Chapter 309: Heartbeat
On the battlefield, cannon fodder is always indispensable.
In the first moments of the battlefield encounter, a large number of low-level troops clashed each other, tearing apart the opponent or being torn apart by the opponent, and then the loser lay down directly, and the winner was laid down by the next wave.
It can be said that it is for the advantage of the frontal ground battlefield, or it can be said to consume the combat power of the main force on the opposite side, but more often than not, it is for the sake of temptation.
Test how much strategic reserves the opponent has, test the range of the opponent's long-range shooters, test whether the opponent has weapons of mass destruction (archmage), test the opponent's main force and collocation, test the opponent's strategic layout, or not be a fool who takes out the big killer and hole cards during the cannon fodder.
In the cruel dark ages, villagers with broken copper and iron, hordes of beasts with torsos, and rookies who are forced to recruit are all very useful cannon fodder, and mercenaries/knights who fight for money and status on the higher-level battlefield are also good choices.
But in modern times, if you still use ordinary warriors to hold this position, not only is the consumption too large and inhumane, but the effect is also quite poor.
Time is the cruelest, the intensity and cruelty of war are always escalating, and now entering the war with poorly equipped and well-trained infantry may have turned into ashes before they have even tried anything.
Of course, with the development of the times, demand promotes progress, and even cannon fodder has many substitutes.
An elemental summoner like Sophie is the most popular cannon fodder producer.
Elemental life is not afraid of life and death (death in the main plane is equivalent to returning to the native plane), tenacious vitality, rich combat experience, good at cooperation, and most importantly, as long as you give "money", you are willing to die, and the spirit of the contract is full.
This "money" is not money, but elemental energy and elemental materials, with the progress of the times and the maturity of magic technology, the mage tower and cloud city level mana pool reserves can also be bought in the black market arms market (although it is expensive to death).
Then, as long as there is an excellent elemental summoner to communicate with other elemental planes and cooperate with a large mana pool, even a church and a private organization can summon a huge amount of elemental cannon fodder just like the ancient national war.
In a sense, demand has also distorted supply, and the growth path of the Elemental Summoner has been distorted.
The original elemental summoners, now known as the Ancient School of Summoning, learned that the path they learned was to constantly strengthen their contact with the elemental plane, contract more and stronger high-level elemental creatures, and summon more cost-effective high-level elemental creatures and even elemental lords under the premise of limited magic power.
But now the mainstream is the strategic elemental summoner, and it has even been called a modern elemental summoner by many people, they don't need to establish contact with too high-level elemental lords, and most of their homework is spent on the use of low-level elemental creatures.
Strategy, command, reconnaissance, and even elemental healing abilities are more often cultivated as battlefield commanders of a low-level class.
Sophie, a wild elf born in the northern elf country, came to Thor to study in order to complete the sharp transformation from a typical elven ancient elemental summoner to a modern elemental summoner.
In fact, she did a great job.
Unlike other graduates, the natural advantages of the longevity species are an unavoidable reality, and with the accumulation of the classical school, she easily mastered the new course on elemental summoning, and combined the strengths of the two families, she had her own academic thesis before graduation, and it was widely acclaimed.
She didn't become an Adventist, not because there was no SBC Church to throw an olive branch to her, but she simply felt that more theoretical accumulation and knowledge accumulation were more suitable for her than to go to the battlefield and practice too early, and most importantly, she also used the past few years to learn the theoretical knowledge and driving skills of magic armor.
Accumulation is sufficient, sensible, good at learning, plus she is still a long-lived species, which further improves her evaluation.
In fact, the large and medium-sized churches chasing her are at least in the double digits, and on the list that Lori gave Rorschach, she is also the third name in the list, and she is the object of "even if you are cheated and cheated at any cost".
Although she doesn't use the mage magic armor now (the thing with the magic pool is really expensive), she has the epic weapon "The Favor of the Four Elements" in her hand, which can greatly strengthen the connection between the user and the four elemental planes, not only can strengthen the daily learning and advanced ability, but also can be used as a big move when necessary, a win-win artifact on the battlefield and daily.
Dressed in a classic style of archmage robes, it provides negligible armor protection and an absolutely impossible to ignore mana recovery support, and on the feet are the same classic Phantom Boots, which provide classic escape techniques such as Flight, Phantom, and Short-Range Displacement Door that are instantly activated.
There are four rings on each hand, ranging from magic return to elemental contracts, and the grade is medium, and it is better to have a comprehensive ability.
Spellcaster professions often have the ability to turn decay into magic, to put it bluntly, it has always been the master of the battlefield, or "magician", "magician" and other titles will not become ridicule, but the other side of the powerful ability is the expensive cost.
Demon armor is the most expensive, the upper limit is expensive, as long as you have money, there must be better expensive, ten times, a hundred times more expensive and other professions are more expensive, and even a piece of equipment is ten times and a hundred times more expensive than other professions.
The warrior monk has enough fist gloves on his body, the ranger needs at least a good bow, and there is no equip (money) spellcaster, but it is really the difference between the master and the magic miscellaneous.
As far as Sophie's outfit is concerned, it is obvious that she is a member of the master's preparation.
This set of equipment can probably not be afforded by an ordinary human family for a lifetime, and at least it can make her combat ability soar by one or four or five times, and if necessary, it can be tripled.
But now, seemingly calm, her self-esteem has actually been shattered.
She was the best at losing to an opponent like a ticket, and she was covered in the best equipment, and she could clearly see that the child-like opponent didn't have a single magic equipment on his body, and he didn't even have a staff inlaid with various magic gems that the caster needed.
"Strength gap? Yes, the strength gap, only this explains, the big strength gap that cannot be narrowed, forcibly crushed the past. ”
Her mood was not as calm as she appeared, incredulous, annoyed, annoyed, and in the end, it all came down to doubt.
"How did he do that? He's not a minor. ”
Remembering Rorschach's "actual age of 22 years old, biological age of 6 to 8 years old" in the data, Sophie, who has always regarded herself very highly as an elf longevity, must admit the fact that she lost to a child, a child whose life experience is less than one-tenth of hers.
At this time, Sophie, who had completed the task, in addition to listening to Robbins's deployment, was more concerned about her future.
She has been chased by countless churches, and she has also been promised many superior conditions, and the game church to which Rorschach belongs is no exception.
Unlike other churches with "the best spellcaster equipment", "massive elemental materials", and "treatment from God", the conditions given by the game church are the most unreliable - a high-speed growth future and a most suitable environment for progress.
Originally, in the eyes of Sophie, who has experienced countless times, this is a dishonest advertising slogan, only small churches and small organizations that have nothing will use things such as "how good is the future", "what will be the future of our company", "the working environment is quite good, and colleagues get along well" to fool rookies.
But now, looking at the unreasonable maturity of Rorschach and his legions, Sophie needs to seriously consider what this "environment of rapid growth and progress" means.
At least, a face-to-face negotiation after the game will not be refused.
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