The brave man opened the coffin and rose

It seems like everything is within grasp.

The test flight and maneuver were successful.

Since Abes had already expanded the army in Sweetleaf City and the Royal Capital, he no longer had to worry about not being able to find people to serve as pilots.

Don't get me wrong, Abesi doesn't intend to recruit ordinary people with no experience to fly the Iron Bird.

Ordinary people were recruited mainly to expand the number of ordinary soldiers - they had already controlled the entire northeastern region of the small kingdom, and for the first time their control had even extended to many villages and towns, so the original number of more than 800 people was definitely not enough.

To deal with this dilemma, the main approach is to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

On the one hand, Abesi planned a series of measures.

By integrating the soldiers from the capital, we gained about 100 to 200 men.

At the same time, they actively persuaded the officers who had been captured when dealing with the Lizard Giant to surrender, thus obtaining a group of much-needed officer talents;

In addition, a series of orders were issued to the villages and towns under the jurisdiction of the town to spontaneously form armed forces and maintain these armed forces in the future to resist the next wave of offensives, so as to reduce the pressure on the capital to send troops abroad;

On the other hand, these means are only auxiliary after all. After all, Abes needs to expand his military strength and increase the current number of troops to at least two thousand.

There was no way. All the soldiers of Ravenhold, even those who survived, had been contaminated by the power of Gruumsh. They could only be given a painless death, but there was no way to make them return to normal thinking and normal life.

Perhaps someone with ulterior motives would bring up the soldiers of Crow Castle who were exterminated by Abess's order, saying that Abess himself was also injected with a bit of madness by the One-Eyed God, so why didn't he commit suicide to preserve his own innocence and justice?

But obviously, being able to control oneself and not being able to control oneself are two completely different things.

In a word, almost all the troops under General Paddy's command in Raven Castle were forced to be annihilated. This gap must be filled immediately. Otherwise, the northeastern region of the small kingdom without General Paddy's troops will no longer be a peaceful place.

Because of the long mountain range that separates the small kingdom, apart from the fertile land in the south, the only area directly connected to the small kingdom's northeastern region is the west.

The leader of the lizardmen, Great Elder Paospa, was under the control of the Supreme Heaven and transformed into a giant to fight against Abes and his men. In the end, only his head was left in the space of Abes's long-distance protection.

However, the lizardmen in the south who have occupied the fertile land will not retreat automatically just because of the death of a leader or elder. They will eventually fight.

As for the West...

It seemed like there was nothing, but Abes knew in his heart that after nearly a month or two of preparation, the rest of the small kingdom should have gradually been integrated and would at least begin to launch exploratory attacks.

Therefore, military expansion is a necessity.

What's more, those new recruits can easily get started with the magic arm armor, and as long as they continue to use the military training advocated by Abes, they can be quickly transformed into an excellent fighting force.

There is nothing much to say about the expansion of the recruitment of privates, but pilots must be selected from those who are more trustworthy and have better physical fitness.

This is not a matter of contempt or nepotism. Those guys who were ordinary citizens just now are pushed onto the train to drive. Aren't you afraid that they will see you again with both them and the train?

Those guys who have followed him since Sweet Leaf Town and fought many tough battles with him are naturally the best candidates.

However, it is impossible for Abes and Kronos to stare at the only iron bird all day long, so it is naturally impossible to use the iron bird directly for testing during the selection.

Finally, some large spinning wheels and numerous physical tests were arranged to imitate the selection methods of pilots in the modern world.

Inside and outside the barracks of the royal capital, some fierce competitions also unfolded vigorously.

In addition to this, Abes generously informed the Min-Qing warriors who were temporarily residing in the royal capital about this matter.

These fall-resistant guys who are hardly afraid of physical damage are not only not afraid of plane crashes.

And no matter how you look at that translucent body, it doesn't look like there is any vestibular organ or other movement and balance organ in its brain.

Not afraid of falling, not afraid of getting dizzy, isn’t this the best pilot?

However, the results were somewhat unexpected.

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When Abes found Mint, this female warrior of the Minqin tribe was crawling on the steel floor.

Abes can still remember the first time she met her people.

All the other members of the Minqin tribe completely relaxed, and relaxed the lower half of their bodies into this fluffy and slippery shape, but Mint was the only one who retained the lower half of her legs, because she was still wary of herself, and the legs of humanoid creatures were more convenient for movement than crawling.

And now, this female warrior of the Minqin tribe is willing to reveal her crawling body in front of him. Does it mean that her trust in him has reached a new level?

"Fly?"

Mint showed no surprise when he heard Abes's proposal.

After all, jumping from a high place is also a form of entertainment for the Minqiu tribe.

When falling at high speed in the air, the shock waves in the air can make their bodies experience a wave of shock that is more stimulating than any massage.

If unfortunately you go a little too high and break yourself into several parts, you can reassemble yourself at the same time.

Some older members of the Min-Qing tribe seem to believe that this is a form of rebirth and a special form of exercise that is beneficial to the body.

However, they can fall, and can glide by using the height difference and certain tools, but they can never fly.

Their special body structure grants them fighting abilities that rival those of extraordinary beings, but it also makes spellcasters rare among their race.

Perhaps it is because talent in one aspect will make people subconsciously become dependent and lazy, so no one is willing to spend more effort to study how to become a spellcaster.

"If you mean the flying spell, are you going to let that lady Bing Nagi come to play with us? It is difficult to cast the flying spell on others, much more difficult than casting the flying spell on yourself."

Mint turned around and asked.

Abes looked at the gelatinous fluorescent blue woman in front of him with her neck turned 180 degrees, and held his forehead helplessly.

"Generally speaking, when humans talk to each other, they make sure that the direction of their body and face is not much different."

huh~

Then Mint's body twisted around, but now the neck rotated 360 degrees and the waist rotated 180 degrees.

Something is even more wrong!!

It feels suffocating just looking at it.

"..." After subconsciously touching his neck and collar to make sure he could breathe freely, Abes had no intention of correcting him any further, but instead brought the topic back to the topic in time.

"It's not flying, it's something more universal. We have designed a flying vehicle and are planning to recruit soldiers for it."

Biu~

Mint regained her legs, and the brief moment of being off the ground allowed the wrongly twisted parts of her body to bounce back.

"What's wrong? Why suddenly change your look?" Abes asked in confusion.

Mint waved his hand, which swayed and bounced back like the arm of a lucky cat.

"Don't think that my people are so relaxed in the big house you provided. But after all, we are warriors, warriors of the Wenqiu tribe - just like other humanoid creatures, we also have our own division of labor."

"Just because we all have warrior talents doesn't mean we are all warriors. Since I am a warrior, I must have the corresponding sense of responsibility and spirit. When I sense that there may be orders or missions, I should treat them more seriously."

"I haven't told you guys yet..." Abes smiled and motioned for Mint to relax. "But you're right. I do plan to make you my pilots. Although we haven't tested you yet, I know you'll be able to do the job."

After that, Abes briefly explained to Bohe some of the test procedures for pilot selection, and told Bohe why he wanted to involve the Minqi warriors.

Mint also summoned the warriors of the Minqiu tribe to hold a meeting and discuss with Abes.

The number of Wenqiu warriors is much greater than before.

In fact, ever since Abes came back from the Ooze City and brought back the Eldenite, and began to build quarries and upgrade production lines for magic arm armor in the Ooze City, Bard sent more Min-Qing people over.

After all, it is hard to justify that an ordinary citizen city like his controls a group of people with violent means that are close to those of supernatural beings.

Even if Abes would not think so, Bud knew that Abes would not think so, but he still took the initiative to deploy the Minqiao people little by little, so as to prevent the future of vigorous development from being interrupted by someone with ulterior motives.

Now, the number of Minqiu people in the royal capital accounts for three-fifths of the total number of Minqiu people on both sides of the royal capital and the mud city.

Apart from the Minqiu warriors, most of the Minqiu people, if defined by their social functions, are civilians.

Although each of these civilians may have fighting abilities that would catch Abes off guard, they are indeed civilians.

These civilians of the Minqiu tribe also have their own living area and restaurant street in the new city area outside the east gate of the royal capital.

What’s somewhat laughable is that many people always think that cold-mixed slime is the specialty of the Min-jung tribe. After all, the two have very similar shapes.

However, they didn't know that this thing was actually the thing that the Minqiu people hated to have anything to do with the most.

Who likes two-legged mutton buns?

In addition to the Minqiu tribe, there are also some lizardmen living in the new city area. They are naturally the surrendered ones among the lizardmen that Abes defeated and captured along the way.

At first, people might be scared.

But after getting along for a long time, people will begin to like these men who are over two meters tall, have a relatively rough diet, and are hardworking and persevering.

Maybe some people are worried, or some people with bad intentions are instigating some strange remarks.

But a booming new urban area, a new urban area that is changing with each passing day, can naturally accommodate different races and thousands of intelligent creatures who are willing to fight for the common ideals of Abes and others.

When you can hear the Lizardmen criticize the Dragon Slayer Tribe that now occupies the southeast of the small kingdom, hear them criticize their own tribe's past policy of attacking the northern border areas, and see them working hard to build a common home.

The people will know that they are also part of the people.

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When Mint needs to hold a meeting, it will naturally only summon soldiers, not citizens.

"Although flying is great, I'd rather do some intelligence gathering."

"Let the doctor go on the first test flight and let us intelligence officers be the pilots. Lord Abes, your handwriting is really exaggerated."

"I'd love to go. Well, count me in."

"I want to go too. In the capital, jumping off from a high place will easily cause a commotion. I won't miss the chance to actually fly."

"Lord Bard and Lord Abes use us in completely different ways. The capital is changing rapidly, which gives us more opportunities. Well, I want to go too."

"Last time when we attacked the city, we could only hack at the walls and the gates. Now that I have a mission, of course I have to go. Fly? What do you mean by flying?"

Everything is fine.

The participation of the warriors of the Wenqiu tribe was not entirely active, but this actually reflected their true mentality and showed the differences in their thoughts.

In the end, the Min-Qing people also provided enough support to Abes.

However...the problem occurred during the test flight.

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The Min-Qing tribe used some backdoors, some of which were provided by Abes himself.

Because there is only one Iron Bird, and if something happens, unless there is a transcendent of Abes or Hyo Nagi's level present, no one can be sure to save the huge machine that falls from the sky and the people inside it.

Therefore, during the entire selection process of soldiers, what was used was naturally not iron birds, but things like rotating large wheels, and various physical fitness and reaction tests.

The only exception was the Min-Qin tribe, who, under the leadership of Abeth, bypassed the physical fitness test—why torture a piece of gelatin that doesn't hurt?—and were qualified to study directly at the Iron Bird.

The whole process was arranged as follows: Matthew would fly first, and they would watch and learn in the co-pilot seat, and fly once; then Matthew would take the co-pilot seat, and they would fly once.

However, at the moment of takeoff, something strange happened suddenly.

In the cockpit, the moment the Tiexin started, the Wenqin warrior beside Matthew instantly underwent a strange change in shape.

The Min-Qing people, who had originally maintained their human form, were directly broken into a large ball of soft silk threads, floating in the air like spider silk after a summer rain, and because of some strange attraction, they moved towards the direction where Matthew was.

With his vision obstructed and the not-so-large cockpit suddenly filled with such strange-looking Min-Qing creatures, Matthew pressed the joystick hard in panic.

And with the sudden change in the flow of magic power directed by the Iron Heart, the wings of the Iron Bird began to flap, but inside the cockpit, the situation became even worse.

The changes in the body of the Minqin tribe member sitting next to Matthew were even more complicated.

Sometimes it looks like a sea urchin covered with thorns, and sometimes it forms a beautiful spiral shape, like a flower blooming in a kaleidoscope.

Due to obstructed vision and random operations, the entire iron bird was shaking and was about to take off.

Things have come to an extremely dangerous moment.

This strange phenomenon is the real problem of the Minqiu tribe.