The Amber Sword

Chapter 804: The knight and the blacksmith (2)

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Brando was depressed for a moment, and rejoiced again. He suddenly thought that Boru and Tamar of this era looked at the entire Vonder, although they were not top-notch, but they were still first-class masters in Eruin. In the past year, only relying on the support of the two of them, the two elite soldiers of the Wind Shooter and the White Lion Guard have been armed in the territory. Now, the armament of the small place of Tonigel has long been among the first-class in the kingdom. This is what other lords did not. Dare to imagine.

In the past six months, with the large-scale influx of refugees from all over the Black Rose War, Brando began to have a large number of reserve forces in Tonigel training camps, as long as he wanted, he could pull one at any time. The size is not inferior to that of Jean Denel or the private army of the nobles under the Duke of Vieiro. But Brando came from later generations and experienced the epic slate war personally. He simply looked down on the so-called army under the aristocracy of the North and the South. In his opinion, the army under Tier 3 can only be called the people. The Corps can be responsible for local security, but it is absolutely impossible to use it for war. It is for this reason that for Tonigel, the armament issue has now become the main problem preventing the expansion of the army. Only the non-commissioned regiment of the White Lion Guard can wear inferior magic armor, even if it is the output of the ordinary white lion armor of the next level. It is still limited, and the Fir Territory has enough production capacity to produce only more than 100 sets per month. The wind shooter is more serious, because the wind shooter must have matching wind shooter mail and longbow, limited by the output, the expansion of this army is surprisingly slow.

Regarding this question, Antitina and Kuran both felt that Brando’s ideas were too naive, and it could even be said to be a kind of profligacy. This was purely using money to build an army, but the lady of the staff wanted more. Going deeper, she faintly thought that her lord might be concerned about the views of the princess. After all, an elite army of more than a thousand people sounded more reassuring in name than an army of other nobles who often had thousands of people. Brando’s reputation for “spending” quickly spread among his own hands. Even Yoda and the former heads of the mercenary group privately discussed whether the lord was influenced by the Buga. The set of influence is too deep, but how can the wealth of mortals rival that of wizards? What if the crystal deposits in the Black Forest are all mined? This kind of discussion once went straight up, and even the bronze dragon Leito had come to persuade him.

Brando smiled bitterly about this, but fortunately he didn't dare to tell these people his true purpose, otherwise, wouldn't he be scared to death. In his plan, the core force of Eruin's future army is the White Lion infantry, which is also the basis of the Eruin army, which is equivalent to the second-tier local army with the largest base in the Eruin Kingdom. As for the latter Tier 4, 5, and Tier VI arms, we must also find ways to train them. As Eruin’s characteristic elite army, he now has a quasi Tier 4 arms such as the Wind Archer in his hands. If he can persuade the Centaur to join him. Army, if he gets the design drawings of the silver crown guard’s armor and halberd from Ellanta, with a little training, Eruin will have a real Tier 4 army; the Tier 5 army is sure to be a Druid The Elder Guard or the Guardian of the Ancient Tree, but the druid is too old-fashioned and may not join his chariot. It is more safe to consider the idea from the naga. The four-armed siren and the Poseidon guard are weaker than most on land. Tier 5 arms, but it is also a type of Tier 5 arms after all. The important thing is that the Naga has no core conflicts of interest with the land people, and the kingdom has a fleet that can be their strongest ally at sea, and the Naga should not Will be stingy with the troops on loan, Eluin can hire these overseas troops in the name of employment. He chose to ally with the Greyfin Naga, and after the First Battle of Amperel, the Empire must exchange the design drawings of the frigate. In fact, the plan has already existed in this regard.

With Tier 4 arms and Tier 5 arms, Eruin’s strength should be comparable to that of the kingdom of the predecessor of the Eke dynasty. At that time, Her Royal Highness can rely on the central military to conquer the country and make the kingdom's power highly unified. , So as to realize the transformation from local enfeoffment to centralized power. As for the Tier VI arms, Brando has no clue at present. In Eluin’s history, there is only the silver elf temple guards of Tier VI and above, and the number does not exceed one hundred. His only hope now is Valhalla. awesome. But once Eruin possesses Tier 6 arms, he will be able to stay in front of Madara in terms of strength. After all, Madara is not the only enemy facing Eruin, it cannot be the power of the country. Confronting the threat of such a border land, once Elu had such strength, he could force Madara to shift the direction of expansion to other kingdoms, and this ancient kingdom would return to its heyday.

But these plans are undoubtedly a fantasy for Antitina and the others. In their eyes, the Kingdom of Eruin is just a relatively independent kingdom around Cruz. His military strength has always been not weak, but it can't be said to be strong. We must know that in the Cruz Empire in the north, although the basic arms of the four armies directly controlled by the central government are Tier 4 Imperial Guards, in fact, Tier 3 is among the noble private armies and local guards that account for the largest proportion of the total strength of the empire. The imperial aristocratic cavalry and the second-tier imperial spearmen are still the main forces, and these local forces are facing the same problem as the kingdom, that is, the low level of training and the collapse of discipline caused by the long-term peace, except for a small number of border areas. In addition, the army in most parts of the empire has more or less such problems, and in the evaluation of the Temple of Flame, the evaluation of the combat effectiveness of the imperial noble cavalry in the past two years has fallen below the lower limit and the second-tier arms. .

Of course, the empire also has fifth-tier Pegasus knights, fifth-tier holy grail knights, sixth-tier sword-wielding crusaders, sixth-tier holy oil knights and temple ascetics, and even royal griffins and royal astrologers. The temple sacrificial ceremonies such as arms above Tier 7 and the high-ranking forces above Tier 10 and the Flame Warlord Knights, but these armies are deterrent forces, often in small numbers, and are like Faenzan and Saint Osso. In these huge empires, the high-level arms are the privileges of the empire, and it is a game between big countries. Once the arms above Tier 6 are owned by a small country like Eruin, it will basically change the current continental order. Why is Eru so famous that even the Buga people have paid attention to such a small country. Kingdom, precisely because he once had a complete system of white lion infantry and temple guards.

But that was just a flash in the pan. Nearly ten centuries have passed, and something like this has never happened in Warnd's history.

Therefore, whether Antitina, Kuran, or Brando’s mercenary captains, they have never thought about these aspects at all, they only think that their lord’s actions are a little too idealistic. , The elite soldiers are good, but this is too much. Brando also didn’t bother to explain to them that his goal was never the moment, and the goal of purging the country was not worth mentioning to him. The aristocracy in the north seemed to be very threatening, but with Valhalla’s Growing up is nothing but a native chicken dog, and Elu's ability to build such an army has a bearing on whether the kingdom can finally get out of its established destiny in the future. This is the most important thing.

Brando has never forgotten that although Eruin's old nobles have caused the kingdom to sink, it is the dangerous enemy that is rising in the east that really makes it perish.

He is in control, arbitrarily and arbitrarily implementing his army expansion plan, but the anxiety in his heart is actually better than one day under the apparent stability, and time will not stop waiting for anyone. In fact, there are signs of history. Rather than stop waiting for him, Eru's development has developed more rapidly because of his arrival. Elu has begun to move around because of the surrounding countries, but the development of his territory is still moving slowly. Antitina and the others realized this, and they reminded him overtly and secretly to relax the requirements and expand the army as soon as possible, but he didn't understand it, but the question is what is the point of expanding the cannon fodder

They simply don't understand what kind of opponent Eruin is facing now.

The entire kingdom is still looking at the coming era of war and chaos with an old look, but in fact, Madara, Cruz, and even the wind elves and Faenza are all speeding up in this era of drastic changes before the arrival of the Great Demon Tide. The military reforms were completed. The Bromantra rose in the dark took the lead. The Faenzans followed closely, followed by St. Osor, who was facing Madara, and the Cruzes finally came to the Great Emperor Lenaret. Completed the reforms under the auspices of the People’s Republic of China, and therefore suffered the greatest loss in the war. But he is an empire. The background of the empire and the strong support of the Temple of Flame allowed it to fail for a while, but Eluin did not have this strong strategic depth.

Eluin can only learn from Madara, and he must do something in advance, otherwise he will only end in destruction.

This war is an omen. The real beginning of wind and rain originated in the second Black Rose War three years later, but that was something that happened in history. Brando can't guarantee the second Black Rose War of this era. Will it start early. But in this war with the blood rod, he must try his best to figure out how big the gap between the kingdom and Madara is in this era. Of course, it’s better to give Madara a warning so that the opponent will feel The kingdom is not so weak to be deceived, so those bones might think for more time before choosing to launch the second Black Rose War.

Every minute is a hope of salvation for Eruin.

Therefore, Brando must be cautious and try to increase his strength before the war, and now the joining of a group of craftsmen like Babu has undoubtedly injected him with a shot, which made him overjoyed. Tonigel suddenly added more than a dozen craftsmen at the same level as Boru and Tamar. What does that mean, it means that the output—especially the output of magic equipment has doubled, and the meaning of this increase represents The first step of his plan is finally on the right track.

Let the White Lion Guard be the foundation of the Kingdom’s Central Army.

Brando thought for a while before he came back to his senses. He seemed to wake up from a long thought before asking, "Master Bab, can the Valouren Warrior Hall be operational now?"

"As long as you have the materials, you can do it at any time." Babu replied.

Brando immediately took out a set of white lion armor from the dimension hole, pointed to the armor and asked Babu: "Master Babu, like this armor, how long does it take you to produce one hundred sets?" Lando took out the white lion armor without enchantment. Babu only glanced at it, and shook his head contemptuously: "It's like this kind of armor, we won't produce it. I don't think this kind of paper armor exists at all. the value of."

Brando couldn't help but yelled me, thinking this armor is a bit shabby, but at any rate it is also the latest double-hinged armor designed by Berlu. The defense of up to 5 can be regarded as the best in the white armor. Now, I didn't expect it to be like paper in Babu's eyes. Just kidding, you just put paper on a set of plate armor and let me see it? He slandered in his heart, but he didn't show the slightest strangeness on his face, and he took out a set of enchanted armor for non-commissioned officers and asked, "What about this?"

"It can barely be seen," Babu replied, "I remember I used to build a set of toys for my son, which is about the same as this one."

Brando almost spit out blood, and he finally understood that although the experience and level of these giant craftsmen were limited, but their knowledge was still very high, they basically used the eyes of their own time to evaluate these armors, then Judging from the eyes of the era when the giant cloud still existed on the earth, the white lion armor of the white board was indeed only paper. I'm afraid these giant craftsmen were surprised before. They guessed that they had never seen armor without enchantment before. This is simply cheating.

Brando suddenly felt a sense of frustration that was scorned by the local tyrants. He couldn't help but said weakly: "Master Babu, how many armors can you build? I urgently need such a batch of armors to arm my army. "

"Lord, you should call me by the title of craftsman," Babu replied. Although he is a figure with a higher eye than the top, he is not a worldly fool. Seeing Brando's look, he probably guessed it. After knowing what kind of mistakes he made, he quickly replied: "My lord, please rest assured that the forging technology of these armors is really simple for us. It should be no problem to build two thousand sets of armors in one month."

Brando was stunned immediately. He looked at the entire Valuren Warrior Hall, and then at Babu. If it weren't for the reputation of the opponent, he would think that this guy must be fooling him. In such a hall, there are a dozen craftsmen, even if they are master craftsmen, but they can create two thousand sets of magic armor in a month—even the most inferior one—is this possible? Even if Boru and Tamar perform the swords himself, it will take at least half a month for them to complete a piece of armor. You must know that the output of Fir Territory is not only supported by the two of them, but there are also a large number of people from Fir Castle. The craftsmen among refugees everywhere.

"Two thousand sets, more than ten of you?" He asked dryly.

"Oh, that's not the case," Babu shook his head, "Lord Lord, you want to be wrong. In addition to us, there are many heroic craftsmen in this hall. We can use heroic spirits to work for this warrior hall, although this one The size of the hall is still very shabby, but 2,000 sets of magic armor of that level a month is still fine."

After Bab’s explanation, Brando came to understand that this Valuren warrior hall was similar to Monica and their vortex of light, and it was also able to control the heroic spirits to work. But unlike the lair of the vortex of light, the warrior hall can only have more craftsmen when its scale is expanded, and Babu and the others are the leaders of these craftsmen. He became excited. Two thousand sets of white lion armors are still enchanted every month. This means that the White Lions can finally expand their recruits on a large scale. Although the new recruits may not be as reliable as the veterans, as long as they wear these enchanted armors, The worst is the strength of Tier 2 arms, otherwise, why does the Cruze’s Tier 3 noble cavalry degenerate into that and still have Tier 2 strength? Isn’t it just equipment? The magical equipment that the empire’s local troops and the private armies of the nobility can afford, now Eruin’s basic troops can finally be popularized. Although it costs a lot of money, at least money can solve it so far. The problem is not enough for Brando for the time being.

After all, there are some things that money can't buy.

And as long as the output is tilted by half to the wind shooter, the army composed of Tier 4 shooters will soon become an army, or even a little bit faster, to double the number before the end of the war. It does not seem to be impossible. An army of 1,200 shooters composed of Tier 4 arms. This is the year of the sword. Brando almost slobbered down, but in order to avoid image damage, he hurriedly wiped the corners of his mouth to provoke him. Metisa chuckled.

But at this time discordant notes sounded in the hall. "My lord, with all due respect, you are wasting the value of this sacred hall by creating these useless things, meaningless." The speaker's voice was rough and high-pitched, causing Brando to look back, but I found out that the person who spoke was Metisa, who had previously mentioned the artisan named Gorju. He had never heard the name of this person, but he knew that this guy’s reputation among the cloud giants might not be inferior to that of Babu. , He quickly asked: "May I have any advice?"

In fact, Brando is also a bit depressed. Of course he knows that letting these craftsmen build these "toys" is an overkill for them, but the question is what can be done? On the one hand, he did not have more advanced drawings and materials. On the other hand, according to Babu, their experience level was limited by Valhalla. In fact, they are now almost the same as Baru and Tamar. According to Brando, they are now What can be done to help Tonigel the most is to expand the size of the two elite troops as soon as possible.

As for the others, it may take them half a year or a few months to work together to build a legacy-level or even fantasy-level equipment, but what's the point of this? What he wants is not someone's combat power.

Unexpectedly, Gorzhu shook his head: "Lord Lord, it seems that you still don't understand our true value to you," he paused, then pointed to Bolu and Tamar not far away and replied: " We have not returned to this land for a long time, and we don’t know what happened to Warnd’s history, but at least we also understand that these two master craftsmen are not rare in the world, although they are not everywhere. If you want to recruit, ten or eight should be no problem—and don’t you think that this hall means nothing to you?"

Brando was startled slightly, realizing that this rough guy might have something in his words, he couldn't help looking at Babu who was aside.

The god craftsman nodded slowly, and said: "My lord, as I said before, this hall is called Valuren Warrior Hall. It is a resting place for warriors in mythology. It provides a place for warriors. Weapons and armor are just a subsidiary function of it."

Brando finally reacted, and he became excited: "You mean, the forging workshop is only one of the functions of this building... Is it, is it a nest?"

"The lair needs the support of the magic pool, my lord." Babu shook his head.

"What does that mean?" Brando was puzzled.

"Then Lord Lord, have you heard of such a name as Valkyrie?"

Babu asked word by word.