Chapter 17: The Academy Joins the War
Zixue's words made me feel excited, hugged her tightly, and said affectionately: "Good, I know you are good to me, the dean has already told us just now, there is no danger in going to the front line this time, you also heard it, we are with the dragon knight, don't worry, we should be back soon." β
Zixue didn't obey and said: "Then go for so long, what if you are seduced away by other beautiful girls, this time the top four beauties in the academy have gone, and they are all prettier than me." β
I pinched her nose and said, "You don't trust me so much, what's more, this time your sister is also gone, you let her supervise me, am I the kind of person who goes all day?"
Zixue thumped me and said, "Then who is right, but I really have to let my sister supervise you." I smiled bitterly at what she said. Originally, Zi Yan didn't have a good impression of me (I think), if she came back to give me some more oil and vinegar, I wouldn't have to live.
The cough came from behind us, and I hurriedly pulled Zixue to stand up, it turned out to be the vice president, I smiled awkwardly and said, "Why are you here." β
The vice dean pointed at me and said, "You kid has been caught by me again." It's good that I didn't let the dean see it, otherwise I would have to discipline you. Of course I'm coming, but I'm leading the team at the front this time. β
I was surprised and said, "Didn't you say let's go with the dragon knight? β
The vice dean sighed and said, "You are all the elites of the academy, of course you have to work hard to ensure your safety, how can you do it without me leading the team." β
Zixue said happily: "Then you must help me take care of Lei Xiang, if you encounter any danger, you must help me protect him, and I can ask you for someone when I come back." β
The vice dean laughed and said, "Okay, don't worry, I can't afford to mess with your duke father." β
I asked, "Why did the academy suddenly decide to send our group to the front this time?"
The vice president sighed: "This is our temporary decision. Zixue, you should know, a few days ago, the dean took the elite of the 5th grade to participate in the exchange competition of the four major colleges, because Riva has joined the team of the dragon knights, so that the strength of our academy has been greatly reduced, in the end, only took the last place back, the dean is very angry, he is very dissatisfied with the current teaching situation, in order to improve your combat experience, a few of our old guys discussed for two days, before deciding to let you go directly into the battle, you who have been baptized in the fire of war will definitely become stronger, only on the battlefield can you understand the truth of sweating more in peacetime and less blood in wartimeγ β
I thought to myself, it's all high-sounding words, but in fact, it's not just for the honor of the academy itself. To be honest, I really don't want to go, especially for fear of confronting the orcs, and I guess my father also joined the battlefield with the Beamon Legion. However, I also want to see if the demons, especially their fallen angels, are any different from me.
The vice dean said: "Lei Xiang, go back and prepare well, although you have recovered most of your strength, the injury is not completely healed after all, and you must heal as soon as possible." Also, when you're in the academy, be a little more restrained. Especially don't let other teachers see that it makes it difficult for me to do it, so I left first. β
Seeing the figure of the vice president leaving, I said to Zixue: "This time you can rest assured, I will definitely come back safely." β
Zixue nodded and said, "It's getting late, I'm going back." β
"I'll give it to you. β
I kept sending Zixue to the door of the Duke's Palace, watching her disappear into the deep courtyard before returning to the academy, it seems that I really don't have the life to go to school, it's been more than a semester, and I only have two months to really attend classes, and this time I'm going to go out again. Father, if I want to deal with you, should I do it, grandma's death has always been in my heart, for grandma, I will one day take revenge. Although you are my father, I will not forgive you for the wrong things you have done. Although my current identity is an orc spy, it is entirely up to me how I do it, and I am an isolated whole who will only do things as I like.
Time flies, a week has arrived in the blink of an eye, in this week, except for the night, I am almost inseparable from Zixue, tired of being together every day, there are always endless love words, which can only be described as glue-like.
Before leaving, I asked my sister to help me take off the bracelet she gave me, because I am mainly based on dark magic, and the bracelet is of little use to me, I transferred it to Zixue, and Zixue gave me a heart goggle, black and swarthy, I heard her say that it was handed down by the Duke's ancestors, it has a good protective effect, it looks very light and weightless, and with a light leather armor, I can easily wear it on my body, revealing the strong muscles of my arms, holding ink and mystery, indescribably mighty.
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"All assembled. β
The 100 academies who were preparing to reinforce the front line of the academy quickly lined up neatly on the field, each wearing high-grade white armor specially customized for us by the academy, forming a horizontal and vertical phalanx. The vice president stood at the front of the team and shouted loudly: "Boys and girls of Tiandu Academy, you will participate in this competition as the pillars of the future, let us destroy the enemy with our enthusiasm for the motherland." β
His words immediately sparked a chord with everyone, and almost everyone shouted the slogan of killing the enemy.
The vice dean said: "Okay, now let's go, the dragon knight's team is waiting for us, it is your greatest honor to be able to fight with them, forward." β
The crowd shouted in unison: "Forward." β
We followed the deputy dean out of the city gate, and in the wilderness not far away, 10 dragon knights on dragons were waiting for us, their main task was to escort supplies, and we were part of the material convoy. This time, the main transport was a variety of defensive equipment and arrows, and the total number of guards was 1,100, including 100 of our student soldiers. It belongs to the logistics supply, because this batch of materials is very important, so there will be dragon knights accompanying them to protect them.
Many of the students were very excited to see the dragon knight for the first time, and they all said their own bold words impassionedly, vowing to become a dragon knight, and some even took the dragon knight as their goal.
The whole team has been assembled, Zi Yan has used hard work, and she asked the vice dean to arrange her beside me, and the other students were very jealous, but I secretly complained. Since we are all future low-level commanders, and in order to ensure our safety, the academy specially prepared horses for us, of course I rode my own black dragon, and the vice dean arranged me at the back of the team, and Zi Yan was on my left.
It was already hundreds of miles away from the capital, and Zi Yan next to me said to me, "Lei Xiang, are your injuries healed?"
I replied indifferently, "Almost." What for?"
Zi Yan said angrily: "Why, why can't you ask? Don't forget, I'm here to supervise you for Zixue, if you don't have a good attitude towards me, I'll tell Zixue when I go back and let her ignore you." β
Dizzy, I really can't help her, I said helplessly: "Sister, what do you want, you have to be transferred to me from the women's team, and I have become the target of everyone." Look at the way they look at me, they're like wolves. β
Zi Yan let out a chuckle and said, "Are you afraid? Who made you treat me badly, I did it on purpose, how about it." Her smile was like a hundred flowers blooming, and I was stunned to see it. But her words made me stunned, and I hurriedly looked to the side and ignored her. After all, Zi Yan is a top beauty, I can't do anything wrong with her, then I'm sorry for Zi Xue.
The first day passed quickly, and the commander who led the team consulted with the deputy director, and decided to camp in the woods not far away, and the 10 dragon knights did not meet us at all, but simply rested around us and took responsibility for our protection.
The bonfire baked us warmly, everyone sat in several large circles and roasted the fire, Zi Yan took out a box of things from the baggage and handed it to me, saying, "Here you go, good things." β
I turned the box and opened it to see that it was full of delicate pastries, I frowned and said, "Thank you, but I can't accept it, you can eat it yourself." β
Zi Yan pursed her lips, rolled her eyes, and said, "This is what Zi Xue personally made for you, don't eat it, pay me back." With that, he reached out and grabbed it.
As soon as I heard that Zixue made it, I immediately received the pastry box to my side and said, "Since it was given to me by Zixue, how can you take it back and not give it." β
Zi Yan was not reluctant, took out a fruit from the burden and ate it. I carefully took out a piece of pastry from the box and put it in my mouth, the sweet pastry with a hint of rose fragrance, immediately full of fragrance, I even said that it was delicious.
Zi Yan looked at me, and there was a hint of tenderness in her eyes.
After everyone finished eating and drinking, the vice president ordered us to go back to the tent to rest, and I smiled and said to Zi Yan: "You won't even sleep with me, if you want to come, I won't object, hehe." β
Zi Yan's face suddenly turned red, she covered her face and said, "You don't have a face." He turned around and ran, saying, "You look good when you smile." β
I couldn't help but shake my head after hearing her words, I felt that Zi Yan had changed a lot recently, not at all like the indifference when I first met, but a little deliberately close to me. It's better to keep a certain distance from her, otherwise I will be misunderstood by Zixue again, and I won't be able to eat and go around.
Getting into the tent, Feng Wen (we all carry our own tents, basically two people in one) said to me: "You kid can, kill two birds with one stone, with Zixue and don't let go of Ziyan, the first beauty of the academy has been chased, amazing, really powerful." β
I slapped it over, and was held by Feng Wen with my hand, I laughed and scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, when the time comes, Riva will find me to come desperately and you will carry it, I have nothing to do with Zi Yan, she is just watching me for Zi Xue, do you think I am willing to let her follow? It's almost annoying, she doesn't follow when she goes to the toilet and sleeps, and the rest of the time she pesters me like a rice cake, which is really loyal." β
Feng asked and smiled: "That's right, the sisters have a good relationship, and there are not no girls in the team, if you run away with someone else, how can Zi Yan explain to her sister when she goes back." β
I snorted and said, "Am I that kind of person? You're going to orchestrate me, you're almost as good as the storm." β
Said Cao Ying, Cao Ying arrived, and Fengyun's laughter came from outside the tent, "Who is talking about me, there must be no good words." The curtain was lifted, and the wind and clouds also came in. Originally, the tent was small, and as soon as the wind and clouds came in, there was only a place to sit.
I said, "I'm talking about you, and I'm saying that the choreographer's kung fu is about to catch up with you." β
Fengyun pretended to be surprised and looked at Feng Qian, and said, "Why don't I know, big brother, you actually secretly learned my peerless magic skills." Fengyun's funny appearance immediately caused us to laugh.
Feng Wen whispered: "It's a pity that there is no wine, otherwise, it would be a good pleasure for our brothers to secretly drink a few glasses in the tent." As he spoke, he smacked his mouth a few times.
I said, "When did you become an alcoholic, and the wine was so good?"
Feng Wen nodded again and again, and said, "Wine is the essence of food, and the more you drink it, the younger you become, don't you know this truth?"
I shook my head, I hadn't enjoyed it since I was a child, and I had only tasted the taste of wine on occasional occasions, and I only felt that it was spicy, and there was nothing special about it, and it didn't arouse my interest.
Fengyun suddenly poked his head out of the tent, not knowing what he was looking at. Feng asked, "Fengyun, what are you doing?"
Fengyun retracted his head, put his middle finger to his mouth, and said, "Be quiet, what do you see this?"
Feng Wen's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said in surprise: "Wine, where did you come from." β
Fengyun said proudly: "Hehe, I'm from the magic class, I asked a classmate from our class to help me bring it with a space bag, how about it, be prescient." β
Feng Wen nodded again and again, snatched the wine jar, and said, "Great, come, let's have a drink." Opening the lid of the altar, suddenly a rich aroma of wine came to his face, Feng Wen raised his head and poured a sip, exclaiming, his face was full of intoxication, he handed me the wine jar, and said, "Take a sip." β
I wanted to refuse, but seeing his earnest eyes, my heart softened, and I took it, and I also poured it, and I coughed with a spicy taste. Fengyun smiled: "Old Lei, no, you are such a big man who can't drink." β
I smiled awkwardly and said, "You should be like you, indulging in this thing every day." As I was speaking, a hot breath rushed up from my stomach, and immediately burned my internal organs warmly, and my heart moved, and I used my mad fighting spirit to guide this hot air towards the injured meridians, unexpectedly, the originally intermittent meridians turned out to be a little better. I was pleasantly surprised by this discovery, and I took another big sip of wine, and Fengyun said distressedly: "You drink slowly, I didn't bring much." β
I said, "This wine seems to have a healing effect on my injuries, don't feel distressed, let me try again." As he spoke, he handed the wine jar to Fengyun and closed his eyes to practice.
With the heat of two sips of spirits, it took me one night of hard work, and I actually succeeded in opening up a meridian and restoring my strength to seventy percent.
The next morning, I was called out by the wind, and he asked, "How is it, does it help the injury?"
I nodded and said, "I didn't expect that the wine still has this effect, it actually allowed me to recover a meridian, and my kung fu has recovered a little." β
Feng Wen handed me the wine jar and said: "I heard you say yesterday that you can heal your injuries, neither I nor Fengyun have drunk, all of them are left to you, let's go to the battlefield this time, a little more strength and life will be more guaranteed, you can continue to cultivate tonight, and when the time comes, I will give you the Dharma protection." Wine has the effect of relaxing the muscles and invigorating the blood, so I guess it has something to do with it. β
I grabbed Fengyun's shoulders and said sincerely, "Good brother, thank you." β
Fengyun laughed and said, "Since we are brothers, there is no need to say anything, let's go, it's time to go, let's hurry up and collect the tent." β
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Although Zi Yan was stimulated by me yesterday, after one night, as if nothing had happened, she still rode her jujube red horse to follow me, and her eyes swept to me from time to time, looking very awkward. I frowned and asked, "What do you always look at me, do you have flowers on my face?"
Zi Yan smiled: "There are no flowers, but after a night, your complexion seems to be much better, and your face is full of lustre." β
Of course, I couldn't tell her that I was drinking to heal my wounds, and it was strictly forbidden to drink alcohol in the army, so I said lightly: "It's nothing, it's just that my kung fu has recovered a little." β
Zi Yan said happily: "Great, you have to continue, recovery skills are the most important." "Looking at her excited appearance, she is even happier than me, and she really deserves to be a female surname who advocates strength. (Is that really the case?)
After 10 days, I drank a total of half of Fengyun's treasure (three altars of wine), and my strength miraculously recovered, and the feeling of unblocked meridians in my whole body was really comfortable. I felt that everywhere was full of strength, and they said that I had regained my strength, and as soon as I stood there, I had the demeanor of a master.
Every night, I consolidate my cultivation of the Mad God Decision and the Heavenly Demon Decision, and Feng Wen said that I am simply a practice maniac, and I don't rest and rest, how does he know that cultivation is the best rest for me. I don't want to make any progress, I just want to restore the meridians after the injury to the best state, and try to consolidate the three-layer Heavenly Demon Decision and the three-layer Mad God Decision that I have already practiced. I know that only by practicing the foundation can we make greater progress.
We had to transport supplies, so we walked for more than a month, which was supposed to take less than 20 days, and finally arrived at the fortress of Stru, which was built on the basis of the city of Stru, and the supreme commander stationed here was Riva's father, the Dragoon of Riva. I heard from the vice president that there are a total of 60 dragon knights in the fortress, plus the 10 who came with us, have gathered most of the power of the entire Dragon God Empire. The defending army has a total of 10 infantry legions, each legion of 30,000 people, 5 legions of heavy infantry, 5 legions of light cavalry, 5 legions of heavy cavalry, and 8 legions of magicians, with a total strength of nearly one million. The Dragongod Empire's local guards are now in charge of the reserves, and they are being trained intensively. Supplies are being sent to the front line in an endless stream.
If it comes to the ability to fight alone, human soldiers are neither comparable to demons nor orcs, who are born warriors, but humans are backed by powerful mage troops and dragon knight troops. All the way to the top in battle.
We were personally received by the Dragoon of Rivo, along with Riva, who had been transferred.
The Rivo Dragoon took us to his palace and gave us a grand welcome banquet, and Riva naturally sat down with us. No one will compete with him to be by Zi Yan's side. I found that Zi Yan's attitude towards him was not as good as that of me. Always love to ignore the look.
The vice president's table are all high-ranking officials in the army, some of whom graduated from Tiandu Academy, and looking at the way they chat, we know that our life here will be very good in the future.
I said to Riva, who was fully focused on Zi Yan: "Riva, how is the frontline form now. "That's what I care about the most.
Riva said to me across Zi Yan (at Zi Yan's request, I sat on the other side of her): "There haven't been any major battles yet, and it has always been a tentative attack, but the Orc Beamon Legion has already arrived, and if they attack, I'm afraid we will have to dispatch the Dragon Knights." Don't worry, you are all my juniors and sisters, and when the time comes, I will definitely arrange a relatively easy opponent for you. β
Except for me, who was deep in thought, and Zi Yan, who was absent-minded, everyone else said to Riva: "Thank you seniors for taking care of you." β
Riva said to Zi Yan, "There is a war here, why did the academy send you?"
Zi Yan glanced at him and said, "How do I know, you ask the vice president yourself." β
Riva touched a nail and said to everyone: "Do it yourself, you're welcome, these are the game from the neighborhood, and I brought it with the Guards." β
Feng asked, "Senior Riva, I heard that you have been recognized by the dragon and become a real dragon knight, tell us how the dragon is." β
Feng Wen's words immediately aroused everyone's interest.
Riva smiled slightly, and said modestly: "Actually, it's nothing, all of you will have a chance in the future, recognize that my dragon is a rapid dragon with the surname of the wind genus, mainly relying on speed to attack the enemy, and its wings are the best weapons." β
A third-year student said, "I envy you, senior, when we can have a dragon." β
Rivahaha smiled and said, "Not only do you hope, but the country also hopes that the more dragon knights there are, the stronger our Dragon God Empire will be." Riva's words revealed the meaning of superiority, although he didn't say anything explicitly, but the smug look was obvious to everyone.
We were housed in the fortress of Struo, which shows how much the Rivo Dragoons value us. After 5 days, I finally saw what real war is.
The deputy chief and 100 of us stood on the walls of the fortress, and the Dragoons of Rivo next to him were constantly giving orders. Outside the fortress was full of warriors of the three clans, and the vice president said to us: "Everyone, pay attention, the main force of the orcs is the bear man heavy armor force and the leopard man raid force, the ace army is the Beamon army and the beast emperor's mad lion army, and the demon clan is attacking with the cooperation of various races, especially their dark mage and fallen angel forces are the most powerful. β
General Rivo ordered: "Order, the third, sixth, and eighth infantry corps quickly reinforce the two legions of hoplites on the left flank, and the second corps of light cavalry will all be dispatched and go straight to the center of the demon army. Fire support from the 4th and 5th Wizard Legions. β
The battlefield was full of all kinds of magic scattered everywhere, and this battle lasted for a full day, and our side lost nearly 10,000 people in total, while the two Warcraft clans paid an even greater price, but it seems that everyone has a tacit understanding, and neither side sent its own ace army.
Of the hundred people from the academy, everyone except me had some degree of discomfort, but it was no wonder that they, all of them were students under the age of 20, and they had seen such a bloody scene there, and the outside of the fortress was like a meat grinder, and the number of deaths was increasing every second. Since they were all long-cherished enemies for many years, there were almost no prisoners on the battlefield, and almost all those who could not return were killed.
Of course, I don't care about this, who is used to seeing blood, and the pale Zi Yan who vomited also said that I am cold-blooded, I have killed hundreds of people by myself, and the scene of dead people has long been commonplace for me.
The deputy dean asked us to stand in formation and said to us solemnly: "Today, we have all seen what a real war is, to be merciful to the enemy in war is to give away your own life, and only by ending the other party's life with the most convenient speed can you survive, I have already told Marshal Rivo today, tomorrow, you will participate in the battle." Whether or not you will come back alive is up to you. β
The vice dean's words immediately caused a stir among us, everyone already knows that war is not a game, it is completely different from the training exercises in the academy, Zi Yan's face turned even paler, and I whispered to her: "You follow me tomorrow, don't worry, it will be fine." β
Zi Yan looked at me with complicated eyes and nodded lightly.
One of the cadets said, "Vice Dean, can we not participate in the battle." β
The vice president said sharply: "Are you in the game? Since you have voluntarily signed up to come, you should be prepared to participate in the battle, and now, you are not only the students of Tiandu Academy, but also the troops resisting foreign invasion, and cowardice is the most shameful, do you understand? If anyone dares to say such things again, they will be dealt with by military law immediately." "He's really ruthless, in fact, I understand his feelings, in order to make us make greater progress in the actual battle, the vice dean made a red face this time.
After the disbandment, I called Fengyun and Fengwen to come to the tent and said to them: "Tomorrow is the first time we will participate in the battle, you must not panic, remember, you are on both sides of me at the beginning of contact with each other, the enemy on the front is dealt with by me, you are responsible for the fish that slip through the net on both sides, Zi Yan will support you with light magic behind us, and attack boldly, the vice dean is right, you must not leave your hands." β
Feng Wen nodded and said, "We listen to you, boss, we will all come back alive tomorrow." β
Fengyun, who has always been noisy, also became serious, and he said: "Our three brothers advance and retreat together. β
Feng Wen and Fengyun's feelings for me are sincere, of course I will try to keep them, and Zi Yan is Zi Xue's sister and a beauty, of course, I have to take care of it, as for the others, whether they can survive or not depends on their own creation. As long as the two Warcraft clans do not send their ace troops, with my current strength, there is nothing to be afraid of at all.
Walking outside, I admired the moonlight. Suddenly, there was a sound of an argument not far away, and when I listened carefully, it turned out to be Zi Yan and Riva.
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