Elden Ring, but with Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

Chapter 119 Military Advisor Iggy
Blacksmith Iggy looked up at the majestic castle and sighed:
"After all these years, Stonewell is still so spectacular."

After Blaze received Bai Shi's letter, he immediately contacted Lani.

Although the promised supplies have not yet arrived, Bai Shi has already sent many Faded Ones to explore underground.

By the way, he also went to the back of the jungle to recapture Hyde Fortress and took away half of the talisman to the Yatan Plateau.

Lani was naturally very satisfied when she saw that the Baishi people had already taken action, and that there were quite a few of them.

Now the partner has a need, so he asked Blazer to write back to Bai Shi:

She will send an excellent blacksmith to provide door-to-door service, and his forging skills will definitely satisfy Bai Shi.

The blacksmith who came was naturally Iggy, who also served as a military strategist.

This time, Iggy didn't just come to help with the forging, he also brought the things that Lani had promised Bai Shi before.

Including combat skills, magic, prayers, and some equipment.

Iggy was dragging an iron chain in his hand, and at the other end of the chain was a huge cart.

The things on the cart were covered with cloth, leaving only the heavy stone chassis exposed.

The heavy chassis is engraved with many magical inscriptions, emitting a light blue fluorescence, and has small magic spells that can reduce the weight of items.

This is the car that Iggy built himself for the convenience of transporting supplies.

What was piled on this car were the things that Lani was going to bring to Bai Shi.

Beyond that, there is the huge forging table and furnace that Iggy uses.

As Iggy arrived at the gate of Stonewell, Storm Knight immediately came to greet him.

Now that Stonewell is open, Storm Knights have been arranged to take turns standing guard at the door. There will always be four Storm Knights at the door at any time.

This is also to deter those who are about to enter Stonewell and warn them not to have any other thoughts.

"Are you Iggy the blacksmith?"

Bai Shi had already told the Storm Knights at the door in advance that a mountain goblin blacksmith would be coming soon, and asked them to treat him with respect.

As agreed, Iggy took out a Kalia badge with a sword and a staff printed on it and proved his identity to them.

"Okay, then please follow me in."

"Please wait a moment. Before meeting Lord Baishi, I would like to take a walk around Stonewell City. We have already communicated with Lord Baishi in advance."

"Of course you can. Do you need to put these things in the courtyard of the outer fortress in the city first?"

"That would be perfect."

Iggy pulled the cart through the city gate and parked it in the empty courtyard of the outer fort. A storm rider came to guard it.

Another Storm Rider led the way, taking Iggy through the city.

Iggy kept examining the current situation in Stonewell.

He took the initiative to propose this to Lani, wanting to get a closer look at the strength of this partner.

The first area we came to was the one reserved for the Faded Ones.

The number of faders in this area is high, very high.

Under the plan, these faded people can have their own stalls to sell and trade.

Those with special skills can also apply for shops, such as several blacksmith shops on the roadside and the witch's enhancement shop.

Based on the number and density of Faded People seen on the street, Iggy roughly estimated that there were at least two thousand Faded People here.

As we went deeper, a huge martial arts field appeared, where densely packed Faded People gathered.

Here, Bai Shi specially arranged for the Storm Knights to teach combat skills, and instructors took turns training the Faded Ones every day.

There are now two ways to join a martial arts training ground and learn martial arts.

The first is to directly join the Baishi army, swear an oath of loyalty, and you can study here for free.

Another way is to spend runes to pay for learning, and then after graduation, it will have nothing to do with Bai Zhi.

If you change your mind after completing your studies and still want to join, you can still do so and your tuition will be refunded.

The vast majority of people choose the first option, which is to join the Baishi army.

This is natural, first of all they don't have that many runes.

Secondly, with a strong monarch leading the country, the future will surely be very bright.

What's more, this monarch is a faded person like them.

At the border, all forces are not very friendly to the Faded Ones. Only the White-sense ones, who are also Faded Ones, treat them well.

They knew that they could never become the King of Elden with their own strength.

In this case, just like their ancestors did, they will follow the monarch to fight and let the monarch become the King of Elden.

Another group of people chose to spend their own runes, most of them came from the Round Table Hall.

Some of them may be faded witches, or some of them may still have dreams and are unwilling to live under someone else's roof now.

But no matter what, 80% of the faded people in the city come here to learn martial arts.

Because in this world, only by constantly strengthening yourself can you have the right to live, and only by living can you be qualified to talk about the future and dreams.

The remaining 20% of faded people are not unwilling to learn.

Some were too cowardly and were transferred to logistics, while others studied magic and prayer.

There are only a few Faded Ones who can use prayer and magic, and they are dispersed and incorporated into various troops by the White Knowledge.

The Faded Ones are actually a force that cannot be ignored. They are all descendants of warriors, and each of them can become a powerful soldier with just a little training.

It’s just that no one has ever commanded the Faded Ones on a large scale before.

On the contrary, because the Faded are guided by the desire to become the King of Elden, there are many forces that hunt the Faded whenever possible.

Those who recruit Faded Ones only do so on a small scale, or simply don't care about the power of Faded Ones at all.

For example, the power of Lani.

They don't actually need a lot of soldiers to function, so they've never cared about the Faded before.

Iggy was secretly frightened as he looked at these energetic faders.

After the devastating war at the border, the number of troops under the command of each force has been greatly reduced.

Iggy recalled the strength of each force in his mind.

Among all the cities of all forces, only the royal city of Rodel, which has a large population, still maintains a considerable-sized army.

The armies of other forces are already struggling to hold on.

General Ratan's Red Lion Legion on Galid had lost many members after the Shattering War and the Ionian War.

And now General Latan has gone crazy, and there is no leader, no one can lead them.

Lord Lacard's volcano residence was directly dismantled, and there was no longer even a regular army left.

As for the sacred tree of Lady Michaela and Lady Marenia...

After the fierce battle between Lady Marennia and General Latan, it has been sealed off and has no contact with the outside world. Now no one knows what is going on inside.

The quality of the army is also an issue. Many soldiers have turned into zombies, while the Faded are still normal people.

In Iggy's opinion, Stonewell has considerable potential for war.

Moreover, Bai Shi also intends to gradually realize these potentials into real combat power.

After these Faded Ones are trained, they only need to be equipped with good armor and weapons, and they will become an army with terrifying per capita strength.

After all, they have a witch who transforms runes into strength.

The faded ones continued to fight and survive outside the border, and most of those who could return to the border were warriors. We only needed to recruit them to obtain a large number of soldiers.

Compared to the natives who need to be trained from scratch for several years, the Faded ones are almost free of charge.

And no one knows how many faded people there are on the border now.

In his heart, Iggy silently raised the importance of the Baishi force by two levels.

After passing the place where the Faded Ones live, next is the place where some hybrids and subhumans live.

These two species live together in harmony.

The supervision here is not very strict. There are mainly people assigned to monitor their hygiene and living habits.

The purpose is to prevent them from making the city dirty and messy, and to correct their habits.

It seems to have been very effective so far. At least the subhumans and hybrids no longer urinate or defecate anywhere, but know to go to the toilet.

However, I am afraid that I will not be able to change the habit of catching insects from everywhere and putting them into my mouth in a short time.

The area where hybrids and subhumans live is quite remote in the city, so it's not a big problem.

Normally, no one would come here, after all, discrimination still exists.

The mountain goblins are huge in size, so there is no residential area for them in the city. They still live in Storm Hill.

However, due to the killing during the previous breakthrough, their numbers are not many.

After touring Stonewell, Iggy already had a good understanding of the strength of Bai Shi's subordinates.

Bai Shi indeed welcomed all races to live here as he promised.

Moreover, the city's planning and management are quite good, and under this management there are no sharp conflicts between races.

Although the building has not been rebuilt, the functional division has become more reasonable.

There was a blacksmith shop, a trading area, a library, and a chapel for worship.

Although Stonewell cannot be said to be strong in terms of military strength at present, except for the Storm Knights, the other soldiers who can serve as the facade are not strong and there are not many of them.

However, the future potential of the Faders is very great, as long as we can continue to recruit them.

Back in the inner castle, Iji pulled his trailer and followed the Storm Knight to the square in front of the White Consciousness Throne.

The Storm Knight who was leading the way immediately communicated with the Storm Knight who was waiting beside the throne and handed over the work.

The Storm Knight under the throne asked them to wait here for a while, and then went to find Bai Shi who was learning magic.

Iggy simply took this opportunity to remove the cloth from the car so that Bai Shi could see the items at a glance.

Soon, Bai Shi said goodbye to Teacher Tops and rushed over from the classroom.

The first thing you see is the huge body of the blacksmith Iggy, and the second thing you see is the various items piled on the cart.

Bai Shi walked up to Iggy and looked up at the mirrored helmet he was wearing.

"I guess you are the blacksmith Iggy that Lani introduced."

"Yes, I am."

Iggy began to praise Baishi.

"I just took a walk around the city of Stoneville and found that the city's management is quite reasonable."

"Although I have heard about your excellence from Lani a long time ago, seeing is believing. When I met you in person, I found that you are even better than the rumors."

Bai Shi laughed twice and waved his hand.

"No need to say too much polite words, please introduce me to the things you brought."

"Okay, the things behind these are what Lani agreed upon with you earlier."

"You need to study carefully what exactly it is."

Iggy first took out a list, which was the one that Lani had shown Bai Shi before, and it was a catalog of items.

Then Iggy took out a thick stack of parchment from the car and handed it to Bai Shi. It contained records of magic and prayers.

Bai Shi checked the list given by Lani one by one.

There are many types of prayers, in addition to the prayer to the golden tree, there are also things like lighting fire.

Probably it was collected from various places by Lani's forces.

There are quite a lot of magics, including the pyroxene magic of the Magic Academy and the magic of the Kalia royal family.

Including the Kalia Circle, Kalia Greatsword and the like, there are quite a few in number and variety.

The magic and prayers here are all copied copies, so I don’t feel bad about taking them out.

In addition, there are some weapons and equipment, such as the Kaliahui sword staff and the Kaliahui stone staff. Bai Shi can use one to learn magic.

There are also some weapons with special war gray attached, such as a spear with an ice spear attached.

The Ice Spear combat skill is used by warriors serving Lani, and it is quite effective.

Bai Shi was very satisfied with these items.

Although he couldn't use all of them, leaving them there would expand his magic reserves and fill up Stonewell's warehouse.

Bai Shi looked at the huge forging table and furnace again.

"I received the items and it's a pleasure to cooperate with you."

"I can't wait to see my gear now."

"I don't know when you can build it. Do you need to rest first?"

"The equipment I want to forge is huge. I'm afraid it will be a huge project."

Iggy shook his head to indicate that he didn't need to rest.

“I can start anytime, I don’t have to rest.”

"I've rested enough every day. Forging equipment is one of my few pleasures."

"Please give me the blueprints needed to forge the equipment. Let me see what kind of armor it is so I can build it."

Bai Shi took out the blueprint of the equipment and handed it to Iggy.

Iggy reached out to take it, put the drawing in front of him and looked at it carefully, nodding from time to time.

Bai Shi was very curious about how Iggy could observe the outside world from the inside while wearing the mirrored helmet that covered his entire face.

"I already understand the design. All I have to do now is measure your body dimensions before I can start forging."

"Oh, by the way, before you build it, let me ask you if there is any technology that can make the equipment grow with your body size."

Bai Shi originally just asked casually, but he didn't expect Iggy to nod after thinking for a while.

"This technology does exist at the border."

"It was used in the equipment of grave-guarding warriors before. It can turn bronze snake heads into living creatures."

"Using this technology, we can turn the equipment into a living thing that changes with the size of its owner."

"It's just that few people understand it, and with the abolition of the Colosseum, it is rarely used anymore."

"If you hadn't mentioned this, I would have almost forgotten about this unpopular technique."

Bai Shi was overjoyed. He didn't expect Iggy to have such a skill.

This is really rare. It seems that I found the right person to forge the equipment this time.

It has been a long time since Iggy had used such excellent materials to forge equipment, and he felt a little itchy.

He immediately moved the forging table and furnace from the car and planned to start forging in the square.

(End of this chapter)