The moon is slanting in the sky, and everything is quiet.

Although it was early spring, the night wind on the grassland was still bitterly cold.

Edric stood outside his tent, looking at the clear moon hanging high in the sky on the prairie, seeing the moon and thinking about it, his heart was blocked for a while, and he was reminded of many past events in his heart.

Edric was originally a well-known lone mercenary on the northern grasslands, but when the entire northern grasslands were in turmoil, it was difficult to survive in this chaotic world without the protection of one force. At this time, a mercenary group named Chase Ri sprung up in the western part of the grassland, and captured Fort Glory, an important town of the Beamon Empire in the western part of the grassland, which shocked the grassland for a while, and many lone mercenaries went to defect. At that time, Edric also defected to the Daily Mercenary Regiment.

With his previous fame and true skills in the grasslands, Edric quickly gained a firm foothold in the Daily Mercenary Regiment, and was quite relied on by Senna, the leader of the Daily Mercenary Group.

After the daily mercenary group occupied Fort of Glory, an orc crusade army was soon deployed to Warsong Fort, another grassland town more than 500 kilometers away from Glory Castle, and often set out from Warsong Fort to sweep the grassland. As a result, Edric was sent by Senna to Warsong Castle, where he opened an inn called 'Night Return', and used the identity of the innkeeper as a cover to spy on the military and political intelligence in the fort.

The orc garrison in Warsong Castle plotted several times to attack Glory Castle, but Edric found out the news in advance and sent it back to the Daily Mercenary Regiment. After receiving the news from Edric, Senna prepared in advance and carefully set up an ambush, and defeated the orc raiders who set out from Warsong Fort several times.

The failure of several surprise attacks by the orc crusade naturally aroused the suspicion of the orcs in Warsong Castle, and they followed the clues and finally discovered the true identity of the owner of the 'Night Return' inn, Edric, and quietly set up a net to capture Edric.

That night, Edric and one of his companions were drunken and surrounded in an alley by orc captors. After a short but fierce battle, he and his companions were both wounded and captured.

During the subsequent interrogation and interrogation by the orcs, Edric initially insisted that he did not surrender. However, when the orcs captured Edric's childhood sweetheart, who lived in the countryside near another steppe city, Ironwoodburg, and threatened her with her life, Edric defected and surrendered. But his companion did not surrender to death, and scolded him for his apostasy. In order to show his loyalty to the orcs, Edric drew his sword and killed his companion.

He still vividly remembers the look of astonishment and disbelief in his companion's eyes as he plunged the dagger into his heart.

A biting night breeze blew, shivering Edric, who was only wearing a thin robe, and pulled his thoughts back to the present.

Thinking of Boggs's rudeness to him tonight, Edric couldn't help but laugh at himself: "I am so cautious in front of the orcs, walking on thin ice, but I still don't have a good face in the face! Traitors, it seems that no matter which side they are, they are not welcome! Especially a traitor like me who has personally stained the blood of his companions! But ...... ，”

“...... I don't regret it!"

In the night breeze, a faint sigh from Edric was heard.

At the same time, Senna, who had rushed back to Fort Glory overnight, was sitting in the hall of Fort Glory with a cold face, his upper body naked, and a doctor from the Daily Mercenary Regiment was meticulously applying healing plasters to Senna's wounds, and then tied them tightly with bandages. Soon, Senna's naked upper body was wrapped in a dense layer of bandages, and the doctor brought Senna a bowl of herbal concoction.

Senna took the astringent potion and drank it with a frown, then waved his hand, and the physician bowed down.

Senna turned his gaze to Horn, the deputy head of the Sun-Seeking Mercenary Regiment sitting across from him, "Are you saying that as soon as I left, Edric left Fort Glory immediately?"

"Well, yes, he said he would rush back to Warsong Castle as soon as possible and continue to monitor the orcs' movements. ”

"Hmph, he's clever. He and the orcs plotted to harm me this time, knowing that if I hadn't died, he would definitely not let him go when I came back! And even if I died, he lied about the military situation this time, and concealed the fact that the blood-toothed wolf cavalry had stationed in Warsong Castle, only saying that an ordinary orc army set out from Warsong Castle to attack the Wind Falcon mercenary group, and tried his best to persuade me to rescue me alone, and you will naturally suspect him afterwards, so it is better to slip away with oil on the soles of your feet first!" Senna sneered.

Horn was silent for a while, and then suddenly spoke: "A year ago, Jerry's sudden death was probably not as simple as the death of robbers in Warsong Castle as reported by Edric. ”

"Well, he said that after going to drink with Jerry, he was attacked by robbers when he returned to his residence, and Jerry was stabbed in the heart by the robbers during the fight. At that time, I also suspected that Jerry was a fourth-level swordsman, and he was a fifth-level thief, how could ordinary robbers be their opponents? Now it seems that his words are not true. Senna said with a frown.

Horn nodded and said, "Well, I also sneaked into Warsong Fort later to check on Jerry's body. Jerry's wound in the heart was narrow, smooth and flat, and was apparently fatal with a single blow from a skilled hand with a dagger or dagger. Now that I think about it, isn't Edric's combat profession a thief with a dagger?"

"Do you suspect that it was Jerry who was killed by Edric?"

"Well, I didn't think much of it at the time. Now it seems that Edric is the most suspicious. Perhaps, he was the one who betrayed at that time, and Jerry was obviously unwilling to defect, so he was poisoned by him. ”

After some deliberation, Senna and Horn basically restored the fact of Edric's defection.

Senna clenched his right hand into a fist and slammed the armrest of the seat, apparently ready to scold Edric in indignation, but because he moved too much, he was injured on his body, and the pain made him breathe cold, and those words of scolding were swallowed back into his stomach by him.

"Commander, do your injuries matter? Now that the elite army of orcs has arrived on the grassland, and those blood-toothed wolf cavalry have wiped out the Wind Falcon mercenary group, the next target is likely to be us, you can't make any mistakes at this time!" Horn asked worriedly.

"Although the wound was severe, it was not dead. Horn, I want to find a secluded place to recuperate, and I plan to go back to Senjin Village to stay for a while, and during this time, all the big and small things in the group will be taken care of by you. When those blood-toothed wolf cavalry first arrived in the grassland, although they wiped out the Wind Falcon mercenary group at once and set up a dismount, the unexpected death of their co-captain would definitely greatly disrupt their next actions and plans. It is estimated that in a short period of time, they will not act rashly! While the regiment is making preparations for prevention, you should pay more attention. Also, since Edric has defected, it is estimated that the other people in the 'Night Return' inn will either mutiny with Edric this time, or will be wiped out by the orcs, and our intelligence system in Warsong Castle will definitely be wiped out, and it is imperative that we rebuild a new intelligence system in Warsong Castle, this is a big matter, you will be personally responsible!"

"Well, I'll take care of that. This time, you go back to Senjin Village to recuperate, I think it's better to bring a few good hands with you. You're injured now, and if the orcs assassinate you again, it's always good to have a few more people to help you!"

"Okay, then let Copperbeard, Steelstone, and Roy go back to Senjin Village with me. ”

After Senna and Horn discussed it, they made a rough arrangement for many affairs of the Daily Mercenary Group in the recent period.

Early the next morning, Senna rode a white tiger and set out with three of his men on a journey to the village of Senkin.