Chapter 244: The Crypt

"This...isn't this a chariot?" Roddy narrowed his eyes and seemed to look at the king.

At this moment, Roddy, the King, and Master Sith were standing in a small schoolyard in the palace under the crypt.

This circular scheduling site presents a concave arc, like an ancient-style stadium, with three people standing on a stone platform several meters high in the scene.

A stone door next to the school ground was slowly opened, and a Soren chariot ran out from inside. The chariot looked exactly like Roddy had seen in the last war. Two tall defenders were wrapped in a layer of fine armor, dragging a two-wheeled carriage made of iron wood. There were long sharp-blade steel knives inserted on both sides of the carriage. When the wheels rolled, the steel knives quickly rotated, enough to kill the approaching enemies. The three soldiers on the carriage were driving, one with a shield, and the other with a long battle axe.

"His Excellency Roddy must have seen the power of the chariot?" The king smiled slightly, as if he was a little proud.

Roddy glanced at the king and whispered: "This kind of chariot has outstanding advantages, but its shortcomings are also very obvious! It may be able to show its momentary power in an empty plain, but it is not absolutely invincible! If you encounter well-trained infantry, as long as the method is right, you will have no suspense at all!"

"Oh?" the king smiled leisurely.

Roddy sighed: "First of all, the charge speed! A carriage with three full armored soldiers, as well as the weapons and shields in their hands, and the thin armor on the horse... Such a weight is a huge burden for the horse. Therefore, the charge speed of the chariot is not even as good as that of the heavy cavalry! If I were the commander, just a light archer would not fight head-on with the chariot team, fight and retreat, use the advantage of speed to open the distance to avoid close contact! At the same time, use bows and arrows to kill the opponent..."

The king said lightly: "That's different! The whip of your country's Thunder God is scattered all over the world, so he is naturally proud of his cavalry! It's just that my chariot team is used to deal with the dwarves! The dwarves are born short in size and have short lower limbs, so they are not suitable for being cavalry. Moreover, they are in the inland sea and lack horses! Even if they have money to buy war horses, war horses cannot be raised in large quantities on the islands... So, your assumption is not true for the dwarves!"

Roddy frowned and continued: "Even if the dwarves do not have excellent cavalry, even infantry, as long as they master the appropriate method, it is not difficult to defeat such a combat chariot convoy."

The king smiled a little unfathomable, just looking at Roddy.

Roddy pondered for a moment and whispered: "If I were the one who commanded the troops and defended the city wall to resist such a chariot, it would be natural not to be a skill! As long as I was given a speedy elite infantry, I could still defeat the chariot!" He said slowly: "The power of the chariot depends on the sprint of the horses! As long as there is an excellent team of archers behind the formation, a volley shot will be shot without shooting people! A chariot can only be injured in two horses pulling the chariot, and the injured horse will not be able to run. During the high-speed running, the chariot will definitely overturn, and then the car will be destroyed and the people will be killed!" Luo

Deaton paused and continued: "In the charge formation, even if you loosen the chariots, as long as the chariots in front are hit and the chariots in front are lost, the chariots in the back will be blocked! The entire chariots will be collapsed immediately!" At this point, Roddy sighed: "I don't have to let the soldiers die in vain. The archers from afar shoot horses specifically. After the horses are killed, the infantry rushed forward. The chariots that have lost their ability to move can only be slaughtered."

The king smiled slightly: "Then, Roddy, you might as well give it a try!"

He clapped his hands, and a guardian knight immediately walked out from behind the door and handed over a pair of bows and arrows.

The king took a step forward and waved to the chariot below. The soldier shouted and swung his whip. The chariot ran rapidly in the schoolyard.

Roddy looked at the bow and arrow handed to him, and seemed stunned. Then he heard the king whisper: "You might as well try it, shoot the horse pulling a cart with the bow and arrow!"

Since it was the king who asked him to shoot, Roddy no longer hesitated, bent his bow and shot an arrow, and shot an arrow at the horse with one arrow! His archery skills were quite good, and the power and accuracy of this arrow reached a certain level. Although he did not use Dou Qi, when the arrow went out, the sound of "swish" breaking through the air had already hit the horse's back! The sharp arrow broke through the armor on the horse's body and inserted it crookedly on the horse's back!

What surprised Roddy was that the horse that was shot did not neigh at all, and still tried hard to spread its four hooves and ran forward, not caring about the arrow wounds on his body!!

"You can continue shooting!" A strange light flashed in the king's eyes.

Roddy took a deep breath and drew out four sharp swords from his quiver. Then he saw his movements like the wind, "swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish" sounds endlessly, and the four arrows shot out one after another, and each arrow accurately hit the horse!!

The war horse just opened its mouth and neighed, still did not fall down, and didn't even stagger at all, and still charged forward like flying with four hooves!!

"Damn it!" Roddy was surprised. Seeing the king throwing a mocking look, Roddy quickly drew out another sharp arrow!

Although his archery skills are not as good as Dak, they have been carefully trained. This time he aimed at the horse's head! A "swoosh" arrow passed by and hit the target. The horse could no longer stand it, and finally staggered a few steps and fell down with a bang!

As one horse fell down, the other horse could not pull the chariot. The chariot was galloping rapidly and half of the wheels were lifted. Fortunately, the soldiers who were carrying the chariot were prepared for it, so they did not really turn over!

"How?" Although Roddy finally shot the horse with the last arrow, the king was not depressed at all and looked at Roddy with a smile.

There was no joy of victory on Roddy's face. He lowered his head and thought for a moment, sighed, and said in a deep voice: "I lost!"

His last arrow hit the horse's head! And when the horse's high-speed running, he wanted to accurately hit the horse's head... Even among elite archers, it was difficult to find out how many. Most archer soldiers definitely do not have such skills!

An ordinary archer can only shoot the horse's body... but he still runs continuously as he sees the horse's body five arrows...

"This kind of horse is strange!" Roddy said in a deep voice: "If an ordinary army encounters this kind of chariot convoy, I'm afraid the archers have not shot the horse yet, and the chariot has rushed in front of them."

The king nodded and looked at Sith. Sith had a faint smile on his face: "This kind of horse is different from ordinary war horses! Our magician has prepared a strange drug, which has been mixed in the feed of horses for a long time, making this horse unable to feel pain at all! They have extremely strong ability to resist strikes, and they can still keep running even if they are seven or eight arrows in their bodies! The only disadvantage is that this specially trained horse can only have a lifespan of two years at most! We have tried it many times!"

Roddy closed his eyes, thought for a moment, and said, "This kind of special war horse is indeed powerful. Perhaps only this kind of war horse can maximize the power of the war chariot... But even if the archers cannot break the war chariot convoy, there is still another way!"

Roddy opened his eyes, looked at the school ground below, waved his hand, and shouted: "If there is a team of heavy armored infantry with high morale! Putting a dense formation! At the same time, the soldiers in the front row have the determination and belief that they will die! With the shield wall of heavy armored infantry in the front, the soldiers behind the shield use a special spear of three or four meters to welcome the charge of the battle chariots head-on! The battle chariots may be able to break through the shield wall in the front row, but even if the horses are not afraid of bows and arrows, they are not immortal! The spear can kill and injure horses in large quantities! As long as the casualties of the soldiers in the front row are killed and the charge of the battle chariots can be blocked!" He said slowly: "As long as the chariots in the front are blocked, the chariots in the back are crowded behind, can they still fly? Without the chariots in the charge, they are just a pile of useless rotten wood!"

"Highly trained, high morale, soldiers have the belief and determination to die..." The king murmured to himself, suddenly looking at Roddy and laughed: "The army you mentioned may be in your country... But, on the Roland continent, is there such army?"

Roddy was speechless... He had seen the strength of the Roland Continental Alliance on the battlefields of Thunder City and the Pamir Plain northwest of the Empire.

To be honest, in addition to the elite "Sacred Knights" and the Royal Knights that can barely be called a good Kingdom of Sauron, the other troops of the Kingdom of Roland are really unable to achieve "well-trained and high morale", let alone "soldiers have the belief and determination to die"!

The king looked at the reaction on Roddy's face with satisfaction and said slowly: "That's right! If our chariot team meets your country's elite infantry and cavalry, or cannot win, but it is enough to be rampant in the Roland Continent." He then smiled and said: "I know very well that if this chariot team meets the sacred Knights, it will definitely not win. But my purpose is not to deal with the sacred Knights! My imaginary enemy is the army of the dwarves!"

"Oh?" Roddy frowned. He had never seen the dwarves and knew nothing about their army.

The king smiled: "I can at least guarantee that the Dwarves' army may barely achieve 'well-trained and highly morale' but it will never do what you said 'having faith and determination'!!"

Roddy's eyes lit up: "Why?"

The king said lightly: "Because they are so rich!"

The king looked at the chariot below and seemed a little dazed, murmured and continued: "The dwarves have earned a wealth of consideration through trade in ironwood for hundreds of years! The dwarves hundreds of years ago may be very strong and can dare to fight against the coalition forces of the Roland Continent. But now, their courage has been replaced by a heavy wallet! A rich man dare not fight with others!" The king seemed to smile: "The dwarves' army is so well equipped and the soldiers' military salary is almost the best on the Roland Continent! But an army armed with money cannot truly have strong combat power! Lord Roddy, you should understand my words."

The king suddenly smiled, grabbed Roddy's hand, and said lightly: "Okay, I've finished watching this place, I'll take you to see something else."

The two of them went out from the door behind them together, but there was still no follower, and the Sith was behind them. The three of them walked back into the palace.

After passing several arches, the three of them stood in front of two huge closed stone doors.

There was a silence around the palace, with no voices at all - everyone here seemed to appear silently. Without the king's order, everyone seemed to be invisible.

"Where is this place?" Roddy looked at the stone door in front of him. The relief carved on the door formed a long sword with a strange shape, and there was indeed an olive leaf next to the long sword.

As if seeing Roddy's surprise, the king smiled and said, "This relief is a symbol of the Shaka royal family. It means: the ultimate purpose of the sword is to bring peace!"

Roddy sighed: "This sentence makes some sense."

The king said seriously: "This stone gate existed since its construction! Behind this gate are some files and records left over from the Shaka royal family. Only members of the royal family can enter here! Even the Sith has never been in! I can tell you that behind this stone gate, the history of the rise and demise of the ancient Shaka Empire is recorded!!"

Roddy's heart was pounding... The rise and demise of the Shaka Empire?

Are the historical truths that have been lost?

The king nodded, his expression was serious, he looked at Roddy solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "Originally, according to the ancient royal rules, outsiders could not enter here! But the situation is different now! The temple is struggling with each other, and the Roland Continent has reached the most dangerous moment! If the Kingdom of Sauron fails, then the last fire of the Shaka Empire will be completely extinguished! So, today, I want to invite Your Excellency Roddy to enter with me to see the 'truth of history'!!"

Roddy clearly felt that the Sith next to him seemed to have a slightly discolored face, but the king shook his head gently at him, and a trace of harshness flashed in his eyes.

"Then, Lord Roddy, welcome you to be the first guest in the forbidden area of ​​the Shaka royal family in a thousand years!" After saying that, the king made a gesture of invitation.

Roddy took a deep breath, and with a little expectation, he reached out to push the two doors in front of him...

At this moment, just as Roddy was pushing open the "history truth" with a nervous mood, on the ground above a hundred meters, at the gate of the city on the edge of the royal capital, a light carriage was slowly entering the city.

After the soldiers guarding the city checked the clearance procedures of the other party, they collected certain taxes according to the common standards of the Sauron Kingdom, and the carriage was able to enter the capital smoothly.

Along the wide street, the direction of the carriage was heading towards the palace.

It was daylight at this moment, and there were pedestrians on the streets of the royal capital. The carriage was driving on the most prosperous street, but the window seemed to be pushed open. A pleasant voice with a little charming voice came out of the carriage.

The owner of the voice seemed to sigh: "I didn't expect that this place is much more prosperous than last time. This King Sauron is indeed not an ordinary person. It seems that the Sauron royal family is very popular all the time."

There seemed to be a slightly rough voice in the car and whispered: "Why can't I see the difference?"

The charming voice seemed to chuckled and whispered: "You have never been to the Roland Continent, so you naturally don't understand." She seemed to sigh: "On the Roland Continent, the war between the temple and the kingdom is about to break out. The tax we entered the city gate just now was much higher than when I came last time. Obviously, the kingdom is already raising the tax rate and preparing for the war! Under such circumstances, can you feel the haze before the war here? After the increased tax rate, have we heard any dissatisfaction with the royal family along the way? Under such circumstances, King Sauron can still be so popular, and such means are not simple."

The carriage gradually crossed the long street and approached the palace. But it turned on a fork and headed towards an independent palace next to the palace.

Before the carriage could reach the gate of the palace, a team of soldiers from the Royal Knights had already come up. The leader of the team stopped the carriage majestic. Then he knocked on the window and talked to the people inside. The officer immediately changed his expression of respect and led his people to the gate of the palace with his carriage.

A moment later, the gate of the palace opened, and the crown prince of the Sauron Kingdom, Yawen, walked out in a shiny knight armor. There was sweat on his forehead, his face flushed after vigorous exercise, and beside him were several officers in military uniforms, all of whom were sweating. It was obvious that they had been practicing martial arts together just now.

The attendant had already bowed and opened the carriage door. Then, a piece of snow-white calves stepped out of the carriage door, and then an impressive figure flashed from behind the carriage door. The woman had curly hair and was wearing a tight dress that completely highlighted her proud figure. Especially the hem of the skirt seemed much shorter than that of ordinary dresses, half exposed her slender round thighs! She walked out of the carriage and walked towards the crown prince with a smile. Every step she took, a hint of seductive spring light appeared faintly from the hem of the skirt.

"Miss Nidise." The crown prince did not seem to have a big reaction to her charm and still maintained a friendly smile: "I didn't expect that there would be a distinguished guest like you to come to me today."

Nydise smiled slightly, but his eyes wafted slightly, but almost all the men present were soaring away. She pursed her lips and smiled, and then whispered: "Your Highness, I have brought you a few good gifts this time. I have got some good wine in the southern continent. This time I came to Soren, in addition to handling some business matters, I brought these gifts to you for a special visit."

At this time, another person had already walked out of the carriage! This man was burly, with a beard on his face, his eyes were like lightning, and his simple dress was Dark!

However, this time, he did not carry the signature longbow behind him.

Nydise smiled slightly: "Your Highness, I have also brought you a distinguished guest... This is my good friend, Mr. Dark! I know that Your Highness is obsessed with martial arts. This Mr. Dark is a master of archery!"
Chapter completed!