Chapter 377, The Ancient Race of the Tropical Rainforest

"Whether it's appearance or self-cultivation, you can't be a commoner, and the golden double-headed eagle...is the symbol and symbol of the empire. You must be a descendant of an imperial nobleman?" Pirazzo asked cautiously: "Of course...it doesn't matter if you don't want to say it, we all understand some things."

"Me? I'm a descendant of the great nobles of the empire." Fulgan thought about it, and he decided to say half of the sentence: "Do you know Ryan? Ryan-Count Macado?"

"Ah! I know, the man who exiled the Great Demon of Nurgle, the Pus Rider, and killed the Red Duke who has been a disaster for the Knight Kingdom for hundreds of years, is a human hero." Pirazzo said he knew.

"I'm his brother, my own brother." Fulgan shook his head after saying this, "I can only say so much."

"Understood." Pirazzo was sure.

That's right.

Earl Ryan Machado's reputation in the old world is not insignificant. There are many speculations about who his biological father is. A reassurance, this legion has backup in the old world!

This is very important, no matter whether this expeditionary force has a firm foothold or not, they still need the support of the old world.

After dinner, Pirazzo left, leaving only Fulgan himself. The legion commander picked up a book "Old World National Geographic" and continued to read.

Candles made of tallow flickered.

"The rulers are high above the temples, and the civilians work hard to support the army to protect themselves. It is really a life that has not changed for thousands of years." The handsome man looked at "National Geographic of the Old World" and sighed softly: "Everything has to start from scratch, father. , my legion, my children have fallen into the abyss, ten thousand years have passed, have you saved anything else besides me, Emperor's Children?"

The golden double-headed eagle reflected light in the candlelight, leaving Fulgrim with a silent answer.

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A week later, the entire expeditionary force was ready to go.

This 5,000-man army was organized into twelve companies by Fulgen.

The first company was led by him personally, and it was full of veterans of many battles, consisting of great swordsmen and a small number of foot knights.

The second and third companies are long halberd companies.

The fourth, fifth, and sixth companies are mixed with spearmen and sword and shield soldiers.

The seventh, eighth, and ninth companies consisted of crossbowmen and archers.

The tenth company consisted of musketeers.

The eleventh company was artillery, and the expeditionary force carried five mortars and three cannons.

The twelfth company is the reserve team.

Fulgan left three companies to guard the house, and led the remaining 3,000 people into the tropical rainforest.

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The rainforests of Lustria are completely different from the Dark Forests of the Old World, which were difficult to pass through, while the forests of Tyrell are full of birds and flowers, and are less threatened by Beastmen.

The tropical rainforest of Lustria gave the expeditionary army a pure and lush feeling.

Humid and hot, the ground is covered with moss and algae, with grass, ferns, shrubs growing on the ground, and finally the big trees in the sky. The forest can accommodate troops, but it is not so neat.

After several months of training, the Legion of Ashes marched neatly and neatly. Under Fulgen's reorganization, the morale of the soldiers was high. They marched carefully in the forest, observing every move nearby.

Walking through the bushes, Pirazzo struggled to brush the long bush leaves away from his face. Although it was December, Lustria would be relatively cooler. The temperature was twenty-six or seven degrees. The mercenary leader's face and body were also covered with sweat, and his clothes were soaked in dew: "Damn it, it's still December, and the weather is relatively cool. It's hard to imagine what we will face if it's midsummer."

Fulgan was carrying the purple-gold power sword "Glory", the legion commander was wearing purple plate armor, and his silver hair was flying in the woods. He walked forward step by step with great rhythm: "Order everyone, don't wear wet clothes for a long time. , do not eat any wild fruits and vegetables, do not drink unboiled water, and must bypass or cut off any thorns encountered,

Stay in formation and move slowly! "

"Yes!" A great swordsman answered immediately.

Under Fulgen's exquisite command, the morale of the army has always been maintained. They carefully explored the tropical rainforest. Relying on Fulgen's orders and prohibitions, the soldiers always remained calm even if they saw some treasures. They first carefully checked to see if there were any treasures. Ambush, and only then collect treasure.

Lustria's claim to be full of gold is indeed well-deserved. After only three days of marching, the Legion of Ashes captured a lot of treasures. Some gems, silver, and gold were collected by greedy humans.

Three days later, the expeditionary force came to a lizardman ruins.

This is a long-abandoned lizardman city. Many of the tall pyramids have collapsed and are covered by branches, vines and thick trees. Huge stones pave the passages in the ruins. There are many ponds in the ruins. Swimming piranhas.

Why do they know that there are piranhas in the pond, because some soldiers have already paid the price with their lives.

The solid slate ground and the soft moist soil formed a stark contrast. The tall city walls of the past had collapsed, and there were hardly any good buildings in the entire ruins. The brightly colored patterns carved on the slate had long faded in the endless years.

"It's gold! Big gold!"

"My God! Such a large piece of silver!"

"Enamel stone!"

"This is jade!"

"We got rich!!!"

"Above Ms. Fortune!"

The soldiers of the expeditionary army uttered unbelievable cries, the ruins are simply paradise! Gold and silver treasures were piled up everywhere, and many soldiers happily slapped their faces with their hands, shouting incredible.

After several months of training and preparation by Fulgrim, these soldiers are extremely disciplined. Seeing the wealth, they did not rush up to loot it in a moment of excitement. The army organization and formation have always been roughly complete, and the soldiers just reported to Fulgen: "Legion commander! We have discovered a large amount of gold and silver treasure! Are the soldiers allowed to use it by themselves?"

"Divide into three teams! The third company, the fifth company, and the ninth company are allowed to act on their own. Each person can collect no more than fifteen catties of treasure. The rest are on alert and closely monitor the surrounding movement!" Fulgan watched vigilantly. Around: "Maybe, something is watching us."

"Yes!" The army trained by the Primarch of the Emperor's Sons ordered the soldiers to forbid. The soldiers of the three companies began to use the prepared bags to collect the treasures, and the rest of the army remained vigilant and ready.

"Attention, give priority to collecting books, handicrafts, and artworks, and don't just focus on gold and jewelry." Fulgan continued to order.

"Yes!" The soldiers admired and worshiped the legion commander from the bottom of their hearts, and they carried out Fulgrim's orders earnestly.

The human army began to carefully bag all kinds of gold, silver and jewels. By the way, they also obeyed Fulgen's order and kept vigilant. The human army carefully felt every move around them, and did not give the enemy any chance.

As everyone knows, it is the soldiers who are always vigilant, on the branches deep in the rainforest.

Several chameleons are lying on the branches to observe every move of the expeditionary army.

This ruin is a trap, and several waves of humans have stumbled here, turned into a delicious meal in the belly of the lizardmen, or a living sacrifice to the snake god Sotek.

Humans are always greedy. Seeing so much wealth, they can't move. Explorers often frantically fill their bags with various gems, gold and jade. When the ambushing lizardmen swarm up, many greedy Not even willing to give up money and run for their lives.

But now this group is different, they are very alert.

"Attack now?" the Chameleon whispered.

Ambushing here is a Legion of Skinks, led by a Saurus Ancient Blood Warrior.

The ancient blood warriors are the leaders of the lizard people. They obey the orders of the skink priests. Above the skink priests are the magic toad Slans, but the Slans sleep most of the time.

"Wait." The ancient blood warrior shook his head: "Come out and attack again."

Inside the ruins, Fulgen was looking at a huge stone slab. His hand brushed over the surface of the stone slab. Surrounded by ponds and green grass, the stone slab revealed its true colors.

"The invasion of Chaos has long been prophesied." Four pictures are engraved on the slate. The first picture is that the portal of the Old Sage was broken, chaos came, and countless demons came from the subspace to the main material world.

"Faithful servants of the Old Ones, rise up and resist." In the second picture, groups of lizardmen battle the Chaos Demons.

"The Maelstrom is not an invention of the elves. The elves just activated the device that the Old One left in Ulthuan." Fulgan continued to browse the third picture. Demon, not far away, Dragon Trainer Caledon built a maelstrom.

Fulgan still wanted to continue looking at the fourth picture, but found that the fourth picture had been damaged and he couldn't see anything clearly.

Is the future like this picture, where everything is swallowed by chaos?

"There is hope," murmured the Primarch, the Emperor's Children. "There is always hope."

"Enemy attack!!!" At this time, Pirazzo suddenly shouted: "There is an enemy attack! Soldiers! Prepare to fight!"

"Fight, or die!" Fulgrim shouted loudly: "Soldiers, the enemy is coming!"

"Understood!" The soldiers of the expeditionary army were stunned for a few seconds after hearing the enemy attack, and immediately reacted. They stopped their actions, put down the gold and silver treasures in their hands, and prepared for battle.

Swarms of Skinks appeared in the forest. They were the Skinks Legion ambushing the human army.

"Fix the formation!!!" Fulgrim stood alone in front of the formation, and he raised the power sword "Glory" in his hand.

The training of the soldiers by the legion master was carved into the soul and their instincts. When the large group of skinks and skink stragglers gradually approached, the human army was ready to fight relying on the terrain.

A large group of pikemen and halberd soldiers were at the forefront, they stuck their shields into the ground, and the dense forest of spears pointed directly at the incoming Skink army. Large groups of Skink soldiers kept pouring out from the forest, most of the human soldiers I have never seen such weird creatures. They have a cute face, round eyes, fins on their heads, bright colors on their bodies, wearing simple leather armor, using wooden sticks and shields, and marching towards the army. Like a forest of spears rushing forward.

"Fire!!!" Pirazzo's roar blew away the hesitation in the soldiers' hearts. Hearing the order from the deputy army commander behind him, a large group of crossbowmen, archers and musketeers raised their long-range weapons and moved towards the soul. The Lizard Legion attacked.

Almost at the same time, all the crossbowmen, archers and musketeers fired together. Hundreds of feathered arrows, crossbow bolts and musket bullets caused huge casualties to the Skink soldiers. These lizardmen fell down one after another.

Many human soldiers breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this. These ancient creatures are not invincible.

The expeditionary army began to gain confidence. Even in the distant forest, there were still a large group of skinny lizard troops joining the battlefield.

Leaving behind dozens of corpses, the Skink skirmishers approached the spear array.

"Javelins! Pay attention to dodging! Turtle-shell array!" Fulgrim keenly noticed the strangeness in the Skinks Legion. Groups of Skinks raised their javelins and threw the poisoned wooden javelins towards the human positions.

"Tortoise shell array!" Hearing Fulgen's order, the human army moved.

The long-range troops retreated into the formation in an orderly manner. The spearmen and halberd soldiers approached the front line again. They pulled out their shields and held them in mid-air. Together they raised their shields.

The human position was instantly covered by large shields and kite shields, and most of the dense wave of javelins hit the shields.

"Ding ding ding~" There was a sound of a sharp weapon hitting the shield, but no one was injured or injured.

The Skinks skirmishers had few javelins, and after three salvos they ran out of javelins.

At this time, a large group of Skinlizards had already approached the human army's line.

"Form a phalanx of spears!" Fulgrim continued to order.

The soldiers immediately obeyed the order. The first row of pikemen and halberd soldiers squatted down, and the second row of soldiers stood, forming a pike phalanx. The dense pike forest directly faced the impact of the Skink infantry.

A large group of Skink infantry found themselves trapped in the siege of countless spear points. The short sticks in their hands could not break through such a strong phalanx of spears. Under the command of Root, the crossbowmen and archers took the opportunity to shoot and kill the Skinks in the distance, while the musketeers lined up in three groups and took turns shooting the nearby Skinks from the gaps in the gun array.

"Go to hell! Bastard!" The pikemen and halberdiers pierced back and forth rhythmically, and the sharp spear points pierced into the body of the skink soldier, spurting out red blood.

Strong discipline and solid formation constitute the magic weapon for human beings to win. As the great swordsmen led the sword and shield soldiers into the battlefield from the side, the outcome gradually became clear. After more than ten minutes of fierce fighting, the Skinlizard Legion left hundreds of soldiers behind. The Lizardmen ambushing troops who suffered heavy losses were forced to retreat.

The expeditionary force lost very little, only a dozen people died in battle, and the remaining humans cheered loudly for victory.

"Don't be too happy, my soldiers, this is just a tentative attack by the enemy." Fulgan warned his soldiers: "Don't be dazzled by the victory, if these ancient races in the forest only have this strength, How did those human expeditionary forces disappear? Why didn’t those barbarians who believed in chaos enter the forest to plunder?”

"I understand, Legion Commander, we won't take it lightly!" The soldiers who were convinced by Commander Fulgan's command responded one after another.

"Pack up your things as soon as possible, we will set up camp here today." Fulgan continued to order: "Send someone to watch in the distance, get ready, and there will be a fierce battle."

"Yes!" The entire army is like a sophisticated machine, each performing its duties.

In the rainforest not far away, the lizard man ancient blood warrior was discussing with his subordinates.

"This group of humans is very powerful, and the weak Skinlizard Legion cannot defeat them."

"Report to War Leader Kuja immediately! Call for reinforcements!"

"We need the support of Lord Kuga's Holy Legion!"