Chapter 93: Departure (I)
Early the next morning, Dylan and Oscar woke up early, and Colin followed them. Rick, on the other hand, didn't make any moves, and I don't know if it was because he was really tired last night, or because he didn't want to experience this sad parting.
Dylan led Oscar and Colin towards the barracks outside the Imperial Capital, where it was still dark and the streets of the Imperial Capital were empty.
But when Dylan came outside the city, he found that it was already crowded with people, most of whom were relatives of the soldiers who came to see him off.
As far as the eye can see, the military tents in the distance, which were originally out of sight, have all been put away, and a large group of soldiers are loading them into the carriage at this time.
And the soldiers of the empire have also packed up and are ready to go at this time. They were arranged in an extremely neat manner, and under the orders of a dozen commanders, they were divided into a dozen square formations.
Roughly estimated, there are about 80,000 people.
"Wow! It's the first time I've seen so many soldiers! What a terrifying momentum!" Oscar couldn't help but let out a low sigh, he didn't dare to be too ostentatious in this extremely serious atmosphere.
Dylan walked slowly forward, and it didn't take long for him to see Angela Vail, who was listening to a report from his subordinates.
"In the past half a month, we have sent another 13,525 people from various regions of the empire, including 2,600 magicians, 7,420 warriors, and 3,505 knights. Among them, there are many warriors and knights who are participating in large-scale battles of the empire for the first time, so ......"
Angela interrupted the reporting officer's words: "Don't worry about this, we are in dire need of manpower now, and we can't manage so much!"
The reporting officer bowed his head and continued: "The battlefield materials are only enough for all our soldiers for three months, and if you add the heroes who are still alive on the front line, it will only be enough for two months. ”
Angela's face was obviously not very good-looking: "Two months? The empire is so vast, rich in products, and excellent in water and soil, why did you only receive such a little food?"
The reporter felt Angela's anger, and he was already trembling, but he was even more frightened at this time.
He had heard of the name of "the first iron lady of the empire", which was the nightmare of countless soldiers and soldiers. It is rumored that she is extremely strict in governing the army, putting military law first in everything, and many people who have entered the imperial army have been severely punished by her for violating military law, and some have even been sentenced to death.
There was once a noble son in the Imperial Army, who was directly sentenced to death by Angela for disobeying orders during the battle. The incident caused a stir in the empire, and many nobles gathered at the palace to beg the king to remove Angela from her military rank and strip her of her nobility.
But in the end, the nobleman's son was still executed, and Angela was still unaffected.
Since then, all the soldiers have not dared to continue to ignore the imperial military law, and the title of "the first iron lady of the empire" has spread.
The reporting officer's voice trembled and said, "Respected Grand Magus, those local nobles have said that now the empire is infested by demonic beasts everywhere, which has seriously affected the grain harvest, so these handed over food are already their limit!"
"What nonsense!" Angela already had anger in her eyes.
As soon as the reporter heard Angela's tone, his body was already trembling, how could he still hold on? As soon as his legs weakened, he fell to his knees in an instant, and he didn't dare to breathe. He didn't want to be cut down by the Iron Lady in a fit of rage.
In fact, Angela knew very well in her heart that it was not the fault of the reporter at all, but those selfish aristocrats, which was really disgusting. They are like moths of the Empire, sucking every drop of the blood of the Empire's civilians.
Recently, although all parts of the empire have indeed been affected by the changes in the Demonic Beast Mountains, those demonic beasts that have escaped will choose forests or wastelands to live in, and they will not have much impact on the land of the Imperial Farm.
The so-called "influencing the grain harvest" was just an excuse for the selfish aristocracy, who were just unwilling to hand over their food to the Empire, especially in these turbulent times.
No one can predict how long this huge war will last, even Angela, an important figure in the imperial army, can't say for sure, and those ignorant nobles are even more bottomless.
Dylan saw an extremely rare trace of helplessness on Angela's face.
"Archmagister Angela. Dylan came to her side and gave her a military salute of the mage.
The trace of helplessness on Angela's face disappeared in an instant.
"Well, we're about to leave, so get there and join the mage group. Angela said as she pointed to the mage camp not far away.
When Dylan passed by Angela with Oscar, the two of them only felt a burning breath sweep over their bodies. Oscar immediately grabbed Dylan and slipped away as if he were oiled on the soles of his feet.
When the two of them came to the camp of the mage group, they found that the personnel were basically in place.
The mage group divides the team into four blocks according to the level of the mage.
There is a district for Magister and above, a district for advanced magicians, a district for intermediate magicians, and a district for the newly recruited academy students.
Dylan's identity was a little awkward, and he didn't know which phalanx he should belong to. In terms of age and seniority, Dylan should stand on the side of the college. But in terms of his own strength, he should stand in the ranks of intermediate magicians.
Just as he hesitated, one of the Academy's Magisters shouted at Dylan, "Dylan, you two come over here for now. ”
When Dylan heard this, he found that it was a water magister from the academy who had asked questions in the academy's class, and this kind magister was also very pleased with Dylan's intelligence and eagerness to learn.
In Dylan's impression, this magister should be called William Noy. William was very young, he looked like he was only twenty-six or seventeen years old, but he was already a magister, and he was also the youngest magister in the academy.
When Dylan first met William, he was also surprised, after all, he had never expected that there would be such a young magister in the academy to teach the students.
Coming to the ranks of the students, Dylan looked at several magicians around him, and found that they still had three stars on their collars, and it seemed that in less than half a month, they had not been able to successfully complete the breakthrough.
Judging from the exhausted looks on the faces of the students, they should have endured all the hardships during this time, and it can be said that they are physically and mentally exhausted.