Chapter 68: The Virgin War
Hearing that Vincent had let himself lead the team to launch an attack, Ninia was really unexpected.
Although she was a little cautious about wanting to participate in the battle, the lord actually asked her to directly lead a force to quell the rebellion, which was too casual.
Last time, I was just laughing at myself in a safe place.,This time it's going to be serious.,The girl is a little weak-hearted.γ
After all, it's going to fight with real swords and guns, which is not comparable to my previous missions such as stealth reconnaissance.
"Everything has to have a first time, look at the Sadhaka, say a word to him, and go up with an axe." Vincent said to her in an encouraging tone, "You are already a big girl, and it is time to learn to pick up the sword and go to the battlefield with the men to take credit at this great age." β
All she answered was Ninia's innocent and helpless eyes.
"My toy, it's for your good. Soon I'll be going to your hometown, and I'll be training with other rebels first, which will help you get used to what's going to happen. β
Vincent's words always made Ninia's favor for him rise, and he poured cold water on his head at the right time.
"No, you don't have to bring the army." Vincent ordered in a very serious tone, "Scythe, throw her into the village for me, and convince them to surrender." β
"Yes, master." The shadow of the Scythe Demon leaped out of the shadows on the side of the road, "Do you want to pick it up?" β
"Leave it to fate."
"Master, I'll go, I'll go......"
Ninia, who was already frightened with cold hands and feet, hurriedly urged her horse to block in front of Vincent, and nodded her head in agreement.
"I can't lose, I can't fall, I can't die, I can't lose my people." Vincent casually made a small request, "If you can't do it, I won't be able to help you celebrate your birthday next year, but when you die, I may give you a pillar of incense." β
As always, the more the lord said inexplicable things, the more scared Ninia became.
"What doesn't defeat you will make you stronger," Vincent poured another bowl of chicken soup into Ninia, "Come on, knight!" β
Once she heard that, Ninia knew there was no way out.
The girl, who had entered a blank state in her mind again, nodded mechanically and went to the necromancer to get a contract.
"Go along." Vincent looked at Ninia's dejected back and commanded the scythe, "You know what to do. β
"Master, I understand." The two fires in the giant scythe's eyes were a little happy, "I already understood." β
"Your eyes are a little obscene." Vincent said, "You've changed. β
"Master, it's you who have changed." The scythe replied, "Anyone can change." β
Asking the necromancer to cast a spell and make herself the temporary ruler of the skeletons, Ninia chose a group of skeletons that seemed to be relatively strong in combat based on her experience in leading the skeleton phalanx.
In addition to sixty infantrymen, she also asked for thirty archers, plus two standard-bearers, and two elite skeleton captains.
The girl idol of Silver Dragon Castle has turned into a centurion of the lord's army, and after looking at her lineup, the girl has a little more confidence in her heart.
Faced with a group of villagers with pitchforks and flails who could only rely on more people to fight with the wind, Ninia was confident that she could defeat them in the field.
When she walked out of the village with the apprehension of the first battle, she found that her thoughts were still naΓ―ve.
Unfortunately, the villagers are not stupid, they did not plan to fight a large army of monsters at all, but returned to the village to defend the outer wall of the farm.
In order to protect against robbers and wild beasts, the farms of this era had an outer wall, although it was only a circle of wooden walls that were not too thick and not too high, but the three-meter-high wall was still effective in keeping out the infantry.
Seeing the obstacles, Ninia's first thought was to set fire to it or use a curse.
It seems that if you stay with monsters for a long time, your mind will also become demonic.
If it weren't for the lord's request not to destroy the property and fields of the territory at will, and to preserve the labor force as much as possible, this efficient combat method would definitely be familiar to the demons and the effect would be outstanding.
Since there was only one living person in the hundred-man team, Ninia could only hold up a white cloth and reluctantly go to persuade her to surrender.
"In the name of Vincent de Steacade, the great and merciful lord of the Littorals, I, Ninia Wald, as the emissary of the lords, command you to lay down your arms at once, cease your resistance, repent of your sins, resume your taxes and trade, and become docile ...... again"
Following the troubadour's routine of telling war stories, Ninia told a routine of persuasion to surrender, and the answer to her was not a repentant populace, but a cold arrow.
Hearing the sound of the bowstring, the girl dodged the arrow, which was not necessarily shot at all.
Ninia, who was originally here to go through the process, can only let go of her illusions at this time.
Quickly returning to her own queue, Ninia arranged a method of attack.
Picking up a log from the lumberyard outside the village, Ninia's team has the simplest weapon to attack the door.
The next step was to have the courage to go straight to the gate of the farm.
However, just as Ninia was ready to be injured or even seriously injured, and half of her skeletons were lost, and rushed towards the farm with the team, something unexpected happened to her.
I don't know if it was luck or luck, but after Ninia thought about it carefully, she divided her troops into two teams, archers and infantry, and when she brought a team of skeletons carrying logs and ready to hit the door, there was chaos in the village.
"Attacked!" The people inside noticed that something was wrong, "A bunch of monsters in armor!" β
It really shouldn't be believed in the words of the cultists, the messenger who expelled the lord, it's too late.
The poor farmer, even with a not-so-low wooden wall, knew that he could not stop the angry lord.
Maybe the beautiful female knight in front is not to be feared, but where are the thousands of monsters in the back that the small village can resist.
Of course, Ninia, who didn't know anything about any of this, had already been ruthless, and she really took the lead in the charge.
The reckless but resolute charge was a divine help, and none of the village's bows and arrows hit her, and Ninia slammed through the gate with the skeleton.
As soon as the gate broke, the people of the village surrendered as smoothly as if they had eaten Dove.
This thrilling little battle made Ninia experience the feeling of commanding an army for the first time, which made her heart palpitate and couldn't help but be full of joy.
It turns out that the battle is not as difficult as imagined......
In the end, the lord's army was victorious, and after paying the price of two skeletons tripping and breaking bones, the first village was easily subjugated.
"Look, difficulties are like springs, if you are strong, it will be weak, and if you are weak, it will be strong." Vincent praised the brave female knight, "That's growth. β
"Master, what's the spring?"
"A spring is a mechanical structure that uses elasticity to work......"
Just as Vincent was rubbing the springs of the clothed dolls with the guards, the people of the village were driven out and came to the army in a panic.
The villagers knelt before the lord and begged him to forgive their sins and not to execute them as apostates.
Unfortunately, Vincent would not spare those who were resisting until the start of the attack.
"Resisting the army, violating the laws of the territory! The tax relief in your Taaffe village is gone, if you can't hand over the cultists, everyone is now a judge, and if there is a rebellion, there will be no chickens and dogs. From tomorrow, the village will be directly under the lord's jurisdiction, and trade will resume immediately. β
The cultists do have it, and they are still businessmen from the Southern Chamber of Commerce, and they have already taken poison to meet the God of Freedom when they saw that the situation was not good just now.
"Those who attacked the army just now will be punished as rebels together with the cultists, and they will be hanged immediately!" Vincent coldly gave the order, "All their families are to serve hard labor, and all the domestic animals raised by the family are slaughtered for me." β
The summer sun sets late, and when the last rays of sunlight disappear behind the distant mountains, ten militiamen who shoot arrows to attack the lord's army and one cultist, who has died, hang themselves from the tree at the entrance of the village.
The monsters surrounded the dying man, tasting the horror and letting out a creepy howl that made the survivors of the village feel unforgettable fear.
"Remember, this is a war, not a playhouse, and if there is no blood, who will really reflect on it? Since they are stupid, we can only be ruthless. β
Seeing that Ninia's expression was a little unbearable, Vincent couldn't help but reprimand her a few words.
Quickly cut through the mess, these people are not related to the lord, and they are intent on downfalling, what are they polite to them?
Educating the foolish people and changing customs is something that can only be done well after the enemy is dead.
The cold and direct side of the demon temperament made Vincent less and less like himself.
In addition, this is both a demonstration for the lord to the owner of the realm, and a demonstration for Ninia.
For the seemingly weak enemy, do not have illusions, do not be too proud, and learn to work all day long, and be vigilant every day.
The poor girl had long been numb to this, but the thought of her father, who was even more stubborn than herself, made Ninia's heart full of worry.
I am afraid that there will be no shortage of such battles and aftermath in the future......