What is it like to be a teacher as a magister?

Chapter 90 Orcs and Arrows

The duke's memorial service was held on the second day. According to Oliver's wish, the fortress was reunited together, and then the body was transported to Thunder City, where His Majesty personally arranged the official funeral.

A sad atmosphere hangs over the already chilling fortress.

After sending Harris away, Colin took advantage of the time when everyone was mourning the Duke, and made arrangements for Wald, Anne and others. In addition, the first batch of 150 manor students who followed were all temporarily placed in the lower level of the castle.And he himself was busy sorting out the books and experimental equipment he brought.

The fortress castle is not only the frontline command post to fight against the orcs, but also the administrative center of the entire Xia Ya, as well as the offices and residences of successive dukes.

Colin sat in the study room that originally belonged to Oliver, staring at the huge map of Xia Ya on the wall, thinking about how to implement each step of the work next.

However, the orc did not give him much adjustment and buffer time.

Fourth day.

Fortress walls.

Colin looked towards the deep canyon ahead, and all the information obtained before gradually overlapped with what he saw at the scene at this moment.

The Dragon's Back Mountains divide the entire southern continent in half. The extremely high altitude makes the top of the mountain permanently frozen, making it difficult for even flying monsters to climb over. The only place that can cross the mountains is the Dragon's Breath Canyon in front of you.

The mountain walls on both sides of the canyon are almost vertical, flat and smooth. It seems that only the breath of a giant dragon can create such a geological wonder, hence the name Dragon's Breath Canyon.

On the other side of the canyon is the Wind Whisper Plain occupied by orcs, and on this side is the human world garrisoned by the Winter Fortress.

There is almost no record of communication with orcs in human history. Apart from the language barrier, tens of thousands of years of war have deeply embedded hatred in the genes.

The noisy voice attracted Colin's gaze.

Under the city wall, a large group of messy green-skinned monsters scrambled towards this side.

Orcs are about the same size as humans. The biggest difference is that they have green skin, ferocious faces, thick fangs, and tattered furs on their bodies. Most of the weapons in their hands are wooden sticks, roots, and rough stone axes. A few of them have iron tools. , it looks like it was picked up from humans.

In the classification of magical biology, orcs belong to semi-intelligent humanoid creatures, but because they are reproductively isolated from humans, in the concept of humans, they basically belong to the category of animals, completely different from elves and dwarves.

The archers on the city wall fired in an orderly manner under the command of a squad leader.

From time to time, people who came back to fill their quiver would take the time to turn their heads to look in Colin's direction.

For the new lord, the soldiers of the fortress have no opinion at present.

Most of them saw this young man named Colin Wayne for the first time in the past few days.

But there are quite a lot of halos on him.

Disciple of Roman Sagan, fiancé of Her Royal Highness the Princess, Lord Xia Ya personally appointed by Her Majesty.

No matter which one, it is an achievement that cannot be achieved by peers.

"grown ups."

The knight named Roderick followed Colin, glanced at Glen not far behind him, and then pointed to the bottom of the city wall.

"This orc tribe has been stalemate with us for half a month. Although there are heavy casualties, they still refuse to retreat."

Roderick is the leader of the entire fortress defenders, and he has always been in charge of combat.Because of this, Duke Oliver asked him to continue to serve Colin Wayne before he died.

If placed elsewhere, he would be a general at least with his status, but in special places like Xia Ya and the Winter Fortress, Roderick's title is only the captain of the fortress guards.

According to Colin through these few days of contact, Roderick is not a complicated person. He was born in Winter City and entered the fortress defense after he grew up. Because of his bravery, he was promoted to the captain all the way, but he never left in his life. Fortress, almost ignorant of the outside world.

In fact, there are more than 2000 defenders in the entire fortress, and this is basically the case.

Of course, this kind of phenomenon is the norm in this world. Both civilians and slaves are "confined" in the territory by their respective lords. It is extremely difficult to move and migrate.

Colin looked down the wall.

"Do they always charge like this?"

There are no siege engines, no long-range weapons, and all the orcs have only one goal: rush to the bottom of the city wall, and then climb with bare hands.

Although their fingers are extremely strong, and their nails are sharp and hard enough to climb up the bricks of the city wall, how can they climb over the 60-foot-high city wall so easily, as long as they are attacked, they will fall back to the ground .

If it weren't for their rough skin and thick flesh, these green-skinned monsters who hardly even had shields might not even be able to get close to the city wall.

In Ke Lin's eyes, this kind of behavior is no different from giving away a human head, but these guys never tire of doing it.

"The orcs have low intelligence, but their skin is very thick, and they often need to hit several arrows to be effective. In addition, the number far exceeds ours. Once they attack for several days in a row, the soldiers will not be able to bear it, and they will even be boarded by the opponent. Fortunately, this There are not many cases, and our people can still solve them.”

With bows and arrows, rolling logs, stones, grease and other means, the opponent can still occasionally climb the city wall, which shows that the way of brainlessly piling up corpses is not completely useless.

"Has the bow and arrow been processed?" Colin asked.

"Yes, we will smear the arrow on the arrow, which can poison it after hitting it, but once the opponent is not killed, they will develop resistance the next time they come, which will greatly reduce the effect of the poison, so Ms. Madeleine Every once in a while, they have to develop a new medicine." Roderick replied seriously.

Colin nodded.

So that means: Orcs have high natural resistance.

No wonder the elves are the race that hates orcs the most, and they have a little bit of restraint.

While he was thinking, the situation on the battlefield gradually became clear.

The almost dead orcs finally withdrew with a few remnants.

They didn't care much about the wounded, only a few orcs would grab the ankles of their dying companions on the way back, rubbing against the ground and dragging them back.

The archers on the city wall have already started to pack up their equipment. Their skilled movements and indifferent expressions prove that this kind of battle has long been used to it.

Roderick said: "Tomorrow at the earliest, three or five days at the latest, these things will come back again, as if they will never die, and the stream will continue."

Colin nodded: "The orcs have a strong reproductive ability, so there are a large number of them, but they basically live in tribes and often attack each other.

"In addition, the orcs have long been accustomed to the warm and humid climate of the Wind Whisper Plain. The cold and dryness of the human side will make them uncomfortable. It is only their natural rage and destructive desire that make them keep attacking the fortress."

"My lord knows a lot about orcs?" Roderick was taken aback.

"I'm not very good at magic biology." Colin smiled and said, "But I still know this."

……

Inside the castle.

Annie held the blueprint in her hand, looked at it for a long time, and asked, "The shape of this magic pattern is so strange, why is it long and narrow?"

Colin nodded: "I made some modifications on the basis of the elliptical frame, in order to fit where it was engraved."

"Modify? The basic framework?" Annie froze for a moment.

Can the basic framework of the magic pattern be modified?
The basic frame and calculation module are the most critical and bottom-level content of the magic pattern. After the general magic pattern is selected, the subsequent design and calculation are carried out on the basis of the frame and module.

The magic pattern is ever-changing, but the 32 basic frameworks and 166 computing modules are the empirical norms summed up by countless predecessors. Later generations do not need their own frameworks and arrangement templates at all, as long as they can choose from them.

It was the first time Anne heard that the basic framework could be modified.

"The 32 basic frameworks are also designed by previous people. Of course, they can be modified. You can also try it. This is very helpful for understanding the underlying logic of the magic pattern."

Colin didn't explain much.

Annie has great talent, but it doesn't mean she can catch up with herself now.

"Okay, I'll try that next time."

"In addition, after the magic pattern is designed, you teach it to your students in class. After two days, I need them to practice the magic pattern inscription."

……

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night.

Located in the barracks between the castle and the city walls.

"Boss, how is the new Lord Lord?"

"Don't talk about the lord, sleep."

Although Roderick has his own independent barracks, most of the time, he still likes to sleep with other soldiers in the bunks of the big barracks.

"Tell me, boss, I have been holding back for several days. After the death of the Duke, I have been worried that the new lord will replace us."

Roderick was silent for a moment.

He is very aware of the concerns of his brothers. They are all Xia Ya locals, and most of their family members are in the Twilight City below. The treatment of the fortress defenders has reached the top of the entire Xia Ya civilian class. Someone who is a defender in a fortress can brag about it to everyone.

However, once it is removed, all the preferential treatment and glory will disappear.

Roderick naturally has such concerns, even more worried than his subordinates.

Obviously, the position of army leader will definitely be handed over to the lord's confidant.

And that father-in-law is the new lord of the Duke of Violet, so there is bound to be no shortage of talents who are good at leading troops.

Roderick once thought that his best end would be to retreat to the second line as a staff officer based on his experience in fighting the orcs.

However, the new lord has been here for a few days, but he hasn't mentioned this matter at all.

What's even more strange is that he didn't even bring a soldier with him except for one guard.

Of course, that guard must be a master without even thinking about it.

Roderick's greatest consolation was that even if the lord wanted to change people, he would only change himself, and the jobs of the brothers under him would most likely be saved.

"Don't worry, the lord didn't bring his own soldiers here, so he won't replace you." He explained.

"But I saw a lot of people living in the castle?" someone asked.

"Those people are not soldiers at first glance, but more like apprentices and craftsmen." Another person said.

"Speaking of those people, boss." The soldier who spoke first got up and said in a low voice: "This evening, Old John, who guarded the armory, said that some people under the lord went to the armory to take a lot of arrows, didn't they? Is there such a thing?"

"Yes." Roderick said.

"What are they going to do?"

"My lord asked me about poisoning arrows, maybe I just wanted to see it."

"See if you need to take that much?"

"How do I know, don't ask, go to sleep." Roderick said a little upset.

……

The next day.

The high-pitched sirens sounded in the morning.

Roderick and a group of soldiers did not appear to be flustered at all, they dressed and armored in an orderly manner.

Because the orcs' attacks are irregular, there will always be at least 500 soldiers on the walls.

However, when Roderick climbed the city wall, he found that the lord had already arrived first.

He hurried forward: "My lord."

"Morning, Roderick, there seem to be a lot of orcs here today." Colin said with a relaxed expression.

"Yes."

Roderick glanced down the city wall and agreed with Colin's judgment.

But why is there an illusion that the lord seems to be very happy to see the enemy's strength.

(End of this chapter)