A few weak dog barks pierced the silence of the night, as if an iron curtain had been lifted, and as the barking disappeared, more sounds could be heard. The 'poof' of snowflakes falling on the ground, the neat and slight steps of the soldiers patrolling back and forth, the soft coughing of the soldiers on the watchtower, the sound of the wind blowing through the houses, and the sound of the hair of the dark whistles beating on the tiles, gently but firmly poured into the ears.

Torches could be seen burning on the city walls, illuminating a radius of twenty feet, and there was no figure in the firelight, but as soon as a figure appeared in the firelight, it would attract a raindrop of crossbows or a violent magic attack. Outside the city, the same torches appeared to be haphazardly arranged, but an area fifty feet wide at the front of the entire defensive line was slightly illuminated. And under each torch there are small magic traps, and if you pull these torches violently, the entire defense line will be awakened immediately.

In a luxurious mansion in the Iron Castle, this was originally the home of the chief of mines of the Iron Castle, but now all the original officials of the Iron Castle have been relocated to the hinterland of the Kaisen Province, and it has also become Oliver's residence. There are not many luxurious and comfortable houses built in the 'Iron Castle', which have long been divided up by the commanders of the coalition forces, and Oliver because of his strange identity, the commanders or senior generals of several other countries did not share this house with him, and Ray They could not live near Oliver, so this vast mansion can only be enjoyed by Oliver and his dozen or so guards.

Standing at the window of his study, looking down at the countless flickering lights below, Oliver fell into deep thought. He knew very well that he had set up a lot of enemies in the 'Iron Castle', whether it was Lei who was directly provoked by him, or Jerry and Gaddafi who were good friends with Lei, the three generals who led the imperial army this time had already offended him all over again. But Oliver was conceited that the price was worth it. Although he offended the three of them, at least he also let his subordinates understand that there is an irreconcilable contradiction between himself and their main general, and at this time, the person who can still take refuge in his side should be the last person who can be trusted.

Although Oliver understands that the people his master really wants to win over are Ray and Jerry, there is a shadow of a big family behind Jerry, and Jerry will never let go of the interests of the current family to his master. And Lei Mo, this nouveau riche, this wild boy who inexplicably ascended to the ranks of the top nobles of the empire, although he has no background, but he is deeply favored by Shagru, it is impossible to say that Lei will give up Shagru's trust and incomparably bright future, and let Lei obey the will of his master.

Sighing softly, Oliver reluctantly grabbed the wine bottle in his hand and took a big sip of it at the bottle. Sha Jia, who had followed his retainers since he was a child, that is, the leader of his guards, and who had the strength of the Silver Fifth Order, immediately persuaded: "Young Master, you still have to be careful of your body, and don't drink too much wine." ”

Oliver nodded perfunctorily to Sharjah, sat down on the chair by the window, and thought to himself as he watched the snowflakes fall in the dim light from the window. His family is just a typical fallen aristocratic family with few people and no big man for thousands of years. In the southern provinces, the richest provinces of the empire, there were many such families. They have an ancient reputation, and they have a glorious aura, because there is a popular saying in aristocratic circles: "A duke of twenty years is definitely no better than a baron of two hundred years." However, only these old little nobles themselves knew that the duke's position was too attractive compared to his own family's.

However, it is difficult for them to stand out. It's just a small family, and there is no powerful family martial arts, and there are no social resources that can make their children soar. As far as Oliver is concerned, his only way out is to enter the specialized academy of the empire, learn some financial management, tax management, etc., and then join a large family and become a low-level supervisor. They don't even have a domain of their own, and unless they serve the great nobles, they can't support themselves at all.

Luckily, Oliver was a very sensitive and intelligent man, and after graduating from the academy, he was recommended to a county steward with a well-known authority in his native province because of his good relationship with the faculty of the academy, and was responsible for the income of the earl's gardens and the management of those gardeners. The opportunity came because of Oliver's own desperate drilling, and after four years of hard work, he finally got close to the earl's master, the prince who had great power in the empire.

The Earl's Manor is one of the most famous hunting estates in the southern provinces, filled with ferocious beasts and graceful swans, making it a paradise for the nobles who value their lifestyle. When Prince Andrei went there to hunt, a tiger attacked him very uninterestingly. A very old routine appeared, Oliver relied on his not weak sword skills to save the noble and incomparable Prince under the mouth of the tiger, and the large piece of skin and flesh torn off his back by the tiger became the biggest guarantee for his promotion. When Prince Andrei left the hunting estate, he took with him all the tiger skins of the tigers, and Oliver from the unconscious.

Another two years of hard work, working under the Prince, you have to work extremely hard to gain appreciation. And Oliver made good use of the opportunity to fall from the sky, and in two years, he entered the prince's circle of power, although he was not the most core person, but when Oliver saw the earls and marquis kneeling respectfully in front of him, he had a dream-like feeling. And he finally successfully obtained half of the county's territory for his father, and on his family badge, the prince also added a sword symbolizing honor, although he had never been on the battlefield.

And now, His Royal Highness wants to develop his power in the army, which is why he is here. Oliver took another sip of wine, and wiped the blood-red wine with his sleeve without hesitating the aristocratic demeanor, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

It's ironic that he has worked hard for a total of ten years since the academy to get his current position, and his title is still just a small baron. But that Ray, that rude savage, that reckless man from a civilian background, in just two years, became a marquis, and the hottest marquis in the entire empire. Also, what a glorious aura he has behind him, the commander of the main army of the empire, the lieutenant general of the imperial military department, and a powerful knight himself, some people even say that he is the first knight of the empire. And his stepfather, the old immortal of an equally broken family, was actually restored to the status of the marquis of the empire because of his relationship, and also regained the wealth of their family. The 'Marquis of Copper', the monopolistic figure who controls the supply of copper mines in the Empire, what a terrible fortune that is.

Why is there such a huge disparity in people's fate? What I can't get through my hard work, the little guy who looks like he's in his early twenties at that age can easily get it?

After taking another sip of wine, Oliver said to himself, "Perhaps, I did something wrong." I shouldn't have used this kind of means, none of their subordinates dared to show me kindness. Or, that Ray still has a high reputation among the soldiers, after all, the military department has promoted him with all its might. But then I used the wrong means, for a tiger-like character like him, it is impossible to make him submit by persecution, I can only do this with Huairou's means. ”

"The Five Beast Legions of the Empire have all arrived, as well as the two legions of the Guards and the Praetorian Guard. As far as I know, Ray commanded the Dragon Legion and the Guards, Jerry commanded the Silver Wolf Legion and the Praetorian Guards, hmph, that Gaddafi actually commanded three legions... Well, there's a lot of opportunity to take advantage of it. The leaders of the Praetorian Guard, the Guards, the Jaguar Legion, and the Flying Phoenix Legion, the leaders of these four legions have either not been replenished or have been temporarily abolished, just like that cousin of Gaddafi who has been removed from the position of commander of the Flying Phoenix Legion. Hmm, if I use the leaders of these four legions as bait, how many noble generals will be willing to join me?"

Oliver looked at Sharjah and asked in a low voice, "What do you say, Sharjah? If I use, or if I can use the positions of the commanders of the four legions as bait, do you think which generals might secretly turn to me? If I can get on good terms with them, what is my hope of success?"

Sharjah, this middle-aged knight with not very strong muscles and a little vain *** raised his chin and muttered in a low voice: "Young master, according to me, if you use Huairou means to establish a good relationship with Lei and Jerry, it is even more impossible for their subordinates to defect to you." For you see, the right which His Majesty has given you is to put you in charge of the punishment and the reward, and to let you take charge of everything, and if you make a gesture of favor to Ray, the generals will feel that they will only have to obey the orders of Ray and Jerry and Gaddafi and the three of them, and they will still get the actual benefits. They don't have to take refuge in you, because you can only give them honor, but they can strip them of their rank at any time, and even send them to the special forces to die at any time... You can't manipulate the deployment of the army. ”

Sharjah's eyes flashed with a strange light, and he whispered, "However, if you stand firmly against Thunder and use the power in your hands to show your authority, the effect will be different. You have to make it clear to the generals that you have the power to distribute the positions of those four legions, and you can even make them vaguely think that if you want, you can let some of them hold much higher positions in those four legions than they do now, then you can win over a large number of generals. ”

Sharjah smiled reservedly, and Oliver's face also showed a smile: "Sounds reasonable, Sharjah, you are really my most precious treasure, come, let's have a toast together, you go to the wine cabinet and get another bottle, let's have a toast." That's right, no matter how big my power is, if I just have a good relationship with their three generals, the last four ownerless legions will sooner or later fall into the hands of their descendants, after all, there are not many people in the empire who can lead troops to fight now, and the Walts family, which is the most abundant in generals, is not the entire clan wiped out!"

"Well, after our processing, the effect is different. Although it may still be the subordinates of the three of them who are the commanders of the four legions, if we are nimble enough, we can control the generals, make them think that it is because of our relationship that they have been given this position, and make them think that if we are willing, we can depose their captains at any time, then they will have to take refuge in us. But, Sharjah, do you think that among the three of them, those people can take refuge in us? Jerry and Gaddafin's subordinates, not to mention, those people are either their family knights or small nobles who are attached to their family, and it is difficult for us to be bribed, so let's start with Ray first, how about it?"

Sharjah pulled out the oak stopper on the mouth of the bottle with his teeth, sniffed the smell of the bottle, and couldn't help but admire: "Good wine, young master, good wine." I didn't expect that the chief of the mine of a small 'Iron Castle' could have such a good wine that was at least 20 years old. Well, maybe it would be a wise choice for you to ask Your Highness to give you a mineral-rich territory in the future... Hmm, cheers. ”

Two guys from a small aristocratic background, who never paid attention to elegance in the back, collided with each other with wine bottles, and poured a sip on their heads. Sharjah licked the wine from the corner of his mouth, and after sucking the wine that had spilled on his fingers when he opened the bottle, he said with his tongue: "If you want to talk about Ray, my impression is that he is very rude and very brutal. After all, he was born as a commoner, and it is impossible to have the temperament of an aristocracy. And he doesn't pay attention to the consequences of doing things, and he dares to do things in the face of you, young master. However, it is for this reason that in the eyes of those equally rude and brutal soldiers, Ray will be their most perfect idol. ”

Sharjah poured down a small half bottle of red wine in one gulp, and after a vulgar burp, he continued: "What's more, as you said, that damn lucky boy has been vigorously promoted by the military department, which is his greatest advantage." Those ordinary soldiers treat him as a miracle, and I don't know how many ordinary soldiers are dreaming of being like him, so there is no doubt that he is supported and embraced by the soldiers. ”

Oliver shook his head repeatedly: "Oh, yes, yes, Sharjah, I'm talking about military generals, military generals, what's the use of you and me analyzing those ordinary soldiers?"

Sharjah shrugged his shoulders: "But, young master, you have to understand, for those middle and lower-level generals, because of the fanatical atmosphere of those ordinary soldiers, they are easy to assimilate, and they will be like ordinary soldiers, full of a blind worship for Lei, and this atmosphere can even affect middle and high-level generals, so we don't have to think much about generals below the deputy division commander." And the military power they can control is limited, so why waste energy to recruit them?"

"What we're looking for are the people around Ray who might be bribed by us. Those people know the details of Lei very well, and they know what Lei relied on to get into this position, and those high-ranking generals around Lei, as far as Kuhn, Meate, and Yasuo are the three division commanders, and the current division commanders, which person's family title is below the marquis? Even if they worship Lei more, they should still be a little unconvinced in their hearts, right? The differences between the nobles and commoners of the empire, young master, you should know. ”

"And, do you remember? This is what you yourself told me, young master, that His Royal Highness told you, and it is true: 'On this continent, the common people tend to go out of their way to help their friends out of righteousness and friendship. But the nobles who pay the most attention to honor and grace are the most unreliable allies on this continent, and they will betray you at any time for their own interests and the interests of their families. 'This is a wise saying, young master, this is a true wise saying. ”

Oliver's eyes lit up: "Yes, yes, His Royal Highness said so. By the way, those aristocratic generals, big aristocratic generals. Aha, then, Sharjah, you have been getting along well with their middle and lower rank generals lately, and you can tell me who among them is the best to bribe, and who is the most susceptible to the temptation of those titles and official positions? You know, with my status, I can't get along with those middle and lower rank generals, I can't get close to them. ”

Sharjah drained the rest of the wine in one go, and with Oliver's approval, the drunkard immediately took out another bottle of red wine, unplugged the oak cork on it, and drank it with great interest. He spat out a sip of wine, pondered for a moment, and said with a grin, "I already have a good candidate." According to my observations and the legends of those middle and lower-ranking generals, according to the overall strength of those generals, the importance should be ranked like this: Karubb, Rocat, Ingle, Lomat, Crete, Yasuo, Meate, Kuhn, Beamon, Godia, Groot. ”

"Karub and Rocat, Ray's subordinates are the most able to think about the overall situation, their combat effectiveness is as good as their tactics, and their minds are also very calm, but this decides that they are useless. They really don't work, because they're too calm, too wise, so our seduction only exposes ourselves. Ingle is a treacherous person, and his martial arts skills are not weak, and he has an artifact, a smart mind and strong strength, which is his greatest value. Although he can't make plans from a big picture perspective, if he is allowed to lead an army, he can inflict great damage on the enemy, and he should not be nicknamed Eagle at all, I feel that he is a vicious cobra. Lomat, the mind is as good as Ingle's, but his martial arts skills are too weak, according to the soldiers' secret legends, Lomat's martial arts may only be at the level of ordinary black iron knights, or even inferior, he relied on some dishonorable means to graduate from the Imperial Capital Military Academy. ”

"Crete, an important figure, the most powerful man under Ray, is now the one who actually controls the Guard. But it is precisely because of this that we are of no use to him for buying and seducing. His own family is a big nobleman, he is now the de facto commander of the Guards, and before he met Ray, he was just an ordinary deputy division commander, he has a sense of gratitude to Ray, and because Ray saved him in Turk Canyon, then, we can't buy him, because we can't give him the higher power and status he has now. ”

"The three sub-captains, namely Yasuo, Mees, and Kuhn, are not very hopeful, but they are worth fighting for, they were only team leaders before, and now they actually control a legion. Young master, you know, after we expanded our army, the number of people in a division and regiment was as large as that of a previous regiment. Maybe we can let their official positions go one step further, and the highest title of their family is the marquis of the imperial capital, but the duke of the imperial capital is still flying all over the sky, and a marquis should not be able to satisfy their ***. ”

"Forget it, it's too risky to buy him, and he may have let everyone know that we were buying him before we bought him, which is a very dangerous thing, and we can't do that. As for the two captains of the Ray guard, they are the knights of the Ray family, even if we can give them great benefits, it will be difficult for them to be tempted, because once the family knights are bribed by us and betray their own family masters, they will be removed from the Knight Association, and they will not be able to take risks. ”

Oliver's eyes flickered, and he said thoughtfully: "Having said all this, do you think that what we can actually buy is Ingle and Lomat? Come on, don't you know that Lomat is Ray's brother-in-law? Lomat was able to come back alive from the Teke Canyon, he was able to grow from a despised staff officer of the Tyrannical Lion Legion to the current deputy commander, and even his old immortal father was able to regain his marquis title, which is all due to Ray." If you want to say that it is still possible to buy Ingle, that guy is not a Van after all, as long as we give him enough benefits... It should work. ”

Sharjah did not dare to disobey Oliver's meaning, he smiled and said: "Speaking of which, Ingle's grasp is the greatest, because the plan he made is too vicious, he is vicious, so he should be the kind of person who is unkind." He doesn't have any affection for the Vat Empire or Ray, and it's easy for us to buy him. Although Rokat is also not a Vatican, he will judge the strength comparison between us and Ray very well, and our strength in the military will not be stronger than Ray, so Rokat is not a good object, but Ingle, there is a chance. ”

Oliver nodded slowly: "Ingle, he has already sworn allegiance to that guy Ray, what an idiot, why should he be a knight of Ray's family if he has nothing to do? But the commanders of the three divisions are very promising. They have to go through me to get the ascension, so I'll give them a little sweet bait ... Sharjah, cheers. ”

The two of them grinned and touched the wine bottle, and Oliver said to himself: "It's a pity, what does Your Highness mean, it is best for me to be able to buy Lei." But that rude guy, I don't want to deal with him, Your Highness should have other means to get Lei to take refuge in us, huh... Alright, Sharjah, let's plan a little more and see if Gaddafi and Jerry have those who we can buy... Hmm, what do you think of Jerry's current lieutenant?"

The door opened suddenly, and Andrew's personal guard for Oliver walked in nervously and handed Oliver a piece of extremely thin parchment. Oliver quickly took the parchment, glanced at it hastily, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Oh my God... ”

At night, it was pitch dark, and while Oliver was drinking and planning there, Ray was working the small flat in front of a cabin. Wearing only a pair of trousers, his naked upper body exudes steaming heat. The knotted muscles swelled up one by one, and on his body was a large, magically reinforced wooden box. Thunder roared loudly, and clouds of white heat erupted from his nostrils, like a mad bullfight. He gritted his teeth and drank, "Karubb, Beamon, one more." ”

Karub looked a little nervous, while Beamon was elated, and the two lifted a boulder, threw it high, and threw it into the wooden box. Crete next to him exclaimed: "My lord, with this piece, you are carrying tens of thousands of pounds of things, can you bear it?" Lomat, who was standing next to Crete and cutting apples with a dagger to eat, was already watching his heart flutter, and the dagger was cutting indiscriminately, almost cutting off his fingers with a knife.

Lei gasped loudly, ran briskly around the wooden house, and he snorted and said, "It's just 10,000 catties, what's the big deal." Ha, ha, ha, roar, roar, roar... You all have to follow my example, and I found that when you run with heavy loads, your fighting spirit will become very strong, and the structure of your body will increase rapidly in a short period of time. The stronger, the better, fuck, starting tomorrow, you're all training me like this. ”

Crete, Ingle, and a group of generals who were not known for their strength suddenly turned pale, but Beamon roared excitedly, bending his arms to show his thick muscles. Karubb smiled dispensably, he didn't care, his body shape was not much worse than Beamon's. Lomat's expression was wonderful, his whole body was soft on the door frame, his fingers loosened, and the dagger fell and almost pierced his footboard.

The ground trembled slightly, but it was Lei who carried tens of thousands of pounds of things around the wooden house and ran around the wooden house hundreds of times, and then jumped up again with this huge wooden box. Jumping like a frog, the muscles of his thighs bulged one by one, and his thighs, which were already the thickness of an ordinary young man's waist, swelled by half of their volume again at this moment. The muscles of the upper body are more to resist the heavy pressure brought by the boulder after jumping into the air and then landing on the ground, and the heavy pressure brought by the 10,000-pound boulder is bulging up one by one, and every muscle is contracting and expanding rapidly, as if those muscles are breathing.

Indeed, those muscles are indeed breathing, but what they breathe is the fighting spirit of the lion brand from Thunder. A trace of pure and incomparable fighting energy emanated from the lion brand and merged into Ray's muscles. The blood vessels in those muscles have also become two or three times thicker, the blood is flowing rapidly, and Lei's muscles are being greatly strengthened at every moment, and every moment is pushing Lei from a 'monster' to a 'monster' A big step forward.

Standing outside the field and watching the excitement, Li's eyes were about to pop out, she could clearly feel the more and more powerful qi on Lei's body, it was an indescribable feeling, the breath on Lei's body was not as violent as the breath of the whole body released by ordinary soldiers when they were fighting, and a trace of vague breath circulated in Lei's body, but it was such a vague breath that made Li feel that Lei's strength was increasing at a speed that could be felt. Li looked at the thunder that swelled all over her body like a kind of demonic beast called 'man-eather' in the classics, and couldn't help but purse the corners of her mouth and cursed in a low voice: "Stupid, practice like this, be careful that you can't find a girlfriend for the rest of your life." What girl would like someone who has nothing but flesh on her body?。。。 However, it seems to have nothing to do with me, in the future, when I go to the battlefield, this guy has so much meat, such a big body, just to make a shield. ”

Footsteps rang out from behind, but Lily didn't look back. As soon as I heard the sound of the muddy robe hooking, I knew which old mage had nothing to do and came to see the excitement. Sure enough, an old voice sounded: "Alas, young people nowadays always start from the external form... However, just like I told Rhine, it is impossible to make your strength reach the level of a paladin just by exercising your muscles, General Lei, even if your physical body is strong enough to absorb the power of the entire seal, you are just a 'thunder beast' general combat machine, if you want to reach the level of those paladins, you should comprehend the source of power of this nature and this world like us mages. ”

Li looked back in surprise, but the old mage had already shook his head and turned away. Li pursed her mouth and scolded in a low voice: "What is the bad old man who doesn't sleep in the middle of the night, what is he doing talking nonsense? I think Ray is very strong in his current workout, at least I think Uncle Hart and they are not Ray's opponents." Hum... ”

Lomat leaned over with a smile, squinted his eyes and asked ill-intentionedly: "Miss, how does my eldest brother exercise, why do you care so much?。。。? Hehe, you swear at my eldest brother all day long, but every night when he is exercising, you always run over and keep yelling: 'Ray, be careful, don't add too much weight.' ''Ray, be careful, there's a pit over there, be careful to twist your feet.'' ’。。。 Hehe, what the hell do you mean?"

Leigh's face changed sharply, and a heavy downpercut made Lomat's whole face turn like a bitter melon in pain, and she turned to leave.

Lei, who had just jumped into the air, heard the words of the old mage, and couldn't help but be stunned: "Comprehend the origin of the power of this nature and the world? But I'm not a magician, what's the use of comprehending those things? Is it true that a paladin is a magician? But... It seems to make sense, if I can use magic according to my current physique and energy, I must be much better than those old guys. Ray fell from the sky in a daze, but one of them did not stand firmly, and the wooden box on his shoulder on his side smashed towards his wooden house, frightening Ingle and Crete who were standing there, and Ray's poor cabin was suddenly smashed into a pile of rags.

Li heard the loud bang behind her, knew that something had happened to Ray, and couldn't help but scream in fright, and hurriedly turned around, but saw Ray standing in the middle of the field in a daze, and Lomat was squeezing his eyebrows and smiling beside him, so angry that Li grabbed a piece of snow, smashed it heavily on Lomat's head, and turned around and swept out like the wind.

Ingle approached Lomat with bad intentions, and laughed in a low voice: "Boy, how does it taste like a woman who provokes adults? Don't forget, that girl is a terrifying woman who can draw with Lord Hart and them, and among us may be able to support her for a while except for me who uses the 'God Butcher' to prevent her from approaching, Rocatt and they are not opponents, you provoke her, don't you have enough suffering?" But don't worry, from tomorrow, you can endure a little hardship every day, adults can carry 10,000 catties at a time, how about giving you 1,000 catties to carry on your body?"

Lomat's whole face was so bitter that he could scrape a layer of frost, he wiped the snow off his face, and cursed in a low voice: "Ingle, you dare to fucking make up your mind, I won't invite you to the imperial capital... 1,000 catties? The strongest soldier can only barely walk with 3,500 catties of things, and I will pant for breath when I carry 80 catties, how much do you let me carry? Damn, are you so perverted when everyone is to the eldest brother? 10,000 catties, oh my God, those orcs outside the city may not be able to do it. Big brother can use this trick to scare a group of orcs to death in the future, or will they make my big brother their beast god?"

Ingle laughed sly, and Lomat also laughed in a low voice, and the two of them laughed like a pair of adulterers. The nearby sentinels and patrols who heard the loud noise quickly rushed over, but when they saw the thunder in a daze and the wooden house smashed by a dozen boulders, they shrugged their shoulders one by one and left without saying a word.

More than a dozen soldiers directly under the military headquarters of the coalition army strode over, saw the messy wooden house, couldn't help but look at each other in shock, cautiously approached Crete, and reported in a low voice: "Deputy Legion Elder Crete, here is the latest news from the imperial capital of the Vatican Empire, you, you, you can transfer it to Lord Lei." ”

Ray's long hair fluttered in the cold wind, and before the snowflakes could fall on his body, they were evaporated by the heat on his body, and a seemingly strange air flow surrounded Ray's body, and those snowflakes could not get close to his body at all. Ray stood there, reflecting the lights nearby, his rugged, thick body not human-like at all. Where did those soldiers dare to stay longer, although they knew that Lei was usually giggling and mixing with the soldiers, but they were still frightened by the strange aura emanating from Lei's body and quickly slipped away.

Crete looked at the parchment in his hand at the dim lights nearby, and couldn't help frowning, and he muttered in a low voice: "What are you kidding, when this is the playground of the imperial capital or the royal garden?" Damn, why do you want to send us? Wouldn't it be nice to let that Oliver crumbs go?" Crete shook his head, approached Ray in a daze, and shouted in a low voice, "My lord, my lord... You, what are you doing? There is an emergency military situation. ”

With his eyes open, he woke up violently as if he was sleeping, and the strange air flow around his body suddenly disappeared. He shook his head, and said angrily: "Ah, what's the matter? What bullshit military intelligence? Aren't the criminals honest in clearing wasteland, farming, mining, and building weapons? Do they want to fight us this winter, in such a cold and freezing situation? What the fuck, that old guy just now made sense, when I was in a daze just now, I seemed to be able to feel the wind to listen to me, I feel that I can talk to those winds, why are you waking me up?"

Ray took the parchment and muttered, "However, maybe I'm confused, I'm not a magician, how can I communicate with the wind? Well, it's written ... Damn it. ”

Lei raised his head, looked at the staff who came over, spit out a heavy mouthful of phlegm on the ground, and grabbed his long hair that had grown below the shoulders because he didn't have time to clean it up, and said helplessly: " Brothers, let's pick up people, this is not a good job, such a cold day, how good it is for the brothers to rest comfortably in the barracks, but there is such a thing, but it is not a way not to do it, Gaddafi and Jerry's two bastards, they just send people to this kind of troublesome thing, why do you have to push it on my head. ”

Crete coughed and said softly, "My lord, only the identities of the three of you are qualified, but if the two of them are lazy, only you will do it." ”

Lei nodded lightly: "Okay, tell the brothers to prepare." Damn it, what if it's freezing my 'black cloud' in such cold weather? It's the strongest Thundermon, and even though it's from Bicester, it's too cold for it to stand it. What a bunch of troublesome guys, don't they know that we're fighting hard here? Isn't it like this is the Imperial Royal Garden? Crete, you sit here, count me 10,000 of the best boys, and I'll take them out. Those sinners have been making a lot of trouble lately, and a few days ago there was a group of people who almost touched the province of Kaisen, and I don't want to be surprised. ”

Kerry nodded, pulled Lomat, and walked away quickly with his adjutant. Ray scratched his hair, looked at his wooden house that had become ruins, and finally sighed, and looked at Karub with a smile: "Mentor Karubb, I'll squeeze with you tonight, just so we can discuss the next battle plan." Karub rolled his eyes, shook his head, and sighed helplessly.

In the early morning, a touch of fish belly white appeared in the eastern sky, and this precious white slowly dispersed and spread to the entire sky, so that the black sky became a little black gray, and it looked like a person's face had not been washed for more than ten years. Half-palm-sized flakes of snow fell from the sky, beating people in the face with the strength of the north wind. The ground was nearly two feet of snow, and it was impossible for the war horse to go out in such a situation, and if he wanted to travel, he would have to bother his legs. I think this is also one of the reasons why the sinners are reluctant to attack in winter, there is really no way to carry out a large-scale group charge, especially this kind of weather is simply heaven for the mutant ice mage of the water mage in the elemental mage, and the forbidden spell can be released by consuming one-fifth of the usual magic power, and the power is more than the usual forbidden spell power, the sinners are not so stupid, they are in the god-given grassland, and now they are basking in the warm sun, I don't know how comfortable it is.

Ray and they are a group of bad guys, the sinners live comfortably in the god-given grassland, and the other generals and officers are also drinking spirits and eating breakfast in the warm room, there are the generals who have a bad character and sneakily take female knights to fight can even refuel in the early morning to exercise, but Ray can only take 10,000 subordinates and a group of close generals, and walk to the hinterland of Kaisen Province with two thighs in pain.

Fortunately, the selected fighters are all elites who already have a weak fighting spirit in their bodies, and this is also a group of people who can have a fighting spirit in just over a month after the initial fighting spirit cultivation under Hart's strong request. But Rao is like this, wearing dozens of pounds of light armor, wrapped in a thick sheepskin robe, walking in more than two feet of thick snow, this is not a pleasant thing. The cold wind whistled and blew, quickly taking away the heat from the soldiers' bodies, if it weren't for the extremely strong foundations of the bodies of these 10,000 soldiers, and now they also have a weak fighting spirit to protect themselves, they would have become popsicles a long time ago.

Dressed in the newly created 'Thunder Lion', Lei walked at the front of the team and roared loudly: "Brothers, keep your chests up, fuck, those boring guys in the imperial capital will only make trouble for us, but we always have to behave energetically, and don't lose face with our dragon legion." Powerful energy emerged from Ray's body, and Ray's thighs kicked out wildly against the ground, and with each kick, large chunks of snow roared and splashed forward, and a five-foot-wide passage was swept out. Karubb, Rocat, and several other generals who were full of fighting spirit immediately walked shoulder to shoulder with Ray and began to open the way by force.

The soldiers watched the clouds of snow in front of them being blown up more than ten feet high, and they couldn't help but feel warm in their hearts, and shouted loudly: "Yes, my lord." The shouting spread far away in the snowfield, shaking the snowflakes in the sky. The floating snow was shaken away, revealing the black ground below, and the soldiers walked at a noticeable speed.

Lei was like a wild beast, with a white-gold fighting spirit on his body, his thighs kicked out violently again and again, and the powerful fighting spirit roared, and all the snow within thirty feet in front of him was often shaken into a sky full of snow by his kick, and scattered in all directions. His fists also slammed out one after another, the fist wind roared, and all the snowflakes were shaken away from afar. At first, all he could carve out was a five-foot-wide passage, but now that he was physically active, each bombardment would split a ten-foot-wide patch of snow.

The soldiers shouted in admiration, and in their opinion, the thunder shrouded in white snowflakes was simply like the legendary god of the blizzard, powerful and powerful. How could such a general not let these soldiers faithfully obey him?

Rushing forward for a hundred miles, Karub and Rokat finally stopped out of breath, today they have already played at a super level, but they have punched and kicked for a hundred miles in a row, and each time they are almost full of blows, so that the fighting energy in their bodies has been consumed to the bare bare brows. The two of them didn't say much, just stood by the side of the road, and cautiously breathed. When the fighting spirit is exhausted, if you practice in a timely and correct way, it is one of the ways to increase the fighting spirit quickly.

Ingle and Beamon looked at each other, cheered, and followed closely behind Ray, repeating what Karub and Rokat had just done. They just wondered that the two of them had exhausted their energy, but Ray didn't seem to have made any wheezing sounds, this strength was really too scary, right? The two approached Ray's side and looked at it carefully, and sure enough, Ray's face didn't even have beads of sweat, and it didn't seem to be exerting any strength. The two stuck out their tongues, completely gave up the idea of competing with Lei, and honestly started to work as road openers.

Lomat, who was walking in front of the ranks of soldiers, saw several people happily opening their way in the snow, and couldn't help but shake his head, and secretly struck with his fist void, and the punch he threw all his strength only made a dozen snowflakes falling in the air tremble. Lomat sighed, shook his head again, and muttered: "Forget it, I'm still a general with a head, and those things that speak with muscles have nothing to do with me." ”

After a day of haste, the soldiers sweated profusely and rushed into the territory of the 'Jewel' county of the province of Kaisen, which, as the name suggests, is rich in all kinds of gems, magic crystals, and so on. The entire four provinces in the northwest are the most abundant places for mine managers, just like the three principalities in the southeast before.

The soldiers gasped and slowed down, carefully used their fighting spirit to regulate their physical strength, and quickly dried up the sweat on their bodies, otherwise the cold wind blew strongly, if they caught a cold, it was a joke, although the distance on this day was farther, and the speed was faster, but they were known as the most elite group of soldiers, if they fell like this, they would definitely be mercilessly ridiculed by their companions. On the snow in front, a group of local officials who were grinning with their teeth were already standing there waiting, and a fat man who was shivering and not speaking well reluctantly walked to the front of the team, and stammered: "Big... Big... My lord, we have a room ready... House... Room, please hurry... Go and rest. ”

Ray nodded lightly, and led the soldiers to rush into a small manor nearby with the group of magistrates. The rooms of the manor could fit 2,000 people, and the rest of the soldiers lived in tents that had just been erected. The tent was filled with a warm fire, liquor and barbecue, and it was evident that the magistrates had put a lot of effort into the reception. However, Lomat, who had seen the warrant, knew that this kind of warm hospitality was largely due to the person who came from the imperial capital.

Early the next morning, Lei got up early, waved a ten-foot-tall marble beauty statue in the statue group in the manor, finished the morning exercise, had breakfast, and led the soldiers to set off. The magistrate who was left stunned looked at the statue that was worth tens of thousands of pounds: "This, is this still a person?" A white-bearded old man stammered: "But... This,That's good... Such a powerful samurai... Those damn guys, how... How can you rush in?"

So they walked on the road for three days, and at noon on the fourth day, they met with the man they were going to greet. At that time, Lei Zheng kicked a piece of snow that was ten feet in circumference, and the snow rushed out like a cannonball, and hit several horsemen fifty feet away. Thunder only cared about punching and kicking, the snowflakes had long made him unable to see things clearly, and the wind and snow in the air were heavy, where could he hear the sound of horses marching the snow, the snow blocks full of fighting spirit, very neatly smashed the seven knights off their horses, fell to the ground and hummed, and couldn't get up for a long time.

A clear command came from the cavalry team in front: "All on alert, the enemy is attacking... Who is the person in front, who has come here to find death?"

Lomat shouted loudly: "We are the special operations division directly under the Imperial Army's Crazy Dragon Legion, who are you?" Report your commander's name and unit number. ”

The tension in that voice disappeared immediately, and he said with a smile: "Is it the Imperial Army? I am Andrew, the head of the 'Brilliant' Cavalry Regiment directly under His Royal Highness Prince Andrei, and I am ordered to lead the First Division of the Cavalry Regiment to escort His Royal Highness Medusa and the Imperial Capital Condolence Group here. ”

The soldiers slowly greeted them, and the generals looked at the knights of the so-called 'glorious' cavalry regiment with a smile and a smile. Their armor and horses can indeed be said to be extremely bright, the armor made of the best magic silver exudes a bright brilliance, the snow-white camel hair cloak seems to be added with a small magic blessing, the snowflakes can't fall on it at all, there is a slender slit on the helmet above the head that drags straight to the neck, and a dense row of blood-red Elysium tail feathers make these knights look like roosters. And their war horses are all snow-white high-headed horses, with slender legs and fat bodies, typical 'honor guard' horses, not good at long-distance treks or short-distance sprints, these horses who have enjoyed all the delicious food and grass in the past are shivering pitifully in the cold wind.

And these knights belonging to the first division of the 'Radiant' Knights are tall and mighty, and they can be regarded as very tall and tall among the Vants. The upper body is a standard inverted triangle body, with uniform and beautiful muscles, straight and slender legs, and a handsome type of little white face, with that dazzling armor, the 'handsome' war horse on the surface sells very well.

Lomat muttered in a low voice: "Damn, is this the market selling fruits? Why did such a group of good-looking apples and pears run out?" Ingle and the others laughed dumbly, how did they not know what Lomat meant? The so-called selling fruits in the market is to put the best batch of fruits at the front to attract customers, and Lomat is just to make these knights look bad and useless.

Lei looked at these 'majestic and extraordinary' knights in front of him, and sighed for no reason. They move slowly, the fighting aura in their bodies is pitifully weak, where are the knights, and their movements are elegant and exaggerated, although their first division has 20,000 people, but Lei dares to bet that as long as he leads five thousand soldiers behind him, he can completely annihilate this team without much loss, it is simply a garbage cavalry regiment without any combat effectiveness.

Ray lowered his voice and whispered to Ingle: "It's a pity that the armor on their bodies, fuck, it's made of magic silver, how good the defense is, if not... I wish I had robbed them halfway. Ingle's eyes flashed, and he glanced at these majestic knights with the eyes of an old thief looking at a rookie merchant, his eyes blinking, and he didn't know what the hell he was thinking. After a while, seeing Ray walking forward, he quickly poked Lomat with his elbow and whispered a few words in his ear. Lomat chuckled under his breath and nodded slowly.

Lei stepped forward, saluted slowly to the more than 100 knights in front of him, and said loudly: "I am Lieutenant General Lei, the commander of the Imperial Dragon Legion, dare to ask where His Royal Highness the Lord of Medusa is? ”

Those knights sat arrogantly on their horses and returned a salute, and they didn't mean to get off their horses at all, and the knights who were smashed off their horses by the thunder's snow looked at Lei with fierce eyes, where did they treat him as a legion commander? 'Boom', the 10,000 elites behind Lei scolded loudly, no matter in which aspect, these knights were too rude. The 10,000 warriors lined up in a phalanx shouted in unison, and the sound of the middle air shook the knights in front of them so dizzy that they almost fell off their horses again.

A Radiant Knight, who barely possessed the strength of the Bronze Third Order, reluctantly said: "I, I am Andrew, the leader of the Radiant Knights, General Lei, what do your subordinates want to do?。。。? You, you lead the way in front of you, Your Highness is leading the noble condolence group of the imperial capital to visit the imperial army, here, here it is cold, there is no need to talk to you here... What do you think of Your Highness, she... Can she see people at will?"

Lei muttered: "It turns out that she can't see anyone." In a word, Andrew, who was so angry that he was tall and handsome, almost fell off his horse, his hand was on the hilt of his sword, but when he saw the soaring white gas coming from the ten thousand dragon soldiers in front of him, he wisely let go of his hand. Lei turned around, the scar on his face twitched a few times, and roared loudly: "Damn, boys, what is it called, can you compare with the knights of His Royal Highness the Prince? Shut up Lao Tzu, who dares to scream nonsense, go back to Lao Tzu and punish him to beat the bear and take the bear's paw to give Lao Tzu a drink... Now, one, two, three, turn around and rush back to the camp... Karubb, Rocat, Ingle, Beamon, open the way... The Berserk Dragon Legion belongs, and is guarded in a straggler line on both sides of the condolence group. ”

The soldiers obeyed Ray's order, and they formed a skirmish line in groups of five people a hundred feet away from each side of the Radiant Knights, and among the five men, two guns, two machetes, and a strong bow, the strong archers could grab the machetes and chop at any time, which was the most appropriate field cooperation for the soldiers in the wide area after they had pondered for a long time. The machete hand was on the periphery, the spearmen were on the inside, and the strong archers were in the innermost part, and after the enemy rushed in, the archers immediately changed their weapons and replenished them into the machetemen, and a typical five-man strangulation formation suddenly took shape.

Ray looked at the horses on which the knights were sitting, and said with a sneer: "Lord Andrew, your horses are not suitable for walking in the snow, for the speed of the march, you had better dismount and walk... However, anyway, with my subordinates in front of me, it is the same whether you get off your horse or not. ”

Andrew said angrily, "How can we knights dismount and fight? This is an insult to us... General Ray, the honor of our knights... ”

Lei said indifferently: "I am a Golden Fifth Order Knight, and I am also the recipient of the highest knightly medal in the empire, and I know more about the so-called knightly honor than you. This is the battlefield, and everything is aimed at the most convenient march and battle. Ray looked at Andrew, who was so angry that his little white face was twisted into a ball, shrugged his shoulders, rushed forward, and with a punch split a layer of freshly accumulated snowflakes, leading the group forward.

Andrew watched the way Ray and the others cleared the way, and finally understood why such a large piece of snow had smashed down his subordinates just now. At the same time, hearing the fist wind of those dragon generals roaring, his face changed, and he had a feeling of numbness all over his body. Who are these people, is the fighting spirit so strong that it can be used indiscriminately like this? Especially that thunder, it is simply a demonic beast, with a casual punch, there are snowflakes in front of him, and a piece of black earth of the boss suddenly appeared.

Andrew secretly gestured to the team to move forward, rode his horse to the window of a magnificent carriage, and whispered: "Your Highness, let's go... That rude guy just now, is it Marquis Lei? It's so rude, and they don't even have the slightest self-esteem of knights, what about their war horses? Knights' weapons and war horses, but knights' lives. ”

Medusa's soft and sweet voice came out softly: "Shut up, they are more like knights than you, at least they are much stronger than you, useless guys, our family's face has been disgraced to you, when people salute, you still dare to sit on the horse and salute." A group of people who don't know whether to live or die, this is the battlefield, and those generals who have resentment in their hearts can create a conflict at any time and make your death as ugly as you want. What are you doing? You're just the strength of a bronze third-order knight, and your father made it easy for you to get the gold knight's badge, hmph, do you really think you're an invincible general?"

Andrew had cold sweat on his forehead, where did he dare to talk back. Medusa whispered, "Put away your haughty faces, in the realm of your father, you are gods, but here you are nothing." I suspect that those soldiers next to me, any one of them can defeat you, don't provoke them, understand? You should know your father's temper, right?"

Andrew was so frightened that his body trembled, and hurriedly said, "The minister understands, understands... Your Highness... But I still don't understand why His Royal Highness asked you to come and comfort these soldiers in person, and isn't it too dangerous to come here now, because they could go to war with the criminals at any time. ”

Medusa laughed softly: "What do you understand? Hehe, the more dangerous it is to come to the battlefield, the better the impression left on their generals." And, according to the intelligence, now they won't clash with the sinners, who are still clearing the grasslands given by God, hehe... Do you remember the task that my father gave you? He gave you so many jewels, just to get you to know those generals well, even if you don't want to, even if you think it's an inferior person's behavior, you have to do it for me, drink and gamble, you have to do whatever those generals like to do, don't be stingy with those jewels, export them all, and lose as much as possible. Of course, you can't export it in vain, you have to let them have the shadow of my father in their hearts, it depends on your ability. ”

Medusa dropped a sentence lightly: "If you do well, my father will consider reusing you, and you will have real power in your hands at that time, and you will not be the head of such a guard knight order... You also understand that the Knights of Radiance are good-looking from our family, and the strength of any bodyguard around my father can kill hundreds of you... You have to behave, my Viscount Andrew... General Ray, please. ”

Andrew didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly rode forward. When the horse walked slowly, he couldn't see how difficult it was to walk on such frozen ground, but he was so anxious that this kind of war horse, which had no other purpose except for the façade during the ceremony, immediately made a big ugly. The horse's hooves that Andrew sat on slipped and fell to the ground in embarrassment, throwing Viscount Andrew out more than a dozen feet, and rolling on the snow for more than a dozen times, covered with snow and mud, looking so embarrassed.

The dragon soldiers did not laugh, but in the carriage of the condolence group, countless voices laughed wildly, and Andrew was so annoyed that he almost wanted to draw his sword and commit suicide. It's good now, I've lost all my face, it's really annoying.

Ray was ordered to walk to Medusa's carriage and asked angrily, "Your Highness, what is the matter?。。。 Well, you'd better order your subordinates to move faster, let their horses go faster, there are manors of wine and food prepared by the local officials and receptions forty miles ahead, and if we hurry, we will be able to reach the line in three days. In fact, the safest place is now within the defensive line, and the interior of the province has been attacked twice by small groups of criminals, who have burned down the barracks of two local private troops... To be safe, you'd better order them to hurry. ”

The sandalwood carved car window slowly opened, and Medusa's sweet face appeared in front of Lei, and she smiled softly: "General Lei, do you still know me?" Last time I invited you to dance, but unfortunately you were busy with military affairs and didn't agree, it's really my regret... I heard that General Lei fought the front line of the 'Iron Fort' and made great achievements, and the whole empire rejoiced and regarded General Lei as a new generation of war gods... This time, at the suggestion of my father, with the permission of my cousin, all the major families in the imperial capital have sent representatives to comfort the soldiers, and it is up to General Lei to protect our safety. ”

Ray looked at the sweet face in front of him, but intuitively felt that there was a cold air coming out of his heart, he was a little afraid to look at Medusa's face, he laughed and said: "Ah, this is how it should be, anyway, if the sinners dare to come out, we will kill them, this is what we should do... Your Highness, it's cold outside, so close your car window. The snow was accumulating too fast, so I went ahead and opened the way, so I could go faster. With that, Ray hurried away.

Medusa looked at Rayd's back with a slight smile on her face. She closed the window and whispered: "Hmm, such a rude nobleman, he is the only one in the empire, it's really interesting, those sons don't have this smell on him, it's really cute... That Andrew, who is really unsuccessful, actually embarrassed in front of so many people, is embarrassed to keep talking about the honor of knights, the pride of nobles, damn it, his father's face has been lost by him, hum. Medusa's face suddenly appeared with a fierce murderous intent, but almost at the same time her sweet smile was restored.

There was nothing to say along the way, except for a fifty-person sinner attack team that was discovered, Andrew volunteered to lead two thousand glorious knights to attack, but as a result, more than 300 soldiers were lost, and the sinner people fled, nothing happened along the way.

Lomat and Ingle looked at Andrew with a smile and their two thousand men besieging fifty criminals, but they were still on their backs, laughing so much that they almost laughed out loud, they had no intention of bringing people up to help. Prince Andrei's Glorious Knights has since become a big joke in front of the nobles of the entire imperial capital, a big joke of two thousand people beating fifty people, and being successfully escaped by others, and leaving more than two hundred corpses by themselves...

Medusa was so angry that her face turned blue, but in front of everyone, she still smiled, and comforted Andrew, who was kicked and almost broke his thigh.

The rough Beamon blinked his eyes and whispered: "This girl is not bad, compared to those noble ladies who turn their faces and kill people at every turn, this girl is simply the best." Looks like she's interested in adults.,Hahahaha.。。。 ”

Except for the ill-intentioned Lomat, none of the other generals echoed Beamon's opinion. The road passed in the strange trick of Beamon and Lomat, how to match Ray and Medusa, Ray was so angry that his face turned black, but Beamon was his beloved general, and he understood that Beamon was a pure old man who didn't understand anything, and the Lomat who deliberately spoofed himself was his own righteous brother, how could he blame him?

At noon on the seventh day after their departure, His Royal Highness the Lord of Medusa, the condolence group of 2,500 people and 72 people of the noble family of the imperial capital, and the 20,000 people of the Glorious Knights of His Royal Highness Prince Andrei finally rushed to the front line of the 'Iron Castle'...

The major legions each sent 5,000 elites, and the commanders of various countries sent their own brigades of guards and knights to solemnly welcome the arrival of His Royal Highness the county lord thirty miles away from the city, especially the young nobles of the commanders of various countries, who were dressed up in fancy clothes, not at all like they were on the battlefield, but attending the royal night ball. That kind of dedication and diligence made Lei and the others dumbfounded, and they didn't understand what kind of madness these allied generals who were quite sober when they made battle plans in the past.

The only sober people are probably Jerry and Lomat, Jerry sighed in a low voice: "Isn't it just a vacancy for the commanders of a few legions? These big families, is it necessary to come to the front line in such a hurry to form a gang? Alas, this is a battlefield, not a social salon in the imperial capital." If those sinners come out to make trouble, I will see where you will flee. ”

Lomat smiled cheaply: "Jerry, no matter what he has, I think there are at least three hundred beautiful noble ladies among those aristocratic representatives, although the highest is only the daughter of the earl or the baroness, but what, are you interested in hooking up with a few?"

Jerry laughed yin: "Just go, send it to the door, don't cheap the bastards of those countries, the fat water doesn't flow into the fields of outsiders... ”

With the arrival of Medusa, the 'Iron Castle' defense line is completely lively.