Mount & Blade War Chronicles
Chapter 230

The Empire's Enemy

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The lord used his left hand to kill several gladiators around him. He turned around and saw Wendy standing upside down and swinging a stunning sword.

This kind of fancy gymnastics-like movements can actually be a killing technique?

Li Ang suddenly had a new understanding of women's gymnastics... Sure enough, every sport was originally related to war.

Of course Li Ang is quite envious of Wendy's dexterous body skills, but most people cannot learn this kind of gymnastics movements. It not only requires talent, but also needs to be cultivated from an early age.

In fact, what Li Ang envied even more was the strength of Castro - this gladiator did not sacrifice agility for its strength, its movements were amazingly fast, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with its brain.

In fact, Li Ang's martial arts skills are considered top-notch among humans. It is difficult to find an opponent in a one-on-one situation. Even masters like Roland or Jocelyn are no match for the lord when fighting alone.

For most people, with skills like Li Ang, there is a high probability that they can walk safely on this continent.

Just like Sir Roland, he has been hunted by Dawn Knight Order for several years, from Barkley all the way to Pende, but he is still alive and kicking, and he can still do good deeds along the way.

But I don't know why, it's probably because the lord has a different physique--Li Ang always encounters those inhuman monsters...

For example, the Noisy One Alaric, such as Three Prophets, such as the Castro that just fell.

Perhaps, we have to add Lord Aldarian and Vendathir...

Each of these people possess terrifying power.

Li Ang does not know his own strength attributes. His system cannot see his own strength and cannot add points to the basic attributes.

But he can roughly estimate that he should generally belong to a relatively high level among humans, comparable to most Meitengheim Great Swordsman, and slightly inferior to a talented hunk like Kloze.

After all, he has now increased Iron Bones and Strong Strike to level 8, but cannot improve it any further.

Judging from this, if it is in a horse riding and slashing game, the strength attribute of Li Ang is probably between 24 and 26 - in the game, skills such as Strong Strike and Iron Bones have requirements for basic strength attributes. Every 3 points of strength corresponds to a level of skills such as Iron Bones Strong Strike. Of course, there must be enough available skill points.

In fact, this is already considered very powerful. The limit of human strength is probably 33.

However, the enemies Li Ang encountered were estimated to have strength attributes above fifty, which was twice that of Li Ang - it was basically impossible to reach this level just by training alone.

Three Prophets is even more extreme. They can repel charging horses at a standstill, and can kick Kloze, who weighs more than 200 kilograms, several meters away. Their strength is probably over 100...

Let's not mention Noldo Elves and Three Prophets. They are not ordinary people. They have some magic power and it is understandable that they are beyond human limits.

Alaric took drugs. Although he gained power beyond human limits, he was also forced to drink beyond human limits, and he was already half crazy...

But this Castro is obviously in a normal state of mind and doesn't look like he's on drugs, but why does he have such power?

Although I can defeat these opponents every time with outside help, it seems too frequent to encounter so many scary guys in one year.

The lord now has a deep sense of crisis, and there is no guarantee in the military formation. Pande Continent There are too many monsters and monsters.

After Castro's body collapsed, this short battle came to an end.

The other gladiators did not have the strength and skill of Castro. After paying a dozen corpses, the remaining gladiators chose to surrender to save their lives.

"Brutus, what's going on with this Castro?"

Alina stepped forward and asked.

"He is the champion of Siyuan City, the strongest gladiator currently alive... I actually don't know if his name is Castro. He has been through five gladiator training camps and changed his name five times..."

Brutus stood up with some difficulty. "He planned to make us independent warlords, but I have always disagreed, so a few days ago he used the gladiator method to make others obey his orders..."

"Gladiator style? You mean jousting?"

Li Ang looked at the injuries on Brutus's body. They didn't look like torture, but injuries caused by heavy punches with bare hands. They were not fatal, just a few broken ribs.

"Yes... If you want a gladiator to obey, you can only use the gladiator's method. The winner has the final say. But I am not his opponent..."

"Fortunately, you chose to fight with bare hands... It's good to be able to survive against a person with such strange strength. How could he have such power?"

Li Ang wants to know where Castro's power comes from.

"According to his own statement, he was made like this by some Snake Worship Cult disciples, but no one knows exactly what happened... Are you a subordinate of General Clerion? I have never seen you..."

Brutus saw Creon leading the exterminators to clean up the battlefield. Obviously, he did not know Li Ang.

"My name is Li Ang. Maybe you have heard of my name, but it probably doesn't have a good reputation..."

The lord pointed at Jocelyn, who was still circling the battlefield to drive away the remaining troops. The dark steel fortress still held up Griffin banner.

"You are the devil lord Lionheart Kingdom! Ah... I'm sorry, it seems that the rumors are not exaggerated. Your subordinates do look like demons, and they are indeed three meters tall... That guy won't eat children, right?"

Brutus looked at Jocelyn's current appearance, and then easily understood Li Ang's reputation that was deliberately misrepresented by Emperor Marius...

"Ahem... that's a rumor! Forget it, it's not important... What did you say Castro did to Snake Worship Cult's people just now?"

The lord doesn't want to explain anymore, Jocelyn's current appearance is indeed the appearance of the legendary devil.

Li Ang is more concerned about what the heretics did.

"You can tell just by looking at him. His chest, covered by half-body armor..."

Brutus didn't worry too much about this devil lord. After all, he was Immortal Legion's military attache. He was used to seeing generals who were rumored to be monsters and monsters, and he could understand that such a deterrent image on the battlefield could make the enemy fearful.

In fact, Bacchus Empire and Shadow Legion were also called the Demon Legion.

Li Ang walked to Castro, whose neck was still bleeding, and used his sword to break the tie of the half-armor.

When the tight-fitting armor was taken off, everyone present except Brutus took a deep breath.

Castro's chest has two huge scars, one horizontal and one vertical, that run through the entire chest and abdomen. They were obviously cut open and then re-sutured. The seams were densely packed, and the whole body looked extremely terrifying.

These days, being able to sew up the wound and survive after disemboweling a person is probably the ceiling of the Pande Continent's surgical skills. Even Radiant Cross Knights's doctors probably don't have this ability!

"Has he been cut open?"

Li Ang turned around and asked Brutus.

"He said that he watched the snake cult priests cut open his body and then sacrificed it to Aziz Dahaka. It is said that he saw all his internal organs with his own eyes at that time... but he was not dead until the end of the sacrifice, so those Snake Worship Cult The guys sewed up his flesh and poured a lot of unknown medicine into his wounds. In the end, he survived, but those Snake Worship Cult disciples said he was a failed sacrifice..."

Brutus seemed to be deeply impressed by these words: "It is said that he will become a slave because an imperial noble threatened the lives of his whole family, forcing him to become that noble's cash cow. But in fact... After we killed Siyuan City, we found that his whole family had already died."

"It seems that there are quite a few nobles corrupted by Snake Worship Cult. However, what are those snake cult priests studying? Those like Castro are so powerful... What will it look like if they succeed?"

"If you succeed, your soul and flesh will probably be swallowed up by Az Dahaka and controlled forever... But this person gained power, but did not lose his soul, and cannot be controlled by Snake Worship Cult... That's why he is said to have failed..."

General Clerion said.

"Perhaps success and failure in Snake Worship Cult's eyes are indeed like this. But this method seems to be very advanced medical skills..."

Li Ang frowned. "Why do these evil gods devour souls and flesh? Dark Goddess Eredar is the same, Aziz Dahaka is too... Miss Alina, I heard that you have studied many documents, do you know the reason?"

"Erebus and Aziz Dahaka are not gods. The so-called Dark Goddess doesn't even have a real body, and the big snake Aziz Dahaka is more like a created monster... Maybe they are just demons summoned from the abyss, and they are just given the title of evil god by people."

Alina seems to have indeed done some research. "Maybe people's worship and sacrifice can make these demons have stronger magic power. Anyway... when the power is strong enough, anyone can be a god."

"That's right... OK, it seems that this way of gaining strength is unreliable... Let's consider how to appease this army. Brutus, can you still command them?"

The battlefield had gradually calmed down, and the lord shook his head and got down to business.

The power obtained by relying on these ghosts and gods is obviously not very reliable, so Lord Lord will not be entangled. Since his personal ability cannot be effectively improved for the time being, he should take good care of the army and change his style.

In view of the fact that he often encounters such monsters with astonishing power, the lord feels that he will no longer rush to the front in future battles. It will be easier to protect himself by commanding in the center of the army.

Now that my identity is different, my behavior should indeed change.

A commander who controls thousands of troops shouldn't rush to the front row to risk his life - unless his skills soar in the future to the point where he can easily kill all his opponents, then he can try to become an unparalleled general...

"I can't command them anymore. I'm already a loser... All the troops are commanded separately by gladiators, but the gladiators cannot tolerate losers. And..."

Brutus shook his head and looked at Alina next to him. "Miss Alina, now they no longer believe in Governor Justus. I'm afraid they won't even believe it... They have fought two tragic wars with the Imperial First Legion..."

This is obviously an open-minded and loyal military attache. He doesn't seem to have any attachment to controlling this army. He keeps thinking about Emperor Marius's instructions.

"It is precisely because they no longer believe in the Bacchus Empire that I appear here. Brutus, help me ask, are they willing to follow Bacchus Empire's biggest enemy? I think they should have heard of the name of the Devil Lord..."

The Lord Lord said.

Li Ang's name in Bax is indeed very resounding. Emperor Marius and Justus's deliberate publicity has indeed convinced most Baxian that Li Ang is the most terrifying lord of the Lionheart Kingdom.

Maybe this is indeed the case now, but Emperor Marius probably didn't expect that his flattery would come true so quickly...

These gladiators have killed many imperial nobles and killed so many Imperial First Legion soldiers. It is indeed impossible for them to be recruited by the Bacchus Empire again.

And they will not join the rebels - Sheila Youzas's rebels are not in line with the ideals of the rebels. Even Castro only intends to be an independent warlord and has never thought of defecting to the rebels.

At the moment, the Lord, as the enemy that the empire has been promoting, is of course their best candidate for refuge.

"I see... But, Lord Li Ang, if you want those gladiators to truly obey you, you have to defeat them in a fair confrontation - they only worship the winner, and status is meaningless to them."

Brutus does seem to be very smart. When Li Ang calls himself 'Bacchus Empire's enemy', he immediately understands the Lord's intention.

"Since that's the case... then we just need to beat the most powerful one, right?"

Li Ang looked at the gladiators in front who were still gathered together after surrendering. "There won't be any more macho men like Castro, right?"

The lord still cherished his life. He knew that he probably couldn't kill Castro. Wendy was able to kill him with one sword only because Castro was besieged by the guards before.

"Castro is a special case... Well, you can get the title of Devil Lord, so you must have good skills. But I still want to advise you that it may be safer to let your subordinates take action... Each of them was once a champion in other cities' arenas."

Brutus kindly reminded the lord.

Siyuan City Arena is the highest level stage for gladiators. Each gladiator training camp must win the championship in other places before entering the competition.

It can be regarded as the club championship league of this era.

Li Ang looked at his subordinates...

After looking around, I found that I still had to go on my own.

Since both Li Ang and Amy left White Deer Fortress, Vendathir did not follow. She must stay in White Deer Fortress to avoid conflicts between Noldor and humans, and only she can persuade Lord Aldarian to retreat.

Risadiran may not be Li Ang's opponent in a one-on-one duel. This guy has some side effects from being a killer too many and doesn't like to fight head-on with others...

Jocelyn cannot beat Li Ang. I tried it before during training.

As for Wendy... we can't let Wendilf have a duel with a shirtless hunk, right?

Now it seems that the person in the team who is most suitable for a duel seems to be the lord himself...

Moreover, it is better to subdue people yourself than to let your subordinates control you. After all, you don't have to command from a different level.

"Come on, champions, who is the most powerful among you? Come out and challenge me! I once won the championship in Fieltzwe National Arena!"

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