Chapter 70: Countdown to the 100 Days Before the Opening Ceremony (Part II)
Seeing that the three were done arguing, Duke continued: "The second is an early warning. Cities and towns with conditions should build beacon towers on high places. If you don't have the conditions, you can use a flare gun. ”
"Flare gun?" Anduin frowned in confusion.
Duke explained to Lothar the idea he had come up with after seeing the dwarf's firearms. The effect is a bit like fireworks. However, if it is stuffed into a pre-sealed gunpowder bag and released into the sky, it can shoot a colorful signal flare that flies dozens of meters into the air.
"Depending on the color, a specific code can be agreed. For example, red represents the attack of monsters, and the number of blue represents the approximate number of monsters. ”
One of the biggest problems of this era is the inconvenience of communication, magic communication is a luxury, most of the information is delivered by emissaries on horseback, and only the most urgent ones will have griffin knights as messengers. But griffons can't be kept in every town, and no matter how fast the griffons are, they can have a fast light source for flares?
Ryan, Anduin, and Boval were all people who knew the soldiers, and when they heard it, they thought it was a brilliant idea, and the three of them looked at each other, and they all saw the approval in each other's eyes.
"Nice opinion, I agree. Ryan clapped.
I don't know about the training of the Kingdom's soldiers, but I think that if the enemy is really as tall and burly as I hallucinated, I can help the Kingdom in my own way. ”
"Huh?" Anduin was slightly curious.
"The figures of those male Naga under my command are somewhat similar to what I see in my hallucinations, and I can have them act as sparring partners?"
"Sparring?" Anduin immediately realized that he had made a mistake in military training. He focuses too much on man-to-man combat training. Regardless of the tall monster Duke's mouth, at least Anduin had seen a troll.
There are indeed no trolls in the territory of the Stormwind Kingdom, such as Elwyn Forest, Wild West, and Red Ridge Mountain. But further south there is the Valley of Thorns. If the tall trolls were to be used as an imaginary enemy, it would be fine, and even if it was a false alarm, the territory of the Stormwind Kingdom would expand to the Valley of Thorns in the future......
"Any other suggestions?" Ryan asked.
"I haven't thought of anything more just yet. ”
Ryan repeatedly questioned Duke about his hallucinations, and only after Duke could no longer provide any more information did the trio let Duke leave.
After Duke left, Ryan suddenly spoke, "What do you guys think?"
Bolval was the first to speak: "If Duke Marcus is a spy, then he must be the worst one ever." The threat posed to us by Medivan is real. And the method he provides, even if I think a hundred times, can't figure out how it will harm the kingdom. ”
Anduin shrugged, "My instincts have always been accurate, Duke won't hurt us." But I always had the feeling that he was hiding something. ”
"Concealment?" Ryan asked.
"Well, maybe I saw more, but for some reason I wouldn't speak. ”
"Charges against Medivan?"
Anduin slumped in his chair and pressed the cold iron armor against his forehead: "If a kid you don't know suddenly comes up to you and tells you that your decades-old buddy might betray you, will you believe it?"
"Maybe it's not that way yet. Ryan could only barely suppress the alarm from his reason, allowing his feelings to prevail for the time being.
The three of them deliberated for a long time, and then brought in cabinet members, and finally unanimously approved Duke's proposal.
Three days later, in the Stormwind barracks, the soldiers welcomed a special group of instructors, Naga.
Standing on the high platform of the barracks, Lothar was heavily armed, and beside him hung the corpse of a tall, dried gnoll, and his deep voice was heard in all directions.
"Now the kingdom faces a new crisis - these damn monsters have mutated, multiplied, and are threatening the lives of every citizen. In the days to come, you will use your sword to go into the forest and kill all these damned monsters. ”
"Oh!
Speaking of this, the thousands of recruits below slapped their swords against their shields in unison and let out a majestic roar.
"Rookies, in order to prevent you from returning home with an obituary so easily as soon as you go to war, we have the privilege of inviting Sir Duke Marcus's Naga employees to teach you a good lesson. ”
As soon as Lothar finished speaking, Duke next to him snapped his fingers, and ten male Naga, who were burly and majestic, generally two heads taller than human soldiers, took the stage with huge mallets and swaying thick python-like tails.
"Whoa-oh-"
"Isn't Naga evil? So is Naga a monster that must be killed?"
"Will we be eaten if we lose?"
The recruits below let out a strange scream.
"No, if you lose, you'll only get your chief kicking your ass. Lothar's reply was greeted with a burst of laughter from the soldiers.
The following things naturally do not need to be arranged by Lothar. Soon an officer led Naga to the various jousting arenas, and then asked the strongest soldier to give Naga a gesture first.
On the stage, Lothar, who was sitting and watching the situation, quietly tilted his head to Duke's side: "By the way, didn't Naga take the trident?"
At this moment, what Duke was thinking about was the scene in the pre-time movie where the soldiers of Stormwind were easily killed by the orcs. It wasn't a power level showdown at all. In front of orcs, whose arms are thicker than human thighs, human soldiers are as weak as children.
One force will drop ten.
Orcs often come down with a hammer, and human soldiers can break their arms at least, or even their hands and heads are smashed into their bodies with a hammer, and they die a tragic death instantly.
Duke let out a cloudy breath, "I thought you were going to use trolls as your imaginary enemy." ”
Lothar's face froze, thinking that Duke had seen through his attempt to conquer the troll territory of Thorn Vale and open up territory for Stormwind.
"Bang-"
The next moment, a scream came from the martial arts arena closest to Lothar.
"Ahh
Next to him, stood a tall male Naga, who looked a little overwhelmed by the hostile mass of humans around him.
"Stop!" Anduin Lothar immediately realized that something was wrong, and he jumped off the high platform and sped over.
At the same time, there is also Duke.
The male Naga looked very aggrieved: "I used fifty percent of my strength. ”
"It's fine. Duke patted Naga's arm gently.
"Hell, you clearly wanted to kill Ladakh. One of the recruits roared angrily.