Duke, who was coordinating the assembly of the transmission, suddenly heard Nicole's words in his ear, automatically omitted the back, and turned back in surprise and asked, "Nicole, have the runes of the battle armor been drawn, take me to see it." ”

"Hmm. Nicole nodded slightly, but she still added, "It's just that the armor runes are difficult to carve onto the armor, and they can only weaken mid-level magic at most." I'm sorry lord, but that's all I can do. ”

Nicole's tone was full of apologies, because the fighting spirit is generally a high-level start, and this level of magical defense can only weaken the magic power, not completely resist, and she feels that she has failed Duke's trust.

However, Duke didn't think there was anything in this world, almost all the low-level magic in this world accounted for the majority, and it was impossible to ask any ordinary soldier to wear plate armor to be able to resist the power of high-level magicians and swordsmen, which was also unreliable.

It is already very good to be able to resist low-level magic, weaken medium-level magic, and have a certain defense against high-level magic. After all, the main enemies of Storm Castle now are only those monsters in the Monster Valley, not the more powerful forces on this continent, and this level is basically enough.

So Duke put down what he was doing, and followed Nicole to the armor room next door, where he saw a new plate of armor hanging from a wooden frame. Unlike other plates, which have a smooth surface, this one has many lines on it, which combine to resemble patterns.

"Cassel, put this plate armor on. Alan, you do it the way you did it before, do it again!"

"Yes. ”

Alan and Cassel behind Duke, according to the steps of the first experiment, Allen slashed towards the rune plate armor with a sword qi. I saw a flash of red light sword qi, and unlike the first time, this time a faint green light appeared on the plate armor.

However, this green light only flashed for a moment, and if you didn't stare carefully, you probably wouldn't have noticed. Because immediately after that, there was a spark between the sword qi and the plate armor, and Cassel was also forced to take a step back by this huge force.

When the sparks and sword qi disappeared, Duke hurriedly checked the situation, compared to the previous situation of almost cutting through, this time the sword qi attack only caused a sword mark to appear on the plate armor, about 3 mm thick plate armor, and the depth of the sword mark cut by the sword qi was about 1.5 mm.

If you calculate the estimated value, the runes on the plate armor cancel out almost fifty percent of the magic power, so that the plate armor can effectively defend against ordinary sword qi slashing. As for the attack methods such as stabbing and knight spear, it is estimated that they can still be broken by one hit.

However, Duke is already very satisfied, except for the Holy See and the Great Empire in this world, there can be super cavalry like the Fighting Knights, and the others will basically be crushed by the Storm Knights' equipment. And even if he encounters the three major knights of the Holy See, Duke feels that it is not without the strength to fight, after all, in large-scale legion battles, the personal ability brought by the fighting spirit is far less obvious than fighting alone.

After all, once the cavalry corps charges up with a war horse, it is a narrow road to meet the brave to win, even if you are the strength of the great sword master, once you fall off the horse, it is estimated that it will be difficult to get out alive. Of course, if there is a particularly weird magic or fighting ability, such as a space magic that can teleport like a rose, it is really impossible to prevent it.

"Nicole, you've done a great job, and you've been a great help to the Storm Legion. ”

Nicole was also very happy to hear Duke praise herself, and she smiled at Duke shyly.

"How should I reward you? Don't be too little, Stormcastle is really poor now, and I, the lord, don't have a hundred gold coins in my private house. Duke made a joke on Nicole as he said the other.

One hundred gold coins is about 100,000 yuan on the earth, but the price and purchasing power of this world are far lower than that of the earth, so the actual value can reach about 500,000. But this amount of money can only be said to be a drop in the bucket for Nicole's contribution, after all, it will save the lives of countless soldiers in Stormcastle.

It's just that Storm Castle's finances are really tight, and although Duke is joking, he really doesn't have a hundred gold coins in his private money now, and he can only give Nicole so many rewards.

Hearing Duke say this, Nicole quickly shook her head and replied, "Lord Lord, I don't need any reward, in fact, I should thank you even more." If you hadn't accepted us, we might still be hiding in caves and living hungry and cold. ”

"And I'm actually very happy to be able to draw runes, because everyone hated us before, and we didn't even have the right to live. But now that I'm able to help you, help the warriors of Stormcastle, and find my worth, it's been my happiest time. ”

Nicole's voice choked up when she said the following, she was discovered to have magical skills when she was a few years old, and then she was disgusted by everyone, including her own parents, who thought she was the village scourge and blamed her for any misfortune in the village.

If it weren't for the fact that she was too young at the time, and the Holy See didn't judge with hypocritical kindness, she might not have survived a long time ago. That period of time caused indelible trauma in Nicole's young heart, and even Nicole once thought that she was not superfluous in this world, and that life was hated by others.

But when she came to Stormcastle, she found that she was no longer a disgusted being, and she was able to help others, and was praised and rewarded by the lord, which made her finally feel that she was worth and needed.

Many times, the meaning of human life is to pursue the value of one's own existence and the affirmation of others, so Nicole doesn't care about these material rewards, she is very satisfied in her heart.

"No, you deserve it, and it's also the rule of Stormcastle that you will be rewarded for your merits. And Nicole, you're worth far more than a hundred gold coins, and being able to draw runes is priceless, so you should be confident!"

Duke encouraged again, this little girl is good, it's this trembling character Duke has a headache, it seems that the shadow of childhood is really hurt.

"Yes, Miss Nicole, you're the lucky star of our Storm Marines. ”

Cassel also gave a rare compliment, and when he knew that Nicole was also a witch, he had let go of his prejudices about witches, because he understood how important everything Nicole did was to the Storm Troopers.

And Cassel has always flaunted himself as a knight, and Duke's previous words gave him a lot of stimulation, especially the sentence that as a brave and fearless soldier, never blame an innocent woman for a disaster, which is a coward's performance. This sentence made Cassel very ashamed of his previous behavior, and a true knight should face any difficulties and move forward bravely, instead of passing the buck to anyone, especially innocent women!