Ramil Fortress, the border of the province of Sicily, looked at the bleak scene outside the city with a frown.

A day earlier, the beast tide had struck Ramiel, and the 2,000 city defenders fought bloodily to destroy these horrific creatures, and even though the commander was tactically superior, the infantry in charge of frontal resistance paid a heavy price.

Outside the city of Ramiel, rivers of blood had seeped into the otherwise dry sand, wild winds blew, a disgusting fishy smell, and from a distance, the dark red blood of humans was twisted and entangled with the strange green juice left by the beast tide.

The stumps and severed arms of the warriors and the corpses of the monsters lay side by side, and several teams of soldiers are laboriously separating the corpses of both sides, and then transporting the human corpses to the cart for burial to prevent the cannibalization of the beasts, and the corpses of the beasts will be burned, which not only preserves the dignity of the fallen soldiers, but also prevents the spread of the plague.

Even after a distance, Carefree could still see the intense sadness in the eyes of these corpse movers.

Walking through the battlefield with blood and internal organs, there were some seriously wounded soldiers leaning under the city walls, and a few lightly wounded soldiers with bandages were feeding the dying men with some water due to the painful wails of the wounds.

The walls were blackened with smoke and blood, the cracked skin was constantly falling with rubble, and a few craftsmen were repairing the walls farther west, trying to add some defense before the next wave of attacks.

A group of soldiers in leather armor solemnly guarded the gate of the city, watching the sparse citizens and adventurers enter and exit, and nodded in a friendly manner when they passed by.

Inside the city, the former bustling city has been turned into a bunker due to the war. Only the defenders and some stubborn citizens who did not want to leave their homes. On the side of the wide gravel road leading to the town hall lay a number of tired soldiers, who were in better condition, and some citizens were rushing to provide the soldiers with necessities.

Dozens of medical officers were cleaning gauze at the original glorious square fountain pool, and the originally clear pool had long been mixed with countless mud and blood and became muddy. The whole city was filled with the smell of blood and fire. Ramil may be ruined, but Ramil will never surrender.

As if Sanssouci was dressed as a mercenary, as soon as she entered Ramiel, a child with a mud-covered face ran over and timidly guided Sanssouci to the mercenary camp. On the way, the child kept explaining the two days of war.

There are a huge number of monsters living in the Northern Monster Forest, and as long as humans do not enter the forest, the beasts will not attack humans in normal times.

But in winter, there will be a shortage of food for the Warcraft, and the high-level Warcraft have a certain amount of intelligence, and in order to avoid cannibalism between the Warcraft, they usually organize these Warcraft to point their claws at humans. Those mid-level and low-level demonic beasts were afraid of the coercion of high-level demonic beasts, and they would obey the command to come to raid.

This is the busiest time of year for mercenaries and Ramil Fortress. In fact, it is a very dangerous task to fight against the beast tide, although the monsters that form the beast tide are mainly medium and low-level, such as the attack power of a single body is not very strong, but the most terrifying thing about the monsters is their number.

It is hard to imagine that thousands of demonic beasts are standing under the gate, although they are not neatly arranged, but the darkness that cannot be seen at a glance brings much pressure to the hearts of the people participating in the battle, this pressure makes the city defense army and mercenaries always out of tension, and the annual battle to protect the city is also countless human casualties.

Even so, human beings have long mastered the laws of the actions of these beasts and firmly grasped the initiative on the battlefield.

However, this year, the situation has changed dramatically, and the beasts, which were supposed to attack only in the cold winter, began to attack Ramil in late autumn. The defenders were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses, even if the command of Insonia, the "master tactician" of the Terrans, and the excellent performance of some mercenaries, were able to block the attack.

In the distance to the north of the city, you can see a large number of bonfires and white tents, and the crucibles on the campfires gurgle with a strange smell of liquid.

When I arrived at the mercenary camp, I didn't need the guidance of my children. After thinking about it, Wuwu took out a gold coin and prepared to stuff it into the child, but the child refused.

"You're a great warrior, aren't you, you're going to kill all those beasts!" The child looked up, and the stains on his face could not resist the pleading and stubborn gaze in his eyes.

Like everyone here, it is clear that this child lost a loved one in this attack, perhaps a friend, perhaps a parent.

"I promise, I'll turn all the monsters I see to ashes!" Carefree nodded solemnly to the child.

Hearing the worry-free assurance, I left satisfied.

Looking at the back of the child, Wu Wu let out a long breath, she couldn't say anything comforting to the little boy just now, maybe he didn't need any comfort, all he needed was revenge for them.

With indignation at the tragic childhood of the little boy, carefree walked towards the mercenary camp.

Unlike the strict discipline of the city defense army, the mercenaries are simply a rabble if not for their strong combat effectiveness and various skills. The loud quarrels can be heard from afar, which is eye-catching.

It was early in the morning, so most of the mercenaries were still resting in their tents, and some cautious mercenaries were getting up early to prepare or exchange information.

There were only a thousand mercenaries in the camp, all of whom were the closest to Ramiel's emergency response to the Beacon for help.

The mercenaries came from all directions, and some even arrived late at night from last night's mission, so the battle had not yet begun, and everyone chose to recuperate. Only with full energy can we face the impact of waves of Warcraft.

In this endless battle, everyone has a different idea. Dreams, battles, blood, revenge, loyalty, interests, rewards are buried deep in everyone's heart.

For a mercenary, he is always on the verge of danger, but the greater the danger, the greater the opportunity. And the battle to defend the city is their best chance to express themselves and make a name for themselves.

If they just continue to do those tasks, they may become A-class mercenaries in a dozen years, but the young mercenaries are ambitious, because they know that as long as they survive the battle to defend the city, they will be the great heroes of the empire.

No matter what status you have in the past, you will be rewarded by the Empire. Even if they die in battle, the whole nation remembers their sacrifice, and if they can maintain the glory of their warriors, they will die as they deserve, and perhaps until death comes, they will not know what they are fighting for.

In the history of the Northern Moon Empire, there have been a total of ten marshals, but eight of them have stood out from the Ramil Fortress, and four of the eight marshals turned out to be just a small mercenary.

Whether or not they can achieve the same position as those marshals, the mercenaries' thirst for military exploits is unshakable. Therefore, the quota for each battle to defend the city has also become the object of competition for mercenaries.

Although this is an A-level mission, it only requires third-order professionals and above at the time of release, and does not require too many mercenary levels, so there are still many qualified mercenaries who can participate, and the 1,500 mercenaries gathered here are determined through the layers of screening by the mercenary union.

After all, such a mission is really dangerous, and the Northern Moon Empire does not want the citizens to disregard life and death for the sake of merit and fame.

As for worry-free being able to take on this task so smoothly, of course, it has something to do with her invincible background, after all, on the surface, he is just a third-level wind and fire magician. In this team of 1,500 people, she can be said to be the only third-order professional.

I found an unmanned tent, and as soon as I entered the tent, I immediately felt sleepy, and I lay down on the ground groggily, and fell asleep in less than a moment, because of the tight time, she had not rested well for several days, even if she rested, she kept a heart to protect her surroundings, so the rest was not stable.

At this time, she was completely in a safe environment, so she fell asleep whenever she had the opportunity.

Carefree slept until the next morning. After getting up, she hastily sorted out her suit, freshened up and changed into a relatively ordinary magic robe among the many sao bags, in fact, this magic robe is still very sassy, but for the safety of life, worry-free has to slap once.

Feeling that it was almost tidied up, touching her shriveled stomach, hunger struck, and she shook her head helplessly, so she opened the tent and went out to forage for food.

At this time, the mercenary gathering place was already very lively, and the mercenaries had all woken up, and everyone was chatting around the fire in twos and threes, walking around from time to time to find partners with similar strength to form a team to deal with the beast tide guard mission.

After all, a person's strength is very limited, and if you can have someone to fight side by side with you in battle, it will avoid many dangers of not being able to catch through.

Worry-free appeared in front of everyone wearing a slightly luxurious outfit, and suddenly stood out from the crowd.

Many of the mercenaries gave her curious looks. Magicians are not uncommon in this camp, but with such a sassy magic robe, even a Dou Qi cultivator can see the extraordinaryness of this equipment, and everyone is very curious about the origin of worry-free.

Because at this time, Sanssouci was wearing an intermediate-level wind and fire dual-system magic badge, and it could be said that Sanssouci was the weakest among so many fourth-order and above professionals.

But coupled with the factor of age and the temperament of the carefree body, everyone did not dare to despise the young man in front of them.

After all, they thought that they didn't have such a high strength at the age of worry-free, and they would be able to receive this task through layers of screening, and the background must be extraordinary.

Worry-free was also quite embarrassed by the eyes that everyone threw at her, after all, she was still a girl, and most of the people on the scene were male mercenaries in their thirties and forties, and Rao was still unable to help her cheeks slightly hot no matter how strong her psychological quality was.

Just when carefree was at a loss, a familiar male voice came.

"Hey, worry-free brother! Is that you? How did you end up here? A strong man with muscles bulging like a hill leaned over a little comically and cautiously and asked, although he had deliberately lowered his voice, the mercenaries around him still noticed him.

"Brother Long Tian?!" Carefree exclaimed in surprise, "You...... You're here too, oh, and Tiannan is here too, but what about the others? Carefree looked around and saw that there were no other acquaintances around.

Because of the unhappiness last time, I still feel a little sorry for Worry-free Longtian. Since their separation, they have calmed down, and it is not worry-free to blame that incident, if it weren't for her, all of them would probably die.

Long Tian touched his head a little embarrassed and said, "The others have returned to the academy after completing the mercenary mission!" By the way, where did you go after you left us? I heard that there is a mercenary named Carefree in Red Leaf City, who defeated the dark mage, rescued the young city lord, completed the mission issued by the city lord, and became a big hero in the hearts of the people of the city. Is that person you? But isn't that a B-class mission? By the time Nantian and I arrived to look for you, the lord said that you had already left, and that you might have come to the fortress to defend the city. We just happened to accept the task of defending the city, so we came non-stop, wanting to try our luck, I don't know if the person in the road is you. Listening to Long Tian's words of concern, Wu Wu felt extremely warm in his heart, but when he remembered that he had killed Mia before, he felt a little heavy, and he didn't know how to answer Long Tian's question.

In the silence of Worry-free, Long Tian patted her shoulder and said, "Brother Worry-free, you must still be unhappy about that incident, right?" Don't be sad, we all figured it out, we were too impulsive at the time, and there was nothing wrong with you in this matter, but in the end, you saved everyone. Although Mia died, she was happy to die in your arms! Don't take that to heart, tell your eldest brother what you did after you left? ”

Long Tian was originally a person who was not good at words, but now he said so many things in order to relax her, and the very obvious change of topic was immediately obvious.

Looking at Long Tian and Tiannan's concerned eyes, it was not good to worry them like this, so he pulled them back to his tent, after all, there were many people here, and it was not a place to talk.

Long Tian and Tiannan also understood the meaning of worry-free, so they followed her back to the tent.

In the tent, three people sit on the ground. Carefree and leisurely told about what had happened recently, and didn't even hide anything about his professional level.

Because in her eyes, these two people are her friends who share life and death, and if even friends are not trustworthy, then it is too painful to live.