After countless arguments and debates, Zhang Yang still convinced Tonks of the idea of recruiting mercenaries in a hurry. The 1,430 silver dinars were equal to the starting capital of their mercenary group, so they had to make a careful decision.
Then, Zhang Yang took out 100 silver dinars and booked three rooms at the Lion Tavern for twenty days. This was to allow Tonks to completely recover from his injuries, although this guy's body recovery speed was comparable to that of a beast. , but since there is no shortage of money now, of course it is to condition the body better.
Zhang Yang also hopes that Tonks can go one step further and upgrade to the highest military level.
Of course, he still had selfish motives. For Tonks, such a long twenty days was undoubtedly boring, and it was just the right time for him to give Carly special training.
As for Zhang Yang himself, after arranging everything, he got into the room and began his long-awaited retreat.
What he had to do was to copy the soul-nurturing talisman. This was a method that could be practiced without any cultivation or too much spiritual energy from heaven and earth. He had to try it.
After all, for Zhang Yang, his body was just taken from his body, and the real core is still his soul.
However, getting started with the soul-nurturing talisman requires some medicinal materials, or some spiritual energy from heaven and earth, which Zhang Yang couldn't get, so after thinking about it for a while, he decided to use the 1.4 units of elven blood. He took out the elven blood and used He dipped his hand on his forehead and copied it quietly, then concentrated his mind and visualized this soul-nourishing talisman in his soul.
He has experience, but he doesn't know whether the blood of elves is reliable.
As he fell into silence and continued to meditate, the soul-nurturing talisman copied with the blood of elves on his forehead suddenly disappeared into his skin. At the same time, in his soul, a faint soul-nurturing talisman gradually took shape, but this It’s not that you’re done, but it’s the first step.
Through the soul-nurturing talisman in his soul, Zhang Yang carefully integrated his soul with the soul-nurturing talisman. A change occurred at this moment. Many fragments of knowledge emerged, which turned out to be the cultural heritage of the elves, as well as some elves. The magical knowledge that only tribesmen can master.
Zhang Yang recorded it carefully, which was an unexpected surprise.
It took him three full days to successfully visualize the first level of soul-nurturing talisman. At this moment, there was an additional layer of defensive barrier in his soul.
However, I don’t know whether it is because he has mastered the incomplete knowledge of the elves or because of this soul-replenishing talisman. His body’s intelligence has actually increased by 1 point, from the original 16 points to 17 points. , and therefore has one more free skill point.
After a moment's thought, Zhang Yang added this skill point to mounted archery, turning it into level 3 mounted archery.
Next, he continued to retreat and meditate on the soul-nourishing talisman, because if he could increase his intelligence in this way, he would be happy with it.
But every evening, Tonks would complain. He was responsible for training Carly during the day, but he was quite depressed. However, Zhang Yang did not let go. Anyway, the initial funds for the team were in his hands, and he would never give them to Tonks. Chance.
Just like that, twenty days passed in the blink of an eye. Tonks' injuries were fully recovered, and Carly was promoted to three levels in a row because of Tonks' desperate training.
As for Zhang Yang, he visualized the soul-nurturing talisman to the second level, and as expected, his intelligence increased a little more. He still added skill points to the riding and shooting skills. At this point, his attributes became—
Name: Theo
Age: 17 years old
Level: Level 11
Main occupation: mercenary cavalry,
Lives: 62
Strength: 16
Agility: 12
Intelligence: 18
Charisma: 6
Long pole proficiency: 70
One-handed proficiency: 65
Throwing Proficiency: 205
Skills: Iron Bone Level 1, Throwing Level 4, Riding Level 5, Mounted Archery Level 4, Healing Level 2, Surgery Level 2.
Equipment: Sapphire Sigil Throwing Knife, Heavy Assassin Throwing Knife x 9, Sapphire Sigil Long Sword, Cavalry Shield, Ancient Empire Javelin.
Level 4 Throwing + Level 4 Mounted Shooting + Level 5 Riding Skills, this combination can already give Zhang Yang an 80% hit rate when riding a war horse at a medium speed.
He is very satisfied with this, because it means that his fighting style will become high mobility, high damage, non-melee combat. As long as the enemy does not have long-range troops, he can kill the enemy with a kite.
"Then, it's time to go."
Zhang Yang finally relented, but before setting off, he still took out 500 silver dinars and bought a shield for Tonks, a hunting crossbow and a bundle of crossbow bolts for Carly, and two sets for himself. Heavy javelin.
"Tonks, do you still insist on our bet?"
"Of course, Theo, I will definitely become the greatest mercenary captain."
"What if I win, will you walk away?" Zhang Yang asked half-jokingly. The main reason was that he was a farmer's son, and his identity was a big issue in this world. He was worried that Tonks would lose face.
"Ha, don't worry, Theo, as long as you kill more enemies than me, I will keep my promise." Tonks was very smart and heard the implication of Zhang Yang's words, "But, please forgive me, you There’s really no chance.”
"Haha, Tonks, we'll see!"
Three people and three horses ran out of Sarion City in high spirits. The target was a group of green forest bandits who robbed the caravan. This was the task that Tonks took over from the city magistrate yesterday, and he had already obtained the information of the green forest bandits. specific course of action.
Facing the rising sun, Zhang Yang and the others galloped wildly on the flat road. Well, it was mainly Zhang Yang who ran wildly. Tonks's riding skills were only level 2, and Carly was only level 1. They could only ride slowly. Horses are incomparable to Zhang Yang, a master who can combine man and horse and perform various thrilling moves.
So after walking for a whole morning, they didn't reach the area where the green forest bandits were.
But there was no rush. The three of them happily replenished their lunch, took a rest, and continued on the road two hours later. This time they were lucky. After only a dozen miles, they met two people sitting by the road. The suspicious person did not move at first, until Zhang Yang deliberately dropped the bag containing the silver dinar on the ground. The other party immediately turned around, whistled, mounted his horse and ran away.
Just a moment later, a group of more than thirty green forest bandits surrounded Zhang Yang and the other three.
I have to say that this group of green forest bandits are very professional. Some of them are sentry, some are responsible for cutting off the rear, and some are responsible for putting down roadblocks to intercept. No wonder they can rob those cunning caravans.
"Stop being so nagging, just do it! Carly, hide aside and try to avoid close combat."
Zhang Yang shouted, then urged his horse forward and rushed towards the largest group of green forest bandits directly in front.
"Boom boom!"
Two crossbow bolts came through the air. This group of green forest bandits were also very fierce, but unfortunately their accuracy was not very good. Zhang Yang held the shield in his left hand and hid his body behind it. He controlled the horse purely with his legs. He killed them in a few breaths, and then a He turned sharply to avoid a stumbling rope, and at the same time, two heavy assassins struck with flying knives and lightning.
The level 4 mounted shooting skill was very effective at this moment. The two bandits holding the stumbling ropes were shot over without saying a word.
Then Zhang Yang turned his horse to the right again, opened an arc, and fired two heavy assassin flying knives, knocking over the two bandits holding hunting crossbows from a distance of more than thirty meters.
Immediately afterwards, he kept throwing knives in his hand. In a short time, nine heavy assassin flying knives were thrown, hitting eight people, killing one person, seriously injuring five people, and slightly injuring two people.
This result is quite dazzling.
Among the bandits, three riders were chasing after him at this time, but Zhang Yang was not afraid at all. He easily pulled out an ancient empire javelin and deliberately slowed down. He waited until a bandit rider rushed more than ten meters away before twisting his waist and turning around. , the javelin flew out of his hand, and struck through the neck of the bandit rider. Blood immediately sprang up like a fountain. He screamed loudly and fell off the horse.
The remaining two bandit riders were shocked and immediately reined in their horses and tried to escape. They had realized that they were in trouble this time, but Zhang Yang turned his horses around and did not chase. He took out an ancient empire javelin and slammed it. The throw hit the vest of a bandit rider. They were wearing nothing more than leather armor and could not defend themselves at all. They fell off their horses and died miserably.
However, the last bandit rider's riding skills were quite good, and he escaped with a diagonal thrust and kept the distance. Zhang Yang knew at a glance that he could not hit, so he immediately turned around and came back, drew out the sapphire talisman sword, and used it to attack the remaining Bandits on foot carried out a massacre.
Well, it was a massacre. Without the stumbling ropes and the confrontation of the cavalry, with the flamboyant fast horse and long sword, it was like a strong wind. Every time the long sword was swung, it would inevitably stir up a cloud of blood.
In just ten minutes, all nineteen green forest bandits were killed by Zhang Yang.
At this time, Tonks had just cleared away the six bandits who were intercepted behind him. It was not that he was not strong enough, but that his two legs could not run with four legs at all.
Even two bandits who escaped were brought down by Carly with a hunting crossbow.
"That's not fair, these bastards just want to run away!"
Tonks muttered, and then cleaned the battlefield. In fact, he was surprised. He couldn't imagine that a low-level soldier would have such fighting power in just a short time. Although these green forest bandits were rubbish, there was nothing wrong with having too much rubbish. It's easy to fight, especially when the opponent has a hunting crossbow. Thanks to the shield Zhang Yang prepared for him, otherwise he would have been shot with several bloody holes even if he rushed forward.
Zhang Yang was also busy cleaning the battlefield at this time. There was no need to show off. After all, the difficulty of this battle was not high. The strength of the green forest bandits was not even comparable to that of most mercenaries, not to mention the regular army.
However, killing 19 green forest bandits allowed him to advance to level 12, currently.
After thinking about it, he added a little agility and raised the throwing skill to level 5. In this case, the throwing damage can be increased to 50%. If he is lucky, he can use the sapphire sigil flying knife to seriously injure Tangke with one hit. A veteran like Si can kill him in two hits.
However, in this way, his melee combat will become a shortcoming. Without the war horse, there is a high probability that he will be in trouble. Therefore, if he upgrades in the future, he will gain agility.
The intelligence attribute can be improved by visualizing the soul-nourishing talisman. As for the charm attribute, it is temporarily useless.
After cleaning the battlefield, the three of them returned home with a full load. Zhang Yang did not mention the mercenary captain. He returned to Sarion in the evening and went to the city official to submit the task. He received a bounty of 200 silver dinars and sold the captured loot. Got another 850 silver dinars.
At this point, the team's assets have accumulated to 1,550 silver dinars.
Other assets include a Dasha war horse, an armored war horse, and an ordinary hunting horse.
Personnel: Zhang Yang is level 12, Tonks is level 35, and Carly is level 8.
"Congratulations, our mercenary group has officially opened!" At the city official, Zhang Yang registered the Fire Mercenary Group seriously. Yes, this needs to be registered, and every major city in the kingdom must register. Otherwise, if Traveling to other cities without authorization in the name of a mercenary group will be considered illegal.
And only by entering more registered cities will the reputation be higher, and the more tasks completed will you gain a higher status and a higher reputation.
At that time, he could even be granted fiefs by the kings of the major kingdoms and become a noble vassal, which was the ultimate goal Tonks pursued.