Chapter 6: Finish an Arrow, Choose a Weapon
In the Middle Ages, lords, robbers, and mercenaries restrained each other.
Many of the middle demons, high demons, and even low demon planes in the Heavenly World will form such an ecological structure, the official organization is relatively inefficient, and the city guards are too conspicuous, that is, they are easy to be noticed and wary of by the bandit organization, and it is easy to be bribed or coerced by a certain city guard.
Therefore, unless the mercenaries in the territory are extremely strong in combat and the lord's control is extremely high, they will generally not be used to clear out the robbers in the territory, and the city guards will drive over, once the robbers learn the news in advance, they have calculated or not, and in the case of secretly beating the light, it is easy to play a record that cannot be seen at all in the case of the strength on paper, or the robbers fled in advance, or the city guards were ambushed and suffered heavy losses.
In contrast, the mercenaries/wandering swordsmen who are obviously the weakest on paper, unless they are really rookies, often have good skills in this kind of killing mission, they fight alone or in small teams, their movements are erratic, and the robbers have no way of controlling their whereabouts. You can be a thief for a thousand days, but no one can prevent thieves for a thousand days, and the number of casualties killed or injured by the mercenaries in the process of exterminating the bandits is irresponsible, and the leader only needs to pay the bounty to the mercenary who finally completes the task.
Lords, robbers, mercenaries, they form a relationship of mutual restraint with each other similar to rock, scissors, and paper...... Skilled mercenaries are often brought down by the outnumbered city guards, while the well-equipped and well-trained city guards are unable to cope with robbers who are familiar with the terrain and have a geographical advantage, and finally the bandit organization is restrained by the mercenaries.
Of course, this is not a relationship of absolute restraint, but only a relative restraint, and at the last moment, after all, it is necessary to rely on the sword and life and death to dialogue.
Taking over the task of killing the bandits, Zhu Peng and Amira spent the night in the tavern in Ximu Town, and then the two set off for Snow Man City early the next morning.
During the two-day journey, there was basically nothing to do all the way, and Zhu Peng read all the classics, documents, and experimental parameters about the "demigod true body" in the memory palace in his mind every night.
Moreover, he gradually felt that after worshipping the Holy Spirit Stone, the blessing effect of this world on himself, as long as he thinks about the knowledge of witchcraft, his brain will be more sober and flexible than thinking about other knowledge, it seems that the effect is not great, but this is a positive buff that will never fade over time, and over time, it can almost speed up the overall progress of Zhu Peng's demigod true body project by nearly twenty percent.
Secondly, there is the red-haired girl Amira who has changed into a light armor suit, and she seems to have become a little sullen, and she has no joy at all when she is about to arrive in Snowy City and see her aunt...... Maybe the girl's aunt wasn't nice to her.
When you can see Xueman City from a distance, even Zhu Peng, who has a lot of knowledge, has to praise this is really a beautiful building, people in this world may think that Xueman is very grandiose, but as an Advent, he has seen too many giant buildings in his life, even if it is a snowman city built by the mountains and perfectly borrowed from the topography, Zhu Peng does not feel that it is exaggerated.
In the wizarding world, the Heavenly Witch Tower connects the heavens and the earth, towering into the clouds, and its peak cannot be seen even with exhaustive eyesight, in contrast, the snowy city can only be praised in terms of beautiful scenery.
As he walked down with Amira, he passed an idyllic farm when the clash of weapons and angry war cries could be heard faintly in the distance.
"More is better than less, let's go straight into the city. When Zhu Peng said this, Amira's face changed because of the battle cry, and Zhu Peng noticed this.
"You know?"
"It sounds like it's my aunt'......"
"............" chuckled, although he didn't want to cause trouble, but Zhu Peng was not a person who was afraid of things, in the girl's begging gaze, he directly took off the steel bow he was carrying, put the arrow on the string and rushed straight to the high place of the terrain to look down on the entire battlefield.
I saw that in a vegetable garden below, a gray giant clan who was only slightly shorter than Zhu Peng in the wasteland was fighting, holding a giant stick and fighting with three well-armored warriors.
A young epee warrior, a middle-aged shield sword warrior and a woman who controls the strings like flying, these two men are extremely strong, as human beings, they can actually use equipment and giants to just face it, although it is only a support delay, but the female archers they protect, the control of the strings is fast and steady, and the arrows are directly aimed at the vulnerable points of the giants...... The giant was already covered with arrows, and if it weren't for its strong vitality, it would have fallen at this time.
Although he was puzzled, Zhu Peng still stood on a high place and aimed steadily downward with a bow in front of his chest.
The giant was roaring, roaring, but it was a little stupid, and when the two melee fighters were too much to support, another female archer would go around to the side and yell at it, shooting arrows at it.
The giant is also the most annoyed by the archer who hurt him the most, and then it will let go of the two heavily armed warriors who were exhausted in the near future, and go after the archers, and the two hoplite warriors quickly poured themselves with a few bottles of magic potion, this world is full of magic power, so the potion resources are also very rich, after greatly replenishing their physical strength and recovering from injuries in a short period of time, these two warriors will rush up again to draw the giant's attention back.
The female archer had light footwork and good physical fitness, and the giant couldn't catch up with her in a circle for a short time to complete the kill, and after her teammates pulled the giant's attention back, the female archer also poured herself a bottle of stamina potion, and then continued to hold the bow for killing output.
The giant's memory seems to be a bit similar to that of fish, they don't seem to be able to keep a long-term memory of most things, and all actions depend on the stress response of life instinct, if not, as long as this giant has a little discipline, with the absolute strength gap between the two sides, not to mention three elite warriors, even thirty elite warriors may not be enough for it to pick a few sticks.
Just as the three elite warriors were about to embark on a new round of wear-out battles, an iron arrow fell from high up the hillside.
In the eyes of Ella, the female archer who was engrossed in the battle in front of her, it was as if the entire world time had been stretched and slowed down, and the iron arrow was extremely accurate in the giant's left eye, which was the last straw that broke the camel's back, causing it to fall directly to the ground.
This scene of abrupt grabbing of the head made the three soldiers present stunned for a moment, and before they could react, Zhu Peng had already walked down the hillside with the red-haired girl.
"Seeing that you are in a hard fight, so you can assist in an arrow, don't you mind?"
"It's nothing, brother, your archery skills are very accurate, so far away an arrow hit the left eye, and it is still in the state of movement of this giant. The heavily armored man with both swords and shields said as he retracted his sword into its sheath.
"With this arrow alone, you are eligible to join the group of comrades...... But how could Elmira be with you?" asked the powerful female archer as she pulled her past and pulled the frightened girl to her side.
"Don't mind, that's what she's like. I am Farkas of the Brothers-in-Arms Group, this sword and shield warrior is Skoyue, this anxious archer is Ella, and she is the best hunter in Xueman and even the entire sky......" Among the three, Farkas has the same black hair as Zhu Peng, but his eyes are relatively light.
Although the three people in the comrade-in-arms group behaved quite friendly, Zhu Peng twitched his nose slightly, and smelled a strange smell of blood, not from the bleeding dead giants on the side, but from the three people present, they seemed to have a different self and different from Amira's traits, Zhu Peng didn't know what it was, but he knew very well that he didn't like this feeling of being threatened.
"Well, Amira, now that you've found your aunt, then my mission is over, and I wish you good luck in the future and a good life with your aunt. stepped forward and slapped the red-haired little village girl's head, looking at Amira's face that was about to cry, Zhu Peng laughed at Ella in his heart, Emira's elders' low-level naming ability, and waved his hand to leave.
"Let's go together, aren't you going to Snow Man City too? The warrior home of the Brothers-in-Arms is in Snow Man City, and it just so happens that we are going back too. "In addition to the huntress Ella, the heavy sword and heavy armor of Farkas and the heavy armor of the double wielding Skeyue seem to be very interested in Zhu Peng, just now Farkas's enthusiasm is not to say, at this moment Skeyue also opened his mouth to stay. It's just that they went to Xueman City together, because the distance is too close, this kind of request Zhu Peng has nothing to refuse, after a total of five people from the two sides cut off the spoils on the giant, they chatted while walking, Amira was a little happy because she didn't have to part with Mr. Cedis immediately, she began to take the initiative to tell everything, of course, she concealed the initial hijacking for Zhu Peng, just said that after the dragon attacked the city, Mr. Cedis took the initiative to send himself to Xueman.
"Actually, Amira herself was a little quick, and she lied to me that she knew of a secret passage that escaped directly from Helgen, but in the end we didn't use the legendary secret passage. ”
"Yes, it just didn't work, it shouldn't be anymore, the dragon has completely destroyed it, and burned Grandma to death. As she said this, Amira had some red circles in her eyes, and it was obvious that after seeing her aunt, she remembered her deceased loved one.
There was some silence between the five of them, and after arriving at Xueman City, because they were accompanied by three elite soldiers of the comrades-in-arms group, Zhu Peng successfully entered the city without being questioned by the Xueman guards.
It can be seen that the comrade-in-arms group enjoys a high reputation in this city, and the Xueman guards, as the official force, face each soldier of the comrade-in-arms regiment as if they were facing their own top boss, respectful and respectful.
The city as a whole feels clean, rich, and beautiful, the city perfectly coordinates itself with the trend of the mountain itself, and the Longxiao Palace, where the lord of the snowman, Lord Barguf, lives, is at the peak of the mountain, condescendingly suppressing the whole city.
From the perspective of Feng Shui, it is indeed extremely beneficial to live in this dragon palace for many years, such as moving qi and nourishing the body, and cultivating the ruler's ambition and hegemony.
However, what really surprised Zhu Peng was that the home of the warriors of the comrades-in-arms was actually built under the slope of the Longxiao Palace, which implied the meaning of arching the guard or even the foundation.
"Now in the entire Skyrim Province, the Imperial Army and the Storm Cloak are inseparable, but Snow Man City can maintain strict neutrality, and a large part of the reason is because of the support of our comrades...... Brother Citez, you meet the criteria for joining our comrade group in terms of character and ability, if you are willing to join, Scorp Yue and Ella are willing to guarantee Boss Krako that you will become a new comrade-in-arms, and in the entire sky, you should not find a better and more trustworthy brother than the comrade group. I don't know for what reason, Farkas directly made such an invitation to Zhu Peng, and the red-haired girl Amira on the side had an expectant expression on her face.
"Well, I'm sorry, because I have my own business to do, so I'm afraid I can't walk with you. Rubbing his nose again, Zhu Peng replied.
As almost the strongest and most elite violent organization in the entire Skyrim Province, the comrades-in-arms made such a solemn invitation to a wandering swordsman, but was rejected by the other party, which was a very shameless thing, and the atmosphere fell into embarrassment for a while.
In fact, from Zhu Peng's point of view, if he could borrow the power of his comrades-in-arms to overturn the black dragon that destroyed Helgen, then it would be impossible to join any group, but he always felt that in front of him, Fakas, Skoyue and even Amira's aunt Ella, they had something on their bodies that made him feel uncomfortable, and the faint aura around these three people revealed a factor that seemed to be bloodthirsty, Zhu Peng didn't want to get into any trouble except for his own task, so he refused.
"That's a shame. "Farkas is quite self-contained, and the middle-aged Skeyue on the side has a somewhat ugly face, and the things that he is proud of in his life have been abandoned by the other party, and no one will feel very comfortable in his heart.
"You sent Amira all the way here, and I won't return the money I gave her, but you also come and choose a weapon to take advantage of, I don't like to owe favors to others. With that, the huntress Ai Shou turned around and led Amira into the Warrior's House first.
For his task reward, Zhu Peng did not refuse, he walked into the building with the two women in front of him, from the perspective of the mercenary organization, this warrior home can be said to be extremely luxurious, obviously strong and not bad for money, from the decoration of the warrior house, it is very elegant.
When Zhu Peng walked in, the people inside were practicing against each other, although the fists and feet were not too clever and exquisite, but the moves were all powerful and heavy, and it was not taboo to be injured by mistake, which showed that the warrior home of the comrade-in-arms group was really worthy of its name, and the members inside were all combative and good at fighting.
Ella had obviously seen a lot of usually, and she was not interested in the exciting competition in front of her, but walked straight into the second-floor living area of the Warrior's House with Zhu Peng.
"This is my room, and these are my collections next to it, so you can pick and choose whichever you like, and it's okay to take more. Ella said this, and then she opened her closet, and there were no chests of clothes that ordinary girls were used to, but shimmering weapons: axes, hammers, greatswords, crossbows...... Judging from the sharpness of the blades of these weapons, Zhu Peng knew that the huntress Ella beside him usually took good care of them.
Zhu Peng first selected a light gold micro-arc war knife from among these weapons, the blade body is heavy, the back is thick and narrow, and the sharp and broken blade is worthy of the name, and it is similar to the dagger that Zhu Peng and Amira found in the coal and stone mine, and it is even better in sharpness and craftsmanship.
"This is the orc greatsword, one of my collections, you should be good at using two-handed swords, mainly for flexibility, this sword is too heavy for you, of course, you can choose it if you like. Ella reminded with her arms crossed her arms on the side, although her expression was not cordial, but her words were sincere.
"No, as you said, this sword is too heavy for me right now. As he spoke, Zhu Peng chose an extremely simple and dilapidated ancient sword on the side, this one-handed ancient sword has an extremely mottled body, but it is not only excellent craftsmanship with the palm of his hand, but the most important thing is that Zhu Peng feels a strange magic on it.
"The Gunod's Ice Sword is very useful and has an ice spell attached to it, no opponent will want to fight slower and slower, it suits you perfectly. There's also a fire spell with it, which is just right for your dual sword play. However, even if Ella recommended this, Zhu Peng still put down the ancient Nord ice sword, there are also Nords in the wizarding world, and there are Nords in the Zenda world ruled by the hand of sin, and there are also Nords in this world, and all of them are the type of strong physique that is not afraid of the cold, which shows that this race was once a dominant civilized world, and now it may have been in decline for some reason.
At least in the wizarding world, the Nords do not have any status, and now they are gradually overtaken by the remnants of the earth, and the spiritual power qualifications of this race are generally not very high, at least not as high as the remnants of Huaxia.
"Hmm!?, I chose this sword. As he spoke, Zhu Peng picked out a long sword with a pure silver texture and a light purple demon pattern looming on the sword body from among the many sophisticated weapons.
When Zhu Peng picked out the sword, Ella's face became a little unsightly.
"It's just a silver sword, it looks like it's enchanted, but I haven't been able to understand its magical effects, are you sure you really want this sword? ”
"No, I'll just choose this one. Gently touching the spine of the silver long sword with his palm, Zhu Peng's eyebrows were slightly raised, and he looked interested.
When Zhu Peng left from the Warrior House of the Comrades-in-Arms, he walked with two swords, the huntress Ella was really a paranoid woman, Zhu Peng originally just wanted to take away the silver long sword with a dark purple magic pattern, but she pressed the Guunod Frost Long Sword into her arms, and then pushed out the Warrior House.
Shaking his head, Zhu Peng was alone with four swords, and walked alone to the Longxiao Palace in Xueman City at the upper peak.
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Lord Barguf, the great shore of Snowman City, is a blonde and blue-eyed Western lord who is very traditional, he is not strong, but he has indeed been quite majestic for many years.
To his right stood a balding old butler, and to his left was a gray-skinned elf with sharp ears...... The elves of this world must have been cursed by TM, Zhu Peng has been in contact with Charlotte of the Ifrit family all year round, he has never seen such an elf race, this is not actually an elf race, right?
It must be a different plane, a problem of translation, this TM is simply a tall goblin race.
Zhu Peng didn't dare to look at the chief of the guard Ireles on Balguff's left hand side at all, the red-haired and gray-skinned were so ugly that they didn't look like anyone, they really couldn't say that the tips of their ears were elves, after this world was swallowed up by the wizard world, I am afraid that the entire elf alliance would directly destroy this world as a race, which could be regarded as erasing the shame of the entire race and the lower limit of appearance.
"Outsider, do you have news for me about Brookwood?"
"Honorable Lord Balguf, an ancient black dragon has destroyed the Empire's military stronghold of Helgen, and Gordo fears that Brookwood will be the next target. Zhu Peng said after stroking his chest with one hand, he was familiar with the etiquette norms of many worlds under the teaching of Mrs. Nagwell, and could even choose coping measures through the judgment of the character of different characters, and quickly won the favor of the other party.
"Gordor, if I'm not mistaken, she's running a lumber mill in Creekwood, and she's a well-known person in the town, not the kind of person who spreads random rumors that will panic the townspeople...... But you're sure Helgen was destroyed by a dragon, not by the storm cloaks that are everywhere now?"
"I'm absolutely sure of that, my lord. In fact, I was one of the prisoners executed by the Empire, and you would never have seen me without the dragon's sudden attack. "If it weren't for the fact that this descendant body was caught by the empire and was about to be executed, and its qi was exhausted to a relative extreme, Zhu Peng would indeed not have befallen him, so what he said to Barguf at this time was indeed accurate and word for word.
After listening to Zhu Peng's statement, Barguf sat there and was silent for a moment with his face on his face, and then he asked the bald old butler standing on his right.
"What do you say, Provantus, leaning on our walls, can you really hold off the dragon?"
"My lord, Brookwood is under threat right now, and we should send troops to Brookwood immediately. It wasn't the old butler Provantes, but the Somer Elf Ireles, who Zhu Peng didn't want to look at, was speaking to Balguf, and at this time, Provantus, who had not spoken, spoke up and objected: "If you do that, Lord Phocles will see this act as a provocation! He will think that we are ready to join the camp of Ulfric in Helm City, and this is also inconsistent with the neutral position that Snow City has always been. I don't think we should"
Before the butler Provantus could finish his sentence, his words were interrupted by his master, Barguf, who was beside him.
"Provantus, there's a dragon outside burning my territory and slaughtering my people, as the lord of Snowman, will you let me watch from the sidelines?"
"Ireles, immediately send a detachment of city guards to Ximu Town. ”
"Yes, my lord. ”
As a bystander, Zhu Peng watched the dispute in its entirety, and on the whole, as the ruler of Ximu Town, the lord of Xueman, Barguf still has his own responsibility, and he showed his "generosity" in the next moment.
"Outsider, I'm glad you took the initiative to meet me, and you have made great contributions to Xueman City, I won't forget your credit......" After a while, a waiter brought up a piece of steel heavy armor with good craftsmanship, and he received such a reward just by passing a word, although it could not be compared with those emperors and princes in ancient China, but in this world, Barguf, the lord of Xueman, should be considered relatively generous.
"Also, there's one more thing I'd like you to do for me, the fewer people I know about the dragon's reappearance, the better, and I don't have many people under my command who can be trusted. When Zhu Peng walked out of the Dragon Night Palace, he first went to the blacksmith shop in Xueman City and sold the two iron swords that he couldn't use.
At present, the two long swords used by Zhu Peng are all the collections of the huntress Ella of the Comrades in Arms, the sword of the left hand Guunod Frost Long Sword, the right hand sword of the Purple Demon Pattern Silver Long Sword, the left hand is not enough, the right hand is the reason why Zhu Peng chose it is because the spell attached to it is actually a soul trap that he is very familiar with, although it is a little different from what he has learned, but the two are similar in nature, and the unique enchantment technology of this world can be said to greatly make up for the difficulty of capturing souls in the God Eater system.
Legendary God Eater like Zhu Peng is okay, a wizard of the low-level God Eater School, because of the use of this trick soul trap, I don't know how many people have been turned over and killed in the upper hand advantage of the battle, originally in the battle with the same level, every spell casting opportunity is precious enough, plus the soul trap consumes a lot of magic, and the effect time is short after casting, using this trick in the fierce battle is too disruptive to the rhythm.
That night, after finding a room in a tavern in Xueman City and staying in, after dancing the sword in the room to familiarize himself with the feel, Zhu Peng frowned slightly when he went to bed and listened to the faint laughter below.
After all, you still have to build your own house in this world, otherwise whether you are doing research or resting, you will be affected, after all, you will only have to stay in this world for more than a year or two, but like a broken world, you have to live half your life as a descended person.