is no operation, it all depends on my sweat and unremitting efforts to be invincible!
Is Hastings strong? It's just a sixth ring, wait until I upgrade both the Ring of Life and Snow Owl to the sixth ring, and rely on the crowd tactics to control him!
“Gu!”
Snow Owl used the levitation technique to pick up Shuanghou’s battle ax and handed it to Yeats.
My own snow owl comes with its own equipment to pick up, and has a unique magical vision that can distinguish the value of equipment. Yeats does not have to worry about missing good things.
Frost Roar's battle ax is called 'Icebreaker'. It is a rare weapon made of ice essence and mithril and is worth more than two thousand gold coins.
Whitefish Port is currently building a coastal fortress to prevent pirates.
Because the research and development of shore defense artillery required a large amount of gold coins, the sale of this weapon just relieved Yeats's urgent need.
"This guy is a poor guy, he doesn't even have a space bag." Yeats rubbed his chin, "But if we deal with him, it will be much easier to take down the snow forest."
Late night.
Yeats brings a blood-stained package to Phocas.
Fokas opened the package and was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened with shock: "Master, did you kill Frost Roar by yourself?"
"Use it to hit Snow. Weird morale." Yeats said, "The follow-up command of the Snow Forest Battlefield will be left to you, Phokas."
Yeats also plans to return to Morning Frost Ridge and continue to work on his glass canning factory.
He has placed great hopes on cans. This epoch-making invention can even change the pattern of ocean exploration and military logistics. Earning gold coins is a matter of course!
Phokas nodded vigorously and said: "I will not let you down!"
In just two days, Phokas led the troops with overwhelming force, and the troops pointed directly at the Frostmaw tribe in the heart of the snow forest.
Because Frost Roar was killed by Yeats, the Frostmaw tribe was leaderless.
Yeats adopted Rich's strategy and asked him to use the corpse of a snow monster to act as an internal agent. He set off a fire under the cover of night and cooperated with the cavalry led by Fokas inside and outside to defeat the effective strength of the snow monster.
The remaining snow monsters fled in all directions. Helga led the Manticore team to defeat them one by one. The battle in the snow forest seemed to be a great victory!
The frost people who were captured by the snow monster did not trust Yeats's troops, who were also humans. How to deal with them was also a problem.
Rich already believed that Yeats was the lord who could help him resurrect Isolde, so he simply stopped pretending and came up with all the hard work.
He suggested that if the frost people were unwilling to surrender, they could simply use disease rays on the snow monsters, and then throw the bodies of the snow monsters into the frost people's base...
Yeats: "It's a good suggestion. Very good, don’t suggest it next time.”
The number of frost people is about a thousand, which is equal to the size of a village, and each of them is a nomadic expert. Yeats still hopes that they can serve Chenshuang Ridge.
Therefore, Yeats personally met with the leader of the Frost People and summoned the snow leopard in front of him, revealing his identity as the envoy of winter.
The elderly frost man with pale temples and wearing a bearskin immediately burst into tears. He led his cronies in the camp to kneel down to Yeats and said that the frost man would swear allegiance to Morning Frost Ridge. .
In order to show loyalty, the leader of the frost people even proposed to send his daughter to Chenshuang Ridge to serve as a hostage.
This is more of a trust in the Goddess of Winter. In this leader's opinion, his daughter can also benefit a lot from following the Goddess of Winter, and she may be able to lead the frost people after she has learned a lot.
Her daughter’s name was [Hogus], and Yeats had some impression of her.
After the frost people in the plot, she has flowing silver hair, a big bow made of ice, and a huge frost wolf.
Hogus in the plot made an outstanding performance in the battle between the Golden Lion humans and the orcs, but he didn’t expect to meet him here.
Compared with the silver-haired queen in the future, Hogus at this time was just a little white-haired lolita chewing her fingers, and her mount Frost Wolf was as big as a small dog.
Yeats accepted the allegiance of the Frostmen, but did not agree with Hogus to follow him.
A good hero-level SR card, what if it becomes disabled?
Yeats gave some kind words to the leader of the Frost People, saying that he was willing to teach his daughter knowledge for free, but you Frost People were better at archery and wolf training.
These words touched the heart of the leader of the Frost People, making his eyes even more enthusiastic.
The frost folk have one big advantage: taming wolves.
The domesticated frost wolf will become an excellent mount, and can also provide a basis for the establishment of new units in Morning Frost Ridge.
After the Battle of Snow Forest, not only were the hidden dangers of establishing a new seaport eliminated, but an ice mineral vein and a small amount of mithril mine accompanying it were obtained, and the loyalty of the frost people was gained.
But how to manage snow forests still needs to be recognized by the spirit of nature.
Yeats sent Phocas to search for the whereabouts of the spirit of nature in the snow forest. At the same time, he wrote a letter to Lena, saying that he had a new business here, and included the canned samples. Send.
The moon and stars are sparse.
Under night, a snowy owl flew into the brightly lit tent.
After a while, the dwarf guarding the tent yawned, and suddenly heard cheerful laughter coming from the tent.
"Baron Yeats, what a genius!"
Although the Golden Lion Kingdom does not have a patent law, it does have a "patent charter", which was originally granted monopoly rights and later became a tool to protect technological innovation.
In Lena’s view, the canned food invented by Baron Yeats and the food preservation method behind it have great commercial potential, and can make huge profits within the ten years when the ‘charter’ is in effect!
This deal cannot be financed by the Starlight Chamber of Commerce alone, and it must be done through the cooperation of the Adventurers Chamber of Commerce and the Beluga Chamber of Commerce.
Lena was already looking forward to the surprised reaction of Anthony and the owner of the Beluga Chamber of Commerce when they faced the canned food.
Even the name of Baron Yeats will continue to spread with the popularity of cans in the ocean-going fleet!
Morning Frost Ridge, Sword Winter Castle.
In the study, Yeats asked Gray about patent law. Gray scratched her head and said:
“I don’t quite understand what a patent is, but the Golden Lion Kingdom There is a code called "Monopoly Law", which is used to protect inventions... Do you want me to recite it to you?"
Yeats smiled: "I know there is this law, that's all. By the way, can you recite this kind of law?”
"Of course!" Gray proudly puffed up her chest and said, "I have worked hard on this!"
Yeats smiled and said, "When will your elder come to pick you up?"
"It only happened in the past two days. She didn't say the specific date...Oh, by the way, have I told you?" Gray said seriously.
Yeats was stunned: "What did you say?"
"The third elder is a green dragon and has a bad temper. You'd better not make her angry..." Gray He glanced at Yeats angrily.
"Green dragon." Yeats rubbed his chin and said, "When she comes to Chenshuang Ridge, should I treat her to a meal?"
"What to eat?" Gray was stunned. asked.
Yeats stretched out a finger and said:
"There is a specialty in the snow forest called ice silkworm. It is white and fat, and ice-cold. Whether it is made into sashimi or Braised in brown sauce, it tastes quite delicious!”
Gray’s face suddenly became very strange, turning blue as if she was about to feel sick:
"Ice silkworm...sashimi?!"
"Don't worry, I will make the ice silkworm delicious and treat you and the third elder to a meal!" Yeats said seriously.
Grace changed her mind: "I won't eat!!"
(End of this chapter)