Iron Powder and Spellcaster

In the morning light, a beautiful three-masted ship appeared on the sea. The main mast of the ship was hoisted with the flag representing the Emperor of the Muro Empire, and the second tallest mast was hoisted with the home of a nobleman whom Winters did not know. emblem.

With the same three masts, this ship is not comparable to a small ship like the Skua. The three-masted ship in front of me is a magnificent warship. The stern and forecastle are three stories high. The majestic ship building is like two humps standing on the deck.

A small ship like the Skua is like a dwarf in front of a giant in front of such a large ship. The other party will be crushed to death if it moves a finger.

"But it's here, it's really easy for us to wait." Andre complained to Winters in a low voice.

Winters yawned: "It's mysterious. I don't know who the big shot is."

As members of the temporary honor guard, Winters and Andre were waiting on the Navy Pier outside Aquamarine City before dawn, and they were very sleepy now.

Bader was lucky to lose because he was a little shorter. Winters, Andre, and eighteen other trainee officers were unfortunately singled out, and now they are holding halberds and wearing armor as a guard of honor to support the army.

When the direction of the investigation turned inside the Army, Winters became very idle. Because all formal officers have a higher rank than him, a trainee officer is not qualified to ask any formal officer.

Although in theory the military police are the tools the Army uses to deal with its own people, the military police department that Field runs is different.

The Gendarmerie Division of the Army Headquarters is essentially just a gatekeeper. The headquarters wall is the boundary of its jurisdiction. The "gendarmes" are only responsible for standing guard at a few gates on weekdays and have never arrested anyone.

So Winters has been on duty in the office recently, doing some chores such as sending and receiving documents and arranging door shifts. When he has nothing to do, he drinks tea and chats with the scribe Moluc to pass the time. There was still a lot of time to deal with his own personal matters, such as customizing steel awls, making a scabbard for Elizabeth, and asking for patterns from Giovanni.

At the same time, the two school officers were working hard outside to investigate the case.

There are not many Army officers who meet these requirements: they are proficient in firearms, good with swift swords, have a wound on their chin, and have no alibi on the day of the assassination.

Most army officers only know how to use firearms. They are the ones who command the musketeers, not the musketeers. And as Instructor Narr said, many officers threw away their sword skills after leaving the military academy because they had little use. Warrant Officer Montagne, for example, has never practiced swordsmanship since he got on the boat home. He was able to defeat Major Moritz only by relying on his old skills.

Going back a hundred years, even kings and dukes would have to wear armor and mount war horses to fight on the front line.

But with the changes in military concepts, the size of the army has become larger and larger, and officership has become a technical profession. The northern empire obviously has ready-made officers such as military nobles, and in recent years it has also imitated the Southern Alliance in setting up military academies.

Personal prowess is no longer the main basis for evaluation of commanders, so only those who truly love swordsmanship and shooting will insist on practicing these things.

Major Moritz, who had been hiding for a while, could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, because Winters' description reminded him of a small group-the Duelist Club.

The Duelist Club is a small association within the Army. Its members are mainly Army officers who like hot and cold weapon fighting techniques. They meet regularly and compete. It is not considered a secret society, and any army officer who is interested can join.

Moritz thought that he could start with the members of the Duelist Club, and he volunteered to take on the task of getting the list of Duelist Club members - because the major himself was also a member of the Duelist Club.

But after only two days of leisure, another errand came. The headquarters selected the twenty tallest among this year's trainee officers. Winters was informed that he was honored to be selected into the Veneta Army's Officer Honor Guard this year.

Only then did Winters learn that every year, twenty tallest Army trainee officers would be selected to serve as the so-called "officer honor guard." To put it simply, you dress majestically and then act as a puppet on various important occasions in the Army.

Because if there is any big or small incident, you will be called to be a human statue, so no official officer likes to do this job. In the end, people can only be selected from the trainee officers, and they will be replaced every year.

Both Andre and Winters were unlucky to be selected, so they stood stupidly on the dock early in the morning, with dew on the outside of their armor, and they didn't know who they were coming to greet.

When passing the artillery fortress on the outer circle of the Navy Pier, the gun decks and gunports on the stern of the incoming ship were opened one after another, and the black cannons poked their heads out.

From the perspective of Winters and Andre, the battleship's hull spewed out streams of blue smoke, followed by thunder on the sea.

The warship was firing salutes.

The loading of artillery takes time, and the thirty-two-pound short-barreled gun used to destroy enemy ships at close range even requires sailors to be hoisted outside the hull to load. When a warship enters a port of another country, emptying the barrel of the cannon without loading it can show that the ship has no hostility. Over time, it has evolved into this special etiquette.

The navy's artillery fortress also fired cannons in return.

It wasn't until he got closer that Winters discovered that the battleship's hull had been decorated with oil paints, wood carvings and gold-plating techniques.

Extravagant decorations had no effect in actual combat. They were purely to show the royal style and majesty. Winters couldn't help but despise this flashy imperial style from the bottom of his heart.

Under the guidance of the pilot boat, this gorgeous and mighty warship slowly lowered its sails and docked lightly at the navy's pier.

"First artillery group! Fire!"

With an order, the army's artillery was also fired.

Veneta's army and navy have been at odds with each other for more than twenty years. From the military budget to the chairs in the Committee of Thirteen to trivial matters, they will fight wherever they can.

The gun salute at the fort just now was a tribute from the navy. With the army present, of course the navy could not be allowed to represent Veneta alone. Therefore, the Army also specially brought over a dozen cannons to fire salutes.

Before the people on the boat got off the boat, the two figures hovering in the sky gradually grew larger. The two figures originally looked like they were only as big as seagulls, but in fact they were flying too high. When they were really close to the ground, everyone on the dock realized that they were two terrifying giant beasts.

These two flying birds looked like eagles, but ordinary eagles would not be so big. The wingspan of these two giant eagles is wider than that of a battleship, flying in the sky like two dark clouds. The two behemoths swooped down, and the gunners were so frightened that they fled in all directions. Even if the officers shouted at the top of their lungs, they could not come back.

Two giant eagles landed gracefully on the pier, spread their wings like a demonstration, screamed around, and scanned the surroundings with cold yellow eyes. Winters visually determined that the wingspan of the two giant eagles was at least ten meters long. They stood taller than a storey and looked like two high walls standing on the pier.

Winters certainly didn't run away like the gunner, and the officer's honor guard didn't move at all because they knew what it was. However, if he had not seen these two giant eagles with his own eyes, Winters would not have believed that such creatures actually existed in the world.

"[Blurted out swear words]" Winters exclaimed in a low voice: "The false emperor actually has such a giant eagle. I thought it was a boast in the history of war."

Andre didn't reply. His legs were shaking and his teeth were chattering uncontrollably.

We can't blame Andre. The fear brought by this giant beast is too strong, as if the legendary monster tore a hole in the book and came out. Andre was brave enough not to run away with the gunner.

"What are you afraid of?" Winters secretly poked Andre: "As long as it is a living creature, it must be afraid of cannons. Isn't it just a large turkey? The false emperor can make such flashy things to scare people. "

"I'm not afraid." Andre replied angrily, but his body language said otherwise.

Two short men dismounted from the eagle's back, causing another exclamation among the soldiers. The two giant eagle riders did not wear armor, only wearing black soft leather clothes.

One of them stood in front of the honor guard of the army officers and the guard of honor of the naval officers and said loudly: "The supreme plenipotentiary representative of the Emperor Mu Luo, the minister of the cabinet seal, Count Narzia, salute you!"

This man was not tall, but his voice was surprisingly loud, and he could be heard clearly by the entire Navy Pier.

"Isn't this just to give us Veneta people a showdown? Who do you want to scare?" Andre saw it clearly and said dissatisfiedly.

Winters also snorted: "These mentally retarded people who marry close relatives like to engage in useless things like this."

The two of them came to the Navy Pier before dawn to wait for orders. Now that they were being played like this, they felt very unhappy. Coupled with the fact that we were standing at the back of the queue, we started chatting more and more unscrupulously. A group of soldiers wearing black half-body armor with straight swords at their waists were the first to disembark. They stood in a line at equal intervals along the entire trestle, extending to the dry shore.

"Is this the loyal heirs of the Oathbreakers?" Winters looked at these black-armored soldiers: "They are not as powerful as they boast, are they? Being able to send out loyal heirs to protect them, it seems that the Oathbreakers still attach great importance to this kind of minister of the seal. of."

The Chungsi Army was an army established by the current Emperor Henry III after he came to the throne. As the name suggests, this army specially recruited soldiers from fallen soldiers and orphans of royal officials who died in the line of duty. It was mainly responsible for guarding the palace and protecting Henry III himself. They are the only army that can bring weapons into the palace. They are trusted by the Oathbreakers and are known as the most elite troops in the empire.

Andre said angrily: "The oathbreaker broke his oath himself, so he was particularly worried about others betraying him, so he came up with such a thing. The father is dead, and the son will continue to work for the oathbreaker. What kind of loyal heir army? I think it should be called the Jue Si Army."

The black-armored loyal heirs couldn't hear Andre's words, but Winters felt bitter in his mouth. Because in essence, he is also a "loyal heir" and belongs to Veneta's loyal heir.

Like Winters, many cadets at the Army Academy are the children of fallen officers. As Andre said: I am dead, but my son will continue to work hard.

Andre realized his gaffe and slapped himself hard through the helmet: "My mouth...X...is really...don't care..."

"What's the matter...it's okay." Winters also knew that Andre just said it unintentionally, but in the end he smiled and comforted Andre.

The task of the honor guard is very simple, that is, standing on both sides of the road with the naval officer honor guard and staring at each other. The dignitaries all got on the carriage and left, and the honor guard was disbanded.

But Winters, who was about to return to Army Headquarters, was stopped by a stranger.

A giant eagle did exist in the late Neogene, the Argentine giant eagle. However, considering the strength of the bones of birds, they should not be able to carry people. The giant eagle in the book is a fantasy version of the Argentine giant eagle. It has stronger bones and a longer wingspan, and can be ridden by lighter people.

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