Chapter 149: Survival in the Wilderness
"I am joining this offensive as an Ombudsman at the suggestion of Lady Millie, please rest assured that I will be a quiet bystander." Freeman took off his gloves and slipped them into his pocket, replying nonchalantly.
The inquirer was silent for a moment, nodded and didn't say anything more, and the others remained silent when they saw this, just lowered their heads and continued to whisper to each other.
Freeman walked over to Thom with his men and sat down, and asked with a smile, "Why don't you go over there and participate in the discussion?" ”
Thom glanced at the commander of the dozen or so human forces with some disdain, and whispered, "I only brought twenty clansmen, five [Sunstriders], five [Totem Warriors] and ten brave [Stormtroopers], just to attack a small town, even if we don't come, the humans can deal with these enemies." ”
"And what are you taking people for?" Freeman chuckled.
Thom tilted his head and gestured in the direction of the tiger man: "Luo Mengge asked me to join together, originally Elder Dorgon didn't want me to come out, it was Luo Mengge who brought an invitation from the tiger tribe, and the chief allowed me to join this expedition." ”
Freeman sneered in his heart when he heard this, and remained silent on the surface, the human forces and alien races near Cantaico are intentionally or unintentionally restricting and resisting the belief of the God of Light, and the only thing that is completely controlled by the task force is the [Beacon of Freedom], a serf organization.
Fortunately, the spread of faith could not be imprisoned by the world, and many forces needed material support and trade opportunities provided by the Church of Light, so they finally chose to default to the task force to divide the area around [Silverwood Town] as a territory, and select and absorb people from among the serfs and some of the original captives and slaves.
After a moment of silence, Thom spoke in a complicated tone, "Freeman, I heard that the tribe's request to borrow the Tao was denied. ”
"Yes," Freeman said slowly, not looking surprised by Thom's question, "the kingdom is the promised land of my lord, and no one who does not believe in my lord shall stay in this land." ”
Thom was silent for a moment, for the Minotaur, who was not lacking in wisdom, understood the reason, but he asked again, "What if it is only by the way, and does not stay in the kingdom?" ”
Freeman glanced at him and patted the minotaur's stout shoulder: "The wasteland is full of dangers, and there are invaders, the east is the land of elves, and the south is swamps and rivers, you tell me where your people can go?" ”
Thom had nothing to say, and sighed for a long time, the strong warrior's eyes were red, and his heart was not comfortable.
Freeman sighed secretly when he saw this, but he also knew that he could not comfort this powerful paladin, he was pious and firm in his faith, but in the face of the teachings of the gods and the stubbornness of his people, he was very difficult to be caught in the middle, but Freeman believed that sooner or later he would be freed and lead their people to the glory of the god of light.
However, when he saw the human leaders who were full of thoughts and intrigues with each other, Freeman only sneered in his heart, these guys who were originally slave leaders and tribal leaders were greedy and selfish, they were afraid of the power of the church and the kingdom, and greedy for the kingdom's goods and wealth, although they were not all short-sighted, but they made him feel disgusted.
If the resistance of the Minotaur is for survival, and the active refuge of the Tiger people is also for survival, then most of the leaders of the dozen or so human rebel armies in the military camp are just for their own power and interests, and human beings have always been the most complex existence in intelligent life, and the most difficult to choose in the hearts of the gods.
There was silence here, but he heard those human leaders suddenly quarrel, and Freeman listened for a while, and then was surprised: "These people are actually fighting for command?" ”
The Minotaur Paladin said without any emotional fluctuations: "It's not surprising, in Canteco City, these guys have to argue once a day, and when the Makere people call, they push each other; When it was time to divide the spoils, they fought with each other. ”
"No wonder the rebels numbered tens of thousands, but they couldn't even fight the city of Cantaico." Freeman was a little dissatisfied: "These cowards, now they want to fight a town with a population of less than two thousand, and they still have to fight over who will be the commander, just because they want to get more supplies and people after they enter." ”
He sneered: "I didn't understand why the church wanted us to send supplies, and asked these rebels to provide other things in exchange, it seems that Your Majesty is really wise, and has long known that these people are not trustworthy, and now I am training the army in [Silverwood Town], just waiting for these fools to be defeated and dispersed." ”
Thom had already consciously regarded himself as a member of the church, and had no problem with Freeman's idea: "There are more than 40,000 people in and around Canteco, and we and the Tiger people together are less than 10,000. ”
Seeing that the quarrel over there had already come to a conclusion, more than a dozen human leaders with the strength of intermediate professionals were fighting, but unfortunately most of them were just very ordinary professions, and Lucian of the [Beacon of Freedom] jumped up and down excitedly, but he couldn't compete with other leaders who had tacit understanding.
The mermaids walked out of the main tent, seemingly not caring at all about the opinions of the tiger and the minotaur and Freeman, and Luo Menge led the tigers to make a polite salute to Freeman, and then walked out of the main tent unhurriedly.
There is no special profession like Thom who has a close relationship with the church in the tiger people's group, and it is inevitable that there will be a comparison of relatives and relatives near and far in Freeman's heart, not enough to at least make him satisfied with his attitude, so he patted Tom and said indifferently: "Let's go, let's go and see how those guys are going to fight, and also prevent them from committing atrocities like the previous times, I was not able to stop them before, and if there is such a brutal and depraved behavior this time, I will let them change a group of leaders." ”
A cold light flashed in Freeman's eyes, although the strength of a senior fighter is not enough to crush the intermediate level, but as a [Sun Knight], he has similar abilities to the holy warriors, and his combat power is about to be doubled.
Thom took the totem pole in his hand and said in a muffled voice: "These people have violated the teachings of my Lord and have fallen away from the path of goodness and order, and the power that my Lord has given me has made me see in them the signs of evil and depravity, but before they are completely depraved, I have to suppress my urge to purify them." ”
The two of them walked out of the main tent one after the other, and the knights of Freeman followed him, and when his men came, Freeman said softly: "My lord is merciful and generous, and strict and just, and those who do evil will be judged, and those who do good will be protected, and in the eyes of God there will be no confusion between good and evil." ”
The two high-ranking knights, who possessed the core profession of the church, looked at each other and realized in their hearts.
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In the west and south of the kingdom, Shepard's arrangements are constantly fermenting, and in the north, the kobold tribes in the wilderness are also thriving, and the kobold team holding high the battle banner embroidered with the hideous dog head and chanting the name of "The Great Sword of Light" has become a very disgusting enemy of the expeditionary force.
A team of more than 30 adventurers is marching in the wilderness, most of the adventurers are acting in a team situation, more than 30 people are already a large team, and in fact, such a large number of people is also a helpless way for safety reasons.
Several people at the back of the group, especially the tall barbarians and stout dwarves, carried the treated animal carcasses on their backs, as well as professionals such as rangers and hunters, holding animal cubs that were still whispering.
The two adventurers brought by the leading expeditionary force, one with a giant sword on his back, was a warrior with high-level strength in his momentum, but he couldn't tell what the profession was, just because the number of fighters was more than ten times more than that of the French system, and the categories were so complex that it was difficult to count.
Another adventurer, dressed in clothes made of green leaves and branches, wore a bracelet woven of vines on his wrist, and held a half-human-long wooden stick as thick as an adult's arm, with a dagger, throwing knife, and short spear hanging from his waist.
"Captain Monrekel, are you sure the route is safe?" The Greatsword Warrior wears a jacket with a layered coat, and winter on the continent of Draenor is coming, and it will become very cold north of the Central Forest.
Druid Mon Ryker flicked his wooden stick and said with a wry smile: "Captain Rommons, you should know that I can't guarantee this, otherwise your [Timberwolves], why would you join forces with us?" ”
With the giant sword as a weapon, Rommons's arms were thick, and his strength was obviously very amazing, and he was only helpless when he heard this: "Your [Eye of Nature] has at least three missions to complete the record, our last mission was ambushed by those treacherous and cunning natives, if it weren't for the hounds in the team to warn us in time, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to go back." ”
A shadow appeared on Rommons' face, it was not good to see the kobold with his vassals driving some of the wild beasts to attack them, and the hound who had done a great job was unfortunately not in the sneak attack.
"Don't worry, Captain Rommons, after half an hour's walk, I will cast my magic again to communicate with the plants to make sure that the road ahead is safe, and when it gets dark, we will be able to get out of the territory of the natives, and although we still have to worry about the safety of the wilderness, we don't need to be so cautious anymore."
Hearing the druid's comfort, the warriors could only force themselves to calm down, if it weren't for the [Beast Hunters] who put a large bounty on some beasts that were rarely seen in the wilderness, they would not have gone so deep into the territory of the Ruth tribe, although the vassal tribes in the north were basically clear, but after the help of the kobold tribe south of Ruth City, the scattered indigenous tribes were barely maintained.
"I hope Temorrah bless us to go back smoothly......" Romons muttered in his heart, their mission this time just happened to obtain the cubs of two beasts with extremely high bounties, as long as they can successfully return to the camp established by the mages on the basis of the original Tatos tribe, even if the remuneration for the [Eye of Nature] team is removed, it is still a lot of money, plus the money he saved before, it can already be donated to several major churches in exchange for a [Exploration Permit] in the Wild North.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel hot in his heart, when the time came, he could become a pioneer knight, and his subordinates would become his retainers or vassals, although buying slaves to reclaim land was an expense, but fortunately, the cheapest in the expeditionary force was now slaves, and if you pooled money to buy some slightly inferior slaves, you would no longer have to live such a life of licking blood.
After more than half an hour, the druid finally used a natural spell to communicate with the plant, but before the communication was over, Monrecker's face changed.
"What's wrong?" Rommons' heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked.
The druid held his face for a long time, and finally exhaled: "There is an enemy ahead...... The good news is that the target doesn't seem to be us. ”
Rommons didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly called the rangers and thieves in the team: "You two go to the front to take a look, and if there is a problem, come back immediately." ”
The two scouts nodded in response, overtaking the group very quickly, and after ten minutes or so, they rushed back again, glanced at each other, and the ranger came to report: "Captain, there is a group of kobolds besieging an adventurer in front, it looks like ...... Like the kobolds, the hunters. ”
Rommons' face darkened, these two were veterans of his team, and they would never have a problem in spying on intelligence, and immediately muttered: "Kobold's [Hunter]? How could these haunting guys be here......"
Monrecker asked, "What are the adventurers they are besieging look like?" ”
Romemons also suddenly came to his senses: "Yes, what does an adventurer look like? The one who can be chased and killed by the [Hunter] with those mongrel dogs will definitely not be a small role. ”
The ranger hesitated a little and said: "That adventurer is too fast, and we both can't see it clearly, but he is wearing a red cloak, and his speed can leave an afterimage, and his weapon seems to be a bayonet, and the two of us seem to have seen a quail next to it......"
Worthy of being an experienced old adventurer, Rommons pondered for a moment and blurted out, "Is it the vampire of [Crimson Phantom] Quill Palant?!" ”
The druid's face changed: "That one-armed evil creature? How did it end up here? ”
Rommons said in a low voice, "It seems that it was chased to this vicinity by kobolds...... It's really unlucky, it's not easy to mess with on both sides. ”
The druids agreed: "The [Hunters] must have brought with them the half-blooded dogs, who are said to be blood relatives of the sacred beasts they worship...... Although Quill lost an arm in the indigenous forces because of his arrogance, he has become even stronger after disappearing for more than half a year, and he can still survive until now with the bounty orders of the two temples of justice and wealth, which is by no means explained by luck. ”
Rommons smiled bitterly: "That's all, what should we do now?" ”
Monclair said in a deep voice: "Wait, let these two people in your team continue to keep an eye on them, whether they are close to us, or when the battle is over, they will come back to inform us, I still have two [Plant Whispers] today, as long as there is no danger, it is enough to guide us on the next path." ”
Romemons nodded in agreement, and told the ranger and the thief to continue to wait around until more than an hour later, when the two returned to report that the vampire had fled and the kobold had evacuated in other directions, allowing the team to set off again.