At noon, the three of Ryan arrived at the central square of Freedom Paradise. This is the most prosperous place in the entire Freedom Paradise. Surrounding the entire square are sparse buildings, including villas of wealthy businessmen and powerful mercenary groups. If you place your headquarters here, the entire square can be filled with about 200,000 people. This is a quite huge number.
When Ryan arrived, the place was already crowded with people. Under the leadership of Flanner, they barely found a remote place to stand. It was about five hundred meters away from the viewing platform in the center of the central square. Basically, It was impossible to clearly see the faces of the people standing on the viewing platform, and the surroundings were noisy, let alone hear their voices. The only advantage was that there was no obstruction in the middle from here to the viewing platform.
After a while, the place where Ryan and the others squeezed in was also densely packed with people. Even if they wanted to leave now, they probably wouldn't be able to squeeze out. Ryan suddenly came up with an absurd idea. What if a person was thrown here? The fireball spell will probably set a record for the number of people killed by a single fireball spell since the advent of magic. Ryan shook his head mockingly. He didn't sleep last night. After eating in the morning, he went back to draw the scroll. He has been busy until now. It seems too much. Being tired is not a good thing. No, I started to think about it randomly.
After a while, Flanner gently pulled the corner of Ryan's clothes and said in his ear: "Here we come, the old man walking in the middle is Chilaviv."
Ryan squinted his eyes and looked carefully, and saw an old man in white clothes slowly walking up to the auditorium. Behind him were four people, two of whom were wearing magician robes. However, because the distance was too far, Ryan couldn't see clearly what the badges on their chests were. The other two were wearing cloaks. The black cloaks covered their entire bodies, and even their faces were not exposed.
Allendo's voice suddenly sounded in Ryan's ears: "Those two cloaked men are very powerful warriors. I think Xiaobai and I can barely deal with one of them."
Ryan nodded slightly. As the richest man in the mainland, the president of the Dorok Business Alliance, the first chamber of commerce in the mainland, and the chairman of the Free Paradise Merchant Alliance in the commercial capital, it would be strange if Chilaviv didn't even have a bodyguard by his side. Woolen cloth,
Chiraviv walked to the front of the viewing platform. A magician next to him quickly walked up to him and recited a long spell. Ryan couldn't hear the magician's voice at all, so he couldn't judge the end. What kind of spell is it? But then again, Ryan has never received formal magician training at all. Even if he can hear it, if the magic is not something he can use and it is not something he often sees others use, he still listens. Don't come out,
Ten seconds later, the magic was completed, and a large ball of colorful light appeared in front of Chilaviv. At this moment, Ryan suddenly heard the sound of an old man coughing, and then the old man spoke. "Hello to all residents of Free Paradise, businessmen, mercenaries, and people from other walks of life."
"Ah." Ryan exclaimed softly. He had already guessed what spell the magician was casting. It was really an amazing magic to be able to spread Chilaviv's voice throughout the noisy central square. ,
"Hey, it's amplification." Flanner seemed to have guessed what Ryan and Allen were thinking, and said the answer with a smile,
But they didn't speak anymore, because Chiraviv's voice sounded again, and within a few breaths, the entire central square was silent. At least the square filled with 300,000 people could be so quiet, if it weren't for the fact that they could hear the rising and falling. The sound of breathing, otherwise you would never believe that there are so many people here without looking at it with your eyes.
"Thank you all for coming here on time. Now let's get started. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Chilaviv, the chairman of the Free Paradise Businessmen Alliance."
"ah."
"Wow."
"oh."
"Huh."
Continuous sounds rang out everywhere. It seemed that many people were seeing this legendary figure for the first time. However, everyone just made some noises, and soon the central square returned to calm.
Chilaviv continued: "Just last night, we received messengers from the Northern Thunder God Fortress. They brought important news. The orcs in the North Talon Prairie were preparing to go south again. They gathered a huge group of The army is planning to seize the Thunder God Fortress."
"Let them die."
"Kill those green-skinned bastards."
Many grumpy guys had already started shouting, and the order of the scene was slightly chaotic. However, Chilaviv immediately controlled everyone's emotions: "Yes, it is normal for everyone to have such thoughts. We gathered here today. Here, we are ready to assist the warriors stationed at Thunder God Fortress to drive away our enemies."
"After consultation with the heads of our seventeen chambers of commerce, we decided to fully support the Thor Fortress. The specific methods are as follows: First, all members of the Free Paradise Merchant Alliance must participate in this support operation. The specific list of supplies needed by the Thor Fortress, everyone You can go to the Mercenary Guild to get it for free. After the Thunder God Fortress checks and accepts it, it will pay according to the price set by the Free Paradise Merchant Alliance. If anyone is found to be adulterated with inferior goods, he will be severely punished according to the laws of the empire. In serious cases, he will be charged with treason. The crime is punishable by hanging.”
"Second, all mercenary groups registered with the Free Paradise Mercenary Guild must participate in this support operation. The specific content you have to do will be in the form of tasks released by the Mercenary Guild, and you will receive them according to your own strength. After completing the task You can get corresponding rewards, and all participants must unconditionally obey the management of the Thunder God Fortress garrison. If they violate it, they will be severely punished in accordance with the regulations of the army."
"Third." When Chiraviv said this, he paused slightly. He seemed to be thinking about the words. After a few seconds, he continued: "The Dorok Business Alliance will take the lead in sending out three mercenaries under its name. Two of the group will also send twenty magicians, and other member chambers of commerce will also send corresponding personnel. I will not describe them one by one here. I say this mainly to remind everyone that if you want to Try your best, but also do what you can. This may seem contradictory, but it is very important."
"This time the orcs are coming more aggressively than usual. In the past four or fifty years, although the orcs have attacked many times, the scale of each attack has been small. The Thunder God Fortress can easily deal with it even with its own garrison. However, this time But it’s different. According to current reliable information, the orc army gathered together has exceeded 500,000.”
"Five million..." Hearing this number, countless people took a breath of air. This is really a huge number. Everyone knows that without considering factors such as training, morale, logistics, equipment, commander's command, etc. , relying solely on the physical fitness of the soldiers, one orc can defeat three human soldiers. This 500,000 means that the human army to defend them requires 1.5 million.
Although the human population on the entire continent may be between 5000 and 600 million, the Holy Empire under the rule of the Fernando royal family is not a completely unified country. It implements a lord system. The areas ruled by those lords only need to pay taxes. Well, the population there is not managed by the imperial center. The population directly controlled by the Fernando royal family includes the imperial capital area, that is, Fernando City and its surrounding areas, with a population of about 10 million, plus Sunrise City and Seawind City under the control of the Fernando royal family. Some cities, for example, have a population of no more than 15 million.
The main force that really resists the attack of the northern orcs is the soldiers recruited from this population of 15 million. The annual taxes that the entire empire can receive, after various discounts, are equivalent to 20 million at most. After excluding taxes on the population and other expenses, the empire's actual army is only about 1.7 million, and this number includes garrison troops and reserve troops. The real elite is only 600,000. The Thunder God Fortress has a permanent garrison of 200,000 troops. One hundred thousand, this is one of the most elite troops in the empire,
At first, everyone thought that just like in previous years, there would be no more than a hundred thousand orcs. According to the convention of one blocking five for the city defenders, the 200,000 troops of Thunder God Fortress could easily resist a million human troops. Based on the calculations between humans and orcs, The three to one ratio conversion means that it can defend about 300,000 orcs. But now that Chilaviv said this, those businessmen and mercenaries who were bent on making money through this war suddenly calmed down. Quite a few, and they were not stupid either. They immediately understood why the garrison of Thunder God Fortress would abnormally take the initiative to contact the south this year to seek support.
Seeing that his words had lowered the atmosphere here a lot, Chiraviv suddenly laughed and said loudly: "I know what you are thinking, but I can also tell you that sometimes, the so-called conversion ratio It's just a game played by cowards to comfort themselves. You all should know that two hundred years ago, after a hundred years of catastrophe, mankind was attacked by the undead army and suffered everywhere. The orcs at that time were extremely powerful. Someone calculated that their The army, those green-skinned guys, has a million warriors capable of fighting."
"But the result, everyone knows, our great His Majesty Fernando personally led an army of 100,000 to conquer the orcs. Wherever His Majesty Fernando's giant sword 'Holy Avenger' pointed, all the orc armies were defeated, even if they gathered more than us. The soldiers, seven times as many as the human army, were finally driven out of the Nantalun Prairie by His Majesty Fernando."
"What does His Majesty Fernando rely on?" Chilaviv shouted loudly: "Who among you cowards can tell me."
"Royal Knight." Thousands of people roared together,
"I can't hear you, you cowards."
"Royal Knight." Tens of thousands of people roared together,
"No, the voice is too low. Haven't you eaten yet? You're still so scared that you peed your pants."
"Royal Knight." More than 300,000 voices roared this name together. The entire central square of Liberty Paradise was drowned by this huge sound wave. The earth seemed to tremble, and the surrounding buildings seemed to be crumbling.
"Yes, that's right." Chilaviv said loudly: "You are right, we have the invincible Royal Knights, and we have an invincible victory over General Orlando. As long as we unite, we can defeat everything in front of us. All enemies. Twenty thousand years ago, our ancestors united and slaughtered countless ancient behemoths and gained the right to survive on this continent. Two thousand years ago, our ancestors united and conquered the entire continent and became The master of this continent, two hundred years ago, our Majesty Fernando led the united mankind to expel the green-skinned orcs and established a powerful country. Today, we will also unite and use our strength to eliminate our enemy."