Chapter 80: Fortress Matters
The frontline fortress finally appeared in front of the mages. The fortress was located in the middle of two endless mountains. The city wall facing the empire lasted dozens of miles and was built on the mountain. Shaoke felt as if the Great Wall of the ancient country had been expanded several times and was placed here.
The arrival of the mages quickly attracted the attention of the soldiers guarding here. Dozens of cavalry rushed over quickly, and a cavalry that escorted Shaoko and others flew out of the cavalry to meet them, "We are from the Blizzard Legion, and we are escorting the mages to the front line. Where are your sir?"
The dozens of cavalrymen stopped shortly in front of the convoy, "Where is the pass certificate? We need a document that can prove your identity." He raised his hand and signaled the convoy to stop temporarily, and sent a person back to notify the more senior officers to deal with the matter.
The cavalry leader of the Blizzard Legion took out a scroll from the side and said, "When will your sir be here? We still have other things to do!"
The cavalry in the fortress quickly answered, because their commanders were coming here and showed that they would never delay them for a long time.
Like other mages, Shaoke suddenly became nervous before the game because none of them knew what would happen in the future. Moreover, Shaoke found that there were few merchants who arrived here and could not be as many merchants as the number of merchants in the city ahead. However, these merchants who worked here were big caravans. He found that many of the mercenaries and guards of the caravans had third-level fighting spirit, and they also felt the existence of mages in some caravans.
After waiting for half a magic under the city, hundreds of cavalry rushed out of the wide open city gate. The leader of ten young officers carefully dispatched a soldier. After the other party provided the scroll, they carefully identified it. Then they took out a seal from their arms and printed it on the scroll, and handed it to a man with a black cloak behind them. After the man released a recognition spell to the scroll, he looked at the military seal and the seal of the Blizzard Legion that were floating above the sky, nodded with satisfaction and handed it to the officer, "You can put them in, that's right."
At this time, the mages looking out through the car window, including Shaoko, were stunned for a moment. They did not expect that the mage would ride a horse, and they did not run slowly when they watched the speed just now.
Shaoke touched his thin body, then looked at the mage who was also holding a cloak, and felt that the gap was so big.
After passing the verification, the mages' convoy was quickly picked up by soldiers in the fortress, while the cavalry of the Blizzard Legion gave up the task of escorting them. After they had enough supplies to the fortress, they needed to rush back immediately.
Through the car window, Shaoke found that the residents of this fortress did not have to pass by much less cities. He also found that there were quite a few soldiers here. He often saw big men in pairs in military uniforms swaying on the streets, and merchants were selling some goods to them from time to time.
When the mages arrived at the military camp, they all became a little stupid. It was obviously a military camp. Not long after getting off the carriage, Shaoke found that there were bursts of painful moans from the surrounding tents from time to time. From time to time, someone carried out blood-covered corpses from the tent and threw them onto the flatbed cart at the door. Then the coachman drove the carriage full of the bodies and then went to the next tent to check.
The mages felt a little uncomfortable when they saw these situations. Master Roland accelerated his pace and chased Shaoke and said, "Master Xueye, isn't the battle here too cruel? Why are there so many wounded people? Not to mention these people who deliberately brought us here." As he said that, he looked at the other mages behind and signaled that they should not pay attention to the situation on the side, and just follow the officer leading the way, and keep the mages brave enough to do so.
"Master Roland, war has always been cruel. I believe you have served in the Mist Forest! The deaths and injuries there have been thousands of times larger than this scene, and there is no difference." Shaoke said as he closed his cloak. In fact, he felt chill all over. Fortunately, he had seen the corpse after being hunted by monsters, so he was not so timid that he was trembling.
After passing through a low stone wall, the mages appeared in a large courtyard with countless stone houses built. Shaoke found that the yard was moving outside were all mages wearing black robes. Looking at the marks on their collars, they found that they were almost all second-level mages, but one or two third-level mages hurriedly walked by.
When the mages walking in the yard saw dozens of black-robed mages suddenly coming in outside, they all calmed down and looked at them. A third-level mage looked at the team and went up to stop the officer and said, "Are these mages just here? You can leave, I will take them to go through the procedures they deserve." He said that, and waved his hand and asked the officer to go out first.
The officer seemed to be very accustomed to such things. After saluting, he told Shaoke and others to go through the procedures with the mage in front of him, and there was no need to worry.
After the officer left, all the mages around him surrounded him and his eyes were on the group of newly arrived mages. Although Shaoke didn't know what other mages felt, he only knew that he was quite uncomfortable being watched by others. "Dear mages, should we go there to go through the procedures?" After performing etiquette at the third-level mage, he planned to ask the other party to take them through the procedures so that he could get rid of these people's sight as soon as possible.
"This mage, please forgive us for being rude. We didn't expect that a group of new mages would arrive so soon this time. They would not arrive until the end of the year before. Well! Come with me." As he said that, he reached out to signal the newly arrived mages to follow him. "It seems that there are many mages here this time! I hope so many mages from other places are also there." He waved his hand and let the onlookers leave temporarily. "You are ready. We have a dinner together to let those soldiers prepare their meals this time. The consequences of neglecting the new companions are not something they can bear."
The onlookers dispersed with a bang, some went to find their companions to tell them the news, and some went to urge the soldiers to prepare all the food they needed for the banquet as soon as possible. For a moment, some popular yards were Shaoke, the second-level mages who had just arrived and the third-level mages who led the way.
Under the leadership of the third-level mage, Shaoke and others walked around several courtyard walls before they arrived in front of a wide stone house. The third-level mage stepped forward and released their spiritual marks on the door, turned to the rest of the mages and said, "You also have the spiritual marks on them, so there is no need for other people to lead them here in the future." As he said that, he turned sideways to signal the mages to start acting.
The mages hesitated for a moment. After seeing Shaoke chanting spells and releasing their marks, they gave up their worries and released them. For a moment, dozens of silver streams penetrated into the door full of magical fluctuations, which looked very beautiful.
Not long after it was printed and branded, Shaoke found that the gate was emitting a wave of magic power, and slowly slid to both sides.
"Come in! Young mages, welcome your arrival." An old voice came from the dark room and invited the mages into it.
A few magic lamps slowly lit up in the dim room. Shaoke and his team entered in sequence under the leadership of the third-level mage. There was a long table in the center of the room, and an old mage sat in the center. The other party waved and signaled the mages to sit on the surrounding chairs.
"Welcome to you, young mages, I hope you can get a greater chance of promotion here." The old mage owed, turned his head to the third-level mage and said, "You go out first and prepare for the evening banquet. We must celebrate the right choices they made for these young mages."
Shaoke sat not far from the old mage and found that the sign on the method robe was actually level seven, which made him confused for a moment, "Dear Master, aren't there only mages below level three here? Why..."
The old mage laughed, "Young man, what you know is only some things that are circulating outside. There are few outsiders who know the specific situation of the military headquarters. Well! Let's talk about the magic you master first! I'll arrange a suitable location for you." As he said that, he distributed a stack of paper on the table to the mages, "Just use your own pen, I don't have so many pens here for you to use."
Shaoke took the paper and quickly wrote down the spells he had mastered with the quill he carried. If he had not made any mistakes in the estimate, the spells they had already mastered were already here, and there was no need to hide them.
The mages quickly filled in the spells they had mastered. The old mage looked around and touched his head to signal Shao Ke to help collect these materials. "I will arrange future positions for you tomorrow. I believe you will be very satisfied with my decision." After saying that, he glanced at the mages around him, "In the future, you will not need to obey the orders of those officers. There will be third-level mages to serve as commands for you. You only need to obey his orders. I think they will not issue wrong orders."
The mages nodded and said they knew. The old mage was very satisfied with the attitude of the young mages, "Tell other mages more about the battlefield questions. This is very important to you. I hope to see most of you successfully promoted to third-level mages within five years." He said, "I need other things to be busy. You can go out first and enjoy the banquet in the evening. A good rest is your main task today."
Shaoke nodded, tightened his cloak, and then politely performed to the old wizard with other mages around him, and slowly retreated.
Chapter completed!