Chapter 596: Hot Autumn (IV)

The carriage stopped in front of the frontline trench, and the dark gray reinforced soil formed the trench wall in front of the defense node. Every breath in the shadow-covered world seemed to bring a chill.

The Holy See troops wearing gray and somewhat tattered clothes are waiting for the arrival of a new batch of the Atonement Army. They use rifles to direct the Atonement Army to assemble, and a centurion will lead the Atonement Army to where they should go. .

The Crusaders on the front line had obvious flaws with the Centurions on the rear. Their clothes had bloodstains that could not be wiped off, and they had protective armor on key parts of their bodies.

They abandoned the ordinary hundred-foot-long full-coverage armor and retained the armor on key parts to make it easier to move on the battlefield.

What is even more eye-catching is the long rifle carried by each centurion. This is the first time Luke has seen a centurion using long-range weapons on a large scale.

'Not a flintlock. ’ Luke looked at the weapons in his hands and compared them with the hundreds of long weapons, only to find that the rifles on them were more well-made and did not have the complicated parts of the weapons in his hands.

Luke looked around. There were continuous dark gray mounds and deep ravines connected here, which did not fit the characteristics of the camp in his impression.

There are no shelters, no facilities, and not many people can be seen outside. There are ditches and hillsides, and iron thorns to block horses... There are also tattered red and white cross flags scattered on the formation. It looks like it has been a long time ago. It seems like there is no one to manage it.

The corpse of a beast-shaped monster as tall as a person was hung on the iron thorn. The black trench sandbags gave off an unpleasant smell of rust. The dark soil was mixed with wood thorns and steel. Farther away, there was a pile of temporary wood chips inserted. A cross-made tombstone.

"That's a tomb for you." The Crusader Centurion who led them sneered: "It's also for you."

Group Ninety-Seven cautiously followed the Centurion through the trench area. It wasn't until the Centurion stopped behind the trench with a wooden pole that they discovered that there was a wooden door half-covered by mud.

"They haven't come back. This trench is yours."

The crusaders on the front line kicked open the trenches, revealing the rooms excavated by the previous group of Redemption Army, allowing the dirty air in the trenches to escape naturally.

This trench, which had been abandoned for who knows how long, was mixed with the silt smell produced after work. It formed an overpowering smell over time. The centenarians who led them kicked open the tattered closed wooden door completely.

The passage leading to the trench defense line looks more like a pit leading to a prison after opening the wooden door.

The Atonement Army frowned involuntarily, and some people had already grabbed their clothes to cover their mouths and noses. The excitement of freedom in the hearts of the Atonement Army was suddenly hit by the tragic reality.

"Okay, you have ten minutes to ask questions."

The centurion ignored the rational disgust shown by the Atonement Army, as it seemed that he had become accustomed to the state of the new Atonement Army.

“Do you guys want to live in 눓떘?”

asked one of the Sinners.

"That's right, this is your future residence." The frontline centrist replied with a sneer: "Don't even think about running out. Those immortal things will not treat you as one of their own kind. They have seen more than you have ever seen. The demons are ten times more dangerous, and they can mobilize every monster you've ever seen."

"Clean your trenches, and don't lose your troops because of the plague and disease... And..." The sight of the hundred-꽬-long steel helmet fell on several alchemists in the Atonement Army: "Take your Keep the alchemical poison away from the trench."

The Holy See is responsible for grouping the Atonement Army into groups and sending them to the front line, but is not responsible for their management, which results in a mixed bag of good and bad among the Atonement Army.

There are ordinary thieves, spellcasters who study and learn spells, and alchemists who use alchemical poisons and alchemical puppets. A group of such people mixed together for a long time will inevitably cause injuries, but this is not something that the frontline troops of the Holy See need to consider. Many of the Atonement Army will not survive until the conflict breaks out.

"Are there any rules?"

asked another Pensioner.

"No, there are two rules here. Complete the task and you can't kill each other... You can do whatever you want here, including experiments, or other things you want to do, but don't give any trouble. The question comes."

The centrist held his hands:

"Don't think about escaping. This is a piece of advice. Your trench is the safest place in this area. As for the guy who kills each other, he will chop off his head with his own hands and hang it in front."

"Our enemy...is a beast?"

A member of the Atonement Army apparently saw the skeletons of large beasts embedded in the ironwood horses outside. The large number of temporary horses in front of the trenches were obviously intended to block the assault of these monster infantry and monster cavalry.

But this does not explain why there are so many things behind the defense.

"I hope so." There was a hint of chill in Bai Chang's voice: "They are all humans, but they control a group of monsters. I still remember that I killed a person once, and his body disappeared. , but you can still see him riding a horse to attack the next day.”

"They ordered the monsters to attack the defense line. The deep pit was built to contain the monster attack. Oh, you may want to check and repair the frontline defenses soon."

"Their physical fitness is similar to that of ordinary people, no, they are completely ordinary people. You have an advantage in close combat... If you use your poisons, spells, and bows and arrows well, you can still cause them considerable damage."

So they used a large number of trenches to force the lords to come in and fight hand-to-hand.

"I will give you another piece of advice. There are two elite enemy troops on the front line... One is composed of a large number of large iron cans, and the other is composed of a large number of monster infantry and cavalry."

The centurion looked at the relaxed expression of the Redemption Army and sneered.

"If you see a large number of beast monsters gathered in one place, run as far as you can. The big iron cans will smash you like garbage from a few hundred meters away after discovering you. Previously, a group of redemption troops wanted to grab something from them, but they turned into rotten meat in two minutes."

But fortunately, these two elite troops rarely participate in attacks. They will garrison at resource nodes. Their main enemies are still light mobile cavalry, enemy monster infantry and light artillery... You should be able to deal with them.

"They won't leave corpses, but they will leave equipment... Ha, you will definitely not hand it in. You can keep the equipment for yourself or hand it in to the quartermaster for goods."

The centurion pointed to several tattered military flags inserted in the camp.

"If you need any supplies, go to the quartermaster. Yes, those tattered flags are all the quartermaster's garrisons."