Chapter 27: Isn't Deng Ken invincible riding a Druid?

Tintagel Castle.

Although the banquet prepared by the Duke of Tintagel was quite rich, the taste was very average. Let me tell you a cold joke: British cuisine.

It is estimated that the European cuisine of this era is only slightly better in Italian cuisine and Frankish cuisine.

Anya looked disgusted.

She was used to being pampered and had a bunch of bad habits from her old Roman noble background.

Deng Ken was not picky, but slightly restrained. He found that the "Power of Gluttony" could not be eaten like that every day; it was enough to gluttonize once a week.

Because it slowly increases the upper limit of life, and with the passage of time, superimposed with the effect of the blood of the Holy Grail, it will cause some changes in the body's muscles and bones.

His body type is not burly, but his strength is great, and the density of his muscles and bones exceeds that of mortals.

The castle is dark and damp.

Under the candlelight of the long table, two hypocritical political nobles were probing each other. Anya was an old oil stick, an imperial socialite, speaking without leaking, just constantly fishing for the Duke of Tintagel, waiting for him to take the initiative to ask for help.

Politics is indeed dirty, Deng Ken is a bit unable to play, or political animals have no feelings, and interests are the only driving force.

The Duke of Tintagel was very diligent to this noble widow, even if his wife was by his side.

There was also a person on the long table with an uneasy expression.

Igraine.

The wife of the Duke of Tintagel, this is also a beauty, but her expression is quite frightened. Fortunately, it is late at night and the light is not good, and the Duke of Tintagel's gaze rarely falls on her.

"Has something already happened?"

Deng Ken knew that history would have some small deviations, but looking at the uneasy appearance of the Duchess, he always felt that something had happened.

If Merlin took action to help, the Duke of Tintagel would be unable to defend against it.

A reception.

The Duke of Tintagel arranged for the attendants to let Deng Ken and his group stay, and the Duchess Igraine left in a hurry, not even having the mood to chat with them for a few words.

It felt like she was hiding from the Duke of Tintagel.

The Raven Queen Su Lisi followed Deng Ken and whispered: "The Duchess seems a bit wrong."

Deng Ken couldn't say that he knew what would happen in the future, just said in a deep voice: "Act according to the situation."

In the corridor.

Severus stopped and looked at the crowd and said: "I'm leaving tonight."

"Find a way to recruit some manpower."

Severus mentioned earlier that he still had some connections on the island of Britain. Among the indigenous tribes of the Celts, many people still believed in the Druid sect, and they were regarded as existences that could talk to the Celtic gods.

There were too few people.

Whether it was spending money or recruiting through relationships, everyone thought that they should supplement some manpower, preferably units with a certain combat power.

Severus volunteered to set off, and he planned to recruit some traditional Celtic warriors (similar to the Gaul faction's units).

Deng Ken pondered for a moment and nodded: "Good."

"Be safe."

Severus smiled when he heard this and said: "Don't worry. I am a Druid."

Where Celtic faith still exists, Druids are truly like fish in water. He will be treated with high courtesy when he goes to any indigenous tribe.

Severus jumped down from the window.

The next second.

His figure suddenly changed, directly turning into a flying bird, and soon disappeared in the surprised eyes of others.

The Raven Queen Su Lisi was also very surprised and said softly: "This is the first time I have seen him use shapeshifting."

The two witches only knew that Severus's spellcasting ability had recovered at this time.

"Druid's shapeshifting ability?"

Deng Ken also looked at Severus who disappeared under the night sky. He entered the God's-eye view, saw a flying bird marked as "Druid," and then it landed and turned into a human form, and soon turned into a tall stag under the moonlight, plunging into the dense forest.

Severus can shapeshift?

Can he shapeshift into a warhorse? Like Red Hare?

If I ride him?

Wouldn't I be able to kill wildly?

As everyone knows, a hunter's best baby is a Druid.

This concept only flashed by. For Severus, it was still a bit too much. After all, they were companions of life and death, so how could he be a mount.

He shapeshifted into ordinary creatures, and his combat power did not improve much.

"Two-star silver-gray elite units should all have unique skills!"

Deng Ken thought of the Sanctuary of the Ascetics again. That was a true top expert. After Severus's strength recovered, his means were also quite powerful. His shapeshifting technique had great potential, which also made up for the defect of his crippled fingers.

Thinking of this, Deng Ken couldn't help but turn his head and look at the Witch Anya.

Hmm.

Still a two-star blank, no change.

Anya noticed Deng Ken's gaze, seemed to guess some of his thoughts, and couldn't help but bite her charming red lips, her expression showing a hint of grievance and pity.

If she wants her spellcasting ability to fully recover, unless the Goddess of Beauty Aphrodite is resurrected, or she changes her sect and finds a god with similar authority. Currently, in all of Europe, it is estimated that only the Norse pantheon has it.

The Raven Queen Su Lisi is a special exception, not all witches are born different like her.

Speaking of spellcasting ability, there is a big boss on the island of Britain.

Legendary wizard Merlin!

The group returned to the room, Anya wanted to sneak into Deng Ken's room, but was glared at by the Raven Queen Su Lisi and honestly came back.

That night, the mountain torrent poured down.

She has been a bit addicted to the taste recently and always wants to do some small actions.

But beauty is a bone-scraping knife. Deng Ken couldn't be too indulgent at this time. Once in a while is good for body and mind. If the frequency is high, it will affect his combat power.

Wine and color make me so haggard, from today on, quit drinking.

—"Day 23 of crossing: 93 heads."

He took out his small notebook and recorded it.

The harvest of battles in recent times is relatively small, but after entering the island of Britain, he has gained a lot of new abilities.

It seems that he wants to further expand his combat skills, and he must hunt and defeat different enemies.

This battle added several new abilities.

—"Natural Sailor: Saxons are natural sailors, they are good at fighting in the waves of the sea, unlike other invading barbarian tribes, Saxons chose to conquer the island of Britain. Strengthen sailing talent, corresponding to the rapid mastery of sailor ability."

—"Naval Combat Mastery: You can maintain balance in the waves of the sea. Saxon pirates are good at naval combat and can maintain balance on the deck, and even some elite pirates can fight on the mast."

—"Lance Charge Mastery: This is a combat technique belonging to barbarian noble knights. They can kill with one blow when charging with a lance, even heavy armored units cannot resist the full blow of the lance."

Recently, no particularly powerful abilities have been captured.

It may be because no experts were encountered, just accumulating a little bit of basic combat style.

But the projection page under the God's-eye view also has some special changes.

—"Combat Formation - Wedge Formation 【Command Skill】: This is the combat skill of barbarian noble knights. Human incarnations can form a wedge formation of cavalry units through commands. The power of the cavalry formation depends on the comprehensive strength of the combat units, as well as training and discipline. Can only command units that obey orders."

—"Combat Formation - Phalanx 【Command Skill】: One of the conventional basic formations."

—"Combat Formation - Diamond Formation 【Command Skill】: Macedonian light cavalry formation, can deal with enemies from any direction and avoid falling into a disadvantage. Requires the commanded troops to have high training and discipline."

—"Combat Formation - Circular Formation 【Command Skill】: One of the conventional cavalry archery formations."

Battlefield command ability?

Deng Ken checked the formation page, mainly divided into three types: cavalry, infantry, and archers, among which there are more tactical formations for cavalry. I don't know if it's because he killed a lot of barbarian noble knights today.

There are few infantry formations, which are loose and tight formations, as well as the standard Roman shield wall and tortoise formation, the latter of which requires higher training.

Archers have nothing to say, and the command space is small.

More advanced infantry shield and archer coordination cannot be achieved at present, and it should be because the corresponding command skills have not been captured, requiring very high discipline support.

"All tactical commands do not eat my own ability."

"It all depends on the training and discipline of the combat units."

That is to say, if Deng Ken issues orders and commands a group of farmers, without any training and discipline, it will still be a mess.

His talent is more applied to himself and cannot affect others.

Deng Ken looked for a long time and did not find any mark about "commander" ability. It seems that the final performance depends on the military literacy of the soldiers.

However, when a unit is reorganized, he can see the additionally marked discipline.

If there is a mark of "discipline," it means that the military literacy of the troops is relatively high, not a mob holding weapons.

Training, discipline, and morale.

This is the entire content of the tactical command page in the projection screen. Achieving these three conditions is a legion that can be used as the main combat force.

"In the end, it depends on what kind of soldiers are recruited."

Deng Ken has not really commanded an army yet. The battle of the rebel exiles can only be considered a small fight. If he really encounters a regular army, the rebel exiles are destined to be crushed.

If the exiles are really to be used to form an army, they must be reorganized, and the units with combat power must be concentrated to form a new combat establishment.

"Another idea is to form an elite force."

"Pick out those strong people marked with one or two stars and mix them into a legion, which can also have extremely strong combat power."

But on the battlefield, personal martial power is weakened, and equipment armor is particularly important.

Everyone is crispy, without armor and shields, even two-star experts will die in a few knives.

"Look at Anya's next arrangement first."

"If she can make the Duke of Tintagel take the initiative to invite help, the exile legion reorganized on the mountain stronghold can be legitimately transferred over."

In the battle of the rebel exiles, Deng Ken defeated a private noble legion.

The supplies seized at that time were mainly food, but there was also enough equipment to arm more than thirty people for the field army. The quality of the scale armor of the imperial field army was still very hard, coupled with the weapons and equipment that the exiles originally possessed, it was no problem to mix a mercenary army of two hundred people.

The number of exiles in the western part of the empire is extremely large, and with the massive invasion of barbarians, there will only be more and more people in exile.

Because barbarians also need slaves.

As long as Anya can take down a piece of land, even if it is in name, they can easily migrate people over. I dare not say more, but tens of thousands of people can be recruited easily.

Deng Ken's foundation is still too weak.

Within the empire, this little person can't make much waves, but on the island of Britain, having hundreds or thousands of troops can affect the overall situation.

At that time, just pull some cannon fodder, and you can claim to have tens of thousands of people.

In historical wars, the number of troops has a lot of water, and the proportion of true professional soldiers is not much.

Deng Ken's current stage is still mainly to improve his personal strength. If there is an opportunity, he can consider helping the Duke of Tintagel repel this invasion of the Saxons first.

The Duke of Tintagel suffered a crushing defeat today, and at most in the next two days, the barbarian troops will invade on a large scale.

"The smaller the scale of the battlefield, the more favorable it is for me now."

Under the God's-eye view.

Deng Ken's consciousness controlled the human incarnation to rest, and suddenly his brows furrowed. In the projection screen, a unit marked as "familiar" appeared outside the castle.

—Familiar Night Owl (One-star) (Animal Form) 【Neutral】.

Hmm?

Deng Ken didn't expect to encounter another supernatural unit so soon. He got up and picked up the battle bow, hesitated for a moment, and quietly knocked on the Raven Queen Su Lisi's door.

Leave professional things to professional people to handle.

Deng Ken has considerable self-knowledge about this point. Even if he is a monarch, he can only learn from Liu Bang, make the best use of people, and if he goes up himself, it is estimated that only cutting people is what he is best at.

He might be able to lead troops to fight, but if he really manages the army's logistics and local internal affairs, I'm afraid it's a bit difficult.

He is more suitable to be a fierce general like Xiang Yu.

This contact with the Duke of Tintagel, Anya's means were obviously more sophisticated than his.

The door opened.

The Raven Queen Su Lisi smiled, and seeing Deng Ken carrying the battle bow, her face changed instantly: "What happened?"

Deng Ken whispered: "There is a situation outside."

"I saw a night owl that was not quite right, and it has already flown around here several times."

The Raven Queen Su Lisi got up and said in a deep voice: "Take me to see."

Deng Ken's spirituality is extraordinary.

Especially for the perception of danger, the Raven Queen Su Lisi believes it deeply.

"Not a Druid."

The Raven Queen Su Lisi had a rune stone appear in her palm, her eyes seemed to penetrate the dark night, saw the familiar, and said in a deep voice: "It's a familiar summoned by a wizard."

"A creature that does not belong to the real world."

Speaking of this, she explained softly: "Only very powerful wizards can summon creatures that do not belong to reality."

"On the island of Britain, I am afraid that only one wizard can do it."

Merlin!

When the Raven Queen Su Lisi was in Paris, she also contacted Anya through some unknown means. Deng Ken didn't know how she notified her at the time, thinking it was controlling birds in the wild.

Creatures that do not belong to the real world?

Are there other planes?

That's right.

The Valkyrie seen through the God's-eye view today was clearly not in the range of the real world.

This is the island of Britain, with Avalon in the mist.

Supernatural power is clearly more common.

The Raven Queen Su Lisi explained: "Merlin is a Cambion, half-human and half-demon, he is born with powerful magic power."

"Only he can summon familiars."

Deng Ken understood half of it, and subconsciously looked at Su Lisi in front of him. Merlin is half-human and half-demon, so what about her?

She is also born with powerful supernatural power.

The Raven Queen Su Lisi seemed to have guessed Deng Ken's thoughts at this moment, her expression was slightly hesitant, but she still said softly: "I have the bloodline of a banshee."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but observe Deng Ken's expression.

Banshee.

In this era, the reputation is not good, and her bloodline is more inclined to nightmare banshees, known for being good at charming men, so she became a priest who took a vow of chastity and served the virgin goddess of the polytheistic religion.

This is a confession.

The Raven Queen Su Lisi wanted to see Deng Ken's attitude toward her background, whether he would be afraid or taboo about the legendary banshee.

But Deng Ken's expression at this time was very subtle, and even a bit excited.

This discovery made the Raven Queen Su Lisi's cheeks flush.

The familiar flew around the castle and soon disappeared into the dark night. I don't know what Merlin was observing through it.

At the same time.

In the region near Wales on the island of Britain, an old wizard appeared in the wilderness.

"Gorlois is not dead."

Merlin's expression had a hint of regret, sighed slightly, knowing that the future in the prophecy had changed again.

He is a wizard who is very good at prophecy.

Or rather, he himself is following the future that may happen in the prophecy, waiting for the birth of King Arthur.

Merlin prophesied the death of the Duke of Tintagel. The best situation, of course, is that he dies in the hands of the Saxons, so King Uther doesn't have to do it himself. As long as King Uther marries the Duke's widow, he can complete the unification of the British.

But he didn't die.

Then he can only wait for the second prophecy, the Duke of Tintagel dies accidentally in the power struggle with King Uther.

A wizard who is good at prophecy magic is easily trapped in his many prophecies.

Prophecy monsters must die in prophecy!

What Merlin is doing now is realizing the future he hopes to see. Igraine has already conceived the future king of the island of Britain, and the next step is to ensure that King Arthur is born and grows up smoothly.

Because, Merlin has already foreseen the death of King Uther.

The Duke of Tintagel will die.

King Uther will also die.

The island of Britain will usher in the greatest king after years of chaos.

This is the future in the prophecy he wants most.

But now, all prophecies are messed up.

Someone is going to flip the table!

A mere remote province of the empire, where is it so troublesome, Deng Ken is ready to kill it directly.

……………… ===== CHAPTER 28 =====