In order to facilitate the hunting operation and open the battle line to block the orc army, the advance army set up a total of seven strongholds west of Luofeng Mountain, close to the steppe. In this way, it is used to gather men and horses, distribute bounties, and heal the wounds and rest.

The predecessor of these seven strongholds was the residence of the seven town guards arranged by the Wind Wolf Alliance on the western border of the Wind Wolf Alliance.

In the past, each of the seven strongholds was home to two or three powerful beast tamers, watching over the prairie and monitoring every move of the orc clan, forming a cordon.

Riding the Iron Feather Golden Eye Eagle, Zhou Ming soon came to the third stronghold.

Directly in front of this stronghold, about fifty miles deep into the prairie, a large number of orcs are gathering.

The vast grassland between the stronghold and the main force of the orc army was scattered with an unknown number of orc warriors, mainly scouts and raiders, who once crossed the old ghost mountain and caused a lot of trouble to some nearby tribes.

The orc organizations scattered in this area are relatively loose, and the small group is not large, which is the main target of Zhou Ming and these conscripts.

A few miles away, Zhou Ming had already seen a stone tower rising lonely on a hill with a wide field of vision in front of him, with a clear flag on it, and dark blue mountain and sea battle flags hunting in the air.

The stone tower is the watchtower of the town keeper, and now a number of log huts have been built around it, and it has become a large temporary station.

In that station, the figure of the beast master was not uncommon, all kinds of fierce beasts on the ground let out vigilant roars from time to time, and fierce birds circled in the sky.

Between the shacks, there are a considerable number of advance troops of the Kingdom of Mountains and Seas, and all kinds of beast masters are talking there, sharing the movements of the orcs, showing off the gains of the battle, of course, there is no lack of cries of the wounded, and even a cemetery has been opened up more than a hundred meters away from the watchtower. There, a number of new wooden tombstones were erected, and a flock of crows were perched on them, making lazy and strange calls.

Although it is not yet close, the smell of war is already blowing in the face.

The cold grassland wind blew in his face, but Zhou Ming felt a burst of blood boiling, took out an ivory-white animal skin turban, and carefully tied it to the top of his head. In this way, the part above his eyebrows is wrapped, making it difficult to see his appearance, ensuring that even old acquaintances will find it difficult to recognize him.

At the back of his head, the slender tail of the turban swayed in the wind, looking flamboyant and agile.

Zhou Ming let out a low roar, jumped down from the sky, and motioned for the golden-eyed eagle to wait nearby. After the hunting operation is launched, it will become Zhou Ming's eyes hanging in the sky. With the assistance of the golden-eyed eagle in the investigation, many dangers can be effectively avoided.

In this vast grassland, the high-altitude vision of birds of prey, the strategic value can definitely not be ignored.

As you approach the stronghold, the hustle and bustle and the faint smell of blood blow in the wind.

Hai Ling'er and his party were much faster, and they were already waiting for him by a shed in front of them.

There were soldiers of the advance army and deacons of the Beast Master Hall, who were responsible for issuing military merit coats of arms.

Although the military merit emblem is definitely a novelty for the beast masters of the Wind Wolf Alliance, it is the most ordinary and very important thing for the kingdom army.

It was created by the Beast Soul Master, and can receive messages from the commander within a certain range, so that the army commander can effectively carry out strategic deployment and tactical implementation.

More importantly, it can faithfully record the results of the battle, so as to build a complete military merit system and effectively stimulate the enthusiasm of the soldiers to fight.

Now, they are also being used to distribute bounty hunters like Zhou Ming and them.

The first thing a new bounty hunter has to do is to claim his own military merit badge.

"You're so slow!"

Hai Ling'er looked at Zhou Ming from a distance, and said with a provocative expression: "We are already impatient to wait!"

"Are you in such a hurry to lose?"

Zhou Ming was-for-tat, strode past Hai Ling'er, and went straight to the front of the shed.

There, except for a few strange advance army soldiers, Zhou Ming actually saw an old acquaintance. The deacon in charge of issuing military merit badges was suddenly Liu Xiao, an animal trainer from the Beast Master Hall.

The old man was still smiling, looked up at Zhou Ming, and nodded lightly: "Very young!"

He didn't recognize Zhou Ming at all.

Zhou Ming naturally didn't show his feet, and looked at Liu with a smile: "Senior, I want to hunt orcs!"

Predecessor?!

Liu Xiao was stunned for a moment, feeling that he had not seen such a polite young man for a long time. The smile on his face couldn't help but soften a little, and he subconsciously raised his eyes to look at Zhou Ming and said, "Little guy, you also came from the Mountain and Sea Kingdom, right? The old man has to remind you that although hunting orcs is very profitable, it is also very risky. Especially now, the situation is so uncertain that the slightest carelessness can even cost your life. Have you figured it out?"

Since he sat in this stronghold, he had seen a lot of young people who had come to make war money, there were many alliance beast masters, and more from the Mountain and Sea Kingdom.

There are a lot of people who make a lot of money, but they are unlucky, and there are not a few people who die on the grassland. Some of those who are unfortunate are really too young and in their prime to even have a woman.

"Hehe, thank you for the reminder, I thought very clearly before I came!"

Zhou Ming grinned, his eyebrows filled with confidence. Liu Xiao actually regarded him as a young man from the Kingdom of Mountains and Seas, which really made Zhou Ming feel a little strange in his heart.

"Embrace your name and age!"

Liu Xiao acted impartially, so naturally he would not refuse new hunters to join, spread out the animal skin scroll in front of him, picked up the quill and asked.

"Zhou Fan, fifteen years old. ”

Zhou Ming replied with a smile, his eyes swept over the scroll, and found that there were dense names written on it, marked with gender, age, and a string of numbers.

After recording it, he took out a slightly cloudy round crystal, aimed it at Zhou Ming, and then injected wild power into it.

The bright light flashed suddenly, and in an instant, Zhou Ming had an illusion, as if the crystal ball was an eye, and suddenly blinked in front of him. Then, his form was recorded in the crystal.

"Okay, Zhou Fan, this is your military merit coat of arms. Remember, don't lose it, if you reissue it, you need to spend a Nine Rank Brute Beast Essence Stone, and the former military merits will also be cleared. ”

Liu Xiao casually threw a thumb-sized dark blue coat of arms to Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming raised his hand to catch it, and found that this thing looked like jade and not jade, I don't know what material it was made of, one side was a mountain and sea totem, and the other side was blank, smooth and deep, like a flawless mirror.

Under Liu Xiao's prompting, Zhou Ming quickly completed the blood sacrifice, and the wild breath slowly flowed into it, and on the blank side, a white shadow suddenly appeared, exactly the same as Zhou Ming's appearance.

Suddenly, he felt as if the object had become a part of his body, and he could inject it with a slight movement of his spirit. Through this coat of arms, he felt that his perception was a little sharper, and he was extremely sensitive to strange wild aura fluctuations.

"An object worthy of being created by the Beast Soul Master, it actually has the role of assisting in investigation, it's amazing!"

Zhou Ming was amazed in his heart, and secretly guessed how this thing recorded military exploits. In his opinion, this gadget is simply the "high-tech" of this world, no, it is black technology.

Liu Xiao threw another leather buckle, nodded and said, "Now you are a hunter! Of course, I suggest you go over there first and find out what the battlefield is like. To tell the truth, recently, the warriors of the Roaring Kingdom have also mixed into the grassland. They're hunting, and their prey includes not only the orcs, but also you! Prey from the Roaring Kingdom, their rewards are much richer than those of orcs!"

Zhou Ming took the leather buckle strap and found that there was a lock ring on it, just enough to put the coat of arms into it, and then it could be firmly fixed on the body.

"Thank you seniors for mentioning it!"

Zhou Ming put away the belt and coat of arms, thanked Liu Xiao again, and turned to look at Hai Linger and the others.

"There's nothing more to inquire about, orcs are not stupid, their positions are moving all the time!"

Seeing that Zhou Ming finally got the coat of arms, Hai Ling'er immediately looked at Zhou Ming and said, "From now on, fifteen days later, we are still here, and we are superior in terms of military achievements." Zhou Fan, are you ready?"

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