We walked south along the paths that naturally emerged in the Black Forest, and Justes led the way on horseback, his body staggering and looking like he might fall headlong at any moment, his hands clutching the reins, looking a little drowsy.The forest was filled with the smell of rotting wood, and the dense canopy of trees seemed impermeable, making the warriors walking in the jungle feel a little depressed.The temperature was not too high, but I was sweating all over my body, and I felt slimy on my body.The smell of decay seeped into my body, as if I was a rotten piece of wood myself.Ying Li rode on the back of the Gubolai horse, her face turned red, and she kept taking out her handkerchief to wipe the sweat on her face, and rode parallel to Helena and Becky on the forest road, chatting with a thousand words.Butterfly rode a horse and followed behind Ying Li, her riding skills were very good, her hands barely had to grasp the reins, her eyes looked up to the sky through the dense woods from time to time, her wurm companion hovered over this wooded area, even so, Le Die had to blow a whistle to the sky every half an hour, the sharp whistle could be heard far away, every time the whistle was blown, a dragon groan could be heard faintly in the sky, and the wurm always followed Le Die's side.There were no branches, no thorns or bushes, no vines hanging from the canopy, no muddy swamps, no fallen dead trees on the road, as if trampled by countless people.As the group passed, the road slowly reverted to its original shape, crisscrossed with vines, low cranberry bushes, and a layer of slippery moss growing against the ground.I don't know how far the lord aura of the ancient tree of war in the dust swamp can help us go, maybe it is not within the scope of the lord aura of the ancient tree of war, and now it may be those tree spirits in the Black Forest who help us all the way forward, I reached out and touched the leaf in my arms, this is a token given to me by the ancient tree of war, it is said that I can take it to find the ancient tree of war in the valley, it is possible to gain the trust of that guy.I sat on the shoulder of Ruka the Minotaur, who told me many stories about what had happened in Tanton along the way, and the Minotaur told me that he would rather stay in Camp Trump than Mr.
Billy's hotel.Justus led the front with four hundred and fifty barbarian slaves, Count Reze and Knight Jason walked in the middle of the line with their squad of Constructed Knights, Win Li and I followed behind their group, and Karantso led the Orc Constructed Warriors at the back of the group, and the whole team stretched far into the jungle.Count Reeds, riding his horse at a deliberate slowing pace, parallel to me on the forest road, asked me: "Count Giga, how did you get this barbarian slave infantry regiment?"
”Ruka and I laughed when we heard him ask.Count Reze was a little surprised, but still patiently turned his head to look at me.I said to the Count of Reeds, "I caught them all on the outskirts of Eyre. ”"Uh," Count Reze never thought I would give him such an answer.I looked into the distance and said to Count Reiz: "My hometown is a border city called El City in the province of Sloit, which is immediately adjacent to the Pai Plateau to the west, and the Urutu River runs from the Holy Snow Mountain in the eastern foothills of the Pai Plateau all the way through the northern wilderness and the Yelian Mountains, and then flows through the town of Gurudin all the way to the Hundred Waterfalls Cliff, and after entering the territory of the Grimm Empire, this river is called the Benma River by us northerners, and the city of Elu is on the south bank of the Benma River in the west of the Sloit Province. ”"Every winter, after the surface of the Galloping River froze, the barbarians of the Celtic tribes would cross the Gallop River to the province of Sloit to hunt slaves, and they would take the men of the villages, and these barbarians would take the men of the north back to the ice tundra and throw them into the mines to mine.""
When I was younger, I used to travel to the cities in the northern part of the Grimm Empire, where the people were rugged and hospitable, where people liked to drink golden cider, and the barbarians were mortal enemies for life.""
In every northern city there are groups of people who organize themselves against the barbarian slave hunting, and in the city of El these warriors are called eagles."
As if I was telling a story that had nothing to do with me, Count Reeds heard the eagle and couldn't help but say, "Wow, that sounds like a cool name!"
So," I knew he wanted to hear, so he continued, "I was also a member of the Eagle Squad before I left El City, and I had captured these barbarian slaves during these three years, and I thought that simply killing them would not be enough to wash away their sins, so I signed a slave contract with them and made them my slave. ”Count Reeds, who was not ignorant of barbarian warriors, asked me, "How did you get the barbarians to submit, having heard that the barbarians were irascible and not afraid of death, and that most of them would not give in easily?"
”"The barbarians who refused to give in are now lying in the dirt."
After the Minotaur Ruka finished speaking, he glanced at him, and didn't understand such a simple truth, why didn't Count Reze figure it out.Count Reze changed the subject and said to me, "The black iron heavy armor of the Nakma is really suitable for these barbarian slaves!"
”Knight Jason, who was following behind Count Reeds, spoke at this time: "At the beginning, our knights also harvested some fine Nakma armor on the Kenda plane, but unfortunately after returning to the imperial capital, no lord was willing to collect this thing, and finally those heavy armors were sold to blacksmiths to reforge weapons. ”Count Reze pointed to the black iron trouser armor on the barbarian slaves and said to the Jason knight behind him: "Jason, you see that the black iron trouser armor worn by those barbarian slaves is probably reforged in the blacksmith shop. ”Knight Jason looked at those barbarian slaves, and said with emotion: "I have been in the army for more than ten years, and it is the first time I have seen a bed crossbow that can be used like this" Then, Count Reze talked to me about the orc warriors behind him, and he asked me: "Count Giga, where did you recruit these orc warriors from?"
”"Nine years ago, the Pai Plateau suffered a heavy snowstorm that was rare in a century, that winter, that wasteland did not know how many orcs starved to death, at that time, some orcs had to leave their homes in order to survive, and walked down the plateau along the road of death in the western foothills to wander in the province of Sloit, these orcs on the Pai Plateau are a group of lowly wanderers in the northern province, they do the hardest, most tiring and lowly work in the northern cities, but still cannot get food and clothing.""
Four years ago, I saw these poor orcs in the coal yard outside the city of El, and I had the first idea, and I gathered them together to become my followers, and it was thanks to their help that I was able to capture so many barbarian slaves in the past few years.As for these Demonic Construct and Blackscale Horses, my mentor at the Imperial Capital Magic Research Institute was the famous Master Yerkis Scholar, and a good friend of mine happened to be in Dulva Province, and he helped me get a hundred warhorses, so I have this hundred-man Construct Warrior Regiment. ”Karantso followed me, and the gaze in his eyes was so gentle and firm.I made my request to Count Reeds: "They can't be called Constructed Knights for the time being, because they haven't learned to share the power in their bodies with the horses, so I have a reluctant request, Count Reeds, to be able to teach these orcs some of the knights' combat skills without going against your will?"
”Count Rez thought about it very carefully, then looked at the knight Jason beside him, and finally said: "If this is just the most basic riding and combat skills, I don't have anything to keep, after all, the knight academy has already turned these things into tactical manuals, which can be bought in any bookstore, but I think the knowledge in the book will inevitably be a little dogmatic, I can give them the most basic rules of knights, if it is an advanced combat technique, although it is inconvenient for me to disclose, But I can't stop these orc construct warriors from coming to their senses as we fight. ”Hearing Count Reze say this, I knew that he did not reject these orc warriors, so I said happily, "Thank you so much for such words. ”Count Reze smiled, glanced at the group of orc warriors behind him, and said with emotion: "I really understand now why Prince James specifically told me to fully cooperate with you on the Hiero plane, it turns out that you actually have such a well-equipped army on the Hiero plane. ”"It's alright!"
I scratched my head and said to Count Reze with a smile, "Actually, our goal is the same, to help Princess Ledie untie her heart knot, and then send her to the imperial capital safely." ”Count Reze glanced at Princess Ledie, who was walking in front of the group, and said to me, "That's right!
”Justes came to a sudden halt in front, and I rushed up with the Minotaur Ruka, followed by Katerina and Karantso, and when I reached the front of the group, I found that the Black Forest in front of me was covered by dense foliage, and there was no way to walk for the army."
There's no way ahead!"
Justes jumped off his horse, motioned for the Barbarian Slave Warriors to rest in place, then pulled out a map from his backpack and marked the general location of our team with a black charcoal pencil before he said to me, "Our team is here at the moment, and from now on, we need to keep the team at the front, and we have to carve out a path ourselves, maybe at any time, we will meet a group of spider-man warriors." ”This is probably the outermost boundary line of the Dust Swamp War Ancient Tree Lord Aura, from here to the southern region of the Black Forest, all vigilance and reconnaissance will have to rely on our own strength, and more importantly, our journey has just begun, according to the distance shown on the map, it will take at least half a month to reach that desperate valley.Without the help of the Ancient Tree of War, the road in the jungle would never be as easy to walk as before, and there are unknown dangers lurking in the entire jungle that require us to be cautious.I said to everyone, "Maybe there's a giant spider lurking in the canopy of every tree, so we have to be careful." ”At this time, the Earl of Rez and the knight Jason came from behind, and they asked me, "What is going on, why do you want to stop?"
”"From here, we officially enter the jungle area controlled by the Nebru spider-men."
I replied.Looking at these unscrupulous barbarian slaves behind them, the successive victories in the Black Forest have made these barbarian slaves a little inflated, they may think that the spider-man warriors are nothing more than that, in fact, in the area around Camp Trem, we rely on the home field advantage to take advantage, but here, we are back on the same running line with the Nibru spiders again, maybe we are far less familiar with the Nibru spiders here.I said to Karantso, "Karantso, you go and bring up a five-man scout team, put them in front of the large army, be sure to keep a distance of two kilometers from us, and if there is danger, release magic flares to notify us." ”Karantso never questioned any of my commands, and quickly agreed, "Yes." ”After saying that, she tugged on the reins of her horse and ran towards the rear of the group."
Katerina, you go up there and search for the giant spiders lurking in the canopy."
I pointed to the leafy canopy and said to Katerina.Caterina agreed, "Yes." ”With the help of a light body, a few jumped up to the canopy and disappeared into the dense foliage.Deborah had been following Karantso, and I grabbed her and said to her, "Deborah, fly to the sky, I need you to tell me the exact location of the nearby spider camp." ”Perhaps there is an example like Karantso, and Deborah also replied very cheerfully: "Understood!
”After saying that, he spread his wings and flew directly and flexibly through the gaps between the leaves and branches, and flew out of the dense forest.When all this was done, Count Rez, who was standing aside, said to me, "There is a Constructed Knight named Becky in our squad, who is the most experienced scout in our Guard Battalion, why don't you let him go to the front with your orc Constructed Warrior to investigate the situation?"
”Obviously, Count Reze has deliberately arranged for the experienced constructed knights to take our orc warriors to the front to scout."
Of course it couldn't be better!"
I said to Count Reeds.It didn't take long for Karantso to bring five orc warriors, and I arranged for them to go to the front with the Betch Knight to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and told these orc warriors to humbly learn some reconnaissance skills with the Betch Knight, these five orc warriors are the best young orcs under Karancuo's command, they are energetic, alert, and thoughtful, so they are naturally the most suitable candidates.Five orc warriors and the Betsy Knight rode through the leafy forest and ran to the front to scout the enemy.At this time, the barbarian slaves became very excited, and they whispered quietly as they rested.Curious, I asked Justus, "What happened to these barbarian slaves?"
”Justes said to me, "They probably think there's going to be some food up front!"
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