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Chapter 208 Military Parade and Body Formation

Bright starry sky.

An owl with a tuft of white feathers on its head fluttered its wings in a panic, and flew under a date palm tree, and then turned into a girl in a black robe with a "bang".

The girl took off her hood, and the bright moonlight shone on her face, reflecting a beautiful face with faint freckles.

She patted her slightly flat chest, fair forehead and the back of her neck lightly, a fine layer of sweat dripped out, and when the cold wind blew her, she felt like she wanted to sneeze.

"It's really scary!"

Her eyesight is very good, and she can see that although Lothar has tried his best to restrain himself, he is still entrenched behind him, like a shadow of a terrifying dragon with teeth and claws.

That kind of hidden dark aura is enough to prove that Sister Anna, who always likes to talk about sports cars, is not lying.

This is a dark wizard with a high status, at least at the level of "legendary". She couldn't figure out why Sister Anna would drag such a dangerous person into the association.

Maybe there is something special between them?

Some guesses arose in Nishaya's mind, she picked a date palm from the tree, stuffed it into her mouth and chewed it like a little hamster puffed up her cheeks.

The sweetness emerging from the tip of her tongue made her narrow her eyes slightly, showing an expression of enjoyment: "Hey, I didn't expect such a delicacy to be bred in such a barren desert."

"I stole a date palm from his territory, shouldn't I be asked to pay for it?"

After a short rest, she turned into an owl with a tuft of white hair on her forehead again, flapping her wings and taking off.

Barony of Zugal, Durham Village.

The white-fronted owl flitted across the night sky, and a pair of smart eyes vigilantly looked at this small village on the edge of the oasis under the night sky.

Owls have good eyesight at night, and the owls transformed by the Transfiguration also inherit this advantage.

According to Sister Anna, some masters who specialize in transfiguration can even transform into real fire dragons.

It can fly, breathe fire, and has strong scales.

Of course, the transfiguration at this stage must only be specialized in one species, and it can only be performed by taking the matching potion and other medium for a long time.

For example, if you want to transform into a giant dragon, you have to drink a lot of dragon blood potion, and you have to use dragon scales and other mediums when transforming, which is very cumbersome.

"Here, is there any familiar magic left?"

"It's exactly the same as the magic power remaining in the Imperial Library."

Nishaya landed on the ground, on the top of a Haloxylon tree, looking around vigilantly.

"It seems that this Lothar is not lying. Lagmani is here—at least he has lived here for a long time."

She immediately planned to summon Sister Anna.

But if there is no accident, at this time, it should be an accident.

"Here, deformation is prohibited!"

A cold male voice sounded.

With a "bang", the owl changed into a girl again.

Before she could react, a dagger glowing with pale golden light struck like lightning and pierced Nishaya's lower abdomen.

Blood flowed.

A look of astonishment appeared on Nishaya's face.

She clutched her lower abdomen in disbelief, at the open wound, a strange special power made the magic power in her body stagnate at an extremely rapid speed.

Her magic power has been banned!
"You...how can you use the magic gold?"

She looked at the unusually tall man in front of her—he was at least two meters tall, and his strong arms easily grabbed her neck, lifting her up like a little chicken.

"Of course I can use the magic gold."

The man let out a weird laugh. He lifted the black robe on his body, revealing a deformed body. At first glance, he felt that it was a pieced together body made of various human stumps.

"Naturally, it is because of this body that it can easily catch a little witch like you without using magic power at all."

"I cut off a part of my soul fragment and transplanted it into its body instead of manipulating it with magic power."

Nishaya looked at the hideous sutures, and her whole body trembled with fear.

The magic gold restrained her transmission of magic power, and her body, which had not been strengthened by the potion, was as weak as when she had not been brought back to the association by Sister Anna.

"Look at this body. It has the fire-breathing power of a Ridgeback, the arms of a Ross giant, the legs of a winter troll, and it's covered in dragon scales."

"When needed, it can also deploy a pair of retractable dragon wings to fly into the sky."

"Its torso comes from a mighty werewolf king—I removed all the disgusting demonic powers in its body, so there is no need to worry about erosion."

"I named it "Nid Hogg", hoping that it could have the terrifying power of that ancient black dragon."

"Unfortunately, it's not perfect yet, at least, it hasn't managed to come back to life yet."

"Now, the only thing missing is a brain that can integrate all these things. A wizard's brain is the most suitable, and you just happened to deliver it to your door. Should I say that today is indeed my lucky day?"

The giant stroked Nishaya's smooth cheek with his rough palm.

There is no trace of love in the eyes.

"My God, there are no words to describe your beauty. Look at your beautiful eyes, they are like a delicate work of art."

"I've changed my mind. Not only your brain, but also your pair of beautiful eyes should be transplanted to Nid Hogg."

At this moment, Nishaya gradually calmed down.

She said coldly: "What won't work is just the patchwork of limbs. It is impossible to revitalize a dead thing. Even if the human body is not impossible to achieve, I am sure that you are walking on the wrong path."

"Ned Hogg" let go of his hand slightly, and said with a look of relief, "That's great, you are the first colleague who is willing to discuss 'human body training' with me."

"You're right. It's impossible to bring Ned Hogg back to life by doing this. It needs a source of life—a source with enormous vitality."

Through the carrier of "Nid Hogg", Ragmani's laughter resounded through the night sky.

"Blessed by God, in Transjordan, I found such a source of life—the big oak tree standing in the desert, which the fool regarded as a miracle."

"In mythology, Nidhogg will devour the World Tree, and my Nidhogg will also devour the tree of life—by then, you will be honored to witness the great success of human body refining, I will create a brand new and powerful life like the Creator!"

That big oak tree in Neue Habsburg?
Nishaya's heart suddenly dropped.

...

Early the next morning.

Lothar stood in front of St. Andrew's Cathedral wearing a golden crown and a majestic black cloak.

In front of them was a phalanx of peasants and soldiers lined up neatly, dressed in uniform black cross gowns with a white background, and a black double-headed eagle embroidered on the back.

Today is the day when he formally conscripted [-] farmers and soldiers, formed the "Black Eagle Banner Team", conducted inspections, and awarded its military flag.

This means that starting today, they will be included in the ranks of the regular army.

It is no longer like before, it is necessary to part-time transport luggage, serve as a public servant of hussars and imperial knights, take care of their horses, wear armor, and provide them with miscellaneous tasks such as changing lances.

The Kingdom of Jerusalem was able to raise an army of thousands of knights.

But this does not mean that there are only a thousand armored cavalry - there can even be dozens of squires and followers of some wealthy knights.

This is where Lothar's hussars and his entrusted order knights are beyond the reach.

The city guard troops brought from Hebron were all placed in the bishopric of Alandre, and with the arrival of the Saint LS Road Church, the hussars and Varangian guards stationed there have all withdrawn.

The local leaders there were wiped out not long ago, and the situation tended to be stable. With a hundred guards of Hebron City and apostolic knights from the Holy LS Road Order, there would be no troubles.

In the port of Ella, Lothar has now gathered [-]% of the military power.

Next to the peasant and soldier phalanx is a phalanx of remaining veterans and the Varangian guards. The phalanx of remaining veterans will be reorganized into the "Eagle Banner Brigade", and the Varangian guards will be reorganized into the "Earl's Guards".

The flag of the Eagle Flag Brigade is naturally the golden eagle emblem in the style of the ancient empire.

The flag of the Earl's Guards is the symbol of the dragon's head representing Lothar, symbolizing that they are not only Lothar's closest guards, but also can charge forward like a dragon's head.

In fact, as heavy infantry who commonly used two-handed axes, they often charged at the front line of the army, and the round shields on their backs were more often used to guard against arrows shot from behind by their own side.

"Fabio Hoss!"

The steward, who used to be in charge of a manor, was wearing bright edict knight plate armor, came to Lothar, knelt down on one knee, and kissed the back of Lothar's hand.

"My lord, Fabio listens to your will."

Lothar took the Black Eagle flag from Hans and handed it to Fabio: "Fabio, you have faithfully implemented the military training method I taught you. A good fighter has no great achievements. You have done so much to kill the enemy, but you have trained me an elite army of loyal and good fighters."

"Therefore, I grant you the Black Eagle banner and appoint you as the commander of the Black Eagle banner team."

Fabio's tone was very excited, and he even choked up at one point: "My lord, thank you, to be honest, I didn't expect you to see this."

Lothar patted Fabio on the shoulder: "Get up, you deserve this. Under my command, meritorious deeds are not earned only by killing the enemy in battle."

Next, is the follow-up reward for meritorious deeds.

A grand military parade is enough to frighten Xiaoxiao and stabilize people's hearts.

Originally, the citizens of Port Aila, who were still in panic because of the massacre that happened on the border, could almost see their composure with the naked eye.

A lord who can bring miracles (referring to the Siegfried Tower), is generous to most poor people (dividing the fields), and has a powerful army, even if he is a pagan, what reason do people have Against him?
What's more, the lord of his family is not a purely benevolent person, and the undried corpses on the gallows are also showing the cruel and tyrannical side of the new lord.

Returning to his mansion, Lothar, who hadn't had time to take a sip of water, felt the "Emblem of the Levant Wizards Association" that he carried with him, and it became hot.

"Nissaya lost contact?"

Lothar was speechless.

This witch whose name doesn't sound very smart, sure enough, something happened.

Anna's voice was a little anxious: "Lothar, help me, Nishaya is the youngest and most talented witch in the association, she is only 17 years old this year."

Judging from the long lifespan of wizards, 17 years old is often the age of just getting started.

Lothar asked, "When can you come over?"

Anna shouted at the top of her voice, "Didn't you hear the wind blowing from my side? I'm transforming into a seagull right now, traveling through a stormy sky!"

She paused slightly, and hurriedly said:
"Lothar, you have to help me. I can only rely on you. I haven't arrived in Cyprus yet. If I want to reach Transjordan, it will be tomorrow morning at the earliest."

Lothar felt slightly depressed.

"In the holy land, don't you have some other strengths to support? To be honest, I'm not sure about dealing with that wizard who does body training."

Anna was silent for a moment, and couldn't help feeling a little annoyed in her heart.

As an old lady, have you never seen the witch beside you?

Neither of the two of them is much weaker than me. How could they be unsure about dealing with a "scholar" wizard who is engaged in body training?
"I can make an offer!"

Anna said loudly: "Tell me, besides the secret recipe of Greek fire, all the knowledge belonging to wizards, which one do you want? The Encyclopedia of Transfiguration? Diagrams of Common Potions? Or Expertise in Elemental Magic? The Imperial Library has everything you need. As long as it's what you want, I can make a decision."

Lothar's voice became a lot more serious: "It's not a matter of price—it's really not this time, maybe in your opinion, the two witches by my side and the rest of the superhero's followers are already powerful enough, but in fact In fact, we are all in a weak state, and there is no way to recover in a short time."

"I'm telling you this because I want you to know that I'm not threatening you with Nishaya's life, let alone being able to do it but unwilling to do it."

Speaking of this, Lothar can be regarded as being honest with each other.

Lothar still attaches great importance to the cooperative relationship with Anna. Although he only took advantage of it before, as he stepped into the deeper world of the extraordinary, there must be many places where she will be used in the future.

"Are you serious?"

"I swear on the honor of the Habsburgs."

Anna's mood sank.

The oaths of this era are not like those of the later generations, who can swear a hundred oaths casually, and still be as frivolous as a fart.

"I see, I will rush over there as soon as possible, I hope Nishaya is lucky enough, I have warned her not to be superstitious about my concealment technique."

Anna's tone became a little sad: "It's all my fault, it was my joke that hurt her.

Otherwise, she will definitely go to investigate with you. If you have a support for each other, even if you can't beat the insidious old thing Lagmani, at least running is not a problem. "

Lothar was silent for a moment, and then said: "I will lead people to rush there, but I don't guarantee that I can save her——Anna, I will put my people first."

In the stormy sea on the Mediterranean Sea, a pair of black eyes of the seagulls could not help but light up, she said gratefully: "Thank you, Lothar, I am very grateful that you can help me."

"hope so."

Lothar sighed softly and cut off the communication.

Jean Na was on the side, and praised with satisfaction: "It's really good, our adults still know how to suppress first and then praise, first explain their own difficulties, and then agree to help.

Only in this way can this witch named Anna be more grateful—afterwards, it won’t be a promise to roll on the soft bed of our house, right? "

Fringila suddenly showed a resentful expression: "No, absolutely not! Although Anna is not bad, I don't want her to live in our house."

Jeanna said angrily, "Tsk tsk tsk, asking us to work hard for him to please another woman. In our time, there was a name for this kind of behavior—Miss Flynn, you may not be clear about your disconnection with the human world, but I know it well."

"Okay, Jeanna, don't tease me anymore. It's a very dangerous thing for this sorcerer who doesn't know the details to come to my territory."

Lothar said in a deep voice: "He may have been attracted by a series of 'miracles' I triggered. In short, his goal is most likely related to me."

Not Lothar conceited.

The land of Transjordan is neither rich nor remote. It is full of deserts and lacks potion materials.

If you just want to escape the pursuit of the Levant Witch Association.

Lothar felt that it was more reasonable for this wizard named "Raghmani" to go to Black Africa than to stay in Transjordan, so close to his famous "witch-influenced" lord.

"So, this time, helping Anna is also helping ourselves."

Lothar paused slightly, and emphasized: "Of course, you have to remember the purpose of this trip. It's not to save people. Your own safety is the most important thing!"

Jeanna snorted softly, "Okay, I see."

"You still have a little conscience, okay?"

(End of this chapter)