In the spring of the 320th year of the Redemption Calendar, the Redemption Continent was at war.
After conquering the Prussian province of the St. Solan Empire, the Fei Lie Empire gathered heavy troops on the border, just like the flood that had been accumulated for a long time finally found a breakthrough on the thousand-mile long embankment, and frantically attacked the St. Solan Empire.
It swept deep into the interior. Wherever it passed, corpses were strewn across the fields and flames were rising into the sky, creating a tragic scene.
"After the gates of Belin City were lost, groups of Philip knights rushed into the city on horseback. They first concentrated their efforts on dealing with the resisting defenders. After confirming that no one wearing Saint-Soulan could be found in the entire city.
After soldiers in imperial uniforms, they turned their butcher knives on civilians."
"The long siege turned the Felie people who finally broke through Belin City into cruel beasts. They rushed into the mansions of nobles and the homes of common people, chopped people to the ground like animals, and plundered all the people they could.
They took away their belongings and then set them on fire, burning everything down."
"Everyone's eyes are blood red, the spear tips are blood red, the sword blades are blood red, and even the horseshoes are stained red in the blood. They have no sense at all. As long as someone appears in sight, they
He would chase them on horseback, thrust his lance into people's vests, and split their heads open with his long sword."
"It was a complete and complete vent, a revenge against the city that had persisted under their siege for a long time. It was also a violent declaration by the victors. In this way, they were telling those who had resisted, were resisting or would be in the future
Those who may resist their invasion, this is what happens to those who resist."
"Except for the church, the whole city turned into a complete hell. I stood on the roof of the church and saw black smoke rising from the castle of the Grand Duke of Prussia. I saw the slaves and soldiers who had not had time to escape with the Grand Duke being pulled out of the castle in rows.
Beheading. And what happened to those noble ladies. Please forgive me, I can't describe it in words."
"The streets were filled with the sound of galloping hooves. There were screams and howls everywhere. These sounds rang from morning to night, and from night to dawn. After a few days, these sounds gradually became less frequent, but occasionally they still remained.
The appearance of a fish that slipped through the net added joy to Philip's soldiers."
"The Philip soldiers who have sacked the entire city and killed rivers of blood seem to be tired of the endless game of massacre. When they find a fish that has slipped through the net, what they like to do most is to treat these people as prey and use them to kill people.
Hunting, hunting and teasing in various ways."
"It was a middle-aged civilian man. They let him run and drove him behind with arrows and lances until he was exhausted. Then they stripped him naked, whipped him with whips, and poured boiling water on him. Or
Tie his hands and drag him forward with a horse until he dies without human form."
This is an excerpt from the many public information about the war in Prussia released by Ignorant Hall. There is a lot of similar information. They are all intelligence providers of Ignorant Hall, who reported on the war from various angles through various channels.
observation.
The descriptions of these frontline witnesses, coupled with the cold and emotionless battle reports, unfolded a cruel picture of war for people with closed information.
People are trembling, panicking, and angry under this horrific cloud of war.
On February 15, 320, the remnants of the Ninth Legion of the Saint Solan Empire's frontier army were captured by two thousand-man battalions of the Knights of the Black Flag and the Black Flag Legion commanded by Duke Benson, the famous general of Philip, at a distance from Longmen during their escape.
They overtook and annihilated them on the plains 60 kilometers southeast. Since then, the Ninth Army Corps of the Frontier Army was eliminated.
The next day, Archduke Frederick of Prussia in the northwest battlefield led the remnant army of nobles and turned north, trying to detour back to the north bank of the Leiden River. Unexpectedly, they were ambushed by a group of Philip's cavalry on the riverside. Ten people who finally crossed the river were
Not a single one was left. The surging river water was dyed red with blood. Floating corpses could be seen everywhere along the coast dozens of kilometers downstream.
The war situation in the west and northwest shocked the entire Saint Solan Empire. It also affected the hearts of the people of Meiding City in the south who were also in front of the Feili army.
Everyone gathers in front of the bulletin board of Shishitang every day, waiting for the new battle report. In the streets and alleys, all the topics are about the war and the current situation.
No one knows how long Archduke Adolf can hold out in the face of Philip's army that continues to land at coastal ports. No one knows whether the city of Medina will be abandoned by the nobles and become the next city of Belin.
An increasing number of refugees are pouring into Meding City like a tide, but many local nobles and wealthy people have begun to sell off their property and move to the north.
On the third day of Roy's stay in Meding City, two pieces of news quickly caused panic in Meding City.
The first news is that there are signs that the southern war situation in Lulian Province will shift from several coastal cities some time ago to the southwest. It is said that the main target of the attack is likely to be Meding City.
The second news is that there are traces of the Snow Wolf Knights in the south of Meiding City.
This news even made many mercenaries nervous.
You know, among the many knights of Fei Lie Empire, known as the country of cavalry, the Snow Wolf Knights are definitely famous.
The Snow Wolf is a third-level monster that lives in the northern plateau of Fei Lie Empire. It is characterized by its ferocious character, fast running, and extremely strong endurance. It can be used as both an offensive familiar and an excellent riding familiar. And
The fighting spirit compatibility of human knights is as high as 46%, even surpassing that of many war horses.
The Snow Wolf Knights are named after all their knights riding this magical beast.
In the battle, they cooperated with the sitting snow wolf. Not only did the opponent have to fight with people, but they also had to guard against the snow wolf's fangs and claws. Some war horses that were poorly trained or did not have the support of the knight's fighting spirit even faced the snow wolf.
They will kneel down or turn around and run away out of fear, leading to chaos in the formation.
Since its formation, the Knights of the Snow Wolf have fought in the east and west, making great contributions to the rule of Peter I. They once achieved the miracle of jumping from two hundred to the top one hundred in the ranking of human knights. Now. Now
Ranking 41st among the human knights, it is simply not something that ordinary frontier knights can compete with.
The emergence of the Snow Wolf Knights has cast a shadow over the entire city of Meiding.
On the way to the mission hall every morning, Roy could see people talking anxiously in the square or in front of the bulletin board on the street. The constant battle reports added to the tense atmosphere in Medin City.
After experiencing the night in Borabel, Roy had already seen the cruelty of war, and had no illusions about the kindness of the Feili people.
War is war.
This is a contest between countries and nations with their lives. It is more cruel and bloody than the death duel in the arena.
After the fighters in the arena fall to the ground, they may be able to use their bravery and noble moral character to conquer the audience in the stands, allowing them to point their thumbs up during the final verdict, leaving a life behind. However, in the Fei Lie Empire
In this war with the Saint Solan Empire, there are no spectators.
Apart from defeating the enemy and fighting for a chance to survive, there is no other way.
Therefore, when the entire Meding City was in panic, this eighteen-year-old black-haired boy would calmly walk by the bulletin board every day.
Sometimes he would stop and read the battle report, and sometimes he would hurriedly pass by the crowd.
No one would notice such an ordinary civilian boy. No one knew that he was the magic pattern master who caused a sensation in the entire Meiding City - Lone Wolf.
Lone wolves may be the most talked about topic among the people of Meiding City besides war.
Since Lone Wolf appeared in the mission hall of Meiding City a few days ago, made a wind board for the blacksmith Aris, and painted magic on the long sword of the senior mercenary Old Xiong, his mercenary mark and his magic pattern
, it quickly spread to the surrounding areas with Meiding City as the center, causing shocks from all walks of life.
Everyone wants to get to know this mysterious magic pattern master.
The nobles sent the banquet invitations to the mission hall, the magic pattern masters were waiting in the magic pattern area, and groups of mercenaries and knights lined up to entrust designated tasks. Even some businessmen and various merchants from as far away as Munni City
The heads of large organizations also heard the news and rushed to the mission hall in Meiding City to try to find this magic pattern master.
However, no matter who it was, the only thing they could do was wander around like a headless fly inside and outside the mission hall.
The mission hall is strictly guarded. Not only has the confidentiality level of Lone Wolf been raised to Level 3S, but the confidentiality level of the entire staff on the fifth floor has also been raised to Level S. Not to mention meeting and greeting Lone Wolf, even the father of the staff member
Mom can't see her son or daughter either.
This move is really cruel.
Not to mention that these staff members don't know who Lone Wolf is. Even if they knew, they would probably refuse to explain.
It doesn't matter if you can't see your relatives for a while. A few Jinlulangs are sent home every day. Seeing your relatives is far more cordial than seeing you.
"It's okay, let him work with peace of mind. The family is fine! If you can't come back, don't come back!" Relatives usually say this with a smile when they receive the gold coins.
In addition to confidentiality measures, the mission hall naturally has some other means. For example, several mission hall magic pattern masters who came from Mani City were misled into being lone wolves intentionally or unintentionally.
By the time people figured out that this guy was definitely not a lone wolf, at most he was just a white-eyed wolf who ate and drank for free and deceived himself, no one knew how much time was wasted.
Therefore, in the end, everyone had to give up searching for Lone Wolf himself and turned to his works.
Blacksmith Aris was the first one to be approached. At first it was some quick-thinking guys who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make some money. When he heard the quotations in the 70s and 81s, the blacksmith swung the hammer and went crazy.
Later, the people who came to the door were different. Businessmen of all sizes, auction house supervisors, magic pattern masters from the magic pattern master tower, nobles. Each offered a higher price than the last.
In the end, the Aris blacksmith had to sell the wind board that made him uncomfortable even when he was sleeping, for a thousand gold langs, to a nobleman whom he could never afford to offend.
As soon as the news got out, it was like adding fuel to the fire.
Not to mention those clients who originally need Emo, even some people who don't need Emo are still squeezing into the mission hall, trying to get the works of Lone Wolf.
The price of the Lone Wolf Magic Pattern was being speculated higher and higher. After the end of the first day, the nearly twenty works he had made, except for a few pieces in the hands of Lao Xiong and others, had all become people's collections.
Some are waiting for appreciation, some are speculating to increase the price, and some are buying it back for study.
The people who entrusted tasks in the mission hall were bidding higher and higher. A first-level flame damage magic pattern cost Lao Xiong 160 Jinlulang at first, but it soared to 500 Jinlulang the next day.
There is a tendency to continue to climb higher.
It seems that they have discovered this. After about thirty works and seven or eight new magic patterns have been circulated, the painting magic undertaken by Lone Wolf no longer uses new magic patterns, but traditional magic patterns.
In addition, although his previous works have weird magic patterns, they are all first- and second-level magic painting works, and their actual value is not high. Occasionally, two of them were bought back by the magic pattern master tower. Not only did they not develop any tricks, but
After several magic pattern masters were made dizzy and vomited blood, the trend slowly stopped.
However, in this way, the lone wolf's status in the eyes of the mercenaries will be higher.
After all, they are the ones who really need magic patterns. Those nobles and rich people only collect or make profits, but they do it to live and save their lives. If the lone wolf hadn't cut off the thoughts of those people, some prices would have been extremely high.
Tasks were canceled one after another, and they didn't even have the chance to initiate commissions.
The world is like a huge roulette wheel, constantly turning. Day after day, it is noisy and bustling.
Roy settled down quietly in Meding City.
Every morning, Roy would go to the secret studio of the mission hall on time to start painting magic.
Although you have mastered the magic pattern of life, it does not mean that you can draw all levels of magic patterns. Just like a painter, when he first starts to learn painting, he learns more advanced painting skills than others, but he also needs time to practice.
Growth, rather than being able to paint famous paintings at once.
In addition to the continuous practice and improvement of the skills of drawing magic, there is also a lot of knowledge that needs to be mastered in the subject of drawing magic. For example, the configuration of magic pattern ink, the method of compound painting magic, the relationship and influence between magic patterns, etc.
Etc. These things require a long period of study and practice to master.
Taking some time, Roy went to the Divine Artisan Hall and registered as a junior magic pattern master with his own name as his public identity.
The registration process went smoothly. The two examiners in charge of the assessment kept chatting about the lone wolf and paid no particular attention to the junior magic pattern master in front of them.
Roy only used some traditional basic skills to pass the test and got a junior magic pattern master's badge. This means that he officially became a member of the Divine Artisan Hall and the Magic Pattern Master Tower, and his works can be signed and sold publicly.
Roy basically spent the morning working and wandering around. This was the most relaxed and leisurely time of his day. He would visit the store, look through the mission rewards in the mission hall, and look for some needed medicines and forging materials to prepare for the mission.
Make preparations for making medicine and forging magic armor in the future. Or go near the church and ask about Father Joseph.
Starting from noon, as soon as I get home, there will be special hell training for the dwarf ax spirit.
After talking to the dwarf that night, Roy accepted it all naturally. He didn't know the name of the dwarf, the origin of the ruling, or what the sword spirit, bow spirit and other weapon spirits were.
What kind of people, what kind of secrets are behind these people.
However, these are not important.
The important thing is that he trusts these warriors who fight the demons, and the strength of both the dwarves and the human swordsman has exceeded his imagination. Being able to learn from them is already a blessing in itself.
Of course, luck is not the same as happiness.
Dwarves are a very outspoken race and don't like to lie. Therefore, the hell training he talks about is real hell training. And based on his own strength, it can be called hell training.
For Roy, it was not just hell, it was the lowest level of hell!
Meditating three times a day is still unstoppable. However, the power supplement gradually increases, and the share gradually decreases when absorbing the energy of heaven and earth.
This also means that Roy's beautiful life of steady practice is over. Every time he meditates, he will face the impact of increasingly violent waves of energy from heaven and earth.
Although the dwarves are tight-lipped about the ruling and their affairs, they do answer questions about cultivation.
Through the dwarf's explanation, Roy understood that when other magicians meditated, they felt very thin energy of heaven and earth, which was completely different from the tide he felt. When asked why, the dwarf gave only one answer.
.
"Idiot! I am an ax warrior, not a magician. How could I know so clearly? Wait until you unlock the seal of the Staff of Judgment and ask the staff spirit!"
Unlocking the magic wand, at least in Roy's eyes now, is as far away as heaven. He can only place his hope in the first training camp.
There is only one month left before the entrance exam, and Roy, who is not planning to become a magic student, must raise his fighting spirit to the first level in just one month.
For ordinary people, this is completely impossible. However, for Roy and the dwarf Ax Spirit, this is a matter of course.
Needless to say, there is no need to mention the dwarf. Regardless of his original identity or the identity of the weapon spirit, it is not surprising that the guidance allows a boy with five levels of fighting spirit to form a battle ring within a month.
But the big-brained Roy is completely ignorant and fearless.
There is always a price to pay for ignorance. Therefore, in addition to meditating every day to increase your magic power, and entering the world of judgment to follow the human swordsman to learn how to be beaten, how to use various weird steps and movements and wonderful ways to hurt your body.
In addition to getting more weird and wonderful wounds, he was trained by the dwarves.
Training in reality is not as good as training in the world of adjudication.
If, in the world of Judgment, Roy wouldn't get tired even if he swung the ax a hundred thousand times, in the real world, swinging it a thousand times would kill him.
These thousand axes can't just be chopped in the air like they used to do or just swing in the air like they practiced before. Instead, they have to follow the ax techniques taught by the dwarfs and combine them with moral techniques to chop the solid rocks on the cliffs near the lake.
An ax can break an inch into the bluestone, which means you have entered the doorway.
The first step of the Thunder God's Ax Technique is to cut into the bluestone one foot.
For the first time, Roy confidently struck down with his axe, leaving a gap less than half an inch deep in the stone, and blood flowed from the jaws of his palm.
So, the first day of training was carried out amidst the ridicule of the dwarves. After the thousand axes were chopped, Roy's arms were so painful that he couldn't even lift them. But it was not over yet, and martial arts were not needed. After practicing, you can’t stop practicing Dou Qi. If your hands hurt, use your feet, practice steps, run, and jump.
It wasn't until late at night that Roy struggled to crawl back to his hut. He cast a healing spell on himself, and asked Mai Ya'er to pick some herbs. He prepared a bottle of potion specially designed to treat bruises according to the prescriptions written in Austin's notes, and turned over and over again. I moaned in bed all night before recovering.
The next day, the dwarf unceremoniously increased the amount of training by 20%. In his words: "Since you know how to heal, I'm relieved. I can't kill you anyway."
At that time, Roy wanted to wave his hand and throw this damn ax and the inhuman guy inside into the center of the lake.
However, although the training is very hard, the effect is extremely significant.
With the guidance of the dwarf ax spirit, Roy's understanding of the Thunder God's Ax Technique is deepening every day. His fighting spirit is also improving rapidly through the almost desperate practice. Even when sleeping, the energy of the ruling is helping to guide Roy's fighting spirit. run.
In just ten days, Roy's magic power, perception and mental strength have all increased significantly. Fighting Qi has broken through the eighth level and begun to impact the ninth level. At the same time, the Thunder God's Ax Technique has also been practiced to the point where it is extremely powerful. The stone is close to two inches, and after condensing the battle ring, there is no problem in breaking through the first level.
Roy could clearly feel his improvement in strength every day, which made Roy extremely excited. He trained harder and harder.
When the number of chopping bluestones exceeded 3,000 axes per day, the dwarf asked Roy to go under the lake to chop the same bluestones.
The difficulty of splitting rocks in the water is more than ten times greater than on the shore. Roy, who had already split two inches into the bluestone with an axe, could not even get half an inch when he first entered the water. The resistance and pressure of the lake water not only affected The ax in his hand also affects Roy's body movements and even the movement of fighting energy in his body.
However, for Roy, who is persistent and even stubborn by nature, in order to one day be able to split Alex's beautiful head with an axe, in order to be able to stand in front of the paladin who is probably about to rush to the Paladin in a year and a half. In front of the high-level Augustus, the magic and fighting spirit were all inflicted on him, and he could endure no matter how hard it was.
The underwater training achieved remarkable results. After a few days, Roy not only improved his fighting spirit and physical strength, but also, as his body sensed and relied on the water flow surrounding him, he became more familiar with the Thunder God's Ax Technique, as well as in the I gained a new understanding of the steps and movements used to dodge among the thousands of demons.
However, this peaceful day only lasted fifteen days in total. Then it was broken by an accidental incident and the Fei Lie Imperial Army, which had approached only five kilometers away from Meiding City.