In the barracks outside Loulan City, Du Wei was already ready to go with twenty-eight cadets, and General Longbottom personally led a thousand cavalry to join this "internship" in the northwest.

Because Du Wei's idea is very simple: these magician students will be used as combat talents in the future, and he doesn't want his students to become the kind of pedants who will only stay in the magic laboratory. What he needs is to be able to really cooperate with the army, to play a real role in battle, and in Du Wei's conception, he hopes to find the most efficient mode of "working together" between the army and the magician.

After rigorous physical training, these magic students had very strong bodies, and Du Wei equipped each of them with a set of equipment that had subverted the tradition of magicians in the eyes of ordinary people.

Each person had a war horse, gave up the traditional magician robes that represented their identity, each person had a half-body leather armor of the highest quality, and was also equipped with a light long sword as a weapon for self-defense, a magic amplification ring, and Du Wei even paid out of his own pocket to equip each of these students with a magic wand, all of which were made of walnut of quite good quality - of course, these precious walnuts allowed Du Wei to exhaust his last bit of "time passage spring water" reserves.

For these magic apprentices who are still rookies, it is really a great surprise that each of them can get a high-quality walnut wand! You know, even in the magic union, those who are qualified to use walnut wands are at least intermediate magicians. After these rookies got their wands, they were so excited that they couldn't put it down, and even wiped it back and forth with their sleeves.

"Listen, everyone. Du Wei turned over and stood on his horse, and said loudly, "I'll give you the best! The best equipment! But whether you can be worthy of these things depends on your hard work! I hope that after this Northwest internship, each of you will be worthy of what you have in your hands! Moreover, I can also tell you first, as long as your performance in the future can satisfy me...... I'll have some extra surprises for you!"

Looking at the following leaping eyes, Du Wei then announced a decision, and this decision made everyone have doubts in their hearts:

Du Wei asked these magic apprentices that they must do their best to cooperate with the accompanying army in the next few days of training.

"All you have to do is to do your best to cooperate with them, to fight with them, to obey the orders of General Longbottom, and to do everything in your power and to devise all means to satisfy his demands...... Maybe maybe even some of the demands that seem unreasonable to you!

Magicians to cooperate with those soldiers?

This order was indeed unexpected.

Because the Roland Empire is prosperous in magic, magicians have a noble status. And the number is scarce, in the past in the empire's conquests, although the magicians will also serve the empire, but how noble is the status of magicians? they are not the kind of people who come and go at a moment's notice. In battle, mages mainly fight on their own, although they can also rely on their own strength to inflict great damage on the enemy. But in Du Wei's view, such efficiency is extremely low. These magicians lack cooperation, and often fight on their own, not working together, which greatly wastes the role of magicians.

Not to mention counting on these magicians to cooperate with the army, most of them act according to their mood, if they are in a good mood, they will help you make some efforts, and if they are in a bad mood, they will also leave. And the army not only does not get stable and lasting support, but also has to serve these magicians like an uncle.

Du Wei's concept is to make these magicians change their habits. Although it is somewhat unreasonable to let these magicians blindly cater to the requirements of the army unconditionally, in order to correct the habits of magicians, such overcorrection is also a very effective means in the short term.

Du Wei's concept is ahead of his time, even Longbottom is a little uncomfortable, although he used to be a high-ranking officer in the empire, commanding 10,000 people, but he has never had dozens of magicians to obey the dispatch. He was also a little overwhelmed for a while, and after being pulled over by Du Weila, the two hundred and five generals smiled bitterly, and then coughed, and said loudly: "Okay, then from now on, I will not see you as magicians, in my opinion, you are a small soldier under my command." Then you all have to obey my orders! I will treat you equally, and I will not expect to get any preferential treatment from me! If anyone disobeys my military orders, then I will whip you as well, understand?"

This is an extremely bold statement, if Longbottom dares to say such things to other magicians, I am afraid that others will turn their faces and leave on the spot, and if they meet a bad-tempered magician, they will have to give the general a little hardship.

But fortunately, these rookies have been strictly brainwashed by Du Wei, and Du Wei has great prestige in their hearts. And before they entered the magic academy, they were all people in the army, and it was normal for them to obey military orders, and everyone responded loudly.

"Let's go, then!" Longbottom ordered in a loud voice, "Rank up!" and the Wizards will be at the end...... Before dark, we had to rush to the town of Niuli under the Kilimano Mountains. We'll get supplies there, and then you'll have no time to rest, and we'll go into the Kilimaro Mountains overnight!, boys...... The monsters in the mountains are waiting for us! They will obediently offer their fur and magic cores!"

After getting on the road, Longbottom and Du Wei walked side by side, complaining in a low voice, "Boss, you have a problem for me...... So many magicians listen to me...... I don't even know what to do anymore. God, I'm afraid I'm still the only general in the Empire who can have so many mage's subordinates. ＂

"You'll get used to it. Du Wei smiled slightly: "Everything is just the beginning, we still need to explore slowly." ＂

After a day of rapid marching, these magician apprentices persevered, after all, they had maintained their physical training, and this performance had already surprised General Longbottom. He, like most of the Empire's generals, hated and loved the magicians. Love is the great strength of the magicians, and hate is because these powers cannot be mastered freely. Looking at these obedient magicians, they can grit their teeth and persevere, and they are also meticulous in the implementation of their military orders - what else can such subordinates ask for?

Du Wei glanced at the little young master of the Liszt family, the muse was full of tiredness, but when Du Wei's eyes drifted to him, he still tried to puff up his chest, and refused to show weakness at all.

Hmph, what a proud boy. Du Wei smiled in his heart.

The town of Niuli is a town in the south of Mount Kilimano, where the south side of the mountain has a unique topography, the slope is not steep, relatively gentle, is the best part of the mountain. The population of the town is less than 1,000 people, and Longbottom has brought people here before, the terrain is relatively familiar, and here is some forage, ready to enter the mountain.

"According to our information, there may be a demonic beast within a radius of about a hundred miles here. "The last time we came here, we heard from the locals that every year on the day of chūn, there is something called a monster by the locals that runs into the town to disturb the inhabitants of this place......... This guy is said to be able to spit fire, and when he escapes, he can burrow into the ground. ＂

"Your Excellency, we need more data to determine what kind of monster it is. A magic apprentice boldly spoke: "Obviously, this is a fire-type demonic beast, but it is not large, it moves quickly, it can spit flames, and it can burrow into the ground...... These characteristics are too vague. Judging from these characteristics, I can come up with at least seven types of demonic beasts that meet these conditions, including fire-type dragons, Tutur big-eared rats, and sharp-toothed beavers...... Each type of monster has a different way of dealing with these things. We need more data to make the best plan against this thing. ”

The other students all nodded, and some even made a clear list of suspects, Du Wei was very satisfied with the reaction of these students, these guys have learned the most important thing under their own influence: efficiency!

At this moment, a high-pitched voice suddenly said, "You so many magicians. Are you still worried about a small monster? We have thousands of cavalry, so many magicians...... Hmph, there is also a famous magic powerhouse in the continent like Lord Duke, does such a small magical beast make you jealous...... Wouldn't it be too careful. ”

There was obvious disdain and mockery in this tone, which implicitly accused Du Wei and others of lacking courage.

After the muse kid couldn't help but say this, he immediately regretted it in his heart, but he didn't know why. When he saw Du Wei, he couldn't help but feel unhappy, he always looked at this guy unpleasantly, and he couldn't help but want to stab the other party a few words.

After these few words were spoken, Du Wei didn't say anything, and those magic students suddenly glared at this kid one by one, glaring angrily. Some people couldn't help but shout: "What are you, dare to accuse the dean." ”

Muse originally blurted out a few words, and he also regretted it a little. However, I heard someone cross-examine him, he was the proud son of the Liszt family, and he was always careful and arrogant. I couldn't help but say again: "Hmph, a famous great magician, but he is afraid of a small magical beast, say it...... Hehe, it's not that I'm slandering anyone, it's just that I'm afraid I'll be laughed at. So it seems...... Hmph, who really trained what subordinates...... It's all just cautious, walking on thin ice. ”

The others were immediately furious at this boy who did not know the height of the sky, and saw that the muse had caused the anger of the people. Du Wei coughed lightly, and everyone was immediately silenced. Just a pair of eyes staring at this kid.

"Mr. Muse. Du Wei groaned for a moment, his face didn't seem to show any joy or anger, and said lightly: "Courage or cowardice is nothing more than other people's evaluations." If you are so brave, then I can't suppress your virtue...... Well, when we enter the mountain in a moment, we need a few outposts to explore the way ahead, and since you are willing to show your bravery, you must not be willing to let go of such an opportunity. ”

At this moment, the sky has become dark, in Niuli Town, overlooking Mount Kilimaro in the distance, the top of the mountain is covered with snow, and the continuous peaks reach into the sky, and the green sè is seen under the mountainside, but it is a forest, endless...... It's just that this green sè is in the night, but it oozes a bit of gloomy darkness.

The muse couldn't help but feel a little hairy in his heart, but his mouth was tough: "The outpost is the outpost, what am my muse afraid of!"

After saying that, he pulled the reins and walked forward. Du Wei grabbed it, and the muse said angrily: "Does the Duke have anything else to say?"

"Mr. Muse, the mountain road is difficult, are you going to ride a horse up the mountain like this?" Du Wei smiled.

"Hmph!" the muse blushed, but under the cover of night, the blush only flashed, and then he said stubbornly: "Who said I want to ride a horse up the mountain, I just walk forward casually." ”

Du Wei didn't want to be too embarrassed about this kid of the Liszt family, after all, he and the Liszt family currently have a good relationship, and it was really not worth it to turn his face for this bit of saliva. Then he instructed a few of his subordinates to help the kid lead the horse to rest.

Those magic students had already been too lazy to pay attention to this kid, and after more than 20 people got off the horse, they scattered around the town in order according to what they had learned in the magic academy, looking around for traces left by the monsters, and careful people, running to the local residents to inquire about the news, after all, General Longbottom got the news from those soldiers, and many details, those soldiers did not understand, and they always had to ask themselves.

Some even offered to see the corpses of the livestock that had been killed by the monsters.

Fortunately, the weather here in the northwest is cold, and many of the dead livestock corpses have not yet decomposed, watching these noble magicians do not shy away from being dirty, personally inspecting the bloody livestock corpses, no one will frown because of disgust, everyone is checking by themselves with a very professional attitude, and even some people do not hesitate to take out knives to cut them with their own hands, not avoiding blood.

The soldiers next to him looked strange - in their impression, magicians were noble people, bigger than those noble lords, where could they do such dirty work? Even Du Wei was very satisfied with the performance of these students.

Be pragmatic and humble, that's important!

Soon, the trainees made a rough estimate.

"Your Excellency, Dean. The leader of one of the trainees came and reported: "We have found a clue that all the bodies of the animals that have been bitten to death have the same characteristics...... There was a lot of blood loss, and the monster obviously sucked the blood of the livestock, and importantly, each of these corpses was not sucked dry, obviously the monster had a very different habit: it probably only likes to eat the blood of living creatures, and when the livestock it bit lost blood to a certain extent and died naturally, it stopped sucking blood, and then ran to find the next prey, so, each corpse examination seemed, it was a large amount of blood loss, but the blood was not completely sucked dry, after the corpse was stiffened, there were still a large number of coagulated blood clots in the body, we cut several corpses, cut the blood vessels, and came to this conclusion。 ＂

Du Wei was very satisfied: "What else?"

"And ...... The cadet thought for a moment, "We have a disagreement, well, that pair of brothers makes a point, but I think it's unlikely. ＂

"Oh?"

Dewey remembered the brothers—thirty of the thirty-two cadets at Hogwarts were from the military, with the exception of two, a pair of brothers who were born into a declining aristocratic family, but because they were bastards without a name [mentioned earlier]. 】

These two brothers are the youngest of the Hogwarts cadets, because the other cadets are all selected by the army, and most of them are eighteen years old, and these two guys are about the same age as Dewey. However, after several months of observation by Du Wei, these two people are the two most talented in this group of students.

"Yes. They make a point, but we doubt it. But we can't say anything about it, so we thought it would be better if you asked them personally. "The captain of this cadet spoke very objectively.

This is also what Du Wei is very satisfied with, treating every question rationally, not arbitrarily, and not rudely veto...... Impartiality and objectivity. This is also a very important quality that Du Wei instilled in this group of students. He didn't want his men to become megalomaniacs like traditional magicians.

"Okay. Let the two of them come over, and I'll ask. Du Wei ordered. The captain was just about to leave, when Du Wei suddenly remembered something and stopped him again: "Wait a minute, Zige. ”

Ziggy was the name of the captain, the leader of the cadets from the army, a strict and fair man, and although he was not the best in talent, he convinced the other cadets in his organizational skills and prestige.

"Dean, what's the matter?

"Ziggy. Du Wei pondered for a moment and said slowly: "I noticed that in your words just now, the words were 'those brothers', right?"

“…… Yes. Ziggy seemed to understand what Du Wei meant.

Du Wei looked into his eyes and said, "I think, Pingrì, when you people talk about the two of them, you all say the same...... The brothers...... Well. I know that all 30 of you are from the military, and the two of them are not, and there is a lot of unity among the 30 of you, but this unity makes it difficult for outsiders to get in. I don't want to criticize you for anything, but I just want to tell you that this kind of unity has its advantages but also its disadvantages. What I want to say to you is this: maybe in the future you people may go your separate ways, or you will go to different places to do different things, and you will not be gathered together like you are now. It's not going to be a group like it is now...... But now, now, you're all from our college. When outsiders talk about you, they will see you Hogwarts students as a whole, and I understand, do you understand? Unity is good, but xenophobia is bad. I hope you'll think about it. ＂

Ziggy immediately said solemnly: "Dean, I understand! I didn't do my duty, I will try my best to do a good job." ＂

"Well, in the future, I don't want to hear outsiders call 'those brothers' anymore. In my opinion, you are all the same, you are all your own people, you are all a group. ＂

"Yes, Dean. Ziegy involuntarily straightened up, and he was about to leave, when he suddenly said something again.

"Lord Dean...... Zigger's voice was not loud, but it was resolute: "I think...... We don't want to go our separate ways in the future, and everyone's wish is to be by your side, Lord Dean, and this is not my idea alone. ＂

Ziggy turned to leave, and Dewey sighed softly.

He was sure that this calm young man would understand what he meant.

Soon, the pair of brothers were called in front of Du Wei, who looked at the two guys who were a little nervous. He smiled and said, "Okay, am I going to eat people? When you were drinking the night before, you didn't miss me." ＂

The two immediately laughed.

"I remember you're an older brother, right?" Du Wei looked at one of the slightly fatter ones.

"Yes, Dean, my name is Bebe, and this is my brother Thor. ”

Du Wei smiled: "Okay, no need to introduce yourself, do you think I won't be able to remember the names of my students? Now, tell me the results of your discussion." I've heard you've come up with a little analysis, right?"

"Yes, Dean. Bei Bei said: "We think that the demonic beasts that infest here may not be one, but two...... Two monsters acting together. However, most of our students do not agree with us. ”

Du Wei nodded, he could imagine the reason.

Because most of the Warcraft live alone, only a few Warcraft have the habit of living in groups, such as the terrible griffin in the south, but the vast majority of Warcraft survive alone.

"Moreover, both of us are even suspicious...... This could be two different types of magical beasts, one fire type and one ice type one. ”

"Oh?"

Du Wei came interested.

Living in groups is already a rarity among Warcraft. And the same kind of group living, it is even rarer. Not to mention Warcraft, even those who live in groups in ordinary animals will only live in groups with their own kind.

What's more, a fire-type demonic beast and an ice-type demonic beast? Fire and ice are almost natural enemies, just like cats and mice.

Have you ever seen a cat and a mouse living together?

"Tell me your reasoning. Du Wei pondered for a moment.

"Dean, this idea was proposed by my brother, so let him say it. "Bebe put the matter on his brother.

Thor looked like a shy boy, he was thin and tall, white and clean, in terms of temperament, he was a little similar to Du Wei, but when he spoke, he was not as shy as he looked, he was very calm: "Dean, it was indeed me who came up with it...... I dissected several corpses, especially the blood of these animals being sucked up, which confused me a little. Because according to what we've learned, fire-type demonic beasts rarely suck blood. Of course, it's not nothing, it's just that most of the fire-type demonic beasts that suck blood are very small. But I saw the wounds on several corpses, and judging from the traces of the teeth, this should be a big guy, and the *** contribution is at least as big as the Ice Demon Wolf. This is not consistent with what the residents here said, the size of the monster is very small. And, judging by the number of dead livestock...... I'm afraid this blood-sucking monster eats a lot, and if it's a small thing, it can't suck so much blood, so I think it should be a big guy. And also...... I took a piece of blood that had already coagulated, examined it closely, and found that the blood clots were not naturally clotted after the animal's death, but ...... There are traces of freezing. So I think that the villagers said that the monster they saw was a small thing, but when I checked it, I concluded that it was a big thing...... Then, there should be two, these two things still have a division of labor, the small thing is responsible for spitting fire and killing livestock, and the big guy sucks blood. ”

"Cooperation?" asked Du Wei.

"I don't think it's a collaboration...... And like, huh,...... Enslavement. Thor said cautiously: "I suspect that it may be that ice-type demonic beast is a high-level fellow, it captured a fire-type demonic beast as its subordinate, and then used it to drive and catch prey for it." Thor said this, and said with a wry smile: "But this guess, I think it's a little unlikely, because all the kind of guys who can enslave other Warcraft are some high-level things, although there are Warcraft in Kilimaro Mountain, but it is not a place where Warcraft haunt frequently, there should be no high-level Warcraft here." ”

"In this world, nothing is impossible. Du Wei pursed his lips.

Even the old guy in Aragorn, who has been dead for a thousand years, can leave a Chinese message for himself a thousand years later...... What else is impossible?

Thor's speculation was unbelievable.

High-level demonic beasts do have the ability to summon and enslave other demonic beasts, such as ice-blooded demon wolves, and after evolution, the highest-level ones can become ice and snow wolf kings. The howl of the wolf king can summon all the demonic beasts below his own level in the area he covers for his own drive.

However, Du Wei first ruled out the possibility of the Ice and Snow Wolf King, because although the Wolf King was powerful, he did not have the habit of sucking blood, and the howl of the Wolf King would not just summon a demonic beast as his subordinate.

It's just that...... If it's really a guy who can only summon and drive other magical beasts, then it must be a high-level magical beast! A high-level magical beast is not something that these rookies under his command can deal with. They may be able to deal with ordinary ordinary magical beasts, but if they encounter a high-level one, then they will only have to escape.

Even Du Wei himself, now with his true strength, if he encounters a high-level magical beast, the best choice is to retreat.

"The original order was cancelled, and we stayed in the town for one night, and did not go into the mountains first. Du Wei immediately ordered.

After hearing Du Wei's order, Longbottom ran to ask, and Du Wei explained the speculation of his magic apprentices, but the general obviously underestimated the power of the magic beast, maybe ...... After all, he is not a magician, and only a magician understands the power of a real high-level demonic beast.

"We have thousands of cavalry, and so many magicians, can't we still pack one or two magical beasts?"

Du Wei was very serious, and he lowered his voice: "General, I must tell you that these magic students are not real magicians yet, and they have not graduated yet. Moreover, they are all my precious treasures...... I'm not going to let them lose here for nothing, and even one loss is too much for me to afford......! The power of high-level magical beasts, I'm afraid you don't have an exact understanding. I can tell you that high-level Warcraft may not have too much magic power in their own right, but most of the high-level Warcraft have summoning skills, and if conditions allow, it can summon an army of Warcraft for it to drive...... Moreover, the most difficult thing about high-level Warcraft is that it ...... It's evolved, it's got a certain amount of intelligence! It's no longer a mindless beast! We're here to practice, not to fight. I will not be cowardly, but there is no necessary sacrifice, in my opinion stupid. ＂

However, Du Wei added in his heart: Most of the high-level demonic beasts themselves do not have too strong magical power...... Except for the woman Medusa!

Longbottom obeyed Dewey's orders, who then ordered the removal of the outposts into the mountains. This order gave the Muse another chance to play, and he unceremoniously mocked Du Wei's actions with sharp words.

"Then, you warriors, keep a vigil for us tonight. Du Wei said lightly. After sending this pesky boy away, Du Wei had to give orders to the other vigilers to watch this guy carefully.

"Just let him suffer a little, but don't let him really hurt anything. ”

That night, 28 trainees were ordered to divide into four groups. After dawn, each of the four groups of men with two hundred soldiers went into the mountains to search in four ways, and kept each team not too far away from each other, and once they found anything, they were not allowed to act without permission, and they tried to inform their companions first.

But wait until after dawn to act!, otherwise, go into the mountains at night. Dealing with an ice-based high-level magical beast is simply an act of looking for death.

Although it may be a bit of a fuss to do so, Du Wei felt that he was facing a guy who might be a high-level Warcraft...... It is necessary to be careful.

The students were excited because they had never really seen a high-level Warcraft! For these guys, high-level Warcraft only existed in legends or in lectures.

Before dawn, Du Wei had already gotten up, and he was about to go out, but the guard outside, the elder smoke knight, had already knocked on the door and came in, and Lao Yan's expression was serious: "My lord, someone has been sent from the Duke's Palace...... Say that there is an emergency at home, and I want to report it to you in person. ”

"Oh?" Du Wei was stunned for a moment...... Could it be that something is wrong with the Marquise Liszt?

The person who came was none other than Little Sandy.

Mader was a very clever steward, and he faintly smelled something unusual from Hussein's forbiddenness to ask the people of the temple to treat his injuries, and the messenger sent did not dare to let the ordinary servants go, but let Dewey's loyal subordinate little Sandy run over. Poor little Sandy, for more than half a year, has practiced equestrianism well, but it still took a lot of time to catch up with this well-trained cavalry, and it came at dawn.

Teddy brought a message and an item.

The message was relayed by Hussein, and Du Wei only glanced at that thing, and his face immediately changed dramatically.

"The great reptile in the north of the Frozen Forest has come to take revenge, come back quickly!" these were Hussein's words.

And what was brought, was a piece of golden scales!

It was obviously a broken scale, but although it was broken, it was the size of a bowl!

Du Wei immediately recognized it...... This is the dragon scale.

And this dragon scale was pulled out of Hussein's back wound.

Du Wei's face has changed!

The old dragon, seeking revenge on itself?

He got up, and was about to go back to the city at once, when Longbottom suddenly slammed in through the door.

"Boss, no...... The boy you brought with you quietly ran up the hill by himself during the vigil last night...... ＂

Without waiting for Longbottom to finish speaking, Du Wei was furious: "***!!"