Chapter 143: Lending and the Black Tide, the first wave of confrontation
In the Mental Image World, the war of wills between Shi Yi and the most ancient deceased is actually a battle for the inheritance dividend of the dead demigod.
Tuwang is just a third-order hunter battle pet, but the comprehensive strength he has shown has surpassed that of a considerable number of legendary transcendentals.
Although its offensive and killing ability is not strong and its explosive ability is insufficient, its life strength and continuous combat ability are almost exaggerated, and it can entangle three to five legendary transcendents at once, which is difficult for many legendary wizards to do even if they put a lot of effort into their own demons.
But even if this kind of power is only at least twenty percent more than the demigod inheritance dividend, and the remaining eighty percent of the inheritance dividend is still hidden under the iceberg, if it can be fully excavated, Shi Yi clearly knows that the benefit to himself will be unimaginably huge.
When the demigod is still alive, these perfect cells are an important part of the "demigod true body", and they together form a force under the control of the demigod's will, and can even isolate themselves from the main material world to a certain extent, which is a kind of "heart barrier" that is enough to completely separate itself from the objective world.
If you don't break this protective intent, you can't really hurt the demigod lifeform, so in a sense, creatures below the legendary, no matter how many they are, have no meaning for the demigod-level existence, because they don't break the defense.
Of course, this is an ordinary reason, in fact, even if this protective idea is not broken, the "Heart Barrier" objectively has an upper limit of defense, so the "Ancient Demigod" Cyclops King was injured when facing the nuclear bombardment of this world.
The so-called: "There is no such thing as an immortal existence in this world, as long as the equivalent is sufficient, God will also kill the theory to show you." "To some extent, it's also true, at least it can indeed threaten demigods, but the actual rate of action is too low, and only a small part of the explosion damage of a nuclear bomb can penetrate the demigod true body and really damage the demigod creatures.
Tuwang's deification is just a kind of laissez-faire for the perfect cell, almost not a use or use, but this is already the result of Shi Yi's will initially defeating the will of the demigod cell, otherwise, the will of the demigod cell will go through the life experience of the most ancient deceased in Tuwang's mind, directly destroying his spirit.
It's like brushing an adult's will through the mind of a newborn baby, and although the true demigod is dead and will never be resurrected, how can the will revived in the latter not be highly similar to the former? The survival of the demigod cells was successful.
Now, if Shi Yi wants to accept the demigod heritage completely without being replaced, and even Tuwang will not die, he must defeat the will of the demigod cell in the mental image world, the first step, Shi Yi has already completed, he single-handedly established the powerful Frostwolf Dynasty hundreds of years ago, restored order, drove chaos, and greatly tampered with the historical trajectory in the memory of the most ancient dead.
This is a kind of trade-off, now the will of the demigod cell through the collection of external energy, set the law of reincarnation, so that Shi Yi almost fell into the "womb of the maze" can not really wake up, this means is amazing, almost involving the most ancient deceased's cognition of the law of world formation, but Shi Yi after the success of the confrontation, the heart and spirit have grown as a result.
He believed in himself and was confident enough, so he allowed Tuwang to devour evolution in his godly form, anyway, Shi Yi felt that in the end, he was just working for himself for nothing.
In the dreams of the evil gods, ancient memories.
The remote border town of Saclay, because of the local lord Claude?? Lord Afar, defeated the outsider Woolf in public and successfully subdued him, so the town's people's morale and centripetal force have soared, because they feel that the lord is their own person, and the swordsman Woolf is an outsider.
Moreover, this is indeed closely related to them, in the Middle Ages, whether a lord was the most powerful or not directly determined his domination over the territory, and the security situation of the territory.
Safety and order are the first needs, and other things such as brutality or not, whether they are good at business, are actually secondary.
With this high morale, the militia camp was soon established, divided into a spear and shield infantry battalion composed of advanced farmers, an advanced archery battalion composed of hunters, and an axe infantry battalion composed of lumberjacks. And the general is made up of C-class hero Edu?? Haney and A-rank hero Woolf are the two people.
Woolf has been frightened by Shi Yi, and he is almost psychologically affected, not to mention that his right eye is severely injured, and he can't escape anywhere if he needs to recuperate. In hand-to-hand combat, the one-eyed had little impact on the battle, and it was difficult to win against Woolf in Shi Yi's state at the time, and he couldn't keep his hands at all.
What's more, according to Woolf's original fate trajectory, even if he is very talented, there is a high chance that he will die in the future in the spread of the Kuroshio Tide and the end of the world, and if he stays in Thackeray Town, his fate will be variable.
As a friend of Woolf, Edu?? Although Haney complained a lot about Claude's bitterness, he couldn't leave Woolf if he stayed here, and he already admired the management here, so he became the militia commander half-pushed.
In fact, if you keep people according to normal means, it should be Edu?? Hani stayed, and the unruly Woolf left, but now Shi Yi has left both of them, and the combat power of the entire territory has surged up. The price is Edu?? Hani's favorability has dropped a lot, but he's still working hard to train the militia, and with Edu?? Hani's tactical command skills and militia training have been much smoother.
"Lord, the grain, timber, iron ore, and salt we have purchased from other towns during this period are enough for the current lords to allocate more than a year as needed, but because of this, many bills cannot be settled, and if it continues like this, I am afraid it will not be good for your reputation."
On the militia training ground, Shi Yi and Edu?? Hani rode his horse and inspected the training of the new militiamen: forty spear and shield infantry, twenty archers, and twenty axe infantry, which was completely militaristic compared to the civilian strength of the town of Thackeray, because these people were trained according to the professional soldiers, and for a medieval town with a total population of only more than 200 but less than 300 people, this was almost equivalent to taking away all the labor.
And Lord Claude also gave all of them good weapons and leather armor, and for these local people, these leather armor and iron tools alone were worth the income of their labor for several years.
"You've almost incorporated young men and old men who are on the verge of old age into the army, and I've heard that you've been borrowing a lot of money at high interest rates during this time...... Are you so sure that the Kuroshio Tide will come soon, and you won't have to repay all these loans? "I still can't hold back, Edu?? Hani finally asked his doubts.
In recent years, although the Kuroshio phenomenon has appeared in various places, it has not attracted enough attention from the official and aristocratic aspects, after all, for the big cities and towns where the population gathers, the current level of Kuroshio and those monsters in it are not enough to threaten, and even many nobles think that it is just a fictional story.
However, the young nobleman in front of him is different, Edu?? Hani only felt that this young man seemed to be sure that a large-scale black tide would inevitably come, and he had pressed almost all of his worth and capital. Gambling is not like this, it is more like knowing what you will see after you open the cards before you open them.
"Edu, do you know why I put those old men in the spear and shield infantry too?"
Without answering his subordinates' questions directly, Shi Yi rode on his horse and raised his whip and pointed at the infantry who were training with spear shields, many of whom already had wrinkled old faces.
Without waiting for the other party's answer, after a slight pause, Shi Yi continued: "Because the spear and shield infantry is a defensive class, in most cases, they don't need much physical exertion during the battle, unlike archers or axemen. ”
"Compared with physical fitness, explosiveness, the real test of the spear and shield infantry is the determination to die in the face of danger and impact, I put the half-old children and old people in the town into the spear and shield infantry, some of those old people are fathers, some are even grandfathers, I put their sons and grandsons into the rear formation, most of these old people will not retreat when they die in the face of danger, they do not retreat, their sons and grandchildren usually do not retreat...... It's like an old proverb; Soldiers like 'Fathers and Sons in Battle' are far more effective than you think. ”
In the face of danger, my father and grandfather were in front, most of them could figure it out, they couldn't escape, and they didn't turn around and flee at all, and a few who would flee would be killed on the spot by others.
"Edu, get ready for war. Soon the wars will come so often that you fight until you want to vomit. ”
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Verify Claude?? The speed of Afar's "prophecy" was much faster than he imagined.
The black mist grew stronger day by day, and even the most seasoned hunters were increasingly reluctant to go into the forest, where many evil beasts began to appear that fed on people.
Thackeray began to receive news from time to time about refugees and merchants, and it seemed that there were accidents in the village next door, and a thick black fog surrounded the city, and the people in the territory began to panic.
In the castle of Afar, a beautiful young man with blond hair and blue eyes in a black silk robe slowly shredded a loan shark note in his hand, because according to a traveling merchant, the village where the money lender lived had been completely destroyed.
During this time, Shi Yi almost relied on the interest rate of dementia, borrowing ten times the wealth and materials of the Afar family, normally this could not be repaid, and basically could only use the castle territory to pay off the loan sharks, but Shi Yi knew very well when he borrowed that most of them did not have to be repaid at all, because the lender would soon die nine times out of ten.
Even, even if these people are still alive, in the last days, gold coins have become beautiful stones, and prices will skyrocket tenfold and hundredfold, even if they keep their promises and those lenders succeed in finding this place alive, they only need to pay a few materials to settle the account: when the infinite spread of the Kuroshio is a foregone conclusion, only a madman will hold gold coins to bury himself.
At this time, there was a knock on the door behind him.
Squeak, the door was pushed open, and it was a little Lolica Sandra holding a coarse ragdoll, looking for her in the middle of the night.
"Brother Claude!"
"What's wrong, my honey? Is it that the overseer temple is too tired during this time? ”
Shi Yi turned around and saw a little girl with a reluctant smile on her face, this sixteen-year-old girl was wearing a white blouse and a short tunic skirt, the skirt was just up to her thighs. Because of the precocious and full curves and snow-white thighs, they are a little shining.
At the age of sixteen, the age of youth and invincible, even without any cosmetics, it is full of collagen, and the skin is so good that it seems to glow.
During this time, because of the large amount of gold coins invested, even the young people of several nearby towns were attracted and hired, and almost the entire territory was turned into a large construction site, in addition to the expansion of manors, warehouses, and taverns, Shi Yi also renovated the castle city defense, built defensive wooden fences and watchtowers, and built temples, of course, it is not enough to make money like this, even if it is a loan.
But in the last days, workers need wages, all they need is safety and food, and Shi Yi didn't plan to pay the bill from the beginning.
"I'm not tired, but I'm just a little worried about my sister. I've been hearing a lot of bad rumors these days, the town next door has been destroyed by a horde of unknown monsters, and the refugees have fled to us, and I'm worried about Sister Fissyat. ”
Although sometimes they quarrel, Cassandro will even turn their faces with Fessarte for the sake of the young master, but after all, they grew up together, Cassandro is an orphan, and she almost regards Fissarte as her mother, although she will never admit it herself.
"Don't worry, Sister Fishyat, what a shrewd and capable person, from what I know of her, she will not only bring back a large amount of supplies with her this trip to Atlas, but may even borrow money like me and bring back a mercenary force."
"Hmph, my sister won't be as scoundrel as you, you borrowed so much money, it really killed people."
"Wronged, I have reminded them every time that danger is coming, but they don't believe it, so what can I do? At this point, just a message is worth the money they lent me. Coaxed and coaxed, Shi Yi coaxed the little girl into tears and laughed, and coaxed her to the bed.
The mental image world is the personal divine kingdom of the demigods, and the body is almost indistinguishable from the normal human body in the material world, so Shi Yi can use this body to comprehend and cultivate Lu Zu's secret art, and on the other hand, it is also because of the Kasandro under him that his talent and qualifications have declined.
Although the doctrine of the God of Love does not prohibit marriage and childbearing, it clearly prohibits indulging in it, so after Kassandhu's disobedience, the original talent and qualifications declined, Shi Yi is now trying to make up for her losses with the help of Lu Zu's secret technique, he is really working very hard!
The next day, the time had come to the time of day, but the sky was still dark, and suddenly, the alarm bell rang out, accompanied by the sound of dying screams and wolf howls.
Although he tried to comfort the little girl until midnight last night, he was very tired, but when the crisis came, Shi Yi suddenly turned over, like a frightened beast, put on his pants and boots, put on his long sword and robe, and rushed out.
(Carelessly, I obviously know that the Kuroshio Alien Beast is nearby, but I only arranged six groups of patrols around the town, and the wooden fence surrounding the entire town has not yet been built, so the Alien Beast may not be able to withstand the surprise attack!) )
When Shi Yi went downstairs, he happened to collide with Woolf, who was wearing armor while walking outside, and behind Woolf, there was a rather beautiful healthy woman who was wearing armor for a strong man with a one-eyed head.
"Where's Edu?" Shi Yi swept Woolf and the woman, and knew what was going on, but this was originally arranged by him, and after gouging out a person's eye, he also had to give him a sweet benefit, otherwise it would be difficult to win people's hearts only with power.
Of course, Shi Yi just arranged the basic conditions, and arranged for Woolf to take care of the injuries of Thackeray's most beautiful village flower widow, and in the end, it was the two of them who got together by themselves.
"Edu that guy lives in the militia barracks, I thought he was too neurotic, but I didn't expect it to be really useful. Don't worry, young master, with that guy Edu here, even if there is chaos, it's a big deal. ”
Shi Yi knows that Woolf's A-level growth qualifications are available, but Woolf himself doesn't know it. Hani can play some, but the gap is not too big, plus Edu?? Haney was born into an aristocratic family, stable and reliable, and possessed command talents, so Woolf and Edu?? When Haney was mixed up, it was always the former who looked to the latter. But Shi Yi knew that Edu?? Haney's potential has been gradually reached its peak, and Woolf is just getting started.
Walking out of the castle, he took out two war horses bought by loan sharks, Shi Yi took the lead, Woolf followed, and the two rode towards the town below the mountain.
Because the distance is not very far, of course, with the riding skills of the two of them, the flames in the town of Saclay have already burned, but because of this, the fire light disperses the black fog and exposes all those evil things:
The alienated wolves in the mountains and forests, at this moment with red eyes gnawing at human corpses, many green-skinned wild goblins, these guys who were originally as timid as mice, can now dare to ride on the back of wild wolves, wielding crude weapons to attack human settlements.
But the most terrifying thing is the hordes of human ghouls roaming in the dark, those goblins riding wild wolves to drive away ghouls, but they themselves are not attacked, and once the ghouls are a certain distance from humans, they will attack these living people like crazy.
In the midst of the broken ruins, a little girl of five or six years old was trying to pull the arm of a teenager, who was supposed to be her brother, most of the boy's body had been smashed by the stakes that fell when the house collapsed, and she could no longer wake up her favorite and favorite brother.
Smelling the vivid life, several of the ghouls shook their bodies and walked towards the blonde girl, and it was at this moment that they heard a clatter and a sound, so when they looked up, they saw a sharp and spicy sword light like lightning.
The sword borrowed the spirituality of people, and people borrowed the power of war horses galloping, and it was just a moment of misdirection, and those few ghouls were cut off and completely rested.
After killing more than a dozen ghouls in the vicinity, the aristocratic boy swept past the little girl and picked them up.
At this time, Woolf in the back reacted from his stunned state, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help open the way.
(What a superb equestrian skill, more agile on a war horse than on the ground!) If I had been fighting against Master Claude before, I am afraid that I would not have had only one eye, but my head would have been cut off directly. )
The one-eyed strong man Woolf didn't know that Shi Yi practiced the self-destructive exercise "Breath of Death", and the potential in his body was being stimulated by madness to increase, and his strength was increasing day by day, and his performance just now was not because Shi Yi's cavalry was stronger than foot combat, but because his basic quality was greatly increased, and his infantry combat strength was also improving year-on-year.
However, after all, the cultivation is still shallow, and if it is surrounded by too many strange beasts, it is still a dead word.
"Break out and go to the militia camp!"
"Yes!"
Woolf used a double sword at this time, but a pure steel axe, but his riding skills were far inferior to Shi Yi, Shi Yi can borrow horsepower, increase his own strength and kill, and Woolf is a simple load for his war horse, and fortunately, the Afar family bought a war horse, otherwise if he rides a traveling horse or a camel horse, Woolf can only ride, and even dismount to fight when participating in the battle.
The chaos along the way may be insurmountable for ordinary civilians, but for Claude and Woolf, who joined forces, it is not too difficult.
The girl who kept crying in her arms was knocked unconscious by Shi Yi's control force, and she was thrown into the castle to be a little maid in the future, which was already a great luck in her misfortune in this last days.
Arriving at the militia camp, Edu?? Hani did not live up to everyone's trust and expectations, although he failed to resist the enemy outside the town at the first time, but he protected the organization and discipline of the army at the first time, and did not let them go back to their homes in a mess, but formed a cohesive force and began to clean up the militia camp as the center.
This is not an easy thing to do, and when disaster strikes, who doesn't want to immediately return home to protect their loved ones with weapons in their hands? But if that happens, it will be impossible to talk about the combat strength of an army, let alone gather counterattack forces at the first time, and the damage to the town of Thackeray will increase tenfold and hundredfold.
"Shield-spear infantry array, cover archers, archers attack, axemen infantry guard flanks, no chaos, no chaos, no one is allowed to attack without my orders!" Edu?? Hani roared hoarsely on his horse, and it could be seen that he had indeed tried his best, but his command made Shi Yi in the distance shake his head secretly. Afar has built a strong dynasty as a formidable person, and his experience in warfare and command is certainly not Edu?? Hani can compare.
"The shield-spear infantry marched in formation, the axe-man infantry covered behind, and the archers guarded the flanks." Riding a horse to Edu?? Hani approached, Shi Yi said softly.
"Huh? However, this is not in accordance with the art of war. "After Shi Yi's arrival, Edu?? Although Hani was polite and respectful, when Shi Yi wanted to intervene in the command, he instinctively refused, he didn't feel that the young lord's command ability in front of him was stronger than his own.
"Your tactical command is indeed very classic, the front line is lined up, the rear is covered by long-range arrows, and when the opponent's morale collapses, then cover the enemy from both flanks with melee infantry, the enemy is defeated, and the overall situation is decided. But have you thought about it, these classic art of war are all used to deal with humans, and it is not impossible for the rain of arrows to deal with ghouls and wolves riding goblins, but it is definitely not possible to do without any changes. ”
In Edu?? When Hani heard the words and pondered, Shi Yi took over the military command, and the soldiers also knew their lord and were willing to obey the command.
Just now, Edu?? In order to stabilize discipline, Hani directly killed two soldiers, and did not mutini because he was diligent and strict in his daily training, and his prestige was enough, but there was no doubt that the soldiers were dissatisfied with him, most of these soldiers were neighbors who knew each other, and no matter what the reason, the heart of the object would be very serious.
With Shi Yi's command, the speed of killing and clearing suddenly increased, Edu?? Hani uses a rain of arrows as his main means of attack, and his effectiveness against ghouls against highly agile wolves riding goblins is too poor, especially against ghouls.
Not only is it slow to kill, but it also consumes a lot of arrows. And using spear and shield infantry to force these strangers in formation, and then using high-damage axe hands to throw attacks and slash attacks at close range, not only is it faster, but also has fewer casualties. Although it is slightly dangerous to guard the wings with archers, the fighting wisdom of the Black Mist Strangers is not very high, and it is difficult to detect this point to charge in groups, not to mention that Shi Yi also put himself with Edu?? Hani sent out as a cavalry to maintain the position on both flanks.
As for Woolf, he was a dismounted infantryman, mixed with the axeman infantry, and directly became the commander, killing first-line.
When a large number of invading alien troops hidden in the black fog die, their invasion and destruction of residential buildings are greatly reduced, which is the result of chaos vs. order, and disorganization vs. organization.
If the militia forces were also scattered and looked after each other, then it was not certain who would kill whom in the end, and even if the town of Thackeray could still win the final victory, the losses would be too great to accept and unimaginable.
And in front of the orderly and organized human army, the black mist ghosts can only be slaughtered by the neck, and when the battle is in the late stage, even female civilians dare to chase the goblin with a frying pan and shoot it, and they also succeed in killing.
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At the end of the battle, as the light of day dawned, the gloomy black fog gradually dissipated, and more and more wild wolves and goblins fled back to the forest on all sides, and finally only the center of the town was left, and there was a demonized bear goblin and its subordinates besieged.
They hate the sun's rays, but they can't find their way back into the shadows, so they go berserk.
Compared with the dwarf goblins with rudimentary weapons around, the bear goblin is a guy who is more than two meters tall and uses an iron chain to wrap silver stones as a weapon, and it can smash the surrounding residential buildings into a big hole with a single blow.
"Archer troops are covered with long-range arrows, and axger troops are covered by mid-range throws, Woolf, you ride with me to contain it, Edu, and you will be in command next." Dealing with the demonized bear goblin and letting ordinary soldiers go up to melee combat, it will definitely be sent to death, it is impossible to have no casualties, and if something happens, the entire forty-man spear and shield infantry regiment may even be completely destroyed.
Therefore, Shi Yi chose himself and Woolf to be the two hero units, and if they can be contained, this is the only way to win with zero casualties.
In the process of riding up, Shi Yi snatched the spear from the hand of a young spear and shield infantryman. He gave his soldiers the best steel weapons, so Woolf would replace the two large iron swords he was used to with a pure steel battle axe, of course, he had a specially built high-quality product, which was too heavy for ordinary axe hands.
"I'm left and you're right, I'm in front of you and behind, be careful of its meteor hammer, if it is smashed, even if you have to lie down for half a year!"
In front of the real war horse, the goblin units are not worthy of being called a threat, and the war horses can trample them to death directly, originally there were a lot of goblin minions around the bear goblins, but after a large number of arrow rain and a small amount of axe cover, most of them died, and Shi Yi rode and charged, and even waved his gun to kill all the interceptions on the road.
Call!
With the sound of heavy objects breaking through the air, the demonized bear goblin manipulated the meteor hammer in his hand and smashed it diagonally towards Shi Yi, and it also ate a few throwing axes on its body, but unfortunately it was crushed along the way, and the remaining number of axes of the army axe men and infantry was not much, otherwise if it continued to output a few rounds, the bear goblin would also have to die.
(With the brute strength and clumsiness of the bear goblin and the meteor hammer, this combination is really subtle, the power of the meteor hammer is equal to the speed, and it is enough to be elusive, with the high defense of the bear goblin itself.) )
Boom!
In the exclamation of the people around him, Shi Yi held the gun with both hands and ran through the right, the spear blade hit the meteor hammer chain with an extremely accurate sound, and the gun barrel was bent into a crescent moon shape because of the hedging of the huge force, Shi Yi instantly abandoned the gun, turned into clouds, and rode and charged in the gap between the lack of weapons of the bear goblin, and at the moment when the two sides were staggered, the sword blade swept out, and the bear goblin let out an earth-shattering roar, and Woolf, who was also out of the battle, saw the situation in front of him, and couldn't help but swallow a deep spit, Because the bear goblin's eyes had been chopped off, and unlike one of his wounds, both eyes were cut off in an instant, and he was lucky compared to himself, Woolf couldn't help but have such an inexplicable sense of superiority flashing in his heart.
However, he ignored one point, Shi Yi charged over, but he was charging at the bear goblin, how could he be distracted at such a juncture?
Or maybe it's because the bear goblin has been hit hard, so Woolf is distracted, and he subconsciously thinks that it's no longer a big problem.
"Be careful!"
However, with a terrifying roar, the bear goblin, who was mad because of the heavy blow, exploded in an instant, wielding the huge meteor hammer in his hand like a storm, and was rolling Woolf into the charge.
Seeing this scene, Shi Yi's face also changed, if he lost an A-level potential hero because he killed a bear goblin, then this transaction can be said to be a loss to his grandmother's house.
Accompanied by the starfire splash, the war horse screamed, and in the stormy hammer shadow, Woolf could be seen rolling over and falling down with the war horse.
"Advance the whole army, throw the main weapon, kill it for me!"
As a good friend of Woolf, Edu?? Hani was also anxious at this moment, at this time he made the right response, anyway, the battle is basically over, there is only the one left in front of him, then there is no need to keep the main weapon, the spearmen and axe men are all thrown, even if they are smashed, they will be smashed to death by the other party.
With the chaos, the first wave of confrontation between the crowd and the Kuroshio Stranger ended.