Chapter 9 Preparation for Enlistment.
readx;?β Non-mobility boots? Barrett touched his chin, then turned his gaze to the scroll in his palm again. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info soon he found three targets that were okay.
Judging by the price, the first is the ghost servant shoes worth 6,500 gold coins.
Twice a day, the wearer can summon 1-4 spirit servants to help him. The spiritual servants are formless and mindless, like invisible servant spells. Spirit Servants return to their shoes 3 hours after they appear, and the wearer can disband one or more Servants earlier.
Additionally, once a day, the wearer can order the thralls to manifest a vortex near the shoe, which envelops the wearer, giving him a 20% chance of stealth misses when attacked for 3 minutes. Servants cannot be harmed, but a Truth Skill can ignore the misses caused by thralls. The user cannot trigger the Concealment effect when using all of the Spiritual Servants as Invisible Pawns.
Next up is the Lightning Jumping Boots worth 10,500 gold.
These black booties wrap tightly around the feet and are embellished with the lightning of the march and the wind of the wilderness. Once a day, with a single command, the wearer can transform into lightning bolts and move up to 50 feet in a straight line, returning to their original form at the end of the path.
All mobs in the path take 6-36 lightning damage, and items are affected by lightning bolt spells. If lightning strikes an object or obstacle and does not penetrate it, the wearer recovers next to the object and is in a trance for 6 seconds. Turning into a lightning movement does not trigger an opportunistic attack.
This was followed by 30,000 gold worth of Escape Boots.
These humble boots can be used once a day to allow the wearer to locate themselves in a certain location. Once the boots have located a location, with a 6-second ban on contemplation, the wearer and the items they are carrying and holding will be teleported to the location together, like an escape spell, if the location is occupied when the boots are activated, the teleportation will fail. When a location is located with the boots, the location will continue until a new location is located.
The Spiritual Servants of the Ghost Servant Shoes can provide a certain amount of labor in a non-combat state, but the masking effect provided by the vortex is of little use to Barrett, who already has the 'Flashing Technique'. In other words, the role of these shoes can only exert a general effect.
Although the lightning assault ability of the Lightning Jumping Shoes is indeed very much to Barrett's liking - even if he already has a cloak that incarnates into flames, Barrett is definitely not too many times to use this displacement ability. But the next 6 seconds of trance made him frown. That negative state has a lot of impact on Barrett's combat effectiveness, and it's a bit of a waste to use the power of the iron heart to remove this state.
As for the most expensive of the Escape Boots, the ability to teleport once a day is truly eye-catching. But this similar escape technique has a limited teleportation distance, not to mention, if you want to activate it, it takes too long, not to mention, the limit is also a bit large.
'Forget it! I'm not lacking in combat ability anymore. Servants can be summoned, and summoning servants is too low. When I think about it, Barrett feels very entangled. In the end, he gritted his teeth: "Lord Earl, I haven't been able to find a strange thing suitable for me from here for the time being. Now it seems that something as strange as a dimensional ankle bracelet or a telepathic boot might be more suitable for me. β
"Dimensional anklets? Instantaneous walking boots? How could we not have those things, it's just that they're not on this list. The Earl of Boreham glared at Barrett in annoyance. It seems that he is disgusted that he only likes such cheap strange things.
"Then if there is nothing to do, can I retire first?" After all the ups and downs of the night, Barrett really wanted to get out of the Earl's sight.
Naturally, the Earl of Boreham also saw that: "Are you kid preparing to escape?" β
"Nope! No. I just feel like I'm taking up too much of your time, Lord Earl. "On this issue, it is clear that Barrett cannot tell the truth.
Although he knew Barrett's thoughts, the Earl of Boreham did not intend to completely debunk: "Forget it! You go back first! Don't forget to come tomorrow to get your reward, and there is not much time left for you before you register, so don't forget to get down to business. β
"Please rest assured, Lord Earl. I will not leave Poitu during this time, and you can arrange for me to enlist in the army at any time. Knowing that this time he was Barrett, who couldn't escape no matter what, he chose to accept his fate when he left.
After leaving the castle, Barrett left and returned to the hotel where the players were staying, and immediately revealed the possible 'fate' of the others.
"In other words, we were all forcibly conscripted into the army this time." Although the meaning of Claudia's words was not very good, there was not the slightest dissatisfaction in her expression.
"Yes! Sooner or later, the days we've taken refuge with the Boreham family are going to be like this. It's just that I didn't expect that even you were implicated. Even though he said that, there was no apology on Rieri's face or in her tone.
Anvil touched his beard: "I personally have nothing to implicate, my clan has long worn the same pants as the Bolim family." When the war began, a large number of dwarves were bound to join the army. If I enlist in the army early, I should still be able to find a good position for myself. β
"I don't think I'm a forced conscription! If Boreham wants me to be a chaplain, he has to make a deal with the church behind me. As long as this agreement is reached, I will be regarded as a public salesman. Clematis is still very clear about his position, "And the chaplain usually has a good position in the army, even if the oil and water are not very rich, but the hiring cost is absolutely indispensable." Maybe if you win a big battle, you can make a lot of money! β
"It's a good thing that you're always so optimistic, Clematis. But I might have to warn that because of what I was in the limelight before. Boram's army may not be able to fight the Lucians in the first place. Although Barrett, who saw his companion's excited appearance, couldn't bear to splash cold water, he still chose to tell the truth because he was worried that his companion who was too far behind would have bad feelings.
The Rangers sent by Boreham before could be said to be in the limelight in the Cruze Kingdom, whether it was from the heavy damage of the champion cavalry regiment to the death of knights, or from the fall of a master tactician or even the slaughter of a hundred-armed giant. Each of them is a major event that can cause turmoil in Lucia's political scene.
These results not only represent a reward for military merit, but also bring great prestige to the Boreham Lord. It can be said that during the period of small-scale reinforcements before the full involvement, the Bolham leadership suddenly overshadowed the rest of the principality.
In this case, it is clear that no one wants Boreham to continue to play against the Lucia. So the next battle Boreham side will definitely be pressed. So far, I'm afraid that it is not only the royal family of Norhan who has this idea, but even the former allies may not be able to participate in it.
However, with the strength of Boreham, no one dares to blatantly suppress it. But the almost crippled Ranger Regiment gave them ample excuse to rebuild their mobile forces in the territory of Bolim. So in the next period of time, Boreham's army may not be able to enter the front line of the battle.
"In this way, those aboriginal officers and soldiers who are greedy for military exploits will not hate you to death Barrett." After listening to Barrett's explanation, Lalu asked with a little concern.
Barrett was not at all concerned about this: "Don't look at my actions as if they were the most conspicuous, but they may not be as good as others in terms of military prowess." What's more, there was an accident when the hundred-armed giant appeared, so I am definitely not the main reason for the deployment of the army this time. The city lord's guard is full of smart people, otherwise they would have been kicked out a long time ago. β
"That's right, you don't have much contact with ordinary soldiers. And if you want to fight, there are few people on the other side who can cause you trouble. Claudia kind of agreed with Barrett's statement.
However, Barrett shook his head: "You underestimate the impact of killing the hundred-armed giant on ordinary professionals. At least in Boreham, I'll be a hero for a short time. β
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After about 5 minutes, the cavalry's efforts finally paid off. The warrior who finally transferred the horses to another spare stable confided in himself: "I think we should have a druid who can calm the animals!" Otherwise, it will be too difficult for us to deal with the crazy war horse. β
And not long after the riders put the horses back in the stables, the next blow from Lucia's side came. Don't think that such a blow speed is slow, after all, this kind of gravity change machine is not a reciprocating steam engine before the crossing, and it can do work several times in one second.
The Heavy Catapult can sit for only 6-8 minutes before it can happen again, although this is not the only scorpion in the Western Continent, but it is also a very high level of cooperation.
The resetting of the kind of breeding catapult used in the Kingdom of Lucia alone required the joint efforts of at least 20 people. In addition, temporary piling and ammunition loading work.
This time, even if you are a skilled hand who has been trained for a long time, it will take a lot of time to complete the full set of launch preparations. If you still want to adjust the trajectory and range of the launch, then the time to calculate and adjust the counterweight at the end of the hammer will probably be much more than the normal launch preparation!
With the advantage of range brought by the superb siege equipment, the heavy catapults of the Lucia Kingdom overwhelmed the Norhan defenders in the Twin Fortress.
If the difference in strength between the two sides is not too great, it is possible for Norhan to send people to launch a surprise attack on these catapults to solve Lucia's advantage in siege equipment. But now the Twin Castles don't dare to make any moves.
At the same time, the flames of war in the Kingdom of Lucia did not only burn into the territory of the Duchy of Norhan, but also a life-and-death battle took place on the border between them and the Kingdom of Cruze. Compared to the Principality of Nohan, the fortifications on the Cruze's side were much better, making it impossible for Lucia to completely suppress them. Coupled with the fact that they were not obviously inferior in numbers, this allowed them to fight back and forth with the Lucia Front that came to attack, unlike the Twin Fortress in a one-sided situation.
Ten rounds of projection in a row, the atrium in the Twin Stone Fort can be said to be a mess. Stables, kennels, bakeries and herb gardens have all suffered varying degrees of damage. If it weren't for the limited accuracy of this catapult, at least a quarter of the attacks fell outside the walls, and the rest were mostly blocked by the walls. The destruction of the city will increase even more.
Of course, the disturbance caused by the destruction of the last three facilities was far less than that of the original stables. However, in the battles that follow, the adverse effects of their damage will gradually become apparent over time.
"It's finally coming to an end!" Knight Bred wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then his voice echoed through the corridors of the entire Twin Castle: "All parts of the city hurry up to repair. Repeat, all parts of the time to rush repair. It won't be too long between the other party's stops, and I hope everyone will complete the task at hand as soon as possible and return to the bunker. β
As Breed Knight had predicted, the bombardment interval was much longer than before. Because after such a long period of work, the time has finally come for the heavy catapults to have to carry out maintenance. Even modern artillery before the crossing was in danger of being blown up after a long period of firing and use. What's more, it is the handicraft works of this period in the Western Continent.
The first problem is the ropes that are taut and contracted to provide a great kinetic acceleration to the rod arm - these are things made of leather, hair, and animal tendons mixed with special potions.
Although the cost of these ropes is not low, they cannot withstand many tosses and turns. It can be said that ten operations of catapults are already their limit. If you continue to use it, the rope may break in the process of doing the work, and those stone bullets will not be smashed but will fall on your own head.
So when they were close to their use, the heavy catapults had to stop and change the ropes. At the same time, it is also a good time to inspect the important load-bearing areas β even the metal is tired, and the timber that makes up these catapults is of course even more tired. In order to ensure the safety of their use, and to protect these expensive catapults, this time was seriously worth it for the commander of Lucia's army.
Just when the Twin Castles were bombarded by Lucia's ears, Georgie, who was far away in Boreham's territory, was also furious: "Damn! It's already at war, why don't we allow the troops led by Boreham to reinforce the front line. (To be continued.) )