In the dark wilderness of early spring, you can smell the sprouts of grass and trees, and the shrubs, thorns and weeds are still the constant scenery on the plains.

In this era, because of the harsh living environment, population growth has always been slow, so it is not small to be able to pull out a team of more than 700 people in such a remote and wild place.

At this time, the team tried to form a defensive formation as much as possible, and the monsters around the city of freedom have been effectively eliminated after the continuous killing of adventurers and soldiers during military training. I don't dare to say no, but it will no longer hinder the team's movement.

Leaving behind the solemnity of leaving the territory at first, the soldiers were now in good spirits and began to look up and look around. Some of them are still new recruits, the kind that have only participated in field training, and some are veterans with a little experience who often see blood.

Of course, the veteran is not very old, but he usually kills fish people and monsters.

In terms of weapons, knives, forks, swords, shields, maces, short guns, battle axes, and everything else is available, so it can be regarded as a matter of preference.

In terms of protection, according to the current blacksmith craftsmanship in the territory of Liberty City, plate armor, scale armor, chain armor, and full breastplate can be crafted.

Plate armor and scale armor and full-coverage breastplates are on the heavy side, and chain mail, although lightweight, can only effectively defend against stabbing attacks, and is weak against blunt and heavy weapons such as chains and maces.

Originally, Thor had Jeff the blacksmith build all of them, and then asked Staunt to verify them himself.

In the end, Stant's answer was that it was just like that, he usually liked to wear chain mail, because the light weight of chain mail would not affect his physical flexibility. And the plate armor is fully protected, but Staunt threatens to feel like a crab when put on it.

Thor brought back a small number of armors from the Inquisition of Order and the Holy See of Light, which were similar to the craftsmanship of Free City, except that they seemed to be forging techniques of high-quality steel.

Later, when Jeff's blacksmith union was formed, some of them brought new smelting techniques. A combination of scale and chain armor came into being, and once it was introduced, it was very popular with soldiers, and it began to become the standard of the Scarlet Cross.

Now Stint was dressed in leaf armor, and Thor was carrying a sword on his back and a black coat over leather armor. As for Diller, a full suit of leather armor has never changed from beginning to end, and it has been like that for the rest of his life.

Staunt and Saul walked at the front of the group, chatting without a word. Diller, on the other hand, continued to play the role of a faithful dog, surrounding his Rose, constantly emitting a sour smell around him.

After Rose was successfully promoted to the Third Order Awakening, she is now also in the team.

At present, Thor is fourth-order, Stant, Diller and Rose are three third-order. If nothing else, it shouldn't be too tough to win this battle, and until now there has been no news of new reinforcements from Diller's manpower.

As for the news of the Scarlet Cross's expedition, it should have reached Haloville.

This is not surprising, there must be the eyeliner of the other party in the territory of Liberty City, after all, people can be bought after all. Even though the quality of life in the Free City is far better than that of the surrounding areas, with the change of life and vision, the greed of human nature is constantly distorted and escalated.

Using a carrier crow pigeon or some other weird way, it's not hard to get the news before the Scarlet Cross arrives.

The most dangerous part of the Dark Wilds is spending the night, but that's for solo or small party adventurers. A team size like Crimson Cross is rarely encountered unless you encounter a horde of combative enemies.

However, the crowd never dared to relax, and from time to time they received scattered information from scouts roaming around the team, and sometimes small wolves or some strange-looking individual monsters passed by the team.

By the time they set up camp for the night, hundreds of old tents were spread out in a circle to look like a makeshift camp, surrounded by a campfire and the main camp. Most soldiers are accustomed to handling food in the wilderness, but the experience of staying overnight is relatively new.

The entire Scarlet Cross is equivalent to the establishment of fifteen squadrons, and the vigil in squadrons is enough, and the rotation cannot be completed in one night.

There were two frictional battles along the way, both overnight, but fortunately there were no casualties.

In this way, the team maintained a steady pace of rapid marching, covering almost eight days in the first five days, and the remaining six or seven days to restore the normal pace of marching, and the last three days to enter the pre-battle preparation.

By about the tenth day of the procession, the lights of Quinston, the lord of the Haloville Domain, could be seen in the distance.

There are three towns and one village in the entire Hollowville Territory, and if you want to fight, you must start with the main town of Quinston, because the mansion of the Lord of Hollowville is here. As for the other villages and towns, they will have to wait until the main town is conquered.

The first to meet the Crimson Cross were the scouts who returned with new information from the nails Diller had planted earlier.

At present, the entire territory of Hollowville is concentrated in Quinston, and according to intelligence, the enemy is about 2,000 men. It sounded scary, the number of people had nearly tripled the size of the Crimson Cross, but Thor and the others didn't care too much.

It is conceivable that the other party's quality must be uneven, and there must be many ordinary people of low or no rank mixed in it.

Hunter Farmer Protectors, mercenaries and adventurers are paired with regular guards, and more high-quality personal soldiers are protected around the lord, in short, there will not be too much real combat power. The pattern of warfare in the frontier territories is roughly like this, and gathering the number of people is an old trick.

There are generally no ambushes in the dark wilderness, there are too many variables, and the only thing the three of Thor are worried about are two aspects. The first is that the other party has arranged the battlefield in advance and laid traps, and the second is that the other party has any strong reinforcements hiding in the team. Hanlian literature

Although it seems that there is no strong reinforcement from the information obtained at present, the intelligence is only intelligence after all, and it may not dare to guarantee that it will not be revealed. And it's hard to talk about connections, although Thor held down Kenadze's reinforcements, there are other territories behind Halloville.

The first aspect was not a big problem, and at a distance close enough for the two sides to look at each other from a distance, the direction of attack of the entire Scarlet Cross team shifted from the frontal battlefield to the flank of Queenston. This will reduce the likelihood of encountering traps to a certain extent, if any,

As for the second question, whether there is any reinforcement, it will be verified by Thor and Steinte Diller.

With the shift of the Crimson Cross team, Quinston also immediately adjusted, re-changing the flank to a frontal battlefield.

In this battle, Thor threw the command to Stant, who was usually a soldier he trained, and Thor was not interested in it.

The men and horses faced each other from a distance, Queenston was lined with torches, and the Scarlet Cross was hidden in the darkness. The encouragement had already been said before the war, and the entire battlefield at this time was very quiet, and it gradually evolved into a solemn atmosphere.

There were no war drums and flags fluttering, no shouting and scolding before the battle, at most a little trembling of the recruits.

The lizardman Stint walked to the front of the formation with a torch and a scarlet cloak, drawing his scimitar and pointing diagonally at the sky.

Thor was stunned, thinking that this was about to charge? This is not the same as what was discussed? It turned out that he had thought too much, this should be some kind of order or signal, or it could be some kind of ritual in the hometown of that guy Stante.

With Stant's movements, the soldiers behind him lit torches one after another, revealing their restless faces under the torches. Soon the torches spread in pieces to the rear, and the entire Crimson Cross burned, and all hostility was no longer hidden.

"When you get interested, remember to shout 'Kakasia'. Thor suddenly turned his head to Diller, who was beside him.

"Kakasia, what's that?" Diller looked confused.

"The lingua franca of the ancient continent, which means 'the sword is pointed at, not an inch of grass grows', it is very imposing, in short, you can kill to the happy place and shout hard. Thor said with a serious face.

Diller felt that something seemed wrong, but when he saw Saul's solemn face, he could only nod inexplicably.

The Queenston army on the opposite side saw the scarlet cross torches swaying, and they also split their main formations, showing off their own team of mages. It seems that there are still a few leather-armored archers mixed in the ranks, and they don't know how to shoot them.

The Crimson Cross also has its own team of mages.

Mage vs. mage, before the battle to fight a wave, has always been the practice of territory battles today.

It's a pity that the Saul people have always been wild, so naturally they don't follow any bullshit conventions.

Seeing each other show off the mage lineup, the three exchanged glances with each other.

"Mage, come on, mid lane. Thor drew his sword and swung it around in his hand.

"I'm on my left. Stint stuck the torch diagonally behind his back and drew his twin knives to rub the spark.

Diller didn't say anything, he was already bored and began to rush.

Three freaks with torches, just like that, the three of them rushed towards the enemy on the left, center, and right, and the castration was still fierce.

And after the three of them ran out for a while, the team behind them also began to rush forward.

Ever since that winter, after a battle with the goblins, Diller has boasted that this kind of personal heroism is good and easy to show. Staunt also said that he likes this kind of running and feels very passionate.

So stop by and play again today.

Of course, the three of them are not just for playing, the main role of high-level combat power on the field is to cause local chaos in the enemy's battle formation with individual strength. Or take the lead in killing ranged mages and the like, reducing casualties among melee combatants behind you.

There is also a purpose, as long as the three of them kill through a wave first, if the opposing team hides any hard hands, it will almost run into it.

At the right distance, the three of Thor threw out three torches almost at the same time.

Three torches swirled towards the enemy, Stante's smashed off some idiot's helmet and bounced into the air, and Thor missed no one because he was trying to avoid magic along the way. Diller, on the other hand, may have been too short for his hands and also found nothing.

"Ha, my, eat three meals per family, especially Thor's. Stant ran out and suddenly stretched out his finger to force Thor harder, then threw his head back and let out a rough laugh like a pulmonary, and pounced on the enemy.

Thor tilted his head and smiled, no longer dodging as the distance got closer, wrapped the demonic beast cloak behind him to the front, and smashed directly into the mage team with various fireballs and ice spikes.