The orcs have no choice, they are now in a very awkward position, it takes 20 days to walk back, it will take nearly a month to go to the orcs, the same is true to the barbarian plateau, as for going to the dwarf kingdom, then you must pass through the old evil dreadnought. And their clear water can be the most 10 days, so if they don't want to die, they can only agree to the old evil's request. In this way, the old evil even saved the effort to clean up the battlefield, otherwise, just collecting the corpses of 2,000 people here would be enough for him to be depressed.
In order to prevent them from being lazy, the old evil also threatened to count the number of iron tools specifically, and if there were few, they would die of thirst. The orcs rolled their eyes in anger. In the end, it was only under Lan Fako's care that he calmed down his anger and obediently began to clean up the battlefield.
Then the old evil didn't bother to talk nonsense with them, and flew back directly on the flying dragon. After a night's rest, the wyvern's physical strength was almost restored, and it took another few hours to finally return to the castle at noon.
Next, the old evil ate lunch and began to teach the elves the casting of steel bows. However, the old evil was a little annoyed this time, and he couldn't always appear steel with good elasticity, which made him a little depressed. It is best to simply use the toughness in front of you that is not too good just now, cast into another pulley bow.
The pulley of this bow is a very standard small wheel, which can be cast in large quantities, unlike the first bow of the old evil, it is an eccentric wheel, and the wheel has high requirements for arc and is difficult to make. And this ordinary small pulley is not very standard and does not matter, it can be smoothly rotated.
This pulley bow consists of four small pulleys, which are then wound between the pulleys by a very long bowstring, and when the bow is drawn, the distance between the bowstrings is several times more than the bow body is bent, that is. As long as the bow body is bent for a small distance, the bow can be fully opened, so that way. Even if the steel of the bow body is not very tough, it can still be competent.
The old evil spent the strength of the old man, and finally managed to get a few qualified steel bows, and it was very convenient to experiment a few times. Others. Including Lan Fake was full of praise for the works of the old evil. Moreover, Lan Fako also found a problem, this bow that seems to be an old evil is not limited by materials, and can be made very large, even strong orcs can be used completely.
You know, the general strength of human bows is very small, and it can only be used by humans. The less powerful races in the orcs can also make do with it, but those powerful orcs, such as the Minotaurs. Trolls and the like, long-range weapons can only be throwing guns or flying axes, ordinary bows and arrows are not used. Only occasionally get some materials that can make large bows to create super strong bows for orcs to use, but unfortunately those materials are so rare that there are few decent strong bows in the orcs.
And the old evil metal bow solved this problem. This makes it possible for powerful orcs to form a phalanx of bows and arrows. Lan Fako as an old guy who has experienced countless wars. Naturally, he knew better than anyone the significance of the representation of a large number of long-range troops, so after he saw this thing, he almost immediately took the old evil hand and said urgently: "I changed my mind, in addition to those weapons, you have to give me 500 such metal bows!" "
"Hey!" The old evil immediately smiled bitterly and said, "How can there be such a thing as you?" All negotiated business, you can still temporarily raise the price? "
"This, hey!" Lan Fako let out a slightly embarrassed wry smile. Then he said, "I know it's not very generous." But I'm really poor. The bottom of the family has been hollowed out by you, no way!"
"Less!" The old evil pouted disdainfully: "You have lived for hundreds of years, and most of your life has lived a beautiful life in front and back, will you only have so little family background?" Who believes? "
"Ahem!" Lan Fako coughed twice in embarrassment, and then said: "Otherwise, it's a big deal that I'll get you more thunderbird eggs, which can be regarded as compensation, how?" "
"How much more can you get?" The old evil smiled and said: "I can tell you, after this kind of bow is done, the cost is very expensive, the price of a handful is better than tens of gold coins, if you give less, I won't do it!" "In fact, the old evil is bragging, maybe the first bow is so expensive, but the cost will gradually come down in the future, and in the end, it will be only a few gold coins at most."
Of course, Lan Fake didn't know the old evil ghost calculation, in his opinion, such a good bow, a handful of 100 gold coins is no problem, so he directly said very happily: "Give me a few years, I will at least get you an air force of a hundred thunderbirds!" "
"Hundreds?" When the old evil heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he hurriedly asked, "You're not fooling me, are you?" As far as I know, the eggs of this thing are very difficult to get, one because of the good protection of the ptarmigans, and the other reason is that the pterbirds have a long spawning period, which is ten years long. In just a few years, where did you get so many ptarmigan eggs? "
"Alas!" Lan Fako sighed helplessly, and then said with a wry smile: "How else can I get it?" Of course, do you get it one by one? The beast kingdom has more than 10 million square kilometers of land, of which there are hundreds of areas where thunderbirds exist, and there are thousands of thunderbirds in each area, I just need to get a thunderbird egg in each place! "
"Listen to you, thunderbird eggs are easy to get to?" The old evil immediately said puzzled: "In that case, why don't you get some earlier, and get it to the Gryphon Kingdom to sell it and guarantee to make a big deal!" "
"What is easy!" When Lan Fake heard this, he immediately jumped up and said angrily: "What is your social thunderbird?" I tell you, a hundred adult ptarmigans together, even the lone Beamon can't afford to mess with! I went in to steal eggs to risk my life, and the most important thing was to consume precious dragon dung to cover my smell, which was very expensive! "
"Ha, let's be honest, it turns out that dragon dung is used to cover the smell!" The old evil immediately laughed loudly: "Moreover, you kid has a lot of goods, even dragon dung!" "
"Oh!" Lan Fake also knew that he had made some gaffes, so he had to quibble: "Only a little, if you take it, I won't be able to get thunderbird eggs!" "
"Count you ruthless!" The old evil knew that he couldn't deduct good things from the old guy's hands, so he had to shrug helplessly and said: "Well, if you can't get 100 thunderbirds, I'll find you to settle the account!" "
"Okay!" Lan Fako hurriedly agreed.
Next, the old evil selected ten elves who learned to make this steel bow, took them and the finished bows, returned to the magic tower, and sent Chris Chen to send it to the fat man.
Just as the old evil was tossing the steel bow, another team appeared on the vast Gobi, they were completely composed of dwarves, it was the dwarf casting master Piritz who came to participate in the Thunder Saber auction. He stayed in the Gryphon Kingdom for a while, in order to see the Thunder Master, but unfortunately he failed to do so in the end, and finally he could only leave with regret.
However, when these people marched hundreds of miles away from Fort Intrepid, they suddenly found that there were thousands of more corpses in front of them. The dwarves approached the battlefield cautiously, and after finding that there was indeed no threat, they carefully observed and finally came to the surprising conclusion that most of the dead were the border guards of the Gryphon Kingdom. And it seems that those mercenaries are the ones who started. In the end, they found some broken water wheels, so they roughly deduced the whole process of the matter. First someone sabotaged the water wheel, and then the two sides fought over the water source. From the traces left at the scene, it seems that someone survived and left here with the weapons of the deceased. This surprised the dwarves and confused what was going on.
However, after a short thought, Pyritz finally decided to send someone back to report the matter to the border troops of the Gryphon Kingdom. After all, the dwarves and the griffin kingdom have a good relationship, and he can't pretend that he doesn't know anything after discovering the tragedy. As for himself, he followed the traces left behind and continued to advance in the direction of Fort Intrepid, and he wanted to see who had done such a thing.
In this way, the news of the total destruction of the expeditionary force quickly spread, which was much faster than the old evil expected.
While Pyritz was rushing to Fort Intrepid, the old evil who had nothing to do for the time being received an invitation from Konstani, and the two met in a very quiet and high-end restaurant in the imperial capital.
This is a centuries-old restaurant, and it attracts not only the most exclusive cuisine in the entire Gryphon Kingdom, but more importantly, the elegant atmosphere. Eating here, you will not only hear the repertoire played by masters, but also admire the rare ancient famous paintings, even the collection of the royal palace may not be much more! Only the really tasteful nobles had the right to enter, and ordinary nouveau riche did not even know that there was such a place.
It is said that rough people like the old evil are not qualified to enter. It's just that for Constani's sake, the arrogant manager who looks artistic at first glance reluctantly let him in. This made the old evil feel very hurt, and he couldn't help but think in his heart, should he call Sven and them to smash this?