Chapter 41: The Value of a Magical Apprentice (Part II)
Salin didn't ask anything more, but thought to himself that if the war had taken place in Garulan, it would not have anything to do with him. If Kushui County is in trouble, he can't just walk away.
Let's hope it's okay. Saleen prayed in his heart, for the first time he cared so much about whether the world was peaceful.
Passing through the garden, there is a row of buildings, all made of granite, which has a rough and fierce atmosphere. In front of the door, there were pillars, and two heavily armed soldiers stood. Seeing Narnia and Saleen, the two soldiers bowed and saluted.
"Mage, you're here. ”
The soldier standing guard clearly knew Nania and smiled at Saleen. Saleen noticed that the equipment of these two soldiers was not much different from that of Baron Cook's elite soldiers, at most they were high-level swordsmen, and they were not as good as swordsmen. But the two soldiers were noticeably more confident and refined. When they saluted, there was only respect in their eyes, not humility.
The elite of the Qin Yin Empire should not be underestimated. If this kind of soldier were to surround thirty or fifty, the first-class mage would definitely be cut into meat sauce. If the armor is enchanted, the second-level mage should also be careful. In comparison, the noble private soldiers of Skocinia are not very good, and they are not as strong as the mercenaries of large mercenary groups.
I heard that the Lord of Rex can have 10,000 elite troops, and when he gets the ownership of the surrounding cities, once a war breaks out, it is not a problem to recruit hundreds of thousands of auxiliary troops. Coupled with the mages and apprentices of Kushui County, there shouldn't be any danger in this city. Thinking of this, Saleen was relieved. I thought too much, if there was really an army that could come to the city, I am afraid that the entire Qin Yin Empire would have been involved in the war.
This is impossible, Qin Yin's army under the control of Shengyan City exceeds one million, and it is divided in several provinces. Coupled with the private soldiers owned by the nobles in various places, the entire Qin Yin was like an iron bucket.
Nania led Salin into the door, and there was a corridor inside, and the two of them went directly down the stairs to the second floor, where a young mage greeted them. The entire mage had short blond hair, and a magic mark on his white magic robe.
"Sister, you're here. "The young mage is older than Salin, but not even 20 years old.
"This is Master Sarin, and this is my brother, Kadric. ”
"Thank you so much, Master Salin. Kadrick was visibly relieved.
"You're welcome, Nania and I are friends. Salin replied with a smile.
Kaderick led the two of them into his room, which was extremely strange, with a bronze railing in the middle, enclosing a hole in the floor of tens of square meters. Below was the first floor, in an even larger room, where dozens of alchemy test benches were arranged in an orderly manner, and hundreds of magic apprentices were busy processing some metal pieces.
Salin recognized that the pieces of metal were the material of the fish scale armor. The apprentices were using the alchemy apparatus on the alchemy test bench to process the nail pieces, and the green and faint armor pieces were burned on the magic flames, and beautiful patterns appeared.
On the other side, there is a long alchemy table, and more apprentices are dealing with the tendons of the demonic beasts.
Warcraft tendons are used in many ways, the most common being to make bowstrings. The tendons of ordinary beasts need to be boiled and woven for a long time before they can be used to make bowstrings, and the bowstrings of a bow can be used for three years to be considered of good quality. The tendons of Warcraft are tougher and wear-resistant, and will not cause problems such as fatigue and breakage, nor will they become brittle due to dryness and lack of water.
And these apprentices downstairs split the tendons of the demonic beast into thin filaments, but they were to be used to string the armor leaves.
In addition to the ancient knight's plate armor, most warriors' armor required the armor leaves to be strung together with various ropes. Inferior armor would be strung together with hemp rope soaked in glue, which, although wear-resistant, could not withstand too much force. When encountering the invasion of sword qi, it is easy to deglue and break.
High-grade metal armor is strung together with hair, wire, leather strips, etc., woven into a tougher rope. The use of Warcraft tendons is the most expensive of them all.
In another corner, Saleen saw the apprentice enchanting the ancient brocade robe.
Because of the wealth of the Qin Empire, even commoners, they also had the right to wear brocade and silk, and only slaves who had lost their freedom had restrictions on this. However, the ancient brocade is only the right of nobles and soldiers to wear, this kind of brocade has a heavy feel, bright colors, suitable for dresses. The ancient brocade robes handled by these apprentices were made of magically treated silk, and the apprentices were doing the second processing.
There were also test benches in the rooms on the second floor, but these test benches were much smaller and did not have the complex alchemy machinery downstairs.
When the two dozen or so magic apprentices saw Salin and Naria enter, they all stood up and saluted. These apprentices were sad, and there was a complete set of machinery, crystal tubes, beakers, stands, crucibles, etc., on the test bench, which was more like a unified alchemy device in comparison.
On the other side of the circular room is the room belonging to Kadrick, and when you enter the room, there is an alchemical test bench.
"Kadric, are all these armors for the generals?" Salin felt a little incredible when he saw such a huge alchemy laboratory.
"No, the county lord's swordsman battalion is full of 10,000 people, and all of them have two sets of armor and a few spare equipment. The officer's clothes are not something that I, a little mage, can be responsible for. ”
20,000 sets of armor of this texture!
Salin didn't bother to do it, anyway, it was a big expense. Although it is said that this is the power of the county lord, can His Majesty the Emperor rest assured that such an elite army? You must know that if there is no prince, it is possible for the county lord to inherit the throne and become the empress.
These actions of Lord Rex are definitely not for a military parade, but for war.
"Kaka, what's the trouble with you calling me in a hurry?" Nania began.
Kadrick looked at Salin and said, "There are still more than two thousand sets of horn bands for the armor, and they are almost finished, but the water for repair is not enough, the mages are not there, and I am ...... one."
Salin smiled and said, "It's okay, how much repair water do you need to make?"
It's too easy for Saleen to make the Water of Repair now, and the magic strings have grown, and after becoming a Level 2 mage, Saleen can make 48 copies of the Water of Repair in a row, each of which is 2000 grams. These healing waters, not to mention drinking, are enough for bathing.
"It takes a lot, and the three of us make it in a row, and I'm afraid it will take a day to do it. ”
"So much?" Salin pondered, Nania was already a third-level magician, and although she was still far from being promoted, it didn't take much skill to make the Water of Repair. She can make about the same amount as she should be on her own.
"No way, these horn bands are magically etched, and they need to be rinsed with repair water, and soaking them is useless. If you don't deal with it quickly, these corner bands will be wasted. ”
Saleen was unfamiliar with alchemy, and knew that the hornbands were magical equipment, and that the etched patterns must also have a magical caste.
"No problem, let's prepare the container. "Saleen didn't want to shock the world, so he took the surname as an exercise. Otherwise, if he made it with all his might, he and Nania would not be able to produce enough weight in a day.
Metal flat-spouted pots were brought in, these flat-spouted pots were not small, and there were shallow holes in the base for positioning, and the surface of the metal pots was covered with magic patterns.
Estimating the number of normal mages to make, Salin cast the first-level magic of the Water of Repair 12 times in a row, and then stopped. This is equivalent to the number of 24 Repair Waters made by a normal Level 2 mage.
Nania also didn't stop, and made more than 90 repairs in a row, and Cardric was overjoyed, his sister and this second-level mage made a lot more repair water than expected, so that he was sure to complete the task.
He quickly took out the magic core and stuffed it into the hands of Salin and Nania, allowing the two of them to restore the magic strings. Salin's magic strings only cost a quarter, but he didn't refuse Kadrick's kindness, and the money was paid by the county lord anyway.
One by one, the flat-spouted metal pots were lifted out and placed in the alchemy machine, pouring and fixing. The water of repair passed through the crystal tube at a constant speed, dispersed into dozens of torrents in a glass bubble, washing the corners of the glass bubble.
The horn bands were black, and after washing, they came out of their original blue-brown color, revealing the etched magic pattern. The water of restoration collects from the other end of the glass bubble and flows out, and it is already pitch black and can no longer be used.
Saleen quickly regained the lost magic string, and was a little bored. I thought it was heavy work, but I didn't expect it to be just a few first-level magic. Looking out the window, the apprentices were busy, tending to the washed corners one by one.
Every apprentice is so young and serious. I don't seem to feel ashamed of doing this kind of thing at all. The apprentices who can make alchemy machines are already at least level 6 magic apprentices, and none of these apprentices are over twenty years old, and it is only a matter of time before they become full-fledged magicians.
Salin sighed, the number of magicians in Skochenya is not very small, but there is definitely no such a large base of apprentices. Magical apprentices may not have much meaning on the battlefield, but the mage will not do the work in front of them, and can only rely on the apprentice to complete it.
With a large number of apprentices, you can create enchanted armor on a large scale. After the most basic alchemy process is over, the magician only needs to activate the magic array and input the magic power to finalize the entire set of magic armor.
No matter how low-level it is, it is also a magic armor, which can resist the sword aura of the swordsman. It can even resist some low-level magic, such as acid splashing, icicle, first-level fireballs, etc.
Ten thousand sets of such armor worn on the swordsman's body can definitely form a torrent of steel. Those loosely structured mercenaries could not be resisted even by swordsmen, let alone the private soldiers of the nobles.
Salin finally understood what Qin called the Magic Empire, although the situation in Kushui County was a bit special, but the nobles of the empire, as long as the emperor allowed it, could hire a large number of apprentices to do this.
One out of a hundred apprentices can become a full-fledged magician, and every apprentice in this alchemy factory has the potential to become a magician. It can be said that all of them are the elite of apprentices.
Only this method of the Lord of Rex can attract countless elite apprentices to settle in Kushui County. Everyone has a chance, what a temptation for a magic apprentice! If there was such a place in Ceylon City, Saleen would have sold himself and was willing to work for the county lord.
The work is cultivation, and all the consumption is the responsibility of the county lord, such a good thing has not appeared anywhere else on the mainland.
This kind of effort from Lord Rex is worth it, if she is given another ten years, she will have more mages, archmages, and magicians.
Because she understands the value of an apprenticeship in magic.
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