Xu Lai spoke very solemnly, and Wei Yihong was also stunned.
Half a day later, Wei Yihong avoided Xu Lai's gaze and coughed awkwardly: "I was just curious before and asked Da Ai about it, but I didn't mean anything else."
" You inform them, I will give them another half hour to have breakfast and rest, and set off on time in half an hour."
After all, Xu Lai had just earned 20,000 gold coins from these businessmen, so Xu Lai also postponed it a little. Wait for these businessmen to make your own plans.
As Xu Lai expected, not long after lunch, Xu Lai met a group of knights from Fort Kaunaston.
They were really shocked when they saw Xu Lai's guards from a distance.
As a new nobleman, Xu Lai's Giant Killer flag is obviously not known to many people.
A fifth-level knight retinue, under the order of the leading knight, bravely rode over to ask.
Fortunately, Xu Lai is not an enemy, otherwise the knight's retinue, who came alone, might not be able to return with his life.
Xu Lai's supporting documents are complete, including his count's seal and the temple's logo. It is impossible for this knight's retinue to admit his mistake.
At that moment, the guard respectfully saluted Xu Lai, pointed out the direction to Kaunaston Castle, and even asked Xu Lai if he needed a guide.
This made Xu Lai feel the nobility of the nobility again. The reason why the group of businessmen were willing to pay a high price last night was not only grateful for Xu Lai's life-saving grace, but also because they wanted to make friends with Xu Lai.
Although a baron is not qualified to be ennobled as a noble, the war in the empire has just begun, and Xu Lai, as a newly promoted military noble, will a baron be the top?
Befriending Xu Lai, your family may not have the opportunity to be promoted to a noble family in the future.
Xu Lai waved his hand, not rejecting the knight's retinue's kindness.
Xu Lai had a map, so it would be no problem to go to Fort Kaunaston, but with a guide, he could avoid a lot of trouble along the way.
After consulting the knight captain, the knight attendant personally led them.
Xu Lai also knew etiquette very well and gave this level 6 knight an orc battle ax and gave this knight's retinue a Behemoth tooth.
Find a craftsman to polish this thing. It must be a sharp dagger.
Xu Lai had no money and was reluctant to give money. Besides, giving money would inevitably seem like contempt.
On the contrary, it is a gift of weapons to warriors, which is both affordable and honorable.
The knight who got the orc battle ax looked at the Behemoth tooth in the servant's hand with some jealousy, waved goodbye to Xu Lai with a smile on his face, and promised to take good care of Xu Lai's caravan. .
This is not surprising to Liduo. Although Xu Lai and the others left, Wei Yihong and the others were still escorted by a group of knights.
Taking that knight's retinue with me, the journey was indeed much smoother.
Count Aini has set up many checkpoints on his home territory, nominally to prevent civilians from fleeing, but in fact to exploit passing merchants.
Although Xu Lai, the knight's retinue, was able to get through without it, it would never have been so smooth. He arrived at the city gate in more than an hour.
At the gate of the city, the knight guard exchanged a few words with the sergeant major who was guarding the city, and then came over to say goodbye to Xu Lai, saying that he still had military duties and could not accompany him into the city.
The sergeant major is also very considerate. According to the rules of the empire, Xu Lai, as a baron, can only bring no more than 30 guards when he enters the territory of other nobles.
But because Xu Lai’s men basically recruited soldiers, the sergeant major made an exception and let Tahan enter the city with more than 70 knights.
Yan Feng took the remaining 11 heroes and could only stay in the camp outside the city.
Moreover, even if Tahan and the others entered the city, they could only accompany Xu Lai to the military academy to be stationed, and they could not usually take too many people out and about.
Otherwise, the patrolling knights will still deal with them after reporting to the earl.
Although the sergeant major was a higher level, a level 6 heavy armored halberdier, Xu Lai only rewarded him with a small bag of gold coins.
The sergeant major did not have any dissatisfaction. He opened the big city gate for Xu Lai with a smile, and let Xu Lai and others pass through the crowd of people queuing at the small gate and walked in through the gate in a dignified manner. .
Although the previous knights and knight retinues were only at level 6 and level 5, there was a huge difference from the sergeant major in front of me.
The former is not only powerful, but also a knight. He is considered the lowest class of nobles and has at least one manor or even a village fief.
The sergeant major is just a low-ranking military attaché in the army. As a noble, Xu Lai would be most appropriate to reward him with a small bag of gold coins.
Konaston Castle is indeed the first castle on the grassland. The entire city is divided into three floors.
Outside the city is the first level, dotted with towns and villages attached to the castle.
These towns and villages are blocked out of the city by a huge city wall, and the city is inhabited by landowners, businessmen, craftsmen, etc. with some status.
There are lively and bustling streets and commercial centers, broad and bright cathedrals, professional guilds where professionals from all walks of life gather, and major colleges including military colleges, magic colleges, and other colleges.
The third floor of Kaunaston Castle is the core of the entire castle. Count Aini's huge castle and the base camp with various recruitment buildings are all included.
That place, even as a nobleman, Xu Lai cannot go there now because the owner, Count Aini, is not at home yet.
The military academy Xu Lai is going to needs to cross a main east-west road.
They, a group of knights, are really too ostentatious, and people are pointing at them wherever they go. Of course, this so-called pointing does not mean that someone actually dares to raise a finger, but that everyone is talking in private.
Xu Lai even heard the familiar Chinese language. They were wondering who Xu Lai was and how powerful he looked.
Some people are still discussing whether they should find a reason to come up and chat with Xu Lai to see if he has any good tasks.
This is not a game world after all, and Xu Lai’s name and identity will not be displayed on his head.
On the contrary, Xu Lai had more than a thousand reputation points and was so coercive that even the knight he met outside the city did not dare to talk to Xu Lai.
Xu Lai was secretly amused, but also puzzled about their identities.
Logically speaking, those heroes who went to Stone Castle should not not know him.
After all, his face is not obscured by the Dragon Teeth Crown.
Even if you have only seen it from a distance and can’t remember it now, there should be no one who doesn’t recognize his flag.
As the only hero who went on the battlefield head-on, snatched the orcs' royal flag, and destroyed the orcs' base camp.
His reputation has already made nobles come to befriend him, and it is impossible for other heroes not to know about him.
But looking at the faces of the players in Kaunaston Castle, they are indeed very strange. Some of them look innocent, with a clear sense of stupidity.
Xu Lai wanted to stop his horse and ask about the identities of these people, but the sergeant major who led the way kept looking back. Obviously, it was a serious violation for Xu Lai to make an exception and bring so many people in.
It is convenient for others, and it is convenient for yourself.
Xu Lai didn't want to embarrass others, so he suppressed his curiosity and went straight to the Military Academy without any distractions.
After stationing the troops here, the sergeant major left with satisfaction.
The director of the college who accepted Xu Lai's authorization letter did not embarrass Xu Lai and directly let him and his troops in. However, he would not bear the food expenses for these three days.
There are actually similar buildings outside the Military Academy. Xu Lai didn’t know whether Count Aini built the city directly nearby or moved the outdoor buildings into the city through other methods.
Anyway, this military academy has been occupied by him. No one else can visit this military academy without the authorization of Count Aini.
As Ryan said, the Military Academy provides 4 basic subjects for nobles and heroes to learn.
Among them, Xu Lai cannot learn offensive skills because he is already advanced.
He can only choose one of navigation, pathfinding and tactics for further training.
He came here mainly for pathfinding. At this time, of course, it was impossible to choose other subjects.
The teaching of pathfinding is very simple. Xu Lai was transported alone to a different space.
There is nothing here, only an expressionless instructor, teaching Xu Lai how to distinguish various terrains, as well as the impact of such terrains on human warriors, and how to avoid them.
For example, swamp terrain must be discovered in advance, otherwise the entire unit will be at risk of falling into the swamp.
If you want to be unaffected in swamp terrain, you can only learn from swamp creatures and expand the contact area of the soles of your feet.
Or, learn the art of pathfinding!
Yes, in this magical world, there is always more than one way to solve problems.
Learn the basic pathfinding technique. All terrains that affect no more than 25% of the human race will no longer affect Xu Lai and his troops.
Under the guidance of the instructor, Xu Lai learned all the terrain in the world.
Among them, including cobblestone roads, gravel roads and even dirt roads, these are road terrains that have no impact on almost all living things.
The grassland is the dominant terrain for humans, barriers and elemental camps. All humans, barriers and elemental troops can walk normally.
The snowy mountain where the tower is located has snow terrain. Due to the continuous adaptation of the tower camp, the snow has become the tower's advantageous terrain, and humans need to withstand 50% of the impact when walking on the snow.
In other words, it originally took 10 seconds to run 100 meters, and 15 seconds to run 100 meters in the snow. With primary pathfinding, this impact will be reduced by 25%.
It is equivalent to running 100 meters in the snow and only takes 12.5 seconds.
According to the impact of different camps’ advantageous terrain on human beings, it can be roughly divided into the following categories.
First of all, the wild land where the stronghold is located is mostly Gobi terrain, and sometimes there are quicksands, so it has a 25% terrain impact on humans.
The second is the underground cave in the dungeon. For a long time, it is only illuminated by ghost-like ghost mushrooms, which makes it difficult to see the road clearly. It has a 25% terrain impact on all camps except the dungeon.
There are also some special terrains that will cause an impact of more than 25%, such as the snow mentioned before.
However, the snow is just difficult to walk on, but you can still walk on it.
There are two types of terrain in this world, one is the desert terrain that is extremely difficult to walk and accompanied by quicksand, and the other is the lava terrain where you have to worry about the magma under your feet at any time.
On these two terrains, humans, or other than desert races and demons, need to bear 75% of the impact.
The greatest impact is on the swamp terrain of the swamp camp, which is as high as 100%, which means that it requires at least a master-level pathfinding technique to offset this impact. (End of this chapter)