Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords

As the Lord rushed into the hastily constructed camp at Highcliff Hold, the leaders of various ranks swarmed up, escorting him towards the tent.

"Is the boss alright?" Zart shouted as soon as he saw him.

"What could possibly be wrong with me?" Li Wei replied casually, "If it weren't for these people holding me back, I would have killed three times my weight in demons before retreating."

The Holy Knights behind him wore pained expressions, looking as if they were collectively suffering from asthma, and collapsed onto chairs. Hearing this, they wisely chose not to retort.

After all, dozens of them hadn't managed to break through the demons surrounding them, yet he had done it alone. They really had no face to say anything.

"Lord, there are roughly two to three thousand demons here. What do we do next?" Layton said, "Although I've already ordered people to build simple defenses with wooden stakes on the periphery, if they surround us, even we will have to pay a price."

Although he was the strategist of Highcliff Hold, he usually only handled logistics. For example, when Li Wei was away, he quickly ordered people to build simple defenses.

Whether to fight or not was not his decision.

"Don't worry, their commanding officers were killed by me, and they left behind thousands of corpses. It will be difficult for them to regroup and attack us in the short term." Li Wei said, placing Fatir, who was clinging to him like an octopus, on a chair.

Mill turned her head, deciding to pretend she didn't see anything, "Brother-in-law, are we waiting for the main force to arrive?"

"Yes, there's no need to be reckless at this time." After a period of consumption, Li Wei felt hungry again. He took the apple Sophia handed him and took a big bite, "We are already very close to the Bone Fortress, and we don't know if the other side has reinforcements behind them."

"It would be troublesome if we were trapped inside."

In fact, Highcliff Hold could have swallowed tens of thousands of demons on their own.

But the result would inevitably be casualties, and the Lord, who was used to clearing levels without injury, didn't want to be reckless and do something with such low returns.

"It's best if we don't fight," Sophia interjected, "Anyway, we have people behind us, let them take the lead first."

Li Wei glanced at the silver dragon girl's matter-of-course face. This one thoroughly implemented the idea of 'better to let a friend die than oneself'.

But in this day and age where honest people are easily taken advantage of, it's hard to say there's anything wrong with that.

It can only be said that people's hearts are not what they used to be.

Even a simpleton has learned to坑队友 (kang dui you - screw over teammates).

"Send the gnoll scouts to inform the main force in the rear about the situation here. Have the centaurs patrol the periphery. If the enemy attempts to attack, have the centaurs use their longbows to let these demons taste what a kiting strategy is."

The demons on the opposite side are all bipedal, and can't catch up with the centaurs at all. As long as the centaurs abandon close combat and use longbows, they can kite them until they doubt their demonic existence.

Although due to the troop advancement route, the centaurs take the heavy cavalry route, it doesn't mean they completely abandoned bows and arrows. On the contrary, their archery proficiency increases with each advancement, but the degree of increase is not as high as their melee proficiency.

But even so, their archery skills can still crush the best rangers of the world.

This is due to their unique body structure, which means that acquired human archery can't catch up with them in this regard, not to mention the system's blessing.

"I've already sent the scouts to the rear, Lord. The centaurs are also patrolling the periphery under Guss's leadership." Layton, who was studying the map, looked up and said calmly, "The Fede archers are on duty in the arrow towers, the orc warriors are ready to don their armor and fight, and the ballistae are already loaded."

He had already handled everything in an orderly manner.

He was now studying the terrain of the Bone Fortress and the surrounding area, judging where it was suitable to set up camp, where the other side would deploy their forces, and so on…

The leaders of various ranks looked at Li Wei expectantly again.

Li Wei scratched his head. He had indeed handed over the work of the staff officer and administrator to Layton because he didn't want to waste time on these tedious things and wanted to be a hands-off shopkeeper.

But now that there were people doing what needed to be done, and what needed to be ordered had already been ordered.

He felt that he didn't need to do anything at all, which made him seem a little redundant.

"Since things have come to this, let's eat first!" After a long time, he simply waved his hand and said fiercely.

"Yay!" Sophia immediately raised her hands and cheered.

If you were to say who was happiest with this decision, it would be her. Dragons have a huge appetite, even if they use shapeshifting to become human.

Every time she ate during this period, she was limited in quantity, so an extra meal was a blood profit.

"I remember there's still some honey left in the back kitchen, I'll go get it." Zart left, he wanted to take the opportunity to steal a little, otherwise it would definitely be snatched by someone later.

"I'll go too!" Sophia rolled her eyes and immediately followed.

In the blink of an eye, the leaders of various ranks of Highcliff Hold scattered.

"My dear Mr. Li Wei, do you have any wine here?" Bodoff, who had been observing his surroundings since entering the camp, finally spoke.

"I remember spellcasters don't like to drink? Because wise and powerful people think it will pollute their minds." Li Wei said, taking out a bottle of wine from his inventory, easily popping the cork, and handing it to the white-robed old man in front of him.

This was the last bottle of wine, he kept it to relieve his cravings, after all, expecting to save wine under the eyes of a group of big-bellied men was simply wishful thinking.

Bodoff didn't stand on ceremony, took it and took a big gulp, with a little bit on his beard, and then let out a satisfied breath, "This is just the outside world's view, in fact, most mages even have a habit of alcoholism."

"It seems that mages are not as otherworldly as I thought." Li Wei shook his head, in his imagination.

High-level mages should all be old scholars, staying in the mage tower all day researching high-end magic, ignoring worldly affairs.

Even when eating, it is all kinds of magical food.

"Otherworldly? Mr. Li Wei, you used this word well." Bodoff smiled, the old man had an amiable demeanor that made people feel at ease, he leaned close to the Lord and whispered, "But as far as I know, our Archmage of the Mage Tower even has illegitimate children outside, how can this be called otherworldly?"

This gossip was indeed explosive enough. The Archmage of the Mage Tower can be said to be the highest-level powerhouse among all spellcasters in Deber.

His strength is top-notch, after all, he wouldn't be able to sit in this position if he wasn't top-notch.

Others didn't know, but the Lord's heart had already set off waves, but compared to gossip, he wanted to know a little more.

"Master Bodoff, although I don't want to interrupt the follow-up, I want to say that if the Archmage finds out that you're gossiping about him behind his back, is that really okay?"

Don't look at Bodoff as a high-level mage, but if the two of them were to fight, it would definitely be a 10-90 split, the Archmage who resides in the Mage Tower could beat nine Bodoffs with one hand.

"But the problem is that he's not here now, and even if he finds out afterwards, I can deny it, so what can he do?" Bodoff blinked his eyes twice, looking very cunning.

"Cough cough." Originally, the Lord wanted to pretend to be a gentleman and righteously criticize that spying on other people's gossip was not what a knight should do, but in the end, he couldn't help but be curious and leaned over to whisper, "Who is the mother of that illegitimate child? To be able to make an Archmage who is obsessed with magic admire her, she must be an unimaginable beauty."

"She is an elven healer, her appearance is indeed far beyond ordinary people, but…"

The worst thing about this sentence is the word 'but', because everyone knows that the words after it are definitely the most important.

If someone else dared to dangle his appetite like this, the Lord would have sent him flying with a punch, but considering that this old man was an intellectual, the Lord chose not to resort to violence.

Bodoff looked at the Holy Knights who had gathered around at some point, these strong men immediately awkwardly scratched the back of their heads.

It's no wonder these Holy Knights, the name of the Archmage of the Mage Tower is so loud that it's terrifying, it can be said that he is a household name in Deber, anyone who hears his gossip will definitely want to listen.

"But this elven healer was a companion who traveled with the Archmage when he was young, and the Archmage didn't like her at the time."

Bodoff took a sip of wine and said unhurriedly.

"Then why would he be with her?" At some point, Fatir had sat down next to the Lord, although there was no expression on her face, her tone was obviously full of curiosity.

"This has to be said about another thing, this Archmage was a disciple who was proficient in magic elves, and under long-term guidance, he gradually developed feelings other than admiration for his teacher."

"Wow, a teacher-student relationship!" The Lord exclaimed, biting into the apple, he would be particularly interested in anything involving teachers, sisters-in-law, etc., and even his appetite would be surprisingly good.

However, what was once a forbidden love that was not tolerated by the world in his previous life, is obviously not so rejected by the world in this world.

"Unfortunately, that elf, who was also famous in the magic world, severely condemned this feeling and expelled the Archmage from her sect." Bodoff shook his head, seemingly sighing that this one-sided feeling would eventually be difficult to get what he wanted.

"Then it seems that this Archmage doesn't admire his teacher as much as I thought, otherwise, how could he have fallen in love with the elven healer who was his companion."

Fatir placed the "Goddess Spirit Staff" horizontally on her lap and took the apple handed over by the Lord, slowly peeling it with a knife.

Bodoff showed a very ordinary smile, but it was in this casual moment that he released a bombshell: "Because that elven healer is the daughter of the Archmage's teacher."

"Wow!"

This time, the sound of unanimous shock almost overturned the entire tent.

The leaders of various ranks of Highcliff Hold had gathered around at some point, all a bunch of country bumpkins, hearing such explosive things for the first time, they naturally couldn't remain calm.

"Tsk tsk, it's just that he couldn't get his teacher, so he found a substitute who looked very similar."

Sophia was like a hamster, her mouth was full of food, and she said somewhat vaguely.

"Children are not suitable to hear these, go out and play with Mill." The Lord gave her a flick on the forehead.

If he corrupted the children, he would be to blame.

"What, I read this story in a storybook a long time ago." Sophia covered her head and said resentfully.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes looked over, even Bodoff couldn't help but look sideways, everyone was very surprised.

"Ah? Don't you know?" Sophia's surprise was no less than theirs.

"Solin Bain is famous, he even came to Dragon Island back then, looking like ordinary old men, but his magic cultivation was even inferior to Uncle Fiat's."

"When he traveled the Middle Ages, one of his companions was Uncle Fiat, so these things were recorded by Uncle Fiat and named 'Solin's Continental Travels', this kind of book recording the outside world is very popular on Dragon Island."

"Back then? How many years does this 'back then' specifically refer to?" No matter how the Lord thought about it, he didn't expect that Sophia had actually seen that Archmage.

You know, since he reportedly entered that realm, he has been in the Mage Tower, and has never taken a step out in decades.

"I can't remember, about thirty years." Sophia counted on her fingers.

In fact, dragons have very strong memories, but she was too lazy to look for it in the memory palace.

After all, except for treasures, she didn't want to waste energy to carefully record other things.

"…" Except for Bodoff, everyone was scratching the back of their heads in confusion.

Thirty years… at that time, their fathers were probably still young lads.

…

Bodoff couldn't help but take a few more glances at the girl, when he saw that the other party had dragon horns, he thought that Li Wei, this nobleman, didn't know where he found a dragon-blooded human.

After all, the bastards between dragons and various races are as numerous as hairs in the heavens, dragon-blooded humans are really not something to be surprised about.

However, even if it is a dragon descendant, although the lifespan is longer than ordinary people, it is impossible to still be a girl after more than thirty years.

This is very likely a dragon who is proficient in shapeshifting!

Bodoff is not an ignorant country bumpkin, he has lived for nearly a hundred years, and has seen many things that ordinary people can't imagine, so he doesn't find this inference unacceptable.

He asked without showing any emotion: "This little girl, I still don't know your name, can you tell me?"

"Ah? My name is Sophia Onse Liedesgao." The silver dragon girl was obviously a big-hearted person, and directly said her short name without any precautions.

Because the full name of a dragon is enough to fill a book, and the true name cannot be easily leaked, so the name used is usually an abbreviated name.

But even so, it was enough for Bodoff to guess the other party's origin, although he didn't show it on his face, his heart was already set off waves.

"It's that lady's descendant!"