my age of magic

Chapter 737 237. Felix's Stage

From a distance, Earl Horace was seen wearing a bright mithril armor and a scarlet velvet cloak, standing on the top of the city.

Surrounded by a group of 50 personal guards, those guards stood majestically in two rows, all of them were elite soldiers from heavy armored infantry regiments and knights, and all of them held spears in their hands. And the knight's light shield, and the armor on his body is also very sophisticated. I saw the Disraeli knight and an unknown knight following Earl Horace.

Earl Horace pointed at the spidermen outside the city, as if pointing the country.

Katerina and I walked out of the barracks of the Seventh Battalion and walked along the stone-paved corridor to a higher ground behind the stronghold.

Trum is a very traditional fortification. There are no residential areas, markets, artisan workshops and other living areas in the entire stronghold.

Rows of barracks were built near the city wall of the stronghold. There are ten barracks like courtyards in total. Ten battalions stationed in Trume all the year round are stationed in these courtyards. If divided according to the number of people, a battalion has about 200 people, that is to say, the usual defense force of the entire Trume stronghold is around 2000 people.Katerina's [-]th Battalion is considered to be the strongest among the ten troops, and the treatment they usually receive is also considered to be the best.

A little further inside is a pile of thatched huts stacked together with piles of military materials to form a circular spire. I saw that many of them were three meters long and thick as an adult's arm. Stacked on top of each other, stacked in piles, covered with a canopy in the shape of a giant straw hat.Between these material haystacks, there are some watchtowers built with huge wooden frames, and there are two soldiers on each watchtower who are in charge of guarding.

In the center of Trum stronghold is a very flat school field. This playground is only the size of four football fields put together and can accommodate thousands of people to practice together.There is a circular runway where knights can gallop freely. Inside the circular runway is a shooting range for long archers to practice archery. There is also a large training ground. Weeds, it looks like this school field is being used a lot.

When Katerina led me through the thatched huts that were piled up with military supplies, she told me that these were wooden poles for crossbow bolts specially used for bed crossbows. Go to the top of the city.

I didn't expect that there are so many arrows in the Trum stronghold. They are in units of stacks. It seems that the combat supplies here are very well prepared. This is why the garrison of the Trum stronghold can rely .

When I saw a few wood workshops, I realized why there are so many arrow shafts here. The oak shafts of these arrow shafts and crossbow arrows are processed from oak trees, and the wood chips left after processing the arrow shafts These are also piled together, these are very high-quality fuels, I think the reason why those long breads have a smell of acorns is probably baked with these wood chips.

Passing through the racetrack outside the school grounds, a group of knights were galloping on the horse farm. The knight spears in their hands were covered with a layer of iron. Ten horses stood together, and their hooves stepped on the ground like drums. Dim dust.

"Is this where we usually live?" I followed behind Katerina, looking at the messy school yard, and asked Katerina.

Katerina was wearing ordinary metal armor, and her red hair was hidden in a standard helmet. This kind of heavy armored infantry soldier had a red tassel on the top of the helmet, and there was a metal mask in front of the helmet, which could completely Covering Katerina's beautiful face, her body is hidden under a metal armor that completely conceals her identity.

I was wearing the leather armor and leather battle skirt with the 'Earth Shield' given to me by the Yerkes scholar, a pair of long leather boots on my feet, and a very strange mermaid hood on my head. Although it looks a little different, but after taking off the silver magic badge on the chest, no one will take me as a magician.

At this time, I was more like a general's entourage or orderly.

"Usually the school grounds are not so chaotic. Our stronghold does not have a permanent cavalry battalion. The cavalry on the school grounds were also brought by Horace. Their stables are just behind the stronghold, and the barracks of the knights are also next to the stables! "Katerina is very familiar with the layout of the stronghold, her voice is very low, she speaks quickly, and she seems to be in a good mood.

She took me to the stables behind the stronghold, where there are still stretches of haystacks. These dried alfalfa mixed with bean cakes and a little salt are the best feed for Lin horses. Those in the stables Lin Ma looks very strong, especially each horse is covered with a layer of black armor, it seems that Earl Horace's heavy cavalry is armed to the teeth.

A large area of ​​stone houses behind the Trum stronghold is the temporary residence of Earl Horace's personal guards. When we walked through the stables, we happened to see those knights gathering outside the stone houses. The knights in the camp over there did not They seem to be very relaxed about the tasks of training and guarding the city.

Some knights slept on the benches, some knights gathered together to play the organ, some knights sang the songs of bards under the melodious sound of the piano, and some knights chatted under the eaves.

These knights who were not on missions seemed very loose. They wore some soft sheepskin casual clothes, and they did not wear heavy armor. They were equipped with western rapiers, and knight spears stood upright in the corner of the wall.

A sentry at the outermost edge of the camp spotted us, hurriedly walked towards us, and yelled loudly: "The knights of Earl Horace's personal guard camp are stationed, no one else is allowed to approach!"

Katerina looked at the two sentries holding spears indifferently, and said indifferently: "Let's go to the military supply department at the back."

Hearing what Katerina said, the sentinel said again: "Don't get close to the knight camp!"

Then he turned and walked away silently.

I saw the heavy armored infantry brought back by Knight Disraeli stationed on the east side of the knight camp. The soldiers of these infantry regiments have been resting for the past two days, and the soldiers of the heavy armored infantry regiments are severely depleted. , I have been in a state of rapid march when browsing the mountains, but with these two days of self-cultivation, I guess my physical strength can recover.

Listen to Knight Disraeli: When he was looking for the surviving infantry regiment in the mountains, he was chased by a squad of spiders.

I can't imagine how hard it was for the soldiers of these hoplites to cross the mountains and return to the stronghold of Trume.

Katerina led me to continue walking to the military supply office behind the stronghold, and complained to me in a low voice: "There are less than 500 knights in the 200-member knight order who can safely return to the Trum stronghold from the Black Forest. How dare you put on a ridiculous look like a cavalryman aloft!"

I smiled 'hehe' and said to Katerina: "They are helping you garrison Trum, it's nothing to hold back!"

"Humph!"

Katerina snorted softly, probably not agreeing with me.

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The Trum stronghold is built on the mountain, and the entire terrain is from low to high. When you reach the back city, you can have a panoramic view of the layout of the entire stronghold.

The Quartermaster Department is under the rock wall at the back of the Trum stronghold. The Quartermaster Department is an independent organization from the Tenth Battalion. The Quartermaster Department is not under the control of the Tenth Battalion, so the Quartermaster Felix.Frobicher has a very important right to speak in the Trum stronghold, and Felix holds the power of quotas for food, weapons, armor, etc., and is also responsible for recording the merits of the soldiers in the entire Trum stronghold.

Katerina led me into the stone house of the Quartermaster Office, and I realized that the largest warehouses in the Trum stronghold are actually on the rock wall behind the stronghold, and there are three artificial excavations on the rock wall here. In the cave, Katerina said to me unabashedly: "Hey, let me tell you a secret, the most important materials in the Trum stronghold are actually hidden here!"

After seeing the guard here, Katerina took out a token, and the guard let it go decisively after seeing the token.

When I saw Felix again, he was sitting at his desk reviewing some documents. There were five clerks standing beside him. He was reviewing the documents one by one without haste. These documents were almost all material applications. one.

Felix is ​​an old man over half a century old, half of his hair is gray, but he has taken care of it meticulously. He is wearing a very well-ironed military uniform, holding a quill pen in his hand, and condensed on his brow. A word 'Chuan'.

The clerks standing aside looked like they didn't dare to breathe, and stood cautiously aside.

Quartermaster Felix's voice was a little hoarse, with a hint of fatigue in his tone: "The clerk of the ordnance department, take out two boxes of crossbow arrows with 'armor-piercing magic circle' and send them to the carpenter. Let them make a batch of bed crossbow armor-piercing crossbow arrows and send them to the city wall, and let the craftsmen assemble a few catapults as soon as possible to prepare for the battle. I want to see the results of the preparations."

Among them, the clerk standing at the front quickly agreed: "Yes, my lord!"

Then Felix said without raising his head: "The clerk of the cooking team, starting from today, we will provide extra supper to the soldiers defending the city every day. It's simple, broth and scones. Soldiers’ share must be sufficient, if I hear the complaints from the soldiers again when I climb the city wall, you can roll to the stable to count the amount of alfalfa.”

When the last clerk heard what Felix said, his legs gave way and he almost fell to the ground.

But he didn't dare to have the slightest hesitation, and immediately agreed: "Yes, my lord!"

Felix sat on the chair, raised his head, and glanced sharply at these clerks one by one. After pondering for a moment, he asked these clerks: "Have you heard everything clearly?"

The clerks replied at the same time: "Yes, my lord!"

Felix waved his hand lightly and said, "Then...let's go."

Those clerks walked in a file, walked out of the stone house one after another, and let out their pent-up breath as if they were about to receive an amnesty. It was obvious that these clerks were very afraid of this lord officer.

Katerina finally took off the helmet with the mask on her head, and then casually placed the helmet on the table.

Felix raised his head, put the quill in his hand back into the pen holder, then rubbed his eye sockets with his hands tiredly, his eyes became much softer when he looked at Katerina.

He gestured for me to sit down with Katerina, and then said to Katerina: "Oh, who was here? It turned out to be my lovely Katerina. It seems that you have been doing a lot better than I expected recently."

It seems that this quartermaster is very familiar with Katerina. From the tone of their conversation, I can also hear Felix's preference for Katerina, and I can even say that the tone is a bit doting, although I don't know How did Katerina get to know this lord quartermaster, but to be able to win the favor of a lord quartermaster, it is conceivable that Katerina should have a good life in Trume stronghold.

He pointed at me and asked Katerina: "This is the reason why you would rather wait in exile than marry within the time limit of the imperial law?"

Felix glanced at me, his face calm.

A happy smile appeared on Katerina's lips, she leaned her body, clasped one of my arms tightly with both hands wrapped in steel armor, nodded deeply to Felix, and said, "Felix, You said you would bless me."

Felix let go of his hand, and his sharp eyes like a falcon fell on me. After staring at me for a long time, he found that my expression was still very calm, so he showed a faint smile and praised me: "I can do it!" Not to be surprised, it is indeed the person that Katerina likes. He is actually a master magician who is favored by Paglio and Eva. However, under such a chaotic situation, he can still come to the plane of Hierro , that already explains everything.”

Sure enough, this quartermaster is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

I raised my eyebrows and said to Felix, "Oh, so you recognize me?"

Although Felix is ​​over half a century old, he is very energetic: "Hehe, although I am an ordinary person, my mind is not stupid!"

He went on to tell me: "When you summoned Katerina outside the Trum stronghold that day, almost everyone in the entire Trum stronghold was alarmed. There were rumors among the soldiers that a hand came from outside the city. A magician who masters fire and ice with one hand, he purifies the corpses of dead soldiers on the battlefield, allowing their souls to ascend to the kingdom of God."

"All the warriors in Trum are extremely grateful to you. A magician like you is needed on the battlefield. If you hadn't abducted our pretty lily from Trum at the last moment, maybe you would have been more popular." Fei Lix frowned slightly, then pointed to Katerina and said, "You shouldn't be returning to Trum. I thought you would go directly through the Black Forest, pass through the teleportation array in Pereira City, and return to the Imperial Capital."

"Come with us, Felix, it's impossible to defend here!" Katerina finally revealed the purpose of coming here.

I sighed secretly and shook my head secretly.

Sure enough, as I expected, Felix shook his head slightly at the first moment and said to Katerina, "This is my stage, and I'm ready to take a curtain call here. I'm not going anywhere!"

(End of this chapter)