Chapter 37: A New Departure (1)
"You, did you really decide to go to our clan tribe now?" Before leaving on the afternoon of the third day, the War Sword Saint looked at the sun that had just risen into the sky and the faintly visible mountains in the territory of the Northern Orc Clan, and looked at Qi Tianci with a smile. This Qi Tianci is really strange, although it is already afternoon, but the sun has just risen in the sky not long ago. At the same time, it had just snowed the day before, but it was not too big, but not too small, until now, because no one was cleaning it, and snow could be seen everywhere, covering the ground with a layer of hoarfrost. Since this is the weather now, it means that if nothing else, the harsh winter should be on their itinerary.
It is believed that all the races living on this continent, except for some newborns, know the cruelty of the harsh winter. If your clothing isn't twice as thick as it is in a normal winter, you're the only one who can freeze to death. Even if you can make sure that your clothes will make you survive the harsh winter for no known amount of time, then don't be complacent, because there is another threat that can threaten your life, and that is hunger.
It is a well-known thing that the various races living on this continent will face an embarrassing situation of having no food to eat when the harsh winter is coming. Because the vast majority of animals living on this continent will hibernate in winter, this is a very simple basic truth, because in winter these animals have no way to prey on other animals, so in order to avoid being frozen and starved to death in winter, then these carnivorous animals will basically eat crazy a month or two before the arrival of the harsh winter, until they have completely eaten any other food. In doing so, the animals were able to enter a state of false death throughout the winter without dying from exerting too much energy in their bodies. This is the most basic common sense of survival. In addition, even if a small number of animals do not choose to perform such a state of suspended animation in the harsh winter, they will be eaten by a variety of races that starve in the cold of winter. Moreover, there are only a few animals like this that do not hibernate, and if these animals are eaten up, then those highly intelligent races will be faced with a three-way extremely difficult choice, either they will starve to death because the food is exhausted, or they will snatch the food from other races, so that you still have a little hope of survival, or you will starve to death because your food is snatched by other races, or you will be killed by these abusers very simply.
This is the fairest and most honest law of survival in this continent for countless years now, this law will not favor any side, and opportunity will only give the more prepared side. Although the living conditions of the various races living on this continent have greatly improved compared to the past, in this place closest to the far north, the situation has not improved in the slightest, but has become worse. Living in this land to the north are three powerful races: the Orc Clans, the Barbarian Rohan Empire, and the Exiles who live in the Vault Dweller's Hill. There has never been a region on this continent that has been more chaotic than where these three races live. Even in normal times you can see some corpses and bones that have fallen to the ground and died, remember, corpses and bones. Because here, it is basically impossible for a complete corpse to exist, unless, you are not tasty. And now, it is the eve of a harsh winter when all the races living on this continent have heard of it. And this Qi Tianci would actually choose to take an army of about 2,000 people to the orc clan tribe that is colder, more cruel, more terrifying, and closer to the extreme north? The War Sword Saint shook his head helplessly, is this Qi Tianci sick? And it seems that he is not lightly ill, otherwise why would he let his elite troops, the Wang Family Guards, go to the orc clan tribe to die during this time period?
"What, there is a problem with my decision?" Qi Tianci stared at the War Sword Saint with a look of disdain: "Why do you put on such a skeptical face, do you believe that I can really settle the internal affairs of your race with you before the arrival of the harsh winter?" Qi Tianci proudly pointed to the Magellan royal guards behind him in five columns, and said proudly: "Look at my little cubs, which of them is not a big role in those countries in the south? And you still don't believe us?" Severe winter, what's wrong with the harsh winter, uncle, I can tell you, we are here for this harsh winter, otherwise I would be reluctant to let these little cubs come out!"
Qi Tianci did not mean the slightest falsehood, because this newly formed Magellan's royal guard did have such ability. As mentioned earlier, the two remaining elite forces of Magellan's kingdom were made up of Anne's men and some of the exiles who had been taken in, as well as the remnants of Magellan before them. The purpose of this is to allow these two races, which have gradually become somewhat incompatible, to completely put aside their differences and get back on the right track after the experience of war. And it turns out that Sterls did it to good effect. In addition, in order to make the only army that can handle the two Magellan kingdoms look more imposing, Qi Tianci and Aize thought of a way, that is, on the basis of the military uniforms provided by the Deloma Empire, change their original color to the lilac of Magellan's national color and match the national emblem of the Magellan Kingdom, and each soldier's military uniform has a brocade robe outside, which is also decorated with the national color of the Magellan Kingdom. These uniforms don't have much defense, but they don't need them either, as each soldier is equipped with a special dragon skin inner armor. Such inner armor will increase the defense of each vital part of the soldier by dozens of times, and more importantly, these dragon skin inner armor can also resist the attack of magic and the witchcraft attack of the apostle to a certain extent. As for the latter discovery, it happened under Qiu's experiments. The attack that could be resisted was not too high, but it was enough to save the lives of these soldiers many times.
However, the reason why these inner armors are specially made is because at least there is only one dragon clan killed like Magnus at present, and after replenishing fresh blood, the number of Magellan's royal guards and the Knights of Faith exceeds 3,000 people, and if it is not transformed, it is absolutely impossible to equip these more than 3,000 Magellan Kingdom at the same time. So, in response to this problem, Sterns had to mix dragon skin with all other ordinary materials to create dragon skin inner armor in order to save materials. Although the protection is much weaker than Qi Tianci and others who wear the inner armor of the dragon skin, it is still much higher than the defense of ordinary soldiers.
Of course, whether an army is powerful or not is absolutely impossible to tell from the appearance alone. In this world, those armies that are gorgeously dressed but have extremely low combat effectiveness have not appeared, but there are many, many of them. Therefore, in order not to let these two armies have the same "characteristics", after discussing with the War Sword Saint, the knight corps and the Knights of Faith of Magellan's royal guard each selected fifty knights and wolf cavalry of the orc clan tribe to conduct ten exercises that were very close to actual combat, and the results of the exercises made everyone feel very satisfied. Among the ten encounters between Magellan's royal guards and the wolf cavalry, the cavalry regiments of the royal guards won four and lost six. The total number of wounded wolf cavalry reached nearly thirty, but they also paid the price of more than fifty wounded. Such an outcome seems acceptable on the side of the Kingdom of Magellan, because although the Royal Guard has a knight corps, the strongest combat strength of the Royal Guard is its infantry units, and the knights are more responsible for guerrilla and surprise attacks. In comparison, the other party's wolf cavalry are all bloodthirsty monsters who have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they should be satisfied with such results.
What surprised Sterls even more was still to come, because in the ten times the Knights of Faith and the wolf cavalry had fought each other, the Knights of Faith had actually won seven of them! And five in a row at the beginning! If it weren't for the War Sword Saint gritting his teeth and wanting to turn the situation around himself, which made those wolf cavalry feel greatly insulted, I'm afraid that the Knights of Faith's winning streak would not have been five but ten! And the battle loss ratio is even more staggering, after ten exercises, only six of the Knights of Faith were wounded, while the number of wounded of the wolf cavalry was as high as 133! Moreover, two wolves died in vain because of the carelessness of the Knights of Faith! This is a very serious matter!
Since these 20 duels were just exercises, neither side used all their strength. And in Qi Tianci's opinion, being injured is simply a helpless and trivial matter, just imagine on the battlefield, which soldier can guarantee that he can get out of the way? Even he Qi Tianci himself can't. Moreover, with the funding of the orc clan tribe, the medical conditions of the camp have been greatly improved, and ordinary minor injuries and illnesses can be healed in a few days, not to mention that the orcs are naturally strong, while the humans have eaten the dragon meat, such injuries are even more insignificant. But the wolf of the orcs is different. Although in order to maintain combat effectiveness, the general wolf cavalry will have two wolves to use, one of which is used for combat and the other is for backup, but now it is just a drill, and your drill will force other people's reserve resources to be brought up, can those wolf cavalry not be painful? Can the War Sword Master not grit his teeth?
After losing two wolves in battle, the unwilling wolf cavalry wanted to try again to avenge the shame of losing to the Knights of Faith. And instead of stopping it, the Sword Master of War fanned the flames everywhere, and it seemed that it was also painful for the loss of the two-peather. But Qi Tianci and Steers naturally refused shamelessly. Just kidding, this is not fun, if there is another duel, these wolf cavalry will not keep a hand as before, although the cavalry regiment of the Knights of Faith and the Royal Guards also did not use a killing move, but if both sides use a killing move, then this is not a drill, but a fight.
Thinking of the unpleasant experience before, the War Blademaster only snorted through his nose, and after waiting for a while, he asked, "Boy, then we will leave now." ”
Qi Tianci looked at the mighty and majestic army behind him, as well as the two companions who were with him, and nodded proudly: "Just go, who is afraid of whom!"
Setting off with Qi Tianci was Viren and McGregor's beloved apprentice Lei Xi, why would the two of them be with Qi Tianci? There is naturally a reason for this. He chose Valen because he and McGregory were the only two magicians on the continent who were proficient in using space-based magic. So here, Villen naturally plays the role of a carrier pigeon. If there was any urgent information to send back to the camp, Viren would be much more useful than the other heralds, one second Viren was still here, but the next second, he might be in the camp. In this regard, Qi Tianci gave Viren a special nickname, that is, BB machine. Although Wei Lun didn't understand the meaning of this nickname, he was also very unhappy because Qi Tianci gave him such an ugly nickname without authorization. Of course, this is also a last resort, after all, now that the harsh winter is approaching, and Qi Tianci and they can't cut off contact with the camp, and McGregory is old after all, it is inconvenient to travel long distances, so Viren has become the most suitable person. And why is there a Leixi? In McGregor's words: This kid had been following me all along, but now I'm too old to walk. And the knowledge I taught this child is not something that she can easily absorb, she has to go through something to grow, and this is the best opportunity for her.
McGregory's official tone played very well, but Qi Tianci didn't think so, because he knew that the only reason why Lei Xi came was because Viren also came, and this human and a sea girl had now reached the level of inseparability. As for the rest of the people, they must stay and further strengthen the various infrastructure of the camp, so that the people of all ethnic groups living in the camp can really feel at ease.