There were many people who were traumatized by the war, not only Grimm, Guarman, and Vivina, but also countless ordinary soldiers, officers, and low-ranking nobles.

Oude, the squadron leader of the new Second Army of the Shang Alliance, finally regained his health after a long recovery period after narrowly escaping death in the canyon defense line.

At that time, after he woke up from the pile of dead in Dunkirk, he narrowly escaped from Desik's corpse collection team, and also became acquainted with Captain Kane, a junior officer of Desik, who also escaped death.

Two enemies who had fought to the death a day ago, but sat next to each other by the Grand Canyon at sunset, no one spoke, and spent the night quietly.

When the red sun rose again the next day, the two soldiers, who had been staying all night, helped each other to leave the Grand Canyon, and the corpse collection team was coming again, and the two "enemies who sympathized with each other" said goodbye.

After that, Ode had a hardest time, hiding between the Rangers and the Wolves, throwing behind all his armor and equipment. The most regrettable thing is his family's ancestral silver sword, which was lost on the battlefield by countless nobles who did not give up the weapon that he did not receive.

In the final battle on the night of June 7, Oude suffered extensive wounds in the thigh, right hand, and back, and almost exhausted the last of his strength by throwing the Nadesik soldiers off a cliff on the edge of the ravine.

In order to return to the territory of the Shang Alliance, Oude dragged an injury and went through a lot of hardships to escape the pursuit of the Desik rangers, due to the lack of medical treatment, his injuries worsened very badly, several wounds were purulent and inflamed, high fever continued, and the whole person was paralyzed. Then he returned to Manning City, and it didn't take long for the Desiks to defeat the main force of the Shang Alliance at the Battle of Sedan and besiege Manning City.

Fortunately, King Lucius in White Harbor moved quickly, and officers and nobles like Oude, who were still recuperating from their injuries after a hundred battles, were the first to be evacuated. Hop aboard a sailing ship from the King of White Harbor and sail up the river to the Duchy of Tra in the southwest.

It was only then that Ode felt a hint of relaxation. After a few more months of recuperation, Ode was finally able to put on his officer armor again.

It's a pity that the New Second Army, in which he served before, is gone.

At this time, the Mister Conference of the Business Alliance had been convened, and after the establishment of the new military committee, an aristocratic officer like Ou De, who had experienced several wars, was naturally entrusted with important tasks. Oude, who had regained his rank, was entrusted with the task of rebuilding the new Second Army.

Their first job was to visit villages, farms, and small towns in the three southwestern countries and recruit soldiers.

Oude's target was several small cities in the south of the Duchy of Tra.

The Duchy of Tra, a small country in the southwest of the Shang League, has a very advantageous geographical location, a pleasant climate and beautiful scenery. The whole country is almost green as far as the eye can see, and the air is filled with the scent of birds and flowers. The temperature is moderate all year round, and there is neither heat nor winter.

Thanks to its border with the western part of the San Jose Empire, the Duchy of Tra is also one of the few countries in the merchant alliance that can develop commerce and trade without relying on the waterways of the Morro River, so this country is rarely constrained by the original three eastern countries, and its development is unique.

Like the other countries of the Merchant Alliance, the Duchy of Tra also has its own unique produce, that is, excellent herbs. Benefiting from the climatic topography and trade routes, the herbal medicine industry in the Principality of Tra has flourished for hundreds of years.

There are remnants of the Sunset Mountains, and the temperature is perfect all year round, which is very suitable for the growth of herbs. In the early days, herb pickers would go to the mountains in groups to collect medicines, and later, the nobles of Tra built a large number of herb estates directly in the mountains to directly cultivate herbs.

After planting, picking, sorting and drying, these finished herbs will be marketed to mainland countries by merchants of the merchant alliance.

Of course, that was before the war. After the outbreak of the war, although the clouds of war have not yet shrouded this remote and small country for the time being, the severance of trade routes and the headquarters of the merchant alliance have become the capital of Mister City, the Duchy of Tra, which has almost become a large military camp, and it can no longer be idle.

It was in this context that Ode stepped into this small town in the south of the Duchy of Tra, "the town of Zur".

The town of Zur is a typical small southern town of the merchant league, the population is small, the houses in the town are very southern characteristics, the pointed black roof is to cope with the rain, and the white brick walls are painted with various shop signs. There is only one stone road in the town, and on both sides of the road, there are actually herb shops.

Oude looked at the directory in his hand, according to the information of the town clerk, there were a total of 18 herb shops in the town, of which 16 had more than three helpers. According to the requirements of the Military Committee of the Merchant Alliance, all shops with more than three helpers must provide one person to join the Merchant Alliance's army and defend the Merchant Alliance.

As a soldier, Oude can understand this order very well, the Desik people are so strong, if it continues like this, the business alliance will not be able to keep it, how can there be room for these merchants to do business. Facts have also proved that many ordinary civilians of the business alliance can still understand that sometimes before they have spoken, those eligible civilians will rush to sign up, and soon the list will be full.

However, there seems to be something special about this shop in front of me. According to the requirements of the list, he was also recruiting a civilian to join the army in this store, but this shop called "Gold-inlaid Rose" did not respond after knocking on the door for a long time.

"Bang bang bang, bang", Oude was a little impatient and continued to hammer the door of the herb shop a few times. Although the weather in Tra is not hot, it is still a little uncomfortable to stand here in this armor. The clerk of the town, who followed behind him, was already nervously wiping his sweat.

Oude smiled, turned and patted the clerk on the shoulder, signaling his reassurance. The clerk stammered, "Don't be angry, Captain Ode, this Yerus, he's such a bad guy, everyone in the town knows it." ”

"Isn't it a herb shop, how do you call it a gold-encrusted rose?" Oude was a little curious.

The clerk's face became even more ugly, "This was originally a tavern, called the Gilded Rose, which was later bought by the owner of this shop, Yerus, and turned into a herb shop. Yerus was too lazy to even bother to change the name of the shop, so he hired a few guys and started to open it, but the business of their store was not very good. ”

And at this moment, the door of the store next door actually opened with a "squeak". At the door, a young man in a red leather armor walked outside.

Oude, who heard the noise, turned his head to look, and exclaimed "Ah". The young man, with curly red hair, was of medium stature, looked thin and weak, with a one-handed sword tied around his waist, and wore nothing on his feet, and two barefoot girls, whose insteps looked black and dirty. The most striking thing is that he is actually covered with a black cloth on his eyes, and he is clearly blind.

Fortunately, the clerk was on the side, "Bled, why did you get out? Did you see Yerus?"

The blind man named Bled turned around charmingly, holding a sword in his left hand and an orchid finger in his right hand, "Mayor Town, what are you kidding, do you think I can see!" while pointing to the black cloth on his eyes, "How do I know where Yerus is, you are so loud that it disturbs my meditation, and I just came out." ”

The clerk was displeased, "Bled, you are less here, who in this town does not know that you and Yerus are wearing a pair of pants." Tell me, what about others?"

Brad stomped his feet delicately, but in the next moment, his aura changed greatly, and Oude's expression froze, feeling that something was wrong. I saw Brad turn around, suddenly pull out the long sword on his waist, suddenly exert force, the long sword was handed forward, only to see the tip of the sword, a green light erupted out, about one gram long,

The green mang left the sword and flew towards the door of the house next door with gold roses.

There was a loud "boom", and the house was torn apart.

Seeing Ou De and the clerk's stunned expressions, the young man looked disdainful, "Isn't it just sword qi, what's there to make a fuss about." Oh, the door has been opened for you, go find Yerus yerus yel, I'm going to take a nap, don't bother me anymore. ”

With that, he turned around and twisted back to his shop. Oude looked up, and the name of the store next to him was even more exaggerated, with a few big characters of "The End of Fear", for fear that others would not know what this place was.

Shaking his head, Ode stopped thinking about Brad and walked through the door of the gilded rose with the clerk. The dark light in this store is very dim, and you can vaguely see that the wooden tables are full of bottles and cans, and there are some shelves of different heights on the walls, and there are also various bottles on the shelves.

On the wooden table, there are pits, and there are many stains and spots of "peculiar" colors. If you take a closer look, there is a particularly pungent smell in the air, as if the smell of countless kinds of food rotting is mixed together.

The clerk almost vomited with a "vomit", and Oude was also a little uncomfortable, so it was easy to hold back.

And in a sofa in the corner, a man wrapped in a dirty robe had just opened his sleepy eyes. This man and the Brad just now, who seemed to have been carved out of the same mold, were equally young, with the same red curly hair, and the same bare feet with two dirty feet. My hair was greasy because I hadn't taken care of it for many days.

"Yerus, didn't I tell you that there would be army people coming in the afternoon, why are you sleeping here, we knocked on the door for a long time and didn't open it. The clerk complained, but the young man named Yerus did not respond.

"Oh, your name is Yerus", Ode had to ask in person, seeing that it was a stranger, Yerus nodded blankly.

"You're in such a mess here, I heard that you're still a herb merchant, this mess of dirty things is also herbs?" Oude casually picked up a dirty bottle, the bottle was a thick liquid of unknown color, and it looked very ugly.

Yerus snatched the bottle from Ode's hand and carefully put it back on the table, "Who told you I was a herbalist?"

The clerk hurriedly interjected, "Why aren't you a herbalist? ”

Yerus sighed, "You asked me, 'Yerus, you're a herb merchant, you're here to open a herb shop!', I just didn't refute it." How can I be an herbalist, I'm Yerus, I'm a potions master. ”

PS Thank you for the book friend Water Law and Erbi for their appearance.