Although the squad leader is also a big soldier in the eyes of the nobles, he can manage a few people at best, and he is more or less a figure at the bottom of the army. Compared to before, Marcus, who could call on anyone no matter what, has ten people for him to call after becoming the squad leader, and is very satisfied with his current life.

To say that the position of this squad leader is also quite sought-after in normal times, it shouldn't be his turn as a newcomer, but who asked Ainan to recommend him.

Who should I really thank for being able to sit in this position, Marcus didn't say it on his face, and his heart was clear.

Compared to Marcus, the young man Tars is much younger. Being used as an orderly soldier by Ainan, Tas didn't realize that this was a good opportunity to become Ainan's henchman, and cried with a sad face, as if he had been wronged.

As the saying goes, the prime minister has seven officials in front of the door. I don't even understand such a simple truth, I can only say that Tass is too simple. But what Ainan wants is his simplicity, and if he changes his mind, he has to worry about the other party playing clever and disobeying his words.

Ainan was reading a book in the tent when Tath hurried in.

"My lord, Sir decided to send a team to explore the way, and someone recommended Marcus and Captain Sloan."

This is not good news.

No one knows what will happen to them in a place like the Swamp, and it is not uncommon for the pathfinder team to suffer heavy casualties or even be wiped out, so why don't other teams recommend Marcus and Sloan?

It must be known that these two squad leaders are very close to him, and everyone can see that they have plans to devote themselves to their command. To count them and put them in danger is to make themselves enemies.

Ainan felt that someone should be targeting him, otherwise how to recommend it happened to be the two squads that were close to him.

Closing the book, Ainan asked, "Who is proposing?" ”

Tas gasped, "It's Count Nellas, Sir has agreed." ”

Earl?

Ainan carefully recalled, he had never come into contact with such a big man as the Earl, and he had spoken a few words to Madish except Sir Lothar for as long as he could remember, and the latter was only a baron, far from reaching the height of the Earl.

Everyone has no grievances in the past, and there is no enmity in the near future, how can Nellas, the earl, target himself?

Ainan couldn't figure it out.

While he was confused, Tas continued, "Count Nellas also said that Sloane and Marcus were both squad leaders, and that it would confuse the soldiers if there was a disagreement, so he proposed that you lead them. ”

It was suggested that Marcus and Sloan were just incidental, and that the other party's real target was me.

Ainan raised his eyebrows, he didn't understand, he had no contact with Count Neras, he hadn't even said a word, and he couldn't find the memory of offending the other party in his mind, why Neras would embarrass himself with the dignity of a dignified earl.

The whole thing is weird.

If he could, Ainan would love to confront him face to face, but he also knew that it was impossible. Don't look at him as a big man in Sloan's eyes, in fact, a low-level mage is nothing in front of a nobleman of the level of the earl. Questioning the other party in person is mostly self-inflicted, and sending his face to the door to let others beat Ainan has no hobby.

The truth of the matter will not be clear for a while, so it is better to be pragmatic and solve the current problem first.

Sloanan was determined to hug Ainan's lap while he was still in his shoes, and Marcus quietly approached Ainan on his first night as a squad leader and expressed his willingness to do things for Ainan.

This is not to say that the two men were unfaithful to Sir Lothar, this is the norm in the human realm.

The ultimate object of everyone's allegiance is the royal family, but after all, the royal family is too cold, and most people will not be able to get in touch with the royal family in their lifetime, so they will choose a subordinate object as the main family to serve, such as the aristocratic class such as dukes and earls, or the mage class who have mastered magic and can be equal to the nobles.

Thanks to the previous owner of this body, Ainan was a pre-mage - a magic apprentice as soon as he came into this world, and the ruling class did not reject him, so he did not have to bother to start from scratch. Or else, Sloan's brain was caught in the door and he came to get close to him?

Speaking of Sloan, the guy was cleaning up the mud from his boots with a depressed face. Just now, walking at the front of the line, he stepped into the swamp with one foot, and his whole calf sank in, if it weren't for Marcus's quick eyes and a few guards to pull him out, he would probably have tasted the mud of the swamp.

The wetlands are inaccessible, and even the map that Kel'thugad brought from Violet Castle doesn't mean it's going to be easy.

Most of the mages who came to the wetlands to find magical materials chose to go alone, and occasionally they only chatted with a few people, which was completely different from Sir Lothar's tens of thousands of royal exiles.

Through a few people and through tens of thousands, it's completely two different concepts.

Because of this, the person in charge of pathfinding is not very useful even if he has a copy of the map. At most, you can understand where you are and not lose your way.

"We've been out for a day, and we've traveled less than twenty miles, so we can't do this job."

After easily cleaning up the mud and getting a few more bugs from his legs that resembled leech locusts, Sloanan grumbled as he put on his boots.

Exploring the road is hard work, and the work of opening roads and building bridges in the mountains and rivers is simple, but it is really difficult to do. Not to mention the harsh natural environment, it is exhausting enough to be constantly on the lookout for monsters such as swamp crawlers.

"Take someone around and search around to see if there are any monsters nesting nearby."

Ainan made a mark on the map that there was a swamp to detour. When he returns to the camp, the route of the large army will be based on the information he has discovered. Given that the vast majority of the team are civilians with little ability to protect themselves, Ainan didn't dare to be sloppy in this matter.

Sloane's depression is here, there are obviously two squad leaders in the team, but whoever makes Marcus a newcomer, no one can rest assured that an inexperienced person can do this kind of work, and in the end, the burden can only be borne by Sloanan alone.

"Marcus bring two men with me."

It is said that veterans lead new recruits, Sloane is a veteran, Marcus is a recruit, in order to share the pressure as soon as possible, of course Sloanan has to call Marcus, even if it will cultivate a competitor for himself.

"Keep the guards on guard."

Aynan instructed Tarth, but he didn't say that the guards would too. After the Haken incident, everyone realized that this swamp would eat people, and no one dared to relax at all, after all, no one wanted to become the next Haken.

Twenty miles a day, too slow. At this rate, let alone crossing the Danmoro Mountains, everyone will starve to death before they reach the foot of the mountain.

Ainan's fingers tapped against the hilt of Frostmourn's sword, and he needed a way to help his team move quickly.

Perhaps, Frost Grief can help.