Surdak squatted by the river and peeled off the most valuable black demon skins from several evil ghost warriors. The remaining bloody corpses were tied together by Gulitem with straw ropes and soaked in the clear river water.
Here, a large amount of blood smeared on the riverside.
The two-headed ogre planned to drag these evil ghost corpses to the other side of the river. There were twelve ghost-striped soldier ants there, and they didn't care about the black aura on the evil ghost's body.
The evil ghost's blood spread in the river, and soon several huge shadows were reflected under the sparkling water, with huge pike-shaped fish heads and octopus-like tails. They were silent on the bottom of the river.
approach.
It's just that they don't know that the river water in this area is not that deep, especially when they reach the shore, the figure of the Mora fish is clearly visible underwater.
The two-headed ogre brothers stood knee-deep in the river and saw the slowly approaching shadows in the river. They looked at each other and saw a touch of excitement in each other's eyes.
Gulitem calmly raised the big stick in his hand and waited quietly for the Mora fish to approach...
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Aphrodite stood next to Surdak, and the river water kissed the gravel on the shore, making a "swishing, swishing, swishing" sound.
"Do you know the power of the Constructed Knight?" Aphrodite raised her head and asked Surdak.
It happened to be daytime in Helensa City at this time, so she wore a long black dress and a string of pearl necklaces around her neck, which set off her milk-like skin and exuded a faint luster.
Surdak remembered that when he first met Aphrodite, her skin color was dull and slightly dark, and he never thought that her skin color could change.
He thought it was because he had just visited an indigenous village and saw the ruins and scorched earth in the valley, which made his thoughts a little messy.
Surdak concentrated and thought for a while before saying:
"The Constructed Knights are composed of elite first-level warriors, sophisticated magic-patterned constructed armors, and high-quality scale horses. That's why they are more than twice as powerful as ordinary heavy cavalry regiments and have become the flag of the Green Empire."
Aphrodite chuckled and said, "But if that's all, how can the Constructed Knights defeat the Wolf Cavalry on the Pai Plateau?"
She put her arm around Suldak and rested her head on his shoulder.
"Actually, the most powerful thing about the Constructed Knight is that it uses the Constructed Knight's magic pattern structure as a bridge to connect the knight and the war horse into one." Aphrodite added.
Of course Surdak also understood what Aphrodite said.
He himself is a second-level Constructed Knight.
He just didn't know what Aphrodite was going to say to him next.
Aphrodite's gaze swept across the river and landed on the ghostly patterned soldier ants on the other side of the river bank.
Surdak also followed Aphrodite's gaze and saw a few ghost-striped soldier ants crouching on the boulders by the river, tentatively touching the river surface with the tentacles on their heads, but they were very afraid of water and could only touch a little.
The river water will quickly shrink.
"As for these ant riders of yours?"
Aphrodite compared Constructed Knights with Ant Cavalry, and said to Surdak: "Ordinary heavy armored infantry warriors, standard heavy armor, the only praiseworthy thing is these ghost-patterned red ants, ordinary infantry warriors themselves do not have much fighting ability.
With no strength, let alone wearing ordinary battle armor, these ant cavalry are not even as good as heavy cavalry on plain battlefields, and now it is revealed that they are unable to wade through water."
These are all facts.
In fact, Surdak's original idea was very simple, just to let the soldier ants carry infantry soldiers so that they could be counted as one unit when passing through the portal.
Later, I discovered some other benefits of the ant cavalry, which can not only save the soldiers' physical strength, but also increase their marching speed.
"Dak, have you ever thought about improving the combat power of the ant cavalry?" Aphrodite turned to look at Surdak's side face and asked him.
"My original idea was to bring these 50,000 soldier ants to the battlefield in the Warsaw plane to serve as cannon fodder to fight against the evil ghost army, but now their effect seems to be much better than I expected," Suldak said calmly.
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"Have you ever thought... that during battle, the power of ghost-patterned soldier ants and heavy armored infantry are integrated, so that... these ant cavalry will have strong enough combat power when facing the evil ghost warriors?" Ah.
Frodi squinted his eyes, with a cunning look in his eyes.
Surdak's heart was moved and he asked very seriously: "So, how can we integrate the power between the two?"
He thought again, and then added: "Most of these heavy armored infantry warriors have not broken through for a single turn, and it is impossible for the demons to use magic patterns to construct them. How can we help them build a bridge of strength? This should be an ivory tower.
This is the topic that the group of inscriptionists here are studying."
"At present, the magic pattern structures made by these inscription masters in the empire have a very high carrying capacity and are expensive. I can't afford so many magic pattern structures."
"Furthermore, even if ordinary warriors can wear magic pattern structures, I don't have enough gold coins in my hand to buy these magic pattern structures."
Aphrodite heard what Surdak said and immediately said:
"These soldier ants are several levels stronger than the heavy-armored warriors in terms of strength and speed. In my opinion, the ghost-striped soldier ants do not need infantry soldiers to transmit power to them at all."
"So I think there is no need to build a bridge of power between them. They should establish a master-slave relationship rather than sharing power."
"Ghost-patterned soldier ants have always been accustomed to accept the queen's instructions to fight. They are very powerful individually, but they are controlled remotely by the queen during the battle, so they are very rigid."
"If the infantry warriors can take the lead among them, and the infantry warriors become the controllers of the ant cavalry, and the soldier ants only serve as the source of power, this matter will be much simpler."
"That's right! The infantry warriors and the soldier ants do not share power, but the soldier ants conduct one-way power introduction towards the infantry warriors. In this way... I think I have a way to achieve it."
Surdak looked at Aphrodite in disbelief and asked hurriedly: "Are you saying that you can make the soldier ants obey the orders of the infantry warriors, or can you transmit the power in the body of the soldier ants to the infantry warriors?"
"There is no conflict between these two things, both are fine!" Aphrodite rolled her eyes at Suldak and told him with her eyes that he did not need to make a choice on this issue.
"I want to know what method you used?" Surdak's heart beat twice before he asked Aphrodite.
"Devil's Contract!"
Aphrodite narrowed her eyes and said to Surdak.
Then she added: "Under my auspices, let ordinary soldiers and soldier ants sign a magic contract..."
She took out a magic scroll. The black scroll had golden patterns on it and looked very high-end.
"This is a good idea. We can try it right away." Surdak agreed to Aphrodite's proposal.
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A sound of 'Plop...' came from the river.
The big stick in Gulitem's hand made a huge splash in the river. A Mora fish's head was deeply dented, and the blue fish body floated up.
At the same time, the sound of the curse recited by the good brother Nao Hua'er suddenly stopped, and a ring of ice quickly spread around the ogre's feet, instantly freezing the few Mora fish that were just trying to escape.
In situ.
Gulitem excitedly used the big stick in his hand to knock out the Mora fish in front of him one by one, and then swung them to the shore with their sticky tails.
…
After crossing the river, the exploration team prepared to return to the forest farm camp.
Surdak discussed this devil's contract with Aphrodite on the road, and then expressed this idea to several infantry soldiers in the exploration team.
Several infantry soldiers seemed to have not given much thought at all, and readily agreed to sign a contract with the ghost-patterned soldier ants.
Later, Surdak explained to them that this contract was a master-slave contract with them as the leader. If any problems occurred later, even if the soldier ants accidentally died in battle, it would not have any impact on the infantry soldiers.
While the group was still on the road, Aphrodite ran back to the rental house in Helensa City and drew five devil contracts in one go.
Then he ran back through the Void Gate with these contracts.
Aphrodite then began to draw a purple hexagram array in the forest glade by the river, and sprinkled these array patterns with fine crystal powder.
All the patterns of this six-pointed star array are lavender, and the patterns show two centers. Aphrodite carefully repaired the magic pattern array, and then changed it bit by bit until the entire array began to appear.
After continuously gathering magic power, Aphrodite breathed a sigh of relief and stopped.
The infantry soldier who had been waiting for a long time walked to the center of the magic circle according to Aphrodite's instructions. The magic lines rising from his feet wrapped around his body like ribbons.
Aphrodite looked at Druillani...
Under Lanni's order, the ghost-patterned soldier ant walked into the magic circle. It looked very uncomfortable and was very repulsive to the magic threads in the magic circle. It would hesitate for a while every time it took a step.
Until both the soldier ants and infantry soldiers stand at the designated position.
Standing in front of them, Aphrodite unfolded a magic scroll and read the devil's contract to the infantry soldiers in Imperial language...
Surdak, Gulitem, Druillani, and other infantry soldiers of the exploration team were all standing aside, with curiosity written all over their faces.
Surdak felt that the scene in front of him looked like a simple wedding. Priest Aphrodite was asking the two newlyweds routine questions and blessings. Finally, she signed the magic contract scroll with the infantry soldier's name.
Name, and let the soldier ants use their flexible forelimbs to make footprints.
As the magic scroll in Aphrodite's hand began to spontaneously ignite, the contract ceremony came to an end.
The magic threads surrounding the ghost-patterned soldier ants began to flow and rotate continuously, and the lines shrank little by little, and finally were tied to the ghost-patterned soldier ants like ropes.
These magic lines are like black shackles on the soldier ant's body, binding it completely.
Eye-like symbols were also left on the arms of the infantry soldiers, and this devil's contract was finally fulfilled.
The ghost-patterned soldier ants left the six-pointed star formation, and the infantry soldiers also walked out of the formation hesitantly.
Surdak approached the infantry soldier and asked him: What special or strange feelings did you have after signing this magic contract?
The infantry soldier re-examined his body and found that there was no other abnormality in his body. Then he moved his limbs again and jumped on the spot, but there was no abnormality. Then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he was silent for a while, even closing his eyes and feeling it quietly.
After the infantry soldier opened his eyes, he said to Surdak:
"Now I can feel what it is thinking. We cannot communicate with words, but we can transmit information through the spirit. I can make him feel what I am thinking, and I can order it to do something. I can feel his obedience.
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As he spoke, the infantry soldier walked towards the ghost-patterned soldier ant.
When he stood in front of the ghost-striped soldier ant, the ghost-striped soldier ant bent down and lowered his head. He stepped on the soldier ant's forelimbs and jumped up easily.
…
For infantry soldiers, this is an unprecedented experience.
The moment he came into contact with the body of the ghostly patterned soldier ant, a stream of power flowed continuously from his feet into his body. It felt like Commander Surdak had turned on his aura of enthusiasm, and he felt that his whole body was full of power.
The heavy standard armor on his body is no longer a burden to him.
The shield and heavy sword in his hand have also become much lighter, and there is no hesitation when swinging the tower shield.
Even if you don't have to hold on to the soldier ant's tentacles, you can still stand firmly on the ghost-striped soldier ant's head with both feet.
He didn't even need to grab the tentacles of the soldier ants. He raised the heavy sword in his hand and pointed at the sword's edge, and the soldier ants rushed forward with all their strength.
The refreshing feeling after his body gained great strength made him want to cry out in his heart.
…
When the infantry warrior stood on top of the ghost-patterned soldier ants, Surdak clearly saw the magic lines surrounding the ghost-patterned soldier ants swimming slowly, and finally connected with the feet of the infantry soldier.
The power of the ghost-patterned soldier ants is also constantly extracted from them through these two magic lines.
At this moment, Surdak felt that this infantry warrior was an invincible heavy cavalry. Then he stood up with a shield and shouted to the ant cavalry warrior: "Come on, give me a blow!"
The infantry soldier standing on the soldier ant is still in excitement...
Without hesitation, he controlled the ghost-striped soldier ant to change direction and rush towards Suldak. He stood on the soldier ant's head, with his knees slightly straight, and leaned over to slightly shift the body's center of gravity. Just before the ghost-striped soldier ant
The moment he passed by Surdak, he decisively slashed the heavy sword in his hand towards Surdak's hideous bone shield.
when……
There was a violent muffled sound, and the heavy sword bounced back from the bone shield. The arm of the infantry soldier holding the sword was raised high, but he still held the hilt of the sword tightly.
But the violent vibration force formed a wind ring and spread out suddenly.
Although it failed to leave any traces on the shield, it made Surdak take a small step back, which can be said to be full of strength.
Surdak was immediately overjoyed that the ant cavalry had such strong combat power.
Later, when he and Aphrodite continued to develop a large number of ant cavalry, they were told by Aphrodite that Aphrodite could only make thirteen of these devil contract scrolls a day...