Chronicles of Ryan the Wizard

At noon, the three people arrived at the central square of Liberty Paradise. This is the most prosperous place in Liberty Paradise. Surrounding the entire square, there are sparse buildings. There are villas of rich merchants and powerful mercenaries. Put your headquarters here.Approximately 200,000 people can stand in the entire square, which is a huge number.

When Ryan arrived, it was already crowded with people. Under Flanner's leadership, they barely found a remote place to stand.It’s about 500 meters away from the observatory in the center of the central square. It’s basically impossible to see the faces of the people standing on the observatory. There is noisy surroundings, let alone hearing their voices. , The only advantage is that there is no obstruction from here to the observatory.

After a while, the place where Ryan and the others squeezed in was also crowded with people. Now even if they want to go, they can't get out.Ryan suddenly came up with an absurd idea. If a fireball is thrown here, it will probably result in a record of the number of people killed by a single fireball since magic.Ryan shook his head mockingly. He didn't sleep all night, and went back to draw the scroll after eating in the morning. He has been busy until now. It seems that it is not a good thing to be too tired. No, I started to think about it.

After a while, Flanner gently pulled the corner of Laline's clothes and said in his ear: "Come on, the old man walking in the middle is Chilaviv."

Ryan squinted his eyes and looked carefully, only to see an old man in white clothes slowly walking up to the observatory, behind him were four people, two of whom were wearing magician robes, but because the distance was too far, Ryan couldn't see the contents of the badge they were wearing.The other two wore cloaks. The black cloaks covered them all, not even their faces exposed.

Allendo's voice suddenly rang in Ryan's ear: "The two cloaked fighters are very powerful fighters. I guess I can barely deal with one with Xiaobai."

Ryan nodded slightly. As the richest man on the mainland, the chairman of the Dolock Business Alliance, the first chamber of commerce in the mainland, and the chairman of the Freedom Paradise Merchants Alliance, the business capital, it would be strange if Chilaviv didn’t even have a bodyguard by his side. It.

Chilawiv walked to the front of the observatory. A magician next to him quickly walked up to him and chanted a long spell. Ryan could not hear the sound of the magician, so he couldn't judge it. It’s a spell, but then again, Ryan has never received any formal training as a magician. Even if he can hear it, if this magic is not something he would use, it’s not something he often sees others release, he still listens. Does not come out.

Ten seconds later, the magic was completed, and a large ball of colorful light appeared in front of Chilaviv. At this moment, Ryan suddenly heard the sound of an old man coughing in his ear, and then the old man spoke. "Dear residents of Freedom Paradise, businessmen, mercenaries, and other people from all walks of life, hello!"

"Ah." Ryan let out a slight exclamation. He had guessed what spell the magician was releasing. It was able to spread Chilaviv's voice throughout the noisy central square. This is really an amazing magic. .

"Hey, it's sound amplification!" Flanner seemed to have guessed what Ryan and Allendo were thinking, and smiled and said the answer.

But they didn't speak any more, because Chilaviv's voice rang again.Within a few breaths, the entire central square was silent. At least 300,000 people stood in the square that could be so quiet. If you could hear the breathing sounds one after another, or you don’t need to look at it, you would never believe that there are so many here. People.

"Thank you for being here on time. Let's start now. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Chilaviv, the chairman of the Freedom Paradise Merchants Alliance."

"what!"

"Wow!"

"Oh!"

"what!"

Continuous voices sounded all around. It seems that many people have seen the legendary Chilaviv for the first time, but everyone also made some noises, and soon the central square was calm again.

Chilaviv continued: "Just last night, we received a messenger from Thor's fortress in the north. They brought an important news. The orcs in the North Taren prairie are ready to go south again. They gathered a huge The army is planning to take Thor Fortress."

"Let them die!"

"Get rid of those green-skinned bastards!"

A lot of grumpy guys have already begun to shout, and the order of the scene is a bit chaotic, but Chilaviv immediately controlled everyone's emotions: "Yes, it is normal for everyone to have such thoughts. We gathered today. This is where we are going to assist the warriors who are stationed at Thor's Fortress to drive away our enemies."

"After consultation with the heads of our seventeen chambers of commerce, we decided to fully support Thor Fortress. The specific measures are as follows: First, all members of the Freedom Paradise Merchant Alliance must participate in this support operation. The specific list of materials that Thor Fortress needs, everyone It can be obtained for free from the Mercenary Guild. Thor Fortress will be paid according to the price set by the Freedom Paradise Merchants Alliance after the acceptance is correct. If someone is found to be adulterated with inferior goods, they will be severely punished in accordance with the laws of the Empire. The crime is hanged!"

"Secondly, all mercenary groups registered with the Freedom Paradise Mercenary Guild must participate in this support operation. What you need to do will be released in the form of missions issued by the Mercenary Guild, and receive them according to your own strength. You can get corresponding remuneration. All participating personnel must unconditionally obey the management of the Thor Fortress Garrison. If they violate it, they will be severely punished in accordance with the military regulations!"

"Third," Chilaviv said, paused slightly. He seemed to be thinking about the wording. After a few seconds, he continued: "The Dolock Business Alliance will take the lead in sending out three mercenaries. Two of the group, and will send 20 magicians, and other member chambers of commerce will also send corresponding personnel, I will not describe them one by one here. I said this, mainly to remind everyone that you have to Go all out and do what you can. This seems to be contradictory, but it is quite important."

"This time the orcs are coming on fiercely, not better than usual. In the past four to fifty years, although the orcs have attacked many times, but each of them is not large, the Thor Fortress can even deal with it easily with its own garrison. But this time But it is not the same. According to the current reliable information, the orc army gathered together has exceeded half a million!"

"Five hundred thousand?!?!" Hearing this number, countless people took a breath, which is really a huge number.Everyone knows that without considering factors such as training, morale, logistics, equipment, command and command, etc., one orc can defeat three human soldiers simply by virtue of the physical fitness of the soldiers.This half a million means that the human army to defend them will cost 1.5 million.

Although the human population on the entire continent may be between 50 and 60 million, the Holy Empire under Fernando’s imperial clan is not a completely unified country. It implements a lordship system, and those lords only need to pay taxes. The population there is not managed by the empire center.The population under the direct rule of the Fernando family includes the imperial capital, which is about 10 million people in Fernando City and its surrounding areas. In addition to some cities under the control of the Fernando family such as Sunrise City and Sea Breeze City, the population definitely does not exceed 15 million. .

And the main force that really resisted the attack of the northern orcs was the soldiers recruited from the population of 15 million.The taxes that the entire empire can receive each year, after various discounts, are at most equivalent to the taxes of a population of 20 million. After other expenses are excluded, the empire actually has an army of only about 1.7 million.And this number includes the garrison and reserve troops, the real elite is only 600,000.The Thor Fortress has a perennial garrison of 200,000, which is one of the most elite troops in the Empire.

At first everyone thought it was about the same as in previous years. There were only a few hundred thousand orcs. According to the rule that the defender can use one block and five, the 200,000 troops in Thor Fortress can easily resist millions of human armies. The ratio of three to one is converted, that is, it can defend an orc army of about 300,000.But now I heard what Chilaviv said, those merchants and mercenaries who made a fortune through this war suddenly calmed down a lot, and they were not stupid. They immediately understood why the garrison in Thor Fortress was abnormal this year. Actively contacted the South, seeking support.

Seeing his own words make the atmosphere here drop a lot, Chilaviv suddenly laughed. He said loudly: "I know what you are thinking, but I can also tell you that sometimes, the so-called conversion ratio It's just a game for cowards to comfort themselves! You should all know that two hundred years ago, after a hundred years of catastrophe, human beings were attacked by the undead army and mourned everywhere. The orcs at that time were extremely powerful. Someone calculated that their The army, those green-skinned guys, have a million fighters capable of fighting!"

"But what's the result? Everyone knows that our great Fernando personally led an army of 100,000 to conquer the orcs. Wherever Fernando's two-handed giant sword "Holy Avenger" refers, the orc army was defeated, even if they gathered more than us Seven times the number of soldiers in the human army was eventually driven out of the South Taren Prairie by His Majesty Fernando!"

"What does your Majesty Fernando rely on?" Chilawiv shouted loudly, "Who can tell me, you cowards?"

"Royal Knight!" thousands of people shouted together.

"I can't hear you, you cowards!"

"Royal Knight!" tens of thousands of people shouted together.

"No, the voice is too low, haven't you all eaten? Or are you already peeing in your pants?"

"Royal Knight!" The name was shouted by more than 300,000 voices. The entire central square of Freedom Paradise was submerged by this huge sound. The ground seemed to tremble, and the surrounding buildings seemed to be crumbling.

"Yes, that's right!" Chilawive said loudly, "You are right, we have invincible Royal Knights, and we have invincible victory over Orlando Generals! As long as we unite, we can defeat everything in front of us. All enemies! Twenty thousand years ago, our ancestors united, slaughtered countless ancient behemoths, and gained the right to survive on this continent! Two thousand years ago, our ancestors united, conquered the entire continent and became Master of this continent! Two hundred years ago, our Majesty Fernando took united humans, expelled the green-skinned orcs, and established a powerful country! Today, we will also unite and use our strength to destroy our enemy!"