My Magic Age

From a distance, I saw Count Horace standing on the top of the city wearing a bright mithril armor and a scarlet velvet cloak.

A team of fifty guards surrounded him. Those guards stood in two rows majestically. They were all elite warriors from the heavy infantry regiment and the knight regiment. They all held spears and knight light shields in their hands. The armor on their bodies was also very sophisticated. I saw Knight Disraeli and an unknown knight following Count Horace.

Count Horace pointed at the spiders outside the city, with a gesture of pointing out the world.

Caterina and I walked out of the barracks of the seventh battalion and walked along the stone-paved corridor to the higher ground behind the stronghold.

Trum is a very traditional fortification. There are no residential houses, markets, craftsmen's workshops and other living areas in the entire stronghold.

There are rows of barracks near the city wall. There are ten barracks like courtyards. Ten battalions stationed in Trum all year round are stationed in these courtyards. If divided by the number of people, one battalion has about 200 people, which means that the garrison force of the entire Trum stronghold is about 2,000 people. Catalina's Seventh Battalion is one of the stronger troops among the ten troops, and it is usually treated very well.

A little further inside, there are piles of military materials stacked into round pointed thatched houses. I saw that many of them are more than three meters long, as thick as an adult's arm, stacked together in bundles, and covered with huge straw hat-shaped awnings. Between these haystacks of supplies, there are also some watchtowers built with huge wooden frames. There are two soldiers on each watchtower to guard.

The center of the Trum stronghold is a very flat training ground. This playground is only as big as four football fields put together, and can accommodate thousands of people to practice together. There is a circular track where knights can gallop freely. Inside the circular track is a shooting range for longbow archers to practice archery, and there is also a large martial arts training ground. The entire training ground is trampled very flat, and there is almost no place where weeds can grow. It seems that this training ground is used very frequently.

When Catalina took me through the thatched huts with stacked military supplies, she told me that these were wooden poles for crossbows on bed crossbows. As long as they are equipped with crossbow arrows forged from fine steel, they can be directly lifted to the top of the city.

I didn't expect that the arrow reserves in the Trum stronghold were so sufficient, and they were actually in stacks. It seems that the war supplies here are very well prepared, and it is precisely because of this that the garrison of the Trum stronghold has something to rely on.

When I saw several woodworking workshops, I realized why there were so many arrow shafts stored here. The oak shafts of these arrow shafts and crossbow arrows were processed from oak trees one by one. The remaining wood chips after processing the arrow shafts were also piled together. These are all very high-quality fuels. I think the reason why those long breads have the fragrance of oak seeds is probably because they are baked with these wood chips.

Crossing the horse track outside the parade ground, a team of knights were galloping on the horse field. The knights' long guns in their hands were wrapped with a layer of iron sheets. Ten horses were together, and the horses' hooves stepped on the ground like drumbeats, raising dim dust.

"Is this where we usually live?" I followed behind Catalina, looking at this messy parade ground, and asked Catalina.

Catalina was wearing ordinary metal armor, and her red hair was hidden in a standard helmet. The top of the helmet of this kind of heavy-armored infantry warrior was inserted with a red tassel, and there was also a metal mask in front of the helmet, which could completely cover Catalina's beautiful face. Her body was hidden under the heavy metal armor, which could completely conceal her identity.

I was wearing the leather armor and leather armor skirt with the "Earth Shield" given to me by the Yekis scholar, a pair of long leather boots on my feet, and a very strange mermaid skin hood on my head. Although it looked a bit different, after taking off the silver magic badge on my chest, no one would think I was a magician.

At this time, I was more like a general's personal attendant or a messenger.

"The parade ground is not so chaotic at ordinary times. We don't have a permanent cavalry camp in our base. The cavalry on the parade ground were also brought by Horace. Their stables are behind the base, and the barracks of the knights are also next to the stables!" Catalina is very familiar with the layout of the base. Her voice is low and fast, and she seems to be in a good mood.

She took me to the stables behind the base, where there are also haystacks. These dried alfalfa mixed with bean cakes and a little salt are the best feed for unicorns. The unicorns in the stables look very strong, especially each warhorse is covered with a layer of black armor. It seems that Earl Horace's heavy cavalry is armed to the teeth.

A large area of ​​stone houses behind the Trum base are temporary residences for Earl Horace's guards. When we passed through the stables, we happened to see those knights gathering outside the stone houses. The knights in the camp over there did not have training and city guarding tasks, and they seemed very relaxed.

Some knights were sleeping on the benches, some knights gathered together to play the organ, some knights were singing the bards' songs to the melodious sound of the organ, and some knights were chatting under the eaves.

These knights who were not on a mission seemed very casual. They were wearing some soft sheepskin casual clothes, and they were not wearing heavy armor. They were equipped with Western rapiers, and the knights' lances were standing upright in the corners.

A sentry at the outermost edge of the camp found us and hurriedly walked towards us, shouting loudly: "This is the knight's station of Earl Horace's personal guard camp. No outsiders are allowed to approach!"

Caterina looked at the two sentries holding spears indifferently, and just said indifferently: "Let's go to the quartermaster behind."

After hearing what Catalina said, the sentry said again: "Don't get close to the knight's camp!"

Then he turned around and walked away silently.

I saw the heavy armored infantry regiment brought back by Knight Disraeli, stationed on the east side of the knight's camp. The soldiers of these infantry regiments have been resting for the past two days. The soldiers of those heavy armored infantry regiments are in serious physical deficiency. They have been in a state of rapid march when crossing the mountainous area. However, with these two days of recuperation, I guess their physical strength can be restored.

I heard from Knight Disraeli that he was chased by a team of spider men while searching for the surviving infantry regiment in the mountains.

I can't imagine how much hardship these heavy-armored infantry regiments had to endure to cross the mountains and return to the Trum stronghold.

Catalina took me to the military supply department behind the stronghold, and complained to me in a low voice: "The 500-man knights can now return safely from the Black Forest to the Trum stronghold, but there are less than 200 people, and they dare to put on a ridiculous look of cavalry superiority!"

I laughed and said to Catalina: "They are helping you to garrison Trum, it's okay to bear it!"

"Humph!"

Catalina snorted softly, probably disagreeing with my opinion.

...

The Trum stronghold was built on the mountain, and the entire terrain was from low to high. When we arrived at the back city area, the layout of the entire stronghold was in full view.

The material quarters are located under the rock wall at the back of the Trum stronghold. The quarters are an independent organization outside the Tenth Battalion and are not under the jurisdiction of the Tenth Battalion. Therefore, the quartermaster Felix Frobisher has a very strong say in the Trum stronghold. Felix controls the quota of food, weapons, armor, etc., and is responsible for recording the merits of the soldiers in the entire Trum stronghold.

Catalina took me into the stone house of the quarters, and I found that the largest warehouses in the Trum stronghold are actually on the rock wall behind the stronghold. There are three artificial caves on the rock wall here. Catalina said to me without concealment: "Hey, let me tell you a secret. The most important materials in the Trum stronghold are actually hidden here!"

After seeing the guards here, Catalina took out a token, and the guard decisively let me go after seeing the token.

When I saw Felix again, he was sitting at his desk reviewing some documents, with five clerks standing beside him. He was reviewing the documents one by one without haste, and most of these documents were material application forms.

Felix was an old man over 50 years old, with half of his hair gray, but he kept it meticulously. He was wearing a very straightened military uniform, holding a goose feather pen in his hand, and his eyebrows were condensed into the shape of a "chuan".

The clerks standing by looked as if they dared not breathe, and stood by carefully.

Quartermaster Felix's voice was a little hoarse, with a hint of fatigue in his tone: "Secretary of the Armor Group, take out two boxes of crossbow arrows with "armor-piercing magic array" and send them to the wood workshop. Let them make a batch of crossbows and send them to the city wall. Also, let the craftsmen assemble a few more catapults as soon as possible to prepare for war. I want to see the results of the preparations."

The clerk standing in the front quickly agreed: "Yes, sir!"

Then Felix said without raising his head: "Secretary of the Kitchen Group, from today on, you must provide extra supper to the soldiers defending the city every day. Just keep it simple, with broth and baked cakes. Each soldier defending the city must have enough. If I hear the soldiers complaining when I climb the city wall, you will go to the stable to count the amount of alfalfa."

The last clerk was so scared when he heard Felix say this that his legs softened and he almost fell to the ground.

However, he did not dare to hesitate at all and immediately agreed: "Yes, sir!"

Felix sat on the chair, raised his head, and his sharp eyes swept over the clerks one by one. After a moment of silence, he asked the clerks: "Did you hear it clearly?"

The clerks answered at the same time: "Yes, sir!"

Felix waved his hand gently and said: "Then... let's go."

The clerks filed out of the stone house one after another, as if they were pardoned, and blew out the breath they had been holding. Obviously, these clerks were very afraid of this superior.

Caterina took off the helmet with a mask on her head, and then casually put the helmet on the table.

Felix raised his head, put the goose feather pen in his hand back into the pen holder, and then rubbed his eyes tiredly with his hands, and his eyes became much softer when he looked at Catalina.

He motioned for me and Katharina to sit down, and then said to Katharina, "Oh, who is here? It turns out to be my lovely Katharina. It seems that you have been doing much better recently than I expected."

It seems that the quartermaster is very familiar with Catalina. From the tone of their conversation, I can also hear Felix's preference for Catalina. It can even be said that there is some doting in the tone, although I don't know How did Katarina get to know this quartermaster? But to be able to win the favor of a quartermaster, it is conceivable that Katarina should have a good life in the Trum stronghold.

He pointed at me and asked Catalina: "Is this the reason why you would rather wait in the army than get married within the time limit of imperial law?"

Felix glanced at me, his face calm.

A smile full of happiness appeared on Catalina's lips, she tilted her body, hugged one of my arms tightly with her steel-armored hands, gently nodded deeply to Felix, and said, "Felix, You said you would bless me."

Felix let go of his hand, and his sharp eyes like a falcon fell on me. After watching me for a long time, he found that my expression still looked very calm, and then he showed a faint smile and praised me: "You can do it. Favored and humiliated, he is indeed the person Catalina likes. He is actually a magician who is favored by Paglio and Eva. However, in such a chaotic situation, he can still come to the Hierro plane. , that explains everything.”

As expected, this quartermaster is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

I raised my eyebrows and said to Felix: "Oh, so you have recognized me?"

Although Felix is ​​over fifty years old, he is very energetic: "Haha, although I am an ordinary person, my mind is not stupid!"

He went on to tell me: "When you summoned Catalina outside the Trum stronghold that day, you almost alerted everyone in the Trum stronghold. There were rumors among the soldiers that a hand came from outside the city. A magician who holds fire and ice in one hand, he purifies the corpses of dead warriors on the battlefield so that their souls can ascend to the kingdom of God."

"All the soldiers in Trum are extremely grateful to you. We need magicians like you on the battlefield. If you hadn't kidnapped our Lily in Trum at the last moment, maybe you would have been more popular." Fei Lix relaxed his brows slightly, then pointed at Catalina and said: "You shouldn't return to Trum. I thought you would go directly through the Black Forest, pass through the teleportation array in Pereira City, and return to the Imperial Capital."

"Come with us, Felix, it's impossible to defend here!" Catalina finally said the purpose of coming here.

I sighed secretly and shook my head secretly.

As I expected, Felix immediately shook his head slightly at Catalina and said, "This is my stage. I'm ready to take the curtain call here. I'm not going anywhere!"