At the beginning of October in the year 328 of the continental calendar. The frosty white earth outside Capra Pass, the red leaves and mountains, is in the late autumn season. The three-month semester of the inaugural cadets of the Knight Academy, which is located here, has expired, and Alan has once again come to Capra for their graduation ceremony. Since he was one of the first officers to receive formal military training in the ancient city state, Alan paid extra attention to this ceremony, not only did he come in person, but also brought all the important people of the city-state, including the leaders of the civilian officials including Steven and Kevin, the heads of the major mercenary groups, the teachers of the magic academy, and the mayors of each town. He not only wants everyone to witness this glorious moment, but also hopes to express his gratitude and support to Bernard in this way, and more importantly, he wants to let everyone see the power of the city-state and have confidence in the future of the city-state.

The first part of the ceremony was the review of the trainees, with Dean Bernard as the commander-in-chief, and in order to make the whole parade more spectacular, a wing of the defenders of Capra Pass was temporarily selected to participate in the training a month in advance, and finally they were reviewed together.

"You are all officers, and some are even generals, but every officer should first of all be a good soldier, with excellent military qualities, and must have the ability to lead troops into battle. So today, we are going to test everyone's basic military literacy. ”

Before the review began, Dean Bernard made a brief opening remark. At that time, Alan felt very reasonable, when you are a general, you must be able to fight first, and a subordinate with outstanding military literacy like Bernard will obey you, but many years later, when he encountered the peerless famous general Moses Trorens in the southeast battlefield, he found that there are exceptions to everything.

At the beginning of the review, the viewing team with Allen as the core stood on the city wall, and a group of soldiers under the leadership of the officer lined up in a neat square line and walked under the city wall in a uniform pace, first passing through the light infantry wearing leather armor and holding spears, followed by the heavy infantry wearing plate armor and holding shields, and then archers, light cavalry, and heavy cavalry in full uniform.

"Salute!"

When each team came to Alan's side, they would slow down, look up and squint in salute, and Alan led everyone to salute in return.

"Look what that's that!?"

The last team to appear made almost everyone's jaws drop, it was two fusiform metal monsters flying in the air, looking a little hideous, and it was only when they got close to the front that everyone realized that the two metal monsters were clearly wrapped in iron sheets around the wooden boat, shining with metallic luster. In addition to this, there were two rows of magicians in black robes standing on the wooden boat, they were motionless, cold as if they were wooden carvings.

"It must have been Miranda's idea. ”

Alan pointed to the flying wooden boat and smiled at the people around him.

"This is quite a bit of a fierce momentum. ”

Elvis was quite appreciative of Milan's idea.

"In the future battlefields, magicians will definitely play an increasingly important role. ”

Alan nodded.

The parade lasted about an hour, followed by a small confrontation exercise, in which the officers were divided into two factions and each commanded a team to engage in a skirmish encounter under the city. During the exercise, the battle flags flew in the field, the horns rose and fell, the formation changed with the flags, and the troops were staggered with the orders. Alan and the others who watched the city were enthusiastic and excited.

"Okay, okay! Congratulations, although it has only been three months, I feel that you are already a mighty army. Thank you Dean Bernard for your teaching and thank you for your hard work. ”

At the end of the drill, Allen took the lead in walking down from the city with applause and expressed his gratitude and congratulations to the instructors and trainees who participated in the training.

At the same time, the final part of the ceremony was the sword ceremony, in which Alan learned from his teacher, Fama Ax, that each graduating student would receive a sword from him. These swords were made by Alan for the Dwarven Master, and Alan also paid for it. The richly decorated scabbard is engraved with the motto "Loyalty, Bravery, and Good War", the sword is three feet long, the sword is two fingers wide, it looks thin and narrow, and the sword is mixed with pure gold and mythril, although it is not suitable for killing enemies when charging into battle, it is not only a status symbol, it is still very practical to wear for self-defense.

At the end of the sword awarding ceremony, looking at the heroic general standing in front of him, Allen's mood was extremely excited, and he announced loudly in front of everyone:

"It's been a hard three months of training. I declare that from now on the lifting of military discipline for three days, everyone will eat, drink and be merry, all expenses will be mine, and all officers will return to the unit after three days, and there must be no mistakes, otherwise military law will deal with them. ”

"Allen, Allen, how can you break the bank, or the city-state is in charge. ”

Kevin took Allen's hand and patted his chest and said.

"No, I'm out of my own pocket. ”

Alan said proudly.

"Alan, you don't have that much gold. ”

Kevin reminded quietly.

"Oh!" Allen suddenly realized, although he now has a lot of property under his jurisdiction, but it is all recorded in the name of Steven and others, in fact, he does not even have any property in his hands.

"What then?"

Alan asked.

"Of course, the city-state will do it for you. ”

Kevin replied.

"Then how can it be done? Brother Allen said that if you want to pay out of your own pocket, you will pay out of your own pocket, otherwise wouldn't you be untrustworthy?"

Miranda suddenly slipped through the crowd and squeezed to Alan's side.

"But I really don't have any money. ”

Alan said helplessly.

"It's okay, my money is your money, just use mine, it's useless to put it there anyway. ”

Miranda spoke loudly against Alan's ear, as if she was afraid that no one else would hear her.

"Miranda, you can't use your money casually, it's used by my brother-in-law to get you a good in-law's family as a dowry, it's better to use mine, my brother-in-law and I are originally a family. ”

Steven leaned over and glanced at Miranda and said.

"Steven has a point, I think it's better to use mine. ”

This time it was Stanny who spoke, and he looked at Miranda, who was intimate with Alan, and his eyes flickered a little.

"You're both bad people, you know how to bully me. I don't want any in-laws, I just want Brother Allen, my money is his, and I can only use it today. ”

Steven and Stanny's words made Miranda's attitude more resolute, and she hugged Alan, tears rolling in her big eyes, looking pitiful.

"Alright, alright, let Miranda break the bank, or our little girl will be angry." ”

Alan touched Miranda's little head and agreed.

"I knew Brother Allen was good to me. ”

Miranda immediately burst into tears and laughed, holding Alan's arm and bouncing back, behind him Steven and Stanny still standing still, looking at her and Alan's backs as if lost in thought.