Chapter 201: Preparation (1st Update)
The guys present are of different sizes, but there are a few groups of people who can be said to know the general idea by looking at the appearance.
Some people disdain, some snicker, and some secretly boost their confidence.
The convener gently stepped out of the way, and a mysterious priestess in a veil stepped forward and pulled her cloak open, revealing the mark of the robe beneath the cloak, the skull entwined in purple-black light, the emblem of Ciric.
Clearing her throat, the priestess said aloud, "My lord's great dark sun and Raven's hatred must not be said more. What I want to say is that our lord is about to return, and I will personally punish Raven, a hypocrite, a despicable whistleblower who ignores the majesty of my lord, with the most painful and cruel sanctions! ”
A commotion erupted in the conference room.
"This summoning is to give you a chance for revenge. Now, with your intelligence and strength, our Lord will make the best arrangements for you. Write down on a piece of paper what you can offer, as well as contact details, and you're good to go. ”
There are doubts, there are hesitations, and there are fanatical guys who can't wait to write on paper. Soon, a thick stack of parchment was piled up in front of the priestess.
Eyes quickly scanned the parchment, and the priestess smiled contentedly, "Very well, for the sake of covert action, I will not say your tasks here. You will be contacted shortly by someone marked below. With that, she asked the bald hair to give each of the delegates in the room an envelope sealed with fire paint.
The mysterious meeting in the abandoned house was brief, and after everyone dispersed, the crypt returned to a graveyard-like silence.
After one of the participants made sure that there was no stalker behind them, a male servant eagerly asked the hostess, "Venerable my lord, is it really necessary for us to join the alliance of the dark sun?" ”
With a slight wave, the black burqa suddenly turned into countless small bats, flying into the air, and the hostess revealed a mysterious and bewitching face, the contours of her face did not change, but the whole person seemed to have a great change in temperament. She is the last of the only Four Heavenly Kings of Turmoil who has not been in contact with Raven after the tournament - Jessica Franceia, the Duchess of Blood.
"Join? Perhaps. Jessica's eyes wandered, and Jessica didn't know what she was thinking.
"Do you need to hesitate? That Raven could spoil your plans at any time. We...... Ahh
"Long-winded!" Lightly slammed his five fingers into the servant's body, and in less than five seconds, the male servant had turned into a puddle of blood, all of which had been compressed and condensed into a thumb-sized, ruby-like thing under the manipulation of the mysterious power. Suspended in mid-air.
The two fingers of her left hand twisted up the 'ruby', and Jessica took a bite and immediately came out.
"Sure enough, you don't taste good, my dear Donner." Turn your head and look south. Over there was the direction of Colliance: "I want to, I want to taste you, my little Raven handsome." ”
The plans of the priests of the dark sun are not known to outsiders.
Raven, who had returned to the royal city of Corianpais, was now dazed.
It wasn't until now that he realized that there were some things he took for granted. In his vision, defending the 500-square-kilometer Floating Island 9 would require a powerful god god, or a medium god with one or two weak powers.
In terms of combat power, Raven has been working hard in that direction. However, Raven, who had been an assassin for a long time in his previous life, overlooked one thing, the gods were canonized because of their faith. It is necessary to maintain a certain number of believers for the gods to be able to fight.
Not to mention the later migration of believers, just to form a pioneer legion of pioneer knights, the manpower and material resources required were enough to make Raven die of sorrow.
It is not enough to have money and strong people, but it is also necessary to organize a large number of middle and lower combat forces to eliminate the enemy's middle and low combat forces, and this involves a large number of logistical supply problems.
Speaking of thugs, there is really no shortage of Raven's subordinates, but the management talents directly under him, Raven suddenly found that he didn't have any of them.
The result?
Queen Effie gave Raven a fierce look. Sighing helplessly, he left behind his busy state affairs, and even used his power to privately order the Ministry of Finance of the Royal Family of Golian Pais to help Raven calculate, mobilize food and other materials, and launch foreign procurement.
Unbeknownst to Raven, Karin had such a conversation with Shine's avatar.
"Shanny. God, I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm going to suspend Feng Wu Zhanji's studies and go back to help my brother. ”
"Oh? I thought you'd go back until you reached the Legendary level. ”
"I originally thought the same way, but if I don't stay by my brother's side, my brother will be snatched away by some sassy fox and stupid squirrel!" Talking and talking. Karin's momentum changed suddenly.
"Ahh Shannie yawned gracefully.
"That's you! Shannie is a god-" Karin immediately exploded like a little animal, gritting her teeth: "I respect you so much, I aim to be the perfect sexy woman with you, but you take the lead in robbing my brother in turn!" If my strength does not come from your gifts, I will fight you in a duel, whoever you are! ”
"Little Karin, don't get excited, didn't I kiss Raven just because I was excited." Shanny's slender and boneless hand gently touched Karin's head.
Karin's muscles tensed all over her body, and her eyes threw a divine light like a sword: "Layla told me, you kissed my brother more than once!" You repeat offender! ”
"Ahhh Is it? I forgot! Shanny held Karin's face and grinned and spat Karin on the cheek.
"You, you, you......"
Shanni's eyes rolled, and the smile on her face was still bright: "Okay, I promise that I will ** before kissing Raven in the future, so that he can accept me physically and mentally before kissing him." ”
"And next time?!" Karin has the heart to kill the gods.
Shanny's index finger gently slid over her fiery red lips: "No way, everyone loves a good man, I can't control myself......"
"You-"
Just as Karin's anger was about to reach its peak, Shanny suddenly hugged Karin and said in Karin's ear, "Otherwise, I promise to make a small agreement with you?" With that, he whispered a proposal that Karin hated and couldn't accept anymore.
Karin only felt that she was being deeply teased by Shanny.
However, after much consideration, she agreed to this hateful treaty that she still felt was a 'loss of power and humiliation of the country' even after many years.
Raven didn't know all this.
He was only pleased to learn that Karin was going to help him with all her might.
"You're doing everything you can to help me? What about your studies? Didn't you promise Sunny to practice for a year? ”
"I've consulted with Shanny. The gods are willing to open a small dimensional space for me every day, arrange for a mentor to help me continue to complete various courses, and join the captured monsters for me to practice. Also, I can bring eight students to officially announce that they have joined you. They also enjoy the same cultivation arrangement. ”
"Huh!?"
"Rest assured, we all have a basic education in housekeeping, and we can do the ordinary paperwork."
"Ah, that's great!" Raven, who had already been overwhelmed by all kinds of trivial things, was really overjoyed. Unable to control himself for a while, he hugged Karin's body and took a few smacks on Karin's blown-up face.
Karin's reaction made Raven a little confused, if it was before, it is estimated that she would have been feverishly entangled. But Karin seems to be a little unhappy?
Raven suddenly realized that it was true that Shanni was in the good camp, but the freewheeling Shani was not a benevolent person: "Isn't it, what price does Shuni want you to pay?" Raven asked tentatively.
"Humph! You're the one who pays the bills. Rest assured, you won't be short of meat! With that, Fei gave Raven a hygienic look, and Karin left in a huff.
Depend on! What did Karin promise to Shanny?
Raven's curiosity exploded. He just had to hold himself back. Because there's so much to do.
On the main road of the South Gate, not far from the city of King Colepas, a huge new camp was erected, covering several square kilometers, which was a special recruiting ground for the Pioneer Corps.
Due to the news of the victory of the Seven Empires' martial arts competition, Raven has been helping the bards of the Qian Kingdom and surrounding countries to promote and warm up, and under the strong advertising effect, there have been enthusiastic crowds in various parts of the kingdom before the official recruitment has begun.
Especially in the area south of Coleopis that has been ravaged by both the Orc Legion and the Pavon Army, the attitude of the applicants can be described as fanatical.
Groups of red-eyed men shouted things such as "No money, no name, give me a piece of bread and a knife, even if I am cannon fodder, I am willing!" The revenge slogan, to join the pioneer legion.
For this group of people, Collianpais was entangled before.
The weakening of the kingdom has made it impossible for the kingdom to launch a counterattack against the orcs, nor to respond to these revenge intentions. With finances on the verge of collapse, it is not even possible to allocate enough funds to rebuild the Southern Territories. The surviving southern lords were like beggars, blocking the gate of the palace every day, crying this and begging that.
Now that Raven has formed a pioneering army, it is undoubtedly helping Golian Pais to lighten his burden.
Raven waved his hand and took it all.
He also announced a policy that anyone who joined the pioneer legion, as long as he did not desert, whether he survived or died in battle, once the pioneer was successful, his family would be given a field of at least ten acres according to military merit.
As soon as the decree was issued, there was another frenzy of registration, and in just three days, the number of soldiers in the southern region alone exceeded 2,000, while the number of new believers from the neighboring countries and Laila who had arrived from Mosha combined reached a terrifying 6,000. This number has continued to increase dramatically over time.
"Your Highness, with all due respect, these people are farmers, even if they are given armor and weapons, they are still farmers in their bones. It's impossible for you to get these people up to par with the orcs in a month. "The Knights of Barron from the Mosha Royal Infantry Regiment and Sir Karl from the Darsnel Swordsmen Regiment replied.
It is certain that the two of them are not right, and on this matter, their opinions are rarely unanimous, and they both think that Raven is crazy.
In their imagination, even if Raven really wanted to use these farmer-born guys, he would have to train for at least half a year. Even if they are trained for half a year, these people will only be recruits in the true sense of the word. Maybe their morale and discipline will be good, but it would be quite cruel for a recruit who had never seen blood to fight against the elite of the orcs.
Raven smiled, "Now, it's time to witness the miracle." (To be continued.) )