Chapter 273: Climbing up step by step (1/2)
Chapter 273: Climbing up step by step
After leaving the Babylon Academy of Magic and Force, Han Shuo went straight to Lawrence’s house. Together, they left for the barracks of the northern city guards.
Ossen City was divided into four sections, South, East, North and West. Each section had a big city gate and an independent army of guards responsible for maintaining law and order.
As they arrived at the city’s northern campgrounds, Lawrence opened his mouth to speak, “Although we’re ten days late, I think there’s no problem!”
What greeted the eyes was a grand castle wholly made of solid rocks. Several armored guards stood in front of the city gate, looking over the recruitment of ordinary civilians with strong physique. They were being examined before they could join the rookies.
Lawrence walked over to them with Han Shuo and said with authority, “He is an adept mage who’s just graduated from the Babylon Academy of Magic and Force. He’ll join your magic corps from now on.”
An officer was lying lazily on a chair, his mouth munching on the fruits on the plate. As soon as he heard Lawrence’s voice, he scrambled to his feet and put on a flattering smile, “Greetings to the young master Lawrence!”
Lawrence nodded and pointed at Han Shuo saying, “He’s my friend. He intends to join the magic corps of the city’s northern guard. We’ll proceed based on the formal procedures.”
“An adept mage!” The officer was shocked. His expression was much more respectful as he looked at Han Shuo, “May I see your certificate?”
There were three jobs in the Profound Continent: swordsman, knight, and mage. Swordsmen held the lowest status, knights were a little higher, and the rarest and highest were the mages.
To a country, a mage of the same level brought more benefits to the army. For instance, a senior swordsman or senior knight could only kill several soldiers in one attack no matter how powerful they were.
However, if an adept mage released a magic spell of great lethality, they could kill dozens or more than a hundred of soldiers in an instant. The higher the mage’s level, the more powerful their spell was. For example, if a sacred magus released a forbidden spell, he could even destroy a city and kill tens of thousand soldiers in a second.
Because mages possessed magic spells with a large area of destruction, they were very useful in the military. Their status was obviously higher than swordsmen or knights. Generally, in any country, if a mage reached the level of archmage, they would be bestowed with a noble title and their own territory.
As for those of the grand magus or sacred magus level, they were the talent that every country competed over. The king of that country would agree to any of their conditions from wealth, position to beautiful women. Everything could be theirs.
That was why the officer’s attitude had taken a complete turn for the opposite upon hearing that he was an adept mage who’d graduated from the Babylon Academy of Magic and Force. Over the years, the Academy had produced many of the most outstanding figures in the Empire. Currently, several notable figures who were the best in their fields of expertise had all graduated from this academy.
“Of course you can!” Han Shuo took out his graduation certificate from his space ring and handed it to the officer.
Only now did the officer realize that Han Shuo wore a space ring. He was a slightly surprised, an adept mage who could possess a space ring was definitely not ordinary. The officer became even more respectful. He held the certificate and skimmed it before handing it back to Han Shuo with both hands, saying in all honesty, “There’s no problem at all. We of the city’s Northern Guard welcome you to join us. You will be a member of the Northern Guard’s magic corps. Please follow me, I’ll help you with the documents.”
“I’m going with you!” Lawrence smiled at Han Shuo and followed the latter into the castle. The officer seemed to know Lawrence as he didn’t stopped him from following.
The three yin demons had been released earlier to circle around the castle. Han Shuo discovered that the castle was divided into several areas. The bottom floor was the rooms of ordinary soldiers, it could accommodate nearly a thousand people. The second floor was for ordinary officers, the third floor for senior generals and the members of the magic corps. Han Shuo paid some attention and realized that there was a basement was storing weapons and food.
Even though this castle was inside Ossen City, its defenses weren’t weak. The castle walls were ten meters tall with several guards in each direction. There were several heavy defensive weaponries and even three magic towers set up.
This was the base camp of the Northern Guard. Many more soldiers were stationed outside. The scattered Northern Guard was divided into three portions. One portion trained in the jungle, another stood defense at the northern gate, and the remaining was in charge of patrolling to prevent brawling inside the city.