Chapter 11: The Gap
Also driven out were the cavalry under Caroline's command, but Scarface and the others stayed inside. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ infoYang Shou stood on the hillside, looking at the scenery in the distance with his hand on the awning, listening to the complaints of the soldiers, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly.
The Empire of Steel's lost traditions are much more than what people see.
Just like when this army was completely wiped out, it seemed to be a conspiracy of the undead on the surface, but in fact, the initiator of the conspiracy was far away in the imperial capital.
"Shut up!"
Caroline's crisp and lovely voice came, and the buzzing discussion immediately stopped, and several squad leaders wanted to say something, but when they saw the eyes of their lords, they immediately lowered their heads.
Looking over, Caroline stood straight, and her expression did not show anything unusual. Yang Shouxin said that she probably also understood Thomas's temperament, and was too lazy to get dirty with each other on these trivial matters.
As if sensing Yang Shou's gaze, Jane, who was standing beside Caroline, turned her head and happened to meet Yang Shou's eyes, and her cold eyes made Yang Shou's back cold. Yang Shou hurriedly turned his head, looked at his nose, nose, mouth, and heart, and pretended to have a calm expression.
scared Lao Tzu to death, he looks so beautiful, why are his eyes so fierce.
Yang Shou shook his head and shook off these thoughts, and exhaled out the character panel, it was rare to have free time, just to take care of the upgrade.
First of all, add the newly acquired attribute points to the Constitution, and the Constitution value will be increased to 5.4.
Then, the 1 skill point obtained from the upgrade and the 1 skill point obtained from the energy badge are added to the swordsmanship, and the cross sword level becomes 4+1 level!
Level 5 swordsmanship, you can already use the primary sword energy!
Sword Qi will appear after the swordsmanship skill reaches a certain level, and the power of the sword qi is also high and low according to the strength of the character's ability. For example, a sword master level swordsman inspires a sword qi that is no less powerful than a relic-level weapon.
Next, there's the skill you've just learned, "Durability Aura".
Durability Aura (Lv. 1+1): When activated, affects all allied members within a 5 meter radius, increasing their maximum HP by 20% and their HP recovery rate by 1.2 points/5 seconds.
Then use the newly acquired fare points to light up the feat, "Abundant Stamina: Permanently increases the maximum amount of stamina by 30%". In this way, Yang Shou's upper limit of physical strength has been directly increased from the original 40 points to 70 points!
For Yang Shou, who is seriously lacking in physical fitness, it is simply a charcoal in the snow~ In the future, there is no need to worry about panting when there are two monsters.
After processing the attributes one by one, Yang Shou browsed the character panel from beginning to end, nodded with satisfaction, and showed a confident smile: Isn't it a skeleton soldier~
Lao Tzu wants to fight ten!
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A moment later.
The tall Viscount Thomas walked out of the stone forest, Yang Shou looked over from a distance, and saw that the other party was wearing a powerful pale gold armor, and the sun was shining, which set off his handsome face even more handsome and charming.
This is the first time Yang Shou has seen Viscount Thomas since he came to this world, I have to say that this guy's appearance is modern and definitely at the level of a male model, no wonder he was sent by the imperial family to serve as a faΓ§ade.
Looking at the culprit who killed 2,000 soldiers and killed Caroline, Yang Shou subconsciously rubbed the hilt of the sword with his right hand, narrowing his eyes slightly.
In the previous life, after this guy fled back to the imperial capital, he was still alive and easy, until the Metal Empire was destroyed, and was killed by the player.
Yang Shou remembered that a female player once posted on the Internet that she should let this kind of person experience the feeling of remorse, so that he could carry thousands of lives for the rest of his life and suffer a lot.
Yang Shou's idea is the opposite.
People like Viscount Thomas represent the faces of most bureaucrats before the fall of the Empire of Steel: extremely selfish and narrow-minded, in their eyes, ordinary civilians are just a group of pigs, sheep, cattle and dogs under their rule, and the suffering of others will not leave any trace in their hearts.
Yang Shou didn't think that this kind of person would feel regret, and only by letting him go to hell as soon as possible could the thousands of loyal souls who died rest in peace.
Behind Viscount Thomas, Adjutant Liu held the Paladin's Codex with both hands, his expression could not hide his excitement, and there was a smile in the corners of his eyes.
No wonder the other party is so happy.
Players can use the Codex to learn skills, and NPCs can also inherit the residual spiritual power on the Codex to comprehend skills, both of which have the same effect, but in a different way.
Moreover, the effect of the Codex on players and NPCs is independent of each other, which means that if Viscount Thomas has enough time, he can also learn the Durability Aura from this Paladin's Codex.
The soldiers consciously gave way to a way, and Viscount Thomas showed a charming smile on his handsome face, walked straight up to Caroline, and said with a smile: "Caroline, thanks to you this time, not only repelled the undead, but also helped us get the relics of the paladin, which is indispensable." β
Caroline bowed her head slightly, and said politely, "Just doing my duty, my lord." β
"Don't be modest,"
Viscount Thomas shook his head with a smile, took the code from Adjutant Liu's hand, and handed it to Caroline with his own hands: "I have been with you for so many days, and I haven't found a chance to give you a gift, this code represents a little bit of my heart, you won't refuse this time." β
Caroline was slightly stunned, obviously not expecting Thomas to speak to her in such an ambiguous tone in front of so many people.
The people behind Viscount Thomas looked at each other, and they all smiled, and they didn't hide the smugness on their faces. Everyone knows that their adults are interested in Caroline, and if they can pick this famous flower of the empire home, their faces will also shine.
Caroline's knights brushed up on "Wow! He stood up, his face sinking like water, and although he didn't make any other movements, the anger in his eyes almost gushed out.
This Thomas, who actually wants to get involved with the lord? This guy is a well-known playboy in the imperial capital, and now he is blatantly disrespectful to Lord Caroline!
Especially Jane beside Caroline, her eyes were not as cold as usual at all, instead of a kind of indifference, Yang Shou actually felt a trace of killing intent from her!
My good boy~
However, seeing Caroline's sword eyebrows raised slightly, Yang Shou showed a gloating smile, knowing that Thomas was kicked on the stone now, don't look at Caroline's usual quietness, in fact, she is a very principled person in her heart.
Caroline paused, raised her head, and said indifferently: "Subordinates obey orders,"
Seeing the female lord taking the codex with both hands, Viscount Thomas looked pale and was about to speak, but found that Caroline had already pushed the codex back.
"There was a lot of fighting tonight, and everyone worked hard. Trouble General, give this code to the military treasury for me, exchange it for some silver coins, and distribute it to the soldiers who will fight tonight. Caroline stepped back slightly, and said without being arrogant or humble.
Viscount Thomas was slightly stunned, staring at Caroline with a calm face, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, obviously angry: "Okay, you, very good!" β
Someone in the crowd couldn't help but sneer, followed by laughter, and it was impossible to tell whether it was joy or ridicule.
The people of the pro-guard team were all angry, and the scarred face next to him seemed to think of something, and walked over and whispered a few words in Thomas's ear, and at the same time stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction where Yang Shou was.
Yang Shou habitually touched his chin, giving birth to a bad premonition.
Sure enough, Thomas glanced at Yang Shou, waved his hand, and Scarface immediately led two heavily armed guards and strode over.
Coming to Yang Shou, Scarface was triumphant, and pointed at Yang Shou's nose: "It's this person, search me!" β
Yang Shou frowned, took a step back, naturally held the hilt of the sword with his right hand, looked at the other party and said, "Body search? Why? β
"With the orders of the general, what is so much nonsense?" Seeing that Yang Shou looked fearless, Scarface was even more annoyed, and said viciously.
Yang Shou looked disdainful and shook his head: "I only know that those who break the law will be punished, but which military rule gives you the right to search the bodies of other soldiers?" Or is it that in the army, whatever a general says is more effective than the laws of the empire, and can be reckless? β
As soon as Yang Shou said this, the surroundings immediately quieted down, and everyone's eyes were focused on this recruit who was squinting slightly.
Even Caroline looked sideways in surprise, her eyes were full of surprise, and she couldn't understand why, Yang Shou's tone suddenly had such a big resentment.
"Good! Haha, even a lowly miscellaneous soldier dares to talk back in front of me? β
Viscount Thomas looked at Yang Shou coldly, and laughed angrily: "Cut him down for me!" β
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked!
Scarface couldn't wait for a long time, his face was fierce, and the other two pro-guards "Cangchangchang!" He drew his long sword and forced it towards Yang Shou.
Yang Shou didn't move, but tilted his head slightly to stare at the other party, and the thumb of his left hand pressed against the hand guard of the hilt of the sword, and used a little force.
Sword unsheathed!
In most people's hearts, no matter how unruly Yang Shou is, it is impossible to openly confront the pro-guards, especially in front of Viscount Thomas.
But Yang Shou's reaction surprised everyone secretly, not only did the momentum not fall behind, but looking at it like this, he dared to make a move with the guards?
Yang Shou just stood in place, his momentum calm, and the coldness in his eyes made Scarface and the two pro-guards feel tight.
However, Viscount Thomas had an order first, and a few people didn't have time to think about it, so they directly pulled out their weapons, and the next second the two sides were going to fight each other!
The onlookers held their breath, and some simply turned away, unable to bear to see the young soldier's blood splattered on the spot.
However, the expected screams and fights did not come.
Scarface had just raised the long sword in his hand when he suddenly felt that he was locked by a powerful aura!
This breath was close to his back, as if there was a sharp giant sword hanging around his neck, and there was a slight chill from the blade of the giant sword, which made the hairs on Scarface's neck stand on end, and he didn't dare to move.
The two guards were in the same state.
Caroline is the only one who can have this kind of strength on the scene.
"General, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to kill soldiers rashly."
Caroline's clear voice came: "It's better to wait for this transportation task to be completed, and then think about it in the long run, what do you think?" β
Caroline's expression was a little cold, and her tone of voice was not as soft as just now, and everyone said in their hearts, it seems that Lord Caroline is really angry this time, otherwise he would not have personally restrained the three of Scarface.
Caroline is usually compassionate to her subordinates and is known for caring for soldiers. Viscount Thomas poured his anger on the ordinary soldiers this time, and he was about to slash Yang Shou when he opened his mouth, which obviously angered Caroline.
Viscount Thomas's face was blue and white for a while, and in front of so many soldiers, he was taught a lesson by his lieutenant general, and his face was lost.
He wanted to speak several times, but when he thought of the strength of the girl opposite, he couldn't help but be a little jealous, and looked back at the state of the three Scarfaces, Thomas still swallowed this breath.
"You're right, forget it this time, don't take it as an example."
Thomas barely squeezed out a smile, then waved his hand and said, "Go!" β
After saying that, Thomas blushed and walked down the hill with his personal guards in stride. The three of Scarface also regained their freedom at the same time, and in just a few seconds, the three of them were already sweating like rain, their faces were pale, and they trotted behind Viscount Thomas.
Yang Shoumu saw the other party leave, shook his head and smiled disdainfully, and put his sword into the sheath.
Unfortunately, the time is not yet ripe.
Yang Shou also wanted to cut Thomas and leave this Death Canyon as soon as possible with the army, but the reality is far from that simple~
After the farce, Viscount Thomas left in a huff, and the soldiers on the hillside returned to a relaxed atmosphere.
Many people cast curious glances at Yang Shou, and many of them approvingly appreciated. After all, it's one thing to dislike Viscount Thomas, it's another to be tough with him in person.