193 、 David Goes to Battle
These warriors were all highlander giants, good at trekking in deep mountains and dense forests, and with two mages leading the way, they avoided the scouts sent by Salem and entered the hinterland of the Plains of Duc. The undeveloped area of the Plains of Duc was large, and many places were still overgrown with trees, and it would be difficult for more than a hundred people to find them.
Someone leaked the news, but this team actually knew the exact route and time of Joshua and the others' advance. The guards escorted Joshua and the others through the wilderness, and that evening, they had just set up camp, set up their big tents, and put up their gold plates. While they were praying before dinner, a group of highlander giants suddenly jumped out of the dense forest in a military formation with swords and spears.
These men were burly and ferocious, and the weapons in their hands were heavy and sharp. One of them shouted: "Where are the miners of Duc? Come out and come back with me, and you can still live! "
The captain from Salem broke out in a cold sweat, well-trained highlander giants had always been terrifying warriors on the battlefield, and the people opposite were obviously not explorers or ordinary bandits of the wilderness. Looking at their standing posture and formation, they were definitely soldiers who had undergone regular training, and the combat power exerted by such a formation was far from what a motley crew could compare to.
The enemy was dressed as hunters and had gathered hundreds of people, while this captain only had twelve soldiers under his command, and it was impossible for him to be a match. What was even more terrifying was that there were two men with staffs in the other party's team. Mages could exert the greatest power in battle when fighting in a military formation, especially a legion of mages who had been specially trained to cooperate.
This captain was a member of the Link tribe and had followed Amon to hunt in the mountains. After so many years of training, he was already a third-level warrior, and he was also quite courageous, but he did not panic excessively. With a sullen face and a slightly trembling voice, he whispered to Joshua: "I will gather the soldiers to charge, you take the opportunity to escape, as many of you can escape through the wilderness to Salem, and be sure to report what happened here to Lord Aesop."
Joshua said in a deep voice: "It's not impossible to fight."
The captain stamped his foot: "Those are highlander giants, born with infinite strength! Moreover, they are not a wandering tribe, but a trained army. If they don't escape, they will be annihilated! "
Joshua: "They have more people. We can't escape in this wasteland."
Othniel, the head of the Twelve Judges, came over and said, "Captain Dirk, gather your team and protect the big tent and the people in it. Leave the soldiers in front to us."
Dirk's eyes widened in surprise. "You?"
Otony nodded. "Yes, let us take care of it."
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Goliath was a noble warrior, and it wasn't easy for a highlander like him to become a noble. He had been living in the kingdom of Assyr for three generations, and he became a noble because of his grandfather's military exploits. When Goliath came of age, he also joined the Giant Legion of the Assyrian Kingdom and became the personal guard of Felix, the Legion Commander, and later rose to become the captain of the infantry formation.
This time, the Giant Legion was sent to the south of the Assyrian Plateau, and while crossing the desolate and steep mountains, Goliath was full of doubts about His Majesty's orders. Why did he send the kingdom's most elite legion to such a godforsaken place? The logistics of such a difficult march were very difficult, and if it had been an ordinary person, the non-combat casualty rate would have been more than half on the way across the plateau, and only a kingdom could organize such a migration.
It was only when he reached the Plains of Duc that he understood what it was all for. This fertile land was so vast and waiting for people to reclaim and occupy it. If it was all annexed, it would be equivalent to one-third of the arable land of the Assyrian Kingdom, and it would be much more productive than elsewhere.
But there was already the city of Salem in front of them, blocking their way forward. Commander Felix led the vanguard troops to build a stronghold at the foot of the mountain, and with the arrival of a steady stream of follow-up troops, the city of Enril was built. If the city of Enril was completed in the future, as far as they could control the area, it would not be a problem to accommodate nearly 100,000 people. But the Assyrian Kingdom sent its most elite legion over the plateau to come here, and the purpose was certainly not just to establish such a foreign city.
The cultivated fields would not be harvested until after autumn, and the first "treasure" they found after arriving on the Plains of Duc was the mine of the Ducians, which had the best fine iron and parangon mines on the continent, both of which were strategic materials urgently needed by the Assyrian Kingdom. The first conflict with the city of Salem occurred during the fight for the mine. At that time, the city of Enril was not yet stable, and Salem also needed time to develop, so the negotiations were successful for the time being.
Now that the city of Enril was getting bigger and bigger, and more and more people were arriving, if all supplies had to be transported through the Assyrian Plateau, the logistics had reached its limit, and it was impossible to station more troops. At this time, they had to advance south, and the first thing they had to do was to conquer the city of Salem. Occupying the mine was only the first step to starting the war, and it was also a test of the strength of Salem.
In fact, there were many places at the foot of the southern mountains of the Assyrian Plateau that produced fine iron, but the Duc mine, which had already been explored and mined, was the richest of them all, and it would save a lot of manpower and would not have to re-explore and re-excavate. More importantly, that place was also the place with the most concentrated production of parangons on the continent, so they had to get it first no matter what.
The Duc miners, who were familiar with the distribution of the veins, good at smelting fine iron, and able to collect parangons, were also an asset. They had mastered the skills passed down from generation to generation, and on the other hand, the millennia of bloodline precipitation made this clan better at learning the skills. Even if they taught the Duc mining skills to others, they would always be a little lacking, and only a few people could use them as skillfully as the Duc miners.
Felix was guided by the gods to know that the surviving Duc miners were about to reach the city of Salem, and as they were the owners of that mine, they must not fall into the hands of Aesop. It was best to capture the most capable miners and bring them to Enril, and if that did not work, kill them, so he sent Goliath to be in charge of the operation.
Goliath was responsible for directing the craftsmen in Enril, and life in the mine was of course much harder than in the city, and the daily work was boring and monotonous. He was a warrior, eager to kill on the battlefield to establish merit, and although his giant warriors were powerful, they could not work as coolies in the main mine. After receiving the order from the governor of Felix, he was very happy to command the soldiers into the jungle, and the war he had been waiting for had finally arrived!
Although the secret march through the jungle was difficult and dangerous, it felt much more exciting than in the mine, and along the way, there were gods secretly pointing out the route they should take and the time to reach where they should be. Sure enough, they stopped the miners of Duc. They were dressed in rags and had just set up camp. They were praying in front of a gorgeous tent. There were only a dozen armoured cavalrymen around them, their horses tied to the trees next to them.
Goliath felt that he was a man blessed by the gods, and he seemed to have seen the result of this battle, killing all the enemy soldiers, women and children, and bringing the strongest miners back to Enril. After the victory of the war in the future, he would also be able to obtain a territory in this new rich territory by virtue of his merits, and become a great noble with a famous title.
Goliath took his men and formed a formation in front of the col, waiting for the other party to surrender. The dozen or so soldiers mounted their horses, but did not dare to charge into battle, but surrounded the tent in the camp. There were still people praying in the tent, were they praying to the gods?
Goliath was surprised to see the ragged miners stand up again, holding machetes, sledgehammers, clubs, and other miscellaneous weapons, and walk out of the camp in formation. Walking in front were twelve people, all holding branch-shaped iron staffs, which were iron embryos that had not been fully forged, and behind them were more than thirty strong men.
Goliath couldn't help but want to laugh, these people were wearing ragged clothes and holding ragged weapons, were they going out to beat dogs or to beg for food? Were they all crazy, actually wanting to fight my giant warriors? Goliath's team had two priests, and he himself was very strong, far stronger than the average advanced warrior, so he thought that he could kill all these people by himself.
Of course, he could not kill them all, most of them had to be taken back as prisoners of war, so Goliath was ready to show his strength and shock these ungrateful miners, so that they would know his power and surrender obediently. With a huge long sword in his hand, he walked to the open ground with a sneer, pointed to the opposite side and said: "You sinners, put down your weapons and come back with me, I promise to treat the useful miners as kindly as possible, if you try to resist, only death awaits you!"
As he spoke, he waved the heavy long sword in his hand twice in the air, and the terrifying giant sword with a faint light made a shrill sound as it cut through the air, but in the hands of this giant, it was as easy as waving a feather.
Othniel, who was opposite Goliath, shouted with an expressionless face, "You're already dead!"
The Duc miners had experienced too much suffering, and when they were about to reach their hometown, they encountered an enemy again. For the first time, they would have a head-on confrontation, and their anger finally could not be suppressed. There were more than sixty people in total, more than forty of them were young and strong miners, and their fighting strength was no less than that of the highland giants, especially the twelve Judges who practiced the power of two sides and had all achieved the advanced level, so they were not afraid of this battle at all. They had not shown their strength yet!
Goliath, on the other hand, did not know that he was facing twelve advanced mages who had mastered advanced body arts at the same time. In a regular battle formation, no mage would walk in front of a warrior. He was already ready to stride forward, swing his giant sword, and first cut a few people in half, and then use the light of the sword to sweep the rest of the people away. It was estimated that the miners behind him would collapse without a fight.
However, at the moment when Goliath swung his sword and Othniel shouted coldly, no one expected a child to suddenly rush out from the miners and shout: "My divine general, show his power!"
Before his voice died away, he flicked a flat round stone from the leather bag on his shoulder.
The child was David Solomon, whom Othniel had left in the big tent. There were also a dozen non-combatants in the Duc tribe, such as the maidservants of Joshua and Moses, and the youngest David. When Othniel led the miners steadily towards the enemy, David suddenly rushed out of the crowd.
Othniel hurriedly shouted: "David, come back!" But David had already made his move.
Of course, Goliath saw David, and of course, the soldiers dozens of steps behind him also saw him. There was a burst of laughter, and no one took David seriously. David was just a child with a foot-long hunting knife at his waist. He did not even wear leather armor. His "weapon" was a rubber band with the end wrapped around a stone that could be bounced out. This kind of thing could also kill enemies in combat, but in David's hands, it was like a child's toy.
Goliath turned the tip of the knife, wanting to use the thick back of the knife to bounce the stone back with the dexterity of martial arts. He wanted to directly break David's tendons and bones and teach this arrogant child an unforgettable lesson. However, as soon as he turned his wrist and swung the knife, he heard the priest behind him shout: "Captain, be careful!"
The stone that was bounced out of the rubber band flew in the air, its speed getting 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 knife, but suddenly, it strangely accelerated. Goliath only felt his vision blur.
The flying stone passed through the knife as if it was passing through the air.
Of course, the stone could not pass through the knife. This was a spatial acceleration, a typical advanced auxiliary magic. The two priests sensed the magical fluctuations, but it was too late to warn him. The round stone suddenly turned into a bolt of lightning with white light. Goliath ducked and tried to dodge, but he was too tall, and the white light hit his forehead!
With a muffled bang, the stone instantly exploded into pieces. A large part of Goliath's forehead caved in, the knife in his hand fell to the ground, and his huge body fell backward with a loud bang. His forehead was so hard that it was not penetrated by the stone with the energy impact, but it was unknown whether he was dead or alive.
David's movements were extremely agile. As he bounced the stone, he had already flown forward, jumped onto Goliath's body in one leap, pulled out his hunting knife, and cut off the huge head with a cold light. The giant soldiers cried out in alarm and had already thrown their spears at him. The two mages raised their staffs high, and a flame fell from mid-air towards the child.
The twelve Judges were stunned, and immediately raised their iron staffs and rushed over. An icy mist rolled up along with a gust of wind, dispersing the sea of fire in front of David. As if they had discussed it beforehand, the twelve of them threw a stone the size of a goose egg at the same time. The target of the attack was clear: the two priests in the opponent's battle formation.
The two priests were also quite unlucky. They had no idea what kind of opponent they were facing. In the battle formations of the continent, they had never seen a mage raise a weapon and launch a melee charge. The twelve Judges cast magic at the same time and threw the stones. These stones carried a vibrating buzzing sound and were very powerful. The two priests did not have time to attack and hurriedly turned their staffs, and an earth wall instantly surged in front of them. The warriors on both sides also rushed forward and waved their weapons to block the flying stones.
These warriors, disguised as hunters, entered the jungle and did not carry heavy shields. A stone hit the giant warrior's weapon and turned it into powder with a strong shock and tremor, unexpectedly sending the burly giants flying. The first stone smashed the earth wall, and before the priest could cast a spell to repair it, the second stone smashed the earth wall into dust. Then the stone behind passed through the dust and hit the priest who was casting the spell. There was a long scream of pain accompanied by an explosion of blood, and the two priests were killed on the spot.
Stone-throwing was a game that the miners of Duc played since childhood. The life of a miner was monotonous and there was no entertainment to enjoy. The children would set up a stone stake on the ground and hit it from a distance, competing to see who could hit it more accurately and faster. The one who could knock down the opponent's stone stake first was the winner. The stones they threw could hit extremely accurately and far. And in the hands of the twelve Judges, who had mastered the power of two sides, this stone-throwing game that they played since childhood had also become a powerful combat skill.
At this time, David had already lifted Goliath's hair and stood on the giant's corpse, raising his head high and shouting: "God grant us victory!"
The twelve Judges led the miners and rushed into the battle formation of the giant warriors, causing the other side to panic and immediately collapse. Many soldiers turned around and ran. The opponents they encountered were too terrifying. A child had killed the powerful leader Goliath with a wave of his hand, and before the battle had even begun, two of the priests in the team were killed. The miners, who had been vulnerable in their eyes, now seemed to have become the most terrifying monsters in the world. Once the formation was disrupted and morale was lost, the battle could not be fought.
The twelve Judges rushed to the front, like tigers entering a flock of sheep. Their iron staffs glowed with dazzling light, and with the explosive impact of energy, the giant warriors in front of them fell to the ground one after another. By the time the miners behind rushed up with sledgehammers and machetes, there was no need to fight anymore. More than thirty of the more than a hundred giant warriors had fallen, and the rest fled into the dense forest like frightened birds.
Othniel shouted: "Divide into four teams, each with three Judges and eight miners to search, don't let them go back to inform us! … Captain Dirk, you protect the camp! … David, where is David? "
In just a short while, David had chased the fleeing giant warriors into the dense forest, and Goliath's head was on the chest of the corpse. Othniel ordered again: "Whoever sees David, tell him to come back quickly, it's getting dark, it's dangerous to go into the dense forest alone to chase after the giants!"
In today's encounter, they had achieved a great victory, and David had made a great contribution. Even the Twelve Judges did not know that the young David actually had such great abilities. Moses did not hold a power awakening ceremony for him, so who taught him? Chasing after the fleeing giants in the wilderness, the Judges used detection magic to search for movement in all directions. In this place full of trees, they could not run far in a panic in the dark.
The miners chased in the mountains all night and found nearly seventy giant warriors, more than twenty of whom were beheaded in resistance, and the remaining thirty or so were taken captive. When they pushed the captives back to the camp, David had not returned. Everyone was a little worried. There were still more than twenty giant warriors who had escaped. Would the child be in danger?
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