In the smithy, a dozen blacksmith apprentices were forging ironware. There were now two blacksmiths in the smithy, and they were currently forging a batch of half-body armor. These half-body armor would also be sold as supplies. Other than sugar, these were the most profitable goods in the territory.
Robert's caravan had brought twenty half-body armors and forty battle axes. Similarly, the furs accumulated in the territory were also given to them to be sold. There were also some special furs among these furs, the furs of gnolls.
The merchants of this era were definitely filthy. In any case, Suhlen couldn't accept the furs of gnolls, but in Robert's opinion, the furs of gnolls were the easiest to get rid of. These furs were very popular in the black market. The height of the gnolls made them easy to make into leather coats, and the fact that they came from a humanoid creature made it even easier to process them.
As for the fact that these furs came from a humanoid creature, no one cared at all. If Suhlen was a little more greedy, he would have at least one or two thousand furs from the gnolls he hunted before.
Suhlen brought a few barbarian warriors to the iron mine in the northeast of the territory. Yesterday afternoon, Suhlen received a message saying that some gnolls had been discovered near the iron mine. There were only ten barbarian warriors guarding the iron mine, and they couldn't spare any manpower to clear out the gnolls.
Although the addition of the bear tribe had doubled the number of barbarian warriors, as the territory developed, there was still a shortage of manpower. The ships flowed down the river. With the ships, it was much more convenient to travel from the territory to the mine.
Suhlen's territory didn't have many warhorses, so they couldn't form a cavalry. Moreover, the barbarians were all tall and large, and their weapons and equipment were over two hundred kilograms. Ordinary warhorses couldn't carry such heavy loads for long distance raids.
The ships flowed down the White Water River, and after half an hour, the group of people landed at the dock of the mine. There was already a barbarian warrior waiting at the dock. After a simple rest, Suhlen led ten barbarian warriors to the wilderness northeast of the mine.
Two barbarian warriors cleared the path with their axes, cutting down the dense bushes that obstructed their path. The rest of the Barbarian warriors were vigilantly observing their surroundings. The wilderness was lush with vegetation. In many places, the weeds had grown to a height of two to three meters. It was very suitable for hiding.
The barbarian warriors surrounded Suhlen in the middle. In such an environment, it was very easy to sneak up on him. The weeds blocked his line of sight. Not far away, he could hear the sounds of some beasts running away in fear. There were many wild beasts in the wilderness, but the number of magical beasts was very small. Most of them had their own territories.
In fact, the current territory of the human countries was cleared by the elves in the previous era. It was not until the elves returned to the Elven Forest that the land was occupied by other races. Later on, under the leadership of the human heroes, the humans defeated the orcs, drove out the giants and other races, and finally occupied the land.
The earliest human nobles in this world were all heroes of the ancient times. Of course, they were heroes before they became nobles. Almost all of the pure-blooded ancient nobles in this world were descendants of those ancient human heroes. Of course, since the end of the second era, the number of nobles among the humans began to increase.
It was also from that time that human kingdoms appeared.
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After walking for about an hour in the wilderness, their field of vision widened. The soil under their feet also turned into sand. This environment was not suitable for plants to grow. When the plants were not so lush, Suhlen suddenly found a valley.
"Let's go check out that valley." The best place to live in this wilderness was the valley. If the gnolls were really here, it was very likely that they lived in this valley.
The group continued to walk toward the valley. After about ten minutes, Suhlen suddenly smelled blood.
"Blood, it seems that we've found the right place!" Smelling the blood in the air, Suhlen signaled everyone to stop.
He told everyone to spread out and guard the entrance of the valley. Suhlen planned to catch all of the gnolls in one fell swoop. Seeing that the barbarians had spread out, Suhlen gestured for everyone to move forward again. Then everyone moved toward the entrance of the valley.
When they got close to the entrance of the valley, Suhlen's expression was a little strange. The valley was unexpectedly quiet. A gust of wind blew, but other than the smell of blood, there was no movement inside at all.
Suhlen frowned and told everyone to stay where they were. Then, he ordered an agile barbarian warrior to carefully approach the entrance of the valley and sneak in.
After a while, the barbarian warrior stood at the entrance of the valley and waved at everyone. Suhlen then led everyone into the valley. As soon as they entered the valley, the smell of blood was several times stronger. Frowning, Suhlen walked in. Soon, he saw a messy scene.
This was indeed a gathering place of gnolls. Looking at the scale, there were at least five hundred gnolls. However, it was now completely destroyed.
In the center of the valley, there were more than a dozen bonfires of various sizes. Beside the bonfires were a large number of gnoll remains. The flesh on the remains had been eaten clean. Even the hard skulls had been smashed and the brains inside had been swallowed.
Suhlen frowned and looked around. There were at least a few dozen gnoll remains here. There were not many traces of battle in the gathering place. Other than the gnoll remains, there were no other corpses found.
Obviously, the difference between the two sides was huge. The gnolls did not even cause any casualties. Of course, it was also possible that the attackers took away the bodies of their companions when they left. However, judging from the traces at the scene, the probability of that was very low.
The attackers were very strong. Many parts of the gnolls' bones were crushed. This kind of injury was usually caused by a blunt weapon, most likely a mace. The same was true for the gnoll skulls. The huge force directly crushed the skulls. This kind of strength was not inferior to the barbarian guards at all.
The attackers ate the bodies of the gnolls. Although there were many races in the wilderness that had the habit of eating humans, there were not many races that could completely crush the gnolls.
For example, swamp giants, frost giants, ogres, and so on. Although they were different races, they had one thing in common: they were not easy to deal with.
Swamp giants and frost giants belonged to the giant subspecies. They were powerful creatures from the Mythological Era before the first era. They were powerful creatures that were as strong as gods. However, after the Mythological Era ended, the powerful giants disappeared. Most of the giant subspecies only inherited their thin bloodline. Although they only inherited a thin bloodline, they were still very strong.
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