Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 389 Advanced Elements
Ever since Ambichi Kenny officially became the head of the breeding team in the Ministry of Agriculture, no one dared to mock him by the nickname "Shepherd Knight" anymore.

With his rich experience in animal husbandry, he made the local wastelanders who always looked down on the southern nobles admire him and usually called him "Team Leader Kenny".

However, today he was not facing the docile northern goats in the farm, but his emotionally agitated and angry wife Sophia.

Not long ago, the two officially registered their marriage at the territory's city hall. After obtaining the consent of her parents, Sophia brought her younger brother Ivan, who was about to reach adulthood, to the Pioneer Territory and sent him to the territory's public school.

Today was their day off, and the couple had a rare opportunity to sit down with Ivan, who had just returned from school, and enjoy a weekend dinner.

Unfortunately, the originally warm and comfortable dining atmosphere was immediately destroyed by Ivan's long talk about his future development. Ambić could only lower his head awkwardly and fiddle with the stewed lamb on the plate, leaving his poor brother-in-law to face his wife's anger alone.

"Are you crazy? Ivan, I took great pains to bring you to the North, not to send you to join the army!" Sophia changed from her usual gentleness and tranquility, and even the tone of her voice became much higher.

"With what you've learned, you'll easily become one of the top students in the Territory School. Once you graduate from the Advanced Education Department, you could join the City Hall as a trainee manager, or... or even better, be chosen by the Spellcaster Academy and have the opportunity to become a distinguished spellcaster. Which of these options wouldn't be more promising than joining the Northern Army?"

Ivan patiently listened to his sister's scolding, then stiffened his neck and insisted, "That's not my ambition. You should have known it well back home. Becoming an honorable knight is my lifelong dream!"

Sophia glared and said, "But there are no knights in the Frontier Territory! Look at your brother-in-law, he was indeed a knight in the past, but what about now? If it weren't for good luck, he would have died in a muddle on the battlefield!"

Ambichi, suddenly dragged into the debate, shuddered and quickly stood up, laughing dryly, "I'll go to the kitchen and get some more soup!"

"Brother-in-law, that's a knight from the old era! I want to be a knight from the new era!" Ivan grew increasingly excited as he argued with his sister. "Sister, you have no idea how popular the military is every time they come to school to give speeches... Soldiers fighting for justice and fairness, an army belonging to the people... Serving allegiance to our lord who always guides us on the right path, this... this is a knight from the new era!"

Sophia's junior teaching department didn't overlap much with Ivan's advanced teaching department, so she naturally had no idea what they were learning or experiencing every day. "What? The military will come to your place to give a lecture?"

"Of course! Those who come to preach are all officers who have truly experienced life-and-death battles! They conquered the greedy former Earl Feigen, resisted the unjust harassment of the Church, traveled to Sancha Town to rescue and support refugees from the south... and even sheltered those infected by the recent outbreak of the plague..."

Sophia's expression softened slightly as she muttered, "What's so interesting about these cruel and bloody war stories? If you want to know, you might as well ask your brother-in-law. He also participated in the battle outside Jackdaw Ridge..."

Ambichi, who was holding the bowl of soup, twitched his face when he heard this. He smiled bitterly and said, "I was an enemy of the Frontier Territory at that time! And... and I didn't even understand what was going on."

They had just assembled into a charging formation, and then were blasted into pieces by the lord's magic cannon with a "bang".

Sophia rolled her eyes at her husband and patiently advised, "Ivan, not only do I, but my father and mother also have high hopes for you. We all hope that you can enter the Spellcaster Academy in the future, or at the very least, become a trainee official at City Hall."

She pondered for a moment, then began to patiently persuade her brother, "Becoming a spellcaster is like touching the door to wisdom and truth. Think about it...even the lord himself is a noble spellcaster!"

Ivan remained unmoved, shaking his head like a rattle. "I don't care. The military will soon come to the Advanced Teaching Department to recruit a group of outstanding students to join the army. I will do my best to win them no matter what!" Sophia's eyebrows rose in anger. She turned to look at her honest husband and said sadly, "Honey, please try to persuade Ivan too!"

Ambiqi put down his knife and fork, sighed, and said, "If you ask me... Ivan's choice was not wrong. The Lord said... the people are the most powerful and hopeful group. Whether they are spellcasters or soldiers, they all come from the people and serve the people... In essence, there is no difference between the two."

Moreover, a young man like Ivan who had received higher education and was specially recruited into the army would not have to risk his life for his lord like the traditional knights under the command of the noble lords, who had to take the great risk of dying on the battlefield.

The military exercises that were often conducted on both sides of the glacier river did not shy away from public viewing. Ambichi also went to watch several times. Those terrifying cannons that could bombard and shatter targets from a distance of thousands of meters, and the magical weapons with no intervals between shots, the soldiers did not even need to engage in close combat with the enemy, but could kill the target directly at a distance without bloodshed.

Ivan said in surprise: "Brother-in-law! You agree with my choice? I am so happy!"

He stood up, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and said excitedly: "Sister and brother-in-law, thank you for your hospitality today. I'm already very full. If you have anything else, I'll leave first!"

"Wait! What could a student like you do so late at night?" Sophia asked doubtfully. "You're not sneaking into the chess and card room with your classmates to have some fun, are you? Ivan, I won't allow you to degenerate like that!"

Ivan laughed and said, "What? Sister, you underestimate me. I joined a student organization, and we have activities in the auditorium on weekend nights..."

"Student organization? How come I've never heard of it?"

"The Sword and Shield Brotherhood! Hehe, it's an unofficial organization established by the military in the school. They recruit young students with excellent academic performance and absolute loyalty to their lord. They may also be recruited into the military in the future!"

The military is contacting students at school? They've even set up an organization... Ambichi also found it a bit strange and asked, "Are they just trying to identify talented people for military service? But you've only been in the territory for a short time. How could they have noticed you?"

"Hmph! Are you looking down on me? I'm an advanced individual!" Ivan said indignantly as he walked towards the door. "The Brotherhood advocates the idea of being prepared for danger in times of peace. We are highly vigilant against any hostile targets that may threaten the development of our territory in the future, whether it's the southern nobles, the Church of Light, the fel orcs... or any unknown enemy that hasn't bared its fangs yet!"

He thought for a moment, chuckled, and added, "You wouldn't understand even if I told you. The Lord might personally meet us in a while... Just wait and see!"

After saying that, he closed the door gently and left in a hurry without looking back.

Ambichi and Sophia looked at each other in surprise, and a question popped up in their minds at the same time.

How could the Lord accompany these young students and play such a childish game of randomly setting up a bunch of imaginary enemies for himself?

(End of this chapter)