Chapter 30: The Mystery Visitor
The flat and open battlefield is completely a stage for knights' performances, mages have no time to chant spells, they can only flee in all directions, only a few battle mages and mages of the three rings or above who can cast spells without spells can make decent resistance, but in terms of numbers, they are insignificant compared to the crusaders, dozens of knights crossed the ironclad chariot and rushed straight to the mage's command platform, followed by a large number of infantry and cavalry mages, the only one-ring mage on the command platform cast a strengthened version of the ice wall, rushing to the front knight could not hold the reins, and even the man and horse crashed headlong into the reinforced ice wall several meters thick, this ice wall seems to have been blessed with a revenge reflex effect, some low-level guard knights and trainee knightsAt the death, the other knights were also lightly and severely injured by different Cheng Dù, and the mage behind the ice wall took the opportunity to cast several lightning spells that could overcome obstacles, blowing up the Crusaders' forward positions on their backs
Faced with the stubborn resistance of the mages, the Crusaders had to temporarily retreat, only to see the Crusaders' long-range support soldiers pulling out piles of parts of the giant catapults with horse-drawn wagons, dragging them to a distance where they could effectively strike at the ice wall, quickly assembling the parts, and these well-trained soldiers completed the assembly of the giant catapults in just over a minute, and the soldiers set the oil-stained boulders on fire and threw them at the ice wall
Boom Boom -- Under the effect of the strong impact force generated by the boulder and the double effect of burning, there were several gaps in the ice wall, and the mage who was maintaining the first ring of the ice wall immediately vomited blood because of the magic feedback, and the dozen second-ring and third-ring mages standing beside him immediately used their mana to strengthen him, and the gap in the ice wall was repaired instantly, but the giant stone of the crusaders seemed to be endless, under the continuous and uninterrupted bombardment, in the end, the mana of the second and third rings of the mage could not support it, several people were injured by the magic backfilling, and finally the ice wall was smashed into a large gap, and the Crusader soldiers shouted victory and poured in from the gap, and the commander-in-chief of the Crusader Snow Federation who broke through the ice wall had to use the mostThe alchemist, the reserve force, saw glass test tubes and flasks smashed against the crusaders rushing in, and red, blue, white, and yellow smoke continued to rise, with explosive effects, freezing effects, anesthetic effects, and acid etching effects...... It did cause some trouble to the Crusaders, but the Crusaders, who were not afraid of death, rushed through the defense line composed of magic preparations after paying a certain price, rushed up to slash and kill the alchemists who had no ability to fight back, and at this moment, a huge magic array appeared on the mage's command platform, and the core of the Snow Army fled the battlefield through guò large group teleportation magic, and only a few of these alchemists who participated in the final blockade stood behind and survived by the magic array of group teleportation, and all the others died heroically, and the alchemists used their lives to buy time for the evacuation of their companions
The battle on the ground is over, and the battle in the air is still inextricably linked, although the number of armored air cavalry warriors who invaded the Flame and the Thunder is small, but they are all battle-hardened elites, and although there are hundreds of people in the two floating fortresses, they are afraid that the battle in the narrow space will destroy the hull severely, and the mages dare not use high-power killing magic to attack, but their opponents have no such concerns, and the warriors wantonly sabotage, and in the face of these invading armored air cavalry warriors, the commander on the Flame adopted the method of cutting off his toes to avoid the sandworms, separating the outer part of the invasion from the main bodyThe Thunder, on the other hand, took a hard approach, and although it succeeded in driving the invading air cavalry out of the floating fortress, the hull itself was also severely damaged, and one third of the armored air cavalry fighters who participated in the invasion were killed in the battle, nearly a third fell to the ground with the part of the floating fortress falling off, and the remaining third was picked up by the griffons who were left outside
In the battle between the ordinary griffin and other airships, although the air force of the Snowy Federation gave the griffon airriders a heavy blow, their own army had already retreated, and the air force had no intention of fighting, and after they broke away from contact with the griffons, they protected two severely damaged fortress-type airships and fled north
The Crusaders won a great victory, and they did not take advantage of the victory to pursue them, because they suffered a lot of losses, but this battle showed the bad breath that had been held back in the previous two battles, and the morale of the whole army was greatly increased
In the following week, the Crusaders adopted a steady positional battle, gradually recovering the territory of the Kingdom of West Lotfei that had been occupied by the Snowy Army at the beginning of the war, and the battle line returned to the original www.biquge.info of the Pitting Pavilion: the two sides of the Valley of Sin fought heavily in and out of the valley, and because of the lessons learned from the last defeat, the Crusader commander-in-chief did not order a large-scale attack, and the mage army that held the difficult terrain continued to fight in small battles every day, but basically no major battles took place; The same is true in the icy straits of the Western Front, where ships from both sides are firing at each other every day, but large-scale naval battles have never occurred again, and such a stalemate has been maintained for more than two years
In fact, the purpose of the Holy Light Cult to launch this war has been achieved, and the war preparation materials have been concentrated in large quantities, thus avoiding the social turmoil caused by the rise in food prices, until the Bright Age in 1678, when the Pole Kingdom basically stabilized its own grain production and resumed a large number of exports, after which the countries gradually withdrew their armies in half a year, and the crusaders were finally disbanded, and the crusade was over
During the battle between the two armies, in fact, the defending dragons on both sides, the golden dragon and the silver dragon, came to watch the battle not far from the battlefield, and they would not participate in the battle lightly, unless the forces they were defending were in extreme danger of extinction
The battle outside is upside down, but for Reguno, who lives in the capital, it seems that it has nothing to do with him, and he continues to carry out his original plan as always
On May 23, 1675, Reguno, with the assistance of his student and assistant Elena, completed an assessment of the potential of the other four children except Owen, and the results came out a week later
Sophia's physique and mental abilities are perfect for practicing light magic
Joyka, on the other hand, is agile and agile
And among the children, the most suitable person to practice the four-system elemental magic is actually the fat Cassius, and to Regunor's surprise, Cassius, who was cold when he first arrived, was actually the most talented in water magic, and the frozen magic in it
As for the youngest Ray, although the appraisal report has been obtained, Regunor did not say what he is good at
Ray was very depressed about this, and several children tried their best to get a talk from Regunor or Elena, but the two just refused to speak, and Ray was frustrated that he had no talent, and his companions advised him, perhaps because he was too young to have an appraisal conclusion, maybe he would have grown up in a few years
On June 2nd, the border war between the south and southwest and the Crusaders was on the verge of breaking out, Regunor sent Elena to join the army to participate in the war, Elena is 24 years old this year, just passed the assessment of the five-ring mage level a month ago, like her age, ordinary people can usually only get the seven-ring mage qualification, and those with good qualifications can only just reach the level of the six-ring, as people outside say, famous teachers produce high-level apprentices, like her teacher, this kind of magic genius is already a four-ring mage at the age of 26, it is not surprising that she can obtain the five-ring mage qualification at the age of 24, of course, there are also a few malicious slanderers who think that she has an abnormal relationship with his teacher, so she will have the opportunity to be promoted to the fifth ring at such a young ageMaster's, but those rumors and slanders lack justification, do not stand on the table, and do not represent the mainstream
Although Elena successfully repelled two spies sent by the Central Curia on the street a few days ago, Regunor still thinks that she lacks actual combat experience, so Regunor very much hopes that she can go to the battlefield to hone her magic training, and it will be a great asset for her magic practice in the future, of course, Regunor is quite aware of the combat effectiveness of the Crusaders, so he is also very worried about the safety of this high-ranking disciple, so much so that before Elena left, Regunor gave her a new magic robe, which has been blessed by Regunor's magic, and once she senses that a hostile enemy near the magic robe is approaching, she will automatically teleport herself and her master to a safer place
After Elena left, the children lost a lot of laughter and lived a boring life, and the children did things very regularly every day, cleaning up after washing in the morning, and then eating breakfast, after breakfast, they had to learn the culture and history of the Olopa countries and ethnic groups with Reguno all morning, after lunch, they took a nap for 2 hours, and after waking up, they continued to go to class, and after dinner, the whole night was free time...... This life lasted for more than a year, and the children's minds gradually moved from naivety to maturity
Sophia was born into the royal family, and the other four male children also received a certain amount of Paternin's cultural education when they were in Serre Village, so it was not very difficult to teach the class, the only thing that gave Reguno a headache was Cassius, because the Snowy Federation adopted a food rationing system, the food that could be distributed to each person was quite limited, and the food supply was even more tight during the war, which was simply torture for a fat man of Cassius's size, and Reguno tried to satisfy Cassius's stomach, which seemed to never be filled, and he still asked Axelina for favor in vain, Tuo Guan, just want to get more rations, which made Regunor's only friend in the core of power very unhappy, and finally there was really no way, Reguno promised to provide Axelina with ten high-level magic scrolls every month in order to get one more ration than others, but this cheeky extra food in exchange still can't meet Cassius's needs, this kid is crying hungry every day, which makes Regono have a headache
But this is also good for him to lose weight and lose weight and then he no longer wants to eat so much - Regunor thought so, but it turned out that he was naïve, because although Cassius did not eat enough every day (in his own opinion), he just couldn't lose weight
If it weren't for the fact that Reguno was the only one of these children who would be his student, Reguno would have bothered to pay attention to him, and sometimes Reguno would have turned his frustrated gaze to Owen, the only child who had not participated in the mana test, would he have a great talent for magic, Reguno thought, but thought that the boy Patnin had not only poured all the hopes of his friends, but also all his life...... Forget it - Reguno shook his head
Every two months, Regunor receives a letter from Elena from the front, and the children are excited to hear about Elena's sister's letter, but for Reguno, the letter has only one meaning: to prove that she is still alive
On September 5, 1676, a mysterious visitor came to Regunor's house, a tall and thin man covered his whole body with a huge cloak covering his head with a rain hood covering his head, making it difficult to see his face, he and Regunor seemed to have known each other for a long time, and the two talked for a long time in the living room, and the children were curious about who this person was
Later, the red goblin Colin told the children that he wanted Joika and Sophia to go in and meet the guest, and when they returned, Joika and Sophia gathered around them with sad faces
What's the matter, Cassius asked what the hell they were telling you
We're leaving tomorrow, and Joyka says Uncle Reguno wants me to train with the guest and become his student
What about Sophia, Ray asked, "Do you want to practice with that guest too?"
Uncle Breguno said that I would follow another teacher, but this guest would take me to the new teacher, and Sophia said that her eyes were a little red, and she really didn't want to leave you
Even if we leave, it will be temporary, and we will definitely meet again in the future, didn't we have an agreement, saying that, Owen stretched out his left hand and showed the half handkerchief tied to his face
Touching the other half of the handkerchief on her right hand that she tied with her own hands, Sophia wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said: "Don't regret the agreement."
Yes, no matter where we study with that teacher or go in the future, our hearts will always be together, Owen grabbed Sophia's hand, then we will make a promise together, and in ten years, the five of us will return to the village of Searle to reunite
Yo Joyka must have put his hand on it
Well, ten years later, he returned to the village of Serre, and Ray also took his hand
Then the reunion said Cassius put his hand on it as well
The five hands were firmly clasped together, symbolizing their innocent and eternal friendship
At this time, the two adults were hiding behind the crack in the door to peek at the children's every move
Tishmu, did you see it too, Reguno said to the mysterious visitor beside him, and in the five of them, I saw the shadows of the seven of us
Yes, it's been twelve years, and I'm really nostalgic, but I didn't expect Puternin to leave like this, and the mysterious visitor sighed, and at this time his rain pocket had been pulled down, only to see a fair and handsome face and two short pointed ears - indicating that he was half elven blood.