Pioneer Wizard's Notebook

Chapter 104 Double Preparations and the Dead King

"My lord has issued a conscription order: all males aged twelve and above are to immediately proceed to the army for militia training!"

"The rest of you must proceed to the army's logistics department for wartime supply transport drills! If the monsters of the ice plains breach the city walls, we will all perish. For the sake of our loved ones and our homes, join the army and protect the Sunflower together!"

Soldiers ran through the streets of the residential area, shouting the contents of the conscription order.

The highest level of combat readiness has been declared.

All production work except for the maintenance of the heating tower has been suspended, and the military is the top priority at present.

The ice storm outside the wall continued to rage.

The men looked at their own houses and the wives and children inside.

They left the living area one after another and headed to the military camp in groups.

"New militia members, assemble here! I'm about to give you a test."

In the militia training ground, the battalion commander of the Shield Guard Battalion, Jade, shouted.

"Those who know archery can pass the test and report to the archer battalion next door. Those who don't need to be afraid, the Shield Guard Battalion welcomes every new recruit. I will arm you to the teeth, and the best soldiers will even receive the glorious title of Bearmane Iron Guard!"

"Now, follow my instructions and run!"

"If you fail the physical fitness test, you'll have to crawl into the logistics department like women and carry supplies, becoming a laughingstock for the rest of your lives! Your dignity will be trampled on, and your families will be ashamed of you!"

At Judd's roar, the men gritted their teeth and ran for their lives.

Besides the issue of dignity, joining the army also involved the distribution of supplies, especially the share of golden wheat.

Faced with such a life-changing opportunity, no one is willing to give it up.

A total of 182 militiamen joined the Sunflower Army, and training is in full swing.

Linde leaned against the city wall, looking down at the training ground below, and was satisfied with the militiamen's hard-working attitude.

Beside him, Wayne and William were also watching.

However, neither of them felt as relaxed as Linde.

"Sir, we have too little time. These militiamen are probably not up to the task."

When William saw that the militiamen were panting heavily after running less than a kilometer, he said sternly.

Sunflower Manor is now well-equipped.

Thanks to trade in the Riverlands and the forging by dwarven blacksmiths, the armory holds an extra hundred longbows and a hundred sets of steel shields and spears, enough to arm these militia.

But having equipment alone is useless if you don't have the physical fitness.

Keep in mind that their opponents are not the human armies of other lords.

Instead, it was an ice storm, with countless hordes of demons and terrifying monsters from the spirit world!

"They have the will of soldiers to fight for the sunflower, and that's enough. As for the missing strength, I will give it to them."

Linde raised the Ancestral Crystal.

After this period of research, the Legion-enhanced aura spell has been completed.

Frost Enhancement: Feast of the Wolves!

The target of the spell must meet two conditions: first, possess a strong fighting spirit; and second, be highly subservient to Lind himself.

Only when these two conditions are met can the soldier's spirituality resonate with the Ancestral Spirit Crystal, thereby enhancing all attributes.

The halo's range is one kilometer.

Ordinary soldiers will be promoted to level 4, becoming the most elite warriors below the professionals.

Riders of level Iv5 and above will be promoted one level.

Furthermore, the enhanced soldiers can continuously increase their resonance intensity through combat.

The longer the battle lasts, the stronger you will become from the Ancestral Spirit Crystal, and the more you fight, the braver you will be!

As a price for enhancement, the Ancestral Spirit Crystal needs to consume the spiritual energy stored within it.

Under normal circumstances, when an enemy is killed, their spirit will be captured by the rules of the spirit world and cannot be absorbed.

But now it's different; the ice storm briefly connects the real world and the spirit world.

The Icefield Demons are semi-spirit beings; once killed, they can be directly absorbed by the crystal.

The more enemies the soldiers kill under the aura, the less they will lose; instead, the more the crystal's spiritual energy will accumulate.

Strengthening the aura is the first step in preparation.

However, Lind knew very well that this alone was not enough to resist the approaching monster.

He looked at the rune array in the distance.

After days of preparation, the radiance of the magic array grew stronger and stronger, finally reaching its peak at this moment.

The passage opened completely, and the first spirit monster stepped out.

It was a giant riding a mammoth, four meters tall, wielding a spear forged from ice, and covered in frost armor inscribed with runes.

"Isn't he a descendant of the White Frost Dragon?"

Lind was somewhat surprised.

He thought it was another dragon-born monster like the six-armed dragonman, but he didn't expect it to be another huge humanoid creature.

Heda, Hibbert, and others also rushed over upon hearing the news.

Unfortunately, despite their efforts, the people on the wall were still unable to identify the giant.

Lind summoned the Frostfire Dragon Constance.

As expected, Constance, with her dragon bloodline, immediately revealed the giant's origins.

"The Frost Giants, who once lived in the far northern snow mountains! Weren't they all wiped out by the White Frost Dragonborn long ago?"

Constance's eyes widened in surprise at the appearance of the frost giant.

"It must be the effect of the ice storm. Poor thing, not only was its tribe wiped out, but its spirit was also imprisoned after death."

The puppet soldiers transformed into ice storms.

Linde asked, "How strong are the Frost Giants?"

Constance shook her head uncertainly: "I'm not sure. The Dragon Bloodline only mentions their names. They are said to be a native species from the far north snow mountains of this world."

"After the celestial spheres converged, the White Frost Dragonborn descended and wiped them out, seizing the snow mountain territory. They shouldn't be that powerful, right?"

This is all the information we have about the Frost Giants.

Linde had no choice but to use his Insightful Eye to observe the enemy's situation as much as possible.

Conservative estimates put this frost giant at level 13.

It was riding an ancient mammoth that had gone extinct at the same time as the manor's mammoth, which was much larger than the manor's mammoth and had a creature level of around 12.

Together, their combined strength is not very strong and they pose no threat to the manor.

However, Lind had not forgotten that the Frost Giants were an entire race!

In the days that followed, one frost giant after another rode out of the passage on ancient mammoths.

These giants stood in the distance, gazing at the location of the Sunflower Manor, their eyes fixed on the gleaming Sun Lighthouse, showing no sign of approaching.

It's likely that the barrier created by the lighthouse made them feel threatened, like they were facing a natural enemy, which is why they kept their distance.

But such tremors cannot last; sooner or later they will launch an attack.

Linde looked at the rune array, where the highly concentrated ice storm made him give up the idea of ​​going out.

Without the protection of the barrier, his strength was greatly reduced, and launching an attack would be no different from suicide.

Fortunately, he had a second layer of preparation, which should now be put into use.

Linde left the city wall and went to the location of the dwarf blacksmith's shop.

During this time, the dwarves were busy manufacturing defensive weapons for the city.

So far, eight ballistae and six catapults have been built. The reason for not building more is simple: the city walls and rear space cannot accommodate them.

This quantity of ordinary large-scale military equipment is already the limit for Sunflower Manor.

These are certainly not enough.

Linde found the craftsman Sobo and obtained the white steel weapon he had ordered from him.

Those were three large, rock-gray ballistae.

The three sword-shaped exoskeletons derived from the Sword Ridge Earth Dragon possess excellent energy gathering and magic conductivity.

These three ballistae are currently in a semi-finished state.

Without ammunition and a power supply module, it only has a shape and cannot actually be launched.

Linde had them moved to the base of the city wall.

Then he took out three inferior brilliance crystals that he had prepared.

This is the harvest from the Sun Disc of Windcliff City, and it is now being used entirely here.

"The Wall Golem has been a gatekeeper for so long, it's time to add some weapon systems to it."

Lind was filled with anticipation as he inscribed the Sun Rune and Power Rune into the crystal and the ballista.

Finally, neural network runes are used to construct the golem's command system.

The radiant crystal and the ballista were fused together, and all preparations were successfully completed.

A moment later.

Three ballista golems were born!

A huge rocky arm reached out.

Under the admiring gazes of the surrounding soldiers, the wall golem lifted the three ballista golems and merged them into its own body.

An energy network connected through the earth's veins.

The ballista golem has successfully connected with the Sun Beacon, gaining a continuous supply of solar magic.

"You seem quite satisfied."

Linde pressed his palm against the city wall and received feedback from the city wall golem.

As a brand-new city defense weapon, the ballista golem has two firing modes.

The first type is the mass thrower.

Heavy rocks, or sharp rock spears, were fired into the distance using ballistae.

It has a long effective range and enormous power, capable of causing terrifying kinetic energy damage.

The second type is an energy beam.

The highly concentrated solar magic will transform into ultra-high temperature solar splitting rays and be ejected.

Its effective range is very short, less than 200 meters, but it can cause continuous damage over a wide area, with astonishing destructive power.

Both models have their advantages and disadvantages.

Both have the same problem: they consume a lot of magic power, so they need to be used carefully to avoid draining the Sun Beacon dry.

The defenses of Sunflower Manor are stronger than ever before.

Meanwhile, the Frost Giants waiting in the distance began to stir.

They leaped off the backs of ancient mammoths, knelt on both knees, and raised their arms in reverence to welcome the arrival of a certain being.

The people on the city wall looked on nervously.

At this moment, a storm surged, and twelve ice spikes solidified from the earth, piercing the sky and supporting a rotating blizzard throne.

The four-winged Pegasus spread its icy wings and stepped out, each feather displaying a refractive effect like the facets of a blue diamond.

On the Pegasus, the Frost Giant King appeared, leaning against his throne, his majestic gaze sweeping across the land, like a king surveying his territory.

The Frost Giant King slowly raised his head, his gaze meeting Lind's in the distance.

The atmosphere froze instantly.

The war horns sounded.

The soldiers on both sides raised their weapons and shouted songs of victory for the monarch they followed.

"Shoot arrows! Pierce these monsters!"

Philip, the commander of the archers' battalion, roared, and a dense rain of arrows, mixed with stones from ballistae and catapults, poured forth.

Below the city walls, countless ice field demons burst forth from the white curtain, surging in like waves.

War broke out.

The ice storm and the sunlight collided head-on and became intertwined.

"It's the Frost Giant King! And it's his true spirit descending, not a projection!"

Constance, standing next to Lind, couldn't contain her excitement and shouted with drool dripping from her mouth.

A rich aroma wafted over; it wasn't food to fill her stomach, but a delicious dish that could truly restore her strength!

Constance shook Lind's shoulder with her forelimbs, urging him to finish off the other man quickly.

"You think I don't want to? I'd better be able to win."

Lind rolled his eyes at her.

When the projection of the six-armed dragonman was shown, this guy looked reluctant.

Now that it has seen the edible spiritual entity, it gets excited, revealing its gluttonous nature.

The problem is that the opposing leader's entrance was so impressive with all the special effects that he looked like a high-level transcendent being or higher.

"It's not that scary. No matter how powerful the Frost Giant King was in life, that's all in the past."

Constance quickly comforted him, "Look at the cracks in his armor. His spiritual power is incomplete, and he can't unleash the power of a high-level supernatural being."

Lind knew she was right.

The Frost Giant King's spiritual body was covered in wounds, a testament to the ferocity of his battle with the White Frost Dragonborn, leaving him with less than a tenth of his former strength.

Even so, Linde dared not underestimate his opponent in the slightest.

Even if a tiger falls into the plains, it cannot change its fierce nature. The giant riding a four-winged celestial horse is still not something the manor can currently resist.

The Wall Golem was no match for it, nor was Lind.

The only thing you can rely on to hold off the enemy is this greedy dragon on your shoulder.

"It's a pity I can't beat him. No one in the manor is a match for this dead king. If you want to devour him, you'll have to rely on your own strength."

"Ah, me?"

Constance was startled, and her previously excited spirits instantly deflated.

"I can't even beat you, how could I possibly be a match for that kind of monster? Why don't we run away? Since you fed me, I can take you with me."

"Are you willing to accept this? This may be the only chance. You won't encounter such a top-quality spiritual being with diminished strength again."

Faced with Lind's persuasion, Constance wagged her tail in a conflicted manner and said unwillingly, "But I really can't beat you, I'm not lying to you."

"Then sign a contract with me and lend me your power!"

Lind held her in his arms, meeting her icy blue crystal eyes, his voice firm and resolute, "In the name of Lind Senlight, I swear that I will defeat the Frost Giant King, and you, Frostfire Dragon Constance, will share the glory of victory as my companion!"

Constance couldn't resist covering her head with her wings and peeking through the gap.

After seeing that Linde was still looking at her, she finally agreed after a moment.

"Alright then, I trust you. This is my first time making a contract with a human, so you have to protect me."

"Don't worry, I'll stand in front of you before I die in battle."

"I'm not some kind of warrior, I don't want to die in battle!"

Constance complained, but did not resist Lind stroking her forehead.

Their spiritualities intertwined, and the contract was established at this moment.

Unlike Frostfang Wolves and Ravens.

Frostfire Dragon Constance is a noble dragon born with a high-ranking and extraordinary nature, inheriting the bloodline of the Radiant Dragon and the power of the Bone Dragon.

The feedback from the contract dazzled Lind, allowing him to truly experience the extravagance of the Dragon Bloodline inheritance.