In the barracks outside Loulan City, Du Wei had already led 28 students ready to go, and General Longbottom personally led a thousand cavalry to join the "internship" in the northwest.
Because Du Wei's idea is very simple: these magician students will be used as combat talents in the future, and he doesn't want his students to become the kind of pedants who only stay in the magic laboratory. What he needs is to be able to truly cooperate with the army and play a real role in the battle, and in Du Wei's conception, he hopes to find out the most efficient mode of "cooperative combat" between the army and magicians.
After rigorous physical training, these magic students have very strong bodies. Du Wei equipped each of them with a set of equipment that has subverted the tradition of magicians in the eyes of ordinary people.
Each person has a war horse, gave up the traditional magician robes that represent identity, and each person wears a high-quality half-body leather armor, and is also equipped with a light long sword as a self-defense weapon, and a magic booster ring , Du Wei even paid out of his own pocket to equip each of these students with a magic wand, all of which were made of pretty good quality walnut wood—of course, these precious walnut woods made Du Wei exhaust his last bit" Time-lapse spring water" reserve.
For these magic apprentices who are still rookies, everyone can get a high-quality walnut wand, which is really an incomparable surprise! You must know that even in the magic union, those who are qualified to use walnut wood wands are at least intermediate magicians. After these little rookies got the wands, they were very excited and couldn't put it down. They even wiped them carefully back and forth with their sleeves.
"Listen up, everyone." Du Wei turned over and stood on the horse, and said loudly, "I will give you the best! The best magic wand and the best equipment! But whether you are worthy of these things depends on you You have worked hard! I hope that after this internship in Northwest, each of you can be worthy of what you have in your hands! Moreover, I can also tell you first, as long as your performance in the future can satisfy me... There will be some extra surprises for you!"
Looking at the eager eyes below, Du Wei then announced a decision, and this decision made everyone doubt: Du Wei asked these magic apprentices, in the next few days of practice, they must try their best to cooperate with them. of this army.
"What you have to do is to cooperate with them as much as possible! Cooperate with them in combat, obey General Longbottom's orders, do your best, and think of every way to meet his requirements... Maybe even some things that you think are very Unreasonable request! Do you understand?"
Magician to cooperate with those soldiers
The order was indeed unexpected.
Because the magic of the Roland Empire is prosperous, the status of magicians is noble. And the number is rare. Although magicians will also serve the empire during the empire's battles, how noble is the status of magicians? They are not the kind of people who come and go when they are called. During the battle, magicians mainly fight on their own, although they can also rely on their own powerful strength to cause huge damage to the enemy. But in Du Wei's view, such efficiency is extremely low. These magicians lack cooperation and often fight on their own without coordination, which greatly wastes the role of magicians.
Don't expect these master magicians to cooperate with the army's operations. Most of them act according to their mood. When they are in a good mood, they will help you with a little effort. When they are in a bad mood, they may withdraw and leave. Not only did the army not get stable and lasting support, but they had to serve these magician lords like serving uncles.
Du Wei's concept is to let these magicians change their usual habits. It is unreasonable to let these magicians blindly cater to the army's demands unconditionally, but in order to correct the uncle's habits of the magicians, such overcorrection is also a very effective means in the short term.
Even Longbottom was a little uncomfortable with Du Wei's advanced concept. Although he was a senior military officer in the empire and commanded tens of thousands of people, he never had dozens of magicians to obey his orders. He was at a loss for a while, and after being pulled over by Du Wei, the 250th general smiled wryly, then coughed hard, and said loudly: "Okay, then from now on, I won't see you Become a magician, in my opinion, you are a soldier under my command. Then you must obey my orders! I will treat you equally, don't expect any preferential treatment from me! If anyone violates my military order , then I will also whip you, understand?"
These words are extremely bold. If Longbottom dares to say such words to other magicians, I am afraid they will turn their faces and leave on the spot. If they encounter a bad-tempered magician, they may have to give the general a little bit of trouble eat.
But fortunately, these rookies have undergone strict brainwashing by Du Wei, and Du Wei has great prestige in their hearts. And before they entered the Academy of Magic, they were also members of the army. It seemed normal to them to obey military orders, and everyone responded loudly.
"Then, let's go!" Longbottom ordered loudly: "Basic marching ranks! The magician team is at the end... before dark, we will rush to Niuli Town under the Kilimaro Mountains. We will get supplies there, Then you have no time to rest, we will enter the Kilimaro Mountains overnight! Boys... the monsters in the mountains are waiting for us! They will obediently offer their furs and magic cores!"
After setting off on the road, Longbottom and Du Wei walked side by side, complaining in a low voice: "Boss, you have given me a problem... so many magicians listen to me... I don't know what to do. God , I am afraid that I am still the only general in the empire who can have so many magicians under his command." "You will get used to it." Du Wei smiled slightly: "Everything is just the beginning, we still need to explore slowly." After a day of rapid march, these magician apprentices persevered. After all, they had maintained their physical training. General Longbottom was pleasantly surprised by this performance. Like most generals in the empire, he both hates and loves magicians. What I love is the powerful strength of the magicians, but I hate it because these powers cannot be freely controlled. Looking at these obedient magicians, who can grit their teeth and persevere, and execute their military orders meticulously - what else can they expect from such subordinates
Du Wei glanced at the young master of the Liszt family. Muse was exhausted, but when Du Wei's eyes drifted to him, he still tried his best to straighten his chest and refused to show weakness at all.
Hmph, what a proud boy. Du Wei secretly smiled.
Niuli Town is a town in the south of Mount Kilimaro. There is a unique terrain on the south side of the mountain. The slope is not steep, but relatively gentle. It is the best place to enter the mountain. The town's population is less than a thousand people, and Longbottom has brought people here before, so the terrain and environment are relatively familiar, so he added some fodder here, and he was ready to enter the mountain.
"According to our information, within about a hundred miles of here, there may be monsters infested." Longbottom introduced: "When we came here last time, we heard from local people that every spring, there will be Something called a monster by the locals ran into the town to harass the residents here. According to their description, this monster is small in size and moves quickly. It comes here every spring and hurts the livestock in this town. Several hunters tried to hunt it down, but unfortunately they all failed... This guy is said to be able to breathe fire, and when he escapes, he can also drill into the ground." "Your Excellency, we need more data to determine whether it is What kind of monster." A magic apprentice boldly said: "Obviously this is a fire-type monster, but it is small in size, quick in movement, can breathe out flames, and can go underground... These characteristics are too vague. According to these In terms of characteristics, I can think of at least seven kinds of monsters that meet these conditions. There are fire-type dragons, Tutur rats, and sharp-toothed raccoons... These things, each kind of monster can deal with them. The methods are different. We need more data to make the best plan to deal with this thing."
The other students all nodded, and some even clearly listed a list of suspects. Du Wei was very satisfied with the reactions of these students. Under his own influence, these guys have learned the most important things: efficiency!
At this moment, a high-pitched voice suddenly said: "You have so many magicians. Are you still worried about a little monster? We have thousands of cavalry, so many magicians... Hmph, and there are people like the Duke who are famous in the mainland!" Master of magic, does such a small monster make you afraid... Maybe you are too careful."
There was obvious disdain and mockery in this tone, and it was implicitly accusing Du Wei and others of lack of courage.
After the kid Muse couldn't help saying this, he immediately regretted it secretly, but he didn't know why. He couldn't help being unhappy when he saw Du Wei. He always saw that this guy was not pleasing to the eye, and he couldn't help but want to stab him a few words.
After these few words were spoken, Du Wei hadn't said anything yet, and the magic students glared at the boy one by one, glaring at him. Some people couldn't help shouting: "What are you, dare to accuse Mr. Dean."
Muse had just blurted out a few words at first, and regretted it a bit. But I heard someone retort myself that he is the proud son of the Liszt family, and he has always been cautious and arrogant. Where can I look up to others? Couldn't help but said again: "Huh, a famous great magician is afraid of a small monster, and if he speaks out... Hehe, I'm not slandering anyone, but I'm afraid I will be ridiculed. From this point of view ...Hmph, what kind of subordinates were trained by someone...they are generally cautious, walking on thin ice."
The bystanders immediately became furious at this ignorant kid, seeing that Muse had aroused public outrage. Du Wei coughed lightly, and everyone immediately fell silent. Just staring at the kid with pairs of eyes.
"Mr. Muse." Du Wei pondered for a moment, his face didn't seem to show any joy or anger, and said lightly: "Courage or cowardice are nothing more than other people's evaluation. To behave in the world, it is good to have a clear conscience, why bother about those things?" Rumor? Since you are so brave, then I can't suppress your virtue... Well, when we enter the mountain in a while, we just need a few outposts in front of the road. Since you are willing to show your bravery, it must be like this You won't let this opportunity pass you by."
At this moment, the sky is getting dark. In Niuli Town, overlooking Mount Kilimaro in the distance, the top of the mountain is covered with white snow, and the continuous peaks go straight into the sky. The green is only seen under the mountainside, but it is a piece of green. A forest stretches as far as the eye can see... It's just that the green is in the night, but there is a faint darkness oozing out.
Muse couldn't help feeling a little nervous in her heart, but her mouth was still strong: "The outpost is the outpost, what am I afraid of, Muse!" After speaking, he pulled the rein and walked forward. Du Wei stopped him, and Muse said angrily, "My lord, do you have anything else to say?" "Mr. Muse, the mountain road is difficult. Are you going to ride like this?" Du Wei smiled.
"Hmph!" Muse blushed, but under the cover of the night, the blush only flashed past, and then said stubbornly: "Who said I want to ride up the mountain, I just walked forward casually."
Du Wei didn't want to embarrass the Liszt boy too much. After all, he and the Liszt family have a good relationship at present. Then he ordered a few of his subordinates to help the boy lead the horse to rest.
Those magic students didn't bother to pay attention to this kid. After more than 20 people got off their horses, they spread out in the town in order according to what they learned in the magic academy, looking for the traces left by the monsters, and the careful People, I ran to the local residents to inquire about the news. After all, General Longbottom got the news from those soldiers. Many details were not understood by those soldiers, so they had to ask themselves.
Some people even proposed to look at the corpses of livestock killed by monsters.
Fortunately, the weather here in the northwest is cold, and many corpses of livestock that have been killed have not rotted. Seeing these noble magicians not shy away from being dirty, and personally inspecting the bloody corpses of livestock, no one will frown because of disgust , everyone checked by themselves with a very professional attitude, and some even took out a knife to cut it by themselves, not avoiding blood.
The soldiers next to them looked strange—in their impression, magicians were noble people, bigger than those noble lords, how could they do such dirty work? Even Du Wei was very satisfied with the performance of these students.
It is important to be pragmatic and humble!
Soon, the students made rough estimates.
"Master Dean." The leader of a student came over to report: "We found a clue. All the bodies of the animals that were killed had the same characteristics...they lost a lot of blood. That demonic beast obviously sucked the blood of the animals, and What's important is that none of these corpses were drained. Obviously, that magical beast has a very unique habit: it probably only likes to eat the blood of living creatures. When the livestock it bites loses blood to a certain extent, it dies naturally. At that time, it stopped sucking blood, and then ran to find the next prey. Therefore, it seems that every corpse has lost a lot of blood, but the blood has not been completely sucked. After the corpse is stiff, there is still A large number of coagulated blood clots, we cut several corpses, opened the blood vessels, and came to this conclusion." Du Wei was very satisfied: "What else?"
"Also..." The student thought for a while: "We have a disagreement, well, the pair of brothers raised a point, but I don't think it's possible."
"oh?"
Du Wei remembered the pair of brothers—among the thirty-two students in the Hogwarts branch, thirty were from the military, and there were only two exceptions. They were a pair of brothers born in a declining noble family. But because he is an illegitimate child without a status (mentioned earlier).
This pair of brothers are the youngest among the students at Hogwarts, because the other students are all selected by the army, and most of them are already eighteen years old, but these two guys are the same age as Du Wei. similar. However, after several months of observation by Du Wei, these two people are the two most talented among this group of students.
"Yes. They raised a point of view, but we have doubts about it. But we can't draw any conclusions about it, so we think it's better for you to ask them yourself." The captain of the cadet spoke objectively.
This is also what Du Wei is very satisfied with, treating every question rationally, not being arbitrary, not rudely vetoing... just and objective. This is also a very important quality that Du Wei instilled in these students. He didn't want these people under him to become egomaniacs like traditional magicians.
"Okay. Let the two of them come over, I'll ask." Du Wei ordered. Just as the captain was about to leave, Du Wei suddenly remembered something and stopped him again: "Wait a minute, Ziggy."
Zieg is the name of this captain. He is the leader of the students from the army. He is a rigorous and fair person. Although his talent is not the best, he convinces other students in terms of organizational ability and prestige.
"My lord, what else is there
"Zig." Du Wei pondered for a while, and said slowly: "I noticed that in what you said just now, the word was "that pair of brothers", right?" "... yes." Zieg seemed to understand Du Wei dimension means.
Du Wei looked into his eyes, and said seriously: "I think, on weekdays, when you people talk about the two of them, you also say the same... The pair of brothers... Well. I know, you thirty All of them are from the army, and the two of them are not. The thirty of you are very united, but this kind of unity makes it difficult for outsiders to get in. I don't want to criticize you, just want to tell you that such Unity has advantages, but it also has disadvantages. What I want to say to you is: Maybe in the future you people may go to different places, or go to different places to do different things, and you will no longer gather in the same place as you do now. Together. It will not be a group like it is now... But now! Now! You are all members of our college. When outsiders mention you, they will regard you Hogwarts students as a whole. I mean, you understand Is it good? Unity is good, but exclusion is bad. I hope you can think about it carefully.” Zieg immediately said solemnly: “Dean, I understand! I didn’t do my duty, and I will try my best ""Very well, from now on, I don't want to hear "those brothers" being called by outsiders again. In my opinion, all of you are the same, you are all from your own family, and you are all in one group. "Yes, Dean." Zieg stood up straight involuntarily. He was about to leave when he suddenly said another sentence.
"Mr. Dean..." Zieger's voice was not loud, but he was very firm: "I think...we don't want to go our separate ways in the future. Everyone's wish is to be able to follow you, Mr. Dean. I am not alone. human thoughts."
Zig turned and left, while Du Wei sighed softly.
He believed that this steady young man would understand what he meant.
Soon, the brothers were called in front of Du Wei, and Du Wei looked at the two nervous guys. He smiled and said, "Okay, can I eat people? When I was drinking the night before yesterday, you guys poured me a lot." The two immediately laughed.
"I remember you are the elder brother, right?" Du Wei looked at the slightly fatter one.
"Yes, Dean, my name is Beibei, and this is my younger brother Thor."
Du Wei said with a smile: "Okay, no need to introduce yourself, do you think I won't be able to remember my student's name? Now, tell me the result of the discussion between the two of you. I heard that you have put forward some analysis, right?"
"Yes, Dean." Beibei said: "We think that there may not be one monster haunting here, but two... two monsters acting together. However, from our point of view, most of the students do not agree."
Du Wei nodded, he could imagine the reason.
Because most of the monsters live alone, only a few of them have the habit of living in groups, such as the terrible griffin in the south, but most of the monsters live alone.
"Moreover, the two of us even suspect...these may be two different types of monsters, one of the fire type and the other of the ice type."
"oh?"
Du Wei became interested.
Living in groups is already very rare in Warcraft. Groups of different species are even rarer. Not to mention monsters, even those that live in groups among ordinary animals will only live in groups with their own kind.
What's more, a fire-type monster, and an ice-type monster? Fire and ice are almost natural enemies, just like cats and mice.
Have you ever seen a cat and a mouse live together
"Tell me your reason." Du Wei pondered for a while.
"Principal, this idea was proposed by my younger brother, let him talk about it." Beibei pushed the matter to his younger brother.
Thor is a shy boy at first glance. He is thin, tall, fair and clean. In terms of temperament, he is somewhat similar to Du Wei, but when he speaks, he is not as shy as he looks. Calm: "Dean, I really came up with it... I dissected several corpses, especially the blood of these livestock was sucked, which made me a little confused. Because according to what we have learned, fire-type monsters rarely suck blood Yes. Of course, it’s not impossible, but most of the blood-sucking fire-type monsters are very small. But I saw wounds on a few corpses. Judging from the traces of teeth, this should be quite big Guys, the lighting contribution is at least as big as that of the Ice and Snow Demon Wolf. This does not match the data that the residents here said that the monster was small. Moreover, judging from the number of dead livestock... this blood-sucking monster I'm afraid the appetite is very large. If it is a small thing, it can't suck so much blood, so I think it should be a big guy. Also... I extracted a blood clot that had solidified, checked it carefully, and found these blood clots It's not natural condensation after the death of the animal, but... there are traces of freezing. So I think, the villagers said that the monster they saw was a small thing, but my inspection concluded that it was a big thing... Well, it should There are already two, and there is a division of labor between these two things, the little one is responsible for breathing fire and killing livestock, while the big one sucks blood."
"Cooperation?" Du Wei asked.
"I don't think it's cooperation... but like, um,... slavery." Thor said cautiously: "I suspect that it may be that the ice-type monster is a high-level guy, and it captured a fire-type monster as its own attribute. Then let it drive it and catch prey for it." Thor said with a wry smile: "But this guess, I think it's a little impossible, because any guy who can enslave other monsters is Some advanced things, although there are monsters in Mount Kilimaro, it is not a place frequented by monsters, and there should be no high-level monsters here."
"In this world, nothing is impossible." Du Wei pouted.
Even the old fellow Aragorn, who died for a thousand years, can leave a message in Chinese to himself a thousand years later... What else is impossible
Thor's guess is really incredible.
High-level monsters do have the ability to summon and enslave other monsters, such as the ice blood wolf. After evolution, the highest level can become the ice wolf king. The wolf king's howl can summon all monsters lower than his own level in the covered area for him to drive.
However, Du Wei first ruled out the possibility of the Ice and Snow Wolf King, because although the Wolf King is powerful, he has no habit of sucking blood, and the howling of the Wolf King will not just summon a monster as his subordinate.
It's just... If it's really a guy who can summon and drive other monsters, then it must be a high-level monster! A high-level monster is not something that the rookies under him can deal with. They may be able to deal with ordinary monsters, but when they encounter an advanced one, they have no choice but to escape.
Even Du Wei himself, with his real strength now, if he encounters a high-level monster, the best choice is to retreat.
"Cancel the original order. Let's stay in the town for one night without going into the mountains." Du Wei ordered immediately.
After Longbottom heard Du Wei's order, he came to ask. Du Wei explained his magic apprentice's guess, but this general obviously underestimated the power of the monster, maybe... after all, he is not a magician, only a magician can understand The power of a real advanced Warcraft.
"We have thousands of cavalry and so many magicians, can't we still deal with one or two monsters?" Du Wei was very serious, and he lowered his voice: "General, I must tell you that these magic students are not real magicians yet. Teacher, they have not graduated yet. Moreover, they are all my precious wealth... I will not let them lose here in vain, even if I lose one, it is unbearable for me! Do you understand? Second …You probably don’t have a clear understanding of the power of high-level monsters. I can tell you that high-level monsters may not have strong magic power, but most of them have summoning skills. If conditions permit, they can summon a The army of monsters is here for it to drive... Moreover, the most difficult thing about high-level monsters is... It has completed evolution and has a certain amount of wisdom! It is no longer a mindless beast! We are here for practice, not for war. I Not cowardly, but it seems stupid to me to make unnecessary sacrifices." However, Du Wei added in his mind: Most of the high-level monsters themselves do not have too strong magical power... But the woman Medusa is an exception!
Longbottom obeyed Du Wei's order, and then Du Wei ordered to cancel the detection post entering the mountain. This order gave Muse another chance to play. He unceremoniously mocked Du Wei's actions with sharp words.
"Then, I invite you, a warrior, to watch for us tonight." Du Wei said lightly. After dismissing this annoying boy, Du Wei had to order the other night watchmen to watch this guy carefully.
"Just let him suffer a little bit, but don't let him suffer any real harm."
That night, twenty-eight practitioners were also ordered to divide into four groups. After dawn, four groups of people with two hundred soldiers each went into the mountain in four directions to search, and kept the distance between each team not too far.
But wait until dawn before you can act! Otherwise, go into the mountains at night. Dealing with an ice-type high-level monster is simply courting death.
Although it might be a bit of a fuss to do so, Du Wei felt that it was necessary to be careful when facing a guy who might be a high-level monster.
The students are very excited, because they have never really seen advanced monsters before! For these guys, advanced Warcraft only exists in legends, or in the explanations in the classroom.
Before dawn, Du Wei got up. He was about to go out, but the elder Yan Knight, the guard outside, had already knocked on the door and came in. Lao Yan had a serious expression: "My lord, someone from the Duke's mansion is here... Said that something urgent happened at home and I wanted to report to you face to face."
"Oh?" Du Wei was stunned for a moment... Is there something wrong with the Marquise Liszt
It was none other than Little Sandy.
Made is a very smart housekeeper. He faintly smelled something unusual from the fact that Hussein did not allow people to ask people from the temple to treat his injuries. The people who sent the messenger did not dare to let those ordinary servants go, but Let Du Wei's loyal subordinate Sandy come running. Poor little Sandy, in the past half a year, he has practiced well in equestrianism, but it still took a lot of time to catch up with this team of well-trained cavalry, and they arrived at dawn.
Teddy brought a message and something.
The message was relayed by Hussein, and Du Wei only took one look at that thing, and immediately his face changed drastically.
"The reptiles in the north of the Frozen Forest are coming for revenge, hurry back!" These were Hussein's words.
And what he brought was a piece of golden scales!
This is obviously a broken scale, but even though it is broken, such a broken piece is as big as the mouth of a bowl! Holding it in the hand, it is heavy, and it is still faintly stained with blood!
Du Wei recognized it immediately...it was the dragon scale.
And this dragon scale was pulled out from the wound on Hussein's back.
Du Wei's face has changed!
That old dragon, looking for revenge on himself? Does it disregard its oath
He got up suddenly, and was about to go back to the city immediately, at this moment, Longbottom suddenly rushed in from the door.
"Boss, it's not good... The kid you brought, during the night watch last night, quietly ran up the mountain by himself..." Before Longbottom could finish speaking, Du Wei was furious: "FUCK!