Chapter 226: Night Attack (Part II)

The bear shook its massive body. Come to Saleen. He didn't feel any awe of the mage, and sat down directly, next to Salin.

"I know you. Storm Bear laughed.

"I know you too. Salin smiled too, and there was a sense of closeness in the bear's eyes. This big man, except for his muscles and a little afraid of people, is still easy to get along with. As long as you don't compete with him.

"That female bodyguard of yours, I still want to compete with her. Storm Bear said seriously.

"Oh, no, you've improved a lot, but you're not going to be her match yet. "Saleen didn't beat around the bush, and Sika gained some of the abilities of the Battle Priest, which may not be very powerful for a mage, but it is no worse than a mage in terms of mental attack. Even in terms of sheer strength, Sika can now suppress Storm Bear.

Two people compete, even if they don't use weapons, after a mental impact of Xika, they can easily overturn the strong man of Storm Bear.

"Huh?" Storm Bear was a little disappointed, he didn't think Saleen was lying to him. The county lord said that Master Saleen was someone who could be trusted.

"Don't compare yourself with others. There will be an attack tonight, and if you have to compare, it depends on who solves the most people. ”

"You think so, I feel uneasy. It feels like danger is coming. Storm Bear's words made Saleen stunned. This person who had only cultivated sword qi for a few years actually developed a telepathy that only a sword saint had.

It was an unusually sharp instinct for danger, and Storm Bear couldn't analyze and judge, but he knew in advance that something was going to happen tonight.

For people with this ability, judgment can be wrong, but intuition is not. It is said that when you reach the level of the Golden Sword Master, you can avoid deadly dangers at any time, even in battle.

This is equivalent to a magician using the Figaro formula to calculate at a rate of thousands of times at any time, and this ability is the envy of magicians.

After absorbing the abilities in the goddess's necklace, Salin could also calculate a lot of dangers, but it was certainly much slower than intuition. It can only be used in combat against calculated objects.

Moreover, this kind of calculation is quite mentally consuming, and ordinary great magicians will have to meditate once to recover.

Storm Bear's spiritual power must be very special, if he didn't learn swordsmanship, but practiced magic, he would definitely have achieved something. Fate is a very strange thing, no matter how good a person's talent is, if he doesn't have the opportunity, he will spend his whole life doing nothing. If it weren't for Rex and his party, Storm Bear would still be a non-grade cook in the Holy Rock City Army.

Although he is still a cook, his status is different, with Rex protecting him and inviting a teacher to teach him swordsmanship.

"Mr. Salin. You wait. Storm Bear suddenly stood up again, turned back to the carriage and fetched his other weapon, placed it on the ground, and sat down beside Saleen again.

This is a long sword, very long, the blade is about more than three meters, even if a person more than two meters tall like Storm Bear holds it in his hand, it looks very abrupt.

"Single-edged sword sword!" Salin saw the black long sword and recognized the murder weapon.

The Fourth Dynasty once had an army of 100 people, all armed with single-edged swords, this army of 100 people was specialized in breaking through the iron cavalry charge, no matter how powerful the cavalry, a hundred huge warriors stood there with a single-edged sword in hand, they could easily block and crush the cavalry's charge.

To Saleen's surprise, this single-edged sword was an antiquity, definitely something left over from the Fourth Dynasty.

This kind of weapon weighs about five hundred catties, and ordinary people can't pick it up at all, let alone wield it to kill the enemy. This is a weapon made of Shen Xing Iron, with some Mithril added to reduce its weight.

Storm Bear kept this weapon by his side, and even Saleen felt much more at ease. The enemy doesn't matter what kind of metal shield it is. Magic shields, before the single-edged sword, are a joke. The single-edged sword has only one natural attribute - tearing. Although Storm Bear is not yet a sword master, he is born with divine power, and with such a powerful weapon, Salin estimates that he can cut through the magic shield under the magician with one sword.

Rex is still luxurious enough, if Saleen gets this weapon, he will definitely smelt the material and remake other weapons. As long as the Sinking Star Iron is smelted with any kind of meteoric iron, it can become a weapon with the same effect.

I just don't know how many weapons like Rex there are, if a hundred of them are all in her hands, it is a good way to deal with cavalry.

Qin Yin now also has a heavy sword with a long pole and a heavy infantry weapon, which is used to attack the cavalry. But this heavy knife is only made of stainless steel, and has no magical effect. In terms of value, it is much worse than a single-edged sword.

"Mr. Salin, can you give me one of your bones?" Storm Bear laughed, a little embarrassed. Asking for something is a shy thing for him.

"You say a skeleton warhorse? that thing is an undead, you are not a necromancer, nor a magician, even if I give it to you, the skeleton warhorse will soon lose its lifespan. ”

Storm Bear sighed sadly and said, "You don't know, this kind of sword is heavier than my heavy hammer, if I hold it, I can only walk, and the war horse will be crushed." ”

Among the group, only the Storm Bear rode the Demonic Beast. His war hammer also has more than 100 catties, and the burden on the war horse is relatively large. Ordinary war horses can carry more than 400 catties, which is actually a kind of Warcraft, and there is a strange power hidden in the bloodline. If it is a horse, it will definitely not be able to withstand the power of heavy cavalry.

However, Storm Bear's single-edged horse slashing sword has more than 500 catties, and he himself has almost 300 catties, and this is still without wearing armor. If the violent bear is fully armed, I am afraid it will weigh a thousand pounds. Even if it's a skeleton war horse, I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to carry him.

"Storm Bear, wait until you get back to Metatrin City, and I'll help you find a way, there are no necromancers around now. ”

Storm Bear could only sigh, he hadn't been to Metatrin City for a long time, but Daniel, who knew him, saw Daniel riding an eighth-level undead like Pisius, and he was immediately envious.

How did he know that the eighth-level undead would never let him ride it, and if he dared to touch Pisius, Pisius would incinerate his soul.

Not everyone can sign a contract with the undead, although the spiritual power of the violent bear is strong, but it has no skill in using it, and it is not an opponent of the high-level undead at all.

Saleen showed no signs of fatigue. He sat at the door of the camp and chatted with the bears. Rex didn't have a sentry, and the wilderness was silent, just the two of them. The starlight pressed down, making the earth look a little pale.

Saleen finally understood what Rex had been doing for so long, and she mobilized all her resources, bought a lot of food, and expanded her army. Kushui County has incorporated the twelve surrounding cities and has expanded its territory dozens of times. Relying on her 20,000 swordsmen, Rex quickly and completely subdued the surrounding nobles, and then incorporated their soldiers.

Now the swordsman battalion under the rule of Kushui County has been expanded to six. The swordsman battalion that Rex brought out this time was her old base, and they were all swordsmen who had followed her for many years.

Before his death, the size of the Bitterwater Prefecture had been determined, and although Rex had used force, it was allowed by law. To Saphiroth's annoyance, Chanak the Great allowed Rex to expand his army to ten swordsman battalions and participate in the battle of Garulan.

There are also secret roads from Kushui County to Kaloulan, all of which are mountain paths. This kind of small road is impassable, but Rex can send a team of 200 people to infiltrate and train repeatedly.

After collecting the nearby nobles, the common people under Rex's rule have exceeded one million, and the scale of a county has been formed. The nobles she defeated, their territories were taken up, redistributed, and given titles again. These titles are the reward of the county king, and they have nothing to do with Holy Rock City.

However, a population of one million will definitely not be able to feed an army of 100,000 people. In that case, the country will collapse. Fortunately, the four newly established swordsman battalions were not elite, and the expenses were much less. Rex transferred an elite swordsman battalion to Metatrin City to share the attrition.

This swordsman battalion will also be raised by Salin in the future.

"So, Rex has no money?"

"It's not that there is no money, I heard that it is called a cash flow failure? Anyway, now the county lord can still sell some things. ”

Salin finally knew about Rex's predicament. The army is expanding so rapidly, and no matter how little it is invested, it is also a very great pressure. A soldier's monthly salary is at least one gold coin, not counting the investment in equipment, and now Rex has six swordsman battalions, and the monthly salary will exceed 100,000 gold coins, after all, the officer's salary is higher.

Rex looted a batch of weapons and armor in Wolffang, which could make up for the lack of equipment, but the soldiers had to eat, and this military pay and daily food consumption could not be replaced by anything else.

It's no wonder that Rex wants to get alcohol, no matter what kind of wine, as long as you buy and sell, you have to pay high taxes.

"It's coming!" Storm Bear pointed to the end of the horizon, and even if he didn't say anything, Saleen heard the undisguised sound of horses' hooves.

It turned out to be heavy cavalry? This thief was indeed in collusion with the nobles.

Hum!

Saleen snorted heavily. He looked up at the sky, and there was a small black dot floating in the sky, it was a flying golem, and he didn't notice it because it was flying too high. That height is already the limit of the flying golem, and if the weather is slightly bad, the flying golem will be destroyed.

It's a pity that there is no alchemy crossbow at hand, and at a height of one thousand meters, Salin's magic can't attack.

Originally, Salin thought that someone would take advantage of the night to sneak attack, but he didn't expect the other party to be tough, it seems that the thieves are very confident in their own strength!

Sure enough, it was a group of fools, facing eight great magicians, and actually mobilized heavy cavalry to attack, what is the difference between this and looking for death? Even if these heavy cavalry were built with a huge amount of money, a body of magic armor, it was impossible for them to be the opponent of the great magician, unless the number accumulated to a certain extent.

But the heavy cavalry is a money-burning profession, and Rex is only a heavy cavalry of two banner regiments in his hands.

Storm Bear stood up, turned around and shouted, "Rise up and fight!" ”