The Beginning of Panlong: Three Realms in Vertical and Horizontal

The priest Obadiah turned his head and said to Wright very kindly: "Son, do you plan to join our Earth Church?!" The kind-faced priest paused and said, "In terms of power, our Earth Temple has the mission of the entire empire. Power, light and darkness, plus a power of the Holy See, are almost worse than ours. On the bottom line, our earth temple already existed when the empire was founded, second only to the imperial imperial family, and the relationship between the imperial imperial family and us is also the best of the three major religions. ; The most important thing is that the Earth Temple is best at cultivating magicians and warriors with earth attributes, and even if you don’t want to join the Earth Temple directly, you can first enter the Royal First Magic Academy to study first, and then enter the church after graduation. I I can’t give you any promise, but if you join our Earth Church, you won’t regret it!” After all, the priest Obadiah really didn’t speak any more. Although he represented the Earth Church and was greedy for some geniuses, it was not impossible. Go and give some promises, unless this genius really reaches the point where the church itself is alarmed.Although Wright's talent is high, every year the mages of the three major magic academies and the free faction recruit students with this level of talent.He said this mainly to release goodwill. Maybe Wright really became a powerful magician in a few decades, and he could increase the probability of joining the Earth Temple.

Viscount Cap seems to be more satisfied that the priest Obadiah is not stalking, and he also offered to suggest to Wright: "Wright, if you join an ordinary magic academy with your talent, you will definitely get the best training, but ordinary magic The training ability of the academy itself is not very good. If you join the three magic academies, you have to compete with the best geniuses!"

"But I suggest that you should choose Pu'ang No.1 Magic Academy. No matter which force you want to join, it is best to find a way to become a powerful wizard. When it comes to cultivating magicians, the three major academies are the most professional! The Magnolia Academy of the Magnolia Empire is too far away, and it will charge extremely high tuition fees for our Puang Empire students. I suggest not to consider it. And of the two domestic colleges, the Ernst College was established by the Bright Holy See after all, and we Dragon Falling Fort is the sphere of influence of the Temple of Earth and the Church of Darkness to spread faith. The Holy See of Darkness and the Holy See of Light are mortal enemies. If you go to'Ernst College', you may be disgusted by some extreme believers when you return to the North in the future."

"Of course, no matter which Wright chooses, our Dragonfall Fortress is your strongest backing. If you plan to find a mentor among our liberal wizards in the North, I think Master Wilmot will help. right?!"

Wizard Wilmot nodded in agreement.

"By the way, Andy!" Viscount Cape seemed to say casually: "Because of Wright's talent, I will withdraw 2000 gold coins from the territory as a reward. I think no matter which college I go to or join a free faction mage, this gold coin will be It should be used."

Wizard Wilmot and Priest Obadiah opened their mouths and said nothing.Viscount Cap can bet in advance for Wright's possible future achievements, but they cannot spend their own gold coins for their own forces!

Seeing that the two wizards of the "Northland Magic Guild" and "Earth Church" were silent, Viscount Cap nodded in satisfaction, and ordered the guard outside the door to notify the servants to prepare a banquet.

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In the afternoon, Wright left the lord's mansion with his adoptive father. After announcing the reward for Wright, Lord Cap held a banquet. During the banquet, Andy drank at least 20 catties of good wine, and Viscount Dia's eyes were a little red.As for returning home, being abused by his wife because of drinking, that is another story.

Wright was tested for super magical talent, and the news spread like wildfire. The next day, many neighbors and Andy were in the guards to congratulate them. Even Andy had always been disagreeable with Jafar and brought gifts to the door. Many people never thought that Wright, who seemed to have some warrior talents, was actually considered to have an excellent magician talent, and guessed whether O'Connor's family was going to soar into the sky.

In the second week, several former teammates of Andy’s former mercenary team "Boulder Mercenary Group" came to the house. They were all powerful fighters. Several strong men gathered in a circle to praise Wright’s talent and sensibility. , Being so complimented by old friends makes Andy happy from ear to ear.Of course, these teammates are not here entirely for congratulations. Some teammates hope that Wright can be a named adviser in the mercenary group in the future; some represent a certain army and expressed their willingness to support Wright.Of course these were rejected by Andy, and these old friends were drunk on the wine table.And on the second day after the boulder mercenary group left, there was a priest from the Dark Vatican, who bluntly hoped that Wright could join the Dark Vatican, and could also arrange to join any magic school in the North.Then the Obadiah priest who had heard the news came directly out of Fallen Dragon Fort --- Although the Church of the Earth and the Dark Vatican are not dead enemies like the Vatican of Light, they are also at odds with each other because of the conflict between missions.

After this incident, apart from asking the priest Obadiah to use tools to test Wright’s magical talents alone, Wright did not show up to contact with outsiders, but concentrated on practicing the meditation taught by the wizard Wilmot or with his father. Discuss which magic school to go to---According to Wizard Wilmot, if Wright does not join the Northland Magic Guild, he cannot teach him any magic, but this is not the case for the most basic kind of meditation.

As for which magic school to go to, Andy and Wright discussed first to exclude the Magnolia Academy in the Magnolia Empire.According to the later consultation with the priest Obadea, the Magnolia Academy only symbolically accepts one gold coin a year for the people of the Magnolia Empire. Even if you don’t even have one gold coin, you can enroll and wait for graduation and then pay it back. People, five hundred gold coins a year, the Andy family can still afford it!As for the people of the Puang Empire, 10,000 gold coins a year are totally unreadable.

As for those inferior colleges, there is no need to think about it, and there is no need to waste talent for that little scholarship.And the two major schools of magic in China, just see if they will give some conditions, if the conditions are equal, choose Puang First Academy.After all, the imperial royal family behind Puang First Academy represents the most orthodox force of the empire.

Two months passed in this way, and one month before the empire’s annual magic talent test.Wright is ready to set off and set off directly to the imperial capital!After all, whether it is to go to the'Puang No. 1 Magic Academy' or to the'Ernst Academy' further south, it is more convenient to conduct a magic test in the Imperial Capital than to detour to the Blue Fort further north.And if you go to the Blue Castle to test, maybe you will be invited by the Blue Castle people to the Blue Castle Magic Academy!Instead of offending people after rejecting it, it's better not to go.

Soon, the parting day will come.Andy and Nicole didn't plan to go to the imperial capital with Wright. According to Andy's words, a man had to make his own way and could not rely on his parents forever.

Sister Tina was teary and didn't want her brother to leave, so Wright had to promise to bring a bunch of gifts to her sister when she came back, and the cute little monster, which made her let go.

"Wright, you must take good care of yourself outside. Don't fight with people, wear more clothes when the weather is cold, and don't be reluctant to spend money on meals." These are the words of mother Nicole, who are usually nagging words, but they are so warm at the moment. .

Although his father Andy was solemn and silent at this moment, Wright still saw care and love in his eyes.

"Let’s go, little Wright." A burly man with a size comparable to that of his father Andy drove a wagon. What was pulling the wagon was a huge lizard with a huge body but a very good temper. The dark green head was chewing. With leaves.

Looking at Andy's reluctant and pretendingly serious expression, he smiled: "Don't worry about the hammer, I will take care of your little Wright." Let's talk and rub Wright's head with his big hand.

When the sun went down, Wright got in the car, looking at the smaller and smaller fortress, thinking about the relatives there, Wright, who had matured since he was a child, also felt a sense of melancholy.Soldiers.

Chapter 12 Journey

Wright left Fallen Dragon Castle under the arrangement of his parents, but he was escorted by the team his father had been with, the Giant Stone Mercenary Group.

Said it is a mercenary group, in fact, the entire team did not exceed 20 people at its peak, and now there are only 6 people left.This small scale is generally called a mercenary team, but in contrast to the scarcity of numbers, the team members are all elites:

Head of the giant stone Qiaosen, a seventh-level fighter who is good at heavy guns;

Guda, a woman who is more male than a man;

A scout with a little dark magic, Leonard, a fifth-level warrior;

An archer with the level of a fifth-level warrior, the beautiful big sister Gabriella;

There is also a taciturn, to be precise, playing the role of a coachman without a word, and Wright's father Andy stayed in the "Jake the Silent Man" of the Boulder Mercenary earlier than Wright's father.

The reason for hiring this mercenary group was naturally because his father Andy had been there, and even the friendship between them was extremely deep, which made the giant stone to send Wright to the emperor more at ease.The second is that Viscount Cap is also very much hoping to follow Andy’s relationship to recruit the boulder mercenary group. Although there are few people, the high-end force of the boulder mercenary group is comparable to half of the dragon fall castle, and in terms of network, the mercenary group Some of the old members in the army now serve as middle-level officers in the army. If they can recruit their subordinates, I am afraid that they will be able to obtain earl titles and return to the ranks of great nobles!

The boulder mercenary group doesn't care about this, they are willing to recruit individual members. After all, it is safer to protect the nobles than to be a mercenary. Can you recruit the entire boulder mercenary group?An empire viscount, the little lord of the country is not yet qualified.In contrast, Wright's talent and the status of the adopted son of the old man Andy made them value more.Taken good care of Wright along the way.

The Fallen Dragon Fort is in the northernmost province of the Puang Empire, and the largest city further north is the Blue Fort. The emperors of the Puang Empire are in the Central Bank Province in the south-central part of the entire empire. The Giant Stone Mercenary Group Starting with Wright, head southwest to the rather barren red soil province, which is famous for its red soil, and then all the way south, passing through the province of Brora, and finally reaching the province of Central Bank.

"The red earth provinces are named after red earth because the soil is gray-red. This gray-red soil is quite barren and produces very little food. However, poor land does not mean that the red earth provinces are poor. The red earth provinces have more than half of the iron and steel in the entire empire. Minerals, there are three magic crystal mines, and the largest quarry in the empire." Leonard is a thin middle-aged man with a pair of sharp daggers and a little understanding of dark magic, but the most profound It is a mouth that can never be closed, but Wright doesn't hate it. On the contrary, he hopes to hear more knowledge and information from this uncle's mouth to satisfy his curiosity.

Seeing Wright's face looking for knowledge.Leonard is also very happy. Although he likes to brag in the mercenary group, he is not very knowledgeable compared to other people. Everyone knows what he says. Over time, no one likes to listen to him. This little Wright is a very good listener.

"Don't look at these people in red clay," Leonard motioned to Wright to look at some pedestrians on the road."This is because there are no decent crops that can be used for weaving, and few livestock are raised here, and they are not as close to the Warcraft Mountains as the Northland Province. Basically, the slightly better clothes are from other provinces. The price of transported goods is more than several times higher. In terms of value, as long as you are not disabled or sick, going to a quarry or iron ore area as a miner is painful and tiring, but apart from slaves, even the most ordinary residents can easily Earn about 30 gold coins. But the same, regardless of the amount of gold they earn, but the consumption of the red earth provinces is also extremely high, second only to the Central Bank of China and the Southeastern provinces."

Wright listened a little thoughtfully, his father earns four to five hundred gold coins every year, while the ordinary civilians of Fallen Dragon Castle may only earn a dozen gold coins.But looking at the clothes and food, they are no worse than ordinary civilians in the red earth province.

The boulder mercenary group took Wright all the way to the south, handing in a few gold coins, followed the red earth province and the caravan that transported iron ore and other things, and marched all the way to the south, because most of the caravans on this trade road transported iron and stone. Items of equal quantity but low unit price.So with the caravan going south, there was no incident, no robbers plundered.

When he arrived in the province of Brora, Wright also felt the heat for the first time in his life. According to Uncle Joeson, the province of Brora is no longer considered the "Northland" in the entire empire, but it still belongs to The cold northern region!In the more southern imperial capital, not only the temperature is higher, but the climate is humid, which breeds various mosquitoes.

"But in the eyes of the southern imperial capitals, I am afraid that the cold in the north is even worse." Thinking of what Qiao Sen said with a smile, Wright had a headache after thinking about it. Better tolerate the heat, probably.

During the few days of repairing, the enthusiastic Gabriella also came to Kudat and Wright to go shopping. Although Wright was unwilling to spend more time on meditation and practice, he could not stand the strength of the fifth-level Gabriella fighter and was forced Put on several sets of clothes.They are all the traditional clothes from the Brora province that are quite colorful. Wright feels like a tropical fish that has taken off the water----wait, what is a tropical fish?!

A few days later, the repaired boulder mercenary group contacted the caravan continuing to the south. It was formed by a medium-sized chamber of commerce called the Obic Chamber of Commerce. In addition to the Obic Chamber of Commerce’s own personnel and goods, there were more than half of its personnel. All ordinary merchants and their guards.

Different from the laterite provinces, although the laterite provinces are rich, but the caravans transport large and bulky goods, there are few robbers-it is very difficult to sell the stolen goods, but from Brora province to Gesa province, robbers on the road But very many.

The caravan was indeed attacked by robbers one after another along the way. Some robbers did not directly fight with the guard mercenaries, but relied on their speed to grab property and quickly retreat. If they were blocked by the guard, they would not entangle and fled.Such robbers are generally unwilling to injure people, because once an important person or a well-known mercenary guard is seriously injured, they are likely to be bitten by the guards. Otherwise, if there is no major loss, no one will hunt them down. .

Some robbers are powerful but do not have a strong willingness to attack. They left after extorting a fee. Obviously, as long as there are not many extortions, the caravan's guards are unwilling to fight with their lives, and vice versa. Can make a small profit without damage, and will not attack actively.

The most threatening category is the third type, or the bandit group intends to disperse, or the newly formed bandit group wants to stand up, often driven by the bandit leader, and the caravan will carry out a very tragic fight.

Wright and his party were not very lucky. They were attacked by robbers on the third day of entering the province of Brora. The caravan was not only a mercenary guard, but also merchants who took up arms to fight and were able to travel long distances. More or less have been fighters.And Wright also took a dagger from Gabriella---The strength of a first-class fighter is much worse than most mercenary guards, but it is not too weak for protected employers such as merchants. .Gabriel protected Wright and hid behind, while the other members of the mercenary group and the caravan's guards fought head-on with the robbers.Joson, a seventh-level fighter, pierced the leader of the robber with his spear; Leonard seemed to have disappeared at the beginning of the battle, but he did not escape, because only a minute later, several robbers holding bows and arrows from the back of the robber gang issued feeble Wailing, his throat was cut by a dagger, struggling to fall to the ground-level 2 dark magic, concealment-although unable to be invisible, it can greatly reduce the sense of existence; and the silent one Jack was the most astonishing. He swung a long whip deliberately to deal with the relatively weak robbers. Warriors below level 5 immediately lost their combat power after hitting a whip, while Guda stood guard by his side with a long knife.

Fortunately, the battle didn't last long. After Qiao Sen and another seventh-level fighter jointly killed the bandit leader, the whole bandit group began to collapse.

Gabriella protected Wright from behind, shooting only a few arrows.Qiaosen and others forcefully killed the robber with a large shield, and he was a little weak.Guda was stabbed by the robber, but fortunately he responded promptly to avoid the critical situation. The injuries were not too serious, and the others were unscathed.

But not all mercenary guards are so lucky.Although the battle didn't last long, nearly a quarter of the mercenaries were injured, and five or six of them were seriously injured. Fortunately, a young magician of the Light department among the mercenaries avoided disability after healed them.And the three mercenaries lost their lives forever.Their teammates burned their bodies and buried them. They packed their belongings and prepared to take them with their wives and children.And the steward of the Chamber of Commerce also came forward to give some compensation in a timely manner-in fact, there are not many compensations, which is equivalent to about twice the cost of a mercenary for the deceased, but it can also bring a little comfort.

The fight with the robbers just passed, and the caravan continued on the next day, as if several poor mercenaries had never been buried here.

Chapter 13 Journey 2

Time quietly jumped from the end of spring 4551 in the Magnolia calendar to summer.

The Gesa province of the Puang Empire was an important grain-producing area of ​​the empire, and also a hub connecting the north and the south, with many merchants and tourists.There is a wide avenue in the north-south direction of Gesa Province, which connects with the commercial city "Faloo Fort" in the south-central Gesa Province, passes through the county town of Bani County, and finally connects with the imperial capital of the Puang Empire----- Nidal, the city that never sleeps.Although this avenue does not have an official name, it is called the "Golden Avenue" because it is the most concentrated hub of North-South trade.

At this moment, on the roadside of this golden avenue, there is a caravan of hundreds of people stationed and resting.Many people are eating or talking.

"Manager Jim."

A chubby young man on a carriage laughed and said to an old man next to him, "This business, our Chamber of Commerce is going to make a lot of money."

"Haha." The old man's beard curled up and he smiled complacently, "Bright, you are a clever young man. Just formally sign a contract with our chamber of commerce, I'm sure, just keep doing this with us, no Over three years. You are enough to be promoted to the deacon of the Chamber of Commerce, and you have enough gold coins to buy a house in a big city and marry a woman."

"Three years? I said, Old Jim, if I take risks, I can save this money in one year!" The young man pretended to be dissatisfied."I am a second-level magician, and the brightest magician who is best at healing. Alas, if it weren't for the woman who provoke the earl, I would still stay in my hometown comfortably."