After dawn, Gross prepares to say goodbye to his family, claiming that he wants to become a mercenary to earn money.

An Lu was stunned when he heard Gross's words at first, and then laughed, what is the strength of his father Can An Lu not know? Therefore, An Lu advised his father not to be in such a hurry, the situation in the family is not critical to this extent, and he wants the old man to do this business. Gross also did not argue that he was not what he used to be, and went out after dealing with Anlu.

The mercenary industry has been developing for hundreds of years, and now there is a relatively mature system, whether it is remittance or disability allowance, it is guaranteed by the gods, so the effectiveness can be assured, and Gross is not worried about the intermediary embezzling his remittances.

Although Gross doesn't know much, he also knows that there is no work in Lalicas, which is deep inland, and at this time, the powerful monsters around Lalicas have been cleaned up, and the Bonn barbarians have been driven far away, so if you want to find a job that makes money quickly, you have to go to the coastal zone, not only to pick up your own country, but also to pick up foreign people.

Having made up his mind, Gross headed south to the capital of Boris, La Boles, in search of opportunities. After a few more months of walking, Gross repelled several bandit attacks, and once again made it to La Perpos without danger. After arriving in La Perpos, Gross registered as a mercenary with his own strength and began his career as a mercenary.

It is now the year 1551 of the Great Calendar, 11 years after the era of the army, and Gross had fantasized in his childhood that even after the end of the army, the peace between the countries would remain for a long time, but now this fantasy has passed away with Gross's childhood, because they are all the same naïve.

Although war did not break out immediately after the end of the war, there was still a dark current between the nations, and many hatreds from 100 years ago began to spring up in their hearts, and as time went by, the hatred between all parties not only did not abate, but intensified, and the strings of peace were tightened and tightened.

In this case, the mercenary industry ushered in a big boom - free cannon fodder spies were liked by everyone, and it was easy for employers to hide their identities - so Gross plunged headlong into the mercenary industry.

Gross's career in the mercenary guild is usually alone, because Gross's profession is a mage, but in fact, he relies on his physical characteristics to disguise a mage, which is not a deep contact, fortunately, if he has regular contact with others, he will definitely be exposed.

In the first few months of his time as a mercenary, Gross received 3 letters from Anwar, from a menacing attempt to get Gross back to Lalicas, to begging his father not to be desperate, and the changes in the middle made Gross smile. Smiling is one thing, and Gross ignores Anwar's demands and continues to earn money as a mercenary.

And from his grandson's letters, Gross also learned that since he became a mercenary, the conditions at home have indeed been much more relaxed, which made Gross firm in his determination to continue to be a mercenary.

2 years later, Gross relied on his own characteristics and also made a name for himself in the mercenary world, "the mage with strong physical strength", this is what Gross is called. And his growing fame has also allowed Gross to receive privately assigned orders, which have always been paid satisfactorily – and of course slightly more dangerous.

In 1554, Gross received a strange request, a mysterious man codenamed Dove asked Gross to go on a mission to the Edonan Peninsula, but the content of the mission was refused, only that it was not a very dangerous mission, and that the reward was quite satisfactory, whether it was the settlement of the mission or the compensation for death.

"O Edonan Peninsula, I have lived for fifty years, and I have not left Bourbon Island, if I die like this, won't I be an islander for the rest of my life? Bourbon people are the favored people of the sea god, and I must leave the island at least once in my life......" Gross had already made up his mind and decided to accept the other party's invitation.

Gross also has a consideration in his heart, he is 54 years old, and the ability he obtained from the devil's laboratory is foreign after all, and he may disappear at some point, and as he becomes famous, more and more people are aware of his abnormality. Therefore, you have to make the most profit before your body changes.

For these reasons, Gross decided to accede to the dove's request and go on a mission to the Edonan Peninsula.

Gross and Dove had no direct contact, and every time Dove wanted to contact Gross, he would deliver the letter to the local post station, and then the postman would give it to Gross, without having any face-to-face contact with Gross.

Gross was not the only one on the mission, and even Gross was neither the first nor the last to carry out the mission, which made Gross suspect that the so-called "dove" was not a person, but a group.

Through conversations with the other mercenaries, Gross confirms his suspicions. The name dove is said to have appeared more than a hundred years ago, and many major events have the shadow of dove, so some powerful mercenaries know about the existence of dove.

But in the past, the dove hid itself very deeply, and only some particularly intelligent or excellent people could find traces of the dove's existence, and this was the first time that the dove directly called people in the mercenary market and exposed himself to the sun.

The dove arranged for Gross to go to Edonan, and the ship was full of mercenaries recruited by the dove, that is, Gross's companions. The dove replied to the dove through the post man, saying that he was not used to carrying out tasks with others, but the dove said that there was no need to worry, everyone had their own tasks.

During the rest of the trip, Gross did not ask the dove again, and Gross felt that when he arrived on the Edonan Peninsula, he would naturally know who the dove was, or meet the dove's subordinates.

This was followed by a few months of sailing, starting from La Pos, passing through Dumo Liao to the territorial waters of Poli, and stopping at Uttana in Poli, where the mercenaries were allowed to disembark and relax, and this was the first time Gross had visited Poli's territory, and it was a very novel sight.

After a short period of repairs, the fleet left Uttana and arrived at Alexia, a city under the Middle-earth Forest Colony of Poli, where the fleet docked.

Here, Gross finally met one of Dove's subordinates, who told Gross and his party that they were going to be smuggled from Alexia to Likufu on the other side of the Channel, and that someone would pick them up in the XX area of Likufu.

Hearing the other party's explanation, Gross understood what the other party wanted to do and what he wanted Gross to do. Isn't what Gross is doing now the same thing Polly did to Edonan before Edonan's war a hundred years ago?

The biggest advantage of this is that these people are all temporary mercenaries, and they will not be sad even if they die.

While the other mercenaries present were still hesitating, Gross became the first few mercenaries to stand up: "I'll go." So under the approving gaze of the receptionist, Gross took the supplies from the receptionist and set off.

Gross and a group of mercenaries who were willing to go smuggled across the strait to the other side of the sea in Rikufu, and after some searching, managed to find the local receptionist.

Once there, Gross discovered that the local underground work was doing well, and a guild was established to exchange tasks.

Here, mercenaries of all kinds of preferences can find their own suitable tasks, from protecting a certain character and spying on local intelligence to sabotaging traffic arteries, etc., and out of his own secrecy, Gross still chooses missions suitable for solo operations.

According to Gross's understanding, the mission handover point from the northernmost Rikufu to the southernmost La Manca, in a vertical and horizontal line, occupies the entire eastern coast of Edonan, and the forces must pay attention.

In the days that followed, Gross spent his days spying on the Edonan Peninsula, eating and sleeping in the open air, in thrilling places, from the treacherous natural environment to the extremely unfriendly Edonan government. And in the course of Edonan's mission, Gross also gradually learned about this distant land.

The political ecology of Edonan is very different from that of Bourbon and Boris, the territory of Bourbon is based on the main city, while the territory of Edonan is based on tribes, and the Edonans born in different tribes are likely to be hostile to each other, and it was only after Gross suffered several times that he understood this truth.

And Gross heard that this is the result of the reform that began more than 100 years ago with the "Maharaja" Qutu I, and after 30 years of successive civil wars, it is said that more than 100 years ago, Edonan's ecology was earlier than this, in the words of the academy instructor, "a tribal union disguised as a state".

There are three contradictions between Edonan, the contradiction between the Edonan nobles and the commoners, the contradiction between the Edonan people and the Ai'an River barbarians, and the contradiction between the Edonans and the Poutu.

Yes, Poutu, that's another word that makes Gross feel a lot.

Bourbon discovered Middle-earth nearly a thousand years ago because of the voyage of the "Navigator" Luhr, and after a few decades, they began to colonize Middle-earth, gradually occupying the east coast of Middle-earth, and establishing two administrative institutions: the Middle-earth Colonial Guard and the Middle-earth Forest Colonial Guard.

The Bourbon people who migrated to Middle-earth continued to breed in Middle-earth for dozens of generations, and their behavior and habits were more and more different from those of Bourbon Island, and they were finally awarded the title of Boutu, and because of the existence of the Upper Edonan Peninsula and the Lower Edonan Peninsula caused by the strait, they were divided into the South Poutu people of the Middle-earth Colonial Guard and the North Boutu people of the Forest Colonial Guard.

In the earliest days, though, the Poutu meant non-Bourbon immigrants in Middle-earth. Because in order to open up Middle-earth, Bourbon bought many indentured slaves from Ingona and Myramie, including Myramis, Ingoina, and even Maisica, Ingoina, Bonn, and all sorts of them.

These slaves in a foreign land gradually forgot the memories of their homeland, and after a few generations became Bourbon, so they were called Boutu, and slowly, the concept of Boutu expanded to the descendants of Bourbon immigrants, and after the collapse of Bourbon, all immigrants in Middle-earth were called Boutu.

Today, the Boutu people are divided into two branches, the North Boutu are under the rule of Poli, and the gap between them and the Bourbon is not too big, and the South Boutu are under the rule of Edonan, although they protest sharply against the influence of Edonan, but the population is at a disadvantage after all, so the difference with the Bourbon is getting bigger and bigger.

That being said, the South Boutu considered themselves more civilized than the Edonans, and were resentful of being ruled by Edonan, and Poutu nobles often went to Bourbon to ask their "relatives" for their assistance.

More than 100 years ago, Poli and Edonan fought a war to try to retake Poutu, but in the end the two sides made an unconditional peace. However, today, more than 100 years later, it seems that the second Edonan War is about to be staged, and this time there are traces of Boris's intervention, as evidenced by the arrival of Gross and others.

A hundred years ago, Edonan won the war, but will it be possible to win again a hundred years later?