Chapter 40: The Tide of Beasts (I)
"Four days ago, the beast tide arrived, sweeping across a radius of hundreds of miles. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 With the help of the Defense Magic Array, Giant Wood Town successfully defended it. According to past experience, the beast tide will last for a day or two at most, and then go out to clean up the battlefield, and there will be a lot of income. ”
"But this beast tide is very special, the monster group surrounded Jumu Town, and the attack continued. Until now, four days have passed, and the group of demonic beasts still refuses to disperse. Now almost everyone goes to the walls to participate in the defense, and of course you don't see a few people in the town. ”
Walking out of the Mage Guild, Zhang Feng was a little hesitant, not knowing where to go, as the old saying goes, "A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall", the safest way is to return to the earth immediately, hide for ten days and half a month, thinking that the beast tide has already passed at that time, and there will be no danger when he returns to Jumu Town. But Zhang Feng really wanted to see what the beast tide of the other world was like, and from the inheritance of Tianjing, Zhang Feng learned that even in the Tianjing Continent, due to the existence of the ancient contract, the beast tide was very rare, and if he missed this time, he didn't know when he would encounter it again.
In the end, curiosity prevailed, and Zhang Feng turned his head and walked in the direction of the city gate.
"I've successfully defended for four days, how can I say that if the city is broken, I just go to see the situation, and if there is danger, I will find a hidden place to open the light door and return to Earth." Zhang Feng comforted himself so much in his heart.
As they got closer to the city gate, there were indeed a lot more pedestrians, who were either dressed in military uniforms, armed with sharp weapons, or driving horse-drawn carriages to transport war materials such as bows, arrows, boulders, etc. Zhang Feng looked at the busy figures of the pedestrians around him, and a nervous aura came to his face.
War is a contest of collective strength, and the individual plays a negligible role. The success of the organization is very important to make better use of the collective power. This war against the beast tide was organized by the City Guards, and both solo adventurers and large mercenary groups must obey the command of the City Guards. Not far from the city gates, the city guards set up a recruitment office here to recruit and arrange adventurers who came to participate in the defense of the city.
Zhang Feng walked into the recruitment office, looked left and right, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed. The so-called recruiting office is just a makeshift tent made of animal skins, and the furnishings inside are very simple, with only a row of log tables and chairs. The beast tide has been happening for four days, and only now that there are very few people who have come to sign up to defend the city, and there are only two city guard officers left here, sitting behind their desks, dozing off in boredom.
Zhang Feng stepped forward, knocked on the table, and woke up the two officers, and then said, "I want to sign up to defend the city." ”
"What's the noise, it's been four days since the beast tide came to defend the city, and you still think it's glorious?" One of the officers rubbed his sleepy eyes and complained dissatisfied.
In contrast, another officer with a long knife at his waist had a better attitude and asked, "What is your name and what profession?" ”
Zhang Feng hesitated for a moment, thinking that the lightning arrow he had just mastered didn't know how many times it could be sent, it was too unreliable, so he continued to pretend to be an archer, so he replied: "Zhang Feng, archer." ”
The officer made a record of Zhang Feng's situation in a notebook, and then threw Zhang Feng a black token, saying: "This is your identity token, you have to take it well, it will automatically record your military exploits in the war, and after the beast tide is over, you will receive rewards and booty with it." ”
"You go to the tent next door and wait, and if you have enough ten people, I will take them to the city wall to arrange your duties."
Zhang Feng put the token in his close-fitting pocket, and saw a door curtain in the direction pointed by the officer. Opened the door curtain and walked in, it was a large tent of about fifty square meters, with rows of log chairs in it, no less than fifty. But at this time, only five people sat there alone, resting with their eyes closed.
Zhang Feng also found an empty place to sit down and waited quietly. The wait was an hour, and two more people came, two more than ten. Zhang Feng was really bored sitting there, and wanted to find someone to talk to, but seeing that those people were rejecting people thousands of miles away, he still didn't touch that moldy head. Boredom, Zhang Feng took out the token from his pocket and studied it. But with the level of Zhang Feng's magic apprentice, he only saw that this should be a magic item, and the patterns on it should be a magic array, but there is no way to know what its principle of action is and how to record military exploits.
After waiting for another half an hour, ten men were finally gathered, and the officer with a long sword at his waist led the people to the city wall, where there was a tent where the defending troops changed their guards and rested. According to their respective classes, the ten people were assigned to different teams. Zhang Feng was assigned to the fifth squad of the first battalion of archers, and the area responsible for defense was exactly the left side of the city gate, so he didn't have to run around.
The rest place of the fifth squad of the 1st Battalion of Archers was a small tent, and when Zhang Feng was brought in, there were eight people in it who were sitting cross-legged and recovering their fighting spirit. Hearing someone come in, only a dark-skinned middle-aged strong man stopped his cultivation and stood up.
"Captain Reims, his name is Zhang Feng, and he is a newcomer to your team." The officer pointed to Zhang Feng and introduced Strong Hanlans.
Zhang Feng bowed down and bowed to Lance as an archer, and said, "Hello Captain Lance, my name is Zhang Feng, trainee archer, please take care of me." ”
Disturbed by everyone's words, two more people woke up from their cultivation, and when they heard Zhang Feng's words, one of them muttered in a low voice: "I really don't know what the high-level of the city guard thinks, the apprentice archers have been sent, can they go to the battlefield to die!" ”
The other person chimed in: "That is, the little guy at the apprentice level should be assigned to the logistics to transport supplies, and if he puts it on the city wall, can his bow and arrow scratch the fur of the first-order demonic beast!" ”
The voices of the two of them were not loud, but what kind of people were here, except for Zhang Feng, who was also a first-level professional, and his hearing was far beyond that of ordinary people, and muttering and shouting loudly were as clear in their ears. Even Zhang Feng's five senses were innumerably sharper after Tianjing's transformation, and their words were naturally heard in their ears. Being despised so much, Zhang Feng's face turned pale, a little angry, and a little helpless, after all, his strength was there, and there was no way to refute it.
Lance did not show any contempt for Zhang Feng's status as a trainee archer, he solemnly returned an archer salute and said, "Zhang Feng, welcome to join the fifth team." I, Lance Cattelan, Second Class Archer, Captain of the Fifth Squad of the Archer Battalion. ”
Lance turned in the direction of the others and said, "Don't say a word, none of you are from the apprentice archers." Hurry up and recover your fighting spirit, the next attack of Warcraft will start at any time. ”