The Imperial Legion marched in neat steps, their shiny and thick armor scratching against each other, making a swishing sound like a battle on the battlefield. Accompanied by military music, they shouted in unison from time to time, pushing their morale to its highest peak.
On the steps outside the Governor's Mansion, no one who saw this scene would despise such an army. Even if everyone knew that this was a deliberate show-off, it was enough to show Fursman's influence in the Imperial Legion.
No matter in ancient times or modern times, or in the old and new continents, there are stories of mages commanding armies. However, the level of a mage's personal spellcasting ability and whether he is good at managing armies and commanding operations are completely different things.
Some mages can raze a strong fortress to the ground with a gesture, and kill hundreds of people with a single spell, but they may perform poorly in commanding battles. Such as conducting advance reconnaissance, gathering intelligence, arranging logistics, transporting supplies, and surveying the terrain,
Monitoring the weather, as well as many practical strategies and tactics, are not things that mages trained in the academy can master, not to mention that specific wars are full of variables.
But Fusman, the "Son of the Fire Demon", did stand out in the battles between the indigenous people. Even if Xuan Weizi didn't deliberately inquire about it, he could still get a glimpse of it from various public battle reports.
One of Forsman's most famous battles was an attack by the Aboriginal Alliance. The Imperial Legion's positions were divided. Forsman and several brigades were surrounded by the natives from all directions. Some of the military mages directly used teleportation spells to escape.
In that desperate situation, the "Son of the Fire Demon" did not choose to abandon many soldiers, but led them to fight left and right in the chaotic battlefield, and used his superb arcane skills to set fire to the mountain to interfere with the indigenous encirclement. In the end, not only did he lead his soldiers to stand out
The army was encircled heavily and a group of soldiers who had fled from other positions were gathered together, becoming the legion unit that organized and preserved its strength during that battle. It later provided an indispensable foundation for the Imperial Legion to re-consolidate its defense lines and contain the counterattack of the indigenous alliance.
After that, Fusman's command status continued to rise, and he even planned a series of offensives, which greatly boosted the morale of the Imperial Legion. Especially Fusman's earth-shattering fire spell, which just looked so powerful.
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So much so that a proverb "The Firepower of the Son of Fire" has been formed within the Imperial Legion, describing that Fusman often casts fire spells regardless of the cost, and bombards the locations where the natives may be, in order to achieve strong suppression.
and a devastating blow, in short, he completely inherited the style of his teacher "The Fire Demon" Siddons.
"It's really 'fire coverage' in the literal sense." Xuan Weizi smiled. In fact, from these battle reports, he found that when facing the indigenous alliance, the Imperial Legion has been in a weak offensive situation in recent years.
They were holding on to their position. On what was supposed to be a long battle, there was only a ninth-level mage like Forsman.
It cannot be ruled out that this is a war hero figure deliberately promoted by the Tower of Pentagram in order to gain greater influence among the Imperial Legion, but this cannot cover up the fact that the Imperial Legion has not made a large-scale advancement for many years. In the Aboriginal Alliance,
Under this suppression, the colonization of the New World has come to a halt.
It’s just that in Xuan Weizi’s eyes, the colonial development of the Imperial Legion was originally an extensive and barbaric growth. In fact, most of the colonies have not been well developed. And effective development and management itself requires investment of human and financial resources, and cannot be carried out in a short period of time.
Convert into income.
Not to mention that the development of colonies also requires a relatively stable external environment. This should be the fundamental reason why the Imperial Legion signed a peace treaty with the Aboriginal Alliance.
"Speaking of which, this 'Son of Fire Demon' has a very capable man. He is actually able to transform the 'heroic spirit' of the Charm Control system into a halo-like effect, using the legionnaires as a medium to spread outward to the onlookers. Although it is weakened to only The spirit is high, but on the battlefield, this is a powerful tool to boost morale and face difficulties." Xuan Weizi secretly marveled that with such a spell effect, it becomes easier to play with people's hearts.
The general public is already easily incited by the environment and atmosphere. If life becomes worse and the caster adds more materials, they may rise up.
Xuan Weizi thought about psychic powers. In fact, there are many ways to confuse and control people's hearts. His "Dream in the Cloud" can subvert perception and affect many people at the same time. Maybe he can actually create a group of blind and fanatical followers. ?
"It's a pity that blind people are everywhere. Those who know others are wise, and those who know themselves are wise. What do I want to have a bunch of ignorant people following me? Even Wailu Ding would not choose such a person." Xuan Weizi is not too big. interest.
The legionnaires walked along the wide and straight road to the central square and formed two lines, but there was no sign of the "Son of the Fire Demon" Fusman.
Just as everyone was waiting for confusion, only Xuan Weizi, Nelem and a few others in the crowd raised their heads thoughtfully. Then there was a huge roar in the air, and a meteor trail appeared in the originally blue sky. Pull out a long flame tail.
Meteors were seen flying closer and closer, so much so that the construct ballistae on the city wall were raised one after another, as if to defend themselves against some foreign enemy.
The meteor suddenly exploded, and the raging flames unfolded into an emblem with a five-pointed star outside and a tower inside. The light and heat of this five-pointed star tower emblem enveloped less than half of the Fire Dance City, which was more shocking than the largest fireworks event. People's hearts, almost everyone in Huowu City felt a sense of oppression falling from the sky.
In the emblem of the Pentagram Tower, there is a figure bathed in firelight, stepping on a scepter, and the end of the scepter actually shoots out a cone-shaped blue tail flame, rising from the air to the top of the central square at extremely fast speeds.
The visitor was naturally the "Son of the Fire Demon" Fusman. He stepped on a fire-breathing scepter like an aircraft and landed vertically, blowing the central square with burning winds and burning the ground.
"What is this? Flying with a stick? Come on, flying with a sword doesn't really use the sword as a skateboard to fly." Xuan Weizi would not be frightened by such a scene, thinking that this "Son of the Fire Demon" was going too far. The emphasis on pomp and circumstance may be due to the idea of shocking other people.
After Deversman landed and stood firm, everyone in Fire Dance City could see this hero clearly. He looked to be only in his twenties, with a high nose and deep eyes, and his face was carved out of marble. He was handsome and full of masculine temperament. Fusman's eyebrows and hair are all a fiery orange-red color, and his whole body is faintly radiating a circle of blazing brilliance.
Although Fusman is a ninth-level mage, he is not wearing a gorgeous mage robe. Instead, he is wearing a sleeveless breastplate and thick cotton lining consistent with that of a legionnaire. He also wears riding boots that are slightly inappropriate for his status, which are more conspicuous. Only the legion commander's unique solid gold chain buckle and red cloak.
As for Forsman's scepter, which can shoot out blazing tail flames like a jet plane, it is made of brass and is slightly taller than Forsman. The top is like a classical hip flask with a wide belly and wide mouth. It is burning at the moment.
The everlasting dancing flame is like a torch that leads everyone forward.
"It is necessary to make a grand spectacle, but also to show that we share joys and sorrows." Xuan Weizi was not interested in Fusman's behavior, but saw that his whole body was shining, which was quite like the "infinite light" in the paintings of statues of gods and Buddhas.
In addition to artistic expression, the connotation of the practice of this kind of body light is the achievement of wisdom and liberation, the indestructibility of the Dharma body, and the light shining in the ten directions inside and outside.
The secret of suffering does not necessarily require such a ball of light to shine everywhere like a light bulb.
Xuan Weizi carefully activated his heavenly eye to sense it, only to find that Fusman's blazing flames were not the body light of a highly practiced person, but a magical phenomenon that was closely connected with the arcane star chart. However, this also showed that his
His arcane attainments are indeed quite high, especially those related to the fire arcana, which may lead to a certain transformation in the soul and body, thus showing some inhuman and unique physical characteristics.
Xuan Weizi still remembered that when he first met Master Nelem, he also sensed that there was free energy around him. Not counting the equipment and items on his body, the man himself exuded a strong magical aura.
It can be seen that the ninth-level mage has not simply learned the ninth-level spells, but has a special connection with the arcane star chart. In addition, based on their original spell foundation, they have a unique soul structure and physical and mental model, and thus gain some
Spell-like and supernatural abilities are also unknown.
Seeing the fire above Fusman's head jumping and the light flowing around his body, Xuan Weizi really wanted to pull the ninth-level mage onto the operating table and cut him open for careful examination. Because this might be a way for Hengyizi to further improve.
Interestingly, Xuan Weizi found that many people present had cast detection spells and looked up and down at Fusman, the "Son of the Flame Demon". With such an obvious move, Fusman, a ninth-level mage, could not possibly know everything.
He noticed it, but he allowed everyone to detect him, and then he came to the memorial stone in the central square and bowed deeply.
Fire Dance City was originally the masterpiece of "Fire Demon" Sidons. Fusman's move was undoubtedly to show his respect for the teacher and to silently declare to everyone that Fire Dance City was supposed to be the masterpiece of their "Fire Demon" series.
sphere of influence.
Master Nelum had a stiff smile on his face. Even if he was unhappy, he would not show it at this moment. So he led everyone down the stairs and greeted him with open arms:
"Oh! My good brother, your appearance really shocked me!"
Master Nelem only looked about thirty years old, and he and Fusman were almost brothers when they stood together. When he came up, he gave Fusman a hug, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Look, you have been fighting abroad for many years.
My face has become thinner. If your teacher finds out, why won’t he burn me into a roasted suckling pig?”
No one dared to laugh at this disgusting greeting, and Fusman also looked enthusiastic: "Dean Nelem, you are the mainstay of our Pentagram Tower. The teacher also values you and lets you serve as the leader of Fire Dance City.
Chief mage advisor?"
"No matter where you are! I'm all doing things for the organization. Good brother, please don't praise me too highly!"
To the crowd in the distance, Master Nelum and Forsman were arm-in-arm, looking like a scene of close friends. Some young women with unique hobbies were even more shy, whispering to each other, preparing to go home and write a "Young"
The Forbidden Love of a General and a Romantic Scholar" opera.
But everyone around the monument could feel that these two ninth-level mages were really at odds with each other and refused to give in to each other.
The only good thing is that these two ninth-level mages did not start a fight with all their strength on the spot. You must know that the current situation is extremely tense. A large number of mages, mysterious knights and legionnaires have gathered around the central square. If they really want to fight, they are prepared.
prepare.
However, in the end it was Master Nelum and everyone who welcomed Forsman and some of the legion soldiers into the Governor's Mansion, where a welcome banquet had already been prepared.
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The atmosphere at the banquet was much more relaxed. Instead of sitting in rows, people were chatting in small groups and could move around at will. There were exquisite cooking and snacks of all kinds on the surrounding tables, and expensive drinks were also indispensable.
"Wolf, are you hungry?" Xuan Weizi leaned against the wall and sipped the wine. He saw Wolf eating a plate of food. The upper-class people around him, dressed in red, purple and jewels, inadvertently showed disdain.
Looking at each other, he occasionally laughed at Xuan Weizi and Wolf in a low voice with his companions.
"No, this is really delicious. I have never eaten such delicious chicken!" Wolf said vaguely.
"This is not chicken, it is a red-feathered bird from the New World." Xuan Weizi took a look and said, "It seems to be screaming..."
"Firewing Bird." A man of medium build, dressed as a clerk, walked next to him. He walked cautiously, holding up a glass of wine, and said to Xuan Weizi: "This is a bird that is close to the tropical rainforest in the south. Among them,
There are very few who can mutate into fire magical beasts."
Xuan Weizi asked: "Fire magical beasts have become dinner?"
"This kind of word game is meaningless if you put it bluntly." The clerk introduced himself: "I am the Staff Secretary of the Seventh Army of the New World of the Empire. Dr. Olenso can just call me Finn Byron."
"Do you know me?" Xuan Weizi has also done some homework recently. The staff secretary of the Imperial Legion is responsible for intelligence collection, sabotage behind enemy lines, and special operations, and the Seventh Legion is Fusman's subordinate.
Finn Byron shook the wine glass slightly and said: "To share the worries and plans for the legion commander, it is always necessary to understand the situation and the characters in advance. Dr. Olanso, an outstanding person, was ignored by everyone at this banquet, and was even forgotten by Master Nelum.
Corner, I really feel unworthy for you."
"Hahaha, being excellent and being considered excellent are two different things." Xuan Weizi said with a smile: "I am a country doctor, and my excellence is only reflected in whether I can cure diseases."
"Doctor Olenso is so humble that he can levitate a castle. Such a thing is quite rare even among mages." Finn Byron showed a thoughtful expression: "It's just that I heard that Doctor Olenso
Is it a psychic? This kind of spellcaster is very rare. I am very curious, where did Dr. Olenso come into contact with psychic powers? "
Xuan Weizi had no choice but to answer calmly: "I learned the skills of a psychic from a psychic who did divination and fortune-telling for others. The rest I mainly figured out by myself."