Chapter 0837 - Thick Ancient and Thin Present (Second Update)
"I think that against the Moonkiller tribe, the main way should be to lure. Durt said.
Liszt could not deny it: "Tell me what you think." β
"Your Highness, our Knights have swept away many Moonkiller tribes in the Vortex Great River Basin, capturing nearly 30,000 Moonkiller serfs. However, with the increasing number of serfs, it is necessary to assign a large number of knights for supervision and garrison, which will seriously weaken the combat effectiveness of the order. β
The knight order is based on the knight squad, and against a small tribe of one or two hundred people, a knight squad can carry out the capture work well.
The three or four half-ancient magicians in the small tribe were no match for the knights at all.
But for a large tribe of thousands of people, one knight squad is not enough, and it often takes four or five knight squads to work together to complete the capture work. And the larger tribe of a few thousand people even needs a full number of knights to arrest them, and they have to be guarded against being counterattacked by the ancient magicians.
And as the operation to capture the Moonkiller tribe deepened, a larger Moonkiller tribe began to appear, and a large tribe may have tens of thousands of people.
In such a tribe, there are many ancient magicians who already have the level of great magicians, and even the knights have to retreat from the salvo of magic. If all the Flame Lord's Knights participated in the slave capture operation, no matter how large the Moonkiller Indigenous Tribe, there would be no problem, but the number of knights who arrived on Flame Island was not enough.
There are less than 1,600 earth knights here, and the number of apprentice knights is only 2,000, and it is really difficult to maintain the security of the camp and capture the natives.
"So I want to take advantage of the quality of life in the territory to attract the Moonkiller tribe to take refuge in us automatically, as long as we can provide them with a certain amount of shelter and food, I believe there will be a large number of Moonkiller people. And we can focus on luring the ancient mages who kill the moonmen. β
"Tempting the ancient magician?" Liszt raised his eyebrows and motioned for Doult to continue.
"The magicians of the Magic Guild are analyzing the magic inheritance of ancient magicians, and the inheritance of magic first requires the inheritance of knowledge, so the knowledge inheritance of the moon killers almost all happens between the ancient magicians, they are a group of indigenous high-level people who chase interests, and are more likely to be controlled and corrupted by interests. β
The Moonkillers have lost the prosperous civilization of the Moon Empire, and live in the forests to hunt and gather, and the living conditions are very difficult.
Even the ancient magician class lived a hard life, and in the autumn and winter, they lacked food and clothing.
"It's already October, the weather is getting cooler, the forest production is beginning to decrease, and the hard days of killing the moon are coming," said Durt. It's a good time for us to change our plans and replace the capture of the Moonkiller serfs with lure. As long as the ancient mage class is corrupted, how many moon killers will be the fate of serfs. β
"Your proposal sounds good, in that case, call a meeting of the heads of the Knights and the managers of Flame Town to discuss this lure plan. β
The meeting is scheduled for the evening.
It's in the hall of the newly completed office in Torch Town.
Before the meeting, he first invited Kenri Truth, the president of the Flame Town Magic Branch, to ask for information about the Ancient Mage and the Holy Mountain. Kenley was originally in charge of research in Vortex Town in the Vortex Islands, but with the discovery of the Moonkiller natives, she was transferred to lead the Moonkiller research.
"Your Highness. Kenley bowed, she was a magician with little interest in anything but magic, and her life revolved around magic.
"You've studied a number of ancient mages who kill the moon, how is your summary of the language of the moon?"
"The language of the moon is very complicated, although the ancient magicians who killed the moon have mastered the inheritance of the language of the moon, many words are still gradually lost, especially the record of the ancient moon empire, which is almost a blank. After our research, we have basically mastered the language of the moon for daily communication. β
"What do you think of the magic inherited by the Moonkiller?"
Kenley thought for a moment: "There is a certain reference meaning, there are several kinds of magic that have been severed, and if they are improved, they can shine a certain light...... However, most of the magic inherited from the Moon Empire by the Moon Slayer is too backward, with high mana consumption and weak power. β
She then added a sigh of emotion: "I used to yearn for the grand occasion of magicians in the era of the Moon Empire, thinking that the magicians now are far inferior to the magicians at that time. But in terms of spell casting scheme alone, the mages of the Moon Empire era are far inferior to what they are now. β
"Times are evolving, and although magicians are declining, they are also becoming more adaptable to the present era, so you don't have to look to the past, you should look forward to the future. Liszt smiled, everyone has this habit, thick and thin. The more ancient things are, the more vague the details, and the more lofty they feel.
Part of it is feelings, and part of it is distance that produces beauty.
The Moon Empire is a typical combination of distance beauty and affection, and of course, it is undeniable that the era of magicians has created a glorious magical civilization. Energetic and curious magicians can study magic, souls, great projects, and even the nature of the world.
These are the things that magicians yearn for the most, and in this world now, knights rule everything, and interests are the most important.
It doesn't matter what the nature of the world isβcan studying the nature of the world be profitable? If not, then why do you need to study it? Why do you have to drink more, dance more, and have a close encounter by the way!
Liszt was also a knight.
Although he recognizes the study spirit of the magician, in terms of class, he still has to denigrate the beautiful existence of the Moon Empire and be wary of the restoration of the magician.
After chatting for a while, he turned to the topic: "Kenli, did the ancient magician reveal the specific location of the Holy Mountain?"
"There are no ancient magicians who have been to the Holy Mountain, the Holy Mountain is just a legend for the Moon Slayers, their range of activities is not large, and their travels are often only among a few large tribes. β
"Okay. β
Liszt frowned.
He originally thought that the smoke task of "finding the holy mountain and investigating the ancient magician" would be easy to complete, and he could find the holy mountain as long as he tortured the ancient magician a little, but he didn't expect that no one knew about the holy mountain.
However, although the Holy Mountain has not been found, the reward of the last smoke mission, "Indigenous Treasures", has a clue - the location of the Horned Tribe who guards the treasure has been figured out.
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After the executive office held a meeting and decided to use inducement as the main means to exchange and take the aborigines of the moon people as serfs.
Early the next morning, Liszt rushed non-stop to the direction where the Horn tribe was located, and after some searching, he successfully found the Horn tribe, which had reached a population of tens of thousands. The location of the Horned Tribe is not far from the Flaming Mountains where Liszt is about to build his capital, and belongs to a small mountain range.
On a low hill near the living quarters of the Horn Tribe, the "Broken Tower" where the treasures were stored was successfully discovered.
There were no guards, and the stone tower, which had collapsed by two-thirds of the time, was only surrounded by a ring of stones, and there were traces of a campfire burning on the platform next to it.
Around the time the Moonkiller holds a bonfire, it will be held in this place.