The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 800 Chief Executive Officer

The sages of the Seldarine reluctantly left, taking their devotees and followers with them.

The rebel army of elves and half-elves did not cause much damage in the raid that night, and there were almost no casualties.

Genggu Town was as peaceful as if nothing had happened, but everyone who walked out of the house to watch the excitement that night knew that this land had ushered in a very powerful lord.

Those people or elves who wanted to defend the elves' interests in the plowing valley by force basically left the town secretly, but there were also many dissatisfied spies and spies who stayed behind.

Although Faerun does not have a clear strategic theory of "encircling the cities from the countryside", anyone with a little brain knows that any lord's control over the countryside is definitely not comparable to those of those towns.

So in the face of William, a seemingly invincible opponent, it is understandable for the elf rebels to run to the countryside and the wild.

What's more, elves have an extremely prominent advantage in the jungle. Almost every elf (ranger) is an expert in jungle warfare (from the boast of a certain elf emperor during the valley reclamation period).

Of course, if it weren't for the lack of actual strength, who would want to hide in the jungle and live a life of drinking blood and eating the wind and sleeping in the dew.Even the most extreme protectionists in the previous life, if they really want to put them in the wilderness to play extreme survival (referring to breaking away from all connections with human society, such as not using any civilized creations), they will collapse within three days .

There was a time when the society of elves represented the most advanced and developed civilization in Faerun, and the bright and mysterious Myth Drannor was once the brightest pearl in the hearts of all elves (including all plane elves).

No one can clearly explain how the elven civilization that once made humans willing to lick dogs for a period of time declined, so that most of the elves had to migrate to the island of Yongju, which was isolated from the land in the west, to live an isolated life.

Some people say that the Crown War and the split of the Seldarine pantheon led to the decline of the elves, but those big events are too far away from the current elves, which always makes people feel a little far-fetched.

Some people also say that the invasion of the orcs led to the decline of the elves. After all, many glorious elf kingdoms and city-states were overthrown by the orcs.However, there is more than one race that is worse than the elves in front of the orcs. Humans, dwarves, and other intelligent races have all suffered from it.

The first alien language that William learned in Faerun was Elvish, and the first alien language was also Elvish (William’s first native language was Chinese, his second native language was Common, and his third native language was Fire Elemental. is learning), and most of the local books he has read are basically classics written in Elvish.

Because of this, William has a deep understanding of elf culture. Combining the knowledge of his previous life and some deep internal understanding of the world of Faerun, he always feels that there is something wrong with the elves as a race, and their civilization retreats a bit unreasonably.

Thinking of the northeast of his territory, which happened to be adjacent to a huge sphere of influence of elves in the traditional sense, William naturally wanted to test it out.

Speaking of which, Comanthor's geographical location is really good. This area is adjacent to the Moon Sea in the north, a small area in the northeast is connected to Hantu, and the due east is separated by the Dragon Bay, which is separated from the main area of ​​Hantu. The bay faces each other, and further south of the Dragon Bay is Faerun's largest inland sea, the Falling Star Sea.

Looking at it on the map, it is almost similar to the Central Plains area of ​​China.It is a pity that the entire Comanthor is almost covered by huge forests, rather than plains that can be cultivated on a large scale.

It is also this vast jungle that squeezes the Valley Alliance into a long curved string. If it weren't for the Asaba River that connected most of the valley city-states, the entire Valley Alliance would be difficult to achieve.

There were nearly a million elves in Comanthor at its peak, and it was one of the three largest gathering areas of elves in Faerun.However, since the start of the Great Elves Migration, more than 90.00% of the elves have left Comanthor, leaving only a group of left-behind elves with a population of less than 5.

A small part of these left-behind elves are the elves who miss their homeland and are unwilling to leave their hometown, but most of them are abandoned elves who do not meet the migration standards.

What is an abandoned elf, those who have committed major mistakes but are not worthy of death, those who have poor morals and are despised by everyone, those who are alone and humble, and those whose talents are too rough to be used... In short, they are all in the mainstream of elves A group of people who are excluded from society.

It stands to reason that the main body of the elf society has moved away, and the large space and free resources left behind are enough for these few people to turn into serfs and sing.

But what is incomprehensible is that the left-behind elves did not live peacefully in those elves' abandoned jobs, but instead developed into the surrounding areas.

If it is said that the average person may not understand it, we can use an analogy to describe it.

If Cormanthor at its peak, especially Mies Drano, was compared to the Shanghai stock market in William's previous life, then the surrounding valley city-states were equivalent to the counties and small towns around the Shanghai stock market.

If suddenly one day, more than 90.00% of the population of the Shanghai stock market will move away in a way that almost abandons their homes and jobs, and these people are all elite talents in the population of the Shanghai stock market, leaving only a small number of incompetent poor people was abandoned.

However, these abandoned people not only did not encroach on the property and wealth resources left by those who moved away, but also desperately ran to the surrounding counties and towns.

Whenever such an abnormal situation occurs, anyone who is not a fool can think that there is something wrong with the abandoned Shanghai stock market.

And what is happening in Comanthor is exactly this kind of situation where a discerning person can tell there is a problem at a glance.

The plowing valley is exactly the area that Comanthor's left-behind elves will focus on.

Although William said that he wanted to drive away the elves staying in the valley, it was actually just a bluffing strategy. The entire valley was severely underpopulated. How could William be willing to drive tens of thousands of high-quality laborers out? It is the greatest wealth.

It's just that due to various reasons, elves generally have an inexplicable arrogance and an indescribable sense of superiority in front of humans, which makes many elves always make a lot of trouble when they live together with humans. contradiction.

In a word, for human lords, elves are a kind of arrogant guy who is very difficult to manage, especially when the number of elves reaches a certain level, the difficulty of management is doubled.

And the elves of plowing the valley have even subtly ascended to the upper class of society. It is really a difficult problem for a lord like William, who is almost airborne, to lead them well.

That's why William wants to do something, the purpose is to destroy the arrogance of the entire elf group, and to control these guys who always like to make trouble.

Of course, the guards in Genggu Town were not the victims of William's plan, but had an inescapable way of killing them.That Aililian Dawnhorn is the representative of the home-loving elves and the leader of the entire group of left-behind elves.

Even among the elves of the Great Migration, the Guardian Elves are considered elites. They are all proud and elegant ethnic supremacists, not to mention submitting to the human lords. independent kingdom.

You say these thorns are not dead, who will die? !

It is said that since the three elf saints were taught a lesson by William, the situation in Genggu Town has become somewhat calm.Of course, the countryside outside Genggu Town is still chaotic, and those elves who jumped out to rebel against Lishantou began to gradually turn into bandits and robbers.

As the saying goes, with a sharp blade in your body, you will kill yourself.The elves who have mastered the power still cannot escape the temptation of greed.

They not only blocked the communication between Genggu Town and the outside world, but also began to plunder and squeeze the human farmers and even half-elves living in the countryside.

For this situation, William has long expected that not every rebel is a team with a heart for the people.

And this is also in line with William's expectations. The main population of Genggu is still human beings, accounting for about [-]% of the total population in this area. It's just that most of these people are bewitched by the subtle influence of elves, and eight or nine out of ten people are ha Of the elves, the remaining one or two are still activists waiting to be transformed. If they don’t give them some strong medicine to let them fully recognize the "true face" of elves, it will be difficult for William to rule the hearts of the local people.

Of course, William couldn't completely ignore the chaos outside Genggu Town, and the monks who had just joined his command came in handy.

The total number of members of the monks' regiment was one hundred and three, and William selected more than a dozen people from his own guards to form two rural inspection teams of 60 people each, responsible for investigating the ravages of the countryside. Elven bandits carry out banishing strikes.

William's task requirements for the inspection team are quite special.

For ordinary elf robbers, they were caught and whipped, and then ordered to leave the plowing valley within a time limit, and their personal supplies were confiscated, regardless of whether these belongings belonged to the elves or they looted them from the villagers.

For those ferocious robbers who have killed ordinary civilians, if they are caught, they will be beheaded directly for public display.

Since it was the first time for the monks to accept the task assigned by William, the monks showed extremely enthusiastic enthusiasm. They eagerly hoped to show William their abilities in this task to express their respect for King Kong. The loyalty and support of the Great Venerable.

So in the days that followed, shocking scenes frequently appeared in the countryside of Genggu. Countless monks braved the rain of arrows shot by the elves, screaming and launched a desperate charge, and some even looked like hedgehogs. It was full of arrows, but it still rushed into the battle group of elves fiercely.

In other words, the elves who are used to being elegant have never seen such a desperate opponent, but any encounter with a patrol team is basically a one-touch result, and the monks are basically good at a series of things that increase running speed such as [Flying Steps] and [Falling Lightly] The special skills make it impossible for most elves to escape even if they want to, and in the end they can only obediently be captives and be whipped.

Of course, the monks also paid a heavy price for their recklessness. At least one-third of the monks suffered heavy injuries in the first battle. He died on the spot, and almost none of the other slightly injured monks were left behind.

Even though monks are inherently more capable of self-recovery than other extraordinary professions, they can't withstand such devastation, so much so that the first battle of the monks almost broke their morale.

After all, it is one thing to believe and worship, but another to be able to live.

However, when William summoned a cursed phoenix from the Gate of Flames and healed almost all the wounded with surging life energy, the fighting spirit of the monks became high again.

And William may have made a promise, as long as you don't die on the spot, I will make you alive and kicking again when you come back.In this way, the morale of the monks was almost completely raised to the extreme. From then on, their fighting style became almost more brutal than barbarians, and crazier than berserkers, and became a mudslide on the battlefield.

Ordinary monks always like to participate in battles without protection. They don't like to use weapons, and they rarely wear any armor. Basically, they just wear a linen robe and they're done.

Many people say that this is because the monk profession itself dislikes any armor equipment, and they pursue fighting in the most natural way.

William thinks that people who say this kind of nonsense are either stupid or bad. Ghosts are so close to nature. Animals know how to put armor on their bodies, but you don't know how to protect yourself. What about your brain?
The fact that monks don't wear armor is actually just a misunderstanding of outsiders who don't know what to do.

There are three main reasons for this misunderstanding.

One is the tradition of Karatu, the birthplace of monks. There are often unified dynasties and empires in the Karatu continent, and these regimes, without exception, have relatively strict management of the people under their rule. One of them is the ban on armor.

The main content of the Armor Prohibition Order is as follows: Any person or organization who illegally holds armor will be given one collar, the armor will be confiscated, and the armor bearer will be beheaded or distributed; punish.

Therefore, in order to avoid this prohibition, the most traditional monks had to focus on studying combat skills without armor protection, and gradually took combat without armor as a habit.

The second reason is the teaching habit among monks.The most common way of master-student inheritance of monks is to conduct hand-to-hand combat. At this time, if you wear a suit of armor to get punched, you will see if your master will go crazy.

The third and most important reason is that "poor" makes trouble.However, there are very few monks who are rich, and this profession has a great demand for various herbs. Generally, wanting to wear expensive armor is almost a luxury.

Of course, William never lacked armor for his subordinates to equip. Although the monks were not used to fighting through armor at first, they reluctantly agreed with William's strong insistence.

Out of consideration for monks' fighting habits and traditions, William didn't equip them with luxurious equipment at the beginning, but only provided simple armor that could only cover vital points.

　Corrected.Thanks to book friends [Tianjiang Little Lolita] and [blacklkk] for their support.

　　
　
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