"Is there really no way to extract the energy inside?" Feleg asked, which was his primary concern.

"I don't know, I've tried all the methods, maybe the energy in this ore is impossible to extract. ”

"Impossible, I know a kind of magical beast that can absorb the energy inside, but unfortunately I don't know what that magical beast is. "When he fought with the monster that day, Feleg saw its appearance clearly, but he didn't know what kind of monster it was, and Mira didn't know it either. In the library materials of the Academy of Magic, there is no record of this kind of magical beast.

"Oh, you must have a monster that can absorb the energy inside?" Antonio became excited, as long as the monster could suck it, it meant that there was a chance to extract the energy inside.

"Yes, I'm sure. Feleg nodded.

"Okay, but I need more samples for experiments, and I can't guarantee when it will be successful. ”

"No problem, I still have some samples here, if it is successful, please send someone to inform me. Feleg said, leaving all the ore to Antonio. As the so-called art industry has a specialty, he believes in the abilities of Master Antonio, not to mention that he cannot spend all his time on these stones.

After finishing the ore business, Feleg took Merlin back to visit her father, Duke Cushing. The old duke was the daughter of his old age, and Merlin was only nineteen years old, but he was nearly seventy years old. It stands to reason that with the conditions of the Cushing family, the old duke should have no problem living to be 100 years old, but he was heartbroken for the matter of his only daughter, and he showed his old age at the age of seventy, and looking at his appearance, Feleg suspected that he would not live for many years.

He stayed at Cushing's house for three days, and at Duke Cushing's insistence, Merlin stayed with Feleg, even though Feleg refused to accept her as an apprentice. However, Merlin, who is usually extremely strong, saw his father's appearance, and he was very unbearable, and tried his best to persuade his father to let him stay.

Perhaps the old duke knew that he would die soon, and he rejected his daughter very resolutely, and even threatened him with death, no one knows the dream in his daughter's heart better than him, in order to help his daughter realize her dream, the old duke used the wealth and favor accumulated by several generations of hard work to give Merlin hope again.

There are no boys in the Cushing family, but Merlin's character is tougher than that of boys, and although he has no good talents, the old duke believes that his daughter will succeed. The appearance of Feleg is a rare opportunity, and Duke Cushing will never allow his daughter to let go of such a good opportunity.

It had been ten days since he returned to the Duchy of Teresa, and when Feleg returned to the capital with Merlin, the two hundred private soldiers sent back by his two elder brothers had already arrived three days earlier.

Looking at the two hundred warriors standing in four rows in front of him, Faleg was very excited, these were his own private soldiers, he never thought that he could actually have a private army.

These samurai were clearly selected and highly trained soldiers, even about the same height, and their armor was better than that of the Duchy samurai. It's a pity that Feleg doesn't know what makes a good soldier, so he can only judge by his appearance.

Not knowing military affairs does not mean that Feleg is stupid, he turned his head and asked, "What do you think of these samurai?" Merlin was not very talkative, and meditated whenever he had time, working far harder than himself, but Feleg knew that the Grand Duke's young lady knew more than he did in magical knowledge.

Moreover, the Duke's family has a private army, and there are quite a few of them, and the Cushing family has no men, so Merlin has been exposed to military affairs since he was a child, and he knows far more than Feleg.

"It's okay, these people should be selected from the Imperial Security Army, their personal conditions are good, the lowest is also a third-level samurai, and the two squadron leaders are both sixth-level samurai, only a little worse than Danny's son. Merlin replied softly.

Feleg nodded, he didn't know anything about the rank of warriors and the establishment of the imperial army, and compared it with Danny, he had a rough judgment, you must know that Danny is the number one master of the Duchy of Teresa.

"Your Excellency Magician Feleg, the lower official is the leader of the first squad of the Landis family's private army, and the sixth-level warrior Kai Donny. ”

"Your Excellency Magician Feleg, the subordinate is the leader of the second squad of the Landis family's private army, and the sixth-rank samurai Will Akerman. ”

The two stepped forward, clenched their right hands into fists and placed their arms in front of their left chests, and said after giving the standard Imperial military salute.

"Nice to meet you, two captains, please come with me, and the others will go back to the barracks first. Feleg didn't know how to deal with such a scene, but fortunately, Merlin, who was following him, was very good at it, and with her tips, Feleg at least wouldn't be overwhelmed.

Kuka Town needs to leave a hundred people to protect his parents and Jenny, and the two elder brothers also need manpower, and it is not clear how big his territory is Feleg, but it is said that there is a city with a population of hundreds of thousands, which is much larger than Kuka Town, and it is very small to leave only two hundred people, so he can only bring two hundred people at most when he sends troops this time. He was very satisfied with the arrangement of the two brothers, but such an arrangement was more likely to be made by his brother-in-law, who was more knowledgeable than the two brothers.

Fortunately, this time he sent troops, he followed Danny's left and right, and the Duchy of Deland only had 3,000 men and horses, and it was unlikely that he would go to the battlefield. In fact, if they did go to war, two hundred more men would not necessarily be of much use.

"Kai, Will, I'm just a magician, I don't know much about the situation in the army, can you tell me?" Entering the living room, Feleg asked bluntly after letting people bring tea, as a magician, he knew very well that there was no shame in not understanding, and not knowing how to pretend to understand was the most important thing.

The two glanced at each other, and finally Yu Kai said: "Your Excellency, our five squads are all selected from the Imperial Security Army, and the Security Army is a local force in the Empire, or a second-line army, and it cannot be compared with the regular army of the Empire in terms of combat effectiveness, equipment, training, etc., but we are the best ones selected from it." ”

Feleg nodded, he remembered the infantry he had seen in the town of Kuka, the infantry there was far inferior to his two hundred private troops, and from what he saw, even the regular army of three thousand Derans who were about to send troops this time was not stronger than his own private soldiers.

In fact, due to the good geographical location of the Duchy of Desa, there has been no war for hundreds of years, and the internal security is also very good, there is no gang of thieves of more than twenty people in the entire principality, and the Grand Duke is not willing to spend money on the army. The result was a higher standard of living for the people of the principality, and worse for the army.

"Squads one to five, one hundred people per squad, among the five squad leaders, Will and I are sixth-level samurai, the other three squad leaders are fifth-level samurai, and the worst of all the fighters is also a third-level samurai, which is about the case at present. Kai said with a hint of self-sufficiency.

Before Feleg returned, he and Will had already seen the army of the Duchy of Deresa, and of the three thousand people, only half of them were in the samurai stage, and in addition to the commander Danny, who was a seventh-level samurai, there were only three fifth-level samurai. It can be said that the overall strength of Feleg's five hundred private soldiers is stronger than that of the three thousand Deran troops.

Feleg looked closely at Kai's equipment, the outside was a standard warrior plate armor, and there was nothing inside, it seemed that the junior officers were not worthy of the inner armor. The plate armor and horse chopping knife are all made of fine iron, and they look passable. Feleg knew that the standard equipment of the army could never be compared with the magical equipment in Antonio's Magic Spring, but it was a pity that he did not know the equipment of the army.

"How's the gear?"

"The equipment of the security army belongs to the second-class A, the thickness of the plate armor is about half of the equipment of the regular army, and the horse chopping knife is made of fine iron, which does not add the fine iron mother, which is slightly worse than the equipment of the Principality of Deland, but the manual aspect is stronger. Merlin replied.

Her voice was so low that only a few people who approached could hear it, and Kai and Will were taken aback, not expecting the girl to know so much about the army's equipment.

"Do you only have the equipment, and are you cavalry, infantry, or archers?" asked Feleg after a moment's thought, still very concerned about his private army.

"The security forces are not divided into arms, in fact we are mainly infantry, we also use bows and arrows, and we can ride horses but not cavalry. "Kai now fully understands that he, as his master, knows nothing about the army.

In addition to dealing with the bandits, in the event of a riot that the sheriff could not handle, the security army acted as the source of force, so it did not need heavy equipment, and its training was much worse than that of the regular army.

"Do you have horses?" asked Feleg, considering the preparations of the Deresan, if he did not want to run behind the horses with two hundred infantry.

"Yes, we each have two horses, sent by Lord Danny. Kai said that they had no horses, so it took a full month and a half to get here from Feleg's territory.

It seems that the Duchy of Deland is really rich, and he will give away four hundred war horses casually, you know, war horses are completely different from ordinary horses, and the price is several times more expensive.

Of course, with Feleg's current status and economic ability, even if Grand Duke Teran doesn't send war horses, Feleg has the ability to match them with war horses.

Looking at the equipment on these people, and then thinking about the valley grassland, Feleg had a bold plan in his heart, the time is still in a hurry, it will take more than three months to send troops, and there are only two hundred soldiers here, it should be possible.

Considering that these soldiers were all about the same height, it seemed that they were really selected, and these people might be more suitable to be the honor guard, but it did Feleg a great favor, allowing him to carry out his plan.