It wasn't until ten days later that the town was calm again, and after a while, when a notice was posted in front of the town's mansion, many able-bodied men joined the newly formed militia out of a complicated state of obedience.

This small town with a population of less than 1,000 has actually made up nearly a hundred young and middle-aged men.

"Well, the local organization needs a local leader to be the leader. Penny stood on the side of the road at the entrance of the town, and saw the young man at the head of the militia, the same one who rushed out that day to question: "Just choose him." ”

"He, Lumi Jones, this is a restless character. Rekita frowned.

"It's because of his restlessness that he sits in this position. Penny touched his chin: "It's convenient to control nearby." ”

"Okay~" Rikita sighed: "But ...... Looks like you're really going to curry favor with these townspeople?"

"This ...... If you understand it that way. Penny spread his hands: "Making some concessions will make it easier for us to master this place." ”

"But it's impossible to control it completely. ”

"That's absolutely impossible to happen. Penny shook his head: "Countless colleagues have tried to completely control this place before, but we have seen the results of their results, and more importantly, we are only officials, and Searle has no lords. ”

"Yes. Rekita was stunned for a moment, and then nodded with a sigh: "You are really right, there is no lord in Serge. ”

"Actually, it's too far to think about these things right now. Penny sighed, "Give the army to Dickie for training first, don't be too strict - they won't need to fight for the time being." ”

"Then what are you going to do with them?" Rekita frowned, "Those bandits on the mountain will not give up because of this incident, our bunker may not be able to cope with their invasion, and the troops are far from enough. ”

"So we need to prepare defenses, didn't you notice that our town doesn't even have a decent wall?"

"So you're going to build a wall?" said Richta, who immediately woke up.

"This place is better off being a fortress. Penny looked around the town. It was only necessary to build a strong enough wall on the banks of the river not far away, and the narrow passages on both sides of the mountains would give any invading army a stomachache.

"Good idea. Rekita closed the notepad: "Hopefully, it's time." ”

"Fence it with a wooden fence first, by the way, what's going on with the gray dwarves?"

"Well, you've got a hydraulic forging machine, and the dwarves are really good at crafting, they say that as long as you can set up a furnace, you can mine and smelt iron, and get out the plate armor, shields, and weapons you need. Rekita said, there was no particular emotion in her tone, she and Hughes were used to many of Penny's ideas, but she exhaled again: "But we lack skilled miners. ”

"So population is the biggest problem. Penny sighed: "The land here is still enough to accommodate two thousand people. ”

The town is not a small area to live in, but it is clear that the town is underpopulated by the ongoing conflicts.

"You want to emigrate?"

"Let's talk about it. The top priority is defense, and we have not yet gained a foothold. Penny pondered for a moment and nodded, "By the way, how is Hughes?"

"He's still preparing materials and seems to be very enthusiastic about the position of mentor. Rekita rolled her eyes: "Hmm~ Maybe that position is really suitable for him." ”

"It's fine, if he likes. Penny spread his hands.

"Hmm...... For weak but indispensable guys, it's better to take care of them, I agree with you. The female red robe nodded: "Let's go over and take a look." ”

"Okay. ”

Penny nodded, and the two red robes walked down the street towards the mayor's mansion, which had been transformed into an academy.

"Your Excellency. As he passed by the militia, the young man named Lumi Jones suddenly shouted at Penny, as impulsive as he had on that day: "If you are really willing to defend the interests of the town, we are willing to give you our loyalty." ”

"Oh, Sean, listen, how hard it is to hear. Rekita frowned, "It seems to have brought us to a position equal to his." ”

"He's right, it's a right and an obligation. Penny said lightly, then approached the militia, which had become tense, and paused before saying to Lumi Jones, "I hope time will give you an answer." ”

The two red robes turned around and left, and the group of militiamen complained to the young man: "Lumi, you are too arrogant, they are Serge's red robes!"

"What about the red robe?" the young man's expression was disapproving: "He saved my family." ”

"In short, they are untrustworthy guys. A middle-aged man whispered.

"Those guys on the mountain don't treat us as human beings, think about what they did this time, they actually kidnapped the children in the town and coerced us! These red-robed faces are always better looking than those mountain people! If we don't obey them now, do we have to go back and hug the thighs of those mountain bandits?" Lumi said in a loud voice: "Even if it's black-eyed, I haven't done that kind of thing." ”

"But these red robes are just using us. The middle-aged man, who was a little tall, thin, was still arguing.

"We are inevitably used and enslaved, Pagras. Another veteran said, "Let's see how these red-robed robes compare to the bandits, but they did help us anyway." ”

"Well, the Lionowl won't let us go anyway, and the current situation forces us to play for the Serles. Other sober men sighed.

This is not a fact that is difficult to guess.

"Okay, let's go find ...... first Master Dickey. Lumi hesitated for a moment before he spat out the latter name, and led a group of militiamen towards the five bunkers next to the mayor's mansion.

The middle-aged man named Pagras had a gloomy expression.

Approaching these bunkers, the mood of the militia seemed to be depressed by two points.

They still remember the great achievements of these bunkers, and they still have fear in their hearts.

In fact, some things related to magic, people in most areas of Faeron are difficult to come into contact with several times in their lives, and mages are very mysterious in their eyes.

Although it is not uncommon for Serre mages to be, it does not mean that ordinary people can take some magic that they have never seen for granted.

In the mayor's mansion, the skinny little boy changed into clean clothes, his eyes were glazed under the hair that covered his eyes, and he stared at the tips of his fingers and spat out incomprehensible voices.

"Hey, Thomas, what's wrong with you?" a stout boy touched him with a frown, "Why have you been so crazy all these days?"

"Hmm...... I'm wondering, when are we going to learn the real magic?" Thomas retracted, rested his elbows on the desk in front of him, held his chin with his palm, sighed, and flipped the books on the table with two fingers of his other hand: "These are math books, it's a headache to read!"

"Oh, you're the smartest in the village. The little fat man walked over with a playful and mocking expression on his face: "I actually failed the math twice in a row, hahahaha." ”

Thomas glanced listlessly at the little fat man, and snorted between his noses, as if he didn't bother to pay attention.

The kids next to them were upset: "Ron, don't take yourself too seriously! We remember how idiot you looked when you were in the mountains! You're an idiot!"

The little fat man's face changed for a moment, but he immediately cocked his nose: "Don't quarrel with you, when I finish this book, the tutor will teach me the first magic." ”

With that, the kid walked out of the room.

"I used to nod to the bandits, but now I treat the Searles as grandfathers, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard. A few of the kids in the room were dismissive.

"Don't say it...... They are all fellow villagers. A little girl said in a weak tone.

Thomas rubbed his hair and leaned on the table with a pained expression, covering his head with a book.

All this was under the gaze of the three red-robed mages, and it was amusing for them to watch these children, who were no more than seven or eight years younger than them, play with each other, and even Rikita had a smile on her face, perhaps because of the conflict between these children, which made her feel that it was worth laughing.

"Well, these thirteen children are all seedlings with a synergy rate of 12 or more, and it is not a problem to become a mage. Hughes pulled out a crystal ball, and a piece of data flashed inside.

Penny and Rekita nodded.

To become a mage, you need to have good mental qualifications, but not all kinds of good minds are suitable for studying arcane.

The mages then came up with the concept of synergy rate to describe how well a person's mind is fit to learn arcane.

This criterion includes having a sufficiently rigorous logical mind, a strong enough memory, and an active inspiration for the arcane.

Of course, people with such qualities must be not bad in intelligence, but it is also possible that Frankenstein who does not understand the world and seems to be a little demented.

Magicians use crystal balls to capture a kind of alien spirit called 'Rui Jing', which has a very special intelligence, and can detect this quality of people in the communication of consciousness, and manifest it in numbers, which in Serre is used to screen apprentices.

Generally speaking, if the synergy rate reaches 11, that is, you can get in touch with a layer of magic web, but in this way, apprentices with limited prospects will not be included, only those with a synergy rate of 12 or more are eligible to be trained, and in the process of studying arcane, this value will be increased, so apprentices with a synergy rate of 12 will reach 13 in the arcane learning process, and they can already access the third layer of the magic web...... Of course, any mage organization wants to be able to recruit geniuses with an initial synergy rate of 15 or more, but obviously, there is no one in the human race for such a person, so when a mage recruits an apprentice, he doesn't necessarily need his disciple to have the potential to become a legendary-level spellcaster—which is a very rare occurrence in Faeron.

Penny's synergy rate that year was only 13, and his biggest achievement was only the fifth layer of the magic net.

He stared at the lines of numbers in the crystal ball, and his eyelids jumped: "Oh, that kid named Thomas is actually 16 points, what an otherworldly genius!"

"Perhaps. Hughes shrugged, then shook his head, "I'm not optimistic about him though." ”

"Huh?" Penny frowned as he glanced at the children in the classroom.

"He lacks composure...... Ruijing didn't notice this. Hughes spread his hands: "It's very difficult to get him to complete the most basic learning, it's not that he can't do it, it's that he can't put his mind to it, you know what a huge flaw this is." ”

Penny nodded with a deep groan.

"I'd rather be more optimistic about that little fat guy named Ron. Hughes pouted: "He has 14 synergy points, his concentration is much better than that Thomas, and he must have a better future in this aspect of Offa." ”

"Ron?" Penny didn't have much of an impression of the little fat man, and he had completely handed over the job to Hughes: "By the way, Hughes, you might as well organize the other kids in the village." ”

"Hmm, what are you going to do? Most of them don't have the potential to learn arcane. ”

"It doesn't matter, you teach them some basic math, well, the ones about the arcane experiments, if you can teach them to use magic tools, it would be even better, I'll be useful. Penny thought as he spoke.

"Uh...... Sean, I can roughly understand what you're thinking. Hughes's face immediately changed: "But this is a lot of work, and now I am the only one who is the mentor!"

"So I'm sorry for you. Penny patted Hughes on the shoulder, "After a while, when things in the town settle down a little, Rekita and I will help you appropriately." ”

"Oh~ I hope there will be a day. Having said that, Hughes compromised: "I said, if I'm tired to death, you must find me a better cemetery." ”

"The sea to the west is nice. Rekita said lightly, and Hughes's face changed, and he immediately closed his mouth.

"By the way, what the hell is that bay? Can we open a sea path?" said Penny, who suddenly thought of something, and asked Rekita.

"I'm going to disappoint you, Sean. Rekita sighed, then shook her head: "The sea is too shallow offshore, and the shoreline is so long that it is impossible to build a port of sufficient size, but there are many schools of yellowfish in the offshore, so that the town will not starve to death in times of famine." ”

Penny was immediately disappointed, but still nodded: "Okay, there are still some resources after all." ”

"You mean resources?" Hughes suddenly interjected, and saw the eyes of the two colleagues turn around: "Speaking of resources, I did find some good things nearby." ”

He pulled out a withered plant, and Penny and Rekita glanced at it, their faces becoming more and more surprised.

(To be continued)