Chapter 48: Mages, a bunch of weirdos
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The stumps, auxiliary materials, and various tools were delivered one after another, and despite the curiosity of the instructors and sergeants, they had no choice but to build the camp first, after all, it was close to noon, the sky was dark and the temperature was low, and if it was not completed in time, there would be many variables.
As a result, Orta joined the team in building a new camp.
A deep square ditch is divided into dozens of sections, close to the big trees on the outskirts of Oka Village, and the stumps are densely lined up in the deep ditch and connected by iron drills, and then tied with thick and strong ropes and buried, and a protective wall slowly begins to take shape.
Aina stood by the collapsed stone wall, his eyes full of remembrance, and Leo on the side took a look and asked, "Think of Big Brother Oka again?"
Aina nodded, sighed and said, "This stone wall was built by Big Brother Oka single-handedly, and we were all helping at the beginning, but now it's a matter of ......."
Leo also paused for a moment of silence, and after seeing Ota busy in the distance, he said to Aina:
"Although Brother Oka is gone, he has a good son, judging from the fact that he completed the killing of the orc leader alone, Ota has surpassed all of us, and whether it is courage or planning before action, Ota is very measured, in my opinion, Ota will be far more than that, maybe it will be an existence that we need to look up to in the future. ”
Aina turned her head to look at Leo, her eyes getting brighter and brighter, and asked in a low voice, "You mean...... Is it possible for Ota to become that being?"
Leo shook his head, "I just hope, Ota is still very young, and there is still a long way to go, as long as there are no accidents, who can say for sure...... Okay, let's hurry up and move the stones, it's getting darker and darker, and I feel like it's going to snow. ”
Aina nodded and got busy.
"It's going to snow, and winter is finally here. ”
Outside the military tent in the camp by the lake, Marquis Will stretched out his hand to grab it in the wind, and when he turned over his hand, there was a fine white particle in his palm, which turned into a drop of clear water in a blink of an eye.
Behind him stood several servants, except for Ranny, even Sawyer was in the ranks at this time, although he was in the camp, his eyes looked around like a falcon, this is the duty of the servant of the city, to guard the master at all times. His left ear and neck were covered with a cloth at this time, and he was injured for some reason, but his expression didn't seem to be too heavy.
The same is true of the other eupons, their eyes are extremely sharp when they look around, but their gazes are completely different when they fall on Sawyer and Ranny, respectively.
When Sawyer occasionally makes contact with the gaze of these servants, these people will make some subtle movements, some of them are slightly softer, some are slightly raised, all of them are meant to show kindness or respect.
And when these people's eyes met Lenny, they all swept away and ignored them at all, and Lenny didn't notice it at all.
Retracting his hand behind his back, Marquis Will seemed to remember something, and suddenly asked, "Sawyer, how many warriors have you challenged recently?"
Sawa said expressionlessly: "Tell your lord, I challenged seven games yesterday, winning six and losing one. ”
Marquis Will nodded, "It seems that your progress is not bad, you can actually win six games, Lanny, how is your record?"
Lanny smiled embarrassedly and whispered, "I've challenged four times, and I've ...... Lost. ”
Marquis Will seemed to have expected it, but he snorted coldly and did not speak. After a while, the Marquis of Will ordered: "Pass the order, let the sergeants keep warm in the bitter winter, and wait for the snow to stop before proceeding." ”
"Yes," Sawyer replied and was about to step away, but was stopped by a large man with a scar on his face beside him, and then the big man's eyes looked at Lenny with an expressionless expression.
Ranny smiled and then consciously went to give the order, judging from his expression, he was used to it.
The whistling wind became louder and louder, the black and oppressive dark clouds were endless, and in a short time, ice particles the size of soybeans fell down, and the sky and the earth were suddenly white, hitting the ground and bounced up, and fell on the armor of several people, but there was a huge sound of ping-pong.
Marquis Will frowned and said, "This ghost weather, the heavy snow and hail come first, it seems that this winter will be at least two years, lead the horses, let's go back to Camp No. 1." ”
It didn't take long for the servants to lead the horses, these horses were dressed in strange clothes, their whole bodies were covered with thick animal skins, and even the legs of the four horses were wrapped in leg covers sewn from animal skins, which were connected to the animal skins on their bodies, and the backs were covered with thick blankets in addition to animal skins, and there were two leather tubes on the pedals, which were prepared for the owners of the horses.
Although it may seem strange but very practical, after all, it is not too comprehensive to prepare for the winter, although it costs a lot of fifty silver coins to buy a set, but this is a small amount of money for the Marquis of Will.
Of course, the speed of riding horses was much faster, and it didn't take long for the Marquis of Will to enter the No. 1 camp on the bank of the Budry River, and the lakeside camp was naturally called No. 2 camp by him.
After entering the camp, Marquis Will saw that the bustling and noisy crowd of people had disappeared, and only the orderly and newly renovated shops remained, and the few figures in the shops.
The shops were reinforced with rough wood, the crevices were covered with animal skins, and the braziers were burning in the shops, and they all looked a little prepared except for the goods and the food piled up in the corners. The owners of some shops were holding thick animal skins nailed to their windows, and others were hanging curtains.
Just as he was about to turn his horse back to the village barracks, he saw that the drawbridge at the west gate was slowly falling, and then an extremely noisy sound came, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
At the north gate of the camp, Xia Rui's guard camp was quiet, and there was not even a single figure except for a few disabled sergeants guarding the camp.
At this time, a large number of adventurers were pouring in outside the camp, as well as merchants riding in carriages, although they were holding their heads with animal skins to block the hail and trembling, but they could feel from their demeanor that these people were very happy, what was going on?
The Marquis of Will flicked his horse's head and walked over, and the servants followed, and when they arrived at the west gate, they looked out, and the carriage was unexpectedly endless, and the carriage was loaded with a lot of beast corpses, and the adventurers also walked in on their backs or on their backs, and couldn't help but think of something, so they stopped a merchant and asked.
After a moment, Marquis Will nodded, glanced at the carriages again, and headed straight back to the barracks.
At this time, the camp in the village of Oka was still busy, and while it was still dark, the sergeants were wearing armor and helmets, and the hail hit their bodies with a crackling sound, leaving a pit the size of a sesame seed in the armor.
At this time, the outermost protective wall has been erected, and some places have been reinforced with stones, and the corridor behind the protective wall has also been built, and watchtowers have been built on the four corners of the camp, and below are rows of military camps, which have not yet been completed.
Ota was leading a few sergeants to place iron vertebrae, spear stabs and other objects in the trench outside the protective wall, when he saw Lord Xia Rui happily patrolling, and said with a smile when he saw Ota said: "Boy, you have made a great contribution to our Guards, it seems that I am really right by me, I can apply for another bronze medal for you, with this medal, you don't need my recommendation when you apply to go to the civilian academy." ”
When Ota heard this, he hurriedly said: "Doesn't that mean that a place has been saved, if you can, please ask the lord to give the place to Ellie or Iron Man, it is best to recommend both of them to the academy, they will be very grateful to you." ”
Lord Xia Rui laughed and said, "You kid, I knew you would say that, and that's exactly what I fancy about you." After speaking, he took out a letter from his bosom and shook it in front of Ota, and said:
"This is the reply I just received this morning, my old brother Guran is now the vice president of the Civilian Academy of the Kurhya City-State, it stands to reason that I only have the authority to recommend one student, but fortunately, he can also recommend one student after he becomes the vice president, so he wrote to say that he has agreed to accept the quota of two students, originally I was going to recommend you and Tie Nan, Ellie is a girl after all, and she will marry sooner or later. ”
"I was talking to Aina about Iron Man just now, and I happened to be heard by Ellie, a girl who lost his temper with his father Aina at this time, and I slipped out to find you when I didn't see it well. ”
Orta nodded thoughtfully and said, "Then what you mean is that you can recommend Iron Man and Sister Elle to go to the academy, and I need to apply for the Bronze Medal, and with it, I can go without a recommendation, right?"
Xia Rui nodded, and then said: "It's just that your uncle doesn't want Elle to leave their side, and even if she goes to the Commoner Academy, it will be useless in the future, after all, there is a noble academy pressing on it, and the results of the Commoner Academy in the annual competition are very average, unless Elle has special contributions or talents higher than ordinary people, the royal family may give her a noble title, as for the title, I have never heard of a precedent for a woman to get it." ”
Ota replied with a slight smile: "Nothing now does not mean that there will be no in the future, miracles can happen at any time, yesterday, I also doubted whether I could complete the task of assassinating the orc leader alive, but a miracle happened, I not only completed the task, but also almost did not have much damage, so as long as I do it with firm faith, a miracle can happen." ”
Xia Rui was obviously stunned, nodded after carefully savoring it, and said: "It seems that we guys are old, Elle said the same thing just now, you brothers and sisters really have the same idea, okay, in that case, I will recommend her and Tie Nan, and I will report your medal application to the Archon as soon as possible." ”
After thanking him, Ota suddenly remembered something, so he asked, "My lord, you said about Master Guran just now, so what is this mage.....
"That's what you're talking about," Lord Charry continued, as if in retrospect, "Technically, they're actually a bunch of weirdos. ”
"Weirdos?" Ota froze.
"Yes, weirdos. These people are also unscrupulous weirdos, and when they have nothing to do, they use magic beads to study strange things, they install magic beads into the bodies of rats, rabbits, monkeys, and other animals, and then see if they can become strong and fierce like orcs. ”
"Some people inlay the magic bead into the weapon, hoping to exert more powerful power when they use it, I once heard that a mage swallowed the magic bead in his stomach, but within three days, the stomach was rotten and the person died. ”
"And some of the crazier ones even experimented with dead bodies, inserted magic beads into the heads of dead people, and then sewed them up, and guess what?"
Ota was distracted when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, is it possible that the dead have been resurrected?"
Xia Rui looked at Orta like an idiot, and when he saw that he was a little hairy, he continued with a mysterious smile: "Live a fart, hahaha......"
Ota gave him a blank look, and muttered in his heart: "If it doesn't work, it won't work, and you'll live a fart', you old ...... who is not serious."
Complaining is complaining, but Ota still doesn't quite understand what kind of people the mages are, so he asks again: "Could it be that these so-called mages studied for a long time, but they didn't study anything?"
Finally laughed enough Xia Rui stopped, and said: "That's not true, there are also people who have really studied some famous halls, and these people have been awarded extremely high titles by the royal family, and they have been hired as the royal family's offerings." ”
"Offerings?"
Xia Rui nodded: "Yes, some of them will use magic beads to create strange weapons, some of these weapons are powerful but more useless, sometimes even a rabbit can't be killed." There are also people who can use the unknown power in the beads to save people, but these people are no longer called mages, but are called 'sacrifices' by the royal family, such people are very rare, probably because of talent......"
He didn't listen to what he said at all, but fell into deep thought: "Then what is he? Needless to say, the warrior is also pondering what the mage is studying, and the magic beads of the two elite orcs are ready to be inlaid on the Xuantie greatsword." As for using the power of magic beads to save people, haven't you done it yourself? Uncle Aina is the first, and he is also using it anytime and anywhere, so isn't it another sacrifice?"
Ota thought about it for a moment, and became happy again, since the mage can legitimately use the magic bead to do research, then he can also use this identity to hide his secrets, which is simply great.
Thinking of this, Ota opened his eyes and smiled.