Chapter 1: Thor Fortress
The South Talon prairie is like the vast sea, looking in all directions, only to see the green grass and white cows, sheep, at this moment it is spring, everything grows rapidly, the earth is covered with a green carpet.
Since it was impossible to transport the carriage from Seabreeze City in the south to Sunrise City in the north, Lille and their team in Sunrise City delayed for a few more days in order to find enough transportation, for some reason, there were few carriages in Sunrise City, and Lille and York had a lot of trouble with how to transport supplies from Sunrise City to Thor's Fortress, but after paying double the gold coins, they finally found enough carriages.
After leaving Sunrise City, Lille and York, as well as the magicians who traveled with them, complained quietly that the high-ranking magicians had to walk because of the limited carriages, which made them suffer enough. These high-level magicians of the "Magic Hand" basically did not do any physical training when they studied in the magic tower, and they stayed in their magic laboratories all year round to study magic, and over time, their bodies would naturally be worse than those mercenaries who worried about life every day.
There is no way around it, because one's energy is limited, and when a mage spends time and energy on physical training, he falls behind other mages in spells. When a high-level magician fights, it is completely pure magic attack and defense, and the flesh he takes time to practice does not play a big role, so for a long time, the magician is used to his fragile body. Those magicians who want to cultivate both magic and martial arts will actually lag behind others with similar strength to him in both aspects, and the final consequence is that he is invincible in magic among warriors and invincible in body on the mage's side.
No matter how hard it is, these high-level magicians of the "Magic Hand" still have to move forward, because they have already delayed too much time on the road, and if they continue to grind, maybe the battle of Thor's Fortress is over. Soon, the magicians spotted that Ryan, who was walking with them, showed no sign of fatigue, and that the latter and Alendor were leisurely looking at the scenery of the prairie along the way, and were in the mood to discuss trivial matters from time to time, which made them wonder how Ryan did it.
Ryan didn't care about the surprised eyes of the high-ranking magicians looking at him, he was staring at a herd of cattle and sheep not far from him, all white, eating grass in groups on the grass. Occasionally, a Klee herdsman on horseback passed by his cattle and sheep, which rolled like parting flowers on the green grassland. The herdsmen galloped past singing love songs on the grassland, and the separated cattle and sheep quickly converged, while the singing herdsmen disappeared into the depths of the prairie on their horses.
No matter how far you go, as long as you keep moving in the right direction, you will always reach your destination. The senior magicians of the "Magic Hand" once again had a deep understanding of this truth in the South Talon savannah. After leaving Paradise of Liberty for a full month, the caravan led by Lille and York finally saw the military camp in the distance, which was one of the camps of the Thor Fortress garrison, and also the resting place for the caravans and mercenaries who came to support Thor's Fortress.
In fact, if Ryan and a few of them had traveled overnight, they would have been able to barely come to Thor's Fortress in a month, but there would definitely be no way to supply a large amount of supplies. And with the carriage to transport goods over long distances, the food and forage eaten along the way is not less than the goods transported, and it is unlikely that a large amount of food and forage can be bought at any time along the way, for the sake of insurance, I am afraid that you have to carry it yourself, which also leads to a decrease in the capacity of the carriage by more than half in disguise, which means that the freight is increased, which is more than worth the loss for the merchants.
Seeing that a large convoy had arrived in the south, twenty horses immediately drove out of the camp, and twenty warriors with sabers galloped to a place about a hundred meters away from the convoy, and immediately divided into four groups and circled towards Ryan and their convoy from four different directions. One group ran to the front of the convoy, one on each side of the convoy, and one group went far around the back of the convoy.
In Ryan's convoy, there were several merchants who had traveled back and forth between Thor's Fortress and Freedom Paradise all year round, and they walked out of the convoy quickly, shouting in unison: "Is it Captain Brandon? The rider on the horse tugged the reins and sat firmly on the horse's back.
Ryan and Allendo secretly cheered for them, this kind of riding skill is not something that everyone can practice, only those who have been on horseback all year round may have.
A man who looked like a leader among the riders took a closer look at the few businessmen who came out, and sure enough, they were acquaintances who often came and went here, and he said with a smile: "It turned out to be a few of you, why, what good things have been transported here this time?"
A stocky businessman, with his eyes squinted, touched his bulging belly and shouted, "Brandon, you're not hospitality." ”
The leader, known as Brandon, turned over and dismounted, strode over to the stocky merchant, and said as he went, "I'm sorry, but it's an extraordinary time, and General Kissunst has asked us to be vigilant in case of any surprises." ”
"Killnst?" Ryan was a little strange when he heard this familiar name, isn't this the same name as the captain who transported him? But thinking about the large population on the mainland, if it is not a noble, there is only a first name and no family name, and the repetition of personal names is more common, thinking of this, Ryan is also relieved.
"Ha, that's normal. Here, Captain Brandon, I'm going to introduce you to a few people. The stocky merchant changed the subject with a few words, pointed to Lille and York, and introduced to Captain Brandon, "This is the Wizard of Lille, and this is the Wizard of York." The two of them are in charge of our caravan. ”
The Captain Brandon was obviously very good at handling interpersonal relationships, and he immediately understood that the two magicians in front of him were the protagonists of this business, and a few words of compliment to these two magicians without revealing them easily attracted the favor of Lille and York. Then, after receiving a report from the riders who had just galloped out, Brandon made sure that there was nothing wrong with the caravan, and under Brandon's order, the gate of the barracks was completely opened, and the whole caravan was put inside.
As soon as they arrived at the barracks, Lille hurried back to their rooms, entrusting the entire caravan delivery to the merchants who had been going back and forth all the year round.
After the delivery of the materials is clear, the duties of this team are basically completed, and it depends on their own wishes as to how far those mercenaries who went north together can help Thor's fortress. Anyway, the Thor Fortress garrison will post the places that need help in the form of tasks in the Thor Fortress Branch of the Mercenary Guild, and those mercenaries will naturally do what they can.
Brandon was very interested in the set of lifting heavy objects brought by the Free Heaven, and he even left his own business, and gathered in front of the assembled craftsmen with great interest, and kept asking, and for the reception of this caravan, General Kissester of Thor's Fortress had already arranged, he took a thousand soldiers who were good at handling interpersonal relations from the garrison of Thor's Fortress, and organized them into a brigade, led by one of his lieutenants, who was responsible for reception affairs full-time. Most of these soldiers were apprentices or articulate when they were in their hometowns, and they were relatively tactful in dealing with people, and they were responsible for receiving the previous caravans.
Because there are a lot of caravan magicians in Ryan's group, these high-level magicians are very valuable combat power, so the adjutant in charge of reception affairs naturally attaches great importance to it, and deliberately selects the best soldiers under his command to receive them first, but this flattering move has had a bad consequence, basically, the eight smart and clever soldiers were viciously blasted out by the magician, and a magician with a hurry even recited half of the magic spell, so frightened that the soldiers who received him ran out of the room with a crawl, making his face full of embarrassment。
This little episode made the others laugh for a while, and the merchants and mercenaries who came with Lille and York naturally knew why, but these magicians had come here on foot, and they had to come here from Sunrise City, and they were not tired of making a mess?
The lieutenant was one of General Kissern's most trusted men, and he was really careful in his work, Ryan was on the caravan list, but he was a small apprentice in magic, and he also sent a soldier to be in charge of the reception. This soldier was only twenty-one or two years old, not much older than Ryan, he was full of childishness, but he spoke very old-fashioned, and Ryan and Allendo and others did not have the concept of superiority in their minds, so everyone quickly became familiar with it.
In the casual conversation, the young man named "Bart" was very envious of Ryan, in his ideals, but he wanted to be a magician the most, but although Bart was born in the imperial capital, his background was very ordinary, his parents were commoners, and it was impossible for Bart to afford the cost of learning magic, so Bart became a "seller" in the imperial capital when he was seven years old, and worked hard every day to earn money to subsidize the family.