CHAPTER XLV
Danny was not angry at his father's words, he knew very well that on the battlefield, the enemy would not let him go because he was the son of the Grand Duke, and it was more likely that he would want to destroy himself first. The seventh-level samurai is already invincible in the Duchy of Deresa, but it can only be regarded as a mid-level level, compared to Feleg, a junior magician, there is already a whole level difference in level, not to mention that the magician is inherently much stronger than the samurai, maybe he may not even be able to defeat Merlin, a trainee magician.
"Okay, that's fine. Feleg immediately agreed, he also knew that on the battlefield, he was not very strong as a junior magician, but he was still much stronger than ordinary samurai. It is unlikely that the army of the Duchy of Deresa will go to war, and even if it does, the enemy facing the Duchy of Deresa will not be strong.
The Mayan Empire does not send powerful samurai or high-level magicians because of a small principality army, so not only is it okay for Feleg to protect himself, but the task of protecting Danny is also easy.
What's more, Grand Duke Delan is really good to his family, and after reading the certificate left by Teacher Becca, he not only wants to take the whole family to live in the capital, but also gives a lot of gold coins every year.
Magicians can be respected and supported, and it is precisely in times of need that they hope to be helped by magicians. Since the empire did not issue a notice to itself, it was his duty to help the Grand Duke of Teresa, and Feleg would not shirk it.
"As for your private soldiers, they should have arrived in the last few days, I don't know how many private soldiers your two brothers will send back this time, your territory has just started to build, and you also need a lot of people to come there, so it is unlikely that you will send too many people back, if it is too little, I can temporarily transfer some people to you. Grand Duke Delan said cordially.
"Private soldier, my private soldier?" said Felegch, when did he have a private soldier? He didn't know much about the Imperial Code, could the Count have a private soldier?
When he was in the Academy of Magic, most of the books Feleg read were related to magic, and occasionally read some idle books, which were all about the customs of the Continent of the Gods, or books about alchemy, race, country, etc., and I really hadn't read the Imperial Codex, anyway, for magicians, except for treason, they were not guilty, and even killing people in the street had immunity, unless they killed big people.
In fact, with the status of a magician, even a prince and a duke are not willing to offend a magician, so there is almost no possibility of killing people in the street, ordinary civilians will only walk around, and there is no hurry to get close to magicians with status.
"Hehe......" This time not only the Duke laughed, but David and Danny, who were sitting on the side, also laughed. It's not that they are surprised, but they are kind, the magician is really the same as the legend, except for magic practice, he really doesn't know the fireworks of the world. They may know the most profound knowledge, but they don't know some ordinary common sense.
"According to the provisions of the Imperial Code, junior, intermediate, and senior magicians are granted the title of earl and fief, and may have 1,000 private soldiers, of which 100 are rewarded by the Empire; primary, intermediate, and senior magicians are granted the title of earl, fief, and may have 3,000 private soldiers, of which 500 are rewarded by the Empire; and junior, intermediate, and senior magicians are granted earl titles and fiefs, and may have 5,000 private soldiers, of which 1,000 are rewarded by the Empire. Danny casually recited a passage from the Imperial Codex.
"Oh, so I can have three thousand private soldiers, and the empire has already given me five hundred, right?" Feleg said suddenly, no wonder when he returned to his home in Kuka Town this time, the soldiers at the door of his house were completely different from the last time he saw them, not only were they much more powerful, but they were also better equipped. It's just that the army equipment of the Duchy of Deland is already good, so I don't care too much about it.
"Yes, now there are only a hundred private soldiers in your mansion in Kuka Town, and the other four hundred have been taken to the fiefdom by your two elder brothers. After receiving the Imperial notice, I have sent someone to deliver the news to your brother, and I think that some of your private soldiers will be sent back in the next few days. Archduke Teresa said with a smile.
In the next two days, accompanied by Danny, Feleg inspected the 3,000 men and horses that would be fought in four months. I also heard that these people were trained by Danny, and I deeply admired the twenty-two-year-old second son.
Merlin, who was following behind Feleg, frowned, these soldiers looked mighty, and the formation of the queue charge was quite passable, but it could be seen at a glance that they were all recruits who had never seen blood, and such soldiers were only stronger than civilians. Fortunately, the Grand Duke of Teran did not have the same confidence as Feleg, and he was still very clear about the strength of his army.
What puzzled Feleg the most was that of the 3,000 men, 1,000 were archers and 2,000 were infantry, but they were equipped with 6,000 horses, an average of two horses per person. After Danny's explanation, he learned that because the battlefield was too far away from the Duchy of Desa, which had to cross three principalities and two kingdoms to reach, if it was on foot, it would take at least two months, and with horses, twenty days would be enough.
In addition, the supply along the way was also a problem, and it was impossible for 3,000 men and horses to bring a logistics unit, so in addition to the war horses that each person was riding, another war horse was placed on one person's rations, tents and other sundries, which could speed up the march.
If the country is too poor, let alone two war horses, even weapons and equipment are difficult to get neatly, and even the supplies along the way need to be dispatched by the empire.
After waiting in the capital of the principality for ten days, he still didn't see his private soldiers coming, Feleg was not ready to wait any longer, it would take at least three months to send troops, there was no point in waiting here, he still had an important thing to do.
Bidding farewell to the Grand Duke of Teresa and Danny, he took Merlin with him and marched towards the Merri Sea in the kingdom of Meka. This road has been traveled many times, not to mention that there is a local Merlin by his side, so he quickly reached his destination.
It was definitely not easy for others to meet Antonio, but it was much easier for Feleg, who had lived here for a while, and all the attendants of the Demon Spring Society knew that the young man in front of him was a very great magician.
Seeing Feleg, Anthony was quite surprised, magicians are very busy, not to mention that the war is coming, in addition to practice, magicians also need to do their best for the country, even if the empire does not recruit, the principality where Feleg is located will definitely find him.
If it was another magician, maybe it was for magic equipment, but Feleg was different, his memory metal chain mail, coupled with a magic sword with melee ability, although Antonio was a master of alchemy, he couldn't get similar equipment.
"Feleg, how did you have time to come to me?"
"I'm here to ask for advice this time. "Feleg still has a lot of respect for Antonio, he is indeed worthy of being called an alchemist, and he is as knowledgeable as an older magician.
"Oh?" Antonio thought he had some success in alchemy, but Feleg was a magician, and he couldn't have much time to learn alchemy, and as for the basics, he had already learned them last time.
"Look at this ore, I don't know what it is, do you know it?" said Feleg, taking out the piece of ore that Mira had given him, and he still had a few pieces of the same ore, which he had found from the cave guarded by the monster.
Antonio took the ore and immediately began to work, with a great passion for alchemy for unknown ores, metals, magic cores, and other materials. The discovery of new materials and new ideas is enough to make alchemists go down in history.
It took two hours, sweating profusely, for Antonio to complete his initial tests and return to the living room with a look of surprise on his face.
"Feleg, where did you get this?"
"Demon Forest. "You don't have to ask to know that this is an ore that has never been seen before, and with Antonio's erudition, even if there are materials he has not seen, he must have seen or heard of them in books.
"It's the Demon Forest again, alas, I don't know how many good things there are that we haven't found yet. Antonio said with a slight shake of his head, full of regret. Not to mention that an alchemist like him, even a powerful magician would not be able to enter the depths of the Demon Forest.
"Master Antonio, have you detected what it is?" asked Feleg, who would not have rushed to find Antonio if he hadn't sensed the powerful elemental energy in the ore.
"I don't know, this is the first time this ore has been discovered, there is no record of it before, and I have never heard of it. Antonio said, but these are not what Feleg wants to know, from the question and expression of the master just now, Feleg has already guessed.
"This is an ore, there is no doubt about this, inside the ore, there is a powerful energy, for the time being, I don't know what type of energy this energy belongs to, you should know that the three known elements of plants, ore and magic core are stored in the body, and the energy contained in them is the same, but the nature of the storage is slightly different, but what is the energy in this ore, I don't know yet. ”
"All I know is that the energy contained in the ore is very dense and so stable that I can't extract any of it at all, and I even suspect that it is impossible to extract any energy from it. You see, I even carried out a destructive experiment on it, the broken small pieces, still contain energy, plants, ores or magic cores, it is impossible to have such a strong stability, after being destroyed, the energy in it will all be dispersed into the air in a short period of time. ”
Sure enough, as the master said, this piece still has powerful energy inside, unlike elemental ore, which must be processed by alchemy methods to change the shape of the ore and the amount and density of energy inside.