The carriage ran over the rough road, causing the body of the carriage to jolt. Old Bank, the prophecy chief, felt very uncomfortable sitting in the carriage.
As a wizard, there are many ways to make life in the wild comfortable. For example, summoning shadow horses, flying, floating saucers and wizard mansions.
But these arcane spells cannot last long, and wizards' spell slots are very valuable, and casting spells is not completely free. Therefore, for wizards with poor health, long-distance travel is really a chore.
"It would be nice if there was a long-distance portal."
Old Bank took out a tube of stamina potion from his belongings bag and poured it into his mouth. The potion restored some physical strength to his aging body, making it less uncomfortable.
A tube of potion costs dozens of gold coins. For the poor, this is money that cannot be earned in a lifetime. For the wizard, it is just a strengthening effect that lasts for a few hours.
well......
Old Bank adjusted the seat cushion in the carriage to make his butt feel better. After the potion took effect, he couldn't help but think of Victor Hugo's "Selling List" in Cold Wind City, selling various magic items at low prices.
Expensive potions can be discounted by 20 to 30%, making them affordable for low-level wizards. Even coolies can drink potions to maintain their physical strength, so as not to die of exhaustion during heavy work.
With just this one move, the wizard system in Cold Wind City was dismantled.
"That bastard has really come up with a lot of good things. He is even more talented than Fabbro. Unfortunately, he is an enemy and a very difficult enemy."
Old Bank was on his way to Broken Bridge City. The winding wilderness road seemed smooth, but in fact it was full of shallow pits and rocks. The wheels would inevitably shake when the wheels ran over it.
But this is already much more comfortable than the old-fashioned two-wheeled carriage.
The prophecy chief's carriage is specially made, and the axle was snatched back by the team led by Lord Exxon last time. But the craftsmen of Banshee Castle studied for a long time, and they couldn't even remove the two bearings.
The four-wheeled heavy-duty carriages in Cold Wind City have been around for more than half a year, and hundreds of them have been produced. It is inevitable that they will be lost. From Banshee Castle, you can always get some key parts by stealing, robbing, abducting or cheating.
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The Butch family spent a lot of money to acquire a complete vehicle. The whole vehicle was filled with magical technological innovations, which made the nobles of Banshee Castle marvel at it.
An ordinary freight carriage was renovated, decorated with gorgeous silks, and inlaid with noble family crests, turning it into a high-end vehicle specially designed for the patriarch to travel.
Only subordinates who are close to the clan leader are eligible to receive invitations to experience the enjoyment brought by black technology.
As for the car Old Bank was riding in, only the axle was original, and the rest were imitations.
However, the skills of the craftsmen are not good, the materials are not good, and the overall design idea is even more difficult to grasp. The result is that a tiger cannot be compared to a dog. The car body structure has the structure of "add water to the surface, add surface to the water", which is complicated and heavy.
The journey from Banshee Castle to Broken Bridge City is hundreds of kilometers, and it is not easy to walk at all. The speed of a 'normal' convoy is not much faster than walking, and it will take four or five days to complete the journey at the fastest.
Old Bank ran on the carriage for two whole days without stopping, just to grab time to contact Broken Bridge City and launch an attack on Cold Wind City together.
Others would despise Victor Hugo, but the Chief Prophecy would not. When the nobleman of Banshee Castle was counting his fingers on how much force Cold Wind City could use, he already felt that some kind of threat was approaching.
Victor Hugo would not stay in his lair and wait to be beaten because he had few manpower, otherwise he would not have been able to fight his way out of the near-dead Black Forest and become the new master of Cold Wind City.
There is a glacier in the Black Forest that crosses the Northland and connects many cities. Broken Bridge City is also built on the riverside like Cold Wind City. There is indeed a bridge across the river hundreds of years ago next to the city.
The bridge collapsed due to disrepair, but the city was named after it.
Old Bank hurriedly hurried slowly, and when he saw the giant shield badge of the Horton family in Broken Bridge City still hanging on the city wall, he finally felt relieved. It was already night when he arrived at the city, and he had no choice but to ask the accompanying attendants to report his identity to the city wall.
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After waiting for more than half an hour, several wizards came up from the city wall, lowered a hanging basket and pulled the chief prophecy up.
The circle among wizards is very small. Old Bank of Coldwind City is very famous and everyone knows each other. After he arrived in the city, he asked to see the city lord, the head of the Holden family, Kyle Holden.
"Your Excellency the City Lord is not here." The wizard of Broken Bridge City told him bluntly.
"Not there?" Old Bank was very surprised, "Where has your city lord gone?"
The wizards in the city looked embarrassed, and after looking at each other several times, they whispered: "The Holden family is gathering its troops to prepare for an attack on Cold Wind City in the near future, but their opponent suddenly attacked us yesterday."
Old Bank was even more surprised, "Victor Hugo launched an siege against you?"
No..., the wizard in the city shook his head and said: "He led a cavalry of about a hundred people to harass our manor outside the city. Yesterday, he looted more than a dozen villages, pure destruction.
The slaves were driven out, the houses were burned, the crops in the fields were trampled, and the villages were reduced to ruins. The guy was bold, moved quickly, and was ruthless.
The city lord was completely confused when he received the news. He didn’t know the details of the attack on the manor until last night, and he only found out this morning that it was Victor Hugo who did it.”
The wizards in Broken Bridge City became angrier and cursed as they talked. This kind of hit-and-run behavior was no different from gangsters. It had no aristocratic demeanor or chivalry, but it was extremely disgusting.
Ordinary villages at most have wooden fences to protect against wild beasts, and there is no strong military garrison in the village. There is no way to stop Victor Hugo, who is like a wolf and a tiger.
More than a hundred Cold Wind City cavalry invaded like fire, angering all the nobles in Broken Bridge City in one day. City Lord Kyle Holden happened to gather more than two hundred military nobles, and they went out to seek revenge against their opponents.
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"Where can you city lord find Victor Hugo?"
"Look in the direction of Cold Wind City."
"No, you city lord is just afraid that you are in danger." Old Bank's heart was full of warning signs, "Victor Hugo definitely didn't come here to provoke you casually."
The wizards in the city looked at each other, and one of them whispered: "Our city lord has brought more than two hundred people, all of whom are regular knights. There are also more than ten accompanying wizards and priests, so we should not be afraid."
Old Bank said angrily: "What if Hugo has more than a hundred cavalry?"
The wizards in the city were even more confused. One person asked: "The nobles in Cold Wind City are dying and running away, and the wizarding group has almost been disbanded.
We have calculated that Victor Hugo only has more than 110 cavalry at most."
In other worlds, only nobles can cultivate professional weapons. In their eyes, only those who ride horses have combat effectiveness.
What is an infantryman? They are just slaves carrying farm tools and waving flags and shouting. They are not well fed and clothed. They are "talking animals".
Even Old Bank calculated over and over again, he only found that Zhou Qingfeng had about a hundred cavalrymen. More than half of these cavalrymen were former armed retainers with poor strength, not real knights.
There is a big difference in combat power between the two.
"Maybe Hugo hired a large number of adventurers. He did this when he was in the Black Forest." Old Bank reminded.
Uncle Zhou played various adventure dungeons in the Black Forest, which really attracted adventurers from all over the North. There were not even a thousand but eight hundred people in that group, and they are still fighting for it in the forest.
However, the combat effectiveness of the adventurers was uneven, and the wizards looked down upon them. At most, they made a sneering comment: "Adventurers may be okay if they fight alone, but when faced with the impact of real knights, they are simply rubbish."
Adventurers do have this problem. They like to fight bravely and fiercely. They are all stronger. If they really want to play a big game, they can escape faster than rabbits.
Old Bank thought about it, and then deliberately reminded him: "Find a way to contact your city lord. If you can't contact us, send someone to find it and provide support.
Victor Hugo is definitely difficult to deal with. He is probably deliberately harassing, just to draw your troops out and annihilate them. You can't be too careless!"
The wizards in the city looked at each other, feeling that this reminder was ridiculous but also worrying. Victor Hugo was already notoriously evil, so it was not good to treat him too lightly.
The wizards discussed it and decided to take Old Bank into the city and hand over the problem to the family leaders who were left behind to deal with the problem.
At this moment, the Cold Wind City Infantry Regiment commanded by Mahan was setting off from Green Valley Town. More than 500 soldiers were all riding on heavy-loaded carriages and heading towards an unknown village twenty kilometers away.
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