"No one is allowed to maintain all his loyalty, his personality, his expectations, on the sovereign to whom he is allegiated, and to put this loyalty above all principles and morals, and to be completely bothered to discern between good and evil! You know, in that case, he will become a 'little man' completely, not just a 'little man' with his own soul! ”

- Proverbs

"Your Excellency order, the whole army stops, rest in place for twenty minutes...... Your Excellency order, the whole army stops, rest in place for twenty minutes......" The loud order shouted from the mouths of the heralds running back and forth. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Whew~" stopped and gasped heavily, even Itsev Peter's strong body felt a little tired, reached out and took out his water bottle, shook it a few times, and then put it to his mouth and sucked it up, tilted his head and poured the last drop of turbid liquid into his throat.

Hung up the kettle, tossed with his hands for a long time, and finally re-fastened the fixed strap of the saucer-shaped helmet that he was tormenting all the way, and Itsev had time to unload the heavy crossbow and shield he was carrying behind him in turn, and sat down leaning against a withered tree, and hurried back and forth for a long time, so that this tall and burly man also had some support, and the half-body metal cuirass tightly fastened together by the cowhide buckle on his body, and the leather leg armor inlaid with metal sheets, after Itsev relaxed, It also suddenly became extraordinarily heavy.

Squinting his glasses, the not strong sunlight in the winter suddenly made Itsev feel a little bored, and in the excited discussion of several members of his team, Itsev slowly fell into the memory......

"My name is Itsev Peter, and God knows why those of us who live in the cold plains of the northwest of the Empire have such different surnames than most people in the Empire, but I am a good hunter, even more than I taught me to hunt and die in the belly of a beast, my poor father, and besides that, the cold life has given me a strong body, and I think that maybe according to the division of the army, I should also be a decent one-handed swordsman."

With his hands behind his head, Itsev tried his best to rest more comfortably in this short period of time.

"I didn't want to live a monotonous and boring life every year, and I was tired of the endless snow and monotonous colors, and finally one day, I ruthlessly rejected the confession of the most beautiful girl in the village, and took the only inheritance left to me by my father, 'a hunting crossbow' and left my hometown where I had lived for more than 20 years."

"During the long journey, my steps almost spanned the vast empire, and finally I came here to join the Duke's army, oh, I almost forgot, at that time the Duke was only a marquis, and the White Moon City, which is now used to suppress the northern frontier, has only just taken shape."

"More than ten years have passed, and I have changed from a young man from the West to a middle-aged man, and with the promotion of seniority, I have become a small captain in the heavy crossbow unit, in charge of a few rotten people from nearby peasants or bandits in the mountains, yes, rotten people, including myself! The only thing that makes me feel lucky is that I finally learned to write in more than ten years, well, I never expected to become a nobleman one day, but the wonderful thing about writing is that it can clearly record my own experiences, of course, I didn't tell anyone else in the team! ”

Maybe it's tiredness, maybe it's because of the warm sun, Itsev's upper and lower eyelids are fighting desperately, and he is about to fall asleep, at this time, the slap from his shoulder makes him wake up instantly, and his body even reacts before his brain, Itsev first rolled sideways away from the place, and his right hand touched the crossbow behind him as fast as possible, and after the place where he started was empty, he realized that the weapon had been unloaded on the ground by himself, but at this time, Itsev had already seen the person clearly.

Looking at the playful eyes of his colleague and another crossbow captain, Itsev walked back to the same place with a curse in his mouth, "You bastard, I swear that one day I will break your neck with my own hands!" ”

It seems that the relationship between the two is extremely familiar, and the scolded companion shrugged his shoulders angrily, "Only bears hibernate, you will get frostbite when you sleep in such a cold weather", but his hand dragged Itsev directly behind the small tree where he was resting before.

"That's what you only think, in my hometown,......" waved his hand, and his companion interrupted Itsev's boasting, first cautiously looking around, and then somewhat mysteriously took out an object from the blackened package around his waist and handed it to Itsev.

"Praise the all-powerful God, where did you get the white bread, oh my God, and a piece of cheese and bacon?" Itsev's muscular body almost jumped up in surprise if it hadn't been grabbed by his companion who had expected it.

"Damn the bear, be quiet, do you want the adults over there to see it? Our vampire-like chief won't leave you with even a scrap. The companion said nervously and hurriedly.

After finishing speaking, his companion also sat down under the tree, looked at Itsev who was hurrying to devour, and said softly with some worry on his face, "Do you know Bear, I just heard the news that Sir Akmund led the Knights of the White Moon to slaughter the towns in the west. ”

"What?" Itsev hurriedly waved his hand to the surrounding team members, and also lowered his voice and continued to ask, "Do they really dare to do this?" Slaughter? Isn't the Duke afraid of the impeachment and punishment of the Imperial House of Lords? ”

Disgusted, he spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm, and his companion said helplessly, "Who knows?" Didn't you hear me talking about massacres, there are 4 towns in total, all men, women and children, all gone, even including dogs that can bark, when the time comes, the duke can completely blame the matter on the bandits, and he has not done this kind of thing all these years" The last low voice could not even be heard by Itsef, who was close by.

"Damn, it's a crime, you know what, it's a crime!!" Completely stunned by the news, Itsev could only repeat this sentence back and forth.

"Shut up Itsev, the pig is coming!" The companion kicked the irritable Itsev hard, and quickly stood up, and a flattering smile appeared on his raised face: "My most respected sir, if there is anything you call me and Itsev to go over, how can you come here in person!" ”

The pig chief in the mouth of his companion, his fat and slightly flushed face couldn't help but show a satisfied smile, his fat palm patted the shoulder of the person in front of him, and looked at Itsev who was still tangled next to him with disgusted eyes, and then opened his mouth as if he was hanging two sausages and said, "Just now I received a messenger from Sir Akmund, and the mob towns in the west have not collected enough taxes to offset it, and Lord Sir has given us an order in order not to let His Excellency the Duke worry about such a trivial matter, The underpaid portion will be collected from the surrounding villages! ”

Ignoring the somewhat stunned expressions of the two subordinates, the fat pig turned to leave, and the final addition came from his back, "You and Itsev's team are responsible for guarding the exit of the village, respected knight of the White Moon Knights, you definitely don't want to see any mobs flee again, do you understand what I mean?" It's any one! ”

"No !!" Itsev squeezed out a low roar from the depths of his throat, "They are going to carry out another massacre" Grabbing his companion's shoulders with both hands, Itsev said in despair, "The villagers here are all people we meet day and night, how can they bear it, why do they issue such an order so rashly?" ”

"No, I'm going to meet the knight who leads the team in person, such a thing shouldn't happen to these kind villagers!" "Are you crazy? If you say so, Izev Peter, I can guarantee that the knights will cut off your head without mercy, and your death will not solve anything! His companion grabbed him by the arm.

"Is there no way to do it? God, there is nothing in my loyalty as a soldier that means that I am going to abandon my humanity and principles......"

Looking at Itsev, who was pale and overwhelmed, his companion let go of the arm that was holding him, and sighed heavily, "I can't change it, I can't change it!" That's the sadness of us as little people......"