Chapter 19: The Natives of Another World Are Too Weak (Part I)

A small cavalry team was galloping on horses in the vast and empty grassland. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoEvery knight on this team looks muscular and burly. Among them was a particularly striking man, in his mid-thirties, with visible wrinkles on his sun-soaked face. His short black hair was neatly trimmed, and his black eyes were like a sword.

There is no adjective more suitable for him than "robust." Even wearing a cuirassa, the strong muscles on the man's body could be easily seen.

He's the li. The strongest warrior in the kingdom of Jestijah and the proud warrior captain of the royal family, Gejief. Storonov.

It is also one of the top human forces in this world, and is known as the strongest warrior on the ground!

At this time, Gurdjieff was leading his direct royal guards and was ordered to hunt down the "suspected Bahas Imperial knights" who were rumored to be haunting the area. The reason why the warrior commander Gurdjief led his troops from the royal capital to the southeastern border of the kingdom to fight, instead of from the fortress city of Ye. The reason why Lantil moved troops nearby was because the noble courtiers of the royal capital claimed that the imperial knights who had been trained since childhood were well-equipped and skilled in martial arts, and were by no means comparable to the peasant soldiers who were temporarily conscripted at the border posts. Only by dispatching the royal guard, the kingdom's only elite standing army, can it compete with the knights of the Bahas Empire.

At first glance, this statement sounds reasonable, but almost from the beginning of the army, Gurdjieff felt a certain strong sense of conspiracy.

First of all, when he set out from the royal capital, Gurdjieff was going to bring a full set of kingdom treasures - that was the li. A series of "strategic-level weapons" that have been passed down from generation to generation in the Kingdom of Jestijah are reserved for the use of the strongest warriors directly under the royal family: including the [Vitality Gauntlet] that keeps the user from getting tired; An indestructible talisman that provides continuous healing to the user; Made of the strongest known metal "Steel", the [Guardian Armor] that allows people to avoid a fatal blow; A magic sword [Razor Blade] that has been magically tempered in pursuit of sharpness, and even armor can be easily sliced like cream......

Ever since he won the Imperial Tournament and was promoted to the rank of Warrior Commander of the Kingdom, according to the country's tradition, these treasures have become Gerjieff's equipment: after all, the strongest equipment can only be used on the strongest warriors to be most effective.

Equipped with these treasures, Captain Gurdjief is confident that he can fight the entire human world without being beaten!

However, unexpectedly, the person in charge of managing these treasures pushed Gerjeff back on the grounds that "there is no need to use the country's heavy treasures due to border conflicts". Even if the king came in person, it didn't work, but he was reprimanded by the nobles who rushed to hear the news, and he was very disgraced.

In other countries, if a king is ordered not to leave the capital, it is sad enough. And in the present. In the kingdom of Yestij, the royal power has weakened to the point that he can't even control his own court. So much so that the king could not open his treasury, and the princess's maids did not obey the call, which is not worth wondering about...... In fact, it is a miracle that the royal family of this country is still alive until now.

Next, on the way from the royal capital to the border, the shadow in Gejief's heart became even heavier: the royal decree to recruit auxiliaries and people to the villages and towns along the way was directly ignored by all the local nobles, so that he could only fight alone with a mere fifty or so people; The front foot just came to the fortress city of the border. Lantier, the sad news of the bloodbath in the suburban village came from the back foot, in addition to the survivors crying blood for help, and the magistrate pressuring...... Although he did not know how many enemies there were or where they were, he was forced to go out of the city to conquer under great pressure.

After all, Gurdjief was ordered to come to the border to defend against the enemy, and regardless of victory or defeat, he had to at least find the enemy to fight and make some gains, so that he could barely explain. Otherwise, even if he returns to the royal capital, he will be infamous for cowardice and avoiding war, and he will even be in danger of being deposed and imprisoned.

Moreover, the fortress city yes. Lantil was the king's few remaining direct domains, and it was the king's natural duty to protect the surrounding villages. If Gordjieff's royal guards are not dutiful enough, then the aristocratic faction will definitely take the opportunity to heckle and further weaken the already shaky royal power.

No matter from which point of view, Ge Jeff, who is a hardcore royalist, cannot choose to protect himself in this situation.

After leaving the city, Gurdjieff saw all the remains of the burned, scorched village in the air, filled with the stench of burnt and bloody, and many miserable survivors, who never saw the location of their killers.

Next, Gerjief, who has always been warm-hearted, had to divide his already thin team to escort the survivors of these suburban villages back to the relative safety of the fortress city...... Thus further reducing the number of troops under his command. But at this point, he didn't care.

If you really encounter a trap that you can't get through, it's also a good thing that your loyal subordinates who have followed you for many years can survive a few more.

As a good old man with a conscience, Captain Gurdjief didn't want too many of his subordinates to follow him into the trap.

“…… The village in front of it...... It's called Karn Village, right? Let's go over there and take a look! I hope I don't get up in the air again! ”

Watching his lieutenant lead some of the cavalry, escorting the survivors found along the way back to the fortress city, Gurdjieff pulled out a map, studied it on horseback for a while, and then announced to the remaining soldiers, "...... Hurry up and go! Otherwise we'll have to camp tonight! ”

However, not long after Gerjeff and his party left for the village of Karn, a number of heavily armed figures appeared on the meadow, which was red by the setting sun. Everyone wore expensive soft armor made of special metal, and they held all kinds of priceless magic weapons in their hands, and even the backpack and cloak on their shoulders exuded a magical aura. One glance tells them that they are no ordinary mercenaries, travelers, or adventurers.

In terms of the common sense of this world, only by exhausting the financial resources and heritage of a powerful country can such an extraordinarily luxurious armed force be created.

“…… It's still a step too late! Let this guy Gerjeff escape again! But it's not our fault, it's really inexperienced! ”

A man who looked like a commander looked down at the horse manure and horseshoe prints left on the ground, and sighed in disappointment, "...... Unexpectedly, let's let a death squad like the 'Sunshine Sacred Scripture', which is good at frontal assault, come to the guest assassin to engage in tracking and assassination! This time it was really embarrassing! ”

After complaining a few words, the man raised his head again, and looked in the direction of Gergerph's group with sharp eyes, as if he could faintly see the smoke and dust rising at the end of the horizon, "...... However, now that he has caught Gurdjieff by the tail, he will never be able to run far......"

Then, he turned around and gestured to his subordinates, "...... Catch up! Let's finish the assassination with the assassination target ahead! ”

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On the other side, on the barn in the center of Karn Village, the Lich King Anz, who relied on gloves and masks to disguise himself as a human magician, also led several loyal guild NPC subordinates and a group of full-level cats thugs, armed with the most powerful guild weapon in the Nasalik Great Tomb, the "Staff of Anzulgong", and several villagers armed with scythes and clubs, who came out bravely, and looked curiously at the strange cavalry that appeared one after another near the entrance of the village. Seeing these twenty or so people driving their war horses into the middle of the village in a neat row, there didn't seem to be much hostility.

“…… Tsk, that's so sour! Where did this bandit come from? ”

After seeing the appearance of the comer, the Lich King Ainz couldn't help but muttered under his breath - because the group of cavalry that entered the village square in the evening were all riding decent horses, but their equipment was extremely disheveled. A few wore sheet metal and chain mail, most only leather armor, and some even wore only a cloth suit. Each of them used different weapons, ranging from one-handed hammers to bows and arrows, and they did not look like they were uniformly armed at all, not at all like regular troops, but more like bandits and bandits who ran out of some stockade.

On the contrary, the knights who attacked and prepared to slaughter the village in the morning were all dressed in uniform metal plate armor and bucket helmets, wrapped from head to toe like a tin can, and even the long swords were of uniform specifications, which looked like the regular army of the country.

However, after only a few moments, Ainz realized that his guess seemed completely wrong. Well, what a big mistake!

- Immediately after, the team stopped a dozen paces away, and a sturdy captain rode out and spoke with great vigour: "...... Am I? Captain Gerdjief, the warrior of the kingdom of Jestijah? Storonov. On the orders of the king, in order to recruit enemy knights who were causing rebellion in the vicinity, he patrolled the villages along this section of the border. This old gentleman, you are the village chief here. Can you tell me who the person next to me is? ”

A calm and calm voice sounded in the square, making people unconsciously trust the truth of the other party's words.

On the other side, the villagers who heard this immediately became noisy. Obviously, this warrior chief should be an unusually famous guy.

“…… Warrior of the kingdom ...... According to the merchants, this man used to be the strongest man on earth at the king's royal jousting tournaments! At present, he is in charge of commanding the elite soldiers directly under the king, that is, the prefect of the Praetorian Guard who guards the palace......"

As the village chief stepped forward to speak to the man across from him, who claimed to be the warrior chief, another villager whispered to Ainz as well.

Ainz quickly grasped the contradiction between the message revealed in the above words and the scene in front of him:

The dignified royal guards, but dressed like bandits and bandits. Even the armor and swords of the Warrior Chief, who was the first general of the royal family, were not as good as the standard equipment of the invading enemy army in the morning, which in itself speaks for a lot - either the country as a whole is extremely poor, and even the most elite soldiers have only such tattered miscellaneous ordnance at their disposal; Either the royal family in this country is extremely sloppy and cannot provide superior equipment to the immediate guards. The third possibility is that the other party deliberately disguised his identity and deliberately dressed up very downward; The fourth possibility is that the other party is purely an impostor and fraudster, and another possibility is that the country values civility over military force, and the status of soldiers is as low as slaves, so they naturally cannot get good equipment.

However, given that the world resembles the wars and turmoil of medieval Western Europe, and the admiration of force, the last possibility can probably be ruled out. Then, since the other party reported his name as soon as they met, it doesn't look like a micro-service sneak, and the third possibility can also be ruled out.

Next, Anz quietly cast a lie detector magic on the Warrior Chief, and the result was that the other party was not lying, which meant that the Warrior Commander in front of him was a real person, not some impostor liar...... It can be seen that this Praetorian Guard commander is really too miserable!

Looking at the appearance of the ragtag army behind the strongest warrior of the kingdom, Anz suddenly felt a sense of pity in his heart:

Even the elite goblins summoned from Nazarik's Great Tomb are much more neat in terms of weapons and equipment than these Praetorian Guards of yours!

However, since this guy named Gurdjief is not a wasted person, but the strongest warrior in this kingdom, and the first-class master among all the indigenous humans in this world, if you can find a way to test and evaluate his combat power level, you can probably know what level of strength you and Nasalik's Great Grave are in this world, right? Belch? He seems to be looking this way?

Finding that the warrior chief had finished talking to the village chief and cast his eyes on his side, Anz sighed and shook his head slightly, then collected his mood and greeted him, "...... Hello, I'm Ainzi, a magician from afar, and I'm traveling through the forest with my followers......"

Over the next few minutes, Ainz, a self-proclaimed wandering mage, exchanged names and identities with Gerjief, the leader of the kingdom's warriors, and had a cordial and friendly conversation. In his capacity as a representative of the royal family, Gurdjief expressed his gratitude to Ainz for his righteous act of saving the villagers, claiming that such a great favor was beyond retribution, and hoped to obtain the corpses and armor of the enemy knights that Ainz had killed in Karn so that they could be used as evidence to be handed over to the village. Ainz politely said that such a trivial matter was not trivial, and generously agreed to Gergerph's request.

Then, just as Gurdjieff said that he was tired and wanted to rest in the village for a night, and asked the village chief to prepare hot water, horse food, and beds, suddenly a cavalryman hurriedly ran into the village, and looked at his panting appearance, as if he had something urgent to report.

- Sure enough, there was still a long way to go before the chief warrior Gurdjieff came, and the cavalryman who had rushed over had already begun to shout loudly.

“…… Warrior Chief! Many figures appeared in the surrounding grasslands. They are approaching the village! Make a quick decision! ”

-- In such a short day, the small village of Karn welcomed the fourth group of uninvited guests......

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On the grasslands south of Karn Village, the unknown team that was chasing the warrior Captain Gerjeff had quietly set up an encirclement position.

Seeing that the prey that had been following for a long time finally fell into the bag, Negan, the commander of the pursuing unit? Gullid? Luin breathed a sigh of relief.

Since his troops had always been used as frontal assault daredevils, and had little experience in long-distance travel and hunting, he had already made four consecutive misses on the way to pursue Gergeff's party. Each time, they either went the wrong way, or arrived at the ambush site too late, resulting in the "prey" having already left first. If he continues to shoot in the air this time, and even fails to catch the target in the end, he really can't go back to his life.

“…… Everybody's on orders! The prey is already in the cage! Dedicate your faith to God! ”

With Captain Negan's order, all forty or so of his men began to pray silently to God.

Even though they were on the battlefield in a foreign country at this time, they did not forget to take the time to pray, which shows the firmness and depth of their faith.

Because, they are the first of the three major human powers in this world, one of the six special forces under the theocratic Silian Sect, the "Six-color Holy Codex", and the "Sunshine Holy Codex" that is good at attacking head-on attacks. As holy warriors who dedicate everything to the gods, their faith is absolutely rock-solid, and they are never afraid to commit any cruel atrocities in the name of the gods.

At the end of the prayer, everyone's eyes turned as cold as glass beads.

“…… Let's get started! ”

With just one sentence, more than forty well-trained fighters unfolded the encirclement in a seamless manner.

Looking at the subordinates scattered in front of him, Negan, the captain of the Sunshine Sacred Codex, exhaled softly with relief.

Speaking of which, Ge Jeff, who was originally a civilian, and only relied on swordsmanship to rise to prominence, is indeed very strong, if it is when Ge Jeff is fully armed, even if the six-colored holy canon goes into battle together, he may not be able to kill him. But fortunately, there are magnates within the kingdom who look down on him unfavorably, who can weaken him and deprive him of his treasures - first, because of his commoner origins, Gurdjief is naturally disliked by the hereditary nobility of the kingdom; Secondly, as the number one military general directly under the royal family, any great nobleman who is interested in weakening the royal power will be included in the target of elimination.

And on the other hand, in . The royal family of the kingdom of Yestijah is now too weak to protect its number one loyal retainer. In fact, in the eyes of the ruling class of the Slenist Sect, it is a very strange thing that the royal family of this country has not been overthrown until now.

As far as the process is concerned, in. The strongest warriors of the kingdom of Yestijah actually fell under the dark sword of their own people.

For the Slenians, who had always aspired to unite all of humanity, this would remove a major obstacle to their annexation of the kingdom.

In short, Captain Negan has full confidence in the next battle. He was surrounded by battle-hardened veterans, not only twice as many as Gurdjief in the village, but also in combat effectiveness comparable to those miscellaneous soldiers - the warriors of the "Sunshine Tome" were not only extremely luxurious in their equipment, but also extremely demanding in their own qualities, first of all, they had to be able to use at least the third level of faith magic, that is, the highest level of magic that ordinary magic chanters could learn. Secondly, they must have superior physical fitness, strong will, and deep faith. Its combat experience is also the richest among the "Six-Colored Holy Texts" of the Cult, in short, it is a group of combat elites among the combat elites. If he had such an elite army and two to one, and he couldn't leave more than 20 people on the opposite side of Gurdjieff, then he could really go and find a piece of cheese and kill his head.

Of course, it is also possible for the other party to scatter and flee when the situation is not good, but it doesn't matter. The mission of the "Sunshine Sacred Codex" this time is only to take the life of the kingdom warrior Gerjieff alone, if it can destroy all the enemies, it is naturally the best, even if it escapes a few miscellaneous soldiers, it will not be in the way.

“…… They're all in place? Also confirmed that Gurdjief is in the village? Very good! So...... The battle begins! ”

With Captain Negan's order, he and his subordinates chanted incantations one after another, and activated the highest level of angel summoning magic they could use—and the next moment, a group of holy monsters with flashing wings on their backs and looking like abstract dolls emerged from the void!

They are the greatest reliance of the "Sunshine Sacred Text" in intercepting enemy cavalry on the grassland: angels!

In Negan's view, these holy and noble messengers of God are invincible and powerful beings!

However, a certain Lich King, who was dressed as a human mage at this time, had a completely different opinion on this...... It's as cold as a glass bead.

“…… Let's get started! ”

With just one sentence, more than forty well-trained fighters unfolded the encirclement in a seamless manner.

Looking at the subordinates scattered in front of him, Negan, the captain of the Sunshine Sacred Codex, exhaled softly with relief.

Speaking of which, Ge Jeff, who was originally a civilian, and only relied on swordsmanship to rise to prominence, is indeed very strong, if it is when Ge Jeff is fully armed, even if the six-colored holy canon goes into battle together, he may not be able to kill him. But fortunately, there are magnates within the kingdom who look down on him unfavorably, who can weaken him and deprive him of his treasures - first, because of his commoner origins, Gurdjief is naturally disliked by the hereditary nobility of the kingdom; Secondly, as the number one military general directly under the royal family, any great nobleman who is interested in weakening the royal power will be included in the target of elimination.

And on the other hand, in . The royal family of the kingdom of Yestijah is now too weak to protect its number one loyal retainer. In fact, in the eyes of the ruling class of the Slenist Sect, it is a very strange thing that the royal family of this country has not been overthrown until now.

As far as the process is concerned, in. The strongest warriors of the kingdom of Yestijah actually fell under the dark sword of their own people.

For the Slenians, who had always aspired to unite all of humanity, this would remove a major obstacle to their annexation of the kingdom.

In short, Captain Negan has full confidence in the next battle. He was surrounded by battle-hardened veterans, not only twice as many as Gurdjief in the village, but also in combat effectiveness comparable to those miscellaneous soldiers - the warriors of the "Sunshine Tome" were not only extremely luxurious in their equipment, but also extremely demanding in their own qualities, first of all, they had to be able to use at least the third level of faith magic, that is, the highest level of magic that ordinary magic chanters could learn. Secondly, they must have superior physical fitness, strong will, and deep faith. Its combat experience is also the richest among the "Six-Colored Holy Texts" of the Cult, in short, it is a group of combat elites among the combat elites. If he had such an elite army and two to one, and he couldn't leave more than 20 people on the opposite side of Gurdjieff, then he could really go and find a piece of cheese and kill his head.

Of course, it is also possible for the other party to scatter and flee when the situation is not good, but it doesn't matter. The mission of the "Sunshine Sacred Codex" this time is only to take the life of the kingdom warrior Gerjieff alone, if it can destroy all the enemies, it is naturally the best, even if it escapes a few miscellaneous soldiers, it will not be in the way.

“…… They're all in place? Also confirmed that Gurdjief is in the village? Very good! So...... The battle begins! ”

With Captain Negan's order, he and his subordinates chanted incantations one after another, and activated the highest level of angel summoning magic they could use—and the next moment, a group of holy monsters with flashing wings on their backs and looking like abstract dolls emerged from the void!

They are the greatest reliance of the "Sunshine Sacred Text" in intercepting enemy cavalry on the grassland: angels!

In Negan's view, these holy and noble messengers of God are invincible and powerful beings!

However, a certain Lich King, who was dressed as a human mage at this time, had a completely different opinion on this......