The Shadow of the Crown of Snow [Western Fantasy]

Procuring good parchment on the battlefield is no easy task.Fortunately, the Supreme Commander Gu Yinuo was willing to provide assistance to Selene, so he wrote a letter to his friends in the capital asking them to help, so when Talis's front-line supplies were transported to the battlefield, Gu Yinuo handed them over to Selene. Selene got a small box filled with parchment.

Under the leadership of Hecate, Talis' Central Army is more and more worthy of their "Central Army" status. In the past, it might take a dozen soldiers from the Central Army to barely deal with a leopard-headed man, but now only five Six people can skillfully knock down a leopard-headed man.This change quickly shifted the advantage to Selene, and Gerrard was obviously aware of this. The experience of struggling to survive in the half-beast camp for the past few years had already made him tactful. The leopard-headed army continued to confront the Talis Alliance army head-on, but chose to avoid the conflict as much as possible, and then mobilized other soldiers from the nearby half-orc tribes.

It turns out that this approach does work.Since the Talis soldiers came to the battlefield, they have faced leopard-headed enemies. Most of their accumulated combat experience is used against leopard-headed men. The differences between half-orcs are no more than the differences between humans. For example, the bear man who was hastily transferred to the frontal battlefield by Gerrard is completely different from the leopard man.

Different from people's "bulky" impression of bears, the bear man's speed is also very fast. Although it can't be compared with the leopard head man, it is more than enough to surpass humans, and their strength is probably just Even the leopard-headed people who are half-orcs should feel jealous.

At the beginning, the Central Army Corps, which had already been tempered on the battlefield, did not back down, and of course the Guards Corps could not be afraid, but after direct contact, they understood that the main advantage of the bears over the leopard-headed men was not their strength , but rough bear hide impenetrable to many weapons.

It has to be admitted that human beings are not suitable for fighting in terms of body alone. If the bears are not half-human, half-bear, without the weaknesses brought about by human body forms, it may be even more difficult to kill them.

Fortunately, with the cover of Hecate and the Guards, most of the people escaped from the battlefield intact. The biggest loss for the Tallis and Nord coalition forces was their shaken morale.For a while, the fighting spirit that had just been ignited by the soldiers of the Central Army Corps seemed to be extinguished again. Gu Yinuo fulfilled her responsibility as the commander-in-chief, discussing with them every day to study the weakness of the bear people, thinking Get them back on their feet.

"After encountering this kind of blow, I will be sluggish. It is true that I have not experienced strong winds and waves." Gu Yinuo turned around and glanced at the few soldiers who were silently arranging their equipment by the fire, "If there is no Hecate and your guards, Today we don't know how many people will come back alive."

In the eyes of Hecate and the elite soldiers of the Guards Corps, as long as they exerted a little more strength on their wrists, they could penetrate the bear skin and hurt the bear man's vitals.Because of this, when Gu Yinuo asked them for advice on how to deal with bear people, they were helpless.

"There is an old saying in the Northland, before going to the battlefield, there are a thousand ordinary people with weapons, and after going to the battlefield, there are three hundred invincible warriors." Selene carefully folded the parchment in her hand, "Trouble help I'll get the needle I put there, thank you."

"You mean, we will inevitably have so many sacrifices in the future?" Gu Yinuo handed the threaded needle at the corner of the table to Selene.

"There were originally. Fortunately, the commander on the opposite side was Gerald. Isn't the reason why the half-orcs obeyed the command of a human being because this human can bring them benefits? The half-orcs don't want money and power. They want blood and kills. I believe they all spontaneously imitated Gerald's movements in battle at the beginning, because it did make them stronger, and it was probably Gerald who really obeyed Gerald's command After getting in touch with Hussein, he knew that he could provide what the half-orcs like most—war, and then he used this as a condition to let them obey his command."

"This in itself is a dangerous agreement." Gu Yinuo smiled clearly, "Especially when Gerrard has been unable to win for a long time."

Half-orcs are indeed bloodthirsty beasts, but as animals, they also have emotions.They are the most willing to obey Gerald's command among the half-orcs. In contrast, the bears obviously don't trust Gerald as much as the leopard-headed man. They don't think that a human knows how to kill better than themselves.

If Gerald could work harder and win the trust of more leopard-headed people, it is possible that there will be internal strife between the leopard-headed people and the bear people.

Selene was very happy that Gu Yinuo continued to encourage the soldiers of the Central Army, which meant that she finally found a time to be alone with Hecate.

She liked being alone with Hecate, not only for her own selfishness, but also because there were so many secrets about Hecate that she had to keep.You can't tell her these things rashly just because you trust Gu Yinuo, but because she actually trusts Gu Yinuo, you always have to worry that you will slip up in front of her unconsciously.

"If those wild beasts can be smarter, I can consider making them my first disciples. They will be happy to follow me." Today, Hecate looks much more tired than usual, but his eyes are still bright Yiyi—she likes to fight, "It's a pity that I don't want such stupid believers."

"You'd better not be so picky, the more stupid believers will provide you with more power of faith." Selene stacked the folded parchments on the table, and then wrapped a piece of parchment outside. Pulling a cowhide, he stuck the needle in forcefully, "But half-orcs are not a good choice. You see, Gerald couldn't give him what he promised, and half-orcs quickly became impatient. They have always been impatient."

Hecate quickly discovered what Selene was sewing, which was undoubtedly a thick and strong book.

"What are you going to use it for?" Hecate came up curiously and touched the cowhide used as the cover.

"Write your holy book."

"Same as "Sacred Book of Light?" Hecate rubbed his hands excitedly, impatient to express his opinion on this aspect, "Who wrote "Sacred Book of Light?"

"The legend is that the God of Light chose a person in the world and taught him the contents of the "Bright Canon" through dreams."

"Okay, my... what should my scripture be called?"

"You can call it Hecate's Quotations if you want."

"Okay, let's just say I wrote it myself."

After sewing the last stitch, Selene picked up the quill she put aside: "What symbol do you want to draw?"

There are countless languages ​​hidden behind each symbol, each with its own special meaning.

The iconic symbol of the God of Light is a pentagram. Now that he wants to join the God of Light, the first lesson he learns is not only reciting the scriptures of light, but also skillfully drawing a pentagram in the air. There is not even a single sentence in the "Bright Scripture" that mentions why the symbol of the God of Light is a pentagram. Selene feels that she has reason to suspect that he just randomly thought of a memorable shape to pass on to the believers.

The symbol they came into contact with recently, the symbol of the Talis Alliance Council, has been endowed with many meanings.

The shape of the cross is easily reminiscent of balance, and it is the image of a standing person: no matter rich or poor, high or low, they are basically one person, which implies the freedom and equality advocated by the Tallis Alliance.The vines, which represent the new nobility, mean vigorous vitality, and a very controversial point: Is it the support of the vines that makes the cross stand firm, or does the vines climb up by relying on the cross?

Selene thought for a long time and couldn't figure out why the symbol representing the common people was a rose, but she got a satisfactory answer from Gu Yinuo: "After they came up with the cross and the vine, they couldn't think of anything else, so they chose the rose. It’s a beautiful flower for a badge design. And they really couldn’t think of it anymore, so the temporary member’s badge is simply blank.”

It stands to reason that such a funny reason should be covered up in every possible way, but Gu Yinuo told Selene that this is explained in the textbook of the Talis Alliance-in this regard, the Talis Alliance is indeed a magnanimous and somewhat lovely country.

Selene thought about writing a holy book for Hecate before, so naturally she also thought, what should Hecate be called as a god?What kind of symbol should there be to represent her?What should her image be like in the world?

But Selene didn't really think about it.She thinks that Hecate is a living god, a god who can truly be seen by human beings. All she needs is a simple scripture and a simple and easy-to-remember symbol. What makes people believe her and worship her is herself.

"S." Hecate said softly, "Just draw an s, it's easy to remember."

"Snow's s?" Selene asked knowingly.

"The s." Hecate answered her firmly, looking into her eyes.

Selene silently drew a standard "s" on the cowhide cover, then raised her head to respond to Hecate's gaze: "I don't like making any promises that I can't keep. That's dangerous."

Hecate put his arms around her.He just hugged her without saying a word.The increasingly powerful god still couldn't control his own strength. The armor that hadn't been removed and the overstretched hands made Selene feel pain. When she wanted to push away, Hecate let go of her hand.

"I'm going to watch the night."

Selene watched as Hecate disappeared into the night.She didn't know if it was her own illusion, but there seemed to be a faint cry in Hecate's last words.