Ryan sat in the carriage, his body bouncing up and down to the rhythm of the axles of the carriage, but this did not affect Ryan, he still slowly and clearly explained the release principle of the magic missile, and his own caution about meditation. This time, Ryan went to the cursed swamp to go on an adventure, and the main purpose was to train his subordinates, after all, there are not many people who are really strong and loyal to him now.

In the past, Ryan also had the experience of appearing on adventures with his companions, and he even served as the leader of a mercenary group, but this time it made Ryan feel like he was dragging his family. According to the results of the discussion of the five people of the Cassano Council, Ryan and his party had 100 people, which was a completely small army.

In this group, Ryan himself brought the best 10 of the 500 magic apprentices, and as a result, the Carter patriarch of the Seremis family stuffed in his 13-year-old niece, as well as 2 women from the side of the family, according to Carter, these 3 people should be the most suitable young people in the Seremis family to learn magic, and I hope Ryan can take care of it more.

Since Ryan was still in a state of hostility with the Thremis family when he was selecting magic apprentices, there were no members of the Thremis family among the 500 apprentices, so in order to reassure Carter and his people, Ryan had to bring this young lady who didn't know what magic was, plus her two cousins and maids.

In addition to the magic apprentices, Ryan also brings with him Nancy, and 10 scouts trained by Nancy herself, who will become Ryan's eyes and ears during his adventures in the Swamp of Damned. Of course, Moses, who was almost inseparable from Nancy, also brought with him 40 fighters who had been carefully selected, as well as 10 marksmen.

Vivien had planned to come along, but Iron Fist Castle had to be guarded by trustworthy personnel, and Vivien would accompany Ryan to the imperial capital in November, so she gave this opportunity to Adela, who only brought 2 personal maids, and her father Adams only brought 4 retinues.

In addition to these people, Vivien also handed over 20 of her own guards to Ryan, all of whom were wearing magical armor drawn by Ryan's own hands, and the purpose of their trip was to test the defensive ability of these armors as necessary, so that Ryan could have more references for future productions.

Of course, since he already knew that the cursed swamp was very dangerous, and there were two poisoned mercenaries as examples, Ryan still let his men hire 2 priests, one was the priest Rocchild hired by the fat merchant, he saw the two poisoned mercenaries at the first time, and he also knew the specific location of them, as well as Simba, who was dug up from another caravan with heavy money.

These people should be considered combatants, and there are as many as 20 non-combatants, including grooms and cooks, so that the total number of the entire team exceeds 100 people, which is completely more than a medium-sized mercenary group. In fact, this was already the result of Ryan's efforts to be as streamlined as possible, otherwise Adams had every intention of doubling that number.

For a real mercenary group, there is no way to have such non-combat members, even the guy who is driving the car and cooking can pick up his weapon and fight hard, and Ryan now has a feeling of going on an outing, rather than going on the adventure between life and death. But since Adams was happy with the current setup, Ryan let them go.

It was almost a two-day journey from Iron Fist Castle to the Damned Swamp, and Ryan didn't want Lang to waste this time, so he let the 10 magic apprentices sit in their carriages in batches and listen to him explain magic to them. All in all, these magic apprentices have been studying with Ryan for several months, and there are only 500 of the original 1,000 people left.

When Ryan first learned magic, he was able to gather arcane energy through meditation in about 3 months and release the first magic missile in his life, but even the best he selected from the more than 1,000 people couldn't do this, and the better ones like Barbara had already felt the existence of magic energy, but it was obviously impossible to release it.

Ryan reminded these magic apprentices more than once not to be impatient, so it was impossible for him to put any pressure on them, and those who did not continue to study magic with Ryan gave up on their own. But in Lane's heart, he still has great expectations for these magic apprentices, after all, they represent the future of Cassano.

"Teacher Fabia, I can feel the magic energy you mentioned when I meditate, but it is very thin and rare, like mist, and it can't be condensed at all. Barbara whispered.

"Well, what about you?" Ryan didn't reply to Barbara on the spot, but asked a few other magic apprentices.

"I'm just like her, that fog is too hard to control!"

"I'm going to be a little bit closer, I don't feel it every time. ”

"Me too. ”

Ryan thought for a moment, he felt that since the few magic apprentices in front of him could feel the energy of the spell through meditation, then it might as well use the method that his teacher Delaney used on him back then, it should be very effective. Then Ryan spoke, "I already know your situation, so let's do a little ritual when it's time to camp in the evening, and I'll help you feel the whole process of releasing magic." ”

Barbara and the others were naturally very happy, they were now stuck in a bottleneck, this was also the first threshold on the path of magic, it might take a long time to break through, and Ryan said that there was a way to help them, of course they couldn't wait for that moment to come sooner.

Finally, in the evening, the long convoy of Ryan and his party stopped at a large open space on the side of the road, and according to Moses' arrangement, the horsemen put all the carts until the horses were loosened and fed together, and circled the carriages into a large circle, which served as a temporary defensive fortress for emergencies.

I have to say that the cooks are good, and Ryan enjoyed a hearty dinner. After dinner, it was already getting dark and a few hundred meters away, Ryan beckoned, and began his special course with the 10 magic apprentices and the 20 Vivien's own soldiers a few dozen meters away from the camp.