When night falls, sporadic bonfires light up in the camp, and from a distance, they are almost connected with the stars in the sky.

When the camp fell silent, I heard a faint shout from the west, which was the sound of the army commanding the various fortifications of the people.

Donner sat in the open space in front of his tent, and the summer monsoon wind blew from the south, blowing in Donner's face, and there was an unpleasant smell of horse manure and sweat in the air that was characteristic of the army.

From the direction of the camp, a figure approached.

"Donner, aren't you sleeping yet?"

"Professor Victor. It was too hot in the tent and the wind was blowing. Downer replied.

"This hellish place is really not for people. Victor walked over to Donner and sat down, and from the mouth of his famously scruffy mouth, it was clear that the camp was really bad.

"Have you ever fought?" asked Donner.

"No...... Between the search for truth and the occupation of land, fools are more enthusiastic about the latter. "Victor clearly thinks of himself as a wise man.

"Maybe the truth is too illusory, and only land and wealth can give people a sense of security. Donner said with a smile.

"Stupid humans. Victor unwittingly scolded Donner and himself.

"Why hasn't the enemy come yet?" Donner changed the subject, so as not to have any strange feelings.

"Looks like we're still gathering troops, soon. In three days at most, it will be able to assemble. ”

"Are there any reinforcements on our side?" asked Donner.

"There are also the private soldiers of the three dukes, who are deliberately grinding, but they can be there in two days at the latest. ”

"There are millions of people on both sides combined, right?" Donner had no idea about the number of troops.

"What nonsense, it is said that there are 150,000 people on the other side, and we have only 60,000 people here. Only three thousand years ago, the war against the Chaos Lands and the Filthy Lands called by the God of Light had millions of people fighting, and that was also in the Doron Continent. ”

Donner knows that the land of chaos in Victor's mouth is the Knights' Federation, and the land of filth is the land of the far north.

"The decisive battle is sure to be fought here, why don't the enemy bypass us and attack from somewhere else?" was the question that had been bothering Donner all day.

"The tertres are steep, and the Gonta grassland is the way to go. Before the Ava River crossed the Gonta grassland, it was a full 500 kilometers, and the eastern bank was the cliffs of the Tetel Mountains, from which it was impossible to cross the river. ”

"Will they take a boat upstream, go straight downstream along the Ava River, and not be here to entangle with us?" Downer continued.

"It can't be, how many ships will have to be built to fit an army of 150,000 men, and the ships in motion will be a living target for the archers and magicians on the shore. Victor explained.

"It doesn't sound like you haven't been to war. ”

"Ahem, I don't understand any of that, it's all Deves who said that he fought in the war. He rescued King Auston's father, King George, from the battlefield. Victor said.

"War with the Empire of Thorns?" This was the first time Donner had heard about Dean Devis, and he couldn't help but think of what Wesley had said about his mother's reluctance to ask the king for divine grace when he was critically ill.

"No, with the Silver Agetnet Empire, since that war, the Silver Agenet Empire has only split into many principalities. That was the greatest feat of King George's life, and who would have thought that because of this, the Thorn Empire could now be unscrupulous...... Stupid human ......"

Victor sighed as he stood up and said, "Okay, go to sleep, you can sleep peacefully in a few days." ”

Donner hummed, watched Professor Victor leave, and went back to sleep in the tent as well. In the tent, Roger and Wesley were already asleep.

Two days later, the armies of the other three Grand Dukes appeared. And Victor's other guess went wrong, on the third day, the decisive battle did not come as scheduled, on the fourth, fifth, and even on the sixth, it was the same.

The atmosphere in the youth reserve camp has changed from excitement and even curiosity at the beginning to dullness and impatience.

Young people obviously can't stand the feeling of having a sword hanging over their heads all the time, but they don't know when it will stab down. They would rather the war begin immediately, and whether they would die or live would be known soon.

At one point, Donner suspected that the enemy was deliberately creating this tension and then crushing the defenders with this pressure. But after thinking about it, I felt that in the formal army, those veterans should not be as unstable as young people. And the Thorn Empire army, which has left their homeland, is thousands of miles away from home, and this sentiment may be even more serious.

So what exactly is waiting for the army on the opposite side?

Puzzled, Donner decided to put aside this doubt, those legion commanders were much more experienced in warfare than he was. Thinking about these questions by yourself is purely asking for troubles, and it is better to spend more time on cultivation.

On the sixth day after arriving at the battlefield, his Water and Fire Divine Yuan finally exceeded six hundred, and now he was already a high-level magic apprentice of the two systems. It's just that he hasn't mastered any of the high-level apprentice magic.

After discussing with Wesley, Donner decided to directly practice high-level attack magic, and on the battlefield, the magician would be the target of his own protection, and his own defense would hardly need to be considered, just concentrate on using offensive magic.

So the first high-level apprentice magic he chose was the sixty-two-yuan magic, Meteor Fire Shower, and the model of this magic was a six-pointed star built on the basis of the thirty-eight-element magic blazing meteor. Since it was no longer built solely on a basic six-element model, it was much more complicated than the magic that Donner had been exposed to, and he expected it would take him at least a month to master.

On the eighth day of Donner's arrival in the Gonta Meadows, the decisive battle had not yet begun. But there are unexpected guests who come to visit.

"Donner! ”

The camp of the Young Reserves was small, but a guard was set up on the perimeter, and Donner heard the shouts and walked out of the camp, but no one was found.

"Boring, who is making such a joke on me......"

He complained as he walked back, just then someone stabbed him in the back in the eye.

Turning to look down, he realized that Adalua was rolling her eyes at him in a huff.

"Uh...... I'm kidding you!" Donner's quick wit had no effect, and Idarua still had a stinky face.

"Natia has come to look for you in Dorne, and you're not there. ”

"I also received a notice at the last minute, and I didn't even have time to pack my luggage, are Richard and Kelly okay?"

"The two of them are fine, Richard also wanted to come over, but was stopped by Kelly, this kid, he didn't have fart skills, so he wanted to go to the battlefield. Idarua said.

"Yes, please stop him. And also...... In case anything bad happens in the war, can you help me protect my family?" Donner asked solemnly.

"No problem. I mean, you don't care what Natia is looking for you?" reminded Idarua.

"Yes, what is Natia looking for me?"

"We have agents in the Thorn Empire......" Adarua said as she snickered, the dwarf's stomach didn't seem to be able to hold any emotions, and all the joy and sorrow would manifest itself in action, "Natia asked me to bring you some important information. ”

"Important information, what information?"

"There'......s a traitor besides Eli," Idarua whispered, as if afraid the people next to him would hear it.

"Who is it?"

"I don't know. ”

"So what's the use of this news?" Donner couldn't help but grumble.

"Alright," the dwarf said with a little disappointment at Donner's reaction, but continued "with more important news. ”

"Say it. After the conversation just now, Donner had no expectations for Idarua's so-called news.

"They gathered a lot of manpower on the other side of the river, and it seemed that they were building something. ”

"What engineering?"

"I don't know. Idarua spread his hands.

"Whew...... That's not for nothing. If it weren't for the other man's skills, Donner would almost have been tempted to kick him.

"Before the news is finished, Natia said that the Thorn Empire has spent three years cultivating an elite mountain army of 3,000 people......"

"Where is this mountain soldier now?"

"I don't know. ”

"Do you have a complete piece of information?" Donner finally couldn't help but kick it.

After Adarua cleverly dodged, he said aggrievedly, "I'm not done yet...... Natia said that this force was under the command of the opposing Third Army, which was the first to arrive in the Gongta grassland...... So this mountain army should not be too far away. ”

"The ...... who arrived first," Donner asked casually as he pondered the meaning of the message, "Is there anything else?"

"That...... Ellie Manda said...... Can you assign some more tasks, once the war starts, I don't know where to find you......"

"How do I assign tasks like this?" Donner laughed a little.

"It's okay, I've brought ......," Idarua said as he pulled out a large stack of blank drawings and drawing tools from his bag.

"Then come with me. Donner couldn't do anything about him, and after greeting the guards, he led the dwarf to the camp, took out the blueprints, and began to draw. He suddenly remembered the material experiments that the Lori sisters had done before, and the parts he had drawn for them before, maybe they could really make something interesting.

It was a full two hours before Donner finished the drawings.

"The things on the drawings are not perfect, and they may need to improve them themselves, and I have written all the ideas on the drawings. If you can make it, send me a few of them, I'll be useful. ”

"No problem, it just so happens that Natia is there. By the way, there is another very important thing, don't say that the information is from us...... You know, it's going to be a hassle......"

Adarua said as she tucked the drawings into her bag.

The dwarf walked out of the camp and looked back with disapprehension to see that Donner had disappeared into the barracks.

At this point, he remembered what Natia had told him before he left.

"Don't worry, since he is the chosen one, he doesn't need protection, and you will come back after sending the news. ”

The dwarf shook his head, turned and strode away, no longer thinking about the things that were giving him a headache.