Law of the Devil

(Why... ask for a monthly pass!!)

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(It’s more than 9,000 words again, why can’t I write 8,000 words... I’m used to writing too much, don’t get used to it, it will be exhausting...)

In the barracks outside Loulan City, Du Wei had already set off with twenty-eight students.  General Longbottom personally led a thousand cavalry to join this "internship" in the Northwest.

Because Du Wei's idea is very simple: these magician students will be used as combat talents in the future, and he doesn't want his students to become the kind of pedants who only stay in the magic laboratory. What he needs is to be able to truly cooperate with the army and play a real role in battle, and in Du Wei's conception, he hopes to find out the most efficient mode of "cooperating with the army and magicians".

After rigorous physical training, these magic students have very strong bodies. Du Wei equipped each of them with a set of equipment that has subverted the tradition of magicians in the eyes of ordinary people:

No one has a war horse, and they have given up the traditional magician robes that represent their identity. Each of them wears a high-quality half-body leather armor, and is also equipped with a light long sword as a self-defense weapon, and a magic booster ring , Du Wei even paid out of his own pocket to equip each of these students with a magic wand, all of which were made of fairly good quality walnut wood—of course, these precious walnut trees made Du Wei exhaust his last bit A reserve of "time-passing springs".

For these magic apprentices who are still rookies, everyone can get a high-quality walnut wand.  What a surprise! You must know that even in the magic union, those who are qualified to use walnut wood wands are at least intermediate magicians. After these little rookies got the wand, they were very excited and could not put it down. They even wiped it back and forth carefully with their sleeves.

"Listen up, everyone." Du Wei turned over and stood on the horse. Loudly said: "I will give you the best! The best wand.   The best equipment! But whether you can be worthy of these things depends on your efforts! I hope that after this internship in Northwest, Each of you is worthy of the things in your hands! Moreover, I can also tell you first, as long as your performance in the future can satisfy me... I will also equip you with some extra surprises!"

Looking at the eager eyes below, Du Wei then announced a decision, and this decision. Let everyone have doubts:

Du Wei asked these magic apprentices, in the next few days of practice, they must try their best to cooperate with the accompanying army!

"What you have to do is to cooperate with them as much as possible! Cooperate with them in combat, follow the orders of General Longbottom, do everything you can, and think of every way to meet his requirements... Maybe even some things that you think Very unreasonable request! Do you understand?".

Magician to cooperate with those soldiers?

The order was indeed unexpected.

Because magic flourished in the Roland Empire. The status of magicians is noble, and the number is rare. Although magicians will also serve the empire during the empire's wars, how noble is the status of magicians? They are not the kind of people who come and go when they are called! During the battle, the magicians mainly fight on their own. Although it can also rely on its own powerful strength to cause huge damage to the enemy, in Du Wei's view, such efficiency is extremely low! These magicians lack cooperation and often fight on their own without coordination, which greatly wastes the role of magicians.

Don't expect these master magicians to cooperate with the army's operations. Most of them act according to their mood. When they are in a good mood, they can help you with some effort. When they are in a bad mood, there is room for them to leave.  And the army not only does not get stable and lasting support.  Instead, they have to serve these master magicians like serving uncles.

Du Wei's concept. It is to let these magicians change their usual habits.  Let these magicians blindly cater to the army's requirements unconditionally, although some are unreasonable. But in order to correct the old habits of magicians, such overcorrection is also a very effective means in the short term.

Even Longbottom was a little uncomfortable with Du Wei's advanced concept. Although he was a senior military officer in the empire and commanded thousands of people, he never had dozens of magicians to obey his orders. He was at a loss for a while. After being pulled over by Du Wei, the 250th general smiled wryly, then coughed hard, and said loudly: "Okay! Then from now on, I won't see you Become a magician! In my opinion, you are a soldier under my command! Then you must obey my orders! I will treat you equally, and don’t expect to get any preferential treatment from me! If anyone violates my military order, Then I will whip you too! Do you understand!"...

These words are extremely bold. If Longbottom dares to say such words to other magicians, I am afraid they will turn their faces and leave on the spot. If they encounter a bad-tempered magician, they may have to give the general a little bit of trouble eat.

But fortunately, these rookies have undergone strict brainwashing by Du Wei, and Du Wei has great prestige in their hearts. Before they entered the magic academy, they were also members of the army. It seemed normal to them to obey military orders. Everyone responded loudly.

"Then, let's go!" Longbottom ordered loudly: "Basic marching ranks! The magician team is at the end...before it gets dark, we will rush to Niuli Town under the Kilimaro Mountains.   We will get supplies there, Then you have no time to rest, we will enter the Kilimaro Mountains overnight! Boys... the monsters in the mountains are waiting for us! They will obediently offer their furs and magic cores!"

After going on the road, Longbottom and Du Wei walked side by side, complaining in a low voice: "Boss, you have given me a problem... so many magicians listen to me... I don't know what to do. God, I am afraid that I am the only general in the empire who can have so many magician subordinates. ”

"You will get used to it. " Du Wei smiled slightly: "Everything is just the beginning, we still need to explore slowly. "

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A day's hasty march. These magician apprentices all persisted. After all, they have maintained their physical training. This performance has already surprised General Longbottom.  Like most generals in the empire, he hates and loves magicians.  What I love is the powerful strength of the magicians, but I hate it because these powers cannot be mastered freely. Looking at these obedient magicians, they can grit their teeth and persevere. Execute his own military orders meticulously-what else can he expect from such a subordinate?

Du Wei glanced at the young master of the Liszt family. Muse was tired, but when Du Wei's eyes drifted to him, he still tried his best to straighten his chest, refusing to show weakness at all.

Hmph, what a proud boy.  Du Wei secretly smiled.

Niuli Town is a town in the south of Mount Kilimaro. The south side of the mountain here has a unique terrain, and the hillside is not steep.  Relatively flat, it is the best place to enter the mountain. The population of the town is less than 1,000 people, and Longbottom has brought people here before, and the terrain environment is relatively familiar, so he added some forage here, and was ready to enter the mountain.

"According to our news, within a radius of about a hundred miles here, there may be monsters infested." Longbottom said: "The last time we came here.   I heard from the local people that there will be a monster here every spring. A kind of monster called by the locals ran into the town to harass the signatures here. According to their description, this kind of monster is small in size and quick in movement, and it comes here every spring.   Hurt the livestock in this town, and the Several hunters tried to hunt it down, but unfortunately they were unsuccessful... That guy is said to breathe fire, and when he escapes, he can burrow into the ground. ”

"Your Excellency, General, we need more information before we can determine what kind of monster it is." A magic apprentice said boldly: "Obviously this is a fire monster, but it is not big and moves quickly.   It will vomit Flame.   It can also drill into the ground... These characteristics are too vague.   Judging from these characteristics, there are monsters that meet these conditions.   I can think of at least seven kinds, there are fire-type earth dragons, and there are giant Tutuer Ear rats, sharp-toothed raccoons... Each of these monsters has a different way of dealing with them. We need more information to make the best plan to deal with this thing. ”

The other students all nodded, and some even clearly made a list of suspects.  Du Wei is very satisfied with the reaction of these students. Under his own influence, these guys have learned the most important thing: efficiency!

At this moment, a shrill voice suddenly said: "You have so many magicians, are you still worried about a little monster? We have thousands of cavalry, so many magicians... Hmph, there is also the Duke who is so famous in the mainland!" Is it possible that such a small magical beast makes you afraid... Maybe you are too careful..."...

There was obvious disdain and mockery in this tone, and it was implicitly accusing Du Wei and others of lack of courage.

After the boy Muse couldn't help but say these few words, he immediately regretted secretly in his heart, but for some reason, he couldn't help but feel unhappy when he saw Du Wei. Inside and outside, I couldn't help but want to stab the other party a few words.

After these few words were spoken, Du Wei hadn't said anything yet, and the magic students glared at the boy one by one, glaring at him.  Some people couldn't help shouting: "What are you, dare to accuse Mr. Dean!"

Muse had just blurted out a few words at first, and regretted it a bit, but when someone asked him, he was the proud son of the Liszt family, from being cautious and arrogant, how could he respect others? Couldn't help but said again: "Hmph, a great and famous magician is afraid of a little magic beast, and he said it... Hehe, I'm not slandering anyone, but I'm afraid I will be ridiculed.  Look at it this way Come on... Humph, what kind of subordinates are really trained by someone... they are all generally cautious, walking on thin ice. ”

The bystanders immediately became furious at this ignorant kid, seeing that Muse had aroused public outrage.  Du Wei coughed lightly, and immediately everyone silenced, but they stared at this kid with both eyes.

"Mr. Muse." Du Wei pondered for a while, and there seemed to be no joy or anger on his face. He said lightly: "Courage or cowardice are nothing more than the evaluation of others.  Being a human being is good enough to have a clear conscience, why bother with those gossip? Since you are so brave, then I can't suppress your virtue... In this way, I will enter the mountain in a while At that time, we just needed a few outposts to explore the road ahead. Since you are willing to show your bravery. Presumably, you will not be willing to let go of such an opportunity. ”

It was getting dark now. In Niuli Town, overlooking Mount Kilimaro in the distance, the top of the mountain is covered with soft snow, and the continuous peaks go straight into the sky. The green is only seen under the mountainside, but there are forests stretching as far as the eye can see... It's just that the green is in the night, but there is a faint darkness.

Muse couldn't help feeling a little hairy. But his mouth is still strong: "The outpost is the outpost, what is my muse afraid of!"

After speaking, he pulled the rein and walked forward.  Du Wei stopped him, and Muse said angrily, "Do you have anything else to say, Lord Duke!"

"Mr. Muse, the mountain road is difficult, are you going to ride up the mountain like this?" Du Wei smiled.

"Hmph!" Muse blushed, but under the cover of night. The blush was only fleeting, and then he said stubbornly: "Who said I want to ride up the mountain, I just walked forward casually. "

Du Wei didn't want to embarrass the Liszt boy too much. After all, he and the Liszt family have a good relationship at present.  Then ordered several subordinates. Go and help this kid lead the horse to rest.

Those magic students have long been too lazy to pay attention to this kid. After more than 20 people got off their horses, they scattered in the town in order according to what they learned in the magic academy, looking for traces left by monsters, and careful people. , and ran to the local residents to inquire about the news. After all, General Longbottom got the news from those soldiers. Many details were not understood by those soldiers. Always ask yourself.

Some people even proposed to look at the corpses of the livestock that were killed by the monsters.

Fortunately, the weather here in the northwest is cold. Many corpses of dead animals have not decomposed yet, looking at these noble magicians, they do not shy away from being dirty. Personally inspecting the bloody livestock corpses, no one would frown because of disgust. Everyone checked by themselves with a very professional attitude, and some even took out knives to cut them with their own hands to avoid blood.

The soldiers next to them looked strange - in their impression, magicians were noble people, bigger than those noble lords, how could they do such dirty work? Even Du Wei was very satisfied with the performance of these students.

It is important to be pragmatic and humble!

Soon, the students made rough estimates.

"Master Dean. " A student leader came to report: "We have found a clue, all the corpses of livestock that were bitten to death have the same characteristic... a lot of blood loss.  That monster obviously sucked the blood of livestock, What's more, none of these corpses were sucked dry. Apparently, that magical beast has a very distinctive habit: it probably only likes to eat the blood of living animals. When it dies naturally, it stops sucking blood, and then runs to find the next prey.   Therefore, it seems that each corpse has lost a lot of blood, but the blood has not been completely sucked. After the corpse is stiff, the body There is still a large amount of clotted blood in the body, we cut several corpses, opened the blood vessels, and came to this conclusion.  ”….

Du Wei was very satisfied: "What else?"

"Also..." The student thought for a while: "We have a disagreement, well, the pair of brothers raised a point, but I don't think it's possible. "

"oh?"

Du Wei remembered the pair of brothers - among the thirty-two students in the Hogwarts branch, thirty were from the military, and there were only two exceptions. This is a pair of brothers born in a declining noble family, but because they are illegitimate children without a status (mentioned earlier).

This pair of brothers are the youngest among the students at Hogwarts, because the other students are all selected by the army, and most of them are already eighteen years old. And these two guys are about the same age as Du Wei. However, after several months of observation by Du Wei, these two people are the two most talented among this group of students.

"Yes, they made a point, but we doubt it.   But we can't draw any conclusions about it, so we think.   It would be better for you to ask them yourself.  " The leader of the cadet spoke objectively.

This is also what Du Wei is very satisfied with, treating every question rationally, not being arbitrary, not rudely vetoing... just and objective.  This is also a very important quality that Du Wei instilled in this group of students. He doesn't want these people under him to become egomaniacs like traditional magicians.

"Okay, let the two of them come over, I'll ask." Du Wei ordered. The captain is just about to leave. Du Wei suddenly remembered something, and stopped him again: "Wait a minute. Zig. "

Zieg is the name of this captain, he is the leader of the students from this army. A rigorous and fair person, although his talent is not the best, but his organizational ability and prestige convince other students.

"Master Dean, what else is there?"

"Zig. " Du Wei pondered for a while, and said slowly: "I noticed that in your words just now. The word is 'that pair of brothers', isn't it? A lot of words"

"...Yes. " Zieg seemed to understand what Du Wei meant.

Du Wei looked into his eyes, and said sternly: "I think, on weekdays, when you people talk about the two of them, you also say the same... The pair of brothers... um.   I know, you three Ten of them are all from the army, but two of them are not.   There is unity among the thirty of you.   But this kind of unity makes it difficult for outsiders to get in.   I don’t want to criticize you, I just want to tell you that There are benefits to the unity, but there are also disadvantages.   What I want to say to you is: maybe in the future, you people may go your separate ways.   Or you will go to different places to do different things, and you will not gather like this now Together, we won’t be a group like we are now... But now! Now! You are all members of our college! When outsiders mention you, they will regard you Hogwarts students as a whole. In my words, Do you understand? Unity is good, but exclusion is bad. I hope you will think about it carefully. ”

Zieg immediately said solemnly: "Dean, I understand! I didn't do my duty! I will do my best!"

"Very well, from now on, I don't want to hear 'those brothers' being called by outsiders again. In my opinion. You guys are all the same. They are all of us, and they are all a group. "

"Yes. Dean!" Zieg stood up straight involuntarily. He was about to leave when he suddenly said another sentence.

"Lord Dean..." Zieger's voice was not loud, but he was very firm: "I think...we don't want to go our separate ways in the future. Everyone's wish is to be able to follow you, Mr. Dean.   This is not My thoughts alone. ”

Zig turned and left, while Du Wei sighed softly.

He believed that this steady young man would understand what he meant.

Soon, the pair of brothers were called in front of Du Wei. Du Wei looked at the two nervous guys and smiled and said, "Okay, can I eat people? When you were drinking the night before yesterday, didn't you Stop pouring me. ”

The two laughed immediately.

"I remember you are my elder brother, right? A lot of words." Du Wei looked at one of the slightly fatter ones.

"Yes, Dean, my name is Beibei, and this is my younger brother Thor. "

Du Wei smiled and said: "Okay, no need to introduce yourself, do you think I will not be able to remember the names of my students? Now, tell me the results of your discussions.   I heard that you have put forward some analysis, right?" …

"Yes, Dean. " Beibei said: "We think that there may not be one monster haunting here, but two...two monsters acting together. However, from our point of view, most of the students not agree. "

Du Wei nodded.  He can imagine why.

Because most of the monsters live alone, only a few of them have the habit of living in groups.  Like the dreaded griffins of the south. However, the vast majority of monsters live alone.

"Moreover, the two of us even suspect...these may be two different types of monsters, one of fire type and one of ice type. "

"oh?"

Du Wei became interested.

Living in groups is already very rare in Warcraft.  Groups of different species are even rarer. Let’s not talk about monsters, even those that live in groups among ordinary animals will only live in groups with their own kind.

What's more, a fire-type monster, and an ice-type monster? Fire and ice are almost natural enemies! It's like cat and mouse.

Have you ever seen a cat and a mouse live together?

"Tell me your reason." Du Wei pondered for a while.

"Principal. This idea was proposed by my younger brother, let him talk about it. " Beibei pushed the matter to his younger brother.

Thor looked like a shy boy at first glance. He was thin, tall, fair and clean. In terms of temperament, he was somewhat similar to Du Wei, but he spoke. But he was not as shy as he looked, he was very calm: "Dean.   I really came up with it... I dissected several corpses, especially the blood of these livestock was sucked, which made me a little confused.   Because according to what we learned Fire monsters rarely suck blood.  Of course, there are no such things.   However, most of the fire monsters that suck blood are very small.   But I saw wounds on a few corpses.   From the teeth According to the traces of the monster, this should be a big guy, at least as big as the ice and snow wolf.   This is not consistent with the information that the residents here said that the monster is small. Judging from the number of land... this blood-sucking magical beast probably eats a lot! If it is a small thing, it can't suck so much blood, so I think it should be a big one.   Also... I extracted a piece of it Coagulated blood clots.   After careful inspection, I found that these blood clots were not naturally clotted after the death of the animal, but... there were traces of freezing.   So I think, the villagers said that the monster they saw was a small thing, but I checked , but came to the conclusion that there is one big guy...then. There should be two of them! There is a division of labor between these two things, the little one is responsible for breathing fire and killing livestock, while the big one sucks blood. ”

"Cooperation?" Du Wei asked.

"I don't think it's cooperation...but like, um...slavery. " Thor said cautiously: "I suspect that it may be that the ice-type monster is a high-level guy, and it captured a fire-type monster as its own. Subordinates, and then be driven by it to catch prey for it.  " Thor said here, with a wry smile: "But this guess, I think it is a bit impossible.  Because anyone who can enslave other monsters.  It’s something advanced.  Although Mount Kilimaro has monsters, it’s not a place where monsters touch frequently.  There shouldn’t be any high-level monsters here. ”

"In this world, nothing is impossible." Du Wei curled his lips.

Even the old fellow Aragorn, who died for a thousand years, can leave a message in Chinese to himself a thousand years later... What else is impossible?

Thor's guess is really incredible.

High-level monsters do have the ability to summon and enslave other monsters, such as the ice and snow wolf. After evolution, the highest level can become the ice and snow wolf king. The howling of the wolf king can summon all monsters lower than your own level in the covered area for you to drive.

However, Du Wei first ruled out the possibility of the Ice and Snow Wolf King, because although the Wolf King is powerful, he has no habit of sucking blood.  Moreover, the howling of the wolf king will not only summon a monster as a subordinate.

It's just... If it is really a guy who can summon and drive other monsters, then it must be a high-level monster! A high-level monster is not something that the rookies under him can deal with. They may be able to deal with ordinary monsters, but when they encounter an advanced one, they have no choice but to escape. …

Even Du Wei himself, with his real strength now, if he encounters a high-level monster, the best choice is to retreat.

"Cancel the original order. We will stay in the town for one night, and we will not go into the mountains yet." Du Wei ordered immediately.

After hearing Du Wei's order, Longbottom came to ask.  Du Wei explained the guesswork of his magic apprentices. But this general obviously underestimated the power of Warcraft, maybe... After all, he is not a magician, and only magicians understand the power of real high-level Warcraft.

"We have thousands of cavalry and so many magicians, can't we take down one or two monsters?"

Du Wei was very serious, and he lowered his voice: "General, I must tell you that these magic students are not real magicians, they haven't graduated yet.   Moreover, they are all my precious wealth... I will not let them Losing here in vain, even if I lose one, is unbearable for me! Do you understand? Second... I am afraid that you do not have an accurate understanding of the power of advanced monsters.  I can tell you. Advanced monsters may It does not have strong magical power, but most of the high-level monsters have summoning skills. If conditions permit, it can summon an army of monsters for it to drive... Moreover, the most difficult thing about high-level monsters is... It has evolved and has some intelligence! It is no longer a mindless beast! We are here to practice, not to fight.   I will not be cowardly.   But there is no necessary sacrifice, it seems to me stupid.  ”

but.  Du Wei added a sentence in his mind: Most of the high-level monsters themselves do not have too strong magic power...except for the woman Medusa!

Longbottom obeyed Du Wei's order.  Then Du Wei ordered to cancel the detection posts entering the mountain.  This order gave Muse another chance to play. He unceremoniously mocked Du Wei's actions with sharp words.

"Then, I invite you, a warrior, to watch for us tonight." Du Wei said lightly.  After dismissing this annoying boy, Du Wei had to order the other night watchmen to watch this guy carefully.

"Just let him suffer a little bit, but don't let him really suffer any harm. "

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Du Wei also ordered twenty-eight practitioners to divide into four groups that night. After dawn, four groups of people with two hundred soldiers each went into the mountain in four directions to search, and kept the distance between each group not too far away from each other. Once they found something, they were not allowed to act without authorization, and they found a way to notify their companions first. .

But wait until dawn before you can act! Otherwise, go into the mountains at night.  Dealing with a high-level ice-type monster is simply courting death.

Although it might be a bit of a fuss to do so, Du Wei felt that it was necessary to be careful when facing a guy who might be a high-level monster.

The students are very excited, because they have never really seen advanced monsters before! For these guys, advanced Warcraft only exists in legends, or in the explanations in the classroom.

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Before dawn.  Du Wei had already got up, and he was about to go out when the elder smoke knight, the guard outside, knocked on the door and came in. Lao Yan's expression is serious: "My lord, someone from the Duke's Mansion has come... saying that there is an urgent matter at home and I will report to you face to face. "

"Oh?" Du Wei was stunned for a moment... Is there something wrong with the Marquise Liszt?

It was none other than Little Sandy.

Made is a very smart housekeeper. He faintly smelled something unusual from the fact that Hussein did not allow people to ask people from the temple to treat his injuries. The people who sent the messenger did not dare to let those ordinary servants go.  Instead, Du Wei's loyal subordinate, Little Sandy, came running.  Poor little Sandy. In the past six months or so, I have practiced equestrian well. But it took a lot of time to chase this team of well-trained cavalry, and they arrived at dawn.

Sandy brought a message and something.

The message was relayed by Hussein, and Du Wei only took one look at that thing, and his face immediately changed dramatically!

"The big reptiles in the north of the Frozen Forest are here for revenge, come back quickly!" These were Hussein's words.

And what he brought was a piece of golden scales!

This is obviously a broken scale, but even though it is broken, such a broken piece is as big as the mouth of a bowl! Holding it in the hand, it is heavy, and it is still faintly stained with blood!

Du Wei recognized it immediately...it was a dragon scale!

And this scale was pulled out from the wound on Hussein's back!

Du Wei's face has changed!

That old dragon, looking for revenge on himself? Does it disregard its oath?

He got up suddenly, and was about to go back to the city immediately, at this moment, Longbottom suddenly rushed in from the door.

"Boss, it's not good... The kid you brought, during the night watch last night, quietly ran up the mountain by himself..."

Before Longbottom could finish speaking, Du Wei was furious: "fuck!!!!"

(Habitually wrote another 9,000, and accidentally tens of thousands, I silently prayed in resentment: 8,800, I must only write 8,000 tomorrow...I want to rest!!

I had a very weird dream last night... I dreamed that I was facing the magic mirror in the fairy tale of Snow White, and I said to the magic mirror: the magic mirror and the magic mirror tell me who is the old 2 of the starting point...

The magic mirror replied: You are the second, you are the second, you are the second...

I:…………

Sigh, please ask for a monthly ticket again, I secretly sit in the back row of code words in class, it is really hard to say ~)

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