Reborn Dragon Vein Warlock, Genius Beauty Mage

The subordinate nobles and knights present were waiting for Christine to speak. They could despise the young noble lady, but they had to pay enough attention to the identity of a first-order mage. Every mage is a representative of knowledge and power.

"Lord Pierre, in this case, every fighting force is necessary. We will talk about going to the capital later. You first go to Rennes City and send a succession application to the Capital Noble Council through the summons circle of the Mages Guild. "

"Ok."

Naturally, Knight Abel cannot be sent to do other things on the eve of the war. It is urgent to send a message to the Capital Council of Nobles to ask Christine for an official certification from the Stewart Barony to facilitate the process. The formal procedures will be completed before proceeding.

After all, no matter who wins or loses, Christine will have a legal identity to sign the agreement.

"Uncle Liam, call in the soldiers."

"As ordered."

"Knight Albert, open the weapons depot and distribute equipment."

"As ordered."

"Knight Eric, take someone to scout the movements of Baron Lorient's army."

"As ordered."

"Lord Etienne, Lord Pierre, your soldiers must also gather at the castle."

"As ordered."

As vassals, the two lords naturally have the obligation to send troops to assist their lord in fighting, but they are not knights themselves, so they do not need to go to the battlefield in person. They only need to send their trusted followers to lead the team.

"Same to everyone else, gather the soldiers."

Several followers agreed one after another.

The pace of combat in the Cold Weapon Age was very slow, and it was common for a battle between two nobles to last for a month or even several months.

The reason why the Baron of Lorient sent knights to travel day and night to deliver the declaration of war in the morning was to buy his own soldiers one more day.

Before the declaration of war, the soldiers of the Baron of Lorient were not allowed to enter the territory of the Baron of Stewart. If they were sent at night, because the soldiers of the Baron of Lorient could not march at night, it was equivalent to giving the other party a night of preparation time. Now as long as the declaration of war is delivered in the morning and the soldiers from the Lorient Territory march into the Stewart Territory half an hour later, it is in compliance with the rules of the nobility.

According to Christine's arrangement, everyone took action immediately.

Ordinary knights and lords only have about ten standing soldiers, while barons have about thirty, which are the so-called full-time soldiers. The rest are militiamen who need to be called up temporarily. Baron Stewart is relatively wealthy and can afford forty standing soldiers. Soldier.

Knight Abel directed the soldiers to open the weapons depot and take out the weapons and armor to pack them up. The attendants sent by Knight Liam Stewart were already on horseback to summon the militia of each village.

By late afternoon, all the soldiers had arrived at the castle.

The Barony of Stewart had a town and five villages, and mustered twenty cavalry and two hundred militiamen. The three knights and the two lords brought their knight attendants, twenty-five standing soldiers, and one hundred militiamen. Several of the retainers provided fifty militiamen, for a total of twenty-eight cavalry, seventy-five cavalry, and seventy-five militiamen. 3 standing troops and 350 militiamen.

There may be a few more people on Baron Lorient's side, but not much. This is the "war" between two barons in this world. If it were placed on the scale of Blue Star in ancient times, it wouldn't even be considered a vanguard war.

As for mobilizing all adult males in the territory to fight with a spear, that does not exist on this continent. War has nothing to do with civilians, and the true God does not allow believers to be involved in war on a large scale.

Still benefiting from the wealth of Baron Stewart, the standing soldiers each have an iron helmet, a piece of chain mail and a long sword, and thirty of them are also equipped with bows and arrows. The militiamen were equipped with iron helmets, leather armor, and spears, and thirty of them were equipped with small bucklers.

The soldiers' dinner was brown bread, vegetable soup, and potato stew. For ordinary people, meat could only be eaten once a week, so everyone was happy.

After dinner, although it was already dark, there were torches lit in the square of the castle, and the three knights organized all the soldiers to form a formation. It is the most common square formation. Since the number of people is small and they are all trained, it doesn't take long for them to become proficient in moving forward, retreating, and turning.

As mentioned before, Stewart Castle was built according to the Earl's standards, so it is not a problem at all to accommodate hundreds of soldiers in the barracks.

After settling the soldiers, the three knights followed Christine to the castle's treasury. Naturally, they had to arm themselves with high-end combat power before the war began.

She took out three knight swords and handed them to the three knights. They were all forged with fine gold equivalent to +1 attribute. They were sharper and stronger than standard knight swords. Each long sword cost five hundred gold coins.

Due to the scarcity of legal professions, magic equipment in this world is very expensive. A ring that can cast level one "mage armor" costs 500 gold coins, a ring that can cast level 2 spells costs 2,000 gold coins, and a ring that can cast level 3 "mage armor" costs 6,000 gold coins. Gold coins, and cannot be restored automatically starting from level three, require a spellcaster of the corresponding level to replenish them. Ordinary magic equipment will have a lifespan of about a hundred years even if it is not used, and it is not affordable for ordinary nobles.

Christine herself is equipped with a gorgeous knight's sword. This ancestral long sword was forged with rare metals such as mithril added. It will not affect spellcasting when used by legal professionals, and it is engraved with a "strong" magic circle equivalent to a +2 attribute weapon. The cost of this sword is said to be Two thousand gold coins.

There are also some spell scrolls to bring with you, which can make up for the lack of spells.

The spell scrolls and magic circles in this world require at least a spell apprentice to use them. There is no such thing as a knight or an ordinary person just using a scroll to kill each other just because they have money. And even spellcasters can only use spells of a higher level at most. For example, a second-level mage can cast first-level spells, but he can only use level-2 spell scrolls at most.

Besides, spell scrolls are not cheap either. A first-level scroll costs about fifty gold coins, a second-level scroll costs about two hundred gold coins, and a third-level scroll costs about three hundred gold coins.

As a fifth-level mage, Baron Lorient can use a third-level spell once a day, and a third-level "fireball" is as powerful as a mortar shell. In the era of dense formations of cold weapons, it can kill forty or fifty people. If you continue With a "Fireball" scroll, he could kill one-fifth of the soldiers of Baron Stewart by himself.

This is why he has the confidence to start a war, and it also explains why legal professionals have such a high status. Even a first-level spellcaster must be treated with courtesy by a noble. A fifth-level spellcaster who joins any noble will be awarded a lord and have a village as a fief.

Early the next morning, after everyone had breakfast, the soldiers, led by the knights, began to march towards the junction of the Barony of Stewart and the Barony of Lorient.