Chapter IV: Weapons

Speaking of the Hohenstlingen family, there is nothing worth mentioning besides being willing to be the eagle dogs of the court and acting perversely, it is that they are known as the weapon masters among the horror knights in martial arts, just as the Celine Falst family of Anna has a unique attainment in the cultivation of the secret arts ability of the horror knights. The Hohenstlingen family www.biquge.info best at improving and using all kinds of weapons, and they have no outstanding talent in hard power, so they can only make up for this lack with technology.

The proudest part of the family in "Stlingenburg" is the armory and weapons showroom, which can be described as a museum of military weapons. Since Anna's first visit to the castle, it has become one of her favorite places to visit, the other being the wine cellar. The most annoying place was Sallian's study, which made her mind feel uncomfortable.

Sarian quickened his pace to catch up with Anna, and walked with her up a flight of stairs to the underground corridor of the castle, and after passing through the entertainment room with only one key, Sarian used another set of keys he carried with him to open the three iron bars at the end of the corridor one after another, and finally came to a metal door that looked extremely heavy, and there was no keyhole on it except for the family coat of arms depicted with great engraving.

Salian put his hand on the family coat of arms in the middle of the gate, that is, a black irise-shaped shield depicting a black dragon flying with a meteor hammer in his front paws, the shape is very simple, and the inscription below the shield reads "Loyalty, Wisdom, and Fearless" in the ancient high map Donian language. While Salian pressed his hand to the coat of arms, a dazzling purple light suddenly emanated from his eyes, raising his terrifying secret technique to the limit, and when the coat of arms on the gate also glowed dazzlingly, the gate slowly moved left and right.

Anna dodged inside before the door was fully opened. When Salian opened the door completely and followed him in, it was fortunately not as messy as the last time Anna came. He just saw Anna wielding a classical cavalry sword, and the sword wind he brought up made him a little unsteady on his feet.

The cavalry sword is a longsword that can be used with both hands, and the lead-filled weight ball keeps its center of gravity close to the middle, allowing it to slash and thrust. Simply put, a weapon that can do anything, but has no characteristics.

Salian hurriedly said to Anna, "Dear Anna, I think you must be very pleased with this sword, which is also very famous in the history of my family, and was made by my great-grandfather himself, who used it to defeat three glorious knights of the kingdom of Franços. It's too small here, so please go to the martial arts arena in the middle of the castle to practice, it's more comfortable, and then hurry up and change your clothes, okay?"

"Well, since it's not against brigades of infantry and cavalry, cavalry spears are basically useless, this sword can be used no matter riding or foot combat, it should be enough, then I'll go, I'll see you at the gate of the castle later." ”

"Sure enough, when it comes to war, you'll see you in a moment, my dear Anna!"

After letting Anna go as quickly as he could, Salian was finally able to pick up weapons in his family's armory, not counting the high-end weapons in the Secret Weapons Showroom. There are too many, and the range of options is too wide. When our protagonist is struggling with his thoughts, it's just the right time to briefly introduce the Terror Knight, a special class unique to the Divine Grace Empire.

From ancient times to the present day, the Tutonians have been considered to have the strongest willpower of any human race. In the distant past, a genius magician of the Tutonian tribe discovered a way to derive power directly from willpower, but to make this power practical requires the user to have a willpower far greater than that of ordinary people, and even among the Tutonians this trait is very rare. After that, through the unremitting efforts of many famous willpower experts, various uses of this power were gradually developed and their own system was formed.

At this time, the stirrup came from the far east ****, and people found that with the help of this tool, people and horses could be perfectly combined, able to put on heavy armor, hold heavy weapons to charge, and burst out with extremely strong combat effectiveness. The warriors who used willpower also discovered this, relying on the stability provided by the stirrups to concentrate on using this power on the horse, so they also stepped on their horses and became cavalrymen.

Because mastering this power can fill oneself with courage and strength, and at the same time make the enemy feel fearful and helpless, the method of using this willpower is named "Terror Mystic". In the end, these warriors who rode war horses, could use both ordinary weapons and "terrifying secret arts", made great contributions in the process of establishing the First Dynasty, and were invincible and powerful on the continent, and were called his "Knights of Terror" by Conrad I. Salian's ancestors also became Imperial Knights from an ordinary cavalryman in the glory days of the Empire.

The Terror Knight has evolved to this day, with well-established training methods, combat techniques, and hierarchies. According to the different emphases, it can generally be classified into three major schools: enhancement, control and protection. Salian inherits the essence of the patrilineal family control school, Anna is the representative of the enhancement school, and there is a protection school to which the Salian maternal family belongs is less common. The Terror Knight is divided into four levels according to strength: Trainee Terror Knight, Terror Knight, Terror Grand Knight and Terror King Knight, and each level can also be subdivided into upper, middle and lower three stages, which is basically the case.

In addition to one side of the metal gate, the other three walls of the castle armory have one column each, and the two columns in the middle of the storeroom have a total of five rows of neatly arranged weapon racks. In order to make it easier to find specific weapons, all of them are arranged in an orderly manner according to their types and uses, and there are dozens of varieties of bat spears, conical spears, willow leaf spears, long-bladed spears, goose-shaped spears, thorn spears, and so on. I have to say that the Hohenstlingen family has a complete range of weapons, and it is difficult to find a second one even in the whole empire.

Salian pondered the glory of the horror knights' history as he searched for the weapons he needed for this adventure. Listening to the rumors that it may be a humanoid black magic creature, the weapon used is already known, a magic dagger with highly poisonous attributes, Salian estimates that it may be a magic unit with no armor or light armor. After a fierce battle of ideas, he took two weapons, a chain hammer and a flame-shaped two-handed sword, from a newer-looking weapon rack.

These two weapons were handed down from the time of his grandfather and father, respectively.

On the battlefield where the old Count Friedrich followed Siggis I to suppress the rebellion of the Vanorians, the once invincible terror knights were greatly challenged, and the rebels armed with magic cannons, magic guns and wheat shackles from the east caused these once invincible terror knights to suffer heavy losses, and they became the tears of the times. It was only later that the rebellion was reluctantly suppressed by improving armor and weapons, and by co-opting the upper echelons of the rebel army.

After that, Friedrich humbly learned the weapons of the rebels, improved the agricultural chain flail they used, changed the long handle used by both hands to a short handle suitable for the cavalry to use with one hand, and on the other hand, made the chain slightly shorter than the total length of the handle and upper arm, so that it was not easy to hurt himself, and then fixed a huge spike-shaped hammer on the top of the chain to make a powerful weapon - chain hammer. Of course, wielding this weapon with one hand is still very difficult, and only a samurai with both strength and skill can use it flexibly after a long period of training, but it is very effective against both heavy and light armor units. Later, among the many contributions made by the old earl on the battlefield, the role of this weapon should not be underestimated. Picking up this weapon, the most impressive thing is its huge diamond-shaped hammerhead, and the terrifying eight pairs of spikes plus the flange cone emitted bursts of cold light.

The flame-shaped two-handed sword is a special form developed on the basis of the imperial two-handed sword, but due to the difficulty of processing, it was not widely spread until the time of Salion's father, because of the great development of forging technology, it became popular, and the mercenaries and adventurers of the empire are very fond of this weapon today.

As the most skilled in the manufacture and use of weapons in the Empire, this sword of the Salian family is much more powerful than that used by ordinary mercenaries, with a total length of 1.9 meters, the hilt and sheath of the sword are 35 centimeters long, and the blades are heavy, weighing up to 5 kilograms, you must know that ordinary two-handed swords are only three kilograms at most. The wavy blade not only has a stronger cutting force on the flesh, but also produces irregular fluctuations when intersecting with the opponent's weapon, making the opponent extremely uncomfortable and causing the movement to be deformed. Use the short blade on the sheath to block your opponent's weapons and launch a counterattack. Ordinary people basically can't use it, but in the hands of highly skilled professional soldiers, it can achieve the effect of integrating attack and defense, and has become an ultimate killing weapon. In the vast plains, you can swing like a fierce wind and quickly harvest life, and in narrow street battles, you can hold the hilt of the sword with one hand and the tenon of the other like a half-handed sword, and use various skills and the combination of long and short blades to flexibly kill and damage the enemy.

Salian chose his weapon, then went back to his room and changed his outfit, a more fancy red and blue slit cutout suit than he had worn yesterday, and then he didn't choose plate armor, only a stainless steel throat guard, which was flexible and light enough to fully use the power of the flame sword. The heavy plate armor was enough for Anna to wear alone, and Salian was still mainly dexterous and lightweight, and when using the chain hammer, the shield could be held in the other hand, and it could also be well defended. On the lower body, he wore two pairs of stockings of completely different colors, one black and one white, tied with gold garter belts, and a pair of fashionable round-toed duckbill shoes on his feet. In the end, he chose a velvet hat with a silver feather stuck in it, completely in the image of an adventurer or mercenary.

At 7:50 a.m., Salian finally dressed up, went to the gallery and chose a sturdy, cold-blooded horse, and hung a flaming sword made of the skin of some seacreature, on one side of the saddle, and hung a chain hammer and a shield on the other side of the saddle, and turned over and came to the gate of the castle. Morrow, Yulia, and Anna were already waiting for him there, and they all knew that it would take a little longer for Salian to change clothes.

Anna rode on her Nightmare Beast, draped all over her body, and looked majestic in armor and riding gear. A set of fully covered plate armor, although a closer look reveals that several parts are not a set, the helmet is particularly ornate, with intricate and ornate gold ornamentation, and the obvious neoclassical style of Constance, yes, the one that won over Salian. And some of the other parts are heirlooms, some are looted, some are bought, or won in other competitions. Since it is a armor riding equipment, then the nightmare beast is also a full set of gorgeous sheet metal armor, of course, this special horse armor is a flower frame, basically no defense, in order to cooperate with the rider and buy a thin iron sheet at a low price, just have a look, even if it is a fake, the horse armor is particularly gorgeous, unforgettable, there is a spiral unicorn on it, which can be used to perfectly imitate the unicorn. Of course, Anna had the cavalry sword stuck diagonally in her curvaceous waist, and a fleur in the saddle like Salian's.

Yulia, who was beside Anna, wore a short dressing suitable for horseback riding and wore a square scarf on her head, looking like a harmless peasant maiden, riding a docile pony with a basket hanging from the saddle for the lunch of the three of them, in case they passed a small open field in the forest, so that they could have a picnic in peace. A bag of wine and a rucksack hung on either side of the saddle, and Yulia was well prepared for the trip. For the water elemental Yulia, there is no need to bring water, just a cup.

Salian finally asked Moreau, who was on the side, to take care of the castle, and then happily set out on the road with the two girls, and today must be a relaxing and happy hunting day.