General Kissernst sat quietly in the command room, he was engrossed in reading a copy of "The Battle of Fernando", the table in front of him was full of various materials, in one corner of the table, there was a roast beef, and a goat's milk soup, but it had already cooled.

"Report!" a majestic voice sounded outside the door.

General Kissunst put down the book in his hand and said loudly, "Come in, Clark." ”

The door was pushed open, and General Clark strode in.

"Sit down, you've worked hard today. General Kissernst said lightly: "What are the results? ”

"Yes, General. General Clark stood upright at the table, gave a standard military salute to Kissern, and then said loudly, "Today the orcs attacked Thor's fortress for the fifth time."

General Kissunst waved his hand, pointed to the chair in front of him and said to Clark, "Okay, Clark, don't be so restrained, sit down and talk slowly." ”

"Oh, okay. General Clark was a commoner, and he didn't have the same rules as nobles, and he sat on the chair that General Kissunst pointed to, and the chair with his heavy body "creaked" loudly.

"General, in the battle during the day today, my Clark Legion lost more than 8,000 casualties, and the warriors who rode wolves behind the orcs were particularly strong, killing more than 5,000 of our warriors in 1,000 people, and there were almost no casualties. When General Clark said this, he suddenly cursed a few words of slang from home, which roughly meant greeting the female ancestors of these orcs.

General Kissernst, who was born in the aristocracy, frowned slightly, in fact, he didn't understand Clark's hometown dialect very well, but after all, Clark had been under him for several years, and he still knew the meaning of the few words he often said.

After General Clark vented a few words, he continued: "Our army killed about 30,000 orcs, and destroyed more than 100 orc stone-throwing vehicles and siege vehicles. Our army consumes arrows"

General Kissunst listened silently to General Clark's report, and after Clark finished explaining the general situation, General Kissunst asked, "That little magician, how is he doing?"

At the mention of Ryan, Clark's eyes suddenly radiated the miser's gaze when he saw the gold coin, and he said excitedly: "This little magician is simply great, today he and his archer team killed more than 2,000 orcs, and my two personal guards personally went to count, and the little guy named Ryan killed more than 1,000 orcs independently, including 400 elite warriors of the orcs." That's a terrible number, and his record alone is almost as good as an elite team of 5,000 people can do. General, give me a few more magicians like this. ”

General Kissunst sighed and said to Clark: "Don't dream, it's not like you haven't seen those magicians before, almost all of them are useless vases, you have to go back to meditate if you can't put a few spells, you have to be quiet when casting spells, there can be no interference, how is this possible on the battlefield." ”

"But this little magician doesn't have any of these problems. General Clark hesitated and said, "General, I have witnessed it with my own eyes today, this magician named Ryan was simply born to fight. I've often seen him fly out of a purple thing, or a blue lightning bolt, or by the way, a round red ball, which is the most powerful thing, and can kill several orcs at once. ”

General Kissernst smiled wryly and said, "Who knows, maybe this little guy is a freak." ”

Speaking of this, Kissern's tone changed, and he whispered: "Clark, you are my old subordinate, and I won't hide it from you." Over the years, we have all been a little careless, and no one thought that the orcs could actually send 500,000 troops. Even if we humans can defend against the danger, if the 500,000 orcs rush up, we can pile up this fortress. Now the orcs only send tens of thousands of people to attack the city every day, I'm afraid there are other intentions. If I'm not mistaken, it should be because there are many different lords among the orcs, and the supreme ruler of the orcs may not be able to fully control it, so they will slowly send tens of thousands of people to attack every day, gradually depleting our strength on the one hand, and on the other hand, they are also consuming those uncontrollable powers. ”

"What then?" General Clark whispered, "Shall we just sit idly by?"

General Kissonster said, "The orcs need time, because they have to slowly reduce the power of the other lords, and we need time, too, because I have just received a letter from General Orlando in the imperial capital, who will lead an army to support us, and this army will include Holy Knights and magicians from the Royal Academy of Magic." ”

"Ah, magician!" Upon hearing this, General Clark's eyes began to light up again: "General, give me all these magicians." It would be great to be able to form an army of magicians. ”

General Kissernst shook his head and said: "Don't think about this now, these days of continuous fighting, your legions have been consumed a lot, tonight I will let the Jonas legion take over your defensive line, and your legion will start tomorrow to step up its rest." I'll give you some more soldiers, and you'll be sure to recover before General Orlando arrives."

"Well, uh, General, I still have about 40,000 men left in my regiment to continue fighting, and nearly 10,000 of those who are not seriously wounded, and I can hold on any longer. ”

"You know how to fight and kill!" General Kissernst instructed Clarke, "Your men have been fighting so hard that they must rest." Do you want to wait until General Orlando arrives and your regiment will be scattered?"

"No, but"

"Nothing, Clark. I've also been in Thor's Fortress for 10 years, and I came here to take up a post when I was competing for the position of head of the Royal Knights, but unfortunately lost to Orlando. As is customary, I may be transferred back to the Imperial Capital after this battle, and you will most likely take my place at that time. But I can only make suggestions, and it's up to you whether it works or not. ”

"Alright, you go down. That mage named Ryan is a good one, and if I had paid attention to the information he provided, maybe I wouldn't be so passive now. ”

"I see, General. That's nothing, I'll go out first. ”

After watching Clark leave, General Kissernst picked up the book of "The War of Fernando" again. The book describes the history of Fernando I's empire from the rise of the sun to the defeat of the orcs, and is written in the form of a diary by a priest who accompanied the army.

General Kissunst has been watching this person whenever he has free time these days, and one of his main concerns is that Fernando I swept the entire South Tallon grassland with only 100,000 warriors, and drove ten times the number of orcs to the North Tallon grassland. According to the book, when fighting with the orcs, Fernando I used hoplites to form a formation to hold on to the orcs, suppressing the opponent with archers, providing enough time for the magicians to cast spells, so that the magicians could release their magic to their heart's content, and when the orcs fell into chaos under a large number of magic attacks, 10,000 holy knights would launch a fatal blow.

The only thing missing from the elite troops of Thor's Fortress and the legions to which Fernando I belonged was the magician, and although Kissern knew nothing about magic, it was a recognized fact that in recent decades, the level of magicians has deteriorated year by year. In particular, the generous allowance of the Magic Guild has made the real magicians extinct. If you can enjoy the life of an aristocrat with just a title, who would stay in the lab and study magic boringly, let alone join the army.

In order to advance, those magicians practice magic more for promotion, and only three level 3 magicians are needed to promote junior magicians, okay, then you only need to practice these, anyway, even if you release 300 magic at a time, you can't only be promoted to junior magicians, which is the same treatment as the kind of magicians who can only release 3 magicians, there is no reward for paying, and learning magic is a rather money-consuming thing, who would spend that effort?

Like Lille and York, there are already a few people who can join a certain chamber of commerce and earn gold by making magic items and other things with their own strength, not to mention a freak like Ryan, a magic apprentice, who definitely has more power than an intermediate magician.

As the commander of the 200,000 army, it is impossible for Gene to be unprepared against Ryan, in fact, there is no need for Clark to report, the secret agent he planted in the Clark Legion has already issued an assessment report on Ryan's strength. It clearly pointed out that Ryan may not be qualified to be promoted to junior mage at all, but he can definitely kill 100 mid-level mages alone, which may be the biggest irony of the promotion rules of the Magic Guild.

Killn shook his head in annoyance, hoping that the magicians brought by General Orlando would be one-tenth the level of Ryan, so that he would laugh in his dreams. In today's daytime battle, Ryan alone has such a record, not only killing a large number of enemy soldiers, but also defusing dangers and boosting morale many times, if it weren't for Ryan being just a mercenary, Killn even wanted to award Ryan a warrior's medal. If there really are 100 magicians like Ryan, General Killnster is even ready to take the initiative to attack the orc capital like Fernando I did back then, and completely solve this 200-year border trouble.