When the nobles of Xiaogangshan talk about Viscount Bell's family, there will always be a strange look on their faces, this family called Erxiong by all the nobles is a very strange existence.

This family occupies a relatively good territory in the Xiaogangshan area, with a total of one castle, two iron mines, a lumberyard and four farms, and it can be regarded as one of the top ten nobles in the entire Xiaogangshan area.

But it is such a nobleman, but their head of the family never organizes a ball of nobles, and the biggest habit is to lead troops to patrol the territory and clear out the goblin beasts that suddenly appear in the territory.

The most incomprehensible thing is that each generation of Viscount Bell is celibate, has no heirs, and will only stay on the viscount for thirty-six years, and then a distant nephew about twenty years old will suddenly appear, sit in the position of viscount generously, and stay for another thirty-six years.

This habit made the nobles of Xiaogangshan very puzzled, and it was not that no one had the idea of this aspect, but they soon found out that the Bell family was just like their name, a bear that watched the house, as long as they did not touch their territory, they didn't care about any conspiracy or conspiracy.

But as long as someone dares to put their hand in their family territory, every Viscount Bell will take the initiative to raise troops to uproot the provocative nobles.

Such violent and crazy behavior, coupled with the fact that every Viscount Bell ran surprisingly well, no matter what war they encountered, they could spend thirty-six years peacefully, and after a long time, the nobles in the Xiaogangshan area no longer had their minds on the territory of the Bell family.

In this way, the Bell family in Xiaogangshan has spent more than 400 years in peace.

Early in the morning, the current Viscount Bell, Sandru? Bell was tidying up in his room, and in a moment he was about to take his soldiers on his regular patrol for the month, a habit he had been in for more than twenty years, and had even become an instinct.

Just as Sandru took a long sword off the wall, his face changed, his body leaned directly against the corner, and he raised the sword in his hand to the other end of the room and said, "Who is it?" ”

In the direction that Sandru's sword pointed, a black-robed man stepped out of the shadows.

Sandru was visibly relieved to see the man's outfit, but he still turned his head to look at the nearby table with a puzzled expression, where there were three hourglasses, two of which had already been drained, and the last one had just been activated.

"Isn't there eleven years left? Why are you here? Sandru asked, puzzled.

"It's not eleven years, it's eleven months, you've been here for too long, you may have to make some mental adjustments when you go back, otherwise you'll think you're a fifty or sixty-year-old man." The black-robed man laughed and said, "And this time I'm not here to pick up your place, but there happens to be a mission in your territory." ”

"Mission?" Sandru seemed to recall something, and finally said with a smile, "I haven't heard this term for a long time, and it seems that I really have to make a mental adjustment when I go back."

Say, what is the mission this time, is there going to be a big operation? ”

The black-robed man shook his head, "The big operation hasn't started yet, this time someone inadvertently took on a series of tasks, and there happened to be a step pointing to you, and I just came here to be a middleman." ”

"Oh, a series of missions, that's no problem, you can just ask someone to wait for me at the gate of the castle, let's see you first." Sandru didn't think about it, so he answered directly.

"It's not like that, if that's the case, I'll let someone come to you directly, and I may want you to help this time." The black-robed man said as he took out a token and placed it in front of Sandru.

Sandru took the card and looked it up and down seriously, and finally asked seriously, "What is the task that is so important, and it is necessary to adjust the combat readiness of the Bell family for hundreds of years?" ”

"I heard that it is the training blueprint of the fourth-order troops, and the other party may have one or two fourth-order soldiers, and you also know in this area, the second-order soldiers are the limit of the intake." The black-robed man explained. "Best of all, it's just the seventh step reward in a series of quests."

"The reward for the seventh step? Fourth-tier troops? It's no wonder that the old diehards of the academy nodded their heads, they were already crazy to want to upgrade the academy. Sandru sighed and said, "But if the low-level soldiers want to fight the fourth order, they have to fill it with human lives, and they are not ready." ”

"You can rest assured, this time I came to the No.1 in the third or fourth section of the academy, and my strength is not a problem. And the academy has also issued a task list, as long as you complete it, this three-year trial will count you as excellent, and reward 6 second-order troops. ”

Hearing this, Sandru also made a decision, and he nodded affirmatively, "You wait for me, I'll go prepare the army." ”

When the black-robed man appeared at the gate of Bell Castle with two people dressed in the same clothes as him, Sandru had already prepared the troops of the Bell family.

The number of troops in the entire Bell family is actually not large, only 48 people in total, but in terms of equipment, they are quite elite.

All the soldiers in this unit looked exactly the same, and their equipment was uniform, each soldier wore a helmet, chain mail, a spear, a long sword at his waist, and a shield and a two-handed battle axe behind his back.

However, the difference can be seen in this kind of equipment.

For example, the outermost group of 12 people, the weapons in their hands are very new, although there are some traces of battle, but it is obviously caused by the soldiers who do not know how to use them, this group of soldiers is a rookie unit brought up by Sandru and these people.

The group of 12 people who followed behind these rookies were stronger, all the weapons and equipment in their hands were relatively old, but in the hands of these soldiers, they were full of killing intent, this group was the regular soldiers of the Bell family, and their strength was stronger than that of rookies.

The troops in the back are obviously different, although they still hold the same weapons, but it can be seen that the weapons in their hands have their own emphasis, some spears are obviously longer, some carry shields that are obviously larger, and some of the long swords on their waists are obviously longer, which shows that they have their own development direction in the process of using weapons, and have begun to move from ordinary soldiers to elite soldiers.

The last group of 12 people is the most elite group, and the equipment on their bodies has become quite individual, some of the spears are made of animal bones, and some of the shields are pure steel with barbs, it can be seen that these weapons are their war trophies, these people have exceeded the elite level, and have reached the level of elite soldiers.