Chapter 12: The Eve of the Great War
Returning to the castle full of joy, Tang Ruiyi immediately announced the disbandment and rest, and there was a burst of cheers among the militia!
He was going to ask the militia to give up the room to the Swift Girls, but he was told that the elves did not want to live in a stone cage, and the end result was that the largest oak tree around the castle was transformed into a veritable "treehouse", guarded by a group of green-eyed owls flying from nowhere, and the Swift Girls lived there.
The magical scene made the militiamen's eyes bulge.
Half a day later, the swift girl came out of nowhere, and as soon as she saw him, she asked:
"Well, do you have anything to eat?"
"Aren't there berries in the woods?"
"What's so delicious about berries! I'm tired of eating this every day. ”
Dizzy, misled by film and television works on the earth, he also thought that elves don't eat meat, but he didn't expect this girl to play cards according to common sense.
"Well, well, roast wolf meat or roast bugs, which do you want? Bugs are not only nutritious, but also extremely high in protein!"
When the swift girl heard this, her whole body suddenly stiffened, and she looked at the roasted insects in the bowl with disgust, and said angrily:
"Don't you order normal food?
Tang Ruiyi pretended to ponder for a while:
"Well, the bread is still growing in the ground, and it may take months to harvest, or you can just take it, but the roasted worms are really delicious." ”
It's really delicious, crunchy, clicky.
The swift girl took a deep breath, and her gritted teeth but helpless appearance made people feel extremely cute.
In the end, he called out the only three Snickers on his body (woo woo, he was almost starved to death at the beginning, he was reluctant to eat) and sent the little ancestor away.
The swift girl with the smile of the little fox left the castle contentedly, and sang a little song along the way, which made Tang Ruiyi even more depressed.
Walking to the city wall to relax, looking into the distance, you can see that under the command of Luopu, countless militiamen began to dig ditches on a large scale, and their mighty appearance is quite a bit of the style of the Red Army Revolution.
Dry thorns were dragged out of the woods and placed at the castle gates, on which sharpened mace-nails were sprinkled, and any creature that tried to pass through it would have to pay the price of blood.
At this time, Luo Pu came over and said worriedly, "I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to defeat the invaders alone. ”
Tang Ruiyi nodded, indicating that he knew, but after all, it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and he had no good way now.
"Why don't you evacuate before the battle, I'm afraid the war will spread to the castle......"
Tang Ruiyi suddenly felt that he was a little too indecisive, hey, why did he always forget that Ci was not in charge of the army, why did he always care about the lives of these "renewable resources", probably because each recruit was very expensive, he persuaded himself like this, but he was still a little confused in his heart.
In fact, speaking of which, he couldn't figure out whether these soldiers were real or systematic? If they were real people, they were too rigid, and their emotional changes were very stiff, and the high-level characters, such as Swift Girl and Martin, seemed to be more emotional, and some low-level militiamen were like robots, with almost no emotions other than fighting and resting.
But it's not right to say that they are virtual, but the true feelings of Martin who became a scout before are not disguised! Tang Ruiyi remembered that it seemed that Martin's emotions became rich after that incident, loyalty, timidity, bravery, in the end, where is illusory, where is reality, for him, it is really a difficult concept to define.
He called to Luopu: "Wait a minute, you send a few militiamen, bring the boiled wolf oil to the city wall, and tell John to hurry up and make a batch of iron spikes, when the time comes, I will be useful, and when the matter is done, I will go to the mill and hide for a while." ”
Luo Pu nodded, silently saying nothing.
............
While the entire castle was actively preparing for war, a scout was completing his own mission.
In fact, it is not difficult for Martin to find the troops led by the shaman, especially at night, usually where the troops camp, there should be a water source, which is not only convenient for cooking, but also can play the role of a barrier, followed by fire, in this chaotic and close to the Middle Ages, it is not so strict that the discipline at night does not dare to even start a fire, and finally it is a superb reconnaissance ingenuity, since the great king has arranged this task for him, then he must be fortunate not to be dishonored.
Soon, following the only river near the town, Martin had walked seven or eight kilometers upstream, then two kilometers downstream, and had already seen the light of the fire and several sentries standing guard.
But he didn't act rashly, and after accurately recording the location of the goblin army's camp, he quickly returned and reported it to Tang Ruiyi.
"How so...... They're defenseless, aren't they?" Tang Ruiyi said slowly, sitting upright on his chair, playing with the hilt of his oval sword.
"That's right, Your Majesty. Martin got down on one knee and said feverishly.
"It's time for our elf friends to warm up. ”
Alberta Swift was woken up in the middle of the night and gasped for a while, almost twenty minutes after the sortie.
When the sentries of the Goblin Tribe saw the dark shadows gradually appearing in the jungle, one of the sentries couldn't help but turn his head and asked the other goblin in a hoarse voice, "Sweet potato, what are those things?"
The other goblin beside it looked around a little puzzled: "I don't know, it can't be a ghost." ”
"Ghosts, you can't read too many horror novels, are you, where are there real ghosts in this world?"
However, to be on the safe side, the sentry cautiously reported the phenomenon to the sleeping shaman.
"Little one, I hope you can bring me some good news. ”
The awakened shaman looked like an old man on the verge of death, dressed in golden silk and wearing an eerie wooden mask, and his eyes glowed with a breathtaking red in spite of his breath.
"We noticed some unusual phenomena near our camp. The sentry swallowed cautiously and reported what he had seen.
The shaman was stunned, ghost, are you kidding me? Recently, in order to avenge his son, he has been very busy, and now there is such a fool under his hands.
He snorted, pestle the bone staff, burned the sentry to ashes amid a plea for mercy, and slowly walked out of the tent.
Seeing from a distance that what the sentry said was indeed true, he was even more puzzled, how could he feel that there was a deception in it, he couldn't help but stand up on horseback, and woke up all the sleeping goblin warriors.
Rows of sleepy-eyed goblins began to explore the jungle, and after a search, they found only a tattered scarecrow, who was behind the Black Shadow.
The shaman was annoyed that he had been teased.
But I didn't know that on the mountain not far away, the indifferent swift girl was biting her lip, unloading the giant bow on her back, turning her feet, leaning on the tree obliquely, the weight of the bow body was completely pressed on the white and tender long legs, and she pulled out three arrows and put them on the giant bow, and then pulled the bowstring with two slender hands, focusing all the anger that was awakened in the middle of the night on the arrow!
Listening to the sound of "whoosh!", the fluorescent green arrows were like eagles striking the sky, and the strange light was extremely conspicuous in the dark night.
"Piercing Arrow!"
The sudden light made most people stunned, and countless goblin warriors looked up in confusion.
"Elven Ranger----- Alberta!" almost instantly the shaman recognized the huge bow and arrow, it screamed and subconsciously crouched on the ground, the arrow almost grazing its scalp and flying past, sending the three goblin warriors behind it cold.
If the militia's crossbow arrows are clumsy brutes, then the elven ranger's archery skills are like treacherous poisonous snakes, the arrows in the quiver are as vicious as fangs, her attacks are never fatal, but she takes hyena tactics to the extreme, knee joints, fingers, wrists, and lower yin are all targets of her attacks.
Many goblins didn't have much health, but due to the decrease in attack power caused by their physical disabilities, they completely lost their ability to attack, and fell to the ground one by one, convulsing constantly.
The shaman immediately reacted and stared fiercely at the swift girl on the hillside: "You long-eared guy again!
The swift girl snorted: "It's just a pile of garbage, and you want to stop me? Say I'm with long ears, what are you? Are you too ugly to see people wearing masks, ha!"
The shaman was so angry that he trembled, but because magic didn't have the same range as a bow and arrow, by the time it struck, the Swift had long since disappeared without a trace, leaving behind a large number of demoralized goblins.
............
The first rays of sunlight poured across the land, the mill began to work with the crisp chirping of cicadas, and the murmuring of clear water mixed with dew poured on the wheat seedlings, and a new day had arrived.
There was nothing to do all night, neither the angry goblins came to retaliate, nor did any strange spells fall on the militia, which made Tang Ruiyi, who had been worried all night, laugh at himself.
Tang Ruiyi opened the window of scattered flowers, breathed in the clear air, the militia presented a steaming meal, and after filling his stomach, he sat silently at the table and thought about the gains and losses, I have to say that the night attack was perfect, and the several goals of the hope were also achieved, the fighting spirit of the goblin side was greatly damaged, and at the same time, he also figured out the system of the army:
From the lowest-end cannon fodder and logistics goblins, to the goblin warriors who are mixed in the battlefield, and finally the golden crown shaman who is tightly protected by the four goblin guards, an efficient and simple structure like a pyramid.
Hey, after taking a sip of warm tea, Tang Ruiyi let out a long sigh of satisfaction, it would be great if there weren't so many miscellaneous things for him to develop with peace of mind, although the night raid was a great success, the crises they faced were far more than that, there were several problems that always made him feel extremely tricky, such as food and water sources, once the goblin army besieged them and blocked them in the castle, it was a matter of time before they were defeated.
Thinking about it, I can't think of any good way, in line with the principle of not wasting time, Tang Ruiyi went to the militia training camp to exercise in the sword training field, his foundation is very thin, but he insists on exercising, with the knowledge learned in high school physical education class and the "Changquan Technique" and "Self-Defense Guide" from the library, the overall attribute has also been slightly improved.
The time for the decisive battle is approaching, and it is necessary to choose a strong enough man to defend the walls of the South Gate.
In the name of defending his homeland, he persuaded the Blue Gull to stay and help in the battle, instead of taking the boy to the deeper swamp.
Lan Ou's face turned red: "Impossible! If I can't be sent to death with you!"
Tang Ruiyi's heart was beating wildly, and he still pretended to be calm on the surface: "Have you ever thought about how dangerous it is in the swamp, you have no problem, when you can protect Tomil all the time!"
Being poked in the soft underbelly, Lan Ou instantly wilted, and his hands clenched into fists: "Then I can't risk staying here, you die! I can't promise you!"
No matter what Tang Ruiyi said, Lan Ou didn't agree, but good people still have good rewards, that is, the little boy he flattered before, and now he also helps him speak.
I saw Tomil come over and put his arm around Lan Ou and shook it gently, and said with teary eyes: "Uncle, shall we help the eldest brother?"
The blue gull trembled all over, his eyes turned red, and finally roared: "Okay, but you have to promise me that I will never let Tomil be hurt in the slightest!"
"No problem, it's a deal. ”
Put on a set of "chain mail" carefully built by John, add 30 life, (leather armor and chain mail can be worn inside and outside, which does not hinder the battle), iron armor has a metallic texture more than leather armor, and it looks much more handsome from the outside.
There are not too many skills.,After constantly building a good relationship and stalking him, I learned her best "primary penetrating arrow" from the swift girl.。 And after many times of observation and study, he finally took advantage of Luopu's inattention to steal the "pharmaceutical technique" and "mosaic technique".
But because he learned it secretly, many places are not perfect, and he finally succeeded once after stuffing some materials and refining several bottles (in fact, if you want to make a practical potion, you need a reasonable formula and strict techniques, and generally doing it will only make a failure, this time it is a blind cat that meets a dead mouse),:
[Fish Elixir: Gain the ability to breathe underwater for 3 minutes]
At this time, Tang Ruiyi suddenly remembered the "rare gems" he had received from the Hamers, so he quickly found a useless piece of rotten wood, used "carving" to imitate the magic wand in "Harry Potter" to make a rough sketch, and then dug a hole and added "mosaic" to the auxiliary column.
The light flashed, then dimmed again, and the system prompted that the production had failed.
He was not discouraged, and he carved and chiseled with oak, birch, and fir in turn, and the wand he carved became more and more vivid, and the white light became stronger and stronger each time.
Finally, after five failures, the system prompts:
[You made a "Twisted Low-Level Wand", and the Beginner 1st Class Carving Technique was promoted to the Elementary 2nd Class Carving Technique]
Tang Ruiyi looked at the shining "little wooden stick" in his hand in surprise, it really succeeded, and the level of carving has also increased slightly (each level is divided into three classes, such as primary first class, primary second class, primary third class, intermediate first class, and so on) The feelings in his heart are difficult to suppress, he has also used an artist knife to make some cosplay props before, but they are only used to pass the time when he is bored, but he didn't expect that he can really use it after crossing into the other world!
Oh my God, this wand is the first piece of equipment he made, and it's very commemorative, maybe it will accompany him on the battlefield in the future, and it will be recorded in history, haha.
Tang Ruiyi excitedly glanced at the attributes of the wand, and then revealed a bitter gourd face.
[Twisted Low-Level Wand: Cast Speed +18%, Cast Damage Reduced by 25%]