Chapter 78 Choice

What is magic?

What is rune?

How are they different from technology?

The biggest difference is that technology does not require any talent. A person with the average ability of the race does not need any talent. He only needs sweat and energy to master this knowledge.

This is not the case with magic and runes. If they do not have the corresponding talent, cannot perceive and construct, they will never be able to cross the huge gap that talent has drawn in front of them.

An ordinary person may not be able to become a mechanic, but he can apply the mechanical knowledge he learned in textbooks to gears, levers, engines, and repair some simple mechanical equipment.

An ordinary person has no talent and will never be able to become a rune craftsman. He does not even have the ability to repair the simplest rune machinery. He cannot build a spell model like a wizard. Even if he memorizes all the knowledge in the spell book, he will eventually be Zhao Kuo who talks about war on paper.

The same is true for a civilization. When you do not have a certain resource...

There is no shallow iron ore in the territory of the Mayan civilization, and copper ore is also scarce, so they can only use stone, and they finally developed the manufacture of stone tools to the pinnacle-still unable to refine steel.

The Bosilians have mastered extraordinary navigation technology, allowing them to sail in the Pacific Ocean, but their organizational structure is still at the stage of primitive civilization, and there are no large ships.

The so-called curse of resources.

For these nomads, the standard system of magic and runes are things they have never seen before. The only thing they have is the shaman training system.

Communicate with nature, control exotic beasts, and engrave totems.

These mercenaries who claim to be from the far west, and those who look like they are from the Central Plains, are like caravans from a distant world, showing their abilities in front of the nomads.

After most of the map resources were cleared, their eyes quickly turned to the remaining three clans. They have their own characteristics, but without exception, their military strength is extremely strong, and it is not easy for a single lord to bite them.

At least ten lords need to unite to attack and gather 10,000 troops to have some chance to compete with them. It is good enough for them to ensure that they do not backstab each other, not to mention coordinating and commanding to attack together.

Who outputs, who holds the line, how to distribute rewards, my troops were pulled up by you and suffered heavy casualties, how can you guarantee that you will not kill me in return? Why is it my troops that went up, not the troops of the neighboring family?

(In fact, there are various temporary contracts, but the system did not release them at this time, so that they can learn the environment of the battlefield in single-handed fighting first)

In the high-speed screening among the lords in the first ten days, those who are extremely warlike have been screened out during this period of time. Continuous fighting consumes a lot of supplies, and the loss of troops and equipment will be directly reflected in the combat effectiveness.

It is not that one person in a single battle can continue to fight by taking healing medicine to recover.

If the army does not lose personnel, it will only lose temporary combat effectiveness, and once there is a loss of personnel, it will lose the combat effectiveness limit.

For every person lost, the entire army will lose the upper limit of irrecoverable damage.

A slight opportunity for replenishment will be provided every 30 days.

This delicate balance also makes most lords who are aware of this situation dare not easily attack others, and will only take the initiative to attack when they are sure of their tactical advantages.

It also forced these lords to start paying attention to their logistics, troop maintenance, support and other issues.

Most of the lords don't even have these concepts. The battles in the territory are often early and late, and the time of travel is no more than one day. As for the situation in more distant places, they have not explored it. That's too good for Gao Muyuan.

Some lords turned their attention to the clans for logistical reasons, as if they remembered the king selection war proposed by the system.

The clan leaders are also very interested in these mercenaries who took the initiative to come to the door.

Of course, he has a better idea.

An idea that can solve the advancement problem and these mercenaries at the same time.

The chief of the Shuanglin clan is extremely proud of his flash of inspiration.

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"Or, you still say something to me?"

Ji Lin rubbed his hair and looked at the black-armored scout in front of him who had recovered his breath and looked at him vigilantly. That kind of shiny chain mail is not an equipment that can be easily made.

The industrial capacity behind a soldier can be seen from the armor alone. These neat standard chain mails cannot be privately forged. Just like the one-piece breastplate used by Ji Lin's musketeers, it is directly formed by a hydraulic press and then made into armor.

The combat style alone is far different from the felt that nomads often wear. There is also the long sword and short bow on his back. He has black hair and black eyes like him, instead of the heterochromatic eyes that nomads have more.

Seeing that the other party still lowered his head to drink soup and kept silent, Ji Lin sighed.

"We are mercenaries. If you need any help, just tell me."

The system does not allow them to reveal their identities. They generally use names such as "war group" and "mercenary" to fool NPCs in the exercise battlefield.

Whether these NPCs believe them or not, their appearance in this environment is already an established fact.

What they need to give is a reason.

And the scout clearly didn't believe it, and it was written on his face.

The terrain of this camp is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is very difficult to find this small valley hidden in a small hill from a distance. There are also smokeless stoves on the ground, high grass walls for camouflage, neat and uniform musketeers and light crossbowmen, and they are all standard equipment.

And those iron lumps lying in the corner.

With his eyesight, how could he not see the professional strength among them? Those mercenaries should be thankful if their professional quality can be one tenth of the guy in front of him.

The scout still whispered to the lifesaver.

"Thank you."

Anyway, the other party saved his life.

A gray soldier ran to Ji Lin and whispered.

"Sir, the previous broth has been eaten..."

The food for nine men is not enough.

"Let's make another pot."

If you want to know why I'm so nice to these black-armored scouts, it's because...

Ji Lin feels that these people have tasks that can be triggered. The smell of deep hatred and deep hatred they exude clearly shows that they are full of information.

It's the same as the old soldier who plays RPG games and drinks in the tavern, the dying soldier found on the roadside, and the prophet who wants you to save the world.

There is always something for you.