Chapter 108 The Best Place
Twelve days later.
The exploration team completed the exploration of most of the Saarland. A new territorial map slowly became clear in Leon's hands. Mountains, forests, valleys, swamps... and even some mountain waterfalls were marked.
Through this exploration, Leon has gained a lot.
This is not reflected in the more than a dozen magic cores in his pocket and the rare medicinal materials in the warriors' backpacks, but he found that this forest land, known as the wilderness, is completely an undeveloped natural treasure house.
Together with the scouts, he found more than three forest jungle areas for hunting, and accidentally found an open-air black coal mine and rock salt mine, as well as countless exotic flowers and plants - many of which were rare and expensive medicinal materials and casting materials.
The team was lucky and did not encounter the legendary demons and high-order monsters. Of course, this also had something to do with them avoiding the western swamp area and the dark place in the north.
Before the territory was really established, Leon had no ambition for these two dangerous areas for the time being.
There are lucky and unsatisfactory ones. The twelve-day exploration did not allow Leon to find a suitable location to build a city or castle.
There are too many forest mountains here, and the steep terrain and rather harsh environment are undoubtedly a big trouble.
He put all his hopes in the last unexplored area - the central hinterland of Salling, which is still blank on his map.
After more than ten days of difficult trekking and searching, the team members were quite tired, and even the rose, as a beast soul warrior, looked a little haggard.
They climbed mountains all the way, kept passing through the forest bushes, and had to fight against the suddenly emerging beasts and monsters, which was hard to say.
It's just that the leather armor is broken and scarred, and it can't make everyone lose the will to move forward, because what they explore is their own territory and their own home!
"We're here!"
split the winding vines, and the rose walking in the front of the team shouted with surprise: "It's here, what a beautiful lake!"
Leon followed her out of the woods. His eyes suddenly lit up, and his vision suddenly became wide open!
In front of them is a huge basin surrounded by mountains. It is surrounded by dense forests. The more the forest goes to the center, the more sparse it is, and it gradually turns into a green meadow dotted with countless wild flowers.
In the center of the large grass like a green velvet carpet, there is a blue emerald, a small lake deep in the forest!
The environment here is very similar to the Mirror Lake Lake that Leon once visited. Although the area is not particularly large, the original scenery is far better than that of Mirror Lake.
The glittering lake reflects the snowy peaks of the distant mountains. From time to time, water birds fly up and fall in the grass by the lake, and a small river connecting the lake meswinds forward and disappears into the mountain forest.
Follow the river and look forward again. It can be seen that between the mountains in the distance, a jade-like waterfall fell straight down, and the roar of water hitting the rocks faintly came from the wind.
No one would have expected that the core hinterland of Sal collar would be so beautiful!
Yesterday afternoon, when Leon climbed a nearby mountain, he found the existence of this basin and saw this small lake, but only when he was immersive can he really appreciate its touchingness.
"Wow! It's really beautiful!"
"It's really surprising. This place is really good!"
"Well, I really want to take a shower!"
The scouts who followed were all happy, and all the fatigue was swept away on their faces.
"Reon, let's build a castle here. It's so beautiful!"
Excited, Rose turned around and hugged Leon, looked up and pleaded, "Do you think it's okay?"
"Good, good! As long as you don't break my waist, you can do whatever you want!" Leon said with a smile.
Of course, his waist is strangled, but the leopard girl building is tight enough, which is enough to show her inner excitement and excitement.
Only then did Rose wake up, and her pretty face suddenly turned red, and she hurriedly let go of her hands.
Behind them came the uncontrollable laughter of the team members.
This made Rose shy and annoyed. She said angrily, "Why are you laughing? Why don't you go around and see if there are any signs of Warcraft activities!"
The female leopard was powerful, and the scouts immediately dispersed, leaving her and Leon with their heads in their arms.
Everyone ran away, and Rose felt regretful and a little embarrassed. She lowered her head and thought that she was shouting like this. Wouldn't it make Leon feel that she was too rude and not like a girl at all?
Unconsciously, one of her hearts has already been tied to Leon, and this is almost a secret known to the crazy hammer tribe.
When the leopard girl was complaining about herself, she felt her hand being held.
As soon as she looked up, she saw Leon's bright black eyes with a warm smile.
"Let's go to the lake together." Leon said with a smile, taking her little hand and walking forward.
Rose felt a little shy, but she was reluctant to let go and let him hold herself.
The grass is like green, and the breeze is full of the fragrance of unknown wild flowers. Stepping through the grass, the butterflies are dancing, and the mirror-like lake seems to be making a silent call.
This picturesque beauty makes Rose gradually forget her shyness, and she can't wait to put all the scenery into her vision.
What is different from her is that when Leon is enjoying the scenery, he is also evaluating the feasible surname of building a city or castle here.
There is no doubt that this is the best place to build Salling so far. It is surrounded by mountains as a natural barrier, which is enough to withstand the cold currents in the north in winter, and the environment is very superior.
The existence of small rivers and lakes makes the water source not a problem at all. Flat basins are also conducive to reclamation, planting and grazing, and are not far from the two hunting areas.
It is not without problems. It is located in the hinterland of Salling, from the Nucang River in the south, the Colinworthling in the east, and the Iron Furnace Fort in the north.
Due to the barrier of high mountains and forests, the future communication between the Salling and the outside world is extremely inconvenient. Even the gray camel caravan may be difficult to reach here, and it is almost isolated from the world.
If you are threatened by demons, the Hammer tribe can only fight alone and it is difficult to ask for help from the outside world.
However, in Leon's view, isolation also has the benefits of isolation from the world. Salling does not need to intervene in the disputes of the kingdom. He devotes himself to developing and slowly strengthening his strength. Population may also be a big problem, but there is always a solution.
This is it! He made a secret decision in his heart.
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!"
A few anxious calls suddenly came not far away, which suddenly interrupted Leon's thinking.
Leon was shocked and immediately looked in the direction of the sound. He saw two scouts rushing towards this side on the other side of the lake.
Behind them, there were more than a dozen huge and half-length savages chasing closely. They held spears and shouted.
What's going on? Leon was shocked. Are there any indigenous people here?
Regardless of thinking carefully, Leon immediately pulled out his sword and rushed over. Rose picked up the long bow and hurriedly followed him to support.
The two sides approached quickly, and Leon also saw the appearance of the pursuers.
These "savages" have a fat physique, bare breasts and big oily belly. The square horse's face with two copper bell-like eyes are bulging high, the nose is wide, the mouth is flat, the lips are thick, and two huge white front teeth are exposed.
Their hair is tied into small braids and hanging down to their waists, their dark faces and bodies are smeared with dark red dye, and their lower body is wrapped in a grass skirt made of grass leaves and vines.
Although these pursuers look fatter than pigs, their running speed is not slow at all, rumbling like a group of elephants running wildly, which is quite terrible.
Of course, their speed is incomparable to that of leopard scouts, so they have been pulled away for a long time.
I don't know why, Leon looked at these fat guys and felt a little familiar.
Two leopards rushed to the front of Leon panting. Leon stopped and hurriedly asked, "What's going on?"
"We don't know. The two of us just went to the woods over there to explore. As soon as we saw that someone was bathing in the river, they rushed out to chase us!" A scout swallowed and explained.
"Is there any misunderstanding? Don't run away. Ask first."
Leon inserted his sword into the grass in front of him, which was a sign of peace that he did not want to use force.
When the rose caught up saw his behavior, she also put down the long bow in her hand.
When the more than a dozen fat** saw Leon and others stopping in place, they slowed down one after another and stopped dozens of steps away.
"He, I'm Leon, the lord of Sal. We don't mean any harm. Which ethnic group are you from?" Leon asked loudly.
Looking at the appearance of the other party, it is clearly with the characteristics of orcs, not like demons or underground races.
**They looked at each other. One of them took a few steps forward and stammered, "What Salling? I haven't heard of it. Where did you come from? Why did you peek at our woman taking a shower?"
Speeking at their women taking a shower? Leon was almost choked to death by his saliva, and he quickly looked back at the two leopard scouts.
The two scouts were even more innocent and repeatedly cried, "There is no peek. We just went there and saw a dark person in the river. Before we could see it clearly, they ran out!"
Leon really believes that, to be honest, looking at each other's appearance, how beautiful their women can go, the taste of leopard scouts is really not so heavy.
"It seems to be a misunderstanding!" Leon smiled and said, "I asked them to apologize to you."
(to be continued)