In legendary stories, weather is often used to foretell the upcoming plot.
A sunny day is the big day for the hero to set out, and the old castle in the clouds has become a symbol of conspiracy. It is the climax of the plot, and there are always a few thunderbolts from the blue, even if there are no clouds in the sky at that time.
The reality is not that dramatic. Massacres often take place under the scorching sun, because that's when the field of view is the most abundant. The real conspirators often live high in beautiful manors. When the weather is at its worst, there is nothing messy. Everyone stays in their own room.
A warm home.
But sometimes, there are situations where ordinary people have no choice, and for those of us who are complacent, we encounter the worst luck.
There is already a lot of rain at the intersection of spring and summer, and the rainy season in Bayer is around the same time. And the area we are going to is the Rainy Night Fortress where Dragonrider Emperor Helent made his fortune.
Dark clouds shrouded the sky above us, and the sudden strong wind and rain not only blocked our progress, but also obscured our vision.
It has been a week since they left the capital of Bayer. The "multi-national coalition" with Bayer as the main force began the second undead crusade in a mighty manner.
Not even two days into the journey, the weather turned very bad. The heavy rain greatly slowed down the legion's journey. The spellcasters were unable to read the mysterious power from the dark clouds. So, it could only be because of bad luck.
Knights and nobles don't have to worry about their image in daily life, but on the battlefield there are so many military orders that they live a very uncomfortable life.
The golden armored warrior at the front usually looks majestic, but when the sun shines on it, it looks like a golden warrior.
The weapons and armor coatings inlaid with enchanted gold are not only for appearance, but the total price is far more than the coating of the same volume of gold. This allows them to ignore ordinary arrows.
Their standard weapons are a heavy spear nearly two meters long and a tower shield. They are also made of expensive adamantine-coated material and have master-level mage enchantments.
The spear has a "sharp" and "armor-piercing" sharp brilliance, and the thick tower shield also has a "anti-magic strong" light yellow brilliance. There are also spiral magic patterns on the tip of the spear, and a cross lion on the tower shield.
The emblem is a gift from the royal family. Just a gun and a shield are enough for an ordinary mercenary to work hard for a lifetime.
The ugly dragon helmet only exposes its pupils, and the fully covered adamantine plate armor makes it stronger than the mountain giant. The armor is a typical use style, and the only decoration is the dragon scales that can be used as horns or stabbings.
Royal Dragoons is the name of this military unit. Although it is familiar, it has a long history. It was called that way back then and it has continued like this.
Although there is Dragon Rider in the name, don't get me wrong, they are pure infantry, and even a young earth dragon that can be tamed cannot bear the weight of that armor.
Being able to control this equipment only shows that these warriors are too powerful. The average combat power level is high enough. Ten years ago, this was a terrifying existence with all members of the group at their golden peak.
An additional work could illustrate one of their special Royal Knights.
The Royal Knights of various countries have always been the country's signature and strongest military force. They are firmly held in the hands of the royal family. They are not only guards, but also the last sharp edge in fighting against rebellion and foreign enemies. Bayer's strongest military force is obviously the Dragon Knight.
, but the 13,000-strong Royal Dragoons will not have the slightest fear even when facing the Dragon Knights.
Why use one? Unlike Oran, whose family is not rich enough and is still forming his own new royal knights, nor compared to the Lan country, which uses a mixed bag of brands as the face of the royal family, the old empire Bayer's family background is rich enough, "
The three royal knights, "Shield of the Dragon King", "Wings of Bayer", and "Whip of Milan", are at the pinnacle of the entire human world in terms of history, strength, and even individual strength.
Well, it's just that in the human world, after all, Bayer has dragon knights. It's not fair to compare the average combat power of dragons with mortals.
But the Dragon Knights are originally the "Bair Wings" of the three royal knights. Being able to stand alongside them and prevent the proud dragon from being upset and actively provoking has proven the confidence of the other two royal knights.
Humanity's advantage lies in the balance between quantity and quality...which is the so-called mass production and standardization of arms.
The abilities and characteristics of elven archers and mages are often very different. Enough time has given them their own specialties. Free combat as a skirmisher is their specialty.
Human warriors are fully prepared and only have a training cycle of a few years or more than ten years. However, as long as they practice the path that has been repeatedly verified by their predecessors, their growth rate will be several times that of other races. Although these "free range" warriors of other races are not as mature as other races.
, the ability will be relatively simple, but with special equipment to make up for shortcomings and enhance advantages, on the battlefield where combat effectiveness can be exerted, the strength will not be much worse than the century-old warriors of other tribes.
At least, even the most elite century-old braided warriors of the dwarves did not dare to charge into the battle formation of the Royal Dragoons.
With excellent defense and attack power, as well as the elite warriors selected from among ten thousand, these slow heavy tanks are invulnerable and bloodthirsty meat grinders once they get close.
Tailor-made martial arts and training methods, specialized sophisticated equipment, and tactics for using arms in exchange for experience and lessons. This is why humans can create powerful arms in batches.
Perhaps using "mass production" to describe it is a bit derogatory, but using "inheritance" also has the same meaning.
The smelting and purification of armor technology, the enchantment manufacturing of magic alchemy, and the accumulation of countless crafts, technologies, and industries resulted in the royal armor, silver horse armor, and wind-chasing spears.
The inheritance of martial arts and tactics is more direct and obvious. Teachers teach disciples and are passed down from generation to generation. The seniors of the Knights record their combat experience, proud martial arts, and experience in using weapons. Those worthy of promotion will be widely circulated.
Then the younger generation will use the "stunt skills" of the seniors as a basis to learn, deduce and create new "stunt skills"
As it is passed down from generation to generation, this arm and the knights will naturally become stronger and stronger.
The longer the history of the knights, the more powerful the martial arts they inherit. It is not that they have any ancient secret recipes or unique skills, but that through years and actual combat, the originally rough martial arts have become exquisite and extremely practical. Various auxiliary practices
The methods have been figured out by others. It is the pure royal way.
Those skills that you have figured out in the deep mountains and old forests may seem perfect and gorgeous, but once you are fighting with each other, they are far inferior to the simple combat skills that have been tempered thousands of times.
What is inheritance? This is it. Generation after generation, generation after generation, future generations will continue to move forward by stepping on the shoulders of their predecessors, and they will naturally become stronger and stronger.
The golden Royal Dragon Knight is said to be as old as Bayer. Each centurion has a knighthood that can be passed down. Once he dies in the line of duty, his children can choose to inherit his noble title and position. A piece of armor may be passed down for seven years.
For eight generations, it has been repaired and enhanced by several masters.
Young children know what kind of person they want to be when they are born. They learn to use guns at the age of three and practice shields at the age of five. Only after being selected through many levels can they become a qualified Golden Dragoon.
One gun and one shield, one attack and one defense, simple but extremely effective.
Among all the high-level arms, their equipment is probably the least and simplest, but as the "Dragon King's Shield" that guards the entire Bayer and Milan royal families, they are among all human knights, regardless of history or strength.
They can all be ranked in the top ten.
By this generation, they even have a vague tendency to challenge the "Wings of Bayer", the first knight of Bayer, which was, of course, the Dragon Knights ten years ago.
Among the three royal knights of Bayer, the "Wings of Bayer" of the Dragon Knights are only the royal guards in name. The "Whip of Milan" of the full cavalry has been transferred to guard the border and invade foreign countries. It cannot be drawn out at all. It only has the Shield of the Dragon King.
Guarding the royal city is the most trustworthy trump card in the emperor's hand.
But this time, it can be said that Helent lost all his wealth.
There are a total of 13,000 people, and 11,000 people came this time. Only the most basic veteran instructors and trainees within three months are left. Even the recruits who have completed the initial one-year training are on board.
It was said that they were all out in force.
The mighty heavy infantry phalanx walked on the road but there was no sound at all, only the heavy footsteps caused by the huge weight.
"Fight to the death and never retreat."
It is their declaration of battle and their style as always.
For them, only by retreating will the battle formation be disrupted and their weaknesses exposed. As long as they do not retreat and the formation is not disrupted, even if they fall, their compatriots will take revenge.
The uniform footsteps will merge into one, and the terrible sound is whipping the earth, just like a group of Titans advancing silently, but at this time, due to past training and strict military discipline, they probably look the most miserable
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The sudden burst of rain made it a real scene to be unable to see even one's hands. The time-tested warriors were not confused and still worked hard to maintain the square formation in the heavy rain, one after another without any chaos.
The extra-normal defensive armor also makes them heavier than normal. It is really uncomfortable to walk in the quagmire and step into a pit. If you can barely endure this, the next step will be even more unbearable.
The rain was so heavy that water got in through the gaps and vents in the armor, filled it up, and then flowed out from the gaps... Well, it was like a sprinkler truck spraying all the way along.
"What if I really want to dub them? For example, the classic song 'A Good Man Lives in Peace' every morning."
"Hold it, or you'll be dragged out and beaten to death."
I don’t know how they feel now, but I feel very uncomfortable wearing galoshes filled with water. My whole body is packed in a metal can, and then I fill it with water, and I have to walk with the metal can to maintain formation, and it’s wobbly.
You can't fall down, just thinking about it makes you feel cold all over.
"... Heloise, do you think if I throw a soap, no, a banana split in front of their formation, and one or two fall down, it will bring down a large area, like a bowling ball."
"It's useless. Their boots are enchanted with acceleration and anti-skid... But it's hard to tell with such heavy rain. You can really try it. If you fall down now, you won't be able to get up. You'll die from too much banana peels."
It's interesting, you can make headlines for the little goblin. By the way, you can ask for leave from Johnny, the 'universal box' over there. His favorite spell is to modify the original greasy spell into a group banana peel full of maliciousness."
Although I know that mages are always more boring than anyone else when they are free, but to be able to devote their spare time to developing this kind of magic, this great mage is really free.
Unlike the Bayer soldiers who are desperate to save face and suffer hardship, I am now following the team of spellcasters from the Kingdom of Mage, drinking coffee and watching the rapid march outside in the rain.
In order to preserve the absolutely unreliable physical strength of the caster, it is an unspoken rule of the battlefield. No matter where the caster goes, as long as the conditions are not too harsh, he will be treated as a carriage or above.
When the rain was so heavy that they could not even see clearly, the mages stopped without hesitation and sat in their carriages to watch the others march.
Those like me who drank tea or coffee and chatted were considered good. Some started playing Gwent directly, some started experimenting with spells that looked very powerful, and some archmages who were proficient in the space system simply opened teleportation directly.
The door was buzzing, and some summoned a herd of beasts to start performing and have fun with the beasts... Although they behaved relatively normally, I think the eyes are a bit familiar. Maybe this is another Believer believer. Maybe we should approach from behind.
Him, and then dragged him out and beat him to death.
Military honor? Military regulations? Spellcasters have long been accustomed to ignoring them.
And if this team only consists of Bayer, or is a joint team of Bayer and the Kingdom of Mage, Bayer's Royal Dragoons will not hold on so hard.
Who doesn't know that being exposed to the rain and exercising vigorously may lead to wind chill, but sometimes, soldiers just want to save face, especially so-called allies who are competing in private.
Not far from the golden heavy infantry, a group of soldiers were slowly advancing.
And it seems that they are born to compete with the golden dragoons. The dragoons are golden heavy armored infantry, and they are the silver light cavalry. If the royal dragoons take the road of simplicity, the equipment of these light cavalry is outrageously complicated.
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"Olan is really rich, and all the White Wolf Guards have changed their uniforms."
The White Wolf Guards are the royal knights of Oran, and they are also the trump card that Oran has given high hopes of overtaking other super empires.
The armor of the White Wolf Guards back then was made of Misilol mithril alloy. Although it was lighter in texture, it could provide more defense than ordinary heavy armor and was extremely resistant to magic. At that time, let alone the design drawings of the light cavalry armor.
, just the alloy formula used as the raw material is a first-class secret of the Oran Empire.
"I still got tricked by you."
"Ahem, how can this be called cheating? This is just a military exchange. How can normal military exchanges be called cheating?"
The White Wolf Guards, Misilol's Violent Dragon Spear, Violent Throwing Spear, and Violent Strike Sword were all extremely high-quality alchemy props. As you can tell from their names, these things can be exploded. A White Wolf Knight is like a moving gunpowder.
Library is the crystallization of Oran's advanced alchemy technology.
If the Royal Dragoons are legendary warriors from ancient epics, then the White Wolf Guards are a new unit of the era that keeps pace with the times.
Compared with those years ago, their equipment has been greatly updated. Only a few cutting-edge knights are equipped with the long explosive dragon spear. The appearance of the throwing spear and long sword is beyond recognition, at least judging from the obvious Olivia's Box.
I can see the shadow of magic technology in it.
And each of them brought at least three backpacks and small bags. The magic power in them was very obvious. They should be some new toys.
But the biggest change was their vehicles.
The originally powerful exotic war horses were directly abandoned, and all the knights were actually equipped with iron horses. Although the White Wolf Guard originally relied on alchemical props and medicines to fight, and did not rely on the strength of the mounts themselves, they made up their minds and directly
Abandoning the regular mount is really unexpected.
While the Royal Dragoons' footsteps were silent and heavy, the roar of the White Wolf Guards' motors never stopped.
If it were just that, I wouldn't be so surprised.
Between the iron horses, there is also an iron turtle moving slowly forward. He is about three meters long and has five wheels of different sizes. The thick iron sheet protects the fragile heavy artillery crossbowmen, although the speed of movement is really impressive.
Sorry, but I found at least four gun ports on it.
"This is a tank!"
Although it is very rough, I can guarantee that the design concept is no different from the original tank. They are all about covering the power locomotive with iron sheets so that people can attack safely inside.
I am not giving out creative ideas and tips in a boring way. The intelligence of people in that world cannot be underestimated. With the engine technology of Iron Horse, others will naturally develop mechanical chariots, not to mention that the chariots of this era have not been eliminated in the first place.
historical stage.
Oran's terrifying shipbuilding and alchemy industries are enough to turn any absurd idea into reality.
There are a lot of these "tank turtles", almost every ten knights are equipped with one. In addition, there are also large ones dragged by carriages. I can't see the ones wrapped in oil paper, but I guess they are also powerful weapons.
Bayer, which inherits history but strives to innovate, and Oran, which started as a nouveau riche but seized the opportunity of the industrial revolution to develop rapidly. Both sides have long had a sense of competition. Now that the Royal Knights representing various honors from both sides have met, it is natural to fight together.
Modern machinery is likely to have problems when encountering bad weather, not to mention those semi-finished products in Oran. Along the way, I saw three iron turtles smoking and stalling, anchoring directly, getting stuck in the quagmire and unable to get up.
, in the end many iron turtles were dragged away by several white wolf knights.
No one on either side said anything, but everyone knew that they were already getting into a fight, and it seemed that no one could bear it anymore and shouted to stop.
"Soldier..."
I shook my head helplessly. It was not easy for me to deal with a guest army. They were still far away from the battlefield anyway, so I just let them have fun with them.
"Really, at such an old age, you are still as vindictive as a group of children. If the undead comes at this time, it will be out of control...Okay, Heloise, put down the eggplant and I will shut up."
"Enemy attack!"
The ear-piercing scream shattered all peace. I silently took Heloise's eggplant and stuffed it into my mouth... (To be continued.)
ps: So what, two chapters is enough to make up for it.
