。 I don't know if it's a beautiful day, just an hour before the official start of the "Blue Iris" exercise, snowflakes began to fall slowly in the sky, and they soon became denser, which can be regarded as a full simulation of the actual battlefield situation that Blue Crystal City will face in the deep winter in the future. Among the snowflakes that fell like goose feathers, Madame Cold Spring and Dean Figaro, the two real masters of Aquamarine City, slowly walked up to the viewing platform arranged on a gentle slope under the attention of all the officers and soldiers participating in the exercise. Behind the two of them, they quietly followed Cruyff, Miguel, Depra and other powerful people.

This was the first time Moriarty had seen the lord of the city. In the past, Mrs. Cold Spring has always lived in seclusion and does not like to appear in front of people. So much so that Moriarty has been in Blue Crystal City for some years, but he has never been able to see the "true face of Lushan".

Similar to the rumors, Lady Cold Spring looks like a gentle middle-aged noblewoman, both graceful and noble. In particular, she was wearing a gorgeous sky-blue dress, with a flawless chickenheart-shaped sapphire on her chest, and Moriarty really thought that she had met a top lady from the aristocratic circle of Erathia.

In stark contrast to the city lord, Dean Figaro was still dressed in a mysterious dark blue brilliant star robe, his eyes closed, and he walked steadily half a body behind Lady Hanquan.

The two men were laughing and talking quietly as they walked up the steps, and the scene was peaceful and quiet, as if they were about to observe a bloody military exercise.

However, in addition to the above big shots. There was also a short figure that also attracted the attention of more than a thousand soldiers around.

It was a little girl with long, royal blue silky hair, only about five or six years old, wearing a white doll gauze dress, but she didn't seem to be afraid of the cold outside. The girl took the hand of Mrs. Hanquan beside her, and walked towards the rostrum step by step, while scanning the soldiers from time to time.

"The daughter of the city lord? Apprentice? Or is it a child from a neighborhood? ”

For this little girl who has never seen before, everyone is constantly guessing in their hearts. I don't understand why Mrs. Cold Spring would come to such an occasion with such a minor. It's just that although the gossip is everywhere at this moment, the expression on each warrior's face still maintains a solemn and solemn expression.

There were only four seats on the viewing platform, and the middle two naturally belonged to Madame Hanquan and Dean Figaro. The other positions were unexpectedly given to the blue-haired girl and the older Master Depra. It seems that this is another form of respecting the old and loving the young. However, in this way, the two bigwigs of the city defense army can only stand and watch the whole exercise.

"Hehe, my Blue Crystal City is really at the peak of its military appearance." Sit on a high seat. Helping the little girl on the left side to also sit down in her position, Mrs. Hanquan looked at the large military formations neatly arranged at the bottom of the slope and chuckled.

For some reason, such a delicate word from the city lord was clearly transmitted into the cochlea of each soldier as clearly as countless invisible megaphones, as if the speaker was right in front of him.

"Yes, that's good." Similarly, Dean Figaro's comments were clear to everyone, and certainly no one was dissatisfied or slack off at the sight of the Grand Arcanist's eyes closed.

"Well, the first exercise of the day. Which two forces do they belong to? Lady Hanquan smiled undiminishedly, slowly glanced around, and asked.

"It's the Saruman Brigade of the City Defense Army against the Azure Mage Regiment Guard Squadron." On the side, Miguel immediately stepped forward and said respectfully.

"Huh. What a coincidence. Meet your squadron of guards in the first game. Hearing this, Mrs. Hanquan smiled again, turned her head to the dean on the right, and said. …,

"yes, what a 'coincidence'." Figaro smiled in agreement, but said nothing else.

"I heard that the commander of the guard squadron is the Academy's genius alchemist, Moriarty. Is that so? Speaking of which, when Earth Studio contributed the alchemy blueprints of the Armor Piercing series to the City Lord's Mansion two years ago, I really wanted to meet this valuable young man. Unexpectedly, when they met for the first time, his identity became a soldier again. ”

"Young people always have to have more experience to grow." Figaro didn't hurry up and followed.

"You're right." Lady Cold Spring nodded, and then said to Miguel, "Call the two commanders, Moriarty and Saruman, here." ”

"Yes, sir." A hint of doubt flashed in Miguel's eyes, and he didn't know what the city was going to do, but it didn't affect him to make a promise immediately.

"Moriarty, Saruman, report to the rostrum!" Immediately, Miguel walked a few steps to the rostrum and yelled at the dense queue of soldiers below. The roar of rolling thunder swept through the entire exercise site in an instant, and even the heavy snowflakes that flew down were shaken and fluttered away by the violent sound waves.

Hearing the order, Moriarty and Saruman emerged from their respective ranks almost simultaneously and hurried to the high platform. Moreover, it seems that in order to get ahead of his opponent, Saruman sprints forward with all his might, not giving others any chance to surpass him at all. Seeing this, Moriarty did not fight, but continued his pace and then ran onto the rostrum.

"See Lord Castle, Lord Dean." Saruman and Moriarty stood about a meter apart and saluted in a loud voice to the two superiors.

On such an occasion, even if he is as rebellious as Saruman, he can't help but feel a little excited and slightly nervous. However, Moriarty was as calm as ever, and his slightly rude gaze lingered on Lady Coldspring for a few more moments.

"Hehe, both commanders are so young and promising, and their strength is extraordinary. Very good. It seems that in this battle to conquer the south, my Blue Crystal City is not afraid of any enemy. Glancing at the two of them, Mrs. Hanquan smiled and praised.

"Thank you for the compliment." Although he knew that this was a scene, but from the mouth of the city lord, no one dared to slack off, and immediately thanked him.

"Lord of the City, I will live up to your expectations, and I will fight bravely on the battlefield to fight the majesty of Blue Crystal City." However, unlike Moriarty's concise words, Saruman immediately added another sentence after thanking him.

"Imposing. Well, I love it. Lady Hanquan did not feel displeased with Saruman's reckless remarks, but praised him again: "However, this war is a battle between the north and the south, and there will be powerful armies in the other city-states, so you must be careful not to be compared." ”

"Please rest assured, Lord of the City, my Blue Crystal City Defense Force has always been well-trained and powerful, and it is definitely not comparable to some other miscellaneous brands!" Speaking of which, Saruman even deliberately turned his head to Moriati, with an arrogant and arrogant attitude.

However, Mrs. Hanquan still seemed to turn a blind eye to such a scene: "Since the two of you have been selected as the two sides of the first battle exercise, you have to go all out. ”

"Yes, Lord of the Castle."

"Well, why don't we come up with some color for this first exercise?" Madame Hanquan clapped her hands lightly, and suddenly turned to Figaro again.

"Very good idea." Dean Hockenheim nodded, paused slightly, and took out an emerald green gemstone ring from his sleeve: "This magic ring is called 'Cold Green', which can store a first-level spell of any attribute, and the mind trigger is a small reward for the winner after me." ”…,

"Mind triggering?" Hearing these four words, not only Saruman and Moriatiqi's faces changed, but even Miguel on the side couldn't help but stare at him.

The so-called mind trigger simply relies on the mind to activate magic equipment.

As we all know, most magic items have strict restrictions on their users. In addition to the identity of the mage professional, you also need to have a corresponding strength level to rely on, relying on magic to trigger. In other words, if you are an ordinary person, even if you have an amazing high-level magic prop in your hand, you can't start it, you can only stare dryly.

But the "cold green" in front of him is a rare "mind trigger" type magic prop. Although it can only be filled with one Tier 1 spell, it can be used by anyone. One can imagine what such a magic ring would be like if it fell into the hands of a pure warrior like Miguel or Saruman. As long as the mage is asked to pre-store a first-level spell such as Wind Breath, Petrified Skin, or even Muddy Footsteps in the "cold green", the warrior is equivalent to carrying a "mage milk-mother" with him twenty-four hours a day, and the coolness and praise in it can be covered in one or two sentences.

"Hehe, Hockenheim is still so rich, not to mention the two of them, even I am a little greedy." Mrs. Hanquan glanced at the "cold green" that was gently handed into her hands, and said jokingly: "As for my reward, I will give the winning team the honor of naming themselves." ”

"Name the number!" was deeply shocked by "Leng Cui", but as soon as he heard Mrs. Hanquan's words, Saruman's eyes turned red.

In the existing sequence of the Blue Crystal City City Defense Army, the official numbers of each brigade and squadron are actually marked with numbers. For example, the official name of Saruman's brigade is the Third Combat Brigade of the City Defense Army, and the Sharuman Brigade in ordinary times is just the "Jianghu Bandit" that is indiscriminately referred to by the "commander's name". Now, once Lady Cold Spring bestows the winner with the honor of naming himself, Saruman can justifiably change the name of the "Third Combat Brigade" to "Saruman Brigade". And even if Saruman himself retires from the army in the future, this brigade number will always be retained. Therefore, for a soldier who regards reputation as more important than life, although the reward of "naming the number" is not as real as "cold green", it is more attractive. People have to fight for it. (。 )