When Thorin heard the promise of a reward, Naril also became eager.
Naril was the youngest among the three and was a survivor of the previous attack on this territory.
He was good at building shelters and had carpentry experience. Among the three, Ron was also most optimistic about him.
Seeing his hesitant expression, Ron asked proactively: "Naril, do you have something to say?"
Naril was stunned for a moment, but quickly regained his composure and said slowly:
"Lord Ron, I discovered the traces of a large wild beast in the forest. Judging from the footprints, I think it's a Black Clouded Leopard with a body length of over 10 meters. And it has included our station in its hunting territory!"
"I remember that there was no such beast here before. It should have moved here not long ago."
Hearing this, Ron recalled the night when they first came to the territory. In the forest of the territory, there were a pair of green eyes looking at the pirate ship from the forest.
"So it was a Black Clouded Leopard. No wonder I couldn't see its body clearly!"
"Lord Ron knew about this beast?"
Ron nodded: "The first night we came, I noticed there was a wild beast in the forest. But it was dark at that time, and it was all black, so I couldn't see its appearance clearly. And seeing that it had no intention to attack, I just ignored it!"
"In fact, there's no need to deal with it. This kind of beast is nocturnal and won't come out during the day. It only hunts at night. As long as you don't go out at night, you will definitely be fine. And its presence just keeps watch for us at night."
When Naril heard this, his face changed: "My lord, what you said makes sense. But we have to go into the forest to collect firewood during the day. What if we encounter it by accident? Wouldn't we be doomed?"
"What you said also makes sense!" Ron smiled: "Indeed. And although I'm not afraid of it, it doesn't mean you aren't afraid of it.
If there's something urgent at night and you need to go out, with a Black Clouded Leopard over ten meters long in the forest, it's indeed a bit dangerous."
Ron lowered his head and thought for a while. "Don't worry! I'll come up with some solutions to kill it in the next two days."
Hearing this, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.
After dinner, Ron didn't go back to his room directly but went to the captain's room.
It has now been transformed into his study, and considering the upcoming snowstorm, he moved the eagle's nest here as well.
Of course, the purpose of doing this was not to worry about Golden Head but to worry that the female eagle couldn't withstand the snowstorm outside.
As for Golden Head, it must stay outside.
If it's not outside, who will keep watch and be on guard?
As soon as Ron entered the study, the female eagle happily flew to his shoulder and chirped affectionately.
After getting along these days, she was no longer afraid of Ron.
And Ron didn't know if Golden Head had said something to her. He felt that she was even more affectionate towards him than Golden Head.
So he gave her a name, Nier!
Ron gently touched her head: "Nier, do you like grouper?"
Nier seemed to really understand Ron's words and nodded.
"Then I'll catch one for you tomorrow. Follow me, and I will definitely not let you be wronged!"
"Chirp chirp!"
"You agree too!"
"That's great!"
Just as Ron was playing with Nier, Christie also walked in.
Seeing Ron teasing Nier, she smiled slightly and said nothing.
Then she sat at her desk and started dealing with the internal affairs she had planned.
Sometimes she stopped to think, and sometimes she wrote vigorously. No one knew what she was writing.
Seeing Christie working seriously, Ron didn't want to disturb her. So he put Nier back in the eagle's nest, sat at his desk, and pretended to be thinking.
Yes, pretended!
Since Christie took over the internal affairs and managed everything in an orderly manner, he had become idle. Extremely idle.
Even because Christie did such a good job that he felt like a useless person.
But he didn't want to show a useless appearance in front of Christie, so he had to pretend to be working hard on planning for the territory.
Suddenly, Christie spoke.
"Ron, I have no objection to your promise to teach Lir the dagger skills, but why did you guarantee that she could learn it in one day? Are you causing me trouble?"
"Uh!" Ron was speechless for a moment and replied after a long while: "Why would it cause you trouble!"
"I know your performance today was to encourage everyone to contribute to the territory. " Christie stroked her forehead and continued:
"But I hope such impractical approaches don't happen again."
"Do you know how much work I did to persuade Lir to stay at ease? I finally comforted her, and you gave her an impractical fantasy. How should I deal with it? I'm not against you establishing a reward and punishment system, but please be more realistic. I really have a lot of things to do and can't keep providing psychological counseling to the subordinates all the time."
Hearing this, Ron smiled.
He could understand Christie's mood. After all, no one could handle affairs while constantly providing psychological counseling to the subordinates.
"I understand!" Ron smiled: "But, please believe me. This is not an impractical fantasy.
Not only will I make Lir an expert in one day, but I will also make you an expert in one day?"
"Ah?" Christie opened her mouth wide: "Ron, are you serious?"
"Of course!" Ron said confidently: "Tomorrow I will teach you a skill of unarmed close combat! After you learn it, you will know whether what I said is true or false!"
"Unarmed close combat?" Christie, after hearing this, couldn't help but laugh and cry: "Ron, if you want me to practice close combat with you and without clothes, I can accompany you as soon as we return to the room. There's no need to wait until tomorrow."
At this point, Christie suddenly changed to a serious expression and said slowly:
"But now, I'm discussing things with you seriously. I hope you can respect me and take this matter seriously. Because this is very important to me. It relates to whether my future work can proceed smoothly."
After hearing this, Ron's mouth twitched.
He carefully thought about the sentence he just said, whether there was any ambiguity?
But after thinking about it over and over, he didn't find anything wrong with that sentence.
Then it could only prove that Christie had misunderstood.
But Ron could also understand. After all, no one could believe such an absurd thing, and Ron couldn't explain it either.
So, he could only awkwardly smile: "You will know whether what I said is true or false tomorrow."
Christie saw that Ron was still speaking in that unserious tone, but instead of getting angry, she laughed.
Because this proved that Ron was relaxed and no longer the restless Ron on the ship.
"Ron, you really know how to praise people. I know you said this to prove from the side that my work is very good! My work makes you feel at ease! Thank you! I have never felt so accomplished!"
"Since you praised me, I also want to receive my reward tonight. Of course, I know you can't exert too much physical strength.
Tonight, I only want twelve times. Is that okay?"
After hearing this, Ron's face stiffened and he couldn't smile anymore!