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    "Noodles, how's the situation?" Barrett, who was hurriedly walking through the woods, said to the shadow where the halfling wanderer was hiding before he even had time to shake off the snow on his body.  The halfling wanderer, who was hidden in the shadows and was difficult for even Barrett to detect, whispered at this time: "The convoy has already entered. You should really thank the damn weather, otherwise you would have rushed here during this period.  It's long enough for them to complete their handover work." After hearing this, Barrett cautiously stuck his head out.  At this moment, the suspension bridge of the fortress has been lowered, and the three caravans outside the city gate are moving towards the gate of the fortress with the efforts of the coachmen.  The tall and tired draft horse sprayed out white mist from its nose, and the civilian husband who was pushing hard behind the carriage was about to fall directly to the ground.  "Does this mean that the transport team this time is composed of 6 caravans? Were there any flatbed trucks that went in before?" Barrett touched his chin and began to ask his companions.  Noodles, who appeared from the shadows, shook his head: "No! The six vehicles that came this time were all caravans, and there were no flatbed trucks." "That means they are all transporting baggage that needs to be waterproofed? Maybe it is other things that are inconvenient to transport on flatbed trucks.  Materials?" Based on the current situation, Barrett could only draw this conclusion.  If you want to further clarify the specific information, I am afraid that there is no other good way except sneaking into the fortress for on-site investigation.  Noodles then said: "Judging from the models and the ruts they left on the snow, this batch of supplies weighs at least 20,000 pounds. If calculated according to the limit, it seems that it can reach about 24,000 pounds." "It's impossible.  At 24,000 pounds, that is the theoretical value of this kind of four-wheeled heavy carriage. Considering the maintenance of the vehicle and the horses pulling it, 21,000 pounds is probably an overestimation." After hearing this, Ba said.  Leiter immediately shook his head.  The system of the Cruze Kingdom makes it very convenient for the other party to recruit laborers, but it also makes those laborers who are used as livestock adopt a very rough attitude towards the tools they use. This is very different from the slaves who spontaneously destroyed production tools in the later period of slavery.  resemblance.  So in Lucia¡¯s military and political system, you can¡¯t expect their tools to be well maintained.  If it weren't for the fact that broken things might be whipped, the amount of damage reported here would definitely make those aristocratic bureaucrats who are good at drifting kill people with their swords.  Therefore, Barrett understands that there is usually not a small gap between the opponent's transportation situation and the ideal value.  "Even 20,000 pounds of supplies is a large amount." Noodles estimated in his mind, "But it seems likely that this is just the first batch of transportation teams. After all, judging from the area of ????the fortress in front of us.  Its atrium can only accommodate these six carriages and the draft horses that pull them. "The type of wagon in front of you is a large four-wheeled vehicle, which is often used by caravans that need to travel long distances to carry goods.  Although its carrying capacity is indeed quite large, it often requires eight medium-sized or four large-sized creatures to ensure continuous operation.  This makes the footprint of these carriages absolutely not small.  If more than six vehicles arrive at one time, the fortress in front of you cannot accommodate them all, so some vehicles and horses must be left outside the fortress.  This is very detrimental both in terms of security and internal harmony.  Therefore, the speculation about noodles is indeed very possible.  "If there are very frequent convoys in the future, it means that Lucia has begun to stockpile supplies to the front line." Speaking of this, Barrett not only did not have any worries, but his expression was slightly excited.  Obviously, like his companions who were bored in the room, he was already feeling a little uncomfortable waiting for the fighter plane to appear.  Of course, compared to some of his companions who write everything on their faces, this one just hides his emotions very well.  After hearing this, Noodles nodded: "That's what I want to say, but it looks like there won't be a second team coming today." "Then you just keep an eye here, and I'll go back and write a report to the territory.  "Yes." Barrett patted Noodles on the shoulder and turned around, "If there is anything else, I will use the text stick to report it as soon as possible." Players have everyone in hand now.  A 'message stick' is a mission prop assigned to players by the Bolum family before performing a mission.  Like other communication tools, it must be returned to the family after this mission is over.  However, considering the possibility of battle damage, the territory's contribution in this regard is actually not small.  Barrett, who returned to the secret hall, nodded towards Rielli, who tacitly stopped what he was doing and gave the table to Barrett.  Then he took out a one-foot-square parchment roll from the desk drawer. This parchment roll looked ordinary.  The waxy yellow paper surface has dark brown spots and a little dark?Various scratches.  The edges of the paper were somewhat damaged, as if they had been gnawed by insects. After unfolding, a sense of vicissitudes of time hit the face.  After laying out the parchment, Barrett took out a silver-tipped quill and a fixed bottle of dark red ink from the drawer.  This quill is called Diarra's writing pen.  It is a self-made alchemical product using griffon feathers as the rod, mithril as the tip, and salted earth mastiff spider silk sac as the heart.  If you use dragon blood ink to write on the previous piece of Di Qi La's message paper, when the writing is completed, the content will be passed to the holder of the corresponding prop Di Qi La volume.  The so-called dragon blood ink cannot be a real dragon blood product. It is an alchemical product refined from fresh lamb blood plus Vishnu tree sap and blood marrow and other minerals.  This kind of ink, which is about half a pint in a crystal bottle, costs about fifty gold coins.  Fortunately, the ink bottles are recyclable, otherwise someone would scold you.  Even so, dragon blood ink is an expensive consumable. If it is not something particularly important, generally no one will use this method to convey messages.  However, now that the war is about to begin, the timeliness of intelligence is particularly important.  In order to ensure the transmission of information to the territory, the Bolum family equipped players with this gadget. If the text stick is a team intercom, this gadget is a long-distance radio station.  Looking at the strange object in front of him, Barrett thought for a while and organized his sentences carefully.  Then he pulled out the cork with twisted words imprinted on the crystal bottle, filled it with ink with a quill and started writing on the parchment.  The companions in the supplies all lowered their voices.  Even the most playful Claudia didn't dare to disturb Barrett at this time. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Since the writing of the D.C. letter begins with the writing of the paper, the content of the same article must be completed in a short time.  The time interval between the two writings is about two hours.  Although the better the workmanship of the letter paper, the shorter the interval, but in fact the difference is not very big.  This is one of the two major flaws of this strange object. The other is that it can only transmit in one direction and cannot communicate in both directions.  In addition, there are also minor problems such as the need for consumables, etc. Let¡¯s not talk about it.  But although it has very serious flaws.  However, because of its relatively simple production process, the output and price are easily accepted by people.  After all, the volume and up to 8 pieces of communication paper only cost 2,200 gold coins, which is a rare and cheap product among magic items.  With the addition of a writing pen worth 80 gold coins each, a more complete intelligence network can be formed.  Coupled with its ultra-long message transmission range and the fact that no effective cracking method has been found so far, it has naturally become a commonly used method in military intelligence. The so-called commonly used refers to relatively safe intelligence collection work.  It is more reliable to transmit some special information through secret messages.  After finishing writing, Barrett let out a long breath.  After collecting the strange objects on the table, he stood up and gave the table to Rielle again.  Several players who had already been waiting on the side couldn't wait to ask: "How is the situation ahead?" "A convoy of 6 carriages came. According to my guess and Nian Mian's guess, the next step is  There will be convoys coming one after another until the materials needed for the battle are filled up." Barrett paused at this, "But in order to ensure that the intelligence analysis of the territory is not interfered with as much as possible.  . I didn¡¯t write down these speculations. I just described the specific situation intuitively. ¡°Does this mean that the battle is about to begin? At least this is good news for us.¡±  Claudia looked slightly excited.  Barrett nodded this time: "It seems that the battle is indeed about to start soon. I hope the enemy's actions will not exceed the territory's expectations. Otherwise, we will be in big trouble this time." "Ours  You're lucky, you won't be so unlucky." Clematis said, patting Barrett on the shoulder, "You've been tired for a long time, don't you want to take a rest?" "Yes!  ! Reserve your strength for possible emergencies." At this point, Barrett walked towards his bed.  After nightfall, players who had finished their day's work gathered around the fireplace, sipping the hot soup cooked by Barrett, and nibbling on slightly heated pancakes to reward their five internal organs.  At this moment, a gem hanging in the room suddenly glowed with light, and then a whole row of words was projected. ? If the Diqila letter paper is a tool for players to report news to the territory.  So this communication stone is an important channel for the territory to notify players. The most important reason why it is so troublesome is to consider the investment cost.  A strange object that can communicate two-way over long distances is really too expensive to be promoted on a large scale.  "Be careful of the beastman!" Looking at theRierli subconsciously changed the words that were projected on the stone.  Barrett raised his eyebrows after hearing the news: "Careful about lycanthropes? Did Lucia recruit lycanthropes into the army this time? The so-called lycanthropes are humanoids or giants that can transform into animals.  Creatures. In their natural form, a lycanthrope looks like any other creature of its kind, but those born with the lycanthrope and those who have been infected for a long time will take on the characteristics of their animal form.  The Avatar is a more powerful ordinary animal, but if you look closely, you can see that its eyes glow red in the dark. Some people joke that there are sparks of unusual wisdom shining in them.  We don't have any medicine against lycanthropy with us.  I'm afraid I'm going to be tricked to death this time.  Clematis, who suddenly thought of that terrible disease, couldn't help but shudder. The so-called lycanthropy is a special disease. It has such a name because it can spread like a disease. Sometimes  Ordinary humanoids or giants that are injured by a lycanthrope become infected with lycanthropy. Others are born lycanthropes.  Barrett, who is known as a natural lycanthrope, immediately reassured him after hearing this: "It doesn't matter even if he is infected with lycanthropy.  I remember there was a Druid magic that could completely cure this disease.  The family should not be unprepared for this.  But what we really need to worry about now is the combat effectiveness of the lycanthrope.  Those guys' transformed and hybrid forms are hard to deal with.  Even in humanoid form, the tracking ability far exceeds that of ordinary soldiers.  It looks like we're going to have to find ways to eliminate the smell from our operations next.  ¡± Generally speaking, lycanthropes in humanoid or giant forms will use any tactics and weapons used by their kind, but will be more aggressive. At the same time, lycanthropes have the functions of their animal form, including a keen sense of smell  and low-light vision. It can also have a deep understanding of the kind of animals it can transform into and the ability to communicate with them. Of course, if an infected lycanthrope is injured in combat, it may be overwhelmed by anger, making it involuntary.  The lycanthrope in its animal form fights like the animal it has transformed into, but its bite attack can spread lycanthropy. These creatures are documented to be extremely cunning and powerful, and possess only one weapon.  Damage reduction that can be broken by silver-plated weapons. A natural lycanthrope, or an infected lycanthrope who realizes he or she has been infected, can assume a hybrid form that is a mixture of his humanoid and animal forms.  The lycanthrope in its hybrid form has hands and can use weapons, but can also use its teeth and claws to attack. The lycanthrope in its hybrid form can spread lycanthropy through its bite attacks and has the same characteristics as its animal form.  The damage reduction ability can be regarded as combining the best of both worlds. ¡°I remember that lycanthropes are shape-shifting creatures, so I¡¯m afraid Noodle¡¯s enemy-breaking arrow is useless.  "Rierli, who had just completed the appraisal, suddenly said, "But there is still a lot of silver alchemy potion we prepared before.  Don't worry too much about their damage reduction.  (To be continued.)
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