Why…
With a faint sigh, I calmly said to Bing Chen: "Your organization has been destroyed. Next... what are you going to do?"
After listening to my words, Bingchen looked forward with confused eyes and murmured: "Originally, after four or five years of development and having nearly five hundred brothers, I thought we were already very strong, but... as soon as I contacted him, Only then did we realize that we were still far behind. Compared with Nitian, we are like a drop of water in the ocean, too insignificant."
At this point, Bing Chen's expression suddenly became ferocious, and he gritted his teeth and said: "But, I will never give in like this. I will definitely avenge all the dead brothers, so... although the organization is destroyed But I will continue to work hard and organize another one!"
I opened my mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end I gave up. I really wanted to tell Bing Chen that it was impossible to fight against the current Ni Tian. Ni Tian's capital was too powerful. Now, let alone an organization, it is a country. Ni Tian doesn’t even take it seriously. For Ni Tian now, only unifying this magical world is the only challenging goal. Any individual or group , will no longer be in the sight of heaven-defying people.
However, I also know very well that Bing Chen is relying on hatred to support himself. Once I take away this hatred, he will be completely confused and have no idea what to do next.
When he was in a dilemma and hesitating, Bing Chen looked at me fiercely and said sincerely: "Brother, come with me, believe me... As long as we overthrow Ni Tian, we will definitely become famous all over the world!"
I opened my mouth and wanted to reject him, but I knew that even if I rejected him, he would still persist. Thinking of this, I made a decisive decision. Before I find a way to resolve my hatred, I will follow him. Beside Bing Chen, since I planted the evil consequences, I will taste it myself.
I nodded slightly and said calmly: "If... you must fight against Ni Tian, then I am willing to be your partner and work hard with you."
His eyes flashed with joy, and Bingchen said excitedly: "Okay! Very good... From now on, you are my Bingchen's only brother!"
Looking at Bing Chen with a serious face, I should be happy, but in my current position, I really can't be happy. Against myself, do I really know what I am doing
After drinking all the wine in the glass, I looked at Bingchen and asked: "Now that you have decided, then... do you have any plans for the time being?"
Bingchen nodded excitedly and said: "Well... Nitian can be said to be a big tree attracting wind. Many hostile forces are watching him eagerly and may take a bite at any time!"
After a pause, Bingchen continued: "How famous Ni Tian is, how many enemies he has, either openly or covertly, everyone is working hard silently, some openly confront Ni Tian, fight against Ni Tian, and some They are working in the dark, using various channels to weaken Ni Tian!"
Looking at me fiercely, Bing Chen continued: "So I think... if we start a new mountain, it will probably take too long. In this case, we might as well find an organization that is more powerful and promising to join. what do you think?"
After listening to Bing Chen's words, I couldn't help but feel cold in my heart. Before... I thought everything was going smoothly and no one would resist. Now that I think about it, I was really wrong.
Ni Tian has monopolized so much business and occupied so many fields. How could he not attract hatred? Wherever there is hatred, there will be resistance. This is inevitable. It has not been smooth sailing to get to where we are today. It’s just... I, the boss, don’t know it. All the troubles have been wiped out by Bingyu and Zi Wuji. , the dark organization headed by Lan Tianci was eliminated.
A single spark can start a prairie fire. Although I believe that Heaven-defying is huge and unshakable, I still dare not be careless. Any negligence may cause Heaven-defying's century-old plan to fall apart.
Thinking of this, I nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "I don't care, as long as you decide, I will listen to you who to choose and where to go!"
After listening to my words, Bingchen was very happy. Obviously... he already had a choice in his mind. After getting up and paying for the drink, we left the town and headed towards our destination!
Two weeks later, we arrived in a medium-sized city. Under the leadership of Bingyu, we found the mercenary group headquartered in this small city - the Earth Mercenary Group!
The reason why it is called the Earth Mercenary Group is because when this mercenary group was formed, the leader's rank happened to be the Earth Knight. Although he is already a top-level Sky Knight now, because the name of the mercenary group once Once registered, it cannot be changed, so the name has continued.
Originally, I thought... we would definitely meet this leader of the legendary mercenary group. This is the person with the highest cultivation level in the mercenary world. His cultivation level is equivalent to that of a top-level swordsman. If you go up further, you will have to retire and cannot join the mercenary group.
There are many legends about this guy. It is said... His mount is the King of One-Horned Pegasus. His combat skills are extremely sharp, especially his attacks from the sky, which are invincible. In the most famous battle, he Single-handedly, he picked off two sky knights of the same level, and slaughtered more than 800 people in succession. Then he proudly went away and single-handedly destroyed the prestigious Tianwei Mercenary Group, which was ranked 36th in the world at the time!
I have analyzed this guy before, and even wanted to recruit him. This guy is extremely talented, and he is of the wind attribute. The one-horned Pegasus he conquered is also of the wind attribute. Their combined skill, Lingya Thrust, is unstoppable!
If Bukenata is the fastest warrior on the ground, then... this guy is the king of speed in the sky. He comes and goes like the wind, across the sky, and even sharp arrows cannot catch up with him.
When I thought of meeting such a great guy, to be honest, I was looking forward to it and feeling excited, but... I didn't know until we officially joined the Earth Mercenary Group that I was too naive. A senior mage, plus... The addition of the last junior mage seems not enough for the group leader to come forward!
The total strength of the Earth Mercenary Group has reached the upper limit of the mercenary group - 100,000 people. The reason why we can join is because as mages, we are not included in the total number of people. This is also a sign of the noble status of mages. Make a special case! Otherwise, given the level of the two of us, if Xiang wanted to join the Earth Mercenary Group, they might not accept it.
Large mercenary groups like the Earth Mercenary Group are now the best place for mages to upgrade. Such large mercenary groups can only be used if they are not deployed. Once they are deployed, it must be a big mission. Just one mission will A junior mage can be promoted to the first level. Of course... this requires you to be strong enough. Otherwise, even if you have enough merit, you will not be promoted.
In fact, the current mage rank is just an additional merit requirement based on the original one. Both of them are indispensable.
Since Bing Chen and I signed up at the same time,... we were assigned to the same team, members of the Earth Knights and the Eighth Mage Team.
When I entered the military camp specially opened for us, I couldn't believe my eyes. It was just a mercenary group with nearly 10,000 mages. So far, I was the last one to join. My number is 8793, which means that there are already 8793 mages in the Knights of the Earth!
It may be difficult for ordinary people to understand what this number means. Although the strength of mages varies, but... In the past, a country's mage army only numbered about 10,000 to 100,000 people. Now a mercenary group has There are so many, can this be said to be normal? You know... a country has at least a thousand mercenary groups!
After thinking for a moment, I quickly understood that due to the requirements for mages to upgrade their meritorious service, large mercenary groups are more favored by mages, and mages are not within the limit of the total number of mercenary groups, so That’s what caused the current situation!
In the next few days, we gradually became familiar with the environment here. Bingchen and I were also separated. He was incorporated into the water mage unit, while I was incorporated into the fire mage unit, although we still lived together. , but when training, each has its own training venue.
Gradually, I realized that something was wrong. This was not the management and training that a mercenary group should have. Even the regular troops I had seen before were not so strict!
Every day, we start training at six o'clock in the morning, and we train until about 11 noon before eating, then continue training at one o'clock in the afternoon, and eat until six o'clock, and between six o'clock and six o'clock the next morning , it is free time, but the assembly horn is often blown. This is obviously the training of the regular army!
Moreover, our training is not based on individual single-target attacks, but on the magic combination of multiple people and teams. I have seen with my own eyes that thousands of earth mages can join forces in an instant, A huge trench about ten meters wide and ten meters deep was laid in front of the army. If the cavalry suddenly encountered this hand, the entire army would be wiped out!
As for our fire mages, with the cooperation of 1,000 mages, we can release a sea of fire more than 20 meters wide. If the knights encounter such an attack, even if they are brave, the war horses may not be willing to charge!
In addition, things like the Stone Forest, which is a forest formed by thousands of ground thorns, or fire and meteors, as well as hail, wind blade rain, etc., are all long-distance, large-area killing magic!
That's all. The most terrifying thing is that I found that they have begun to teach the ultimate magic to the mages of each department step by step - the chanting incantation of the forbidden curse. I calculated and activated a forbidden curse, and 10,000 mages came to do it. If it is released, that is completely enough, but... at the same time as this magic is activated, these 10,000 mages will have to be buried with them!
Facing the various events of the Earth Knights, I couldn't help but become afraid. What on earth did they want to do? What did he think about the leader of the Knights of the Earth whom he had never met before
Time... passed quickly, and finally... my answer was solved. About 18 days after I entered the earth, gossip spread among the earth mercenary group. The leader of the earth knights, Di Lin, wanted to Beyond the mercenary group, create the Knights of the Earth, a military organization!
I know very well that this gossip is not groundless. This is Di Lin using the gossip to test everyone's reaction. If there is not a big backlash, then this gossip will become a reality immediately!
Faced with this gossip, everyone was very excited, because the goal of the mercenary group is to be hired by others to help others fight and conquer the country, while the goal of the knights is to fight for themselves and conquer the country for themselves. Once If the country is successfully established, then... they will all be the founding fathers of the country. This is how all the countries on the mainland came to be, without any exception!
Silently observing everyone's reaction, except for a few people who disagreed with this, the vast majority of people were extremely looking forward to this news. I know...I am afraid that the establishment of the Knights will soon become a It’s time!
Sure enough, one month after the gossip appeared, that is, on the 1st of the full two months after I came to the earth, Dilin held a general meeting in the school grounds and announced that the Earth Mercenary Group would be officially reorganized into the Earth Knights. The only goal is to occupy the city and establish the country!
On the day when the Knights were announced, Di Lin submitted a letter of challenge to the city where he was located, ordering the city lord to dedicate the city as the first city under the control of the Knights of the Earth! The city lord did not hesitate at all, and immediately dedicated the city, and officially incorporated the 60,000 city guards into the Earth Knights and became part of the Earth Knights! Upon hearing the news, the whole group burst into cheers!
At the same time, Di Lin also took this opportunity to give a big reward. Everyone, including Bing Chen and I who had just joined the group, got a lot of money, and we all got medals. With this medal, I can already I was promoted from a junior mage to an intermediate mage. Naturally, there was no problem with my strength. On the day I received the medal, I passed the test and became an intermediate mage!
Although what I want to do is to understand this world, if I are at the bottom of this world, I will not be able to understand anything. The position I want to be at is the position with the largest number of people, which is the middle position.
I have to admire Di Lin's methods. This guy doesn't just have a few tricks on his hands, he is also very smart. Obviously, Di Lin has already made relevant preparations. Everyone knows that when a team is established, , the first battle must be fought well, so... Dilin has done a lot of preparations for this. I believe... this preparations have been done for at least ten years.
The first is the choice of city. The reason why Dilin chose this place as the headquarters is probably because of this day. His preparation time should have been ten years ago, which was the first year after the world war officially started!
Ten years ago, the headquarters of the Earth Mercenary Group was located in the Sunset Empire. It was moved here just ten years ago. I think... The reason why Di Lin moved here was because of the environment and situation here.
This city is surrounded by mountains, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. Moreover, it is more than two thousand kilometers away from the nearest powerful faction. There is basically no need to worry about anyone attacking them, allowing them to develop calmly.
In addition, the surrounding areas of the city are mostly crop production areas, which provides a strong guarantee for the expansion of the army, so... although this is not the richest city, it is the most suitable city for entrepreneurship, especially in such a war-torn era. , if it were me, I would choose this place as my base.
Just two days after the establishment of the Knights, Di Lin led a large group of troops to attack. In more than ten days, they won consecutive battles and successfully occupied more than 40 villages and towns within a hundred kilometers of the city that was renamed the Earth. In the territory of the Knights of the Earth.
I know that Di Lin is trying to establish his power. He wants the surrounding forces to see clearly that the Knights of the Earth are not something they can resist!
Sure enough... Before the Knights of the Earth sent troops, all the surrounding villages, towns, as well as small cities and small forces within a thousand miles saw the situation clearly and submitted letters to allegiance. There were some cities that did not know how to advance or retreat. With the cooperation of our tens of thousands of mages, Under the attack of 100,000 knights, they could not even block it for a moment before they were captured one after another.
It is no exaggeration to say that there is no force that can compete with Dilin within a thousand miles around. All the battles are nothing to say. They are all one-sided massacres. In most cases, the massacres are over as soon as they begin. Everyone knelt on the ground and surrendered. Dilin wanted to maintain a good image, so... the massacre could only be terminated.
It took half a year for Dilin to formally establish the country. The country spanned two thousand miles and ruled a large area of land surrounded by mountains. It was bordered by the sea in the east and surrounded by mountains on all sides. There was only one way in and out.
Witnessing the birth of an empire from scratch, I thought it was ridiculous. But when I thought about it carefully, it was inevitable. In this era of divided power, whoever gathered enough troops could rise up, just like back then. The Three Kingdoms era.
If it were the time when I first came to this world, doing something like Dilin would be just asking for death. At that time... a powerful and unified empire would never sit back and watch the rise of new forces. With Dilin's current military strength, It’s simply not enough for people to see.
But things are different now. The empires have been disintegrated, or completely destroyed, or divided into several factions, fighting and fighting with each other. How can they care about the affairs of this remote country.
However, as it was said, a single spark can start a prairie fire. After occupying a large area of land, Dilin began to recruit troops on a large scale. Although humans cannot be like the orcs, where all the people are soldiers, but... As long as they were young and middle-aged, they were all forcibly recruited into the army and became the armed force of the Dilin Empire.
Everything is changing dramatically. Every day... we are sent out to forcibly recruit young people in the territory to join the army. Every day... huge troops will be called together from all sides of the Dilin Empire and brought to Dilin. The empire has unified organization and training. The Dilin Empire's military strength is increasing at a terrifying speed. The speed is so fast... It's simply appalling!
Finally... a year later, on the day when I officially became a senior mage, the total strength of the Dilin Empire reached 2 million. At the same time... the pace of the Dilin Empire's conquest began!