143 Standing and kneeling
Old John did not wear knightly heavy armor, but only hard leather armor.
It's not that he's too old to wear heavy armor...... The life expectancy of a professional person is much longer than that of a normal person, and even the aging is much slower than that of an ordinary person.
Although John Sr. was in his forties, he now looked to be in his early thirties at best, and this was when he deliberately grew a beard.
If he shaved off his beard and went out on the street with his son John Jr., people who didn't know them would surely think they were brothers, not father and son.
Having someone help with the armor is a ritual that is usually done by a knight's apprentice, and if you ask a close descendant to help with it, it is to tell him that it is almost time for you to go to war, and it is time to get used to the atmosphere of the battlefield in advance.
Hearing his father's words, little John was thrilled.
As the sole heir, he had previously been well protected and had never set foot on the battlefield.
The more you are not allowed to do something, the more it will attract attention and appeal.
Little John had a special interest in the battlefield, but because of his father's orders, he never took the initiative to approach such a place.
And now, there is an opportunity to observe the battlefield head-on without any danger.
Little John didn't want to miss this opportunity.
John Sr. didn't want his son to miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to teach live.
With the help of his son, Old John put on his hard leather armor, he turned to Little John and said: "Son, from today onwards, you will officially appear in everyone's eyes as the future heir of Del Bon City, and from today onwards, the lark will sing about your glory, the phoenix will bloom for it, and you will become one of the most honorable people in Hollevon." ”
Little John trembled with excitement, he knelt down on one knee and looked at Old John adoringly: "I will always love you, my beloved father." ”
Just when the city lord's family was filial to their father, Roland and Jett were sitting in a small boat.
Although the sun was blazing on his head, and his hair was about to burst into flames, Jett's face was a little pale.
Roland sat across from him, flipping through the magic books he had taken out of the system backpack and said, "You're afraid of water?" Don't you know how to swim? ”
"No, I'm seasick!" Jett laughed awkwardly, "I'm a little sick when the boat is rocking on the waves." ”
Roland thought for a moment, leaned sideways out of the boat, and stretched out his finger to tap lightly on the surface of the river.
With his fingers as the center, the surface of the river began to freeze rapidly, and white ice edges formed first, and soon a thin layer of ice with a radius of about five meters was formed.
The thin layer of ice then thickened rapidly, and soon became a floating platform at least half a meter thick.
The boat was also frozen in it.
Although the ice is still floating on the surface and slowly drifting down the current, at least the boat is held in place and will no longer swing around.
Jett was overjoyed, jumped on the ice, stepped on it hard, and found that the ice was very solid, so he exclaimed: ", you're too powerful, isn't it?" Ice ringing, or a finger of ice? ”
"It's neither, it's just a simple conversion of magical elements into icy properties and injected into the surface of the river."
"It's like dripping a little ink into clean water?" Jett asked.
Roland nodded, and he also jumped from the boat and stepped on the ice.
The circular ice pontoon with a radius of five meters is already very large if you look at it as a riverboat.
The two of them stood up, and they both looked very spacious.
Because the ice kept releasing chills, the two gradually felt that the temperature was cooler.
Jett looked at the ice floe under his feet, then looked at Roland, and asked what he had been wondering: "What is the upper limit of your mana now?" ”
“200!” This was not important information, so Roland did not hide it.
There is a formula for the growth of mana that can be applied, plus the bonus of the explorer title, as long as you have a heart, you can make it clear, and it is not interesting to lie and deceive people.
Jett looked at the sky a little sadly: "I'm only 82, and that's still counting the specialty bonus." Everyone is a spellcaster, and the level is the same, why do you say that our blue bar values are so different? ”
Roland said helplessly: "Our mage master heaps intellectual growth, you priests master heap will, one blue ceiling is high, and the other is fast back to blue, which can't be compared." ”
"But you have a special exclusive blue return skill, double the effect!" Jett looked at him faintly, "It's better than we don't know where it is." ”
Oh...... It seems that this is really the case, not only is Roland's blue bar ceiling slightly more than twice that of Jett, but more importantly, his blue speed is much faster than Jett's, a priest.
Although priests don't have to learn spells to cast spells like mages, when they cast spells, they also have to use spiritual power to communicate with the divine power of the gods, and borrow the power of the gods to achieve the purpose of casting spells.
So the blue stripe is also very important for pastors.
"Forget it, there is no comparison between ordinary people and geniuses." Jett was also quite open: "Do you think Old John will be fooled?" ”
Roland thought for a moment and said, "There should be a good chance of being fooled." ”
"Why you have such an inference, we should not be very clear about the character of Old John."
Roland threw the magic book back into his system backpack and said, "I don't know if you have ever played the online game of riding and slashing, the kind that can lead soldiers?" ”
Jett shook his head.
"Riding and slashing online games are originally imitations of cold weapon warfare, and I like to use light cavalry the most. Once you see someone left alone or a little away from the large army, you will subconsciously take this opportunity to charge and leave with one blow. Roland said nostalgically: "Most of the time, people who can make contributions and play cavalry have this habit of looking for 'flaws', and even an instinctive, quite confident kind." It's just that sometimes, this is also a trap set by the enemy, and when you charge in front of the earthlings, you will find that several troops and horses suddenly rush out next to you, surrounding you. ”
Jett somewhat understood: "So you are crossing the people with yourself, thinking that Old John will definitely take action when he sees our 'division of troops'?" ”
Roland nodded: "I have played nearly 10,000 rounds of cavalry in the riding and slashing online game, for several years, I dare not say that I am invincible all over the server, but I also have a very high winning rate, and I usually only play cavalry, thinking that cavalry is a royal type of army." I even used cavalry in street fights, and I was scolded to death by my teammates, hehe. ”
"This kind of thinking seems to be a bit similar to old John!" Jett was stunned for a moment, and then understood: "You are the same kind of people. ”
"So I think there's a good chance he's going to 'charge' a wave." Roland said in a light tone.
Jett was a little disappointed: "I suddenly feel that there is a big gap with you guys playing tactics. Hawke was born as a civil dog, and with hundreds of homeless people, he easily built an anti-cavalry trench position, and you actually sat and used the opponent's instinctive character to make a wave, in contrast, I could only go to the temple to pray for blessings, and it was useless. It seems that from today onwards, I will have to read some books on psychology and so on. ”
Roland laughed: "This is just my personal conjecture, old John may not be fooled......"
Then Roland was slapped in the face.
'Ding~~~ Hawke has shared an epic quest with you. ’
Repelling the Attack of the Del Bon Army
At this time, the four of them were in the team interface, and when they saw the request to share the task, the two of them directly clicked OK.
After quickly reading the content of the task, Jett looked at Roland with a contemptuous gaze, and his expression and attitude were like an emoji: Chang Wei, and said that you don't know martial arts!
Roland snorted, then he looked into the distance and said, "The plan succeeded, but we have to settle some trouble before we can go to Hawke's aid." ”
In the upper reaches of their rear, there were only two medium-sized battleships going downstream, and they were very fast.
On the large white sails, the coat of arms of the city of Delbon is painted.
At the same time, Hawk and Link were standing on a tower, watching a heavily armed infantry march out of Delbon.
There were about 700 people, and they went out of the city and came directly to the dock, and then the formation spread out, and from a distance, the entire dock was enclosed.
A group of archers assembled behind the infantry.
Visually, about two hundred people.
Link looked at the big river, then turned around and said, "The river is also blocked, but there are two warships going down the river, and they should be chasing Roland and Jett." ”
Hawke took a breath: "It's all guessed by Roland, this guy's scheming is really strong, if only he could be pulled into our guild, I am willing to give him the position of vice president." ”
Link just smiled: "Vice President, I only recognize you." ”
Hawke doesn't care, he and Link have known each other in the game for a long time, and have played many games so far.
Although they haven't met in reality, they are soul friends, the kind that understand each other.
Hawke waited for a moment and said, "Go down and mobilize." ”
The two of them got off the arrow tower.
In front of them was an army of about three hundred men waiting.
The men stood up straight, their hands on the outside of their thighs, their heads held high.
Look full of energy.
Hawke looked at them and said, "We were originally beggars, dirty and lowly, the nobles did not want to pay attention to us, the merchants looked down on us, and the commoners stayed away from us. No one has ever been willing to help us, and now we are finally living a good life with our own hands, but ...... They don't seem to want us to live better, they want to destroy everything we have now, they don't think we deserve a good life. They want to trample us back into the mud! Are you convinced? ”
The lightly dressed soldiers had anger in their eyes.
"Now, it's time to test our integrity. Why are we born lowly, why can't we live a good life, why can they ride on our heads, shit and pee! Hawke patted his chest and roared, "I'm not convinced!" What is your choice between living on your knees or dying standing up? Tell me out loud! ”
The soldiers blushed, their foreheads, and the green tendons on their necks popped out, and they raised their weapons in the air: "Die standing up!" ”
"Die standing up!"
"Die standing up!"
A continuous roar rushed up into the clouds, startling away all the birds nearby.
Hawke's hands pressed down, and the soldiers immediately fell silent, but everyone's eyes seemed to be burning with flames.
"We can use our own hands, with a hoe and sickle, to create a happy life for ourselves. Now, we can also use our own hands and weapons to defeat them, so that they can face us squarely, even fear us, and strip the word lowly from us, so that our future generations can walk on the streets of the city with dignity! You won't be homeless, you won't panic when you see merchants and nobles, you won't be ashamed of who you are! ”
These beggar-soldier eyes used to have only angry flames, but now there was one more thing: hope.
Hawke chuckled, "So, defeat them, and we'll be standing and living!" ”
"Standing alive!"
It was as if the roars of hundreds of male lions rang out at the same time, and the loud noise seemed to shatter the low-hanging rain clouds in the sky.
The clouds are scattering!
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