When the chief minister entered the emperor's room, the two of them did not have much courtesy, but only heard the chief minister say: "Your Majesty, the Grand Magister of Merlin, after leaving the capeland, took a boat to the mouth of the Morro River (Note 1), and met with a merchant ship without any marking. ”

The deep voice of the Emperor of Benin came, "If there is a meeting, something will happen, Grand Magister Merlin, there must be something hidden from us, and, I have a hunch, this matter is not simple. ”

Then came the voice of the Chief Minister, "Your Majesty is wise, and I agree with it. ”

Lolita, who was hiding in the secret room behind the bookcase, was dumbfounded, the emperor and the chief minister were actually discussing the archmage Merlin, and, listening to them, the archmage Merlin was doing something special. And, most importantly, the Emperor of Benin doesn't seem to be avoiding himself, and Lolita is a little confused.

The Chief Minister concluded the debriefing. Soon departed, and Lolita was released by the court eunuchs. Looking at Lolita, the Emperor of Benin was silent for a moment before continuing the conversation just now, "You heard everything the Chief Minister said, Lolita. ”

Lolita nodded. The Emperor of Benin continued: "This is actually related to what I am going to tell you, but it is too early to tell you all about it. ”

Lolita was puzzled.

The Emperor of Benin continued, "Lolita, I know that the court magicians are kind to you, and at the beginning, I didn't expect you to become a court mage, but now that the time comes to need you, I want you to go deep into the court magician team and help the royal family monitor them. ”

Lolita smiled, "Your Majesty the Emperor, I'm afraid I don't have this obligation. And, everybody knows, the court magician is the pillar of the San Jose Empire, what do you want to do?

Lolita felt more and more that the Emperor of Benin, the titular father, might not have a high IQ. It sounds good that he is his own father, and when he thinks deeply, he should resent him more than he is grateful, and he wants to buy himself with the title of a princess?

The Emperor of Benin thought for a moment, and then said, "It's good that you know the things here, you can continue to practice magic after you go back, and you don't need to do anything else." But keep in mind that the court mage team is not so simple to absorb you. ”

Confused, Lolita left the main castle chamber, and she still didn't understand the emperor's meaning until the end. It seems that the Emperor of Benin had some thoughts to explain to Lolita at first, but later due to Lolita's attitude, he did not continue. I don't know if the Emperor of Benin has any follow-up arrangements, and I don't know if I should tell Seti or the Grand Magister Merlin.

Lolita hesitated.

Compared to Lolita, Kerst has had a bit of a bad time lately. The curriculum at the Royal Academy became more and more complex, and Kester found that his brain was not enough, and there were too many things to learn on his own.

As the most famous aristocratic academy on the continent, the Royal Academy of San Jose teaches top-notch academic knowledge of military politics. Koster studied military command, especially in military command.

After thousands of years of development from ancient times to the first and second eras, the military art of the mainland has developed to a very advanced stage, and Chester has gradually understood this so-called military art.

In the first continental wars, there were no war tactics. In the beginning, it was just a group of people fighting each other with wooden sticks, and whichever side had high morale could make a wave. Later, the Magic Empire was established, the balance of war tilted in favor of the long-range side, the development of archers combined with the emergence of a large number of long-range attacking magicians, and the army of the Magic Empire was invincible on the battlefield.

Since the First Continental War, in order to counter the long-range attack force of the Magic Empire, the Rebel Coalition has developed two new ways of warfare, dealing with them from two different angles.

The army led by the Scholars Alliance was accustomed to forming a phalanx, advancing and retreating together, with steel shields and armor protecting the phalanx around and above, and using rigorous action and organization to ensure the attack power of the phalanx, which was the "San Jose Phalanx" that later became famous on the mainland.

The human race, which is dominated by the northern barbarian tribes, invented the light cavalry assault tactics, and a large number of Steppenwolf cavalry struck the battlefield at a very fast speed, retreating with one blow, and dealt a heavy blow to the archers of the Magic Empire with bows and arrows.

Both of these new forms of warfare have killed the Magic Empire's armies on the battlefield and have been defeated.

Later, after years of war and evolution, the "San Jose phalanx" became more and more complex and diverse, and various squares, circles, and fish scale formations emerged one after another. On this basis, San Jose perfected the offensive and defensive balance of the phalanx, and finally, formed the unique heavy infantry tactics of San Jose. This is a field arm with a strong offensive power, and it is a unique "weapon" of San Jose.

And the Desik Empire, the successor of this northern tribe, also took the tactics of Steppenwolf riding to the extreme, and was known for its speed and ferocity on the continent, galloping for hundreds of years.

When the history of the continent entered the last hundred years of the Second Age, the progress of technology once again brought about a change in the form of warfare. As the international situation began to evolve into a desic-San Jose rivalry, San Jose was also gradually developing his own war ideas in order to counter Desik's Steppenwolf riders. This time the change is mainly due to the advancement of technological tools.

The earliest weapons of war were bronze, iron and then steel, and the nobles may have used silver weapons, but they were only a minority. After the development of offensive weapons reached a bottleneck, San Jose took a new path and began to develop auxiliary tools for warfare.

During these decades, telescopes, flares, and magic-powered fast-acting devices began to appear on the continent. Don't look at it as just some auxiliary tools, but it has greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the San Jose army.

The emergence of auxiliary warfare tools has begun to enhance the combat effectiveness, action, and organization of the armed forces, and a new chapter has been opened in the military forces of various countries headed by San Jose.

Hearing this, Kist felt very puzzled, from the perspective of the continental situation, the aggressive Desic people were overwhelming, and the professor's class clearly showed that San Jose was the main force to promote military development, isn't this contradictory?

Kester, who raised the question, found that the professor's face was not very good, and he stopped talking for a long time, but the professor still let out a long sigh.

"Born in sorrow, die in peace. The professor ended the class with an old saying. (Note 1)

Kester thought about it for a long time, and finally figured it out. The Desik Empire, because of the harsh living conditions, the Desik people who were born as barbarians, although they have not made technological progress, have always retained the nature of fighting, their warriors are still fierce, and their scimitars are still sharp.

On the other hand, the soldiers of San Jose, the fertile black soil gave the people of San Jose a superior life, their soldiers received high salaries, ate delicious military rations, and if they were stationed near a big city, these soldiers could go to the city to drink.

The privileged life brought psychological relaxation to the soldiers of San Jose, and the progress of technology brought more advanced weapons and equipment, and the soldiers of San Jose began to rely more and more on weapons, but the war was fought by people after all, and weapons did not bring courage and martial arts to the soldiers.

So it's no wonder that San Jose and De Sik have lost more than they won in military frictions.

What's even more unbearable is actually the business alliance. The Nine-Nation Business Alliance is a group of merchants dominated by the country, and each country itself does not retain a very strong standing army, and its military power exists in the form of mercenaries and adventurers' guilds. Like Kaman, the real military power, except for the royal guards and the red robes, is basically gone. If there is a real war, then it may take the Duke to pay a large sum of money to hire mercenaries to fight with the Adventurers' Guild.

The situation of the Shang Alliance and San Jose is not difficult to understand that De Sick suppresses it. One is addicted to pleasure, the other is addicted to making money, so that the two countries have to make the professor of the Royal Academy sigh that sentence.

At the end of the day, Kerst looked at the huge figure of the Red Keep in the night, and secretly made up his mind for a moment to try to change all this.

In addition to studying military technology, there are many things to learn in the Royal Academy.

For example, in the past, when the Kaman royal capital was in the capital, he and Xiao Mu were like-minded and very interested in the geography of the continent, and in the Royal Academy, there was the most complete topographic map of the continent, which had never been seen before.

Or, political science, this is a course that aristocrats compete to learn, like Koster, who was born in a small aristocratic college in the countryside, there are not many royal colleges, for those students who are born in big cities or simply royal, political science is very helpful in their daily life and interactions.

Koster didn't think that much, for him, studying political science, maybe in the future. He thought very simply, since he had the opportunity, of course he had to learn it.

So, whether it was a military course, a political course, or something else, there were so many things to learn all of a sudden, and Nicker was a little overwhelmed and retreated repeatedly, but fortunately, Feida kept encouraging him.

In addition to the course, the Royal Academy also teaches martial arts, and a group of nobles will hold ornately decorated weapons, all kinds of silver glittering Thorsilver weapons, and wear gorgeous aristocratic costumes, and practice martial arts in the grand martial arts arena. The aristocratic maidens cheered and cheered right next to them.

Kester didn't know if these people were really practicing martial arts, or if they wanted to find a noble lady among their classmates to spend the rest of their lives with.

These are the experiences of Koester's study at the Royal Academy of San Jose for more than a year, which are rich and wonderful. Koster felt that the wonderful life of more than a year may be more lively than the first twenty years of his life, and for a while, time flies, and years are weaving, and before he knows it, Karman's life has been left behind by Koster.

Until, a letter from Xiao Mu broke the peace of life.

Note 1: Ancient saying, legend has it that in ancient times before the Magic Empire, there were several powerful nations, and these countries, their languages were different from today. Later, these countries and their cultures died out in the long river of time, and only a few words remained, which are still in the mountains of information documents.

Later generations like to use these ancient words to express some feelings.