74. Knights

"Come on, what's the strength of being modest, I think the place in Guangyao City is good, although the area is not large, but the city is still relatively prosperous. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info I just don't know what the night is like?" Alan smiled, winking at Theseus and Karn.

"What do you want to do at night?" Messe suddenly spoke, her tone very calm, her expression smiling rather than smiling, but the dangerous glint in her eyes made the three men shudder. Theseus and Karn had a tacit understanding, and immediately turned their heads in other directions, leaving Eren alone, facing the edge of May's words with a sad face.

Seeing the pitiful look of Alan who wanted to defend but didn't dare to speak, Bonnie giggled as she hugged Karn's arm, while Andrea still had that faint smile on her face.

"Okay, okay, everyone be quiet, there are some things I want to discuss with you," Xius couldn't avoid Allen's gaze for help, so he had to pat and draw everyone's attention to himself, "Everyone, after twenty-three years of hard work, we finally came to the mission area of this mission, Shining City. Relatively speaking, depending on the difficulty of our task, we have at least one month to complete the task, and at most, three months. So, do you want to start working on the mission right away, or do you want to play for a few days before you start the mission?"

This question is not important, but it does have to do with the arrangement of the family of Hughes.

Yesterday after the dinner, Hughes had a brief conversation with his father. Viscount Gale also frowned slightly when he learned about their mission, feeling that their move was too risky. However, the task cannot be changed after it has been received, so the viscount decided that he will first collect and sort out the information on the activities of the gray werewolves, and strive to help the Tempest Group to fight more and less, and achieve the maximum result with the least loss. However, the viscount also admitted that he could only help here, and any more would be fouls, which would not be good for the Tempest. So, while the Tempo's hopes of completing the mission have been greatly increased, the real head-on battle is still up to them. When the viscount strikes again, it is not to help them complete the task, but to save the lives of several of them at the hands of the werewolves.

After Hugh finished speaking, he looked at everyone, and the members of the Stormtroop looked at me, I looked at you, and for a while, no one came out to express their opinions.

Xius waited for a while, seeing that everyone was still hesitant, frowning slightly. After thinking for a moment, he understood what these friends were thinking.

The Hurricane had been on the road for 23 days, and everyone was very tired, so it was easy to come to Shining City, and with a clean and comfortable residence, almost none of the members wanted to enter the tense rhythm of life again, and they all wanted to rest for a while. However, Hughes was not only a landlord, but also the deputy head of the Tempest, and when he asked this question, everyone did not know how to answer. Go, no one is willing, don't go, Hughes has been away from home for more than a year and a half, and has just returned to reunite with his family for a night, and he has begun to think about the following tasks again. The people who are most qualified to rest are so hard-working, how can they drag their feet as members of the group?

Thinking of this, a wry smile appeared on the corner of Xiusi's mouth, and he spread his hands and said helplessly: "Okay, it seems that I said the wrong thing." What I'm really trying to say is that my father said let's not start for a while, he's going to gather some information about the activities of the gray werewolves, and when the intelligence is sure that there is a suitable target, we will all go into action. It's more efficient and safer. ”

Sure enough, when Xiusi explained his true intentions, everyone's faces were smiling again, and the originally slightly embarrassing atmosphere dissipated for a while.

"What Lord Gail means is very reasonable, let's do what the adults say, just to disturb your house for too long, which makes us very unhappy. Karn said with a smile, his expression serious.

Hughes waved his hand, feigned dissatisfaction, and said: "What are these words? You are all my good friends, and you are distinguished guests who cannot be invited on weekdays, how can you say that you are disturbing? Besides, I myself am the deputy head of the Tempest, and it is my responsibility and pleasure to dedicate my strength to the group, and I can't talk about disturbing at all. So, friends, don't think about it again in the future, or I'll be angry. ”

Everyone looked at each other, smiled and said together, "Don't worry." ”

Only then did Xiu Si turn his anger into joy, and said with a smile: "It's about the same, let's go, let's go eat." ”

For the next week, Theseus took the initiative to take his friends on a tour of Shining City and the surrounding scenery for the first two days. The magnificent scenery of the Great Plains in the border region is very different from the scenery of the hilly terrain of the royal capital, and the customs of the people living here are also markedly different in some respects from those in the interior. These lives were very familiar to them, but for Karn, they were rare life experiences. The members of the Hurrode, who are accustomed to the delicate life of the Hurdozer, are all fascinated when they experience the ruggedness of the place.

From the third day onwards, Hughes did not organize a whole group activity. Two days ago, he had told his friends about the famous attractions and some interesting places in Shining City, and in the remaining days, Karn and the others divided into groups and wandered freely around the city, often going out in the morning and returning in the evening, and had a great time.

In addition to accompanying his parents, he also discussed everything about the hunt with his father Gail, and under his father's guidance, he worked hard to familiarize himself with the terrain, climate, water source, human habitation, distribution of the kingdom's troops, the range of possible activities of the orcs, and the judgment and handling of certain possible situations. In the past few days, Xiusi, who was originally very familiar with the surroundings of Shining City, has once again risen to a new level of awareness of this land. His father, Gale, finally told his son that he was a little more confident that the Bleo would do well. This made Theseus very happy, because such an undisguised praise from his father was an absolute luxury even for him, a son.

In addition to this, Theseus' time was spent on the training of the cavalry. For more than a year, although all the training methods were made after consulting with the two knights. But the method is the method, and whether and how useful something on paper is ultimately judged depends on the actual training situation. What's more, the reality conditions are ever-changing, and with human brainpower, it is not possible to grasp all the variables in mind, so what kind of knight can be trained by a training syllabus on paper that can't speak or move really makes Xiusi look forward to and fear.

Therefore, during the few days of rest, Hughes spent most of his time in the training of the cavalry, he personally observed every kind of training of the cavalry, and gradually, he had a full understanding of the most basic facts, and he also had a clearer understanding of the correctness and quality of the outline.

On a small hillside twenty miles outside the Shining City, Hughes and Nalco sat on horseback, covering their eyes and observing the cavalry not far away doing triangular charging training.

"It's still a bit messy, the triangular puncture formation is not kept rigorously enough, and at such a fast speed, if the enemy formation is thick, the cavalry can easily be separated and scattered after being frustrated, and the split arrows are not very powerful, Nalco. Hughes carefully observed the cavalry's drills, and gradually figured out some flavors, and saw the fatal flaws of the cavalry in this formation.

Nalco nodded and admitted, "That's true, I've found this problem too, and I've thought about it, but I've never been able to come up with a solution. I think the key reason is that the riders do not have enough control over the horses, after all, these family reserve soldiers have only been training for more than half a year, and it is not easy to keep the horse team at this density, and if it is too demanding, it may cause great damage to both the horse and the rider. Because of this, I didn't force them to increase the density. Young master, the cost of a military horse is not a lot. Although my lord has specially approved 10,000 gold coins for your serious cultivation, this money is far from enough if you spend it seriously. Cavalry is really a money-burning profession. ”

Hearing about the question of money, Xius also had a headache. At first, he and the Great Knight thought that 10,000 gold coins would be enough to form a 100-person knight experimental army, but now it seems that this amount of money is just enough to lay a foundation, and it is far from building an elite cavalry unit. If he asked for support from his father, he really didn't have much confidence. His swordsman level had risen fast enough, and in less than a year, with the help of the arm guards and his own hard work, he had risen from level 5 to level 9 at a rapid pace, an average of four months to upgrade one level. This kind of speed has already made many insiders dumbfounded, except for Count Lucas, even several other vice presidents have paid attention to his cultivation.

If it weren't for that, Viscount Gale would not have watched his son "not do his job" and unite with a great knight to make up some knights.

However, the increase in cultivation has its own laws, even if there is an artifact in hand, it cannot replace Xiusi's own cultivation, and it is impossible to break through common sense too much and create an intermediate swordsman in a short period of time. Xiusi is now a level 9 swordsman, and if he takes a step further and reaches an intermediate swordsman, he can graduate. This scenario is clearly unrealistic.

Theseus listened to Nalco's complaints, and said with a wry smile: "The big knight and I didn't expect this, raising a horse is too expensive, it's more expensive than raising ten people, no wonder the big knight has achieved such a high achievement, but the kingdom just doesn't want to form a knight order." A hundred cavalry spent 10,000 gold coins in more than half a year, and those 10,000 cavalry would probably go bankrupt in the kingdom, and His Majesty the King couldn't afford to spend so much money. ”

Hearing this, Nalco laughed, he shook his head and denied: "Young master, you are wrong, His Majesty the King will never give up such a powerful force simply because of money. ”

"Oh, tell me your reasoning. Theseus looked at Nalco strangely. He also had a vague idea in his heart about this question, but he couldn't think about it thoroughly.

"As long as the country is there, His Majesty will never be short of gold. And a military force that can make a country stronger can never be simply compared with gold coins. His Majesty's great prestige among the people today speaks volumes about His Majesty's wisdom and ability. And with such wisdom and having seen concrete examples with his own eyes, how could His Majesty the King not understand such a simple truth! Therefore, since His Majesty has not taken any action all along, there can only be two reasonable explanations: First, His Majesty has already done it secretly, but the degree of secrecy is very high, and the vast majority of people do not know it. Second, there are differences of opinion among the top echelons of the kingdom on this issue, and there is strong resistance to imposing it, so His Majesty the King is waiting for a suitable moment. ”

Hughes pondered Nalco's words, and the more he thought about them, the more he felt that they were right. Indeed, His Majesty the King today is indeed a mighty and heroic lord. The overall strength of the kingdom has steadily risen in recent years, and the status of the mainland has gradually approached that of the three major empires, and these solid achievements have brought His Majesty Benghazi unparalleled popularity among the people. It is impossible for such a heroic monarch not to understand the great significance behind the Knights.

"You're right, it looks like we've made a good move. If the time comes to establish the Order one day, then we, who have been prepared for it for a long time, will have a considerable advantage in the future competition. Haha, good, let's continue to lead them in training, and try to make the first mover become the leader of the future. Hughes said with a laugh.

"That's not what I said, that's what adults meant. Nalco's humble reply stunned Theseus, who smiled again.

On the first day of their second week in Radiant City, the members of the Tempest finally heard the news that made their blood boil - the gray werewolf team had appeared near Shining City.

In the flower hall outside of Hughes's bedroom, the members of the Tempest were seated behind a long table, their backs straight, their hands on their thighs, their expressions serious, all eyes fixed on the map of the Radiant City region hanging on the wall. Next to the map, Hughes is holding a thin pole, dotting around the map, while constantly explaining intelligence information.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the intelligence, near the small slope of Tutkamen, 57 kilometers northwest of Guangyao City, we found the village of Tumen that was attacked by the gray werewolves, Tumen Village has a population of nearly 400, about 130 young people, the rest are the elderly, women and children, except for less than 20 people who went out, all the other villagers died, and the scene was very tragic.

The intelligence officer's preliminary analysis determined that this group of gray werewolves should be less than 100 people, with fewer metal weapons, and except for the leader, the other gray werewolves were not equipped with war wolves. The First Swordsmen Regiment of the Holy War Province stationed in Shining City has decided to send a brigade of about 1,000 people to encircle and suppress this enemy. As a trial student of the Royal Family Warrior Academy, according to the order of the Command Department, all the adventure groups near Radiant City will be accompanied by the team, and of course, under the right conditions, we will also be assigned to fight.

The battle team will assemble and set off a day later. We are very short on time, please ask any questions immediately, and the rest of the time everyone will pack their bags and wait for the assembly order to prepare for departure. Theseus's expression was very serious, and he kept his face straight throughout the narration. If he didn't need to move, then his heels were always together, one hand was against the seam of his trousers, and the other hand was holding a thin pole on the map, his movements were crisp and neat, his words were clear and loud, his description was accurate and in place, and the whole person looked heroic, as if he was standing there as if he was an excellent young Zhuang officer. (To be continued.) )