I stood on the water surface of the fountain with a calm face, the students of Stans Academy who ran at the back were only twenty paces away from me, which was the best distance for charging skills, if I dodged at this time, the two knights who rushed out of the castle would have a great chance to stop the two Stans Academy students.Since you have promised Tracy what you have promised, you must try to do it as well as possible.The smooth magic threads were intertwined into a net in front of me, and the thin magic threads seemed to be absent in the night, and the magic cloud patterns formed by the magic threads seemed so chaotic.The whole magic circle was built very quickly, and the moment the two knights had just stepped across the domain to the edge of the pool, I had already thrown this spider web-shaped circle at my feet, and I refused to stop for a moment, and quickly turned around and ran behind me.I kept running, and with each slight and brief pause, an ice shield appeared around my body, and three ice shields appeared around my body.The two knights didn't stop at the edge of the pool, and rushed towards me in two white rays of light.The most practical skill for the "charge" warriors in the early days, when we were in the town of Gurudin, Kuz and I suffered a lot in order to be able to learn this skill.Now, I feel that the hardships I suffered at that time were not in vain.The moment the two knights turned into white light and locked on me, my body did not retreat, but advanced, like a carp in the river, and my whole body jumped up in the air on the surface of the pool, and my body folded in half in the air.At that moment, the two white rays of light rushed towards me, and I narrowly avoided their charging skills.The two knights couldn't change the trajectory of the charge, and under the frightened gaze, the two white lights collided with each other, splashing a huge splash of water, and the two knights fell directly into the pool, they were wearing iron armor in the style of half-length armor, and after falling into the water, they suddenly hung on a huge ice edge, which was originally like a huge spider web, floating under the surface of the pool.If you don't look closely, it's hard to spot this six-pointed star-shaped magic array.The two knights fell into the water, and the heavy armor led them directly to the bottom of the water, and they crashed headlong into the giant ice ridge floating below the water, and their bodies were instantly stained with a light blue light flame, and a strange cold poured into the bodies of these two knights, and the water on the surface of their bodies condensed into frost, making them look like diamond people in the elemental world.They were extremely embarrassed in the pool at this time, they floated and hugged the giant cobweb-like ice ridge branches that were intertwined under the surface of the water, the armor on their bodies was covered with a thick layer of frost, and the blue ice flame was attached to the ice edge, constantly eroding their armor, as long as they didn't let go of the giant ice edge, the frost on their bodies would continue to condense, but they couldn't let go, once they let go of the giant ice edge, the heavy armor would let them sink directly into the bottom of the pool.As a result, the two knights could only endure the extreme cold in embarrassment, holding the ice prism tightly and refusing to let go.The fountain with a radius of less than two acres was not endless, and the knights in the castle had already captured the students who had escaped from the corridors on both sides of the fountain, but the students of Stans College, who had gone straight out of the fountain, had already rushed out of the gate at this time, and the knights only chased to the gate and stopped.They looked back at me, who had just escaped from the pursuit of the two knights, and was about to quietly jump to the shore and slip into the bushes.The knights didn't say anything, and when he found me, he didn't hesitate to chase after me, and he could see that they hated me to the core.I stood by the wall of bushes by the pool, waved at the knights, and plunged into the low bushes, as agile as a monkey.When the knights chased after him, they saw that the bush wall had been trampled on a big gap, and the stumps and leaves fell all over the ground, and the knight who led the team snorted coldly, and said only one word to the knights around him: "Chase." ”I don't think they had any goal at all, because at this moment I turned on the shadow cloak and was crouching on the edge of the bushes less than half a meter beside him, watching the knights stomp their feet and scatter, tracking my tracks everywhere in the garden in front of this castle.Several knights carried two heavy knight spears, and together they rescued the knight, who was trapped on the water and almost froze into an iceman.There were four knights guarding the gate of the manor, and I feared that they would discover this shadow mist of my own, so I did not dare to slip through the doorway, so I had to hide in the shadow of the base of the wall, and go around the cloister and into the backyard.Taking advantage of the chaos in the castle, I hid in the shadows and slowly moved towards the back garden of the castle.He was about to reach the chestnut tree that grew out of the wall, when suddenly an old man appeared under the tree, who was the lame old soldier of the castle's guard.I know him, every autumn when I come here to pick chestnuts, I can see him standing leisurely outside the castle gate, leaning over, quietly watching me pick up the chestnuts on the ground, every time I am polite, I will salute him from afar, after all, these chestnuts belong to Field Castle, I take people's chestnuts, to the people, this is not too much.At this time, I was lurking in the black mist, which could be blended with the night in the dark, and even if I was still lurking in the shadows, it would be difficult for even a first-class warrior to find my traces.But he was clearly staring at me now, and there was still a faint smile on his face, his wrinkled face was covered with large and small old age spots, and his eyes were fixed on my hiding place, and he nodded at me with kindness.I don't know how he found me, and I was so scared that I almost turned around and ran away."
Don't be afraid, child, I have no ill will!"
The first thing he said to me was that he pointed to the side door next to him and said to me again: "Don't climb the tree, you are reckless, you will step on the branches of this chestnut tree, so go out from there!"
”Following his fingers, I realized that there was a small door less than twenty meters away, which was very hidden.I didn't understand why the lame veteran was helping me until I pushed open the side door and got out.His heart was full of suspicion, so he asked the lame veteran: "Why do you want to help me?"
”"I'm not trying to help you, I'm just trying to keep you from stepping on my chestnut tree!"
The old soldier smiled at me before turning to leave.I stood in the doorway of the side door, stubbornly looking at him, trying to get him to give me a satisfactory answer.The smile on the lame veteran's face faded, and with great difficulty he leaned against the chestnut tree, then down the trunk, leaned against a raised root, felt it in his pocket, took out half of his cigar, took two puffs of it, and put it in his pocket.Tobacco can also be grown in the city of El.In the city of El Eyre, many unmarried and beautiful girls will work in this industry that pays well, that is, cigarettes.They will spray the roasted tobacco leaves with water, then stick the tobacco leaves on their thighs, slowly roll them from one end, little by little into a thumb-thick cigarette roll, and then tie the tobacco rolls with a very thin vanilla leaf to prevent the cigarettes from slackening, and then put the cigarettes into a mixed cauldron and boil them repeatedly until the potion soup is completely soaked into the cigarette rolls, and after drying, it becomes the most characteristic cigar of El City.The lame veteran exhaled a deep breath, looked at the crescent moon like a hook, and paused for a long time before saying, "What's the difference between saying it and not talking about it?"
”The lame old gang seemed to be nostalgic for the old days, closed his cloudy eyes and said, "During the reign of Viscount Field, he always admired that true nobles must abide by the most basic chivalry. ”The lame veteran smiled a little bitterly, and then said to himself: "But what's the use of this, those nobles who have always wanted to recruit civilian warriors, in order to expand their territory, they began to recruit warriors on a large scale.However, this is a small border town, and the men who die every year in the barbarian attacks almost account for half of the total number of men in the city, so few warriors are willing to join some nobles and become followers of the nobles. ”The lame veteran continued: "The nobles of that time have always been role models for the common people, and they have the important responsibility of maintaining the stability of the whole society, and they must treat the common people with the least respect.At that time, the aristocracy would lead the commoners to resist foreign invasion, and everyone trusted each other and united as one" The lame veteran recounted the estrangement between the nobles and the commoners, and it seemed that this contradiction had accumulated over time.I don't know when the most basic trust between nobles and commoners has faded.The new way of recruiting the nobles, with the binding force of deception and contract, has given me an extra wall between the nobles and the commoners, and the lame veteran let me go, in fact, he wants someone to break this worse and worse situation, but unfortunately I am not the person he has in mind.Beautiful Dividing Line: I went to Tracy's hideout to meet them.Seeing that I had returned safely, Tracy emerged from the bushes.She walked up excitedly, punched me in the shoulder, and said to me, "Well done, Giga, I just saw Vernon and the people in the academy leave safely, thank you, Giga!"
”"I hope tomorrow morning, those knights don't invite them to the guard camp for tea!"
I sighed and said, in the eyes of those nobles, these academy students are like things that come to their mouths, since they have opened a big net, how can they let go so easily."
Thank God, you came back safely, Tracy just now saw that you didn't come out with everyone, so I was in a hurry!"
Rowling on the side said to me exaggeratedly.I said to Tracy and Rowling, "Let's go too!"
”I didn't want to stay here any longer, even for a minute, and even though it was a long way from Field Manor, I still felt a little panicked.At this time, I felt a faint tremor in the street, which was the sound of countless horseshoes hitting the bluestone slabs, like the faint roar of the tide at night.I hurriedly half-squatted on the ground, half of my face on the ground and listened carefully to the sound of the cavalrymen's crotch and horses stepping on the ground.It was the knights of the guard battalion who were dispatched, but I didn't expect the knights who were usually procrastinating and scattered, and the speed of the dispatch tonight was unprecedentedly fast.I guess I got a report that some students on campus were besieging Field Manor or something!
The three of us crouched behind a tree wall on the side of the street, breathing as slowly as we could to avoid being spotted by the speeding riders.It was late for the cavalry to come home after the beautiful dividing line, and Tracy and I seldom went out together, so Fanny insisted on waiting until the two of us returned together before going to bed.With a plate of cooled onion rings and two fried fish, and two wine glasses and a bottle of golden cider in the other, she crept up to the second floor behind Tracy, who had already taken a shower and was wearing only a cool nightdress, which was empty, and there was no electric light in the room, and I could faintly see the tall silhouettes.Placing the plate on the balcony on the second floor, I kicked my chair and looked out to the north of the East Side, but unfortunately I couldn't see anything.After the night, neither of us felt sleepy, so Tracy suggested drinking a little cider to help with sleep.I searched the entire kitchen to find this little bit to eat.A cloud of green smoke floated above our heads and poured a glass of wine directly into our mouths, Tracy looked very bold in drinking, and she did not miss it in the tavern, and her cheeks turned red when she drank this glass.She opened her sleepy eyes and whispered to me, "Jijia, I want to join the army, to the Legion of the North Wind!"
”I opened my mouth wide to understand why she had such thoughts, and I was afraid of waking up Fanny and Ryan downstairs, so I could only lower my voice and say, "Tracy."
You're crazy, women are not obligated to serve in the military, don't you know that Fanny and Ryan will definitely object to this?
”She moved her body to lie down in her chair to make her more comfortable, and said to me, "That's why I'm telling you secretly, I want you to help me!"
”I whispered angrily, "Tracy, tell me, what the hell do you want to do?"
”I can imagine how sad Fanny would be if she heard about it."
I want to see the outside world," she said, a little distracted.I gave her a better piece of advice: "Then join an adventure group after graduation!"
Adventure parties can travel around the world, but they are definitely safer than the military, and if you want to go, I'll try to convince Fanny and Ryant, and I'll introduce you to two famous parties. ”If you join the army, forget it.The North Wind Legion faced the barbarians on the ice and snow tundra, and in the face of these barbarians, the battle death rate in the army was still very high, especially in the encounters of small groups of troops in the field, and few of them retreated in their entirety.But at this time, she seemed very silent, and she was speechless for a while."
However, in Tracy's eyes, I actually saw loneliness, longing, and bitterness, and she looked at the night sky in the distance with a frown twisted and a little dazed.I suddenly asked, "Are you going to find Arendt?"
”She hesitated, but still mustered up the courage to nod at me, and bravely looked me squarely and said, "Yes!
”Tracy is the kind of woman who is rarely willing to talk about herself, but maybe she drank a little too much tonight, or maybe after so much in the night, she became a little emotional, and said to me, "I suddenly find myself missing someone I shouldn't have missed, and I want to go and get him back, or at least tell him to my face!"
”Just thinking of the look of frustration on Arendt's face as he left, I wanted to see what Tracy would be like when he appeared in front of him.However, I still give the greatest support to Tracy's relationship, because Arendt and I are also friends, and I think he is not a bad person, so I said to her: "Then you can go see him, and you don't have to join the North Wind Army."
I think this guy must wake up laughing when he dreams!
”"You support me?"
Tracy asked in surprise.I was a little strange and said, "Why not?"
”Tracy's eyes became brighter, and I guess how much she drank tonight, I'm afraid she won't be able to sleep!
She hesitated and asked me, "Then how do I talk to Fanny?"
”I said to her, "Just tell me what you think, Fanny is a very enlightened person" and she took another sip of the cider from her glass, a faint smile on her lips, as if she was reminiscing about the happy old days.