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Right after Monk Lawrence left, Fisa, a kobold, showed up at the settlement camp.
Ever since Leo exposed Fisa's little ruse of leaving a dog in River Bend last time, Fisa hadn't been to River Bend for a long time.
Even the kobold ore - carrying team suddenly turned slack and chaotic.
Leo even suspected that the leader in Kobold Valley had changed. After all, kobolds weren't a civilized race. No matter how smart Fisa was, she couldn't take a hit from a brute among her subordinates.
If Ulyan hadn't been swamped, Leo would've gone to Kobold Valley to check things out.
The iron ores from Kobold Valley were currently the main source of income for River Bend Territory. If there were any changes, Leo wouldn't hesitate to lead the militia into battle again.
When Leo saw Fisa swaggering into the camp with several burly kobold guards, their tails wagging, he finally let out a sigh of relief.
Before, when Little Mouse and the marmot hung out together, their main thing was to figure out how to style their tufts of hair. Compared to Little Mouse, who could smooth her hair with her hands anytime, Freya, with her short hands, legs, and hair, hit a wall in this aspect.
In the end, it was the smart Fisa who came up with an idea, which was to use the pine resin from the pine forest to style their hair!
So afterwards, Freya often wandered around the camp with a mohawk.
What if the tuft of hair wasn't long enough? Well, make up for it with more of them!
Not only did Freya have a mohawk on her head, but all the black hair along her back was styled into a mohawk by Little Mouse.
The marmot had turned into a saber - toothed dragon - look - alike.
This look quickly became popular among the kobolds, who naturally admired the strong.
Now, Fisa and her several kobold guards were all sporting mohawks, wearing fur armor, and carrying round shields, short spears, and crossbows. They were like a mini - version of the River Bend militia.
Surprisingly, the originally mild - looking golden - furred kobolds looked a lot wilder after getting their hair styled into a cool mohawk.
Moreover, it seemed to add a bit of height to them. It was like a grade - schooler turning into a middle - schooler!
Swaggering into River Bend Territory, Fisa came up to Leo, wagging her tail and looking excited. She shouted, "I! The smart Fisa! The King of Kobolds!"
Leo shot her a sideways look. "Are you asking for a spanking?"
Fisa proudly put her hands on her hips and shouted, "No! Fisa attacked another group of kobolds. They surrendered! I'm the King of Kobolds!"
Leo understood and was so shocked that he stammered, "So you've been out fighting during this time?"
"Yes! Fight! Victory!"
As it turned out, after Fisa went back, she, being self - motivated, rallied the armed kobolds under her. After trekking over ten miles through mountains and across rivers, they launched an attack on another kobold tribe.
Under the long - range assault of the iron - bullet Slings, short spears, and crossbows that Fisa had replicated, the larger group of kobolds were thrown into complete chaos.
When Fisa led the kobold army into the enemy's lair and formed a shield wall to advance slowly, ready to repeat what had happened in Kobold Valley, the enemy leader very decisively surrendered.
Just like when Leo marched into Kobold Valley, it was like a group of militiamen of the same size up against a bunch of hooligans who only knew how to charge around blindly. You could tell the result just by looking at their military bearing.
The only difference this time was that both sides were kobolds, so they had no psychological burden when surrendering.
Kobolds, who are naturally in awe of the strong and not very intelligent, don't have as complicated thought processes as humans. They simply submit to whoever is stronger and don't need to think too much.
Fisa's father, the former kobold leader, was killed by Leo. It hasn't been long, yet it seems like she has already forgotten about it.
Some kobold tribes on the verge of extinction would even sacrifice their old and weak to nearby ogres or even worgs in order to seek protection.
Many approaching human adventure groups would think that a kobold tribe that had tamed an ogre must be quite powerful.
They never thought that the kobolds were just willing to become the ogre's food supply.
Leo wasn't interested in the skirmishes that resembled fights between two primary - school classes, but Fisa the kobold's actions put him on alert.
The killing and annexation in the wilderness are even more intense than he imagined.
It hasn't been long since he conquered Kobold Valley, and now they're already thinking about attacking another tribe.
Of course, Fisa's intelligence plays a major role, but the strength of the kobold tribe and the support of her subordinates are also very important.
In the wilderness, any tribe with a bit of strength would have its leader actively or passively expand its power to avoid being discovered by stronger forces and then invaded and enslaved.
Moreover, with the orc invasion, the entire Wolf - Driving Plain is in turmoil. Just as Leo explained to Elder Zurvan, it is a time of reshuffle where the strong prey on the weak, and it isn't just a matter of hiding.
"It seems that I'll have to talk about accepting displaced persons when Ulyan gets back."
Fisa's "expedition" brought back more than a hundred kobolds to Kobold Valley, and the proportion of young and strong is excellent. There are even more kobold warriors among them than in her own tribe.
Not every kobold tribe is as lucky as to have a good neighbor like the River Bend Pioneer Fief. Most kobold tribes have neighbors like jackalopes, Wild Boar Man, or other more barbaric foreign races around them, or simply magical beast lairs.
This race, which is at a natural disadvantage, always has a hard time surviving in the wilderness. Even if they have a gold mine, many kobolds would still starve to death in winter.
In a season like early spring, it is a time to weed out the weaker members of the clan.
The population expansion of Fisa's tribe doesn't worry Leo too much.
River Bend and Kobold Valley are less than ten li apart, practically next to each other, so it is easy to get information.
If Fisa remains in power, with her intelligence, she should know the necessity of maintaining trade with River Bend Territory.
If she isn't in power and the new leader wants to cause trouble, River Bend could just use it as a chance to train its troops.
But Leo also has to find a way to speed up the development of River Bend.
After all, no one knows when the smart Fisa will go on another expedition.
He can't come across as less capable than a husky after being transported here!
Fisa didn't just come to Leo to show off her military achievements. She also put forward a request for a Joint Operation.
"Allied forces? Who are we going to fight?"
"Ogres," Fisa said, trying to stretch out both hands in front of her to make a big circle. "Ogres, huge ones! As big as Freya!"
"Leo couldn't help but laugh. He thought the kobolds were really brave.
It seems that The Battle with the Wild Boar Man and this Marching Out have really gone to Fisa's head.
"You dare to fight ogres? Can you even break their defenses?"
"The ogres are in the west, very close, and a big threat!" Fisa tried hard to explain, then carefully looked for something on Ulyan's tattered map and suddenly pointed at a spot on it.
"Here!"
Leo looked at the map and fell silent. This location was about ten li southwest of Kobold Valley and not too far from River Bend, and the three places almost formed a triangle.
In comparison, Kobold Valley was hidden in the mountains northwest of River Bend and was quite secluded. Although River Bend was a little farther from where the ogres were, it was actually easier to be discovered.
"It's really close. How many ogres are there?"
"Two!"
Leo felt a bit more at ease and nodded. "That's okay. I'll get ready first, and then we'll go together and kill them."
"Good! Neighbor! Ally!" Fisa wagged its tail quickly after getting the promise."