Conquest

    Chapter 133 ["Dog Legs" Tatara]

    The winter is almost over, but the weather has suddenly changed. A sudden snowfall has fallen on the northern border of the Byzantine Empire. The heavy snow lasted for three days. The snow blocked the road and many places pressed. Crossed the bridge. The inability of goods to circulate has caused prices to soar in some areas. During the cold winter season, the soaring prices of food have caused many poor people to increase their pressure.

    But these problems, it seems to be too far away from the aristocrats. A snowfall is coming, aristocrats are busy holding various open-air banquets, riding snow and hunting, enjoying the beautiful snow scene, while those ladies and aristocrats are happy to show off their latest rare and rare. Suede robes.

    Shaar and the caravan of the colleague's Gallon Trading Company were bothered by road congestion, and they were forced to stay in Merika City, the capital of Armenia County.

    Armenia County is very close to the imperial capital Osgiliath. Administratively, it is not under the jurisdiction of the Empire, but a Terma military region. A military district consisting of the county capital of Merika City and the surrounding six small cities and dozens of village towns with a population of more than 500,000. Moreover, geographically, the Armenia military region is closest to the imperial capital Osgiliath, Merika City is also the third largest city in the Empire, and from the strength rankings of the forty-six Terma military regions of the empire, the Armenia military region is also in the top three.

    The Armenia Military District is also the first military district since the establishment of the Imperial Terma Military District system, while the current Armenia Governor Hughes General is a real power figure of the Emperor, and the Armenia Military District fell into the hands of his family more than 70 years ago. After that, I have never let go of it, and have passed down three generations.

    After 70 years of operation, like most of the other military regions in the Empire, Armenia clearly looks more like a country in the country, Governor Hughes General has not only a farm soldier under the imperial Terma of more than 50,000 on the books, but, more importantly, Has developed a standing army that belongs to the jurisdiction itself, with a force of 20,000 army–. Of course, the Army does not exist on the roster sequence of the imperial military, and still retains the name of "the Peasant army of a military region"-as is the case with most military regions.

    It can be said that if you want to talk about the territory of the empire, then in any military region, which military region is the most worried for the emperor, then the Armenia military region can definitely rank first!

    It is too close to the capital's capital Territory in Osgiliath! !

    The Capital Territory of the Empire is centered on Imperial Capital Osgiliath, plus six Imperial Capital cities and approximately 1,000 square kilometers of land around it. Starting from Merika City, with the speed of the army marching, in all the smooth conditions, it takes only up to three days to become a soldier in Osgiliath! !

    In addition to the Terma military system, these warlords and the imperial central government's position of disagreement with the heart, so that the peace of the emperors in the past?

    The Armenia Military District has a very high-quality iron ore mine that was discovered sixty years ago. As a result, this discovery directly led to the prosperity of the family where Governor Hughes was! ! With land, population, and rich iron ore, the strength of the Armenia Military District has almost doubled! There is even a saying that the infantry of the Armenia Military District, wearing armor is better than the empire's standing Army.

    It produces the best armor weapon equipment of the entire Byzantine! The output is also amazing. Because of this advantage, the Governor family of the Armenia Military Region is considered a core figure in the military empire of the entire empire. Armenia, which is produced by Armenia, is often sold to other military regions and becomes the warlord party. core power.

    The current Governor Hughes, even in the emperor's side is the top ten people in the strength, such a character, naturally will not come to meet Shaar such a small person.

    Despite the arrival of Shaar in Merika City on the second day, the Hughes family has been under the three generations of Merika City, and the pervasive monitoring network has discovered the arrival of the most popular people in the empire. When entering the city, the access documents presented by Shaar exposed their identity.

    However, after the news was reported to the Governor's Office, Hughes Governor did not want to know the "Hero of Empire". Only then, the secret agents in Governor's House in Merika City got the order: Don't provoke the guy and let him go through the border.

    It is a pity that Shaar and others lived in Merika City for a few days because of the snowy road closure.

    The snowy scenery on the outskirts made the aristocrats rush, but the city was just another scene.

    After the snow on the road was trampled by the carriage horse, it turned into a black muddy, which looked dirty. The snow melted and turned into a mud pit. Occasionally, the horse carriage passed by, and the dirty water splashed by the carriage wheel would Sprinkle on the passers-by.

    The price of food has risen a lot, although Governor Lord has ordered the storage of food, but also ordered the ban on those grain traders hoarding goods, but the price of bread has risen by 40%, the price of meat has doubled–armenia although rich in iron ore, But it is not itself the main grain producing area of the empire, and animal husbandry is not well developed. Some of the food in the military region is usually trafficked from the outside.

    In general, the Governor's family has been successful in the three generations of Merika City, and at least there are not many dead beggars in the city.

    However, because of the snowy road closures, the foreign transiters trapped in Armenia are not just a group of Shaar et al., and many other caravans from the south to the north are trapped here – and that's it. After all, people who go out to do business are often fairly safe.

    This time, in Merika City, there are also a lot of Mercenary and warriors' group teams.

    Because just after the spring, at Imperial Capital Osgiliath, it will usher in an annual competition. In the entire Byzantine Empire, as long as you are a Byzantine empire and have a formal samurai title, you can sign up for this. A grand event.

    This is an ancient tradition of the Byzantine Empire for thousands of years, the legend at the beginning of the Empire, the holding of such a grand event, just to promote the imperial wind, the earliest competitive grand event, just let the samurai sign up for the battle, and finally there will be a group of outstanding winners, Can be received by His Majesty the Emperor himself and by the means of some honorary badges, as well as a generous reward, and even the example of a court samurai hired by the imperial Palace for attending such an event, famous.

    After a thousand years of history in the Empire, the tradition of this event has been preserved, but the pattern has been refurbished a hundred times.

    In the arena, the original test of the samurai at the beginning of the creation was preserved, and at the same time, group combat was developed. The two sides of the game were no longer individual warriors, but allowed groups to participate! In the arena, under the eyes of tens of thousands of spectators, tens of thousands of people cheered and shouted, the two groups confronted each other, the warriors of various professions appeared, melee warriors, swordsmen, axemen, and even bow and arrow hands. ,assassin……Wait, etc., such a test is no longer a mere individual valor, but also must test the team's cooperation and collective combat skills.

    Often a test, the losing party will be seriously injured or even killed on the spot! But the reward of the victorious party is also extremely amazing!

    In addition to the confrontation between people, there is even more confrontation between the bloody and the beast!

    Crazy bull, lion, tiger, leopard, hungry wolf…Later, it even developed, and the captured demon beast was directly put into the arena, and confronted the warriors who signed up for the competition!

    The rules of the game are more and more cruel and bloody! Before the start of the competition, all applicants must sign the contract of life and death, and once they enter the arena, after the start of the game, when the gate of the arena falls, it is the endless situation! Only the winners who survived can ask to let go of the gate and end the game! !

    In recent years, the bloody level of the game has even reached a horrible level.

    Some convicted prisoners can also be allowed to participate in such a competition, and once they have won enough games, whether you have committed any major crimes, you can get an amnesty signed by the Chief of the Empire! Exempt all your crimes!

    And there are some slaves who will be free if they can become winners in such a grand game!

    Up to now, there have been many professional warriors' group teams in the empire. These teams recruit brave warriors, organize in the city, and train hard on weekdays. Every spring, they will come to Imperial Capital to participate in such competitions. Once you win, it is both fame and fortune, and once it fails…It was just a corpse on the arena, which was dragged down by the soldiers.

    There are also some slave traders who sell some powerful slaves from various places, hire warriors to train, and then sign up for the competition. Once they win, the slave traders can get a bonus, and the slaves can get free.

    At the same time, the mining industry triggered by this ancient competition has also become a source of sin…

    At this time is less than one months away from the annual Osgiliath Athletic, many of the Transit Warriors ' group team is trapped in Merika city because of the heavy snow, these weekdays are very tough samurai live in the city's various hotels, fed, Watching the snow seal the road, the day of the race but the day comes, can not vent the heart of agitation, naturally will not be able to be aggressive.

    There are also some well-known warriors' group bodies that have participated in the competition all the year round. In previous years, they formed a life-and-death hatred in the competition. The thicker and thicker they are, the more they meet here, the more the enemy meets.

    There are still some people who have no hatred, but I have heard about the reputation of the other team's warriors' group team. It is also inevitable that some people are savvy, taking the opportunity to get rid of the potential competitors…

    Therefore, in the past few days, the security situation in Merika City has been almost chaotic. The soldiers in the patrol city are busy going back and forth all day, fighting and fighting, and even looking for vendettas.

    Although the patrolling soldiers have tried their best to suppress them, the warriors' group team and the mercenary group on these blades are living by life. In the face of these soldiers, the shock is too small, even a few. The extraordinarily warriors' group also beaten the soldiers who maintained the order and then left the Merika City in a mess.

    Anyway, the ice and snow in the suburbs, the chasing soldiers in the city will not catch up too fierce, just find a small village to hide, and wait for the weather to improve and then leave.

    Shaar and Guro The men had been living in this hotel in the city for two days, and in the evening they were dining and drinking in the hall downstairs of the hotel before they could eat for a moment, and they heard a scolding roar next to them, and then the sound of a broken table bowl, Sitting in the distance, the two men, apparently samurai, yelled at each other a few words across the table, and soon, with a whoop, he stood up, grabbed the sword weapon and pounced on it.

    "Oh, the third time today."Shaar sighed. He took the bottle and poured it in two. He sat there and watched it.

    The owner and the buddy in the hotel had already been scared to the counter. The boss was kneeling under the table, his face was fluffy, he heard the smashing sound of the table and chair, and the sound of the dish smashed, but also the meat. It hurts, but I can only pray in the heart behind the counter.

    Atlantean has already quickly gathered together, and Guro and others are surrounded by the middle. This scene has not been known for many times in a few days. The people are not panicking, but they are far away from watching.

    The first time I encountered this kind of scene a few days ago, Shaar was very curious to watch, but after three days of reading, there was no initial interest, but there was another reason to attract him to watch the battle:

    These warriors' group teams are really "hidden dragons", and there are quite a few martial skills that are powerful and unique!

    Shaar knows his own skills very well. The biggest skill of his own is Crimson Rage Ki and Dragon Thorn. Crimson Rage Ki can also be used as a regular combat power. It can be used once by Dragon Thorn, that is, basically one time, not killing each other. I will be finished.

    As for the tricks, the only thing he will have is a set of "Thousand Armies Decimation" passed down by the old man! This martial skill is naturally very powerful, but Dora in the pendant tells Shaar that this set of Thousand Armies Decimation is powerful, but it is obviously a group battle skill! In other words, this set of martial skills is very suitable for group killing on the battlefield. However, if it is a one-on-one contest, it is enough to encounter ordinary enemies, but when encountering some strong enemies, this martial skill of group battles will inevitably be insufficient.

    In Thousand Armies Decimation, the most moves are group killing techniques, that is, wielding out, attacking the area covered by a combo, but in the case of one-on-one, such moves are in speed, attack and defense. There is no shortage of small.

    Shaar didn't care, but Dora's words made Shaar convinced.

    "If you have learned a great martial skill, then meet Hasting again, you can at least support a few rounds under his hand! Otherwise, with your current ability, even if you have Crimson Rage Ki, you can only be killed by him. Even if you show Dragon Thorn, it will only hurt him. You must die. ”

    Martial skill ……Where did you learn?

    Before encountering the enemy, relying on the physical strength of Shaar, relying on the body's instinctive agility reaction, strength, speed to compete, encountering ordinary enemies, he naturally prevailed – for this, Dora's evaluation is very mean: "You are simply not talking about routines, and bullying is small." Really encounter expert, people have spotted your weaknesses, a sword can let you lie down! ”

    The martial skill can be justified, there is no place to learn…Although Dora seems to be very knowledgeable, she knows that there are many, but she is a dragon after all, human martial skill, she will not.

    As for other people who know, Sabar and other friends, martial skill is not as good as Shaar! And what awesome people…Hasting counts one, but Hasting may run to accept himself as an apprentice?

    General Adrick's martial skill should be quite impressive, but it may not be feasible to teach him to teach himself. After all, people must take troops to fight. Looking at these warriors' group at the moment, Shaar suddenly gave birth to a bit of stealing.

    I have seen a lot of Mercenary fights in Wildfire Town, but most of the Mercenarys are also wilderness! In front of these warriors' group, they are all serious warriors! I have been training martial skills for many years, and then the biggest goal is to participate! Most of these people are martial skills, and after a few days of watching, there are quite a few experts!

    If you don't talk about actual combat, if you simply look at the skills, I am afraid that you will pull out one of them, and you are much better than yourself.

    At this moment, the two groups of people were together. Suddenly they heard a roar. I saw a warrior wearing a black leather armor jumping up, turning his hand and shooting a sword light. The enemy in front of him suddenly licked his throat. The blood in the gap between the fingers fell.

    This black Armor Warrior's sword edge shines Battle Ki's light, obviously has reached the level of mid Rank Samurai, and sword skills appear to be fierce and insidious, sword shadow, wrist as long as a gentle shake, you can shake out a group of swords, so that people can't see the truth and falsehood, each sword stabbed out, Always can certified the enemy's key and weak place, the tip of the sword can always be stabbed in the gap between each other's armor, less than a moment, he fell in front of five or six opponents.

    Such a clever sword technique made Shaar feel fascinated. He couldn't help but pick up a fork in front of him, but it was obvious that the virtual and real ability to shake the sword shadow requires wrist skills. Time can learn from it, just staring at the man with his eyes wide open.

    Seeing that an enemy holding an axe fell down, the black warrior used a sword edge to hold the other side's cut. The homeopathic sword edge slid down the side of the axe blade. After a bloody light, it became cut. The other three fingers! Then a sword went up and stabbed the man with the axe!

    Seeing this, Shaar couldn't help but scream and said, "Okay!!!"

    This shouting is broken. The original black warrior group had already won, and more than a dozen of the opponents had already been beaten. As soon as they heard the applause, the black warrior suddenly turned his head, and his face was full of hostile stares. Shaar.

    Shaar’s sect at the moment is also a bit ugly. Others were killed and killed, but surrounded by a group of Atlantis warriors carrying bow and arrow around Shaar, his grandfather sat there, flat and steady with a bottle in his hand…

    The black warrior snorted heavily and took the sword slowly. The blood on the tip of the sword slowly dripped. He came to Shaar for about seven or eight steps before he stood. At this moment, his companions gathered around. They are glaring at Shaar, and some are gearing up, and they are prepared to continue to play without saying a word.

    "This lord, it seems to be a warrior."The black armor sneer, his eyes sweeping over Atlantean: "I just didn't hear that this year's game allowed the warriors from other countries to participate? Which warriors' group you are, it looks like it is very raw. ”

    Shaar put down the bottle in his hand and sighed and smiled: "I watched it for three days, and today I played the most exciting!" Your sword skills are really amazing! ”

    The black warrior’s face sank and shouted with anger: “Wonderful? It turns out that we are playing dead and living. In your eyes, is it a play? ! ”

    Shaar grabbed his head: "This…I have a good meal, you have to fight yourself, can I still see if I am next to it? Can you not let a fight, let Father blind his eyes? It’s not a woman’s bare butt, what’s wrong with it? ”

    When he said this, the other party suddenly spoke, but the hillbilly words were rude, but they made people unable to answer: It’s a big court, you have to fight yourself, don’t you let others see it?

    The black warrior is obviously not a person who is good at words. He simply has a sham in his hand and is cold and cold: "My name is Alfred Carter, and the Captain of Wolf Fang Warriors' Group! Seeing you is also a warrior. I want to come to Imperial Capital to participate in the contest. If you haven't heard my name, then I don't mind making you feel a good impression today! Report your name, Samurai! Let me teach you whether there is a matching skill under your arrogant face! ”

    Shaar hasn't talked yet, and Tatara has jumped up – it's time to be loyal, how can Tatara let go of this opportunity? And although the other party is fierce, but Mage is clear about the skills of his master! There is no fear, no fox, no danger, this moment, as a competent dogleg, it is a godsend!

    "Keep your dog's eyes!"Mage took the film, but shrank at Shaar's side and dared to go forward, pointing to the black warrior Alfred Carter and shouting: "How can our Lord be the same as you!" Joke Our Lord is an army fierce. Where are your warriors' group eligible to challenge? Hmmm Challenge our home Lord? I see that you are impatient! You know who our Lord is! Do you think that there will be no one in the hands of the battle ki? How is your sword than Odin Hasting! Hey, Hasting is seriously injured in front of our Lord! Are you better than Hasting? Dare to challenge our home Lord! ! ”