Wolf carried the wooden box and came to the mercenary camp. The group of strong young men had already gathered around the fire to dispel the humidity, chatting, laughing, drinking and gambling with the mercenaries from other teams.
This camp is located in the south of the Everglades Province. As one of the few colonies in the New World that is adjacent to a large number of monster groups, it cannot be considered peaceful and comfortable even after decades of reclamation and development.
The climate in tropical areas often alternates between humid and sultry heat and heavy rain. Even if there is a sunny day, it is still a harsh situation of being exposed to the scorching sun. There will never be any sunny and beautiful scenes on the beach.
What is even more difficult is that when the Everglades Province was first established, it faced fierce and stubborn resistance from the local snake people and frog people. Before the colonists came, these two races originally hated each other and were incompatible with each other.
After burning down the rainforest, cutting down trees, and invading their homes, the two races actually joined forces to attack the colonists.
In the beginning, it was just plundering field convoys, but later it evolved into actively attacking colonial settlements. Small villages were usually slaughtered and plundered by snakemen or frogmen, and the men and women were tortured and then nailed to wooden stakes.
to demonstrate to other colonists.
At that time, an imperial legion was dispatched to the Everglades Province, mainly responsible for wiping out the local snake-man and frogman tribe. As a result, before many serious battles took place, the legion was ambushed by snake-men ambushing in the rainforest and swamp, and was injured during the march.
heavy.
After several battles, it was discovered that the colonists had too little understanding of these monsters in the past, and they were much more powerful than goblins and lizardmen. Among the frogmen, there were wizards responsible for worshiping ancestors, and among the snakemen, many were born with magic.
A gifted warlock, and use this to measure status.
What is more embarrassing is that after the Imperial Legion was frustrated in the Everglades Province, the enthusiasm of all parties to open up the Everglades was not as strong as before. After all, humans are more accustomed to a mild climate environment and pursue vast wilderness suitable for farmland and pasture. This leads to
The snakemen and frogmen launched a massive counterattack, and had no choice but to use the Everglades Province as a defense line against the monsters to prevent them from invading northward.
Later, the Tower of Pentagram sent Archmage Zidarok to serve as a mage consultant, which slightly curbed the attack of snakemen and frogmen. In turn, it even sent expedition teams and adventurers to the rainforest and swamps to explore the groups of these monsters.
Condition.
It is very "natural" that the adventurers, who are not afraid of anything and everything, and dare to venture anywhere, discovered a large amount of gold and silver treasures in the Snake Man's lair and the Frog Man Temple. They learned that the Snake Man occupied a large-scale ancient giant ruins and plundered them.
He killed many female snake-men with humanoid forms, and even stole the eggs of frogmen--it is rumored that this object is also a special item used by mages to cast life-extending spells.
All kinds of actions led to a major attack jointly launched by snakemen and frogmen ten years ago. Archmage Qidaluoq mobilized the army and mages to defeat the enemy. After repelling the enemy, there was peace for a period of time. After joining the Mutual Protection Alliance,
In recent years, the Everglades Province has begun to expand southward, not only attracting the standing army established by the Mutual Protection Alliance, but also hiring a large number of mercenaries and adventurers. Wolf is also one of them.
"Teacher Wolf!" A young man hurriedly came forward to take the heavy wooden box, and then shouted to everyone: "Money is being distributed, money is being distributed!"
This time, a group of people came, including more than a dozen tall and muscular berserkers, as well as nearly a hundred ordinary soldiers and a few low-level mages? They were all Wolf's subordinates.
"Hey! Brother Wolf? Did that stingy general give you money?" A mysterious knight with a gray beard came not far away. Holding the hilt of his sword and holding a pipe in his mouth, he approached casually.
Wolf's expression didn't change, but he raised his eyebrows and said, "Yes, what about you?"
The mysterious knight with a gray beard shrugged: "The money was given, but the enchanted weapons were still shirkable. Who calls us mercenaries? Of course, if people have good things, they should leave them to their own family first. I'm wondering if I want them or not."
Joined the standing army of the alliance... Brother Wolf is so powerful, he should have been invited a long time ago, right?"
"We are a group of people who are used to being free and have no intention of joining the alliance's standing army." Wolf sat down on a random Maza and said: "Besides, I only have a few people under my command, so I can't do anything big."
"That's not necessarily true." The gray-bearded Mystery Knight handed Wolf a bottle of wine: "Brother Wolf, you can train such a group of berserkers. With this set of skills, you can win over many people. If you go to
The lord's subordinates will open a combat academy. When the time comes, they won't have to sleep in the open air, exposed to the sun and rain, and they will have a lot of gold coins in their pockets.
You can also own your own real estate and manor, keep two or three mistresses, have dozens of slaves to serve you, and come home every night to hot stew, tender fish steaks, cold ale, and fresh fruits and vegetables.
When you have time, invest in the Chamber of Commerce and sit back and wait for the dividends to arrive. When you have nothing to do, take a gold-painted fragrant wood carriage and go to a high-end club in a big city to have a good time. Brother Wolf, with your physique, you can probably beat seven or eight women, right?"
The mercenaries who come out are basically lustful ghosts. When it comes to women, these guys talk endlessly, their faces turn red, they brag to each other, or they know a female warrior who likes to ride.
Or maybe he defeated the female apprentice of a well-known mage, or maybe he can fight one against five...
The mercenaries were chatting happily, and some of the soldiers who gathered to listen were holding their crotches so tight that they quietly left to find the caravans driving caravans. There were many camp women serving the soldiers, and their business
From washing and cooking to venting your desires, everything is available, and the price is cheap. You can come here for two silver coins, but you have to queue up occasionally.
Some caravan owners have completely changed their careers and simply bring a car with women to accompany them. Some caravan owners who are a little more classy will also arrange separate small tents to avoid the ugly situation of mating with wild dogs.
As for where the women who accompanied the camp came from? They were basically landless farmers, unemployed citizens, and of course indigenous female slaves. However, the most remote Golden Crown Wood Autonomous Territory in the Mutual Protection Alliance actually banned the sale of human slaves. Many of them were landless and jobless.
The colonists who did not want to become slaves all went to the Golden Crown Wood Dominion to settle down. Even the great tribal alliance in the west openly spent money to redeem indigenous slaves, which reduced the number of slaves in the alliance. In the past, these camp women had sex once
All it takes is one silver coin.
Wolf turned a deaf ear to the talk of the people around him. Although he used to be a person with high desires, after practicing Taoism, even if he learned the art of Fangzhongshu, he had no idea about radiating desire in women.
It becomes dispensable.
Thanks to the practice of inner alchemy, Wolf has fully stimulated all his potential. His innate vitality and inner strength martial arts are thoroughly condensed, and he has spontaneous spiritual consciousness without any thought, even if he is unable to see through.
Even in a dark environment, you can have extraordinary blindness, and you are not afraid of flanking attacks or sneak attacks.
In the face of physical attacks from the outside world, Wolf now does not have to use all his strength. He grits his teeth and resists hard. The muscles of his body work together. Every time he responds to slashing, piercing or blunt blows, he will be deflected by the unloading force. Before, he broke free.
People's long tongue relies on this superb force-relieving technique, as if they have "freedom of movement" in their body.
Wolf's internal organs are vaguely communicating with the natural energy of the outside world. However, this is not entirely the result of the inner alchemy method. Instead, it is the result of the body transformation after Wolf went through the transformation of the berserker. It is like taking extremely potent drugs in his early years.
Long-term medicine can fully stimulate this part of the potential, and then the combination of the internal organs and natural energy will appear.
Therefore, Wolf's current violent transformation has gone beyond simply turning into a giant bear in the past. Instead, he can stay awake and sane without having to endure the pain of pulling and tearing his muscles and bones. He can also hold weapons like a normal person. Under the Human Stand Giant Bear
With a strong body type, heavy two-handed weapons can be wielded with one hand, and internal energy can also be released through the weapons. If the power of the whole body is poured into one point, even a medium-sized warrior wearing plate armor will be smashed to pieces.
As for combining lightning and sonic energy with internal energy to emit it, that was a skill he had only developed in the past two years.
When Wolf followed Xuan Weizi's incarnation to Glenfarz, it happened ten years ago in the blink of an eye, and Wolf's calamity in the demon realm was also difficult to survive under the guidance of Xuan Weizi.
The reason why it is said to be difficult is that Wolf's demonic calamity is not solved according to the normal method of alchemy, but directly releases the madness of the inner demon outwards, displaying the violent power wantonly. Xuan Weizi assists with psychic powers to maintain
Use Wolf's sanity to regain his sanity little by little, and use the water to overcome the calamity.
But according to the authentic alchemy, this is not called a calamity at all. A calamity is about facing a test and sublimating the body and mind. Although Wolf was freed from his inner demons, it was essentially a calamity failure, and he was no longer suitable to continue deep into the world.
Practice inner alchemy.
For this reason, Xuan Weizi extracted part of the content of "Five Dragons Holding the Saint Form Refining Method" based on the characteristics of mobilizing physical and mental strength when the violent power is activated, and improved it into "Crazy Heart and Fighting Intent", which is essentially based on
The inner martial arts derived from the inner alchemy method can enter a violent state by stimulating the potential of the body and mind.
Berserkers who practice "crazy heart and fighting spirit" are slightly different from barbarians who use the power of violence, because this does not require people to completely fall into a state of rage and disorder. They still need to exercise inner strength martial arts. Fundamentally, it is
It is a method of training one's mind. However, those who believe in tranquility must either restrain and subdue the restlessness deep in their consciousness, or cut it off, and release the "crazy mind and fighting spirit" to strengthen the body.
Combat strength.
For those who practice Qingjing Taoism, this is definitely a heretic, but not everyone needs to practice Qingjing Taoism. Many people may only need a side-by-side skill, and do not need to spend their whole lives working hard in the fields.
This was actually Wolf's request. It was later discovered that many of the children who were kidnapped by the Ouroboros tribe had their families destroyed. For this purpose, the "Grand Leader of Zari" established an orphanage to take in orphans from the war.
And nurture and discipline them.
Perhaps thinking of his own childhood experience, Wolf took the initiative to take care of the children in the orphanage. In order to enable these children to have skills when they grow up, Wolf hoped to teach them Taoism and martial arts, so Xuan Weizi improved and passed the threshold.
Lower "crazy heart and fighting spirit".
Ten years later, these orphans grew up, and many of them became berserkers, but they could not transform into giant bears and beasts like Wolf, and Wolf did not want them to have such an experience.
Perhaps because of the failure of the calamity, Wolf finally couldn't take any time off. After getting Xuan Weizi's consent, he led a group of young berserkers out to work as mercenaries, and also collected many followers.
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Wolf's own strength has been appreciated by many people. Even the frogman wizard who can cast sixth-level spells is just a piece of meat on the chopping board in front of Wolf now. He can be smashed to death. He does not have advanced magic equipment.
A middle-class character, there is no way he can stop Wolf's three axes.
"How long will the fight last in the Great Swamp?" the mercenaries changed the subject.
"Who knows? The news this time is quite serious. Even the Changqing Chamber of Commerce wants to set up a trading post here. I guess they plan to take root for a long time."
The mysterious knight with a gray beard said: "It is estimated that someone important is eyeing the treasures of the Snake Man and the Frog Man."
"It is said that the great mage Qi Darok wants frogmen's eggs to extend his life. Is this true or false?" someone asked.
The mysterious knight held up his pipe and took two puffs: "It's hard to say, this archmage is two or three hundred years old, right? I heard someone say before that the flesh on his face is falling off, I don't know how long he can live.
Year? This time the Archmage didn't show up, and he didn't even want to throw a fireball."
"Is it possible that the Everglades Province needs to change its people?" the mercenaries asked.
"What? Can you be the leader?" The Mystic Knight laughed and scolded: "Don't think too much, these things have nothing to do with you. But if Archmage Qi Darok can't hold on, then there will probably still be a battle to fight.
"
"Who to fight? Is the empire really going to attack?"
The Secret Knight said: "When the Mutual Protection Alliance was established, the Empire held back and did not take action, mainly because at that time the Eye of Secrets concentrated on searching for the elven kingdom. Without their help, the Empire did not dare to launch a war easily.
Now that the merchant ships of the empire can travel to and from the elven kingdom, it must be necessary to search for more resources and wealth to purchase elven handicrafts. The existence of the Mutual Protection Alliance is to cut flesh and blood from the empire. How can they accept it? Archmage Qidaluoq is here
His position in the Tower of Pentagram is very important. If he dies, both the Empire and the Eye of Mystery will laugh out loud."
"Then this battle can be fought. By the way, which side are you going to join?"
The mysterious knight with a gray beard sneered: "Help whoever gives you more money. Fighting these days is just a waste of money... Huh? What's going on over there?"
At this time, there was a commotion outside the camp, as if they were welcoming some big shot, and a bard was invited to play trumpets and drums.
A large group of mercenaries went over to join in the fun. After asking some other soldiers, they found out: "His Excellency Theus of Evergreen City came to the front line and led an army to come for reinforcements."