Chapter 377: Border Turmoil
"There are too many civilians."
At this moment, Zhao Xu looked at the surging crowd in front of him, and couldn't help but lose his voice.
At this moment, outside Luka City, on the road to the nearest town of the Northern Alliance, there were countless people with their families and mouths, most of them carrying heavy luggage and constantly moving forward with difficulty.
The few who were able to sit in a rudimentary modified carriage.
Just looking at the deep rut marks, the people and goods on the car are completely crowded, and they are also limited by the flow speed of the crowd, and the mules and horses are also out of breath when they walk, and they are not much faster than ordinary people walking on foot.
When he came out of the portal in the "Mage Association Branch" in the original Lucca City, Zhao Xu had already sensed that the atmosphere between those mages who were originally high above was wrong.
After checking his issuance certificate, the mages did not even have the most basic greetings, and advised him to leave quickly.
Zhao Xu from Mystra, the capital of magic, was not interested in it at all, obviously the matter in front of him was imminent, and the burning eyebrows were kind.
And Vivien is wearing a customized +5 Mithril Whole Body Acceleration Armor at the moment, which is based on the protection of the original 7th order full body armor, and has been strengthened by +5 magic, which directly improves the defense of the entire 12th level armor.
Not to mention that she also has a +3 Activation Mirror Reflection Shield pinned to her waist, the 2nd level defense provided by the shield itself, and the 3rd level magic bonus is superimposed, which is the 5th level shield defense bonus.
At the same time, the activation ability (+2 value) can free her hands, and the mirror ability (+5 bonus value) can activate once a day, reversing the spell, just like the seven-ring spell "Spell Reversal".
Combined with her Tier 9 Innate Armor and Tier 1 Agility Defense Bonus, Vivien's defense reaches Tier 37.
Combined with her 10-point damage reduction that can only be pierced by Cold Iron or Good Weapons, it's basically an invincible tank on the battlefield.
Ordinary monsters seem to be weak in their own abilities, but once they are blessed with professional level or magical equipment, they will also become extremely terrifying.
Vivien didn't know if it was because of the previous Demon Mother's Night Shine, or the care of the May Lady she came into contact with later, anyway, her armor and shield were equivalent to the total price of "+10" bonus equipment.
It is far better than Zhao Xu's +1 Nether Scythe that actually has "+2 value".
And these two pieces of magic equipment are both priced at more than 200,000 yuan, and then up, that is the category of legendary equipment.
At this moment, although Vivian herself is an ordinary succubus with 6HD life dice, and after being paired with the level 3 paladin level, her own challenge level has only increased from level 7 to level 10, but she also has the most basic ability to protect Zhao Xu.
may not be able to fight, but at least he can carry it for Zhao Xu in front.
And Zhao Xu, who looked at the crowd, was also very angry.
Or rather, this scene is familiar.
When the human beings of the earth also traveled to Arthur in this way, they were also greeted by a wild jungle where birds did not poop but were full of dangers.
Seven billion people, after all, is not so easy to settle, even if the continent of Arthur is boundless, but the fertile soil and buildings suitable for human beings have to be developed by hand.
At this moment, Zhao Xu was also a little curious, although Antinoya had mentioned border friction with him, but this situation was too exaggerated, as if the entire city was about to be emptied.
Especially in the entire team that looks like an escape, you can still see a lot of players mixed in.
It shows that this is also a disaster that they need to escape.
Although [Apex www.booktxt.xyz] has a number of enthusiastic priests and paladins who are maintaining order in the team, it is still a drop in the bucket.
Confusion, noise, numbness, and haste are the themes of this serpentine fleeing procession.
At this time, Zhao Xu gently drove the horse and approached a warrior player who was also disgraced and drooping his head.
"Hello this warrior player, may I ask why so many of you are rushing together?"
This warrior, who was originally a little dark-faced, immediately became a spirit as soon as he heard the title "player".
After three or four months of edification, in the case of their self-proclaimed players.
Arthur's inhabitants have also become accustomed to referring to them as "players" rather than mechanical "Earth adventurers".
This also means that there is an NPC on the opposite side, and then looking at the heroic horse under this spellcaster, if it weren't for the close protection of a full-body armored cavalry with a can't see the face of the other party, otherwise someone who would have fought the autumn wind would have come up to probe the bottom.
Ordinary civilian NPCs are on this way to escape, and they are a burden.
But these high-level NPCs, who are worth a lot at first glance, mean well-paid bodyguard missions.
The warrior seemed to see the shiny gold coins flying towards him, and he hurriedly said: "Originally, there has been friction between here and the Northern Alliance next door recently, and there is a trend of mountain rain coming, and there are already many wealthy merchants in the city who have taken the lead to dodge, but we players are licking blood from the knife everywhere, so we don't care." β
"Who knew that a conflict broke out in the Senate of the Principality of Xiluo recently, and now the entire Principality is about to split into two sides, plus the Northern Alliance next door has been showing its sentinels from time to time recently."
"This kind of scene looks like a scene where a big war is about to break out. If it's just a big war next door, it's okay, but now the Duchy of Xiluo looks like it's going to break out in a civil war, and then there is the intervention of the Northern Alliance and the Eastern Earth Empire next door, so naturally Lucca City, which is a military powerhouse, can't stay. β
"So a lot of free people with a little capital fled to the Northern Alliance, and the price of real estate in the city plummeted in an instant." This young warrior player was obviously also bitter, and when he saw Zhao Xu, he poured out all of a sudden.
Zhao Xu also nodded silently.
These civilians who fled the war naturally won't jump into the Duchy of Xiluo in the powder keg anymore.
"What does it have to do with the Eastern Earth Empire?" Zhao Xu was curious when he heard the name of the country mentioned by the other party.
Although the Eastern Earth Empire is vast, covering an area and having a very large population, it is not Arthur's "dynasty" standard, and it is at least hundreds of kilometers away from the Northern Alliance, which is beyond the reach of the whip.
"This is not the princess of the Dongtu Empire who married, originally the Duchy of Xiluo belonged to the Senate and could be regarded as the co-governance of the noble council, and the three families that were slightly stronger were just the three families."
"Now that princess marries into one of the families, the balance is instantly broken, although she can't recruit the million-strong army of the Eastern Earth Empire, but those elite guards who marry can be regarded as a lot of power for the Principality of Xiluo, which is less than twenty towns, not to mention the support of the forces that the Eastern Earth Empire secretly operates here."
Although the warrior player said it roughly, he named the key at once.
"That's right, especially the major forces, at least they will raise their hands." After Zhao Xu muttered to himself, he thanked the warrior.
Speaking of reality, the major forces, from trade unions to professional guilds, and even various church and family forces, are also basic operations to watch people cook.
As one of the few national forces that can reach the scale of Arthur's empire at present, the help that princess can get will not even be much weaker than the tens of thousands of troops on the surface.
It is precisely because of the belief that the other party can succeed that he can roll up the storm of the entire Xiluo Principality.
If it weren't for the fact that the current monarch of the Eastern Earth Empire had no less than twenty princesses who paid less attention, maybe the turmoil in the entire Xiluo Principality would not have happened.
Sometimes, it is this state of not being embarrassed or embarrassed that is the most troublesome.
However, according to Zhao Xu's memories of his previous life, before he entered the game, everything returned to calm.
It shows that this war will not last more than four months, and I am afraid that it will be over in two months.
That's why he won't be impressed.
"Mr. Midsummer, they are so pathetic." Although Vivian was riding on a horse with Zhao Xu at this time, her eyes couldn't help but show a sympathetic look.
She had just seen one of Arthur's commoner children fall off the bullock cart because it was too crowded, and although the child's mother rushed to pick it up, the child was already crying.
It's just that when I cry, I usually have sugar stuffed into my mouth, and I can no longer enjoy it at the moment.
These people who fled the famine can carry all the most important belongings, and in front of them, there is an unknown future waiting for them.
"You and I are a drop in the bucket, and if we want to help them, we have to wait until we settle down."
Zhao Xu comforted softly.
"I'm a little worried." Vivien's expression was a little tangled at this time, and her gaze crossed the front like an ant, a continuous stream of people, until she went to the frontβ
Barren ruins.
It has been shrouded in a deep fog for many years, and it is precisely the existence of this ruin that clearly draws the dividing line between the two forces.