Chapter 368: Higuain's obsession
"It's that dream again. ”
Although the owner has such an understanding, he is still immersed in it and cannot wake up.
Everything unswervingly follows the established trajectory - father, mother, brother, sister, and the overly handsome young son, a family of five, who are reduced to live in the wilderness in order to avoid paying taxes.
It's a bitter cold land where almost no crops can be grown except rye, and at least three months of the year are covered in snow and ice. For most Pompeians, living in the wilderness is synonymous with self-depravity.
But for them, it's not so unbearable.
The food isn't delicious, but it always fills your stomach. The clothes are ugly, but even in winter, they are very warm. The dwelling is the most humble mud cave, but it is always full of laughter.
Although they are very poor, their families care for each other, and what more luxury can they have. Even occasionally, I have the idea that it's good to just keep going.
Until one bleak rainy night, a group of ogres took advantage of the twilight cover to creep in, completely crushing this happiness into dust and stepping into the mud.
I still remember how hideous and terrifying that monster was. Scarlet eyes, rough skin, and hideous fangs, even when I think about it now, I can still feel the fear that seems to come from the depths of my soul, and I can't help but shudder.
My mind was in a state of confusion, and I only knew that I was desperately fleeing. But how can a mere mortal escape the pursuit of monsters.
The father and brother picked up the stone axe and turned to resist, but to no avail, and immediately screamed and were stuffed into the bloody mouth and chewed. And he was so frightened that he became a prisoner of the ogre with his mother and sister.
To this day, I still can't forgive myself, so why didn't I muster up the courage to fight with my father and brother.
Later, I learned that this ogre clan had a very special custom. They devour the males of their prey on the spot, and hang all the magnetism as reserve food for later.
Relying on his indistinguishable handsome face, the youngest boy was also used as a magnet by the ogre and hung from the tree. So I was able to see with my own eyes:
On the first day, the mother was thrown alive into a soup pot and told them to try to live before she died.
The next day, it was my sister, and there was only numbness left in her eyes.
On the third day, are you going to be liberated...... The hungry stomach could no longer support too much thinking, and only chaos remained.
Then Osiris descended from the sky, and the scorching dragon's breath swept away the ogre with ease. From then on, there was no more poor wilderness boy in the world, and more noble young dragoon.
It's just that at that moment, was it a fluke to be saved, or was it forever sunk in the guilt of watching his family die but unable to do anything about it?
The dream shattered, and Higuain wiped away her tears, and was greeted by a sky as deep and immaculate as a sapphire.
The wind was howling in his ears, and Osiris was soaring high in the sky with his broad dragon wings beneath him.
"To be a knight is to possess eight virtues—humility, honesty, mercy, valor, justice, sacrifice, honor, and soul. ”
Osiris's calf was strapped to a smoke converter, and the light emitted condensed into a thin, broad mist stone large enough to cover its shape, and it was hung on Osiris with a rope.
The light fog stone doesn't make flying too difficult, but it's enough to cover up your tracks.
In this way, at most, you can only see a slightly faster cloud floating on the ground, and you will never know that there is a dragon knight hidden on it, so you can easily spy on the movements of the undead without worrying about being discovered.
"Osiris, what do you think it takes to be a brave man like Lord Richard? Higuain looked down at his delicate palm, "I'm a coward, not even a girl like Sinclair, what kind of knight." ”
The dragon was silent, only turning its massive head and rubbing Higuain lightly. There seemed to be some worry hidden in those cold golden vertical pupils.
"Hum~" The communication magic stone in his arms trembled slightly.
Higuain blew his nose and hurriedly took out the magic stone to connect it.
"Please report back on the results of this aerial reconnaissance, over. It was Seedorf's voice.
Higuain saw Osiris nodding slightly, and his mouth came to the side of the magic stone and said: "The third aerial reconnaissance did not find large-scale undead, Higuain applied to launch further reconnaissance ahead, and it is over." ”
"The application is rejected, please return immediately, over. ”
"Roger, done. ”
The dragon turned slightly sideways, slicing through a massive arc.
If you look up from the ground, you will notice that a cloud suddenly moves against the direction of the wind.
............
"Richard, judging from the results of the investigation in recent days, it can be concluded that the undead mobilization has gradually stopped. Seedorf walked up to Richard with a miniature military map drawn with a dense array of arrows in oil paint.
Since the Alpine Fort has air cavalry, it has brought great convenience to geographical surveys, and the accuracy of self-produced maps is significantly higher than that on the market.
"In other words, the main force has been basically attracted by the front-line coalition forces, right?" The lord is conducting special training, targeting the more than 1,000 soldiers who have mastered semi-undead.
Since there is a super-high proportion and ultra-low-level second-rate Holy Light Priest among them, there are many tricks to play in terms of tactical arrangement.
It's just that because there is no precedent for such a force in history to refer to, it is better to do it specifically, and no one can say for sure what to do in the mountain fort.
Richard developed a set of infantry priest coordination tactics based on the infantry and tank coordination tactics that he was more familiar with. That is, a dozen ordinary infantry and a priest were organized into a unit, and the priest was the core of the battle.
Relying on the high quality of the soldiers, after a few days of drills, they looked very decent. However, before he pulled out a real knife and a real gun, even the lord himself was not very good in his heart, so he could only secretly pray for the care of the gods and Buddhas.
"Yes, if the undead were also divided into front and rear, they must be empty in the back now. Seedorf nodded slightly.
"Good. Richard snapped his fingers, suddenly turned his head and said loudly to the soldiers who were being trained: "Do you know, several legions on the front line add up to nearly 300,000 people just feints, and our 1,136 talents are the real main force." ”
For the arrogant Ripper warriors, this contrasting and exaggerated description should not be too much to their liking, and an incomparably loud cheer suddenly rang out.
"However, the enemy may be stronger than you think. The lord suddenly sighed faintly, and the shadows of the setting sun were slanting and long, looking gloomy.
"The Ripper never asks how many enemies there are. Hurt didn't lift his head and carefully wrapped the non-slip bandage around his hand.
As the chief archer of Alpine Castle, he was also on the first half-undead list.
"Just ask where the enemy is!" the cries rolled out like thunder on the school grounds.
Richard smiled, "Get ready, set off early tomorrow morning." ”