Chapter 1: The Night Watch

"Mercenaries?" The knight glanced at the crowd and paused for a moment on Mi'er's sniper rifle, his tone seemingly dismissive.

"Is there a change up ahead?" Asker asked, leaning against the barricade, smiling.

"It's none of your business, civilian." The Night's Watch Knight said indifferently.

"No, all adventures are related to us." Aske said, "We're mercenaries. ”

"I know you're mercenary mercenaries, but this undead mutation has nothing to do with you." The knight said coldly, "The reason why the barricades are erected here is because of the invasion of the underworld in the village of Palamos in front. ”

"Invasion of the Underworld?" Nora asked curiously.

The knight frowned at her and sneered mockingly:

"Ah, so not a pure mercenary, or a curious scholar?"

"Listen, the Underworld is a secondary plane parallel to the primary plane - theoretically parallel, of course, but overlapping in some cases."

"At this time, the evil necromancer from the underworld will rush to the main plane through the overlapping entrances of the two planes to kill."

"So you see? There are no lost riches, legendary treasures, or super-rich fallen nobles...... There was nothing but a pile of moving, extremely dangerous corpses, and the Night's Watch to send them to rest. ”

"I understand." Aske said, "Now that you've said that, let's be honest: we're here for spiritual material. ”

The knight looked at him in surprise and stared at him for a moment, as if surprised that the other party knew the term "spiritual material".

"If so, then come in." The knight sighed helplessly and turned sideways to get out of the way.

So Aske pulled the barricade and beckoned the girls to follow.

Peggy walked up to him and whispered, "Asker......"

"It's fine." Asker could hear her concern, "The Night's Watch will only deal with evil undead transcendents. ”

"That's right." The knight turned around and said, "If any of you are undead transcendents, as long as you don't do evil, you have nothing to fear in front of the Night's Watch. ”

With the crowd in tow, the knight walked to a hill where numerous tents were pitched, and the banner of the Night's Watch fluttered from the top.

Guarding the mountain path were two armored knights, armed with rifles and shields. Seeing the group of people walking along the mountain road, the faces of the two knights showed surprise at the same time.

"Quasimodo." One of the knights spoke, "These are mercenaries from outside?" You should know that because of the last incident, the commander was very annoyed with the mercenaries, and this time he doesn't want any outside forces to interfere in our actions. ”

"No way." Quasimodo, the night watchman, replied, "If they really want to come in and find out, we can't stop them with our menβ€”and we can't shoot them directly." ”

"Then you can't just let it in." The other knight said dissatisfied, his gaze swept over the people behind him, and he asked with a frown:

"What's the name of your mercenary group?"

"The Azure Sword." Asker replied.

The Night Watch Knight said coldly, "Wait here." ”

He turned around and went to the top of the hill to find the commander.

After about ten minutes, the night watchman returned.

"Follow me." He said bluntly.

Walking into the tent cluster, everyone saw knights in power armor everywhere, and clerks in white coats working around power armor, such as skeleton welding, circuit tuning, and painting.

"My armored exoskeleton always clicks when I walk." A knight grumbled.

"It may be that the cushioning rubber ring is aging, so I'll try a new one." The clerk next to him said.

Eleanor stared at the power armor with a look in a trance.

Power armor, a classic equipment for feudal knights. It is perfectly resistant to sword slashes and bullet shots, and can also provide the wearer with great explosive power and stamina bonuses.

Her father had such a power armor, with a blue and white diamond coat of arms spray paint, which was extremely powerful.

Her eldest brother, Ludwig, and second brother, Henry, also received a pair of power armor at the rite of passage.

She didn't.

This is also the reason why she left the family territory to go on an adventure in the first place.

Eleanor was silent, and Sidley's eyes lit up, and she almost didn't drool, and grabbed Asker's arm and whispered:

"Asker, can I get a pair of power armor too? Wearing this battle, you can be invulnerable, right? ”

"Nope." Asker directly refused, saying, "Power armor will amplify and solidify your strength and stamina. You are still in the period of rapid growth of strength, and wearing power armor is not good for your growth. ”

"Oh." Sidlifa was a little disappointed.

Quasimodo, the night watchman leading the way, turned his head when he heard this, and glanced at Aske in surprise.

The Night's Watch organization can be divided into two main sequences: the knight sequence, which is responsible for frontal combat, and the priest sequence, who is responsible for scientific research and maintenance. Of these, only the Knight sequence can wear power armor.

However, after joining the Night's Watch organization, even if they choose to take the knightly route, they will not be allowed to wear power armor until they have undergone lengthy military training and reached the standard.

In this regard, the explanation given by the senior management of the Night Watch is: "Premature adaptation to power armor combat is not conducive to the growth of one's own strength." ”

This statement of the high-level coincided with the explanation of this guy named Asker, so that Quasimodo couldn't help but look at the regiment commander a few more times.

This guy actually has a bit of knowledge, maybe he has a background in a regular military organization.

Could it be that he was born from a prison guard with the same name as our Night's Watch? Or a watchman?

He shook his head, banishing the jumbled thoughts from his mind, for there was a well-known razor's principle in the Night's Watch dogma, called:

Do not add entities unless necessary.

People are accustomed to understanding it to mean that if you can't confirm the truth of the matter at the moment, don't think too much about it.

Coming to the commander's tent, the night watchman Quasimodo had already restrained his thoughtful emotions, his face returned to a cold expression, and said indifferently:

"The commander wants to see you, please put the weapon in the outside box first."

Asker was the first to untie his sword and gun, and put them in an empty open box next to the tent.

Seeing that the regimental commander did this, the girls followed suit and unloaded all their weapons.

Quasimodo exited the power armor and led the group into the tent.

In the tent, on the huge command table, there is an electronic sand table with a topographic map. A middle-aged man with a cigar in his mouth, wearing a brown leather jacket, was staring at the topographical map.

"Quasimodo, the knight captain of the third team of the Morning Star, led the foreign mercenaries to report!" Quasimodo put his right fist in front of his chest and said loudly.

"Bring it here." The middle-aged man said.

"Yes." Quasimodo took a few steps forward, turned around and shouted to the crowd, "This is the commander of the Eastern Legion of the Night's Watch, Bryce. Lord Greed, please be careful about your words and deeds! ”

"No, Knight Quasimodo." Commander of the Night's Watch in the East, Bryce. Gray looked up from the command table and looked at the strange mercenaries.

All armored, swords and guns are equipped, and it is a relatively sophisticated small mercenary group in the mercenary world.

Well, how come most of them are women?

Bryce raised an eyebrow, and his cautious gaze swept over Mier, Mia, Peggy, and Sheila.

These are obviously still children, right? Underage mercenaries? What the heck?

Rao is the well-informed commander of the Night's Watch, and at this time he is also dizzy by the strange gender ratio and the disparity in age distribution of the Azure Sword Mercenary Regiment.

Having settled down, he decided to follow the razor's principle, and not to delve into these trivial matters, but to speak solemnly:

"The Azure Sword Mercenary Regiment, huh?"

"Yes, Your Excellency." Aske said gently, "We hope to join the Night's Watch in this expedition. ”

"We generally don't accept mercenaries from outside." Bryce said lightly, his eagle-sharp gaze fixed on him, "Unless there's a reason to do it." ”

"Reason? Yes. Asker smiled and said, "We're strong enough." ”

The tent was audibly quiet for a moment. Commander Bryce was expressionless, Knight Captain Quasimodo looked suspicious, and the girls looked away in humility.

Yes, the Azure Sword Mercenary Group is indeed very strong, but 99% of its strength comes from the leader Asker himself.

"Oh, how strong?" Bryce asked quietly.

"If you measure it by physical strength Stamina, it's about the average level of level 2." Asker replied.

This statement is true.

In terms of level, there are both level3 transcendents and level1 newcomers in the team.

In terms of attributes, after the Battle of Constantinople, the girls have digested a lot of extraordinary powers, and their basic attributes are far better than normal adult males, and even much higher than ordinary level1 transcendentals.

Of course, if you talk about real technology, Asker's strength doesn't know how high.

Bryce was a little surprised when he heard this, he couldn't imagine that the leader of this small mercenary group who didn't look amazing actually knew the extraordinary term "physical strength".

He showed a noncommittal expression, but silently activated the identification aura and swept the mercenaries in front of him.

The strongest spirituality is the leader of this group called Asker, the thief girl (Mia) and the red-haired beauty (Medea), the spiritual pressure strength of these three people is probably equal to the transcendent ones of level 3.

In the Night's Watch organization, Level 3 transcendents have basically graduated from Hucong and can be promoted to official knights. In other words, the strength of these people is equal to that of the Night's Watch Knights.

followed by the spear and shield female warrior (Eleanor), the chain mail girl (Peggy) and the mask girl (Sheila), these are level 2, which is roughly equivalent to the strength of a senior knight.

Finally, there are the Tomahawk Samurai (Sidlifa), the Gunslinger (Mi'er) and the Nun (Nora), who are probably only level 1, and their strength is equal to that of the newcomer.

2 official knights, 4 veteran servants, and 3 newcomers, even if they are placed in the night watchman team, it is enough to pull out the configuration to explore the wasteland.

Even if he doesn't have extraordinary characteristics, with his physical fitness that is far beyond the level of ordinary people after being strengthened by extraordinary strength, he is qualified to participate in this exploration operation.

But not necessarily in terms of discipline. If it's the kind that doesn't listen to the command, it's a time bomb when put into the undead mutation event, and the stronger the strength, the more ruthless the explosion.

However, most of this Azure Sword mercenary group are girls? It doesn't look like it's unruly.

Commander Bryce pondered for a moment and said:

"Quasimodo, you brought these people in, so let's follow your three teams of Morning Star."

"If something happens, you're responsible." He had the final word.