Although Ian is nominally the successor of Capas' public promise, the Knights of the Sentinel's Sorrow are not her private property alone, and she cannot alone have the final say on who can be the commander of the regiment.
If Clapham Mia hadn't threatened these captains, and if Ian had been promoted to a domainer before all the new generation wizards, maybe she could still have the final say.
But once the twelve guards agree to support the candidate selected by the West Coast under the pressure of casualties, then even if Ian can be promoted ahead of everyone, this matter will still cause variables, because don't forget that all major events in the monastery are caused by
Determined by the voting system, once Mia controls more than half of the guards, coupled with the wizards secretly cultivated on the West Coast over the years, they will definitely be able to prevent Ian from becoming the commander of the army.
But Ian and others still didn't know the inside story. He asked: "Tell me clearly, what happened to the Sentinel's Sorrow, why did Peg Hardy force you?" Jasmine and Shirley also looked confused.
Just listen to Julian's angry explanation: "It sounds like you wizards are responsible for this, but we actually have to bear the final punishment..."
The five people listened to his narration, and then they understood the whole story. The development of the matter to this point was really related to a few of them. Except for Will, everyone else looked ashamed.
But then they became angry again and heard Shirley say: "Sentinel's Sorrow is the most important extraordinary force of the monastic order. How dare Mr. Hardy treat you like this? Aren't you afraid that Mr. Berkeley will liquidate him afterwards? The regiment commander will not care about the monastic order."
Whether there is really a shortage of energy stones, Master Hardy would have been wrong not to give priority to supplying Sentinel's Sorrow."
Julian is also aware of Capas's temperament, but they also have their helplessness: "The liquidation is too far away. The most important thing is that we cannot overcome the current difficulties. The supply of energy stones is not available, and everyone is still in the same situation."
Outnumbered, over the past month, our brothers in Devon and the West Coast Theater have suffered heavy casualties. If there are not enough supplies, the casualty rate this time will probably hit a record high."
"We will never sit back and let this happen...even if we have to surrender to other mentors!"
Faced with Julian's rebellious words, Ian and others felt that they were not qualified to criticize anything. To be fair, if they were put in a different place, they might not have a better approach.
"Don't be impulsive. Do you really have nothing to do?" Shirley asked with concern. "Have you ever thought about trading with other churches? Or even robbing them? But all the nobles and royal families above the earl will sell to them every month.
At least five thousand level four energy stones, right?"
Since the beginning of the war, they have accepted so many lord knights. After getting familiar with these big nobles, they basically know how much energy stones these people buy every month.
Julian shook his head: "There are very few nobles who participated in the war in Turing County and Devon County. The nobles in these two counties either died in the battle and ransacked their homes, or surrendered like the Helen family. The things obtained from the ransacked homes have long been divided up.
And we can't all surrender the nobles to take action, and they can't even use their family's energy stones to relieve the Sentinels, even if it's an equal exchange! We have thought of many ways, but none of them are useful, so they plan to take action.
This is the next best thing.”
This dilemma seems unsolvable, but in fact, as long as any titled knight of the Sentinel's Sorrow can stand up, the news carefully blocked by Clapham Mia and others will be self-defeating, just like Jacques and Debra maintained
Just like close contact, the mentors all have their own relationships in the Wizards' Union, and this kind of thing will be revealed as soon as they are investigated.
But right now
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Clapham and others are just trying to bully the sentry, so what can they do?
"War is cruel, and the lives of our comrades are at stake. I agree with your approach, and I will try my best to defend you when the teacher investigates you in the future." Ian pondered for a moment and said.
When Julian heard this, he was indescribably grateful. As a disciple of Capas, it was very difficult for Ian to say these words.
But then she heard Jasmine suddenly ask: "Julian, do you still remember what Lord Jacques did in Appleton that day?"
"Of course! But why are you asking about this all of a sudden?" Not only Julian, but everyone else was confused. Aren't they discussing the conspiracy of the West Coast group?
Jasmine avoided answering and instead continued to ask: "I will explain this later. Please answer me first. When Lord Jacques threw Appleton City into the space turbulence, did the section of the Avon River at the edge of the city be affected?
?”
Julian was still confused, but Ian remembered at this moment that the vein of energy stone they found at the bottom of the Avon River when Appleton was first destroyed would be mined from there.
There is no need to worry about scarcity. The reason why he never mentioned it is because he heard earlier that the vicious methods of the church attracted the devil of the abyss, which caused Jacques to throw the entire Appleton area into space turbulence. On the edge of the city,
Most of the mineral veins will not be spared.
Ian was about to ask Jasmine not to have unrealistic illusions, but things turned out to be exactly the opposite. Julian replied: "Of course Lord Jacques will not let it be affected. The Avon River is the most important inland river in the kingdom.
First, if the flow is cut off here, serious consequences will occur. But why do you ask this?"
Jasmine and Ian were overjoyed when they heard this. They all thought that it was okay to be so close to each other. They were so lucky.
So Ian said happily: "Of course it is to help you solve the energy stone problem. No one would have thought that there would be two energy stone veins in one city!"
Everyone looked at him in disbelief.
Ian chuckled, lightly touched Jasmine with his shoulder, and then said with a proud smile: "That's right, there is an energy stone vein under the river bed. Although it is not clear how big it is, it is enough to solve the Sentinel's Sorrow.
It’s an urgent matter, aren’t they just fighting in Devon County, it should be a very simple thing to find someone to mine!”
"Miss Phoenix and I discovered this together. You really need to thank us!"
The lack of energy stones has always been the key to restricting the knights' combat effectiveness. No one thought that Ian and Jasmine would bring such news to the Sentinel's Sorrow, which almost saved Capas who was about to be betrayed.
"Is this true?" Julian still couldn't believe it. As long as the problem of energy stone supply could be solved, Sentinel's Sorrow would not be threatened.
"Of course!" Ian nodded, "As long as that section of the river is not thrown into space turbulence."
Jasmine also said: "Since we are taking a break, why not use the flying spell to go to Appleton and see it? Seeing is believing!"
Julian pondered for a moment and finally said: "You are right, but I will make arrangements."
Then he went straight to the Marquis of Muni and Lina and asked them to take care of the legion. Then he found Prescott and asked him to supervise these nobles and handed him his sword. If anything happened, Prescott
The 11th Brigade can be mobilized.
Arrange everything, three wizards, two vampires and one
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The lord knights took advantage of the darkness to leave the military camp and flew towards Appleton. They did not arrive at their destination until dusk the next day.
Returning to Appleton, the place has turned into a huge pit. The Avon River flows quietly on the edge of the pit. Weeds are everywhere. No one can tell that this place was once a prosperous human city.
"Just below, there is an underground river tunnel passing through the river bed. At the end of the tunnel is the mineral vein."
The wizards present are all the best among the talented people. With their mental power, they can easily detect the energy mine at the end. The abundant water elements and earth elements are almost condensed and formed. It can be seen that this is completely a building that has not yet been discovered.
Exploited original mineral veins.
The five people dived underwater, and the mine was still the same as before.
"As expected, it is a mineral vein mixed with earth and water elements. Thank you very much for this time." Julian said gratefully to the two of them, "Don't worry, Sentinel's Sorrow will not let you suffer. Such a large energy mine will make
You will be rewarded accordingly!”
There was joy on both of their faces, and Ian raised his hand and said, "Let's not talk about it for now. Contact the knights in the county and ask them to find people to mine. They are fighting, and there should be no shortage of prisoners."
Sentinel's Sorrow is strong when it comes to strength, but there are shortcomings in numbers that are hard to make up for.
Unexpectedly, Julian waved his hand and said: "These people can't use it. We must hide the energy mine from Peg Hardy and the others, otherwise it will inevitably cause them to rob it. Without the legion commander, it will be difficult for us to keep this treasure."
"Why don't we use prisoners?" Everyone except Shirley looked puzzled.
Julian and Shirley looked at each other in tacit understanding, and then said with a confident smile: "There is no need to use prisoners, there are nearly a thousand reserve knights in Norton Mountain who can be mobilized at any time. Although these people are not strong enough, they are enough for mining, and more
The important thing is that they are loyal and will not leak the news!"
"How come there are so many people in Norton Mountain?" Ian asked puzzledly.
Just listen to Julian explain: "The number of official members of Sentinel's Sorrow is fixed, but the reserve force is not rationed. We often bring back good seedlings when we go out for training. This is because we are not just preparing for wizards.
Service, more often than not, they fight in the misty forest and the west coast. The enemies they face are all kinds of weird forest races and sea monsters. The casualty rate has always been very high. Without sufficient reserve knights, it is difficult to maintain full combat strength, so
The reserve knights of Sentinel's Sorrow remain at around 800 to 1,000 all year round, and their strength is basically between the senior knight attendants and the peak junior knights."
Everyone suddenly realized this time and had a better understanding of the strength of Sentinel's Sorrow.
"This is too scary!" Alfo muttered. He originally thought that there were only more than 600 people in the Sentinel War, but who knew that there were more than a thousand reserves in the mountains who could join the army at any time. Just imagine how powerful the defense regiment could be.
Julian then said: "Since there is indeed an energy mine here, our previous decision can be overturned. I will now go to Norton Mountain to mobilize these reserve knights, but I also need you to inform other captains to tell them this good news."
According to the news, the messenger left on horseback the night before and should not have arrived by this time."
Naturally, everyone was obliged to do so, so they immediately divided their troops into three groups.
Julian returned to Norton Hill headquarters; Shirley, Ian and Jasmine went to the west coast to look for the courier. If they didn't find it, they went to the west coast to find Durang Hailey; while Will and Alfo went to notify Sarah Young and others.