Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

"We are going to have a decisive battle with the Lion King Mara." Lind said as he sorted out his things. "The location of the decisive battle is Dongshankou."

"Dongshankou!" Katie excitedly waved her axe, then scratched her head in confusion. "Where is that?"

"It's the place where we went to chop...dig stones last time."

Unlike the excited Katie, Kitama quietly helped Lind pack his things, including weapons and equipment. She was quiet the whole time, like a considerate wife.

Although the wife is a little older than her husband, in every angle.

Unlike Katie, little Schnee had a look of nervousness and confusion. The little loli didn't know what war was, but she instinctively felt that what was about to happen was unusual, much bigger than an ordinary hunt.

"Sister Katie, please come with me for the next battle." After tying his belt, Lind said to the others in the tent. "And Sister Kitama and Sister Schnee, you don't have to go. Wait for us in the camp."

"No." Kitama shook her head and refused. "I need to accompany you on such an important matter. The same goes for Sister Schnee, right?"

Schnee, who still hadn't figured out the situation, continued nodding vigorously.

"Besides, it takes more than ten days to go back and forth. You don't want to waste the precious milk, do you?" Kitama said as he unsealed the milk cap.

Chapter 202: The Commander's Sword

Following Mrs. Ilufa's order, the entire camp entered a state of war mobilization.

Throughout the camp, everyone began to mobilize for war.

The fact that the Chaos Beastmen were about to arrive was not concealed from the people in the camp. Different groups in the camp had different reactions to the upcoming war. The Sisters of War were preparing to purify the evil god's lackeys, and the new Beastmen were different according to their races. The Pig Beastmen were excitedly bumping into each other's plump bodies, while the Wolf Beastmen were silent and repeatedly rubbing their claws.

As for ordinary serfs, the most common thought was fear. Many nobles would use all kinds of positive words to describe war, such as sacrifice, bravery, honor, etc., and not only the nobles themselves, but also the nobles would use these words to demand serfs and conscripts. But for serfs, the war was imposed on them by the nobles, and all obligations and honors had nothing to do with them. Even if they won, the serfs could not share even a single cent of the fruits of victory, and even if they were injured, they had no place to treat themselves and could only wait to die.

Therefore, whenever a war breaks out somewhere within the Holy Empire, there will always be people who would rather flee than risk becoming refugees.

The Holy Empire and even most of the human countries in the Old Continent have something similar to household registration. If the residents of a territory leave the territory without proof of identity issued by the lord, they will be regarded as refugees and will be unable to move.

What made Lind very happy was that after the mobilization order was issued, no one in the entire camp escaped and all of them stayed at their posts.

This surprised Ilufa and the others. Not a single one escaped. Although there was nowhere to escape on this isolated island if they were defeated, the serfs didn't know this. Even if there was no way to retreat, under normal circumstances, even if they were grabbed by the collar and spit on their faces, some serfs would still choose to escape, which was considered stupid in the eyes of the nobles.

A sense of belonging, although it has not been long, has already appeared in the hearts of these serfs.

Linde, with milk stains on the corners of his mouth, walked in the camp, watching everyone in the camp running around. Whenever a serf passed by, he would stop and salute Linde respectfully. Seeing the respect from the bottom of the hearts on the faces of these serfs, Linde couldn't help but feel a sense of responsibility in his heart. He must win this war.

Not only was it because if he lost, all the efforts of the past two months would be wasted and he would be trapped in the dilemma of fleeing in the dense forest, but he also had to protect these serfs.

Nobles have a duty to protect the people who pay taxes for them in their own territories. ——Holy Empire Nobility Law

Although Lind was not interested in the so-called nobility, and there were very few nobles who could really do that, at this moment, Lind felt that he should still be a qualified nobility.

Linde was wearing the clothes that Ilufa had chosen for him, black pants, a slightly tight sleeveless black top with black leather shoulder pads, a pair of sturdy leather boots, and a leather belt that could hold a scabbard. It must be said that Mrs. Ilufa had a good eye, and wearing this set of clothes made Linde feel that his charm had increased a lot.

Now Lind was going to the blacksmith shop, not for anything else but for his own weapons.

The dagger that has been with me since I traveled through time has finally reached its limit.

Weapons are consumables, especially standard weapons. Although in this world, Linde has heard that many aristocratic families have ancestral magic weapons that can be used for several or even dozens of generations without being damaged, and Linde's father, Kong Nan, who will never fall from power, has one in his hands, but Linde, an illegitimate son, is obviously not qualified to inherit his father's weapon.

Perhaps it was to appease Lind, or perhaps it was out of compassion, but when Lind's aunt Havoise exiled Lind, she gave Lind a pretty good dagger, which is the one Lind is using now.

Linde didn't know how good this sword was, but it was indeed durable. Since traveling through time, Linde had been fighting with it for so long, and many normal short swords would break in one fight, but he couldn't hold on until now.

Now Lind's sword is no longer usable, with the blade bent and full of cracks. As an important commander, he cannot be without a weapon, so Lind is going to the blacksmith shop to ask if it can be repaired.

"I'm sorry, my lord." He came to the blacksmith's shop and told the blacksmith his sword and purpose, but he got a negative answer. "Your short sword is not made of ordinary iron, and the manufacturing process is very high. It is not something that a small blacksmith like me can repair."

"Is that so?" Linde was prepared for this answer. In addition, due to his good reputation, the serfs in the camp were able to tell Linde the truth instead of lying for fear of punishment. "It's okay. I know the conditions are not good now. It's normal that I can't do it. But don't call yourself a blacksmith casually. In my opinion, you are better than the blacksmith in Altmar."

"No, no, no." The blacksmith was flattered, but this was Lind's true words. In Lind's opinion, this blacksmith who could build a blast furnace was a better blacksmith than those dwarfs in the mountains.

Since it couldn't be repaired, Lind didn't force it, and asked the other party to make a few daggers with ordinary materials according to the original style. The reason why he didn't use one was that he needed a spare.

"Linde? You are here too." Just as Linde was communicating with the blacksmith, Ilfa walked in.

"Madam." Linde bowed to Ilfa.

"What's the matter with you?"

"My sword is broken and I want to make a few new ones." Linde stated his purpose.

After telling Ilufa about the situation, Ilufa shook his head.

"An ordinary sword? No, absolutely not." Illufa shook his head on the spot. "You are the commander! How can a commander use an ordinary sword!?"

"Madam, you are the commander-in-chief," Lind corrected.

"Anyway, come here." Ilufa took Linde's hand without hesitation and walked towards his tent.

In the main tent, Alyssa was also sorting things out, and then she saw her mother walking in holding Linde's hand. Her mother let go of Linde, walked past Alyssa, and walked into a pile of miscellaneous items, digging through them.

"What is mom doing?" Eliza asked Linde puzzledly.

"You don't even know how I know that." Lind rolled his eyes.

"Found it!" After a while, Ilufa found what she was looking for, a long object wrapped in a blanket. She walked towards Lind with a smile on her face and handed the thing in her hand to Lind. "Here, take it."

Chapter 203 Good Sword

In Ilufa's tent, there were piles of miscellaneous items that were brought back from the ruins of Dundalk.

After the Chaos Beastmen siege, the city of Dundalk was burned down. Since most of the buildings were built with wood, the entire city of Dundalk could be said to have been burned to the ground.

But there are always exceptions. In the city of Dundalk in Norda, there are always some things that survived for various reasons, and these things were collected in Ilufa.

Everything in Dundalk was the property of Ilufa and her husband, and the things recovered from there should also belong to Ilufa. After recovering the items that could still be used, Ilufa distributed the useful things to those who needed them, such as various iron tools. These tools were annealed in the fire, and they could be used again after being quenched again.

In addition to the things recovered from Dundalk, there were also scattered carriages found all over Ivojin Island. After the Chaos Beastmen attacked the city, some residents took advantage of the chaos to escape. Some of these residents were swallowed by the forest, some died under the swords, mouths or crotches of the Chaos Beastmen, and only a few were lucky enough to encounter the tribe of the new Beastmen. The carriages of those escaped residents were left in the wilderness until they were found and brought over by the hunting team in the camp or the new Beastmen.

Useful things were taken out and used, and temporarily useless things were piled here. Now, Ilufa took out a long cloth bag from the pile of miscellaneous items.

"Here, take it." Ilfa handed the long package in his hand to Linde.

"What is this?" Linde asked subconsciously.

"Weapons." Illufa tilted his head and smiled. "Open it and take a look."

I took the cloth bag from the lady and it felt heavy, about the same weight as a knight's sword. I felt the shape through the cloth and it should be a long sword.

When the wrapping cloth was opened, a knight's sword with a scabbard was revealed.

The sword body is about 70 centimeters long, with a weighted ball at the end of the hilt. The hilt is long enough for an adult to hold with both hands, and the scabbard has a simple but graceful decorative arc.

This was a standard knight's sword, Lind judged.

Since he was only twelve and a half years old and just over 1.45 meters tall, an adult knight's sword was too long for Lind, half his height, so he had been using a dagger.

However... Linde weighed the knight's sword. The center of gravity was perfect, the grip was a little big, but it was still smooth. The decorative pattern on the scabbard showed that this was not an ordinary knight's sword.

This is a sword, a declarative sentence, not an adjective or an exaggeration.

Is this the sword of the Gaines knight? Lind thought about it, but quickly denied this possibility. Ram and Winter were both knights of the Gaines family. They both had their own exclusive swords. Lind noticed that although the styles were different, Lind could see that they were the same style of knight swords. They should be the standard swords of the Gaines family.

The style of this sword is different from that of the two knights. More importantly, Lind can see that this sword is much more valuable than the swords of the two knights.

Where did this sword come from? Linde looked at Ilufa with a questioning look.

"Pull it out and see." Ilfa did not answer, but said with a smile.

According to the etiquette here, pulling out a sword given by someone means accepting a gift from the other person. After a slight hesitation, Lind grasped the hilt of the sword and prepared to pull it out.

At that moment, the corner of Alisa's mouth twitched.

With the crisp sound of a sharp sword being unsheathed, Lind pulled out the sword.

Good sword. At this moment, Linde couldn't think of any other adjectives.

This sword is not much inferior to the Holy Sword of Rain in his father's hand, Linde thought excitedly.

A good sword is as attractive to a knight as a peerless beauty. At this moment, Lind felt that he was looking at a royal sister in black stockings.

He looked at the sword in his hand with a hungry gaze, until...

"Ilfa Ainz?" Lind found a line of small words on the sword near the guard.

Ilfa is the lady's name. As for Ainz, Lind recalled that this was Ilfa's maiden name, which he had heard from Elisa before.

"The Einz Demon Sword." Ilfa explained at the right time. "This is the Demon Sword of my mother's family, the Einz family."

A magic sword named after the lady's family? Upon hearing this, Lind immediately put the sword back.

"I'm sorry, Madam. I appreciate your kindness." Linde declined and handed the sword back to Madam Ilufa. "I can't accept such a valuable gift."

Although Lind's knightly heart urged him to accept the sword, he rationally chose to refuse. Although he and Ilufa had a very good relationship and Ilufa had tried to make him his son several times, Lind was very clear-headed. Once he accepted such a valuable gift, he would be in a passive position in the future.

"You misunderstood." Ilufa was prepared for Linde's rejection and immediately changed the subject. "This is not a gift for you. I just lent it to you."

"borrow?"

"As an important commander of the allied forces, if you don't have a handy weapon, it will have a huge impact on the morale of the entire army." Ilufa said seriously. "This sword is not a gift to you, but a loan to you, understand?"

Linde thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case, so he stopped refusing and took the sword.

Although this sword for an adult is a bit big and heavy for Lind now, he can use it like a heavy sword.

After seeing Linde accept the sword, Ilufa began to explain how to use the sword.

"The Einz Demon Sword, as the name suggests, is a sword that can use magic." Illufa pointed at the two gem-like objects on the weighted ball at the end of the hilt. "Here are two high-purity magic crystals, namely Shalomanite and Sylphite. You recognize them, right?"

"Do you know how to use magic weapons?" Ilfa handed over a pair of gloves.

Lind nodded, took the gloves and put them on. There was an identical magic crystal on the palm of each pair of gloves, which fit perfectly with the two magic crystals on the counterweight ball.

After putting on the gloves, Lind used the crystals of corresponding attributes to press the corresponding magic crystals on the counterweight ball, and then the originally normal sword body immediately underwent a huge change.

Holding down the fire-attributed Shalmanite, the sword body radiates an astonishingly high temperature, while holding down the wind-attributed Sylphite, a strong wind wraps around the sword body, like a chainsaw.

Melta Sword and Chain Sword?! Lind was stunned.

Chapter 204 Magic Trigger

Demon sword, this term is not unfamiliar to Linde.

The so-called magic sword is not an evil weapon that will make the user's mind become evil and corrupt, or that will give rise to a long and curly sword spirit that will surpass the user, but it is a sword that can use magic.

In addition to magic swords, all weapons engraved with runes and capable of using magic are collectively referred to as magic weapons. Due to the manufacturing process requirements, material restrictions, and most importantly, the rune design, magic weapons are extremely valuable everywhere. Even a common magic sword with the most basic magic points can be sold at a high price.

The sword that Ilfa gave to Lind was such a magic sword.

Although Linde had never used a magic sword or any other magic weapon before, he had seen magic swords before. In every tournament, the knights who used magic swords were the most handsome guys on the field, and they were most likely to spend the night with one or more noble ladies. The special market demand even gave birth to a unique tournament magic sword, which was not powerful, but only cool and handsome.

The sword that Ilfa gave Lind was obviously a sword for actual combat, and it was a very advanced one. It had two kinds of magic. If he sold it, the money he got would be enough for Lind to buy the best non-magic equipment and a good horse. He could also stay in the best hotel for several days, and bang the best prostitutes for several nights in a row.

The value of the magic sword is so high, it’s not an exaggeration at all.

Although Linde was mentally prepared, he was still surprised by the powerful power of the sword. High temperature and wind blade, this magic sword named after Lady Ilufa, has two powerful functions at the same time, and Linde directly imagined these two functions as heat melt and chain saw.

After testing the power a little, Lind happily put the sword back into the scabbard. When he put the sword back into the scabbard, Lind's eyes swept over Alisa and saw Alisa's resentful look.

Lin De felt a little puzzled. This was given to me by your mother, and it was a loan. I will return it after using it. Why do you look like your treasured figurine was taken away?

"Thank you for the sword, ma'am. I will use it well." He put the sword away solemnly. Because the sword is too long, it can't be tucked around the waist like before. He adjusted it and put the sword on his back. "I will return the sword to you after the battle."

Ilfa didn't say anything, just nodded, her beautiful eyes full of anticipation.

"Oh right." Before leaving, Lind thought of a question. "How does the magic of this sword work?"

"I'm not a magician and I don't know magic. Where does this magic power come from?"

"You know that a magic rune will be activated for a short moment when it is completed, right?" Ilufa replied. After seeing Linde nod, Ilufa continued. "Magic weapons are often inlaid with magic crystals that are rich in magic power. They provide the magic power to activate magic. In order to achieve the purpose of activating magic, magicians often divide the same magic rune into two parts."

"For example, the gloves in your hand and the magic crystal on the counterweight ball. There are magic runes drawn on these two crystals. When the crystals touch, the two parts of the magic runes combine into a complete magic rune, and then the magic is activated, using the magic power stored in the crystals to activate the magic."

"Magic can only be used a limited number of times. Once the magic power is used up, a magician, that is, me or Alisa, is needed to refill it. However, it can also be refilled with charging magic runes. The two magics of this sword can be used sixteen times each after being refilled with magic power."

Sixteen times. Linde silently wrote down this number.

After listening to Ilufa's explanation, Lind's mind immediately became active. Isn't this a way to use magic without a magician? Why didn't the previous magicians conduct further research and develop more non-combat magic methods?

Or is it to restrict the use of magic by non-noble civilians?

Split the complete magic rune into two magic crystals. The separated magic crystals can be combined together at a certain angle to form a complete magic rune. Then cast magic to draw out the magic power in the magic crystals.

Here, the role of the magic rune is similar to that of a trigger.