Arcane Lord

[Hidden Hand] The elemental passage planned by the three arcanists is not far to the north of Linshui Village, and Xia Duo is only a few steps away.

In fact, the temporary residence of those who dug the river channel has always been in Linshui Village, but now Xia Duo's own citizens have not yet been assigned to real houses, and those people only live in temporary work sheds.

Fortunately, it is summer now, so accommodation is relatively easy to solve.

Just walking a few steps to the north, Xia Duo heard an ups and downs, ups and downs voice, paired with some weird musical instruments, singing something. If you listened carefully, it turned out to be talking about the prosperous scene of the Elf Kingdom.

Xia Duo couldn't help but wonder, "Is there any bard coming here?"

Passing through the last row of uncut trees, Xia Duo saw under a big tree not far away, a dozen shirtless strong men were surrounding a tall and thin man, who was listening enthusiastically. !

The workers on the other side who were still repairing and moving logs would turn around from time to time, as if they could hear more clearly when they saw it.

The arrival of Xia Duo made the tall and thin man stop holding what looked like a makeshift musical instrument and stopped singing hymns. The onlookers were a little confused and followed the tall and thin man's gaze and looked behind them.

A strong man in the crowd suddenly stood up, took off his clothes from his waist, put them on haphazardly, then hurriedly walked towards Xia Duo and saluted respectfully, "Hunter has met the lord!"

Only then did everyone react, get dressed, and then salute. The sudden change here made the workers working on the other side a little commotion, but they quickly ran over.

"Lord Lord!"

Xia Duo accepted it calmly, and then waved his hand, "Those who should rest continue to rest, and others continue to work. Hunter, you come with me."

"Yes, Lord Lord!"

After the two left, the people who were resting began to work. Xia Duo saw it, but didn't say anything. When they came to a mound, Xia Duo asked:

"Weren't there fifty people when we came? I just counted them, why are there five missing?"

Seeing that the question was not about the singing performance just now, Hunter secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly answered:

"Sir, it's like this. Among the five people, one was attacked by a wild beast and died on the spot. The other two were bitten by poisonous insects and are being treated in Linshui Village. The last two were killed by Mr. Miles because they were adventurers. Joined the escort team."

"Guard team?" Sha Duo murmured.

This escort team is actually similar to the team led by Gibb. They were all transferred from Savile Leader, but the escort team here is used to protect these river diggers.

Miles had a total of twenty people, but he did not expect that he had already lost two. Including the total number of workers who were attacked by wild beasts, the total number of workers was less than 100 and three were lost.

This ratio is a bit large!

I don’t know what the situation is like over there in Linshui Village? When he just got off the ship, Xia Duo didn't ask for details, but Leiden had already given him some records of the territory, but he hadn't had time to read them yet.

"Hunter, this river needs to speed up the progress. This time I came to bring you 50 people, and there will be more in the future. I will arrange a clerk for you. You must do a good job in coordinating the work and be sure to do it in the shortest possible time. Open up the river inside."

"Yes, my lord,"

Looking at Hunter who slapped his chest loudly, Xia Duo nodded with satisfaction. In fact, he didn't know much about Hunter. He only knew from Thain that Hunter was a very capable manager.

Anyway, Xia Duo has been in the territory during this period, and he can correct it at any time if he finds something wrong.

Then, Shado explained some details, and Hunter nodded in agreement from time to time. While the two were talking, the heavily armed Miles came over with two men.

"Lord Shada!"

Probably getting the news, Chateau asked Hunter to leave first, and then asked Miles: "I heard that the escort lost two people. What is the situation?"

Normally, if we were just defending, there shouldn't be such a big loss. Two of twenty people died, a ten percent mortality rate. It had only been a few days. If this continued, there would be no one left behind.

When Miles heard this, his face turned a little gloomy, "Sir, they were two recruits. When they were cleaning out a den of wild wolves, they were bitten on the neck by a wild wolf in a hurry. When they were sent to Lord Layton, they were already dead."

Xia Duo was silent, feeling the fragility of life, and felt that the living environment of human beings was really bad! It is true that every piece of land is asking for life from nature!

Xia Duo had nothing to comfort him. These words were not suitable for him, and life and death were the responsibilities of these soldiers. After thinking about it, he said: "Pick two slightly younger soldiers with flexible minds and send them to Linshui Village. I will Arrange for people to train them.”

Sha Duo was preparing to equip the soldiers with magic scrolls. When he came this time, he brought Ava with him in order to train his men to use magic items.

His requirements are not high. They do not need to be able to guide fireballs like spellcasters. They only need to be able to use instant-activated phantom sound spells and blessing spells.

For them, auxiliary magic may be more suitable.

But Xia Duo is also looking forward to seeing his men equipped with a full set of magic equipment, armed to the teeth and fighting spellcasters. He has even thought of a name for this unit.

Borrowing the name of a military unit from a game, it is called - Spell Breaker.

Just from this name, you can tell what Shado's expectations are for them, and it all starts with a simple training now.

Next, Xia Duo chatted with Miles for a few more words, mainly talking about the situation that required his cooperation in the subsequent river digging work. When more river digging workers come, there will be more soldiers. These soldiers Will give it to Miles.

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Back in Linshui Village, Priest Leiden has registered the new workers he brought this time and is arranging for them to build their own temporary work sheds. There are a lot of materials in the forest, not to mention that the Daxia Territory has been developed for such a long time. I don’t know how much I have accumulated a long time ago.

Considering that the river is being dug in the north, which will produce a lot of earth and wood, Xia Duo is already considering building a brick kiln. There is a brick kiln in Savile Territory. He has also seen the bricks produced. They are far less strong than stone. Basically, an adult People can break it.

These bricks are usually used to build low walls in small villages in the Savile Territory. When the bricks are too high, they cannot bear the bricks. The low walls are built and then used to build houses with wooden boards or other materials.

The real wall is still made of stone.

Before Xia Duo traveled through time, he must have fantasized about his own time travel, but how crazy it would be to actually prepare for the time travel!

Sha Duo had never learned much about the brick kiln in detail. He probably only knew that it was like making bread, where the soil was wetted and made into lumps, and then burned.

No specific details are known.

Fortunately, he doesn't need very high-quality bricks. He just wants to use up the obviously redundant earth and wood. Burning them into bricks, even if they are used to pave the floor, is better than now!