Mount & Blade: Wind of War

Rhodes was willing to take risks to plot against Yaros. His ultimate goal was of course not just to leave early and ambush and kill Gunnather. That guy was not worth the risk Rhodes endured.

Crow Canyon/Hill Fortress.

At this moment, the originally peaceful and peaceful place (for the Harpy) has turned into a battlefield burning with blood and fire. Just as Yaros expected when the two parted, Luo De's journey home will never be as peaceful as when he came.

The Centaur Forest and the Crow Canyon have been enemies of life and death for hundreds of years. When the Crow Canyon is strong, of course they can suppress the centaur and wander in the forest without daring to take the lead, but when the harpy witch Magna is seriously injured , how could the centaurs not gather together and beat up the drowned eagle? Trying to completely wipe out this powerful enemy?

And Rhodes had exhausted all his mechanisms and wanted to create this situation. The harpy witch Magna is immortal, and the human slaves in the mountain fortress will never be able to escape in ten lifetimes.

Of course, Rhodes didn't know what Yaros had in his hands before. He only knew that it was a very powerful thing, and even if all the calculations failed, his loss was bearable. After all, in addition to being close to him, he could bear the loss. Except for a few people, no one else knew that they were secretly promoting this conspiracy.

On the forest animal path near the mountain fortress, Rhodes led the cavalry and convoy towards the direction of the Styak Empire.

When the space narrowed to a certain distance, a brass cylinder appeared in Rhodes' hand. This was found on Hawkeye Nathan after his death. This is what this old gambler can be called. The real reason for "Hawkeye".

Not only is it a telescope that is almost beyond its time, Rhodes suspects that some kind of magic has actually been cast on this telescope, because the craftsmanship is actually relatively rough, but the telescope effect is very good and the image is extremely clear.

On the body of this brass cylinder mirror, there is a row of words engraved on it: Ramsouda University.

With the team and looking through the telescope from a distance, Rhodes could see the brutal battle on the mountain fortress. The mountain fortress had been painstakingly reinforced by generations of human slaves for many years, and it was already no less than the defense of the human empire. Fortified City, at this moment, the city walls were filled with jackals and lizardmen holding weapons, but the centaurs attacking the city defense below were even more ferocious.

Centaur warriors armed with giant axes and with only simple leather armor for defense dared to brave the rain of spears and arrows and rush towards the city wall by stepping on a wooden plank.

As a result, one brave centaur warrior could only fight to the death to replace three or five lizardmen and jackals who were far weaker than him. This was an extremely uneconomical exchange, but the centaurs under the city wall still continued to fight without fear. .

Because in the past hundred years, the Centaur tribe has been suppressed too miserably by the harpies entrenched in the mountain fortress. Seeing the harpies getting stronger and stronger, the Centaur tribe is getting weaker and weaker. No one with a little foresight can The centaur was not worried about this. Now he finally seized the opportunity. Even if two-thirds of the tribe's men died, it would be cost-effective to attack and occupy this fortress.

Likewise, the Harpies are also very tired.

If their leader, the harpy witch Magna, had not been severely wounded and her bodyguards had not suffered a devastating blow, how could these beasts, which could only survive in the forest, dare to provoke the mountain fortresses? Let alone siege the city.

The battle in front of us was very close and difficult.

The red-winged harpies of the witch bodyguards do not use bows and arrows. They use throwing spears. This is due to the special environment in the wilderness. There are rarely particularly large-scale wars in the wilderness. The scale of hundreds of people is It is already rare, so the red-winged harpies do not need to maintain continuous lethality. Coupled with their strong physique and the use of heavy-throwing spears, dozens of red-winged harpies can defeat the enemy in one or two dive attacks. Some opponents can at least severely damage their morale.

The ordinary gray and black winged harpies use bows and arrows, but although the iron smelting technology of the mountain fortress is far superior to that of the centaurs, the centaur tribe has lived in the forest for a long time, and they have also developed a unique arrow-making technology. The craftsmanship of arrows made of special ironwood is no less sharp and tough than ordinary iron and steel arrows. Therefore, even if they are fired from behind in an extremely disadvantageous state, they can still compete with the harpy archers. Everyone has their own injuries.

"They all still have great strength, and it is far from the time for me to take action. The timing of grabbing the loot must be precise enough. I only have one chance. If I fail and cannot occupy the mountain fortress, they will even join forces. Get rid of me, the outsider first."

Putting away the brass cylinder, Rhodes led the team towards the south.

Why do you remember this place so much?

In fact, Crow Canyon/Mountain Fortress are still secondary. What Rhodes really wants are the human slaves there who have been oppressed by suffering for hundreds of years.

Rhodes knew very well that these slaves were suffering, living a life without dignity and even having their lives taken away for fun. As long as he saved them and gave them a little favor, these slaves would repay him within three generations and five generations. Unimaginable loyalty, wealth, and power.

It's okay if a slave has never seen the light. If he has seen it, as long as he is given a little shadow of light, they can risk everything to chase it.

This is the trend that Rhodes really wants.

"Snatching the fortresses in the mountains is the advantage of the location. Arming human slaves and giving them the safety and dignity of life is the result of human harmony... As for the timing of the weather, I have to control it myself. Before the timing of the weather arrives, I will hide myself. Continuously strengthen and accumulate your own strength. If you want to be able to weigh a thousand pounds, you must have at least four ounces of weight."

Just as Rhodes was thinking like this, Kress suddenly ran towards him on horseback with two slave hunters.

"Master, I, I found out"

"Don't be too hasty, take a breather, don't rush to drink water, you may choke yourself." Rhodes stepped forward and patted the little girl on the back. As soon as he saw Kress like this, he knew that she had discovered something important. However, when it comes to big things, you have to stay calm. The more you panic, the more likely you are to make mistakes.

"Master, when I was patrolling and scouting around, I discovered a very strange place and a very strange person."

"A weird place? Strange people? Then take me to have a look."

Rhodes knew very well that Kress had a talent for reconnaissance, but it had not been inspired by what he had learned yet, but it may have had a subtle effect, so he never underestimated Kress's discovery just because she was a little girl.

The Mountain Fortress is an area where mountains and valleys gather together. In the southwest area not far from the Mountain Fortress, a human woman wearing a gray-white robe is holding a book in one hand and copying the law with the other. curse.

"Nine Netherworlds, evil spirits... respond to my call... revive, revive!"

With the injection of magic power, the spell she copied in the void gradually shimmered with a faint purple light. As the spell was invested, the ground in front of her gradually cracked, and then from the cracks, a wave of energy surged out. Wisps of smoke gradually condensed into illusory humanoid ghosts.

"Huh, it is indeed the ruins of the ancient battlefield that I have been looking for for a long time. This mass grave has been here for so long, and it can still summon high-quality resentful spirits. It is not in vain that I traveled such a long distance."

Behind this human woman wearing a gray and white robe, a large number of skeleton soldiers and zombies have gathered. With the latest ghost companion joining them, the number of this army of the dead has increased to more than a hundred.

However, the undead witch at this moment did not know that she had been targeted.

"A necromancer who is not weak in cultivation? Why do so many masters in the field of death gather here? Yes, as the magic tide recovers and the magic riots in the wilderness gradually calm down, these people who have gained strength in the ancient inheritance will naturally They will gather in such areas, hoping to obtain more extraordinary inheritance from the ancient times."

As the intensity of magic in this world gradually increases, historians, devil worshipers, ancient language experts, travelers, these people and even ordinary people may gain powers beyond ordinary people.

Among them, the power of death is definitely one of the more prominent ones. After all, all living things have never stopped worshiping death.

Moreover, intelligent creatures, as long as they have power, will inevitably pursue other things, such as stronger power, higher social status, power, beauty, fame, etc.

Under the guidance of Kress, Rhodes observed the female necromancer with a magic telescope. The first thought in his mind was whether he could use her as his own, even if it was a cooperative relationship.

Although joining forces with users of this kind of death power will affect the morale of the troops and even affect one's own reputation in the future, before the strategic goal of the mountain fortress is obtained, other principles that restrict hands and feet can be put aside first. In the primitive accumulation stage, it is inevitable that some less-than-table tactics will be used.

However, the next action of the female necromancer in the brass telescope made Rhodes immediately suppress this idea. The female necromancer knelt down and began to pray of some kind:

Although both death scholars and devil worshipers can use the power of controlling death, their essences are different. The former can communicate and even cooperate, while the latter is best killed when you see one, because most of them are madmen.