Pablo is an ordinary assistant teacher in the Junior Knight Academy. Although he has no rights, he is absolutely familiar with this Knight Academy.
After walking out of the teaching building and standing in front of the marble-paved stepping platform, Assistant Professor Pablo looked at Surdak, who was younger and older than himself, and asked enthusiastically: "Knight Surdak, please bring your luggage."
With your entourage?"
There are two rows of sycamore trees between the main teaching building and the playground in the college. Now the leaves of the sycamore trees have turned yellow and are covered in patches on the grass. Several square teams on the playground are practicing square formations in an orderly manner.
The instructor shouted slogans.
Suldak set his sights on the school gate in the distance and said to Assistant Professor Pablo: "My horse is parked at the school gate."
Facing the campus life that was about to begin, Suldak was still vaguely looking forward to it. He looked up at the knight's badge with a sword and shield intertwined on the top of the teaching building, and looked at the gorgeous building full of Baroque style.
There are actually several statues erected on both sides of the marble steps. Below these exquisite busts are corresponding black stone tablets. Each stone tablet is engraved with lines of text, probably introducing the life achievements of these statues.
Each statue is a hero who walked out of the Helensa Knights Academy. Assistant Professor Pablo led Suldak through the corridor filled with statues. He did not want to introduce the glorious deeds of these heroes to him, but looked aside.
As he walked, he said: "There is a special stable in the college. The grooms are very professional. You can leave the horse to them to take care of it."
Seeing that Surdak was listening carefully, he continued: "However, this expense is not included in the tuition. You need to pay a miscellaneous fee, about ten silver coins per month, and forty-five silver coins in half a semester. Of course,
, you can also store the horse outside the academy! But in that case, it will be somewhat inconvenient. You must prepare the horse in advance for each equestrian class. If it is convenient, it will be much more convenient to leave the horse in the academy.
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The three-piece set of horses, matching saddles, and knight's light armor is one of the more expensive parts of the knight academy than other academies.
Many apprentice knights will prepare horses, saddles and leather armor at the beginning of school. Of course, some apprentice knights do not have the financial conditions. Every time they take riding lessons, they need to temporarily rent public horses in the academy. This
The rental fee is not expensive, but it does not include practice outside the course. It is impossible to practice riding skills well just in the small amount of time in the class.
The price of an ordinary horse in the market is more than three gold coins. Of course, this does not include the saddle. A leather saddle with pedals, whips, spurs, hanging gear and other supporting equipment, if you want to buy
If everything is complete, at least two gold coins are needed. In addition, if you want to ride a horse, you also need a set of light leather armor, plus tuition. If these expenses are taken together, it will cost at least about ten gold to support a trainee knight.
For many ordinary families in Helensa City, this is a huge expense. Usually freshmen do not buy horses in advance at the beginning of school. They rent public horses in the college at first, and wait until they are in their second year.
Later, after riding lessons become more frequent, students will consider buying a horse of their own.
However, Surdak is a knight commissioned by the Knights. Usually such knights have their own horses, and Surdak is no exception. If he doesn't ride a horse, what is he called a knight?
Surdak thought for a while and found that he really had no other place to place this ancient Bolan horse except fostering it in the academy. And since the academy could arrange a full-time groom, Surdak decided without even thinking, "
Then I will stay in the academy."
Seeing that Suldak didn't hesitate, Assistant Pablo knew that he was also a wealthy owner. The smile in his eyes became much more friendly and he said to Suldak: "Then I will take you to take care of the horse care first.
Then I will take you to the place where you live, and finally the classroom where you take classes. You need a curriculum and prepare different courses every day. Let me take a look at the major courses and elective courses for the second grade...
"
Along the way, Assistant Professor Pablo told Suldak about the life in the college. The stables in the college are located next to the equestrian field at the back of the college. There are two rows of stables against the back wall. Suldak led the
He got on his horse and followed Assistant Pablo into the stable. He found that there were at least nearly a hundred strong horses in the stable, most of which were the most common ancient horses in the Green Empire. There were actually two more horses in the innermost fence of the stable.
A green-scaled horse.
Seeing that Surdak was in a daze looking at the two precious blue-scaled horses, Assistant Coach Pablo showed a hint of pride, puffed up his chest and said to Surdak very proudly: "Knight Surdak,
I heard that you just returned from the plane battlefield, haven't you seen the blue-scaled horse?"
Surdak withdrew his gaze from the scales on the legs of the green-scaled horse. This kind of warhorse with the blood of alien beasts is considered the best warhorse in the Green Empire. Unfortunately, after killing the dark red knight, his black-scaled horse did not
Waiting outside the sulfur mine, Surdak also searched around the mine, but could not find the scaled horse.
"The knights of the Constructed Knights in our legion all ride black. I have never seen this kind of cyan one before." Suldak said to Assistant Coach Pablo.
Pablo coughed twice, "Ahem, the green-scaled horse is second only to the black-scaled horse. Usually only construct knights are qualified to ride it."
When the two met the manager in charge of the stables, he was leading two grooms to cut grass for the horses next to the hay pile. Another young groom mixed the chopped grass and soaked beans.
Surdak felt that the food provided for the horses here was really good, so it was at least worth the ten silver coins he paid every month for miscellaneous expenses.
After Pablo explained his purpose, the stable manager took a familiar look at the mark on the horse's leg, wrote a new number next to the mark, and asked the groom to bring the ancient Bolai horse into the stable.
The ancient Bolan horse did not feel any discomfort in the unfamiliar environment. It walked slowly into the stable. The ancient Bolan horse standing outside the stable grazing silently kicked its hooves uneasily and moved its body.
He involuntarily hid inside, leaving a space for Surdak's horse.
Seeing the arrogance displayed by his horse, Suldak could only bite the bullet and say: "...It seems to be very adaptable to life here."
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Passing through the knight training ground next to the stables, I happened to see dozens of trainee knights practicing using large wooden guns on the training ground.
This kind of large wooden gun is a standard weapon for heavy cavalry on the battlefield. It is usually made of ironwood and indigo wood. It is usually more than five meters in length. The tip of the wooden gun is usually covered with iron sheet. After the plane war begins,
, this kind of large wooden gun has been gradually eliminated from the battlefield. The main reason is that this kind of large wooden gun covered with iron cannot cause any harm to the Naqma people, Nibru people, evil spirits and faceless men of the Dark Legion.
, so this kind of large wooden gun has become a knight's spear with a tip made of black iron, but that kind of knight's spear has more stringent requirements on the arm strength of heavy cavalry.
Ten trainee knights riding Gubo horses, holding large wooden guns painted with various patterns in their hands, looked very lively as they galloped side by side on the training ground.
However, as a former member of the heavy armored infantry regiment, Suldak did not have any favorable impression of heavy cavalry. Although on the main battlefield in front of Moyunling, heavy cavalry was once the main force against the evil ghost army, but the battle of Moyunling was like this.
The retreat was like a tidal wave, and finally reached the point where it was out of control. This had a lot to do with the collapse of the fighting will of the Moyunling Heavy Cavalry Regiment.
Compared with heavy cavalry, Suldak felt that light cavalry on the battlefield was more flexible. The combination of long swords and knights' light shields could at least cooperate with heavy armored infantry.
The knight training ground in the academy is very large, occupying at least half of the area of the knight academy.
When he was about to walk out of the training ground, Suldak saw the future young heavy cavalrymen flying their big wooden guns past the scarecrow at the end, and then cheered collectively, thinking about Augusta in the second team.
Si was a graduate of the Warrior Academy, but the training in the academy did not save the life of the hot-tempered man at the most critical moment. He died on the battlefield like other team members.
The college's dormitory area is completely separated from the Knight Academy. Assistant Professor Pablo took Suldak to the downstairs of the second building. The main body of the building here is entirely made of square stone strips, with wooden doors and windows.
It has an exquisite round arch pattern design and is painted with white paint, making the dormitory look very bright.
"There are four buildings in the dormitory area. Each building is an independent grade. This building is a second-year dormitory. The college provides these dormitories for free. Of course, the dormitory management is also extremely strict. Once the dormitory management regulations are not followed, the
You will be warned by the dormitory manager once, and kicked out of the dormitory the second time. Of course, there are many houses for rent around the college, which are more comfortable to live in than the dormitory here, but one thing is that this place is close to the wealthy area.
The rent is not cheap.”
"Knight Suldak, are you sure you plan to live on campus?" Assistant Professor Pablo stood at the door of the dormitory and asked Suldak again.
"Of course, living here is closer to the college and it is much more convenient to attend classes." Suldak answered without thinking.
"Indeed, I still miss the student dormitory in the college very much. Although the management system is a bit harsh, it is better than renting a house outside." With that, Assistant Professor Pablo opened the door of the dormitory and walked towards the door.
The dormitory administrator shows his or her ID badge.
The registration procedure was not complicated. Soon Suldak received a nameplate for his accommodation. Then the dormitory administrator took Suldak to the corner room on the top floor.
The dormitory administrator stood at the door and opened the door. There were two beds on the left and right sides of the wall. The ground was covered with a thick layer of dust and messy footprints. The door to the south terrace was open, and there were two dirty clothes hanging on the clothesline.
The dirty linen shirt looked like no one had lived here for a long time. The dormitory administrator lowered his eyelids and said quickly: "Each room has two beds. You are the only one in this dormitory at the moment, but this doesn't mean
The representative will always live alone. Once a transfer student like you comes, I will arrange him and you together..."
The room is not big, and has the most basic bedding, but it is not ordinary dirty. The stone walls are painted with a layer of gray-white paint, and there is also an old parchment map with some messy graffiti on each sheet.
There is a wooden table and wooden chair beside the bed, and there is a small cabinet near the wall. Next to the cabinet is a human-shaped wooden frame. Obviously, this wooden frame is used to hang armor, and there are also weapons and shields to hang.
s position.
Surdak walked into the dusty room and saw several flower pots on the stone railings of the balcony. The flowers and plants inside had not been watered for a long time. Several unknown plants had long since dried up, and all their leaves had disappeared.
It looked bare and extremely depressed.
The dormitory warden rolled his eyes, stared at Suldak with an indifferent expression and said: "During your stay, you must strictly abide by the dormitory management regulations, otherwise I have the right to expel you. If you agree, I will sign your name here...
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'Suldak'
Surdak wrote his name casually, and the middle-aged dormitory administrator turned around and left.
Assistant Professor Pablo stood at the door of the dormitory, looked up at the spider webs on the door lintel, and laughed dryly. He probably felt a little embarrassed because he had just boasted about how good the dormitory was. He stood at the door and looked at the clean clothes he had wiped.
Wearing bright sheepskin boots, he finally did not want to walk into the dusty dormitory. He said to Suldak: "I guess you need some time to tidy up this place in the afternoon. I suggest you try the food in the college for lunch and dinner."
Canteen, I like the cheese pie there.”
Then Assistant Coach Pablo stood at the door of the room, chatted casually with Suldak, and finally said: "I will wait for you downstairs tomorrow morning."
Seeing Surdak looking over in surprise.
Assistant coach Pablo said: "Take you to see instructor Milono, he is the instructor of the knight training class..."
After saying this, Assistant Professor Pablo left the dormitory with brisk steps. Surdak stood on the terrace and saw Assistant Professor Pablo leaving the dormitory building in a hurry. It was almost noon, and the top of the teaching building was not far away.
The bell rang, and a moment later, the crowd rushing out of the teaching building spread out on the playground like a tide, and then split into several black lines, rushing towards the school gate, dormitories, canteen...
Looking at the young faces, Suldak's heart was ups and downs. He never thought that he would be able to return to the academy one day.
He turned to look at the worn parchment map on the wall. The center of this map was the city of Halanza. Surdak easily found the deserted land outside the mountain pass and the Paglos Mountains in the upper left corner of the map.
In one corner of the map, circles were drawn with a charcoal pen. They looked like scribbles. Many places were painted black, and there were some incomprehensible symbols.