Chapter 431: Characteristics of the Challenge, Rhodok Crossbowman
Zong Shen was busy preparing for the expedition in the snow.
It can be seen that he takes this operation very seriously!
In the second phase of the 48-hour winter.
A total of 10,000 winter snow monsters will be spawned.
These snow monsters are a difficult challenge for ordinary lords.
But to Zong Shen, it was a precious lump.
They are the only means in the second stage besides basic survival points that can widen the points gap.
If you have the ability, killing one is equivalent to earning one.
If you kill ten heads, you will get 10,000 extra points at this stage.
Based on the experience of the last round of challenges, there is no harm in getting more points during the challenge.
Those points can not only be redeemed for all kinds of fancy things.
In the end, as long as Zong Shen can take the lead, there may be other benefits.
The lord system is always keen to allow lords to engage in involutional competition.
In the absence of other clear competitive activities, Zong Shen must work hard to ensure that he can become the lord with the most points among the lords.
At least become the lord with the most points in the area.
Due to the particularity of the challenge this time, the difficulty of obtaining points is also different from the previous round of challenges.
Because there are guaranteed survival points, the lords at the bottom can effectively benefit.
It is not difficult to ensure basic survival. The biggest threat is only the winter snow monster.
However, the number of these snow monsters is not too large, and they do not have the habit of clumping together.
Ten thousand snow monsters were scattered over an area of 40,000 square kilometers for two days.
After being evenly distributed on every lord's head, the pressure to deal with it cannot be said to be too great.
After the first round of challenges, all lords have defensive arrow towers in their territories.
The only difference is the quantity and level.
As long as they stay in the territory obediently and rely on the territory's defense buildings, they can still defeat the winter snow monster after paying a certain amount of casualties.
Of course, it is not ruled out that some unlucky people will be visited by the winter snow monster one after another.
No one can say for sure in this situation.
Zong Shen is not a savior, and he has no reason to consider the casualty rate of the lords in this round of challenges.
In short, there are only two endings for each round of challenge.
These two situations correspond to all lords, including Zong Shen himself.
That is: death - the complete end, survival - getting stronger and stronger.
As long as you can survive the challenge, you will definitely become stronger.
The difference is that everyone becomes stronger to a different extent.
Zong Shen has currently summarized the characteristics of the challenges set by the four lords system.
Rule 1: What you pay for is what you get.
Rule 2: High risks come with high returns, and vice versa.
Article 3: When your thinking and ability can subvert the status quo, you will be rewarded heavily.
Article 4: Challenge is a kind of tempering, not a massacre.
In addition to these four conditions, there are also variable conditions among the lords.
This variable is everyone's luck.
The African Emirates may be embarrassed until death, while the European Emperor may be able to win until the end.
Luck is an illusory thing from a fantasy perspective.
But in fact, luck is the result of the superposition of multiple events.
In theory, if you can understand all events and subsequent changes, you can predict luck.
At the same time, this thing is not irreversible.
In the final analysis, it is just a matter of chance.
Zong Shen has a thorough understanding of this. As a cheater, he can look at the lord system calmly.
And gradually analyze the essential motivation.
After all, taking off with the wind is definitely infinitely more comfortable than flying against the wind.
Only by understanding the original intention of the Lord System can we accurately take off against the wind.
Zong Shen held the [Trident of Wind, Fire and Thunder] in one hand while thinking about things.
Those soldiers remained on standby.
As the snow became heavier, everyone's fur coats were gradually covered with a layer of snowflakes.
The soldiers were all wearing the same [double-sided sheepskin warm-weather jacket]. As Bosbon's military cold-proof quilt, it was still very thick.
Compared with the ordinary [sewn sheepskin jacket], this kind of cold-proof jacket is sewn with double the amount of sheepskin material. It has a great effect in keeping out the cold and can effectively ensure that body temperature will not be lost quickly.
This level of cold-proof clothing coupled with the warriors' own physique and attributes far surpass those of ordinary farmers.
Even in this severe cold environment of minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius, everyone can still be in good fighting condition.
Of course, the cold is not completely without its effects. Under severe cold, everyone's blood circulation and metabolism become slower, and the limbs will be stiffer than usual.
After strenuous exercise, it is difficult to even take a big breath. The extremely cold air will irritate the trachea and lungs. In order to maintain body temperature, you must exercise as continuously as possible.
Warm clothing cannot completely prevent the conduction and loss of heat.
It's also wrong to stand motionless like now.
They must fully activate their body cells.
Start consuming the energy accumulated in your body and continue to generate heat for your body.
It has been standing for more than ten minutes now.
Some soldiers' legs and feet began to become numb.
Although the trunk is the most exposed area, as the distal ends of blood vessels, the weakened blood circulation will bear the brunt of the weakening of blood circulation on the limbs, especially the legs.
Zong Shen also noticed this and waved his hand and took out a [Magic Heat Ball].
After the charge is activated, drop it in the middle of the queue.
The heat began to radiate evenly from the inside out, forming an invisible force field.
Affected by the ice, the force field only covered an area of more than twenty square meters.
But it was enough to cover all the dozen warriors waiting in the central area.
"Don't be so serious."
"Let's all stretch our muscles where we are."
"Otherwise one of you will definitely have your toes frozen off."
Zong Shen, who came back to his senses, immediately reminded the soldiers in a half-joking tone.
Since the Odo Village incident, there has been no large-scale expedition in the territory for several days, which makes all the soldiers look forward to it.
Therefore, after the assembly again, the atmosphere at the scene was a bit serious and tense.
The point recruitment from the previous round of challenges brought a lot of new blood to the territory.
These newly joined warriors urgently need a battle to quickly integrate into the territory.
Fighting is the best way for warriors to demonstrate their worth.
After so many days of leisure, everyone is gearing up.
In fact, the same is true for Zong Shen. Resting for too long will only make the sword rust.
Only fighting can drive him to become stronger quickly.
Before Luna, who started first, returned, Colby, who started later, returned to the outside of the courtyard faster.
He brought back the forging results that the dwarf planned during this period, a total of 37 sets of anti-slip ground spikes.
The ground thorns originally planned for riding beasts have been completely cancelled.
It turns out that those clawed riding beasts don't need this kind of thing at all.
On the contrary, those war horses are more embarrassing, whether they are grassland horses or Andalusian war horses.
The iron hooves of the heavy war horse have no friction on the thick ice, and the contact area is too small.
The relatively slender limbs make movement more difficult.
Even though these war horses and riding beasts are both "four-wheel drive".
But there is no natural "snow tire", nor is there a more stable and low-lying "chassis".
This is the fundamental reason why the knights in the Northern Ice Kingdom do not use war horses as riding beasts.
"Colby, issue these non-slip ground stabs to all infantry soldiers."
Zong Shen casually told him that his strategy was guerrilla warfare.
Long-range soldiers are loaded with load-bearer mechas, and they patrol and fight in a mobile way.
Therefore, long-range warriors do not need to be issued ground thorns.
It is enough to only distribute them to infantry warriors such as dragon-turned-gun-and-shield warriors.
The appearance of these ground thorns is a bit crude and rough, and they look like they were rushed out.
In fact, these non-slip floor thorns are indeed a rush job, but the quality is still very good.
From Zong Shen's perspective, they are ordinary props at the whiteboard level.
[Rough anti-slip chain spurs (white)]
[Quality: Ordinary]
[Durability: 150]
[Effect: Reduce movement speed by 35%, increase anti-skid ability by 50%]
(The dwarf uncle’s quick work, although it is crude, he did not cut any corners)
These anti-skid ground spikes are called anti-skid chain spikes in the system prompt.
It has a durability of 150 points in its new condition without use or wear.
This durability value is basically the standard value for white-level equipment or items.
If used normally, it is more than enough to meet the travel needs of these days of winter challenge.
Zong Shen carefully looked at the anti-skid chain spur in his hand.
In fact, this little thing proves one more thing.
That is a self-designed item, after being adjusted by the dwarf uncle.
As long as certain requirements are met, items recognized by the system can be produced.
The effect of anti-skid chain spurs has been certified by the system, which is a very solid guarantee.
"rumble…"
Just as Zong Shen was studying these newly produced anti-slip spike chains, the sound of driving the tracks of the loader's mecha was finally heard from the east.
After waiting for nearly twenty minutes, Luna finally came back.
According to Zong Shen's request, she brought back twenty ranged warriors and four water mages.
Plus the two sisters Vereesa and Madeleine in the territory.
Zong Shen's arrangement mobilized almost all the crossbow warriors in the territory.
Among them are twelve second-level Rodok crossbowmen, six second-level Avalon light crossbowmen, and four third-level Avalon dragonborn rangers.
Among them, the Rhodok crossbowmen are basically the most cost-effective long-range arms among the second-level crossbowmen.
This is because the Rhodok Kingdom has the strongest crossbowmen of the same level among the human kingdoms on the entire continent.
Most of the territory of Rhodok Kingdom is located in the mountains.
Therefore, most of the state cities and giant cities under its jurisdiction are mountain fortress cities.
In the long-term struggle with wild beasts, monsters and aliens, even seven or eight-year-old children in the Rhodok Kingdom have mastered some skills with strong crossbows or strong bows.
This is a nationwide craze and habit that has lasted for thousands of years.
Because of this, Rhodok's crossbowmen can basically beat the same level of crossbowmen from other kingdoms.
This is true whether it is a second-level ordinary crossbowman, a fifth-level steel-thorned crossbowman, or a sixth-level Rodok marksman.
In addition, the infantry of Rhodok Kingdom ranks among the top among all human kingdoms.
It was just obscured by the crossbowmen.
The fourth-level Sergeant Rodok is the ace unit in city defense and positional warfare.
In terms of hand-to-hand combat ability alone, it is second only to the infantry of the Kingdom of Nord.
Those Rhodok sergeants are equipped with heavy shields as well as military hammers and long-handled machetes.
Excellent shield waterproof accuracy can take advantage in hand-to-hand combat.
It can also buy time for your own shooters to attack.
Of course, every advantage has its shortcomings.
As a mountain kingdom, Rhodok only controls some knights in the northern region.
Their national knights can only rank at the bottom among the human knights.
However, the Rhodok Kingdom has no interest in developing the Knights at all.
In front of the mountain fortress, any knights will be eclipsed, and no matter how outstanding the riding beast is, they will not be able to smoothly charge the fortress in the mountains.
As for riding in the air, he is even more fearless.
Ranged warriors can shoot them into sieves.
Since the establishment of the Rhodok Kingdom, it is enough to consider positional warfare and fortress defense warfare.
Therefore, their unit advantage also tends to focus on defensive warfare.
In fact, almost every human kingdom has one or several types of troops of its own that have advantages compared with others.
These superior arms are related to each kingdom's war experience, the region where the kingdom is located, historical traditions and habits.
The soldiers were all standing on the open cargo compartment of the loader mecha.
Zong Shen glanced at the Rodok crossbowmen, preparing to check their specific attributes.
When redeeming for recruitment, the strategy system was in slumber, so Zong Shen was not able to check the attributes and characteristics of these crossbowmen in detail at that time.
This time, I would like to take advantage of the opportunity to learn about it before going on the expedition, so that I can be well aware of it.
These Rodok crossbowmen all wore brown leather hats. Zong Shen randomly picked a guy with a beard on his face and looked more recognizable, and examined it attentively.
[Rodok Crossbowman: DeWitt]
[Qualification: Good]
【Strength: 22】
[Agility: 26]
【Wisdom: 8】
[Charm: 8]
[Health value: 365]
[Piercing damage: 64~67]
[Head Armor: 10]
[Upper body armor: 25]
[Lower body armor: 20]
[Magic Resistance: 10]
[Skill: Armor-piercing shooting LV10 (makes the attack have an additional 35% armor penetration ability, lasts for 10 minutes, cools down for 1 hour)
Triangular Puncture LV10 (makes the attack have a triangular puncture effect, causing an additional 15 points of damage to shields and armors. After hitting the enemy, there will be a bleeding effect that lasts for 10 seconds, and 5 health points will be lost every second, lasting for 10 minutes. , cooling time 1 hour)
Passive skills: City defense enhancement (in the city defense state, the reloading speed is increased by 10%, and the puncture damage is increased by 10%)]
[Squad skill: Rain salvo (squad level) (launch five rounds of salvo within 15 seconds, increase range by 100 meters, cooldown time is 1 hour)]
(Let your enemy kneel down and beg for mercy under the arrow)
