Chapter 49:21. Medieval Halloween
After settling the cold lizard, Daxus finally had a good sleep, although there was still a faint stench in the room.
In the morning, there was a knock on the door, and Bainie shouted, "Sir, don't sleep anymore, get up and practice martial arts."
Pushing open the door against the cold wind, I saw Franais, Ryan, and Watt practicing martial arts in the open space with their upper bodies naked. Alyssa was also practicing with the noble curved sword. Of course, she was wearing clothes and had a white lion skin draped over her shoulders. The black and white looked very inconsistent. Bainie was standing beside them, instructing the four nobles.
“Success is like rowing a boat against the current; if you don’t advance, you will retreat.”
After saying that, Dacus shook his head, closed the door again, pretended not to see it, and prepared to go back to sleep.
After a while, Dacus also walked out with his upper body naked, a belt around his waist, a Messier knife on his shoulder, an eagle-shaped steel-covered pinewood shield in his hand, and a Druch halberd on his shoulder.
The moment he stepped out, Dacus's teeth chattered with cold, his body trembling, and he just wanted to turn back. After a while, he adjusted to the cold and started running to warm up. He didn't feel so cold anymore, and he even somersaulted a few times. Druzy's physique was indeed excellent.
This training lasts for a whole day.
Edmund continued to lead the soldiers and slaves in digging the cellar. Once completed, they began deepening the trench outside the stockade. With the dusk tide approaching, the soldiers began deploying armor-piercing weapons like leaf hammers and armor-piercing cones. Reaper ballistae were also deployed on the stockade walls, allowing them to fire both outside and toward the square.
Who knows if chaos will appear at that time.
The wild caves and underground crevices of the Black Spine Mountains are inhabited by beastmen, who have a unique Naggarothian style. They are about the same height as Druzy, between 1.9 and 2.2 meters, walk upright on two feet, are covered with rough scales from head to toe, have a primitive, barbaric and bloodthirsty style, and carry stone axes or stone clubs.
Called the most evil being in Naggaroth by Druki of Clar Karond.
On the eve of the End of Time, the army of Clarkarond was insufficient and the city was eventually destroyed, and they played a role in this.
During the past few days, Dacus learned from conversations that the situation in Krakalond was different during each Twilight Tide.
A long time ago, there were records that giants from the Black Ridge Mountains had come down several times, destroyed several forests, and then disappeared.
Back then, the three Night Wardens jointly ruled Clar Kalond. The massive footprints disappeared after entering the Blackspine Mountains. Despite manpower, resources, and divination, they were never able to find them. However, the giant never descended from the mountains, and the beast trainers who went to capture wild animals in the mountains never encountered him. Everyone assumed the giant was dead.
Every now and then, during the dusk tide in the city of Clarkalond, lustful demons will spawn.
Two hundred and sixty years ago, a Slaanesh demon even appeared in the garden of Night Warden's Castle. The poor demon didn't get to eat any delicious elven souls, and was forcibly sent away by the family guards and warlocks led by Anasara, Newker and Kesley.
Sometimes the beastmen would come in waves.
Sometimes you wait all night and nothing happens, just like rolling a dice.
The situation is different in the north of Naggaroth. The Chaos Warband, the Mongols and the Hun Warband of Agul have been performing stably year after year.
"What's Medieval Halloween? Monsters attacking the city?"
Three days later, the dusk tide arrived as expected.
There was no morning exercise today, and the dignitaries and soldiers slept until noon.
In the afternoon, the square was filled with delicious food, and the soldiers were fully equipped and lined up.
According to the old rules, three hundred old, weak and sick slaves were pulled out and sacrificed to Kane to pray for his blessing.
Molayig Hegge hated Kane, but the necessary procedures had to be followed.
At four o'clock, dinner was served in the square on time, and the soldiers were all given a glass of wine.
Dacus raised his glass and shouted, "In the presence of the gods, let us drink this wine. May we usher in the dawn of tomorrow and may we meet again tomorrow. Cheers!"
After saying this, Daquus drank the wine in the cup amid the cold wind and the smell of blood.
The nobles and soldiers also drank the wine in their cups and cheered.
The food had already turned cold in the cold wind, but the Druzis still ate it with relish.
The cold lizards were also feasting on the sacrificial corpses.
At six o'clock, darkness fell, and the Morsleeb gradually filled, pouring an eerie green light onto the earth, even greener than the night at Lyonesse, like wearing night vision goggles. There were no torches on the wall, and there was no need for them.
Dacus stood on the wall, looking at Franais, who stood guard beside him. The green light reflected from Franais's helmet was particularly dazzling. The atmosphere was tense, and he didn't joke. Besides, Druzie didn't understand the joke.
If we don't send out the Dark Pegasus for reconnaissance, we'll be dead if we encounter the Harpies and Manticores in the Black Spine Mountains.
Manticores are enormous lion-like beasts with leathery wings, allowing them to soar through the air. The mutating forces of Chaos have shaped their forms. Some have manes like snakes, others have hides like iron scales, and many have venomous stingers in their tails that cause the blood of those who sting to boil. However, all Manticores are violent killers filled with primal rage. Their ferocity is so great that they have become the embodiment of Khaine, the god of slaughter.
A bonfire was lit in the square, and two dinosaurs leaned against it to keep warm, wagging their tails and leisurely nibbling on the soybean meal, alfalfa and corpses on the ground.
A howl came from the distance, and Kaleen shouted directly: "Sky! It's a wild manticore! Reaper ballistae ready! There are harpies behind!"
Darkus shook his head, took out the Drum of Echo, and began to beat it rhythmically.
Calien listened intently and shouted again, "Close! Prepare! Reaper ballistae fire at the wild manticores, and harpoon crossbows and repeating crossbows fire at the harpies!"
Leave professional matters to professionals, especially matters concerning life and death. Dacus did not become the Lord of Dread, and the centurions were also under the unified command of Edmund. Dacus wanted to see his ability, so Dacus just needed to add the enhancement effect.
The beastmaster's harpoon crossbow and the black crossbowman's repeating crossbow are ready.
The Reaper crossbow shooter's breathing began to quicken along with the drumbeat.
It was getting closer and closer, and Daqian also heard the whistling sound of flying.
"If you don't hibernate, you have to come down and die."
The drumbeats began slowly and heavily.
A wild manticore took the lead, rushing out of the forest and swooping down towards the village wall.
Kalyon roared, "Fire!"
The Harvester crossbow shooter's breathing slowed down again along with the drumbeat, and he pulled the trigger. A crossbow arrow flew out and accurately entered the mouth of the manticore. The Harvester crossbow in the adjacent position also hit the body of the wild manticore one after another.
The wild manticore flew in a parabolic trajectory, like a dive bomber whose pilot had been shot down, and crashed directly into the wall of the village.
This beastman is from Beastmen (6th edition), page 16.
The Mongols and Aguls belonged to the Huns, whose prototypes were Indians.