Arcane Age

Xi Wei is currently riding horseback with Natalia, heading to the Bonaparte family's territory near the Zonza Mountains. The Bonaparte family's Swift Wind Knights are based in a newly built town in this newly developed territory.

"Last year, I presided over the crusade against the trolls in the Zongza Mountains, annihilated more than thirty goblin tribes, opened up thousands of hectares of land, and enfeoffed a total of eighty knight territories! The road under our feet and the roads on both sides The villages are all newly built!”

Natalia smiled and explained to Xivi. Along the way, whether they were busy farmers in the fields or residents in villages and towns, they all waved to Natalia desperately, expressing their love and respect for the eldest lady in this way. .

Obviously, this eldest lady has real merits. She has united a large number of followers and supporters with her bravery and rewards and punishments.

"Can I know how many members there are in the Swift Wind Knights?" Xi Wei rode a four-year-old chestnut mare, which was very docile.

"Currently, there are 354 official members above the real knight level. Counting servants and apprentices, the total number is about 2,400! Our Bonaparte family's Knights of Swift Wind is the seventh largest in the kingdom. Where's the Knights?" Natalia looked very glorious, her smooth forehead raised high, reflecting the crystal light under the sunlight.

"It costs a lot to raise such a large-scale knighthood, right?" Every real knight needs to start as an apprentice. After many years of hard work, he can be successfully promoted to a knight. Whether it is war horses, swords and armor, they are a huge investment. .

"Of course! So now we need to open up trade routes! Corsica is located on the Western Golden Sea, and the port of Ajaccio is also a natural harbor! As long as ocean trade can be developed, money will naturally flow in!" Natalia's eyes sparkled when she talked about military affairs. Obviously this was what she was most interested in: "So with my promotion, the family just purchased the 'Olivier' from the French Royal Fleet. This ship It has only been launched for five years, and it is far from the end of retirement! But now the Holy Norman Empire and the northern city-state of Etanli have almost monopolized the entire Golden Sea trade, and a large number of pirates are wreaking havoc on the Golden Sea, so opening up shipping routes is also a challenge. What a tough challenge!”

"Speaking of which, the 'Sea Hungry Wolf' has suffered such a big loss. Is there anything unusual?"

"At least there are no overt actions yet, either secretly, or they haven't reacted yet!" Natalia's eyes showed a fighting spirit: "I hope they come to us quickly, I want to take this A group of pirates have been beaten to pieces, and we have to find a way out of the group of pirates!"

After about two magic hours, the group finally arrived at the headquarters of the Swift Wind Knights - Cao Luo Town.

The houses here are very new, and the entire town is almost like a large military camp. The residents are either soldiers or family members.

"What? There was a theft of weapons and armor?! What kind of thief dares to come to the military camp to steal things?" When Eric, the high knight stationed in Caolo Town, came to report, Natalia suddenly raised her voice.

Xi Wei followed to the weapons depot, which was now heavily guarded. Knight Eric said with a heavy face: "My lord, the deputy captain, it was stolen for the first time from the day before yesterday. At that time, about five pairs of armor were missing; yesterday it was stolen again. Twenty-three knight swords were lost..."

"Damn, this is the equipment we just built to supply the new knights of the Knights!" Natalia walked a little irritably: "Have you found those thieves? Weapons and armors are not easy to take away!"

Eric began to sweat on his forehead: "Deputy Captain, I have ordered people to investigate. All suspicious people in the town have been investigated, and nothing has been found! We are here where the Knights are stationed. There are very few people!”

Xi Wei was already squatting on the ground. He felt a very slight fluctuation of magic in the underground of the weapons warehouse.

Xi Wei directly activated his mental power and looked underground, penetrating through layers of obstacles to find the source of the magic fluctuations.

Xiwei's actions obviously attracted the attention of others. Knight Eric asked: "My lord, deputy captain, who is this?"

"I forgot to introduce you, Sylvie Frost, a powerful magician, the master who invented the 'metal sharpener'!"

"The master is so young? It's really..." Knight Eric, who had been notified long ago, suddenly realized.

After continuous searches, Xi Wei finally found the culprit who stole the weapons and armor in a cave not far away twenty meters deep underground!

This is a strange magical creature with khaki skin, five or six meters long, and a head the size of a football!

It was sleeping at the moment, and there were gnawed metal fragments scattered around it. It was obvious that this strange magical creature liked these shiny foods.

"Master, have you found the thief?" Knight Eric asked quickly when he saw Xi Wei stand up.

"That's right! A cute big guy! He's sleeping soundly!" Xi Wei led everyone out of the weapons depot, walked nearly a hundred meters to the southwest, and then stopped.

"Na, Ze, Rui..." Xi Wei began to chant mysterious syllables. These syllables fit the magic elements to the greatest extent and are an important part of the magic spell.

The earth element energy in the air was gathered by Xi Wei, and this pure energy rushed towards the ground, as if a pair of invisible hands parted the water, and a crack opened in the originally flat land!

This is not a spell in Gatling's magic book, but Xi Wei's application of the four basic elements of "earth, fire, feng shui".

Obviously, this magical creature has the ability to travel freely through the soil. If you cannot catch it before alerting the opponent, all your efforts will be in vain!

Finally, the crack extended for more than ten meters, and it was only two meters deep from the magical creature's lair!

The sleeping magical creature seemed to be a little alert. It rolled over, raised its little head, opened a pair of small black eyes, raised its ears and began to scan for something!

Xi Wei didn't dare to alert the enemy, so he stopped what he was doing.

"What's wrong?" Natalia asked curiously.

"This is a very clever big guy. It seems that we need to give it some more tempting snacks!" Xi Wei took out a bottle of metal sharpener from the zero space, which is essentially a tempered liquid alloy.

As if smelling some delicacy, the nostrils of the magical creature in the cave suddenly contracted, and it closed its eyes and began to rush upward!

In Xi Wei's induction, the magic power fluctuations belonging to the earth element suddenly increased, and all the rocks and soil wherever the big guy passed separated in advance, as if they were the pioneers paving the way for the king!

When it comes to applying the magic power of the earth element, this big guy is already instinctive, and is much stronger than the talented Xi Wei!

Just three seconds later, Natalia seemed to sense the situation. She quickly drew her sword and said with a solemn expression: "Stay back! A monster is coming!"