Chapter 519: Collecting Rune Crystals (Medium)

Viscount Randall, who has the blood of the Moon Elves, dislikes the slow movement of his followers, and often surveys the mountains and forests alone, and he especially likes to go out on moonlit nights to indulge the free nature of the Moon Elves. Viscount Randall had completed a topographical survey within a radius of 15 kilometers, and then he worked with scholars from the royal family of Neville to map the surrounding area before moving on to the next area to be surveyed.

All were accustomed to Viscount Randall's unique and efficient way of working. Knight Conrad did not suspect in the slightest, and said with a smile on his chin: "I wish you a happy night tonight." ”

"Don't worry, let's talk first. ”

Victor took off his silverwing bow, walked over to the newly cut stump, sat down with his mink cloak, pointed to a stump by the plate, and motioned for Conrad to sit down and speak.

When the patrol on the opposite side saw that the fire was silent, they waved their torches and signaled their inquiry. Conrad took the torch from the guard's hand and waved it twice in the opposite direction, ordering the Arcane warrior to lead the trained hounds on the patrol while he sat down on the stump.

Victor looked at the knight of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and asked, "Conrad, you are 30 years old this year, right?"

"My lord, I'm 31 years old. Conrad replied.

"31 years old...... Only 5 years older than me, you should have been my first two knight attendants in the Kite Castle, but I never saw you in the Kite Castle. Victor smiled.

"My lord, I am a secret knight cultivated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, not a squire knight cultivated by the Kite Castle. ”

Conrad leaned his sheathed sword against the stump and explained, "Squire knights are generally trained in the Kite Castle, and when they reach adulthood, they are sent to serve in the Knights of the Dragons, the Praetorian Guard, or the garrisons of the counties. And our secret knight itself has no family, and has been trained as a knight in August's secret castle since childhood, and then joined the Ministry of Internal Affairs and directly served the Augustian royal family. ”

"We are August's personal knights. Conrad added, his expression quite reserved.

Victor nodded and asked, "The training of the Secret Knight must be hard, right?"

"Our knights have mixed bloodlines and are deserving of hard training. ”

Conrad said calmly: "We will undergo a body remodeling when we are early children, take dragon vein potions, those who are lucky, before the age of eighteen, can naturally awaken the fighting spirit, have a chance to be promoted to knight, a little less lucky, before the age of 27 can not be naturally promoted to knight, you can take energy potions, impact the 12th elemental position." Of course, more than half of them are trainee knights who have refined their bloodlines, and the rest of them are so bad luck that the refining potions will not work, so they can only accept the body remodeling again and train them to become the arcane warriors of the Kite Castle. ”

"Are you a little unlucky?" Victor raised his chin at the fire moving in the cold mist, and asked with a smile, "Then they are the children of the nobles with the least luck?"

"They?" Conrad hesitated slightly, shook his head, and said simply, "They don't have noble blood, they are all children of ordinary people. ”

Victor's team consists of soldiers belonging to three families, the Randall family's guards, the Arcane warriors of Rose Manor, and the Arcane warriors of the Kite Keep. Everyone has been together day and night for more than a year, eating and living together, and they have become familiar with each other. The soldiers of the three sides now have a small friendship, but they will inevitably compete with each other. The elite guards of the Randall family did not have the competitive spirit of ordinary people, except for Renault and Shak, who came out to support the scene, the other alchemy militia performed mediocre, only a little stronger than ordinary elite soldiers. And the gap between the strength of the Rose Secret Warrior and the Kite Castle Secret Warrior is still quite large.

How strong are the arcane warriors of the Kite Castle?

Take an example with the most intuitive force. World record for the Earth Weightlifting Champion with 214 kg in the snatch and 264 kg in the clean and jerk. A middle-aged farmer from another world can easily lift a weight of about 150 kilograms and walk 30 meters without panting. Elite soldiers are 1.5 times stronger and more physically fit than ordinary people, and can lift 220 kilograms of weight and walk more than 100 meters. And the beginner knight who resonates with the 12 elemental positions and lifts about 1 ton of logs is an ordinary operation.

The arcane warriors of the Kite Castle are almost at the level of a junior knight. Their strength, physical strength, and physical strength are slightly superior to Renault's, and their speed and combat skills are slightly inferior to those of the Monkey Militia. But the alchemy militia is not a natural human.

Victor assesses the strength of the Kite Keep's Arcane warriors, believing that they are on par with Nelson eight years ago. Of course, if it really starts, the arcane warriors of the Kite Castle are most likely not Nelson's opponents. Unless they ignite a fire in their hearts, the battle instincts of the ferocious humans will play a key role.

In any case, the physical fitness of the Kite Castle Arcane warriors has reached an unbelievable level.

Physical fitness does not represent actual combat effectiveness, it means more compatibility and scalability. For example, wearing heavy armor and maneuvering heavy weapons, running faster and farther, resisting cold and heat, taking more damage, and so on.

Tournans once said that the physical fitness of a knight represents the limit of the average person, and everyone has the potential to ignite a fire in the heart. Now, real-life examples are in front of him, and Victor is very envious.

The secret knights of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were obviously reluctant to talk more about the topic of arcane warriors, but Victor was not prepared to stop there.

"How do they practice?" asked Victor straight to the point.

Conrad hesitated for a moment, then said sincerely, "This...... I can't say much about it, my lord, actually, I know very little. ”

"But I'm really interested in how to train arcane warriors. ”

Victor smiled gently: "That's it, let me ask a question, and if you answer something that can be answered, and if it is inconvenient to answer, you can refuse." ”

Conrad thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

"I've heard that powerful arcane warriors are infertile. ”

Victor turned his gaze to the patrolling guards, turned his head, and asked curiously, "Are they like this too?"

"There's that saying. Conrad nodded and continued, "Our methods of cultivating arcane warriors are even more sophisticated...... When their physical condition reaches its peak, they can restore their fertility, which is not much different from ordinary people. However, the Arcane Warrior is the family's cultivated henchman and often carries out the tasks assigned by the family...... Confidentiality, loyalty, and dedication are necessary prerequisites. A young arcane warrior, with strong blood, is particularly prone to making mistakes when it comes to women. Therefore, the arcane warriors of the Kite Castle will not help them regain their fertility and let them start their own families until they retire and become mentally mature. ”

"Your Excellency, it is wise for you to ask the members of the Randall family to refrain from marrying wives or having children. Conrad complimented, pulling the conversation away.

Victor didn't eat his set, and asked curiously: "I also heard that some families let arcane warriors fight with wild beasts since childhood, and go through the test of life and death, and those who survive will become extraordinarily powerful...... Is this how the arcane warriors of the Kite Castle are trained?"

"Well, it's definitely a rumor. ”

Conrad had no choice but to continue the conversation of the Arcane Warrior, explaining, "As you argued, every healthy toddler is a valuable asset to the family and should not be sacrificed in vain. It is difficult for weak young children to fight wild beasts, they will not survive and grow up, and those who survive may also be like wild beasts, which is not only against the traditional virtues of the family, nor is it in line with the original intention of cultivating arcane warriors. We need smart, strong, brave, loyal warriors, not cold-blooded and ruthless beasts. Another point is that arcane warriors generally undergo a body reshaping when they are early children, which costs about 800 gold soles. The family would not spend 800 gold soles to feed the beasts. ”

Victor nodded, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then why are the arcane warriors of the Kite Castle so powerful?"

"They...... Underwent two body reshapings. ”

"It's that simple?" Victor stared at the secret knight of the House of Internal Affairs with a smile, and the air around his body was born and extinguished, and the white mist churned, and the air flow rubbed and oscillated, like a sharp arrow breaking through the air.

Conrad was startled, knowing that Viscount Randall was a little impatient. He remembered the Faceless Chief's advice: treat Viscount Randall as if he were half a master, and try to win his favor. So, Conrad gritted his teeth and said: "The potion we use to cultivate arcane warriors is quite special, and I don't know the specific details, the simple description is to make the arcane warriors eat and sleep." ”

"Can you eat or sleep?"

Seeing that the vision around Viscount Randall disappeared, Knight Conrad breathed a sigh of relief and said with a bow, "Hmm. Arcane warriors have been taking special potions for a long time, and they eat three times as much food as ordinary people every day, and they can also eat five times as much food at a time, and they can maintain enough physical strength without eating for 6 consecutive days. Although they did not ignite the fire of their hearts, they were able to control their sleep like knights. For example, in a noisy environment, you can quickly fall into dreamless sleep, sleep for up to two days and one night, or go without sleep for 4 days, and maintain a clear mind. ”

Victor secretly said to himself, being able to eat and sleep seems ridiculous like a rice bucket, and if you think about it, this has already involved the mystery of the body and mind. One represents the ability to digest food and absorb nutrients, and the other represents the self-repair and strengthening of mental and physical functions.

An important feature of igniting a fire in the heart is controlling sleep. Victor has the X-3, and waking up from sleep is as easy as turning the lights off and on. His need for food is less than normal, because his body passively interacts with the Void Water element. Knights can also interact passively with the Void Elemental, and high-level Knights can even interact actively, so they are less dependent on food. Nelson and Caligula not only have a strong demand for food, but they are also particularly efficient at absorbing nutrients. They can chew up the hard bones of the cow and eat it in their stomachs.

The difference between knights and ordinary people is the difference in the law of bloodline. It can be seen that simply eating and sleeping is actually two bloodline laws that belong to human beings.

Cultivating the Barberry Secret Form can also greatly increase one's appetite, the Golden Toad Secret Form also emphasizes the importance of dormancy, and the Kite Fort uses special potions to achieve the same purpose.

The results achieved by the Wizard of Kite Castle are the envy of Victor and open a new door for him.

Turning simple into not simple is extraordinary, and this is the direction of the exploration of the secret method of the soul bloodline. Victor uses secret techniques, and the Wizard of the Kite Castle uses potions. What if the two are combined?

Of course, human potential has its own limit, whether it is the secret method of the soul bloodline, or the magic potion, the key is the efficiency of tapping the potential.

Victor pondered for a moment, and then asked, "How much does it cost to train a Kite Castle Secret Warrior?"

Conrad smiled bitterly and said respectfully, "My lord, the men I lead are all the elite of the arcane warriors. I don't know how much resources it takes to train an elite Arcane warrior. But they underwent two reshaping of their bodies, and the Kite Castle had to pay the church 2 white crystals, plus 800 gold soles. As for the elimination rate...... You can choose about 1 out of 50 able-bodied toddlers, right?"

2 White Crystals plus 800 Gold Sol is 1600 Gold Sol, and if you count other kinds of potions and food, the cost of cultivating a top-level arcane warrior will definitely not be less than 3000 Gold Sol...... Much more expensive than making an Alchemy Militia, but the Arcane Warriors also serve longer than the Alchemy Militia...... It would be wonderful if my Soul Blood Secret Method could reduce the cultivation cost and elimination rate, and increase the possibility of igniting the Soul Fire!

Victor thought about it in his heart, patted Conrad's shoulder affectionately, and said with a warm smile: "Conrad, thank you for satisfying my curiosity. ”

"My lord, it's my pleasure. Conrad showed just the right amount of flattery.

Victor's voice changed and asked, "What do you think of Shak's strength?"

Kite Castle doesn't know everything about the Randall family, and he also has the basics.

Viscount Randall has three fierce warriors under his command. The chief general, Lord Nelson, was born in the War Bear Mercenary Regiment, a famous fierce warrior with the strength of a junior silver knight, Caligula was originally an idiot taken in by Viscount Randall, and his current achievements are the result of the miracle of the Lord of Radiance, such a family can not be found, and Renault was born in the east, has a simple temperament, amazing power, and is loyal to Viscount Randall, serving as the deputy captain of Randall's personal guard.

However, the Kite Castle Agent believes that Renault, like most ferocious humans, did not receive systematic martial arts training in his childhood, lost his mental intuition, and only had two arms of divine power, so he didn't need to care too much.

The Kite Bunker Agent focuses more on a mountain hunter leader named Jack, who controls the Randall family's swamp scout force. Jack is cold-blooded, does not like women, has a steady personality, extremely superb shooting skills, and has very rich experience in surviving in the wild.

It is said that all of Jack's relatives died in the ant plague, and Shak was his only brother. Shaq currently serves as the other vice-captain of Randall's personal guard.

Conrad follows the Queen Mother on a visit to Neville, where he meets Renault, Caligula, and Shaq of the Randall family. The first two can be said to be worthy of their reputations, but Shak's performance surprised Conrad.

It's just a fierce warrior with agility...... Conrad recalled Shak's nimble skills and arrowing skills, and praised him sincerely: "Captain Shak's strength is extraordinary, not inferior to ordinary arcane warriors, but unfortunately his mental intuition has degenerated. ”

Victor smiled and said, "Shak wasn't a violent human in the first place. ”

"What?" Conrad looked at Viscount Randall with a surprised expression.

"To be exact, when I met Shak, he was an ordinary mountain hunter. As for whether he had the mental intuition of a violent human being when he was a child, I do not know. Shak's current strength is due to the secret form cultivation method pioneered by Lord Nelson. Originally, the Secret Form was only suitable for the cultivation of Violent Warriors, but after being improved by me and Turnans, it can not only increase the strength, agility, and physical strength of adults, but also help Violent Humans regain some of their strength...... Even if it is impossible to ignite the fire of the heart. ”

Victor got up, untied his mink cloak, put on his silver-winged bow, and said, "Alright, it's time for me to go." ”

Conrad hurriedly stood up and asked, "My lord, when are you coming back?"

Victor smiled silently, gently stroked the red-eyed letter crow sleeping quietly in the package, threw the cloak to Conrad, and leaped backwards, silently disappearing into the dark night, leaving only a straight trace of white mist churning.