With Ryan's current strength, it is still very difficult to kill a Hydra, so he wisely put aside the big guy in the cursed swamp for the time being, and chose to return to Cassano. This time the curse The trip to the swamp actually only lasted a few days, but it was very fruitful for Ryan. A companion who was an elf wind shooter joined him, a mithril armor, an amethyst...
More importantly, Ryan trained his men through this adventure. Although they sacrificed several lives, the surviving soldiers have all wandered on the edge of life and death. This experience made them grow rapidly and become more mature. , became much more stable, and the scout Roger who performed well in this adventure, as well as Barbara and others, the students that Lane focused on training, gave Lane, who was short of candidates, a lot more peace of mind.
Another main reason why Ryan made up his mind to return to Cassano was that he was determined to build a more powerful army to protect the safety of the Cassano Plain. In the battle against the flying dragon, Moses and the others used magic. After all, scrolls can easily support companions, but when dealing with those spiders, it is difficult for even a warrior like Moses to cover everything. The huge difference between the two battles gave Ryan the idea of creating a magic army like Mochizuki City. Legion thoughts,
Ryan once heard his teacher describe part of the "Battle of Sunrise" that year. The scene where thousands of magicians formed a square and released magic at the same time is still fresh in Ryan's memory. It is impossible for Ryan to have so many magicians in the battle. It was trained in a short period of time, but Ryan now has many magic apprentices being trained, and Ryan himself is a prolific enchanter. This also gives Ryan the opportunity to find his own way.
In Ryan's plan, this army needs a group of warriors. It is obvious that Vivian's Iron Fist Castle guards are the right candidates. The magic armor on their bodies can protect them to the maximum extent, and the core of this magic army, That is to say, a large number of magicians will be piled up by Ryan with a large number of magic scrolls. The candidates for this part will be generated from those magic apprentices.
This magic army does not need too many candidates. In Ryan's plan, just a few hundred people are enough. They will not participate in the kind of battle that consumes troops, but will be placed in the most critical places. , plays the most critical role, just like how Ryan led his mercenary group to block the Beast King,
However, it will take time to achieve all this, especially the large number of magic scrolls, and it will take a lot of Ryan's time. Originally, Cassano relied entirely on Ryan to use the money from selling magic items to support several major expenses, and now he has to After hoarding enough magic scrolls, Ryan will be busy again.
Ryan's adventure actually had an unexpected effect, that is, everyone who saw Ryan take action became rock-solid in their loyalty to Ryan. Ryan planned to add these warriors to the army after he returned. As grassroots officers, I believe they can lead a team that they can only trust.
Due to the large amount of loot in this adventure, Ryan and his party returned to Cassano at a much slower pace. In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, Scout Roger and others rode fast horses and took Ryan's oracle and rushed back to Iron Fist Castle. It took several days Time brought back a large number of carriages, and Ryan also used this time to take everyone in batches to experience on the edge of the cursed swamp.
Even without Ryan, the soldiers led by Moses or Nancy can still kill the level 4 to 5 monsters on the edge of the cursed swamp. This kind of battle to expand the spoils is much easier, and the large amount of furs and magic cores harvested It also made Ryan smile. After all, these can be exchanged for a large number of gold coins, and these gold coins can attract more caravans to invest in Cassano.
A few days later, Roger and the others finally came back with twenty carriages. As a result, Ryan and the others filled these carriages with the spoils of the Cursed Swamp. Of course, at least 15 of them contained those wyverns. Cubs, these little guys are now Adela's favorites, raised with the utmost care,
The motorcade, which was more than a hundred meters long, was absolutely huge and attracted the attention of many passers-by along the way. As for these daily trivial matters, Ryan would naturally not interfere, and Adams and the others would handle them all by themselves, while Ryan took the Seres discussed the training of archers in detail in his carriage.
Training shooters is very time-consuming, but an excellent shooter can play a very important role. Cassano's strength is quite insufficient compared to those around him, but Seike City's goal is the imperial capital, and Mochizuki City only wants to go south. With the expansion, the imperial capital was naturally unable to take care of such a small plain, even if it was rich in food. This gave Cassano a chance to breathe.
Therefore, in Ryan's plan, Cassano's military system should be divided into three parts. The most elite troops are his magic legion and archer troops, which are the fundamental force to deter other forces, while the second part is each castle, The garrisons of manors and farms will defend the areas they are responsible to the death and wait for the rescue of the main force. The third group should be regarded as the militia. Those young farmers can protect their homes as long as they take up arms. When fighting, they It will become the best supplement to the garrison.
Therefore, Ryan must increase the combat effectiveness of his main force as much as possible, and Cassano is not large enough to support too many troops, so Ryan can only work hard on quality, close combat, no matter how brave the warrior is It is inevitable to be injured, and Cassano's army cannot be compared with other forces in terms of numbers. It is a stupid thing to consume each other's troops, so Ryan naturally thought of the shooter unit.
The key to building this shooter team is the Seres elf. This is why Ryan promised him to help him kill the Hydra. In exchange, Seres will of course help wholeheartedly. Ryan, after all, after this army is formed, it will also be used on the battlefield to kill Hydra. He has no reason to be hard on himself.
The speeding carriage slowly stopped. After the carriage stabilized, the coachman whispered: "Master, it's dark, and Mr. Adams said he would camp here and leave tomorrow."
Ryan and Seres walked out of the carriage together. Ryan moved his body a little and said, "I remember that I camped here when I came here."
"Yes, Master." The coachman replied respectfully: "This is the first choice camping site for all caravans and mercenaries. The terrain here is higher and the surroundings are relatively open. There is no need to worry about being attacked. There is a water source not far away. And it’s only a few hundred meters away from the main road. More importantly, whether you’re going to Moon Moon City, Crimson Castle, Freedom Paradise or detouring through the Valo Mountains, this is the only way to go.”
"Oh, then this place is very important." Ryan said casually,
"That's right." Adams's voice came from behind him. Ryan turned around and saw Adams who looked slightly pale. He immediately said to Adams: "You have to take care of yourself, Cassano can't live without you. "
"Thank you, Mr. Fabia, for your concern. I can still hold on." Adams laughed, and continued what he had just said: "It's a pity that this place does not belong to our Cassano Plain. Otherwise, we would just build a village here and just collect the money. Travel expenses are a large amount of money, haha."
"Yeah, that's such a pity." Ryan also laughed a few times, then took Adams' hand and walked towards the bonfire together.
The area here is indeed not small. Ryan and his group of dozens of carriages and more than 100 people only occupied a small corner. Before they arrived, three groups of people had already set up camp here. When Ryan sat down, he didn't even have water. Just as he had time to take a sip, Roger, the scout responsible for inquiring about the news, came back.
In order not to attract attention, Roger did not kneel on the ground to salute as usual. He just sat quietly next to Ryan and whispered: "Master Fabia, there are three groups of people over there, and one of them is going to Most of Cassano’s caravans are old faces, so there should be nothing suspicious.”
"But the other large group of people is a bit suspicious. Not only are they large in number, but also the amount of goods they carry is abnormal. Unless they carry precious magic cores or other goods, they will lose money on this trip. .”
Adams sat aside and nodded after hearing Roger's words: "I have an impression of Cassano's large purchases from outside. We definitely don't buy these things in large quantities there. They are indeed very questionable."
Roger said: "Yes, their personnel are all young and strong. Unlike the caravan, there are old and young. They look like they should be a mercenary group. I went over to chat with them casually, but I found that their discipline is very strict." , only one person came out and dismissed me, and the others just sat there silently, which is less like a mercenary group and more like an army."
Ryan did not speak, but motioned for Roger to continue. Roger cleared his throat and continued: "There is also the last group of people. They have the smallest number of people, but the group is quite strange. They are all..."
At this moment, there was a loud noise not far away. Ryan looked up and saw dozens of people in the caravan surrounding the smallest group of people in the middle, and there was a vague sound in his ears. I heard intermittently: "Why did you hit the person... Hand over the person who hit the person... Otherwise, we will teach you a lesson together..." and the like.
This sounded like an ordinary dispute, and Ryan had no interest in taking care of it. But just when he was about to wave Roger to inquire for more detailed information, he heard a familiar wolf howl, followed closely. There was a dull collision sound in the distance, which should be caused by human limbs being hit hard.
Ryan raised his eyebrows. The sound of the wolf howling was so familiar to him, because it was the cry of Ryan's friend Alan Duo. Regarding this, Ryan was quite confident that he would not hear it wrong. Just as Ryan was excited, At the same time, the development of the situation also appeared in front of Ryan. In just ten seconds, all the people in the caravan who went to besiege Allendo were knocked to the ground, and standing proudly in the center of the crowd was the person who had been separated from Ryan for three seconds. Alan Duo, a good friend of 20 years,
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It has been more than two years since I uploaded the first chapter of the first volume on June 28, 2008. Including the time when I started to conceive of this book and pre-coded and saved the manuscript, this book has taken me almost 800 days. It’s night and night, and what I want to thank most here are my readers and friends. Without you, I wouldn’t have been able to persist. I remember that I signed a contract with 17k in the first half of last year. At that time, the editor’s request was to constantly update the supervision. Now it seems I actually did it, a total of 2 million words, and I actually coded them out one by one. I am really so talented (I was beaten up and then dragged away),
(Struggling and crawling back) Can you please give me flowers or something for counting the votes? My ranking in the PK voting rankings has dropped by one place every day. I feel very unhappy about it.