Chapter 721 (1/2)

Chapter 721: Artillery Exercise

Ferlin Eltek was quite surprised seeing the parade of the soldiers of the First Army climb up the wall in order.

Known as the star knight of the Western Region he was naturally familiar with the training of knights, and knew how difficult it was to ensure that people kept order while marching in a group. Whether for knights or mercenaries, when they were under a Lord’s purview, their numbers in each row would be no more than five, for if the horizontal line became too long, it would be very easy to become disordered, giving the audience whose seats were far away the sight of a messy eyesore.

In general, the difficulty of keeping order increased exponentially with the number of soldiers. But in this group, the number of soldiers was over 100, with more than 10 soldiers in each column and row, and all of them were in uniforms of the same color with bright ribbons diagonally across their chests, making them look like a moving square.

This visual impact gave Ferlin an unstoppable momentum, once the formation was maintained, the advantage of keeping a large group became most incisive.

This could also be seen from the enthusiastic response of the crowds around him.

“Look at the third row. There is my boy!”

“They’re marching in such good order!”

“All of them look like one person!”

“If two armies are confronting each other on the battlefield, I’m afraid that the enemies will be frightened out of their wits just by seeing this kind of formation.”

“Ha, I think they’ll be fleeing just on hearing the name of His Majesty.”

“What’s the name of this song?”

“I don’t know, but… I feel full of strength!”

“That’s the effect made by Miss Echo’s magic power.”

“It’s a pity that May couldn’t witness this,” Irene said, holding the arm of Morning Light. “If she were here seeing it, she’d surely have been able to reproduce the exciting scene in the drama.”

“She’s pregnant. Of course, she can’t stand on the city wall in the chilly wind with you,” Ferlin shook his head and said with a smiling face. “Rest assured that you’ll definitely get another chance. I bet there’ll be more and more activities like this in the future.”

Both the review of knights and artillery exercises were the means for the lord to show his power. The current strength accumulated in Neverwinter was beyond everyone’s imagination. There was no doubt that his Majesty was capable of conquering more territories. With such a troop, it would not be surprising that he could even take all of the four kingdoms under his dominion when the time came. Demonstrations like this one would be absolutely necessary in order to overawe the people.

“My dear, would you like to join this team?” Irene asked abruptly.

“What?” Morning Light was a little shocked.

“I can feel it,” Irene said, smiling at him. “Your heart is beating fast.”

“Is it…” Ferlin exhaled a white breath. He realized that even if his father did not say the words at that time, he would not be a teacher for his whole life.

Sir Eltek was right. If he really liked books, he would not have decided to be a knight at the very beginning and would not have done his best to earn the reputation, the well-known Morning Light.

The army was the best place for him.

He wanted to join the First Army and become His Majesty’s sword, to fight for the king and to play a role in expanding the kingdom’s territory to an unprecedented scale.

Although His Majesty had said that he, a knight who had surrendered, would have no chance to pick up a weapon again, there were other ways to join the First Army, according to his father.

He wondered to what extent His Majesty’s Adviser Department had developed now.

He watched the artillerymen entering the shooting positions as if he had seen himself in the future.