Stan spends almost every day in the barracks, talking and talking to the Altoona soldiers, and after a few days of communication with the soldiers, the knight finds that the biggest difference between the Altoona soldiers and the Doyle soldiers is that almost every one of them has a trace of luck in their hearts, no one thinks that this will be a life-and-death battle, and a considerable number of soldiers think that they have the chance to win, and the only thing to do is how to make a meritorious service on the battlefield.

Stan tries to convince the soldiers of the horrors of the Dark Tide, and even moves out of the battle in Sarah, where more than two-thirds of Doyle's soldiers were killed or wounded. Some of the soldiers accepted his advice with suspicion, while others did not take the knight's words seriously at all.

Quinton and Vlad have been in a much better mood since joining up with their own people, but they are noticeably different from the other soldiers, and they are convinced of the danger Stan speaks of.

On the fifth day, Stan was still in the barracks sparring with a few soldiers, and after a few rounds, the knight was sweating profusely and had to find a chair to sit down and rest. As he was sitting, a fresh fragrance wafted in. "How are their swordsmanship, compared to the Doyle soldiers?"

Stan glanced back at Rui, picked up his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Their swordsmanship is no worse than that of the Doyle soldiers, but their mentality is much worse, and they will suffer a lot if they go to the battlefield in this way. ”

"Just fight the Dark Tide and they'll understand. Rui folded his hands and stood leisurely on the knight's side.

"But before that, a significant number of them will die, and the moment they understand is the moment they die. The knight sighed and looked helplessly at the soldiers who were fighting on the training ground.

A gust of wind ruffled Rui's black hair, covering her eyes, and the mage raised his hand to pull the loose hair behind her ears. "You can't save them, Stan, no one will believe you until they see the Dark Tide with their own eyes. ”

"That's why Adeline has gathered so many soldiers, and it's not easy to lead a coalition that has never fought against the Dark Tide. Stan took the water bladder that was baking on the stove and poured several sips of water into his stomach to relieve himself. "By the way, what did Adeline talk to you about?"

Rui's gaze shifts to Stan. She first asked Ness what magic Etishes had taught her when she was at the Mage Tower. ”

"Ness told her? I still can't fully trust her, I think you should hold back. Stan frowned and nodded slightly.

In fact, Ness has nothing to hide about this, and most of the things Adeline can think of by Etiyesh have long known, and Ness's answer did not surprise Adeline much, except for one thing. Rui said calmly.

"What's the matter?"

The mage walked over to the other side of the knight and found a chair to sit down. "I'm afraid you won't understand it, but I'll tell you, Ness said that Etishish mentioned karma. ”

"Karmic fire, what is that?" the knight was completely unaware of the situation.

Rui pursed his lips, but answered the knight anyway. "Karmic fire is the highest level of fire magic, even the most powerful demons can't completely resist this magic, Etiyesh must have thought that karmic fire can cause damage to the Dark Lord, so he wants Ness to practice karmic fire magic. ”

"Is that a good practice?"

"It's not so easy, even Etiyesh himself hasn't learned it, and Ness is the only elemental envoy of Wallis now, so Etiyesh puts all his bets on Niss. Rui explained slowly.

"Ness is so young, I'm really worried that her body won't be able to handle it. Stan shook his head worriedly.

"You're right, Ness was already showing signs of being consumed by magic when she was practicing the Pillar of Fire, but Etiyesh didn't give up, which is one of the reasons why Ness couldn't stand it anymore and decided to escape. Sympathy flashed in Rui's eyes.

"Etiyesh bastard, that's what you did to Ness!" Stan slammed his fist into the wooden table, nearly smashing it.

"I don't know what he's doing now, Ness has escaped from the Mage Tower, and he doesn't have any cards left. Rui smiled a little gloatingly.

"Did Adeline say anything else?" Stan asked, steasing his emotions.

She then told us a little bit about what we would face at Magnus Fortress and prepared us for a few days. ”

"It's only been a few days, what can I prepare?"

"Ness and Nellfi are practicing casting magic together, and Adeline seems to need the two of them to work together to perform some kind of extremely difficult magic, and their light magic will go a long way in the battle if they can work together. Rui stood up, ready to leave. "It's really cold here, and I'm almost freezing after sitting for a while, so I'm going to go for a walk somewhere else. ”

Rui's words reminded Stan that his sweat had dried up, and now he was shivering as he sat in the cold wind. "That's right, I'm going to talk to some more people. ”

Rui smiled slightly, tightened his cloak, and walked away with a light step.

Calm days always passed quickly, five days passed in the blink of an eye, and Artuna's army had arrived at the barracks two days earlier, and Botarus himself led the army. The day after the arrival of the Altooners, Dayton's army was also stationed in the barracks under the leadership of Lucius, and in addition to the 3,000 soldiers, the Daytons brought with them a large number of hounds and falcons, which, according to the Dayton soldiers, brought almost all the animals in the house. On the evening of the fifth day, Ogden's army arrived, but Queen Darthali did not come with her, led by Generalissimo Wendthor and Ogden's prince Ethan. The most eye-catching of Ogden's army were the thousand cavalrymen known as the Holy Knights, all of whom were dressed in golden armor, from helmets to leggings, and even the spears were painted golden, which glittered at a glance.

In order to prevent Dayton from clashing with Ogden's soldiers, Adeline placed Altoona's soldiers in the middle barracks to separate the soldiers from the other two countries. The soldiers of the three kingdoms sometimes competed with each other, but some would also fight over trivial things, such as the Altuna people laughing at the immaculate armor of the Ogden knights, saying that they were just the girls who were afraid of getting their clothes dirty, and the Ogden soldiers rushed forward with a punch, and then the two groups immediately scuffled together. For this, Botarus personally came forward to apologize to the other party, but it didn't take long for the good thing Atulna to provoke the Daytons again, saying that they were pets, and it was really laughing to death with such a group of pets to go to battle, not surprisingly, it caused a group fight, and Botarus came forward again to quell the matter. After these two incidents, Botarus gave the order, and if there was any trouble, they were directly thrown north of the fortress of Magnus to feed the dragons, which made the Altuna soldiers of good deeds a little more peaceful.

The soldiers of Dayton and Ogden were much more peaceful, because this was not their land, and in other people's land, people would always unconsciously guard themselves. If they were in their own kingdom now, they would not be much better off than the Altoonas.

It was the first time Stan and his companions had seen so many soldiers gathered together, and it was the unique armies of the three kingdoms, and everyone was amazed by the majestic formation. Ness excitedly pulls Stan and asks all kinds of questions, but even the knight can't answer many of them, so they have to guess together.

Finally, when the excitement wore off, Ness remembered Fern again. "Adeline said that there would be a banquet tomorrow, and all the commanders and officers of the army would be invited to attend, and it would be nice if Fern could be here. ”

"yes, even I'm starting to miss him. Ruiya looked at the brightly lit barracks in the distance and smiled slightly.

"He's going to be fine, I don't know why, I always think he's going to pop up in front of us and surprise us. Stan gently touches Ness's head, a kind smile on his face.

Nerfi stood a few paces away from the three, looking sideways at them. "Going to the Black Dragon's lair is not an easy task, you better pray for him. ”

Ness pouted and looked at Nerfi. "Fern he'll be fine, if he's in real danger, I can feel it. ”

Nerfi stared at Ness, some surprise. "Can you really feel it? Have you done it...... What?"

"What have you done?" Ness glanced at Nalfi in confusion, then at Rui who was snickering on the side, and then understood what Nalfi meant. "We haven't done anything, but I can feel him. ”

"Then you really shouldn't have left him, you should be together. Nerfi shrugged and looked ahead again.

Ness's mouth pursed higher, the setting sun slowly sinking on the distant horizon, and the girl's eyes sparkled.