Knight with Wand

Sitting in the spacious administrative office study in the main castle, the huge arched glass window was wiped shiny by the rag controlled by Corvis's magic hand.

Leon took advantage of the afternoon sun and carefully explained on the letter paper that the three of them, as new nobles, had insufficient military strength, talent shortage, and difficulty in management, so they planned to jointly establish a knight group of up to 500 people in the future to unite the political affairs and defense of various places.

As lords who have direct loyalty to the feudal lord, it is naturally not a snap decision to establish a military organization that takes into account political functions in the territory.

Both their territory and status are within the ruling system of the Thorn Flower Family. According to the rules, such things must be authorized by the feudal lord.

Of course, Leon felt that Earl Elliver would not reject his application.

If other Thorn Flower vassals contacted other retainers to set up such an organization, Elliver might have to think carefully and weigh the hidden dangers.

But if it were me, I would not have so many concerns.

It's not just because of the trust established between the monarch and his subjects, but more importantly, the three of them have a shallow background in Orland and no foundation in the true sense.

Among the ten people who were awarded the title of baron this time, the subsidiary title that Elifer conferred on his eldest son is not mentioned.

The other eight lords of the thorn flower who were promoted to baron, more or less, have family connections and accumulation brought by generations of marriages, and they can have a lot of relatives in the kingdom.

The advantages brought by kinship and clans allow them to immediately pull up a group of people to form a team after they gain power, and quickly invest in the rule and management of the territory.

If such a force that has taken root one by one is united by an actual organization, Elifer will feel uneasy even if he is broad-minded.

But Leon looked at his own side again. Not counting Elena, who was rescued with great difficulty, the three brothers were almost one step away from "extinction".

If they don't stick together, not to mention the huge barony, even Azerien and Lohak will be too busy to manage their own territories.

Such practical difficulties can certainly be understood by Elifer, after all, he is probably experiencing a similar situation of "upgraded version of the barony".

In fact, if there is no open joint organization, it will not have any impact if the three people still manage the territory with friendship as before.

Now the idea of ​​establishing a knight's order is openly reported to the feudal lord, which is also the initiative of the barony to the feudal lord.

If it were some suspicious lord, this move would probably be understood as a test.

Leon shook his head. Fortunately, his usual performance would definitely not cause such suspicion.

After all, he really did not have any ambition to harm the Faroris family.

In the letter, Leon frankly explained the difficulties of governing the territory and the obligation to give back to the Thorn Flower Family after the establishment of the Knights. Leon sealed the letter and asked Corvis to take it to the messenger in the military camp in the city.

Looking at Corvis's hurriedly leaving back, Leon put down his feather pen, stretched his waist and felt a little expectant.

Not only looking forward to the reply, but also looking forward to the ceremony that will be carried out later.

Leon, who has been promoted to baron, finally has the capital to confer the title of "knight" under his command.

He has been waiting for this day for a long time.

The first to accept the title were Olivia and Corvis, who have always been his right-hand men.

Although nominally, according to the ancient Feru tradition, any knight is qualified to confer the title of knight on others.

But in this era when the aristocratic system is approaching perfection, if a knight without a real title is canonized to others, he will not be included in the list of nobles at all, nor will he be recognized by his country. Moreover, the identity of a knight also represents taxes and military obligations that ordinary civilians cannot afford. As time goes by, the ancient tradition has long been dead in name only.

Thinking about how to repay these two great contributors, Leon got up, opened the door, and walked towards the "treasure house" in the main castle where important property is stored.

After going down the stairs and passing the floors of the living area, Leon couldn't help but stop for a moment when he passed a carved door with a sign hanging on the outside and locked from the inside.

Behind this door is a large bathroom in the main castle.

The sanitary facilities throughout the city of Avalon are extremely rich, including magnificent canal bridges, reservoirs, fountains, bathrooms, baths, public baths, toilets, and large sewers. Thanks to the time characteristics of the disordered spiritual field, the excellent upper and lower water supply system in this ancient fortress thousands of years ago can still function normally.

Leon also confirmed with Laura again and again that the pipes that transport clean water from upstream and underground to the fortress are not harmful materials such as lead pipes. The ancient Lorelit people in this world do not seem to have made the same mistake as the Romans, which made him feel at ease to live a convenient life with water after a long absence.

The main fort where he lives now, as a building with complete facilities second only to the Mage Tower, also has a large bathroom that can be called exquisite and luxurious.

It's a pity that most of the people living in this main fortress were originally the mage guards led by Garron. The rough men who lived here in ancient times naturally did not deliberately distinguish between male and female baths, which made the people in the fortress now have to arrange for men and women to stagger their time when they want to enjoy this facility.

I remember that Olivia couldn't wait to try that bath yesterday. Now she should be enjoying the luxury of the ancient Lorelit civilization in it.

Leon looked at the closed door, and his ears moved slightly, as if he could hear the sweet voice of his wife inside.

Of course it was an illusion.

The heavy carved door and stone wall blocked the sounds inside and outside the bathroom, and Leon could not hear anything.

He really wanted to go in and bathe with Olivia.

Unfortunately, at this time, Miss Treya, who was always with the girl, and even Elena and Ms. Martha might be inside.

Make an appointment with Olivia in advance to enjoy it alone together.

Leon continued to walk towards the treasury with regret.

When he came to the door of the warehouse, which was temporarily guarded by two guards in turn, he opened the door lock and lifted the warning spell set by Corvis. Leon walked straight past the treasure chest containing thousands of gold crowns and a dazzling array of armor, and came to the sword box on the shelf.

This was a gift he had hidden from Olivia and Corvis for many days, just to give them a surprise at the subsequent enthronement ceremony.

Opening the sword box, two beautiful weapons lay quietly inside.

Both were protected by brown-red leather embroidered scabbards. Although they were made by the same Faroris swordsmith, the sword shapes were completely different according to Leon's special instructions.

From the appearance alone, it can be seen that one is a long sword of normal specifications.

The specifications of the other sword are between a long sword and a great sword.

Picking up the normal-length sword, Leon drew the sword out of the scabbard and admired this beautiful main-thorn long sword.

The curved flying wing sword guard, the fishtail-shaped counterweight pommel, the ridged hilt, and the gray handle rope tightly wrapped.

In the center of the sword guard, you can also see that the grooves specially reserved are not inlaid with gems. The V-shaped surface of the sword body, which should have been smooth and straight down, also left four front and back grooves in the right position.

The inscription written in Lorelit is engraved near the guard of the sword blade, meaning "friendship".

This is the gift he will give to Corvis to make up for the loss of the enchanted light sword of the other party in the battle with the wizard Amon.

For this main thorn-type long sword, Leon specially asked the swordsmith to follow the instructions of his drawing and leave a slot for later inlay processing and enchantment.

With the tools and materials in the wizard tower workshop, with his current understanding of "formal studies", even if he does it himself, he can also add small spells such as lighting, ignition, and auxiliary control to it, similar to the other party's previous rune light sword.

However, Leon does not intend to mess around by himself. If his hands shake, he will make things worse. It is safest to ask Laura to help.

Putting away the "Friendship" long sword, Leon put it back in place and picked up another obviously heavier, larger and longer two-handed sword.

The octagonal carved window counterweight handle, the Gothic-style square carved winged handguard, the front handle is carved with ebony, the back handle is wrapped with pure silver wire, and the three-sided ridge double-grooved sword body is about three fingers wide.

This is a heavy battlefield sword with a lot of weight.

On the thick sword body, the words of Lorelit are engraved, "Oath and Victory".

This is naturally the weapon to be given to Olivia, although except for the inscription, this sword has no similarity with the EX curry stick in appearance.

Considering the girl's special physique, unless she has the ability to get the weapons of the Yanyang Guards, ordinary enchanted weapons are not as good as ordinary iron for her, and the fragile rune weapons may even be damaged during her use, so Leon did not ask for anything fancy.

He just asked the swordsmith to make a heavy sword that was as strong and powerful as possible without worrying about the weight.

Originally, Leon hesitated whether to make a weapon similar to "Excalibur" for Olivia, but he gave up immediately after thinking about it.

After all, it was not a comic exhibition. He hoped that the daily sword he gave the girl would be a real weapon.

What's more, if the appearance of the curry stick in the previous life was really made into reality, it would look like a children's toy, far less beautiful than the real weapon shape.

The knight armor customized for Olivia in the future is also the same. For example, the noble armor that Ines wore before, which was well-protected and exquisite, was the most perfect. Leon didn't intend to make a set of COSplay props for Olivia that was leaky everywhere and joked with his wife's life.

After appreciating the heavy sword of victory in his hand, Leon put it back into the sheath. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard a muffled thunder that almost penetrated the strong wall of the main castle.

The rumbling sound was like thunder.

Leon looked around in confusion. There were naturally no windows in the well-protected warehouse.

But this was even more strange. How loud a thunder must be to come in?

Leaving the treasury, Leon walked around the corridor and came to the outside of the main castle.

He looked up and saw that the sky was clear, with no dark clouds or signs of rain.

In doubt, Leon saw Azerien hurriedly walking up the steps of the lower area not far away.

"Did you hear the thunder just now?" Leon asked.

Azerien smiled bitterly: "Not only did I hear it, the terrifying thunder could be heard by people inside and outside the city. I'm afraid the people outside the city will riot again in the next two days."

"Rioting?"

Azerien nodded: "Yes, the people outside the city were originally poor people who were coaxed and driven by Lord Elliver to move from the Thorn Flower Territory to the outskirts of Avalon to open up new land. Many of them grew up listening to the curse legend of the Nightmare Forest. If they were not so poor that they could not survive, they would never be willing to come here to open up new land."

He sighed and explained about his visits and investigations during this period: "As a result, strange thunderstorms happen from time to time on sunny days, and lightning even strikes directly into the city. I heard from the soldiers at the Thorn Flower Barracks that the city In the tavern outside, rumors are starting to spread that the curse will once again cover the forest."

Azarian was a little helpless. Although this incident did not lead to the phenomenon of people fleeing, the continuous abnormal and strange things still made the people inside and outside the city panic. The problem was that he did not know what the situation was and wanted to send someone. There is no way to refute the rumors and appease the people.

Attacked the city? Leon suddenly realized something.

"I didn't see it in the main castle just now. You said lightning struck the city? Where exactly did it hit?"

In terms of supernatural weirdness in this area, where else can be weirder than the mage tower where an ancient Dharma king lived?

Hearing Leon's question, Azarian turned sideways and looked at the higher-level Fountain Square in the northwest, pointed to the innermost cliff over there and said: "That's it, there used to be children from the town who often Go play in the square, no one dares to go near it now.”

Sure enough, Leon calmed down and it was okay.

It should be Laura who made the noise.

He then realized that so far, Azarian and Rohark still didn't know about the existence of Lola and the Mage Tower.

"Don't worry, I probably know what's going on." Leon patted him on the shoulder, and then said: "It's better to hurry up than to hurry up. Where is Rohark? It just so happens that I will take you two to meet a big shot today."

"Big shot? Who?" Azarian didn't know why.

"My magic mentor was also the savior of the three of us on the way to escape. Come to think of it, you kid really can't hold it in. You still don't ask me where I learned the magic?" Leon laughed.

Azarian was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then remembered the other party's strange shouting into the air, and couldn't help but shake his head: "I am an ordinary person, not a warlock, and there is no point in knowing so much."

"It's okay if you don't want to know so much. If I am not in the territory in the future, I will still rely on you, the general manager of Avalon, to rule everything." Leon shook his head and pulled him to find Lohark.

The two of them spent some time on the campus of the Thorn Flower Military Camp and found Lohark who was having special wrestling training with the soldiers. So under Leon's guidance, the three of them came to the Fountain Square and climbed the stairs, standing in front of the Hidden Mage. In front of the false cliff of the tower.

"Listen carefully to my incantations and my handprints, but it doesn't matter if you can't remember them. I'll teach you several more times in the future."

After Leon made preparations, he pulled the two of them through the illusion of the magic curtain.

As expected, the dreamy scene in front of them surprised the two of them.

However, they did not lose sight of the more spectacular and frightening experiences of the Cursed Land.

Pushing open the door, the three of them entered the luxurious rotunda.

Azarian and Rohak followed Leon onto the smooth floor, turned their heads and looked around, marveling at the magnificent domes and columns.

"Hey, where is the real lord's throne of this ancient fortress? The main castle we live in now is only the office of the former castle staff, so there is no throne in the main castle hall, only the heraldic totem." Leon pointed. The mage's throne on the high platform in front.

"Holy Prophet, here, this pillar, this glass. What gems are inlaid on it? What lamp? So bright? Magic? This fence is made of pure silver? Isn't there a fairy living here?" Lohak looked around, His eyes were dazzled. If this wasn't his brother's territory, he would have wanted to find a screwdriver to pry off these gems.

"Leon, are you going to tell me that the owner here is still alive?" Azarian asked in surprise. He remembered that the other party said that this fortress was an eternal city built more than a thousand years ago.

"No, Ms. Avros, who lived here in seclusion, has passed away long ago." Leon looked back at the empty throne, and bowed to the pink-haired lady with eyes like bright stars in his heart, thanking her for staying. The relics and knowledge below will help you.

"That's right. Except for the great holy prophet who can protect mankind for thousands of years, no one can live for that long. It's impossible for the magicians' spells to do it."

Azarian relaxed a little. Even after experiencing that incredible adventure in the Cursed Land, it would still be too shocking to think about meeting people from thousands of years ago. That was the era when the Holy Prophet was still alive.

".The person I want to take you to meet is her teacher."

"?" Azarian raised his eyebrows and moved his lips.

He sighed with relief, feeling that he would not be surprised to see anything with Leon in the future.

"The teacher of the original owner here? Is he still alive now? He must be at least over a thousand years old, right?" Lohark gasped, his eyes as wide as bells.

"It's not completely alive, but she still exists in the form of a spirit body. Maybe she lived for at least a thousand years before she was alive. Well, maybe she lived for at least a thousand years."

Leon originally wanted to say that the other person might have died in a normal life span, but when he recalled the scripture stories in the memory of the original owner, the Holy Prophet indeed said that he existed for thousands of years before ascending from the mortal world.

Wait a moment.

Looking at Lohark who looked amazed, Leon suddenly realized something again.

As an unbeliever on earth, although I was initially shocked by Laura's identity, in the final analysis, it was just the novelty of meeting a big shot.

But the two buddies in front of me who were born and raised in Serian are followers of the Holy Sun who grew up worshiping the Holy Prophet Hilalil.

Leon hesitated for a moment and decided not to tell them the truth for the time being.

After all, that identity was not Laura's original wish.

There was no need to impact Azerien and Lohak's worldview so hastily.

Taking the two upstairs, Leon went straight to the top floor after passing through several floors without seeing Laura's people or cards.

Climbing to the workshop, he sensed the huge energy vortex that was condensed like a substance above his head, and at the stairs leading to the top tower, everyone could hear the whistling wind more and more clearly.

This was something they couldn't hear under the tower before, as if the complex sound was completely confined within a certain range.

"Don't go up yet, both of you, sit here for a while, I'll go see what's going on." Leon turned his head and ordered.

The two nodded.

After walking two steps up, Leon was moved. He suddenly turned back and reminded: "It's okay to look at other things, but don't touch the figurines in the cabinet. They are precious relics of Ms. Aphrodite."

"Oh, don't worry, we are not clumsy little ghosts who touch everywhere." Lohak spread his hands.

Leon was embarrassed by Lohak's unintentional bluntness.

Okay, okay, I am just a clumsy little ghost.

He still remembered that he accidentally discovered the "realism" of those puppet hand carvings.

I always feel that if others know the wonderful fun of Ms. Aphrodite during her lifetime because of these relics, it will be very unfair to her.

After all, Leon has been praying to this day that his parents on Earth will not check the computer and mobile phone when sorting out his "relics"

"——Lola!"

Shouting loudly, stepping into the range of the windy spell, Leon's black hair fluttered on his head, and the hem of his dress coat was blown behind his legs.

Covering his eyebrows and eyes with his hands, he squinted his eyes and walked up the tower against the wind. Only then did he realize that the dome of the topmost tower had opened a huge skylight like a spiral hatch.

And in the air in the center of the venue, there was a round steel sphere floating.

Visible lightning arcs jumped all over the sphere, but every time the dissipated energy jumped out for a distance and tried to escape, it was pulled back into the steel sphere by a strange invisible force.

The white robe of the king of law and the girl's snow-white hair fluttered in the wind, and Laura retracted her hands behind her back.

She turned the magic wand that was leisurely leaning on her waist, held it back in the right grip, and lightly tapped the floor with the end of the wand.

The complex formations floating in all directions suddenly gathered towards the center.

Leon only felt that the black and white pictures in front of him were whistling and flashing.

Circles of black and white flashes alternately retracted to the surface of the steel sphere above.

The vortex of the wind and cyclone dissipated instantly, and Leon put down the palm of his hand that was covering his eyebrows.

"You are here, are you going to start class today?" Lola turned around, with a hint of joy in her eyes, and she was not unhappy at all.

"There was thunder outside the tower, which scared a lot of people. I came in to see what happened."

Leon sorted out his head that was blown into a chicken coop, and looked at the steel ball covered with layers of magic patterns behind the wizard lady.

"Are you doing some magic experiment with this noise?" Leon walked over curiously.

Lola waved her hand to disperse the golden staff, and spread her hands and said: "Of course I am making a magic wand for you."

"Why is this magic wand a ball?"

Leon looked up and down at the shiny big steel ball in surprise.

"We are only empowering the material now. It will be shaped in the final stage. Haven't you read the content of the alchemy smelting department carefully? The material fusion in the high-temperature and high-pressure forge can be done easily even without the assistance of equipment for high-level spellcasters who fully master the elements."

Lola shook her hand with a hollow hand: "Otherwise, do you really think I want to take a hammer and knock out a magic wand for you?"

Leon scratched his head. He was still learning magic. He got started because of the need for fighting and conflict. He read more about elemental science and ritual science, and didn't know much about alchemy. Especially the content of alchemy, which makes people drowsy than the previous two.

"Squat down a little." Lola walked in front of him and waved.

Now Leon is used to this, so he lowered his body as he was told.

Lola's hands climbed up the other's messy head, and her ten fingers gently brushed it.

The subtle current and heat combed Leon's hair neatly.

After helping him restore his handsome hairstyle, Laura gently touched Leon's head, nodded with a smile, and stepped back with satisfaction.

Leon touched his hair as if he had sensed something.

Well, not only is she a walking humanoid industrial machine, but the little teacher also has hair gel hands.

But it feels quite comfortable to be stroked by Laura.

Is this how he feels when he strokes Little Goethe?

"Let's go, don't you want those two kids to get to know me?" Laura turned and walked towards the stairs. She could naturally sense that there were several visitors here.

"Aren't you going to continue? I see you were busy just now. How about we come back another day?" Leon asked.

"It doesn't matter. Let's stop here today. This vein is barely enough to keep me alive. In order to make this magic wand for you, I'm stuck at its limit almost every day. It's time to let the land under my feet rest." Laura waved her sleeves.

Walking down the stairs, Leon couldn't help but look back at the steel ball floating there quietly.

I wonder what kind of thing Laura is going to make for him. Are wizards always making such a big fuss when making wands?