Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 209 The dust has settled
"By the way, what did you just say?"

After dealing with this mysteriously confident drow, Levi turned his gaze to Heather next to him.

"nothing."

Heather let go of the hand that was holding someone, silently turned around after taking half a step, took a deep breath, and regained her composure.

Well, she admitted that she had already overestimated this human being, but she didn't expect that what he did would still be so shocking.

This is a drow bishop who is proficient in spider transformation. Normally, it takes at least a hundred drow warriors to deal with him, but now he is weaker than a chicken.

He was killed in just one move...

"To be honest, I thought she was going to use some powerful moves, so I waited for her transformation with some anticipation, but this is the result?"

The lord came before the drow and looked at the beautiful headless corpse. He shook his head as if lamenting the loss of a beautiful flower.

"Drag her out and burn her, lest she learn some necromancy resurrection magic."

Levi waved his hand, and an orc barbarian immediately trotted out dragging the corpse, leaving a trail of blood on the ground.

When dealing with a priest who is proficient in magic, you can never be too careful. After all, he can even control the spider form, so it is hard to say what other unpopular magic he may know.

"Lady Florina, I'm sure Fujiro still has a lot to report to you. And Queen Ashe, your warriors are in need of a king's leadership right now."

Levi turned his gaze towards the two outsiders in the tent. Although he had a smile on his face, his intention to drive them away was obvious.

The Lord of High Cliff Castle must have some little secrets, but Florina did not delve too much into it. Everyone has secrets, and if she delved into them, then she would have nothing to do.

The Elf Queen was not very familiar with the Lord of High Cliff Castle, not to mention that the Lord had brought troops to support her, so she had no intention of inquiring.

The two said goodbye and left the tent.

"Clear the area!" Levi snapped his fingers.

At the critical moment, Zat was able to distinguish the importance of the matter. He touched his heels together, saluted, and immediately turned around and ran away.

A moment later, fully armed Gaoyabao warriors came in groups and surrounded the tent in three layers, trying not to let even a fly in.

Fed's archers began to occupy high ground, drawing their bows and arrows, and scanning the surroundings with their eyes as sharp as eagles. A snowbird that had just flown over their heads was instantly shot and fell down in a spin.

Next came the cavalry squad that had just joined Gaoya Castle. They patrolled around like a gust of wind, and their iron hooves rolled like thunder when they landed on the ground.

In just less than ten ounces of time, the initial chaotic noise of the gathering had disappeared.

The hobgoblin Leiden watched all this and sighed sincerely, "Sir, your subordinates are truly too elite. Only now do I finally understand the extent of what humans mean by "obeying orders and prohibiting prohibitions."

"Your group of people is not bad, at least much stronger than other wild people." Levi glanced at the people outside with some surprise.

Although it cannot be said that orders are enforced, at least the outlines of a qualified army have been taken shape.

"I once bought some basic military books from a human caravan." Leiden said with some regret: "Later, I wanted to buy some advanced books, but they said they wouldn't sell anything."

Although it has awakened its innate wisdom and its intelligence far exceeds that of its peers, this does not mean that it is omniscient and omnipotent. Awakening its innate wisdom has only raised its lower limit, and the upper limit still needs to be supplemented through learning.

Levi didn't expect that this earth elf was so studious and inquisitive. This changed his impression of him a lot. After all, Lord Li was the only one in Gaoyabao who was studious and inquisitive and studied late into the night.

"This is normal. The Duke of the North has always had very strict control over the wilderness. Although it has been relaxed a lot in recent years, things like ironware and books containing important knowledge are strictly prohibited from being circulated in the wilderness."

"When we get back to Highcliff Castle, you can see whatever you want."

"Thank you, sir." Leighton showed a little surprise on his face and bowed very respectfully.

The lord nodded, then walked into the tent and sat down on the main seat with a majestic look: "Now let's talk business."

Looking up, I saw Sam, Gus, Layton and Heather, who had just joined Highcliff Castle, from left to right in the tent.

As for Zat and Mir, they were standing on his left and right with their heads held high and chests puffed out with pride, acting as his two generals.

As for the other three drow priests, they are still being held in the elven tribe and have not been brought here.

Levi looked at Heather, "I heard from Gus and the others that you relied on the Primordial Blood Crystal to unite the leaders of these wilderness tribes."

This is also the reason why Levi cleared the scene. Currently, he is the only one who knows about the Original Blood Crystal. Fujiro, Sikai and Florina are all kept in the dark.

Before they tortured the information out of other captives, he just had to take possession of the Original Blood Crystal first. Even if they knew about it afterwards, they could only sigh in despair.

After all, everyone knows the principle of first come, first served.

Just now he took a few glances at the drow elf. With just that little piece of cloth, not to mention the primordial blood crystal hidden inside, it was clearly visible.

As for space rings or something like that, I don't have any.

Although space equipment does exist in this world, it is very rare and not everyone can have it.

Almost everyone knew that Levi possessed space equipment, and he did not deliberately hide it.

If there are those who are so ignorant as to covet his space equipment, the Lord would not mind letting them know what sting enforcement is.

This question attracted not only the Lord, but also Gus and Zat's fiery gazes.

The former came here just for the Original Blood Crystal, and as for the latter, after he tortured the Original Blood Crystal out of the Pig-Headed Man, Zat has been obsessed with it ever since.

Now its strength growth has begun to slow down, and it really wants to make progress.

Therefore, he had to turn his attention to other external objects that could enhance his strength, and prepare to keep pace with the "Gift from the God of War".

"Actually..." Heather, who was about to say something, looked at the hopeful people and could only say carefully: "If you are talking about this primordial blood crystal, we do have it."

She stood up and walked to a corner of the tent, and took out a blood-red crystal from a wooden box.

This tent is where Ilea lives alone. All her things are kept in it. They had all agreed on the original blood crystal, so they knew where it was.

Gus' heart couldn't help but beat violently, his eyes fixed on the red crystal.

It never thought that the thing it had always loved would one day be so close to it.

The lord walked forward, took it in his hand, looked at it for a few seconds, then shook his head and laughed, and threw it at Gus like he was throwing away garbage.

This frightened the burly horseman, who hurriedly took it in his hand as if it were a treasure, and then couldn't help but glance at the lord with resentment. How rich is this? He really doesn't treat the treasure as a treasure, right?

Gus had always heard that the humans in the south were so rich that they used all their food to feed pigs, while his tribe was still worried about food. Today he finally saw it for himself.

"That's not right. When we first saw this Primordial Blood Crystal, we could clearly feel our blood boiling. It was almost exactly the same as the effect of improving our bloodline."

Leighton looked closer for a while and frowned. To him, this blood crystal was no different from an ordinary red crystal.

"Is that what you mean?" Heather smiled mysteriously, and a barely perceptible light instantly fell on everyone.

The next moment, everyone felt hot all over and their blood was boiling.

"This is a castrated version of bloodthirsty magic. It only makes people's blood boil, so there is almost no trace of the casting."

Looking at the stunned centaurs and hobgoblins, Heather explained.

Zat smacked his lips, feeling a little sorry. He didn't expect it was a fake.

"Hahaha, this wilderness coalition army was actually tricked into giving away something for nothing. Tens of thousands of people were beaten to a pulp just for a red crystal that was everywhere."

The lord slapped his thigh and laughed so hard that tears almost came out.

It is really hard to imagine that this war was fought over a red crystal worth at most a few gold grams.

If known by those historians, this battle that brought shame to the wild people would be recorded in history books for thousands of years, which would be enough to make them unable to hold their heads up for decades.

"Damn it!"

Gus also understood what was happening, and he smashed the crystal in his hand to the ground, smashing it to pieces, roaring like thunder.

Just for this thing, it lost hundreds of the tribe's bravest warriors. Now it has become someone else's subordinate. How can it not be angry?

He only regretted that he had not stabbed the dead Enke a few more times. It was this Minotaur that found it and assured him with a solemn promise that the Original Blood Crystal existed.

"What about Enke? If it didn't take the Primordial Blood Crystal, why would it be so loyal to you and take the initiative to help you prove the existence of the Primordial Blood Crystal?"

Leighton asked, although he was a little disappointed, but it was okay.

In fact, the reason they were so convinced of the existence of the Primordial Blood Crystal was because of the endorsement of Enke, a native of the wilderness. Otherwise, how could they possibly believe the words of a group of drow elves?
"Its cub is sick, and we are the only ones who can cure it, and he happens to be a qualified father." Heather laughed twice with ambiguous meaning and didn't say anything else, but everyone knew what happened next.

"You guys are not the ones who caused its cub's illness, are you?" The lord remained skeptical.

After all, there is no such coincidence in the world that everything just happens to happen to coincide with each other.

"Sir, your wisdom is as vast as the ocean." Heather took the opportunity to compliment him.

"Well, all the wild people have been fooled by you drow. You really deserve the title of deceivers." It was hard to tell whether Levi's words were a disparagement or a compliment, but Heather naturally took it as a compliment.

The matter has become clear. This is all a huge scam. Tens of thousands of people have been deceived and killed here. They have lost their brains.

And these drow just sit back and reap the benefits.

If he hadn't turned the tide, he would have been captured by this group of elves from the Underdark.

After uncovering the scam of the Original Blood Crystal, Levi waved his hand, and the tense alert disappeared in the blink of an eye. Zat took his men to divide the spoils.

People say that the weather in summer is unpredictable, but in the opinion of the lord, winter is no less unpredictable. It was snowing heavily last night, but it is still a sunny day today.

But this meager warmth can only bring a little psychological comfort to everyone, and it cannot melt the snow on the ground at all.

The Wilderness Alliance was successfully defeated, but the elves of the Whisperwind Tribe did not show joy on their faces. Instead, they all looked sad.

They suffered heavy casualties in this war, and those familiar companions were left in the snow and could never get up again.

"My lord, we have arranged a suitable place for you to rest. Although those tree houses may be a bit low for your men, they are definitely enough if you just want to rest." An elf forced a smile on his face.

The lord didn't mind. After all, many people had just died, and it was good enough that his tone was kind. It was difficult to ask the other party to greet him with a smile.

Lord Levi led his men directly to the camp assigned to them. The war had been fought for half a month, and except for him, everyone else felt more or less tired, both mentally and physically.

I need a good place to have a good rest.

"Brother-in-law, we lost more than eighty people in this war. Sixty of them were logistics support soldiers, most of whom were lost in the Shadow Forest. The other twenty were soldiers from High Cliff Castle."

Mir followed him and reported on various aspects of the situation.

"Give some compensation to the families of the sixty auxiliary soldiers. If they don't have any, forget it. As for the families of the twenty Gaoyabao warriors, Gaoyabao will be responsible for providing for them. If they have children, we will focus on training them..."

Levi sighed, then gave instructions carefully.

Even though Highcliff Castle suffered only double-digit losses compared to the Legion of Thorns and the Whisperwind Elves, who lost thousands of men.

But you have to know that there are only six or seven hundred people in Gaoya Fort, including cooks and auxiliary soldiers, and these losses have reached one-tenth.

Levi even remembered the names of every one of those Highcliff Castle warriors who died in the battle, but now they are lying on the ground forever.

All he can do is treat his relatives and descendants well.

The elf tribe provided the friendly soldiers with rich food, including roasted pigs, wine, and various fruits. It can be seen that they are quite wealthy.

Levi walked into the spacious castle, sat down, picked up a leg of lamb, and began to eat and drink.

The elf nodded while eating. He is indeed a perfectionist and strives to make everything perfect.

The lamb leg in his hand was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with almost no spices to cover up the mutton smell, but when he took a bite, he could taste only the most simple and mellow meat aroma. It was the most delicious thing he had eaten in this battle.

"Sir Levi, thank you for lending a helping hand and pulling us back from the hell."

Ashley stood up and took the initiative to express his gratitude.

"This is nothing. I don't think anyone can sit back and watch the beautiful, peace-loving elves disappear from the world."

Levi wiped his mouth and nodded slightly.

(End of this chapter)