Age of Empires From Scratch

  Chapter 22 Iron Tree Fort

  Captain Gregory looked at David's development order. In fact, he couldn't be sure whether it was real or not, but that wasn't his job at all.

  As for the security mission, their team was sent here and re-stationed at the northern guard post. Humans were not really on guard. This is the main reason why David and Laura were put directly inside the guard post without any interrogation.

"I didn't expect that a team actually built a village in the north. I heard from those who gave up saying how bad the environment on this plain is." Understand enough: "Didn't it mean that the land on this plain cannot grow food?"

"We were lucky and found a wild crop that could be planted." David took a few potatoes from his backpack, which he and Laura both brought, not as food, but as a Kind of voucher: "Do you want to try it? It's delicious."

  "Newly discovered crop?" Gregory took a look at the potato and smelled it a few times. It seemed to be a pretty good thing.

But the necessary vigilance prevented him from agreeing rashly. Instead, he returned the potatoes in his hand to David, and the reason was very reasonable: "These are for showing to some people, right? Don't waste them here." gone."

"Alright, this thing is easy to grow. If Captain Gregory stays here for a long time, he will definitely have a chance to taste it in the future." David put the potatoes away again, and Captain Gregory's precautions are completely understandable. —If it is not a person who is careful enough, he will not be stationed on the border post.

   Then he asked, why was this abandoned sentry post reopened?

   "Actually, the reopening of this sentry post is related to the Pioneering Team."

   Gregory gave a brief explanation before David and Laura understood what happened? And the main reasons for the reactivation of the Northern Watch:

  Some things are similar to what David had previously speculated. The pioneer team heading to the northeast really failed to build a village, and they even gave up earlier than the team in the west.

  The reason why this pioneering team gave up, apart from the harsh living environment, was that they were attacked.

  "According to the description of the survivors, a strange race that was taller and stronger than humans attacked them. Those guys had brown and khaki skin and huge fangs..."

  Listening to Gregory's description, an image slowly appeared in David's mind, and the more he heard it, the more he realized that he was talking about orcs.

  There are orcs in this world?

  He hadn't heard of it before, but it can't be used as a reference. After all, David is just a young hunter, and it's normal to have little experience. However, judging from Gregory's description and reaction, the captain also didn't know the creature 'orc'.

  But David didn't interrupt, just listened quietly. After all, his judgment may not be correct, maybe it is a creature similar to the troll he encountered before?

  The pioneering camp in the northeast was destroyed by the attack. The survivors ran back to Iron Tree Fort and reported the situation.

After Iron Tree Fort learned that there was such a force in the northern plain, it sent soldiers to investigate, and finally found that a race they didn't understand at all had already built a village in the place where the pioneers were stationed, and it seemed that they had settled down for a long time. The idea of ​​going down.

At this time, Iron Tree Fort still didn't care too much. After all, the pioneering team did not succeed every time. There are countless teams destroyed by various forces and even ferocious monsters in history. The destruction of this team is not worth their excessive effort. focus on.

  But then another team also failed. Although this time they failed to establish a village and had more to do with the harsh environment, the attack of the elves was also a factor that cannot be ignored.

  Considering the hostility of the elves towards Iron Tree Fort, Iron Tree Fort took a little more seriously this time: Gregory sent a small team to station at the northern guard post.

   It may sound a little strange, because the Iron Tree Forest is next to the Iron Tree Fort, and the Northern Sentinel is located in the northeast of the Iron Tree Forest.

   Even if you are worried about the attacks of the elves, it seems that there is no need to restore the northern guard?

  After careful consideration, David realized that the restoration of the northern sentry was not to warn the elves, but to monitor the entire northern plain.

  The elves and the humans in Iron Tree Castle are neighbors, and the friction between the two sides has never stopped, so Iron Tree Castle has never been less wary of elves.

If a third-party force suddenly came from the north when a conflict broke out with the elves, then Iron Tree Fort would easily suffer, so a team of people was sent to station here—the main function is to give Iron Tree Fort an early warning when it encounters an attack, and give Iron Tree Fort left time for mobilizing troops to react, so only one team was sent.

  After knowing why the northern guard post was resumed, David's thoughts drifted to the mysterious force in the northeast.

   "Does this mean that I started too easily? Arranged an opponent for me?"

  If you are playing a game of farming and hegemony, this sudden enemy is equivalent to your main competitor in the early stage. As for the group of monsters at the door? That is at best the novice teaching level at the beginning.

   "It wasn't in a hurry at first, and I thought it would be okay to develop slowly. Now it seems that it's better to go a little faster."

  According to David's original idea, it would be quite successful to develop the village to the size of a town within a few years. As for going further? Turn Winter Village into Winter City? I'm afraid it will take many years to achieve.

  The most critical issue is people. Population increase is not an easy task, and the population in the Iron Tree Fort area is not that large.

   "It would be great if we could bring some people over from other places."

  Laura and Mark don't talk, as long as Fording can bring people from the world of Azeroth, population is no longer a problem for David.

The reason is simple. Fording was expelled and lived in seclusion, which means that the world is not far from the plot of Warcraft 3. In that story, the former prince of Lordaeron, Arthas Menethil, who became a death knight, Leading the Scourge Legion to sweep across the Eastern Kingdom, bringing huge damage to many countries and countless people.

Although the Scourge is very powerful and terrifying, there are still many Lordaeronites who survived the catastrophe and became refugees without their homes, not to mention there are many elves from Quel'Thalas. In addition to being an excellent mage, he is also a top hunter.

  If David can lend a helping hand to the multinational refugees in Azeroth at this moment, it will be a good thing for both parties.

"pity…"

   Without struggling for too long, David quickly put the matter aside and focused on the things to be dealt with in front of him.

  After resting overnight at the northern sentry post, David and Laura left the sentry post early the next morning and headed towards Iron Tree Fort along the road between the Tilan Mountains and the Iron Tree Forest.

   This road is also not safe, after all, the iron tree forest is nearby, and the elves may rush out to launch a sneak attack at any time.

  So both Laura and David walked as fast as possible, and they would stay alert when resting at night to ensure safety.

   Just like that, after a total of thirteen days of trekking, Laura and David finally arrived outside Iron Tree Fort, two days faster than the shortest time previously estimated.

   "Is this the Iron Tree Fort?" Laura looked at the tall city wall in front of her, and was a little surprised that the defense of Iron Tree Fort seemed to be much stronger than she imagined.

"No, this is just the northern pass." David introduced the general layout of Iron Tree Fort to Laura: Because of the bad relationship with the elves and the initial wariness against the vast land in the north, when Iron Tree Fort was established, A pass was built at the passage in the north, and it was integrated with the fortress wall on the west side, which can be regarded as the outer line of defense of Iron Tree Fort.

  In the pass and the fort on the northwest side, more than half of Iron Tree Fort's troops are stationed, led by Ismael Sosa, the most trusted knight of Iron Tree Fort's lord Dudley Marquis Morgan.

  After passing the pass, there is still a long way to go before arriving at the outer city of Iron Tree Fort.

The so-called outer city is the civilian area of ​​Iron Tree Fort. After the establishment of the core area of ​​Iron Tree Fort, countless ordinary people who migrated lived around the 'Iron Tree Fort' and gradually formed a large residential area. Various shops targeting these civilians were born, and eventually became the outer city of Iron Tree Fort.

  The outer city area is huge, but there is no planning at all, and the quality of the buildings is uneven. The entire outer city area is synonymous with chaos and filth. Even if there is still a considerable distance, Laura can already smell the not-so-good smell.

   "Oh my god~ this taste..."

  David couldn't help showing a smirk. He had expected Laura to have this kind of reaction, but seeing it with his own eyes was completely different from what he imagined. It would be more interesting to see it in reality.

  As the distance continues to shorten, various details of the outer city appear in Laura's eyes—the outer city has no city walls, which is why the outer city can continue to expand.

  Looking at the environment in front of her, which was worse than the worst slums, although Laura knew that the living environment of "backward civilization" was not good, but after seeing it with her own eyes, she still felt that her knowledge had been refreshed once.

   "Now I suddenly understand why you joined the pioneering team." Laura tried her best to breathe through her mouth, but all kinds of smells kept rushing into her nostrils, making her suspect that her thinking had begun to be affected.

"Hey, this is indeed one of the reasons." Instead of leading Laura into the city, he turned south after a distance: "I'll take you to meet someone, we can stay with him tonight It’s late, and I’ll go to the city tomorrow to do business.”

   Noticing that Laura's footsteps were a little hesitant, David gave her a reassurance: "Don't worry, that person's residence is relatively remote...the environment is slightly better."

  (end of this chapter)