Thor Fortress, New Town.

On the plain about a few kilometers south of the original Thor Fortress, a brand new city stands proudly on the verdant earth, and although its walls are less than half a meter high, the entire framework of the city has been established. Tens of thousands of human slaves toiled under the supervision of more than a thousand orc overseers, and the huge stones needed to build the city walls and the buildings in the city were all removed from the Thor's fortress and slowly moved here, with almost no magical tools, the human slaves were basically supporting the new city with their own flesh and blood.

"Very well, now this new city is on a large scale. Alessandra, the patriarch of the Black Eagle Clan, nodded with satisfaction, and said to Anacista, the patriarch of the Wild Leopard Clan, and Ignati Woods, the patriarch of the Giant Serpent Clan, beside her, "Spring has arrived, and it is a good time for human slaves to continue their work. Based on the current progress, I estimate that by October this year, the new city will be ready for use. ”

"A year?" said Anathista softly, "it's hard to imagine how humans built such a magnificent fortress in the first place when it took us so long to tear down a fortress and rebuild it nearby?"

"Those are meaningless, you should consider the problem of human slaves. Ignati Woods said coldly: "The human slaves we plundered in the Thor Fortress and the Imperial Capital last year have been lost thirty percent after a winter, and although I have issued a strict order not to be abused, the number of losses is still increasing dramatically every day. ”

"So what's the matter with us? They are all dead, just to save food, this is the fate of these slaves, and we will lead the orcs to new glory!" Alexandra said confidently: "This is our mission! The Bear Clan has declined, and the hope of the orcs is our alliance of three major clans!"

Seker City, Senate Residence.

"My lord, the weaknesses we exposed in last year's Battle of Mount Valen have all been strengthened and remedied in the past year. Nelson said respectfully to Senat, who was seated on the throne, "By your order, I have personally reorganized the army, kicked out all the scum, and recruited more new blood. ”

"Now you have 1 elite infantry corps of 30,000 people, a ranger brigade of 2,000 people, and 3 ordinary infantry legions of 30,000 each. Your Excellency, you have a full army of 122,000, three times more than last year when we announced our independence from the Empire!"

"However, there is one thing that must be vigilant, that is, in terms of the combat effectiveness of the army, our elite infantry legion can compete with any army in the imperial capital except for the Royal Knights, but the ordinary infantry legion cannot, they are now only able to take up arms and listen to the orders to assassinate and defend, which is obviously not enough, and further training is needed. In my opinion, they lack the desire to fight, and they also lack experience on the battlefield. ”

Senat sat on a high throne, and after listening to Nelson's report, he was quite satisfied with the result, but Senat also wanted to hear better news, so he asked, "How is the combat power of the rangers?

"It's a pity that all they can do is rely on mobile power to outflank and fight head-on," Nelson shrugged his shoulders and said, "My lord, it's a pity that I can't bring you another piece ......of good news." In order to ensure their mobility, each of these rangers had three horses, and 6,000 carefully selected war horses, which was quite a lot. But in a large-scale battle, 2,000 men, perhaps before they could run to the opponent's position, were shot with arrows. ”

"And, my lord, the horses in this army are basically smuggled from the Clay tribe, and the Clay tribe seems to have taken precautions against us, they don't give us the best horses, and the number has not been able to rise, and it is very difficult for us to expand the size of the cavalry. ”

"It doesn't matter, now the horse farm in the imperial capital is occupied by orcs, the Clay clan will not give us good horses, let alone the imperial capital, there are few southern plains and many lakes and rivers, we have to work more hard in this regard. Senat gave Nelson new instructions: "The 800,000 troops of the orcs have not captured the imperial capital, can we do it? No, what we can do now is to strengthen ourselves, not fight to the death with the imperial capital, of course, conflicts on a small scale are inevitable, because we need to train our troops, and we can't let the imperial capital focus on recovering its vitality." ”

"However, with our strength, even harassment will pay a big price. ”

"Haha!" Senat laughed, and when he had finished laughing, he said to Nelson, "That's why you can only be a general, and I can be a monarch." A lot of times, we can leverage it. ”

"Borrow?"

"The Clay and the orcs don't want the Imperial Capital to recover, and their territory just borders the Imperial Capital, so it means that the three of us will take turns harassing the Imperial Capital, and we only need to spend a third of our strength to do what we want to do. ”

"Your Excellency, this is a great idea!" said Nelson, who said in heartfelt admiration, "This is tantamount to forming an alliance between the three of us, and we can use this opportunity to buy more horses from the Clay Clan to form an army." It's just that, my lord, our magicians are not enough to fight against the Imperial Capital and Mochizuki City. ”

Hearing Nelson's question, Senat said in a satisfied tone, "You don't have to worry about this, I've already asked my allies for help, and the ten magicians he sent me have already begun training the first magicians. ”

"Ten of them, that's too little, isn't it?" said Heyman, who had been standing by the side without speaking, "unless it's all Magister." ”

"No, they are seeds, instructors. ”

"But magicians don't ...... in a short period of time," Nelson whispered.

"Hmph, those who receive their magical training will only have two endings, through training or death. Senat's tone gradually became cold: "Use the secret method to stimulate the potential of their bodies, so that they can master great power in the shortest possible time at the cost of burning their lives." Although the success rate is relatively small, how can there be hundreds of people who can be qualified for 10,000 apprentices, and it is enough to be able to defend against the opponent's magic attacks. ”

Senat stood up and said with great ambition, "I have a better way to deal with the magician." Hundreds of years ago, countless excellent magicians died under the sword of the assassins, and today, the magicians of the imperial capital and Mochizuki City will also enter the fate of their predecessors, and my mission is to reproduce the glory of my ancestors, which no one can stop, no one can stop!"

Ryan stood there quietly, beside him, there were endless starry skies up and down, left and right, at this moment he was in a wonderful space in the Draena Magic Tower, although Ryan's own ability was not enough to roam among the stars, but through this wonderful space, Ryan had that feeling.

The stars echoed in the distance, faintly revealing constellations of different shapes, and Ryan immersed his heart in the night sky to perceive the indescribable power. Time seemed to stop at this moment, not even Ryan's own heartbeat appeared, and in the vast expanse of space, only the eternal starlight faintly shone brightly.

Suddenly, Ryan realized slightly: "Ah, aren't these stars that make up the constellations exactly the same as the magic array we use?

Ryan's fingers swiped lightly across the void on his chest, purple halos spilling out of his fingertips, dragging his long tail through the sky like a meteor......

"Hehe, I finally understand that the powerful magic released by real magicians is not that they have such a huge power themselves, but that they have gathered enough power to use their own power as a medium. It's like Victor's 'Thor's Wrath', in fact, the electric element contained in the entire 'Thor's Wrath' has long filled the space around us, but ordinary magicians are simply unable to gather them together. It's just that being able to forcibly compress an electric element within a radius of hundreds of kilometers into a sphere is not something I can do now. ”

"But it doesn't matter, I'm only 18 years old today, and I still have plenty of time to do it. Moreover, I have other ways to do this, for example, with a magic array ......"

"Haha, haha, it's been a year, it's been a whole year, and I've finally found a way to break through. Ryan's cheerful laughter echoed through this void space.

Dranay, who was standing less than three meters away from Ryan's side, nodded with satisfaction, because of the effect of this wonderful space, Ryan only saw the stars in the sky at this time, and could not see Drane at all, and although Drane could see Ryan's every move, he couldn't hear Ryan's voice, as if he and Ryan were in different planes.

"Ryan, it only took you a year to figure this out, and that's not bad. However, there is still a considerable gap between thinking and doing, and your magic path is still long. ”

In the endless starry sky, Ryan has finished immersed himself in the comprehension of power, which is an essential journey for his growth.

Everyone has their own journey to take, and for Ryan, his journey is chaotic, as if he is now in the void space, with no direction and no end. The only thing Ryan knows is that he's already on his journey, and he's never going to stop.

Ryan chose the easiest way, that is, to keep walking, because no matter how rugged the road is, as long as you keep going, you can see where the end is sooner or later, and the driving force that supports Ryan to keep going on is the girl wearing a purple mage robe and smiling.

"Fani, wait for me, sooner or later, I will meet you again, I will put you in the most beautiful clothes, and make you my bride, the most beautiful bride on this continent! ”

(End of Volume VII)