The long night is about to pass. On the northern slope of the Iowa Mountains, Julian Zhuoqin and Ben Call are still watching the battlefield. The legendary mage's eyes can clearly observe the situation dozens of kilometers away.
The Frostwolf Knights transported hundreds of large ice lumps back along the river, and the Demonic Tiger commanded the surviving Demonic Rats and Ratmen to push their former leader.
Ned Land Wilson and several orc tribes worked together to annihilate several groups of fleeing demon rats and captured a large number of rat people and demon rats.
The two theoretically hostile forces had no quarrel in their cooperative hunting, and the distribution of the spoils was also very smooth.
Petreu led the rest of the main knights, as well as the supporting cavalry from the pass, to clean up the mess in the main battlefield.
Without the high-level magic rats, the rat swarm was helpless against the knights, and no longer had the flexible formation they had a few hours ago.
Rant shuttled back and forth between the rat men's camps, searching for loot everywhere. Although there was no magic pattern equipment in the rat's nest, there were a lot of leftover monster bones, which was simply good news for bone craftsmen.
The black rabbit jumped back and forth between the mouse holes and refilled the mouse holes that had been burned by the fire.
Julian stared into the distance, taking in a panoramic view of the entire battlefield, "You are right, this Lant Galloping Horse must have acquired a unique inheritance. Even if Albert told him to block the Iowa Pass, It is also unacceptable for him to cooperate with the orcs, or to give such great power to a few monsters."
"Yes, he is the kind of person who can make use of all resources. This is what I am more worried about." As a legend of the Imperial City, Ben Call is well aware of the complexity of the maelstrom of the Imperial Capital. He is now very afraid of Lan He is so sharp that he is suppressed by jealous people.
"Now that I think about it, it's not easy for Albert to stay here for so many years. That Huck Galloping Horse may be a qualified border baron and brother, but he can't understand Albert's ideals." Julian before coming here She has already met Huck. In her eyes, nobles like Huck are everywhere in the imperial capital, and the turtles in the moat are rarer than them.
"I feel that perhaps Albert is more depressed now than before. Lant has his own opinions, but his opinions are more suitable for this land than Albert." Once Ben thought of Albert, I feel a little pity.
"I remember when he left the Imperial Capital, I told you that although Albert is a man who wholeheartedly works towards the Tower of Purity, people like him cannot unify the entire Galloping Horse Plains."
"Of course I know. Compared to Lant Galloping Horse, Albert is the real idealist. He really wants to build this place into His Majesty's Kingdom of God, while Lant is more about taking advantage of the situation," one When he mentioned his classmates, Julian's expression looked like he had eaten honey.
"That's why I feel that Albert has never forgotten why he returned to the Galloping Horse Plains and why he gave up life in the imperial capital."
"Is this why you send him money every year, and now you give him your own potion?" Ben Calco looked at Julian with a smile.
"My pleasure!"
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The sky was getting brighter, and the demon rats and the rat people pushed the larger demon rats into a long queue, following the galloping horse and the frost wolf knights as they returned from the valley in a mighty manner.
The auxiliary troops on the pass city wall burst into cheers to welcome the victorious team. Behind the city gate, the residents of the town, the orc merchants, and the servants in the castle spontaneously gathered on both sides of the road to celebrate this great victory under the stars and the moon.
However, for Lant, although the war is over, his affairs have just begun. Although there are dedicated personnel responsible for reviewing the battle process, maintaining equipment, and caring for the wounded, there is no need to settle the magic rats, reward subordinates, appease the local orcs, and even pay tribute to the wounded. Any victory in the imperial capital requires Lant's personal participation.
Using a hexagonal plot of land, Lant built a place similar to a pig farm in his previous life, and raised the surviving intermediate magic rats and primary magic rats separately.
"Many of these junior demon rats should be able to become intermediate ones now." At the breeding farm, Lant led the greyhound Dante among the rat pens. "If you want to feed them, you can give them to the one named Pinkpaw." There are rat people, but you have to know which one can be slaughtered, which one is kept to breed intermediate rats, and which one is kept as a breeding rat."
Now that he has decided to raise rats, Lant attaches great importance to breeding. A good breed is one with good meat quality, strong fecundity and low attack power. What is even better is that it has poor adaptability. It is best that new breeds in the future can only be bred in captivity. Once they are released, they will not even be able to breed. Can't find food.
Greyhound listened to the record again and again, and from time to time he had to ask, "Sir, so many rats are kept at the border?"
"Take this slowly. These varieties are not good enough now. When they are matured and the varieties become more docile, we can open a second breeding farm near Yeqi City."
When the two suns gradually rose, a large area of cooking pots and desks had been set up in the Nanpo military camp. The auxiliary soldiers who had just experienced the attack and defense of the city wall did not take much rest, and began to put their heads blackened by the fire. The demon rat was cut into pieces, stewed in a pot, and then the whole team was assembled.
More demon-free people are coming from outside the camp. They will cook the demon rat meat in the morning and put it into the demon-sealing box. The entire camp will enjoy these fresh demon beast meat for lunch and dinner today.
In the lord's room of the castle, the six captains of the two knights submitted the battle report to Lant. They all agreed that, apart from Lant and the four monsters, the one who had the greatest military exploits last night should be Nedland Wilson.
First, at a tense moment, Netherland provided suggestions to break through to the north of the river bank, opening up the situation for the knights who were attacked from both sides; during the subsequent pursuit and suppression, he was able to join forces with several orc tribes and spent nearly 20 The knight captured nearly 50 magic rats and more than 100 rat men.
In addition, after learning that Rand was interested in the bones of intermediate-level monsters, the three tribes also agreed to send some of their leftover bones of monsters in exchange for magic rat meat with Lant.
Rant was very satisfied with the outcome of the knights' discussion. Although there was still a lot of room for improvement in the first battle between the two knights, they both showed strong combat power and the ability to quickly adapt and learn on the battlefield. . The main problem besides tactics is that the total number of knights is still too small, and they are quite unable to deal with large swarms of rats.
Rant knew that the elite knights were the sharp knives of the territory, but to cause greater damage to the enemy, the sharp knives were not enough. They also needed the power to hold the battle line and gain greater victory. And now Rand has found a very suitable leader for this force.
(End of chapter)
