Near the Baluts tribe's camp, a long drag mark is extending on the snow.
At the end of the drag mark, there is a little blue-haired girl wearing furry clothes. She is dragging the body of an ice dragon that is about five times larger than her with a rope towards the station.
"Hey, hey, hey, it's really annoying," the girl said to herself while blowing out bursts of white mist: "The prey that Kula was targeting is gone, so he can only catch its mate, but the size of these dangerous female species
It's almost half the size of the male, how can I get my father to recognize Kula?"
As a people living in the dangerous northern Xinjiang, the Baruts make a living by hunting, capturing, and domesticating various dangerous species. They are similar to the nomadic horse-riding peoples on the western grasslands, but what they are chasing is not
Fat aquatic plants, but dangerous migrating species.
The reason why dangerous species are called dangerous species is because they are always thirsty for killing and blood. Facing these ferocious beasts, any hesitation or weakness will only get you killed. In other words, if you want to survive, you must become stronger than the worst.
The weather is powerful, stronger than the ferocious and dangerous species, and stronger than the malicious Beidi barbarians.
"If there is time, Kula should be able to find bigger prey, but his father will leave with his tribe soon," the little girl continued to talk to herself: "If you stay any longer, those Beidi monsters will...ah!
"
Kula dropped the rope, quickly hid behind the nearby mountain wall, and then slowly poked his head out.
Right in front of her was a "man" who was nearly five meters tall, covered in blue, and holding a huge wooden stick in his hand. "He" was walking toward the valley station step by step.
"Bei, Beidi!" Kula's eyes widened: "It's still a 'perfect body'! How did it appear here?"
Beidi is the biggest threat to the ethnic groups in northern Xinjiang, and its threat level is even greater than that of dangerous species.
According to what his father told Kula, they are monsters from outside the empire's territory. Their "infancy", "growth" and "maturity" stages look no different from ordinary humans. Their bodies are relatively strong and they are not afraid of the cold at all.
, but once it reaches the "complete body" stage, it will grow at an extremely fast speed into a "giant" that is ten times taller than an ordinary person, has blue skin, and is extremely terrifying in both strength and defense.
These giants would take the initiative to lead other stages of Beidi barbarians to attack the northern frontier of the empire. In addition, although they were the same as humans for a long period of time during their growth period, any attempts at communication ended in failure. Perhaps they were not intelligent.
"Wandering here at will? We must not let it discover our camp no matter what," Kula took out the long dagger used to kill the ice dragon and followed quietly: "If it is the only one on its own..."
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Cracking, crackling, whirring——
In Baluts' valley station, tents were torn apart and burned, with bloodstains and corpses everywhere. Apart from the flames, nothing moved.
"[Gu——Gah——?]" The giant looked at the situation at the station and made a strange sound.
"...!" Kula looked at the scene, his pupils dilating and shrinking: "Beidi, the attack has been completed... This guy just went to chase the escaped tribesmen, and now he returns..."
Although her father told her that people are killed just because they are not strong enough, there is nothing to complain about, and facing a strong enemy that cannot be defeated, being able to escape smoothly is a victory for the weak, but——
She was completely unable to restrain her murderous intention towards this giant.
"[Gu...Gu...]" The giant paused for a moment, finally made a decision and walked towards the camp.
We can't wait any longer! There is no hiding place in the camp.
bass--
Kula sprang out of the snow behind it, swinging her sword like a dexterous bird and slashing at the back of the giant's neck.
Ding!
The giant raised his hand to block the slashing attack as if he had no idea. The sharp blade that could tear off dragon scales was directly deflected away, leaving only a faint white mark on the back of its blue hand.
"[Gu...hey...]" The giant turned around and looked at Kula who quickly picked up the dagger and gestured towards it, grinning with an expression that was almost mocking.
"..." Kula reflected while confronting the giant and looking for opportunities.
Is the murderous intent too obvious? I originally thought that only animals can keenly sense murderous intent, but I didn't expect Beidi to be the same - it seems that they are indeed inhuman things similar to dangerous species.
"[Gah!]" The giant paused for a moment, as if it was confirmed that it was only this human cub that was attacking him, so he no longer waited, let out a roar, and waved the huge wooden stick at Kula in a flurry.
It can't escape, and it can't be defeated in a head-on confrontation. Although its attack method is completely unstructured, if you attack it forcefully, it will only end up being knocked away... This may be the only way to escape.
Kula struggled to dodge the giant's attack, preparing to find an opportunity to parry without being too hurt.
"[Guha!]" At this time, the giant launched a sweeping sweep close to the ground.
It's now!
Kula did not retreat but advanced, striking the stick hard with the blade of her dagger.
Clang! Click!
When the dagger shattered, Kula's hands completely lost consciousness, but he was indeed being knocked back.
Very good, that's it——
puff.
Kula was in mid-air when the giant suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed him.
"..." Kula looked at the giant's eyes full of cruelty and sarcasm, and her thinking came to a standstill for a moment.
Who says Beidi has no wisdom?!
The giant threw away the wooden stick in his hand, held Kula with both hands, and began to slowly tighten it with a happy expression.
Father, Kula is going to find you...
"Oh, it turns out you are trying to be brave," the voice of the hateful foreigner who almost froze to death before getting lost and stole his own prey suddenly sounded: "You can't say it is your prey now, can you?"
Tsk buzz!
A cold light flashed, and a fountain of blood suddenly flew out of the throat of the giant that had grabbed Kula. It subconsciously dropped Kula and reached out to cover it, but it couldn't cover it at all. It could only make a sound like "box box box"
There was a loud sound like air leaking, and finally he collapsed to the ground.
Pa, hoo——
The foreigner boy who had just cut the giant's throat with a double-edged sword used his strength to jump up high, hugged the falling Kula with one hand, and then landed lightly on top of a tent.
"Okay, now we are even, little Kula." He smiled brightly at Kula, and his pair of red and green eyes were as bright as the stars in the night sky.
"..." Kula was stunned for a few seconds, then shook his head repeatedly and reached out to grab his sleeve: "Father, and brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts!"
"Don't worry, they are all fine. There are corpses of Beidi barbarians all around." The young man walked into the tent with Kula in his arms: "Just wait and see, we are about to win a great victory."
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"Liver, take your Land Shark to the left and attack Beidi's flank. Ignore those giants. If they chase you, run away."
"Nyau, have you seen the Beidi team chasing the Land Sharks below? Let the giant troops in the lead go over, and then push down the falling rocks to cut them off. Stop looking and go to the next location."
"No, wait, Daidara, now is not the time for you to appear."
"Chief Ignis, please bring Snow Tiger and Ice Leopard to the site to clear out the Beidi in normal form. Don't let them escape to join the giant. You must evacuate before the giant breaks the falling rocks."
"Lewa, let the ice porcupine launch a covering shot. No, don't worry about those giants, kill the ordinary Beidi who are with them."
"Niwu, as soon as you arrive, throw down the torch and light those straw carts. Don't try to attack. These monsters seem to break through after being cornered."
"Chief Ignis, you can now fight the giants properly. Lead them farther away and cooperate with Liva to kill them one by one."
"Okay, Daidas, have you seen that the last and tallest 'Frost Giant' is the leader of this group of Beidis. Killing it will be more glorious than killing other ordinary Beidis or ordinary giants.
"
"Don't jump directly!"
"Niwu, cover him quickly!"
Kula was sitting in the patriarch's tent, holding his chin in his hands, watching the stranger boy gesturing at the simple map on the table as if he was possessed by a demon, and moving some red and blue jars on it from time to time.
.
In every process of directing the attack, pushing down falling rocks, clearing enemy soldiers, setting fire to block them, and defeating them one by one, he would make very exaggerated pushing, pulling, cutting, and slapping movements. Only at the end he was a little confused.
He had already moved almost all the red jars off the map, and the last red jar was surrounded by a group of blue jars. He originally seemed to be planning to point at the red jar with a cool gesture, but some unexpected event made him
He stumbled and knocked over several blue jars nearby.
Kula took a quick look, and it seemed that the red jars containing meat were regarded as the Beidi troops, while the blue jars containing water were regarded as the tribe's teams led by powerful warriors.
In Kula's impression, Liwa is a bald, middle-aged uncle. He is not very strong, but he is a good at taming animals. He is the one who can command the most dangerous species in the tribe at the same time, while Niu is a woman who looks like a woman.
He is a child-like boy who likes to play pranks and is very capable of hiding and using bows and arrows. But Daidas... although he looks like an ordinary young man, he is a fighting maniac and likes to exchange injuries for injuries, so he has never
He has captured prey alive, and he is also the only person in the tribe who cannot drive dangerous species.
Since he can even command his father, the patriarch, then these little bosses are naturally no problem.
However, something strange is that during the entire process of his command, no scouts or heralds came in or out of the tent to report the situation or convey orders, and those orders were so specific that they seemed to be watching right next to the person receiving the order.
"How did you do it? Command?" When the foreigner boy finally stopped conducting and began to look thoughtfully into the distance, Kula asked.
"I'm still conservative," the young man said.
"Huh?" Kula tilted her head.
"The combination of 'far sight' and 'clairvoyance' becomes 'clairaudience', which is enough to observe every corner of the battlefield in real time, while the combination of 'piercing vision' and 'phantom vision' creates illusions directly in front of others, and can achieve distant vision."
Real-time command from a distance, combined with 'future vision' to deduce the possible consequences of your orders, as long as the strength of the troops is not too disparate, you can even achieve results that can equal one thousand to one." The young man looked at the map on the table and explained: "Speaking of which
"Originally, I just wanted to be able to withstand this Beidi attack, but because I was so easy to direct, it turned into a complete victory. Tsk, tsk, could it be that I have the talent to be a [general]?"
"[General]?" Kula almost didn't understand the string of words in front of him, so he turned to ask about an unfamiliar word.
"Well..." The young man scratched his head: "General, it is a position where you command your subordinates to "kill all the enemies" like what I just did - although they are your father's subordinates, I am just borrowing them.
"
"There is news from the clan leader, Mr. [■■■]," at this time, a tribe member opened the door and walked in: "He still wants to stay to clean the battlefield. Could you please clean up the place and prepare for the move."
"Oops..." ■■■ stuck out his tongue: "If he knew that I was not a good commander at the beginning, and let the invading Beidi burn many tents and kill many domesticated dangerous species, he might not be able to eat Doudou.
Walk."
"You are too worried. We are all very grateful to you for saving our lives during the Beidi attack." The messenger ordered the scout to bow his head deeply.
"Ah, it seems that this trial is coming to an end," ■■■ said, looking somewhere in the void: "I probably can't help with the preparations for the migration, so I'll leave it to this little princess of Kula.
"
"■■■ Are you leaving?" Kula looked at him: "Do we still have a chance to meet again?"
"I don't know, maybe... there is."
With these words, ■■■ disappeared in front of Kula's eyes, and at the same time, the entire world disappeared.
——Imperial Calendar, 1024——
Imperial capital, royal palace.
"Ah, it's so rare that General Esdeath can take a nap."
"Really, it's so shameless. If someone else fell asleep while I was reading the praise, I would have struck him with a thunder, click!"
Kula opened her eyes slightly and looked at the little emperor who was looking at him with wide eyes on the throne, as well as the minister who was holding an official document and trying to identify what was written on it.
"I'm so sorry," she said, "after all, the minister's voice is too hypnotic."
"Damn it!" The minister slammed the official document to the ground: "When I turn around, I will kill the secretary who wrote such a smelly and long manuscript. Let's be honest, Esdeath, what do you want to pacify Northern Xinjiang this time?
Reward? - How about being promoted to general and letting that idiot Bude go home and retire?"
"No, I'll just continue to be a [general]," Kula paused and said, "If you want a reward, please post a marriage notice for me."
"...Huh?" X2
"requirement is……"
Kula continued, minding her own business:
"One, he is good at commanding and aims to become a general. Two, he is highly skilled in martial arts and is willing to hunt dangerous species. Three, he was born in a border area. Four, he is five to ten years older than me. Five, he has a shining smile and eyes.
It must be one red and one green with different pupils.”
"...Who do you have your eye on? I'll send someone to catch him right now."
"In addition, the common name must be three words."
