[Chapter 81 The News Brought Back by Addis]

“Ah~ Thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow!” David stood at the head of the village, looking at the endless snowfield scenery, and started to recite a poem, but he stopped after the beginning: “What is the next sentence?”

Although his mental power has been greatly improved, the knowledge that has not been used for a long time is like an item piled up in the corner of the warehouse. It takes some time to remember it.

Before he could remember it, a small figure had walked in front of him. It was the old hunter Adis who had been away for a while.

David stood here just to see Adis coming back and greet him here: “You’re back!”

“Well, this trip took a little longer, and…” Adis tightened the heavy cloak on his body: “I’m not prepared for the winter in this area.”

Although it was troublesome to collect information in Iron Tree Castle, it did not stump the old hunter Adis. In addition to finding out a lot of information through the relationship in Iron Tree Castle, he also found his elf friend and got more information from him.

Because they have been at war with humans for a long time, the elves in the Iron Tree Forest are also trying to collect all the information they can. It is impossible to tell Addis all these things, but some of the content can be revealed.

After sorting out various information and confirming that he can no longer get more information, Addis wanted to return to Winter Village before the weather was “not too cold”.

As a result, he underestimated the horror of winter on the northern plains. Iron Tree Castle had just entered winter, but this side had already turned into a white snowfield.

The open terrain had no obstacles, and Addis also felt the knife-like cold wind.

In this case, he couldn’t walk back to Winter Village, so he had to turn back to Iron Tree Castle, buy enough cold-proof clothes and more food, and then really set out on the road back to Winter Village.

“But I’ve only been away for a few months, right?” Addis looked at the bustling Winter Village and wondered if he had gone in the wrong direction and walked into another village? He had only been away for such a short time, why were there so many people in the village?

David took Addis to the cafeteria and briefly told him about what had happened recently.

When the old hunter heard that Fording had recruited 400 people, all of whom were craftsmen and their families, his expression was so wonderful that he could not help but ask questions that he had been holding back for a long time.

“Tirion Fording, he should be from a very powerful family, right?”

“Indeed, very powerful.” David thought about it. As the lord of Hearthglen in the Kingdom of Lordaeron, Fording was considered the top noble in the Kingdom of Lordaeron. If you count the halos of being one of the leaders of the Knights of the Silver Hand and one of the first generation of paladins, the Fording family is undoubtedly at the top of the human race in the world of Azeroth.

“Then why did he come here?” What Addis couldn’t figure out was that if the Fording family was really that powerful, why would Tirion come to the remote Winter Village? Why was he willing to help David?

“Because of something, Tirion was expelled.”

“Oh!” Addis didn’t ask too much. He knew that being expelled was not a good thing. It was no wonder that Fording came to live in a remote place like Winter Village.

The two of them quickly came to the canteen, pushed open the canteen door and stepped into it. The warm air hit Adis’s face, making his almost frozen face instantly “live” up: “It’s so hot!”

Looking around, there were quite a few people sitting in this vast canteen. When everyone saw David coming in, they greeted him enthusiastically. Adis stood at the door and watched for a while. It can be seen that these new villagers respected David, the village chief, very much.

“Why is it so warm here?”

“Because of that.” David pointed to the radiator installed around the house: “That is a heating device called a radiator, which allows the villagers to not worry about the cold environment outside.”

“Good stuff!” Although he didn’t understand how this thing worked, after experiencing the power of the radiator firsthand, Adis also realized the value of this thing to Winter Village, a village in a cold place. The villagers don’t have to

worry about the cold in winter, and they can produce crops stably and get enough food to live. Then ordinary villagers will be willing to live for a long time. After living like this for a few years, the villagers will develop feelings for this place, truly regard it as their home, and are unwilling to leave.

With hundreds of people willing to stay for a long time, including many craftsmen, David’s Winter Village will even become the most prosperous village in the area.

In this way, he doesn’t seem to have to worry about what will happen next year.

“Reassured?”

“Yeah!”

As soon as David saw Adis, he noticed the unconcealed worry on the old hunter’s face, and guessed that the news he had heard was not good for Winter Village.

Seeing that Adis no longer looked worried, he guessed that the troubles he would face next year might not be as serious as he had expected.

“Have some hot soup to warm yourself up first… This is Jonah, Laura’s friend, and now the village chef. The food he cooks is delicious.” He introduced Jonah to Addis, and then the two sat in the corner of the bar and whispered about the news Addis had found out this time.

According to Addis’s description, after the beginning of next spring, at least ten or even more families will send teams to the Northern Plains to reclaim land and build villages.

These families are strong and weak, and some weak families will also unite with other families. Anyway, the nobles of Iron Tree Castle have taken collective action, at least a few families have not taken any action.

“Most of them are concentrated between Winter Village and Snowfield Castle.”

It is not surprising that most villages choose this area. According to the information currently available from Iron Tree Castle, the area around Winter Village is a relatively safe area.

Further south, it is too close to the Iron Tree Forest, and it is likely to be attacked by elves like the previous pioneering team.

The east side of the Northern Plains, that is, the east side of Snowfield Castle, although there is a vast land, but because of the existence of orcs, only a few stubborn people, or those who are confident in their own strength, are ready to go to that area to occupy a larger piece of land.

“Someone actually wants to build a village in the east? In this case, the elves can’t really scare those guys!” The humans in Iron Tree Castle have been fighting with the elves in the Iron Tree Forest for so many years, and they have always been in the upper hand. Otherwise, Iron Tree Castle would not have become the largest timber supplier in the Kingdom of Tilan.

The elves in the Iron Tree Forest are helpless against humans, so they watch the other side continue to cut down iron trees, which makes the living area of the elves shrink.

“Yes.” Addis also said the news he got from the elves: “So, the elves are ready to take the initiative this time.”

“Oh! In that case, it will be exciting to watch.”

It is normal for the elves to take the initiative to attack, otherwise they will be attacked from the southeast and north by the humans in Iron Tree Castle. The elves will have no good days in the future. They must eliminate the hidden dangers in one direction before humans gain a firm foothold.

David is very curious. After the elves destroy the human village again this time, will they continue to retreat to the forest, or will they directly build a fortress in the north of the Iron Tree Forest?

If they retreat to the depths of the forest again, then humans will continue to build villages here, eroding the power of the elves bit by bit.

But if the elves are going to build a fortress, it will be interesting. Will the entire northern plains become a multi-force melee between three races?

“Next year, this originally desolate plain will become very lively.” After taking a few sips of hot soup and warming up, Addis took off his heavy cloak and turned to look at the large number of villagers sitting in the cafeteria: “However, as long as those guys don’t unite to deal with us, we don’t have to worry about anything.”

The biggest problem before was that there was no way to recruit more villagers. Now this problem has been solved. A few hundred people can be considered a town in the Kingdom of Tiran. As long as these people are used properly, Winter Village can become the largest town in the northern plains.

“Now that there are enough people, do you want to submit an application to upgrade Winter Village to Winter Town?”

“I’m already making preparations in this regard.” All kinds of documents have been prepared. The next step is to wait for Van Cleef’s design drawings, and then the entire village will start upgrading various facilities.

He doesn’t need to wait until it is completed. As long as the construction starts and there is a general plan, he can take the relevant documents to Iron Tree Castle to apply for an upgrade.

“Iron Tree Castle may not be happy to handle this for you.” Before he set out, Addis did not know that Winter Village could develop so fast, but he did find out the attitude of the nobles of Iron Tree Castle towards Winter Village. It was not much of an attitude, most of them ignored this small village.

But if Winter Village wanted to upgrade to Winter Town, these nobles could not ignore it. This meant that David would become a noble, which meant that there was one more force on the northern plains to compete for territory and resources, not to mention that there was a family like Forrest who wanted to swallow up Winter Village.

“So I will probably have to go to the Royal City.” After hearing the news Addis had found out, David felt that he must go to the Royal City: “It just so happens that I haven’t been to the Royal City yet.”

“This is not a trip.”

“Not much difference.”

When Addis faced David, he always felt that he would be angry to death at any time. This kid has been like this since he was a child. Things that others valued seemed to be trivial in his eyes. He thought that joining the pioneering team would make him “wake up”, but he made a big fuss again, which made Addis very speechless.

“If you want to go to the Royal City, you’d better ask Laura to buy you a decent set of clothes and prepare more gifts… Otherwise, I’ll go with you next year!”

“Why? Are you worried about me?”

“Yes! I’m worried!”

(End of this chapter)