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It was a sunny day. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There are a lot of green algae floating in the river, like greasy long green ribbons, narrow, dark green, emitting a slightly fishy tidal smell.

Marching in the lush vegetation of the wilderness, the ranks of thousands of people marched like a giant python, twisting and wriggling across the green fields. The steps of thousands of people, from near and far, converged into a rustle like the whispering of countless streams.

Zoro decided to follow the orders of Montenegrin City, more out of consideration for the situation. But in order to avoid risks, he is not eager to catch up with time. Instead, they cleared the perimeter of the Dragon Court Woodland and took the initiative to attack those skeletons with a sense of confusion and out of control.

"Kill it!" Several Purple Gold Flower soldiers surrounded a skeleton.

Looking at a skeleton up close, Sauron sighed in his heart, "Gods above, what kind of hands are these?" ”

The hand of the skeleton monster is still the image of a human hand, the knuckles are distinct, but the fingers reveal the white light of the forest, eerie and terrifying, although there are only five small white bones left, but it seems to be beating gently, the palm is also white, but it is even more terrifying, there seems to be a grinning ghost in the palm, as if it will pounce at any time.

In addition to the most common skeleton monsters, a kind of low-level demon race that is more difficult to deal with, skeleton monsters riding skeleton horses.

This so-called skeleton horse is a type of horse that resembles a skeleton. Skeleton horses are made of white bones, and have the same noise as normal horses when killed, but with a lower tone.

After experimentation, Zoro discovered that skeleton horses can be tamed, and when they act with skeletons or humans, skeleton horses are completely passive and non-aggressive. Horses make barks, which vary from species to species: ordinary horses neigh, while donkeys and mules neigh. Skeleton horses make metallic sounds.

When reminded by the Ringwraith Angmar Witch King, skeleton horses have a 'domestic' value and can be upgraded later. Zoro immediately ordered, "Gather these skeleton horses, and we will solve the problem of lack of war horses." ”

Except for Skeletrons and Skeleton Horses. In the places where the army of demons in the wild passed, there were more zombies of all kinds.

Zombies look scary, but they are sluggish and clumsy, and the only threat is that they don't feel pain or fear. A lot of times, you kill it outside of it, and the next second you die at the hands of a zombie.

Many times, they are terrifying enemies to zombies, but they are ideal "cannon fodder" for owners who can control them.

These rotting corpses were taken over by the Ringwraith, Angmar, and turned into tools to destroy other monsters.

Especially when facing hordes of skeleton monsters, zombies do not feel pain and can take a lot of damage. In addition, when dealing with water monkeys and cannibals, their festering weapons can cause atrophy to all living entities.

After all, there's nothing more disgusting for a living creature than encountering a bunch of rotting zombies. Driven by their minds, they became the servants of the Ringwraith, the stinking scavenging flesh stained with viruses and bacteria, slaying many thorny monsters along the way, sometimes even causing the cannibal to immediately feel hopeless and lose the courage to continue the fight and flee.

3,000 Purple Gold Flower Legions, and 1,000 mercenaries. It is almost all the capital of Longting Woodland. It's best to be able to avoid unnecessary losses.

In Sauron's eyes, the human physique of this world is very different from that of the human beings on Earth. One of the most significant differences is endurance and stamina, as they are able to withstand intense training and gain the most visible physical build-up day after day.

By the time he left the Dragon Court Woodlands, Zoro had already made the next step in his army expansion.

Recruit and train 300 Town Sergeants: [It only takes about a month.] The cost of training and basic weapons and leather armor add up to 500 gold coins. Town sergeants belong to the semi-professional army. The main task is to cultivate and be responsible for patrolling and guarding the town. It can also be used as cannon fodder on the battlefield when necessary. 】

Training 300 Swordsmen: [It takes 1 year.] The requirement is a successful job change, and the Black Iron profession is at least level 5. The cost of training and basic weapons and chain mail added up to 5 times that of the town guards, which is 5,000 gold coins. As an all-professional soldier, the swordsman's income in addition to the booty is mainly a monthly salary. If you add to this the cost of maintenance of weapons and equipment. Therefore, the maintenance cost of 1 brigade, which is 300 purple gold flower swordsmen, is 1,000 gold coins per month. 】

Training 300 Fighters: [It takes 2 years.] The requirement is a successful job change, and the Black Iron profession is at least level 5. The cost of training and the cost of basic weapons and plate armor add up to 10,000 gold coins. Such an expensive price is mainly due to the high requirements for shields and armor. As an all-professional soldier, the maintenance cost of 1 brigade of Purple Gold Flower Warriors is 2,000 gold coins per month. 】

Train 100 Knights: [Knight is a dual-class title. You must be physically strong, and in addition to that, you must be proficient in riding. The training time of an elite knight can be called a long 10 years. The cost of the knight's training, plus the cost of weapons, armor, mounts, and horses, requires at least 50,000 gold coins. The monthly maintenance cost is 3,000 gold coins. 】

Training Heavy Knights: [The Warrior class is at least Bronze Level 5, and their training time is unmeasurable.] Because in order to become a bronze heavy knight, in addition to acquired hard work, you also need personal talent. to be able to become a qualified heavy knight. Some people can become heavy knights in 10 years, while most people can't reach it even in 20 years. 】

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time, three days later. The Dragon Court army drove hundreds of zombies to their destination.

Ahead, there is the castle in the shade.

But Sauron had seen the blood.

Every step under his feet was blood.

There were corpses lying on the ground.

Dressed in standard armor engraved with the coat of arms of Black Mountain City, and wearing a horsehair battle helmet, at least from the looks of his face, he is no more than 30 years old.

Hit by a sledgehammer, the knight, who had fallen to the ground, suddenly woke up from the chaos. He opened his eyes and saw a young man's cheek. and an army of about 4,000 men, as well as hordes of zombies and a large number of skeleton horses that frightened him.

"It seems that you have not been attacked by the demon army." The knight looked at Sauron in amazement.

In war, people often die. Everyone would expect some scenes of and urine, but this kind of death is not too cool in any situation. Speaking of this tragic story, there are some parts of the body that can be used to do that.

Here's what happened to this knight:

On the third day after arriving at the castle of the Green Shade, when his Count General led an advance party of the Black Mountain Legion to attack the opposite side of a bridge, he declared that he would defeat the enemy on the other side of the bridge, and ordered the others to keep their eyes open and witness what courage was.

A spear skeleton hiding under the bridge stabbed his barbed spear through the plank of the bridge from the bottom up, and then poked directly into the general's chrysanthemum. The spear pierced his intestines and essentially hit him in the lower half of his body.

The knight personally witnessed that the general's screams before his death caused his brave guards to flee in panic.

"So, the Black Mountain City Legion retreated?" Zoro stared at the knight, staring at him until he got an answer.

"Yes, because the demons have already gone towards Black Mountain City. There is no need for the Black Mountain Legion to fight the demons in the wild. ”

Hearing this high-sounding answer, Zoro took a breath of cold air.

With that said, the Montenegrin Legion has abandoned the entire green shade outside of Montenegrin City.

"How's the situation at the Shaded Castle?"

The knight replied, "The castle is in ruins. All the apprentices were transferred to Montenegro. ”

Hearing the news, Zoro was relieved. Now that the members of the White Palm are safe, there is no need to go any further. Even the Black Mountain Legion of the Green Shade Castle couldn't stop the strength of the demons, and the Purple Gold Flower Legion and a group of mercenaries alone were not enough to even stuff their teeth under the mouth of the demons.

The combination of the Skeleton Warlock and the Demon Wolf a few days ago is still fresh in Zolon's memory. Without hesitation, he ordered the army to turn.

"Aren't you going to Black City?" The knight glared at Sauron in astonishment, surprised by his order.

Zoro looked at the knight and smiled, "No, we're going to head to the other side of Black Mountain, to the Shadowlands. ”

The Land of Shadows, also known as the Gate of Shadows or the Land of the Damned. Legend has it that there was a war before there were humans, and behind Montenegro was an ancient battlefield where countless creatures fell, even the gods. And the existence of Montenegro is like a natural barrier. Block the forces in the shadows and prevent them from escaping their cages and infiltrating the seashore.

Since Montenegro is able to block the power in the shadows, how did the demons escape this cage?

Anyone in the green shade knows that on weekdays, the high-level demons and low-level demons in the demon race, they are completely in a state of chaos with reason and no thoughts, taking the undead knight and the death knight as examples, if these two high-level demons meet in the wild, they will not hesitate to fight together and kill each other. And in a situation like the current one, at a certain moment, as if it had received a signal, when all the demons were united, collectively declared war on humans, and even could unite ordinary monsters like trolls, water monkeys, and cannibal women who were not demon creatures, intuition told Zoro that behind this phenomenon, there must be some or some ulterior secrets.

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Reminiscing about the game of Middle-earth in his previous life, Sauron tries to find some clues and answers in it.

And about "Middle-earth", a hyper-realistic simulation experience created by Spirit Mirror technology.

Zoro was familiar with its first three expansions, and before coming into this world, he had just heard about the release dates for the fourth and fifth expansions.

The first expansion.

It's the First Age.

【City-States and Tribes】

Overview: This is a magnificent era of contention among all ethnic groups, and it is also the formation and beginning of many civilizations.

At its peak, there were hundreds of city-states and tribes coexisting, and there were many city-state alliances and tribal alliances. Although they are different in size and race, they all share the same ambition, which is to annex and plunder to make themselves strong enough.

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The Second Age.

【Glory of the Empire】

Overview: Invasion of a mysterious race.

In the First Age before the Second Age, there was no race like Elves that combined beauty and longevity to be called a perfect race.

The origin of the elves, as powerful as their power, is mysterious and elusive. Warriors, swordsmen, warrior monks, assassins, thieves, priests, butchers, knights, summoners, mages, ...... elves have brought a complex system of professionals to this world.

The powerful elves have opened up a powerful empire called 'Starry Sky' in just ten years.

And then spend ninety years bringing war and slavery to other races. The entire Second Age can be called the age of the elves.

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The Third Age.

【The Rise of Humanity】

Overview: Testimony of miracles, the unification of the Seven Kingdoms.

There are many strange races in this world, but humans are the most good at learning and adapting to the times. They chose to submit to the Starry Sky Empire, and with humility and obedience, they exchanged the gifts of the elves, and created the most unique and suitable civilization system from the various skills of the elves.

It took two epochs for mankind to establish the most comprehensive civilization system among mankind, united by the distribution of seven kingdoms and alliance contracts.

Elven civilization has also influenced other races, but from the entire Third Age to the end of the Third Age, it should be a human era.

Humility, integrity, mercy, valor, justice, sacrifice, honor, soul! The blood of mankind will not be shed in vain, and mankind will surely overcome the prying eyes of powerful enemies, and eliminate the barriers between the five kingdoms, and finally become a powerful empire.

Echoing the Starry Sky Empire, at the end of the Third Age, the human race named the empire they opened up single-handedly - 'Sunflower'.

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The Fourth Age. 【Descent of the Gods】

Fifth Age. 【Hero's Expedition】

There is no detailed overview other than a simple name.

Even for Zoro, these two epochs are a riddle. Because he came to this world before he had time to experience these two expansions.

In fact, he didn't have to care about the answer to this riddle, and in the third expansion, which is the Third Age, maybe he didn't have to speculate about what would happen 200 years from now.

Human life is not as long as that of elves.

To Zoro a little regretful, in the spirit realm space of his previous life, the experience race he chose was an elf.

As an elf who has created many legends in the spirit realm, he may be more familiar with the Starry Sky Empire in the Third Age than with the rise of the Solaris Empire.

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