"I'm going to fight again..."

Looking at the busy soldiers in the camp, Carter, who was preparing to greet the Avalon reinforcements, couldn't help but sigh.

"This kind of life will continue for a long time...Since when did I see blood and broken corpses and no longer feel anything?"

After muttering a few words under his breath, Carter clamped his legs together, and Bucephalus began to move forward slowly.

The pioneer responsible for opening the road immediately left the military camp and searched along the road ahead.

To be fair, Carter is not very afraid of assassins. After putting on a full set of armor, his whole body is tightly protected. Ordinary attacks are not enough to break through the defense instantly. As long as he is a little vigilant, he can react immediately to any sneak attack. Elf Assassin

He could even subconsciously catch the arrows with his bare hands.

However, that incident was a wake-up call for him. In the past, Carter had sneak attacks and ambushed others, so he did not pay too much attention to scouts. But ambushes often have miraculous effects. Even if Carter himself was not afraid, he had to do it for the troops.

Consider. Therefore, under his order, the First Corps established a stricter scout and vanguard system in order to avoid walking into an ambush without defense.

There are countless powerful armies in history that were defeated by weaker opponents because they were ambushed and unable to organize their troops effectively.

…………

The harvest season was coming soon. After leaving the military camp, Carter saw many figures in the farmland, harvesting wheat with sickles in their hands. From time to time, he could see mages, using magic to cut large areas of crops.

One of the secrets of the mage group is that although they do not have the habit of dividing classes based on strength, in fact, the mage group actually has quite a few functional divisions.

Over the past few months, Carter also learned from various clues that mages are generally divided into two schools: the 'combat evocation school' and the 'scholar research school'. Of course, this is a very general classification method, and it is also divided into two schools:

many kinds of.

For example, the mages currently employed to harvest crops belong to the scholar-research group who are not good at fighting. They are either beginners who are not very knowledgeable, or they are the kind of mages who are not too talented and can only use relatively simple spells. Like them

Generally speaking, they tend to prefer 'production' mages. Although their status in the mage group is not high, they are the group that ordinary elves have the most contact with, and their income and popularity are actually greater than those of legendary mages.

After all, compared to those archmages who can only be heard about in stories, or the mage staff who work for the great nobles, these 'production' mages who can actually affect their lives are the group that ordinary elves welcome more.

However, the price of hiring them is not low, and although Warhammer World mages do not have restrictions such as spell slots, their mental requirements are very high. Therefore, those mages near farmland often have to harvest a large number of crops.

Sit cross-legged aside to restore and consolidate your mental strength. Otherwise, once your mind becomes disordered, a new subspace portal will appear in place.

It is precisely for this reason that most of the time the mage will not act alone. He will either find a companion to accompany him or hire some friends from the same country as followers to ensure that he does not lose control at any time.

"Huh? Why don't they have ears..."

When he led the guards through the farmland, Carter, who had become completely accustomed to the long ears of elves, saw a group of 'human beings' of different heights and different hair colors, who did not have a pair of long ears emerging from their hair, bending over and working hard.

He didn't turn around, thinking they were a group of earless elves, and wondering what serious crime they had committed to have their ears cut off.

"Those are the slaves captured from the Eastern Continent. It is said that they are branches of the barbarians. They are also stupid, short-lived, selfish and cowardly. The only thing worthy of praise is that they did not surrender and become the lackeys of the evil god, so they were given the opportunity to work for us.

The honor of serving Sur.”

Looking at the humans in the farmland in the distance, Carter couldn't help but stop his progress. This moment attracted the attention of the elven farmers in the farmland. In addition, the dozens of guards behind him also stopped, which made it even more eye-catching.

.

The human slaves in front of him made Carter feel a little sympathetic for a while, and in his memory, the only cities where elves allowed aliens to exist were seaports such as Lothern, and they were only allowed to do business within a certain range. How could it appear now?

So many barbarian human slaves who are still in primitive society and have not yet formed their own culture, appear in the farmland of Avalon?

But after just a brief thought, Carter was relieved. Slaves and free aliens are not the same thing.

As tools, elves will certainly make full use of these human slaves.

Especially in farming, which requires a lot of manpower, it is understandable that a large number of slaves will be used.

After all, even the most barren land in the Inner Ring Kingdom can produce three or four crops a year, which requires a large number of people to work during the sowing and harvesting seasons. Primitive humans who are easy to control and reproduce quickly are undoubtedly the best labor force.

…

"well"

More than twenty years of human life undoubtedly had a deeper impact on Carter than less than a year of being an elf.

Looking at the working humans in front of him, he couldn't help but recall the relatively safe, peaceful and prosperous modern society in his previous life.

"Why don't you see them wearing shackles or anything like that?"

Seeing the human beings called slaves working hard in the farmland, but not showing any complaints or wearing the shackles that in the impression represented the status of slaves, Carter couldn't help but ask.

"It's not necessary. Even if they escape, where can they go? And it's a thousand times better than the place they used to live. They have no reason to escape, right?"

"yes……"

The guards who also came from the Outer Ring said casually and uncertainly that slaves were generally not used in the Outer Ring due to the underdeveloped agriculture, so it was useless to ask them.

Heavily armed soldiers are directly linked to violence in any era, so both humans and elves who were working couldn't help but stop their work and looked around Carter and his group with curiosity and caution.

"...Is there anything I can do for the heroes from the Outer Rim who have come from afar?"

Not far away, a responsible steward was looking around, holding a scroll and a quill to write down something. Seeing this, he quickly came to Carter and asked in a neither humble nor overbearing manner.

The black crow and half-moon robe hanging on the chest clearly showed the identity of Carter and others, so the butler's elf calmly flattered them.

"Excuse me, I'm just curious and want to take a closer look. From the outer ring to the inner ring, although I have fought against the fallen barbarians many times, this is the first time I have seen what they looked like before they mutated."

Hearing that Carter and others were not here to cause trouble, the housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief, then put away the scroll in his hand and rolled his eyes and said, "I wonder who your Excellency is?"

"The First Corps of Nagareth, Carter." Carter did not directly tell his true identity.

"So you are members of that army? The warriors who helped Her Majesty the Queen to eliminate the Chaos Legion in the Mirror Forest! In this case, if you are interested in these barbarians, there are family owners nearby who have built rest houses and breeding houses for these humans.

You can take Sir Carter to visit on your own initiative." The ruling prince's choice to help Avalon annihilate the Legion of Nurgle obviously brought a good reputation to the Nagaryth elves.

He raised his head and glanced at the sun in the sky. It was still some time before he met with the Avalon reinforcements. Carter, who was interested in the 'rest house' and 'breeding house', nodded to the butler.

"Then it's troublesome..."

"Heros, please call me Heros"

"Then please, Lord Heros, take us to broaden our horizons."

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After leading the war horse and walking along the path in the farmland for a short time, Carter saw the resting place and breeding place that Heros had mentioned.

Although the wooden houses are not as good as the authentic Elf stone houses, they are still far from the dirty and messy scene Carter imagined. Since it happened to be the harvest season, there were not many humans in the small settlement, only seven or eight people watching.

Little Carrot Head, who didn't even look ten years old, was washing and preparing ingredients for lunch by the well, led by the only older girl with red hair and freckles.

As if he saw what Carter was thinking, Heros handed Carter a notebook, "It will be easier to understand while reading and listening to the explanation below."

Carter shook his cloak and stretched out a hand to take the book, which read "Human Raising and Care: Akyeed Sect" in standard Itain language.

When I opened it, I found that there was actually a catalog on the homepage, which from top to bottom were: living environment, breeding methods, external factors, and sustainability.

"Our head of the family highly recommends the caring breeding method proposed by Master Akyeed. This method is different from what you imagine, which only gives the minimum living supplies, dungeons and squeeze out the last bit of use value..."

Following Heros' explanation, Carter walked up to the small human girls and looked down at their immature faces.

"Your Majesty, please be safe." They obediently followed the red-haired and freckled girl's command and performed the standard elf lady etiquette.

With a slight nod in return, Carter followed Heros' footsteps and walked into the so-called rest house, which was the wooden building.

The environment is pretty good, with all the necessary furniture, including beds, wardrobes, storage boxes, tables and chairs, and other necessities.

"...After research, Master Akyeede discovered that if the raised humans are always treated in an inefficient and cruel way, then even if necessary food and water are provided, their desire to reproduce will be reduced after twenty years.

That is, as the first generation ages and the second generation grows up, it begins to decrease exponentially, and more and more resisters appear. Eventually, the master has to use various means to destroy them.

Therefore, according to the research data on the living environment in Chapter 1, the family owner provided an excellent living environment for humans, and then put the first generation of human slaves captured from the Eastern Continent into it. However, if you want to use these livable houses, you need to pass

Only by working hard can you get the right to use it, and your children cannot inherit it. The second is to no longer use strong methods to force them to pair up, but to build a breeding house, in which each room can only accommodate two people.

Rest and provide these prosperity for free to those humans who pair up independently. At the same time, reward and assist those human females who give birth to children to raise their children, eliminating a period of labor and focusing on raising children.

However, because the new generation that has grown up has never experienced the cruel primitive life of their ancestors in the Eastern Continent, they will not have a particularly strong sense of gratitude. Therefore, every few years the family head will capture new ones from the Eastern Continent based on the information in Chapter 3.

The first generation of slaves was put into a rest house, and some of the new generation with leadership tendencies were allowed to experience the Eastern Continent for a period of time, and those who survived were brought back. Through their personal experiences, the new generation could understand how miserable life outside was, thus strengthening the

Be grateful and understand how precious life is now, so that humans can maintain motivation and spirit.

At the same time, advanced education is strictly prohibited. They can only use standard language to communicate and are not allowed to learn writing. At the same time, they only learn necessary production techniques. There is no need to learn excess knowledge, because Professor Akyeed found that the more they learn, the better they get.

It is prone to instability. Of course, faith can only be chosen among the many great elves and gods. Their ridiculous primitive and barbaric faith must be abandoned!

Although the Akyeide sect will invest more, the stability of these rest houses is unexpectedly high. They can often last for hundreds of years without collapsing, and they can continuously produce new generations with high efficiency. As long as they teach the necessary

With knowledge, you can become a master of farming and production. This school also has many advantages, that is, it does not even need guards as a symbol of power. Except for counting the income when the farming is busy, only two or three employees are enough on weekdays.

Manage rest houses with hundreds or even thousands of people.”

Horos' explanation combined with the books allowed Carter to understand everything without much effort.

To put it bluntly, they artificially created a stable society, and then put human beings as tool people into it to form a huge recyclable captive farm. Although this Akyeede sect is not cruel and bloody, in some ways it is

Even more terrifying, because he completely eliminated the possibility of any resistance from these slave humans.

Unless the elves commit suicide and a few virgins take the initiative to teach the human slaves, who are tool people, some knowledge they do not need to know, thus creating a sense of autonomy. Otherwise, this system will continue until it is destroyed by some kind of fatal infectious disease or

War destroys.

Looking at the little human girls who glanced at him from time to time with adoring expressions on their faces, Carter understood that this combination of kindness and power, coupled with a certain degree of brainwashing, was very successful.

"Oh...it's really an 'amazing' work..." Carter, who looked complicated, said something he understood, and then said goodbye and left.

He couldn't do anything for these humans, nor should he do anything for them. He could only pretend that he didn't see anything.
Chapter completed!