Chapter 21: Fire Gems, Chanda, Silver Moon, Black Jedi
"Because of your military might and eloquence...... Crimson Devil Dog leads twenty-two Cerberus to surrender to your army, do you accept it?"
"There are only two percent essentia energy left, does it consume one percent of the energy reserves?"
"Accepting Cerberus's submission will increase your personal tactical level to five, earning the Cerberus Treasure, but since you are in the human side, you will be subject to a morale reduction of twenty. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
The crimson giant dog lay on its back and showed its soft belly to Zhu Peng, and it was common knowledge for earthlings to show their chests when apologizing, but for dogs......
"Accepted. ”
With the consumption of a little essentia energy, Zhu Peng only felt that a warm current spread from the center of his eyebrows, and his personal tactical level rose five levels in a row, but Zhu Peng did not feel that his physical strength had strengthened much, but his spirit was a little stronger.
Zhu Peng/Rod Custer (Hero Template)
Species: Human male
Status: Noble Sir
Constitution: 6
Strength: 6
Dexterity: 8
Spirit: 12+3
Will: 5
Intelligence: 8+1
Charisma: 5+1
Strategic Attack: Not enabled
Strategic Defense: Not enabled
Total attributes: 55
Tactical Level: Level 5
Strategic Level: Level 1
Resistances: Unknown
Talents: Defense +3% (Defense of self and your class increases by 3% for every 1 level of Hero Level)
Perks: Level 1 Leadership (Morale +1), Level 2 Defense (Defense +6% for the class you lead)
Zhu Peng accepted the submission of the Crimson Devil Dog, and after stroking the hot belly of the big dog, the big dog got up again and then turned around and returned to the den with a few of his kindred, and when they ran out again a moment later, they all had some items in their mouths:
The cherished teether: find out what it does from the name......
Cherished Teether 2: Find out what it does from the name......
Cherished teether 3: please understand what it does from the name......
Half of the Hind Legs Left: Cerberus's Offering to the New Ruler......
Half of the Hind Leg 2: Cerberus's Offering to the New Ruler......
Flame Cloak: The wearer's troops, ranged fire attack blessing +1, personal protection +5.
Stone and Wood Shield: Wearer's troops, +2 for all defense, +18 for personal protection.
Fire Gem Pseudo: A first-level fire gem increases the experience gain of 100 first-level soldiers within the radius by 10%, and greatly increases the experience gain of 100 first-level and second-level soldiers within the area after shattering, and greatly increases the experience gain of 100 first-level and second-level soldiers within the area, with an effect time of 24 hours.
Normally, even if Zhu Peng killed all the hellhounds and exterminated this lair, it would be impossible to harvest so many treasures...... Well, teething sticks and dog food reserves don't count.
However, this time it was a drop, so the gain was even greater than forcibly beating it down.
However, if you choose to force it down, you have a small chance to gain a second-level fire gem: increase the experience gain of 200 second-level soldiers within the range by 20%, and greatly increase the experience of 200 second-level and third-level soldiers in the area after smashing, and greatly increase the experience gain of 200 second-level and third-level soldiers in the area, with an effect time of 48 hours.
However, the probability of that kind of extreme harvest is too small, Zhu Pengyi is not a lucky +3 face fighter, and there is no lucky red-handed soft girl in the second team, so it is better to take the road back to the house when you see a good situation, with this Cerberus lair here, you can regularly send meat here in the future, and you can harvest a few Cerberus equivalent to third-level soldiers every once in a while to enlist in the army, and the benefits will be long in the long run.
Defeated the pirate group, recruited the Cerberus colony, captured several pirates, and recaptured Artiman's bags and some belongings, and the group returned to the fort with great courage and high spirits.
"Young Master, do you really want to send meat to that monster's lair on a regular basis? It's not that you can't afford that bit of meat, it's just that if the reputation of raising demon dogs spreads, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to the reputation of the Custer family. As the steward, Old John rode his horse to Zhu Peng's side, he looked at the crimson giant dog that followed Zhu Peng's horse trot, and whispered.
“...... Uncle John, as a Custer family who had just been promoted to the aristocracy for only twenty years, when was he really accepted by the mainstream of the Virgian aristocracy?
They need the blessing of our combat power, we need the protection of their power, and a new era is coming. Uncle John, look at this demon dog, feel the wind of war that is about to blow, after the change of the great era, only the survivors are qualified to talk about the word 'reputation', and the losers will be swept into history only for remembrance. Regarding John Watson's scruples, Zhu Peng responded with a sneer.
...... History is a prostitute who is played with at will by the powerful, and the victor writes the history of his identity, as for whether it is true or not, does it matter?......
Eighty troops were sent out in the middle of the night, and when they came back, they became a unit of one hundred and eight, in addition to the twenty-two hellhounds, there were also several pirates who were beaten to death, although they were afraid of those red giant dogs, but when Zhu Peng rode into the city, he was still surrounded by the girls of Yingying Yanyan in Jerbo Fort.
They forced out the crimson devil dog, which was as strong as a bear, and cheered and offered flowers around the young and handsome and heroic young lords, these were the daughters or sisters of the wealthy merchants and powerful officials in the castle, and the daughters of ordinary commoners, no matter how beautiful they were, could only go to the side to support the army, and they were not qualified to huddle with these young ladies to flatter Master Rod Custer.
Lil, dressed in a gray cloth dress, was squeezed into tears among the girls, she was too young to squeeze into the front row regardless of height or weight, until a palm suddenly reached in front of her...... When Li'er held the hand in a daze, Zhu Peng pulled her onto the horse and hugged her into his arms.
"Did you sleep well yesterday? ”
The soft and pleasant words, the warm breath, and the jealous and crazy eyes of the rich businessmen and officials below made Li'er feel that her whole body was about to melt, and tears inexplicably poured out again.
"Lil slept soundly...... It's that when I wake up, I can't see my brother, and then I'm scared. ”
"Why are you crying again? Shaking his head and chuckling, Zhu Peng rode his horse and galloped, leading the victorious army back to the fort and into the city.
A small battle to exterminate a group of thirty pirates was not worthy of such a celebration, when Viscount William had to fight such a victory every once in a while, sharpen his soldiers and accumulate wealth. Today's celebrations, however, are an extension of the victory at Fort Elbuk, and are the fawning of officials and merchants at both ends of the war, who feel that Rod Custer is young and easy to rejoice, so after a small battle, he sets up a big celebration to curry favor with Virginia's future upstart.
It just so happened that Zhu Peng also needed someone to spend money to boost the morale and popular sentiment of Fort Jerberburg...... Prepare for the coming big war.
When he returned to the inner castle and saw Arteman, Zhu Peng took out a book and shook it in front of the old man, and then when he came to snatch it, he sideways avoided the other party's clumsy figure and threw the book on the table.
"If I knew you would be writing down everything you've learned in this book, I wouldn't have agreed to your original price...... I'm sorry, Master Artimaan, I'm afraid this book alone is worth more than five thousand dinars. "Books are precious, and what is even more precious is the knowledge contained in them, and the records of Artiman's lifelong experience in bronze spirit engineering, if he can inherit the society, he can eat it for a lifetime, and five thousand dinars is enough.
"As a nobleman with status, it is a very dishonorable thing for you to rummage through my bags without permission. Artiman looked at the transcript with a bitter face, and then he looked at Zhu Peng again, and knew that he couldn't grab it, so he could only say stubbornly: "Young Master Custer, please tell me directly what you want." ”
"Well, I've flipped through this transcript in general, in addition to the regular buildings, you will also build a kind of building called the Ballista Tower in addition to the Arrow Tower, and according to your notes, the defense effect is extremely good...... I want to, but I don't have any money other than the dinars I promised you. ”
"Are you crazy? It's already an exaggeration to build two arrow towers in a broken castle, and you still have to continue to build a ballista tower, and you don't have a ballista car, what do you want a ballista tower for?" As soon as it comes to his own specialty, Arteman blows his beard and glares and roars, using the copper spirit engineering technique to spend seven or eight thousand copper coins to build two arrow towers, Arteman is already working for Zhu Peng, and then build a ballista turret whose project cost is higher than the two arrow towers combined, it may not be enough to burn Arteman's coffin into it, no wonder this old man is thundering at this moment, and the insidious little nobleman in front of him is knocking on the bones and sucking the marrow, and he wants to squeeze himself clean.
“...... I am a decent nobleman, how can I let you work for nothing and still build your own coffin book? I mean you build my two arrow towers first, and then live in Jerbo Fort for a while, and I promise to scrape together enough money for you to start building the ballista turret within half a month. With that, Zhu Peng handed the transcript to the silver-gray flat-headed Arteman.
"Deal!?"
“...... Call...... For the sake of your efforts to help me get my heart and soul back, I will stay here for another half a month, counting from today, half a month, if you don't get together the 12,000 dinars to build the ballista turret, I won't stay for a day. "An arrow tower costs two thousand five hundred dinars, and it can be built faster with the use of the Bronze Spirit Engineering Technique, but the cost is basically doubled.
It costs 6,000 dinars to build a ballista turret, and 12,000 if you use the Bronze Spirit Engineer, which is a figure that many great nobles can't or don't want to come up with.
Although Arteman knows this project, he doesn't have much experience, so if he has the opportunity, he also wants to build this project, otherwise he won't be as good as he is at this moment.
"Of course, after half a month, if you are still in a hurry to leave, I swear in the honor of the Custer family that I will never stop ......"
(Judging from the speed of the invasion of fantasy and necromantic forces, after half a month, if you can still walk from here alive to Riwa Cheze, I will send you a capital "suit"...... Every time the fog of war thickens, the higher the overlap between the two planes and Zenda, the more chaotic the world becomes. )
After receiving Zhu Peng's solemn promise, Artiman took back his transcript and received copper coins to build the Arrow Tower.
Although he didn't have any offensive and defensive capabilities, just from the building itself, Zhu Peng felt that the ability of the "Bronze Spirit Engineering Master" of the Calradia Continent was like that of a legendary wizard, he carved a magic circle similar to alchemy with a cone pen under Jeerbo Fort, and then piled the dinar into the refining array, and the old man stepped barefoot into the refining array full of copper coins, accompanied by the transformation ceremony of his hands held high.
As if it had been brought to life, two stone buildings slowly extended from both sides of its walls, which connected the castle and stood high above the moat and even the city walls, and when it was really completed, it was filled with a large number of archers, and it was conceivable what a condescending advantage could be obtained.
If you draw drawings and build normally, even if you have enough manpower, you will have to build a project for two months, but with Arteman, there is his bronze spirit engineering technique to refine into a formation, at the cost of consuming double the dinar, it only takes less than two days to build the arrow tower, if Zhu Peng's guess is correct, the lord of Magali really led his troops to attack the city, after suffering a large number of casualties and even defeats brought to him by the arrow tower...... I don't know if this great lord still has enough heart and strength to accept Arteman, or whether Artiman dares to go to Živachaze after reacting that he has been cheated by someone, these are two things.
While Zhu Peng was happily pit the future hero to death, the cavalry scout sent by the old butler John Watson returned, and under the report of his subordinates, Zhu Peng did not continue to admire his slow "growth" castle, but returned to the inner castle hall to inquire about the cavalryman's information he had obtained.
"Young master, it is true that there is an elite force of two hundred and fifty men coming in this direction, but in the middle of the way it is divided into two groups, one group of hundred knights led by Count Magali marches in the direction of Elbuk Castle, and the other group of one hundred and fifty troops is still marching towards us. "The middle-aged Vegian horseman's face was extremely bad, or anyone who felt that he was in a catastrophe, would have a look similar to his.
Even if that terrible force was divided into two, only one hundred and fifty people remained, I am afraid that it would not be something that Fort Djerbo could compete with at this time.
"This is the idea of receiving the battle report and knowing that my father has captured Elbuck Castle, and that he has attacked from both sides and caught it all...... The destruction of the Castel family will not increase the subsequent political pressure on Magali. Gao Ming, if I change it, I'm afraid I will make such a decision. At this point, Zhu Peng paused, and after a little thought, he continued to ask:
"They march so slowly, it shouldn't be a full cavalry formation, right? A mixed army of infantry, cavalry, and archers? Count Magali led a hundred knights to attack Elbuck Castle, and who was the man who led the one hundred and fifty troops in the infantry archery, who must have been a very trusted person of the Earl of Magali?"
"Uh...... I glanced at it from afar, and it seemed ...... Seems to be ......"
When Zhu Peng asked this question, the face of the loyal cavalryman suddenly became quite strange, and he looked at his young master cautiously, and inexplicably became slurred......
"Looking at you like this, it's clear that this Commander is someone I know. There are not many nobles who are really capable and talented in the whole Riwa car, and they will make you show such an expression...... Wouldn't it be the rose of our Riwacheze: Miss Anina Boyer, the favorite niece of the Count of Magali?"
“...... Master...... You. ”
Although the cavalryman still didn't say anything, his expression had already made the message very clear, and the commander of the infantry archery was the noble beauty who had been madly pursued by Rod Custer. In Rod Custer's memory, it was a delicate beauty who couldn't even lift a sword and fainted at the sight of blood.
Now that she is the commander of the First Army, it means that she is either the SB of Rod Custer or the Lord of Živachze, Count Magali.
"Haha...... Interesting, so funny. Beautiful Miss Annina, what should I use to greet you?" couldn't help it, Zhu Peng laughed heartily.
He touched the bulge on his head that had gone to the gauze ribbon, but it had not completely disappeared, if it weren't for this Miss Annina Boyer, he would not have been reincarnated so easily into Rod Custer's body, if he was really Rod Custer, I am afraid that under the crushing of the army, that Miss Annina's red lips could disintegrate Rode's fighting spirit in a few words, and then earn Fort Djerbo without blood.
However, she led the army to help her uncle reflexively, and the war legend of a beautiful heroic knight was almost written, and her name of Annina Boyer will inevitably be recorded in history, and the Custer family, which is a teaching material, especially Rod Custer's stupidity, greed, lust, etc., may also be accompanied by the reputation of the beautiful hero knight and be stinked for thousands of years.
But what dramatic turn of events takes when this smart, beautiful and ambitious woman meets Rod Custer, whom she is completely unfamiliar with...... In fact, Zhu Peng was more curious about how Magali would react when he cut off the beauty's head and hung it on the city wall.
...... The Great War is imminent......
Unfold the map of the continent of Calradia, according to the principle of the upper north, lower south, left west, right east, the most powerful in the center:
In the north, there is the coastal infantry power Nord and most of the land is located in the ice and snow of the "snow country" Vegia, the northwest is occupied by the Nord Kingdom, and the northeast is occupied by Vegia.
These two countries have nothing to do to fight two wars, fighting for hegemony in the north.
To the south of the two northern countries is the strongest ancient kingdom on the continent of Calradia: Ryordian.
This powerful plain country dominates the world with the strongest cavalry on the mainland, with the first-class recruits of Ruierdian, the second-class militia of Ruierdian, and the third-class light infantry of Ruierdian...... When promoted to the fourth level, the strength of its troops will be qualitatively sublimated, in fact, it does not need to be promoted to the fifth level, the fourth-level Ruierdian heavy cavalry gathers into a group, which is basically very terrifying, and there will be no fear of shaking the elites of the countries, and once promoted to the fifth-level Ruierdian knight, a little scale, it is unstoppable to step on the world.
Although the strength of the country's infantry and archers is actually very good, it is overshadowed by the unparalleled heavy cavalry power of the world, and there is almost no sense of existence.
However, I am afraid that it is precisely because the strength of the Ruierdian Heavy Cavalry Legion is so strong that the most powerful country in this continent is often surrounded by neighboring countries, coupled with the highest salary and equipment price in the continent commensurate with the strength of the Ruierdian Knights, the Ruierdian Kingdom has not developed much over the years.
Of course, this is also related to the growing aging and mediocrity of King Haraus of the Kingdom of Ryrdian, and the ancient country has accumulated many internal shortcomings, and it is not possible to erase all disadvantages with strong military strength.
Occupying the middle of the continent of Calradia, its eastern neighbor is the Kugit Khanate, a nomadic state similar to the ancient Xiongnu on Earth.
The southern part of the continent is co-ordinated by Rhodok and Salander Sultan, the territory of the Rhodok Kingdom is mountainous and jungled, although there are no war horses in the country, but the infantry and crossbow troops are strong, and they have relied on the mountainous terrain and city defense crossbow arrows to defend against several national battles in the Ryerdian Kingdom, and it is also a good development base selected by the spy wizard Hathaway, she also knows that the party should be regarded as the weakest party in terms of comprehensive strength among the three parties, in order to prevent the necromancer and the foresight system from uniting to clear the scene in advance, Hathaway intends to use the terrain that Rhodok is easy to defend and difficult to attack, establish a barbed turtle shell base, wait for the opportunity, and seize the victory。
The desert kingdom of Salander Sultan, due to the harsh external environment, low productivity, and political form is still in the stage of combining feudalism and slavery, this country, this land, and even once divided by the Calradian civilization, is an unrecognized border barbarian.
Thousands of miles of yellow sand, toiling sentient beings.
The most powerful unit of the Salander Sultan, the Mamurik, is even a death squad selected from among the strong slaves, in order to make the slaves of the future generations obtain civilian status, they are not afraid of death, and even the best warriors only ask for a pitiful salary, the heavy horse Murik army is the only existence on the mainland that can collide with the Ryordian heavy cavalry army.
They don't have the terrifying and exquisite swordsmanship of the knights of Ruierdian, but they have the terrifying fighting spirit that is not afraid of death, and in order to make the future generations live a little better, the men of the Sultan of Salander are not afraid of the sword and sacrifice blood.
However, where there is oppression and injustice, there will be resentment and resistance, and it is foreseen that a series of silver moon planes will open the gate of the plane here, which is to call on the people of the Salander Sultan, who have been oppressed for thousands of years, to rise up, and only in this way can they have the power to overturn the entire continent and push the countries down.
In the midst of the desert rocks, the gate from the alien plane has been opened, and countless green strong orcs and elegant and beautiful elves have shuttled through it and entered a new world.