Invincible Chapter 255

Twilight, day, twilight, night.

One, two, four, eight, unit: hundred.

A group of 1,500 combat members + 300 logistics personnel stands on the ground, under the morning light, to accept inspection.

The people of Croppen Manor stood on the top of the city and on the wall of the village, looking at the solemn team they had never seen in their life with complicated eyes.

They are the witnesses of the birth of this team. They watched the dead Ratman being thrown into the luminous magic circle with mysterious symbols and textures, and then a more ferocious monster with a drastically changed appearance came out.

They witnessed unimaginable smelting and forging methods. All the metals recovered from the Ratmen were smelted, and the wide and deep moat outside the manor wall today was also formed due to the extraction of raw materials.

The magical magic circle re-fused metal and soil into a material that looked like ore, but was stronger than ore.

The final armor is black and white, bright as a mirror, and the white armor with a gem-like surface is worn by Xi Man and Day Man.

The black armor that has been matte and frosted is worn by Hunman and Yeman. The full body armor provides comprehensive protection.

The unified feature of black and white nails is that the shape is different from the mainstream people recognize, revealing the beauty of individuality, elegance, fit and cruelty.

From this armor, you can feel the sturdiness and practicality from the dwarf style, and you can also feel the gorgeousness and exquisiteness from the elf style, but neither is the same, because its beauty is not highlighted by decoration, and it is solid and unreliable. clunky performance.

In fact, the characteristics that people cannot describe are just eight words: ergonomics, mechanical engineering.

When the concepts of these two disciplines are organically integrated into armor design, this kind of style that makes people in this world and this era feel different is born.

The Croppen folks have also seen some other mind-blowing productions.

For example, by cultivating a magical plant called devil vine, plant fibers are obtained, weaving battle robes, flags, and materials called 'leather' made from recycled and broken leather armor.

Another example, combined with the metal and stone skeleton, the devil vines were twisted and twisted, and shaped into two kinds of riding beasts that have never been seen before, the assault beast and the bigfoot.

The Assault Beast is a four-legged heavy unit with a shoulder height of more than two meters and a weight of no more than 4,000 pounds.

Bigfoot runs on two legs like an enlarged rooster,

Flexible and fast.

Another example is the unique armored car. This kind of car has a unique design, thick, six wide wheels, frame structure, suspension of the carriage, and the seal system with similar hydraulic characteristics, so that the carriage is always very stable, and the frame does not shake. No matter how powerful it is, it has little effect on the car.

Many novelties constitute the uniqueness of this team.

And the most unique thing is the existence called "Mako Furnace", which can extract the magic power that is everywhere in this world and makes ordinary people fear and distress with a jaw-dropping efficiency. People can even intuitively see the dense light and mist formed by the magic eight winds around it.

It was originally standing on the ground, but now it has been moved onto armored vehicles, and these armored vehicles equipped with Mako furnaces are not pulled by assault beasts like other armored vehicles, but are pulled by a kind of armored vehicle with crawlers. Feet, iron and stone monsters called tugs pull...

To the people of Croppen, all of this is more exaggerated than legend. After all, although they have heard of legends about giants and golems, they have never seen them in person. The key point is that there is no such thing as a huge team in the legends, which grew from nothing overnight.

This is really miraculous. People think that the source of the miraculous is probably the glowing Mako Furnace, because it is the container of miraculous power.

It has to be said that the people in Croppen instinctively grasped the key point of everything, energy!

The reason why Kane is a second-year patient is to hate God, naturally he has his confidence.

In this kind of high-magic world, he can make those long-lived species who are naturally extremely compatible with magic power, such as elves, understand what is the power of magic technology, and what is the energy throughput efficiency of a scientific high-end magic civilization.

In one night, just one night, the devil vine alone has grown to a total weight of more than a thousand tons. This kind of transformation ability is not comparable to the technology in this world.

The abundant energy even allowed Kane to spare time to help Croppen's people strengthen the manor.

The foundation of the manor has undergone rock plate treatment, and the wall of the manor has completed the transformation of mud into stone. The original earth wall has now become granite, and even the trenches outside have been petrochemically treated (processing silicon base Metal composite materials, raw material acquisition, trench digging by the way). Shooting towers and watchtowers were also built.

Croppen has suddenly become a small and formidable castle.

Now, the battle group with uniform personnel, well-equipped equipment and the best cold weapons is ready to attack.

Such a team might even be inferior to the emperor's guards. If you hadn't seen it yourself, it would be hard to imagine that they were transformed from dead ratmen.

Moreover, this is a fast troop, with 60 carts, 800 Bigfoots, and 200 Assault Beasts, forming the main body of the team. Half of the reconnaissance team has already set off before dawn, and the other half will be distributed around it after the troop set off , Put an end to the kind of oolong incident that is touched under the nose and is still at a loss.

"How about it, do you feel a bit like a commander now?" On the top of the city, Kane talked to Hermione in English with a relaxed expression: "In my opinion, coming to the medieval world is just the romance of war." It's commendable, since the time of shooting in line, the war has developed into all kinds of sneaky and asymmetrical warfare, which is quite boring."

"War maniac." After commenting, Hermione said again: "However, the feeling of flying flags and spears is really good. However, you promised to have the opportunity to visit the mountains and rivers."

At this time, Maria walked over and nodded to Kane.

Kane understood that all engineering magic facilities had been dismantled.

Kane turned to Leoni and said, "Miss Loebowitz, we can leave now."

"it is good."

Leonie turned her head and gave some instructions to the manager of the manor, and the group came down from the city.

Kane and the others got on their respective mounts.

In fact, they can take an armored car. The mount looks romantic, but the comfort and safety are far worse than that of an armored car.

However, as Kane said, in the eyes of modern people, what is commendable in the Middle Ages is the landscape, as well as the atmosphere of knights and princesses, lords and wars that will no longer exist in modern society. This is not taking advantage of the opportunity, how uninteresting is that?

So they changed their clothes and rode their horses.

Their mounts use specially cultivated devil vines. The surface of the vines will generate magical textures by itself, and light will flow through these textures from time to time, which looks very mysterious.

This kind of devil vine does not need an additional skeleton, the vine itself has the hardness not inferior to the steel cable, and at the same time can weave various war beasts according to needs.

Of course, in fact, it still belongs to the construction body, but in terms of material, it belongs to the living body construction system.

Organic and inorganic have their own advantages and disadvantages. For example, the Tomb King family in the Warhammer world prefers to use obsidian as the main material of golems and other constructs, dwarves are accustomed to using stone and metal, wood elves like to use wood, and so on.

Due to the need for transformation, the mounts of the four don't wear armor, only saddles, and none of them wear armor, but the clothes look more like the Romans, not as eye-catching as before.

In fact, they are protected by armor, inner armor like a corset, worn inside. Not long ago, it was strengthened with the magical substance obtained from the dimension stone.

Kane has the habit of picking up garbage with radiation, but he doesn't have the habit of being a miser. As long as he has it, he is willing to use it and let it play its value. He also made cakes for Hermione and the others, and if he could get more magical substances in the future, he would make a suitable magic object ring by himself.

This successfully coaxed Hermione and the others to be happy, and also made them more interested in the upcoming journey. Otherwise, with a woman's temperament, she really doesn't care much about the bloody thing. Even Hermione, who has seen a lot of experience, is just forced, not because she is addicted to this road to the throne of bones.

Iron and blood, war and glory, this is a male romance. Of course, most of the time there are only waves, not romance.

The Loebowitz family naturally has their own carriage, which is very local and also called an armored carriage, which looks small and thin in comparison. But people also have the dignity and reserve of others.

The clothes and weapons of the four guard knights also looked shabby.

In fact, their armed forces are already top-notch in Solland. Wearing a full-body leather armor inside and a half-body iron armor outside, they use knight swords, shields, and war spears with streamers instead of spears. It is equipped with the same equipment as the Thor Assault Corps, which is known as the strongest armed force in the Sol Territory, and it is even a retired veteran of the Corps.

Sol assault cavalry, the entire province of Sol, there are only two brigades, with a total of more than 300 people.

As for why there are so many soldiers, it is naturally because they cannot afford it. In this era, in Solland, the annual cost of a full-time assault soldier is about the sum of the value that 10 families can create.

Note that it is the sum of the values, not the taxes paid by 10 families. The Empire was no match for Bretonnia beyond the Gray Mountains, where the peasants were hardly human beings.

Bretonnia adopts a tax of 10% for farmers. The specific explanation is: 10% of income, 10% for yourself, and 90% for handing over. As for the territory that can really be implemented according to this system, the peasants have to boast that the lord is kind.

Kane also thought that he had heard it wrong, or that the information was wrong.

Unscientific! 10% of the income from the farmland belongs to oneself, which is definitely not enough to eat! It was later confirmed that this was the case, and he also complained about this, GW, the creator of the Warhammer world:

You british geeks, how much do you have to hate the French to play the spiritual victory method in this way?

But when I think about it, there is another saying in the East called "Anti-Japanese drama, tear devils with hands." ’ And he was relieved.

Pulling back to the empire, the empire is very divine, that is, the Holy Roman Empire on the earth. Similarly, it is neither holy nor an empire (it has not expanded for a long time, and it has been bitten away with two provinces and a dominion), but compared with Rome , the province is self-made, and the emperor is born as an emperor. According to the original historical line, this set will continue to play for hundreds of years.

We all know the characteristics of ancient Rome, military exploits change life, fighting to be a free citizen, veterans are the sharpest. But specifically, different provinces have their own characteristics.

Solland is the southern border of the empire, and the land is actually not bad, but there are beastmen (also known as half-orcs) and Yigobul (crazy and fierce, and some small and strong) in the gray mountains to the west and the black mountains to the south. Goblins) are active, which is why even farms like Croppen have village walls.

In this era of low productivity, even a wall made of rammed earth is expensive, but it is necessary, otherwise there is no basic sense of security, so what about production?

Sol Territory, which is mainly based on agriculture and animal husbandry, has to consume the taxes of about 5,000 farmers just to feed the Sol Assault Corps.

Such a price is undoubtedly a heavy burden, but it is necessary. This fast troop can provide timely support, which is practical and more reassuring.

But where this cavalry is now, it is not easy to say.

"Maybe we can meet in Fort Worcester, after all, the Beastmen have besieged there since yesterday."

This is the information obtained from the family rescued by Hermione. They are the free people of Worcesterburg. They have their own land and houses outside the city. There is a plague in the city, and a large number of beastmen have come outside the city. They fled towards Croppen, only to meet the Ratmen again.

To be honest, Kane lacks interest in fighting the Beastmen. Those guys are typical people who are poor, rotten and hard-boned, and even their bodies have low interest rate due to unstable genetic structure.

He can produce strange goods, but his luck has never been very good, and he may not be able to catch up...