Chapter 5: Rosetda
"How are you feeling now, Arthur, my friend?" asked the crane-haired old man with a pleasant face.
“...... It's already much better, thank you. Mike's face was gloomy. Rosenda is worthy of being the once famous physician of Cormier, and his treatment methods are extremely skillful, and the wound of the heart is no longer a major problem after being treated by his divine magic, and he should be able to heal after ten months of rest.
"That's very good. Rosenda smiled.
"When the hell did you arrive?" Mike said in a bad tone.
"Just watch my friend with a shocking sword. Roseda said with a smile.
“......”
"Last year, the holy land of our sect was unfortunately destroyed by the cult believers, and most of the members of the sect died. I traveled all over the world hoping to find a new paradise for everyone, and when I saw that this place was very good, I was ready to discuss it with the original owner. However, Faircrag thinks very highly of himself, and instead of wanting to join my sect, he also speaks ill of me, so I can only temporarily live nearby and think hard about how to solve it. This time, not only did I see the murderer killed, but I also made Faircrag realize that he was willing to join our religion, which was a great blessing. ”
Mike was speechless.
"This time I have a grudge with the cultists of the evil god Tyr, and the other party is quite powerful, I wonder what my friend has planned?" asked Roseda with a pleasant face.
“......”
"My friend doesn't have to be like that. It must be known that although the believers of the evil gods are full of benevolence and morality, their behavior has always been brutal and ruthless. Since you have the holy sword in your possession and have been known by them, it will definitely be used to make a name for the purpose of plotting and snatching it, and now although the holy sword is lost, it is not a bad thing that the enemy is clear and I am secret. ”
“......”
"My friend, don't leave anything to chance. I think what a hero Samast, the leader of the Dragon Witch Sect, was slandered and discredited by the cult god believers because he had the healing blood of the holy relic, and he was designed to besiege and die, and the holy relic was also taken by the church of the evil god Loshanda. It's the same this time. If it weren't for the cult believers of the evil gods who were determined to be interested in the holy sword, how could they attack blatantly without saying a word, my friend still wants to argue, you must know that they are going to kill you and take your holy sword, how can you be allowed to confess. If it weren't for the fact that the old man happened to be there, my friend would have been killed for a long time. Roseda's expression was solemn.
If you hadn't been familiar with Marxism-Leninism, Chairman Mao's thought, and knew the materialist dialectic, you would have really been deceived by you, a native! False god believers are false god believers, you are you, they are not good things, but you are even less likely to be!"
According to the Church of the God of Dawn Loshanda and the Church of the Goddess of Magic, it was Samast who gradually lost himself after his strength, not only was he repeatedly killed but also tried to steal his divine power, and was sent by the Goddess of Magic to kill the gods. During the battle, the god of dawn was wounded, and the blood shed from the god had the ability to heal and was enshrined as a holy relic. It's hard to say what the truth is, but since ancient times, evil has prevailed or history has been written by the victors, so the Church's statement has become the standard answer in the minds of the people.
"What about the others?" Mike now knew that the simulacrum had not appeared because of his inability or intelligence, but because he had been put down by Roseda.
"They have always been concerned about secular prejudices, and although they have a good impression of our religion, they still don't want to join, so they can only let them leave and make good karma. "Roseda is kind and pleasant.
"Grasp the big and let go of the small, you quite understand." ’
"Where's Luxis?"
"The kidnapping of Eagle is nowhere to be found. ”
In this way, although the Tyre Church broke a few people that day, it was a small profit to get the Holy Sword, Laxis was a little injured but got Eagle to be a big profit, Rosenda easily got Faircrag to make a lot of money, and only the brother with the two main elements of crossing and infinite resurrection was seriously injured and lost the Holy Sword...... How did the screenwriter do it, director, I want to change the script!'
"My friend will recuperate here for a few days, and then it will not be too late to make plans when he has fully recovered. Roseda was unaware of the psychological activities of the omnipotent time-traveler and the high-end mage, and continued to build a good relationship with Yan Yue. After this person loses his heart, he can still turn back and fight unhurriedly to repel the strong enemy, and the previous earth-shattering sword is even more unfathomable, even if he does not want to join the religion, he must form a good fate.
"Okay, then I'll leave it alone for now. Mike thinks that this Rosetta is not as vicious as the legend, and it can still be communicated, and it is defenseless to get to know him, and maybe he can make up for the loss of the lost holy sword.
The place where Mike recuperated was actually the ancient dungeon he wanted to explore before, and it was also the place where the red dragon Fairkrage stayed. Although the dragon knights of the Church of Tyre repelled Roseda that day, they only went around the first floor, and did not go to the second basement floor at all. At present, there is no follow-up clearance force, and it is likely that it will be left alone.
This situation is actually very normal, this ancient dungeon is on the edge of the cloud mountain range full of monsters, and there is no one to settle within a radius of dozens of miles, even if it is cleared once, it will be occupied by monsters again after a few years. One solution is to completely demolish it, but in such a monster-infested place, building infrastructure will definitely lead to a lot of casualties but not much benefit, and the locals of Wind Spear Hill are not willing to do it; In fact, if the conditions are released - that is, evil creatures can be recruited at will - the attraction is still quite large, otherwise Rosetta would not have taken a fancy to it, but this is obviously impossible.
As a result, such places are usually occupied by monsters or those who recruit evil creatures in defiance of the law, and as long as there are no special circumstances, such as the rumors of gold mines in Sanzang Town, there are usually very few people who come to the door to raid them. If you understand the truth that rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest, these "evil strongholds" can often live in harmony with nearby residents and even get enthusiastic support. More successful can also attract a large number of residents to take refuge, that is, the evil forces in the eyes of others, and Santil Fort is the most successful example.
The red dragon Faircragg is very wise, and he knows very well that although he has lived for nearly 600 years as a red dragon, due to the fact that he was a young wild man and later turned into a humanoid for a long time, he is limited in growth and not strong enough in size, so it is very necessary to keep a low profile. So he first turned into a human form and sought the position of the lord of the wind spear hill, and then occupied the ancient dungeon as a red dragon, neither killing people nor setting fires to robbing houses, not to mention training a strong army to dominate the world, and occasionally finding some servants who serve his own life can also be suppressed as a lord, so he has not attracted the attention of others.
A few years ago, Eagle and the others came to hunt for treasure, only to be defeated by the monsters who spontaneously gathered here to be the Red Dragon's men - the monsters were often slaughtered by murderous humans all day long, and they also needed a boss who could protect themselves - although they escaped, they were infected with wolfinization.
At first, the wolf disease patient usually has no abnormal behavior, until because of the injury or the negative energy tidal stimulation during the full moon, the soul will lose control and be completely dominated by the beast and become a beast, in this case, the patient will often do very terrible things without knowing it.
Eagle's family was ruined because of this. At first, he wanted to find out the murderer to get revenge, but later he figured out what happened. He felt that he had to do something to make up for his mistake, so he drew his sword and cut down the guy who had discovered the truth, and then ran back to the ancient dungeon to become the boss. To be sure, Iger, who had been able to transform into a half-human, half-wolf hybrid form at that time, had grown so much in strength that he could indeed be called invincible in the dungeon - if it weren't for the red dragon.
Eagle is much more active than Faircragg, but he has no big ambitions and hobbies, and he is more vulgar, practicing magic skills day and night, grinding big guns, and having big fish and meat for three meals, he feels very happy. Therefore, there were not many crimes, and they were all suppressed by Faircrag as a lord.
When he came to Laxis the year before, he wanted to stay temporarily under the pretext that he was tired of passing by, but Faircrag and Long Wei agreed to do good, and enthusiastically prepared to send some elder warmth to this poor lonely dragon. I never thought that Laxis would suddenly burst into trouble, and if it weren't for Iger's cooperation, Faircrag, who had lived for nearly six hundred years, might have been planted in the hands of Laxis, a young man who had just passed 100 years old.
Last year, another Rosselda came, talking about missionary expansion and wanting to build this place into a religious base, and Faircrag, who had always been a low-key dragon, was willing to agree, so he politely asked him to get out of the way, and then the two sides fought. Fortunately, Roselda and Garcia seem to have not recovered from their injuries, otherwise Faircrag might have been taken over from the lair.
After that, Faircrag still wanted to keep a low profile, but Eagle planned to catch people and wolves based on his advanced experience of greatly increasing his strength after wolfing, and Faircrag felt that it was also a way, so he acquiesced to his actions, and only told him not to go to the Wind Spear Hill to cause trouble. At first, Eagle caught goblin gnolls, but the effect was very unsatisfactory, the mortality rate was extremely high, and few of the successful ones were able to stay awake when the wolves were turned into wolves. caught ordinary people and risk-takers, but the effect was still very unsatisfactory. Eagle thought that they were not strong, so he came up with an idea and sent someone to the Knights of Blazing Heart for help, so as to attract the strong men of the class to be transformed into wolves.
“...... If it weren't for that, there would be no day before. Can you teach me why the werewolves they create are always wolf-like beasts and completely irrational, and how they can be improved to make them sober and into a hybrid form like Eagle? Faircrag asked. He wasn't prepared to hold Mike accountable for hurting him, at least not yet.
"If you want to be a hybrid instead of a wolf, you need to have strong willpower and practice body control. It is said that there is another way to strengthen perfectly, to the best of its benefit and not to be harmed, and many priests of the god Mara have strengthened their strength in this way, and Eagle should belong to this category. Rosenda replied, "Arthur, I wonder what you think?"
"The sect leader is not right. The so-called perfect enhancement refers to the fusion of the beast soul also has the ability to change the body, but with strong willpower and skillful body control skills, it completely suppresses the impulse to transform and always maintains the human form, so as to ensure that the soul is not affected by the beast soul and can completely maintain itself. Eagle is once again breaking through to become a ferocious werewolf, which belongs to some kind of alienation, which can only be attributed to his talent and chance. ”
When infected bestials stabilize after the initial adaptation period, they can be divided into four categories according to different situations:
The first is the failure of beasthood, there are only two forms of man and beast, and the temperament has changed greatly in many aspects, and several types of beasts will involuntarily become beasts when strongly stimulated by the outside world, and can be approximately regarded as intelligent beasts. This situation is the most common, and it can be said that there are nine evils in one benefit.
The second is semi-fusion beasthood, with only two forms of humans and beasts, and the temperament has changed greatly in some aspects, which is quite similar to beasts, and will involuntarily become beasts when strongly stimulated by the outside world, and can be approximately regarded as a human with beastly nature. This situation is also relatively common, and it can be said that there are four benefits and six harms.
The third is the fusion of beasts, human, beast and mixed three forms, the temperament changes greatly in some aspects quite beast-like, when strongly stimulated by the outside world, it can inhibit the impulse of deformation to a certain extent, and can be regarded as a human with beastly nature. The Gunether Holy War Army, whose elite level broke through the sky back then, belonged to this category, with extremely strong combat ability but brainless from time to time, which can be said to be seven benefits and three harms. That's what Mike wants to transform beasts.
Fourth, it is perfect beast, which can completely suppress the impulse of transformation and no longer enter the beast and mixed form, and the temperament is only slightly irritable than before. This is what Pastor Marat is pursuing, even if he can't use the hybrid form in order to avoid the deepening of beast transformation, he can still get a lot of benefits from fusing the beast soul, which can be said to be three benefits and zero harm.
Eagle is a re-mutated after fusing beasts, which is uncontrollable and belongs to special circumstances.
"I see, it takes a lot of willpower...... "Faircrag sighed, it's so easy to train.
"Actually, it doesn't have to be my own will alone, I have heard for a long time that the master of the sect has superb medical skills, and I don't know if there is a good solution?"
Since the will is difficult to practice. When the Gunether Holy War Army was training, it was certainly impossible to rely on himself alone. Select elites from the army for arcane training, memorize weave firm beliefs to explore potential, eliminate those who have nothing to ordinary legions after a year, take the bloodline to learn the arcane werewolf, remember again to weave firm beliefs to explore potential, and then practice beast control for a year, take those who can control freely to build an army, and the elite level breaks through the sky.
The most important of these is the ninth-order arcane art of memory weaving, which can be used appropriately to stimulate the potential of the recipient to the greatest extent, so that it can stimulate the thin bloodline that cannot be stimulated, and the beast control that cannot be practiced at the cost of practice, and increase the success rate dozens of times. It's just that this kind of strategic spell must be classified as a top secret by the Empire, and no one outside the Grand Arcanist knows about it at all, even if Mike has the memory of the Grand Arcanist Teacher Owo, it is too high-end for the ninth-order Arcane to be used.
"If you want to disappoint the two, the old man has nothing to do about it. But......" Roseda said, "things would be much easier if they were not limited to living creatures." ”
"The Torre Empire's Legion of Bones is world-famous, and the main force is the bear-turned ogre skeleton. Although there are various factors that cannot be imitated by other countries, the manufacturing aspect is not the main problem. ”
The most important of these so-called factors are religious beliefs, scale, and cost-effectiveness ratios.
Religious belief is the most commonly used excuse, but in reality it is relatively the least influential. After all, as long as the interests are big enough, faith and morality can be trampled on.
The scale is a headache. Skeletons, undead creatures with no intelligence, usually act on what little instinct they have left. It doesn't matter what kind of labor-type skeleton cows and horses in Sanzang Town, the little instinct that remains is to pull the cart, and ordinary people can use it to work if they practice more. But the combat skeleton is very troublesome, and the little instinct that remains is killing, which must be controlled by the caster first. With the kind of bear-turned ogre skeleton, the fourth-order caster can control two or three.
The cost-effectiveness ratio is extremely deadly. Although skeletons don't need to eat and drink, it doesn't mean that they don't need logistics, on the contrary, because this kind of unintelligent thing, let alone maintenance weapons, even their own bodies are often damaged, so there must be logistics troops including a large number of spellcasters, so the maintenance cost is not much lower than when they were alive. In terms of recruitment, the cost of casters and magic materials when evoking skeletons is not much lower than that of recruit training. In contrast, the combat effectiveness of the Skeleton Legion is far worse than when they were alive, and their tactical execution is not comparable, and it is difficult to act during the day. If you want to build some special undead units with strong combat effectiveness, such as the bear-turned ogre skeleton of the Bone Legion, the cost is so high that it breaks through the sky, otherwise there will be only 1,000 of them.
Any army burns money, and the difference in the class of troops only makes the way of burning money different.
The reason why the Torre Empire has the Legion of Bones is that various teachings and experiments have been producing a steady stream of various undead creatures, if not the main reason, is definitely one of the main reasons.
"The old man thinks that we can make some strong boutiques. In terms of production, I am also a little good at it. ”
'You're too modest, a strong man like Garcia the Ripper can make it, and your proficiency has already broken through the sky." ’
"In the follow-up, I can also use the Undead Enlightenment once. ”
This undead enlightenment is a seventh-order spell that allows the caster to revoke part of the souls of mindless undead creatures within a certain range at once at the cost of consuming part of their own souls, allowing them to restore part of their pre-mortem IQ, which is enough to reincarnate them. Mike had wanted to let Chief Mage Nimes learn from him, but he didn't want to. It's just that since this enlightenment is to recall part of the soul, then there must be a soul to summon in the first place, that is to say, the death time can not be too long, with Roseda's cultivation, it is estimated that within a week, this is very inconvenient, and it is one of the important reasons why the Torre Empire's Bone Legion does not have enlightenment;
"It's just that the undead enlightenment consumes a lot, and it must be refined to be valuable. The old man thinks that the bear frost giant is good, and he also happens to know where a giant tribe is. "I happened to fight them a few times!" It's just that the frost giant is quite strong, and it is a little difficult to capture them alive, so I wonder if the two of them have a clever plan?"
"I know some friends, and it's not a problem for high-level spellcaster elite warriors to invite ten or eight. Although Mike thinks that the success rate of the bear giant Qizhi skeleton is enough, it doesn't hurt that he uses it anyway.
"Great goodness!" Roseda was overjoyed and surprised. I'm happy because Arthur seems to be quite powerful and has no worldly prejudices, and I'm surprised because it's not the enemy who wants to plot against him. However, it is not wise to choke on food, so be careful. "Then the old man will gather some cannon fodder. It will take some time to prepare, so why not set the action time for the end of May?"
"There are more things in May, not as good as June?" In April and May, the farm was busy, and Faircrag couldn't get away from playing the lord game.
"June is miscellaneous, not as good as July?" Although Mike also plays the lord game, he is not busy, but he calculates the time, in March and April, he will ask the mage to adjust his specialization, and he will not use the red robe secret art, and in May and June, he will go to the shadow plane to retreat to adjust the warlock talent, so as to refine the shadow magic secret art.
"It's fine. "It's not bad for this month anyway. "In terms of loot distribution, I think it's better to have a plan first. ”
"It's nature. ”
......
Just when the omnipotent traverser and the high-end master were actively making friends and wanted to make up for the loss, the girl in the Tyre Church, who had just been canonized as a sword-bearer and awarded the holy sword and silver dragon, was "a big profit" in the Tyre Church with his protagonist's thinking, squatting in her room with her hands and knees and sobbing silently.
'My father is dead, my mother is dead, my father is dead, and now my adoptive father and Arthur are dead, why do all the people I like leave me...... Arthur, in particular, was obviously just passing by......