Chapter 177 174. Crazy Brown Bear
On the morning of March 6, Neil brought a much larger team to the vicinity of Iron Mine.
Looking from a hillside to the north of Iron Mine, the Iron Mine factory a few kilometers away is surrounded by a 6-meter-high earth wall to form a walled city. Beyond the earth wall, you can see a large area of dark brown stone exposed on the mountain. That is the open-pit Limonite with the best quality and the easiest to mine on Gallop Plains.
Iron Mine Mountain Not far away, various earthen and wooden buildings were piled up into a walled city. Many buildings were built from the inside of the earthen wall to the mountain. They looked scattered and orderly from a distance, but they looked messy up close.
But Neil can be sure that there must be many more Mana-Wielders living in this Iron Mine than Salt Mine, and even more than Night-Kirin City. Thinking that his master is planning to capture this place in the future, Neil is also very worried.
"Let's call the door!" Neil was riding on the horse and said to Long Hoof beside him. Then they both rode down the hillside alone on their mounts and approached Iron Mine.
This is the strategy set by Neil. Don't expose your own strength first, use your best mount to get close to Iron Mine, explore the situation, and run away at any time.
"Brown Bear Tribe! We are Longhorn Tribe, and we are here to transport Iron Mine!" More than 100 meters away from the mine gate, the two Neil stopped and started calling the door.
Neil believed that if there was someone on the other side of his voice, he would be able to hear it. However, Brown Bear Tribe showed no response, and there was no one on the wall.
After calling the door three more times, the two decided to explore forward one more time, so they held the reins tightly and urged their partner underneath them to move forward bit by bit.
With a "click" sound, the camp's door was rudely pushed open, and a humanoid monster nearly 4 meters tall, with no clothes on his upper body and a pair of wide leather pants on his lower body appeared at the door.
"This," Neil exclaimed. Even for Mana-Wielder, the height of 4 meters is definitely an exaggeration. If he were in the Human Empire, he would definitely be above High-Rank.
"This is..." Long Hoof took a closer look, but felt that the monster in front of him was very familiar, "Is it Brown Bear Leader?"
"Ah?" Neil was even more surprised after hearing this. Not to mention the leader's current High-Rank body shape, just looking at his condition is also very weird.
Winter has just ended on the plains, and everyone has to wear leather jackets. However, this leader's purple arms are bare, his leather pants are stained, his eyes are distracted, and the saliva on his mouth is almost frozen. It doesn't look like he is in a normal state at first glance.
"Hehe, it's delicious!" Brown Bear Leader's dull eyes perked up as soon as he met the two of them. The monster swooped in front of Long Hoof, grabbed Big Longhorn's beast head with both hands, and with a flick of his hand, Big Longhorn's hooves were lifted off the ground. Even the leader of Long Hoof who was sitting on it was also thrown out directly.
Neil looked at Brown Bear Leader in shock. It only took a few tens of seconds to lift a beast of burden carrying a person, then opened its big mouth and tried to reach Big Longhorn's neck.
"No!" Long Hoof, who was thrown more than ten meters away, looked up and was shocked to see his partner being torn to pieces by the monster's hands. His legs could not even support him.
Neil still doesn't know now that the monster ate the beast of burden first simply because the beast of burden had more meat. As long as he stayed a moment longer, Black-Scaled Horse underneath him would not be able to escape the bad luck. He quickly kicked the frightened Whirlwind twice, picked up Long Hoof and ran away to the north.
Here Brown Bear Leader opened the mouth of the beast of burden in a few clicks and swallowed the bones and internal organs alive. The plain in front of him and the gate behind him were empty.
Most of the cavalrymen brought by Mana-Wielder and Neil from the tribe witnessed the cruel scene in the morning. Many young people started vomiting before arriving at the camp. Even many veterans who had participated in the war couldn't bear it.
Neil knew that Iron Mine would not be able to get in now. He was not enough for the monster to eat him alive. However, he was at a loss for the moment and didn't know what to do.
In the big tent, the Knights of Gallop all bowed their heads and remained silent. This was their most complete defeat since entering Gallop Tribe. A High-Rank opponent, and this group of Junior Knights, were simply unable to fight against them.
Long Hoof simply collapsed on the blanket as soon as he came back and couldn't even eat lunch.
"My Big Longhorn, you're just gone," the old man kept wailing, "It's a shame that I still want to win Iron Mine with a bottle of Magic Potion." The daughter Xiaohua on the other side knelt beside him and accompanied him silently.
"I said Long Hoof, you have to cheer up. If something happens to you, what will Xiaohua do?" Neil kept comforting her, understanding his mood very well. To a certain extent, if it weren't for Big Longhorn, maybe he and Whirlwind would have become the monster's lunch.
"Sir, Iron Mine has a messenger over there." A report suddenly came from outside.
"What?" Everyone in the tent was stunned.
When Landen received the letter from Neil at Night-Kirin City, it was already the evening of March 10. Landen was having a meeting in his tent.
"Huh? Neil has a problem over there." In front of the crowd, Landen casually picked out some content and read it out. "The leader of the Brown Bear Tribe seems to have gone crazy. It seems that Iron Mine stones can no longer be bought."
"Sir? Neil, are you okay?" Makoto on the other side was very concerned about his son.
"Nothing happened, I just got a little frightened, but one Mage in Iron Mine found him," Landen read the end of the letter, "It seems that this Iron Mine is much richer than Salt Mine."
The so-called Mage was the messenger who found Neil in the camp after the decisive battle. His only purpose in finding Neil was to persuade them to leave quickly. The leader of Brown Bear had gone completely crazy and out of control.
The battle against Brown Bear was the most unsuccessful mission that Neil had done since following Landen, but Neil was not going to give up just yet.
"Hey, this kid, even if he ate a medium-sized tribe, why are he still planning to station there?" Neil's letter was written by Corney Knight, and their plan was written in detail.
On the one hand, they believe that without the supply of Iron Mine stones, several medium-sized tribes around Iron Mine will have survival problems, and now is a good opportunity to annex these tribes. On the other hand, they are worried that once they evacuate, the mysterious Fanil Fox will cause trouble in the surrounding areas.
"This brat," Landen looked at Makoto with a smile, "Don't you just fall in love with someone else's girl? Don't you want to come back?"
Makoto was stunned by these words, worried that his son would be taboo on making decisions without permission.
"Netherland·Will xun, you are taking a team of 50 people and following the messenger back. Let Neil go ahead and move the people back once you capture the new tribe." Landen read Neil's letter and agreed with his idea of stationing on the spot. However, this guy was obviously inexperienced and almost got himself involved. He could only find Intermediate Knight to bring more people to work with him.
It seems that Landen, although still unable to capture Iron Mine, can eat all the surrounding medium-sized tribes and obtain a lot of ores. Since the supplier does not provide supply, let's find a way from the channel dealer first.