Chapter 251 The Crying Delong County (5K)
Amid the rolling dust and smoke, the huge team gradually headed north and arrived at the "Delong County" mentioned by Robert today.
As they continued to go deeper, the earth began to turn red. The deformed withered grass and trees in the fields on both sides of the road were twisted by strange thorns, looking like barbs rising from the ground. If you accidentally step on the wrong place and get your feet pierced, you are likely to be infected with the plague.
George looked at the land and finally understood why Robert told him that this place was not suitable for cavalry combat.
This land has been burned by fire several times, and there are still many burnt marks on the ground, and the thorns on the main road are generally less.
Thanks to the work done by the lords before, the journey was relatively smooth. However, not many people have walked this road before. So these days, the thorns have spread to the dirt road again.
Looking at the teams going to light the fire, George knew that when the fire burned out, they could pass through here and reach the "big farm".
Retracting his gaze, George looked at Tanya beside him, scratched his head, and couldn't help asking: "Where was I just talking about?"
"I just finished talking about your fraud plan." Tanya stroked the horse's mane twice and came back to her senses slightly.
"Yeah! How can political things be called fraud?" Looking at Tanya's fierce stare, George coughed and said: "In short, our initial strategy has not changed in essence, right?"
In terms of strategy, such an arrangement is indeed the most appropriate. But the subsequent battle situation is unpredictable, and George doesn't know whether he will be unhappy and look at those arrogant demons and lead people to rush hard once.
After listening to George's words, Tanya was slightly stunned. She connected all the conversations that George had told her about with her brother. Suddenly, everything was understood.
She turned her beautiful chin and took a deep look at this shameless liar - what this guy said to his brother was all a lie!
The so-called leading leading is a fart!
This guy only planned to make a feint at the front line, and then run away with the money!
No wonder this guy didn't say it clearly in the past two weeks, and only confessed it when everything became a foregone conclusion. It turned out that he wanted to join me to deceive my brother, and he was afraid that I would have a psychological burden and accidentally not perform well
I really thought that George was going to lead everyone to win a big victory on the front line, so excitedly swore to everyone, dragging those nobles into the water
But in this matter, she had to stand on George's side
She swore from the bottom of her heart that she would never listen to this big liar who never told the truth in the future, otherwise she would be sold out like her brother, and help count the money!
However, it seems that I have been sold out.
"Also, you don't have to worry about the supplies you just mentioned. The integration of so many supplies and personnel will take a huge amount of time - this is just right. And if the time nodes of these supplies are controlled by our people, then as long as we grasp the first-hand information and the time nodes at the front line, then this so-called "pulling supplies and exchanging for ore" will be a one-way trip."
George continued: "Of course, the first few batches of supplies still need to show them the sweetness - the blacksmith workshop in the shelter has no time to operate, but the blacksmiths in Fallen Leaf City will help us turn the ore into finished equipment! And the nobles will flock to them after receiving the benefits, which will also help Martin communicate with the dignitaries who control the large cargo ships in Landry's hands, so that those greedy nobles can hand over the right to use the large cargo ships to Martin."
Tanya listened gradually, and she found that George and Martin's serial fraud plan was not as simple as stealing the beams and replacing the pillars, but stealing the sky and replacing the day - they want to empty the entire city in the end! !
"George, I'm always worried about some accidents," Tanya said hesitantly. Although he believed in the ability of George and Martin, the two scammers, the plan was too large and many accidents were inevitable.
"Accidents are inevitable, Tanya - in fact, I didn't think this plan would go perfectly. But the most important significance of this plan is to keep Luoye City running at full speed - when the front-line battle situation collapses, it will cause a big panic. And when the great escape began, Luoye City, the rear of the Blue Water Castle, had actually prepared everything unknowingly! It doesn't matter if people flee everywhere, they all come to the shelter, and we can't digest it - as long as the most important supplies can be loaded on Martin's big ship, we will achieve our goal."
As George spoke, he looked at the Black Lake Knights surrounding here not far away. It seems that a team has come to the area where the Black Pearl troops are located in the west. After talking with the leader, the knights are leading him here.
Looking at the golden armor on the man and the griffin head on his chest, George closed his mouth, turned around, and gave Tanya a look.
Tanya had seen this look every day since the banquet. So she was very familiar with it.
Without thinking too much, she knew who was coming again, and couldn't help but glared at this big liar.
Knowing that he was being sold, he still took the initiative to help this human trafficker sell himself
Tanya didn't know what she should feel in her heart, but looking at Robert who was already riding a horse, she tried to make an ugly smile.
George coughed, and finally calmed down after seeing Tanya's ugly smile become like a flower. So he also smiled and greeted the high priest next to Robert.
'This guy knows how to find people. If he doesn't come, I really have no reason to leave - Robert, thank you for your hard work. I'll give you a place. '
After greeting the high priest Wallace, George left Tanya and walked around in his team with Wallace.
This guy is very keen on chatting with the monks of the 'Rose Cathedral'. Of course, if George is there, he won't find others.
Of course, the more than 500 people here are all smart old soldiers, including those accompanying 'priests' who were specially selected by George. In addition, the valley is closed, and there is a big difference between local monks and foreign monks. And it has been more than ten years since the fog, and many things have happened, so even if they talk, it doesn't matter.
But the two of them have been getting along well for these days, and George is also very interested in this most noble person in the entire Fallen Leaf City. So if he doesn't come, he will often go to find him.
Indeed, only more than 500 people were brought on this trip. The others will meet up with the lords who are leaving the city one after another, and George and others later.
Martin, who is guarding Fallen Leaf City, does need the assistance of the old soldiers - after all, this fraud requires joint efforts.
In addition to supporting Martin in the early stage to establish prestige and handle affairs, these Black Lake soldiers also need the old soldiers to spread the newly adapted stories and dominate the thoughts of the grassroots people.
These jobs require a lot of people, so George only brought 500.
Five hundred people are enough to clear this entire area and deal with the so-called "King of Scavengers". If more people come, there won't be so much to do.
In fact, there is no need for accompanying priests. Although there are no divine patterns on the armor of the Black Lake soldiers, there are "gems" inlaid on their belts. The combination of these ‘divine runes’ covered in the battle robes is called ‘evil invulnerability’. It has no special effects and will not be seen by others. Combined with Anthony’s mithril enchantment, the protection power brought by it is also extremely powerful - a full twenty darkness, fire resistance and purification effect.
Taken together, it can achieve the purification power of the ‘holy fire’.
In addition, the warriors also carry two amulets, one is ‘light’, which solves the problem of vision. The other is ‘robust’ to increase physical strength and life recovery.
The weapon does not use divine patterns, but only two ordinary gems are inlaid on both sides of the handle. But with the holy marks, it is completely enough for the monsters of the black tide.
However, the hymns of the Black Lake soldiers are still led by the monks of the ‘Rose Cathedral’ in the valley, which seems more appropriate. So George arranged these priests.
Of course, if these 500 people completely cleared the north, I am afraid that the matter cannot be explained - the nobles will never believe it, and even if someone believes it, I am afraid they will doubt the true origin of this team.
So when Leighton proposed that Robert lead the troops to assist, George readily agreed.
But he didn't expect that this guy actually brought 10,000 people.
It seems that in the original plan, Robert led a hundred griffin knights and called on this army to clear this place. And the priests who came from various cathedrals also brought their accompanying priests in the team.
The one in front of him is said to have studied for a period of time in the "St. Wilmik Cathedral".
He claimed that he had been the lead singer in the "chanting class" for a period of time when he was a child - this is indeed an extremely heavy resume.
But George, who is often responsible for sorting out copywriting materials, can't remember that the lead singer in a certain period was called "Wallace" (after entering the castle of Fallen Leaf City, he has been changing his face)
However, this guy's current position is genuine - he is a subordinate of Vic White.
And he is indeed quite capable - I'm afraid he is not much inferior to Aunt Hathaway. It's just that he focuses on practicing the introduction to the hymns such as "The Blessing of the Seven Gods", and his understanding of the punishment mantras is ordinary.
Indeed, normal priests are focused on the "holy" direction, and so are Hathaway and other aunts. It's just that most of the priests in the shelter are developing towards the Knights of Dawn. So they are biased towards the punishment mantras.
"I have always heard about the Black Pearl Sergeant led by Lady Elizabeth from Duke Adeline. It is said that Earl Black Pearl is an extremely devout believer, and there is a "God's Grace Fire" hidden in his home. I think only she can lead such a group of devout soldiers." Lord Wallace said with emotion.
Hearing this, George quickly changed the subject: "Sir, I heard that you have been to 'Delong County' several times before?"
"Indeed." Wallace sighed deeply and said, "In fact, we have an unshirkable responsibility for the disaster that happened in 'Delong County'. If we had enough manpower, the plague would never happen here."
Speaking of this, Wallace closed his eyes. He still could hear the desperate crying here when he stood on this land.
George could understand Wallace's feelings-many refugees in the shelter came from this land. And in the most glorious period here, there were hundreds of thousands of people in Delong County.
But when the disaster struck, I don’t know how many people fled here, and how many people couldn’t rest here.
This faction of Vic White all possesses the potion developed by Roosegaarde, although the potion was not completely successful when Roosegaarde left the Holy City. But the great academicians led by the reformists have been conducting research for so many years.
These medicines played a great role in the Bishui City, preventing it from being destroyed by the plague. Although these medicines mainly played a preventive role and could not have much effect on direct infection, after being put into the water source , but it will prevent the plague from spreading.
And these priests are also a major reason why the Kuroshio stopped here. The priests who were dispatched here are all similar to Sister Mary, and are very good at sacred introductions and expelling corruption. And because they are mostly reformists, these people who belong to the Wickwhite faction have quelled many plagues in the south, and they are very outstanding in terms of experience and ability.
So what Wallace said was not a boast - the disaster in Delong County could have been avoided.
But as Wallace said, no matter how powerful the priesthood is, its capabilities are limited. Therefore, many areas such as 'Delong County' that are not related to the entire 'Iron Wall Strategy' were eventually abandoned.
This is an extremely painful decision for those true believers of the Seven Gods.
"Now, several large and small estates around here have been cleared by the lords. But this farm and the cemetery behind it are a little special. I originally thought that the source of the plague here had been eliminated, but I didn't expect that it would There is a 'Scavenger King' haunting here."
Strictly speaking, scavengers are indeed a species of demons, but their strength is very low, not as good as blasphemers. But their terrifying appearance always makes people associate them with those real demons - after all, these things can only be considered reasonable in imagination if they crawl out of that hell.
Priests can still distinguish between demons and demon species. With the word 'king' added, it must have reached the demon level. But these priests seemed to have the same idea as the lords, and they all believed that a demon of this level was the leader.
Wallace continued: "You know, there are too many teams of lords, and they do their own thing even when there is no call for orders. So we have never been clear before, how many teams have actually been here - but those thousands Most of them did not go back until His Highness Robert bumped into 'Baron Charlie' and several of his knights on the way back from Chishan, and he learned from the survivors that there was something big here."
As Wallace told, Robert and Tanya had slowly walked over. Looking at Tanya's extremely unnatural look, George understood what was going on in this guy's heart - this girl was so down-to-earth, and she would show it on her face when she had something on her mind. Thanks to her, we can no longer pretend to be in front of Robert.
Sure enough, Robert was attracted by the priest's narration and interjected: "Baron Charlie and others are too deeply poisoned by the corruption. In order to prevent them from becoming the devil in the end and falling into hell. I cannot personally help him free himself in order to prevent them from becoming the devil in the end." I pray that their souls can return to heaven.”
When Robert said this, there was a deep sadness in his eyes. The memory of that scene reminded him of the scene when he personally rescued his comrades.
In fact, if he had met Baron Charlie and others earlier, he would have had a chance to cure them.
But for things like this, Robert really missed too much in his helplessness during the whole dark tide. Occasionally George listened to his stories.
During these days, his contact with Robert was actually no less than that of Wallace - if Wallace himself added a strong note to his resume, then this prince, who is several years younger than him, It's the real deal.
He did spend a few years at St. Wilmick's Cathedral, where he became the chief cantor of the choir. However, after staying at this level for a few months, he rose up several positions like a rocket, and basically understood all the positions in the temple.
Strictly speaking, he and many of the gryphon knights around him are considered Templars. The Griffin Knights, created by the entire Kingdom of Adar, were originally intended to create a team that could rival the Thorn Birds on an equal footing. So when George saw this group of troops for the first time, he was a little surprised, and said he was a bit hesitant - the gryphon knights were armed to a very high level. After taking a large amount of potions refined by palace wizards, their average physical fitness has reached 6.0, which is considered to be a little superman.
This also makes them always feel that I am the best in the world.
"I hope that the five hundred of you can establish your achievements here - don't worry, I won't be late this time." Robert said meaningfully.
After listening to Robert's words, Volpe looked at him deeply