It was already midnight when I arrived at Thacker's residence, but I felt much better now than in the palace. There were no annoying noises, no contemptuous looks from the so-called high officials of the empire, and no need to worry about who would try to harm me.
Coming here today, I think that the Thacker faction will conduct a real investigation on me and then employ me, right? Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to kick me out of the palace without any words and without asking any substantive questions.
I jumped off the horse, handed the horse to the servant of the Sack family, and followed Jihad who brought me here into the inner hall, where several well-dressed people were already seated.
"Your Excellency the Duke, I have brought here the Commander of the Hanlong Division, please give your orders!" After following Gerhard to salute the four people inside, I knew that the one sitting in the middle with a casual look on his face was Sack's father, the Duke of Shalo, and behind him was his captain of the guard.
The slightly plump magician sitting on the left of the Duke is the fire magician Carlo, the commander of the Imperial Holy Fire Magician Corps. He has a strong prestige (third) among all the magicians in the Empire. In terms of strength, he is already one of the most powerful figures in the Empire. After all, the attack power of fire magic is not exaggerated.
On the right side of the Duke was Hydra, the fifty-year-old commander of the Holy Dragon Legion, the inner city defense force of the imperial capital. Although no one knew the extent of his martial arts skills, at least all the commanders of the various legions in the imperial capital believed that he already possessed the strength of a Golden Knight (Paladin).
"Captain Hanlong, this is just a private meeting. There's no need to be polite or restrained." After signaling Gerhard to leave, Duke Shalo signaled me not to be nervous and asked me to sit down.
"I heard that you want to learn magic? Then hold this thing in your hand first. I only know a few fire magics. If you can pass the fire magic test, then I can teach you. Otherwise, that little guy Sack will be disappointed." As soon as I sat down, the magician Carlo next to me handed me a crystal ball with his slightly fat hands.
After thanking Carlo, I looked at this crystal that looked like a magic crystal, but there were many strange symbols carved on its surface, and patterns connected by silver threads. Then I held it tightly in my palms with both hands until I felt that my entire palms seemed to be burning. . . . .
"Okay, give it to me!" When I handed the magic crystal back to Carlo, the crystal had turned fiery red.
"It seems that I have to stay here for some days. Duke Shalo, can you please prepare a place for me to stay? I didn't expect that this little guy has the attribute of fire. Then, before he takes the assessment of the Magic and Martial Arts Academy, I will continue to tutor him..." After saying this, Carlo changed his smiling look and turned his gaze to Hydra, who had been sitting there without saying a word.
"Little guy, we have investigated everything about you. From the small Xia village you mentioned to the battlefield in the Eastern Territory, we have investigated everything. We are sure that your entire village is full of traitors, a group of traitors!"
"grown ups......"
"Shut up! But having said that, because of your actions, the Flame Legion and the Magician Army have avoided great losses, and created a new combat mode for the Empire. The Empire hates you, but you must serve the Empire for a long time. Are you willing?"
"Yes..." How could I say no? This kind of words can only deceive children. If I were not still useful, my body would have rotted away somewhere.
After getting a satisfactory answer, Hydra asked me to swear a poisonous oath. But will it work? Doesn't he know that there are guys like me on earth who didn't grow up reading Jin Xiaoxia's martial arts novels? Lord Wei Xiaobao's oath is definitely the most awesome, so I swore an oath that if I violated the oath, I would die in the country that gave birth to me and raised me. . . . . .
"Very good, then let's talk business. Now we need to form three divisions equipped with catapults and crossbows, of course including the Flame Legion, which is your division. What do you think?"
After seeing me finish my oath, Hydra directly talked about their real purpose. It seems that after I release the information about those weapons, I have to give them something more exciting, otherwise if they think that I have run out of ideas, then I am...
"Are you planning to form a defensive division, or an offensive division? Or a combination of both? Or do you want an active attack division, or an auxiliary attack division?"
"Does it make any difference? If you want to build it, it would be best to take both into consideration!" After hearing what I said, Duke Shalo asked first, and the eyes of several people present were also full of questions.
"Sir, if it is a defensive division, then we need to equip more equipment such as ballistae, and if it is an offensive division, then we need to equip more equipment such as catapults or ramming vehicles, and even chariots in the future.
The so-called main combat type means that this division must be able to form an independent army and fight independently, while the subsidiary attack type can have a strong attack power against the enemy and the city, but they do not have much defensive ability and can only rely on the protection of other forces to survive.
If we follow the Lord's words, then these troops will inevitably become ordinary troops with poor offensive and defensive capabilities."
"In fact, that is to say, the offensive type and the so-called subsidiary type are the same. They must be used under the protection of friendly forces and are best used when one's own side has the initiative; while the defensive type and main combat type are basically armies with enhanced self-protection capabilities. It seems that it is really difficult to choose! Can't the two be combined and equipped with double... Hehe, this may be like what happened to you in front of Huangshi City. On the one hand, you need to attack the city wall, but on the other hand, you encounter a cavalry charge. At that time, you can only take care of the catapult but not the giant crossbow. Insufficient number of people is indeed a problem, and it is easy for something to go wrong during the troop mobilization. It seems that it is indeed troublesome..." Hydra, who was slightly disappointed, fell into a dilemma.