The young man put down his glass and waited quietly for death.

For a minute, he slammed his eyes shut and twitched his throat.

For five minutes, the body trembled and waited.

A quarter of an hour......

The black-haired wizard with a blank face sighed, and with a "pop!" he stood up with his hands on the table, startling Colin, who was still waiting for death with his eyes closed, and opened his eyes suddenly.

"Almost. Raising his eyebrows, Loren said lightly: "Give you another five minutes of rest, and leave when you're rested." ”

Colin was dumbfounded.

"What's wrong?"

"Lo... Lord Duke, are you ......" The bewildered Colin first glanced at the wine glass in his hand, and then stared at Loren, whose expression was more confused than his, in disbelief:

"What the hell are you going to do with me?!"

"What's that?" the black-haired wizard asked rhetorically, frowning, and then suddenly realized, "Yes... On the Guard's side, I'll let Lusen explain it for you... Carl Colin, your name will remain in the Guard forever, and everyone will remember the Byrnee soldier who fought valiantly. ”

"Why?"

"Why, why... As long as you want to, there is always a reason. Loren curled the corners of his mouth, and his gaze was meaningful: "You can understand that I have an innate tacit understanding with Venerable Lord Rute Infinit." ”

Colin shook his head, not understanding.

"Because the situation has changed, and I don't want to provoke the Heavenly Dome Palace too much. ”

The black-haired wizard said in a deep voice, "Even if I pull out your nail, there will be a second, a third... Rutt Infinit won't give up until he finds my handle. ”

"It's his habit, and it's the means by which the Heavenly Dome and the royal family of de Salion rule the empire - they hate the Taiguang and righteous guys, and they always want to have a way to blackmail and clamp down on someone, that's all. ”

"If you live, you can make the Heavenly Dome Palace feel at ease with me, no matter what, I am a vassal of the Empire, and I don't want the 'one' in the Heavenly Dome Palace to keep his eyes on me all the time, because it is not me who is really important at the moment. ”

"Are you still satisfied with this answer?"

Colin stared at him for a long time, slowly raised his head, and licked the corner of his wine-stained mouth: "Lord Loren Turin... You are exactly as Master Rutte Infinit said......"

"Extremely arrogant and self-righteous. ”

Loren was stunned, sneering at himself, and glanced to the north.

But if you're not an arrogant and self-righteous fool, how can you be alone in front of Chakar and write that letter to make yourself the target of public criticism. I saw the young man muttering in a low voice, his expression full of solemnity:

"You pressed yourself to the altar, and you knew what was going to happen but you did it anyway, just like the Black Duke back then... Stupid one. ”

"It's stupid. ”

and a black-haired wizard with a smile on the corner of his mouth, forming an obvious inverse proportion.

The next moment, he stood up from his chair.

And then... Get down on one knee in front of Loren.

"But if you're willing to give me one such opportunity, give me a... Stupid as you are, the same arrogant, self-righteous opportunity, no more clever people like Ruth Infinit......"

Loren looked stunned.

"I am the night watchman, and always will be. But, that doesn't stop me from staying in your guard! You can send me anywhere, no matter how dangerous the enemy, no matter how complicated the situation... Under willingly!"

His voice trembled slightly, as if he was eager to say his own words: "I don't ask you to believe my words, but please give me time, I will definitely make you believe it!"

The black-haired wizard looked him in the eye for a long time.

"Did you know that such an act is tantamount to a double agent? Loren spoke slowly: "Inconsistent people like you usually end up dying miserably. ”

“...... Know. He nodded without hesitation.

"Then why do you still think that I will let a spy like you return to the guard, and still give you the task with confidence—how do I know if you will reveal all kinds of important information to Rut Infinit?"

"You're right, I'm the Night's Watchman, and I'm going to give him all the information I can gather... But I also have eyes, and I can tell what information should be given to him, and what must not be let him know a word. ”

"So if you really don't believe me, you can kill me at any time, a glass of poisoned wine, a rope, a sharp blade... If you wish, I can tell you everything I know before I die. He said in a deep voice:

"All I want is to have the same opportunity as the other ninety-five, to know what to fight and for whom. ”

The black-haired wizard sighed inwardly.

It's the first time I've bumped into such a troublesome one.

Colin raised his head and smiled hard.

"You say... Our allegiance is not just to Byrne, not even to you, but to fight for the entire Empire, or even for every living person within the Empire. He said softly:

"So I thought, if I had to do it, I really wanted to be someone who could fight for all living people — not for money, not for fame, but for the living, for the living......"

Loren shook his head: "It's not called a reason - if you want to fight for the living, the Holy Cross Church is more suitable for you." ”

The black-haired wizard's gaze flashed the figure of a one-armed knight.

"The Holy Cross made his followers fight for him, but never told why. Colin shook his head and looked at Loren without squinting:

"You told us why... Even if not all, it gives us the opportunity to choose. ”

"Does this distinction matter?"

"It's important. Colin nodded vigorously, his gaze becoming more and more different:

"Because the difference is a thousand miles. ”

Loren frowned again, his heart extremely irritated.

He didn't know if it was because he saw a stupid man who was anxious to die for him, or because every word he said was blocked for the first time.

......................................................

The black-haired wizard stood alone outside the empty door, the open bottle in his hand, and poured a mouthful into his mouth.

A familiar figure appeared on the other side of the hallway, making him quickly put down the wine bottle in his hand.

"You let him go back?"

"Hmm. Loren nodded.

"You didn't follow the original plan and let him leave quietly?"

"Hmm. Loren nodded again.

"You still want him to stay in this legion, like the other ninety-five?"

"Hmmm......"

Loren stopped talking, and with a chill on the back of his neck, he slowly turned his head to see Dalton Khand's face.

Obviously, the mentor was very dissatisfied with the attitude of the apprentice.

"Uh... Well, I've thought about it very seriously. ”

Gathering words, Loren raised his hands with a flattering expression: "I think it's better to leave him behind than let him go - first of all, it's easier to keep an eye on him, at least most of his activities are under our control." ”

"Secondly, if he does leave... Even if he hadn't taken the initiative to inform, Root Infinit would have noticed that we had discovered his intelligence network, and your previous efforts would have been in vain—is that really good?"

"Really, you 'think' ......"

Dalton, whose face was ugly, said in a cold voice: "It doesn't sound as categorical as when you let him go." ”

"I ......"

"Do you know that Root Infinit can't wait to get hold of you right now, and do you know how much risk we have all taken to bring about this alliance between Ebolden and Byrne?" Dalton stared at him, his eyes shining:

"I asked you to let him go in order to monitor his every move alone, his origins, details, secrets, details, connections... will be slowly exposed with his movements. ”

"But now you leave a night watchman in the army... Are you worried that Ruth Infinit won't find your handle, so you have prepared one for him?"

"Uh... Mentor, I haven't seen you for so long, I really didn't know you would tell a bad joke?" Loren smiled playfully and scratched his head: "Ha, hahaha, hahaha......"

In the empty hallway, in the monotonous laughter, Dalton's still indifferent face.

“...... I was wrong. ”

Loren lowered his head and sincerely admitted his mistake.

The Mentor sighed.

"All in all, whatever rhetoric he used to impress you, the 'glorious and upright' Duke, at least he was not lying. ”

Dalton said coldly, and there was a parchment list on his right hand, densely packed with the names of at least hundreds of people: "With such a thing, we can even occasionally use the intelligence network of the Night's Watch to get some information about the Heavenly Dome Palace from them." ”

"The spies at the bottom should mostly be single-line contacts, but the middle level can at least get some important information, and with this intelligence network, the thirteen leaders of Byrne will no longer have any secrets in front of us. ”

"If Rutte Infinit is really prepared to make any moves in Byrne, at least... We won't be like Ebolden at the beginning, unaware of it and causing disaster!"

After a pause, Dalton said slowly, word by word, "However, none of these can compare to the risks that a nail buried in the Witcher Legion can bring us. ”

"I've heard ......" Loren's face showed a slight smirk, "If you want to watch out for your enemies, the best way is to keep them around." ”

Dalton gave him a cold look.

"People who say this kind of thing either have not many enemies. The teacher's tone was sarcastic: "Either that, it's his last words." ”

The black-haired wizard turned his head in embarrassment, avoiding his mentor's gaze.

“...... So, how much do you trust him?"

Loren was slightly stunned... This was Dalton's final question.

"At least for the time being, we will maintain the status quo and wait and see. Loren said calmly: "If he can really let Rut Infinit know that we are saving the empire and saving the world, as he said, it is better than suspecting us of secretly planning to rebel, right?"

Dalton Kander frowned.

"What's more, we really don't have time - we don't have that much energy to deal with the endless tossing and turning of the Heavenly Dome Palace, and to prepare for a group of monsters that don't know when to come out. ”

"So you're going to show weakness to the Empire in exchange for their disregard?" Dalton snorted coldly: "Wake up, you're no longer just a wizard advisor, but a dignified Duke of Byrne!"

"The most powerful principality, the overlord of the south, with power in his hands and an army to rival the Imperial legions, and the Boi hussars on the Great Green Sea... I want the Empire to let its guard down on you, unless Eckhart II is insane!"

"Then wait until he's completely insane. Loren shook his head and interrupted Dalton with a chuckle: "At least for now, they don't have time to toss us, and there can be nothing wrong with this." ”

"Yes, thanks to the letter from a certain duke. ”

The mentor sneered: "Now that the Heavenly Dome Palace and the Holy Cross Church are busy 'dealing with' the rumors in various places, they have no time to set their eyes on you, the culprit!"

"That's enough... Then again, what about the ninety-five people, how many of them passed?"

"Let's see for myself tomorrow!"

Throwing down a sentence, a blank Dalton Candle turned to leave.

........................................................................

The day after the new legion was "formed", Loren finally met them.

The original "Duke's Guard" of more than 390 people experienced the battle of the centaurs who died in nine lives, the battle of Silver Helmet Mountain, and the battle of Chakar, and survived ninety-six.

Eighty men stood before him alive, not many but not many, and some not many;

Not only did this result greatly surprise Loren and Lusen, but even Dalton Kander was shocked... An ordinary person who had never dealt with the power of the Void was able to survive the corrosive power of the Void Transformation and keep his consciousness......

It is no longer possible to describe it as "unbelievable" and "persevering".

In this way, the original plan was completely broken - these people are all veterans who have come down from the battlefield, which means that they do not need to go through the initial training, they only need to be taught by systematic wizards step by step, and master a small number of spells and ancient runes.

According to Dalton's calculations, within half a year, combat effectiveness will be formed - not just as a whole, but each person has the strength to survive in the wild, fight and fight against the corrupted monsters alone.

As for the remaining sixteen people, they collapsed on the operating table in the laboratory - sixteen people, which became the first "dead" list of this new legion.

Looking at the total eighty-one people standing in front of him plus Lu Sien, the black-haired wizard who had originally made the draft, didn't say a word.

This is the first step of oneself, the first step of rebellion.

No longer fleeing for your life, no longer being threatened, no longer passively welcoming life and death again and again.

This time......

Take the initiative to call ——!!!!