Chapter 13: Punishment of the .........
They were heavily armed warriors - this description was not accurate, but rather it was ten pieces of animate armor, and the spirits had bound their souls to these armors with the help of Yuren's power. They use their soul power to power the armor, and as long as they don't take off their helmets, no one will notice that the armor is empty.
But this is only a stopgap measure.
O'Faryl didn't know much about souls, but unlike Eulen, he knew very well that although these geists could move at the moment, they didn't have the same powerful magical reserves as O'Faryl. For example, maintaining a geist and fixing it to a tangible object requires five to ten manas of mana per day, and these geists were born in the era of the Radiant Moon, and their own mana reserves are about five hundred manas, in that era of advanced magic, people with this level of mana reserves can be seen everywhere, and now, due to the changes of the times and the decline of magic, people with such magical reserves are not yet a rare species, but they are also average at the level of mid-level mages. And judging by the current situation, as long as these geists do not engage in fierce battles, then there is no problem in maintaining them for a month, and even if they are fighting, depending on the intensity of the battle, at least they can last for more than ten days. However, after that, these geists will lose enough strength to sustain their physical activities, and at best, they will finally be able to regain their original form and sleep as before, or at worst, they will be completely wiped out of this world.
Of course, Yuren didn't plan to do this, as Offariel said, these geists were the most needed and loyal help for him at the moment, they had a contractual connection with each other, and in the previous life, these geists had fought with Yuren and were very familiar with his command and actions. In addition, these geists were all born in the Radiant Moon era, and have mastered a large number of combat skills that have been lost. It would be wasteful to use them as servants to clean the castle.
Because of this, he materialized these geists and left the Twilight Castle with them, and he needed to increase the power of these geists and help them maintain and further solidify their bodies. Once they have a sufficient reserve of mana and create their bodies, these geists can use their original strength.
Thinking of this, Yulian couldn't help but glance at Ofariel standing beside him, the bright sun shone on the delicate and beautiful face, the long lilac hair swayed slightly in the wind, and he could even smell the faint, flower-like smell of the girl's body. Compared to the poor spirits who could barely move on armor, Her Highness seemed to have no idea how lucky she was - in general, being able to barely solidify her form, and maintain a human form, was already the limit of the solidification of her soul, after all, their own strength was limited, especially for those who lacked magical powers. At best, they can only solidify with their magical power, shaping a rough form, and barely having a pair of eyes and a mouth to be recognizable is their limit. And looking at Ofariel's appearance, the magic not only perfectly shaped her body, not even a single hair was spared, not only that, but even the girl's clothes were completely reproduced............ If those geismos attached to the armor need to consume five to ten manas to maintain their existence, then this princess highness consumes at least three hundred manas a day of magic power. It can be said that if those geists were allowed to maintain her current form, then I am afraid that by noon the next day, even the shadow would not be visible.
Yulian is not a mage, but even so, he sensed Ofariel's abnormality, and before that he had lied to Her Royal Highness the princess - her magic power was not about the same as that of the ** master, but far beyond it. If Julien were to calculate the amount of mana reserves that Ofaril had, it would be at least seven figures.
Yuren couldn't imagine how such a terrifying reserve of mana could exist in a young girl, and he was sure that if Ofariel awakened this power while he was alive, then with this huge and exaggerated amount of mana reserves, coupled with the special surname of the phantom, this princess would definitely become the most powerful mage in the world, not one of them.
But now it's not bad for Yulian. Next, just let her learn how to use her powers.........
O'Faryl shuddered.
She raised her head, squinted her eyes and stared at the clear sky suspiciously, the sun shining on her body, warm and uncomfortable, but why did she just feel as if she was walking barefoot on the cold and biting floor?
"It's all there?"
Yuren glanced at the geyster warriors standing in front of him, and didn't expect an answer from them - all their power was now used to sustain and drive the steel shell, and they didn't have the leisure to answer Yuren's questions in the wasteful and inefficient way of communicating with voice. So Yulian stopped talking, he carefully observed the terrain around him, and then waved his hand.
"Let's go. ”
The place where Yuren was going was the outer part of the Twilight Forest, but instead of taking the road that led from the town to the outside world, Yuren took Ofaril and made a large circle, stretching the border from the Dusk Mountains behind him towards the edge of the Twilight Forest.
His purpose is simple, as he said to O'Fariel, to eradicate evil and eliminate the bad guys.
Every sentence is true, and there is no falsehood.
As the former owner of the Twilight Castle, Yulian was familiar with the terrain here, and he knew very well that although the fiefdom of the Twilight Forest had no economic and transportation value, there was an unusually prosperous and rich trade route within this almost invincible barrier. The Golden Trade Road, which is located on the edge of the Twilight Forest, is an important transportation hub across several countries and large cities such as the Kingdom of West, the Kingdom of Hiro, and the Crescent Federation, and in fact, one of the purposes of the original construction of the Twilight Castle is to protect the flank of the gold trade route to prevent it from being damaged and cut off, the gold trade route is almost one of the largest trade lifelines in these cities, and all countries are sparing no effort to protect the part of their territory that connects the gold trade route.
And because of this, the most ferocious bandits on the mainland are also gathered here, they are composed of wandering soldiers, escaped criminals, destitute mercenaries, and desperate poor peasants, distributed and hidden in this forest. In fact, while countries have tried to crack down on these perpetrators, they have had little success. After all, this gold trade route is too long, and with the manpower of various countries, it is impossible to achieve three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, and because of this, this gold trade route is full of murder, robbery and plunder, and those merchants either hire powerful mercenary groups to protect themselves, or spend a lot of money to buy those guards and the gangsters behind them in order to seek peace. And those businessmen who have weak power and no background will also choose to go in groups to avoid risks.
Long before Yuren, he knew that there were many bandits lurking in the outskirts of the Twilight Forest, but Yuren had no interest in those guys. And the bandits were not interested in coming to Yulian for trouble, their goal was the wealth on the gold trading route, so they would not be stupid enough to use their own force to fight the most powerful knights on the continent at that time, and Yulian's task at that time was to guard the barbarian army on the periphery of the border, so it was naturally impossible to draw any military strength to do things like suppressing bandits. Later in the story, the threat is gone, the situation changes, and the Twilight Castle loses its former usefulness, but the bandits never disappear - the only fortunate thing is that they have little interest in Twilight Town, after all, the town with a monthly income of only a hundred gold coins is really not worth mentioning in the eyes of the bandits.
Sometimes it's too poor, but it's not bad.
But now, Yuren has changed his mind.
"My lord, why do we have to be so sneaky to destroy those bandits?"
Walking beside Yuren, Ofariel could not hide his doubts. Although she didn't know about Yulian's plan, in O'Fariel's opinion, she and the others were also "officials and soldiers", and looking at Yulian's appearance now, sneakily hiding in the woods, shuttling in the shadows, advancing, not only asking not to make any sound, but also asking to hide her figure, which is really too different from the situation of "suppressing bandits" in O'Fariel's imagination, how does she feel that her group is still like a bandit by a bandit?
"From a military point of view, we don't have enough troops. ”
Julien walked at the front, reaching out to separate the leaves in front of him, answering Offariel's inquiry without looking back.
"If I have more than a hundred soldiers, then I can hold my banner, go out directly, and then surround these bandits, and then digest them slowly, and at the same time kill chickens to show the monkeys, and deter other bandits. But I only have these ten fighters in my hands right now. ”
As he spoke, Yuren shrugged his shoulders.
"So we have to be careful to catch all of these guys, and the best thing to do is to find their nests without them noticing, and then wipe them out. And if these guys find out, then even if we have the ability to eliminate most of the bandits, we will be scared by the snakes, and the gains will outweigh the losses......... These guys are very familiar with the mountains and forests, and once they are allowed to escape, then with the little manpower I have now, it is impossible to completely deal with them. ”
"But ..............."
Offariel frowned, she felt a little confused, but she didn't know what to say. After all, Her Royal Highness had never been exposed to war and combat, and in her imagination, as long as there was a well-trained elite army, and then waving the flag into the forest, it would be enough to expel those bandits and bandits, and like many noble ladies, Offariel herself did not seek to understand the process of this kind of battle. Yulian, who noticed this, sighed, and then changed to another way.
"Well, let's put it another way......... It has been written in the official document that the only areas I can be responsible for governing are Twilight Town and Twilight Castle, and although the territory of these bandits is also in the Twilight Forest, it is not within the scope of my jurisdiction and disposal.........
"So once we are discovered by others, then there is a suspicion of acting beyond our authority, and at that time, you will be in big trouble. ”
Although he knows nothing about military affairs, O'Faryl is still very keen when it comes to political issues.
"But, my lord, the forest is so big, and we don't know where those bandits are hiding, how to find them?"
"Good question. ”
Hearing this, Yuren stopped, turned to look at Ofaryl, and reached out to hold her shoulder.
"So, I need your help, Miss O'Faryl. ”
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