Serious Witch's Travel Book

"Yes, as a retinue nun with a dormitory (Note 2), being favored by the head nun is the highest honor... I don't want to be overwhelmed by Numeria every day."

Phaedra seemed to be talking, and couldn't help pouring some bitterness at Gnicia: "Sister Marianne is too reserved, the oldest sister among us, Emma, ​​has served her for four years, the head nun She has never touched her seriously, how can this work? There must be at least a dozen senior nuns like her in other families... She is a quasi-saint, and she should share her gospel with more people Sisters are..."

What she said made Gnicia more and more unable to understand.

Suddenly, several startled birds flew over the heads of the two of them, and Fei Dela stopped his mouth at the same time.

They all looked in one direction—the north, the direction the orcs were attacking.

There are drums.

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"Are you going to accept his challenge?"

"Yes, I have to accept it."

Marian carefully observed the situation outside the city wall.

There are plains outside the city, and ambushes and the like are unlikely. The orcs will unexpectedly insist on some strange things, such as singled out-cold arrows and group fights will be considered shameful. The one who is fighting at this moment is Their warlord, the tall orc who was covered in terrifying iron armor decorated with ferocious animal teeth and bones, should be the most prestigious person here except Clovis. In theory, he would not be a troublemaker.

The two sides each had a day's rest. Marianne, who was a little weaker before, is not afraid of him now. It can even be said that she is [-]% sure of winning the final victory.

If it was normal, she would definitely turn over and leave the city without hesitation - most orcs have very simple minds, if they can kill their leader, some clans who are willing to follow the strong may even rebel, even if it is not that exaggerated, The blow to the morale of an entire Orc warband would also be devastating.

But she's... not quite right now.

She didn't pay enough attention to her body, and she didn't realize a problem until the orcs beat drums to fight:

The holy power in her body began to decline.

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Tips.1: Knight Commander - According to the ancient system of the empire, citizens who can bring their own horses and equipment to join the legion can get the honor of "Knight". Knights are low-level nobles. In contrast, they can pay more assets. The "old man" of the army.However, a few years ago, the internal reforms of the empire and the popularity of the cavalry made the knight class blurred. "Knight" is closer to a military rank and occupation while being a class, but the "Knight Chief" who was promoted from the honor of the knight career "It has become a more formal middle-class aristocratic class. Although the empire still recognizes the status of "knights", for a respectable noble lord with status and status, "knights" can only be regarded as the dogs of the noble class at best.

Tips.2: Dormitory - the living area arranged separately by the monastery for the head nuns, some of which are a promenade in the monastery, and some may be single-family villas outside the main building complex, depending on the financial construction status of each place.The retinue nuns assigned to the head of the nuns will live with the head of the nuns in the dormitory.

Chapter 45 031. "Holgang"

There are about 27 nuns engaged in various tasks in the Shengtashan Monastery. Among them, there are [-] nuns who have been blessed by angels and can use powerful holy power to fight against powerful enemies.

There are dozens of monasteries, large or small, like this in more than half of Gaul's territory—with the exception of the southern mountainous area occupied by the Goths.

Although there are not many contacts between various monasteries, according to approximate counts, there are about 300 head nuns in the entire Gaul region who are blessed by angels. It can be said without hesitation that they are one of ten warriors in actual combat. The blessing of the nuns empowers the nuns with holy power. They will gain stronger physical fitness and vitality than ordinary people, and at the most critical time, they can also communicate with the heavens, causing considerable miracles to come.

The monastery system is the core system of the empire's mid-to-high-end force. Holy guards and nuns will always be active in areas where conflicts arise. Yes, the number of so-called "foreign nuns" often directly determines the stability of the entire region.

And Marianne is one of the best.

The strength of the nuns will vary according to the level of blessing they receive from the angels. The gap between most of them is about equal, but the foreign nuns who truly conduct "sacred communication" through angels and thus obtain holy descendants are undoubtedly the most beloved. Holy favored child, in the entire empire, there are only 23 nuns who have given birth to descendants of angels like Marianne and are still alive.

They are all quasi-saints, the glory of the most holy and the supreme commander of the empire. They can enjoy privileges in any city and town of the empire. Thousands of years after their death, their names will also be passed down by the descendants of the empire.

Marianne is quite young for her age to achieve such achievements.

She regards it as a very high honor, and she is proud of it-although she has not yet fallen into the position of those "broad-hearted and fat" seniors throwing their temper at the common people, but Marianne treats her own identity and strength They are all quite proud.

So when she realized that the holy power she possessed had faded, her state of mind suddenly changed.

The holy power comes from the stigmata left by the angels after "sacred communication" with the nun. They brew in the nun's womb and nourish her whole body and mind.This kind of strength will not decline. Although physical fatigue may cause its performance to decline, it is the first time for Marian to feel "it has decreased" like this.

She regards the angel's blessing as favor, and if this power weakens, does it mean that the angel no longer loves her so much?

For a moment, Marianne felt distraught.

She can no longer focus on the drawings on the conference table in front of her, and it is difficult to calmly participate in the deployment and discussions about the future. Fortunately, they have been here for more than two months. She has taken over the highest authority here as the head nun and the overseas nun, but in fact Marianne is very clear that she has no military training and tactical thinking, and she never interferes with the daily management of the imperial officials.

Even war is the same... She just needs the real military chief to tell her where to kill a few.

Of course, Marianne will still weigh whether the order is reasonable for herself.

Before the sound of the drum, the centurions were urgently discussing the current situation of Candlepine Castle.

Pinecandle Castle has no stone reserves, and the nearby quarries have been abandoned for more than half a year, so it is meaningless to mobilize manpower to collect them.The holes on the city wall cannot be repaired. The craftsmen can only fill them with wooden furniture and usable gravel mixed with sand. It is meaningless to expect a few holes to work normally. If they face another attack, the orcs will It might not take a quarter of an hour to break them.

Among the remaining imperial soldiers, there were [-] professional legionnaires who were still able to participate in the battle. After mobilization, the tribunes led [-] militiamen to join the defense of the barracks area. Hundreds of people volunteered to provide simple labor work.

The timing of the orc's attack was just right: just half a month ago, Pine Candle Castle had just sent the weapons and equipment gathered by Upper German to the Lone Mountain Fortress. The location of the mountain fortress blocked the Franks on the north bank of the Oise River, so the Lonely Mountain Fortress will become the defense center of the Belgica Province to prevent the Franks from going south.

As a result, even if a large number of militiamen are recruited now, they don't have any decent weapons to use.

All day yesterday, carpenters and blacksmiths were rushing to make long spears overnight. The Imperial Legion prefers infantry formation lines, but right now there is simply not enough supply of shields. Iron or bronze swords are even more unrealistic. What the militiamen can get It's just a spear with an iron head, and almost can only be used as a weapon by sharpening the wooden pole.

The training they received was simple, too—just to thrust forward, or to smash, whatever, as long as they could block the orc's footsteps with the pole in their hand.

Facing such a dire predicament, the original highest military officer of Pinecandle Castle, Centurion Tulus, clenched his fist and slammed it heavily on the corner of the table.

"Clovis knows our situation, there must be traitors here."

It was too much of a coincidence—it was hard to believe it was a coincidence—that the reserve company, which had been training longer, had been switched over a month earlier, and the weapons had just happened to be in short supply.

The curly bearded, dark brown curls on top of his head were flattened by his helmet, and the centurion made no effort to hide his anger. He fought orcs in his youth-whether it was the Goths with wolf hair , or these Franks with mouths full of fangs like gray stones, he didn't like it at all.

But even more infuriating are the traitors.

He turned his head to look at Marian who was leaning against the wall alone, and the other centurions followed his gaze.

Marianne knew what they wanted, they wanted a "consensus".

She has gradually realized in her heart that Apollodoides, the cardinal appointed by His Royal Highness Placidia, the Gaul supervisor, and the special envoy of the governor of the region are inseparable from the current situation of Pine Candle Castle.

His purpose is to get rid of Adria, and exclude those disobedient elf rulers for his own political power?

If Marianne still thought so the day before yesterday, she can already boldly guess today that a certain imperial official is using the power at hand to weaken the empire's power.

The problem is very big.

But she couldn't answer these centurions, couldn't give them this "consensus".This will cause these soldiers to lose confidence in the empire, which is not good in the short term or long term.

She shook her head at Tulus.

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Where is the power of human beings?

- Orcs are very powerful.

Although they fought once the day before yesterday, Marianne still felt a slight sense of fear when she saw the orc warlord again today.

He was huge, taller than any human being Marianne had ever seen.

Roughly speaking, his height is about five cubits (about 220 centimeters). Even among the orcs who appeared in front of them, his head is one of the best, and he is two heads taller than most of the orcs. The top of Marian's head Not even higher than his chest.

Perhaps it was the bitter cold and difficulties in the north that shaped the extraordinary courage of these barbarians. The orcs were born with a size and strength that surpassed the imperial people. Even in terms of endurance, there will always be something special.

There is a reason for the shrinking policy of the empire over the years. Although the imperial people are almost invincible on the coast of the inner sea, they always suffer losses when facing these barbarians: an empire with a sound economic system needs to pay more costs to fight against the strong The high cost of war made it impossible for the empire to achieve a decisive victory. Once the suppression of the barbarians subsided, the barbarians would pour out from all over the Black Forest and start to harass the empire's borders again.

The orcs don't have much financial burden, but the empire has... so "use the barbarians to control the barbarians" has become a strategy pursued by many border provinces.

Giving economic benefits to the barbarians and letting them kill each other is even more profitable than fighting for the economic situation of the empire's collapse.

But the negative effects of such an enemy are reflected here: the wealth and materials delivered to the orcs by the imperial officials are now used to attack the empire's border defenses.

So, then again - what do the Imperials have to do against these tall and mighty monsters in the face of rebellious dogs?

courage, and faith.

"T altass, fov-thaha!"

The orc warlord and his guards were clamoring under the city. It was difficult for bows and arrows to hit at this distance, and the cavalry's attack could not be sudden.

He stuck several imperial helmets on the iron spikes on his shoulders, and it looked like he had hung several heads from a distance; Marianne knew that she couldn't wait any longer, the militiamen were afraid, if she still didn't act Respond, and the fearsome Orc Warlord and his drums will break the will of these improvised civilians.

Tulus stood beside her and reminded her in a low voice: "We can consider launching a small-scale attack to drive him away. Some brave scouts checked the orc camp at night. They didn't have enough food. It seems that they just They maintained supplies for a day by robbing unidentified merchants nearby, I think they should launch an offensive today no matter what, there is no need to accept..."

"No." Marianne vetoed his proposal: "If you don't kill him, how can these civilians resist [-] orcs?"

She untied her sword and left the scabbard by the wall.

Seeming to have seen her movement from a distance, the leading orc warlord raised his hand, and the noise of the drums on all sides stopped immediately.

"You should leave here, there is no need to fight a battle that is doomed to failure..." The centurion still wanted to persuade her to leave—this was not out of discrimination against women, but because he felt that although someone had to be sacrificed, one It is very unreasonable for the exiled nuns to be buried here. They should be thrown into an evenly matched battlefield to reverse the situation, rather than die innocently like this.

What's more, he is also suffocating now, he can't wait to kill those guys who are suspected of traitors and run away. For this reason, he is even willing to steal his life to avenge his Centurion; but at the same time, he is very clear, like A low-level person like himself who became an officer by virtue of his seniority and combat is nothing in the eyes of the elders. Even if he lives to correct those traitors, the empire will not take what he said seriously.

But the nun is different. If a quasi-saint like Marianne has suspicions, she can completely influence the opinions of the elders in her capacity.

"I will order some people to go down with you; I will also protect you as a deputy."

The communicative orcs challenged them with "Horgon", and it was an endless single challenge, but the warlord had more than 20 well-equipped guards and a team of drummers. With her acquiescence, thirty adult soldiers with a full set of standard equipment went down the city wall with her.

Both sides stopped making noise and began to approach each other on the gentle hills.

Marianne walked ahead, sword in hand, her boots rustling on the grass that was beginning to turn yellow.

Maybe this is her last fight.

She slowed down her breathing, slowly adapting to her lack of holy power.

The angel's power left in her body is probably missing three to four out of ten, which means that her physical strength at its peak will be weakened by one or two out of ten, and if she uses the blessing, this weakening will be more obvious.

For a warrior who already has his own fixed rhythm, a sudden change in strength is a very serious matter.

She had a nine-point chance of winning before, but now it is only seven points. Considering that she needs to re-adapt to the actual confrontation, the winning rate between the two is probably [-]-[-] at most.

Before the two sides got close enough to hear the conversation, Marianne whispered to the following centurion: "If I unfortunately die in battle, please retreat to the city immediately. There are still people in Pine Candle Castle who need you, and my sisters also need you." Need to evacuate - please make sure to send 'The Favored' away, she is much more important than me."

The centurion responded in a muffled voice. He put on a helmet with a wide face, and he couldn't see the expression on his face at all.

The two sides approached a dangerous distance.Very consciously, as Marianne and the warlord went out, the entourage stopped in place.

"Thirit-rai-fovsasha."

The gray-skinned orc in front of her obviously didn't know Greek, and what he said might be polite words before the start of the battle. Marianne didn't want to talk to him at first, but out of respect for the strong, she responded casually: " Holy Ta Mountain Monastery, Marianne, a conscripted nun, has come to respond to your challenge."

The orc warlord pondered for a moment, then patted his breastplate, pointed at himself and said, "Mustava."

The two nodded to each other, and then separated slightly.

The warlord held the battle ax with both hands, and as his fingers gradually grasped it, the giant ax that looked as big as a marching pot began to emit faint light spots, and they all came from the battle ax made of metal. On the handle of the axe, there are three runes quietly lying on it, which bring infinite power to the owner of the axe.

And Marianne—kneeling on one knee, inserting the Sun Halo a few inches into the soil, said her battle prayers.

"Atresa, please protect me. I hope you still love me, as you love every human being..."

Section 46 Testimonials and Updates

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Then it's about the follow-up updates.

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First of all, I'm sorry, it should be difficult to save "The Empress". Readers who are interested in this book can try to read the announcement in the reader group. If there are subsequent changes, we will inform you in advance.

Then, this "Serious Witch's Travel Book" is in principle a sequel to "The Empress". The two books roughly share the same world view and most of the plots, but with some adjustments.

The difference is that if "The Empress" is written about "adolescence", the main content of this article is probably "growth".

Generally speaking, this article is still a fictional historical article with a magic modification nature, but it has nothing to do with the real world.Without being killed by unexpected factors, the span of this article will probably extend from the fifth century to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, covering "the demise of Western Rome and barbarian invasion", "Seven Kingdoms of Britain and the Legend of King Arthur", "Victoria The Northern European Road of the Beijingers", "The History of New World Exploitation", "Cowboys, Guns and Caravans", "Revival of the Old Gods, Mysteries and Investigators"-that's all that is currently expected.

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Well, there may be some mythical world explorations and stories happening in different world lines in the same period, Jiang Zi.

There is a lot of content, and the amount of text may be relatively large. Many old characters may be used repeatedly across thousands of years of history, and there may be completely different worldviews in different eras—but we will try our best to control the rhythm of the main story and let some content be slightly different. Be quicker, of course, if we find that the story has already started to get complicated, we may find a suitable interruption point to finish the book.

It's a pity that "The Empress" was forced to interrupt, which made the beginning of this story not ideal.

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