Chapter 149: Familiar Recruits
"This is Daddy Pike!" Merlin exclaimed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Baron Pike in front of him, in his twenties, was excessively young, his thick brown hair was tied in short braids at the back of his head, he was wearing a magnificent black armor, and his strong figure did not show the slightest redundancy, which was almost like the appearance that Maureen was used to.
Only those dark blue eyes faintly revealed a little cunning, which was still in memory, which made the young man feel more cordial.
I saw Pike take two steps forward and walk out of the queue, raising the palm of his right hand upwards, and a streamer of light flew down from the high platform, attached to his palm like a magic rune, and the small square flickered slightly.
Pike gave a military salute and retreated into the array.
"This is a record card, and from this moment on, it has been semi-active. Oran explained: "Record cards are a special kind of magic cards, made by special magic techniques, activated and distributed to selected soldiers in the preparation stage of war, even after the death of the bearer, these record cards can still maintain their work until they are recovered or their magic power is exhausted after the war." β
"However, due to limited mana capacity and craft limitations, these record cards do not work around the clock, and will only activate the record autonomously when the surrounding mana fluctuates or the bearer's mood fluctuates. Oran added.
Morin looked around, he took two steps to the young baron, reached out and grabbed it, his index finger ran through the baron's phantom, and did not catch anything.
"So we're in a magical illusion?" asked Maureen.
Oran nodded, glanced at Pike, and couldn't help but say: "The selection and appointment of coalition commanders are extremely strict, and Father Venerable has been appointed as the commander of the Seventh Legion at such a young age, which is simply a genius. It's just that...... Why have I barely heard of his name......?"
"My dad said he was accused of being a cultist after the battle, and after the trial, he was publicly monitored by the law enforcement team, and since then he has been suppressed and banned by the parliament, and he has never been a soldier and a half-soldier. Maureen explained.
Oran's expression became serious, and he suddenly remembered where he had heard the name, and indeed, there was a sentence mentioned in the summary record after the Battle of the Blood MoonβPike Calland was dismissed from his post for improper command. But he didn't know that this Pike was actually the commander of the Seventh Legion, and he didn't know that he was the father of the young man in front of him.
At this point, Oran finally understood why Morin was bent on checking the information on the battle.
"If my judgment is correct, this should be the third group of troops to go to the border. He said, "You're not afraid of the cold, are you? I made the illusion more realistic, which helped us blend in with the atmosphere of the environment." β
"Don't be afraid," Merlin shook his head, seeing that Orlan didn't know how to adjust the record card, the surrounding environment suddenly became cold, and even his breath seemed to condense white gas, the season at this time should be winter, the young man subconsciously weaved magic around his body: "Why the third army? Can you tell me about this war My understanding of this war is limited to a few words." β
The pre-battle assembly ceremony was still around, and the streamers of the recording cards were attached to the hands of different soldiers, and the young Daddy Pike looked slightly absent-minded, not knowing what to think.
There are no new changes for the time being.
Orlan began to briefly explain: "You should know that the Battle of the Blood Moon thirty years ago was the most tragic battle in the entire Fourth Age so far, and in the cold winter of this year, before the long-lasting tide of magic power receded, the tide of chaos suddenly swept in, and the coalition forces on the southern border of Todder were severely damaged. After the garrisons on the border of order suffered heavy losses, the newly assembled reserve army continued to march to the front line, paying a very heavy price to resist the invasion of chaos. β
"These reserve armies, according to our opinion, can be roughly divided into three batches, because the front is on the verge of collapse, so the third group is an unprecedented number of people, mainly by the armies of the two human empires and the forest of Meath, including the newly assembled troops of all the small countries, rushed to the front together, which brought together almost all of Tolddell's forces, and finally held the border of order. β
As he was talking, suddenly the scene around him changed.
They flew up from the square where the soldiers were assembled, and then landed on a wide deck.
The sky was gloomy and cloudy, and on the wide airship deck, many soldiers were training in formation.
"This is a troop transport airship, presumably to the front line to fight. Orlan appeared next to the boy and explained.
Merlin was looking at Baron Pike, who was inspecting the procession, and at this moment he had changed into a pair of dark silver heavy armor, the same heavy armor that the boy had seen in the Harriet Port mansion before, and when he was a child, he couldn't even move a helmet to show its weight.
"Hmm...... Daddy was so majestic when he was young, it looked like a thing...... "The boy thought, the book recorded that the Legion was already the highest army establishment in Todel, usually about 100,000 soldiers, and the number of various logistics and miscellaneous personnel was extremely large.
The boy walked to the side of the ship and looked up, only to see dozens of large airships moving silently in formation, with different badges on the airships, and many commercial airships were temporarily requisitioned to transport soldiers.
"Can you speed it up a little?" asked Morin, as if there was nothing noteworthy about this part of the journey.
Oran nodded, and just as he was about to make adjustments, the baron, who was reviewing the soldiers, suddenly said sharply: "The twenty-first soldier of the fourth column, out of the ranks! The others are dismissed!" and then said to the guards beside him: "Call Jenny, the leader of the fifth squad of the reconnaissance group, to come here." β
The soldiers on the deck were scattered in formation, leaving only a young soldier who had just been spotted standing in place, head bowed as if deliberately avoiding Pike's gaze.
Pike walked up to him and snapped, "Nonsense! Who told you to come here!!"
The young soldier raised his head and said stubbornly, "Report to the general, I don't understand what you're talking about!"
Pike was furious: "Can you hide it from me with that little trick?!Do you have to chop off your finger with the illusion ring?!"
Merlin then noticed that the young soldier had a magic ring on the middle finger of his right hand, most of which was obscured by the armor gauntlet, and he didn't know how Daddy Pike found out.
"Don't," the young soldier took his own initiative to take off the magic ring, and with it he became much more handsome, except that he looked only twenty years old, even a little younger than Pike.
"It's really unfortunate that it happened to be assigned to this airship, and it almost worked......" the young man muttered.
"Is this ......?" Morin vaguely felt that the young man looked familiar.
"Who asked you to join the conscript?!Didn't I tell you to let you take it with you in the royal capital!" Pike blushed, "Which conscriptor recruited you?!"
"Boss...... Didn't I want to help, what does it have to do with the recruits......" the young man sneered.
"Ahh
Sure enough, I heard Pike yell, "Errol! This is a battle on the front line, not for you to play around!!"
"This is Errol, the former king of Lothar, who was killed in the royal capital of Lothar thirteen years ago. "He and my father have a good relationship, probably a partner who has been 'playing' together since childhood......"
"I also know it's not a joke!" Erol said unconvinced: "Have I spent so many years in the academy in vain? The conscription requirements clearly state that as long as the strength reaches the eighth level of apprenticeship, they can apply, and I am a fifth-order warrior, so why can't I come?"
"Nonsense!" Pike said angrily, Maureen had never seen his father look so angry.
"Every professional has an obligation to protect the flame of order, and you can't deprive me of the opportunity to do my duty!" said Errol.
"Do you still know your duties?!" Pike asked rhetorically, "Do you know how grim the form is this time?
"This time the situation is so severe, if the southern defense line is broken and Lothar will be destroyed, then there will be no Lothar, of course I have the obligation to protect the people of Lothar! instead of waiting in the palace for the Nightmare Beasts to break through the defense line and then destroy Lothar!" Errol said stubbornly, his eyes full of persistence and determination.
Pike couldn't find the words to contradict him for a moment, and he couldn't help but pace back and forth with a blushing face.
"What about Your Majesty?, have you asked Your Majesty's consent?!" he asked in a deep voice.
"I have left a letter explaining my decision, and my father and mother will certainly not stop me!" said Errol.
"I won't stop you, you don't dare say it to your face?!" Pike was so angry that he almost didn't slow down.
"Anyway, boss, you can't send me back, this is almost to the southern border of the Ralk Empire," the young Errol said, "And with your leadership style, boss, it's impossible to assign me to some kind of personal guard for personal gain, right? I, a fifth-order warrior, have to rush to the front line! I have received enough training before!"
"I knew I should have left you in the Temple of Life when I took you to steal flower petals to eat when I was a child!, let those sacrifices teach you how to obey the law......" Pike said helplessly, "Take your illusion ring, since you must come, you must not let others recognize your identity and be distracted on the battlefield to protect you." β
"That's natural! That's why I'm looking for Wayne for this ring! I'm not going to be a burden to others!" Errol said proudly, putting the ring back on and his face changed.
Seeing that Pike finally agreed to follow him, Errol had a big smile on his face.
It seemed that it would be impossible to send someone to send King Errol back to Lothar at this time, and even if he was sent back, it would be easy to run to the front line with his identity, Maureen thought, although he felt that the young Errol was a little nonsense, but he still admired his courage to dare to enlist in the army and rush to the front.
At this time, another young soldier walked up to Pike and gave a military salute: "Jenny, the leader of the fifth squad of the reconnaissance group, report for duty." β
Merlin was surprised to find that the new soldier was actually a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, and her face looked inexplicably familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen a similar face.
"Jenny, this kid is now on your squad, give me a few days of hard work!" said Pike.
"Yes!" said the squad leader named Jenny dryly.
"Huh?!" The young Errol on the side was dumbfounded: "Old ...... Boss, I said don't send me to the command of a little girl, I like the reconnaissance team, but this little girl," he looked at the girl very rudely, and said anxiously: "It's not that I said, this little girl is so weak and can't help it, how can she go to the battlefield, boss, how can you appoint her as the team leader......"
completely forgot that he himself was not a few years older than the other party.
The girl on the side was obviously extremely dissatisfied with this evaluation, and glared fiercely at the soldier who came from nowhere.
"There's no place for you to bargain here!" Pike glared at him fiercely, "Captain Jenny can beat you three alone, be honest with me!" Then he said to the girl: "Look at this kid don't let him run around, Jenny, screw him into the cabin for me, look annoying!"
A sneer appeared at the corner of the girl's mouth, and she stepped forward to grab Erol's arm, and Erol was willing to catch it obediently, and hurriedly raised her hand sideways to block, looking like she wanted to rely on her advantage in armor to hold the girl's grasp.
Even Morin didn't expect that after the first contact between the two people, the girl turned directly behind Errol with great agility, and without seeing how she used her magic power, the strength in her hand twisted Errol's arm, and then reached out and locked Errol's other arm, controlling him to death.
It must have been extremely painful for his arm to be twisted into this shape, but the young Errol was very stiff and silent, not only that, but he actually struggled with all his strength, his face was flushed, but he couldn't break free from the girl's grasp at all.
"Hmph," Pike on the side snorted twice, "Give me good advice to Jenny, watch your own ass on the battlefield, and don't let me see your name on the death list early!" After saying that, he waved his hand to the girl, and the strength of the girl's hand suddenly increased, and Errol finally let out a terrible cry and was dragged down by the girl.
Pike watched Errol being dragged into the cabin by Jenny, sighed slightly, and said to the adjutant beside him, "Do we still have high-level defensive runes in our logistics supplies?"
The lieutenant summoned the title page of his rune, activated the two auxiliary magic cards, looked at it for a moment, and replied, "No, we only have mid-level defensive runes at the moment." β
"When you get to Lange, you can contact the people in the logistics department, I don't care what they say, you must bring me another high-level defense rune, preferably made by Master Ed! If they don't agree, let them send us two floating battleships, and ask them why our Seventh Legion doesn't have the support of floating battleships!" said young Pike without a beak.
He turned to look out at the side of the ship, dozens of large airships moving silently under the bleak sky, the cold wind blowing, Pike frowned slightly, not knowing what to think......
The surrounding scene faded away, and Merlin and Oran flew away from the magical illusion and returned to the data tower.
"What's going on? why can't you keep watching?" asked Morin, who was fascinated by it.
Orlan checked the record card on the wall and said suspiciously, "It seems that the records in the back need to be viewed with higher permissions, strange...... I've never encountered such a thing.,There's actually a view right in a record card.,I'll take a look.,The next record needs to be ...... Fifty steps. β
Mo Lin breathed a sigh of relief, the fifty steps were not too far away for him, he thought for a while and asked Oran, "Senior Orlan, I just heard the place name 'Lange', does it refer to the Lange Line?"