Soon.
A light armored infantryman ran over and observed for a moment among the metal giants in front of the gate of the 4th Army. After confirming the number on the right arm of Reilo, he saluted with a military salute.
"According to the order of the commander of the 32nd Infantry Regiment Gang Ze, I will escort you to the 32nd Infantry Regiment."
"Got it."
The metal giant's voice was very mechanical and sounded a bit uncomfortable, so Reilo tried to speak as little as possible.
With heavy steps, he followed the soldier "bang" and "bang" towards the gate of the fortress. It could be seen that the soldier was very nervous and excited, with a red light of excitement on his face. The team of archers who were going out at the gate of the fortress naturally gave way to him.
In other words, he made way for the behemoth behind him.
Outside the fortress, the dazzling sunlight in the middle of the afternoon fell on the metal giant, giving off the beauty of metal violence.
The five-meter metal giant's eyes glowed red, and Reilo looked at the soldiers waiting outside the fortress.
The soldiers stood relatively loosely, with a large number of crossbowmen and a small number of magician advisors at the rear, and heavily armored soldiers and heavy shield warriors in the front. The sheen of metal armor was everywhere, and it was a large area of darkness, among which there were many metal giant war weapons similar to their own.
However, the team of more than 10,000 people outside the fortress is nothing compared to the more than 100,000 permanent legions stationed in the entire Furnace Fortress.
From time to time, you can see some sad-looking magician consultants in the crowd.
Compared to the Foolish soldiers who are in high spirits and have not realized what is going to happen, these magician consultants obviously have a better understanding of what it means to join the front line of this war.
I was troubled by the task I was assigned to the front line, but I had no choice but to do anything about it.
Reilo couldn't help but secretly rejoice.
Although the military generally does not send scholars from the academy to join the frontline war, even for ordinary city defense tasks, no matter how careful you are, a large area of Destruction magic will appear unexpectedly, and a strong person will rush in and forcefully descend, sweeping casually, killing everyone, or throwing stone bombs from the sky.
Luck is such a precious thing, and scholars who are so valuable naturally don't dare to gamble with their lives.
On the other hand, the task of manipulating Metal War Weapon assigned by the ghost old man to his group is not only quite safe, but can also be used to obtain war merits. This is obviously a lucrative task that requires a back door to be assigned.
For this outing, I called Xiao Kang. It was indeed a wise choice!
Soon.
This soldier brought Reilo to an infantry regiment.
The elite heavily armored soldiers at the front of the infantry regiment, wrapped like iron barrels, all raised their heads and looked at this huge, majestic metal giant in fear.
There are already 3 Official-level metal giants, and 12 primitive-level metal war puppets with a height of 2M~2.5M.
Compared to the Official-level metal war giant, these primitive-level metal war puppets look quite dull.
A middle-aged man wearing iron mail turned his head to look after hearing the heavy footsteps behind him.
"Accepting the mission instructions of High Tower from the furnace, Saint Grand Fort first-year trainees Reilo·Gubo came to report to the 32nd Infantry Regiment of the 4th Army."
The metal giant performed a military salute and spoke in a mechanical voice.
I don't know why, but this Metal War Weapon is managed by the Intelligence Department.
The middle-aged infantry leader returned the greeting with a solemn look on his face.
"I am Gang Ze. I hope that you can help my legion reduce the damage as much as possible during Xilan People's first wave of slave cannon fodder. The despicable Xilan People will not care about the life and death of the slaves, but we Granites will never allow soldiers to be used as cannon fodder."
"Yes."
Reilo responded calmly and performed his duties.
A five-meter-tall metal giant, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, Reilo silently calculated how long the energy core in his body could last. He stood in front of this infantry regiment of about 500 people, looking past the other infantry regiment in front of him, quietly waiting for the enemy in the distance.
Shadows cast.
With the "rumbling" sound of the bellows, a group of balloon airships slowly floated in Furnace Fortress.
But these balloon airships are obviously different from ordinary balloon airships.
"It's Balloon Fortress!"
Grand Soldiers shouted.
"Balloon Fortress?"
The metal giant looked at it with red eyes. This so-called Balloon Fortress was larger than the civil aviation balloon airship, reaching a length of thirty meters. It looked like a huge goose egg, and the outer shell was also covered with a layer of black and gray armor.
The powerful Energy Shield can see a layer of light even at hundreds of meters.
According to Reilo's estimation, the strength of this energy protective shield should far exceed the strength of the natural protective shield of level 2 Profound Meaning Scholar, and is far beyond the level of the civil aviation balloon and airship.
It is precisely because of this that these Balloon Fortress sacrifice speed.
Even with a more powerful bellows and a deafening "rumbling" sound, the speed of Balloon Fortress is still very slow, similar to the speed of a ground soldier walking quickly.
A total of twenty-three balloons floated out of the fortress.
As Balloon Fortress gradually stopped above the soldiers, the top hatch slowly opened, revealing a black muzzle, which was Magic Crystal Cannon.
Compared with the giant trebuchet, the Magic Crystal Cannon has more concentrated energy and a shorter range. Therefore, the Gran people used their abundant resources to develop the Balloon Fortress, an aerial platform warfare weapon.
In this depressing atmosphere.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom...
In the distance, on the horizon of the lawn next door, a row of Black Shadow gradually appeared, getting closer and closer amidst the faint vibrations on the ground.
Reilo seemed to hear the heavy breathing of the soldiers behind him.
Although there has been no war between the two countries for decades, from a historical perspective, this is only a relatively short-lived peace.
War is the eternal topic between the two countries.
Among Xilan People's slaves, humans only account for a small part, and most of them are Starveil Land aliens.
Although the Starveil Land alien races are common among humans, there are only Thorn Forest Elves, and Hengduan Mountains Dwarves, but further away in remote forests, mountains, swamps, deserts, and barren lands, there are many alien races who believe in various Gods.
Similar to Stone Giant, Gnomes, sheep-headed men, werewolves, etc. in the Moon's Mark space node, they are part of the alien race of the Star Screen.
It's just that most of the places where these alien races live are poor places that are not suitable for human survival, and most of the believers in gods have already belonged to the God of Light family. Every time Aurora Great Empire of Light Crusaders goes on an expedition, these alien races will also send elite legions and Temple Priest to follow them, and they are generally protected by Aurora Great Empire of Light.
Therefore, there are basically no conflicts between the many human principalities and these alien races.
Except Xilan Duchy.
Xilan Duchy's slavery system has been spread since the founding of the country and has been completely integrated into their iron-blooded and conquest culture.
Different from Grand Duchy Mercenary Association system.
Xilan Duchy's Mercenary Association is extremely bleak, replaced by large and small slave-catching groups, and the overall strength of these slave-catching groups is far above Grand Duchy Mercenary Association.
Several of the super-large slave-catching groups have abilities comparable to those of S-class mercenary groups!
After these super-large slave-catching groups colluded with each other, they even launched genocidal wars against small tribes that did not have the protection of Gods!
What's even more frightening is that under Aurora Great Empire of Light's system, these behaviors are completely legal.
The Church people will not interfere in any way.
Because in the Church's view, whether there are many human principalities or many alien races, they are just the internal competition for faith among the gods of light.
Although the six principalities have a very special status due to the birth of the Academy of Sciences, at least there is no obvious conflict of interest for the Church, and they have made considerable contributions in previous Crusaders expeditions, and they will not become fertile ground for heresy to breed.
On the contrary.
As for those small ethnic groups that are not protected by Gods, although the Church does not have a clear attitude, it actually supports this extermination policy to avoid too many uncontrolled forces and the breeding of heresy.