Chapter 177: Rafal's Magic (I)

"It's okay for a mercenary to keep his contract. My lord, if the troops are insufficient, we can hire a few medium-sized mercenary groups, or simply let the mercenary groups come and station, this is a new city, the mercenary group will not even charge your fee, just need you to give a station, it will help the city's defense. Zola explained to Saleen.

Salin said to Zola: "This city is my private property, and I will not leave the security to those who cannot be trusted." Indenture...... Sometimes it's not binding. ”

"However, 60,000 people, even if they make up for a year, they will make up half at most. Zola listened to Salin's analysis from front to back, and knew that it was almost impossible to recruit soldiers in such a place, the aborigines here were almost captured by the Holy See, and all Salin could rely on was money.

Moreover, the city will also be expanded, and two huge fortresses will be built in the north of the city to form a corner to stabilize the city's defenses. It is both a commercial city and a military town. The final garrison will be more than 100,000 soldiers.

Salin sighed and said: "Don't mention the matter of hiring mercenaries, this thing will be done first, Conan, you continue to recruit people, how many people are willing to settle in the city now?"

"My lord, during the time you have been gone, there have been nearly a thousand people. Conan replied earnestly. The barbarians were almost slaughtered by the Holy See in the north, and most of the remaining ones, except for a few stubborn elders, fled to the city of Saleen, not wanting to be completely destroyed.

"Aini, your five hundred swordsmen......"

"It's my personal soldier. Ani replied happily. He was able to bring so many people, in addition to the support of the family, there were other factors. In fact, these people were bought by him with money from others. Others, who were followers of my father in his early years. These five hundred swordsmen are all the power around Aini.

"I'm going to form a mercenary group and register it in the Kushui County, and they can join the mercenary group so that they can control the outside forces. Salin thought to himself, I won't have to worry about this when all the power on Shrig Island has migrated. Hey, teacher, teacher, when will you be able to bring someone here?

"No problem!" Ani gritted his teeth, he was now betting on a bright future for Salin. If Saleen and his city were destroyed, he would lose all his money. If Salin succeeds, he withstands the Holy See's attack. Then his city will bring great wealth. Obviously, Salin wants to have only one mercenary group in this city, and the backbone of this mercenary group is the five hundred private soldiers around Aini.

"Daniel, you take Geyi to form the first battalion, and now you can only give you two hundred people, and the rest of the insufficient ones will be supplemented with undead. Zola, you come to form the second battalion, I can't give you any personnel, you can figure it out yourself, when you are short of money, just ask me. Jupiter, you come to form the third battalion, and next spring, after you can go to sea, I will continue to replenish your strength. Passatro, Kornuco, you two, form a battalion of mages. It was the fourth battalion. The remaining two battalions, I figure it out myself. ”

"Your Excellency......" Passatro and Kornuco hesitated, after all, there were still two fifth-level mages from Shreig Island in this room.

Salin knew what the two men meant, and said to the two fifth-level magicians: "Credian, Frans, you two, when Rex returns, you will have to return to the fleet with Basta." ”

"Yes, sir. "The two fifth-level magicians were overjoyed, mastering the fleet was obviously more enjoyable than on land.

"What about me, my lord?" asked Conan the Barbarian, a little uneasy.

"You wait for the Caucasian to arrive, form the fifth battalion, don't be in a hurry. Salin thought to himself, the fifth battalion should be controlled by Sika, and it was impossible to hand it over to Conan to manage. However, Sika doesn't seem to be a general, and he has to bother to find a qualified commander. Both the barbarians and the Caucasians have great fighting power, but without a good leader, they are nothing more than a plate of loose sand.

Salin clearly remembered the way Rex's swordsman battalion charged, and the same number of barbarians was certainly no match.

"Saleen, you can recruit some soldiers in the Principality of the Rhine. Aini made a suggestion next to him.

"How?"

"The Rhines are brave and warlike, most of them are not productive, in fact, many of the mercenaries of the Scochenian Empire are Rhinees. You only have to spend a small amount of money, and people will come to you. To be a private soldier for the nobles, so that Scochen Iada could be a mercenary. ”

"What about the Grand Duke of the Rhine?" Salin was a little worried. The Archduke of the Rhine was not as weak as the Archduke of Phoenix, and such a thing could easily provoke him.

"Didn't you want me to form a mercenary group, I'll go to Didipus, set up a garrison there, and then recruit people in the Duchy of the Rhine, and bring them back here from Didipus. The Grand Duke of the Rhine had nothing to worry about. When the time comes, those who are willing to be mercenaries will follow me, and those who are not willing to be mercenaries will follow you. ”

"The mercenary group's registered place must be in the Bitterwater County, and this thing will not be done until Rex returns. Saleen agreed, but didn't immediately get ready. The place of registration represents the ownership of a mercenary group, and where a mercenary group is registered, it actually has the obligation to defend it.

More than eighty percent of the mercenary groups on the continent are registered in Skocina, and in the event of war, these mercenaries become the power of Skocina. Therefore, Salin did not believe in the mercenary group, because before this, there was no mercenary group registered in Kushui County, and when the war happened, there would not be any mercenary group fighting for Kushui.

The reason for the current situation is that the newly built city of Salen is too remote, and even if Kushui County wants to recruit soldiers, it will not take much effort. As long as the magic announcement is issued, tens of thousands of swordsmen will go to join the army in a few months.

However, if Salin established the city in the hinterland of Qin Yin, not to mention that the council of Shengyan City would not allow it, even the surrounding nobles would raise troops to recruit troops. Although Qin Yin is vast, the good place has long been carved up by the nobles, and if he wants to intervene, there is no such possibility.

The crowd began to split up and go about their work, while Salin began his cultivation. A lot of things have to wait for Rex to come back before they can continue. For example, the officers, equipment, training, and so on needed to build the army. Fortunately, it's the end of the year, and Rex may be back in the city base in April, so Saleen doesn't have much time to wait.

Because the Three Kings had already taken care of it, Saleen sent two fifth-level magicians, Credion and Frans, to the border of Phoenix to meet Rex's men. The rest is left to Naris.

This time, Saleen did not practice as step-by-step as before, but specialized in cultivating Shui Yan Alchemy and Crystal Finger. In the last few battles, Salin was in danger of his life, and he had to increase his fighting strength as soon as possible. Fortunately, Shui Yan Alchemy itself is a practical magic, which is very beneficial for understanding the elements. The Crystal Finger is a powerful melee magic with great destructive power, and there are many high-level warriors around Salin now. But what he trusts most is his own magic.

For a mage of the same level, Salin no longer has any worries, he is most afraid of being close to the assassin or the sword master, so he really wants to learn these two magics. Especially the crystal finger, within ten meters, is indestructible.

According to the magic notes left by Rafal, the Crystal Finger is an advanced magic, and the base level is level six. Sarin's special physique lowered the rank of this magic by one level, so that he could learn this magic at the fifth level.

It's just that this mutation is not completely successful, if Salin learns the crystal finger at level six, he can release this magic twenty-four times in a row, but now when he releases the crystal finger at level five, his magic string is only enough to use it twice.

Even if Saleen casts a level 6 spell now, he can unleash two. It can be seen that the mutation of this crystal finger is not a success. Fortunately, the crystal finger is an advanced magic, and Salin can continue to increase the power of the crystal finger after he is promoted, and at that time, the number of times the crystal finger of the fifth level will be released, and Salin is not sure how much it will be.

Before getting this magic, Salin didn't pay much attention to it, what he paid the most attention to was the magic of water flow cutting, especially after refining that gourd, water flow cutting would hardly consume Saleen's magic strings, only his spiritual power, and the kind of vitality in the water flow.

The vitality of the water flow can be replenished back to the gourd, and Sarin's spiritual power far exceeds his rank, so Saleen is fond of that magic. However, although the water flow cutting is strong, it cannot overstep the level and hurt the real strong.

At least Salin knew that the Water Cut would not work on the Magus unless he progressed to become a Magus himself. Moreover, the speed of the water flow in the gourd is slightly slower when it is released, and it is absolutely impossible to reach the level of instantaneousness, and he has been in distress several times, all of which are related to these reasons. Therefore, Salin refocused on the Crystal Finger, even though the magic consumed a lot of magic strings.

How strong is the Crystal Finger? Even if someone as strong as Rafal created this magic. also had to use the power of magic equipment to bear the backlash of magic.

Saleen was in his room, with white stones piled up in front of him. These stones were used to build drainage facilities, and they were supposed to be punched in the middle, but now that Saleen cultivates the Crystal Finger every day, he can do this work by the way.

On the index finger of Saleen's left hand, Rafal's crystal ring is saddled. Without reciting any incantations, and without any magical gestures, the index finger of Salin's left hand suddenly turned transparent below the ring.

Salin knew that this was not true transparency, but that the water element formed countless facets on the index finger, transmitting the scenery behind the finger to the edge in front of the finger. If it's really the finger itself that has become transparent, then at least the phalanges inside the finger should be seen.

Salin turned his wrist slightly, his index finger was a little empty, and between his index finger and more than a hundred stones, there was a faint green light. This green mang is not thick, it is the same thickness as the index finger of Salin's left hand. However, when Qingmang hit the stone, there was a hole the size of a bowl in the center of the stone.