"My lord, I really don't dare. When you stand in front of me, I seem to have no strength in my whole body, and I don't even have the thought of drawing a sword. Even when the great swordsman Pike chose me as his opponent, I wasn't afraid at all. But as soon as I saw you, I wanted to give up my sword and surrender. I, I don't know what's going on..." Yingjielie said pitifully.
Today, the old man was so frightened by himself that he didn't dare to fight him at all. Lorist waved his hand in a disinterested manner: "Forget it, you can go down."
As if he had been pardoned, the old man bowed respectfully and left in a hurry.
The most important thing now is to deal with the leader of the slave hunting group, Slov, who will be back in a few days, and his cousin, the great swordsman Pike. Lorist felt that he was sure of facing the Golden Swordsman, but he hadn't fought against the Great Swordsman yet, so he was feeling very nervous.
I remember that Lorist visited Instructor Kruder before leaving Morente City. Instructor Kruder, who had just been promoted to a great swordsman, was full of energy and in excellent physical condition. He even said to himself that if he had a competition with Lorist now Lorist will never be allowed to support two hundred moves like last time.
Although Instructor Crude still regards Lorist as the strength of black iron grudge, there is no need for Lorist to explain to Instructor Crude that he was still at the peak of bright energy in the last competition between the two, and now he has stepped into the realm of dark energy It should be better, it is not so easy for Professor Crude to clean himself up. Lorist took the opportunity to ask Professor Crude, what is the difference between a great swordsman and a golden swordsman
Instructor Crude thought for a while, took out a few cups, and gave Lorist a very vivid demonstration. First, put the smallest cup on the table. Instructor Kruder said that when Dou Qi is awakened, it is like having this cup in the body to hold Dou Qi. Then put a bigger cup on it. If the small cup is a bronze step, then this larger cup is a black iron step. Lorist nodded, indicating that he understood.
Professor Crude placed two bowls, one large and one small, on the table. He pointed to the smaller bowl and said it was of the silver order, and the larger bowl said it was of the gold order. There is no big difference in the amount of fighting energy released, and the characteristics of each level, such as the silver sword glow and the golden blade, but the length of time to use fighting energy in battle. For example, if the black iron rank can use battle energy for ten minutes in battle, then the gold rank can use it for an hour.
So if the timing is good, luck is good, and external factors such as swordsmanship are added, it is not a surprise that the black iron rank beats the gold rank, and everyone makes mistakes. This is the situation and difference of the fourth level of grudge. And the difference between the Great Swordsman and the Golden Swordsman is this. Instructor Crude put a big plate on the table. He said that in terms of the amount of Dou Qi, the Great Swordsman's Dou Qi is not much more than the Golden Swordsman. Like this large bowl representing the golden order, if the water it contains is poured into this plate, it can also fill the plate.
But the difference between the two lies in this, the area of the plate is large, and the area of the bowl is small. You can fight with the golden swordsman outside the bowl without being affected. But to fight against the great sword master, you have to be inside the plate, and your every move will be restricted by this plate. Professor Crude put the bowl representing the golden order on the plate, and with a flick of his hand, the bowl spun on the plate, but was trapped by the edge of the plate and could not roll onto the table.
Lorist suddenly realized what Professor Crude wanted to express. The promotion of a golden swordsman to a great swordsman is equivalent to changing the area of a cube into a square. The total area remains unchanged and the controllable range becomes larger.
"What about the Juggernaut?" Lorist asked.
"Jugger, it should be like this table. This table is like the domain of the Juggernaut. We are like the plates and bowls on the table. He can arrange us however he wants, and we can't escape his control." Professor Crude said sadly.
According to Crude's description, Lorist concluded that the difference between the Great Swordsman and the Golden Swordsman lies in the ability to control the field. Professor Crude also said. Just like after he was promoted to a great swordsman, he practiced sword with Anfeya, no matter how Anfeya used his sword, Crude had a kind of understanding, or a premonition, and knew in his heart that Anfeya would attack Where, even the sword style that Anfiya taught was going to change had a feeling of knowing in advance.
In other words, the field control ability of the great sword master is actually similar to the effect of Lorist's dynamic vision ability, but the field control ability of the great sword master is more general, mainly a kind of sensing ability, unlike Lorist's dynamic vision ability, Being able to see specific things is like a sword strike. The great swordsman will sense the part of the sword that roughly hits him, and respond accordingly. And Lorist would see the shadow of this sword clearly, knowing the speed and power of this sword.
Injerek also said that he once fought against that great swordsman Pike, and thought he could handle a hundred moves. So Lorist was not afraid of fighting the great sword master, and believed that the great sword master could only draw with him at best. But since he already knew that the great swordsman is better than the golden swordsman because he is better at controlling the field, Lorist has already made a decision. He is going to compare the field control ability with that great swordsman, and let the great swordsman experience it. Another kind of field control ability.
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Lorist came to the balcony. This is the balcony on the highest floor of the main building of the manor. From here, you can clearly see all the movements in the manor. It is said that this is also the favorite place for the leader Slov to stay. Perhaps on this balcony, people will have a feeling that the entire manor is in their hands.
In the small square below the main building, Doles was directing twelve crossbow chariots around. Although a crossbow chariot could be operated by only three people, Doles recruited five people for each vehicle. , the reason is that the chariot is relatively large, and five people can stay there completely. The extra two people hold large shields and halberds, which can not only increase the defensive power and melee attack power of the chariot, but also protect the chariot members if they are damaged. Replacement under certain circumstances to ensure that the long-range attack of the crossbow on the chariot will not be interrupted due to lack of people.
On a small hill not far away, Terman and other fourteen silver knights were teaching their twenty-eight black iron attendants how to charge behind them, and more than forty war horses were constantly charging up the small hill. Climbing up and down, making smoke and dust billowing.
In the distance is a larger school yard, which is a ten-acre grape field leveled by Bodfinger as a training ground for heavy armor soldiers, with black plate armor, black helmet, and black square-pointed shield. From a distance, the black square formation of 600 people has taken shape, like a black monster, giving people a silent and dangerous feeling. Lorist was very satisfied. Bodfinger was worthy of being the captain of the heavy armored regiment. In just a few days, these 600 heavy armored soldiers have been trained by him to look good.
The more than 2,000 slaves rescued in the camp of the slave hunters and the nearly 1,000 slaves in the manor all enthusiastically joined Lorist's family army. Except for the nearly 100 homesick slaves, basically all the young and strong slaves And their family members joined the ranks of the northbound. Including the original slave soldiers, Lorist was both surprised and delighted by the statistical results. There were nearly 900 people with the strength of Black Iron Fighting Qi, and more than 400 people with the strength of Bronze Fighting Qi.
So all the arms that Lorist decided to expand, first the heavy armor, expanded from 500 to 600. Then came Dolles's chariot, a total of sixty-five men, sixty men in twelve chariots, and Dolles and four orderlies on horseback, so as to command the chariot.
Terman did not intend to increase the manpower of the Knights, but the twenty-eight black iron servants he selected were all of the strength of the black iron three stars. As for Yuri, he expanded the team of light cavalry scouts to eighty people, all equipped with mail armor and gray leather armor, one man with two horses, two barrels of spears, twenty-four spears. A crossbow, a pot of twenty-four arrows, an arm shield, a long sword, and things like throwing axes and fishing nets that everyone can equip according to their preferences. Even Bodfinger was envious when he saw it, saying that the equipment of this light cavalry scout was more complete than the scouts of the White Lion Legion in the past.
Those who joined these four armies were all soldiers with the strength of the Black Iron Order, and the remaining one hundred Black Iron Order soldiers were recruited into the guards of the general camp by El, together with seven soldiers who had to be slaves because of their family troubles. The Silver Swordsman. Therefore, the 420-strong crossbow squadron formed by Mons Malek was composed of bronze-strength slaves, and the remaining dozens of black iron and bronze-ranked slaves joined the more than 1,200 slaves commanded by Ross. The spearman brigade provoked Ross to yell that it was unfair. His own spearman brigade seemed to have the largest number of people, but it was the weakest. They held spears and wore leather armor, which was worse than some lords' domain guards.
Lorist is sorry, but the purpose of setting up the Spearman Brigade is to maintain the order and vigilance of the convoy and personnel after the northbound road, and the real battle is heavy armored soldiers, chariots, knights and light cavalry. In addition to being strong and majestic, the spearman brigade is cleaning the battlefield.
In fact, the most suitable person in charge of the spearmen is Injerek. This old man has been the chief of the city defense and is very experienced in commanding teams such as the spearmen. However, the old man hasn't returned yet, so Lorist is worried and plans to observe for a while before talking.
Yuri took his light cavalry scouts to nowhere, not in the manor. From time to time, clouds of arrows rose from the grape fields in the distance. It was the training of the crossbowmen. Standing on the walls of the manor are the spearmen on guard, and the spearmen who are not on duty are divided into small groups, and under the leadership of their respective captains, they conduct training such as marching and sprinting.
Now Lorist has more than 2,300 family troops, and nearly 3,000 relatives accompanying the army. If the team of nearly 6,000 people is not well trained, it will go north immediately. One can imagine how big it will be. Due to the chaos, Lorist has decided to stay in Slov Manor for a while longer, and set off for the Northland when everything is ready.
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In the evening, Fatty Shi sat on the soft couch and brought his maid named Moris to report to Lorist what he had gained during this period. Since the capture of the Slov Manor, the original manager of the manor, the old man, was stubborn and determined not to reveal the situation of the treasury. So Fatty Shi asked Reddy and Pat to set up the hollow wheel and the swivel chair, first asked the old man in charge to try the swivel chair, and then asked him to play with the hollow wheel, and then the old man pissed and shitted on the ground The situation of the two treasuries and one private treasury of Captain Slov is completely clear.
The two vaults brought Lorist a lot of money. The large treasury may be public, and it contains all kinds of gold coins, silver coins and copper coins, which add up to 40,000 to 50,000 gold merits. The small treasury should be Slov's private, and there are all Jinford and gold dollar rolls in it, worth more than 70,000 gold coins. As for the treasury, there are weapons, treasures and armor cheats collected by Slov, just for Lorist to prepare to reward his knights in the future, and some treasures such as handicrafts can be used as gifts and relationship building.
In short, the capture of Slove Manor allowed Lorist to earn more than 100,000 Goldford, which solved the current problem of tight funds, and the materials in the arsenal, wine cellar, granary and other warehouses in the manor enriched Lorist's team. Supplies of supplies. So much so that El discussed with Lorist in private that if there was a supply problem on the way north, he could just find a manor and capture it, and the problem would be solved.
Originally, he thought that was all he had gained, but when Lorist handed over the small box containing the gold coins confiscated from Ingerek's house to Fatty Shi to put it into his public account, Fatty Shi realized that he had overlooked a big problem. As a result, the relatives of those members of the slave hunting group began to suffer bad luck. Fatty Shi moved the hollow wheel and the swivel chair to that residential area, and began to invite the original residents of this residential area to experience the feeling of dizziness, turning hands and feet, and went door to door. search property.
Fatty Shi said: "My lord, after three days of searching, a total of about 34,000 Jinfords were seized from the homes of nearly 300 households in the residential area, in addition to seven high-level fighting qi cheat books and some treasures. , These have been handed over to Soderkamp for registration and custody. The question now is, what should we do with the relatives of more than a thousand slave catchers?"
This is a problem. It is impossible for them to go north together, and they cannot be released. They were ruined by Lorist, and the hatred grew. But if you want to kill them, you can't do it. It is their relatives who did the evil. Although they enjoy the fruits of their evil, they will not die everywhere. In fact, El's suggestion a few days ago is the most reliable, to sell the relatives of these slave catchers to slave traders, so that they can also taste what it is like to be slaves.
Lorist was a little hesitant. He said in public that the Norton family had no slaves, and then turned around and sold these people to slave traders, which seemed to be breaking his promise and getting fat. Headache, forget it, let's save this problem for later, anyway, there is still some time before departure, let's talk about it then. Lorist irresponsibly shirked this matter until a later date, and let the original residents of these manors be imprisoned for a while now.
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A large three-masted ship was slowly approaching the wharf of Ametrine Port, and a flag of the Slov Slavery Group was flying on the ship. This is Captain Slov's private sea boat. Because the crew members are all local and familiar with offshore conditions, there is no need for a pilot.
"It's very deserted on the pier today, and there are no people in sight." Captain Slov said to the great swordsman Pike standing next to him. Because of the pampered relationship in the past two years, Captain Slov's figure has become so fat that he looks like a wine barrel.
"You have to think about who you are. Now the housewives in the town scare their children by saying your name, and tell the children to be careful. If they are disobedient, they will be caught and sold by you. So it is normal for our boat to appear at the pier. No one is there. The situation." The great swordsman Pike was a tall old man with a haughty and defiant expression on his face.
"Hehe, yes, but it's always good to be awe-inspiring. Otherwise, if you are kind, these untouchables will think you are weak and deceitful, and they will try to take advantage of you in different ways. It's better to be afraid, they I will treat you at a respectful distance, and dare not meddle in your business." Captain Slov smiled, talking about his life experience summed up.
The ship finally landed on the pier. Several sailors climbed down from the ship and tied the cables to the wooden stakes on the pier, and then lowered the diving board for disembarkation. Get off the boat with a few big boxes.
When he arrived at the pier, Captain Slov looked around and scolded viciously: "Is it because I have been away for too long? Those bastards in the manor forgot to drive the carriage to meet them, and they have to be beaten when they go back." Impossible."
The great swordsman Pike looked around, and his expression became serious: "Be careful, I feel something is wrong..."
"Papa papa" applause sounded, and Lorist appeared on the pier, followed by Pat and Reddy, each holding three barrels of throwing guns in each hand.
"Who are you?" Great Swordsman Pike narrowed his eyes, staring at Lorist, his eyes were as sharp as a falcon.
Lorist ignored him and continued to clap his hands. Six hundred heavy armored soldiers in black armor appeared behind him holding black obelisk shields and surrounded the pier. Immediately afterwards, more than four hundred soldiers holding crossbows appeared behind the heavy armored soldiers.
If Master Pike was still indifferent to the appearance of heavy armored soldiers, then the appearance of crossbowmen made Master Pike change his face. Even if he is a great swordsman, he will never be spared under the shooting of more than 400 crossbows.
"Who are you and what do you want to do?" Great Swordsman Pike shouted sharply. Beside him, the obese Captain Slov turned pale, shrunk his figure behind two followers in chain armor, and showed no trace of arrogance or sternness.
"It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that what I want is your life." Lorist replied lightly, as if he was very sure of winning the life of the great swordsman.
"If you want our lives, it depends on your ability." The Great Sword Master Pike drew his sword out of its sheath.
Lorist raised his hand, the sound of the bowstring was deafening, and 420 crossbow arrows whizzed away...
The long sword in the hands of the great swordsman Pike danced into a ball, and the crossbow arrows were knocked flying in the shadow of the sword, and shattered...
The rain of arrows stopped for a while, and the Great Swordsman Pike had disheveled hair and was extremely embarrassed, but there was no scar on his body. Just now he took the wave of arrow rain with his own strength.
Taking advantage of the time when the crossbow was strung up, the great swordsman Pike let out a snarl, turned into lightning, and rushed towards Lorist...
The distance between the two was more than 20 meters. Lorist smiled coldly, stretched out his hand, and threw a spear into his palm...
The piercing screeching sound of the throwing gun rushed towards the oncoming figure at a faster speed, and the Great Swordsman Pike had no choice but to block it with his sword...
"Bang" the throwing spear shattered into pieces, but the great swordsman Pike was shocked by the force of the throwing spear and stepped back two steps...
The great swordsman Pike turned pale with fright. He had never encountered such a large force in a small spear, but he no longer cared about being surprised. He came around...
"Bang bang bang" the sound of throwing guns bursting continuously, the great swordsman Pike retreated and blocked, and it was extremely difficult to parry amidst the flashing sword light...
"Ah..." This is the scream of the great swordsman Pike.
"Well..." This is the muffled snort of the great swordsman Pike.
After the six barrels of throwing guns were thrown, Lorist's face was flushed, and he let out a long breath, feeling that his hands and feet were going weak. Throwing seventy-two throwing spears containing internal energy in one breath is also somewhat difficult for him, and he can no longer do this in the future, so he has to reserve some spare energy to deal with occasional changes.
The great swordsman Pike is still alive, a javelin is stuck in his left thigh, and there is also a javelin on his right shoulder. The most serious damage is to the abdomen, and a javelin pierces through his back. Being able to block Lorist's sixty-nine throwing spears, Pike's great swordsman has performed at a super level. It's a pity that there are still three spears that he didn't block...
"You, you didn't give me a chance to play..." the great swordsman Pike murmured, blood was pouring out of his mouth... .
"I'm not sick. Why do I want to fight you in close quarters? It's too dangerous." Although the voice of the great swordsman Pike was soft, Lorist could still hear him clearly. The launch sound sounded again. The great swordsman Pike suddenly turned into a hedgehog, dying with regret.
As for Captain Slov and his twenty-odd entourages, they were all killed and injured in the first wave of arrows.
"Clean up the battlefield, occupy the ship, cut off the heads of that Slov and this Great Swordsman Pike and bring them back," Lorist ordered.