The Lord Legend Of The Raicarnated Lord
The Armory Academy

Chapter 49: The Academy of Armories

Raising his head to look at the greenish-gray tower, only to see Academy Head Levins standing on the balcony, Lorist placed his hand to his chest bowing deeply to him before turning around and leaving.

The day before, Lorist received the letter of the academy's head asking him to go to the academy's head office.

When Lorist entered the room, Academy Head Levins was being polite and courteous to him. Knowing that Lorist would return to his homeland to inherit his domain, the head of the academy congratulated him and expressed his hope that one day Lorist would become a great leader. After which, he told Lorist that the academy had plenty of old equipment that was collecting dust that he could buy in case he needed it for the trip.

Thanking the head of the academy, Lorist took out the badge of the Dual Gold ranked instructor and placed it on the table. Given that he did not know how long it would take to return to Morante City once again, Lorist said that he would forever remember the ten years of good times he spent at Dawn Academy.

Holding the badge in his hand for a while, the academy head returned it to Lorist and said, "Save it as a memento. And not even begin your resignation. You are the pride and legend of our academy. At the very least, you can become an honorary instructor of our academy. Dawn Academy welcomes your arrival every time. ”

After saying goodbye to Academy Head Levins, Lorist went to the armory where training equipment for knights and swordsmanship courses were stored. Even the training swords used by Lorist's students had to be obtained from the armory before the class started.

The armory supervisor, Kurzim, was waiting for Lorist's arrival. After greeting him, he brought Lorist to one of the warehouses filled with various equipment.

“Here is a total of 320 cavalry training spears that will work well like normal spears after installing speartip. There were also 700 training swords that could be used after some sharpening. In addition, there were 500 diamond-shaped training shields, 150 arrow bows as well as 24 full-body knight armor and 220 plate armor used by heavy armored forces. Oh, and there are also 82 sets of cavalry armor suitable for scouts, ” Kurzim said.

Lorist was very happy and surprised as all the items were mostly new and did not require any treatment. Two days ago before Charade took Potterfang to Port Nupite, he reported that there were no problems when he bought supplies and horse carriages, but not so with weapons and equipment. First, the price is a bit high. Second, most of them are incomplete. While they could obtain a certain amount of longswords and greatswords, they could not obtain good armor since most of the protective equipment on the market was leather armor that mercenaries would normally like. Metal armor was in low supply and each set was quite expensive. In addition, there is not enough time to order. Now that Lorist had been given access to the academy's arsenal, this matter was basically resolved.

“Uncle Kurzim, why does our academy have so many sets of armor? I remember that our academy does not train heavy swordsmen. Also, what's with that cavalry armor? I have never seen anything like this, ” Lorist said.

"Hehe, Locke, have you forgotten that our academy has joined the Yellow Ribbon Academy? These plate armor originally belonged to them. Due to the very few applicants for the heavy armored swordsman course, the academy canceled it, rendering this equipment useless. They wanted to sell it at first, but the head of the academy said that you might need to use it, ” explained the old supervisor.

Lorist laughed sheepishly as he completely forgot that Yellow Ribbon Academy mainly offered training courses for armed guards as well as supervisors. It wouldn't be strange for them to have plate armor.

"As for this cavalry armor ..." Kurzim stroked his chin and tried to refresh his memory. “It seems that this is the result of a failed experiment and they have been in the warehouse for over ten years. But the conditions are completely new because they have been well cared for for many years. ”

"Failed experiment?"

“It's true, it's been fifteen years. At that time, there was a book published about the work of knights that caused a lot of controversy. The author boldly claims that the end of the heavy armored knights is coming and that the cavalry in the future will be fast, agile and can use hit-and-run tactics from afar, unlike the current battle mode which involved two soldiers charging at each other directly. The author uses scout as an example. In one of the battles he described, a reconnaissance cavalry unit was able to completely dominate the battlefield and far exceed armored forces in both speed and performance. The author then asks a thought-provoking question: should the troop unit be made up entirely of light cavalry that mainly used hit-and-run harassment tactics on heavily armored knights, who would win?

"Right then, the argument between the knight training course instructors on the topic was really heated. The administration of the academy was also interested in theory and believed that if they could embody the concepts described by the book, they could, the entire work of the knights would change forever and thus take the opportunity to start the research into a light cavalry army. The research budget was then allocated to a professor who specialized in protective equipment to dispense a new type of armor suitable for light cavalry. The initial plan was to make 150 sets produced for the cavalry company to be set up to carry out the first test exercise. However, the Battle of Mount Blanco took place and the 30000 light cavalry troops of Khawistan Khanate were completely destroyed by the heavy armored knight Lucho Duchy with only less than 4000 of them surviving. As a result, the book was considered a big joke and the academy also stopped the production of armor halfway, leaving the finished ones here since then, ” Kurzim explained.

"Oh, so I see," Lorist said as he opened the box and took out a set of light cavalry armor. After checking it out, Lorist got a rough idea about it.

The heavy armored knights who were very popular in the army wore chain dispatches before wearing full-body armor and had excellent defense. Lorist had also heard from Instructor Marlin once that the city garrison scouts basically took out chain letters and leather armor to wear, and the scouts from the various countries of the Grindia Continent were no different.

But the light cavalry armor Lorist held in his hand was a combination of plate armor and chain mail. The chest and shoulders are protected by a breastplate and pauldron while the arms and lower chest are covered by a chain of letters. One advantage of this combination was that its defense was superior to the general armor worn by scouts and lighter than that worn by full body armor knights. One drawback is that the design is impractical because it is inferior to full-plate armor in terms of defense and the other layers of the mail chain cannot be worn with it because it will add to the burden borne the wearer is too much. No wonder no one has found any benefit over the past 10 years. However, Lorist did not mind and believed that the armor was indeed quite suitable for the scouting troops.

"Alright, I'll take all this, Uncle Kurzim. How much is all this? "Lorist asked.

Kurzim was stunned for a moment and exclaimed, "You bought everything ?! The head of the academy is ready to auction them off if you don't want to, but it doesn't seem like he's worried at all. This will save me from a lot of trouble for being too. Wait a minute, let me give you a number.

“Total overall for 320 training spears, 700 training swords, 300 training protectors, 150 training bows, 24 knight training plate armor, and 82 light cavalry armor are 3836 gold coins. I've already given you a big discount for light armor with 10 gold coins each; the price is about 30 gold coins each. ”Kurzim's arithmetic ability is pretty good considering his speed of getting the total cost.

"Oh that's right . Uncle Kurzim, can I have the equipment maintenance facility repair these items for me? I want the training spear to put up a spartip, a sharpened sword, a shield coated with a layer of stainless steel and all the protectors carved with my family crest. I will pay the extra fee, ” said Lorist gratefully. The price offered by the Kurzim is one third of the normal price according to the market price.

"Of course . Academy equipment managers have nothing better to do and either gamble or drink during the semester break. I'm sure they'll be happy to be able to get some extra cash" Kurzim said with a smile.

"That's cool . I'll bring someone in the afternoon who knows how badges are made. I will also give bonuses to managers when they get the job done. Also, can I settle the bill 3 days later? ”Tanya Lorist.

"Of course, Locke," Kurzim said, nodding.

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Sol, that fat left only 3000 gold Ford to buy the equipment and weapons we needed. The 300-odd and several tens of armored weapons had cost around 1000 gold coins. . I guess I had no choice but to sell the building. I just have to be able to afford the cost, Lorist thought as he gritted his teeth from being forced by the fatty to have no choice but to inherit the position of power ruler.

Lorist then told him about the situation and Els asked him to wait before escaping somewhere. He then returned with a small box in hand containing 50 gold coin notes worth a total of 5,000 gold Ford.

“Brother, this is my overall savings and about half comes from the betting pool you helped. I know you wouldn't accept my money without pay, so let's consider it a loan with that building as a mortgage. Write a contract stating that you will transfer ownership of the building to me if you cannot pay me back 10 years later. In addition, the annual rent from the building amounting to 70 strange gold coins would be in my interest for a loan. How about that?"

"Alright, we'll do it your way. Els, thank you. You really saved me, ” said Lorist gratefully.

Els sighed and said, “No problem. After all, I have nowhere else to spend my money. If I don't have so much attachment here, I'd love to follow you to the Northlands, especially after seeing that fatty flaunt in front of me. ”

He was referring to Charade who came to the inn two days ago with Potterfang and the other 10 senior students in the academy who were willing to join the expedition to hold a welcoming party. When Els arrived, Charade said this to her, "From today onwards, you will call me a 'Honored Knight' because I am now a noble and you are just a commoner. You have to show respect to me, ”which, of course, makes Els very angry.

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After saying goodbye to Els, Lorist rushed back to the Dawn Academy and paid off the bill with Supervisor Kurzim because he was afraid that the maintenance of the equipment would somehow be flawed if he actually paid for it three days later.

Kurzim laughed and said, "And there I thought you didn't have enough money. It seems that you really need this equipment very urgently. ”

Lorist laughed bitterly and said, “Uncle Kurzim, you should know that the journey to the north will not be peaceful. Charade intends to form an army to escort the convoy back to the Northlands. It is very helpful for the academy to be able to sell this equipment to me. ”

Kurzim thought about it before saying, "Then, come with me. There are still two sheds that I think you should see. They might be very useful to you as well. ”

He brought Lorist to the two stone rooms located behind the warehouse and opened the door to one of them. Lorist was greeted with a pile of scattered equipment that was about half a person tall.

Kurzim said, “This is where we keep all the broken equipment that is considered too troublesome to repair. We only clean this place once every few years. Some of them are recycled while others go to incinerators. There should be something you can use here. For example, look at this spear blade here. You can use it as the sharp end of the javelin. If you need anything from here, Locke, please take it. Everything's free. Give the manager a little tip and they will be happy to fix it for you. ”

Lorist was very pleased and he took Kurzim's hand and shook it firmly. "Thank you thank you . Uncle Kurzim, you really helped me a lot. ”

Kurzim laughed loudly and said, "Don't shake too hard! This old set of bones would not be able to cope with stress! Here, this is the key to the room so you can ask someone to finish it later. '

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After dinner, Lorist asked Terman and Yuriy to go to his study and tell them about the warehouse in the armory.

Terman was very happy to hear that. So far, there are 38 senior students in the academy who were willing to join the expedition to Northland and Charade and Potterfang brought 20 of them to Port Nupite a few days ago. He suggested that Yuriy, who was planning on bringing some others to the Khawistan Plain to buy some war horses, to leave some people behind to sort out the items that could be used in the warehouses.

Charade also gave Yuriy 3000 gold Ford before he went to buy 200 war horses. But the price of one horse in Morante City was at least 30 gold coins. That was why Yuriy planned to return to his homeland with a few others to buy horses from the breeders directly rather than let the damned horse dealer profit.

Lorist opposed Yuriy bringing in lesser people because he would be gone for at least a month. It is safer to go in a larger group in case something happens. He said that he could only hire ten students from the academy part-time to clean up the warehouse and mentioned that he would go monitor them personally from time to time because he would not leave academy in the near future.

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After sorting through the items in the warehouse for three days, Terman sent someone to ask Lorist to come over.

Lorist could see that the stack was cleaned in half and hoped that the sorting process could be completed within 3 more days. Equipment that was considered Terman could still be used piled up rather high.

Seeing Lorist inspecting the items, Terman said with a bit of caution, “Master, this pile contains things that seem to be usable after the first sorting. I think after going through that again, only about a third of this is really beneficial. The reason I asked milord to come today was because we found some ballistas in piles that were still in perfect condition. I really don't know why it was put here. I wonder if we can bring this with us because it will undoubtedly be very useful during the trip. ”

It was only after being told that Lorist noticed 12 ballistas neatly arranged in rows in a corner. Besides not having a bowstring, the other parts are in good condition, especially the bowstring, which is made of some unknown type of wood that is coated with a shiny shine. This type of weapon is usually mounted on a war chariot for long-range support. It was strange how they were left in the warehouse for broken equipment.

Lorist asked Supervisor Kurzim and after looking through the ballistas for a while, he flipped the beast leather book in his hand and said, "Ah, it is here. ”

According to him, these 12 ballistas were designed and built by a craft professor and his students for the use of the city garrison. However, even though the quality was good, they needed too many people to operate. Each requires one person to aim and shoot, one to drive a carriage and the other to load a balista. That is why they are left in the warehouse along with other retired equipment.

Kurzim said, "You can take it if you want. There's even a label on a ballista that says 'dead'. In fact, you have to string them yourself. ”

Lorist and Terman were very happy. With 12 ballistas, the armed convoy would have other methods at their disposal.