Monster Minotaur

Anthony looked at the rain outside the store and the passers-by, feeling extremely irritable. As a potter, what he hates most is the rainy season. Three months of continuous rain makes it impossible for him to carry out his work. Traditional Abani pottery requires sunlight to achieve an ideal hardness.

Of course, from the perspective of his wife, the daughter of a propaganda officer, this was just an excuse for being lazy. Nowadays, other potters in the city have long used ovens to dry the finished pottery. Not only is it stronger than those made by the sun, but it is also less likely to lose shape.

Only Anthony still adheres to such an ancient tradition. Not only does it need a yard to display pottery, but there is almost no production of products in the rainy season. The goods that were made before the rainy season started have long been bought by the troops in the city. Now Anthony's shop only has some weird and expensive things, which Anthony calls works of art.

A small group of dark-skinned soldiers patrolled past Anthony's store. There would be many scoundrels coming out to cause trouble in the city that had just been captured. These patrolling soldiers were set up to prevent riots. I don't know whether it was because the sound of the rain hitting the ground was too loud, or because most of these soldiers were mute, but there was not a single noisy sound among the patrolling team. Even the Maro people, who were famous for their discipline some time ago, could not achieve such silence.

Looking at the warriors who were rumored to be slaves, Anthony remembered the chaos of the siege some time ago. He never thought that the city that had been occupied by Maro for so long would actually usher in a siege battle again. After all, it was already far away from the front line. Moreover, it is still the rainy season when monsters increase in large numbers. I really don’t know how these Carthaginian warriors got here if they are not Carthaginians.

Anthony didn't have much feelings about the war. According to the words of his father, who once served as a gunner in the army, but later lost an ear due to a slip on blood, and retired to become a blacksmith. If the history of mankind were a book, then 80% of the content of this book would be blood and corpses, because mankind has never stopped fighting and turmoil.

The other 18% are erotic all day and night, because those interesting things are always attractive, so most people spend a lot of time there. And only two percent is the establishment of civilization, because labor is the most boring and tiring. As an indispensable potter, Anthony believes that he is the one who creates the two percent.

When he was thirteen, his father placed a sword and a hammer in front of him and gave him the choice of joining the army or becoming a blacksmith. But in the end, he didn't choose either. He didn't want to fight to the death with monsters or other people, nor did he want to be smoked like black coal by the stove, so he chose the more artistic pottery and became a pottery maker. Craftsman.

And as a self-proclaimed artist, he didn't care who occupied the city. Regardless of whether it is Maro or Carthage, no matter who they are, they will collect taxes. No matter where there are arrogant nobles, it makes no difference to the common people. As a middle-class resident of the city, Anthony only cares about whether he can make money and have enough to eat. Oh... of course, the 18% is also important.

But even if he was not interested in the war, Anthony was still very gossipy about some things. For example, the Carthaginian army that captured this small city yesterday was said to be led by a girl from the countryside who had never attended a knight academy but led the army deep behind enemy lines.

Most of the slaves who were bought or rescued were willing to fight for her. This situation has caused a lot of rumors to spread in the city. Most people say that the girl has a strong talent in that area and can satisfy these slave warriors and make them die. There were even people who had been to the barracks and loudly claimed in the tavern that they had seen girls walking into slave tents at night.

Others believe that these slaves were influenced by the girl and followed her into dangerous places. Some old people said that they saw only purity and sincerity in the girl's eyes. They had never seen such a pure child, and a small group of people even believed what the girl said that she was sent by God to save Carthage. people.

As for these rumors, Anthony agreed that they were all just idle talk. Whether it's Carthage sent by God to save her or the fact that the girl is gifted and sleeps with all the slaves, it can't be true. The Carthage goddess of wealth only recognizes gold coins, and using gold coins as a sacrifice will only bless your business with prosperity. War is not something that the goddess has jurisdiction over.

Even the chosen warriors are the weakest among all the gods, so how could there be any agent to help Carthage fight. As for the so-called sleeping with slaves, it is even more nonsense. You must know that these slaves number more than 2,000, and even a hard-core person will fall asleep!

Anthony! Help me! Just when the bored Anthony was thinking wildly, his wife's unique loud voice came from upstairs: Damn it! Who will come to buy your rags and lie there in a daze when you have time? , why don’t you come up and help me clean up this big fish, do you still want to have lunch?”

If you are calling these things junk, I will smash your mouth! An angry Anthony flipped the opening sign in front of the door to read On Break and trotted upstairs and shouted: That's art. , I have told you so many times that it is art, and one day someone will appreciate my talent!

Come on, rags are rags. His wife was not afraid of her husband's majesty. Although Anthony shouted fiercely, she knew that he was actually a softie. Even before the Maroons attacked, the city summoned adults capable of fighting to help defend the city. This guy who was afraid of death hid in the cellar for three days! Until the city was captured.

Ignoring the petty citizens' arrogance, Joanna, a female knight in armor in the city's barracks, was pointing at the map in her hand to introduce the nearby situation to the girl in front of her. Although Joanna, who has been following the girl for a while, is very clear that the girl in front of her does not have any experience in commanding battles, but the strange thing is that every time before a battle, she can always give some very good suggestions. It was as if someone was actually guiding her.

The siege battle a few days ago was also due to the girl's suggestion, and the city's Maro defenders were eliminated without any effort. Of course, this is also related to the fact that this small town has no shields and there are not many guards. Otherwise, no matter how united the soldiers in the army are and how good their tactics are, it is impossible to do it for two days just relying on the strength of more than 2,000 soldiers. A city was captured in a matter of seconds.

The big city closest to here should have received news of the attack here. However, because of the rainy season, if they want to organize an army, it will take at least three days. Joanna pointed to the map. Yidian said: Now that we have assaulted the city, it is almost impossible for us to take the city effortlessly like this time. The Maro people who have received the news will definitely have be on guard against.

But we still have two targets to choose from, one is York Town, which is three days away from here, and the other is Leon City, which is five days away from us. These two places are not important places. There should not be too many defenders and we can supply supplies there.

We will rest here for another day, and then go to liberate the city of Leon. By the way, how many of the slaves liberated from the farms are willing to fight with us? After listening to Joanna's words, the girl said: We need to gather enough fighters before we reach our destination.

Five hundred more people have been recruited, but we already have nearly three thousand slave warriors. A knight standing aside said: The supply line of Carthage that has broken away now is very far, and our supplies are already barely enough. .If we continue to increase the number of soldiers, we will not be able to provide them with food and armor to wear.

The Maro people will solve these problems for us. The girl said in a quiet voice: Before the rainy season ends, we must completely break through to the rear of the Maro people's front line and constantly harass their supply lines and some poorly defended cities. We The people are more familiar with the terrain than the Maroons. If they want to capture us, they must send a large number of warriors, so that the pressure on the front line can be relaxed.

Was it the Maroons' tactic to capture Fort Macedonia? The knights who were having a meeting in all the rooms thought about the girl's words and nodded. It is indeed a very good method to supply by harassing the supply line. Moreover, the Maro people on the front line have lost some important strategic materials and will also be fatigued in terms of offense.

After finalizing their future strategy, the knights assigned by the Princess Regent saluted the girl and left the room. For a moment, only the girl was left in the room, silently looking at the strategic map that Joanna took out in front of her. This girl from the countryside led an army of slaves to fight against the invaders in the most dangerous places. Fighting against the enemies of your homeland, everything seems so incredible.

God will bring us victory, God will save Carthage. The girl clasped her hands on her chest, closed her eyes slightly and prayed, and some silver light came out from the slits of her slightly closed eyes...