Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 329 Status Quo
Thorne came to the streets of the lower city and walked out of the city.

While biting a string of grilled squid that was as hard as a boot, he analyzed why Carlos agreed to invest in the Wizard Tower so readily.

When he heard Carlos respond so readily for the first time, he was indeed a little confused by the other party's decisiveness.

However, after he left, he wandered around the street for a while, and he roughly guessed the other party's long-term intentions.

Obviously, for this cooperation between the two parties, Carlos has already considered things after their player group dominates the Emerald Field in the future. I have to say that this guy really thinks very far.

If their player group can really wipe out the hobgoblin Heruk and drive out the gnolls from the Great Sword Scar Mountain Range, then this vast emerald field can indeed become their own territory.

As long as they find a way to deal with the Druids in the Emerald Garden, they can mine abundant natural resources and mineral deposits.

Then based on this, the power will gradually grow, and it is possible to gather compatriots wandering around the world, and even establish a kingdom of their own.

As Sarayan, the lord of Twilight Town, said, the dawn of Netheril civilization in ancient times was because the seven fishing villages jointly resisted hordes of orcs.In order to protect themselves, the fishermen decided to form an alliance to help each other.

As a result, the seven villages that pledged to establish a country have taken the first step that will be remembered forever by future generations.

In the end, this arcane empire ushered in the most glorious silver age and golden age.

In this form, the five small towns located in the Emerald Field will definitely find a way to unite together to resist foreign enemies.

Perhaps in the case of having a common foreign enemy, everyone can unite and form the most powerful force.

However, when external threats are completely eliminated, this cohesion will definitely be dissolved due to various small frictions and contradictions.

What greets them will be how to divide up the land of the Emerald Field reasonably. In this case, whoever has the bigger fist will definitely get more benefits.

Solidarity and mutual assistance are the means of survival engraved in human genes, and infighting is also hidden in the deepest part of human genes.

Therefore, Carlos directly agreed to invest in the construction of the wizard tower without hesitation, because he wanted to use the common interests of both parties to bind the upper and lower urban areas of Pushang Town together to form the most powerful force and become the emerald field. In the player's territory, the force with the strongest voice.

As for the other party's future ideas, Thorne does not intend to continue to think about it, because he is not interested in these power struggles.

His goal is to expand his own power as much as possible. If the two sides have not touched their respective bottom lines, for him, the more benefits he can get, the better.

After all, he really couldn't bear the consumption of the wizard tower alone.

The cost of just one clay golem requires 2 gold coins, not to mention the complete golem army and diamond golems. Thinking about it, people can't help but frown.

He is not the kind of person who likes to be a leader, and he is not proficient in various ways of making money, so under Malvisa's reminder, he needs an ally with common interests to help him bear this huge consumption.

The stronger the allies are, the more benefits both parties will gain, so this is a mutually beneficial cooperation for both parties.

At that time, if his strength is strong enough, then all the calculations under the nose will be nothing to him.

Just like the previous parliament, almost everyone forced him to persuade the half-elves in the upper city to give up some land for development, but after he said a harsh word, he kept silent on the matter since then.

Why?Naturally, he has strong personal strength, and this is what he relies on.

After all, this is a world where strength is the most important thing.

Of course, the premise of all this is to solve the immediate predicament first. There is nothing wrong with looking long-term, but this kind of long-term goal needs to be supported by action, otherwise it will be broken by the hobgoblin, and all fantasies will be out of the question.

Besides, if Carlos is compared with the goal of the goblin wizard Malvisa, it is not so surprising, and it is even a bit ridiculous.

The goblin wizard thought that it was the fatal crisis that the Emerald Field would face in the future. As for what this crisis was, Thorne was not too clear.

He only knew that the plane clairvoyant whose camp was in chaotic neutral had threatened that one day, this place would become a barren desert.

As for what caused it, in fact, he only needs to refer to the Black Pearl Forest, which almost suffered this fate in the year of turmoil, so that he can understand something.

Thorne threw the leftover grilled squid into the trash can not far away. It may be because the raw materials are not too fresh, which makes the taste a bit unsatisfactory.

At this time, the streets were not as noisy as before. In the warm spring breeze, he felt a bit of depression, and most of the original residents and players in the past seemed very dull.

Thorne even heard a rogue player swearing past him, and of course, he heard what the other party said clearly.

It's nothing more than some helpless complaints about the garrison of Fallstown, and the hobgoblin Hruk who cursed the Forest of Tranquility.

In Xiacheng District of Waterfall Town, a small town dominated by player groups, not all players are willing to join the forces in Xiacheng District.

There are always a very small number of out-of-character and arrogant people who don't like to be bound by various systems and regulations.

These people spontaneously formed a small adventure group with multi-person cooperation, wandering around the edge of the Emerald Field and the Great Swordscar Mountains, maintaining their livelihood and improving their strength by receiving quests in the Adventurer's Hall in Falls Town.

But it’s different now. Many hobgoblin assassins whose strength has reached Tier [-] and a group of men often go out to sneak attacks on those who are alone, causing the guards, adventurers and outsiders from other places in the entire lower city to wait. Don't dare to walk around in the town at will.

And in this case, the most unlucky ones are those scattered people who rely on doing tasks to make ends meet.

More than a month has passed, and most adventurer players without a fixed income have begun to fall into the embarrassment of tight money, and some people even have problems with food and accommodation.

After all, for most risk-takers who lick blood at knife-point, money seems to come easily, and likewise, they spend it lavishly.

In this place where there are almost no entertainment activities and is very free and unrestricted, one can imagine where they can spend the money on hand.

As for saving money to marry a wife, what a joke.

In such a free and unfettered life, as long as he has money, wouldn't it be nice to take the bus every day?And no one cares, so you don't have to sneak around all day.

After all, such a long time has passed, and most people have almost begun to adapt to life in this world, and various new tricks have emerged one after another.

So Torvi in ​​the lower city organized them and hired them to build a tower for cultivating wizards and a temple for the Mother Earth in order to prevent people who had no money to eat from causing trouble.

Allowing them to get paid through labor can be regarded as solving the urgent needs of most people.

Thorne walked to the gate of the lower city, briefly exchanged a few words with the two guards, and then disappeared into the wilderness outside Waterfall Town under the surprised eyes of the two.

(End of this chapter)