General Keenst sat quietly in the command room alone. He was concentrating on a copy of "Fernando's War". The table in front of him was filled with various materials. In one corner of the table, there was a copy Roast beef, and a goat's milk soup, but it has already cooled down.
"Report." A majestic voice sounded outside the door.
General Keenst put down the book in his hand and said loudly: "Come in, Clark."
The door was pushed open, and General Clark strode in.
"Sit down, you have worked hard today." General Keenst said calmly: "Let's calculate the results of the battle."
"Yes, General." General Clark stood up in front of the table, gave a standard military salute to Keenster, and then said loudly: "Today, the orcs attacked the Thor Fortress for the fifth time."
General Keenst waved his hand, pointed to the chair in front of him and said to Clark: "Okay, Clark, don't be so formal. Sit down and speak slowly."
"Oh, okay." General Clark was born as a commoner. He didn't have as many rules as nobles. He sat down on the chair pointed by General Keenst. The chair creaked under the pressure of his heavy body.
"General, in today's daytime battle, more than 8,000 people from our Clark Army were killed. The warriors riding wargs behind the orcs were particularly powerful. 1,000 of them killed more than 5,000 of our soldiers, and there were almost no injuries." General Clark said At this point, I suddenly cursed out a few slang words from my hometown, which probably meant greeting the female ancestors of these orcs.
General Kyenst, who was born in a noble family, frowned slightly. In fact, he didn't understand Clark's hometown dialect very well, but after all, Clark had been under his command for several years, and he still knew the meaning of some of the words he often said.
After General Clark vented a few words, he continued: "Our army killed about 30,000 orcs, destroyed more than 100 orc trebuchets and siege vehicles, and our army consumed arrows."
General Kyenst listened to General Clark's report silently. After Clark finished explaining the general situation, General Kyenst asked: "How did that little magician perform?"
When he mentioned Ryan, Clark's eyes immediately radiated with the look of a miser when he saw gold coins. He said excitedly: "This little magician is so good. Today he and his team of shooters killed more than 2,000 orcs. Two of my personal guards personally went to count, and the little guy named Ryan killed more than 1,000 orcs independently, including 400 elite orc warriors. This is really a terrifying number. He alone A person's performance is almost what only an elite group of 5,000 people can achieve. General, please give me a few more magicians like this."
General Keenst sighed and said to Clark: "Stop dreaming. You have never seen those magicians before. Almost all of them are useless vases. They can't hold a few magics." Go back and meditate, and you have to stay quiet when casting spells without any interference. How is this possible on the battlefield?"
"But this little magician doesn't have these problems." General Clark said hesitantly: "General, I witnessed it with my own eyes today. This magician named Ryan was born for fighting. I often see him... Raising his hand, a purple thing flew out, or a blue lightning bolt, and by the way, there was also a round red ball. That thing is the most powerful, it can kill several orcs at one time."
General Kyenst said with a wry smile: "Who knows, maybe this little guy is a freak."
Having said this, Kyenst changed his tone and whispered: "Clark, you are my old subordinate, and I won't hide it from you. Over the years, we have been a little careless. No one thought that the orcs could actually dispatch 50 With an army of ten thousand, even though we humans can take advantage of the danger and defend it, if the orcs swarm over the 500,000, they will be able to pile up this fortress. Now that the orcs only send tens of thousands of people to attack the city every day, I am afraid they have other intentions. Ah, if I guessed correctly, it should be because there are many different lords among the orcs. The supreme ruler of the orcs may not be able to fully control them, so they slowly send tens of thousands of people to attack every day, which on the one hand gradually consumes our strength. , on the other hand, they are also consuming the power that they cannot control.”
"Then what should we do?" General Clark said softly: "Are we just going to sit back and wait for death?"
General Kyenst said: "The orcs need time because they have to slowly reduce the power of other lords, and we also need time because I just got a personal letter from General Orlando of the Imperial City. He will lead an army to support us. This This army will include holy knights and magicians from the Royal Academy of Magic."
"Ah, magicians." Upon hearing this, General Clark's eyes began to shine again: "General, give me all these magicians. It would be great if we could form an army of magicians."
General Kyenst shook his head and said: "Don't think about this now. These days of fighting have consumed a lot of your legion. Tonight I will let Jonas's legion take over your defense line. Your legion will start tomorrow." Start, hurry up and rest, I will add some soldiers to you, you must recover before General Orlando arrives."
"Um, uh, general, my legion still has about 40,000 people who can continue to fight. There are also nearly 10,000 people who are not seriously injured. I can definitely keep going."
"You know how to fight and kill." General Keenst taught Clark: "Your men have been fighting hard and must rest. Do you hope that by the time General Orlando arrives, all your legions will be scattered?" .”
"No, but"
"It's nothing, Clark. I have been in Thor's Fortress for 10 years. I competed for the position of leader of the Royal Knights back then, but unfortunately I lost to Orlando, so I came here to serve. As usual, I may be transferred after this battle. When you return to the Imperial Capital, you will most likely take over my position at that time, but I can only make suggestions. Whether it works or not depends on you."
"Okay, you go down. That magician named Ryan is very good. If I could pay attention to the information he provided before, maybe I won't be so passive now."
"I understand, General. If there's nothing else to do, I'll go out first."
After watching Clark leave, General Keenst picked up the "Fernando War Diary" again. This book describes the history of Fernando I from Sunrise City to defeating the orcs and establishing the entire empire. It was written in the diary of a priest who accompanied the army. written in the way,
General Kyenst has been watching this person whenever he has free time these days. What he is most concerned about is that Fernando I swept the entire South Talon Grassland with only 100,000 soldiers and drove ten times as many orcs to the North Tower. Lun Grassland, according to the book, when fighting the orcs at that time, Fernando I used heavy infantry to form a formation to stalemate the orcs, used shooters to suppress the opponent, and provided the magician with enough casting time, so that the magician could release magic to his heart's content. , when the orcs fall into chaos under a large number of magic attacks, 10,000 holy knights will launch a fatal blow,
Compared with the elite troops of the Thunder God Fortress, the only thing they lack now is magicians. Although Keenst knows nothing about magic, in recent decades, it is a recognized fact that the level of magicians has been getting worse year by year. Especially the generous subsidies of the Magic Guild have made real magicians extinct. Since they can enjoy a noble life as long as they have a title, who else will stay in the laboratory and study magic boringly? Not to mention joining the army,
In order to advance, those magicians practice magic more for promotion. To be promoted to a junior magician, you only need three level 3 magics. Well, you only need to practice these in normal times. Anyway, even if you release 300 magics at a time, Not only can you be promoted to a junior magician, but you enjoy the same treatment as a magician who can only cast 3 magics. There is no reward for your efforts, and learning magic is a very expensive thing. Who needs to spend that effort? ah,
There are only a few people who can join a certain chamber of commerce and earn gold coins by making magic items with their own strength like Lear and York, not to mention a freak like Ryan. A magic apprentice definitely has more than an intermediate magician. the power of,
As the commander of an army of 200,000 men, it is impossible for Keenst to be completely unprepared for Lane and the others. In fact, Clark did not need to report. The spies he placed in Clark's army had already issued an assessment report on Lane's strength. There was a lot in it. It is clearly pointed out that Ryan may not be qualified to be promoted to a junior magician at all, but he can definitely kill 100 intermediate magicians by himself. This may be the biggest irony of the Magic Guild's promotion rules.
Kyenst shook his head in distress, hoping that the magicians brought by General Orlando would be one-tenth of Ryan's level, so that he would laugh in his dreams. In today's daytime battle, Ryan alone had such a record, Not only did he kill a large number of enemy troops, but he also defused dangerous situations and boosted morale many times. If Lane was not just a mercenary, Kyenst even wanted to award Lane a warrior medal. If there really were 100 magicians like Lane, Kyenst The general is even ready to take the initiative and attack the orc capital like Fernando I did back then to completely resolve this 200-year-old border trouble.