Mount & Blade: Wind of War

"Master, you don't seem to care much about what Janice said?"

After Janice left the meeting room full of energy after receiving Rhode's verbal support, Cress, who knew Rhode much better than her, said this.

But in Cress's opinion, Janice's suggestion was very good, even better than the first civil servant Moken who only knew how to raise questions but could not provide solutions.

"The reason why I don't care much about this suggestion is very simple, because even if Janice's research and development go smoothly, if the magic spider silk wants to really generate value, it must find a good business path and buyer, which is not the most urgent thing for the town."

Success is icing on the cake, and failure will not have much impact. Of course, it is not worth Rhode and Moken to invest too much time and energy now. There are too many more important things than this.

If it weren't for the fact that the person who proposed this suggestion was Janice, and if it succeeded, the development of the textile industry might also have a certain bonus to the military industry, Rhode might not agree to this proposal. In his memory, Rhodok is rich in silk and has a very developed textile industry. There may be some relevant connection between them.

For the next period of time, Rhodes and everyone in the town devoted themselves to the political and economic fields.

There are a large number of young people in the town. If they are used well, they are productive forces. If they are not handled properly, they are the source of unrest.

One day, in the underground mine arsenal.

"My lord, this is the specialty of the strongest centaur tribe, the Howling Wind Tribe, ironwood. The orcs' iron smelting and forging technology has always been relatively weak, but they are good at taking shortcuts. The blacksmiths of the Howling Wind Tribe use this extremely strong ironwood and steel to combine it, saving costs while having the characteristics of high defense and lightness."

"However, weapons like this have a fatal flaw!"

Beside the iron furnace, Nicolte, the elder of the Bloodbeard Tribe of the Dwarfs, was showing the new discoveries of the craftsmen to the lord of this place, Rhodes.

Nicolte picked up a piece of ironwood fragment with tongs and put it in the furnace. Not long after, the piece of ironwood in the furnace suddenly burned, extremely vigorously.

"Afraid of fire?"

"Yes, after our research, the reason why this kind of ironwood is extremely strong is that it secretes a special oil. Therefore, there is no problem in making arrows with this wood, but if it is combined with steel to make armor, the advantages and disadvantages are equally obvious. Once it is seen through, it may lead to a military defeat."

"This disadvantage is not very obvious in the wilderness because there are not many highly intelligent races in the wilderness."

At this point, Nicolte and Rhodes looked at each other for a long time, and suddenly both laughed.

"But this disadvantage is not a problem for us, right?"

"Yes, sir, Nicolte congratulates you in advance on getting a powerful cavalry unit."

The wilderness area, because it is an ancient battlefield, has caused magic riots. Except for those born with magic races who are reluctant to leave, humans are actually not suitable for living here.

But the humans living here have no choice. They are either alien slaves or criminals and tax evaders from nearby countries.

Therefore, few humans in the wilderness lived to the age of fifty. However, over the past few hundred years, a small number of humans gradually changed their physiques: these were the wilderness mountain dwellers and wilderness demons that Rhodes saw in the mountain fortress.

The wilderness mountain dwellers degenerated into a weaker state, but Rhodes corrected this with the "Incomplete Rhodok Crossbowman Training Manual".

The wilderness demons appeared to coexist with magic to a certain extent, but their number was small. Although Rhodes had always been paying attention, he had only recruited less than fifty people so far. These people were specially arranged by Rhodes in the previous war and had never left the front-line battlefield. Some of them even collapsed and committed suicide because they could not bear it.

Even among the survivors, most of them were only at the second or third level, but there were still two mentally tough young men who had blood feuds with the wilderness aliens. They persisted and were not defeated mentally or physically.

After the battle, these two young men became powerful fourth-level soldiers: dark swordsmen.

Dark swordsmen, fourth-level soldiers, use pain and despair as nourishment to strengthen their spirits, and then have the ability to control magic as humans. But please give them the right guidance, otherwise they may become bloodthirsty and murderous demons.

Soldier skill: Dark Fire. When used, the attack and defense attributes are improved, and the ability to control the swallowing flames to a certain extent is obtained.

Still in the underground arsenal.

Two young swordsmen wearing black armor are fighting against two muscular, armored, and level 5 Haidam Death Swordsmen carrying big swords. Both sides use real iron tools, but they are not sharpened.

"Begin!"

With the order of instructor Fatis, the two sides began to fight.

But what they didn't know was that Rhode and the dwarf elder Nicolte were also watching the battle in the dark.

Rhode was not very clear about the level of the dark swordsman, but he was very clear about the level of the level 5 Haidam Death Swordsman. Although it was a pity that there was no soldier skill, the level 5 senior long swordsman of the Charr was not the opponent of these death swordsmen even if he used the soldier skill. Even if the level 6 Charr Guards fought against them alone, they would lose more than win.

Of course, once the number exceeds a certain level, Haidam's Death Swordsmen are far from being the opponents of the Charles Guards or even the senior long swordsmen of the Charles. Haidam's Death Swordsmen have no military skills but strong attributes. They are extremely powerful assault infantry, specially used for siege battles.

Many times, the enemy defends the city, and there are longbows and crossbowmen on the city walls constantly consuming the soldiers and morale of the attackers. At this time, the faster the attack on the city wall, the smaller the loss of the attackers. Haidam's Death Swordsmen are most suitable for this scene. They are strong, only the vital parts are covered with iron armor, and they wield two powerful heavy swords. They are born to break the situation in a competitive situation.

Although the Charles elite soldiers are more powerful in combat effectiveness, they are far inferior in short-term killing explosive power.

When defending the city, several level 5 Haidam Swordsmen were deployed at key defensive positions that could avoid long-range attacks. In a small area, several Haidam Swordsmen swung their swords and could chop all attackers to pieces. It could be said that this was a special type of soldier that was extremely powerful if used well, but not cost-effective if used poorly.

Rhodes also pondered these for a long time before he gradually understood them.