1513. Bereavement Pension
Standing on the highest part of the mountain, you can see that the vast plateau south of the Kitayama Pass battlefield is filled with countless fleeing evil spirits.
After these demons were scattered by the fog of war, and lost the command of the demon generals, the entire legion immediately turned into a mass of scattered sand, and the demons ran in panic on the ground covered with moss and weeds.
The Ant Cavalry only divided into two armies to pursue the fleeing demons, and the two ant cavalry pursuit squads also carried the druid and a large group of giant ghost soldiers to avoid a large number of casualties in the ensuing battle.
After losing the protection of the fog of war, these ant cavalry actually have no combat effectiveness at all, even in the face of ordinary demon warriors, it is difficult to win, if they encounter a demon general hiding in the defeated team during the pursuit, it is very likely that the whole army will be wiped out......
Therefore, the pursuit team is very careful to bring the druids, so that those giant ghost-patterned soldiers can rush to the front.
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The number of troops invested in the Battle of the North Pass was too large, and the aboriginal warriors of the Aigrod tribe began to rest in batches after entering the night, all the aboriginal warriors will receive the blessing of the gods of the Great Witch before climbing the city wall, and the warriors who have obtained the blessing of the 'Divine Blessed Body' have a strong recovery ability, and any injuries as long as they are not killed on the spot, they have a good chance of surviving.
With plenty of sacrifices, the Agrod tribe made the battle bloody.
It's probably been a prey for the Egrod clan for so long......
This fear had been suppressed in the hearts of this group of tribal warriors for too long, and once they could vent it, all the aboriginal warriors burst out with an extremely strong fighting intent, as if they had finally overcome the fear in their hearts and let out a cry of resistance against the extremely powerful demon warriors.
In the battle of the city walls, a large number of demon corpses were thrown into the burning pit, and many aboriginal warriors had a belief in victory.
In just one day and one night, the army of tens of thousands of demons that had been surrounded outside the city walls actually began to rout.
The warriors of the Aigrod tribe were not even ready to pursue.
At the back of the barracks, under the ten sacrificial altars, there was a low wall made of demon heads, and on the ground outside the altar were rows of aboriginal warriors who had died in battle.
Dressed in colorful robes and crowns of colorful feathers on their heads, each of the ten great witches held a large ebony bowl containing thick purple blood, which they dipped their fingers in, and drew simple symbols on the foreheads of the group of soldiers who had died in battle, which looked somewhat like 'eyes'.
It is said that only with the blood of the enemy can the souls of these dead warriors be separated from their bodies and entered the next reincarnation.
The natives of the Egrod clan firmly believe that everyone goes through countless cycles of life and death......
Many aboriginal warriors gathered at the ceremony, and everyone silently watched the great witches draw blood-colored symbols and silently recite eulogies outside the sacrificial altar.
Delia also stood in the crowd.
Of course, with her status and status, she would naturally stand at the front of the crowd, she was dressed in a demonic pattern of heavy armor, and she carried a war spear wrapped in linen strips behind her, and almost every aboriginal warrior looked at her with admiration in their eyes.
The Logan Patriarch and a group of tribal patriarchs were beside Delia, many of these patriarchs were also involved in yesterday's battle of the city walls, many of them were still wounded, and there were even two small tribal chiefs lying in the corpse in front of them.
In the Egrod tribe, the patriarch is not actually the one who holds the highest power, but the tribal elders who hold the highest power, and many of the elders are also the great witches of the tribe.
The patriarch is mainly responsible for hunting and gathering food in the tribe, and also ensures the safety of the tribe.
In times of war, the patriarch also leads the warriors of the tribe into battle......
Yesterday, during the day, he fought with the evil spirits at the head of the city, and not only did he capture a large number of sacrifices, but also obtained an equal number of demon cores, as well as some black demon skins.
Of course, these loot, in addition to the sacrifices that need to be handed over to the great witches in the tribe, the patriarch has the right to distribute other loot, such as these magic cores and black pattern demon skins.
In the morning, Patriarch Logan summoned the chiefs of the other tribes to discuss the loot.
According to the previous rules, these magic cores are likely to be distributed to the patriarchs of each tribe according to the number of battles yesterday, and then the patriarchs will distribute them to the best warriors in the tribe, and the warriors will polish the magic crystals in the magic cores, and then drill a hole in the middle and tie them into exquisite ornaments and tie them in their braids.
But now everyone knows that only the complete magic crystal is more valuable, so it will not be drilled after polishing.
Patriarch Logan stood beside Delia and stopped talking.
It wasn't until near the end of the ritual that Delia withdrew her gaze, turned to look at Patriarch Logan, and asked:
"It's decided?"
Patriarch Logan nodded slightly, he glanced sideways at the group of patriarchs behind him, and seeing that none of them expressed any objection, he said:
"Yesterday during the day, a total of 17,637 magic cores were collected on the battlefield, and we are ready to take them out, of course, we originally planned to divide these magic cores equally with Lord Surdak, after all, he provided us with all the weapons and armor used by the warriors in battle, as well as supplies including food and tents, and helped us build this wall, I have to say that with this wall, the war between us and the demons has become much easier."
After Patriarch Logan said this, another patriarch chimed in:
"And yesterday their men also participated in the battle on the city walls, to be honest, I don't think those knights in magic armor are better than the warriors of our tribe, but they are much more powerful than our warriors with magic armor, and all the evil spirits they have slain have been thrown into the burning pit."
Immediately, a patriarch in the crowd said, "This kind of thing is difficult to calculate, didn't our warriors also follow their ant cavalry out of the city to fight last night?" We didn't say we'd share the spoils! ”
Grand Patriarch Logan coughed lightly, and the surroundings immediately fell silent:
"I'm going to give these magic cores to Lord Surdak, and it is said that they can be exchanged for merit like those knights, and then the merit exchange list can be exchanged for some rewards."
With that, he looked again at the ill-fitting plate armor on Delia's body.
This set of heavy plate armor is a little bulky for Delia, and it is not a woman's type, and the breastplate part does not fit so well in some places, but there is no doubt that this set of armor provides a lot of 'double resistance' to the owner, and can also increase some strength and stamina, which is something that the warriors of the Aigrod tribe have never seen.
"Can I change it to this kind of magic armor on you?" Patriarch Logan asked.
Although he didn't know that the name of this was a complete set of armor, it was 'Demonic Pattern Formation', but he knew that the most powerful army of the Grimm Empire was the knights who wore this magical armor.
Delia thought for a moment before she said, "You're talking about this style of magic pattern construction?" It should be ok! ”
Patriarch Logan's eyes widened and he asked with a look of surprise, "Lord Surdak promised you?" ”
Delia nodded and said, "Yesterday he did tell me that we were allowed to redeem the rewards on the merit list, and it is said that there is this magic pattern on it. ”
When a group of patriarchs looked at Delia, their eyes were more or less different from before.
"Also, Lord Surdak is willing to bear the cost of the bereavement of the fallen warriors of the Egrod Clan, including compensation for the wounded and disabled warriors......" Delia said softly.
Hearing Delia say this, a group of tribal patriarchs were almost surprised.
A lot of people don't understand what Delia said.
The tribes of the Aigrod clan, when do the fallen warriors need to be compensated? They belong to the whole tribe, their families are also tribes, everyone usually eats in the same cauldron, people are dead, what else is there to compromise?
The so-called bereavement is not yet part of the tribe......
By this time, the Great Witches had completed their funeral rites and returned to their dwellings along the passage away given by the crowd with a tired face.
The patriarchs are responsible for the next thing.
According to the custom of the Aigrod tribe, they were required to bury the fallen aboriginal warriors under large trees, but this is in the northern pass of the Moyunling Highlands, and there are no trees in the vicinity.
With so many people killed in the battle, it is impossible to transport them all to the foot of Moyunling Mountain.
The patriarchs were going to find a sunny hillside and bury all the fallen soldiers, and then immediately sent people to find some small saplings to transplant them in the mountain pass in the north mountain pass.
Hearing that there were many benefits after the war, the group of patriarchs were a little excited.
"Delia, let's tell everyone about this!" Patriarch Logan said to Delia.
Delia was hesitant to make this public, as the Agrod tribe had never done so before......
Patriarch Logan gave her a look of encouragement, and the other patriarchs looked at Delia expectantly, all expecting her to speak out loud the good news.
Delia strode to the front of a sacrificial altar and climbed the stone steps to stand in a place where everyone could see it.
The warriors of the Aigrod tribe saw Delia emerge from the crowd, and everyone began to cheer again...... The shouts rose higher and higher.
"Everybody be quiet...... Be quiet! ”
Delia stood on the steps and shouted.
The surrounding Aboriginal warriors fell silent, and then the quiet spread to the back of the group, and the whole area fell silent.
"I'm sure everyone knows that even if I don't say it, we of the Aigrod clan have won a brilliant victory in this battle against the demons."
"This victory is about everyone in the room, and it is thanks to you that we have been able to achieve this victory. And the comrades lying in front of us have paid their most precious lives for this war, and they have fallen on this journey for the sake of our belief in the 'never give in' of the Aigrod clan. ”
"I would also like to make it clear that there will be a brutal battle to come, and only by driving the demons back to their homeland will Aigerod have a peaceful life, so there will be people who will die in battle......"
Delia paused for a moment, and for a moment there was silence around her.
Delia continued:
"To pay the highest respect to the warriors of Aigrod, your children have the right of first refusal to inherit this set of weapons and armor from the wounds of every soldier who died and was unable to fight......"
"In recognition of your bravery, the most outstanding warriors on the battlefield yesterday will be rewarded with magical armor and weapons."
"Of course, these rewards are limited and can only be given to the most outstanding fighters......"
The aboriginal warriors around the altar erupted in cheers like a tidal wave almost at the same time the next second after Delia finished speaking.
Although they are all children of the tribe, even if they are selfless, they also hope that their children can live a better life in the future, although they are ready to die in this war, but if they can leave something for their children after death, it is really what these aboriginal warriors hope for the most.
Delia then walked down the steps and said to the chiefs, "Lord Surdak also has a pension for the fallen warriors, and in the end, the tribes need to report the number of fallen warriors, and finally make a unified compensation. ”
Then she didn't care what the patriarchs would think, and stepped out of the crowd.
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Ever since his victory in the Battle of the Walls, Surdak has been in a medical tent.
Every time a wounded soldier covered in bandages was brought out of the tent, a stretcher would be brought in, and the stretcher that would be allowed to line up outside Surdak's medical tent was almost always hand-picked by Signa.
It is not only valuable for treatment, but the injury is serious enough.
After more than ten hours of high-intensity treatment work in a row, his hands trembled a little, but the power of holy light on his body was abundant enough.
It seems that after lighting up the last few nodes in the temple, all the nodes in Surdak's body seem to have become a whole, and even the holy light in the nodes is several times that of the past, and at the same time, it is like there is a bridge connecting the sky behind him, and countless holy lights shine on him like a pillar of light, providing him with a steady stream of holy light.
He estimated that he could condense a ball of light in his palm that could illuminate the entire room and not be extinguished twenty-four hours a day......
Another stretcher was carried out, and while there was no one else in the medical tent, Aphrodite poked her head out of the curtain in the corner of the tent, holding a cup of coffee with a strong aroma in her hand, and asked, "Would you like to have a coffee to refresh yourself?" ”
Surdak didn't bother to reply, he took out a spiritual power potion directly from his magic waist bag, bit the cork with his mouth, and poured it into his stomach as soon as he tilted his head......
(End of chapter)