There are hundreds of countries on the east coast.
Among these hundreds of countries, although the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom is not the largest, it still belongs to the level that "cannot be ignored".
Unlike the Blue Lion Kingdom, a micro country with only a few hundred thousand people, and the Emerald Kingdom, a medium-sized country with more than three million people where Prince Gro is located, the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom can be considered a big country in the current world.
It occupies one-tenth of the entire east coast, has a population of nearly 10 million, and a regular army of nearly 100,000. Although the quality of the army is somewhat unsatisfactory, the number is still something that should not be underestimated.
After all, in the current world, it is very expensive to support an army, so there are many small nobles who have no soldiers available and rely on mercenaries to rescue them at critical moments. The number of troops, in a sense, represents the overall strength of a country.
The Black Holy Mountain Kingdom is obviously extremely confident in this aspect. It benefits from the legacy left by the once-defunct Black Spirit Empire and is incredibly wealthy.
Therefore, excluding the factor of wizards, some things in Black Holy Mountain will greatly affect the surrounding areas - such as the current war between Black Holy Mountain Kingdom and Rob Kingdom. More than a dozen small countries are waiting to see what will happen to Black Holy Mountain Kingdom. response. After all, the performance of the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom on the front line is really bad now. The army retreated hundreds of miles into the country under attack, which is heart-wrenching to see.
but-
In the military camp on the southern border of the Black Spirit Empire, far away from the front line, no one showed any signs of worry - there was almost no atmosphere of war here, as if the war in the north had nothing to do with the thousands of soldiers in the military camp. .
Numerous military tents were set up on the high ground, and from time to time there were loud laughter, drunken voices, and the voices of officers lecturing people on serious military disciplines from some tents—how dare they hide their drinks, how dare they not You should be beaten for serving the wine first, letting the officer taste it, and then drinking it yourself! Remember next time, the officer is not allowed to pour the wine into his mouth before he can drink it! Beat me to death! Bang bang bang!
In the center of the military camp, the situation was a little better. The Cavalry Guards were very disciplined. The rest of the soldiers knew that the respected Princess Palace was nearby, so they did not dare to make too many mistakes. It was rare to be quiet.
Quietly, inside the huge military tent in the center.
Many candles were lit and the light was extremely bright. A square table was placed. Richard and Princess Ruth sat at both ends of the square table. The table was filled with food: roasted pheasant, roasted hare, roasted leg of lamb, and roasted quail. , bread, eel soup, boiled lettuce in salted water, boiled peas in salted water, boiled cabbage in salted water, boiled turnips in salted water...
Maybe it doesn't taste that great, but it can be called a hearty dinner.
"How's it going?" Princess Ruth pointed at the food on the table and asked Richard, "Are these foods to your taste? Why, are you not satisfied with these foods? Otherwise, why are you frowning?"
"It's not that I'm dissatisfied." Richard shook his head, "I'm just a little confused. I feel that logically, you shouldn't be so hospitable to me. Such a sumptuous dinner is not easy to prepare in this military camp."
"What does that matter?" Princess Ruth said indifferently, "I have money."
Richard: "..." I have to say, this is really a good reason.
"Okay!" Princess Ruth shouted, using a table knife to cut a piece of soft, black-looking bread into slices, and put it on Richard's plate, "Try it before you talk, eat some of this bread first. Let me tell you first, this is not brown bread, but brown sugar ginger bread. It is very delicious and you can’t get it in ordinary places.”
"Uh..." Richard responded and glanced at the bread, but it didn't move.
"What, are you afraid that I might poison you?" Princess Ruth urged. In order to prove her "innocence", she cut a piece of bread and ate it. She looked at Richard and said, "I've eaten it all, so you can eat it, right? "
"Okay." Richard said, took a bite of bread, swallowed it, and found that it tasted really good. He looked up at Princess Ruth and said, "Actually, I don't think you're capable of poisoning. I just think your behavior is a bit weird, as if you have some ulterior motives."
"Don't think blindly, I don't have it." Princess Ruth said seriously.
"It's best not." Richard said, started eating, put down the tableware for a while and looked at Princess Ruth, "If possible, I hope you can answer my question now. I really want to know more about Baishi City. Issues."
"Just ask, I will tell you." Princess Ruth sat in her seat and said, scooping a spoonful of fish soup with a silver spoon and put it into her mouth, her feet were raised dishonestly, and she suddenly remembered some past events. , said angrily, "In fact, you are not requesting, but ordering, right? After all... you have such shameless methods, and I don't want to tell you."
Richard seemed not to have heard the second half of Princess Ruth's sarcastic words, and spoke expressionlessly: "The first question I want to ask is, how did you survive? I saw with my own eyes that Baishi City was destroyed by a A meteorite falling from the sky hit the city, and the center of the impact was the Baishi Tower Complex, the center of Baishi City.
White Rock Tower Academy is located among them, and there is no chance of survival. How is it possible that you are alive and back in your country? Did you feel in danger and left early? Or maybe other reasons? "
"Is this it?" Princess Ruth shook her legs, "It's a long story."
"However, the reason is not as magical as you think." Princess Ruth said, "Did you know that a few days before the meteorite fell, the White Stone Tower Academy suspended classes. It is said that the number of wizards in the White Stone Tower is limited. We needed to be supplemented by teachers from the college. We were told that it was more dangerous in the college, and then we moved to the new location of the college.”
"By the way, do you know the new location of White Rock Tower Academy?" Princess Ruth asked Richard, "After all, many teachers must have mentioned it."
After hearing this, Richard shook his head calmly: "I really haven't heard of this because I have basically never taken a class."
"Uh, okay." Princess Ruth said, "Let me explain briefly: the college has always wanted to expand its student enrollment, but it couldn't find more places in the center of White Rock City, so it was close to White Rock City. A new college was built on the edge, with plans to divide the college into two parts. The new site is dedicated to recruiting new students, while the old site is to train experienced students who have stayed.
Before the meteorite fell, most of the students in the college were sent to the unfinished new site. Therefore, when the meteorite fell, the other students and I had time to escape and we all survived. Of course, except for some really unlucky ones, they were directly hit by meteorite fragments and could not be saved. "