Chapter 79: When God closes a door for you (please subscribe!)
Antoria cannot stay away. This is the judgment made by Leon, Aaron and others after in-depth study of the current situation.
Not to mention that Antolia is a vassal of the Duke of Galicia, even if it is for Antolia's own benefit, Leon must take a share of the civil war in the kingdom.
Now that such a decision has been made, the army must first be gathered to conduct a thorough review of Antolia's military power from beginning to end.
So, five days later, Leon officially announced his decision in the Lord's Castle.
Appoint Juan as the commander of the 1st Antolian Militia Regiment, Andrew as the commander of the Lapruk Regiment, and Stein as the commander of the Antolian Mercenary Regiment.
Unlike the military structure in the kingdom's interior, which is dominated by knights and supplemented by militia, Antolia has its own tradition.
Militiamen and Lapruks are infantry, while Antolian mercenaries are cavalry.
As for Todd, his father's former deputy and former mercenary boss, he was promoted to the military director of Antolia.
There is no doubt that, except for Todd, this is an extremely young group of officers.
The oldest, Stan, is only in his early thirties, and the youngest, Juan, is only in his twenties.
But Leon has high hopes for them.
Because every one of them is an outstanding person who has been tempered in wars.
As the population of Antolia increased and more and more mountain tribes became vassals of the Jimena family, Antolia's military power also expanded rapidly during this period.
The three main legions could mobilize up to 1,600 people when the war broke out, which could be said to be fully doubled compared to last year!
For a small viscounty to be able to assemble such a large army, let alone the Kingdom of Andal, even if it were placed on the entire continent, it would be quite explosive.
However, although the number of people increased, the ratio of soldiers to civilians in Antolia actually declined.
Robbery from Gray Water Castle and other places... ah no, the invited refugees and the mountain people gathered from the mountains have made the total population of Antolia successfully exceed the 20,000 mark a few days ago!
And with such a large population, a Thorn Territory cannot naturally accommodate it.
Therefore, except for those mountain people who came down to open up wasteland, in fact, more people still live in their former mountain people's camps and rely on hunting in the mountains and forests for a living.
But the difference is that now, they are no longer ruled by the leaders or priests of their respective tribes.
They obeyed the orders of the Jimena family and were loyal to Leon Jimena, Viscount of Antolia, greatly expanding the number of soldiers that Leon could mobilize.
Leon didn't know how many of these mountain tribes actually surrendered, but he also knew that all this would not happen in a hurry. As long as they didn't stab him in the back, as long as Antolia kept moving in the direction he had planned. , then these mountain people will eventually have a unified name-Antolian.
...
And just when Leon was gathering his troops in the Thorn Territory, the potion production workshop at the edge of the black pine forest was not peaceful either.
When the army goes on an expedition, it is natural to have enough small red bottles.
Although Kerman and others have not been able to eliminate the side effects caused by the small red bottle at the moment, they must always give one bottle to the soldiers of Antolia in case of emergency.
And at the same time.
For Porter, who had been in Antolia for less than a week, the emotions in his heart were extremely complicated.
Before coming to Antolia, he had countless fantasies about this land.
In people's words, the land here is wild and barren, and the people here are rude and tough, and they will often take out knives to kill people if they disagree with them.
But in fact, after arriving here, Porter discovered that his imagination was really just imagination.
The Antolians are indeed tough, but they are not barbaric, and they are not rude, just a little informal.
Even though the dried meat and weird-shaped bird legs eaten by the Antolians are full of fishy smell, you can also choose the bread and other normal meats that you often eat in Parma.
In addition, the roads in the Thorn Territory City are also extremely spacious. Although the city is not large in size, the hygiene level in the city even far exceeds that of Parma City!
Everything looked pretty good, but the only problem was... In this city, Potter couldn't see even a mage tower with a spire and a square bottom!
Yes, not at all!
In the entire Antolia, a viscount territory that is extremely vast and even apparently has two mages, there is not even a mage tower! Not even the mage tower under construction!
As for the learning of magic, it seems that it is different from what he thinks of learning magic.
In Potter's understanding, a mage apprentice should live in his mentor's mage tower, and his daily life should consist of learning magic spells, practicing magic casting, and having the opportunity to exchange spellcasting experiences with his mentor every few days.
But here... as soon as he arrived in Antolia, he entered the factory!
That’s right, enter the factory!
On the second day after Porter arrived in the Thorn Territory, when he and several other mage apprentices followed Collins and left the city, Porter actually still had a sense of luck in his heart.
Maybe there are other towns on the land of Antolia? Maybe the mage tower in Antolia was built somewhere else?
Then...
he saw the row of wooden houses located on the edge of the black pine forest.
I heard those words coming from Collins' mouth again.
"We've arrived!"
At that moment, Potter's heart collapsed.
There is nothing similar to the mage tower in the room.
What appeared in front of Potter were several extremely unfamiliar crucibles and many strange-shaped vessels.
But he couldn't choose to leave, because from the moment he decided to become a mage apprentice under Collins, Collins became his mentor and the person who could decide his magical path.
If he leaves easily without any reason, then he will forever lose the qualification to study with a mage again, and he will also stay away from the path of magic forever, and completely lose the possibility of becoming a mage.
After all, as high-end talents in this world, mages need to get the respect they deserve,
but just like that Antolian slang says.
When God closes a door on you, reach out and push the door open, because that's how doors are used.
After a brief collapse, Collins not only opened the door of the wooden house for him, but also allowed him to see with his own eyes a field that was extremely unfamiliar to him but made him feel a little at a loss for a while - Potions.
Regardless of potions or magic, they all carry the magic word. Without any other better choice, Potter quickly adjusted his mentality.
not to mention……
Among this row of ordinary wooden houses, there are actually other mages!
When Kerman personally stood in front of several mage apprentices and began to introduce to them what potions science was, Potter was extremely shocked.
Since even mages don't mind such an environment and are willing to study this field called potion science, then who do I have to complain or be dissatisfied?
Maybe...
I am opening the door to a new world?
Potter shook his head quickly, feeling that his idea was a bit ridiculous.
(End of chapter)