The test soon began, and Marven calmly walked into the arena and quietly waited for his opponent to arrive. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

A quarter of an hour later, the door on the opposite side of the arena opened, and to his surprise, it was a heavily armed knight and a warrior with seven or eight javelins on his back.

The mercenaries watching the battle were in an uproar.

"Is there any mistake, we have a magician here, you don't send a magician to measure his spell-casting ability, but you found two martial artists to come over, what does this mean, to test the magician's hand-to-hand combat ability?"

"I protest! This is so unfair, it's just two enemies and one, and even sent a knight! This is a lineup dedicated to restraining magicians!"

Marven turned around and waved his hand at the boiling mercenaries, signaling them to be quiet, and then smiled at the two warriors opposite, "Can you start?"

Although the other party is a lineup that specializes in restraining magicians, Marven's magic cultivation has long been different from what it used to be, and it is not a problem at all for just two ordinary martial artists.

Seeing the calm look on Marven's face, the two warriors couldn't help but admire, and the knight at the head took off his helmet, gave him a knightly salute, and said respectfully: "Your Excellency Magician, I know that you may be very good at using magic to attack from a distance, but the arrangement of the commander also hopes for your support and understanding, after all, on the battlefield, you can't just encounter the other party's magician." ”

"Of course, I can understand that. Marven bowed slightly, war is never a simple confrontation with the same arms, it requires a variety of complex tactics and cooperation, and in the face of powerful magicians, an excellent commander will often give priority to using fast and mobile cavalry with long-range archers to restrain the opponent, rather than using his own magicians to fight hard with the opponent. And with the heavy knight to train the combat effectiveness of the magician, it seems that the commander named James still has some brains.

"Your Excellency the Magician, then you will be offended!" the knight quickly put on his helmet, held a knight's spear a foot long, and stabbed at Marven on his horse. The monster horse under his crotch instantly increased its speed to the extreme, and under the terrifying speed spurt, the power of the knight spear doubled, as long as it was hit, even a warrior with a strong physique would be killed on the spot.

However, after reaching the realm of vindictive spirit, Marven's reaction speed and perception ability are completely different from the past, and the rapid sprint of the heavy rider is like watching slow motion in his eyes, and he can see every move of the opposite knight.

At the moment when the knight's spear was about to pierce his body, Marven skillfully avoided the fatal blow with a levitation technique, and then the war horse under the knight's crotch suddenly became a figure, half-kneeling on the ground, and the huge inertia brought by the high-speed sprint immediately threw the knight out.

"Okay!" there was a thunderous cheer from the stands, the ground binding technique that Marven had just released was so ingenious that he had brought down this powerful heavy rider in almost a single move.

As soon as the knight fell, the warrior with the javelin behind him also quickly struck, and the javelin was wrapped in fighting spirit, shooting out at lightning speed, and there was a sound of "wooing" in the air.

Marven smiled slightly, although this javelin is fierce, but with his current martial arts cultivation, he can easily resist the damage of that javelin with a single fighting shield, but in order not to expose the strength of his demon warrior, he still decided to completely use magic to resist the enemy.

With the help of the levitation technique, Marven kept moving and flickering in mid-air, but the javelin strangely changed direction in the air, and then as if it had eyes, it bit Marven tightly.

Marven had no choice but to prop up the magic shield to dodge this blow, the physical defense ability of the magic shield was far weaker than the fighting energy shield, and after being hit continuously by the flying javelin, the light blue halo quickly dissipated.

The warrior quickly pulled out a short sword, cast his technique, and galloped towards Marven like a cheetah, and at the moment when he approached, Marven once again performed the earth binding technique, and then retreated sharply, and when the warrior broke free, several ice picks more than a foot long were obliquely inserted into his feet.

"You lost. Marven smiled faintly.

The knights and warriors stood up in unison and saluted respectfully towards Ma Wen, "Thank you for your mercy, Your Excellency, Your Excellency's cultivation is strong and experienced, we are not opponents, you have passed this assessment." ”

"Hehe, it's just a fluke, the martial arts of the two are also very good, come back another day......" Marven also returned the salute, and by the way, he also complimented the other party.

Next is the assessment of those mercenaries, Marven walked up to the audience, took a cup of coffee, and leisurely enjoyed the battle in the arena, although he has nothing to do now, but he can also take this opportunity to understand the specific strength and combat characteristics of these mercenaries, and in the future, when facing a strong enemy, it is also good to make reasonable tactical arrangements.

First up is Captain Hammond, who is armed with a two-handed greatsword and wears heavy chain mail, and his opponent is a mid-level magician who is not weak, and he comes up and instantly fires several wind blades at Hammond.

Although Hammond did not reach the realm of fighting spirit, he was extremely fast with his sword, and his movements were smooth, almost without revealing any flaws, and he actually blocked several waves of wind blades and icicles from the opposite magician with a big sword, and after he quickly approached with his body, the referee pronounced Hammond's victory.

The mercenary mage Rogge's opponent was a heavily armed knight, and when the knight charged at Rogge, Rogge summoned dozens of magic missiles in one go.

The magic missiles clanged into the armor of the heavily armored knight like a storm, making a tooth-aching metal crash, and finally, after being hit head-on by dozens of magic missiles, the knight was stunned and fell off his horse before he could get up close to the battle.

The remaining four young mercenaries were weaker in their original strength, and Marven and Hammond lied that they were just his retinue, so James thought about it for a while, and finally only transferred sixteen light infantry to fight them. In the end, with the tacit cooperation, those mercenaries still won a big victory with one enemy and four enemies.

After all the assessments were passed, everyone returned to the command post with a relaxed face under the leadership of the guards, and James let out a rare knowing smile, "I have to say, I did underestimate you a little before, but I didn't expect your assessment to go so smoothly." He took out a sharpened command knife from the drawer and solemnly handed him to Marven, "Marven, from now on, you are not only an official holy warrior, you will also become my deputy vanguard officer, assist Mance, and go to the front line together!"

"Thank you Commander for your promotion, I swear in the name of the Lord that I will fight bravely and eliminate the infide......ls as soon as possible," Marven bowed slightly, with a meaningful smile on his face.

"God the Father is great!" said Hammond and the others in a heartfelt compliment.

"Your Excellency, I have one more question for you. Hammond stepped forward and walked over to James.

"Oh, you're Hammond, aren't you?" James glanced up at the other man, a slight look of approval in his eyes.

"Exactly. ”

"Hmm...... Very good, you performed well in the martial arts arena just now, and your martial arts skills are probably not weaker than any ordinary martial artist under the paladin, if you have any questions, just ask. James had a rare gentle smile on his face.

"Your Excellency Commander, we are here for the Holy War, of course, we have to practice the ability to kill the enemy, I just want to know, when can we go to the Marne Federation and fight to the death against the heretics who believe in false gods?"

James pondered for a moment, and then slowly spoke: "I can't answer this question yet, I know you are eager to fight, but I can only tell you first, we can't go to the Marne Federation in the short term. ”

"Why? Isn't the Empire already close to the Marne Federation, and why is it sending troops here for a long time?"

"Commander, we're going to the front! Fight for the God of Light!

There was an uproar among the people, if they could not go to the Marne Federation, their move to blend in with the army would become meaningless, and several young mercenaries shouted that they would go to the Marne Federation to "ask for war", and even claimed that if they could not participate in the war, they would leave the Ninth Division and join the other Illuminati troops who were fighting on the front line.

"If you leave the army without permission, I have to suspect that you are spies sent by the Moses. James stared at the young mercenaries who were still shouting, and coldly threatened, "If you want to die, then please!"

"Hehe, young people are not sensible, and please don't be like them, Lord Commander. Master Rogge hurriedly came out and said, "It's just Your Excellency, we are here for the Holy War, and we are really eager to go to the Marne Federation to make contributions, and the Ninth Division, as the elite of the Empire, believes that it will not only do some work that can be done by some miscellaneous troops in this small Utan Town......" The mercenary mage quietly complimented the Ninth Division.

"Hmm......" James' expression softened, "Your Excellency Magician, I can tell you unambiguously that sooner or later our Ninth Division will have to go to the Marne Federation, but before that, we need to stay here for some time to completely defeat the enemies of the Iliad Kingdom in the southeast and cleanse all the heretics there!"

"But my lord, hasn't the Iliad Kingdom already surrendered?" Mage Rogge wondered, "how can they still pose a threat to us?"

As a mercenary mage, Rog has traveled to the countries of Middle-earth for many years, and has some understanding of the situation in many countries, this Iliad is the closest Mosesian country to the St. John's Empire, the Holy War has only started less than a month, the Iliad has collapsed under the blitzkrieg of the Imperial army, and its royal family quickly surrendered to the Imperial army.

"That's right, we defeated the Iliad army, but don't forget, the Iliad is a Mosesian country after all......" James sighed, gritted his teeth, and said: "Those damn infidels, they have organized a large number of rebels, constantly harassing the rear of the Imperial army, if the supplies are completely cut off by those miscellaneous things that deserve to go to hell, then the Empire's vanguard troops will be in trouble, and the Moses army will take advantage of the situation to counterattack......"

"Therefore, before leaving for the Marne Federation, the mission of our Ninth Division is to exterminate the rebels, completely cleanse all the infidels of the Iliad, and make every effort to ensure the safety of the supply lines of the Imperial Army!"

"Aren't you going to the front line?" James glanced at everyone coldly, and said categorically: "Here, this is the front line!"