Chapter 14, The Squad Leader's Dispute
Mine 29 is remote and closed to information.
But once the war starts, even the most remote places can hear the sound of trumpets.
In January 998, the supply team arrived with a call up order from the Order.
Only then did the Garrison Knights know that there had been Vault Dwellers in the Sagacony region more than a thousand miles away, and these invaders from the dark world were now seeking to return to the human world, and for this reason, the Wizarding Society was in full swing. To this end, the Tempest Knights have sent three brigades and dozens of wizards to clear out the Vault Dweller.
For three months, both sides suffered heavy losses. But none of the parties proposed peace talks, because peace talks meant backing down, and back down meant either the Vault Dweller going back into the darkness of the earth, or the wizard losing a large part of his territory. The Vault Dwellers are simple, they don't want to go back underground. As for the Wizarding Society, in this area where every inch of land is valuable, and dragonblood stone deposits can be found anywhere, the Wizarding Society will never give up easily unless it is really powerless to compete with them, and this is also one of the most important food producing areas of the Monk's Order.
Therefore, in addition to the ninth, tenth, and eleventh brigades, the Knights also temporarily expanded the structure of the three brigades, recruited the whole regiment, and called on the source knights of each mine to join them.
It was against this backdrop that the brothers, Herman and William, responded to the call-up and left Mine 29, where they had been for a year.
Located in the western part of the kingdom, Skacone is one of the few Wizards' territories located on the north bank of the Red River, and the closest to the Pale Eyes Wizards' Order.
The territory of the two major wizarding societies is generally bounded by the Red River, the south bank is the territory of the Night Feather Wizards, and the north bank belongs to the Pale Eyes, and Sagagene is a completely unexpected product - located on the north bank, but it is also the territory of the Night Feather.
No mineral deposits have been found in this area, but the arable area is huge, with thousands of acres of fertile land, so the Wizards' Guild has spent a lot of effort to relocate the population, build roads and bridges, and until now, nearly 10% of the Wizards' food has been produced here.
Hawkins is currently the squadron leader of the 1st Squadron of the 9th Group, stationed in Area 1, which is also one of the most intense areas of the war in the entire Sagacony region. Every day people die, and every day people join.
When the two Herman brothers arrived, they happened to meet Hawkins leading people back to the camp, all of them hung up their colors, and some of them were carried back with missing arms and legs. However, after witnessing Claire Holt's witchcraft, Herman was not worried about the disability of these people.
"Rodney, take them to heal." Hawkins asked the deputy to leave with the wounded, and then warmly welcomed the two people who came from afar, "Herman, William, welcome to come and make a contribution, this will be our best place to become famous." ”
William said thank you stiffly, but Herman frowned: "Is the battle so fierce that the squadron leader needs to take action personally?" It doesn't seem to have the upper hand yet? ”
Hawkins smiled and said calmly: "It's just a mission, I'm not the boss here...... As for the war, this area has a passage to the underground, and since the beginning of the war, it has been infested with a large number of underground powerhouses every day. We only have three squadrons of more than 200 people here, so we are naturally at a disadvantage. As he spoke, he sighed involuntarily, "The Vault Dwellers are easy to deal with when they are fighting on their own, but when the forces of the underworld appear and unite them, it will be difficult for us to fight. Because there are far more wizards in the underworld than we do, and these wizards are extremely cruel, not only slaughtering the natives here, summoning the undead to fight, and even using humans to raise magical beasts. As soon as our war horses touched the monsters, their legs weakened, so that our brothers could only carry two legs and fight them on four legs......"
"How can this be beaten?" William exclaimed.
No mount is already a big loss, and the opponent is still riding a magical creature.
Hawkins smiled: "It's really difficult, but it's not that it can't be beaten." After all, it's us who excel at large-scale team fights, not the Vault Dwellers with their own agendas. ”
Herman was relieved that individual force didn't matter in team warfare until he was able to break through the third order and be able to leave the ground. An excellent commander is far better than a 10,000-strong enemy, and besides, this is a world full of fighting spirit, and even the peak earth knights dare not resist the charge of a cavalry squad composed entirely of source knights.
"I see." Herman paused and asked, "Captain, where should our brother go now?" ”
Hawkins made an arrangement as soon as he thought about it, and said: "At present, the squadron has expanded, from the original five squads to eight squads, and the eighth squad is just one squad leader, do you have the confidence to win?" ”
The position of captain of the eighth squad Hawkins was originally intended to be given to another person, the other party was also from the patrol team, and he had been promoted to the source knight for more than three years, and he had already transferred to the bone-level fighting qi holding method, and he knew three D-level fighting skills and one C-level fighting skill, and his strength was very good.
And Herman, it seems that he can only use one E-rank fighting skill?
"It looks like there are competitors." Herman was not intimidated at all, and his eyes were full of war.
Hawkins laughed: "The team leader has an allowance of 1,000 contribution points every month, who will let a powerful person let it go?" ”
(One thousand contribution value, plus the salary of the source knight three thousand, that is four thousand, the officer is really rich.) )
"That man's name is Barron, and although he is not from the First Squadron, he was specially recruited by me. There will be a C-level fighting skill, called Splitting the Sky and Slashing, three slashes in a row, can cut off a meter-thick iron plate, he is very strong, he can walk a move under my hands. ”
Seeing Hawkins reveal information like this, Herman smiled and said, "The captain is very disoptimistic about me? ”
Hawkins smiled: "Even if you practice the visceral-level containment method, but after all, you have only been promoted for about half a year, not to mention the gap in fighting spirit, fighting skills and enchanted weapons are not cheap, if I guess correctly, your fighting skills are only D-level at most, right?" ”
Herman smiled mysteriously: "Have you forgotten that I have also won five battle exploits? After breaking through the source knight, I exchanged for a set of C technique boxing method, called Tempest, the power is not bad, the captain can comment on it later. "This fighting skill cost him a full 10,000 contribution points, plus he borrowed 10,000 yuan from William to exchange for a C-level fighting skill, and the savings of nearly 40,000 yuan are only more than 13,000. If it weren't for the imminent arrival of Sagacony, Herman would not have been willing to bleed so hemorrhagely.
The most common weapons of the Knights are swords and bows, followed by guns and knives, but there are few people who do not use weapons at all, and Hawkins can't help but wonder: "Fist method? You don't use weapons? ”
Herman shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "If it weren't for the enchanted weapon, with the blessing of the fighting spirit, the strength of the fist and ordinary steel would be about the same, plus I was not good at using weapons in the first place, so I would just use the fist." ”
"That's right, let's go, I'll gather the team members, and by the way, see who the captain's position is."
Hawkins took the lead and walked towards the outskirts of the tent. There are a total of 23 camps, belonging to the 1st Squadron of the 9th Brigade, the 3rd Squadron of the 10th Brigade, and the 1st Squadron of the 11th Brigade. Each squadron has at least six or seven squads of nearly 100 people, and this number is increasing all the time.
However, there were not many people in the camp at this time, because most of the knights had been sent out on missions, and those who remained in the camp were not only wizards, the wounded, the reserves, and logistics, but also the knights from the various squadrons who had not yet formed a complete formation. Only these people were able to stay in the camp and bask in the sun for the time being.
The three of them walked to a sheepskin tent, and Hawkins shouted inside, "Barron, get out of here with your men." ”
After a while, seven knights wearing only single clothes immediately ran out of it, and the spring breeze was precipitous, and these people didn't feel cold!
The leader was a burly bald man, and as soon as he appeared, he smiled and said, "Boss, a newcomer is here?" Yo, still a little kid. ”
These knights are generally in their twenties and thirties, and the two brothers, who are seventeen or eighteen years old, are indeed little children to them.
Hawkins didn't care after hearing this, he also came here like this back then. In the Knights, fists are the last word, and if you want to be recognized, you must convince everyone. He smiled slightly, patted Herman on the shoulder, and said straight to the point: "This is your competitor, you want to be the captain, win him." ”
The smile on Barron's face disappeared little by little, and the big face that was piled up with meat immediately revealed its fierce face. He stared at Herman viciously, like a hungry wolf: "Boy, you want to be the captain? ”
Herman nodded and said indifferently, "Yes." ”
Barron sneered: "Don't think that being promoted to the source knight at the age of seventeen or eighteen is very remarkable, Lao Tzu was also promoted at the age of seventy-eight, but he is not as crazy as you." For the sake of the boss's face, you get out and run around the tent ten times by yourself, and I will treat you as if you didn't say that. Otherwise, Lao Tzu swears that he will beat you so much that you can't get out of bed for half a month. ”
The onlookers suddenly laughed, they were all from this age, and naturally knew that what Barron said was true. Ninety percent of the knights are basically promoted by cultivating the skin-level accommodation method, and then spend two to three years earning contribution points to transfer to the high-level accommodation method, so that the strength matches the rank. Otherwise, the source knight who had just been promoted was actually not very strong.
William was a little nervous, for fear that Herman would be beaten so hard that he couldn't get out of bed, and asked in a low voice, "Are you sure?" ”
Herman gave his cousin a reassuring look, and then smiled: "I will return this sentence to you." ”
"Huh." Barron rubbed his chin vigorously and walked out of the queue, "I hope you'll be able to laugh later." ”
"Each other, each other."
Herman still looked nonchalant and looked at Barron with a lot of fire.
Barron looked at the squadron leader with an angry face and asked, "Boss, when is the competition?" ”
Hawkins turned a blind eye to the tense atmosphere and said with a smile: "It's okay now, but I warn you in advance, the wizards of your team haven't arrived yet, and if anyone is injured, you will have to pay out of your own pocket to beg other wizards to go." ”
"Hehe, I'm fine." Barron agreed, and then pointed out, "But I'm afraid that some people are too shy to pay for the medical bills." ”
The rest of the group laughed and looked at Herman.
William's eyes widened, and he was about to sneer at each other, when he heard a charming laugh from outside: "This is good, I can help any of you treat for free." ”
Everyone turned their heads to look over, only to see a girl wearing a white tusk, blond hair and brown eyes, and fair skin walking over. There were very few women in the barracks, and besides, they were such youthful and energetic beauties, and the eyes of this group of animals were straight for a while.
But none of these people made a joke. Because the other party's words just now have already indicated her identity, this is the wizard of the eighth squad. It takes a lot of courage to flirt with a wizard.
I saw that the girl greeted the two of them first: "We will work together again, Herman and William." Then approached Hawkins and hugged him, this scene was simply envious of others, "Old friend long time no see, thank you for your letter of recommendation." ”
Hawkins laughed, let go of the girl, and said, "Now the whole group is sending people here, even if you don't have me, you can come over, and I want to thank you more for what happened last time." ”
The person who came was Claire Holt, a witch who had been working with the two Herman brothers for a year, and for some reason, the other party also came to Sagacony.
Claire grinned: "This is different, if I apply by myself, I will definitely be sent to another squadron, and there will be no one to take care of me as a little awakened person at that time." ”
Hawkins smiled mysteriously: "Not necessarily. Seeing Claire's face change slightly, he also immediately changed the topic with interest, "Hehe, I'll talk about it later, don't delay Barron's business." ”
"Barron, Herman, let's get started."
"Whoever wins is the squad leader."