Weird Star Witch

After watching the battle between the witch hunters and Rudolf the Furnace, Paulus left the temporary camp late at night and headed for the military camp. The military camp is located in the western suburbs of the city of Khodor Port, and only there is spacious enough to accommodate tens of thousands of restoration troops.

On the way, Paulus also met people who came to investigate the strange fire column. Paulus stopped them and said that he would go to explain to the count.

Even in the middle of the night, the simple street lights in the military camp were on. The quartermasters became the busiest people. They walked around and shouted anxiously to prepare for the upcoming raid.

"Is the Earl not in the military camp?"

At the door of the Earl's tent, Paulus got this result.

Count Pallu attaches great importance to military discipline. Once the war starts, he will stay in the military camp and eat and live with the soldiers.

"My Lord Viscount, I heard that the persuasion of a level 4 alchemist to surrender has made progress. The Earl will personally fulfill his final promise."

Paulus nodded. This is indeed a big deal. A level 4 alchemist plays a very important role. Those spineless people, if you give them some money after a beating, many alchemists will give in and compromise.

Just as he was about to wait for the earl in the rest tent on the side, he saw the earl's eldest son, Caleb, the first heir to the earl's title, coming over.

Master Caleb is already a commodore of the Royal Navy, and is the heir that the earl has worked hard to cultivate.

The figure of a naval officer is not as majestic as that of a land knight, and the light blue commodore uniform makes Caleb look more like a thoughtful staff officer.

"Long time no see, Viscount Paulus."

"Long time no see, Master Caleb."

For the past three years, Paulus has been lurking in the port city of Kodor with intelligence personnel, and has not returned to the Earl's Castle for a long time. Now that the port of Kodor has been successfully captured, Paulus has made a very great contribution. The intelligence work is very perfect, which proves Paulus's ability. Caleb's greetings are also increasing his feelings with Paulus.

"I don't know what Viscount Paulus wants to talk to my father about. I can tell him so that you can go and rest. Years of intelligence work behind enemy lines must be dangerous and hard. Now you can breathe a sigh of relief."

Paulus didn't think much about it and said directly: "During the landing battle last night, I reached a temporary cooperation agreement with a level 4 wizard. Tonight I want to report the new situation of the wizard to the count."

Caleb listened carefully on the side. He was very young. Under the stimulation of the war, he eagerly learned everything he could learn. The intelligence work in front of him made him very interested.

"I suspect that the wizard stole a high-level magic weapon from the Carolingian Alchemy Council, so he was chased to the edge of the continent by the witch hunters."

"High level? What level of magic weapon?"

"At least level 5, some kind of flame-type magic weapon."

Hearing that it was a level 5 magic weapon, Caleb was instantly moved. He is only a level 4 knight now, and a level 5 magic weapon can greatly improve him. In this dangerous war, everyone lacks a sense of security.

The level 5 magic weapons in the Earl's castle are all in the hands of several major generals. Earl Pallu did not take into account personal feelings in this regard. This is an important principle for maintaining combat effectiveness. It is impossible to give Caleb a level 5 magic weapon just because Caleb is the Earl's son.

"When will the wizard leave the port city of Kordor?"

"This will be arranged by us. I promised to help him contact a ship to send him to the southern continent."

"Okay, I know, I will report this to my father. It's late, Viscount Paulus, please rest first."

"Goodbye, respected Master Caleb, it is so pleasant to talk to you, and I look forward to meeting you next time." Paulus's attitude was very respectful. He had little contact with the first heir of the Earl, and he should indeed visit more in the future.

After Paulus left, Caleb thought for a while before turning back to the tent.

After two days of busy work, Rudolf finished all the Earl's magic weapons. Ursula took the magic weapons and sent them to the military camp.

Within ten days after the night attack on the port of Codore, the Royal Navy sent batches of cavalry and infantry to the shore. It is roughly estimated that there are more than 50,000 soldiers gathered here, including 3,000 cavalry.

After the assembly, the troops immediately set out, led by Count Pallu, and headed inland. As for the destination of the army, it is impossible for a marginal figure like Rudolf to know.

However, Rudolf is quite curious. When the army set out, he deliberately observed it, hoping to get some intelligence.

The cavalry rode three horses, and they should be rushing to a distant place. Those infantry brought a lot of defensive military supplies, sandbag bags, barbed wire, crude benzene defensive heavy artillery, etc. It seems that the infantry went to guard certain nodes to create opportunities for the cavalry to raid certain military targets.

It is said that the Constitutional Army and the Restoration Army on the front line are fighting fiercely. If the Constitutional Army is raided by a 3,000-horse cavalry in the rear, it will definitely suffer huge losses. The port of Khodor is only the first strategic goal of the Restoration Army. The more important goal is to cut off the retreat of the Constitutional Army on the front line and attack the Constitutional Army from both sides.

For the heretics, it doesn't matter who wins or loses in the war between the knights and the alchemists. It's nothing more than changing someone to collect taxes. People like Rudolf are more concerned about whether high-level God-chosen apostles like Count Pallu can go further on the battlefield and achieve promotion.

If Count Pallu is promoted, he will be a level 6 knight. A powerful earl like Count Pallu, with so many knights and cavalry under his command, can maintain the combat effectiveness of a level 7 knight for a long time on the battlefield, which is very terrifying.

After watching the troops depart, Rudolf returned to the cabin. These things are too far away from him. He is only a level 4 wizard and has not yet found an opportunity to advance to level 5.

Viscount Paulus also went to the front line with the army. Before leaving, Viscount Paulus and Rudolf made an agreement that in about 20 days, after the troop attack is over, they will definitely bring back more level 4 relics. As long as he does another witchcraft for the count, device, it will help Rudolf contact a sea ship.

The army moved out, especially after Viscount Paulus left, Rudolf was idle again.

After being bored for a long time, ten days passed. Rudolph got a fishing rod and a fishing basket and learned to fish on the beach to pass the time.

Ursula is the great treasure of the Earl's castle. She did not participate in the war, but stayed behind. But she is a bit annoying, always following Rudolph around. Rudolf still had to rely on Viscount Paulus to go to the Southern Continent, and he couldn't do anything to Ursula.

While fishing on the beach, Ursula sat on the stone behind Rudolph.

"It's unbelievable that Rudolph the Furnace comes to fish every day, all day long."

Rudolf stared at the sea: "Then what do you imagine me to be like? Hiding in a dark basement, thinking about how to kill people every day?"

Ursula wanted to say that was the case, that that was what Rudolph the Crucible should be like.

The sea was not very rough at this time, and the sun was already low. Rudolph was wearing a wide hat and staring at the sparkling sea, just like an ordinary fisherman.

His eyes were dull, and he didn't know where his mind was.

Larry's divination results in recent days told him that something dangerous was about to happen. Port Kodor is not a place to stay for a long time, but he has no good way to leave here.

Do you want to go around to a farther port? That would take too much time, and would also encounter new dangers.

Ursula continued: "It's okay for Rudolph the Furnace to come fishing, but you obviously don't know how to fish and can't catch a fish! I've been following you for several days, and not only can I not learn the witch language secretly, I don't even have any fishing skills. Learned!”

Kicking the empty fish basket, Ursula said: "It's time to go! Let's go to the fish market and buy two fish, otherwise sister Yvonne will know that you didn't catch anything today."

Rudolf lifted the fishing rod and muttered something about the fish in the sea. Even level 4 witch hunters were not as difficult to deal with as these fish.

His novice protection period was extremely short. He only managed to catch three fish on the afternoon of his first fishing trip. After that, he lost the novice benefits and didn't catch any fish for several days. Of course, part of the reason was that Rudolph was getting more and more flustered and his mind was not on fishing.

After leaving the beach, Rudolph did not return to the cabin. It was impossible to be an air force, so I had to go to the fish market to buy two fish and pretend that I was very strong and good at fishing.

In addition to a large port, Port Codor also has some very small fishing ports. There will be fish markets next to the fishing ports, where the seafood is the freshest. There are only 5 or 6 fish sellers in the fish market now. It is said that before the restoration army came, there were at least 100 fish sellers here.

There are very few fishing boats in the fishing port. Most of the fishing boats were requisitioned by the Alchemy Council during the war. Now the council has been driven away. The fishermen don’t know how to get their fishing boats back. Maybe those fishing boats have sunk somewhere. It's a shallow beach.

When he arrived at the fish market, Rudolf suddenly discovered that there was an extra fish seller today. With the idea of ​​trying something new, Rudolf squatted in front of the new fish stall and lowered his head to pick fish.

"One fish and three copper shields."

The currencies of various countries on the continent can be exchanged with each other. The United States of Elba is at war, and their currencies have depreciated sharply. Rudolph holds Carolingian gold shields, and 1 Carolingian gold shield can now be exchanged for 3 Elba gold shields.

"Well, it's not expensive." Rudolf thought the voice was a bit strange. When he looked up, he saw that the person talking to him was a short child.

"Kian?" Rudolf still remembered his name.

Kiyan also remembered Rudolph. The last time they met, Rudolph had no mask or paint on his face.

Ji Yang secretly said: "Mr. Magician, I can give you a small fish."

Rudolf looked at the stall owner, wondering why Kiyan appeared at the fish stall. He remembered Kiyan saying that his parents and family were all dead.

"That's my uncle. I'm selling fish with my uncle now."

Ji Yang was very happy to see his acquaintance, his mouth was smiling, but his brows were frowning.

This expression is very contradictory, showing teeth and frowning. In these days of bad things, he encountered a little bit of happiness, but this bit of happiness was not enough to smooth his frown.

The first time I met Kiyan, he was still a child who was curious about magic. The second time I saw him, he was a desperate child holding a grenade and wanting to die with Rudolf. When I saw him this time, Ji Yang had the forbearance and perseverance of an adult on his face, which made Rudolph stand out. All changes occurred in less than a month.

Rudolph didn't say much. When he lowered his head to choose fish, he saw the gun hidden under the chopping board of the fish stall. This is okay. In this chaotic Hong Kong city, everyone will carry a gun for self-defense.

"Ki Yang, I will pick two fish and leave. There is no need to send them to me. It is not easy for you to catch fish."

After choosing the fish and paying the money, Rudolf took out the fishhook and used it to break the fish's mouth.

"Mr. Magician, what are you doing?" Kiyan was very confused when he saw Rudolph's behavior.

"Oh, let's pretend that these two fish were caught by me. See if I am very smart. I can even think of these details."

Kian scratched his head, not understanding why the magician did this. Maybe it was related to some magical magic.

"Goodbye, Kiyan."

"Wait!" Kiyan pulled Rudolf's sleeve and whispered, "Mr. Magician, are you from outside?"

"Yes."

"Can you help me get a grenade?"

"Grenade?" Rudolf looked at the child, a little surprised that he would make such a request. Looking closely, Kiyan's eyes were full of hope, as if with a grenade, everything would get better.

As for the reason, it was nothing more than their relatives died at the hands of the Restoration Army, and they wanted to avenge the Restoration Army.

"I can't get it, but I can give you some money." Rudolf quietly gave Kiyan 10 gold shields, or Carolingian gold shields, which were much more valuable than Elba gold shields.

The evil alchemist forced everyone to exchange their gold for paper gold shields. This damn paper money is always depreciating and becoming less and less valuable.

Kiyan was very happy to get the golden shield: "I will find a way to pay you back!"

"Then you have to stay alive, my interest is very high."

Patting Kiyan's head, Rudolf left the fish stall. Kiyan behind him excitedly told his uncle what had just happened.

I really hope to hear the child's name in the future, which proves that he is still alive.

Rudolf and Ursula are ready to return to the cabin. There is a knight waiting for Ursula in the distance of the cabin, and he will escort Ursula back to the barracks when Ursula is willing.

"Ursula, when will Viscount Paulus return to Kordor Port?"

"Soon, maybe in a few days. The time of the war is not fixed, and it may end early."

"How is the restoration army's pincer attack strategy going now?"

"The people in the Earl's Castle said it was going very smoothly."

"That's good, the war will end soon."

Ursula suddenly asked: "Mr. Rudolph, are you going to the South Continent to become a Level 5 wizard?"

Rudolph had never told Ursula about this, and Ursula guessed Rudolph's purpose directly.

Seeing that Rudolph's face was a little bad, Ursula hurriedly explained: "Everyone knows that wizards need to go to the South Continent to become Level 5 wizards. I didn't mean to spy on you."

Rudolph sighed: "This may be one of the reasons why there are so few wizards. If you are determined to eliminate wizards, lay many traps in the South Continent, which is enough to prevent the emergence of Level 5 wizards."

Wizards and magic weapons have brought great fear to other apostles. Many apostles have studied wizards, and countermeasures have always existed.

Pushing open the door of the cabin, Rudolf shouted: "I caught two particularly fat fish today! Yvonne, make some fish soup!"

"Rudolf, you are amazing, you have caught fish for several consecutive days!" After taking the fish, Yvonne asked again: "Why do you always catch fish in the morning?"

Did Yvonne find that the fish was not fresh... Rudolf explained: "Because the fish in the morning are hungry all night, they are easier to catch."

This reason is perfect.

After dark, the lights were turned on in the cabin, and the four people began to enjoy Rudolf's spoils around the table until a knight rode towards the cabin.

He pushed open the door of the wooden house, wearing armor and with his broadsword out of its sheath:

"Ms. Ursula! Enemy ships have appeared on the sea! The Carolingian Kingdom and the United States of Elba have formed a naval alliance! The butler has summoned the Earl's retainers and asked you to go to the Earl's flagship now!"

After Ursula hurried away, Rudolf and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment. Was this someone from their "hometown"? The ships of the Carolingian Kingdom...