The sound of rolling wheels and the sound of strong horse hooves echoed on the road. On the wide road, a convoy was slowly driving out of the city. It was a convoy composed of several carriages, and there were several to ten people surrounding each carriage.
Protected by several soldiers in bright armor, these are wizards who set out to perform their missions.
Baron Neville really didn't have much to criticize in his work. Every wizard he sent out arranged the most luxurious carriages. In addition, he also spent huge sums of money to form several teams to protect them, equipped with generous equipment.
Materials, sophisticated equipment, and all kinds of imaginable and unexpected things have been taken into account.
At this moment, inside one of the carriages.
Heath was sitting in the carriage, holding a book "The Detailed History of Brittany" in his hand and reading, and in his mind, he was thinking about yesterday's conversation with Baron Neville about this mission.
It was not much different from what other apprentices had received before. This time they were also arranged to go to the nobles of Brittany to help them manage their territories. However, the identity of the noble they needed to assist was extraordinary. He was a duke.
!
You must know that there are only 5 people in the whole of Brittany who can hold the title of duke, and each one of them is a powerful figure who occupies a vast territory.
In theory, the great nobles at this level should have already arranged for wizards with noble blood such as Diego to win over them. It is really unbelievable that they are still being entertained by a few ordinary apprentices. Therefore, after just starting from
When Baron Neville learned the news, Heath was stunned for a while.
But soon, Baron Neville "implicitly" told him the whole story.
This Duke is the [Duke of Graycastle] with the title of 'Lord of the Gray Land'. It seems that he was seriously ill some time ago, which caused the undercurrent in the entire territory to risk a war. Therefore, Baron Neville did not dare to go there.
People from the border——
Protecting the safety of his apprentices is his first priority as a team leader, and few of them apprentices have experienced combat training.
However, what is unexpected is that the Duke of Graycastle miraculously survived his serious illness, and with his recovery, the situation became stable again.
Since there is no longer a risk of war, it is natural to arrange for apprentices to go there. But now all the apprentices in the manor have been sent out, and only Heath and the others are left. Because of this, this hotpot will
It's so cheap for them.
"Now that the manor is short of manpower, we have to leave everything to a few wizards."
These are the exact words of Baron Neville.
Closing the book, Heath turned his head and looked out the window.
"It looks like I won't be able to return to the academy for a while!" He said a little depressed.
Unlike Madden and the others, Heath has no interest in cultivating powerful connections or anything like that. In his opinion, staying with the nobles to eat, drink and have fun is not as interesting as traveling in the magical world. The secular life in the past few months has already taken a toll on him.
enough!
"I hope it ends soon!"
Shaking his head, Heath looked away. There was no point in continuing to complain now that the matter was over. Instead of wasting that time, it was better to spend some time making up for the lessons so that the task could be ended as soon as possible.
Thinking like this, he picked up the history book in his hand and continued reading...
...
Two days later, west of Brittany, in a forest outside the Gray Woods.
"Hurry up and light the bonfire. It will be dark soon. The blood of those beasts in the forest is not worthy of feeding my cross sword."
"You two, go for a walk in the woods and get something to add to the meal."
"Put the tent! Pitch the tent!"
Guard Commander Gude's orders echoed in the open space. Under his command, the soldiers lit bonfires, set up tents, and set up camp in full swing.
Immediately, Goode came to the carriage and knocked: "Your Majesty the Wizard, the tent has been set up, come down quickly."
Heath stepped out of the carriage, looked at the camp that was still in chaos, and asked casually: "Is there anything you need my help with?"
"unnecessary!"
After replying in an affirmative tone, Goode pointed to the sheepskin tent in front of him with an expression of "Don't make trouble, kids": "We only need you to do one thing, and that is to stay in the tent. You can read a book."
Or take a nap until we bring you food."
The ups and downs in his tone made it seem like he was mocking something, but in fact he wasn't, it was just his nature.
This Goode was a declining nobleman. He was recruited by Baron Neville to serve as the leader of the Wizard Guard until just before this mission. He probably felt that he had made a comeback. Along the way, he was in high spirits and overwhelmed the nobleman.
That arrogance was vividly performed.
"Okay, let's go quickly."
After hurriedly explaining to Heath, Goode walked away without looking back. He didn't go to help the soldiers with their work. He just went to an open space next to him to practice his sword by himself.
Heath frowned.
Even though he knows that others are not targeting him intentionally, this kind of character is really uncomfortable.
'How about... find an excuse to scare him with magic and let him know what respect is?' In addition to his personality, ignorance is also one of the main reasons that makes Good arrogant. Wizards and other things are just stories to him.
He didn't believe in any of the characters in the novel, magic or anything like that.
Not only him, but also the soldiers accompanying him were like this. Heath could feel that everyone was more curious about him than the awe Aruntel treated the spellcaster.
"Ignore him, everyone thinks he is an idiot." At this moment, a voice sounded in Heath's ear.
It was a soldier who was carrying firewood. He looked about sixteen or seventeen years old. His skin was dark and he was thin. It didn't match the leather armor he was wearing and the cross sword he was carrying. He looked more like a farmer than a farmer.
Pass the soldiers.
And the fact is indeed true. This is Ike. Until he was called up this time, he was just a civilian in the deep-water port. He made a living by farming and working at the dock. He participated in this escort because he was paid 20 silver coins.
Task.
Not just him, all the soldiers in the team were of the same birth, farmers, sailors and even gangsters.
The productivity of a place without even magic can be imagined. Forget about a well-trained and organized army. Everyone works as a soldier in peacetime and wartime.
Heath nodded and said, "I think I can see it."
This was the first time that Ike had a close conversation with Heath since the beginning of this trip. Seeing that he was so easy to talk to, the farmer who was a little nervous before also calmed down.
He looked at Heath curiously and asked bluntly: "Excuse me...are you really a wizard, uh...I mean, can you really do magic?"
Heath smiled and said, "What do you think?"
Ike thought carefully for a while and said, "I think you should be able to..."
What do you mean you should be able to...
"Who is that over there... Ike! You're just dragging your feet to move some firewood. Do you want to get a few whippings?" At this moment, Goode's scolding tone came from over there.
Ike shrank his neck and said hurriedly: "Master Wizard, the commander is angry, I think I have to leave."
"Well, go ahead and let's talk next time."
The brief conversation ended like this. Heath looked around and saw that it was still some time before dinner, so he turned around and went to the tent, preparing to complete an important practice before dinner——
The construction of defensive magic.
The fourth rune is also called the [Defensive Magic Rune]. As the name suggests, after completing the condensation of this rune, the wizard can construct his own defensive spell. At this time, the wizard's survival probability will be greatly improved.
An increase in magnitude.
I had just condensed the runes some time ago, and my mental strength was still a bit weak, so it was not suitable for constructing a spell model, but after these days of accumulation, Heath felt that it was almost ready for construction.
So, what kind of defensive spells should be constructed?
There are a lot of defensive spells stored in Heath's mind. Some of them were learned in the college library, some were extracted from other apprentices, and some were learned from the dark magic manual... covering many categories in various departments.
After some picking and choosing in my mind, excluding those with incompatible attributes and other insufficient conditions, I finally narrowed the scope down to three spells, which are:
The earth type's [Strong Wall Guard], the flame type's [Fire Elemental Shield], and the dark type's [Skin Hardening].
Each of the three spells has its own advantages and disadvantages. The one he likes must be the Earth-type Strong Wall Guard. However, considering the elemental affinity, he once again eliminated the Earth-type spells first.
Then there are [Fire Elemental Shield] and [Skin Hardened].
These two spells come from the library and the black magic manual respectively. However, the academy has no restrictions on defensive magic. In terms of defensive effects, the ones in the black magic manual are almost the same as those in the academy textbooks and do not exist.
Such a gap as combat spells.
So who should I choose? I'm confused...
"Forget it, that's it!"
After some serious thinking, Heath finally established the answer.