my age of magic

Chapter 1220 24. South of the Black Forest

We walked south along the path that naturally appeared in the Black Forest. Justus led the way on his horse. Reins, looking a little lethargic.

The forest is full of a smell of rotting wood, and the dense canopy looks airtight, making the soldiers walking in the jungle feel a little stuffy.

The temperature wasn't too high, but he was sweating all over his body, and his body felt sticky.

The rotten smell seemed to seep into my body, as if I was a rotten log myself.

Yingli rode on the back of Gu Bolai's horse, her face became flushed, she kept taking out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off her face, and she rode side by side with Helena and Becky on the forest road. Chat with a smile.

Die rode a horse and followed Ying Li. Her riding skills were excellent, and she almost didn't need to hold the rein with both hands. From time to time, her eyes looked up to the sky through the dense forest. Her little dragon partner was wandering in this forest area. Even so, Le Die blows a whistle to the sky every half hour. The sharp whistle can be heard far away. Moan, that sub-dragon has always followed Le Die's side.

There are no overgrown branches, no thorns and bushes on this forest road, no scattered vines hanging from the canopy, no muddy swamps, and no fallen dead trees lying across the road, as if they were surrounded by trees. Stepped out by countless people.

After our team passed by, the road slowly returned to its original appearance, with crisscross vines, low cranberry bushes, and a layer of slippery moss growing close to the ground.

I don't know how far the lord aura of the ancient war tree in Dustwallow Marsh can help us go. Maybe it is no longer within the range of the lord halo of the ancient war tree. Those dryads in the forest, I reached out and touched the leaf in my arms. This is the token given to me by the ancient war tree. guys trust.

I sat on the shoulders of Luka the Tauren, and Luka told me many stories that happened in Tanton City along the way. The Tauren told me that he would rather stay in Truu than Mr. in camp.

Justus walked in front with 450 barbarian slaves, Earl Rez and Jason Knight led their team of constructed knights in the middle of the team, Ying Li and I followed behind their team, Kalanzo The warriors leading the orcs were at the back of the team, and the whole team stretched far in the jungle.

Earl Rez deliberately slowed down on his horse and walked alongside me on the forest road. He asked me, "Count Jijia, how did you get this barbarian slave infantry?"

When Luka and I heard him ask this question, we laughed at the same time.

Earl Rez was a little surprised, but still turned his head to look at me patiently.

I said to Earl Rez: "I captured them all on the outskirts of El City."

"Eh..." Count Rez never thought that I would give him such an answer.

I set my gaze in the distance and said to Earl Rez: "My hometown is a border city called El City in Sloit Province, which is adjacent to the Pai Plateau to the west, and the Urutu River flows from Pai The Holy Snow Mountain at the eastern foot of the plateau passes through the wasteland at the northern foot, the Yelian Mountains, and then flows eastward through Gluding Town to the Baipuya. After entering the territory of the Green Empire, this river is called by our northerners For the Benma River, El City is on the south bank of the Benma River in the western part of Sloit Province."

"Every winter, after the river is frozen over by the river, Celtic tribesman savages will cross the river and come to the province of Sloit to catch slaves. They will capture the men in the village. These barbarians They will bring the men from the north back to the ice and snow tundra and throw them into the mines to mine."

"When I was young, I visited the northern cities of the Grimm Empire. The folk customs there are rough and hospitable. People there like to drink golden cider, and the barbarians are their lifelong enemies."

"In every city in the north, there will be groups of people who spontaneously organize against the barbarians' slave capture. In the city of Ayr, these warriors are called Falcons."

I seem to be telling a story that has nothing to do with me. Earl Rez heard 'Falcon' and couldn't help saying: "Wow, that sounds like a cool name! So..."

I knew he wanted to listen, so I continued: "Before I left El City, I was also a member of the Falcon Squad. These barbarian slaves were all caught by me in the past three years. I think Simply killing them is not enough to wash away the crimes they committed, so I signed a slave contract with them and let Jean become my slave."

Earl Rez was not ignorant of barbarian warriors. He asked me: "I heard that barbarians have a violent personality and are not afraid of death. Most of them are not willing to give in easily. How did you make them give in?"

"Those barbarians who refused to give in are now lying in the mud." After Luka the tauren finished speaking, he glanced at him, wondering why Earl Rez didn't understand such a simple truth.

Earl Rez changed the subject and said to me: "The black iron heavy armor of the Nacoma is really suitable for these barbarian slaves!"

Cavalier Jason, who was following Earl Rez, said at this time: "At the beginning, our knights also harvested some excellent Nacoma armor on the Kenda plane, but unfortunately no lord was willing to collect this thing after returning to the imperial capital. In the end, those heavy armors were sold to blacksmiths to recast weapons."

Earl Rez pointed to the black iron trousers on the barbarian slaves, and said to the knight Jason behind him: "Jason, look at the black iron trousers worn by those barbarian slaves, it is likely that they were remade in the blacksmith shop. cast."

Cavalier Jason looked at the barbarian slaves and said with emotion: "I have been in the army for more than ten years, and this is the first time I saw a bed crossbow that can still be used like this..."

Afterwards, Earl Rez chatted with me about the orc warriors behind him. He asked me, "Count Jijia, where did you recruit these orc warriors?"

"Nine years ago, the Pai Plateau suffered a once-in-a-century snowstorm. In that winter, many orcs starved to death in that wasteland. At that time, some orcs had to leave their homes in order to survive, and walked along the road of death in the western foothills. The orcs on the Pai Plateau are a group of lowly wanderers in the northern border province. They do the hardest, most tiring and humble jobs in the northern border cities, but they still cannot get food and clothing."

"Four years ago, by chance, I saw these poor orcs in a coal yard outside the city of El, so I had a preliminary idea. I called them together and made them my followers. Or, it is precisely because of their help in the past few years that I have captured so many barbarian slaves. As for these magic pattern structures and black scale horses, my instructor at the Imperial Academy of Magic is the famous inscription Master Yerkes Scholar, and a good friend of mine happened to be in Durva Province, he helped me get a hundred horses, so I have this hundred-man warrior regiment."

Kalancuo followed me, his eyes were so gentle and firm.

I made my request to Earl Rez: "They cannot be called Constructed Knights for the time being, because they have not learned to share the power in their bodies with war horses, so I have an unfeeling request, Earl Rez , can teach these orcs some knight combat skills without violating your wishes?"

Earl Rez thought about it carefully, then looked at Knight Jason beside him, and finally said: "This... If it's just the most basic riding and fighting skills, I have nothing to keep, after all, Knight Academy Li has already turned these things into a tactical manual, which can be bought in any bookstore, but I think the knowledge in the book will inevitably be a bit dogmatic. I can give them the most basic rules of the knight. As for combat techniques, although it is not convenient for me to disclose them, I cannot prevent these orc warriors from comprehending them when we fight."

Hearing what Earl Rez said, I knew he didn't reject these orc warriors, so I said happily, "Thank you so much."

Earl Rez smiled, glanced at the group of orc warriors behind him again, and said with emotion: "I really understand now why Prince James specifically told me to go to the plane of Hierro It turns out that you have such a well-equipped army on the plane of Hierro."

"It's okay!" I scratched my head and said to Earl Rez with a smile: "Actually, our goal is the same, to help Princess Ledie untangle her heart, and then send her to the imperial capital safely."

Earl Rez glanced at Princess Ledie who was walking in front of the team, and said to me: "That's right!"

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Justus suddenly stopped in front, I took the tauren Luka to catch up, Katerina and Kalancuo followed me, and when I got to the front of the team, I found that the black forest in front was surrounded by dense branches and leaves. Covered up, there is no longer a road suitable for large troops to walk.

"There is no way ahead!" Justus jumped off his horse, signaled the barbarian slave warriors to rest in place, then took out a map from his backpack, and marked the approximate location of our team with a black charcoal pencil , and then said to me: "Our team is here now. From now on, we will arrange for the scout team to walk in the forefront, and we will also open up a road by ourselves. Maybe at some point, we will encounter a group of spiders." human warrior."

This is probably the outermost boundary line of the halo of the ancient tree lord of the Dustwallow Marsh War. From here, if we go to the southern part of the Black Forest, we must rely on our own strength for all vigilance and investigation, and more importantly, our own. The journey has just begun, and according to the distance shown on the map, it will take at least half a month to reach that valley.

Without the help of the ancient war tree, the road in the jungle will never be as easy as before, and there are unknown dangers lurking in the whole jungle, we need to be cautious.

I said to everyone, "Maybe there is a giant spider lurking in the canopy of every tree, and we have to be careful."

At this time, Earl Rez and Knight Jason rushed over from behind, and they asked me: "What happened, why did you stop?"

"From here, we officially enter the jungle area controlled by the Nibru tribe spider people." I replied.

Looking at the unscrupulous barbarian slaves behind them, the successive victories in the Black Forest have made these barbarian slaves a little inflated. They may think that the spider warriors are nothing more than that. In fact, in the surrounding area of ​​​​Trum Camp, We took advantage of the advantage of the home field, but here, we once again returned to the same starting line as the Nebulu Spider, perhaps we are far less aware of this than the Nebru Spider.

I said to Kalancuo: "Kalanzuo, go and call up a five-member scouting team, let them keep a distance of two kilometers from us in front of the main force, and release magic flares if there is any danger inform us."

Kalancuo never questioned any of my orders, and quickly agreed: "Yes." After speaking, she tugged on the reins of the horse and ran to the rear of the team.

"Katerina, go up there and search for the giant spiders lurking in the canopy." I pointed to the leafy canopy and said to Katerina.

Katerina agreed: "Yeah."

With the help of their light and agile bodies, they jumped onto the canopy of the tree and disappeared among the dense branches and leaves.

Deborah has been following Kalanzo, I pulled her back and said to her: "Deborah, fly to the sky, I need you to tell me the exact location of the nearby spider camp."

Perhaps because of a role model like Kalancuo, Deborah also answered very readily: "Understood!"

After speaking, he spread his wings and passed through the gaps between the leaves and branches flexibly, flying out of the dense forest.

After all these orders were finished, Earl Rez who was standing aside said to me: "There is a constructed knight named Becky in our team, who is the most experienced scout in our guard camp, or let him follow your The orc warriors go to the front to investigate the situation together?"

Obviously, Earl Rez specially arranged for experienced construction knights to take our orc warriors to the front for reconnaissance.

"Of course that would be the best!" I said to Earl Rez.

It didn't take long for Kalancuo to bring five orc warriors. I arranged for them to go to the front with Bech Knight to scout the enemy, and told these orc warriors to learn some scouting skills with Bech Knight. They are the best young orcs under Karan's surprise. They are energetic, alert and thoughtful, so they are naturally the most suitable candidates.

The five orc warriors and the Betsy knight rode through the overgrown forest and ran to the front to scout out the enemy.

At this time, the barbarian slaves became very excited, and they whispered while resting.

I asked Justus curiously: "What happened to these barbarian slaves?"

Justus said to me: "They probably think there should be some food ahead!"

(End of this chapter)