Loa are the animal spirits worshiped by all troll races, which can also be said to be animals that have cultivated into spirits.
According to Galen's memories from his previous life, there were more than a dozen of these Loa spirits, led by a demigod-level Rezan.
The spider god Shadra is the animal Loa worshiped by the Witherbark Tribe, in charge of the power of venom. Every year, the Witherbark Tribe collects a large number of sacrifices for worship, to please Shadra.
After the sacrifice, the Spider God will appear and bless the troll's collected spider venom to make their holy medicine. These holy medicines contain a trace of the Spider God's divine power, improving the user's combat effectiveness.
The Witherbark trolls also rely on these potions to improve their combat effectiveness to fight against Stromgarde for many years. At the same time, the Trollbane royal family also collected a lot of information about the holy medicine and the spider Loa.
The potion that the witch doctor drank before should be this kind of holy medicine.
Galen guessed right. The troll team they ambushed this time was one of the teams sent by the Witherbark Tribe to collect sacrifices, so there were so many spider venom sacs.
Although Galen can't use these venom sacs, he has a caravan that can transport them to Dalaran for sale. The base will be a big consumer of resources in the future, so he can't waste the free spoils.
"Keep the spider venom sacs safe and hand them over to the caravan when you get back. Burn the troll corpses, deal with the heads, these are all war merits. After returning to Stromgarde, I will ask my father to exchange them for some benefits, and you will get your share. Prepare yourself, we will return to our original camp."
Galen asked the two wounded to get on the baggage car first, and Galen and Varokal began to violently dismantle the tents in the camp, and then concentrated them on the bonfire. After Omar and the others moved the troll corpses over, a fire ignited the entire camp.
In fact, Galen could completely ignore the troll corpses, and the Highland wolf packs and raptor packs would eat them the next day.
But Galen has some plans to prepare after returning this time. This area of the future Boulderfist Hall has been reserved by him, so it's better to clean it up.
Back at the previous camp, after parking a few baggage cars, Omar and Varokal decided to take turns on guard duty before dawn, and let the few soldiers go to rest. Seeing that they had arranged the following things, Galen didn't care much, turned around and went back to his tent.
Taking off the equipment on his body and lying on the blanket, Galen relaxed his whole body.
From discovering the troll's traces in the evening, lurking and hiding, attacking the camp, to returning to the camp now, this period of time felt so long, and his spirit had been in a state of high concentration, which was more tiring than training for a day.
Squinting his eyes, he projected his spiritual perspective to the location of the base. The Kings are still under construction, and the progress is not even half completed.
The farmers logging around the base should be newly trained. The rest who worked for a day should have returned to the farm to rest. Galen also saw that six infantrymen were patrolling around the base.
Roughly estimated, the training time for an infantryman is 90 minutes, so it should be two or three o'clock in the night now.
Issue an order to fill up the training sequence of the Town Hall and Barracks, and then add a few farms.
Then Galen closed his eyes and instantly entered sleep mode.
When Galen woke up the next day, it was already bright. When he walked out of the tent, the sun was already directly above the sky, and it was almost noon.
Galen saw Varokal was already roasting a whole raptor on the bonfire.
Varokal saw Galen coming out, turned his head and said to him: "Your Highness, the barbecue is almost ready, I was just about to call you up in a while. The water has been fetched and is next to your tent."
"I'll wash up first. Call them over to eat together, I have something to announce later."
After Galen finished speaking, he turned around, lifted the curtain and returned to the tent, took out the tooth powder and his own toothbrush.
After brushing his teeth and washing his face, Galen felt refreshed. This was a personal habit developed in his previous life. Brushing his teeth and washing his face were essential. Otherwise, it would be inconvenient to be in the wild, and Galen would take a bath every day.
Sitting by the bonfire, everyone was there, Galen got up the latest, and was the last one to arrive.
Smelling the aroma of the barbecue, Galen said to his guards: "Last night we fought a beautiful battle, experienced a fierce battle, and wiped out this group of trolls."
He glanced at everyone, focusing on the two with their arms on the bandages, and then said: "You saved me last night, thank you very much. I apologize for my recklessness, fortunately no brothers died because of me. I will definitely pay attention to my safety next time. I will reward you well when I return to Stromgarde."
"Your Highness, this is our duty, you don't need to feel guilty, we are loyal to you and are willing to give everything for you."
Facing their words, Galen didn't say anything more, but he was very moved in his heart. The shortest of these people had followed him for more than four years, and the longest were Omar and Varokal, who had followed him since he was six years old.
Seeing that the barbecue was cooked, Varokal sprinkled seasoning on it, first cut off the raptor's tenderloin and gave it to Galen. This was Galen's favorite part, and then everyone began to share the roast whole dragon.
Smelling the aroma of the tenderloin, Galen's stomach was already rumbling. He blew on it and took a bite, chewing it in his mouth.
"After lunch, let's pack up and go back. Go north first and go to the nearest town to rest, and then go back to Stromgarde."
This is what Galen wanted to announce. There were only eight people in his team, and two of them had broken arms. Although they had received simple treatment, it was no longer conducive to later activities.
Also, last night they wiped out a team of trolls. In case of other emergencies, their combat power would be insufficient, and they would be very passive.
In addition to the spoils obtained last night, there are also many raw materials collected by his team before, adding up to several carts, and there is already a lot of baggage.
Choosing a town instead of the nearest village is because only larger towns have churches and priests stationed there.
So Galen decided to return to the control range of the Stromgarde army. One is to rest and find a priest to treat the broken arms of the two, and the other is to sell some raw materials that are not easy to preserve.
"Your Highness, our current location is about 100 kilometers away from the nearest Royal Road. If we set off in a while, we should be able to reach the nearest town at night."
The one who answered was Varokal. This year, he was asked by Galen to make a map of the Arathi Highlands, and he almost knew the surrounding environment of the kingdom like the back of his hand.
"Very good, I'm tired of hunting, let's set off after we finish eating."
Then there was a hearty meal for everyone.
Varokal always thought that the prince came here to experience wild survival and hunting.
This used to be the kingdom's mining area, but it was abandoned later due to the trolls, and then it was deserted.
Later, away from the hustle and bustle of people, it became a habitat for wild animals, with many raptor packs, wolf packs, highland wild goats and wild horses.
Galen explored the environment and terrain, running around aimlessly in the highland mountains and forests, making his guards think that he was curious about the outside world for the first time.
I never thought that my prince had already completed the construction of a base during this period, the cornerstone of the future rise of mankind in the world.