Act XVII: Conscription
Act XVII Recruitment
"What's going on?"
Wales stood up from the caravan, and at this time he was directing the people in the caravan to treat the wounded mercenaries, but at this time, when he heard the words of the female knight chief, he couldn't help but go to the front of the caravan, and looked at the female knight chief: "I have never heard that the Imperial border army has the right to absorb civilian armed forces in non-war times, you are abusing your power, my lord." ”
His elite men had just come down from the mountain with heavy casualties, and although they had brought enough food to make their way to Redwood, the casualties still cast a shadow on the smooth operation. And at this time, if it is absorbed by the imperial border army, then the mercenary group that he worked hard to form for more than ten years is likely to be abolished, which is also not allowed by Wales.
"Maybe I won't recruit all of you, but all the spellcasters; High-ranking warriors, however, must be drafted. Even if you are a barbarian. As she spoke, the chief knightess turned her head to look at the Wall-tyrant who was baring her teeth at her, "As long as you live on the land of this empire, then you naturally have the obligation to shed blood for the empire, which has also been reminded many times by His Majesty the Emperor, no one can only enjoy rights without obligations." ”
"your obligation." A mocking smile appeared on Wall-Tyrann's oil-stained face: "The Empire has never brought me a piece of flesh to feed me and want me to bleed for it?" Nothing so good, woman. ”
"Then you just want to test if my sword is sharp, barbarian."
Su Chen stood up and said, "This lord, please listen to me-" His action naturally attracted the attention of the female knight chief and everyone present, and after confirming that he had attracted everyone's attention, Su Chen continued: "Before recruiting us, I want to ask if you have suffered a defeat at the hands of a necromancer?" ”
"No one can defeat the Imperial Army." "Only occasionally there are minor setbacks. ”
Is that a lost battle? Such a thought flashed through everyone's hearts, and Su Chen nodded knowingly and continued: "Then you are going to let us face a necromancer, a necromancer who can bring you a small setback. As you can see, we've just come down from the barbarian village, and there are no barbarians at all, just raging undead and ...... Another necromancer. ”
The female knight's brow couldn't help but pick when she heard 'another necromancer', and then she heard Su Chen continue: "And before entering this mountain range, we also encountered the harassment of a necromancer...... None of this seems unusual, doesn't it, Lord Knight. ”
"Speak your mind." The female knight chief said this, while Su Chen nodded: "We may be able to see this incident as an evil organization wreaking havoc here—and a mage organization is not something that a few of us, plus your lord, the imperial army that will not be defeated, can win." So so far, our mission has not been to find the necromancer who has defeated you, nor to the babbling here over whether or not to answer the call of the Empire...... What we should do is actually go to the Northland Fort and report what happened here. The situation is so serious that we can't solve it alone, my lord. ”
Obviously, Su Chen already knew what the difficulty of this 'epic' level task was. If he is still the player in the game who can constantly resurrect, then he will definitely choose to do a big ticket, and tackling an epic quest at the beginning of the game is simply a fantastic start. But after confirming that he had crossed over, Su Chen didn't dare to try to see if he had a chance of resurrection, because the price of 'giving it a try' was quite heavy.
So now Su Chen's safest way is to pull the rescuers, the two necromancers he met before are rookies who don't know how to fight, but the necromancers who can defeat the knights of the female knight chief will definitely not be like this, so where to pull the rescuers? Although the empire deployed a large number of troops on the frontier, in fact, there were not many cavalry legions in this part of the grassland, and most of them were concentrated in the fort of the north to Winston further south, after all, the enemy could only enter the hinterland of the empire through that section of the defense.
As for the rest of the steppe, there were only squads of cavalry on constant patrols—such as those led by the chief knights. Therefore, if Su Chen wanted a backup that was enough to pinch the necromancer to death, he could only go to the Northland Fort to seek the help of the regular army, otherwise he would not have the courage to fight against a powerful necromancer.
"If reinforcements are useful, we're on our way to Fort Northland by now, civilians." The chief knight said indifferently, "That necromancer has locked us in, and what he is after seems to be a senseless kill...... Maybe it makes sense to him? We've had quite a few riders die at his hands, and the farther we go, the more likely we get killed by that damn guy. So we have to fight the necromancer while we still have a certain amount of combat power, otherwise none of us will be able to get out alive. ”
"So if not for the sake of the Empire, but for your safety—" said the chief knightess, "please respond to my call as well." ”
"Wait a minute, you're saying there are still wreaking havoc necromancers in this land?"
"Damn it, my clan is still under threat!" Then he turned his head and glanced at Su Chen and the others: "I'm afraid we're going to part ways here—we don't know how many necromancers that evil organization has sent to wreak havoc here, so I'm afraid I'll have to go back to rescue my clan." Kodir, do you want to come along? ”
"I think the one I'm about to deal with, if not the last necromancer, must be the most powerful." "So I chose to stay, maybe we'll see each other again, friend." ”
"There will be this opportunity, friend."
Then the barbarian man turned his head and glared at the female knight on the horse—even on the horse, the eyes of both sides were on a horizontal line. Then the Wall-Tyrant picked up his axe and sped deeper into the prairie.