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Salin had only heard that level-three warhorses with pure bloodlines could run more than 60 miles, but that could only last for two to three hours before the warhorse had to rest completely, unable to move for eight to ten days. At a stable speed, those pure-blooded horses could run more than 40 miles, which was almost equivalent to the speed of an ordinary cavalry charge.
The skeleton warhorse that the Winged Skeleton had painstakingly created was clearly beyond Salin's understanding of horses. This warhorse could catch up with flying mages, and its speed did not change at all after a day of running.
At a speed of 80 miles, the cavalry could not control it at all. If not for the Winged Skeleton's control, these cavalrymen would almost all have their bones broken.
The Winged Skeleton displayed its powerful advancement ability. Even Salin's contract could not control its development. A level-eight Undead was already comparable to an Archmage. Of course, this had to do with Salin's strong mental strength. He and Nelis had a soul contract. As long as Salin's mental strength could reach the level of a level-nine Magic Shooter, the Winged Skeleton could also advance to level-nine.
But this also required the Winged Skeleton's own efforts. As its master, Salin could not provide any other help.
Salin's body was strong, and the two mages were stronger than him. Isabella and Eleanor were both people who practiced both magic and martial arts. They ran wildly all the way, and only rested after running for 10 hours on the first day.
If it were any other mage, they would have long been paralyzed. Even if they constantly used magic to strengthen themselves, they would not be able to last for 10 hours on horseback.
The two hundred Warriors with Salin were the most tired. During a break in the middle, the Magician cast a spell on everyone. At night, everyone fell into a deep sleep, leaving only the Winged Skeletons and the demons awake.
The Winged Skeleton wore the armor that Salin had made for him. On the front of the helmet was a crystal mask. The soul fire behind the mask slowly pulsed, showing a strange silver color under the night sky.
Tris looked at the Winged Skeleton, and remembered Nelis's warning. She did not provoke the Undead. She directed the other three demons to guard outside Salin's tent carefully. The Undead under the Winged Skeleton were responsible for the safety of the entire camp.
The Winged Skeleton stood at the entrance of the camp, holding a weapon more than four meters long in his hand.
The front end of the weapon was a circular axe blade with a diameter of more than one meter. The double-edged axe was blood-red in color. There was a magic array on both sides of the giant axe. The magic array was embedded with colorful Demon Cores that looked like six strange eyes.
This weapon was fished out from the sea by the Winged Skeleton. It was estimated to be at least 20,000 years old. It wasn't that the older a weapon was, the better it was. However, a weapon that could withstand the corrosion of seawater and high pressure for 20,000 years without any damage was definitely a top-grade equipment.
The long shaft of the Giant Axe was oval in shape and covered with magic patterns. These magic patterns were not refined on the surface, but were naturally refined inside the entire Giant Axe. No matter how it was polished, these magic patterns would not disappear.
The undead aura seeped out from the Winged Skeleton's gloves and entered the giant axe. The five-colored magic core embedded in the giant axe lit up, and blood-red magic patterns flowed on the black giant axe.
The six Jade Skeletons that followed the Winged Skeleton stood behind it. Each of them held a giant axe of the same shape in their hands, which was a weapon that Salin had imitated.
The Winged Skeleton and its subordinates were extremely strong. No one dared to take such a giant axe head-on. Even a Silver Sword Saint had to consider whether his strength could withstand it.
The seven skeletons stood at the entrance of the camp. The magical beasts that were looking for food at night had all fled far away. On the Winged Skeleton's giant axe, six gray auras floated and were absorbed by the Jade Skeletons behind it.
The seven skeletons were like one. Salin dared to bring two hundred people to Great Liang City. In addition to his own ability, the Winged Skeleton was already a level-eight undead. Its combat power was comparable to that of the Three Sovereigns. Zhu Di gave Koko's soul fire to the Winged Skeleton to enjoy. As long as Salin advanced, he could immediately rush to level-nine.
The Winged Skeleton looked up at the bright moon. The silver moonlight sprinkled down, penetrated the crystal mask, and entered its eye sockets. It was absorbed by the two soul fires. The soul fires absorbed the moonlight and became more intense.
The night passed peacefully. The camp was not disturbed at all. Salin led the team and continued on their way. It was the middle of September. He had to reach Great Liang City before the end of October. Even without considering the road, he had to consider whether there would be an enemy attack.
The journey from Metatlin to the new city that Ainphent was supervising was smooth. Salin turned south at the Rhine border and followed the border of Jia Lou Lan to Great Liang City.
It was impossible for these two hundred fully armed people to not be noticed. However, Salin and the others did not follow the road. They did not need to resupply. They bypassed the city and only ran in the wilderness.
Those who wanted to stop them could not catch up with the skeleton warhorses. These two hundred skeleton warhorses carried Salin's two hundred soldiers and mages, advancing at a speed of seven hundred kilometers per day.
Those who had ideas on the official road all miscalculated. Whether it was the ill-intentioned local nobles, the Sacred Rock City army, or even some bandit groups, they were all left behind by Salin's strange marching method.
In the middle of October, Salin led his two hundred people into the territory of Jia Lou Lan. They entered the territory controlled by Rex's Bitter Water Prefectural Kingdom.
There was a military town at the border with five thousand soldiers. Salin flashed his badge. The highest official in this town was an old noble of the Bitter Water Prefectural Kingdom. Seeing Salin's badge, the old noble warmly received Salin.
"Your Highness Salin, I did not expect you to arrive so soon!" The old noble welcomed Salin's troops outside the town. Seeing that Salin only had two hundred people, he did not show any disappointment.
Salin secretly praised him. This was an intelligent, or rather, cunning old man. His town bordered the territory controlled by Sacred Rock City. This kind of intelligence was needed to allow both sides to coexist peacefully.
This old man was originally a first-rank viscount, a noble that Emperor Chanak had arranged for Rex. After Rex established the country, he was promoted to a second-rank earl. Now, he led five thousand soldiers and guarded this place.
"Earl …" Salin was brought to the earl's mansion. The earl had set up a banquet. When Salin opened his mouth, the earl smiled and said, "Your Highness, you can call me Bessita. I watched the princess grow up, so I'm not an outsider. "
Salin smiled and said, "Bessita, can I contact Great Liang City from here?"
"Yes, but …" Bessita was a little embarrassed. The number of magic cores he had was very limited. If he could avoid using them, he would try not to. Sending a letter required a magic core. This kind of low-level teleportation array required six fourth-rank magic cores each time.
Salin immediately understood what Bessita was implying. He said, "Although Rex will replenish your consumption, he will only send the resources at the end of the year. Alright, I will pay for this. You must guard this town well and not let the people from the north take advantage of it. " As he spoke, Salin took out a box that was specially used to store magic cores. Inside were sixty fourth-rank magic cores that had been cut up, and he handed it to Bessita.
This old earl was very conscientious. It was not easy to guard the border in such a place with no future. Salin did not care about these sixty magic cores.
Bessita blushed a little. Rex had indeed not distributed magic cores for a long time. In the last attack, they had taken down three important cities, but the consumption of magic cores was also very large. He still had many low-level magic cores, but there were not many mid-level magic cores.
"Your Highness, how can this be?"
"Don't worry, Rex will return these to me." Salin joked. Bessita was also embarrassed. Salin could travel thousands of miles to help, why would he care about these sixty mid-level magic cores? Even if they were put on the market, they would still cost more than ten thousand gold coins.
Salin did not write to Rex immediately. Instead, he asked Bessita about the troops in this nameless town.
After asking, he found out that among the five thousand soldiers, other than Earl Bessita's five hundred bodyguards, the rest were only rookies who had been trained for two to three years. This kind of training was not the kind that Rex had given Salin's soldiers. It was the simplest training method according to Qin Yin's laws.
The soldiers could operate most ordinary weapons. As for combat power, five soldiers should be able to kill a beginner swordsman.
There were no elite soldiers stationed at the border of Sacred Rock City that Rex controlled. Salin heard this and roughly understood Rex's situation. There were definitely more than five hundred thousand soldiers under Rex's control, but half of them were not very strong.
Defending the city was enough, but attacking the city or fighting in the wild was basically a fate of annihilation. Since this was the case, Salin did not need to leave any equipment for Earl Bessita. His equipment was for the main army.
Then, Salin wrote a letter and asked Bessita to send it to Great Liang City. In the letter, he wrote down the equipment and materials he had brought, and told Rex the battle plan.
Many of his materials had not been assembled into equipment, and he needed Rex's mages to prepare the corresponding alchemy equipment. So, Salin wrote to Rex when they were still more than a thousand miles away. He could not wait until they reached Great Liang City to start preparing.
Salin and the others were exhausted from the continuous journey. They had to rest in this town for a day to completely recover before continuing on their journey.
Salin and the others slept, and Earl Bessita was handling military affairs in his mansion. At this time, a bodyguard hurriedly came to report that there was a cavalry approaching the town. There were about two thousand people. Earl Bessita was shocked. Two thousand cavalry was the standard for a battalion. It was very likely that there were two thousand heavy cavalry and six thousand infantrymen behind them.
The old earl did not disturb Salin. He said to the bodyguard, "Gather the men. I will go to the top of the city wall to take a look."
"Lord Earl, can I go with you?" As soon as Bessita finished speaking, the Winged Skeleton appeared in front of him, that terrifying giant axe already in his hand. Under his crystal mask, the soul fire slowly pulsed.
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