"We can't get past the front anymore, we have to take a detour. The trolls built a dam on the river!" Lago said breathlessly.

Before, because the message from the gargoyle in the air was not clear, the thief had to go ashore in advance and explore the way forward. However, he did not expect that he would see a shocking scene. He immediately did not bother to continue inquiring in depth, so he hurried back to report the news.

"The trolls built a dam?" When Chu Yi heard this news, everyone thought something was wrong with their ears. Only when they saw the indescribable bitter smile on the thief's face clearly realized that he was not joking.

At this time, it had been nearly two days since everyone rescued Ilisten and the other two in the troll village. This was a rare leisure time for everyone, but now it seems that they have run out of luck.

At the beginning, the small streams that were flowing into the raft gradually gathered northward to other streams, and had completely turned into a big river. According to Mastasha's judgment, although this river was not a winding river, it was very close to the main waterway.

The river surface is currently more than 30 meters wide and the water depth is more than ten meters. However, the water flow has become a little smoother, and it is not as fast as the stream before. Everyone thought they could enter the winding river along the river channel and completely get rid of the threat of the trolls, but they did not expect that at the last moment, they were stopped by a dam.

Building a dam on a river channel that is more than 30 meters wide and has a depth of more than 10 meters is definitely not a small measure. Although everyone knows that trolls are not wild beasts, but also a kind of intelligent race, they never thought that a race that is still in the form of a primitive tribe would build a dam, which completely subverted the image of trolls in the minds of everyone.

"Let's go and have a look!" Qin Lun patted Lago on the shoulder and signaled him to take him over.

"I'll go too!" Mastasha frowned and followed the two of them.

When she stood up, Yilistin followed without admitting her defeat, which made Qin Lun feel a headache when she looked at her. Since she found that the Highland Elves were following Qin Lun, Yilistin felt very insecure. As her injuries healed a little, she unconsciously often competed with Mastasha for one or two.

However, as an elf druid, Elistin also has experience in survival in the wild and will not be a burden to many people, so she has to go with her.

After following the thieves sneaked in the bushes on both sides of the river for about thirty minutes, the four of them arrived at a high slope on the shore. Looking down from here, you can see the river surface more than ten kilometers away.

"It's really a dam!" Looking at the dam more than 30 meters wide and more than ten meters high in the distance, Qin Lun and his others also felt the shock of the thief before.

"How could this happen? The trolls can build dams!" Mastasha murmured to himself in disbelief.

Qin Lun's eyes flashed and he fell into deep thought. He had already feedback the scene he saw in front of him to the team channel, so that Hill and Rand could see it too.

This wood-stone dam is about three meters thick, with a square rock on the main body. The front and back are wrapped with two neatly arranged wooden stakes, like a city wall with a heart of a wooden bark stone.

At the waterline of the dam, some wooden stakes have been soaked and rotten by river water. However, some wooden stakes can still see tender green branches and leaves on it. Obviously, the trolls often repair the dam.

In addition to the shock brought to them by the dam itself, another scene that the thief had not observed before also surprised Qin Lun and the other two, and at the same time, they also realized why the trolls wanted to build such a dam.

In the upper part of this dam, the trolls built a solid platform built by the huge rocks below to build a row of fences similar to women's walls, with some leather ropes made of monster fur tied on them.

After careful observation on the river surface, Qin Lun and the other two suddenly found that the dam was not worthy of its name. Because the river water flowing downstream arrived here, many small vortexes were generated at the waterline of the dam body. It can be seen that the water flow was not completely blocked and could still leak.

"I understand that the dam built by the troll is not tightly underneath, and the water flow can flow through the gap between the boulders and wooden stakes below." Qin Lun said with a smile with a fist, "Look at those slivers that extend all the way to the water. I think there should be something like a fishing net or fish basket underwater."

"You mean the trolls built this dam to obtain aquatic products!"

The remaining three people were thinking. If they had seen this dam before they saw this dam, what Qin Lun said would probably be regarded as a joke. But after seeing this dam, they no longer regarded the trolls as stupid low-wisdom race.

"The river can be passed, but our raft cannot be passed!" Lago shook his head with a wry smile, "We probably have to take a detour, so let's go back and prepare!"

"No, wait!" Qin Lun reached out to hold the thief and shook his head seriously, "We can't just go back like this, we must go ahead and continue to investigate."

Lago's only frown and understood, "Are you worried about the size of this troll village?"

"Firal's worries make sense!" Mastasha nodded slowly, "According to our past experience, the population of most troll tribes is only between dozens and 200 people. Because trolls have a large appetite and too many villages, it will affect the surrounding ecological environment and ultimately cannot maintain their survival and reproduction.

But this is already deep in the Troll Claw Mountains. Humans outside know very little about it. We don’t know how big the ecological environment here can maintain. If the size of this village exceeds our common sense, then its area will probably be very large. It is best to check it in advance so as not to accidentally get caught in the siege later."

Qin Lun and Mastasha’s worries were right. When the four of them walked forward a few kilometers again, they finally saw the typical wooden stake fence wall of the Troll Tribe.

However, unlike the troll village they saw on the outskirts of Trolls' Claws, this fence wall is not only high and strong, but also has almost no edge at a glance, and is afraid it is several kilometers long.

Through the few gate holes in the fence wall, they even observed that there were other slightly shorter fence walls deep inside, covering the buildings inside the village tightly, making it difficult to see the specific situation.

"I think we should go to the high places and see clearly!" Mastasha pointed to a low mountain to the right of the fence.

This short mountain looks higher than the gentle slopes that Qin Lun and others passed along the way. Rugged and hideous rocks have been exposed on the upper part of the mountain, forming a steep mountain wall.

"You guys wait here, I'll fly up and take a look!" Ilistin was eager to try. After nearly two days of rest, her injuries improved greatly and she could turn into a giant eagle again.

"No, let's climb up. There might be a nest of a cockscomb eagle on the low mountain. It's too dangerous for you to fly up like this." Qin Lun reached out to stop Yilistin.

Because the situation in front of you was a bit unexpected, the four of you seemed very cautious. When climbing the mountain, try to choose a side of the sun to avoid being accidentally seen by the trolls at the foot of the mountain.

Climbing to a cliff platform near the top of the mountain, they finally saw the full picture of the troll tribe at the foot of the mountain, and the four of them suddenly turned extremely ugly.

The troll tribe that appeared in front of them spanned the banks of the river, in an oval shape, with a span of nearly ten kilometers from east to west, and a north to south of the country. The interior has various forms of architecture, no longer limited to a kind of high-legged house, they even saw a huge stone altar with a circumference of hundreds of meters.

There are hundreds of young trolls scatteredly chasing and playing in the central clearing. This is not a troll village, but a troll town!

What is most surprising is that in this troll town, in addition to the creatures like trolls, there is actually a giant jackal similar to a wolfdog. These canine animals with sharp fangs seem to be hunting helpers raised by trolls, and they can be seen in the village gate and the core areas of the town.

"I have heard other harpists say before that some trolls will raise three-eyed jackals as hunting companions, but they didn't expect it to be true." Mastasha said in a pondering manner, "There are at least thousands of trolls in this town. Once they are discovered, with the tracking ability of the three-eyed jackals, we will definitely not be able to escape much."

"Then let's go around a little further. Bypassing this troll town, I don't believe that the canyon is so big that we can't find any gaps to slip through." Lago scratched his head and said optimistically.

"Hey, look, what is that?" Yilistin suddenly twitched his delicate little nose and looked up at the top of the mountain.

Everyone looked along her slender fingers and saw a wisp of white smoke coming out of the top of the mountain not far above them, gathering in the air without dispersing.

"There are people above!" Everyone was shocked. The smoke was obviously not owned by nature, but was produced by man.

"Largo, go up and take a look!" Qin Lun raised his chin to the thief. Before he knew the situation, he had to rely on Lago's stealth ability. Now is not the time to show off.

"There are three troll sentries on it, they are barbecuing!" After a moment, Lago brought back a message that made the four of them sweat.

Even though they realized that these trolls had extremely high wisdom, the few people were still a little careless. If the troll sentries were not lazy, and if it weren't for the time being when they were having a meal, the actions of the few people would have been discovered long ago.

However, the existence of these three troll sentries also made Lago's proposal end in vain. The forests of the Troll's Claw Mountains are not dense. Looking down from the top of the mountain, the scenery below is clearly visible.
Chapter completed!