In the conference room, after the buzzing commotion caused by Thorne's words, a strange silence filled the room.

The lord of Twilight Town, Sarayan, glanced at the quiet Thorne with a complicated look, and he tapped the table with the council hammer in his hand weakly.

With a crisp sound, it immediately attracted everyone's attention, except for the ranger with slightly drooping eyes.

Then, without being disturbed, he carefully read the contents recorded on the sheepskin scroll in one breath, and began to discuss important issues.

"The reason why I called you here in advance, I think everyone has been very clear in their hearts when they came."

Salayan put his hands on the table and played with the empty beer mug with one hand. Facing the face reflected on the glass, he said in a tone that seemed to be talking to himself:

"Today, the threat of the Emerald Wilds has been almost eliminated by us, which also proves that this uncompromising wilderness has finally been conquered by us.

We now have two options before us. The first is to gradually explore the Great Sword Mark Mountains to expand more territories and obtain more natural resources for us. What do you think of this proposal? "

After Sarajan finished speaking, he looked around without seeing any opinion, waiting for everyone's answer.

"I think it's a good idea to start exploring the Great Sword Mark Mountains, and it can be implemented."

The silence did not remain for too long. Avatar from Stallman Town answered first. His slender fingers tapped the table rhythmically and gently, and said to everyone:

"The Great Sword Mark Mountains used to be an impenetrable 'high wall' on the entire Corina Peninsula. It is precisely because the terrifying evil creatures in the mountain range are often rampant, which leads to the emerald field of green pine and cypress and wild beasts. .

In the depths of the Dajianhen Mountains, among the rugged and difficult mountains, there are hill giants eyeing tigers. The gnolls, ogres, goblins, trolls, and some terrifying dark creatures that haunt the dark and dark places that make their home in mountain mines.

We can imagine how much danger this Watch Fortress in the Falling Dragon Canyon faces. Because of this, it is imperative to explore the Great Sword Mark Mountains and take precautions against them. "

After answering, Avatar bowed slightly politely and sat down on the chair again.

The reason why he supports the exploration of the Great Sword Mark Mountains, as he said, does have the meaning of taking precautions before it happens.

But the real reason is that Stallman Town is the closest to the Fortress Fortress and even the Great Sword Mark Mountains.

Although the threat of the mountains has been blocked by the fortress, there are still a few restless evil creatures from beyond the canyon, over the mountains to the emerald field.

They are the first to bear the brunt.

For nearly three years, Stallman has suffered as often as a sunny day in the Emerald Fields by small-scale tribal infestations.

At worst, when the Watcher Fortress fell, Stallman was the first to face the crisis.

Therefore, he did not want to bet this uncertainty factor on the fortress never falling.

And exploring the Great Sword Mark Mountains means that the power of the entire alliance will concentrate on the edge of the mountain, and then take the initiative to launch an attack to clean up all the threatening evil tribes around.

Otherwise, as it is now, since the fortress was established, it has always been in a state of passive defense.

"That's right." Helm, the lord of Iron Horse Town, saw that Avatar had finished speaking, and didn't care that the two had a territorial dispute just now, and chose to get up and help:

"Your Excellency Avatar is right. In fact, we are not only facing the original dangers of the mountains, but also more deadly hidden dangers hiding in the dark, threatening our safety all the time."

Hulme deliberately sold a pass, and after his solemn eyes noticed that most people's eyes were all attracted, he continued:

"The threat is the gnolls and the giants of the hills, although these evil humanoid tribes suffered heavy losses due to the failure of the attack when the Fortress of Watch was established, and have since languished.

But everyone must not forget one thing, the gnolls in the Great Sword Mark Mountains are the demon lords who believe in the 422nd floor of the bottomless abyss, the 'King of the Gnolls Yenogu'. The fight against the gnolls has never ceased since we were in the Emerald Fields.

At the same time, there are the remnants of the Heruk Hobgoblin who escaped into the depths of the mountains. With the passage of time, I believe that these evil tribes that have not been eradicated will definitely develop and grow with the help of the racial gods, and then launch a Crazy revenge battles.

I think you should be very clear about one thing, our hatred with the hobgoblins will never end, unless one of them is completely destroyed. "

Helm finished his comments and took his seat again.

Most people started whispering about the true meaning of the words of the two speakers.

At this time, Thorne also showed a thoughtful look.

However, he soon wanted to understand the real reason why the two lords were so supportive of the proposal.

So he glanced at Carlos next to him, and began to wonder what reason the other party would use to refute this proposal.

"I object!"

As expected by Thorne, the buzzing discussion was interrupted by the sonorous and powerful voice of Carlos in the town of Falls.

I saw him get up slowly, meet the eyes of everyone, clear his throat with seriousness, and confirm to everyone:

"Our Watcher Fortress is located in the Falling Dragon Canyon, next to the edge of the Great Sword Mark Mountains. The best shortcut to the mountains is through the two forests, the Dark Forest and the Deep Sky. I'm right."

Most of the people nodded subconsciously, and a few showed the look that you said this is not nonsense.

"Talk about the key points." Sarajan obviously knew the style of the other party's speech, so he tapped the hammer to remind him.

Carlos smiled slightly and continued: "Although you all know that the two forests are close to the fortress, you don't know what danger is hidden in the depths of the forest, because no one has explored the deepest part of the jungle."

His words deliberately paused, silent for a moment, and when everyone was a little impatient, he opened his mouth and said:

"It seems that most of the people sitting here do not know that these two jungles are the most deadly and dangerous places in the entire mountain range, so I will tell you in detail.

The environment is unbearably hot and humid, the roadless jungle is home to all kinds of evil insects and snake-human races, every bush and vine is deadly enough to strangle, and under every large bush is There may be hundreds of scaled, clawed, fang-toothed monsters lurking.

Giant sunshade spiders, ant legions, ferocious spiders, scavengers, and even purple worms hang upside down on vines under trees hundreds of meters high, in the endless darkness where mushrooms and sunlight can never reach Crawling and running, in..."

"So, you've sent someone to explore those places in advance?" Sarajan interrupted Carlos, who painted the jungle so vividly, as if he were there.

"That's right." The words were interrupted, and Carlos didn't care. He smiled lightly at Sarajan, and then nodded lightly.

"In other words, what you mean is that it is not recommended to explore the Great Sword Mark Mountains." Salayan looked at the empty wine glass beside him while asking for the other party's opinion.

It's a pity that sitting next to him is Horat. Compared with Thorne, he looks even more inconspicuous, and it is impossible to expect the other party to give him a new glass of bubbly beer.

"It's not that I don't recommend it. The real reason is that with our current strength, it's not the best time to explore the mountains. If we want to bypass these two jungles, we are too far from the fortress. In short, we should march into the mountains now. It's a bit of a loss.”

After Carlos explained to Salayan, he sat down in his seat and stopped talking.

"Then what will we do if we wait until the gnolls and hobgoblins grow up." A bearded wind knight in Iron Horse Town looked at Carlos.

"What else can I do? Of course it's defense." Carlos shrugged and smiled.

"We have a fortress with dangerous terrain, and there is a temple of wisdom with great growth potential in the fortress. If even these enemies can't resist, then we deserve to perish here, it is better to reopen as soon as possible."

Carlos put his arm on the table, while playing with the ruby ​​ring on his finger, he smiled and said:

"Furthermore, it is impossible for the Hobgoblin and Gnoll to set off a monstrous wave in a short period of time. I have to say that this is definitely the time that the Godslayer deliberately left us to develop.

Then we can't waste this opportunity in vain. The first problem to consider now is to convert the resources of the Emerald Field into strength, rather than meaningless external expansion. "

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the landscape painting on the wall and the inscription of the dead wood master, glanced around, and said in a meaningful tone:

"If I expected it well, in the Battle of Conferred God three years ago, all participants gained at least one background feat and a little reputation. Each of your towns must be cultivating some very potential elite players, right? ."

When everyone heard the words, there was an unnatural smile on their faces.

Obviously, the other party guessed very correctly.

This includes Thorne not refuting his words in his heart.

Not only did the lords secretly cultivate elite warriors, but so did his Emerald Tower.

In fact, there is nothing to hide, everyone knows it well, it is nothing more than a hidden hole card.

Their methods are surprisingly consistent.

That is, I would rather let the strength of these people with good potential improve slowly, and also keep the advanced tasks as high as possible.

After all, with the end of the Conferred God Battle, many people who have not advanced to the extraordinary level have satisfied the most difficult background expertise in the perfect advanced level.

This also means that as long as these people fulfill a few other relatively simple conditions, many perfect and extraordinary players will be mass-produced.

Then, people with great potential are selected from these groups for key training.

In the future, this is definitely an elite that cannot be ignored.

Carlos was not surprised, he smiled and said confidently: "If that's the case, why don't we use the periphery of the fortress as a leveling point to improve our strength, for elite players to grow and sharpen their combat skills, but instead Let it go into a never-ending struggle."

"Carlos is right, I agree to temporarily give up exploring the Great Sword Mark Mountains." As soon as he finished speaking, Sarayan nodded without hesitation.

It can be seen from the resolute expression that this guy has already made up his mind, but he is not in a hurry to express his position.

On the other side, Gust from Far Mountain Town hurriedly bumped Garrod beside him with his elbow.

The sleepy lord of Yuanshan Town shook his head, looked at his friend, and immediately agreed: "I also agree to give up the proposal to explore the mountains."

The people of Iron Horse Town and Stallman Town began to hesitate.

What the other party said was very reasonable. If they were told to give up this plan, the two towns that would have the greatest impact would definitely be the two of them.

And there is a most critical point. If this proposal is cancelled, the next plan to build a city will be mentioned.

"Now is really not the time to explore the Great Sword Mark Mountains." Thorne pondered for a while, then stood up suddenly.

I saw him deliberately glanced at Avatar in Stallman Town and Hulme in Iron Horse Town, and continued:

"As for you worrying about the safety of the fortress, I don't think it is necessary at all. I won't say much about how strong the west wall of the fortress is. Everyone sitting here should know better than I am the nominal head of the fortress."

When Thorne said the last sentence without blushing and heartbeat, it caught the eyes of most people, especially the three deputy leaders of the Golden Thorn Rose Knights.

However, he didn't care and said calmly:

"As for the Temple of Wisdom, when it was built at a huge cost, I think you have long expected that the construction standard of this temple is higher than the wizard tower in the town of waterfalls.

But what you don't know is that from the moment the temple is truly completed, its energy field and influence can cover almost the entire emerald field and protect us all. "

"Is this true?" A look of surprise flashed in Avatar's golden eyes.

Others also looked at this calm and calm ranger as always.

"That's right." Thorne nodded slightly, which reassured the Asmo player.

"But in my opinion, only the architectural part and overall outline of the temple should be completed." Helm of Iron Horse Town frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said:

"As for the important divine guidance, protection spells, rune marking, attack methods, etc. of the temple, Your Excellency Thorne, I am afraid it has not been started yet."

Iron Horse Town itself has the largest number of wizards in the wilderness area. As a lord, as long as he observes carefully, he can still see the progress of the temple.

"Since you all mentioned this issue, as the main person in charge of building the temple, I have to mention it." Thorne said in a flat tone:

"The resources spent on the establishment of the temple come from the full support of all of us, but with the improvement of the completion of the temple, the fees paid by each of your small towns on time seem to be a bit stretched, only enough for maintenance and daily consumption, what else can we talk about? further improvement.”