Chapter 292: The Bloodstained Fortress (1)

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In September, the imperial capital has slowly entered the early autumn, and the wheat fields as wide as the ocean outside the city are about to enter the harvest season. Therefore, the price of bread in the imperial capital rarely began to decline gradually, of course, this did not mean anything to Chen Kai and Xuehaifeng, who hurriedly returned to the imperial capital, the only thing they wanted to do was to know the meaning of Order No. 125 of the Senate and why there was such a thing as recruiting soldiers.

It's just that Chen Kai and their return to the imperial capital was not very good, because it was close to the evening, Anderson had already left the security station, but he did not go home. According to Blood Haifeng, this is the time when Anderson is at his freeest, he will run to a tavern to drink and go to other places to have fun, in short, he will never go home before curfew.

Therefore, Chen Kai and the two of them were unsurprisingly empty, and could only wander around the entertainment area of the imperial capital in the hope of meeting the sheriff who did not go home. It's a pity that this kind of method of finding a needle in the sea is not very good, because the imperial capital is too big, excluding the oldest central city, there are more than 30 entertainment areas in the other four districts alone. There are all kinds of taverns and inns in it, and a large number of Fengyue places that make pervert players' eyes red but are forbidden by the system are opening everywhere.

Wandering on the hazy but brightly lit street at night, Chen Kai and Xuehaifeng had a feeling of returning to reality. If it weren't for the fact that the pedestrians walking around were all wearing in-game clothes, and there were other races walking by from time to time, it is estimated that no one would think that this is an illusory world.

"Brother Kai, why do you want to know so much about the order issued by the Senate," Xue Haifeng walked beside Chen Kai with a burnt leg, gnawing on the burnt leg at this hazy moment of the night, making him feel like he was back in college and had a good time eating, drinking and having fun with his little brother.

"I don't want to know the content of that order, but I want to know what happened to make the Senate issue such an order" Chen Kai's face was a little bitter, as a player, he naturally knew how attractive those equipment were to players, especially when he found that the soldiers recruited in the city were mainly players, rather than natives with higher strength than players. It was precisely because of this news that Chen Kai became more and more anxious to find Anderson to understand the situation.

"You also know the strength of those city-states, most of the cities have at least five or six thousand defenders, and the southern fortress has at least more than fifty thousand high-ranking troops stationed. This kind of force, let alone cleaning up monsters, as long as the empire is willing, it can push the border out by hundreds of kilometers, in this case, the empire lacks troops, do you believe it? Chen Kai said softly to Xuehaifeng, those numbers were recorded in the daily observations of various players, after all, the more troops guarding the city, the safer the surroundings. And the fewer guards there are to guard the city, the more time the lord will rely on the Player Knights. Therefore, in those places where the city is less guarded, the player's guild will develop faster, and the Knights will have more support from the city lord.

"You mean the Empire is deliberately recruiting players to serve as soldiers?" Xuehaifeng's brain was not stupid, and after being in the imperial capital for quite a long time, he quickly guessed something that Chen Kai wanted to say. It's just that he can't understand why Chen Kai is so worried, because even if the player becomes a soldier, it won't hurt them much, but it will become more powerful because of those equipment. Of course, this may affect Chen Kai's business, after all, a large part of Chen Kai's income now comes from the low-level alchemy equipment and various dungeon equipment they sell.

"What do you think the player can do now when he becomes a soldier?" Chen Kai pointed to a player not far away and said, according to the estimation of Blood Sea Peak, that player had just stepped into level 40, otherwise he would not have this expression of looking around when he had just entered the imperial capital.

"Although his level is good, he is a cannon fodder in the aboriginal army, etc., cannon fodder, Brother Kai, don't you say that the system recruits players to make them cannon fodder, right" Xuehaifeng looked at the player who had obviously just reached level 40, and suddenly thought of this situation in his mind, compared to the aboriginal soldiers, the player is too weak, not only is there a lot of difference in level, but more importantly, the player's own ability is also uneven. If there is an advantage for the player, it is probably the advantage of not being afraid of death and being able to resurrect after death. And it is this advantage that makes players very competent for the glorious profession of cannon fodder, after all, players who can be resurrected after death are far more useful and cost-effective than aborigines who cannot be resurrected after death.

"Yes, cannon fodder, especially compared to the soldiers on the border, now the player is estimated to not even be cannon fodder, after all, the soldiers there are at least level 70 elites," Chen Kai saw that there seemed to be a person in a tavern on the side of the road who looked very similar to Anderson, so he stepped into the inn while talking to Xuehaifeng.

"But even if it's cannon fodder, those players are probably willing to do it, after all, as long as you don't fight, you can quit the army after half a year" Xuehaifeng followed Chen Kai and stepped into the tavern, and at the same time, he saw Anderson who was holding a wine girl and laughing not far away.

"If there is no war, the empire has nothing to do, why recruit travelers as soldiers? And you have to bear so many high-ranking soldiers' armor, you say, Lord Anderson? Chen Kai made a knightly salute to Anderson very respectfully, and then frowned as the other party pulled out the corset of the groping pig hand escort wine girl.

"Ah, it's Kaichen, have you come back from your mission?" Anderson seemed to have just seen Chen Kai's face clearly, and then a strange expression appeared on his face, like a thief who had been caught. However, soon his face became calm, and he sat opposite Chen Kai in a very formal posture, but when he sat down, he still secretly reached out and touched the upright part of the wine girl.

"It seems that Senior Brother Anderson, you have not only inherited the swordsmanship of Mentor Charles, but it is estimated that even his amorous methods have also inherited" Chen Kai squinted his eyes at the distant escort girl, and then looked at Anderson sitting in front of him very seriously.

"Uh......" Anderson just wanted to reach for the rum on the table, but after hearing Chen Kai's words, his face was obviously stunned. As for the Blood Sea Peak on the side, he lowered his head and let out a sneering laugh, it was obvious that it was the first time he had seen Anderson deflated.

Ben "Okay, you two stinky boys will spoil my interest as soon as you come, say what to do with me" Anderson is worthy of being a person who has experienced the wind, his face immediately returned to normal, and he also snorted at Xuehaifeng with his face twisted.

"Didn't you hear that? I want to ask if there is going to be a war? Chen Kai beckoned to the bartender and motioned for the other party to bring some food, although they had bought some scattered food along the way, but they definitely didn't sit at the table and quietly enjoy the sweetness of the food.

“…… You guessed it? Anderson looked at Chen Kai suspiciously, and then put the rum on the table very easily and said: "I just said that this is not good, those old men think that all travelers are fools, as long as their brains are not stupid, they can see that things are not easy to take."

"I'm sorry, I don't think you're right, in fact, no less than three players have joined the army at the time we spoke," Chen Kai said a little embarrassed, after all, it was the players who were too greedy for equipment and sold themselves themselves.

“…… Those old men actually succeeded" Anderson was obviously stunned by Chen Kai's words, in his opinion, there should be many travelers who saw that the equipment was not easy to hold. However, he forgot that due to the system's purchase restrictions, very few players were able to buy blue-quality equipment, let alone such high-end sets. In addition to the overall needs of some player knights, many player knights are almost entire groups of people running to apply to join the army.

"Okay, don't mention those old men, Senior Brother Anderson told me that I'm about to go to war?" Chen Kai didn't care who those old men Anderson was talking about, in fact, he didn't have to guess to know that they must be those old nobles in the Senate. Now Chen Kai just wants to know if there is really going to be a war, and where it will happen.

"That's right, there was going to be a war, otherwise the Empire wouldn't have allowed that Hugodi clown to wander around the South. It's just that the location of the war is not the south, as you guess, but the north," Anderson gently took the ribs in front of Chen Kai, the tender calf ribs exuded a rich onion fragrance and the smell of black pepper.

"What north?" Chen Kai exclaimed a little sluggishly, he knew almost nothing about the northern part of the Hansting Empire, in fact, except for players who were born in the north, few people knew what kind of existence the northern border of the Hansting Empire was. Because the north that Anderson said was definitely not the north of the imperial capital, but the northern border of Hansting, that is, nearly a thousand kilometers away from the imperial capital. In fact, many players may not have set foot in the 200-kilometer radius of their birthplace until level 40, and most of them still wander around the main city where they were born, rather than venturing to other regions.

The most important reason that restricts these players from adventuring in other regions is the equipment problem, after all, not every player is as lucky as Chen Kai and others to have so many purple holy artifact weapons, and not every player is as lucky as Chen Kai who has accumulated a lot of wealth in the early stage. At this moment, the amount of gold coins in Chen Kai's backpack was almost not less than the sum of the gold coins of all the members of a medium-sized trade union, nor was it less than that of some ancient aristocratic families with a little less foundation. Therefore, Chen Kai can use a large amount of gold coins to buy equipment, while other players can only use guò to fight monsters and brush dungeons to update their weapons.

Of course, the top-level equipment must still come from dungeons or from missions, in fact, although gold coins can temporarily buy slightly more advanced equipment, it is certainly not possible to buy the top-level equipment. For example, the terrible Kane Zoros's execution scythe came from the copy, and it was only after Chen Kai and his life that he got it.

Therefore, this kind of behavior of sending equipment as long as you join the army and become a regular soldier can easily attract a large number of players. After all, many players only see the equipment rewards, and do not think about the danger behind them. As for the players who think of this, they will also desperately join the army to become soldiers, because these players are generally born in the Knights, and they need military merit to advance to the knighthood to obtain a fief. Whether or not a war breaks out doesn't make sense to these players. If there is a war, they may obtain military merits, and it is better than war, and after half a year, quitting the army, they can not only obtain equipment, but also acquire skills in the army. In particular, the mage's combined spells can only be learned by joining the army.

Both equipment and skills have attracted the attention of a large number of players, and now it is attracted by the high-level soldier set to immediately become the motivation for players to join the army. A large number of players began to join the nearby armies of the empire, becoming the lowest infantry or cavalry, and of course, there were also mage attendants, that is, co-mages of regular mage regiments, or co-attendant priests of priesthoods.

However, these have nothing to do with Chen Kai for the time being, what he is concerned about now is the war in the north that Anderson said, because he knows very little about the northern part of the empire, Chen Kai does not know what enemies there are in the northern part of the empire. The only thing he knew was that among the many players in Hansting, the highest-ranking ones were all from the south, but the strongest overall strength, the most average, and the most powerful overall were all in the north. Of course, it was not the north around the imperial capital, but the farther northern border cities, where the monster level was generally a little higher. Therefore, at the beginning of the game, many players in the north have had enough of the monsters in the wild.

"North? Are there enemies in the north? "Xuehaifeng thought it was strange, he had never seen Anderson mention the enemy in the north for more than a month in the imperial capital. He only knew that the northern part of the empire was very vast and vast, and it was also one of the richest regions, and most importantly, there were many ruins and various copies in the north.

"Of course there are enemies, and there are quite a few, and the most important thing is that you have seen these enemies," Anderson pointed at Chen Kai and said, but his words immediately made Chen Kai confused, because he had seen too many people, but no matter which one of them, he didn't look like an enemy.

"You don't mean that there is a demon in the north, right" Blood Sea Peak was the first to react, because he knew that the north of the empire was an endless wilderness, and there was no country in the first place, so naturally there would be no enemies of the country. Then, according to what he learned and what happened to Chen Kai and them, there was only one enemy that best matched Anderson's description. It's just that he shouted this sentence too loudly, and the people in the entire tavern looked at him in a daze.

"You idiot, do you want to be captured by the guards? Damn it, I forgot that I was the head of the guards" Anderson quickly covered Blood Haifeng's mouth, he found that half of his students were so loud at one time.

"Brother Anderson, you're not kidding, if there is a demon, why don't we travelers know?" Chen Kai felt that what Anderson said was very strange, because the player's news is far better than that of the aborigines, and if there is a demon army in a place, then the player who sees it will post the news on the Internet to get money. What is the most valuable and fastest money in the twenty-second century, the news and the news in the game. Each message can get the publisher at least 1,000 yuan, and the more accurate and up-to-date the message, the higher the value. So once there is news of the demon army, then the first person to know must be the player who sees it, not Anderson who is far away in the imperial capital.

"Because there is no traveler born in the place where these demon armies appeared, it is a new city that the empire has just opened up, and it is also a fortress castle used to occupy the vast territory of the north, but just a month ago, this fortress suddenly lost its teleportation ability, if it weren't for some information from time to time, we wouldn't have known that a demon army appeared around that fortress" Anderson took Chen Kai and they walked on the prosperous road of the imperial capital, The people around them would never believe that there were a few people not far from them talking about something that was very serious for all the people of the Hansting Empire.

"Fort St. Zela" Blood Sea Peak suddenly remembered that he had seen a new fortress on the map in Anderson's office, a huge fortress that towered between two high mountains on the northern border, and was said to have just been built. Because the area was only explored and developed, it was surrounded by primeval forests and terrifying magical beasts, and in order to take those two peaks and build a fortress, it is said that several paladins and sword masters were killed just by destroying the surrounding magical beasts.

"That's right, Fort St. Zela, I didn't expect you to have such a good memory," Anderson said as he stood at the corner of the street and said to Blood Sea Peak, but soon he disappeared into the corner of the street because even he couldn't reveal too much like Chen Kai, after all, the news was too heavy.

"Let's go, let's go back to the manor, and then let Xiao Fei and them come back from Rasmussen," Chen Kai said to Blood Sea Peak, Rasmussen is where Xu Fei and the others are staying at the moment, and it is also the city where Chen Kai and they finished swiping the copy not long ago.

"Why do you want them to come back? Do you really want to go north? Blood Sea Peak's eyes jumped suddenly, he knew how far the Saint Zela Fort was from here, if he used a carriage, it would be impossible to get there without two months, and obviously Chen Kai didn't plan to spend two months on the road. Then the only way for him is to join the army, and then wait with the other players for the empire to open the portal and teleport directly.

"Old blood, you don't know, when you fight, the speed of gaining experience is the fastest," Chen Kai said to Blood Haifeng with a smile, to be honest, he didn't know how many people there were in the demon army besieging Fort St. Kaiser, but he knew that if he wanted to enter level 50 as much as possible, it would only be possible to participate in this big battle. At the same time, his title of nobility also needs to be improved by military merit, after all, only by becoming a lord can he recruit aborigines as acolytes. Only the title of knightly squire could make those who were of the higher aboriginal professions happy to serve a traveler.

"I'm afraid that I will have a life to earn or not" Xue Haifeng was extremely worried, he was not like Chen Kai had experienced a regular war and two battles between players and monsters. For him, the most popular battle he fought was just following the back of a big guild's ass into a ruin, so without any experience of large battlefields, he felt that he might be the first to hang up.

"Don't worry, I'll cover you, it's okay" Chen Kai patted Xuehaifeng's shoulder very easily, compared to Xuehaifeng's worry, Chen Kai was no longer so worried after learning about the situation. It's just that he also needs to prepare a lot of things, after all, God knows what will happen in Fort Kaizela, and Chen Kai will only join the army if he is fully prepared.