Chapter Ninety-Four: The Canyon of the Dead
Seeing this scene, Rowan came to the bottom of the cliff, released a little bit of the power of the gravity rune, and then added the power of wind magic, jumped on the cliff, occasionally supported the wall with his hand, and flew up.
Standing on the platform, Rowan found that the original place here was not small, these stones stretched out along the cliff, stretched out to be more than five meters long, forming a wide platform, and they were all continuous, along the cliff, extending to a long distance, as if a five-meter-long path came out of thin air in the half waist of the cliff, enough to stand down many people.
At this moment, on the platform, there are the corpses of rock eagles everywhere, as well as the corpses of soldiers, which are very tragic, and the surviving soldiers are sorting them out, carrying the corpses, and putting them in different categories.
Rowan also saw that some people seemed to have entered the lair of the rock eagles and were looking inside, but he had no intention of going inside.
Soon, the logistics troops arrived and moved the corpses down, while cleaning the contents of the rock eagle's lair.
The arrival of spring is a good season for the growth and development of all demons, so a lot of rock eagle eggs are cleaned up, these things are the most valuable, although the rock eagle belongs to the monster, but there is also a certain chance of being tamed as a mount for travel, so it is still a little valuable.
In this war, the second squadron lost one-fifth of its personnel, plus the wounded, the number of people lost almost a quarter, which has reached the level of wounded muscles and bones, plus they are more lucky, they have encountered large-scale demons twice in a row, and it is now dark, so they have to stay here for one night, during which the second squadron, including the Sakurayama family, was informed that they could rest for three days, and by the way, replenish personnel from the logistics personnel.
The system of the army is quite ruthless, as if it is a sophisticated system, without a certain purpose, no matter how many people die, they will have to be on top.
Rowan stayed overnight in the Rock Eagle's Nest with the army before leaving. Although the rock eagles were completely wiped out, there were also outside rock eagles who kept coming back, and after they saw that the nest was occupied, they launched an attack like crazy, but unfortunately their numbers were too small, and they were easily killed by the soldiers on duty.
After coming down the mountain to the plains, the troops were stationed on the spot and began a three-day rest, and at the same time replenished the personnel, the guards of the Sakura Mountain family were also put into the front line for the first time, and the people of the Viscount Mansion, together with the mercenary group, a total of three hundred and twenty people, all joined the front line, Daley was awarded the status of the temporary squad leader, commanding the personnel he led, which greatly boosted the morale of the Sakura Mountain family, especially after their senior warrior group destroyed a large number of demons, after achieving a large number of achievements, everyone in the Sakura Mountain family saw hope and morale。
Therefore, during the break, the personnel of the Sakura Mountain family did not lie in the tent, but carried out small physical training, cooperation, they have also seen in the past few days, in this kind of mountain warfare, how crucial cooperation is, and at the same time, they also consulted the personnel of the garrison for certain guidance, so the personnel of the Sakura Mountain family have lived quite a fulfilling three days.
As for Luo Wen, he is also actively building his own wind runes, and at the same time fiddling with materials in his own tent, he is learning the basic course of alchemists, trying to engrave runes, using the materials obtained in the past few days and the materials he has himself, learning to figure out, and in this place, he also has enough time to toss, so he is ready to try it in these days, as for the process of inscribed runes, he has long kept it in mind.
The course of enchantment is somewhat similar to the magic array, but the difference is that the strength of the energy conductive materials required by the magic array is relatively low, and the magic array is very flexible, and it can be adjusted in a small range according to the material, but it is different to enchant the weapon, he needs to carry out a strict process, and it is possible to make a mistake if he is one step short, and the engraved runes also have quite strict regulations, which must fit perfectly, otherwise it will cause damage to the weapon itself, destroy the weapon, the matching of runes and the selection of the magic array are quite important to enchantment, so it is very necessary to practice。
In fact, the easiest thing to enchant is the wooden weapon, because the wood itself has a very good magic conductivity, the properties of the material are relatively symmetrical, and the success rate of inscribed runes is quite high, but the problem is that there are too few wooden weapons in the low-level stage, and the high-level ones that can make weapons are quite cherished, so it is rare to see wooden weapons, let alone try their hands.
Of course, Rowan doesn't have a weapon to directly engrave runes, he doesn't have a weapon at hand, and only a weapon above the quality quality has such a high energy conductivity, a high-quality weapon, at least in the five digits, there is no chance at all.
So, he found another way, and that was to use the monster skin to practice.
To engrave runes on weapons, first of all, you must have a very high attainment in the discipline of materials science, such as a big sword, his material is made of fine iron, high-quality tin, copper, lead, etc., before inscribed runes, you must have enough understanding of the sword itself, materials, material ratio, manufacturing process, and so on, after figuring out these, so that you can match the runes according to them, otherwise, you can inscribe runes casually, the probability of relying on luck is too great, and the failure rate is extremely high, he is not so tyrant.
Warcraft skin is also a mixed material, tanning part of the metal into it, a little processing, even if it is a high-end energy conductive material, it can be used to practice hands, the most important thing is that his price is not expensive.
The next night, Rowan's feet were filled with all kinds of monster skins, which were all tried and tested.
He rubbed his somewhat dazed head, put away the notebook, and tried nearly a hundred times, with successes and more failures, so that he already had a certain foundation for inscribed runes, but he still couldn't reach the level of directly inscribed weapons, so now he is still just trying his hand, but he just has some experience.
The notebook was densely packed with reporters who had memorized hundreds of pages of various problems and refining parameters in the past few days, even if the magician had extremely high spiritual attributes, Rowan felt a little dizzy in his head.
The third day rests, and on the fourth day, as the team sets off to the next location.
On the way, he could see many teams resting, and they looked at the people of the second squadron of the garrison, and they all had a faint respect and ridicule, and they encountered large-scale battles twice in a row, and this luck was really bursting.
If the second squadron maintains this momentum, it is estimated that it may be broken up in the end.
Oliver habitually dragged the giant sword, walking on the side of the team, his face was gloomy, the eyes of those colleagues of the Imperial Storm Legion and the Yorkshire garrison were too much pressure on him, what kind of eyes was that, could it be that this division was the one who would die in this spring hunting operation, these people were really hateful.
But his luck is too good, every time he encounters the monster herd, almost a third of his people die, that is the brother who shares his weal and woe! Oliver's heart is dripping blood, and he sometimes wonders if it is because of the presence of a magician, which causes his luck to explode.
But it's not good for him to ask Rowan, if he really asks like this, then he will definitely become the broom and broom that everyone says, and he can believe this kind of nonsense.
He looked behind, the people of the Sakura Mountain family walked behind, the mage named Luo Wen, who was also a magic genius of this year, walked slowly on the road, as if thinking about something, the whole person seemed to be wandering out of the world. In fact, he still has some understanding of Rowan, the most powerful among the students of the Demon Court, this is not the point, but this little guy is involved in the power of the Dansen family, the city lord family, and the Thyssen family, if the city lord family really masters the Imperial Magic Regiment with that little guy named Alec in the future, then it will be difficult for the Anson family, which has always been the leader.
I don't know if his prayers have an effect, the next two advances, did not encounter any large creatures, nor did they encounter the demons living in groups, and spent six days quietly, at this time, the team of spring hunting has advanced to a distance of more than three hundred kilometers, there is a natural danger here, called the canyon of the dead.
Every time I come here, the empire will organize a wave of high-level warriors and warriors to decapitate a wave, the creatures inside are too strong, and the middle-level warriors are completely looking for death when they go in, and the imperial magic group must also participate in it, because the warrior group organized by the empire is only a feint, and they are the main force.
Because there are a group of gargoyles living here, they do not have the ability to reproduce, but their numbers have been steadily increasing, and they must go in and kill at least half of the number every year, otherwise there may be a flood of gargoyles in the next year, and they will attack humans in the mountains.
This is a crusade that has to be carried out every year for so many years, and it can only be done with the strength of the army, if it is an adventure group and a mercenary group, they will not even dare to enter it.
The name of the gargoyle is from the name of the death mage, the terrain here forms a natural magic array, which can concentrate the power of death in the air, forming a natural death place here, no creature dares to approach, there is nothing, but then a necromancer came, and a group of gargoyles were summoned here, so there is one more kind of death creature here, attacking other creatures everywhere, even the demons are no exception, and the villagers outside are even more far away, until finally the empire sent people to kill the death mage, these gargoyles do not know what is going on, and did not return to their own death space, but stationed here, and the number has not decreased at all, but has been increasing, so it needs to be cleaned up every year, otherwise it will flood and cause a large number of human casualties.
This reason is also one of the reasons why the Empire hates death mages. Death mages are powerful, but most of them are lone rangers, and they are often full of misanthropy, and they will commit heinous crimes if they are not careful, and their strength increases quickly, which is very difficult to control, so almost every organization is very annoying.
Soon, the commander of the Storm Legion came to the front line, bringing in all the high-level and above combat power, and at the same time, the Imperial Magic Regiment also came to the front, a total of thirteen intermediate magicians, and two high-level magicians, but from the outside, these magicians seem to be relatively shabby.
Rowan was naturally invited, as the most outstanding student of the Magic Guild this year, he received more eyes than others, you know, the Imperial Magic Regiment has communicated with this genius, but the result is not very satisfactory, so, but only a few people in the Imperial Magic Regiment know, some of them show appreciative looks, and some show a little hostility.
However, Rowan declined the invitation, he was in the service of Daley, not the Empire.
For a long time, the people of the Magic Guild have looked down on the Imperial Magic Troupe, and it seems that a certain relationship of disregard has been formed between the two magic organizations, as if everyone is under the same roof, and you have something to say and nothing to retreat.
However, as magicians in the same camp, they are quite friendly on the surface.
The mouth of the Valley of the Dead is a very open wilderness area, which is also radiated by the breath of death, and has become a very desolate place, except for some plants that can be suitable for the breath of death, all other kinds of plants and animals are extinct, and they are all invisible, of course, the plants that can survive in it are also good things, except for these weeds called dead grass at the door, they look like rotten leaves, but they are actually still alive.
(End of chapter)