Chapter 42: Magic Array and Old Acquaintances

  This time, Liu Yu and his generation had more than 300 people from the Mong tribe. This time, they were divided into two parts: 150 in the southern wolf tribe territory, 150 in the northern centaur territory, and both Molo and Buganing were in the northern centaur territory.

  Liu Yu and his party headed southeast from the Earthfire Fortress, this time not going out to play as before, so the Fourth Army sent a lieutenant and twenty soldiers to meet them at the Earthfire Fortress.

  They were reorganized on the spot, with ten Mongols forming a fire, fifty Mongols forming a team, and three teams in total. Each Mongol warrior was equipped with a war horse, a walking horse, bows and arrows, long spears, and swords, none of which were missing.

  Ordinary horses are used for daily travel, while war horses are used for charging in battle. The two types of horses are used in coordination with each other.

  Riding on the walking horse, Liu Yu gently stroked the sword at his waist, a sword with a high-level magic array. Before departure, King Kero specially took out this precious sword from the family treasury for Liu Yu as a weapon, named "Jin Su".

  Liu Yu's previous sword made of demonic boar tusk was somewhat insufficient against the well-equipped Fano army.

  Apart from this, Kero King also gave Liu Yu a set of inner armor to protect his heart and other vital parts. The inner armor was engraved with the top-notch mid-tier defensive magic array.

  Kero King told Liu Yu that the defensive power of this inner armor, taking Fanuo De's single-line fighters as an example, could not be broken through without a Dou Wang's cultivation.

  As a result, Liu Yu's military expedition this time can be said to have a good guarantee in both attack and defense. The long talk that night also gave Liu Yu a general knowledge of magic arrays.

  A magic circle is a magical construct using special materials such as the cores of magical beasts, bones, and the inscribed magical startup spell by a magician on fixed objects to exert magical power.

  The division of magic circles is not as specific as the warrior's division, and it is basically divided into low-level magic circles, mid-level magic circles, and high-level magic circles; in terms of type, they are mainly divided into attack-type magic circles and defense-type magic circles.

  The attack-type magic circle engraved on the magical sword used by the fighter, through the mobilization of the surrounding heaven and earth elements can increase the power of the fighting spirit. This attacking magic circle must match the user's attributes, such as the high-level magic circle engraved on Liu Yu's "Golden Marrow" sword, which is a dual attribute of earth and fire.

  Liu Yu, who had just obtained the treasure sword, quietly tried its power around the Earth Fire Fortress. With a casual slash, several hundred boulders were cut into powder. Liu Yu secretly estimated that if he encountered the ghost wolf that ambushed him last time, he would have the confidence to cut it in half with one full-strength strike.

  The defensive magic circle engraved on the armor is much more complicated, and defensive magic is the most difficult to grasp in various systems of magic. Taking Liu Yue as an example, he is a mid-term five-stage mage, and among the various fire defense spells, he only mastered the simplest three-stage defense spell "Fire Shield Technique". The four-stage fire defense spell "Fire Wall Technique" that is even higher up, Liu Yue practiced for several months but still couldn't grasp it.

  The earth system magic is one of the strongest defensive abilities among all systems, and Liu Yu's practice time was relatively tight, so he mainly focused on practicing the most defensive magic in the earth system. As a fifth-stage practitioner, he had also mastered the fourth-stage earth system defense magic "Earth Shield Technique", which was currently his highest-level defense magic.

  Defense magic is so difficult to master that having a defensive-type magical armor naturally became the "holy grail", and fighters of all races on the continent yearn for a good set of magical armor.

  However, the city has no price, and generally, only low-level magic armor can be seen on the market. Mid-level magic armor is extremely rare. As for high-level magic armor, they have all become absolute treasures of various countries, especially the top-notch magic armor with a dual defensive magic array, one that automatically triggers when faced with danger, and one that is triggered by the wearer themselves.

  These precious armors are the treasures that the royal families of various countries have spared no effort to collect, and they are called "Ling Jia". The Beastman Kingdom has six sets of high-ranking "Ling Jia", with three sets given to the king's lineage in one of the kingdom's two power centers, and three sets given to the elder council's lineage in the other, passed down through generations on both sides.

  Krogh King this generation three sets of "Ling Jia" one set worn by himself, a set was given to Gaiya who served as the Grand General, and the last set was given to Louis, the leader of the Imperial Guard.

  Liu Yu finally knew why he was not afraid of Kaul's heavy punches during the big battle with Louis that day. He had the national treasure, the country-protecting treasure, on him, and Kaul's strength as a late-stage Dou Huang was still not enough in front of the defense of the high-ranking "Ling Jia".

  "Halt the entire army." The sudden command from General Bill, who was at the forefront, broke Liu Yu's train of thought. The massive castle that had just been a silhouette now loomed before them.

  "Lycanburg" is the capital of a tribe of werewolves that owns over a thousand miles of territory in the southern part of the Beastman Kingdom.

  The werewolf tribe, as one of the three major races of the kingdom, has always been responsible for garrisoning the southern part of the kingdom. They have a population of over 10 million, with 160,000 werewolves forming eight legions of regular army, accounting for half of the entire beastman kingdom's regular army.

  The territory of the wolf people is adjacent to the Sas province of Fano, and frequent wars between the two countries often take place here. Facing the powerful Fano Empire, the wolf tribe cannot be its opponent even if all the people are armed. In order to alleviate the pressure on the wolf people, the Bimon tribe has stationed two divisions here for many years and can send more forces from the Earth Fire Fortress at any time to support them.

  The millennium-long shoulder-to-shoulder battle has made the mutual trust between Bimon and Wolfman unbreakable. In order to welcome the new warriors of the Bimon tribe, the Wolfman clan will entertain these newcomers in "Lizhuangbao".

  Liu Yu heard Bill's order and immediately got on his horse, holding the reins of both his horse and warhorse as he walked towards the gate of "Razorfort". From a distance, many wolfman soldiers were already lined up below the gate, with many wolfman women and children watching the new recruits from behind them.

  Liu Yu, who was close to the city gate, first observed not those with sharp wolf heads and pointed teeth, but the unique architectural style of "Rui Zhao Fortress".

  "Lizhuang Fortress" is naturally named after the wolf's sharp claws. On the city gate, above the wall, there is a relief of a sharp claw about five or six meters in size, with powerful grasping downwards. Before Liu Yu even approached, he felt that he would be crushed by this claw. The battlements on his walls are not square, but a series of small pointed towers pointing upwards, and the entire city wall is grayish-blue, rather than the light black color of the Earthfire Fortress.

  "Welcome, you are braver than the warriors of Bimon." As Liu Yu and his group approached the city gate, a young werewolf emerged from behind and bowed slightly to everyone with a welcoming gesture.

  "Please, don't be polite, Young Patriarch." Bill hastily returned a courtesy to the werewolf at the front of the group. This was the young patriarch of the werewolves, and his status as a traveling knight couldn't be compared to that of the other.

  "Heh heh, it's always like this every year. As expected, Lord Liu Yu, please enter the city." The young werewolf stepped aside to make way for them, inviting Liu Yu and his companions into the city.

  At the same time, the wolf tribe soldiers on the side also walked forward and took over their walking horses and war horses from Liu Yu and others. The surrounding wolf people's women and children began to cheer under the young man's indication, expressing their welcome to these supporters of Bimon.

  As they passed through the city gate, Liu Yu and his companions saw a road paved with bluestone. The streets here were generally about five meters wide, and the houses on both sides were all built with bluestone, which was similar to the Fire Fortress. However, this was not because the Beastman Kingdom preferred stone buildings, but rather that the most abundant resource on the Kordia Plateau was precisely this type of bluestone used for building houses.

  The building layout of "Lizhao Castle" is very grand, with each house basically having three layers and a height of over ten meters, or even higher for those with pointed tops. There are also many tall stone towers in the city, and being among them still feels quite majestic.

  "Alexander, this place is quite large, not much different from the Earthfire Fortress." Fite said as he waved to the cheering wolfmen while leaning in close to Liu Yu.

  The Beastman Kingdom is very poor, and except for the capitals of the three major races, there are hardly any decent cities in the entire kingdom. Especially among the Bimon tribe, the Fire Fort concentrated the vast majority of the Bimon people, while the mouse people who cultivated land for them and the ant people who were responsible for smelting ironware basically existed in the form of villages.

  Mostly grain and mineral collection and distribution places have several small towns, and then there are also large family domains for each of the big families within the Mongol tribe. They have a large number of mouse people servants granted by the kingdom to cultivate their land, which will have some larger farms.

  So generally, whether Beamon is of noble or humble birth, before joining the army, he would have seen at most a city like Dihuo Fort, and the energetic Fitte was naturally thrilled to see "Lizhao Fort".

  "Hmm, it's really big, but I've heard that there are many cities in the Fano Empire that are even bigger. I don't know if we'll have a chance to see them." Ivan had somehow inserted himself between Liu Yu and Feite without anyone noticing. Unbeknownst to him, he was arranged by Liu Yu, and he was still thrilled to be able to travel with these two old friends.

  "We'll meet him on the other side of Fanore." Fitt said carelessly.

  "Hehe, great, we'll definitely make it to the city of Bana in the province of Farnodesa one day and see what it's like." Liu Yu, who was standing in between, couldn't help but chuckle and chimed in. With tens of millions of border troops around, which big city in Farnodesa is that good-looking?

  "Your Highness, we meet again." Liu Yu, who was chatting with the two guys, suddenly had the wolfman young clan leader appear in front of him.