Alien Knights

Todd, who had recovered his human form, walked on the streets of Froststone City.

Due to the scattered residential areas and the undulating terrain, the area covered by Froststone City is much larger than that of Muxi City. To compare the two, the size of the former is about twice the size of the latter.

Without the appearance of a tyrant, the people who passed by Todd couldn't connect this ordinary-looking young man with the supreme son of the gods.

But Todd himself enjoyed this feeling of blending into the market, but Evie beside him didn't think so.

"My duty is to go out and kill the enemy, not to hang around with you..."

With a sword and shield on her back and a dissatisfied expression on her face, Evie said this with a headache, looking at the bustling crowd in front of her and listening to the noisy voices in her ears.

Todd stopped in front of a fruit stand, looked at the freshly picked fruits on the stand, and said with a smile: "Life should not only be fighting and fighting, learning to relax is the more important thing."

Evie turned sideways to avoid pedestrians, shook her head and said, "When the enemy's weapon cuts at your head, I don't think relaxing will help you dodge faster."

As if he didn't hear Evie's words, Todd had an argument with the fruit vendor about the price for a while, and finally bought some wild melons.

Seeing the fruit that Todd handed over, Evie opened her eyes wide: "Did you know? As long as you give an order, believers are willing to offer you anything."

"I know."

"Then why are you wasting your time talking about a few copper coins?"

"That's what I call relaxing."

Todd broke open the wild melon with a smile, ate the sweet flesh inside, and nodded approvingly to the fruit vendor.

The latter saw the customer eating happily and was in a good mood, so he gave the customer a string of pearl peaches from his stall.

In this way, the enthusiastic Todd and Evie with a stinky face, holding a lot of fruits and snacks, walked and strolled, and gradually came to a huge square.

There are huge crowds of people here, and it is very lively. At a glance, at least thousands of people gathered. But Todd looked around and saw no vendors, no shops.

Finding a relatively remote high place, Todd asked Evie while eating the mountain chestnut in his hand: "What is this place? Why are there so many people?"

Evie said casually, "A gathering of military exploits."

"Military exploits rally?" Todd was about to ask again, when the fierce quarrel in the square caught his attention.

Todd looked carefully and found that Ackerman was also in the brawlers.

This guy in gorgeous armor and with two mustaches, with his hips on his hips, shouted at a battle group commander from the Holy Acropolis opposite: "The Red Branch battle group was the first to rush into Ozd! When attacking the city gate, we lost dozens of brothers... By the way! There are also two catapults! In terms of the distribution of spoils, we should be ranked first!"

The holy guards on the opposite side refused to give in at all: "The Wind Hammer battle group withstood the impact of the enemy's heavy cavalry. Without us, you would have rotted in the soil long ago!"

At this time, Fried, a barbarian veteran representing the Falcons, also joined in: "When attacking the inner city of Ozd, if it weren't for the group of my fearless subordinates who used human explosives, After blasting the city wall, you can still stand here and talk?!"

Immediately afterwards, dozens of war group representatives, large and small, participated in the scolding battle.

Speaking of excitement, someone rolled up their sleeves, took off their coats, and was ready to fight at any time.

Seeing the worry on Todd's face, Evie curled her lips and said disdainfully, "Don't worry, they won't fight, they're all waiting for the score."

Todd, who heard a new term, turned around in surprise: "What... what?"

Evie didn't bother to speak anymore, and pointed straight ahead, motioning Todd to look for himself.

Not long after, five shamans came out with a group of believers. The square, which was originally tense with swords, suddenly calmed down.

Everyone closed their mouths unanimously, and all their eyes fell on the book in the shaman's hand.

The leading shaman Todd couldn't be more familiar, it was Minnie, and she was also the first group of people who followed her to run the Froststone Camp.

Leaning on crutches, she walked up to the stone platform in the square, sat on the wooden chair brought by the believers, and nodded to her companions.

The shaman next to Minnie immediately opened the book in his hand, and read aloud: "The first one to attack the city wall of Ozd... was the Red Branches, 7 points! Destroyed the "Night Watchers" cavalry group." It was the Windhammer Squad, 4 points! It was the Barracuda Squad that killed the supreme commander of the defenders, 4 points! The first to break through the inner city of Ozd was the Falcon Squad, 5 points..."

Todd opened his mouth wide in surprise: "What are you doing?"

With a piece of foxtail in her mouth, Evie simply sat down and said boredly, "Just look at it."

On the stage, the shaman loudly announced the meritorious goal, the name of the battle group and the points obtained.

The battle group commanders were nervously counting the scores in the audience.

A group of burly men in each battle group squatted on the ground forming a circle with their buttocks pouted, using the pens and paper they had prepared, desperately calculating the final score of their respective battle groups.

In Todd's eyes, this scene looked like a group of elementary school students who had just finished their exams and got together to calculate their scores.

"This... this is really..." Todd looked at the picture in front of him, hesitated for a long time, and didn't know how to evaluate this military merit system, so he finally had to say with a wry smile, "Who came up with this method?"

Evie was stunned for a while, then hummed: "Rachel."

Hearing this name, Todd was silent for a while, and then said: "She should have her reasons for choosing this method..."

Evie didn't say a word, just inserted her sword heavily into the soil.

From breaking the city gate, to defeating the enemy, to warning the enemy, and finally to the number of enemies killed, all the achievements of the Battle of Ozd were quantified one by one, and expressed in the form of scores, which is clear at a glance.

"Before the battle, my sisters rode a griffin to survey the combat targets, and informed the shaman assembly of the relevant information." Evie said while looking at the center of the square: "The shaman and the commander After we learned about the enemy's situation, we determined the items and points of military exploits at the pre-war meeting based on this information."

"Of course, this score is not static. Some castles have higher walls and more arrow towers, and the score for breaking the gate will be higher; some enemy legions have stronger fighting power, and the score for destroying them will be higher. It will also improve.”

"Before the war, the scores of all combat achievements are determined, and the commanders of the battle group choose the attack direction and tactical goals that suit them according to their respective strengths. Some large groups have many fighters and complete weapons and armor. They will choose several Those with higher scores in military exploits; while some small battle groups are weaker, and it is possible for four or five to join forces to deal with a relatively simple military exploit target."

"After the war is over, the shamans will determine whether the battle goals selected by the major groups before the battle have been completed according to the inspection reports of the supervisory team and the Griffon Knights. If completed, corresponding points will be given; if not completed , then deduct points accordingly from the total score.”

Hearing this, Todd asked with interest: "What if there is a battle group that has a negative total score because it did not complete the set goals?"

Evie shrugged: "Then it will be miserable for them. According to the performance on the battlefield and the consequences of failure, the lightest punishment for a losing battle group is to disband on the spot, and the heaviest punishment may be that all members will be reduced to slaves, and the commander will be deposed." Imprisoned, waiting for the judgment of the son of the gods. Fortunately, since Froststone City went to war, there has not been such a serious battle failure.”

Todd nodded thoughtfully.

During the time when the two were talking, the achievements of the Battle of Ozd were also counted.

The "Red Branch Battle Group" led by Caspar and Ackerman overwhelmed the "Wind Hammer Battle Group" of the refugees from the Holy Acropolis by two points and won the first victory in the Battle of Ozd.

According to the prior reservation, first, they can give priority to selecting captives to supplement the lack of members of the battle group; second, after the shamans take a small part of the spoils as sacrifices to the sons of the gods, they can give priority to the remaining Among the spoils of war, a certain amount of items are selected to be included in the bag; finally, the group obtains the right to prioritize the selection of meritorious targets in the next external battle.

Seeing Ackerman take away the most valuable treasure with his subordinates, and impatiently pick away the most beautiful female slave, Todd said to Evie worriedly: "Isn't this distribution method Will it cause enmity between the Chapters?"

Evie looked at Todd in surprise: "Hatred? Why do you want to hate? The commander set the combat goals in advance, relied on his own ability and bravery to fight, and gained wealth equivalent to hard work. Others will only respect and envy him. How can there be such a mentality of hatred?!"

Todd was speechless for a moment.

Evie pointed to the shamans on the high platform and said: "Besides, if the commander has any dissatisfaction with the distribution, he can find the shamans to gather and appeal... In Froststone City, the most important things for soldiers are honor and respect." Faith, no one wants to be dragged into hell by evil spirits when they face Asgard's "balance of fate" after death because of their own greed."

Todd nodded unconsciously when he heard this.

In the soul space, the reason why he introduced the "Anubis balance" from the ancient Egyptian mythology in his previous life on the basis of the legends of the gods was to advise believers to think twice about good and evil before speaking and doing things. .

However, the atmosphere of belief in Froststone City aroused by this move was something that the instigator never expected.