Pioneer Wizard's Notebook

"All members of the Shield Guard, heed my command: Iron Wall!"

In the training grounds of the manor, the newly appointed battalion commander, Jade, shouted loudly.

At his command, the twenty shield-wielding soldiers bent their knees and lowered their center of gravity.

The simple wooden shields used for training are lined up and raised forward, forming a shield wall.

Judd immediately shouted, "Pierce!"

The shields parted, revealing gaps, through which training sticks thrust forward.

Unfortunately, due to poor coordination, the sticks that were thrust out were of varying lengths and looked messy.

"Sloppy steps, chaotic movements—are you trying to rush to feed the Iceborne Demons? All of you, start over! Even a pig could understand these instructions; if you can't do it in unison, keep practicing and don't expect to eat!"

Upon seeing the poor performance of the shield-spearmen, Judd immediately rushed to the worst performers and started cursing them.

Now that the legion is being formed, the standards for professional soldiers are different from those for recruiting militia.

The life, death, honor, and disgrace of the Shield Guards would be firmly tied to him, so Judd dared not slack off in training.

He devoted himself to guiding these inexperienced shield and spear soldiers, hoping to help them transform into soldiers.

The same was true for the archers' battalion on the other side; the battalion commander Philip's angry curses echoed throughout the manor.

Linde walked over the training grounds of the two battalions and was very satisfied with the hard work of the two battalion commanders.

The method was a bit crude, but the effect was remarkable.

Moreover, establishing the authority of superiors is not a bad thing in the military, and Linde will not interfere in this regard.

He continued forward until he arrived at the training grounds of the knights' squires.

Compared to shield-spearmen and hunter-archers, the training intensity for knight squires was much greater.

They not only need to learn combat skills and breathing techniques, but also archery, horseback riding, mounted archery, and lance combat to ensure they have multifaceted combat capabilities once mounted.

This is also why we chose teenagers under the age of sixteen.

On the one hand, their bodies are not yet fully developed, making them malleable enough to learn combat skills.

On the other hand, this age is when students learn the fastest and are most motivated.

There's no rush to learn riding skills and horseback fighting techniques.

The estate currently has only one maned horse, which belongs to Ranger William.

Because this was the knight's personal property, Baron Jefferson was worried that his other knights would become disloyal, so he left it to him.

Lacking warhorses, these exercises had to be temporarily put on hold.

When Linde arrived, William was personally instructing ten teenagers in practicing the Spinning Slash.

The wooden swords were swung down with great force, which was impressive, but lacked the proper technique and method of combat.

During the brief rest period, William came to Lind's side to report on the situation:

"Children who grow up on the ice sheet are generally physically strong, but no exceptionally talented individuals have been found. We are afraid we will not see any results within five years."

The Spinning Slash is not a single strike, but a complete set of knightly sword techniques.

It includes blocking, thrusting, upward slashing, counter-attacks, etc. Combat skills are just the most prominent moves among them, thus becoming synonymous with swordsmanship.

Under normal circumstances, a knight's squire needs one to two months to become familiar with sword techniques.

It takes another five to ten years to engrave combat skills into one's muscles and continuously strengthen one's physique in the process before it becomes possible to advance to a professional and become a true knight.

This is a long process, and Blooming Flower Clan can't wait that long.

"Exceptional talent, perfectly suited to the combat technique Spinning Slash; in other words, the body possesses a certain affinity for magic."

Linde pondered for a moment. He couldn't change the knight's squire's talents now, but he could find a way to give them a closer connection with magic.

"I will have someone send over high-quality sunflower tea for these knights' squires to drink during their practice."

While high-grade sunflower does not have a direct effect on improving physical fitness, the infused tea contains a certain gentle magic.

The essence of the Spinning Slash is to allow the knight's squire to absorb natural magic power during practice, thereby strengthening their physique.

Sunflower tea will significantly accelerate this process.

William bowed and said, "This will be the greatest fortune of their lives."

In noble families with long histories, there are often herbal elixirs that can strengthen the body and accelerate combat skills training.

Even other nobles couldn't easily obtain it, let alone commoners.

William was well aware of the preciousness of the Advanced Sunflowers. As he said, if it weren't for the Icefield Demons' attack, these teenagers would never have had the chance to come into contact with them in their lives.

Linde didn't care; the magical plants were meant to be used.

These young knights will undoubtedly become the core of his future army; the sunflower tea is just the beginning.

After finishing his inspection of the troops, Linde went to the weapons workshop on the estate.

It was called a workshop, but it was actually just a warehouse with layers of wooden planks placed inside.

In relatively enclosed small rooms, they lit advanced sunflowers and used the solar winds to soften the hides, fangs, and bones of the Icefield Ghost Wolves.

They then quickly cut and polished the weapons to make them into weapons for the soldiers.

The process of cutting wolf skins and polishing wolf bones and teeth is not difficult.

The town's residents used to make a living mainly by hunting, and they were skilled at processing wild animal pelts and making arrowheads, which was their traditional profession.

Linde picked up a newly made wolf-tooth arrow.

The arrowheads are of the jacket type. Holes are drilled into the bottom of the brittle wolf teeth, the top of the arrow shaft is inserted, and then the arrows are placed in the snow and ice outside for two hours.

During this process, the wolf's fangs will gradually regain their original hardness and shrink as a whole, firmly biting the arrow shaft and fitting into the upper part.

It was by utilizing this shrinking and interlocking characteristic that the manufacturing process of wolf tooth arrows and wolf bone spears was simplified.

It was enough to produce all the weapons for two battalions of the army within ten days.

Weapon production proceeded in an orderly manner.

Linde left this place and finally arrived at the magic field behind the manor.

[Basic Magic Field: Ordinary crops grow twice as fast, basic magic plants grow 20% faster, and offspring seeds will not degenerate.]

[Constant Blessing - The Blessing of the Earth Spirit: Can consume offerings exponentially to accelerate crop ripening in a short time.]

There are a total of five acres of magic fields.

Currently, there isn't enough Icefield Ghost Flesh to accelerate crop growth, so the only option is to utilize the Magic Field's built-in buffs to speed up crop growth.

Linde planted all the seeds of the higher sunflower.

The growth cycle of the advanced sunflower in the magic field is one month, and each acre of magic field can support thirty plants.

In other words, after a month, the five acres of magic fields will yield 150 superior sunflower plants.

This is enough to free him from the tediousness of daily artificial evolution.

"According to Hilbert's report, the town's public toilet system has been implemented. The excrement of two hundred people is enough to supply the basic needs of the five acres of magic fields as fertilizer."

Linde estimated it and thought it was about right.

Normally, feces need to be composted to serve as fertilizer.

Fortunately, the Demon Field doesn't care about such things and will eat whatever is given to it. The Earth Spirit has a great appetite and is not picky at all.

In the future, Linde also plans to build a sewer system for the town's residents' houses, which will connect directly to the Magic Field, thereby enabling the self-circulation of waste and energy within the territory.

Of course, this is just a concept right now.

The advanced sunflowers in the magic field also need time to grow, and he still needs to manually create and guide the evolution of the sunflowers in the garden.

Training knight squires, producing Iceborne Demon equipment, and developing weapons to defend against Iceborne Demons.

The superior sunflowers are now the lifeblood of Blossomland, providing the driving force for the development of the entire manor.

Thanks to his spiritual growth, Linde can now manually evolve ten advanced sunflowers a day.

Considering that he still needed to study the Frost Runes of the Icefield Ghost Knight, he decided to evolve the Sunflower in the morning and study the runic mysteries of the Solar Wind at the same time.

This afternoon, I studied the frost runes of the Icefield Ghost, hoping to decipher the mystery of that icy blue crystal as soon as possible.