Chapter 49: Defending the City
[10th-17th, two changes a day during the fantasy push, tentative time - 6:45, 13:00, finally, thank you friends for your support, the end of the strong push period wood will add a single chapter, grand introduction, thank you for your support. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info]
The newly built camp of Oka Village was named Camp No. 3 by Lord Sharui, and it was nearly four hours away from Camp No. 1 of the Dry River.
Since it was dark and frozen, the sergeants would stay overnight in the new camp today, and the carcasses of the beasts that could be transported away in the future would have to be on the road after dawn.
There is a row of torches inserted in the protective wall, and there are 'big heads' made of iron shells on the torches, the so-called big heads, that is, there is a hat-shaped iron cover at the top, and the bottom is a ring-shaped iron bucket, with countless small holes on it, as long as the torch is inserted in the cover of it, it can prevent rain and fire, after all, the protective walls are all wood.
Such things were encircled within the protective wall, and even in the open space in the middle of the camp and in the barracks, there were many of them, and the whole Camp No. 3 was brightly lit.
Ota walked out of the barracks, and in order to avoid the entanglement of the curious babies, he had to take the initiative to go to the protective wall to change his guard, so that the sergeants on patrol could have a hot meal.
Putting on his armor again, and wearing his animal skin robes again, Orta stood on the corridor and looked out through the protective wall.
Outside, it was pitch black in the distance, and all that could be seen was the crystalline ice particles in the trench under the protective wall, rolling in the wind, and there was a crisp sound when it collided with the head of the spear and the stabbing of the gun.
But Ota was a little distracted, he was thinking about Lord Xia Rui's words, in the mind of the profession of teacher and sacrifice, which he had never heard of before, he could not help but be on an equal footing with the god of war in the royal worship, which couldn't help but make him unbelievable.
But on second thought, this also shows that the royal family attaches so much importance to these people, isn't it just looking for hope? Although these people can't go into battle to kill the enemy, they are also contributing their own strength, and they hope that one day they can make weapons to fight the orcs, and at that time, the human race will no longer be weak, and the orcs will be used as prey.
With the ability of self-preservation, and even the ability to counterattack, the future generations do not have to live so miserably, husbands and wives do not have to look forward to it, and flesh and blood do not have to be separated in life and death, isn't all this their own dream?
Thinking of this, Ota suddenly felt relieved, since he had mastered some orc secret techniques by chance, although he could not make them public, he could borrow the identity of mages and priests to publish these secret techniques with the results obtained after research, so that more people could benefit from this, and if he made powerful weapons, he could popularize them in the army and use them to destroy orcs......
Thinking of this, Ota not only laughed happily.
Lord Xia Rui said that the Civilian Academy only admits students once every three years, and the next start will be in the summer of a year, although I don't know if it will be delayed due to the winter, but it is still necessary to prepare in advance.
Because Lord Xia Rui made it clear that it was a waste of money to study those strange things, just take the magic beads as an example, they were all exchanged for the lives of the warriors, and it was a dream to want it to be free, and the noble academy was only a twenty percent discount, let alone a civilian academy. You have to buy all these materials, but the price is lower than the black market outside.
These all need money, although he has saved nearly four gold coins, and in the eyes of ordinary people, he is already a rich man-like existence, but if he really wants to use it for research, these are definitely a drop in the bucket, far from enough.
As for the way to make money, Ota only has the way to kill the orcs, and by the way, he can also accumulate some materials. Now that he has figured it out, Ota naturally knows what to do in the next year.
In the middle of the night, the hail finally stopped, but the goose feather snow began to rage, and it was swept up by the strong wind, and the dark clouds seemed to be thinner, and in some places a few cracks could even be seen in the cold crescent moon, and the earth was silvery white.
The sergeant on patrol first changed the torches, and then replaced Ota and went back to rest.
There was nothing to do all night, and when Ota woke up and walked out of the barracks, he only felt that the cold wind blew into his neck, and the hairs on his body immediately stood upside down, and the snow under his feet was already more than half a meter deep, and the wind did not stop the snow, but it was only a little lighter.
"This winter has just begun, and it's only getting colder. The instructor looked at the door of the barracks opposite, wrapped in a thick animal skin jacket, like a brown bear.
Ota walked through the snow, the thick snow was no longer up to his knees, and when he entered his barracks, he saw a large cauldron hanging from the brazier, and the meat was still boiling in the pot, and a smell of aroma came to his face.
It happened that he was also hungry, Ota took out a dagger and inserted a piece of meat, blew it and took a bite, the juice and meat were full of fat, Ota eyes instantly widened, and asked:
"Where did the beef come from?"
The instructor smiled mysteriously: "Tell me how you got into the village and how you killed the orc leader, and I'll tell you where the beef came from." ”
Ota smiled helplessly and said, "Didn't I tell you everything, why do you still ask?"
"Pull it down, there are so many doubts that it can't stand scrutiny......"
As he spoke, a horn suddenly sounded from the watchtower, and then several sergeants shouted: "Orc attack, orc enemy attack......
With a flick of the dagger, the piece of meat fell back into the pot and ran out.
When Lord Xia Rui peeked out of another barracks, the instructor had already grabbed his shield and machete and rushed out, and he took a few big strides up the corridor and looked out.
There was also a sound in the barracks, and the sergeants rushed out without panicking, they were all well-trained in the battlefield, and even more than three hundred wounded sergeants helped each other out, and when they went to get swords and weapons, they were stopped by Lord Xia Rui, and shouted loudly:
"Go back, now you still need the camp? ”
"Yes, Lord Lord......"
The sergeants saluted and went back to sleep.
Ota glanced this way and then turned his head to look outside, only to see the snow in the distance flying in patches, like a line of snow, and countless figures jumping and running in it.
"Come, you damned orcs, I will avenge the three hundred brothers who died yesterday. Ota drew two great swords and shouted loudly.
"Revenge, revenge, revenge for the brothers who died in battle. ”
Behind the protective wall, the sergeants lined up with their swords unsheathed and spears in their hands, raised and shouted.
Iron Man and Elle stood on the left and right of Otta, Iron Man with a short axe in each hand, licked his lips and scolded, "Come on, Dog Offal." ”
Elle hung a few quivers on a stake in the protective wall, filled with bows and arrows, and took out a few throwing knives from her waist and stuck them on the stake, and then looked out without blinking, even the snowflakes falling on her delicate reddish little face could not distract her in the slightest.
Orta looked at Tetsuo and saw that he was looking at him indifferently, so he smiled slightly and nodded, Tetsuo also smiled back honestly, his lips opened and closed a few times but he didn't make a sound.
Outa chuckled and nodded, of course he saw it clearly, what Tetsuo said was "protect her", and Ota also had the heart to match, but the timing was not right, and now was not the time.
Ota looked at Elle again, and was about to turn her head when she looked out intently, and Elle looked at her as if she was aware of it, and before Otta could say anything, Elle winked at him with a slight smile, and then turned her head away.
"What do you mean?" Ota was stunned for a moment, but he didn't have time to ask about the imminent war, so he had to talk about it later.
At this time, Lord Xia Rui stood on the watchtower and looked at it carefully, and then shouted: "It's just an orc who came out to forage, four or five thousand heads, ready to bow and arrow, ready to throw spears......"
There were sergeants who brought large bundles of throwing spears and distributed them, and there were more than a dozen in front of Ota who were about the same length as ordinary iron spears, just wooden handles and iron tips, which were specially used to defend the camp for throwing, but the power of manual throwing was much worse than that of the Marquis of Will's bed crossbow, only a little more flexible.
The churning snow line was getting closer and closer, and the hideous faces of the orcs were already extremely clear, and they were extremely cruel and bloodthirsty. Since winter has come, the orcs have a greater need for food, since there is no food to provide nearby, they can only run long distances to other tribes' territory to find food, when they smell the smell of blood and human body smell from a distance, naturally pounce.
"Shoot the Arrow"
The instructor saw that the orcs were in range, so he waved his hand and shouted.
Suddenly there was a tight bowstring sound behind the protective wall, and dense feather arrows flew into the air, and after a few breaths, the feather arrows fell sharply downward in the form of a parabola.
There were bursts of roars from the white rolling snow, and clusters of blood splashed up, which looked extremely bright red in the reflection of the white snow, and the orcs who rushed to the scene immediately fell dozens of heads, still rolling forward under the violent momentum, and some were trampled into minced meat by the same kind that followed closely behind.
When the second round of bows and arrows shot into the air again, Ota picked up a throwing spear with a very relaxed expression, checked it in his hand, felt the weight and swung his right arm, and then heard a "whew", and the throwing spear was already swinging in the air and flying away.
When the throwing spear flew out, the platoon of sergeants standing behind the protective wall was stunned: Who is so anxious, doesn't know that the throwing spear can't reach the distance of the bow and arrow? It must be a member of the demon team that has just been recruited, a small battle to defend the city, why are you so nervous?
Some of the sergeants were already smiling disdainfully, and just waited to see the throwing spear fall to the ground and find nothing, and then laughed at it.
However, to their surprise and embarrassment, a scene occurred.