Ding Kui did not return directly to Juyang City, but went to Nanqiu County to attend the annual meeting of the division. Each brigade needed to call in the training plan. 『Δ
"Why don't you hand over the captured Archer to me? After so many years of fighting, I have never captured a sixth-level warrior. It would be the same to have the legion handed over to the Senate." Zhang Jie complained privately to Ding Kui.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't think too much at the time. I was only thinking about how to take revenge, so I contacted Duke An Guo as soon as possible. You were not in the county during the New Year holiday. I will definitely send it to you first next time." Ding Kui saw.
It would be embarrassing for a superior to mention this.
"Next time? What do you think a level six warrior is? A land cow? You can catch one casually. Besides, you only have less than half a year left before retiring. I can't wait.
By the way, I went to check on Gu Shuai during the New Year, and there was no intention of appointing someone to replace you. You can pick one from the squadron leader below."
Zhang Jie took advantage of the New Year holiday to visit Gu Jun.
"Feng Liang, although he is my senior brother, I still want to recommend him. He is the best in terms of ability and popularity. Other squadron leaders can accept it and are familiar with his command style, as long as you don't object.
"Ding Kui is really good at promoting talents and not avoiding relatives.
"Well, Feng Liang has a calm personality. He has inherited the mantle of Baron Lu Ji and is good at defense. He is very suitable for garrisoning in Juyang City." Zhang Jie is familiar with every captain and squadron leader under his command.
"When I go out, I will let my senior brother temporarily act as the captain. If I let him take over my position, I can save the time of getting familiar with the army, and the handover with me will only take a cup of tea." Ding Kui strongly recommended Feng Liang.
"Then who will become the captain of 'Ding Kui Squadron'?"
"Xu Yan," Ding Kui proposed a candidate other than Zhang Jie, "Assigning other squadron leaders can't suppress those guys. Ji Xing and Xu Yan's personal strength is second only to their subordinates, so commanding a squadron is not a big problem.
Ji Xing won't stay in the army for too long. If he doesn't retire this year, he will retire next year; and Xu Yan is ambitious. At least in the short term, you don't have to think about the candidate for the squadron leader. "Ding Kui Squadron" is handed over to Xu Yan.
Don’t worry, subordinate.”
"Okay, you can make some arrangements in advance when you go back. The division plans to go to the Everglades for intensive training in May. You will be officially appointed as the deputy division commander before you retire. At the same time, the legion headquarters will send people to observe the training. The first group will do
Give your best performance." Zhang Jie gave Ding Kui the final answer.
The officially appointed deputy division commander can mobilize all brigades. As long as the division commander does not object, even the staff must obey the deputy division commander's orders.
Ding Kui returned to Juyang City happily, not because he could be promoted to deputy division commander, but because the First Battalion would still be under his control in the next few years.
But his mood worsened when he returned to the military camp. The embarrassed Cai Ran and a small group of injured soldiers had just escaped from the swamp.
"Didn't it go smoothly for you in and out of the swamp the last few times? Why are everyone injured this time?" Fortunately, no one died, otherwise Ding Kui would have gone berserk.
"We took a different route this time. Of course we didn't go deep into the swamp. We only moved within the two hundred miles outside, but we ran into a group of earth-turning dragons." Cai Ran's robe had several tears.
This is relatively rare among wand-wielding magicians who master magic shields.
"Wait a minute, you're talking about a group of earth-turning dragons? How can the ground-turning dragons gather together in spring?" This was beyond Ding Kui's understanding.
"It was indeed a group of seven level fours and a dozen level threes, chasing us crazily all the way, causing us to panic and accidentally break into the territory of the predator bees. They were stung by the predator bees." Cai Ran
Explain in a figurative way.
"Beast-eating bees? How many are there in that nest?" Ding Kui knew this ferocious third-level insect.
"There must be hundreds of them. Fortunately, the earth-turning dragon attracted some of their attention, otherwise we wouldn't be able to escape." Cai Ran's eyes were full of fear.
"There are hundreds of them. The hive is not small, and there must be a lot of meat and honey." Ding Kui had the word "greedy" written on his face, and his eyes were glowing green.
"I haven't eaten meat and honey for a long time." Ao Yu was licking his lips.
Meat honey is the honey brewed by animal-eating bees. Because they do not collect nectar, but spit it out after preying on animals or monsters, it is called meat honey.
Cai Ran trembled, as if thinking of a terrible thing.
"You dare to hurt my subordinates, which is unbearable! Come on, take revenge with me." Ding Kui pulled Cai Ran out and started to walk out.
"Just, just, just go like this? Why don't you call a few more people? At least you have to prepare." Cai Ran hugged Ding Kui's arm and almost knelt down.
"That's right, you have to prepare jars to store meat and honey." Ding Kui thought that going like this would easily reveal that he had a space ring.
"How much meat and honey do you need to put in jars? It's not even enough for me to eat." Ao Yu was even more anxious than Ding Kui.
"There are earth-turning dragons there. I can deal with at most a dozen beast-eating bees. Is it enough for the two of you?" Cai Ran could tell that Ding Kui didn't plan to bring more people.
"No need for you. By the way, do you have enough magic power to fly back?" Ding Kui looked at Cai Ran with disgust.
"Enough!" Cai Ran answered this question readily.
Ding Kui asked someone to bring two empty water bags, put Yue Shang on his back, and dragged Cai Ran to the swamp without even wearing the black magic armor.
"What are you looking for when you enter the swamp?" he asked Cai Ran on the road.
"Magic mud." Cai Ran was still worried about how to run away when he encountered a beast-eating bee.
"Magic mud? What is it?" Ding Kui had never heard of it. He had read so many magic books and there was no relevant record.
"Ah, it's normal that you don't know. That is the main material for building magic towers. Not to mention you, a knight, even ordinary magicians don't know. Magic mud is a kind of soil that has good properties of conducting magic power.
The walls of the magic tower need to be inlaid with a large number of magic cores and magic crystals, and the walls need to be sealed with magic mud. When the magician activates the magic tower, the magic power can be used efficiently. Without enough magic mud, the magic tower cannot be built.
"Cai Ran simply explained to Ding Kui.
"Why haven't I seen anyone selling magic mud?" Ding Kui's impression was that he had never seen any merchant selling magic mud, but magic mud must be something valuable and marketable.
"Only a magician can tell which mud is magic mud. The magician who finds the magic mud will either hand it over to the magician or sell it to the magic guild, who will sell it outside.
If you don't build a magic tower, you won't need magic mud. Most magicians will never build a magic tower in their lifetime. There is no need to learn to identify magic mud, unless you have a master." Cai Ran said very unfavorably.
If his teacher hadn't wanted to build a magic tower, he wouldn't have learned to identify magic mud, and wouldn't have had to risk looking for it.
"Is the Great Swamp rich in magic mud?" Ding Kui secretly wrote down Cai Ran's words, and he might build a magic tower in the future.
"Magic mud can only be found in places where monsters are found. Relatively speaking, there are more swamps than other places. In fact, there are quite a few in Xilinhai, but there are restrictions on dredging there." Cai Ran only thought that Ding Kui was curious.
Xilinhai is a large forest on the edge of the West Sea. The trees extend from the ground to the bottom of the sea, as if growing out of the sea, so it is called Xilinhai.
"That's right, if you dig out all the mud, how can the trees there survive?" Ding Kui knew Xi Linhai, "Have you found the magic mud this time?"
"Yes, but there is a nest of earth-turning dragons underground. There is one late level four that I can't beat." Cai Ran looked frustrated.
"It's okay, we will take care of the earth-turning dragon. You can take people to dig it later." Ding Kui originally wanted to keep it for himself, but in order to sell Teacher Cai Ran a favor, he thought about it and gave it to Cai Ran.
A magician who is building a magic tower, even if his level is not as good as Rongci and Gonglianggu, he probably won't be too far behind. Without the level of an elemental magician, there will be no support from the Magic Association. Without the Magic Association,
It is difficult to build a magic tower with support.
The place where he encountered the beast-eating bees was more than a hundred miles away from the Giant Sheep City. It was already afternoon when Ding Kui left, and it was already dark when he entered the swamp.
In order to take care of Cai Ran, Ding Kui found a campsite and rested for one night.
It's very dangerous to fight against a ground-turner and a predatory wasp at night. The ground-turner basically doesn't need its eyes to see. The eyes of the predatory wasp are particularly sharp in the dark. A rookie like Cai Ran will lose all their bones if they encounter them.
The next morning, the three men who were energetic enough left their horses and continued on the road. The road ahead was not suitable for horses. Ding Kui needed Ao Yu's support to walk, and Cai Ran had already used the flying skill.
"Go straight ahead for ten miles and you will reach the territory of the Beast-eating Bee. I will wait for you here." Cai Ran did not dare to go forward.
Ding Kui told Cai Ran that Cai Ran could go back ten miles away from the destination.
"You don't have to wait for us. You can go back first and take those three horses back. We might explore further inside."
Ding Kui watched Cai Ran leave before setting off, making sure that his secret was not leaked.
"Is the Earth-turning Dragon still there?" Ding Kui's mental power failed to find the Earth-turning Dragon.
"It's a big snake!" Ao Yu still emphasized, "It didn't appear."
A dozen or so wolf-dog-sized beast-eating wasps flapped their three pairs of wings and flew in a group. The leading one suddenly rose up, while the others quickly dropped, flying almost close to the top of the grass.
The one flying high spotted Ding Kui and Ao Yu, and started spinning in circles in the air.
"Wow, such a big bee would scare people to death if dropped to the earth." Ding Kui thought to himself.
The beast-eating bee is very similar to the bees on Earth, except that it is much larger. The stinger on the back of the tail reminds Ding Kui of the javelin on Earth, and the huge compound eyes are scary to look at.
After taking a second look, he asked: "Huh? Is it notifying its companions through flight movements?"
The beast-eater bee high in the sky repeated the same flight path.
"They can't talk. What else can they do if they don't fly like this? Do you need me to do anything?" Ao Yu was not very interested in the beast-eating bees, probably because they were not tasty.
"I'll do it!" Ding Kui drew his sword in his hand, raised his fighting spirit armor, and used his flying technique to fly towards the high-altitude beast-eating bees.
The carnivore bee suddenly stopped flying and hovered in the air, tightening its lower abdomen, aiming its tail stinger at Ding Kui, and the two antennae on its head were trembling.