In the military camp outside Loulan City, Du Wei had already prepared and set off with twenty-eight trainees. General Longbottom personally led a thousand cavalry to join this "internship" in the northwest.
Because Du Wei's idea is very simple: these magician students will be used as combat talents in the future, and he does not want his students to become the kind of academics who only stay in the magic laboratory. What he needs is someone who can truly
Cooperating with the army can play a real role in battle, and in Du Wei's idea, he hopes to find the most efficient model of "coordinated operations" between the army and magicians.
After rigorous physical training, these magic students have very strong bodies. Du Wei equipped each of them with a set of equipment that ordinary people think has subverted the tradition of magicians:
No one has a war horse, and they have given up the traditional magician robes that represent status. Everyone wears high-quality half-leather armor, and is also equipped with a light long sword as a weapon for self-defense and self-protection, and a magic amplification ring.
, Du Wei even used his own money to equip each of these students with a magic wand, which was made of very good quality walnut wood. Of course, these precious walnut wood allowed Du Wei to use up his last bit of "time."
The reserve of "the flowing spring water".
For these rookie magic apprentices, it was a huge surprise that each of them could get a high-quality walnut wand! You know, even in the magic union, you can be qualified to use walnut wands.
All of them were at least intermediate magicians. After getting the wand, these novices were very excited. They couldn't put it down and even used their sleeves to wipe it carefully back and forth.
"Everyone, listen up." Du Wei turned over and stood on the horse, loudly saying: "I will give you the best! The best wand, the best equipment! But whether it is worthy of these things depends on
Thank you for your hard work! I hope that after this internship in Northwest China, each of you will be worthy of what you have in hand! Moreover, I can also tell you first. As long as your subsequent performance can satisfy me...
I will also equip you with some extra surprises!”
Looking at the eager eyes below, Du Wei then announced a decision, and this decision made everyone doubtful:
Du Wei asked these magic apprentices that in the next few days of internship, they must try their best to cooperate with the accompanying army!
"What you have to do is to try your best to cooperate with them! Cooperate with them in fighting and obey General Longbottom's orders. Use all your abilities and think of all ways to meet his requirements...maybe even some things that in your opinion
Very unreasonable request! Do you understand?"
The magician will cooperate with those soldiers?
This order is truly unexpected.
Because magic is prosperous in the Roland Empire, magicians have a noble status and are rare in number. Although magicians have always served the empire in the empire's battles, how noble is their status? They are not the kind of people who can be summoned and used at a moment's notice.
Those who leave immediately! During the battle, the magicians mainly fight on their own. Although they can also rely on their own strong strength to cause huge damage to the enemy, in Du Wei's opinion, such efficiency is extremely low! These
Magicians lack cooperation and often work independently without coordination, which greatly wastes the role of magicians.
Don't expect these magicians to cooperate with the army. Most of them act according to their mood. When they are in a good mood, they will help you with some strength. When they are in a bad mood, they can leave. And the army not only has to
In order to obtain stable and long-lasting support, they have to serve these magicians like uncles.
Du Wei's idea is to let these magicians change their usual habits. It is unreasonable to let these magicians blindly cater to the requirements of the army without any conditions, but in order to correct the unclean habits of magicians, such an overkill,
It is also a very effective method in the short term.
Du Wei's concept was so advanced that even Longbottom was a little uncomfortable with it. Although he was once a senior officer in the empire, commanding tens of thousands of people, he had never had dozens of magicians at his disposal. For a while, he also
Somewhat at a loss, when Du Vera came over, the 250-year-old general smiled bitterly, coughed hard, and said loudly: "Okay! From now on, I will not regard you as magicians!"
In my opinion, you are just a soldier under my command! Then you must obey my orders! I will treat you equally, don't expect to get any preferential treatment from me! If anyone disobeys my military orders, then I will also
I’ll whip you! Do you understand?”
This is an extremely bold statement. If Longbottom dares to say this to other magicians, I am afraid they will turn their backs and leave on the spot. If he encounters a magician with a bad temper, he may have to give the general a hard time.
Eat eat.
But fortunately, these rookies have been strictly brainwashed by Du Wei, who is very prestigious in their hearts. Moreover, before they entered the magic academy, they were all members of the army, and it was normal for them to obey military orders.
Everyone responded loudly.
"Then, let's go!" Longbottom ordered loudly: "Basic marching formation! The magician team will be the last... before dark, we have to rush to Niuli Town under the Kilimaro Mountains. We will get supplies there.
Then you won’t have time to rest, we will enter the Kilimaro Mountains overnight! Boys...the monsters in the mountains are waiting for us! They will obediently offer their furs and magic cores!"
After setting off on the road, Longbottom and Duwei walked side by side and complained in a low voice: "Boss, you have given me a problem... so many magicians are listening to me... I don't know what to do.
God, I'm probably the only general in the empire who can have so many magicians under his command."
"You will get used to it." Du Wei smiled slightly: "Everything is just the beginning, we still need to slowly explore."
After a day of forced march, these magician apprentices persevered. After all, they had maintained physical training. This performance had surprised General Longbottom. Like most generals in the empire, he had no regard for magicians.
This kind of group hates and loves at the same time. The love is due to the powerful strength of the magicians, and the hatred is due to the inability to control these powers freely. Looking at these obedient magicians, and they can grit their teeth and endure hardships, for their own
What more can be expected of a subordinate who executes military orders meticulously?
Du Wei glanced at the young master of the Liszt family. Muse's face was full of exhaustion, but when Du Wei's eyes drifted towards him, he still worked hard to hold up his chest and refused to show weakness at all.
Humph. What a proud boy. Du Wei secretly laughed in his heart.
Niuli Town is a town south of Mount Kilimaro. The south side of the mountain here has a unique terrain. The slopes are not steep and are relatively gentle. It is the best place to enter the mountain. The population of the town is less than a thousand, and
Longbottom had brought people here before, and he was familiar with the terrain and environment. He added some fodder here and was ready to enter the mountain.
"According to our news, there may be monsters within a radius of about a hundred miles here." Longbottom introduced: "The last time we came here, we heard from the locals that there is a monster here every spring.
A kind of thing called a monster by the locals came to the town to harass the people here. According to their description, this kind of monster is small in body and fast in movement. It wanders here every spring. It harms the livestock in this town and the people in this town.
Several hunters tried to hunt it, but unfortunately they all failed... It is said that the guy can spit fire, and when he escapes, he can burrow into the ground."
"Your Excellency General, we need more information to determine what kind of monster it is." A magic apprentice said boldly: "Obviously it is a fire monster, but it is not big, moves quickly, and can vomit.
Flames can also burrow into the ground... These characteristics are too vague. Based on these characteristics, I can think of at least seven kinds of monsters that meet these conditions, including the fire-type earth dragon and the giant Tutur.
Eared rats, pointed-toothed ground cats...these things. Each kind of monster has a different method of dealing with it. We need more information before we can make the best plan to deal with this thing."
The other students nodded. Some even clearly arranged a list of suspects. Du Wei was very satisfied with the reactions of these students. Under his influence, these guys had learned the most important things:
efficiency!
At this moment, a high-pitched voice suddenly said: "You have so many magicians, are you still worried about a small monster? We have thousands of cavalry, so many magicians... Humph, and the Duke is so famous in the mainland
A powerful magician, are you afraid of such a small monster...Are you being too cautious..."
There was obvious disdain and ridicule in this tone, and he was clearly accusing Du Wei and others of lacking courage.
After Muse couldn't help but say these words, he immediately felt a little secretly regretful in his heart. But for some reason, he couldn't help but feel unhappy when he saw Du Wei. He always disliked this guy.
Internally and externally, I couldn't help but want to stab the other person.
After Du Wei said these words, before Du Wei said anything, the magic students stared at the boy one by one and glared angrily. Some people couldn't help shouting: "Who are you? How dare you accuse the dean!"
Muse originally just blurted out a few words, and felt a little regretful, but when he heard someone questioning him, he is the proud son of the Liszt family. He is very proud and arrogant, so how can he look down on others? He couldn't help but said again: "
Huh, a famous magician is afraid of a small monster. Hehe, I am not slandering anyone, but I am afraid that he will be laughed at. From this point of view... Huh, what is it really?
No matter what kind of subordinates you train, they are always cautious and walk on thin ice."
The others were immediately furious with this boy who didn't know the heights of heaven and earth. Seeing that Muse had aroused public anger, Du Wei coughed lightly, and everyone immediately fell silent, but stared at this boy with their eyes.
"Mr. Muse." Du Wei pondered for a moment, and there seemed to be no emotion or anger on his face. He said calmly: "Courage or cowardice are nothing more than other people's evaluations. As long as you have a clear conscience in your life, why should you care about those things?
Feiyan? Since you are so brave, then I can't suppress your virtue... Let's do this. When we enter the mountains later, we just need a few outposts to explore the way. Since you are willing to show your bravery, this must be the case.
You will definitely not be willing to let this opportunity pass you by."
At this moment, the sky is getting dark. In Niuli Town, I look at Mount Kilimaro in the distance. There is white snow on the top of the mountain, and the continuous peaks reach into the sky. Only green can be seen below the mountainside.
A forest stretches as far as the eye can see...but this green color exudes a bit of darkness in the night.
Muse couldn't help but feel a little scared in her heart, but she said firmly: "The outpost is the outpost, what do I, Muse, fear?"
After saying that, he tightened the reins and walked forward. Duwei held him back, and Muse said angrily: "Does the Duke have anything else to say?"
"Mr. Muse, the mountain road is difficult. Are you going to ride up the mountain like this?" Du Wei smiled.
"Huh!" Muse's face turned red, but under the cover of the night, the blush only flashed by, and then he said stubbornly: "Who said I wanted to ride up the mountain. I just walked forward casually."
Du Wei didn't want to embarrass this boy from the Liszt family too much. After all, he and the Liszt family currently have a good relationship. It was really not worth it to fall out over such words. Then he asked a few of his subordinates to help this boy.
He led the horse to rest.
The magic students had long been too lazy to pay attention to this kid. After more than twenty people dismounted, they spread out in the town in an orderly manner according to what they had learned in the magic academy, looking for traces of monsters and careful people everywhere.
, ran to the local residents to inquire about the news. After all, the news that General Longbottom got was from the soldiers. Those soldiers did not understand many details, and they had to ask them themselves.
Some people even proposed to see the corpses of livestock that were killed by monsters.
Fortunately, the weather here in the northwest is cold, and many of the dead livestock carcasses have not yet rotted. Looking at these noble magicians who do not shy away from being dirty and personally inspecting the bloody livestock carcasses, no one will frown because of disgust.
Everyone checked themselves with a very professional attitude. Some even took out a knife and cut it with their own hands, not avoiding blood.
The soldiers next to them looked strange. In their impression, magicians were noble people. They were more powerful than those nobles. How could they do such dirty work? Even Du Wei was also impressed by these students.
Very satisfied with the performance.
It is important to be pragmatic and humble!
Soon, the students made rough estimates.
"Master Dean." A student leader came over to report: "We found a clue. All the corpses of animals that were bitten to death have the same characteristics... they lost a lot of blood. The monster obviously sucked the blood of the animals.
What's more important is that each of these corpses has not been sucked dry. Apparently that monster has a very unique habit: it probably only likes to eat the blood of living animals. When the blood loss of the animal bitten by it reaches a certain level, it will
When it dies naturally, it stops sucking blood, and then runs to find the next prey. Therefore, it seems that each corpse has lost a lot of blood, but the blood has not been completely sucked dry. After rigor mortis, the body
There were still a lot of coagulated blood clots inside, so we cut several corpses and cut out the blood vessels, and we came to this conclusion."
Du Wei was very satisfied: "What else?"
"And..." The student thought for a while: "We have a disagreement. Well, the brothers put forward a point of view, but I think it is unlikely."
"oh?"
Duwei remembered that among the thirty-two students in the Hogwarts branch, thirty were from the military, and only two were exceptions. These were a pair of brothers who were born into declining aristocratic families.
But because he was an illegitimate child without a legitimate title (mentioned earlier).
This pair of brothers are the two youngest students among the students at Hogwarts, because the other students are all selected by the army, and most of them are already eighteen years old. But these two guys are the same age as Du Wei
They were similar. However, after several months of Du Wei's observation, these two people were actually the two most talented among this group of students.
"Yes, they raised a point, but we are skeptical about it. But we can't make any conclusions about it, so we think it's better for you to ask them personally." The student leader spoke very objectively.
This is something Du Wei is very satisfied with. He treats every question rationally, without being arbitrary or rudely rejecting... being fair and objective. This is also a very important quality that Du Wei has instilled in this group of students. He does not want this for his subordinates.
People become arrogant like traditional magicians.
"Okay. Let the two of them come over and let me ask." Du Wei ordered. Just as the captain was about to leave, Du Wei suddenly remembered something and stopped him: "Wait a minute, Sieg."
Sieg is exactly the name of this captain. He is the leader of this group of students from the army. He is a strict and fair person. Although his talent is not the best, he convinces other students in terms of organizational ability and prestige.
"Master Dean, is there anything else?"
"Ziege." Du Wei pondered for a moment and said slowly: "I noticed that in what you just said, you used the word 'the brothers', right?"
"...Yes." Sieg seemed to understand what Du Wei meant.
Du Wei looked into his eyes and said sternly: "I think that's what you usually say when you talk about the two of them... Those brothers... Well, I know, you guys
Thirty people are all from the army, but two of them are not. The thirty of you are very united, but this unity makes it difficult for outsiders to get in. I don’t want to criticize you. I just want to tell you,
There are advantages to such unity, but there are also disadvantages. What I want to say to you is: Maybe in the future, you people may go your separate ways. Or you may go to various places to do different things, and it will no longer be like this.
When we gather together, we will not be a group like now... But now! Now! You are all from our college! When outsiders talk about you, they will regard you Hogwarts students as a whole. My words
, do you understand? Unity is good, but xenophobia is bad. I hope you can think about this carefully."
Sieg immediately said solemnly: "Dean, I understand! I failed to do my duty! I will try my best to do a good job!"
"Very good. From now on, I don't want to hear the name 'those brothers' addressed to outsiders again. In my opinion, you guys are all the same. We are all our own people and we are all a group."
"Yes, Dean!" Sieg stood up straight involuntarily. He was about to leave when he suddenly said something else.
"Dean..." Sieg's voice was low but firm: "I think... we don't want to go our separate ways in the future. Everyone's wish is to stay with you, Mr. Dean. This is not
My own thoughts."
Sieg turned and left. Duwei sighed softly.
He believed that this calm young man would definitely understand what he meant.
Soon, the brothers were called in front of Du Wei. Du Wei looked at the two nervous guys and said with a smile: "Okay, can I eat people? When we were drinking the night before yesterday, you didn't.
Stop irrigating me."
The two people laughed immediately.
"I remember you are the older brother, right?" Du Wei looked at the slightly fatter one.
"Yes, Dean, my name is Beibei, and this is my brother Thor."
Du Wei smiled and said: "Okay, no need to introduce myself, do you think I can't remember the names of our students? Now, tell me the results of your discussion. I heard that you put forward some analysis, right?"
"Yes, Dean." Beibei said: "We believe that the monster that haunts here may not be one, but two... two monsters that act together. However, from our point of view, most students agree
not agree."
Du Wei nodded. He could imagine the reason.
Because most of the monsters live alone, only a few monsters have the habit of living in groups. For example, the terrifying griffons in the south. However, the vast majority of monsters live alone.
"Moreover, the two of us even suspected that... these might be two different types of monsters, one of the fire type and one of the ice type."
"oh?"
Du Wei became interested.
Living in groups is already very rare in Warcraft. Living in groups of different species is even rarer. Let alone Warcraft, even those ordinary animals that live in groups will only live in groups with their own kind.
What's more, a fire-type monster and an ice-type monster? Fire and ice are almost natural enemies! Just like a cat and a mouse.
Have you ever seen a cat and a mouse living together?
"Tell me your reasons." Du Wei pondered for a while.
"Dean, this idea was proposed by my brother, let him speak." Beibei pushed the matter to his brother.
Thor is a shy boy at first glance. He is thin, tall, and fair. His temperament is quite similar to Du Wei, but when he speaks, he is not as shy as he looks.
Very calm: "Dean, I did think of it... I dissected several corpses, especially the blood of these animals was sucked, which made me a little confused. Because according to what we have learned, there are very few fire monsters.
Of course, there are those who suck blood. It’s just that most of the fire monsters that suck blood are very small. But I saw the wounds on several corpses. Judging from the traces of teeth, this should be a
It's not a small guy, at least as big as an ice and snow demon wolf. This is inconsistent with the information that the residents here said that the demon beast is very small. Moreover, judging from the number of dead livestock... this blood-sucking beast
The World of Warcraft eats a lot! If it is a small thing, it cannot suck so much blood, so I think it should be a big guy. Also... I extracted a piece of clot that has solidified and examined it carefully.
It was found that these blood clots were not naturally coagulated after the death of animals. Instead, there were... traces of freezing. So I thought that the monster the villagers said they saw was a small thing, but after my inspection, I concluded that there was a big thing.
...Then there should be two of them! These two things also have a division of labor. The little one is responsible for spitting fire and killing livestock, while the big one is responsible for sucking blood."
"Cooperation?" Du Wei asked.
"I don't think it's like cooperation... but like, um... slavery." Thor said cautiously: "I suspect that maybe the ice monster is a high-level guy, and it captured a fire monster as its own.
Subordinates, and then be driven by it to capture prey for it." Thor said this. He smiled bitterly and said: "But this guess, I think it is a bit impossible, because any guy who can enslave other magical beasts will
They are some high-level things. Although there are Warcraft in Mount Kilimanro, it is not a place where Warcraft are frequently touched. There should be no high-level Warcraft here."
"Nothing is impossible in this world." Du Wei curled his lips.
Even the old guy Aragorn, who has been dead for a thousand years, can leave a Chinese message to himself a thousand years later... What else is impossible?
Thor's guess is indeed incredible.
High-level monsters do have the ability to summon and enslave other monsters. For example, the ice wolf. After evolution, the highest level can become the ice wolf king. The howl of the wolf king can summon all the monsters in the covered area that are lower than itself.
of monsters for him to control.
However, Du Wei first ruled out the possibility of the Ice Wolf King, because although the Wolf King was powerful, he did not have the habit of sucking blood. Moreover, the Wolf King's howl would not just summon a magical beast to serve as his subordinate.
It's just... if it's really a guy who can summon and control other Warcraft, then it must be a high-level Warcraft! A high-level Warcraft is not something that these rookies can deal with. They may be able to deal with ordinary Warcraft.
, but if you encounter a high-level one, then you have no choice but to run away.
Even Du Wei himself, with his true strength now, if he encounters a high-level monster, the best choice is to retreat.
"Cancel the original order. We will stay in the town for one night and will not go into the mountains first." Du Wei immediately ordered.
After Longbottom heard Du Wei's order, he came to ask. Du Wei explained the guesses of his magic apprentices. However, this general obviously underestimated the power of Warcraft. Maybe... after all, he is not a magician. Only magicians can
Understand the power of real high-level monsters.
"We have thousands of cavalry and so many magicians, can't we still deal with one or two monsters?"
Du Wei was very serious. He lowered his voice: "General, I must tell you that these magic students are not real magicians. They have not graduated yet. Moreover, they are all my precious wealth... I will not let them
Losing here in vain, even if I lose one, is unbearable for me! Do you understand? Secondly... you may not have a clear understanding of the power of high-level Warcraft. I can tell you that high-level Warcraft may
The magic power itself is not very powerful, but most high-level monsters have summoning skills. If conditions permit, it can summon an army of monsters for it to drive... Moreover, the most difficult thing about high-level monsters is...
It has completed its evolution and has certain wisdom! It is no longer a mindless beast! We are here for internship, not for war. I will not be cowardly, but making unnecessary sacrifices is stupid in my opinion."
However, Du Wei added in his mind: Most high-level monsters do not have very strong magic power... The exception is that woman Medusa!
Longbottom obeyed Duwei's order. Then Duwei ordered to cancel the detection sentry into the mountain. This order once again gave Muse a chance to show off. He unceremoniously mocked Duwei's actions with sharp words.
"Then, I ask you, the warrior, to keep vigil for us tonight." Du Wei said lightly. He sent this annoying boy away. But Du Wei had to give orders to the other people watching the night, asking them to watch this guy carefully.
.
"Just let him suffer a little bit, but don't let him really suffer any harm."
That night Du Wei also ordered the twenty-eight trainees to be divided into four groups. After dawn, each of the four groups took two hundred soldiers and went into the mountain in four directions to search. The distance between each group should not be too far.
It's far away. Once you discover something, don't act without permission. Try to find a way to inform your companions first.
Just wait until daybreak before taking action! Otherwise, going into the mountains at night to deal with a high-level ice-type monster is simply courting death.
Although doing this may be a bit fussy, Du Wei felt that when facing a guy who might be a high-level Warcraft... it was necessary to be careful.
The students were very excited because they had never really seen high-level Warcraft! For these guys, high-level Warcraft only existed in legends or in classroom explanations.
Before dawn, Du Wei had already stood up. Just as he was about to go out, the guard outside, Elder Yan Knight, had already knocked on the door and came in. Old Yan's expression was serious: "Sir, someone from the Duke's Palace is here...
…I told you that there is an emergency at home and I want to report to you face to face.”
"Oh?" Du Wei was stunned for a moment...Did something go wrong with Marquise Liszt?
The visitor was none other than little Sandy.
Mud was a very smart housekeeper. He faintly sensed something unusual from the fact that Hussein forbade people to ask people from the temple to treat his injuries. The person who sent the message did not dare to let the ordinary servants go, but
Duweidi's loyal subordinate, Little Sandy, came running. Poor little Sandy, in the past six months, he has practiced equestrian skills well, but it still took a lot of time to catch up with this group of well-trained cavalry.
The time just came.
Sandy brought a message. He also sent something.
The oral message was conveyed by Hussein. But Du Wei only took one look at that thing, and his expression immediately changed drastically!
"The big reptile in the north of the frozen forest has come to take revenge. Come back quickly!" These were Hussein's words.
What he brought was a golden scale!
This is obviously a broken scale, but although it is broken, it is as big as the mouth of a bowl! It is heavy in your hand, and it is faintly stained with blood!
Du Wei recognized it immediately...this was dragon scale!
And this scale was pulled out from the wound on Hussein’s back!
Du Wei's expression has changed!
That old dragon is looking for revenge on me? Has it ignored its oath?
He stood up suddenly and was about to go back to the city immediately. At this moment, Longbottom suddenly rushed in from the door.
"Boss, it's not good... the boy you brought here quietly ran up the mountain alone during the night watch last night..."
Before Longbottom could finish speaking, Duwei became furious: "Fuck!!!!"
