Time advances leisurely, it seems fast and slow, it seems slow and fast, it always flies violently when you stare at it closely, and slows down when you ignore it. Just like a dying old man,
I was walking on a flat road with a cane, and then, seemingly inadvertently, a subtle "click" sound suddenly sounded in the air, and the late autumn fatigue quickly receded like a tide, replaced by waves of coldness that made it impossible to sleep.
.
And in this sudden and short month, one morning in the morning, Aranza finally received the news that he had been waiting for, from Sophie City.
The fleeing prey has fallen.
The lord of Sophie City, Armenian Langdon, a woman with bright red hair, was discovered in the underground waterway of Sophie City. This cunning fox held the words "The most dangerous place is the safest."
With the idea of "locating the place", she has been hiding in Sophie City. The patrol team of the Norland Army that followed started a fierce battle with them. The battle situation was not optimistic at the beginning. This desperate female warrior suppressed the equipment by virtue of her level.
A sophisticated patrol team once forced them out of the underground waterway.
Even if Ilita and the necromancer Laiatimo came to join the battle after hearing the news later, Ilita still had to sacrifice the lives of three soldiers before she found the opportunity to take action and kill the buds on the spot.
Eradicated in revenge.
Yameyani's body was hung on a high wooden frame erected in the center of Sophie City Square. Her clothes were rickety and could even be described as tattered. Obviously Yameyani was not comfortable hiding in the underground waterway. Her only clothes were
It can't hide the secrets of her being a woman at all, but death makes her body covered with a strange green color, coupled with the waves of stench brought out from the underground waterway, even the most shameless pervert can see Yameyani in all her glory.
body, the only feeling in my heart was a sense of disgust and disgust.
Three days later, the corpse was sent to Leatimo's magic laboratory. The relatively fresh corpse retained most of Yameyani's combat power, with the skill of the necromancer and the sophisticated magic provided by Alanza.
With the cooperation of the equipment, a black knight with high-level combat power stepped out of the magic circle.
This is fate, catching everyone off guard.
At about this time, Milok finally completed the "reforestation" task assigned by Aranza with great pains. Aranza happened to return to Noland City from Alice Fortress, and "visited" Milok on the way, and admired his work with satisfaction.
After the victory, Aranza gave Milok a second mission, but instead of letting Milok get what he wanted, he asked him to lead the airship team to Rios City in Sarah Falco State, where he would meet with the Dawn Guard and take the
This army, called the "Dawn Guard", was transported back to Kaye State.
"I don't like this kind of mission!"
Milok's mount was a red-blooded earth dragon that he had captured not long ago. When he saw the red-blooded earth dragon again, it was near the Alice Fortress. Aranza even doubted whether the red-blooded earth dragon was the one he had killed earlier.
The descendant of the head, this smart monster might also want to stage a drama of lurking around the enemy and then ruthlessly revenge.
Milok sat on the back of his new mount and followed Aranza on the journey back to Norland City. He once again glanced at His Royal Highness, who was motionless on the horse, and repeatedly wailed: "I don't like this kind of mission.
My great ax is already thirsty!"
Finally, after Milok wailed more than twenty times, Aranza turned his head and said to Milok: "Well, don't you think this task is important?"
"This is not..."
Milok thought carefully, and airlifted an army from one city to another. This kind of task was of course very important, but after all, it was not to Milok's taste. He said: "...but I like to go to the battlefield, my big brother.
The ax wants to drink blood!”
Aranza seemed to ignore Milok's words again. He looked up at the sky, and white clouds unknowingly covered the entire sky. A smile appeared on the corner of the young man's lips and he said, "Well, the weather has been very calm recently."
"Oh! Your Highness, this is not the time to discuss the weather..."
"Listen to me, Miroku."
Aranza interrupted him and said, "Do you know why the weather is so calm?"
Milok didn't know why Aranza would ask such a question, but he still answered honestly: "I don't know, Your Highness! Now is really not the time to discuss the weather. My ax has already..."
"That's because...the storm is coming."
Aranza was still talking to himself, but his words obviously made Milok aware of it. Milok lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and looked at the sky.
"Well, I know, your big ax has been thirsty for a long time."
Only then did Aranza have the intention to explain to Milok. He said: "But the storm is coming... Winter is coming, but we haven't completed all the preparations yet. Milok, I need trustworthy people to do it."
Things that cannot be ignored, you know what I mean? Well, I need trustworthy people to do these things, not just sending out one or two guys."
Milok was stunned for a moment, then nodded. Although he did not receive the task of going into battle to kill the enemy as he wished, he secretly felt a burst of joy in his heart. At least, from Aranza's words, he understood that in Aranza's list
Here, he already belongs to the category of "trustworthy people".
"and……"
An inexplicable light suddenly flashed in Aranza's eyes, and she said: "Milok, I think this task is not as simple as you think. Well, if an accident occurs, you can handle it according to your own ideas... Also,
Don't worry about your axe, it should be able to taste some blood by the time you get back."
In this way, the two conspiracies slowly grew under the catalysis of time. The people on both sides were like tiny cells in their bodies, working nervously and orderly until the moment when the two conspiracies collided.
That moment is not far away.
The third day after Milok led the airship team to leave Norland City was also the beginning of winter in the Thorny Continent. On this day, when the two fused suns at the top of the sky were trying to melt the newly arrived chill with their fiery heat, the first
A team that completed the recruitment mission appeared at the gate of Noland City.
It is a team from Deyun City. The lord of Deyun City, Berthold Hoover, personally led the team. He did not complete the recruitment quota of 1,000 people. The number of recruits was only 500. The other five were used to make up the difference.
The hundred men were all from the private army of the Hoover family. You know, the private army of five hundred people was almost the entire strength of the Hoover family. The private army handed over by Berthold had a complete system and could
It is said that except for Commander Berthold, all other soldiers from the deputy commander to the most basic soldiers were given to the Noland Army.
Berthold even handed over the weapons and equipment of his private army to the Norland Army intact, although the quality of these weapons and equipment was nothing compared to the standard armor of the Norland Army.
According to Berthold, he handed over the entire army. These weapons and equipment were of no use in the warehouse. Fortunately, they were presented as gifts to Duke King Gates. But during the banquet, the person responsible for receiving Bailey
Old Follett of Terhold did not detect much sadness in the other man's face.
Every nobleman is a conspirator with different appearances and appearances. Even if there is no sorrow on his face, Berthold will not reveal other flaws for Old Foley to follow. After the banquet, he said that it is important to take care of himself.
After leaving Norland City in a hurry, unlike the long queue of a thousand people when he arrived, Berthold returned to Deyun City with only a few lonely guards behind him.
His acting skills are not great, but they are not too bad either. I never thought that at this time, the biggest flaw would be the absence of flaws.
Old Follett recruited this army. It was not an easy task to arrange the sudden increase of a thousand people. Even though he had made preparations in advance, he set up camps on various main roads in Norland City and organized the troops.
A thousand people were split up and temporarily assigned to various main roads. Old Follett's sense of smell was obviously higher than ordinary people, so he arranged the 500 people from Hoover's private army on the main road closest to the center.
, even if these five hundred people suddenly rebelled, it would still take some time for them to rush to the city wall and open the city gate.
It is worth mentioning that Old Follett did not order the confiscation of weapons from this unit. Confiscating weapons was a bad idea. If they had no intention of rebelling and were treated like this, the seeds of rebellion would be sown. Moreover, the recruitment
This army is just a transfer of military control in the traditional sense. The transferred army has its weapons confiscated. There is no precedent in the history of the human race and the continuous war.
Although both Aranza and Old Follett subconsciously believed that it would be safer to confiscate weapons, they did not bring up this idea. After all, the human race is still martial, and confiscating weapons is too much and unreasonable.
As for the new recruits, Old Follett was not in a hurry to issue them weapons. It can be seen that Berthold had great difficulties recruiting new recruits. Nearly one-tenth of the 500 recruits were either below or above the recruitment requirements.
Of course, Old Follett would not just put them back, but would transfer them to work in the dining room or the blacksmith shop. The children could choose to join the army or go home after reaching the age requirement, and the elderly were required to serve the Norland Army for at least three years.
months.
Deyun City was just the beginning. After Berthold left, more cities sent recruited recruits and family private armies to Noland City. Strangely, it was the second city that publicly accepted recruits—
- Sophie City did not receive any soldiers from any city. Even the cities closest to Sophie City seemed to have forgotten that Sophie City could also complete the task of recruiting soldiers. They traveled thousands of miles to reach Noland.
city.
The smell of conspiracy began to become stronger.
I wonder if the requirements put forward by Aranza were too strict, but no city has successfully completed the recruitment quota of 1,000 people. Among the city lords or representatives of each city who came to deliver the task, the most important one was the first to deliver the task.
Deyun City paid a full 500-man private army, and the smallest one also surrendered a 100-man private army.
Old Follett received these private soldiers in the same way. He concentrated them a little further away from the city gate and did not confiscate their weapons and equipment. When the deadline for the delivery of the recruitment task was about to end, Noland
There were more than 21,000 more soldiers in the city, among which the number of noble private soldiers reached more than 6,000. In contrast, the number of the Noland Army left in Noland City was only these noble private soldiers.
One-fifth of the army. If there was to be a fight, a Norlander soldier would have to kill five to six noble private soldiers before he could win. This is still true when the huge number of more than 15,000 new recruits remains neutral.
situation.
Of course, Aranza was sure that the conspiracy had not penetrated into the recruits who were formerly civilians. It was just unknown whether there were one or two different seeds hidden among these recruits.
But the Norland Army is not without any chance of victory. They also have some elements that cannot be ignored, such as the magician group and Aranza.