In the Middle Ages, people drew cards to be promoted to nobility.

Starry sky.

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

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

She patted her slightly flat chest gently, and a layer of fine sweat beads appeared on her white forehead and back of her neck. When the cold wind blew, she felt like she wanted to sneeze.

It's really scary!

Her eyesight was very good, and she could see that although Lothar had tried his best to restrain himself, he was still entrenched behind him, like a terrifying dragon-like shadow with teeth and claws.

That hidden dark aura is enough to prove that Sister Anna, who always likes to talk nonsense, is not lying.

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

Maybe there is some special relationship between them?

Nisanya had some guesses in her mind. She picked a date from the tree, stuffed it into her mouth and chewed it, puffing out her cheeks like a little hamster.

The sweet taste on her tongue made her narrow her eyes slightly, showing an expression of enjoyment: Hey, I didn't expect that such a delicacy could be produced in such a barren desert.

I ate a date palm in his territory. I shouldn't be asked to pay for it, right?

She rested for a moment, then transformed into an owl with a tuft of white feathers on her forehead, fluttering its wings and flying up.

Barony of Zugar, village of Durham.

The white-fronted owl flew across the night sky, its smart eyes warily looking at this small village on the edge of the oasis under the night sky.

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

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

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

Of course, the transformation technique at this stage can only be performed by specializing in one species and taking the matching potions and other media for a long time.

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

Is there any familiar magic left here?

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

Nysaya landed on the ground, on the top of a Haloxylon ammodendron tree, and looked around cautiously.

It seems that Lothar is not lying. Ragmani is here - at least he has lived here for a long time.

She immediately planned to summon Sister Anna.

But if nothing else happens, an accident should happen at this time.

Transformation is prohibited here!

A cold male voice sounded.

The owl made a bang sound and transformed into a girl again.

Before she could react, a dagger with a pale golden light struck like lightning and stabbed into Nesaya's abdomen.

Blood flowed.

There was a hint of astonishment on Nisaya's face.

She held her belly in disbelief. At the open wound, an unfamiliar special power caused the magic power in her body to freeze at an extremely rapid speed.

Her magic power has been banned!

You...how can you use magic-blocking gold?

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

Of course I can use the magic-blocking gold.

The man let out a weird laugh. He lifted up his black robe, revealing a deformed body that at first glance seemed to be pieced together from various human body parts.

Of course it's because this body can easily catch a little witch like you without using any magic power.

I cut off part of my soul fragment and transplanted it into its body instead of using magic to control it.

Nysaya looked at the hideous sutures, her whole body trembling with fear.

The magic-blocking gold inhibited the transmission of her magic power, and her body that had not been strengthened by the magic medicine was as weak as before she was brought back to the association by Sister Anna.

Look at this body. It has the fire-breathing ability of the Ridgeback, the arms of the Ross Giant, the legs of the Winter Troll, and its body is covered with dragon scales.

When needed, it can also unfold a pair of retractable dragon wings and fly into the sky.

Its torso comes from a powerful werewolf king - I removed all the disgusting demonic evil forces from its body, so there is no need to worry about erosion.

I named it Nidhogg, hoping that it would have the terrifying power of the ancient black dragon on its head.

Unfortunately, it's not perfect yet. At least, it hasn't survived successfully.

Now, all I need is a brain that can integrate all of this. A wizard's brain is the most suitable, and you happen to come to my door. Should I say that today is indeed my lucky day?

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

There was no trace of love in his eyes.

Oh my god, words can't describe how beautiful you are. Look at your beautiful eyes, they are like an exquisite piece of art.

I have changed my mind. Not only your brain, but also your beautiful eyes should be transplanted to Nidhogg.

At this time, Nisaya gradually calmed down.

She said coldly: What won't work is just the piecing together of limbs. It's impossible to bring a dead thing to life. Even if the human body is not an impossible dream, I'm sure you are on the wrong path.

Nidhogg 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 Refining' with me.

You are right. It is impossible to bring Nidhogg back to life by doing this. It needs a source of life - a source with huge vitality.

Through the carrier of Nidhogg, Ragmani's laughter resounded through the night sky.

Thanks to God's blessing, in Transjordan, I found such a source of life - the great oak tree standing in the desert and regarded as a miracle by foolish men.

In mythology, Nidhogg will swallow the World Tree, and my Nidhogg will also swallow the Tree of Life - at that time, you will have the honor to witness the great success of the human body. I will create a new, powerful life like the Creator!

That big oak tree in New Habsburg?

Nisanya's heart suddenly dropped.

…

Early the next morning.

Lothar wore a golden crown and a majestic black cloak, standing in front of St. Andrew's Cathedral.

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

Today is the day when he officially recruited 400 peasants and soldiers to form the Black Eagle Flag Troop, conduct a review, and award them with the military flag.

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

As before, it was no longer necessary to carry baggage part-time and serve as public servants for the Hussars and Order Knights, taking care of their horses, wearing armor, and providing lance replacements and other chores.

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

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

This was beyond the reach of Lothar's wing cavalry and his enfeoffed edict knights.

The city guard troops brought from Hebron were all placed in the Alandre diocese. With the arrival of the Saint LS Road Order, the hussars and Varangian guards stationed there were withdrawn.

The local leaders there were also wiped out not long ago, and the situation has become stable. With one hundred Hebron City Guards and the protective knights of the Saint LS Road Order there, there will be no trouble.

In Port Ella, a full 80% of Lothar's military strength is now gathered.

Next to the peasant and soldier formation is a retained veteran formation and the Varangian Guard. The retained veteran formation will be reorganized into the Eagle Banner Brigade, and the Varangian Guard will be organized 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 dragon head symbol representing Lothar, symbolizing that they are Lothar's closest guards and can also charge forward like a dragon head.

In fact, as heavy infantrymen who generally use two-handed axes, they often charge on the front line of the army. The bucklers they carry are more often used to defend against arrows fired from the rear.

Fabio Hoss!

This butler, who once was in charge of a manor, was wearing the bright plate armor of the Order Knight. He 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. Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. Maybe you have not established a No matter how much you have done to kill the enemy, you have trained me an elite force that is loyal and good at fighting.

Therefore, I bestow upon you the Black Hawk Color and appoint you Commander of the Black Hawk Color Corps.

Fabio's tone was very exciting, and he even choked up at one point: Sir, 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, you don't have to go into battle to kill the enemy to achieve meritorious service.

Next, there is the follow-up discussion of merit and rewards.

A grand military parade was enough to shock Xiao Xiao and stabilize people's hearts.

Originally, some of the citizens of Port Ella, who were still panicking because of the massacre that occurred on the border, calmed down almost to the naked eye.

A lord who can bring miracles (referring to Siegfried Tower), is generous to most poor people (dividing fields), and has a strong army, even if he is a pagan, what reason do people have? Against him?

What's more, this lord of his own is not a simply benevolent person. The corpses that have not yet been dried on the gallows also show the cruel and tyrannical side of this new lord.

After returning to his mansion, before Lothar could take a sip of water, he felt that the Crest of the Levant Wizards Association he carried with him became hot.

Nishaya lost contact?

Lothar was speechless.

As expected, something happened to this witch whose name didn't sound very smart.

Anna's voice was a little anxious: Losa, help me. Nysaya is the youngest and most talented witch in the association. She is only seventeen years old this year.

Judging from the long life span of wizards, seventeen years old is often the age when they are just starting out.

Lothar asked: When can you come over?

Anna shouted at the top of her lungs: Didn't you hear the whistling wind on my side? I am now transforming into a seagull and crossing a stormy sky!

She paused slightly and said quickly:

Losa, you have to help me. It's up to you. I haven't arrived at Cyprus yet, and I will have to arrive in Transjordan early tomorrow morning at the earliest.

Lothar felt slightly depressed.

Don't you have some other support in the Holy Land? To be honest, I'm not sure how to deal with the wizard who is engaged in human body refining.

Ana was silent for a moment, and she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in her heart.

Have you ever seen the witch next to you?

Neither of them is much weaker than me, so how could they not be sure to deal with a scholar wizard who is engaged in human body refining?

I can make an offer!

Anna said loudly: Tell me, except for the secret recipe of Greek fire, which one do you want of all the knowledge belonging to wizards? The encyclopedia of transfiguration? Illustrations of common potions? Or specialization in elemental magic? The Imperial Library has everything. As long as it’s what you want, I can make the decision.”

Lothar's voice became much more serious: It's not about the price - it's really not this time. Maybe in your opinion, the two witches beside me and the other extraordinary followers are powerful enough, but in fact We are all in a weak state and there is no way to recover in a short time.

I am telling you this because I hope you know that I am not threatening you with Nisaya's life, nor am I able to do it but unwilling to do it.

Speaking of this, Lothar was honest.

Lothar still values ​​​​the cooperative relationship with Anna. Although he only took a slight advantage before, as he gets involved in a deeper level of the extraordinary world, there will definitely be many places where she will be used in the future.

Are you serious?

I swear on the honor of the Habsburg family.

Anna's heart sank.

The oaths of this era are not as frivolous as those of later generations. If you swear a hundred oaths casually, you can still pass it off like a fart.

I know, I will rush there as soon as possible. I hope Nisaya is lucky enough. I have warned her long ago not to be superstitious about her concealment skills.

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

Otherwise, she will definitely go exploring with you. If you two take care of each other, even if you can't defeat Ragmani, this insidious old thing, at least running away won't be a problem.

Lothar was silent for a moment, and then said: I will lead people there, but there is no guarantee that I can save her - Anna, I will put my people first.

In the violent wind and rain on the Mediterranean Sea, a pair of black eyes could not help but light up as the seagulls shuttled around. She said with gratitude: Thank you, Lothar. I am very grateful that you can help me with this.

hope so.

Lothar sighed softly and cut off the communication.

Jeanne stood aside and praised with satisfaction: It's really good. Our adults also know how to restrain themselves first and then express their difficulties, and then agree to help.

Only in this way can the witch named Anna be even more grateful - next, she will have to commit herself to her and roll over on our soft bed, right?

Fringilla suddenly showed an angry look: No, absolutely not! Although Anna is not bad, I don't want her to live in our house.

Jeanne said angrily: Tsk, tsk, tsk, he wants 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 aware that you are somewhat out of touch with the human world, but I know it very well.

Okay, Jeanne, stop teasing me. It is very dangerous for this unknown wizard to come to my territory.

Lothar said solemnly: He may have been attracted by the series of 'miracles' caused by me. In short, his goal is most likely related to me.

It's not that Lothar is conceited.

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

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

Lothar felt that it would be more reasonable for this wizard named Ragmani to go to Black Africa than to stay in Transjordan and be so close to his famous witch-affiliated lord.

So, this time, by helping Anna, we are also helping ourselves.

Lothar paused slightly and emphasized: Of course, you must remember the purpose of this trip. It is not to save others. It is all about your own safety!

Jeanne hummed: Okay, I understand.

You still have some conscience, okay?