Chapter 42 The Border

"Mourn. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Horst patted Tucker on the shoulder, and it was obvious that Tucker's whole body was shaking.

Indeed, Tucker's parents were killed in the attack, the same parents who gave birth to him and raised him, but never wanted to be killed by the war. What's more, Tucker, who was far away, was not able to see his parents for the last time, and he didn't know where his parents' bodies were left by the Clark Empire after they were killed.

It is the northern frontier, and it will be a gift from Lady Luck to survive, and no one knows if the next moment of their life will be extended.

"I must avenge this revenge. Another fist slammed into the desk, shaking the glass of water on the desk.

The atmosphere in the dormitory fell silent again, Horst and Sattar sorted out their things, and Tucker lay on his desk, after all, the murder of his parents was still a great blow to him.

The next morning, when the sun rose, the students of the various branches of the First Mage Academy, according to the requirements of the military officers, gathered on the playground again after bringing their luggage.

"This time it's going to be a march on foot, I hope you can hold on, you don't have formal training from the army, but you are mages, even if you don't have military training, you can do just as well as soldiers in the army. The officer on the stage was still yesterday's officer, and his voice was so charismatic that even Horst felt a little enthusiastic, "The hope of the empire is on your shoulders, please!" the officer said and gave a military salute.

"Let's go!"

The mighty army of mages passed through the streets of the imperial capital, even though the current imperial capital had entered a state of martial law, there were still residents sticking their heads out of the windows of buildings on both sides of the street, watching the long army queue. Maybe out of curiosity, but more often than not, there was admiration in the eyes.

Shenyang City, the imperial capital of the Shenyang Empire, is not very far from the northern frontier, and it can be reached in two days. In the past two days, the students of the lower courtyard of the First Mage Academy, including Khorst, have to march incessantly and rapidly, reaching the fortress of the northern frontier - the Rhine Fortress in the fastest speed and the shortest time.

Naturally, they were tired during the march, but the officers were constantly encouraged by military merits and constantly cheered up, and the trainees did not feel tired.

The Shenyang Empire naturally didn't know about the First Mage Academy, a mage academy, and other cities. The issuance of emergency conscription orders was also carried out in order of distance from the northern frontier, and cities close to the northern frontier were given priority to receive emergency conscription orders, which may have arrived a few hours after Princess Alice's assassination.

As a result, the mage armies of the cities closest to the northern frontier were often the first to reach the Rhine fortress.

The Rhine Fortress, said to be a fortress, was actually a military city, and all the people living there were soldiers. They were soldiers in wartime, and they were no different from civilians in their spare time, and if Horst used a familiar word, the Rhine Fortress was actually a place for soldiers.

There was a Rhine River that ran through the fortress, flowing from west to east, with the lands of the Clark Empire to the north and the Shenyang Empire to the south. The border defense line of the Shenyang Empire against the Clark Empire was established on the south bank of the Rhine River, and the opposite was the border defense line of the Clark Empire on the north bank.

This is similar to the Great Wall of China in ancient China, which was built along the northern border.

In fact, in history, the entire Rhine River was located within the border line of the Shenyang Empire, and it was precisely because of years of war that the Clark Empire continued to encroach. The Shenyang Empire had to cede a large area of land on the north shore to the Clark Empire, and had to build a border defense line thousands of miles long on the Rhine Coast, with the exception of the Rhine Fortress.

The Rhine Fortress is actually a strategic salient that extends to the Rhine HB shore for a purpose, which is also a strategy of the Shenyang Empire at the beginning. The Rhine Fortress is extremely strong, and at the same time it is a military city, which has the value of attacking, retreating and defending. Once the two countries go to war, this fortress does not need to cross the Rhine River to attack each other like the Clark Empire, and the Shenyang Empire can directly send troops to attack the border defense line of the Clark Empire, which shows how important the strategic location of the Klein Fortress is.

Over the years, there has been constant friction and wars between the two countries, but neither side has been able to break through the other's defensive line. More often, it is often the Shenyang Empire that is passively defensive, while the Clark Empire takes the initiative to attack.

Although the border defense line is difficult to penetrate, it does not mean that the border defense line is unsolvable, it also has holes, and once the holes are caught, the troops of the Clark Empire are able to enter the northern frontier to plunder. The most recent example is the destruction of several villages, including the village of Nus, in the attack, killing many villagers, including Tucker's parents.

From the morning, Horst saw that Tucker's face had improved a lot, and knew that he had seen it open, and had buried his hatred in his heart. But in any case, Horst, as a friend, will eventually care.

During the two-day march, it was not long or short, but it was an extraordinary experience for these students who were in the academy on weekdays.

When the rapid march reached the Rhine Fortress, the order of the military headquarters immediately came down, and the brigades of the grades under the academy were divided, each brigade was responsible for a section of the border, and at the same time, different classes were assigned to different sections of the border line for defense in a class unit, and the time was one year.

Although the emperor of the Shenyang Empire was extremely angry at the assassination of Princess Alice and declared war on the Clark Empire, he was not in a hurry to attack the Clark Empire. It was clear that he sensed that this was an unknown conspiracy, and what the purpose was, although he could guess, but there was no conclusive evidence to officially start a war. And even more remarkably, the Clark Empire seems to have been prepared for a long time on the Rhine HB bank.

This was felt when Horst and the others came to check on the section of the border they were responsible for. The border defense line of the Clark Empire on the Rhine bank is lined with banners, and there are constantly soldiers carrying things, and there are also constantly summoning mages or elemental mages to help repair the city defenses.

Looking at the appearance of those mages, like Horst and the others, they were all students, and Horst could tell that the Clark Empire on the opposite side had also issued an emergency conscription order.

"Behind us is the village of Nuss that was attacked, it's so miserable, the houses are burned to the ground, the corpses are all over the field, these beasts are simply crazy!" One of Horst's classmates gritted his teeth, "The assassination of Princess Alice is so cruel, it is obvious that there is no mercy for the civilians, such a country deserves to exist in this world?"

Horst's face changed continuously when he heard this, and he had already seen Tucker silently walking in the direction of Nus Village.

Glancing at Sattar, Horst immediately chased Tucker with him.

The mountain path is not very open, but there are corpses constantly appearing on both sides of the path, which belong to the villagers on the border of the Shenyang Empire.

No one came to claim them, and many were buried by the soldiers as ownerless corpses.

At the end of the path, a mountain village appeared in front of the three of them.

Actually, it can't be called a mountain village anymore.

The roof of the grass hut, constantly emitting flames and smoke, has passed for many days, and the appearance of being attacked is still remaining. Between the houses, corpses can occasionally be seen lying in them, but their clothes have been burned to ashes by the flames, and their faces are unrecognizable.

"It's not as good as a beast!" Horst cursed in his heart.

"These beasts, I will never spare them with my own hands!" Sattar also roared angrily, although Sattar who lived in the imperial capital, although he had heard about the war, this was the first time he had experienced it personally, and he was inevitably a little angry.

Occasionally, soldiers could be seen walking up and down the mountain road, but the soldiers' faces had become insensitive, as if they had become accustomed to such situations. They were carrying corpses, tidying up some of the more intact straw huts, which were still able to help people. At the very least, the village of Nus needs to be rebuilt.

"Plop-" Tucker fell to his knees on his legs, obviously unable to stand the blow in his heart.

Although living on the northern frontier, Tucker's sense of war seems distant.

At least, he would never have imagined that the village of Nus would be destroyed by the fire.

When the news reached his ears, he immediately asked his relatives in the northern frontier through the magic sound stone, but there was no response, and it was obvious that they had all been killed.

The village of Nuss is more or less related to Tucker.

This is where the Tucker family has lived for generations.

"The military department has released a part of the list of victims, I'm sure you have also read it, pay your respects. Horst reassured again, "Go to your house, and maybe you'll find something useful and worth keeping." ”

Nus Village is not a destroyed village, but more like an extinct village.

Tucker's house was in the innermost part of the village of Nuth, and several grass huts had been burned to the ground, and a few charred pieces of wood were still sparkling.

"A lot of people have been burned to death, and most of the corpses have been buried in a centralized manner to prevent the plague from happening, and I think it's probably too late to find them now. Horst shook his head, despite his life experience in a previous life, he had never encountered his current situation.

Since alkane-like summons are sensitive to fire, Horst relies on Chloroform to clear some debris and help Tucker find something worth keeping.

Tucker's eyes were filled with tears and he was sobbing.

"Hmm, what is this? We don't have anything like this in our house?" Tucker's voice caught Horst's attention, and he wiped his tears and handed the thing to Horst, "Look, where did this come from?"

"I'll take care of this, you don't have to worry about it. Horst took the object, looked at it, and with a chuckle in his heart, as if he remembered something, he hastened to put it in his pocket.

"Is it really the mysterious organization?"