Chapter 208 Patrol and Guard

It was already late at night when Yang Yi led his men to the Dead Water Oasis. The Dead Water Oasis was quiet and no centaurs were found.

Yang Yi saw at first glance that the original village level 3 log walls of Dead Water Village had been completely demolished, and the town level 3 earthen walls were built on the location of the village level 3 log walls.

There were two earthen walls in total. The southern wall had been repaired, and the northern wall was under construction.

The repaired town level 3 earthen wall was five meters high, and the cross-section of the earthen wall was roughly a right-angle trapezoid. The base of the wall was three meters wide, the top of the wall was one meter wide, and there were battlements. The one-meter width was a bit narrow, but it was enough to organize a small-scale team to garrison on the top of the wall for defense.

The earthen wall under construction in the north faces the avenue of Ratchet Town and the crossroads. Because the construction of the earthen wall relies on tamping the earth, dense log scaffolding is built diagonally from bottom to top on both sides of the wall during the construction process to facilitate the construction workers.

Yang Yi looked at the earthen wall under construction in the north. It takes time to collect and purchase the wood for the log racks, and it takes more time to build them. He is worried that the centaurs will set fire to these racks to destroy the construction of the wall.

And it is very important that when the centaurs attacked last time and set fire to the village's level 3 log wall, Yang Yi found that the unfinished wall could not withstand the destruction at all, and basically burned to ashes at the first fire. This is probably a feature of building with skills. Buildings built with skills have hidden defense values ​​after they are built, but buildings under construction do not seem to have them, so they are easily destroyed.

Yang Yi was worried about Qin Kun's Lu Xiaoming and his men. As long as they informed the centaurs of the progress of the construction of the Dead Water Village wall at any time, the centaurs could come to destroy it every time before the wall was built, and it would be difficult to build the wall.

More importantly, even if Ratchet Town had time and materials to waste with the centaurs, the builders of the Defias Brotherhood would not stay here for a long time to help. Without the help of these builders, these earthen walls could not be built by the murlocs in Ratchet Town.

After Yang Yi saw the earthen walls, he walked into Dead Water Village. The builders who built the earthen walls had worked hard all day and were already sleeping.

After entering Dead Water Village, Slark, who was in charge of the garrison, came up to him. Yang Yi asked Slark to arrange for the accompanying personnel to rest.

This time, Yang Yi brought a battalion of 100 combat murlocs from Ratchet Town, in addition to 100 lobster slaves. Yang Yi hoped to defend Dead Water Village. As long as the earthen walls could be built, the threat of the centaurs would be greatly reduced in the future.

Deadwater Village originally had 300 fighting murlocs stationed there, and with the fighting murlocs brought this time, there are a total of 400 fighting murlocs.

"It is not easy to resist the attack of the centaurs with this number. The last time the centaurs attacked Deadwater Village, there were 800 people, and that was not the main force of the centaurs in Sweetwater Oasis. The Kokar centaurs have been able to gallop in the Barrens for so many years and survive with so many enemies. Their strength can be seen."

Yang Yi was unsure, especially since he had a conflict with the orcs of the tribe in Deadwater Oasis last time. He didn't know whether the tribal reinforcements would come to rescue when the centaurs attacked again.

After settling the accompanying personnel, Yang Yi also went to the hotel in Deadwater Village to rest.

The next day, Yang Yi got up early.

Walking out of the hotel door, Yang Yi found that the construction workers had already started working in full swing.

Most of the daytime weather in the Barrens is hot and dry, so the construction workers started working before the scorching sun rose.

An excavation site was dug at the foot of Thunder Peak. The second-level kobold geomancer, Sandtooth Geomancer, was leading more than a hundred kobolds to dig earth and rocks. This kobold geomancer was very old and his hunched body could no longer do heavy work, so he could only help direct the work from the side. A squadron of combat fishmen lined up to supervise the work of these kobold slaves. If any kobold slave dared to be lazy, these combat fishmen would rush over and punch and kick them.

The earth and rocks dug by the kobolds were all building materials for the earthen walls, and the more than eighty stone hammer ogre slaves were responsible for transporting the earth and rocks. The ogres were tall and strong, but their heads were a little bit bad, which was just right for the pure labor work of carrying. These ogres were all wearing iron shackles and handcuffs made by the goblins, which made it impossible for them to resist the slavery of the combat fishmen.

The construction site of the earthen wall is mainly staffed by murloc builders, but these murloc builders are basically assistants, and the main construction is supervised by the stonemasons of the Defias Brotherhood. These stonemasons of the former Stormwind Stonemason Union are worthy of being the master builders who built Stormwind. Even though they are commanding races such as kobolds, ogres and murlocs, which are considered to have low IQs, the progress of the earthen wall construction has not been delayed.

Under the general command of Garn Mathers of the Defias Brotherhood, the construction work of the stonemasons is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Yang Yi just watched the construction site from the side, and he did not go to disturb them.

"It seems that with Garn Mathers and his men, the construction of the earthen wall should be no problem. The only problem now is the centaurs. If the centaurs come to destroy it before the wall is built, the construction of the wall will be delayed again. Especially the craftsmen of the Defias Brotherhood are here this time, if they are attacked by the centaurs, they will be in trouble." Yang Yi was troubled by the centaurs.

The last time the centaurs attacked, Yang Yi asked the murlocs to hide in the lake, and the kobolds to find caves to hide. Yang Yi didn't care much about the life and death of the kobolds. He could let them hide and fend for themselves, and the kobolds didn't dare to protest anyway. But he couldn't deal with the stonemasons of the Defias Brotherhood in this way.

"We can't be as careless this time as last time. It wasn't until the centaurs arrived nearby that the tauren blew the horn to alarm. Since we knew the centaurs were coming, we should send out scouts to investigate first." Yang Yi decided to do something.

Yang Yi found Brak and Swat.

Swat is the captain of the murloc ambusher team. As a stealth profession, the murloc ambusher is suitable for scouts, but there are less than two murloc ambushers in Ratchet Town, which is not enough to warn the centaurs on a large scale, so Yang Yi called Brak over as well.

"Swat, you lead the Murloc Ambushers team to sneak as far as the Sweetwater Oasis in the west to observe whether there are large-scale Centaurs there. Try to stay in stealth mode and don't let the Centaurs and foreign humans find you." Yang Yi first issued a task to Swat.

"Yes!" Swat nodded.

"Brack, you take a large group of fighting Murlocs out, and let the fighting Murlocs patrol and guard in teams of ten, and report the news immediately if a Centaur team appears. Before the Centaur team arrives, we need a certain amount of time to arrange evacuation and organize defense. Brack, your task is very important, remember not to conflict with irrelevant people outside."

"Yes! Lord! Brack promises to complete the task and will not let a Centaur sneak over!" Brack patted his chest and promised solemnly.

After Yang Yi explained the task, he asked Brack and Swat to organize the fighting Murlocs, and then he found three people himself.

These three people are adventurers, and they are all members of the Holy Sword Knights.

The thin boy who seemed to be underdeveloped was the leader of the Holy Sword Knights, a Holy Sword Knight; the other girl who was also thin and shy was one of the two Holy Sword Knights whom Yang Yi had met before; the remaining one was a slightly strong boy with a big flat head who looked very energetic. He was one of the three Holy Sword Knights.

Yang Yi was still wary of most adventurers, but he had a good impression of the people of the Holy Sword Knights. The leader, a Holy Sword Knight, was the first adventurer who said he wanted to invest in the Dead Water Village of the Dead Water Oasis. More importantly, when the Dead Water Village was destroyed by the Centaurs, other adventurers did not want to recover their investment in the Dead Water Village, only the Holy Sword Knights indicated that they would continue to invest.

In addition, this time the Kokar Centaurs in the Sweet Water Oasis had unusual movements, and the people of the Holy Sword Knights took the initiative to report the news to the Thorny Fishman, and Yang Yi had a better impression of these boys and girls.

Of course, Yang Yi himself was not very old. He was less than 20 years old now, and he was only a few years older than the three of them.

"You guys in the Holy Sword Knights are all classmates, right?" Yang Yi asked curiously.

"Yes, Brother Fishman Mayor, all seven of us in the Holy Sword Knights are in the same class."

The leader, a Holy Sword Knight, answered. The boy had a shy smile on his young face, but Yang Yi felt that he looked a bit vulgar, especially when he called him "Brother Fishman Mayor", which made his scalp numb.

A Holy Sword Knight then introduced Yang Yi: "The second one, the second Holy Sword Knight, is the study committee member of our class. She can write and calculate, and speaks the common language of Azeroth very well. Recently, she is learning Orcish. The third one, the third Holy Sword Knight, is the sports committee member of our class. He has participated in the Sanda class and was officially upgraded to a second-level warrior not long ago. The fourth and fifth ones are now guarding the Sweetwater Oasis to observe the movements of the centaurs, and the sixth and seventh ones are still outside the town of Ratchet."

"The third one is the sports committee member of the class, and the second one is the study committee member. So are you the team leader because you are the monitor in the class?" Yang Yi asked.

"I am not the monitor, and my being the team leader has nothing to do with this." A Holy Sword Knight shook his head embarrassedly.

"Because he is the son of the class teacher." The other two people said in unison, looking very angry and aggrieved.

The son of the class teacher should be the leader. Yang Yi thought this made sense. He himself had been showing off because his father was the president, and Lu Xiaoming had been showing off because he was the president's son.

Yang Yi was concerned about why these three people came to him at this time.