Regardless of the demand for special wood this time, there is really someone behind the scenes, or they want to take advantage of this opportunity to cause trouble. The needs and reasons were real. Uzov and his party had no excuse to refuse, so they set off anyway.
Almost all the members of the Ikaruga Alliance martial faction temporarily stationed at the Technical Guild and responsible for the siege were mobilized. Because there are monsters in the forest at the destination, sufficient manpower is needed to protect the lumberjacks.
Although there are not any high-level and powerful monsters near the holy city of Estali. Because such rare species are usually the targets of competition among magicians, whether they are used as materials, magic pets, or food ingredients, they have no chance of living a long life.
But for Uzov Gantia, who has lived for most of his life and has been the lowest level adventurer, every life is precious.
Not to mention the lumberjacks or craftsmen who came, many of them were partners working together and supporting each other in the technical guild, and many of them were also members of the Ikaruga Alliance. These people were not something Uzov could give up easily, so he gathered as much protective power as possible.
As for removing all the members of the Alliance Fighting Faction, it is also a last resort. Because the wood elves, who were the backbone of the alliance, seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and these once most active figures could not be seen anywhere.
Uzov Gantia had many wood elf friends, and even had close relationships with a few of them. Knowing that the Wood Elves are allowed to travel throughout the land is both a gift from the World Tree and the freedom they long for. Staying in the realm of World Tree, there are too many dogmas that must be followed. Although the blessings of trees can be obtained, it is not all without cost.
I thought it was just a coincidence that I couldn't see half a Wood Elf in the Technical Guild and other Turtle Dove Alliance strongholds in the Holy City. So Uzov wanted to use the forum to contact his former wood elf friends, hoping that they could support him if they were nearby. But there was no response at all, as if these people collectively evaporated from the land of confusion.
The only exception is Mai Ershu, who is wearing a retro elf robe with a three-feathered bird totem embroidered with a black background and silver thread. Although in the classification of elves, she can also be classified as wood elves. But she is a very rare dark elf, a subject of the ancient world tree Fasnas. She claims to be the slave of that magician and was sent by the ancient one. It can be said that she is a special case among special cases.
Because of this, Uzov could only pull out all the existing strengths of the Turtle Dove Alliance in the Holy City to serve as guards.
According to his own past experience, it wouldn't be a big problem for an adventure team that was good at fighting to wander alone in a forest full of monsters. As long as you are not too unlucky, you will encounter the top creatures in nature without any preparation.
But if you want to serve as a guard, the number of people must correspond to the number of people being protected, so that you can take full care of them. Because for those who are not familiar with it, they cannot grasp the dangers that suddenly appear in the forest, and it is easy to act rashly, thereby threatening life safety. The worst-case scenario, of course, is to involve other people.
This is only when the people who follow take up arms and can act as warriors, so that they can almost take care of each one. If you want to protect the kind of nobles who don't know anything, only cause trouble, and don't know how to fight, then you have to take care of one of ten people, or even more people. Therefore, it makes sense for the nobles to organize the army, because they themselves are too useless.
In the past, a trip of nearly a hundred people would have been an unimaginable event for a small organization. Maybe you won't encounter it once in ten years, because this is almost at the level of military operations. But for the technical guild, it doesn't matter whether the 100 people have to take turns to set off, arrive in sequence, or set off together. Especially with trucks, organizing operations becomes even faster and more convenient.
On the way out, everyone sat in the back of the truck. Although it was not very comfortable, the space was very spacious.
For the craftsmen of the Technical Guild, there is no one who has never ridden in a car. There are always various situations and reasons for applying for transportation or hitchhiking. Therefore, all of them are experienced and know how to find every opportunity to straighten their legs or stabilize their bodies to avoid bumps. If the return trip is full of wood, everyone will not be so relaxed.
However, most of the members of the Ikaruga Alliance who acted as temporary bodyguards were riding in a truck for the first time. They also saw vehicles driving on the roads of the Holy City more than once, but not many people could afford this expensive means of transportation for precarious adventurers.
Apart from the comfort level, we are not some aristocratic young masters or young ladies with expensive butts. I'm lucky enough to have a car to sit in and not have to use my own legs to walk. I heard that there are small cars for carrying people, but the comfort level is completely different from these trucks for carrying goods. Everyone couldn't help but think about it while sitting around.
But there are also those who have been in the military somewhere and look at vehicles from a different perspective than others. These people would be shocked at how quickly trucks can drop people.
From the holy city to the forest at the destination, it would take two to three days no matter how fast you walked on your feet. But judging from the scenery on the road, it was not yet noon, and we had already seen the peaks that can only be seen in the destination forest. Looks like we'll be there before noon.
This means that if a force has a large enough fleet, it can quickly transport its troops to where they are needed. Even if you don't transport soldiers, it is very useful to transport food, grass, weapons and supplies.
Moreover, it is said that one of the leaders of the automobile manufacturing and research and development center, Grand Duke Kawei of the Gwana Empire, has begun to equip his own private army with vehicles and redesign various tactics. This is undoubtedly a threat to other countries and other forces.
Some of these quick-thinking people do not want to be constrained by the system, or they cannot stand it, so they join the Turtle Dove Alliance as a member of the resistance to the unfair system. Thinking about the impact of cars on the military is just a habit of the first half of my life.
There are also some people who are simply spies of other countries or forces, hiding in the alliance. However, most people are well aware of this matter, but no one has put these things on the table to expose it. Even who these people are is a semi-open secret.
However, these people do not necessarily need to be watched out for. Because as long as you are a living person, no one has a position or attitude. As members of the alliance, they are willing to help others, and they also hope that one day in the future, when they need help, they can also receive help from others.
Under this premise, who dares to ruin their reputation? Once betrayed, there is no turning back. In comparison, even if you stay in the Adventurer's Guild, you will have a bad reputation, but as long as it does not violate local laws, the local lord will not do anything unnecessary, and the adventurers will accept the commission as usual.
As expected, the convoy arrived at its destination, the Unnamed Forest, at noon, just as the veterans had predicted.
A group of people unloaded their luggage from the truck to enter the forest, including various logging tools. This is the deepest point that vehicles of all sizes can reach, and you can only walk on your feet for the rest of the journey.
Another group of people built forward positions on the spot. In addition to taking care of the vehicles, they also served as preparatory support personnel. One of the great benefits of being lost is that if you go to the forum to ask for help, as long as the power of the magic stone is not exhausted, there will be no blind spots or problems with signal reception.
After packing their bags, the group of people who were ready to set off entered the forest under the leadership of Uzov.
The advance of the team is naturally divided into scouts, vanguard, squadron, and rearguard. As the president of the Technical Guild and the organizer of this operation, Uzov Gantia had the rare experience of being surrounded by people for protection, walking together with the lumberjacks and craftsmen.
If he had been a scout in his past adventures, or helping to move things behind the scenes, it would not have been a glamorous role. However, thanks to the experience at that time, he was able to arrange the huge team in an orderly manner.
Among them, the white swordsman William Greco is placed at the back. This person's mysophobia has become a must-have topic for gossip within the alliance. When talking and laughing, everyone can be happy; but when working with this person, no one is not distressed.
If you don't do dirty work or tiring work, or if it violates his inexplicable rules, you won't do it either; so no one knows when they will encounter this dear friend's taboos. I want to blame him, but I don't know if this person is pretending to be deaf and dumb, or pretending to be crazy and stupid. Like his martial arts, he is among the top in the world.
What else could he do except let him go, so Uzov placed him at the back of the team. The advantage of this is that everyone does not have to worry about being attacked from behind by enemies or monsters. At least he himself does not want to be attacked by enemies.
This sword master was in trouble, but he had no record of abandoning his comrades and running away alone. It can also be said that when he is around, it is unlikely that anything too embarrassing will happen.
Another person who made special arrangements was the dark elf Maier.
In fact, the dark elves who come to the surface from the underground sometimes join the Turtle Dove Alliance and abide by the rules of mutual assistance in the alliance, and do not commit any particularly bad deeds. Therefore, although dark elves are not common among the members of the alliance, they are not completely absent. The alliance is an organization that eliminates opinions and is based on cooperation.
Uzov's cooperation with Maiersha on the snowy mountain was considered pleasant, and there was no friction between the two parties. In addition, she became one of his own family members. But these are not the reasons why Uzov pays special attention to her. The real reason lies in the rifle on Merle's back.
With experience in the snowy mountains, Uzov certainly knew the power and diverse functions of this weapon. The environmental detection alone is enough to satisfy people in a dangerous forest. In fact, before setting off, he also thought about lending the rifle to the boss.
But someone's cautious attitude towards firearms made Uzov give up his mind. Anyway, there was no such convenient thing in the past, and the forest was not the same. Go in whole, come out whole.
Since Merle, who was traveling with him, had borrowed a rifle, Uzov had no reason not to make good use of it. When you are away from home, getting home safely is the most important thing.
