Chapter 525: Tinder

( )

Volume 2 [Dark Tide] Chapter 525 Tinder

The rainy Tasman is still shrouded in mist as usual.

Speaking of land area, Tasman is not much inferior to Karen Kingdom. But because of the natural barrier of the "Gondola Mountains", the livable areas in Tasman are basically concentrated in the southeast. According to the classification of the two major races, undead and humans, humans as "lambs" were allocated to more than a dozen outer lords' fiefdoms, which were collectively referred to as "outer pastoral areas."

The real undead live in the area on the east side of the country near the Gondola Mountains, because the terrain here is high, rich in minerals and rivers, and several large cities were built here, becoming the heart of the entire kingdom.

The ruling class of the "Lamb" is completely controlled by the undead, so the battle between the lords is naturally carried out under the supervision of the undead. The fortresses and fortresses built by those lambs don’t mean much to the undead. A “lamb” will always be a “lamb”. The undead don’t think that the flock will kill the shepherd one day—so the military fortresses of the undead are generally located in Gondo There are several passes in the La Mountain Range to guard against possible enemies.

Of course, the "enemy" could only be the Karen Kingdom, and the Karen Kingdom, whether it was hundreds of years ago or now, has no time to send troops to attack Tasman, which has a natural barrier.

To this day, no undead would regard the Karen Kingdom as a threatening enemy. As for the "lambs" in the Tasman, they don't even know the existence of the Karen Kingdom-the direction that is always controlled is called "the flock". For those "lambs" with excess curiosity, the undead The way to deal with it is very simple: just kill it.

"So... if we continue to obey, the result will be doomed."

In the pattering rain, Kulka said to the pale hunters in front of him.

Ever since agreeing to cooperate with Dasco, the undead who calls himself "Awakened", Kulka has been instilling the idea of ​​"resistance" to the people in the Orion team, and today, these fueling words have finally come to the fore. moment of action...

Because the lord Baron Pochi raised the tax again,

He also doubled the goal of the mission that was already difficult to complete, and at the same time ordered the hunting team led by Kulka to complete the mission within a time limit, otherwise he would have to charge a part of the so-called "fine"!

Behind every hunter is a family, and behind a hunting team of more than 20 people is a village. If the task is not completed, it means that more than half of the people in the village will go hungry...

Therefore, the hunters think that they can no longer be slaughtered by others.

Kulka did not reveal the "facts" that Dasco told, but selectively talked about similar topics with several confidants in private. Such speeches were very effective—it didn't take long for almost everyone to realize the strangeness of the disappearance of the hunting captains over the years, and began to cast suspicious eyes on Lord Porch.

Of course, what they are facing now is not Boqi, but Boqi's butler. The latter was angrily walking out of the manor mansion at this time, and said to Kulka and others standing in front of the manor: "What do you mean by coming here? Didn't I say it? If you fail to complete the task, you will bear the consequences!"

The butler looked to be in his thirties, and his pampered skin was very fair, but his face was full of meanness and disdain. Obviously, in his eyes, these poor hunters had no qualifications to talk to him, so he ignored Kulka and waved The two private guards beside him said: "Let this group of guys get out, why are you shouting at me? Get out! It's been a month and you can't catch a single alien. Be careful that Baron Boqi will whip you all!" "

Fifteen hunters stood silently in the rain, some of them showed signs of shrinking, but they also didn't dare to move because no one moved around. On the contrary, the few people standing at the front glared, and even touched the slippery hunting knife with their palms...

But Kulka, as the captain of the Orion, didn't shout too much at the moment. He just glanced around seemingly casually: the manor where the butler is located is not small, but there are not many private soldiers guarding it. Years of class suppression have made these private soldiers forget what it means to be vigilant. They can only see five or six people in the field of vision. It is estimated that the whole manor can fight that, and the rest are just maids and servants.

"Butler Wright, I have something to say."

Kulka stepped forward, and the private soldiers who raised their hands to block them were pushed away vigorously by his seemingly inadvertent push.

"I've already said, you bunch—"

When Butler Wright turned his head to start cursing, he saw a white light splitting the rain curtain and sweeping across the field of vision...

"puff!"

Half of his head was sliced ​​off on the spot, and before the blood splattered on the ground, the unpretentious hunting knife had already been folded to the left, knocking down the astonished private soldier—and another who had just reacted Just as the private soldier was about to draw his sword, the other hunters rushing from behind threw him down and slashed his throat with a dagger...

"Kill them! We have no way out!"

The voice of Kulka awakened several hunters who were lucky enough to wake up from a dream. There is still no room for redemption, because killing the aristocratic butler, the main criminal, and the accomplices are all capital crimes. From the moment Kulka swung the knife, these hunters And the village behind them has already stood on the opposite side of these nobles.

"Bold!"

Just as the Kulkas chopped down the private soldiers who rushed over one after another, a hunchbacked figure in a gray robe suddenly appeared in the manor. Seeing the bloody scene in front of him, the other party roared, raised his wand and pointed at Kulka!

This is Chandler, the necromancer who is in charge of transforming the local undead. While casting a spell, he is thinking quickly about how to report the "turmoil" that is happening right now—in his eyes, he absolutely crushes these ants-like humans .

His bone puppets have been hiding in the manor. After waving and summoning, these guys with a typical "skeleton soldier" image rushed towards the hunters waving their weapons.

The expected massacre did not occur, because as soon as those bone puppets approached the hunters, they were smashed to pieces by several figures that suddenly appeared from all around, and a "bone spear technique" came towards Chandler, forcing He hurriedly hid aside...

Then, he saw one of his arms spinning and flying into the distance.

"You...you..."

Chandler took a closer look, but looked in horror at the figures that appeared one after another around, and finally, his eyes stayed on the guy standing in front of him holding a scimitar: "Dusco...how dare you get along with this guy?" Bunch of lowly..."

The head flew up, Dasco, the undead, didn't bother to listen to the other party's nonsense at all, he just turned his head and nodded at his fully armed companions, and then walked towards Kulka and others who were panting due to the short battle.

"Now, we stand together."

The hunters held their weapons with white fingers, and looked at the sudden appearance of more than twenty undead in front of them in bewilderment, completely unaware that this scene will be forever remembered by history.

The fire of the Tasman Revolution was thus ignited.

*****

While the rulers of the Tasman still indulged in blind self-confidence, Efta was under full-scale attack from the orcs.

The army of orcs was pressing across the border, and the daily battle reports could even fill up Rody's desk. It seemed that the border was in danger, but in fact Rody was in a relaxed mood.

Because he didn't worry about what the orcs could do to these fortresses at all.

Just kidding...start planning years in advance. Armaments, provisions, and soldiers have been accumulated for so long, if the orcs who have no siege equipment can't hold on, then human beings should have perished long ago!

Real large-scale wars don't require any weird tactics. I just use resources and city walls to defend in an upright manner. What can you do to me?

And through the feedback of the battle report, Rody can also see the gradually exposed flaws after the deployment of the orc forces: Sauron, as the great chief, obviously cannot command in place, and the scattered tribes have begun to fight on their own, so that the battle line is long and chaotic. , but no progress.

"There are many ways to win a war. Personnel, supplies, morale, etc. will all be the key factors that affect the outcome. Those who look fierce may not necessarily have the last laugh."

Roddy smiled and chatted with the magister Houdini in front of him, as if he didn't want to hide the battle situation before.

"War is all about resources, and I agree with that very much."

Houdini nodded, and stood in front of the sand table wearing an epic magic robe gifted by Rody, analyzing the current battlefield situation together with Rody.

The reason for such a scene is entirely because Houdini chose his position very wisely after Roddy had a long talk all night.

In other words, Houdini has now become Roddy's "very close strategic partner."

In the entire Karen Kingdom, there is no second place where the level of magic is stronger than Elson City. Therefore, in terms of magic resources, Rody's monopoly directly won him the full power of a magister from the Rahiman Kingdom. support!

Houdini will use "prophecy spells" to provide Rody with spell support, and his apprentices will also participate in the defensive battles of Efta Fortress with a certain employment fee to accumulate actual combat experience-the price Roddy pays is Open a part of the laboratory, present a set of epic robes and a promise to advance and retreat with Houdini in the future.

This is definitely a heavy weight on the balance of war.

"Technology is in hand, I have the world", "Magic technology is the primary productive force" and other words are the true feelings of Roddy now. And with the support of a prophecy magister, he has successfully expelled the last part of the fog from the Tasman Kingdom, and officially led his team to the expedition.

Of course, this is not a "conquest", but a "sneak mission" planned to last for about fifteen days.

Thirty knights who had completed their professional changes went into battle lightly, one with two horses. Sixty barbarian soldiers carried compressed dry rations processed by the high elves and huge packages. Nata, Akasha, and ten high elf mages followed together. In terms of the average level and level of this team alone, it was easy for Rody to face the orc army with thousands of people head-on.

Not to mention Melinsella after learning that Houdini was in the team—it was really not an easy job to go deep into the Tasman alone. Now that a powerful magician can join him, Roddy naturally wished for it.

However, Naifei, who is also a magician, obviously did not have this kind of treatment. When he just wanted to speak, Rody stared at him so that he dared not speak.

So on May 4th, a team of only a hundred or so people left Elson City quietly in the early morning, and headed towards the Gondola Mountains in the north under the protection of the "Silence Barrier" and "Imitation Color Barrier". go.

At this time, the recruitment process for the undead had just ended.

...