780 The bear-people appear strangely
The news of the expedition soon spread throughout the Holy Land. After that, the morale of the entire Sanctuary was like a rainbow, and the letters applying for the expedition were almost piled up in the offices of the relevant departments. The news reached outside the cathedral, and many civilians, even professionals, came running over to join in the fun, shouting that they would go to war.
Because according to the custom of the French country, every time the lord goes out on an expedition, in addition to recruiting farmers to become ordinary soldiers, he will also recruit an additional group of farmers to be responsible for logistics and transportation, as well as cleaning the battlefield.
Most of the people in the Sanctuary are followers of the Light, and it is their lifelong belief to pay for the Cult of Light. In the past, the Temple of Light didn't have any big enemies to the outside world, and even if there were, it was a very powerful professional, and ordinary people couldn't help.
But in the case of war, the situation is different.
One way or another, a farmer, with a little training, can become a soldier, and moreover, he can become a member of a convoy.
Beta was in the Sanctuary, watching at least 100,000 civilians being armed, and then leaving the Sanctuary in batches within a few days, led by groups of Holy Guards. Behind each army was a group of morale-fanatical farmers, pushing wooden carts and helping to transport food, weapons, and armor.
A few days later, the Sanctuary of at least a million people was suddenly empty, and Beta estimated that at least 300,000 people had left.
Tina was the last of the group to set off, and with her, in addition to Beta and He-Man's squad, there was also a fairly elite Holy Guard. Doro is also in the Holy Guard.
As the future star of the Sanctuary, Tina will be protected even if she goes to battle.
Beta, on the other hand, is also a member of the guards. Normally, a mage is not meant to be guarded, but it is now clear to everyone that Cook Green is not a mere mage.
That's a magician who can learn the 'will of swordsmanship'. The melee combat ability is estimated to be comparable to that of a great swordsman of the same level.
A carriage was in the center, with a hundred holy guards in front and a hundred holy opponents in the back, and Heman's team was guarded by everyone on the left and right of the carriage.
The sun is very poisonous, and even though there are trees sprouting on the side of the road from time to time, after walking for a long time, Seaman feels that his whole body is about to be sunburned.
"Why do we have to guard outside, so that he can stay in the carriage and be alone with the beautiful lady?" Seaman whispered unhappily.
"Because you're not handsome enough."
Bradley was dressed in armor and rode on a horse. If the average person wears armor in this kind of weather, most of them will be fainted by the heat, but the warrior is very physical, and has a strong ability to adapt to both heat and cold. Unless the temperature is really extreme, the average professional will not be afraid of the normal environment of nature.
In contrast, it is very difficult for a mage to feel comfortable in such a hot weather if he does not know how to use ice shields.
Unfortunately, He-Man is an earth-based mage.
Generally speaking, when a magician reaches his level, he will use a few methods to deal with special harsh environments.
But he was too biased, and only learned earth magic. That's a tragedy.
Essentially, this also has to do with the extreme scarcity of magical modeling. The view of the door, the broom is self-cherished.
In the carriage, Tina sat across from Beta, talking happily.
With the people you like, even the most boring journey will become colorful.
Beta and Tina chatted very attentively, after all, Tina was also his friend, and he couldn't always respond without a word.
After a while, he suddenly frowned: "You Light Temple, are you obliged to deal with the bear people?" ”
Well?
Tina's face was black with a question mark.
Now it has been more than a hundred kilometers away from the Holy Domain, and there are no big cities around, only endless green hills. Hoversing high in the air, Joan of Arc spotted a group of black bears looming in the forest about five kilometers to the right of the group, estimated to be about two thousand.
Beta originally thought that only Holevin and the Starfrost Country would be near the Bear Clan, but he didn't expect that they would already have a forward force and moved to the French Country.
"Where the hell did you come from?"
Beta was a little surprised. The terrain of the country of France, although there are also a lot of mountains and forests, almost all of them do not border foreign mountains, and the lords of the border of France are very strong, it is impossible for so many bear people to move in without knowing.
Unless, on purpose, they put the bears in...... This is less likely.
And the other possibility is even more exaggerated.
The bear-people know how to teleport magic arrays on a large scale.
Logically speaking, this is more unlikely than the previous hypothesis, because the orc race, at most, is a shamanic sect, which is a kind of ancestor, totem worship, and does not have a complete theory of magic, they may be able to use individual teleportation, but group teleportation, it is almost impossible to appear in the hands of the bear people.
But for some reason, Beta felt that the probability of the second hypothesis was very high.
Otherwise, there's no way to explain why the Bearren are here.
"Bears?"
Hearing this, Tina was also a little surprised. The average Franconian doesn't know what kind of danger the bears are in, but Tina does.
These bear people hid in the mountains and forests, and at first there were only hundreds, thousands of people. But they are very promising, and as long as there is enough food, they can give birth to an average of one litter a year. 3-6 per litter.
The growth of the bear people is very fast, and humans are about fifteen years old before they are qualified for combat effectiveness. But the bear-people usually only take eight years.
In a sense, the bears are more capable of living than humans. But the survival rate of their cubs is lower than that of humans, but even so, if the bear people are allowed to live in the mountains and forests for decades, the population of hundreds may become tens of thousands.
The only thing that restricts the upper limit of the Bears' combat power is that their average intelligence is very low, they can't make tools, and at most they can make some stone sticks, wooden sticks, or bone sticks.
They can't smelt iron, let alone build iron equipment.
Therefore, even though the bear-people have an extremely high reproductive ability, they are no match for humans.
But if a mountain forest is occupied by the bear-people, then the humans will have to pay a large enough price if they want to get rid of them.
Beta told Tina about the aspect and number of the bears, and Tina immediately stuck her head out of the window and shouted to stop.
In the surprised eyes of everyone, Tina said quite strikingly: "I feel that there is an evil aura in the mountains and forests over there. I'm going to scout over there. ”
"Lady Tina, but will this affect our time to get to the front?" The nominal adjutant of the team asked from the side.
"Rest assured, at our speed, we can get to the front line at least four days early, and it's no problem to waste some here." Tina smiled, "But we can't let the evil breath go. ”
The Holy Warrior is synonymous with piety in the Sanctuary, and Tina said that there is an evil aura over there, and others will naturally have no objections.
With a wave of her hand, she asked the Guardians to camp on the side of the road, and the thieves in He-Man's team, along with a few scouting Guards, set off in the direction Tina was pointing.
About late in the evening, they returned, and their faces were not very good.
"The Black Bear Race, numbering about two thousand, has more than one shaman."
Two thousand is indeed a lot. And the Holy Guard only has more than 200 people, and the mountains and forests are the natural hunting grounds of the bear people, so it stands to reason that they are not the opponents of those bear people.
But Tina said, "At night, the bears have very bad eyesight, much more blind than us humans. I think I can attack in the middle of the night. ”
It's not that Tina is murderous, it's that the bear-people thing, as long as it appears in any mountain forest of the human race and is discovered, it must be exterminated as soon as possible.
Otherwise, when they give birth more and more, and then want to get rid of them, the price to pay will be too great.
Kyle was in Winterwind City, personally leading the army, and it took several months to clear the Bearren near Winterwind City.
As long as anyone knows the dangers of the bear people, they will not sit idly by and watch the bear people live in the mountains and forests.
It's just that Tina's revelation made the other Holy Guards a little helpless.
It is true that the bear people have poor eyesight at night, but they humans are not much better, and two hundred against two thousand, is it too exaggerated?
However, the next words made the entire Holy Guard so shocked that their jaws were about to drop.
"You divide into three squads and seal here, here, and here." Tina pointed to the terrain on the map: "When the bears are defeated and flee, try to intercept them, and don't let any of them go." ”
"Wait, Miss Tina." The adjutant sitting next to him was anxious: "Are you planning to deal with two thousand bear people by yourself?" ”
"I'm not alone, and Cook." Tina smiled, looking at Beta's gaze full of trust.
"I'm against it." The adjutant stood up: "I have to be responsible for your safety. ”
"The objection is invalid." Tina looked at the adjutant lightly: "I order you, as the supreme commander of the team, to act according to the plan I have made, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law." ”
The adjutant gritted his teeth and sat down hatefully. He then turned his gaze to Beta, as if to ask Beta to persuade Tina as well.
Beta shook her head at him.
The adjutant was immediately a little anxious.
Tina stood up: "Alright, that's it, everyone eat something and get ready for the upcoming battle." Cook, you act with me. ”
"Wait, what about us." Seaman jumped.
Tina shook her head, "Act with them." ”
Then Tina took her broadsword and walked into the forest, followed by Beta.
"They're too arrogant." The archers in Heman's squad were puzzled, "At least we have to bring Ariri over." ”
Ariri is the thief in the squad.
Bradley smiled: "I think they're not arrogant, they're confident. Genius is different from us, you have to understand the meaning of that. ”