I, Lord of the End

2022-02-12

Chapter 40, Are gnolls also dragons?

The religious warrior stopped in front of Sid and the others. Behind him were three rows of patrols. There seemed to be more than 50 people, but most of them were beginner soldiers dressed in leather. Armor or scale armor, holding a shield long spear waist saber, and a small number of crossbowmen.

There are also a few Cornerstone Rank soldiers. These soldiers are completely full-time soldiers, and they are also the elite of them. They wear full-body mail or cotton armor, and iron helmets and iron shields. Except for the long halberd There are also hard crossbows, sabers, and even some people with two-handed swords.

Yes, even light infantry in this world have at least enhanced leather armor or scale armor, each of which is light infantry with heavy armor, plus professional skills and extraordinary abilities, Sid believes that even if it is a face It can fight against many modern armies in the previous life, provided that there are no heavy weapons.

The soldiers looked bad, and some of them were wounded, obviously participating in the battle.

Sid looked at this group of people. He was temporarily not sure whether the other party was an enemy or a passerby, but not a friend anyway.

As mentioned earlier, the Holy Empire’s central army is very strong, and it is precisely because the central army is strong that the local army is almost rotten. A small number of elite troops are often firmly controlled by the local nobles and will not let go. It’s a bunch of junk fish.

Anyway, Central Dynasty won’t let it go!

Sid’s evaluation of the local army of the wolf is that it is not as strong as the gnoll…

“You have no right to requisition two Nobilis, this gentleman.” Not wanting to cause trouble, Sid took off his hood, showing off his gray hair and local accent: “We were just passing by.”

“It turned out to be the two of you!” The religious warrior still blocked the road, he stretched out his hand: “Ulrich, the Temple Guard of the Church of Heaven, it is an honor to meet you.”

Temple Guard, the backbone of the Church of Heaven, requires a powerful heavy-armoured infantry that makes a sacred oath to the Lord of Heaven. It is very good at fighting charges and large enemies. Most of them are concentrated in big cities, and many small towns don’t even see a Guard.

Sid did not extend his hand, nor did Istvan, the religious warrior had no choice but to withdraw his hand: “We need your help, please help us.”

“We have no obligation Help you, we’re just passing by.” Sid really didn’t want to get involved with religious forces.

Not to mention anything else, he now has two things hanging around his waist, one is the Holy Grail of Sinful Nightmare, and the other is “Chaos Selection”.

Anything was enough to put him at the stake.

“Are you two going to Wolfsburg? Sorry, the road is blocked.” The Temple Guard pointed to the road behind him: “The road is occupied by monsters, two gentlemen, we need your help, Of course, you can also choose not to help us to wait in place, because your accent is a local, you must be very aware of the speed of reinforcements of the wolf nobles.”

Sid’s face turned dark, and he was very angry with the nobles of the wolf duchy. He has a deep understanding of the administrative efficiency.

“How did the church do this?” Sid tried to get more information: “What monster?”

The Temple Guard gave Sid one more look.

The Church in Heaven doesn’t like this kind of intellectual curiosity.

The ignorant is loyal and pious, and the thinking is rebellious.

But for the sake of Sid’s appearance, he still said a few more words: “It’s a gnoll, a tribe of gnolls blocked the road ahead, we tried to drive them away, but there were too many people on the other side. There are a lot of people, and there is a gnoll watchman among them, which is difficult to deal with.”

Sid: “…”

What did he just say?

“A gnoll watchman has beaten you evil werewolves like this. How many people are there? One hundred? Two hundred?” They are all killed.

“There are more than fifty enemies, including a particularly formidable gnoll watchman who occupies the road and refuses anyone to pass.” Templar Guard Ulrich to Istvan The sarcasm was dissatisfied, but he still suppressed his anger: “I can’t deal with him alone, I need your help, if I guess right, you two are third rank professionals, right? You need us, we Need you too, fair enough, and you’ll get what you deserve.”

Sid understands what the Temple Guards mean, either they don’t help try to wait in place or take unsafe routes, or they Choose to help eliminate or drive away the gnolls, and the Temple Guard promises to pay a commission.

“Well, it seems we have no other choice.” Sid initially agreed to the cooperation plan.

“That’s all it takes.” Istvan had to agree.

The atmosphere was relaxed, and the soldiers put down their weapons and camped on the side of the road.

Sid and Istvan can each get 10 gold ecubit commissions and can also share spills of war, the church is so rich and imposing.

Yes, Istvan is naturally a Paragon Rank professional.

His profession is the famous hidden profession – Overseer.

It’s a pity that this guy doesn’t train very seriously to sharpen his combat skills, and he just wants to enjoy the lack of actual combat training, so the actual battle strength is very poor, even not as good as some veteran Cornerstone Rank mercenaries.

What happened after all, and now Istvan finally realized that strength is everything, and began to work hard to temper himself not to escape the battle.

It’s a little late, but fortunately it’s not too late, Nobili’s lifespan is longer after all.

Sid found a place far away from the Paladins and sat down, moved towards the Temple Guard and shouted: “So why are you in charge? It shouldn’t be the lord’s business that the road is blocked. Are the soldiers responsible?”

“The recent evisceration incident caused almost all towns to be under martial law, there were no extra troops, and many citizens responded that the roads were blocked, so I came out with some patrols and Paladin, I thought it was very It’s easy to solve, didn’t expect to encounter a strong enemy.” Ulrich explained: “It’s strange, how did the gnolls leave the depths of the Black Forest and camp on the side of the road?”

“Two One possibility is that they encountered a very strong enemy and had to leave the forest, and the other is that they were the losers in the civil war and could only abandon their territory and move out, temporarily stationed near the road.” Sid said solemnly: “Press From your description, it is most likely first, we must hurry.”

“Why?” An older soldier expressed dissatisfaction with Sid’s decision.

“Do you know what a gnoll watchman is?” said Sid lightly.

“What else could it be, the leader of the gnolls.” The young soldier didn’t care: “I know two powerful spells and can fight, that’s why I need your help.”

“Then do you know why the gnoll watchman can do magic?” Sid continued to ask, tilting his head.

The soldiers couldn’t tell the reason, they could only look at the beautiful white-haired boy with a curious expression.

“TMD, how did the local army become like this?” Before Sid spoke, Istvan had already started scolding. These soldiers obviously lacked actual combat experience, and even fought in public security battles. Not much, otherwise, how could you not know about the kobolds, gnolls, and goblin orcs who are regulars in the security war?

The four wild monsters: kobold, gnoll, orc, and werewolf, right?

Hey, there seems to be nothing wrong?

From Istvan’s mouth, the werewolf knew the reason.

In addition to pure-bred orcs, the overwhelming majority of wild monsters in this world such as harpy Banshee, centaur, kobold, gnoll, etc., are all descendants of dragons.

Yes, you read that right, they are all descendants of dragons.

There is no reproductive isolation in this thing.

This is probably an important reason why so many protagonists of online novels like to travel through giant dragons?

Therefore, the so-called “bloodline throwback” like Sid occasionally appears among these wild monsters. The bloodline and memory of the dragon will be retroactive in these wild monsters, so the centaur warlock, kobold Warlock, gnoll warlock, these guys should all have a unified title – dragonborn warlock, at this time they know how to cast spells.

Warlock is good, no need to understand the principle, no need to understand the construction, no need to communicate with the magical energy, as long as the power of the bloodline is activated, and the spell can be cast according to the memory.

A gnoll warlock may never learn the simplest light spell, but that doesn’t stop them from unleashing a powerful Fireball Technique following the spellcasting process emerging in the bloodline.

The soldiers were half-understood, and the middle-aged soldier even asked: “According to Your Excellency, this kobold and gnoll also belong to the Nobili Sivis class? Isn’t that the same as us humans? “

“It’s so good, I’m born to know how to cast spells.” Some people complained: “If you can be a sorcerer, who will be a soldier?”

“Shut up!” St. Temple Guard Ulrich shouted angrily, his sharp voice stinging Sid’s eardrums: “How can these lowly bastards be compared with us humans? Who allows you to envy them? Are they worthy?”

Everyone was silent.

“Take the time to rest, we’ll be ready to go right away!” The Temple Guard glared at Istvan, who made the explanation.

I know you are a high class, but I didn’t let you say so in detail!

The fool is loyal and pious! Thinking is rebellious!

Sid frowned. The place where he frowned was not the problem of the Temple Guard Ulrich, but the lack of knowledge and the serious lack of actual combat experience of these ordinary soldiers.

“What is your extraordinary expertise?” Sid’s inner weight continued to decrease, and he asked Ulrich.

“You want to lead us?” Ulrich’s blue eyes staring at the unknown nobleman: “I don’t even know your name.”

All eyes were instantly focused on Sid.

Yes, we don’t even know the guy’s name,

“My name is Connor, Connor Kent, and my occupation is assassin Master.” ‘s smile: “It’s very simple, if you want to end the battle as soon as possible, then everyone must follow my arrangements, otherwise…”

Ulrich felt a dark shadow before he could question it. From far to near, the Temple Guard was terrified and immediately launched his extraordinary expertise – Starfire Weapon, and a pair of hands, Warhammer, burning platinum holy fire from Paradise Mountain, appeared in his hands.

This idiot! Sid cursed inwardly. He knows a lot about the extraordinary feats of clerics. Starfire weapons are from the heavenly mountains of Jupiter, the lord of heaven. A divine might weapon sends a heavy blow to the enemy. It can only be used one day before it is upgraded. twice!

Templar Guard Ulrich just used this trick directly?

Stupid!

Sid’s mind turned so fast that he didn’t have time to scold. Facing the roaring dive might weapon, he immediately bent down and let his body sink quickly to distance himself.

The Warhammer slammed into the air with both hands, and the air was so hot that even the surrounding air became hot, Ulrich didn’t realize what he had done was just relying on muscle memory to act, seeing that he actually When he shot Nobili, even he had a horrified expression: “Be careful!”

Swipe left and flashed the flaming hammer, Sid’s heart was burning with anger, and he straightened his body when he twisted his waist. , the Swift Sword unsheathed, held the hilt in his right hand, and then leaned forward, the sword grid fell from the air and hit the right side of the Guard’s helmet.

The blow of “Boom~” caused the body to lose its center of gravity as Warhammer attacked the outstretched Temple Guard, and also brought a strong sense of dizziness. One staggered and fell out of balance. .

The swift sword pressed the blade down on the handle of Warhammer’s hammer to prevent him from raising Warhammer again, his left elbow slammed into the opponent’s chest, and the short sword in Sid’s hand was already on Ulrich’s neck. .

Everything was done in a flash, and before everyone could see what was going on, it was over.

Shooting the Templar Guard with one kick, Sid stomps the platinum-flaming Warhammer under his feet until the dive might weapon disappears.

“Your Excellency!” Seeing himself being brought down twice, the sanctuary Guard’s shame at first turned into a fly into a rage out of humiliation: “Is this necessary? You almost killed me!”

“How long has it been since you fought?” Sid put away his swift sword, his face full of contempt.

There are many high-ranking members of the church army, but the actual battle strength cannot be complimented, because most of the branch of sect troops have limited actual combat experience, and the battle strength is even more serious (God Divine Force water injection), battle strength Half of it needs to be reduced by half.

Except for the Tribunal, that group of people is really “I can hit ten”.

The Temple Guard’s face was ugly, and his body still hurt: “God gave us everything, not to immerse us in killing, if power is only used for fighting, then what is the difference between humans and wild beasts? “

“If you don’t even know how to fight, then human beings should be fooling around in the forest like kobolds and gnolls now!” Sid coldly said: “Don’t you want to go back to the dragon divide throne?” The days of being a slave?”

The Templar Guard dare not accept this. In Holy Empire, anti-dragon gods, devils, and false worship are absolutely politically correct, among which anti-dragon gods allow the whole people to discuss Yes, in the grand narrative system of Holy Empire, the anti-dragon god can even be said to be the foundation of life.

After finishing speaking, Sid no longer paid attention to the Templar Guard, and moved towards the soldiers directly over him to give orders:

“I’ll deal with the gnoll watchman, you are responsible for attracting the gnoll. Attention, destroy the remaining gnolls to create opportunities for me.”

“Gnolls are most fond of besieging enemies with hammers and axes, skillfully use your shields to cover each other, or you will be defended by them separately! “

“Gnoll’s weapons are good at breaking shields, keep the shield tilted to relieve force, do not have a hard top.”

“Gnoll’s weak points are in the waist and abdomen, do not Attack their faces, attack their stomachs and chests!”

“Some gnolls know the battle skill of acid arrows, and some of their weapons are poisonous, so be careful to dodge to the sides.”

“Using more arrows, the gnoll’s skin is not thick, but pay attention to get closer and fight, we are fighting in the forest.”

“Protecting our own safety first, we will not It’s not that we must destroy all the gnolls, we just need to drive them away, think about your family and friends, they are still waiting for you to complete your mission and go back.”

The soldiers were a little stunned at first, but then The expressions on their faces gradually changed from consternation to respect at Sid’s orders.

This Connor Lord is not only powerful and adventurous, but even willing to consider their lives.

It’s rare, really rare.

In the past, whether it was nobles or members of these religions, which of them didn’t treat their local patrols as consumables?

Except for those Cornerstone Rank soldiers wearing heavy armor, other soldiers have always been just consumables in the eyes of the gentlemen.

This is cruel, but everyone agrees that this is reality, this is a world of swords and magic, and strength is the foundation of everything!

Even the Holy Empire’s rule can be maintained to this day, the most important reason is still the incredible rich God’s Bloodline left by the first Holy Falcon Emperor!

But we are all human beings, we are all human beings rescued by the gods of heaven and the emperor Romani from the oppression of the dragon god, why is fate so unfair to us?

It was rare for the soldiers to see a great aristocrat who really cared about their lives, so they couldn’t help being moved, and their depressed morale was restored.

“Get started when you’re ready.”

“Let’s get this over with.”

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(end of this chapter)