The Moonland is not an exaggeration to say that there are many mountains, and when it took a long time for the group to finally make their way through the first obstacle at the beginning of their journey, they were faced with more mountains instead of a vast plain that had been unobstructed all the way.

Rigal is not without mountains.

The Avennella also call themselves mountain people, but much of Rigal is still flat compared to the Land of the Moon.

After fighting together, the distance between the two sides was further narrowed, and after being respected as equal beings, not only the rough countryman of Old Joe, who didn't care about his identity, but also the other samurai began to talk about what they had seen and heard with Henry and Mira, two rare foreign combat professionals.

Most of the people who have come to the Moon Country so far are politicians, nobles, merchants, and missionaries, and even if there are soldiers who are guarded, most of them are strictly restricted, and ordinary samurai cannot meet them at all.

Putting down the estrangement of their bodies, they are both martial artists, and they actually have a lot of common topics to talk about.

The road now widens and they no longer have to move in a narrow single column. Except for the guarded flanks, most of the remaining samurai gently pulled the reins to slow down the horses, slowing down to talk to Henry and the others on foot.

Having already crossed the high-risk area, during the long trek that measured in hours, still making everyone's nerves tense all the time will only cause the samurai to be mentally exhausted and numb, and they will not be able to react at the critical moment.

A serious and dreary atmosphere is harmful, and Henry understands this, and so does Narumi.

In the case of a small detachment on the flanks to be on guard, it is okay for the people in the formation not to be too nervous. However, many samurai who had just experienced the first battle still had some stress reactions in their hearts, and it was not uncommon for Ashigaru and samurai to have been unable to sleep peacefully during the two nights of the samurai who had taken the lives of others and the suffocating moments of conflict on the battlefield.

Therefore, a relaxed conversation is not only not a kind of laxity and defenselessness, but a necessary measure to calm their hearts and think calmly.

All in all, there was a conversation that didn't go on. The sage's abundant knowledge and the lively personality of the Luoan maiden caused more and more samurai to gather around them to listen to the lectures.

There are so many people and things outside of Crescent Island, which are fascinating to the samurai who have always been in the midst of a unified country. After discussing various countries and nations, the inevitable comparison of combat power due to the nature of warriors is due to the fact that Henry has won the respect of everyone, with a little less gunpowder and competitiveness, and more calm and reflective.

In the vast and barren Abu Sera steppes, the nomadic armies consisted mainly of lightly armed archers: the land was scarce, and only weeds grew in most places. As a result, it was difficult for them to build a city-state that could support a more heavily armed army. The cavalry of the steppe people was lightly armed, known for their light weight and high endurance, but they were very weak in terms of resistance to blows and their own lethality.

This is the reason why they have not been able to leave Absera and actually enter the sphere of influence of the inhabitants of Rigaldin.

In contrast, the knightly culture of the main kingdoms and empires on the east and west coasts of Rigal is also closely related to its topography.

The east and west coasts are flat and rich, with fertile land and many forests. Hundreds of years ago, the early knights built small outposts in the wilderness to recuperate for their heavy troops, and used these castles as a point of advancement, and conquered the current country step by step.

The name of the country of Sivalier is the final volume of the knight/knight's castle in the West Valier language, the knightly kingdom composed of countless knights/countless knights' castles, Sivalier.

The word also refers to "chivalry".

This is a very simple and straightforward idea: the heavier the equipment, the stronger the combat power that can be displayed in a single battle. However, because of the heavy load, the ability to sustain combat will deteriorate.

Rigal, with its flat and rich plains, can build a knight's fort to support the knights, and the strongholds can be connected to the strongholds, and the country can be steadily expanded. But this approach cannot be replicated in Absera, simply because it would be self-defeating to stop the barren savannah, which is merely overgrown with weeds.

The Abselas can only keep going.

There was no winner in the struggle between the steppes and the Rigales.

The heavily armed Rigal knights would not be able to catch up with the lightly armed cavalry after entering the vast savannah—the Abselas had no strongholds, so they had no cities to attack.

And the lightly armed and endurance archers could not gnaw at the hard castles, they were good at mobile warfare, and holding on was not their strong point. Even if you capture the territory, you will be recaptured by the Rigales, who are better at this.

One can't fight, the other can't move. In this way, the two sides have reached a balance, and so far no large-scale conflict has broken out.

And whoever comes to the Land of the Moon will become an inapplicable class.

Nothing is a trick that is eaten all over the world, whether it is armor or weapons, after a long history of precipitation, in a specific geographical environment according to a specific enemy or imaginary enemy, the evolution of armor and weapons will be the most suitable for the local area.

There will be a technological gap.

The plate armor made by the Rigales' knowledge of the anatomy of the human body is the undisputed top level of armor, as it weighs only one-third of its weight when it is fully crushed by the armor of the human warrior.

But it's that extra one-third of the weight and structural changes that make it impossible for them to-

- Do this kind of thing.

"How?" In between small talk, time flies by like a meteor. It was already early afternoon again, and the group stopped somewhere, and Narumi rode his horse and looked up at the top of the treetops.

"No, Narumi-sama. The clouds look too thick. "Ah Yong, a young warrior who had fought with the young master before, easily climbed up to the treetops with full armor, and was now sitting on a high place and watching the scene in the distance.

"Looks like that's the end of the day's progress, and we'd better start camping here. The samurai leader said, and our Luoan girl and the stunned young man next to him watched as the young samurai climbed down from the tree again as if he were unburdened.

"A knight can't do this kind of thing, and climbing a ladder and cutting down a tree in full armor in "Wu Yonglu" is already a very hard feat. The white-haired girl who shook her head said.

In the mountainous land of the Moon, there are places where it is difficult for even horses to advance, and the samurai's armor is still full of weight, and flexibility and lightness are still important. Although the defense was sacrificed, especially the limbs, which would be ridiculous compared to Rigal's plate armor, the flexibility of this trade-off allowed them to climb mountains on foot for long periods of time, and even climb the treetops to observe the enemy or the terrain without removing their armor and unloading their protection.

This is real mountain infantry, real mountain cavalry. In terms of mobility and agility alone, they could hoist Rigal's heavy cavalry and fight. When encountering the cloth archers of the steppe people, they can rely on their own armor and rush up to fight against the opponent's firepower.

Rigal's knights wanted the same dexterity to ensure a smooth climb of trees, and the best option was to remove the limb armor, especially the large shoulder armor favored by the heavy cavalry. And the embarrassing point is that after removing their limb armor, their armor area has become lower than that of the samurai of the Moon Country.

The defense of a single part cannot be compared to that of plate armor, but it is more flexible than plate armor when all limbs, torso, and head are protected. The specialized armor of the mountain infantry and mountain cavalry of the Moon Country is very distinctive, and after understanding that this characteristic is indeed applicable to the current environment, some people who came from afar also began to think more or less.

Of course, it is important to emphasize that the knights of Rigal do not need to climb trees to scout in their battlefield environment.

If the warriors of the Moon Country went to the plains of Rigal, they encountered a heavy knight of the same size charging with a 3.5-meter-long cavalry spear.

All they can do is run away.

The great bow that Kazuto is proud of will be bounced off by the plate armor.

And as a weapon with the strongest impact power of human individual soldiers, as long as the scale is large enough, even earth dragons and giants can be knocked down in waves.

The cavalry spear in the knight's hand, the moment it hits the lightweight samurai armor, it will probably be as unhindered as piercing a layer of paper.

These were the most suitable weapons and equipment for their environment—and if so, the conclusions reached by the exchange made Mira, Aya, the missionaries, the young master, and the samurai all wonder.

And the stunned young man of Kaleva wrote it down diligently, pausing from time to time, as if thinking about how to organize the words.

His move that went against the impression of a stunned young man with well-developed limbs and a simple mind also made the Miss Doctor on the side look sideways.

All in all, in a word.

The bad weather made Narumi decide to set up camp as soon as possible, but it wasn't for no reason.

Starting from the junction of the Yongchuan River tributary and the main river in Aochi Town, there are two roads that can go south from the northern part of the country:

The first is to cross the river by boat along the water system that extends in all directions, which is naturally a smoother and easier road, and the second is the more remote and less accessible land route they have chosen.

The two are not straight and parallel to each other, but they gradually drift apart like a fork from Qingzhi, and only after reaching the central and southern parts of the country do they begin to show signs of convergence again.

The Yongchuan River gave birth to the civilization of Crescent Island, which is not an exaggeration. Although the Mother River is often flooded, along with volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and landslides, it is located in a relatively flat area that is indeed home to the most prosperous capitals of the Lunar Country.

Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize a boat. Convenience and danger coexist, and this is a smoother, low-lying waterway.

The more inconvenient and difficult land route is to march all the way to the southeast, and the terrain is getting higher and higher, entering the plateau.

The group walked to the border at this moment, near the high humid plains in the north, the basins in the mountains formed in the past are not inhabitable because of excessive humidity, but in the middle of summer, the blue volcanic lakes reflect the scene, there are mountains and mountains in the water, and a wetland in full bloom is really a great scenery in the north-central part of the Crescent Island.

That being said, the soft muddy ground of the wet plains can be as annoying as pebbles running into shoes and boots for a group of people carrying baggage.

Spring is already a time of intense humidity, and stepping into the wetlands is not only difficult to travel, but also the rust prevention work for weapons and armor is also overwhelming, and it is also just in time for the recent strange weather.

The sleet two days ago was not accidental, the abnormal weather in the past two days has occurred at every turn, and there are often thunderstorms in some places behind him, and you can see from a distance the dense dark clouds that seem to be consciously enveloping a certain mountain. If you can see dark clouds in the direction of travel, there are most likely thunderstorms or snow after a while. Although it comes and goes quickly, it is easy to get drenched in soup if you are not careful, and your equipment and clothes are damaged by moisture.

People are also more susceptible to illness if their body temperature drops, and although the samurai also carry some medicines, it is more important to be cautious in such a place where there is no village or store.

More than ten minutes passed quickly, and when the group had set up their tents, the dark clouds they had just witnessed also drifted directly above them, obscuring the sunlight.

Quietly.

Gentle snow began to fall.

Mira, who subconsciously stretched out her hand to touch it, suddenly looked back at the little unicorn next to her, and then glanced at the sage.

It's a scene with a strong sense of déjà vu.

"Abnormal. ”

"Cold wave. ”

The mana pool stirred slightly.