Boiling Beast Bloodline
Chapter 410 - 90: Screaming Reaper_1

Chapter 410: Chapter 90: Screaming Reaper_1

"The waves of Sanggan River push each other along, and the leading one dies on the shore. The Scepter Shamans say."

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The speed of the Tornado Mercenary Group’s advancement is much more professional compared to Shalba Family’s slave hunting group.

Unlike the Shalba Family, the heavy wagons of the Danze Family are not pulled by broken horses but by the Base Dragons, unique to the Kalimdo plains.

This gigantic Magic Beast is as large as two elephants. It’s a subtype of Sub-dragon. However, unlike the other Sub-dragons, the Base Dragon is the only herbivore amongst them. The beast’s mild nature raises doubts about its lineage. When attacked, it will use a "Petrification Spell" to cover it with a coat of stone armor, but it doesn’t have any concept of retaliation in its mind. Even its teeth have completely evolved into a dental ridge over the long period of evolution.

Of course, the Creator is just. Once petrified, the Base Dragon practically doesn’t have any natural enemies. Its hard stone armor that can continuously regenerate makes it almost invincible. Even a ferocious Tyrannical Dragon, capable of exerting a chewing force of two tons, can do nothing but glare helplessly at it.

Although this sub-dragon is rather slow and clumsy when trying to turn around, it still is the best beast of burden in the battlefield. Its durability is formidable. Its earth elemental magic "Petrification Spell" grants it immunity to all weapons amidst an arrow rain on the battlefield. Moreover, its load-carrying capacity is impressive, capable of pulling loads of three hundred tons with no problem. A well-trained Base Dragon can even tow up to four hundred tons.

In the military powerhouse region of Kalimdo plains, many military commanders in charge of logistics would capture and domesticate this lamb-like sub-dragon Magic Beast as their beast of burden. Being the top mercenary group of Dorott Duchy, the Danze Family managed to purchase one through its network from the Holy San Francisco Empire.

When violent temper and ferocity cease to exist, even a Sub-dragon Magic Beast, to human beings, becomes an ox for pulling carts. This irony cannot be overlooked and has its own particular humor.

The pre-war contest is about logistics, and the warfare itself is about the commander’s tactics. I’ve already succeeded halfway. Thought Captain Gatuso Danze.

The 40 eagle knights vigilantly monitored Wolf in the Saline-alkali Forest towards the southeast since the first day they set into the wilderness. Swift as the wind, the eagle knights carried out their aerial scout duties brilliantly. The firsthand intelligence they provided gave Captain Gatuso a more accurate grip on the battlefield.

As the vanguard, two Light Cavalry regiments of the Tornado Mercenary Group and five hundred mercenaries of Berserkers of Tel Aviv reached Feilengcui a day before the main army.

Initially, Gatuso had hoped that these Berserkers wouldn’t move this quickly. In the battle sequence, they were supposed to be the mainstay of the siege.

But controlling Berserkers isn’t an easy job. Denying these frenzied warriors the honor of leading the vanguard would be the greatest insult to them! Moreover, their mounts were the special product of the icy nation of Tel Aviv - the Multi-footed Giant Horse.

The Multi-footed Giant Horse, a variant descendent of the ancestral horse, is double the size of an ordinary horse and can weigh about one and a half tons. It’s covered in long grey mane and a saddle-like hump on its back. Normally, this giant horse has six legs, but the best of these can have up to eight legs. It’s said that the god of thunder - Odin, whom the Berserkers worship, used to ride an Eight-legged Giant Horse into the battlefield. Because it has more legs than an ordinary warhorse, the Multi-footed Giant Horse of the Berserkers is much faster than a regular cavalry horse.

This gave Gatuso even less reason to refuse their offer to serve as the vanguard.

As the vanguard of the Tornado Mercenary Group, numbering 2500, appeared in the horizons of Feilengcui, ten tables of Mahjong players on Red Earth Square warmly welcomed their arrival. Since Marquis Capello reported the presence of foes, only ten days have passed. Based on human marching speed, Liu Zhenhan naturally estimated that they’d still take five to six days to reach the city. Also, they were preparing for siege warfare. So, Liu Zhenhan even omitted the scouting of enemy situation temporarily, fully indulging in corruption and Mahjong.

Much before these humans reached their position fifty miles away, the scouts atop the Red Earth Highland had already sounded their warning conch horns. However, except for the warriors of Feilengcui, no one else knew that was a warning signal.

Even after the sound of the horn, the Feilengcui Lord was still calmly playing Mahjong without giving any reminder to the Scepter Shamans.

The Lord sat at one table with Daisy, Ruona, and Gortani, while the three old madams, avoiding suspicion, watched from the side. The militia was also there, clicking and clattering Mahjong pieces by the table. Scepter Shamans shook their heads on the side, Holy Temple Knights were stunned, and Wolf Riders were happily polishing their new battle swords and armor.

While Daisy was accusing Liu Zhenhan of neglecting basic scouting and failing to fulfill the obligations as the highest military officer on Feilengcui’s land, she didn’t forget to call out, when seeing Gortani’s Red Dragon tile, "Pong!"