Jude had no intention of pulling out his axe and simply stood his ground, waiting for Tok to charge at him.
The lizardman constantly swung his two-handed sword, the force of his swings whipping up the snow on the ground and the fierce cold light enveloping the ugly man’s entire body. It looked as if he would tear the latter to shreds!
However, whenever the great sword was about to strike Jude, he would always dodge at the last mont.
The ugly man relied solely on his agile movents to make all of Tok’s attacks miss.
It was as if he were toying with his opponent. The burly lizardman warrior roared incessantly, using all his might, but he couldn’t even touch the hem of Jude’s clothes.
Finally, taking advantage of the opponent’s full-on assault, the ugly man stretched out his left leg and gently hooked Tok’s leg, sending the latter flying out and falling flat on his face.
"Anyone else want to give it a try?" Jude looked at the others.
The lizardman warriors looked at each other, and finally, no one thought the ugly-faced man was joking anymore.
So this ti, four of them jumped out at once, and Jude beca more serious, taking out his war axe.
However, this battle did not last long either.
The term ’fair fight’ was never in the ugly man’s dictionary, so before the four lizardman warriors completed their encirclent, Jude had already launched his attack.
He used his boot to kick up the snow on the ground, throwing it into the eyes of one lizardman, then quickly took down another lizardman who was closest to him, and after that, used that lizardman as a large hidden weapon to thwart the third lizardman.
After these actions, Jude had bought himself enough ti to take on the fourth lizardman warrior one-on-one. After he took that guy down, the remaining two faced the ugly man in a 2v1 and ultimately, Jude won with ease.
Based on the duel rules currently popular on the Bratis Continent, Jude’s victory was not very honorable.
But the lizardn were not exactly saints before they had t Li Yu. On the contrary, they respected their new Deputy Commander even more.
After the lizardn got up from the ground, their attitude towards Jude changed dramatically, and they all beca extrely respectful.
The ugly man comnted, "Your new equipnt is quite nice, but unfortunately, your combat skills are too rudintary to leverage the full potential of the armor and weapons you wear."
This was probably a common issue among the lizardman warriors since back when they lived in the swamp, they always had a shortage of iron tools, and most of their weapons were farm implents.
They rarely wore armor, or they would wear homade leather armor. Now that they had suddenly upgraded their gear, they were sowhat unaccustod, and their movents and pace had slowed down a lot. They even appeared sowhat clumsy fighting against Jude.
Li Yu had previously asked Ireya for a couple of guards to co and instruct them, but the results were diocre. Although they had fought side by side before, the lizardn deep down didn’t quite trust the warriors of the Arias family and preferred to train clumsily on their own.
Fortunately, this problem was now in Jude’s hands. As a top expert who had bonded with the lizardn in just two fights, the ugly-faced man should be able to gradually train these lizardman warriors into a regular army.
So, now Li Yu was left with one problem.
"Let’s co up with a na for this unit," Li Yu said to his two commanders, "I have a few options here, Dragon Hunting Knights, Swamp Knights, and Guardian Knights... Or if you have any nas you like, you can propose them as well."
"I don’t care about nas, so please decide, Prophet," Onund said.
Li Yu nodded, then looked towards Jude, only to see the latter hesitating as if he had sothing to say.
"What do you think?"
"These nas are all good, but we don’t actually have any knights among us," the ugly-faced man said.
"..."
Li Yu had also been predisposed by the three great Knight Orders, so when he thought of forming an ard force, he first thought of a Knight Order, but Jude’s reminder made him realize that they did not have any knights on their side.
Just as a wife cake doesn’t necessarily contain a wife, and fish-flavored shredded pork doesn’t have to contain fish, it wouldn’t be wrong to call it that.
But since it was identified early on, it would be better to switch to a more appropriate na.
"Do you have any good nas?" Li Yu asked the ugly-faced man again.
The latter hesitated for a mont, "Can we call it the Black Hound Guards? Because a black hound signifies loyalty, and you are creating this army to defend the congregation and its followers, right? Then loyalty is the most important quality. The Black Hound Guards should always keep in their mind that we are the congregation’s and your sharp blade."
"Black Hound Guards..." Li Yu pondered for a mont, "That’s not bad, I have no objections."
"I have no objections either," Onund said.
"Let’s settle on that then. First, we’ll recruit... Hmm, a hundred warriors."
The Black Hound Guards was the first professional army established by Li Yu, with plans for all mbers to be fully devoted, salaried by the congregation, allowing the warriors to focus exclusively on honing their combat skills.
Given this, the numbers couldn’t be too high, otherwise it would burden the other side’s production plans.
Now, in addition to the lizard people, the Double Rest Sect’s territory had also seen the inclusion of so followers from other places, including those who had co to Green Field for dical treatnt and their families, as well as civilians who turned to the worship of Saturday after the Dragon Slaying, with their numbers reaching up to fifteen hundred.
The ratio of military to civilians was roughly between six to seven percent, which was also the normal level on the Bratis Continent. Of course, in the event of war, the militia and such would be mobilized as well.
However, those usually wouldn’t be included in the standing army.
Since the ssenger sent by Miss Rabbit to invite Li Yu back to enjoy the snow was still waiting outside the territory, Li Yu didn’t dwell on it and settled the army’s na within just three to four minutes.
In comparison, this decision-making process seems a bit hasty when considering the later fa of the Black Hound Guards not only on the Bratis Continent but also in the foreign city-states across the strait.
As a result, many historians in later generations would endlessly debate and contend over why the Double Rest Sect’s ace army was nad such an odd na.
But for those living amidst the great historical process, this day was not much different from any other ordinary day. Li Yu took a carriage back to Teacup Castle before dusk.
He drank a bowl of carrot soup personally brewed by the young girl, the astonishing sweetness of which nearly sent him off on the spot.
After that, the two climbed up the castle walls together, looking out into the distance, watching the sunset slowly sink below the horizon.
The howling winds atop the city walls blushed Miss Rabbit’s little face red, but the young girl’s heart remained as hot as fire.
As night fell, one by one, the lights within her territory began to shine, seemingly welcoming the arrival of a new era.
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