Chapter 165: The Sky Demon Ship
As we all know, the now famous magical fire mage was a student of Prisland, the first magic academy of the Wren Empire, and was once unable to be promoted due to a magic deficiency during his time in school, and became the only repeater in this academy that gathers genius apprentices in the Empire, and was even contemptuously called "Prisland's disgrace".
Until now, time has passed, and the disgraced repeater of the year has become a powerful leader who can compete with the entire Rennes Empire, and is leaving his country behind to lead a righteous battle that will shake the continent. And at this time, the representative sent by the empire to show his face was actually the president of Presland Academy......
On the surface, this is an interesting scene of the old dean working for repeaters, giving people the dramatic impression that the relationship between the upper and lower levels is completely subverted, but on a deeper level, this may be a low-profile temptation of the imperial side to the magical fire mage.
Many people wonder what the meeting between this long-established old dean and the fire mage who is in the limelight will be like. The so-called "Prisland's disgrace" is a thing of the past, and it has even been recognized as an eternal joke at the First Academy of Magic of the Empire, but what happened in the past cannot be erased after all.
According to the domineering style of the magical fire mage, people tend to think that he will give Cranred a little look, which is not only related to the personal communication between the two, but also related to the communication between the Phoenix Army and the Imperial side. The two top powerhouses are no longer alone in public.
In this way, the kick of the empire at the door of the empire drove the political wait-and-see of the kingdom union and the Shura alliance, to put it bluntly, it was gossip, and the assembly that was originally smooth and without any waves suddenly became a little interesting, and many people were looking forward to the time when the dramatic moment came.
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Finally, the day has come.
On the northwest border of the Shura Alliance, on the sand-soaked desert, the united allied forces of the kingdom from afar gathered here.
Wearing various robes, magical armies from different countries and different forces, as well as logistics troops, mount troops, reconnaissance troops, armed guards, etc., which assist their actions and operations, plus magical beast transport convoys carrying supplies and combat equipment, there are millions of people.
Among them, the real main combat force is the magic army of about 300,000 people, which is less than half of the total number of the entire allied army in proportion, but this is already quite remarkable. The 300,000 troops, all of them are magicians, and there are 30 magic legions based on the calculation of 10,000 people in one legion.
Don't just look at the ease with which the Magical Fire Mage destroyed the fortress of Yawiluk, it was a perverted scene that only occurs when the strength of the individual is at the highest level. Under normal circumstances, a magic legion of 10,000 people is an extremely terrifying weapon of war, and if you imagine a little, even if it is just basic magic, what it is like for 10,000 magicians to instantaneously together, you can probably understand it.
Isn't it an exaggeration to gather such a huge army just to deal with a healer's guild? Actually, if it weren't for the time being too tight, Vincent would have wanted to pull out more combat power, and Aikares also said that if it wasn't for the lack of time, the situation in the alliance would be difficult to stabilize, and he would have to pull a few troops over to reinforce him.
The Healer Guild has a deep background, although I don't know how many members there are, but it is conservatively estimated to be tens of thousands, plus they are on the defensive, in their own base camp, and their combat power will be doubled to calculate. In such a comparison, the 300,000 magic army actually doesn't have much advantage.
The Kingdom Allies have arrived, but the troops on the Phoenix side have not yet appeared.
Vincent, who took off his king's costume and changed into a luxurious blue robe, walked out of the tent of the king of the Rhine and walked outside the tent area of the royal family of the alliance of the kingdom.
Here, there is already a group of richly dressed magicians, watching the wind and sand in the distance.
"The appointed time is almost up, why don't you see half a figure of the Phoenix Army?"
An old man wearing a red fur hat, a wrinkled face with knife-like wrinkles, and sharp eyes, put down the binoculars in his hand and said.
"That is, we came here at their invitation, and we finally arrived before the deadline, but they themselves looked like they were going to be late, what kind of attitude is this?"
A slender man with blue hair and blue eyes in a pale blue robe said indignantly while still looking at it from afar.
"Don't be impatient, after all, the Phoenix Army is just a guerrilla force, and there is a certain amount of looseness in discipline, so it's not incomprehensible that they came a little later than the deadline, but their first international appearance made such a ugliness, which inevitably makes people feel a little untrustworthy...... Do you say, Your Majesty the King of the Rhine?"
A middle-aged lady wearing a red and green striped robe, with a dignified face and a delicate bun on her head, squinted at Vincent who was walking over, and said lightly.
The other magicians, when they saw the appearance of the king of the Rhine, who was the leader of the allied forces, also complained or questioned one after another.
Vincent calmly looked at the leaders of these ** teams.
As the general main combat force, the 300,000 magic army is mainly led by these people, most of them are royal families or noble families of various countries, and their individual strength is not very strong, but their command ability is relatively high.
They led the general forces of the Kingdom Alliance, and Vincent was the direct leader of these people. Top powerhouses as special combat power is another category, Vincent let a legendary magician in his country be in charge of the town, and it is he, the king of the Rhine, who has the idea of any important problems.
Before changing his clothes and getting out of the tent, he already knew the situation on the side of the top powerhouse, and the legendary magicians were relatively calm, and they didn't say anything when they saw that the Phoenix Army had not appeared for a long time, but there was a commotion among the ordinary army leaders below.
Of course, this is only the surface, and it cannot be ruled out that the legendary mage of a certain country is impatient and instructs his subordinates to take the lead in making noise. But this difference is not important, the important thing is that the Phoenix Army has indeed not appeared until now, and the allies have waited in such a desolate place first, feeling that they have lost face.
At this point, it was impossible for them to turn around and go back, but they really couldn't stand the whining, Vincent could understand, and how to appease them, he already had ideas.
"I agree with His Highness Bonnie's remark that he should be restless, but I don't think that the Phoenix Army is a scattered army, and there is still time before the agreed deadline, and it is too early to say that the Phoenix Army will be late. ”
The King of the Rhine is faint and personable.
"In this way, I know that everyone is waiting anxiously, so we might as well make a bet, if the Phoenix Army does not show up at the appointed time, in addition to promising to bear all the logistics costs of the Kingdom Alliance, I will also personally give everyone here a Holy Spirit level magic crystal scepter, how about it?"
The words of the king of the first great country were said lightly, but everyone was shocked to hear them.
What is the concept of bearing all the logistical costs of the kingdom's millions of allied troops? Even if it is the Rhine Kingdom, the budget deficit this year is absolutely certain, and if it is serious, it may even damage the entire country's economy, and it will be difficult to recover it in seven or eight years. In contrast, giving everyone present a scepter of the Holy Spirit, although costly, was nothing compared to the entire nation.
"You...... Seriously, Your Majesty Vincent?" the old man in the fur hat narrowed his eyes slightly.
"You have no jokes, Your Highness Sorensu. ”
The people present couldn't help but look at each other when they heard King Rhine's indifferent words.
"That's what you said," the thin, blue-haired man interjected, staring at the face of the King of the Rhine, his eyes flickering, "If the Phoenix Army is really late, don't regret it"
"Of course, His Highness Celtic. Vincent owed, "But on the other hand, if the Phoenix Army arrives before the deadline, you must also promise me one thing, that is, when fighting, you will obey the overall command of me or the Phoenix Army...... This is stipulated in the covenant, but I want to emphasize it again, in case some people intentionally or unintentionally passively slack off in the war. ”
At this moment, everyone's faces changed slightly.
The alliance is one thing, the calculation in the heart is another, the alliance of the kingdom is essentially a rabble, once the battle is fought and the overall command is a big problem, after all, everyone in each country wants to take the biggest advantage with the smallest loss.
Vincent made a bet, if he lost, he would pay a huge price, and if he won, he would suppress the careful thinking of the team leaders, which seemed to be very unequal, but it was this asymmetry that caused a kind of vague coercion.
The team leaders will definitely agree to this bet for the sake of interests, and they are therefore being suppressed. It's not that they're stupid enough not to see this, but Vincent's gamble is so tempting that they can't help but fall into the trap, which is called a conspiracy.
The original anxious wait suddenly became subtle, and everyone found that they who originally blamed the Phoenix Army for being delayed, and they began to hope that the Phoenix Army would better not appear before the deadline.
This shift meant that they were just as Vincent expected.
It's time.
When everyone was not noticing, the corners of King Rhine's mouth finally couldn't help it, and there was a wonderful arc.
"Chongyang, you can come. ”
Vincent whispered through the Amaterasu terminal, which was attached to the neckline and kept in touch with the Imperial Palace.
"Understood...... This is the wisdom of statesmen, Your Majesty. ”
The voice of the magical fire mage came out slightly from the terminal, a little emotional.
"It's just a small trick. ”
Vincent turned off the communication, then waited, and in a few moments, a thunderous bang rang out in the desert sky.
"What's that?"
Sorensu, Celtic, Bonnie, and the rest of the magic leaders looked up at the sky one by one, their mouths opening wide.
I saw that above the desert full of wind and sand, with the white lightning that shook time and space, the mysterious magic array that appeared out of thin air quickly cracked in the sky.
It was like a rift in space, but it wasn't a path to a dark abyss, it was another powerful world.
From this window through time and space, the door, slowly flew out of the vehicle, which was like a sea ship, its overall appearance was streamlined, flat at the top and sleek at the bottom, and there were rows of black magic arrays on the left and right sides of the hull below, and bursts of green runes were constantly circulating on each magic array.
On the flat deck, a row of mighty warriors wearing various colors of armor stood faintly on the edge, and even from a distance, you could feel the cold and murderous momentum on their bodies.
Above the warrior's head was a series of large and small arrays of links like the main and auxiliary sails, which were obviously the guide of the ship's hull, emitting a red glow all the way, as if they were always moving forward against the red storm, leading the sky ship to the distant side.
"Air ...... A magic ship in the sky?"
The leaders of the Kingdom Alliance were in great shock at this moment. On everyone's face, there was no other look on their face except stunned.