Chapter Five: The First Spread of Wings (Part I)
Even if they walk on the verge of life and death every day, soldiers are still the people who should not ignore life the most! - Soldier King: Nameless.
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In the early morning, after a night of light rain, the soil on the ground mixed with the long-fallen leaves turned out to smell even worse than usual.
After a night of rapid travel, Nameless watched the smoke rising from the village that had not been seen for many days, and his restless heart finally calmed down.
Raising his hand to wipe the rain from his black hair, Nameless looked at the hunting tools he had brought back from the dwarven village, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
With these tools, life for the people of the village will be better in the future. Thinking so, Nameless strode towards the village that had not been seen for many days.
The neighing of horses and the shouting of the crowd reached the ears of the nameless who had just entered the village.
"The people of the village! Don't resist any longer! We are soldiers of the Dragon Kingdom! This call for recruits is to defend our country! ”
Captain Gerry Knight stood outside the village and shouted loudly, but his eyes revealed a lot of helplessness.
The nineteen knights who came with Knight Gerry were also full of depression when they looked at the village in front of them. In the past, for conscription, you only need to go to the propaganda department of the village to read the above regulations, and the old people in the village will contribute part of the strong men. Who would have thought that they would risk their lives to enter this great Khing'an Mountains, and the villagers they encountered were even tougher than the mobs that had revolted in the past.
According to the previous regulations, the knights of such villages had every right to exterminate these villages that resisted conscription on the charge of treason.
When the knights were about to do so, they sadly found that the villages in the mountains were very different from the villages around the cities of the plains.
In order to prevent the attack of wild beasts, not only have batches of fences been placed around the village, but there are also traps buried under the open space outside the fences to deal with wild beasts. One of the horsemen who was anxious to charge the knight retired early with the help of these traps.
Faced with these fences, which are even more tricky than the fences on the battlefield, and facing the mountain villagers who are a hundred times stronger than the villagers living in the villages around the city, Gerry Knight can only choose to shout in the hope of convincing the other party.
"We are not the people of the Divine Dragon Country, the soldiers of the Divine Dragon Kingdom have never protected us, and the Divine Dragon Kingdom has never given us the treatment we deserve, there are no young people in our village, you better leave!" The old village chief shouted menacingly with a hoe in his hand.
Knight Gerry didn't want to leave this hated village, but when he thought of the tight front line, he had to coerce and lure the villagers again.
"Whoever conscripts is rewarded with a gold coin! If you make meritorious service on the battlefield, you will get more rewards! Even if you sacrifice your life for the country with honor, the pension is quite high! Mr. Village Chief, don't you want to improve the living conditions of the villagers? ”
"Honorable knight, although we have never seen the world, we also know that there is only one life, and money can be earned slowly! Please go back! ”
The noses of the nineteen knights' warhorses erupted with a heavy breath, as if they had sensed that the master sitting on them had begun to gradually lose their patience.
"Mr. Village Chief, I know that it is almost impossible for us twenty knights to capture your village. But the dignity of the knight does not allow us to retreat. I believe that if we knights launch a collective charge, the village will have to pay a lot of price to end our surname, right? ”
Knight Gerry slowly drew the sword at his waist: "What's more, we still have the huge army of the Divine Dragon Kingdom behind us!" When we were killed, maybe a hundred or a thousand knights would come here. Can you still stop it? ”
How could a knight, who was respected by most people in the outside world, endure such repeated insults from the mountain people. For a while, the other knights also silently picked up their spears and made the basic preparatory actions before the knights charged.
The village chief was silent, and the strength of the twenty knights' collective charge could not help but make him jealous.
Sou......
All they heard was a swift cracking sound, and when they looked again, an arrow feather had already plunged into the dirt in front of the horse.
Knight Gerry looked at the arrow feathers that had a foot into the ground, and couldn't help but gasp.
There are many archers in the army, but the power of the arrows and feathers can be compared to the large machine crossbows, and this is the first time that the knights have seen them.
Being able to shoot so deep into the ground that you can shoot through armor can do the same. The thought kept swirling in the minds of the knights.
Death by the sword of the enemy was considered the most honorable death by most knights. Death under the feathers of arrows is the most cowardly death that most knights feel.
As soon as the knights thought of dying under the bow and arrow, they couldn't help but pull the reins of their horses and unload their preparations for the charge.
"Nameless! Nameless is back! ”
"Good boy! It's time to come back! ”
"Uncle Nameless is back! We don't have to be afraid! ”
The villagers, who were still very nervous just now, relaxed their spirits a little at this time. The timid children, who were hiding behind the adults, were no longer timid at this time, and shouted excitedly around the nameless side.
Knight Gerry looked at the nameless in the villager's mouth from a distance, and also understood that the arrow with powerful deterrent power just now was from this man who was equipped with various weapons all over his body, as if he was moving an arsenal of weapons.
With so much heavy equipment, even a sturdy horse can feel overloaded. Nameless's easy movement surprised the knights again.
"Young warriors! You have the strength to avoid bloodshed. Knight Gerry slowly pulled out the hilt of his sword, and a blade of light erupted more than three feet long from the hilt, and carefully chose the wording: "Do you want to lead the villagers against the whole country?" How many of our knights can you kill on your own? Can you fend off the Golden Knight's attacks? Can you resist the Silver Knight's dash? Will you be able to withstand the attacks of the Magi, the Magister, or even the Juggernaut? ”
The lightsaber, a special weapon known as the prehistoric magician, is a weapon that claims to be on par with the weapons forged by the dwarves, and the powerful lightsaber can easily cut through iron armor. In the eyes of civilians, the lightsaber itself represents a huge power, but the prehistoric magic guide is very difficult to study, and the power of the lightsaber that can be mass-produced at present is not much stronger than that of ordinary swords, but its special surname in terms of lightness still makes many knights favor it.
The old village chief's face was already quite ugly at this time, the old village chief, who had been to the outside world many times in his early years, naturally knew that the terrifying existence of the Demon Guide and the Sword Saint was not something that their small village could resist.
Nameless saw a hint of déjà vu flashing in his mind, and at the same time, he was inexplicably very disapproving of this lightsaber, and even the idea of this defective product being embarrassed to show off came to his mind.
Nameless didn't know the strength of the various names that Gerry said, but seeing the ugly face of the old village chief, he also knew that what Gerry was talking about was not some incompetent people.
As Gerry's words were thrown, most of the people in the village fell silent with frowns furrowed.
"Dear Mr. Knight, you have come here to recruit soldiers who want to recruit soldiers who can kill more enemies for your country. If I agree to leave here with you, I wonder if you can agree to let these villagers go. Even if you go back and talk to your boss, you can't mention that there are other villagers here. Are you acceptable to such conditions? ”
"Nameless! What are you talking about! We won't allow you to do that! ”
"That's right! There are other solutions to things! We won't allow you to do that! ”
"Nameless! Do you know what war is? That's death at any time! For the death of our loved ones, we agree! It is unacceptable to die for a Motherland that has long abandoned us! ”
Gerry listened to the words of the villagers, and felt a little blushing and feeling a little weak. The state has never cared for this village, and if it had not been for the war and the discovery of this village from the old archives, perhaps the state would still have forgotten this village.
Compared with dying at the hands of the villagers and dying on the battlefield to sacrifice their lives for the country, the knights naturally knew how to choose. Now Nameless has erected steps for them, so that they will not be charged with the shame of escaping. After discussing in private, the knights shouted in unison: "We are willing to swear by the honor of knights!" We accept your offer! ”
As for how to report back to the army, these knights have also discussed how to deal with it.
In the end, the army against the state had only a dead end, and the old village chief only planned to achieve the effect of losing the least number of villagers under the conditions negotiated by both sides.
It is naturally better for a nameless person to come forward and avoid the separation of many wives.
The old village chief sighed, opened his hands to stop the villagers' gossip, patted Nameless on the shoulder with a sad expression on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Child, we owe you too much. ”
"Without you, I might still be asleep in that iron coffin, or I might have fallen asleep." Nameless whispered, "Maybe I can find my old memories after leaving the village." Besides, there is still money to be made by joining the army, which is just enough to subsidize the consumption in the village. ”
Speaking of war, Nameless's heart once again overflowed with nausea for no reason, and his blood became excited again for no reason.
The old village chief shook his head and said bitterly in a voice that only he could hear: "You don't understand, you don't understand the cruelty and horror of war, it's the Shura Hell on earth." ”
Knight Gerry threw a bag of gold coins into the village and pulled the reins of his restless horse: "The war is tight! Young warriors, choose the right weapon from your home, and we must hurry back! ”
Removing the heavy full-body armor made by a dwarf, Nameless suddenly felt a lot lighter on himself.
The knights were all surprised to see that the black-haired young man who had shot the fatal arrow just now was so young. The black-eyed and black-haired humans on the continent are naturally inferior to the golden-haired and blue-eyed humans in terms of strength, so most of the black-eyed and black-haired humans who are engaged in martial arts will choose the aspects with relatively high skills and surnames to develop. It's the first time Gerry has seen someone like Nameless.
"Young warrior, I didn't mean to insult you. I just wanted to ask, do you mean to sell this full-body knight armor you took off? I'm willing to give up ten gold coins! A sharp-eyed knight on a warhorse could tell at a glance that the armor was of the highest quality from the hands of the dwarves.
Nameless hesitated to glance at the armor on the ground, even though he was wearing armor made of velociraptor skin, but the heavy armor was a testimony to his friendship with the dwarves.
Nameless hesitation led the knight to mistakenly think that the seller was not satisfied with the price.
"I can ...... Kindness...... Fifty gold coins! Right! Fifty gold coins! The knight gritted his teeth, as if the fifty gold coins had exhausted all his strength.
Nameless didn't know the prices outside, and didn't know the value of the gold coins themselves, so naturally they wouldn't react, but the old village chief was already dumbfounded when he heard it.
Even Knight Gerry looked at the knight bidding beside him with some surprise.
You must know that a village with gold coins outside can solve the problem of food and clothing for an ordinary person for a year. Even if the knight's salary is higher than that of ordinary people, the price of those fifty gold coins is also the knight's salary for two years.
The old village chief rushed in front of Nameless in excitement and shouted, "Fifty gold coins!" We sold! ”
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