"Respected King Raglan, King Redeemer cannot come in person because the recklessness of the Dwarf Dragonhawk Knights has caused unprecedented panic in the entire city of Losenniel. Residents have fled for safety, and countless people have rushed out of the wilderness. Now only one in ten residents of the city remains. Due to limited manpower, we cannot send a large number of soldiers to search for them. We can only send the most mobile cavalry to search for the people, but our scarce cavalry is simply a drop in the bucket for the current situation..." The Akvia envoy burst into tears.
"So you need my cavalry to find your people and send them back to each other?" Roland immediately understood what he meant. As he had guessed, the White Wing King came to borrow cavalry.
"So...your answer is..." The messenger looked at Roland's face nervously, trying hard to discern his expression, fearing that he would see a hint of displeasure.
"Of course, helping the White Wing King is what we, as allies and neighbors, should do. How about this: in addition to the soldiers taken away by Lance and the defensive soldiers, I can probably give you 300 fully armed horse archers (Badania archers). What do you think?" After thinking it over, Roland decided to use all his mobile forces except the knights.
Thanks to the abominable system, Roland was rewarded with more than 400 war horses. Among the scattered items in the daily sign-in, there would often be useless rewards like Sharma. Without a knight training camp, the City of Swift Currents could not train knights on its own, and cavalry was still too luxurious for Roland. When the functions of cavalry overlapped, the cost-effectiveness was not high. Therefore, these war horses in Roland's hands could only be used to arm the stallion-skilled Badaniyan archers.
"Thank you for your kindness. We will remember your kindness." The messenger almost bowed his head to the ground and said humbly.
"No need to be so polite. Remember to say hello to King White Wing for me." Roland waved his hand nonchalantly.
"I'll send someone to mobilize the troops right away, Kaslo! You accompany the soldiers!" Roland still trusted his loyal lackey. As a dragon knight, Kaslo possessed the strongest reconnaissance ability. No one could see farther than Dragon Eyes, right?
"Okay, Your Highness." Caslo lightly hit his chest and immediately took the order and left.
"Thank you for your kindness! May your good name spread throughout Middle-earth!" the messenger said gratefully.
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"Pay attention to searching for human residents! Don't spread out too much, search in teams of five to prevent yourself from being attacked by orcs!" Kaslo instructed the soldiers who were about to set off.
"Understood!" the soldiers shouted in unison.
"What a trouble! There is a dark forest next to the city of Los Saintniel. Most residents should have gone into the woods to hide, and many people may even be lost!" Renault, who was traveling with him, pulled the reins and said helplessly with a dark face.
"You just found out? I knew it a long time ago. I saw a lot of people running into the woods at that time." Caslo sighed helplessly.
"Maybe we should build a bridge across this river." Renault changed the subject as he watched the soldiers crossing the river in batches by boat.
"How convenient... Orcs attack?" Caslo joked.
“…” Renault was speechless.
"Okay, I have to go to the sky first to check. I hope the orcs haven't come here!" Kaslo's face changed and he took out his dragon flute and started playing.
"Roar!" Cardo let out a long roar and carried Caslo into the sky.
"Is riding a dragon so great?" Renault looked at the dust rising in front of him with disdain.
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"Brothers! Gather! Head towards the Dark Forest!" Kaslo ordered as he flew over the soldiers.
Beneath him were the fully-armed Badanya archers, who rode on Shar horses and transformed into cavalry archers. These Badanya archers, who were good at close combat, definitely performed well in the woods, and no one wanted to be in close contact with their armor-piercing hammers.
"Dragon God! This damn dense forest!" Caslo muttered in dissatisfaction. The dense green treetops completely blocked his vision. Even a powerful dragon eye could not see through such a long distance to see the people hiding below.
The giant dragon flew silently in the sky. Kaslo didn't even allow his dragon to roar. He knew that the frightened people of Losenniel would panic and continue to move into the forest after hearing the dragon's roar.
"Oh my God! Balder and his men should be allowed to come here. I hate dense forests!" Renault drew his sword helplessly and cut off the branch that was hooking his lance. Regular knights would not take the initiative to go into the dense forest, not only because the intertwined trees would slow down their movement speed, but the more terrifying thing was that the obstacles in the jungle would hook their weapons and armor. Except for the knights in a state of glory who might push a path through the dense forest, no knight was willing to take the initiative to fight the enemy in the dense forest.
"Sir, you should put away your lance! It's too long, a sword is enough here!" The Badanian archers beside him kindly reminded him and raised their mithril combat swords and steel shields.
"Oh! Thank you for your reminder, young man!" Renault shrugged angrily. There were no proper roads in the Dark Forest except the Old Forest Road. They were all small paths trampled by elves or hunters. Such roads were obviously not enough for a fully armed paladin to stretch his muscles.
"Swish!" The sharp sword came out, and Renault chopped down more than ten big trees within dozens of meters in front of him in a few seconds. The Paladin's terrifying output ability was clearly demonstrated.
"You're in the way!" Renault said unhappily.
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"Captain! There are people here!" A Badaniyan shooter was surprised to find traces of living people in the cave ahead.
"Unlike the orcs' burrows, the soil is very fresh! It must have been dug not long ago. Let's go down and take a look." The captain said after taking a few glances around.
"Bang!" The Badanian archer who jumped down with a steel arm shield was hit by a powerful club as soon as he jumped down, but fortunately it hit the arm shield and had no effect except leaving an inconspicuous small hole.
"I am human!" the Badaniyan shooter shouted quickly.
Sure enough, the people inside immediately stopped moving. The Badaniyan shooter who had descended took a closer look. Wow! Nearly 20 people had crawled into the hole, which was less than 10 square meters. Looking at their terrified faces, the soldier didn't know what to say.
"Come up...the dragons are gone!" The soldier managed to say after a while, then he climbed out first.
"You're not Aqvia warriors..." a little boy said timidly. It was clear that the Badaniyan archers equipped by the system were better equipped.
"We are soldiers from your friendly country - the Kingdom of Lagran! We live on the other side of you, and you can come and visit us when you are free!" The soldier smiled friendly and touched his head.
"Gentlemen and ladies, can you tell me where the others are? This forest is very dangerous! We need to take them home as soon as possible!" The captain walked over and asked.
"I know a group of people are running there!" The boy suddenly pointed in a direction.
"Good boy!" The captain rubbed his head and praised him.
"Send two people to send them back! Tell the team behind to continue searching along our path! We will leave marks along the way... unless we die!" The captain ordered, pointing at the soldiers.
"Keep searching forward and speed up the progress. Maybe after we finish this job, we can go to the king and ask him to convert us into rangers! Hahaha!" The captain laughed.
"Hahaha!" The other soldiers also laughed out loud. Their current mission was exactly the same as that of the rangers. It had to be said that only the Badaniyan archers under Roland could be competent for using archers as rangers. The soldiers' slightly bitter smiles just showed that the most important link was missing in the current military system of the Lagran Kingdom - the ranger!
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－－
This is a follow-up to yesterday's chapter. Today's update should be at noon or in the afternoon.
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