Devouring Evolution Begins with Hedgehogs

".'s subordinates, ah yes, that is, Bufix, who protects Miss Zhouquan with him," Liu Ergou quickly changed his words.

"No need! It's just you." "In that case, I will be grateful to the lord for your kindness. The little girl is very grateful!" Tufaen was about to refuse impatiently, but Delis agreed!
Quietly made a strange gesture to Tufaen, Tufaen immediately understood and said no more.

And all of this was seen by Eranster who was on the side.

"I just can't figure it out, the majestic Tiger Clan, and the empire's leading business group, what are they doing in such a shitty place like Beiyuan?
Even if you want to go to the Sunset Mountains, you don't need to cross the San Diego River to come to us, right? "In the depths of the blue-winged bat cave, Liu Ergou rubbed his eyebrows in confusion.

"Those who come are not kind, and those who are kind don't come." Eranster glanced at Liu Ergou, "Not to mention that such a large business group has no profit in coming to Beiyuan, even if there is, it is not our turn. "

"Besides, if you really want to investigate the Sunset Mountains, with the strength of the Brave Merchant Group and the upper-class nobles like the Tiger Clan, how could you not send a few more guards!"

"Dignified Brave can be robbed by goblins? I'd rather believe that old boy Bufix can dig a hole!"

"Hey, let's talk about things, what are you doing with me?" Bufix on the side patted Erlanster very dissatisfied.

"No matter what their purpose is, since they have come to our Northern Plains, sooner or later they have to come up with some real chapters!"

Liu Ergou simply stopped hesitating, turned his head and told the two patriarchs: "Bufix, I will trouble you for a while.

Aren't they going to inspect the Sunset Mountains?Let them see, see enough!It would be best to see a few pitfalls for us!

Just follow them and watch, but be careful!Be sure to keep yourself safe! "

"Elanster! You have seen a lot, so please take a trip. Aren't the other survivors of the business group still at the church?

You go back tomorrow and see if you can spot anything.Abel and Budley are too young, and Xilia is an orthodox aristocrat, no one is in charge, I am afraid that the family will suffer! "

Just after noon the next day, Eranster asked Brent to fly back with him in the name of repairing the magic circle.Tiger Clan, Brave Merchant Group, Second Class Deacon.

Combining these three identities and one body, Delis is at least the number one person who can walk sideways, not to mention covering the sky with one hand in the empire.

For the empire, the royal family-nobles-colonial class system is the cornerstone of maintaining the rule of the empire.

Every citizen of the empire has its own clear and unshakable position on this strict pyramid;

Correspondingly, they are endowed with the same clear and unshakable rights and obligations.

And among the numerous and well-defined families of all sizes, there are five huge families that always sit at the top of this pyramid.

Radiating a coercive light toward the entire empire, these five families are exactly the five families that Xi Liya introduced to Liu Ergou at the beginning.

In name, the five major families under the leadership of the royal family are the symbols of this orc empire.

But what Silia didn't know was that if these five families were called the face of the empire, then there were four other families that could be called the pillars of the empire.

These four families are the Rhinoceros Clan of Laila Seles, the Lion Clan of Leon, the Snake Clan of Snakes, and the Tiger Clan to which Delis belongs.

Among them, the Rhino Clan of Lyra Thales controls nearly 80.00% of the food production in the entire empire;
The Imperial Farming Association, headed by the Rhino Clan, is an organization that almost every farmer must join.

If not, as long as the Farming Association gives an order, no matter how good your product quality is, no merchant will have the guts to buy it.

And the Leon Lion Clan controls every slave trade group in the entire empire.Of course, on the surface, these slave trade groups have job agencies, or have legitimate titles such as the Adventurer's Association, and all kinds of documents are readily available.

Behind the scenes, these slave trade groups used kidnapping, extortion, usury and even direct arrests in remote areas to continuously deliver various "goods" to the slave market of the empire.

From the perspective of imperial law, coercing free people into slavery is a capital offense.But as long as slavery and the slave market are still legal in the empire, these lions will always find a way to get "voluntary" slaves.

Of course, such slaves are not easy to sell in the general market.

And some big shots want to get some special-purpose slaves, so naturally they won't come here to pick them up.

At this time, those Snakes who are always lurking in the shadows are the best candidates to meet such needs.

The Snakes are the masters of the empire's underworld, the uncrowned kings of the dark side.

Here, whether it is a special slave, a rare material banned from trading by the imperial order, or a standard weapon of the empire, you can easily get it here.

Even some sensitive information, or killers licking blood at the tip of their knives, and a private army composed of outlaws, are not a problem for the Snake Snake Clan!

As long as you have money.

Obviously, the very wealthy royal family and the five major families will inevitably seek some special "help" here every year to solve some problems that cannot be brought to the table.

In contrast to the black market of the Snake Clan, the Brave Merchant Group formed by the Tiger Clan has almost monopolized the legal business market in the empire.

Don't think that the Tigers of Brave are simply peddlers because of the title of "Business Group".

In fact, the Brave Merchant Group can be seen behind almost every wholesale market, every chain industry, and even every transportation route in the empire.

And the second-class deacon is enough to prove that he can manage an entire trade line by himself.

Further up, there are only the first-class deacons who manage the entire province, and the highest-ranking president.

In this sense, a second-class deacon like Delis is still above the mayor of an ordinary city.

However, because the work they did was somewhat unrealistic, these four major families were not as brilliant as the five major families at the top of the pyramid.

But the dignitaries who are truly qualified to participate in the internal affairs of the empire know that the pillars of these four major families are sometimes more important than the five major families.

It is also because of this that the shadow cabinet composed of representatives of the above five families and the lower four families, together with the imperial family, is the real ruler of the orc empire.

This decision-making body composed of Wang Jiugui is also known as the Golden Council in the mouth of the powerful.

As for the gang in the parliament building?To them, they are nothing more than a bunch of noisy clowns.

The inside story of the empire, not to mention that the abandoned patriarchs like Erlanster and Bufix don't know, even the real upper five nobles like Xilia have never heard of it.

Because once this "nobility among nobles" is leaked out, it will fundamentally shake the ruling foundation of the empire, that is, the existing aristocratic system.

However, not knowing the Gold Council doesn't mean not knowing the Brave Merchant Group.

Erlanster and Bufix had already heard about the power of such a behemoth.

As for Liu Ergou?Even the limited understanding of history in his previous life was enough for him to understand that something extraordinary must have happened behind the sudden appearance of such a big man in such a place.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, and none of the three took it lightly.

However, there will be no news from Erlanster for a while, and Delis and Tufaen are determined not to leave.

Liu Ergou had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead the team to the Sunset Mountains as originally planned.

Tasks come first!As for Delis?there is always a solution to a problem.

No matter how much energy these two people have outside, they still have to rely on their fists to speak when they enter the Sunset Mountain Range.

If something really happened, Liu Ergou didn't mind tasting the blood of the Tiger Clan.

However, Liu Ergou was quite surprised when he thought of the blood.For no other reason, after using blood detection to sense it, Liu Ergou was very surprised to find that the strength of Delis' blood was even higher than that of Tufaen!

The measurement of bloodline strength is affected by two factors: the strength of bloodline inheritance and the degree to which the bloodline power is exerted.

Generally speaking, the stronger the individual's strength, the more or more powerful bloodlines he has awakened, the stronger the bloodlines inherited by this person will be considered.

It cannot be ruled out that the person has a strong bloodline, but for some reason it cannot be stimulated at all, resulting in a very weak individual.

However, since this world lacks a method to detect hidden blood vessels, this situation is generally treated as thin blood vessels.

But after sensing Delis and Tufaen, Liu Ergou found a problem, although Tufaen's power is very powerful.

It was so powerful that even Bufix and Liu Ergou themselves were a bit hard to resist.But blood perception gave a completely different answer.

Either Delis is actually a strong man with hidden strength, and his strength is actually far superior to that of Tufaen.But how could such a strong person be reduced to this point?

Either
Both belong to the Tiger Clan, but have a bloodline that far surpasses that of Tufaen?This Delis' identity is probably not as simple as she said!No matter what secrets are hidden behind Delis, at least for now, it has no effect on Liu Ergou.

However, Liu Ergou couldn't let go of the labor delivered to his door.

Maybe Delis is hiding an unknown strength, maybe Delis has an unimaginable identity for Liu Ergou.But it doesn't matter.

The important thing is that Tufaen is Delis' guard, and protecting the safety of the "weak and helpless" Delis is currently Tufaen's primary responsibility.

Liu Ergou saw this very clearly.

So from that day on, Tufaen found helplessly that at some point, he had somehow changed from being the guard of Delis to the guard of the entire expedition.

There is no one else, but every time he encounters an enemy that is difficult to deal with, Liu Ergou will lure Delis.

Liu Ergou doesn't care about Delis' status in the empire!After all, the Sunset Mountain Range has been a dangerous place since ancient times.

Since Delis volunteered to act with the expedition team, she could only be blamed for her incompetence or her face being too dark when something went wrong.

As for nobility?The entire northern wilderness was abandoned by the empire. Even if Delis wanted to condemn Liu Ergou for negligence, where would he go to sue?

So in this way, Tufaen sadly became the guard and meat shield of the entire expedition.

Liu Ergou's attitude is very clear, since you are Delis' guard, it is only natural to protect Delis' safety.

Our expedition team was beaten up and Miss Delis was implicated, of course we are very sorry.

But you, Tufaen, can't just stand by and wait for the enemy to kill Delis before making a move, right?
Take the blame, here I come!Send to death?you go!
However, to Liu Ergou's surprise, Delis himself, the person involved, had no complaints about this.

Not only that, Delis even took the initiative to participate in the work of the expedition team. Every day he either cooks with Hoffman or helps Avril take care of the wounded.

Within a few days, Delis got along with most of the people, and Liu Ergou was a little ashamed to see it!

Ashamed, ashamed, as the boss, some responsibilities are destined to be on his shoulders alone.

Although Liu Ergou and Tufaen looked at each other more and more disliked each other, but after a few days, nothing happened.

With the continuation of the journey, Liu Ergou and his party gradually drifted away in this long and steep sunset mountain range.

Unlike the outer mountains, the expedition team is now trekking hard in a wet and narrow mountain forest valley.

In such an area, even the glow of the setting sun is difficult to reflect on this deep mountain gorge.

Even if one or two rays of sunshine are lucky to pass through a certain pass and sprinkle on this land, they will only be blocked by various intertwined vegetation, casting a large shadow in the forest in vain.

It is precisely because there is no sunshine all year round that the deep fallen leaves accumulate layer by layer in this valley, and rot layer by layer, turning into turbid streams flowing around and sticky fog that lingers all day long.

Fortunately, it seems that because there are no poisonous plants, although the fog is sticky and smelly, it has never been filled with miasma that can kill people all year round like the legendary Gods Weeping Canyon.

But Liu Ergou and the others were walking slowly along an intermittent stone road in the mist where it was difficult to distinguish the direction.

First, with the guidance of this road, there will inevitably be a man-made facility ahead; second, it is better to step on a solid stone slab than to sink into rotten leaves.

"It's a good thing that old guy Erlanster didn't come. Hey. Huh. Otherwise, it would be the fog, and his old cold legs would have killed him." Bufix was still thinking about Erlan as he trekked. Sturt's joke.

"Huho. What kind of broken road is this?" Bufix was not good at trekking. This stone road has not been taken care of for many years.

Bufix had no choice but to walk with one paw deep and one paw shallow, staggering and bouncing around, watching Liu Ergou behind him was quite interesting.

"Hey, Boss, look over there, what are the girls and Avril Lavigne doing by the side of the road?" Bufix said to Liu Ergou pointing to the distance as if he had suddenly discovered something.

Liu Ergou looked along the direction of Bufix, and indeed there were two figures, one big and one small, who were collecting something from the plants on the side of the road. They were Delis and Avril Lavigne.

A few meters beside them, Tufaen, carrying a small basket on his back, was watching the surroundings vigilantly, presumably looking out for the wind.

"The two young ladies are so elegant, they don't forget to enjoy the flowers here." Liu Ergou leaned forward and joked curiously.

Delis just smiled when he heard the words, and was about to speak, but Avril took over the words and said:

"No, Sister De Lisi is taking me to pick herbs. Sister De Lisi said that there are many herbs with different uses in the Sunset Mountains. Picking more will help the expedition."

Since the system automatically translated the language of the world into Chinese, Liu Ergou didn't know that he hadn't called De Lisi by her name before, and later made a big joke, so don't mention it here.

"Tufaen! Bring the herb box and show it to the lord!" Seeing that Avril had finished explaining, Doris turned her head to greet Tufaen.

Not surprisingly, Liu Ergou got Tufaen's tiger-like eyes again.

Opening the basket, there were bundles of various plants in different categories, many of which Liu Ergou had never seen, or did not care about.

Each bunch of plants is tied with a small label with beautiful font.And at the bottom of the basket, there were several small green fruits and a bottle of unknown liquid.

"This is water root grass. The rhizome of this plant is rich in water, and naturally has a strong water element activity, which is very useful for treating burns."

"This is silver calendula, soak the stamen in the center in wine, and you will get a good detoxification wine"

"These are pecans, and the juice squeezed out after ripening is applied to the wound, which can speed up the healing of the wound.

The squeezed juice is best stored in this kind of crystal bottle to maintain the maximum potency. These few are not cooked yet, so they have to be stored for a while before they can be used. "

I didn't expect this humble herb to have so many effects!

What surprised Liu Ergou even more was this seemingly pampered young lady.How knowledgeable!
Hearing Liu Ergou's admiration and surprise praise, Doris just smiled politely, and explained to Liu Ergou: "The highest creed of our Brave Merchant Group is to firmly believe that everything has its own value. .”

"For mobile business groups like us, apart from traveling around to buy and sell goods, another important task is to discover valuable commodities. Every deacon like me who travels to the field must have a wealth of discerning skills."

"It is precisely because of this accumulation over the years that our Breve Merchant Group has achieved the level of overviewing everything in the world like it is now."

"So that's the case, I really admire it. Hey, what about this small bundle, what kind of herbal medicine is it?" Liu Ergou asked curiously, pointing to a small unremarkable plant in the corner of the basket.