Chapter Forty-Eight: Mrak's Speed
While Lear was humming a song on the grass with Erlang's legs crossed, Mrak, who was on guard, came over to tell him that Adela was back, squinting at the orc warriors who had appeared on the horizon behind Adra, and Lear smiled happily.
"This is Lord Caron, the leader of the orcs, and this is our leader, Lear. β
After introducing each other, Adela stood behind Lear with Haag in front of her hands, knowing exactly what she had to do to show off the captain's majesty.
"Hello, Your Excellency the Mage. β
CuarΓ³n was the first to pay his respects to Lear, knowing that he shouldn't be the leader since he was here.
"Hello, brave Captain, you and your warriors have shown great fighting skill and courage, which I have heard of many times in the months since I arrived in Sarabhutto. β
"Don't get me wrong, I'm complimenting you from the bottom of my heart. β
After thinking about it, it felt that it was easy for the other party to feel ridiculed by saying this, and Lear immediately added.
Sure enough, after listening to the last sentence, Caron's face became gloomy because of the previous words.
"Thank you for your compliment, as warriors we are not many, and Madame Adela has declared to us your wisdom and strength, and we are willing to serve you for this, but as I said before, we are not vassals but mercenary, so you need to pay a sum of gold in advance so that I can appease my people, and this is what Madame Adela has promised us. β
It is not surprising to this that Lear has no more than two effects of diplomacy, admiration and money, and diplomats who are just showing their talents and the weakness of their current team are naturally not likely to make others reach the level of admiration, so it is natural to give some money.
"How much do I have to pay?"
Lear asked, smiling.
"A thousand, Your Excellency. For there are more than a hundred of my people, and I need to be appeased and persuaded by each one, but there is obviously nothing more convincing than gold coins for a warrior wandering in a foreign land. β
it!
Lear's heart was bleeding, but he had to put on a gentle smile like a breeze on his face.
"No problem, Primary, you can gather your people to return to Sarabuto with me now, because of the large number of you I need to go to the Mage Guild to issue a certificate of your obedience to me, so that I can open a clearing outside the city for you to settle down, and later I will also send someone to send gold coins to your garrison, and swear in the name of the Mage Tower, your safety will be guaranteed." β
Even if you count the three hundred gold coins and contribution points given by the Mage Association, there is still a loss of seven hundred, and it will be a huge expense to cover the food, drink and Lazar of these more than 100 people in the future, and the most important thing is that now that he has received more than 100 junior brothers, he doesn't know what he can do with them, should he take them to attack the Sarabuto military camp?
Lear really wants to have a long talk with the female mage now, and he can't do this kind of thing anymore in the future, otherwise he will die.
"Mrak Ivo!"
Lear called the names of General Fei and the Wood Elves, and since they were all received, let's arrange them first.
"Here!"
After a short period of education, these two people finally looked a little concise and capable.
"You go with the leader of Karon to gather the people, and then set up camp outside the city, and then leave the training of the warriors to you, two requirements, the first is that they can walk on any terrain, and the second is that they can cut the apple on the top of their heads with their axes within a distance of two hundred meters without hurting half of their scalps. β
That's the best use of it.
"Yes!"
The two of them looked up and shouted, but from the look in their eyes, it was clear that Ivo was full of confidence and Mlak was worried.
After all, orcs are originally ranged troops, and with a little practice in accuracy, it is not difficult to meet Lear's requirements, but it is really difficult for Mrak to make the orcs with two small short legs walk like a fly on any terrain.
But for those who have never led any deployments, the starting point is the same.
After returning to Sarabuto, Lear asked Haag to hire a carriage, and then loaded the dozen boxes of crystals on the Magic Association to exchange money, originally he planned to wait for the matter of the mine to pass before selling or simply keep it for his own use, but now that there is such a thing, it is not good if he does not hurry up and pay the orcs to cause a mutiny.
As for Sir Frank, if he finds out about it, let's talk about it.
Watching Haag leave the inn with the gold coins and the appeasement papers that the Magic Guild had gotten from the Governor's Palace, Lear stomped his foot and walked towards the Magic Guild again.
You have to keep earning money.
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After taking command of the orcs and obtaining Karon's consent, Mrak announced that from this day forward, each warrior must tie three heavy sandbags to his legs and waist at all times, and he was not allowed to take them off even if he ate or slept.
This decision caused great displeasure among the orcs, who claimed that the barbarians admired freedom without restraint, but when Mrak lifted his trouser legs and armor to reveal the heavy lumps of lead inside, the opposition grew quiet.
Everywhere, a true warrior is something to be feared.
Outside Sarabuto is the endless savannah, and there is no complicated terrain, but for those who want to do things, there are always more ways than difficulties.
Mrak ordered the orcs to dig holes in the grass outside the station, the largest one being more than a meter deep and more than a hundred meters long.
From the air, a two-kilometer radius of land has almost turned into a giant hornet's nest.
Then he brought a cartload of water from the moat to fill all the holes, and the soldiers guarding the walls only looked at the orcs with strange eyes, which made Karon feel very relieved.
At least after following Lear, the mage has fulfilled his promise in terms of food and safety, and the orcs are finally able to stand in the sun without having to hide in Tibet.
Soon, the orc warriors felt what it meant to dig their own graves.
Mrak drove everyone up before dawn every day, first running five laps around the hornet's nest with an axe and sandbags on his back, and then taking them through the terrain that had been dug into a hornet's nest, and not allowing anyone to fall into the puddle during the high-speed movement.
When he was done, he divided the orcs into two groups and took half of them and began to wade through the puddle, at which point Ivo came into play.
The Wood Elves would take the remaining half of the orc warriors and start shooting arrows and throwing axes at their companions who were trudging through the puddles, and those who managed to dodge the attack and complete it within the allotted time would go to Ivo to throw the axe handles, and those who missed or overtime would be replaced and beaten.
In order to make yourself feel better, all the orcs are crazy, and the six relatives don't recognize it, whether you usually have a good relationship or not, desperately hide and run in the water, and smash one on the shore to death, if it weren't for the fact that the half-orcs are rough and thick-skinned and Ivo only asks for accuracy and not kills, at least half of these orcs should lie down.
But in the end, everyone would go into that big puddle, and Mrak didn't know where to get more than a hundred boulders, and the last lesson of the day was for everyone to do squats in that puddle together, including himself.
This training lasted for half a month, and every night the orc warriors felt that they could never get up again, but the next day they immediately became fierce at the roar of Mrak.
No matter what race, no matter what position they are in, any true warrior will be inspired by honor, and Mrak will deeply implement this phrase that Lear taught him, and then train a group of orcs like ducks dancing in the sand every day between sunrise and sunset.
After another half a month, Lear, who had disappeared for a long time, finally appeared in the company of Haag.
"Let's go. β
With just two words, he rode his horse around the great hornet's nest into the depths of the Dimonyath grassland.
Adela followed him, her face visibly worried.
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