Chapter 14: The Bard's Ball

There are two kinds of conscription in Lou Baole State: June conscription and December conscription, and the December conscription basically faces ordinary people and ordinary farmers, mainly people who have no force at all. After www.biquge.info training, these people are generally distributed all over the country as low-level soldiers, and if they are particularly good, they will also be promoted to officers.

The June conscription mainly faced low-level nobles, noble relatives, low-level mercenaries, low-level mages and other groups with a certain combat effectiveness. After a certain amount of training, enlistment generally goes straight to becoming an officer. The training was more rigorous than the December conscription training, after all, the requirements of officers were not the same as those of soldiers.

Joining the army is one of the best ways for many commoners to become nobles, or low-ranking nobles. Some businessmen, even if they have a lot of money, but do not have the corresponding title, in the eyes of the upper class, they are still just the face of nouveau riche. And with a knighthood, even if you are down, you will feel superior to others. This is also the current mainstream thinking within the human race.

Affected by this, the army has really grown a lot in recent years. And although the small countries are constantly fighting, the big countries are still stable, and there is not much war. The survival rate of the army is still very high. Even so, for most aristocrats, they still didn't want to be associated with the military. It's not just the rigors of training, it's also a monotonous life.

The next day, Kevin and Stadt had a day off. Stat was in good spirits, and went to the church for a holy water baptism, and his injuries had improved a lot, but he was still walking with a slight limp.

"If you go to the conscription office, it's better not to bring a servant. Kevin suggested.

"Why?" said Stat, who was a baron, but he was rich, and had long been accustomed to having servants with him when he traveled.

"I have spoken to some of the soldiers," replied Kevin, "and they are very independent, and they have great contempt for such nobles to do nothing but for their servants." If you don't bring a servant, you should be able to win their favor. ”

"Isn't it?" said Stat, disbelieving him, "I've heard that the officers all have guards, and they don't even have to wash their own socks. ”

"That's a senior officer!" Kevin explained helplessly, "And our first step is recruit training, and as soon as we enter, it's like, 'I'm an officer', isn't that looking for a draw?"

Statt was helpless, but he was in a carriage anyway, and immediately dismissed the servants. Let Kevin drive, he sits in the car.

In a moment, the carriage pulled over. Ahead is the heavily guarded main city security office, which mediates all kinds of disputes and upholds the basic laws in the main city. It is a two-story building, with a guard handle outside the door, and the recruiting office is just a small window here.

At this time, the wall still reads: "To be a soldier is to be glorious." "Make meritorious contributions and defend the country." "One person is a soldier, the whole family is glorious" and other slogans. Although these slogans have no practical significance, those who really decide to become soldiers are not moved by the slogans. I really don't want to come, and it's useless to post slogans at his home. But at least the stickers look lively.

Kevin and Starter couldn't help but take a closer look at the two guards at the door, they usually didn't pay much attention, but when they thought about it, they felt that they were really hard. These two had at least the strength of first-class warriors, but they could only stand stupidly at the door, and at this time the scorching sun was overhead, they were still motionless in their armor. Will you be like this in the future?

The two slowly entered the door, and Start's legs and feet were inconvenient, so he deliberately walked slowly. The clerk of the enlistment office is an uncle with white sideburns, and it can be seen from his appearance that he has a very strong military temperament, although he is a little older, he still feels very resolute. Dressed in a straight military uniform with a badge on his chest, he obviously had made war exploits. Looking at the military rank, it should be the rank of major.

"Coming to join the army?" the other asked.

"Yes!" Kevin replied aloud, straightening up.

Starter was taken aback by Kevin's movements and was stunned: "Eun, come to join the army." ”

The Major stood up, touched Kevin's hand, touched his shoulder, touched his leg again, and patted him on the back. Then nodded, and turned to touch Stat, Stat was obviously a little resistant, but it was useless, and the other party quickly found the problem: "What's wrong with the right leg?"

"Well, a little bit injured. Stadt replied.

"Will it be okay until June?" asked the Major, "if not, then not use." ”

"Yes! absolutely!" Starr nodded.

The major stopped talking nonsense and sat back in his seat: "You two are physically fit and meet the requirements." Name!Occupation!Age!

"Kevin Miss, Bard, 25 years old. Kevin replied. In the face of soldiers, he answered very simply, answering whatever he asked, and never dragging his feet.

"What's the black history?" the Major asked again.

Kevin was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously replied: "No!"

"It is impossible for a person not to have a black history!" the major took a tough attitude, "Say!"

"I, I often talk about yellow jokes in taverns......" Kevin was helpless, but thought to himself that it shouldn't be a big deal.

"Bertlem Stadt, the librarian, 25," Statt replied, "I ...... I often listen to others tell pornographic jokes. ”

The major just glanced at the two of them, took down the information of the two of them with notes, and then took out two military uniforms from the space ring: "On June 1st, you two wear these two to report! Remember, don't bring anything, only two people need to come!"

"Yes. The two replied.

"Again, don't bring anything, including your rings, necklaces, or any family heirlooms, and you don't need to bring food, just two people, understand?" the Major emphasized.

The two of them nodded in unison, of course, and then went out with their clothes in their hands. The sunlight shining outside couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and I felt that the sense of oppression of this major was too strong. glanced at each other, and couldn't help but be deeply worried about their future military career.

Suddenly, there was another sound of carriages in front of him, and a convoy of smoke and dust came directly, and the luxury of carriages was undoubtedly that only nobles could have. Immediately, a group of servants and orc slaves got out of the car, all of whom came down with a young master-like person.

The man was only about fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was richly dressed. Behind him, a fat nobleman suspected of his father and was urging him to hurry up.

"Father, I've changed my mind, I don't want to join the army!" the boy frowned and pointed to the guards at the door, "I don't want to stand at the door like a fool in the future!

The two guards looked at the boy at the same time, but did not speak.

"You see, I call them stupid at will, they don't have the courage to resist, they are like my slaves!" The young master spoke wildly, and seemed to lack a tutor.

On the side, Stadt whispered to Kevin, "I know this person, and he often comes to my library to borrow books." The son of Earl Grey has quite a status. ”

"Oh, I guess the book he borrowed the most was Rex. Kevin replied expressionlessly, with a clear look of contempt in his eyes.

Stadt was helpless and wanted to refute, but it was true, so he could only refute from another angle: "Hmph, your book fans are not necessarily any better." Come and assassinate us!"

Kevin couldn't refute it, so he could only shake his head: "Let's go, it's none of our business." ”

Over there, the little young master was finally sent to the recruiting office by his father, and there seemed to be a cry from inside, and the movement was quite loud. Kevin and Staunt just shook their heads and drove off.

It was only then that Start's family learned that their son had quietly gone to join the army, and that his father had died 15 years earlier, but his mother had been alive and well. At this time, I couldn't help but blame him deeply, in her opinion, how stupid it was to run away to be a soldier if she didn't edit it well. Of course, Start couldn't tell her that it was a way to avoid assassination, and he could only come to Tang Se to serve his country. And the name has been reported, the wood has been completed, and no one can oppose it.

Kevin himself wrote a letter to his mother who was far away from the elves, saying that everything was fine, that he was about to join the army, and that there was no need to worry about it.

However, it was only the middle of May, and there was still about half a month before June. Kevin simply lives in Stat's house and still works every day. It is estimated that once you join the army, you will not have this time. Start had already begun to arrange his follow-up, and once he went to join the army, it was a question of who would take over the entire library.

At the same time, in late May, another event is approaching. That's the Bard Gathering at the Starter Library.

It was a ball organized by the Stadt itself, held every three months, and was attended by all the bards who were in the Stadt Library. The drinks and food on the field are free, and it can be regarded as some benefits for the bards who have been wandering. Although Kevin used to travel around, he still had to go to a party, after all, he ate for nothing.

This time was no exception, and as the Starter Library expanded, the prom also tended to get bigger and bigger. However, Kevin's identity this time is no longer a pure guest, he has lived in the Statt house for so long, and he can be regarded as half a master. Even if you don't work, it's a bit unreasonable to eat when you go in.

When the bards get together, it's basically a situation of bragging to each other. The god-level bards are upstairs in the dance hall, and the downstairs are undoubtedly a group of down-and-out poets, and with Kevin's qualifications, they can only be downstairs. Speaking of which, if you talk about friendship, there is no problem for Kevin to go upstairs, but others will mention how much you borrow, how much you publish, how much money you make, etc., and it's not interesting to go up.

The downstairs hall, together with the plaza outside, was quite large enough to accommodate thousands of bards, some of whom were not even from the Stadt Library. The Start Library has been preparing a quota of meals, and if you don't finish eating, you have to eat early.

Thousands of people are fortunately bards of some quality, at least in good order. It's just that the food distribution is still crowded with people, and these down-and-out people are increasing year by year, and Kevin is one of them in previous years, but this time he doesn't need to, and he can really "communicate" with other bards.

"My protagonist has learned the Golden Dou Qi, which is beyond the Purple Supreme Dou Qi. A certain bard spoke.

"What is gold fighting spirit? cheesy!" Another one spoke, "Platinum fighting spirit is handsome!"

"I'm a seven-colored fighting spirit!, can you compare to me?" the other laughed.

Kevin walked over and heard it, and came in to interject: "According to the latest research of Wang Li Academy, the Dou Qi has advanced to dividends, orange, yellow, green, and purple, all the way up. This luminescence sequence is very similar to the spectrum of the sun separated by a Mitsubishi mirror. And Wang Li Academy boldly predicts that after purple, there must be ultraviolet colors that we can't see. ”

"So what?" disdain several bards.

"Isn't that a good subject?" Kevin inspired, "Maybe the fighting spirit above the purple is an invisible ultraviolet fighting spirit?"

"Can't see it? That doesn't work, the reader won't like it. The crowd shook their heads.

"How could it be," Kevin shook his head, "we can set the protagonist to burst out with ultraviolet vindictiveness, and the enemy looks at his skin and is horrified, 'Oh no!

Everyone: "......"

Kevin left with a smile and casually walked over to another group of people, and heard them say, "The situation was very critical, and I set the protagonist to grabs a glass of water and extinguishes the fire." Stopped a big explosion!"

Another person on the side said, "It's too pale to write like this, and it should be described in the environment." For example, write that there's a huge oil depot or a magical flame array or something like that, and a flame is out of the protagonist's reach. Seeing that it was about to explode, the protagonist finally grabbed a glass of water and doused it. Saved the whole city!

"This flame should be set up so that water can be extinguished," someone on the side interjected, "lest anyone catch the loophole." ”

"Personally, I don't think that's enough, to highlight the protagonist, you have to add some foils," another person proposed, "For example, add a timid supporting character friend next to the protagonist, in this kind of crisis, the supporting character is scared to pee his pants and is overwhelmed, and then the protagonist can easily solve it with a glass of water." Accept the worship of the supporting role! Reflect the wit of the protagonist, and the calculation is not missing. ”

"Well, it makes sense. Several people nodded together.

"Hehe," Kevin smiled, "I don't think such a protagonist is strong enough. ”

"Cut!" the bards dismissed, "we're not going to write a Rex-like invincible protagonist, we're going to write a truly resourceful protagonist." ”

"No, a truly resourceful protagonist shouldn't make a fool of a friend!" Kevin replied, "and as the protagonist, he should have anticipated his friend's guts." He should immediately rip off his friend's pants and help his JJ to aim at the flames, and then his friend happens to be scared and douse the flames! ”

Everyone: "......"

Not only did I save the whole city, I saved a glass of water, but I also saved my friend the embarrassment of peeing his pants. In this way, the wit of the protagonist can be truly reflected, and there is nothing missing!" Kevin smiled faintly.

Everyone: "......"