193 David goes to war

These warriors were all born as plateau giants, good at trekking in deep mountains and dense forests, and two magicians guided the way. They avoided the scouts sent by Salem City and entered the hinterland of the Duke Plain. The undeveloped range of the Duke Plain is very large, and many places are still in suburbs of bushes, and it is difficult to find more than a hundred people who walk around it.

Someone had leaked the news, but the team actually understood the exact route and time of Joshua and others' advancement. The guards escorted Joshua and others to walk in the wilderness. In the evening of that day, they had just set up a camp, set up a large tent and put up gold plates. When they were praying before dinner, a group of plateau giants with swords and guns suddenly jumped out of the dense forest.

These people are burly, ferocious, and the weapons in their hands are heavy and sharp. One person shouted: "Where are the miners in Duke Town? Come out and go back with me, and you can still survive!"

The squad leader from Salem City was in a cold sweat at that time. The well-trained plateau giants have always been terrifying warriors on the battlefield. The people on the other side were obviously not explorers or ordinary robbers on the wasteland. Judging from their standing posture and lined up, they were definitely soldiers who had been formally trained. The combat power of such a military formation is far beyond the reach of the rammed people.

The enemies were all dressed as hunters and gathered hundreds of people, and the team leader had only twelve soldiers, so they could not be opponents at all. What's even more terrifying is that there were two people holding staff in the opponent's team. The magician can exert the maximum power in cooperation with the military formation, especially the legion priests who have been specially trained.

The team leader thought that he was a member of the Link tribe. He followed Amon to hunt in the mountains. After practicing for so many years, he was already a third-level warrior. He was also very brave and did not panic excessively. He had a calm face and his voice trembled slightly. He whispered to Joshua: "I gather the soldiers to charge. You can take the opportunity to go quickly. If you can escape, you can escape as many people as you can. Go through the wilderness to Salem City. You must report what happened here to Lord Aesop."

Joshua said in a deep voice: "It is not necessary to fight."

The captain stomped his feet: "Those are plateau giants, born with great strength! And they are not wandering tribes, but trained troops. If they don't escape, they will be wiped out!"

Joshua: "There are more people, and we can't escape in this wasteland."

Odnie, the leader of the twelve judges, walked over and said, "Captain Dirk, gather your team to protect the big tent and the people in the tent, and just hand the soldiers in the front to us."

Captain Dirk widened his eyes in surprise and said, "You?"

Odnie nodded and said, "Yes, let's solve it."

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Goliath was a noble warrior. It was not easy for him to have a noble status as a plateau giant. He had been a plateau giant living in the Assyrian Kingdom for three generations. He became a noble because of his grandfather's military merits. After becoming an adult, Goliath also joined the giant legion of the Assyrian Kingdom, becoming the personal guard of the legion commander Philistine, and later promoted to the captain of the infantry battle formation.

This time the Giant Legion was sent outside the south of the Assyrian Plateau. When crossing the desolate and steep mountains, Goliath was full of doubts about His Majesty the King's orders. What should I do to send the kingdom's most elite legion to such a ghost place? Such difficult marching and logistics supplies were very difficult. If it were ordinary people, the non-combat reduction on the way across the plateau would be more than half, and only one kingdom could organize such migration.

When he reached the Duke Plain, he understood what this was all for. This rich land was so vast that it was waiting for people to cultivate and occupy. If it was annexed, it would be equivalent to one-third of the arable land in the Assyrian Kingdom, and the future properties would be much richer than elsewhere.

But there was already a city of Salem in front, blocking the way they advanced. The Philistine Legion commander led the vanguard to establish village defense at the foot of the mountain. With the arrival of a continuous successive team, Enrile City was built. If Enrile City is completed in the future, it would be fine to accommodate nearly 100,000 people in the area they could control. However, the Assyrian Kingdom sent the most elite corps to cross the plateau to come here, of course, the purpose was not just to establish such an overseas city-state.

The cultivated fields will not be harvested until after autumn. The first "treasure" they discovered after arriving at the Duke Plain was the mine of the Duke Town people, which had the best fine iron ore and divine stone mine on the mainland, both of which were the strategic materials urgently needed by the Assyrian Kingdom. The first conflict with Salem City occurred when competing for the mine. At that time, Enrier's city-state had not yet established its foothold, and Salem City also needed time to develop, so the negotiations were successful temporarily.

Now the scale of Enriel City is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more people are arriving one after another. If all supplies have to be transported through the Assyrian Plateau, the logistics has reached its limit and no more troops can be stationed. At this time, it must be advanced southward. The first thing is to conquer Salem City. Occupying the mine is only the first step to launch a war and it is also a test of the strength of Salem City.

In fact, many places in the southern foot of the Assyrian Plateau produce fine iron ore, but the mine veins have been discovered. The Duke Town mine, which has mined the mine pits, has the richest iron content, and it can save a lot of labor and do not need to re-exploration and divination. More importantly, that place is the most concentrated place in the mainland where the output of divine stones is produced, and you must get it first.

Familiar with the distribution of mineral veins, good at smelting fine iron, and able to adopt divine stones, the miners in Duke Town are also a wealth of wealth. They master skills passed down from generation to generation. On the other hand, the bloodline precipitation over thousands of years has made this tribe better at learning this skill. Even if they impart the skills of Duke Town to others, the temperature is always a bit worse. Only a very small number of people can use it as skillfully as the miners in Duke Town.

Philistines received guidance from the gods and knew that the surviving miners in Duke were about to arrive in Salem. They were the owners of the mine and must not fall into the hands of Aesop. It would be best to capture the most capable miners in Enrile. If they really didn't work, they would kill them to silence them. So Goliath was sent to take charge of the operation.

Goliath was responsible for commanding craftsmen to start mining in Enriel. Of course, life in the mine was much more difficult than in the city, and his daily work was boring and monotonous. He was a warrior who was eager to rush to fight on the battlefield to establish meritorious deeds. Although his giant warriors under him were extremely powerful, they could not be coolies in the main mine. After receiving the order from the Philistine City Lord, he happily directed the soldiers into the jungle, and the war he was waiting for finally came!

Although the secret marching through the jungle was difficult, it felt much more exciting than in the mine. Along the way, there were gods secretly guiding them to take what route they should take and when to reach where they arrived. They indeed accurately stopped the miners of Duke Town. The people were dressed in rags and had just set up their camp and prayed to a gorgeous tent. There were only a dozen armoured cavalry around, with horses tied to the trees next to them.

Goliath felt that he was favored by the gods. He seemed to have seen the result of this fight, killing the other side's soldiers and women and children, and bringing the strongest miner back to Enriel. After the victory of the war in the future, he can also gain a territory in this new and prosperous territory with his merits and become a great nobleman with a famous title.

Goliath and his men stood in front of the valley, thinking it was so beautiful that they were waiting for the other party to surrender. The dozen soldiers got on the horse, but did not dare to charge, but surrounded the tent in the camp. There were still people praying in the tent. Are they praying for the gods?

Golia was surprised to see the group of ragged miners standing up, holding machetes, sledgehammers, sticks and other messy weapons, and walked out of the camp in formation. At the front were twelve people, holding all the iron rods of branches, which were fine iron and steel that had not been completely forged, and more than thirty strong men were followed behind.

Goliath couldn't help laughing. These people were wearing tattered clothes and holding tattered weapons. Should they go out to fight dogs or beg for food? Are they all crazy and want to fight with their giant warriors? Goliath had two priests in his team. He was extremely powerful and far more powerful than ordinary mid-level warriors. He thought he had killed all these people.

Of course, they cannot be killed all of them. Most of them will be taken back to be prisoners of war. Goliath is preparing to give a warning to shock these ungrateful miners, letting them know that they are powerful and surrender. He walked to the open ground with a huge long sword in his hand, pointed to the opposite side and said, "You sinners, put down your weapons and go back with me. I promise to treat useful miners as kindly as possible. If you attempt to resist, there will be only a dead end!"

As he spoke, he waved the heavy sword in his hand twice. The terrifying giant blade made a whistling sound of shaking through the air with a faint light, and it was as relaxed as waving his feathers in the giant's hand.

Odnie, opposite Goliath, whispered expressionlessly: "You are already dead!"

The miners in Duke Town have experienced too much suffering. When they were about to arrive in their hometown, they encountered an enemy again. The first time they would start a head-on battle, and their anger could not be suppressed. There were more than 60 tribes, more than 40 of them were young and strong miners. Their combat power was no less powerful than that of the plateau giants. In particular, the Twelve Judges practiced the power of both sides and had intermediate achievements. They were not afraid of this battle at all. They had never shown their strength yet!

Goliath was not sure that he was facing twelve intermediate magicians who mastered intermediate physical skills at the same time. In the formal battle formation, no magician would walk to the front of the warrior. He was ready to strode forward, waved the giant blade and cut the few people into two pieces, and then used the sword light to roll away the remaining people. It was estimated that the miners behind him would collapse without fighting.

However, just as Goliath waved his knife and Odnie shouted coldly, no one expected a child suddenly rushed out of the miner's team and shouted: "My God will show his power!" Before he finished speaking, a flat stone popped out from the leather bag on his shoulder.

This child is David Solomon. Odniben asked him to stay in the tent. The tribesmen in Duke Town also had more than a dozen non-combatants, such as Joshua and Moses' maids, and the youngest David. When Odnib led the miners to steadily face the enemy, David suddenly got out of the crowd and rushed over.

Odnie quickly shouted: "David is back!" But David has taken action.

Of course Goliath saw David, and the soldiers dozens of steps behind him also saw it, burst into laughter, and no one took David seriously. David was just a child, with a hunting knife about one foot long and not even wearing leather armor on his body. His "weapon" was a rubber band that could be wrapped at the end and could be popped out by stones. This kind of thing could also kill enemies in combat, but in David's hands it was like a child's toy.

Golia turned the sword peak casually, trying to use the thick back of the knife to bounce the stone back with the skill of martial arts, and directly broke David's tendons and bones, leaving a lesson that would never be forgotten for this child who was ignorant of heaven and earth. However, as soon as he turned his wrist, he heard the priest behind him shouting: "Captain, be careful!"

The stone popped out of the rubber band flew in the air, and its speed became slower and slower until it landed. David was more than twenty steps away from Goliath. The stone was about to be hit by Goliath's blade, but suddenly accelerated strangely. Goliath felt a flash in front of her eyes, and the flying stone penetrated through the blade like it was passing through the air.

Of course, the stone cannot pass through the blade. This is the acceleration of space transfer. A typical intermediate-level auxiliary magic technique. The two priests sensed the fluctuations of mana and it was too late to remind them. The round stone suddenly turned into a lightning bolt with white light. Goliath suddenly lowered his head and wanted to hide, but he was too tall, and the white light was hitting his forehead!

With a muffled bang, the stone exploded instantly and shattered. Goliath's forehead sank into a large piece, and the knife in her hand fell to the ground, and her huge body tilted back. His forehead was so hard that it was not penetrated by the stone with energy impact, but it was unknown if the person was alive or dead.

David was extremely agile. He flew forward while popping out the stone. He jumped on Goliath in a long way, pulled out his hunting knife and cut off his huge head with a cold light. The giant soldiers exclaimed and had already thrown a shuttle gun at him. The two magicians held up their staffs, and a flame fell down in the air and rolled towards the child.

The twelve judges were stunned and immediately raised their iron rod and rushed over. A fog of ice rolled up with the strong wind, breaking the sea of ​​fire in front of David. They seemed to have agreed, and the twelve people threw out a stone the size of a peacock at the same time. The attack target was very clear, and they were the two priests in the opponent's battle formation.

The two priests were also unlucky enough, and they didn't know what kind of opponent they were facing. There was no such thing as a magician in the battle formation of the Tianshu Continent who held weapons to launch a hand-to-hand charge. The twelve priests used magicians at the same time and threw out stones. The stones were powerful with a trembling buzzing sound. The two priests didn't bother to launch an attack and quickly turned their staff. An earth wall suddenly surged in front of them. The warriors on both sides rushed forward to swing their weapons to block the flying stones.

These warriors disguised themselves as hunters and entered the jungle without carrying heavy shields. Some stones hit the giant warrior's weapons, and trembled into powder with a strong impact, which actually shocked the burly giant. The first stone smashed the earth wall. Before the priest could cast the spell to repair it, the second stone smashed the earth wall into smoke and dust. Then the stone behind passed through the smoke and dust and hit the spell casting priest. He heard a long pain hissing accompanied by the blood mist, and the two priests died on the spot.

Smashing stones is a game played by miners in Duke Town since childhood. The life of miners is monotonous and has no entertainment. Children set up a stone stake on the ground and smashed it with stones from a distance. They can compete with whoever smashes accurately and quickly. If they can smash the opponent's stone stake first, they will win. The stones they throw can be hit very accurately and far. In the hands of the twelve judges who have mastered the strength of both sides, the stone slaughter game that has been played since childhood has become a powerful combat skill.

At this time, David was already carrying Goliath's hair, stood on the corpse of the giant, lifting his head high and shouting, "God gave us victory!"

The twelve Judges led the miners to wield various weapons and rushed into the battle formation of the giant warriors. The opponent was frightened and suddenly became disastrous. Many soldiers turned around and ran away. The opponents they encountered were too terrifying. A child waved his hand to deal with the powerful leader Goliath. Before the battle began, two priests in the team were killed. The miners who were originally vulnerable to their eyes now seemed to have become the most terrifying monsters in the world. Once the formation was in chaos and morale was lost, the battle could not be fought.

The twelve judges rushed in the front, like tigers entering a flock of sheep, with dazzling light on their iron rods. With the explosion of energy impact, the giant warriors standing in front fell to the ground one after another. When the miners behind them rushed up with sled hammers and machetes, there was no need to do anything anymore. More than 100 giant warriors fell down more than 30, and the rest fled into the dense forest like frightened birds.

Odoni shouted loudly: "Divid into four teams, and every three judges take eight miners to search. You can't let them go back to inform us!...Captain Dirk, you protect the camp!...David, where has David gone?"

In just a moment, David had already chased the escaped giant warriors into the jungle, and Goliath's head and corpse's chest. Odnie ordered again: "Whoever sees David and asks him to come back quickly. It will be dark. It is dangerous to enter the jungle alone to chase those giants!"

Today, the encounter was a great victory. David made his first contribution. Even the twelve judges didn't know that David, who was young, had such great ability. Moses did not hold a awakening ceremony for him. Who taught him? He chased the fleeing giants in the wilderness. The judges launched a divine technique to search for movements on all sides. In this place where trees were full of, they were panicking in the dark night, and they couldn't run far.

The miners chased the mountains and fields for a night and found nearly seventy giant warriors, more than 20 of whom were killed in resistance, and the remaining more than 30 became prisoners. When they pressed the prisoners back to the camp, David had not come back. Everyone was worried that more than 20 escaped giant warriors were not caught. Will this child be in danger?

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***: There was a mistake in yesterday's chapter, which wrote "Perran Rose left the Garden of Eden after half a year" as "eight years later...", hahaha, has been revised.
Chapter completed!