Blair stood at the top of the mountain, looking into the distance, a gust of autumn wind blew, blowing the hem of the robe on his body, in fact, it was already very late, the foot of the mountain was hazy, and he couldn't see far at all, but Blair was not standing here to observe the situation at the foot of the mountain, but to think about the problem.

Since Blair set off with the Mochizuki City Magic Exchange Group, the security of the entire team has been in charge of the few magicians he specially brought from the Mochizuki City Magic Guild, these magicians are divided into two groups, and they maintain a "Magic Vision" magic array day and night, the principle of this magic array is quite simple, that is, to expand their vision through magic, and use it to detect surrounding anomalies.

This "Magic Vision" magic array is cleverly made in the carriage of a carriage, so that whether it is walking or resting, this magic array can not be disturbed, with the strength of these magicians, they can observe within twenty kilometers of the exchange group, such a long distance, enough for their own side to prepare accordingly before the enemy attacks.

Blair was a little anxious in his heart, because according to the predetermined time, Lily, the head of the Thieves' Guild who was responsible for befriending Senate, should have sent someone to contact Senate, but so far, Blair has not received any news, and now the entire magic exchange group is stationed at the edge of Senate's territory, if Lily does not form a non-aggression pact with Sennat, then Blair must take the entire exchange group to the west to bypass the two mountains, which will of course take more time.

And even if he really signed a contract with Senate, Blair also has to guard against Sennat's disadvantage for himself, after all, he is now carrying almost four-fifths of the magical power of Mochizuki City, if Blair's trip is to attack Senate and capture Secker City, Blair is not so worried, as long as he does a good job of protecting his army and sending scouts to prevent being sneak attacked, Blair can of course advance step by step, but now he can only wait passively, even if he really wants to fight, he can only make Senat do it first, so as not to fall into a disadvantageous situation diplomatically in Mochizuki City。

"My lord, it's already dark, so let's go back to the carriage and rest. Just as Blair was speculating about Senat's possible reaction, the voice of one of his aides came from his side, and Blair slowly turned around and said to his assistant, "No news yet?"

Blair's assistant shook his head and said, "No, it should have been delivered by carrier pigeons in the afternoon, but now it's six hours late, and there is still no news, has something changed?"

Although Blair was anxious, but he didn't show it at all, listening to his assistant's hand, Blair laughed and said: "In fact, no matter what the result is, we must be careful in the end, which is why I chose this place as a campsite tonight, we can't do it first, and the terrain here is dangerous, although it is easy to be surrounded, but as magicians we are not afraid of this." ”

"Alright, take it easy, go get my orders across, and let the 'Magic Vision' continue to detect at full capacity. Add scouts to search the nearby area, don't be careless, after all, the 'Magic Vision' is not omnipotent, and the other party can also use magic to produce illusions to interfere. ”

"Yes!"

"Oh, by the way, if Ryan and they don't have anything to do, invite them over to chat, I've been busy on the road these days, and I haven't chatted with them much, after all, they're guests. ”

"Okay, I'll do it. Blair's assistant agreed, and ran away to deliver the order.

Blair traveled with the magic exchange group this time, in fact, there are only more than 30 official members in his group, including 3 archmages, 11 mages, and 17 senior mages.

However, the number of people in this exchange group is almost 300, because every magician with status cannot be alone, he must have his own retinue. As we all know, it takes time for a magician to cast a spell, and a young magician who is just starting out naturally has to work hard, but once he is famous, does he have to do everything?

In order to solve this problem, many famous and powerful magicians have formed their own retinue group, which is very similar to the knight's retinue, and because the magician does not need to be as self-disciplined as the knight, so the magician's retinue is more varied, there are servants who are responsible for the magician's daily life, and there are assistants who take care of various affairs for the magician, and more are good guards, the purpose of these guards is to protect the magician and buy time for the magician to cast spells.

It can be said that the 11 magisters and 3 archmagists who traveled in this exchange group are equivalent to 14 small mercenary groups uniting to carry out a mission together, and this number is naturally indispensable, especially Master Blair himself, who has enough manpower: 20 thief scouts who are good at finding out news, 20 warriors who are good at martial arts and wear armor, and 10 shooters who are all shots, and because of Blair's noble status, there are even several priests hired in his entourage, plus Blair's 12 assistants who are all high-level magicians, and 8 servants including the groom cook, Blair's retinue alone accounted for a quarter of the entire exchange group.

After a short while, Ryan walked over with Farath and Franner. This time, Ryan divided the entire mercenary group into two parts, he asked Alendor to take Colin and Thomas to help Shayna find the whereabouts of the Song of the Soul, and he took Farath and Flanner to accompany Blair back to the imperial capital, so when he heard that Blair was chatting with him, Ryan immediately came over with his companions.

Ryan and the others just walked to Blair's side, and before they could speak, they heard the sound of hurried footsteps, Ryan and they hurriedly stood up, but saw another assistant of Blair hurriedly walked to Blair's side, and then whispered: "My lord, there is a situation!"

Blair made an apologetic gesture to Lane and them, and then motioned to his assistant to start reporting, and the assistant immediately told him the news he had just received: "From the northeast of us, about seventeen kilometers, we found a large number of troops, numbering about a thousand, and in the southwest, an army also appeared, but only a few hundred men, the sky was too dark, and there were dense woods in that direction, so it was not very clear. ”

Blair recalled the nearby map a little, and found that the two armies happened to block the passage of his group to the north and south, and if the magic exchange group wanted to go in other directions, they would have to abandon the carriage and take the mountain road, and the road was rough and inconvenient to walk, which might give the opponent more time to encircle.

"Apart from Senat, which lord can raise a few thousand troops in this vicinity? It seems that this Senate is ready to hunt, but sometimes he will be swallowed by the prey in one bite if he doesn't do his best. Blair whispered, "We have a difficult terrain here, as long as we firmly hold the only passage, we don't have to worry about the enemy attacking." Ask the scouts to shrink a little, be careful not to clash with each other, they are many after all. In addition, everyone on the mountain eats and rests on the spot and is not disturbed. In addition to guarding the passage up and down the mountain, the soldiers in charge of guarding must also patrol the surrounding cliffs to prevent people from sneaking up. ”

Ryan and the others were standing next to them, and naturally they could hear it clearly, and when Blair's assistant left, Ryan immediately took a few steps forward and said to Blair, "I'll go and help too." I don't think I'm going to hold you back. ”

Blair shook his head and said with a smile: "Haha, drag your feet? Ryan, you are really modest, you have killed more than this number of orcs in Thor's Fortress and the Imperial Capital, right? If they attack in batches and days, maybe you will kill them all." But you're a guest now, so how can you keep your guests busy while your host stands by?"

Ryan wanted to say something more, but Blair patted him on the shoulder vigorously and said, "Don't worry, it's okay, our magicians in Mochizuki City also use magic, and we also occupy the favorable terrain." If you really want to help, there's a very important thing to do right now. ”

"What's the matter?" Ryan asked.

"Play tarot with me!" said Master Blair with a smile.

As soon as Blair spoke, his assistant, who was standing beside him, was immediately busy, and in a short time everything was arranged, the table was removed from the carriage, and the four chairs, of course, although a little simpler, but it was not easy on the journey, and in addition to these, Master Blair's servants were quick to bring all kinds of pastries, as well as roasted meats cut into small pieces, a dozen kinds of fashionable fruits, and even a glass of wine for Faraz and Franner.

Faras sat down, she picked up the crystal wine glass and tasted it gently, and found that this bright red wine syrup was actually the best Bordeaux produced in the imperial capital, she swept the front of Ryan and Blair with her eyes, and found that they only had clear water, obviously Blair's assistant knew the habits of Ryan and others very well, and handled everything properly.

"You've got a good housekeeper. Faras couldn't help but compliment, and Blair smiled and said: "Actually, they have been following me for a long time and are more familiar, okay, let's deal cards." ”

"Well, it's been a long time since we've played together, Ryan, and we're going to have a little fun tonight. Faras picked up the whole set of tarot cards and began to shuffle and deal cards according to the rules, while Ryan put aside his worries about Senate's army for the time being, while waiting for Farath to deal the cards, Ryan had completely adjusted his mentality, and he even joked with Blair: "If you lack a Magister card, you can add yourself, anyway, you are a great Magister!"

(There are some delays today, only 3,000 words have been updated, and there are still 1,000 days left to make up.) ）