Chapter VI Military Expansion
Turning her gaze back to Galois, Leah has returned to her previous rhythm of life to study space-time magic after experiencing a dungeon adventure and recovering from her injuries.
At this time, she lived a bit like the days before graduating from Ed Nihua, and lived in the magical room of the palace with Isabella, studying the mysteries of time and space day and night.
"Level 3 Magic Flicker...... Level 3 Magic Dimensional Orb ...... Level 3 Magical Banishment...... Level 5 Strategic Magical Dimension Storm ......"
Leah's ultimate goal is to complete a textbook of space magic, but the number of spells she has so far is somewhat insufficient. Because the number of spells needs to be at least ten, and considering that the current textbooks only correspond to mages of one to three levels, not only can she not count a certain strategic magic, but she also needs to add a few more low-level magic.
"First of all, for the sake of junior students, second-level, or even first-level space-time magic must also be considered, but this is not difficult, with the elemental purity theory as the basis, the low-level offensive space magic is just a deterioration and downgrade of the elemental purity of the dimensional magic ball.
But on the other hand, I need some spatial defensive magic. ”
Writing the contents of the book, Leah muttered to herself. Just as each of the four elements has a magic shield at level 2, spatial magic should at least provide a defensive magic in this regard, although banishment magic has already fulfilled this requirement at some levels.
"Low-level spatial magic...... Shield ...... Low-level spatial magic...... Shield ...... Low-level spatial magic...... Shield ......"
Leah leaned back in her chair and spun the dry-ink quill pen that had been written.
"Oh my God...... You just don't keep repeating the same sentence, okay? My dear Leah. ”
On the other side, the princess couldn't stand the attack of the little Lori's repeater, and raised her head in protest.
"Ahhh......h I'm sorry. Sorry to bother you, dear Isabella. ”
"Uh......h It's really disturbing. You know, it's not just you who have a headache, I'm also adjusting the hearth, and if we don't get it right, we'll all be blown up to the sky. ”
Isabella stopped what she was doing and turned around, as she could tell from the sweaty cheeks. At this time, the princess was indeed in a state of high nervous tension after a long period of high nervousness.
"Level 5 Demon Core...... Let's be honest...... It's a big problem in normal times, but now you and I don't seem to have to worry about this kind of accident, don't we?"
glanced at the red magic core in front of the other party. Level 5, fire, the most tyrannical and explosive type, Leah made this judgment in her heart. But little Lori is not worried.
"Yes. For the Father will not allow us to be willful any more. ”
Stopping what she was doing, the princess was about to relax her nerves, she reached to her waist and touched a magic array amulet with high-purity Mithril and arcane magic crystals, and dragon blood as a medium.
The person who made zuò is naturally the old duke of Brown, and the talisman made of zuò at such a high cost and complicated process has two defensive magics, purifying toxins and creating shields, and can even withstand several blows from a seventh-level powerhouse.
Such a talisman is not only for the princess, but even Leah has also received a copy. And what even King Cliff didn't know was that little Lori even had a talisman blessed by Hanufain himself to wear on her body. It's the same as the one you encountered in Kuta before, but it also adds a new function to cleanse the body of toxins.
It is no exaggeration to say that the current two of them are not a small furnace explosion, even if they are raided by the generals of the Holy Sect with dozens of paladins, it is not so easy to take.
It goes without saying that they are so respectfully protected. In fact, as princesses and dukes of a country, Leah and Isabella have indeed been too simple before. At the time of Ed Nihua, due to the school style of the aristocracy that did not enjoy privileges, coupled with the arrogance unique to young people, the two had always refused material help from the family. At least in many things, they have always relied on their own ability to get through difficulties.
But this time, the family rejected their willfulness, all kinds of life-saving potions, magic props, sophisticated equipment, and everything that a great noble mage should have, all of which were equipped by them.
Not only that, but in the last few days, nearly a hundred knights have crossed the Galova Desert in groups in sand boats.
"Having said that, the number of knights we have here is now half the size of the Golden Lily Knights, half of them are Sister Karen's old subordinates, and the other half are members of the Royal Knights, is it really appropriate for His Majesty the King to send so many knights? Salman Holy Cult and the Orcs of Kelbrad are still attacking Randall, right?"
Thinking of the knights who came here some time ago, Leah was a little uneasy. It is good to care about them, but if you neglect the defense of the country because of this, you will put the cart before the horse.
"Don't worry about this, although Randall usually only has so many knights, but because of the relationship between the Salman Holy Sect, since the start of the Holy War three years ago, the entire kingdom has been increasing its troops, and now even the Golden Lily Knights, the smallest of the three major knights, have expanded to five hundred people. ”
Leah has been studying magic for all these years, and basically does not involve politics and military affairs, but Isabella, as a princess, knows everything about Randall's actions during this time.
Knights are a special profession, they are the lowest level of the nobility and the most advanced of the human army, so it is even more troublesome to train a knight and maintain his daily expenses.
Speaking of which, what is the daily cost of a knight? It's a wonderful question. First of all, they uphold the eight virtues and have a relatively average salary, but on the other hand, they are also nobles and must maintain the luxuries of a nobleman, so in order to make up for the lack of income, Karian or any of the generals usually reward their men with a large amount of gold coins.
And the knights will spend all this money in the wind. On the one hand, the extravagant spirit of the aristocracy is at work, and on the other hand, in the world of war, the cost of the wind and clouds can also reduce their mental pressure, so as not to cause their morale to be low.
In addition to the extremely valuable horses and equipment, as well as the daily maintenance of them, some knights liked to use the money to drink and feast, some liked to use the money to make women, or have romantic stories with some noble ladies, and some, such as Alec, would use the money to play dice and tricks.
Among the aristocracy, these gambling games were very popular, and Leah once saw her father with thirty gold coat of arms coins, spend all his fine money at the card table overnight, and still talk and laugh, and then win more the next day.
In general, cultivating and maintaining the knights is a very expensive thing for the country, so in peacetime, each kingdom will try its best to control the number of knights at a more appropriate stage, take Randall as an example, excluding the private army under the various lords, just the three major knights, the number will not exceed a thousand. But in times of war, this number begins to swell, doubling, or even more.
Perhaps the paladins would be better off in this regard, because they were poorer, but the faith-based armies were always unreliable in their loyalty, and their trust in divine power was far greater than that of kingship, and to put it bluntly, these paladins were more loyal to the Protestant religion of light than to the kingdom. Therefore, except for the Holy Sect Country, no country likes to cultivate too many paladins, otherwise when any Catholic lord raises his arms and shouts, these paladins will not hesitate to turn their blades towards the king.
All in all, it was a time of war, so Randall's Knights began to expand in size, and sending a hundred knights as guards did not affect the country's combat power.
ps: Because there is a midterm exam in early March, the recent update may be a little slow, and after that, it's spring break, and Moon Shadow will refuel some more chapters of ~~~