To develop the crystal mine promised by Renna as soon as possible, and to ensure that they can get more benefits in Weissen Town, Haierbei Li and Yang Ling conspired secretly and bid farewell hastily, preparing to return to the Livensa Alliance to make arrangements early.

  Next, she will send someone to the Ross Empire to find Genoa's crystal mine, and send someone to the Bantu Empire to mediate and resolve the conflict between the Bantu Empire and Visen Town. If the Bantu Empire sends a large army to attack Visen Town, then her efforts will be in vain.

  According to the initial agreement, the Brad Commercial Association under Haili Berry will fully support the development of Weisen Town and provide various necessary human and material resources. As a reward, the Brad Commercial Association will have priority purchasing rights for future wood, minerals and crystal nuclei resources in Weisen Town.

  In addition, Brad's Chamber of Commerce will build a large port at the exit of Weisen Town in the south, and after its completion, it will receive half of the benefits.

  Building a large port will not make any money in the short term, and may even lose money; but in the long run, with Visen Town's rich resources, as long as the channel is opened, the merchant teams will come and go continuously, it is absolutely a stable business.

  Hai'er Beili made a stable profit, and Yang Ling didn't suffer any losses. Weisen Town now has almost 1200 people, with the strong support of the Brad Commercial Association, it will greatly accelerate its development speed. The agreement with Hai'er Beili can be said to be a win-win deal, everyone is happy.

  The Brad Commercial Guild was powerful, but Yang Ling did not want to rely entirely on others' assistance. Developing his own strength and firmly grasping Weisen Town in his own hands was the true way of kings.

  After the situation stabilized, he decisively ordered the expansion of his personal troops to two hundred people. One hundred barbarians and one hundred elven archers were led by Agu Su as the commander-in-chief, following him out to suppress bandits.

  Kassy led eight hundred samurai to garrison at the Arashiyama Pass and was in charge of the construction of the fortress; Gude led the remaining samurai to defend against the increasing number of mercenaries and adventurers, and was responsible for exploring resource lands and collecting intelligence. As for the reconstruction of the tavern, the management of the dwarf armory, and the daily management of the Shangri-La Grand Hotel, they were all handed over to the old butler, Mulberry.

  Two days ago, Good brought a large number of gifts to the Elf, Dwarf and Barbarian tribes, recruiting 150 Elves, 100 Dwarves and 200 Barbarians. In addition, he selected 350 hunters in the town, for a total of 800 guards. Although the number is not many, it is enough to deter ordinary mercenaries and adventurers.

  After making thorough preparations, Yang Ling led the Imperial Guard to set out according to the parrot's intelligence. In the vicinity of the Ladakh Mountains, there were countless indigenous tribes scattered about. There were filthy earth spirits, bloodthirsty man-eating demons, ferocious half-beasts... All sorts of tribes were present in great numbers.

  The extermination of the natives in the vicinity of the Ladakh Range, practically from Vishen to the Ala Pass, has removed the danger of robbers. The time will then come to concentrate our forces against the natives beyond the Ala Pass.

  The Ladakh mountain range stretches far and wide, with one peak higher than the next. Following the trade route forward, the road winds back and forth. No one can count how many mountains there are. Nor can anyone count how many indigenous people there are.

  Every year when winter comes, the starving indigenous people will start a big fight, and the passing merchant teams are often the first to be affected. Also because of this, every merchant team that arrives in Weisen Town has to recruit a large number of mercenaries to escort them, which seriously affects the profit and enthusiasm of the merchant teams, and further affects the development of Weisen Town.

  To avoid startling the snake, Yang Ling and his party disguised themselves as a slow-moving small merchant caravan. Dozens of light carts were strung together in a line, thirty people dressed up as attendants, twenty people dressed up as mercenary guards, and the rest of the personal soldiers hid in the cargo.

  From a distance, the slow pace of the horse carriage and the deep ruts in the ground suggested that it was heavily loaded with goods. In reality, however, apart from a few barrels of rum, everything else was just heavy sacks of sand.

  The intoxicating aroma of wine wafting far and wide with the wind, combined with the heavily loaded cargo and the small number of guards, Yang Ling believed would be an absolutely lethal temptation to the starving natives.

  As expected, not long after leaving Weisen Town, the Angle Beasts on the outer perimeter of the merchant caravan sent back news that they had caught a big fish. A group of tattered and shabby-looking Jins quietly surrounded them, seemingly preparing to wipe out the entire caravan in one net.

  Sitting cross-legged in the carriage, Yang Ling closed his eyes to meditate, and a series of unfamiliar images appeared in his mind. The swift Anglewings seemed like high-speed cameras, transmitting back the surrounding situation in real-time.

  As the power of the wizard grew stronger, he found that the images transmitted back by the Angle Beasts became clearer and more effective at a distance. If at first they were blurry black-and-white images, now they were digital TV-like color images, with clarity increasing as the distance decreased.

  Eight hundred meters, seven hundred meters, six hundred meters, six hundred and fifty meters... The incoming earth spirit is getting closer and closer, and the image transmitted back by the horned beast is also becoming clearer and clearer.

  The gnomes are an ancient race, only half the height of ordinary people. It is said that they are a collateral branch of the dwarves, and some say that they and the dwarves share a common ancestor, but the filthy-looking gnomes have never acknowledged these claims.

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  Legend has it that thousands of years ago, they were the masters of the Tyrant Continent, with a glorious history and civilization. Perhaps because of this, all the dwarves have an inexplicable sense of superiority, just like their cowardice is famous.

  In Weisen Town, Yang Ling had heard a joke.

  A hungry goblin sneaked into someone's house, snuck into the kitchen to eat and drink his fill, and even packed a bag of grain to take away. After being caught, facing the owner's anger, he defended himself by saying that this was "taking" rather than "stealing". Despite being beaten all over, he refused to admit that he had stolen anything.

  Unlike the sturdy and powerful dwarves, the earth gnomes are small, thin and weak, and they don't know magic, which makes them timid by nature. In the human empire, the earth gnomes are basically synonymous with uselessness, when women scold a man for being useless, they often say "You're as useless as an earth gnome".

  It's easy to imagine what kind of impression people have of the earth spirit!

  The dwarves are naturally timid, but when they gather in a large group, they sometimes become very reckless, relying on their numbers to take risks. The bunch that came this time was no exception, with white-bearded old men and little kids who jumped up and down as they walked, a chaotic crowd of at least eight hundred people.

  Is there still such a bandit in the world?

  After understanding the situation clearly, Yang Ling shook his head. This group of tattered and worn-out earth elementals had no uniform armor, no clear banner, and were completely unaware of the Angle Worm Beast following them. Under a careful ambush, he believed that the barbarians would be able to annihilate them with just one round of charging.

  "Sir, the approaching enemy is getting closer and closer. Shall we launch an attack immediately?" Receiving the scout's report, Ah Gu Su, disguised as a mercenary, couldn't help but get impatient after realizing that the enemy was getting closer and closer.

  "Don't be impatient, lure them in a bit closer, then launch a full-scale attack and capture them all at once!" After a pause, Yang Ling continued, "Order the scouts to continue patrolling around the perimeter to prevent any hidden enemy ambushes!"

  Although the horned beasts occasionally reported back on their surroundings, Yang Ling still did not dare to be careless, fearing that they would miss the ambush of the enemy. The Ladakh mountain range is a distance away from the Tras forest, but there are also occasional appearances of magical beasts, so it's better to be careful.

  Under Agu's command, people pretended to be unaware and continued to move forward. Several barbarians even deliberately pulled out their wine bottles and took a few sips. The intoxicating aroma of the wine, the relaxed vigilance, the fully loaded carts... all made the goblins' eyes turn bright red one by one as they watched from their ambush.

  When they dived to a distance of about two hundred meters, the goblins suddenly stopped and hid behind the rocks or shrubs on both sides of the road. Soon, several guys holding staffs began to whisper softly, and the air started to ripple with a strange wave.

  Magician?

  Yang Ling was shocked to learn of the other party's actions through Anglewings. Earth elementals were magical insulators, and for thousands of years, there had never been any earth elemental mages; could it be that today the sun would rise in the west?

  Under the shock, Yang Ling did not dare to hesitate at all, and immediately ordered the whole army to attack, and quickly summoned the demon beast army. There are many benefits to exterminating bandits, but if you kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred yourself, it's not worth it.

  After the command was given, the large army quickly emerged from the horse-drawn carriages. The barbarians wielded giant axes as big as cart wheels and charged forward fiercely, but the elves were even faster, their arrows flying like clouds, swiftly killing off the goblins that got too close.

  "Not good, there's an ambush!"

  "Yibi Li Si, fast, rush up and take out their archers!"

  ……，

  Watching the barbarians and elves suddenly jumping off the horse-drawn carriage, the goblin army was shocked. Under the command of an elder, the army split into two teams, one team blocking the surging barbarians, and the other team biting their teeth and rushing towards the elves beside the carriage. At the same time, seeing that the situation was not good, the goblin mage holding the staff also accelerated the speed of his incantation.

  As the earth essence wizards murmured, the magical fluctuations in the air became increasingly evident. Just as Yang Ling was about to command the demonic beasts to charge forward, several earth essence wizards simultaneously raised their hands, and a sea of fireballs appeared across the sky.

  Fire across the sky?

  Watching the fireballs flying all over the sky, Yang Ling was shocked again, remembering the terrifying nine-headed snake monster and its terrifying fire magic. Under the shock, he turned over and rode on the unicorn, ordering the barbarians and elves to retreat quickly, commanding the horned beast and stone statue to circle around and pounce fiercely.