In fact, Zhao Xi had been struggling with whether to wear this leather armor when entering the Black Forest, because he was worried that there would be some monsters in the forest who would be particularly sensitive to the smell of blood.

Don't be in any trouble then, and then because he put on the leather armor, he caused some terrible monsters.

Zhao Xi cleaned the bright red blade with a dry rag and put it back into its sheath, although the quality of magic weapons was much better than that of tabula rasa weapons, the necessary maintenance still had to be done.

The surrounding mercenaries also sorted out their weapons and began to patrol in teams of two to prevent any wild beasts from attacking suddenly at night.

Zhao Xi was lucky, the mercenary assigned to him was the one who helped him set up the tent, and he wouldn't be too completely unfamiliar to have nothing to say.

And the mercenary seems to have received the captain's entrustment, explaining to Zhao Xi the precautions for night patrols while patrolling.

During the casual conversation, he also learned that this mercenary was a subordinate of another mercenary captain, Cook. His name is David.

Well... And the mercenary who brought Zhao Xi roast chicken today is also Cook's subordinate, but tonight is not her vigil.

When David finished explaining the precautions for patrolling, the topic gradually shifted to Daisy, which made Zhao Xi feel very headache.

From David's mouth, it can be known that Daisy is the daughter of a knight and a servant, and she learned a little basic knife skills from her father since she was a child.

Because he didn't want to stay in the countryside for the rest of his life, he chose to come to Xiudra by himself to break through, and he became famous among the mercenaries after just two years in the industry.

In David's description, the figure of a strong and stubborn girl appeared in front of Zhao Xi's eyes, although the topic was a bit biased, but it was better than two people having nothing to say.

And when describing Daisy, Zhao Xi also has a little understanding of the mercenaries in this world.

Most of the mercenaries in this world are stronger than ordinary people, and there are few mercenaries of the transcendent rank, and most of them are the captains of a mercenary team.

According to mainland tradition, there are two conditions for becoming a nobleman.

The first is to step into the transcendent rank and become an extraordinary professional, and the second is to have certain military merits.

Moreover, the title of nobility is valid in the entire area ruled by human beings, and it is not necessary for foreign races, and whether to recognize it or not depends on the mood of the people and the relationship between the human race.

Therefore, most transcendent professionals will choose to become a nobleman, or take refuge in a great nobleman to obtain a knighthood.

Those who continue to be mercenaries after becoming transcendent are either yearning for freedom, or they don't really like the profession of mercenaries.

Of course, there are also powerful mercenaries on the mainland, and the mercenaries also have professional official organizations, which will be discussed later.

Therefore, the three mercenary squads in the camp are already considered the strongest mercenary squads in Shydrea, because Erel is constantly in war and it is easier to obtain military merits, so most of the transcendent professionals choose to join the army.

Since the Principality of Erel has been crowned with hundreds of nobles for military merit, there are still large tracts of land vacant in the principality, which has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the transcendents to join the army.

After all, most people will choose nobles in the face of mercenaries and nobles, and who doesn't want to be a high-ranking nobleman?

Moreover, some of the neighbors in the vicinity of the Duchy of Erel are not very friendly, and they have been eyeing this big fat piece of meat in the north for a long time.

Time passed little by little in the small talk between the two, and there was no blind beast to attack the caravan, after all, even the beast knew that so many people were not easy to mess with.

The time has come for the next team to replace Zhao Xi and the others, and all Zhao Xi and David have to do is to hurry back to the campfire to recover their strength and prepare to take over the next patrol.

By the time Zhao Xi and the others returned to the campfire, they had already seen that most of the patrolmen who set off with them had already returned to the campfire.

Some of them were chatting, some were resting on their luggage, but again, they didn't make any loud noise.

The night watchmen in the first half of the night are divided into two shifts to replace each other, and when the time comes, they will wake up the night watchmen in the second half of the night to replace them, so it is not too hard work.

Zhao Xi also became familiar with many mercenaries around the campfire, and began to tell him some interesting anecdotes about the royal capital.

For example, how beautiful the Duchess of Archduke Xavier is, the haunted manor in the city, who wants to be promoted to the knighthood.

This is quite serious, sometimes chatting and chatting about which tavern has good wine, which tavern has good-looking girls, and from time to time there is a laugh that all men understand.

Fortunately, these mercenaries don't know about Zhao Xi's aristocratic status, otherwise Zhao Xi wouldn't have gotten so much news, although it is useless or not, I don't know for the time being.

But once Zhao Xi reveals his aristocratic identity, even David, who is now more familiar with him, will keep a certain distance from him, after all, the two are not the same class at all.

Time passed little by little, and they had already taken three shifts, and after waiting for a while, Zhao Xi and they could wake up the night watchmen in the middle of the night, and then they could go to sleep well.

Although it is summer, the wind blows in the middle of the night, and the mercenaries have already taken out the thick clothes they have prepared and put on them to avoid catching a cold.

The huge campfire in the center of the camp has dimmed a lot, but from time to time firewood is being added to keep it lighting the camp.

Now Zhao Xi happened to be close to the tent where the wounded man was resting, and he was still talking and laughing with the mercenaries around him at first, but after a while, he felt that someone seemed to be staring at him.

At first, he thought it was his own delusion, and he changed positions with the mercenaries around him a few times, but the feeling of being stared at by others still did not dissipate.

So Zhao Xi placed the target of his suspicion directly on the wounded man's tent, and he guessed whether the wounded man was secretly observing him in the tent.

As soon as this thought appeared, it was like fertilizing it, and the more he thought about it, the more likely it became, so he focused most of his attention on the wounded's tent.

At this moment, someone suddenly patted Zhao Xi's shoulder from behind, Zhao Xi resisted the urge to draw his sword and turned his head, and saw that it was Sid, one of the three mercenary captains.

"Mr. Sid, you still haven't slept so late?" Zhao Xi asked.

"I can't sleep, so I came out for a walk. Sid shook his head and said, "You think there's something wrong with that wounded man, do you?" ”

"Something is wrong. Zhao Xi nodded and said.

In the afternoon he had a conversation with Mr. Buffy that he was a small merchant in a nearby town and wanted to go to Shodria to do some business. On the way, he was attacked by wild beasts, and he was the only one who escaped. ”

"This lie is too clumsy, even ordinary beasts can't resist how they would choose to cross Hesse, that's not looking for death. ”

Sid barely laughed out loud when he talked about the events of the afternoon, as if he felt that the other side could not even lie, this lie was too clumsy.

"Mr. Buffy believed him?" Zhao Xi asked with a frown.

"Of course. Hild paused and said, "And convinced." ”

"Mr. Buffy, how could such a shrewd businessman be..."Zhao Xi was shocked and didn't know what to say.

"Who's to say no, and since Mr. Buffy is the president of the Chamber of Commerce, the devil's followers may also do the same to him. Sid said with a solemn face.

"Are they already rampant to this extent?" Zhao Xi felt a little incredible.

"After the rats were found in a number of secret strongholds, they began to take revenge on the big guys, and Mr. Buffy was one of them. Sid continued to explain to Zhao Xi.

"Didn't the nobles take care of them?" Zhao Xi was a little puzzled.

"Of course there are tubes, but they are like rats in the sewers, killing one batch after another, and they can't finish killing them at all. Sid sighed: "Now, I can't tell who is a believer in the devil and who is not, and the atmosphere in Shut Rea is also very tense." ”

"Is it already so serious?, Archduke Xavier hasn't issued any policies?" Zhao Xi continued to ask Sid.

"The old problem of demon believers is helpless, not to mention Archduke Xavier, the current church is still worried about the affairs of demon believers in the church federation. ”

Sid just smiled lightly at Zhao Xi's question and patiently explained to him.

"So you suspect..."Zhao Xi didn't finish speaking, he gestured to the wounded's tent with his eyes,

"Hmm. Sid lowered his voice and said, "It's very likely, but I can't guarantee 100%. ”

After listening to Sid's words, Zhao Xi fell into deep thought, although he had long known that this injured man would bring him a certain amount of trouble, but this trouble was not a little too big.

And Zhao Xi also began to wonder if it was a good time for him to take his second daughter to Xiuderea, after all, according to Sid's description, Xiuderea didn't seem to be very suitable for outsiders to live in now.

After this conversation, the time for the rotation of the first half of the night and the second half of the night has also arrived, and sleepy-eyed mercenaries have come out of the surrounding tents to take Zhao Xi's place.

"Then I'll go back first, I wish you a good dream. Sid saw that the time was almost up, and he was separated from Zhao Xi.

"I'm ready to go back and rest, I wish you a good dream. Zhao Xi saw that the mercenaries around him began to return to the tent, and he also felt a wave of sleepiness and prepared to return to his tent.

Just as Zhao Xi had just taken two steps, he seemed to hear the sound of something falling to the ground, and he couldn't help but look back.

But he only saw the backs of Sid and a few mercenaries, and he looked around carefully and didn't find anyone on the ground.

Zhao Xi thought it was an illusion that his nerves were too nervous, shook his head and continued to walk towards his tent.

After Zhao Xi and Sid left, the wounded who should have been sleeping soundly in the tent opened their closed eyes.