Chapter 103: At the time of assembly

A torch was lit around the castle's small school ground, reflecting the castle at night into a red and blue hue. The red fire light and blue sky light, coupled with the rough texture of the rock, added a bit of gas to the world.
Li Jia, Shi Hao and Du Mei were standing on a half-height wooden platform in front of the schoolyard. They were surrounded by Viscount Ruiz Bedingani, the old knight Alfonso and the masked mysterious knight Arias Jazz.
Li Jia's heart was beating fiercely, not only because today was the day of the expedition, but also because this afternoon, he learned the first magic, wind blade technique from Sir Arias.
Understanding the power of elements in meditation is extremely monotonous and boring. However, patience has always been Li Jia's strength. He followed the guidance of Sir Arias, sinking his consciousness, and letting the hidden power in his heart slowly release, and finally finally combined them with the wind.
This is an indescribable strange feeling, as if his own thoughts are integrated into the surrounding world, and he controls a part of this world in his hands. Although he needs to gather a wind blade that can cut a pencil, it takes half a minute to prepare, but this is enough to make any boy who has had a fantasy dream excited. Although he hasn't focused yet, he can be considered a magic apprentice if he can release magic.
Li Jia didn't even care too much about what the Viscount Ruiz was saying. He was meditating when he closed his eyes, and he looked at the knight eagerly and timidly when he opened his eyes. He also couldn't tell how he felt about the knight ... If Celinda was a lily in a dream, then the knight was a rose in front of her.
Rose has thorns, which makes people discouraged. But at least, the idea of ​​getting more magical knowledge from her was always circling in his mind. Occasionally, he would have such a thought: Is it possible to lift her mask with a wind blade?
Li Jia felt that she had been hit, and then she recovered. The people around were looking at him, Shi Hao was puzzled, Du Mei said strangely: "Li Jia, the Viscount just talked to you."
"Ah? Sorry ... Master Ruiz, I'm worried about the horse thief's movements, and I'm a little lost." Li Jia embarrassed.
"It's okay, Mr. Courier, I just want to tell you that most of my soldiers are here, and I can call them over now." Viscount Ruiz said flatly.
Li Jia's face turned a little red. He glanced at the female knight involuntarily. The other party looked at him like someone else, but his expression was completely covered by the mask, making Li Jia unable to guess what she was thinking. Li Jia guessed whether he was showing ugliness in front of her, so his face became hotter.
Knight Alfonso rang a bell on the wooden platform, and soon the door of a podium in the castle was suddenly opened. A noisy voice came from inside, and the quiet campus at night suddenly turned into a bustling square. One figure after another came out of the door. They were jazz vassals and warriors, wearing different helmets and holding a variety of weapons. Some are wearing plate armor and surrounded by people; some are wearing leather armor and are in groups of four or five; others are dressed in common clothes, which are slightly shabby.
Shi Hao watched these people walk to the stage with a big swing, his eyebrows twisted involuntarily: "Li Jia, look, what have they given us. This is an army, it's a group of black people. You Look at the man holding the pitchfork. "
Li Jia also noticed that there were clearly a few guys in shabby cloth shirts, all holding agricultural tools in their hands, with thin bodies and dim eyesight, they could not be called warriors at all, he whispered: "It is estimated that they are farmers nearby Right? I heard that the feudal lords were fighting, and they all wanted to find peasants as cannon fodder.
More than forty people came out one after another to stand in front of the stage. Viscount Ruiz nodded to them and said, "Dear warriors led by Phinesia, everyone knows that the insatiable horse thief recently invaded the Montenegro region. There are already several villages in Nissia ’s land that are suffering, among which are the territories of some of you. This group of horse thieves is powerful and has the advantage of looting. It will not retreat by itself. So, I will call you all together , Just to drive them away for ideas. "
The following people don't show much excitement. It seems that everyone knows the purpose of gathering. It was Li Jia ’s attention that the clothed peasant came forward holding a pitchfork and stroked his chest with one hand: "My lord, Fernando Adelaida salutes to you, what your sword is pointing is my direction of advance.
The man's age is engraved on his face, with dark skin and white temples. At first glance, he is a hardworking person. But although he was embarrassed in appearance, he spoke clearly and forcefully, not at all like the ordinary farmer Li Jia had seen before. Other people present saw such a peasant stand up and speak for everyone. Apart from a few unidentified chuckles, nobody actually cared.
"Baron Fernando, your loyalty makes me very relieved." Viscount Ruiz responded.
baron? Li Jia was surprised, how could there be the shadow of the baron when he dressed up? Sir Arias seemed to see Li Jia ’s confusion, and she explained gently to Li Jia:
It ’s not surprising that Baron Fernando is a genuine hereditary noble, and his territory was one of the viscount ’s vassals. However, in the last war against the empire, all his territory was occupied, and family members were also killed. Only he was killed out of the encirclement, and then he disguised himself and escaped from the territory. It can be said that he currently has everything except the noble title. No more. "
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"Will the Viscount and other nobles help him?" Li Jia asked.
"Baron Fernando is a very stubborn person. He used the money from other people's aid and the savings that he brought out to spend on the empire officials who hired people to assassinate the border. I heard that the ancestral armor and the sword were sold by him and spent After he had paid the money, he could only ask Lord Viscount to rent a piece of land and do the farming work himself. You see that the people who look like farmers are mostly lost knights under the Baron. "
This person is also a persistent guy, but there seems to be some problems with the way of doing things, Li Jia thought to himself. Viscount Ruiz said something encouraging to Baron Fernando, and finally commanded: "Afonso, take Baron Fernando and his knights to my arsenal. Each of them can pick a good weapon and a set of armor. Our warriors cannot fight like a peasant farmer. "
"Sir, you are so generous!" Fernando said so, but he hesitated between him and the broken knights beside him. But after heaving on for a while, he finally seemed determined to bow down and thank the Viscount.
"Go. You are all warriors who appeared in the battle against the empire. My weapons and armor should have a good home. They should not be so dusty." Viscount Ruiz waved his hand with satisfaction. Lead, walk towards the castle.
"What trick is this Viscount playing?" Shi Hao asked, puzzled. "Isn't it reasonable to give weapons to his soldiers?"
Li Jia didn't understand it too, he gave the same question to Sir Arias.
"Do you know the value of a set of armor and a good weapon?" Sir Arias asked Li Jia.
Li Jia shook his head. He knew that he was a person from an industrialized society. It was difficult to understand the value of these things in the handicraft age.
"If Baron Fernando continues to farm, he will not be able to afford the weapons and armor that the Viscount will send when he is old ... If the harvest is always good, he may be able to save a helmet for his son when he is old." Li Jia and others With a startled look, the Jazz continued, "Although Baron Fernando is a vassal's vassal, he has a great degree of freedom. He has a certain obligation to serve the viscount every year, but it is only limited to this. But now he has received such a gift , That is to sell his life to the Viscount. "
Only then did Li Jia understand why other people saw envy and sympathy in the look of the baron, but even if they all had worn-out weapons, no one jumped out asking the Viscount to give them the same equipment.
While Li Jia was still sighing for the expensive armor, the young man wearing the most magnificent armor under the high platform, surrounded by seven or eight attendants, spoke: "Adult, I heard that" The King of Horse Thieves "Cadiz , "Blue Wolf" Mais, "Steel Claws" Kerry and other well-known leaders have come, and the gathered horse thieves have crossed a thousand. It is not easy to fight with us alone. You only called us, What is the plan, but have to make it clear. "
The man speaking was plain, but the look of the Viscount was a little aggressive.
"This is Sir Tor Botero, the eldest son of Baron Emilio Botero, who has been knighted. The Botero family and some of the kingdom's great nobles are married, so they have not been obedient. This time Sir Thor will come, I am afraid there are other ideas. "Sir Arias said to Li Jia.
Sir Ruiz did not respond to Sir Thor ’s little provocation, but just calmly replied: "Everyone must know that the horse thief is going to a group of foreign magicians. We are not the main decisive force. All we have to do is to assist the magicians to defeat the horse thieves together and drive them out of our territory. It is not to fight the horse thieves to death. "
He pointed to Li Jia and said: "There are messengers of magicians here, and they will follow you, and my lord Carlos also sent a family knight to help us, and she will lead your team. Fight the horse thief. "
"A woman leads us? Are you kidding me?" Thor asked aloud.
"Pay attention to your language." Viscount Ruiz dissatisfied, "Tor, since you have responded to my call, you should follow my arrangement. This is a knight's duty."
Thor complained unscrupulously: "Adult, the fighters can only be ruled by more powerful fighters. What about a woman as a woman, with a mask on? You can scare the enemy away? The woman should go home and nurse her child. "