Chapter 45: The burst of flames from the 'Stone of Fire'.
I don’t know since when, a rumor similar to a mythological poem suddenly appeared in this part of the land to the west of the Rune region.
The content of the news is difficult to distinguish between true and false, but it is vaguely coincident with several previous rather bloody rumors.
That is, the Red Water River and the Running River are blessed by a powerful god. Any Dongyi warrior who crosses the river and gets his hands stained with blood will bring bad luck back to his tribe. At an unpredictable time, the powerful
And knights covered in flames will fall from the sky, bringing a devastating blow to the tribe.
When the time comes, the steel will take away the life of any living creature, including livestock; and the flames will devour any traces left.
When the rumors spread, of course some people would not believe it. A certain Dongyi captain wearing armor and drinking in the tavern said with a sarcastic face: "This is a trick of the pigs on the west side of the Hongshui River. Why is the river water affected?"
God's blessing is nothing more than an excuse thought up by some guys who have lost the battle."
But as soon as he finished speaking, a wooden wine glass with a metal handle flew over and hit the scoffer on the back with a "bang", followed by a retort: "Do you deny that Sauron
The existence of the Great Emperor? Or do you think you have power comparable to that of a god?"
The ones who flew out of the wine glasses were naturally those tribal leaders who fled in disgrace on the battlefield. After they lost their tribesmen, they could only make a living under the more powerful rulers. When they saw someone ridiculing them,
Naturally, he was also furious.
Although they also knew that the true version of this rumor was that the Rovanians crossed the Red Water River from the west, launched a revenge against them with lightning speed, and defeated them with a small victory and a crushing attitude.
Own.
But, who wouldn’t want to put some gold on their face?
It would be a naked humiliation for an army of tens of thousands to be defeated by a few hundred cavalry, but if these cavalry were blessed by gods, that would be another matter. It would be nicer to say it.
With the protection of the armored stomach, the captain who was hit was not hurt at all, and the topic involved the Dark Lord. He could not think of any better rebuttal language, so he could only vent his dissatisfaction with his fists.
He hit the slightly drunk retort with a vicious punch, but did not knock him to the ground. After shaking his head, the opponent roared and rushed forward. The two sides immediately struggled with each other. What's the matter?
, kick in the crotch, lock the neck, whatever moves are effective, use whatever moves are effective.
After a while, all the drinkers present spontaneously moved the tables and chairs, leaving a spacious enough space for the ridicules and retorts, and then started bursts of booing, as if this kind of thing was commonplace.
The owner of the tavern and the waiter serving the drinks held two-color cloth strips and asked the spectators whether they wanted to participate in gambling. The odds looked quite attractive.
This kind of thing is indeed a common thing in Drogenesia, the most central city in the Rune region, especially in taverns with complicated personnel and selling drinks.
Good wine can drive away sorrow, but it can also make people lose themselves.
Allen, who caused all this, set out on his way back home half a month ago. He made up the story, but it was polished and widely disseminated by Barr. This was part of the deal between the two.
After some beatings, although Allen didn't know how good the effect was, he was quite satisfied with Barr's temporary attitude, and the transaction between the two parties went very smoothly.
This time, the war suddenly launched by Allen, in addition to rescuing Tehar's tribe, also sporadically helped some other dwarves regain their freedom. Most of them came from the far away red mountain range Orokani.
A few of them turned out to be dwarves from the Iron Hills, which could be regarded as helping Dain find his missing tribesmen.
Baal paid a huge price for this matter. When he traded with other tribes, he had already paid for the materials in advance. The transactions between the Dongyi people did not all rely on precious metals. Most of the time, they still used barter.
Things, or the state of exchanging people for things.
Only in very prosperous cities with abundant supplies can gold and silver currency be fully circulated. However, the tribes scattered around do not have such trade conditions. They live a self-sufficient life most of the time, and they only need to reserve some gold and silver.
, that thing cannot be used as food.
This aspect is somewhat similar to the Rohan people living in Kalenason.
However, as the transaction lasted until the end, Barr could not be considered a loss. According to the logic of the Dongyi people, he might still have made a profit.
After Allen defeated the coalition of Dongyi leaders head-on on the battlefield, he immediately sent people to take over several tribes that had lost the protection of their warriors. It can be said that the population, livestock, and slaves behind the wall have all been owned by Allen.
Let him take whatever he wants.
It's just that Allen has no way to take everything away. The livestock is better, and it would be better to let the freed slaves drive them to the Red Water River and send them back to Rovanian through the bridge built by the transport ship.
There are pastures everywhere in the wasteland. The sheep and horses gnawed the grass all the way there without any problems.
Similar to wealth such as gold, silver and jewelry, Allen also distributed part of it on the spot according to his military merits and gave it as a reward to the cavalry who followed him in the battle, while the rest was loaded into carts and dragged by the extra horses.
Go and use it to enrich Elu's treasure house.
War is one of the fastest ways to make money.
The biggest problem lies in the prisoners. The combined population of the several tribes is at least nearly 20,000. This does not include the prisoners of war captured by Allen's cavalry on the battlefield. In any case, Rovanian
There is no room for so many Dongyi people.
When Ashur was defeated, Allen took in a group of Dongyi people and classified them based on their appearance. Over the years, some Dongyi people did start to serve Allen because they were interested in a stable life.
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This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! It’s just that this ratio is not too high. Rovanian is still mostly composed of blond and white-skinned northern humans, and the hatred between the two sides has been long-standing. There are no major events.
Before, it was difficult for the two parties to live together in a short period of time, but the Kujit people in Muma Village quickly accepted the existence of the Dongyi people because of their similar looks and living habits.
Based on the situation at that time, Allen re-established a village further north of Muma Village for the Dongyi people to live in. The current population is close to one thousand people, and it is still gradually increasing.
Allen felt that if he brought all these Dongyi people back at this time, the population distribution of Rovanian would become evenly matched in an instant, and then the two sides with hatred would probably break out into an unmanageable conflict.
National conflicts.
Even if all Dongyi people are prisoners of war, it is still a very dangerous decision.
This kind of thing would have been difficult to handle even in the era of his previous life, let alone the more backward civilization of Middle-earth. At least today at the end of the Third Era, Allen has no way to solve it unless he is in Luowa
Ni'an engaged in slavery, decorated with iron chains and shackles to enslave these Dongyi people.
But in this case, wouldn't Allen become Sauron's successor? When the time comes, the scene will be absolutely spectacular and exciting just thinking about it, but Allen is not willing to try it.
Therefore, looking at the population that could help him develop rapidly, Allen could only give up part of it and brought back the younger children, their mothers, and the adults who were not ugly.
, which is more than 5,000 people.
As for what was left behind, they were all given to Baal, causing this guy's subordinates to more than triple in an instant. Although it was still not as good as Ashur who had returned from Mordor, his strength could be considered to be in the middle or upper reaches.
level.
And in addition to the population, Allen also left a lot of food for Barr, which is in the warehouses of the tribes.
It’s not that Allen doesn’t want it, who would have too much food?
It's really too far to move the food. If a special force is sent here to carry food, then the people along the way will be chewed by horses, and not even a quarter of it can be transported back to Rovanian. The efficiency is always the same.
It's too low.
Moreover, he still has to bear the risk of being attacked by other Dongyi people. It is really not worth the gain, so it is better to stay as one of the conditions of the deal.
Barr, who heard that he could receive a large number of people, was naturally overjoyed. Any wise tribal leader knew that population was the most critical resource, especially since Allen had given him a lot of weapons.
Warrior young man.
This gave Barr, who had been quietly struggling for more than ten years, a very unreal feeling. In the past, he had increased the population by dozens or hundreds, but this time it was more than 10,000, which made Barr somewhat exhausted.
However, being greedy, he immediately agreed to Allen's proposal, and patted his chest and said that he would continue to provide more people to Allen in the future, and he was guaranteed to be northern humans with golden hair, or those who were caught accidentally.
Dwarves, even Dongyi people, will always be good-looking.
Looking at the excited Barr, Allen didn't care whether this guy would do anything detrimental to himself after his strength increased. Those tribes were easily defeated by him when they joined forces, let alone the leftovers.
Barr?
Allen just told the Dongyi warlord when he left that no Dongyi person was allowed to approach the Hongshui River and Benliu River without his consent. Otherwise, don't blame yourself for coming back again.
Allen has not forgotten the matter of Ashur's messenger. If Barr is not allowed to approach the river, then he will naturally not be able to provide the information in the letter. Allen only needs to observe Ashur's movements every once in a while.
It would be easy to find an opportunity to intercept and kill the Dongyi leader who once wreaked havoc on Rovanian.
Allen will definitely avenge this revenge, he just needs the help of time, especially now that he has suffered huge losses.
In this war that took place at the turn of spring and summer, Allen did not lose too many subordinates. The knights, attendants and auxiliaries who followed him had very few casualties, but Allen's dinars were almost completely consumed.
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Because all the dangerous battles that required charging into battle were completed by the Lion Hunting Knights. After the last battle, the Knights' establishment was directly reduced by one-third. Not to mention the cost of summoning them during these times, just what to think about next.
To fill up the establishment of the Knights, hundreds of thousands of dinars are needed. Even if Allen has two towns in Calradia, it will take more than two years to earn it back.
For Allen, this kind of small-scale battle is a serious matter of making money, and when the knights were attacking the coalition formation, Allen also used his latest ability on the Swadia knights, which greatly
The ability of these heavy cavalry to break formations has been increased, so they can defeat the enemy so easily.
And this ability is the result of Allen finally finding the third gem in the Magical Continent, the "Stone of Fire", in his recent sporadic simulations.
[The burst of flames of the "Fire Stone": With this item, you can ignore regular temperature changes. You can consume the energy in your body to summon blazing fire from the gem. Under the light of the fire, the combat effectiveness of all friendly forces can be gained.
A huge improvement. Please note that this ability consumes a huge amount of energy. After the state subsides, the soldier will fall into a weak state for a short period of time and can be restored by eating.]
[Consuming the burst of "Fire Stone" flames, you can obtain two abilities. The ability list is as follows. 】
[Ability 1: Manipulating flames, consuming the energy in the body to summon a flame controlled by the mind. The more energy consumed in a short period of time, the higher the temperature of the flame will be, and the wider the burning range will be. 】
[Ability 2: Rising Flames. By consuming dinars, your subordinates can improve their physical fitness in a short period of time. Each soldier needs to consume a certain amount of dinars. The amount of increased combat effectiveness is directly related to the dinars consumed.
In short, the more you spend, the greater the improvement. In addition, particularly powerful beings are not affected by this ability.】
As soon as he obtained the ability, Allen did some experiments on himself and his subordinates. Except for himself and the Twilight Knight, the other cavalry could receive the increase in ability, and the increase was very exaggerated.
Under the circumstances, physical fitness can be improved to nearly double.
It's just that after turning on the ability, Allen's dinar disappeared bit by bit like running water. The benefits are not without it. It may be because of the money spent. After the ability fades, the soldiers will not
Entering a weak state, you can still maintain a certain level of combat effectiveness.
The process of obtaining gems is also very strange. After Allen obtained the Water Stone in the Magical Continent, the prompt from the Star Horn became "The power of God is sealed somewhere, and before that you may need to obtain the supreme glory of a warrior."
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If it is a game, then Allen needs to go to the capitals of the kings to find out if there are any competitive competitions in the near future, and gems are the prizes for the champions, but simulation is not a game. It may be very similar, but in many places it is completely different.
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For example, Allen got the second gem, but he didn't get the golden badge, the protagonist's original key prop, and he didn't meet some extremely important characters, such as the dark-skinned Rolf, and another famous character.
A girl for Jamila.
Obviously, the plot is by no means as linear as the game, and the character played by Allen is not the destined protagonist of this period.
But no matter what, Allen needs to understand the true meaning of the prompt, so the wise man most likely to understand this matter should be the ruler of Zenda, Count Alassis.
But as Allen hurried back to Zenda, he met a particularly familiar young man on the road, and the golden badge on his chest shone eye-catchingly in the sun.