If you want to do things, you can't do without making money. Rody frowned and thought about how to make money in this remote village, while carefully selecting suitable arrows from the remaining wooden arrows—the reason why he took so much was because he wanted to find out the guarantee Thirty arrows of precision come.
The straightness, curvature (hardness), length, and center of gravity of each arrow are different. As for Rody, who has made some achievements in archery skills, his archery realm is naturally beyond the imagination of ordinary scouts. At this time, he Holding the file that Dick brought, he was fine-tuning the thirty selected arrows...
After he ground the slots at the end of each arrow to a uniform width, he began to shoot all these arrows—this time, the distance Rody shot was changed to 40 meters, and every time he shot an arrow, his movements were fixed. After a while, as if he was thinking about something, the thirty arrows were shot in three groups, and every time he pulled out the arrows and came back, Rody would carve a faint mark on the tails of these arrows.
These actions aroused Dick's curiosity, but he finally held back his intention to ask. After Rody changed the piece of broken leather armor into a simple finger guard, the scout team in the distance was ready to go.
Returning the remaining arrows to Dick, Rody smiled and walked towards his horse with the horn bow and the thirty arrows. When Captain Carter saw Roddy, his attitude was a little different from before. At this moment, he no longer put on any captain airs, and the meaning of greetings in his words was very obvious. It almost made people think that he and Roddy were scout captains. . However, Roddy was not interested in being too polite with him, and just listened carefully to the task assigned by Carter later—
"The orc attack yesterday was very sudden. Although we... won the battle, we also paid a heavy price. Second Lieutenant Sodin has already reported the news to Houllier City. I think the number of scout troops will definitely increase within a few days." It has been expanded, but in order to ensure that those damned orcs do not infiltrate the border, today... we will conduct a large-scale investigation."
Speaking of it, Carter's behavior can be regarded as "dedicated to his duty". Although he is not skilled in martial arts, his mind has not deviated from the right path - he is much better than those bullshit nobles who betrayed the country and seek glory in the later generations in Rody's memory. You must know that this country has been weak for a long time, and the lords and nobles have their own affairs. Less than a quarter of the huge country belongs to the king, and the rest is divided up by the lords. The resulting internal fighting has almost never stopped.
In Luo Di's memory, the destruction of the Karen Kingdom was due to the group of noble lords not forgetting to stumbling each other in the face of the orc attack, and eventually lost a series of battles, resulting in 90% of the old families being slaughtered by the orcs.
Captain Carter's words came one after another in his ears. Rody woke up from the memory, raised his head and chest, and listened to the captain's serious explanation of the investigation direction: "Twenty kilometers west of Nolan Village, radiation investigation, if it is confirmed safe , continue west for ten kilometers after the noon break."
"Captain… there's no—"
Several team members changed their faces, and immediately prepared to ask questions, but were interrupted by Carter waving.
"I know that there is a neutral area, and I don't need to be responsible for any accidents. But since these damned orcs can approach our border, we must make them pay with blood!"
Although Carter gave all the scouts the impression that he was a bastard and an old fritter, the dead soldier still shocked him a lot. However, he has a lot of enthusiasm, and his eloquence surprised Rody. At least in his opinion, this guy is very good at stirring up other people's emotions.
As for the royal family that has little influence on the Karen Kingdom, most of these scouts don't feel it, but for the Duke of Luciferon, the soldiers all uphold the most basic principle of loyalty in their hearts-this is also where this era and Rody used to be. Modern ones are most notably different.
In this society similar to medieval Europe, there is no such thing as sovereignty between people. If we say that the most widely used is the principle of "contract". Most people...such as all the villagers in Nolan Village are the "property" of the lord, who provides shelter, and the villagers provide taxes and soldiers in times of war. At this time, the scout team that Rody was in was a private soldier loyal to the family of the Duke of Luciferon.
Although it is not easy to accept such a concept, Roddy has long been used to the game for so long. At this time, when the team members heard Carter's words like this, they were also aroused with blood in their bones, and they shouted...
Listening to the slogans of these young soldiers, the corner of Rody's mouth curled into a wry smile.
Karen Kingdom...in "Cracked Earth", it can be regarded as an old man in the human kingdom. Seventy years ago, the "Conqueror Connor" established the country. The coveters are terrified. But since then, the country has gradually begun to decline, the power in the hands of the nobles has become more and more powerful, and the royal family's right to speak has declined sharply. Many militaristic lords have dragged the country into the quagmire of civil strife, and the people at the bottom are suffering unspeakably...
It's just that the people of the Karen Kingdom have always had a bloody spirit of never admitting defeat in their bones. It is this bloody spirit that has allowed the kingdom to stand upright under the siege of the two major forces of the orcs and the undead. Straighten your waist and face those coveted people...
Although Luo Di was just playing in the game, during the seven years, he also witnessed the indomitable and decisiveness displayed by countless people when this huge kingdom fell apart, witnessed the sacrifice of countless people, and also saw those who are like clouds of smoke in the changing situation. The relentless efforts of the people who drifted away for this country...
Although it was just a game, because it was so realistic and three-dimensional, a spirit stood forever in Rody's heart like a totem, which became one of the reasons why he accepted the scout status without complaint at this moment.
"Do you understand the mission?"
Captain Carter's words brought Roddy back to reality from his chaotic thoughts, and he immediately replied loudly like all the team members beside him: "Understood, Captain!"
"Let's go then." Carter adjusted his military uniform and equipment on the horse, and signaled the second team of scouts to set off immediately.
A seven-member investigation team immediately rushed out of Nolan Village on their horses, and started the first large-scale and long-distance radiation investigation in the past three years. After getting on the horse, Captain Carter did not forget to turn his head and said to Roddy: " The vice-captain of the team is vacant, and now you are in charge, if I die, you will lead the rest of the team to move on."
These words were a bit sudden, but the team members who participated in yesterday's battle kept silent tacitly. Rody held the rein and hesitated for a moment, then nodded, but for some reason, he said something like talking to himself—
"For Karen's glory."
Captain Carter was taken aback by these words, and then his eyes felt a little sore.
The peace has lasted so long that people have long forgotten the ferocious orcs on the other side of the grassland. Carter was the same at first, but it wasn't until yesterday that he suddenly realized that the war has never been far away...and he seems to have embarked on this path of defending the dignity of the country today.
will die? Maybe.
Do you regret it? Won't.
Putting his hand on his chest, Captain Carter gave a solemn military salute, and said in a low voice, "For Karen's glory!"
The team moved forward in silence, and the sound of horseshoes echoed in the open grassland.
…….
At noon, the sun was shining brightly.
In April, the temperature warms up. On the endless Nehemia prairie, gray hares can occasionally be seen jumping and disappearing into the caves all over the ground. fresh taste.
Everything seems to be as peaceful and stable as the scouting team has seen in the past ten years.
However, when the team stopped to drink horses and rest at noon, Rody, who had always seemed a little silent, knew that danger was coming.
Through his previous game memory and "Lodi" memory, he has analyzed the distance between his position and the most marginal village in the orc territory.
There are still two years left before the opening of the "Cracked Earth" server. Most of the human players who will be born in the Karen Kingdom in the future will be distributed in novice areas like Nolan Village. There are all kinds of tasks released in the town and the town, so that players are scrambling to complete them. Now it seems that although these green-skinned savages have not flooded to that extent, yesterday's battle experience has proved that the other party has taken action.
At this time, the team had completed the 20-kilometer radiation inspection task, and after the horses rested, they continued to investigate to the northwest of the border. In Luo Di's memory, after passing two low grassland slopes ahead, it should be established by the orcs. One of the three frontier sentry towers—when the service was launched in later generations, the three sentry towers here were the most advanced supply stations for those orc scouts and stragglers. tooth" exists.
But these towers... do they exist now
Judging from the previous situation where the scouting team was attacked by orcs, Rody can judge that these guys must have a stronghold nearby, but as for whether it is the sentry tower in the impression of later generations, further confirmation is needed.
He looked at the weapon on his equipment bar—that short sword with an attack power of 1-2 could be ignored, and this kind of tattered equipment didn't have any attack power. It turned out that the berserker with his sub-profession used heavy weapons. Weapons, this kind of "toy" that has no strength to swing at all at this time.
The equipment in "Cracking Earth" is very important for players, but the stronger the equipment, the stronger the player. A master swordsman who has crossed the threshold of level 30, using a 1-2 short sword to cut to death. Players who have not crossed this level are not a dream but a fact. The higher the level, the higher the attribute is. But more importantly, Skill bonus and own understanding of the profession.
In his last life as a ranger, Rody crossed level 30 and approached level 60 infinitely, which already shows that his talent is not empty talk.
At this moment, the damage of the horn bow in his hand is 7-12, which can be regarded as the leader of the first-level long-range equipment. With the arrow with additional damage +1, once it hits a vital point like the head, Rody can be sure that its critical hit value can even cause Huge damage over 100—the damage in "Cracked Earth" fluctuates greatly, it is by no means an ordinary online game where the blood is deducted according to the panel value after a single slash. The armor slides away, and sometimes even the blood will not be deducted.
So from a certain point of view, the pure attribute of absolute strength does not represent a person's strength, but more importantly, his own skills.
Thinking of those marked arrows, Roddian, who once had the title of "Shadow Hunter" at level 59, felt relieved, and carefully thought about when to get some more convenient equipment.
"Guys, get ready to go."
Captain Carter finished his rest in good time, and the scouts got on their horses after equipping their weapons. A group of seven people continued to march towards the border of the Beastman Kingdom on the west side... At this moment, their expressions gradually became serious, because it was convenient for the Beastman Kingdom and the Karen Kingdom to move forward. Frontier "Central Buffer Area" - Here, nothing happens that will involve the agreement that the kingdom has signed.
Here, they lost their last support in their hearts, and they had to abandon their most childish fantasies, because once they encountered orcs, the two sides would definitely fight each other without any hesitation, life and death depended on God, and they had no choice but to think about it.
Rody held the rein in his hand, staring at the short slope in the distance. Captain Carter, who was leading the team in front, turned his head, trying to see something from this guy whose strength was suddenly too strong for him to guess, but he couldn't catch any information from Roddy's expression. However, as they waited on the low slope on the grassland, the exclamation of the scouts at the front made his expression tremble!
In the distance, where the grassland should be empty, a camp suddenly appeared!
About a dozen animal skin tents formed a circle, and some air-dried bacon was hung outside the simple tents. In the center of them, there was a crooked wooden tower... Figures in twos and threes walked in it, and the scouts were stunned by their big arms and round waists.
All the scenes show that this camp is just an outpost built by the orcs—Looking at the scene in front of him, the outpost in his memory, which covers an area of more than ten acres and has tall watchtowers, is gradually different from the crude outpost in front of him. The camps overlap…
that's it!