Throne of Magical Arcana

A large, sparkling river flows in the slightly desolate plains and mountains, and a large or gorgeous or cargo-laden ship is heading towards Calcat City, whenever it passes by a place where the waves are turbulent and cannot be reversed. There will be a lot of coolies converging, shouting trumpets, dragging the ropes and pulling them one by one.

In the wind where normal people feel cold, these trackers are all naked and there is a white vapor around their skin.

"If I didn't leave home to be a mercenary, maybe I have become one of them and become a tracker on the Negering River ..." Katrina was quietly listening to the familiar horn, and suddenly there was a sound in her ear. A slightly hoarse male voice.

This great river is the "aorta" of the Shahran Empire, the mother river of the prosperous cities, the "Negning River", which originates from the snow-capped mountains controlled by the Vladimir family in the northwestern province and flows through the northern provinces. , All the way to the southeast, and finally injected into the storm strait at the junction of the Shahran Empire and the northern coastal corridor.

Katrina turned her head, looked at the young man next to him, and smiled: "Everyone has the opportunity to change their own destiny, only to see if they can grasp it. Obviously, you are the strong man who defeated yourself, Yakov. If you do n’t come out with the determination to die, and follow the waves forever, then you will be like all trackers on the Negning River, and it will be difficult to live thirty-five years old. "

Yakov is a light yellow short-haired mercenary, less than thirty, but with a full-faced beard, full of vicissitudes, tall body, rough appearance, called "brown bear" by the mercenary team.

"Then you chose to become a mercenary with such determination?" Yakov asked with a smile.

Because the Shahran Empire is sparsely populated, there are many magical creatures and robbers, traveling away is a very dangerous thing, especially in the north, so a beautiful girl is very striking unless she is alone. With the knight-level strength, the same reason, in the absence of companionship, joining the caravan will also attract a lot of additional attention.

In order not to be suspected by the clergy of the Northern Church and the noble knights, Katrina carefully chose to pretend to be a mercenary, forged the certificate of the mercenary guild, and mixed in a team that escorted the caravan to Calcat City. Koff is the leader of this mercenary team, a knight who has inspired the blood of the Frost Giant by himself.

Under the influence of the teacher's habits, Katrina slightly twitched her lips. Just before answering, a clear female voice snatched in front of her and said, "I guess, Sister Katrina, are you trying to escape marriage? Like you, The beautiful girl must have been born in a well-educated noble family, and then was attracted by a powerful noble scum and forced you to be his wife, so you have to choose to leave as a mercenary in order to escape? "

"Anna, you heard too much from the bard story ..." Katrina glared at the female archer in leather armor next to her with a funny smile.

Anna is a mercenary under the age of twenty, with long blond hair, green eyes and good looks. She has a cheerful and lively personality, much like Heidi, so Katrina sees her as before and has a good relationship with her. Show that Yan, tall and tall, Katrina is full of curiosity-grew up in the bard story, she intuitively believes that Katrina must be hidden behind the "torturous" bumpy encounter.

As everyone knows, her idea is also the guess of most members of the mercenary team. Although Katrina ’s long sword is used well, her skill is also very flexible, with the strength of a high-level knight servant, and a few female mercenaries also have Beauty is no less than her appearance, but her temperament is gentle, and she sometimes reveals an unspeakable "knowledge" when thinking about problems, which is basically not available in mercenaries.

Yakov once worked secretly with a formal magician known as "erudition", but he also does not have a similar temperament.

Anna chuckled twice and looked at the closer and closer to the city of Carl Carter, asking with a little expectation: "Sister Katrina, we will settle here with the boss of Yakov, how about you? Will you leave?"

Yakov inspired the power of blood in his previous adventure, and this time he returned for the seal of the knighthood.After being sealed, he will acquire a nearby manor and a piece of territory on a desolate plain, and what his mercenary team is willing to stay will become his knightly servant or steward.

For most mercenaries, they have such a chance to get it after a long struggle, and naturally agreed without hesitation.With the support of a nobleman, it will not be as difficult as a mercenary without roots to stimulate his own blood power in the future.

Hearing Anna ’s question, Yakov and several nearby mercenaries quietly raised their ears, seemingly waiting for Katrina ’s answer.

Katrina smiled and reached out and rubbed Anna ’s long blond hair: "I came to Calcat City for wealth. Maybe I will be able to get a satisfactory harvest in a few months. When the time comes, I will return to mine. A place, where my family and friends are. It ’s a worthy memory of being able to meet you in this adventure. "

The ground under the cover of forests and desolate plains near Calcat City contains a lot of resources and magical creatures, so there will only be a caravan here, and there will be countless mercenaries active.

Many adventurers have come here for this, hoping to find gems, magical plant gathering places and other things that have not been discovered here, so as to become rich overnight, most of them are quietly disappointed and leave forever Lying deep in the forest and beneath the plains, there are also a few lucky people who have truly gotten adventures, and they have inspired generations of adventurers to come here.

Many specialties nearby also have a great effect on magician research, spellcasting, and alchemy, so the official magician will come here to take risks. As a result, he is involved in the worship of demons and died inexplicably in Calcat City. He came with his companions, and the rest returned to Allinge. The Parliament did not notice the disappearance of a magician like him, let alone send someone to investigate.

"Family ... friend ..." Anna murmured a few words and said sadly: "Sister Katrina, you must come to see me often before you leave Kalcat City."

Yakov said in a low voice: "Katrina, if there is anything that needs help, don't be shy, although come to me, we are companions."

Katrina nodded slightly, and when she saw the scene seemed to be dull, she quickly changed the subject and asked Anna and others about the city of Calcat-she was under ten years old when she left here, with only a general and vague impression.

During the discussion, the mercenary team protecting the caravan was gradually approaching the city gate. At this time, a team of cavalry rushed out of the city, and the horseshoes were fast but very neat, obviously after a long training.

This team of cavalry wears black body armor, and the helmet's mask is also put down, giving a cold and cold feeling, as if coming from the battlefield where corpses are raging across the field.

Their left arm is painted with a blood-red coat of arms, and there is a blood-colored giant bear with a head held high in the left palm.

"The Blood Bears of Count Vladimir ..." Yakov introduced Katrina with a low voice.

Katrina is no stranger to this. Although the territory of the Vladimir family is in the northwest province, they also have a certain influence on the neighboring north province. For example, the city of Karkat is the hereditary of the Vladimir family Earl's lord, the lord is known as "the Earl of Carl Carter", and the blood bear coat of arms symbolizing strength and glory is their exclusive coat of arms.

Anna was envious and fascinated next to him: "Blood Bear Legion, it seems to be to meet Viscount Andre!"

"Viscount Andre?" The name is too common and too popular. Katrina is not quite sure what he has done, although it sounds like the next Earl of Calcat.

"Well, Viscount Andre, became an official knight at the age of twenty, and was promoted to the grand knight at the age of twenty-five. He reached the peak of the grand knight two months ago. He ’s a student! He will certainly be expected to be promoted to the Sky Knight and become the strongest Earl of Calcat. "Anna said in a dreamlike tone, like a male in a story about a prince or a minstrel in his mind protagonist.

Nier, "Death Storm" Nier?Katrina was a little surprised. This first-level epic knight is the current head of the Fetado family and the actual ruler of the northern province. It is because of his promotion that Saint Ivanburg is considering the Fetado family ’s The title was promoted from marquis to duke.But isn't the Fetado family incompatible with the Vladimir family?Very dissatisfied with their involvement in the northern provinces?

If Andre Vladimir really needs an epic knight as a teacher, the Vladimir family is not without it. Although the "Ice Age" Tom Vladimir is old, he no longer served as the Grand Duke more than a hundred years ago. Title, but he is undoubtedly alive, and is expected to break through to the legendary third-order epic knight!

Is there any secret hidden in it?Is this intelligence important to Parliament?Katrina thought doubtfully.

Looking at her expression as if shocked, Anna was more envious and admired: "Being a student of the epic knight is also a very rare adventure for the heavenly knight, not to mention the big knight, and Viscount Andrea must be extraordinary Where! "

"Don't mention the epic knight, I can be satisfied if there is a sky knight as my teacher. Without the gift and favor of the Lord, this kind of thing can never happen." Yakov sighed slightly bitterly and yearningly, People are more angry than people.

Other mercenaries even laughed at themselves: "There can be a big knight, no, the official knight is a teacher, we are willing to go to Heaven Mountain in advance."

In such discussions, they escorted the caravan into the city and found a hotel to stay temporarily.

When Yakov went to the city hall to report, Katrina took Anna to the nearby tavern.

Just stepping in, the pretty-looking Katrina was immediately "welcomed" by the whistle of mercenaries and adventurers, who kept on making vulgar jokes.

Anna glared at them fiercely, and drew her short sword. Katrina did not shyly lay the long sword in front of her, and looked around indifferently.

In this situation, the weaker you are, the more you will be bullied.

Sure enough, their toughness caused the drunks to converge a lot and was able to walk smoothly to the bar.

"Hi, Anna, welcome back, is this beautiful girl?" The owner of the tavern is a middle-aged man with a squinting look.

Anna said with a smile: "Uncle Gulf, do you want to enjoy the trampling of the brown bear? By the way, have there been any major events in recent months?"

"The biggest thing you must know is that Viscount Andre became a student of" Death Storm ". Smaller, a demon worship incident occurred in the noble area next door, and dozens of people died inexplicably at the scene." Gul The husband put away a squinted smile.

"The demon worship incident?" Anna asked curiously.

Katrina sighed with relief, with a local mercenary as a companion, it was indeed much easier to probe things, and it would not cause others to doubt, otherwise an "foreigner" would rashly ask about this matter, and will definitely be concerned by interested people. .