"Carl!" Arthur, who was the same age as Carl, saw that he was close to the exit, so he had to shout.

There is no explicit rule in Rumtown that the townspeople are not allowed to go to the "garbage mountain" privately, so Carl and the others can always haunt the area so unscrupulously.

Now that this group of military masters has appeared here for unknown reasons, it would be too easy for Carl and their group of young people to cause unnecessary trouble if they appeared in front of them inexplicably!

Carl frowned, what Arthur could notice, he could naturally think of. After many years in the "garbage mountain", he has various methods and routes to leave, and what he is unwilling to do is his curiosity about the abnormal behavior of this group of military masters.

"Forget it! Check back tomorrow! The noise of the group of military masters could be heard in his ears, and Karl pointed to the side in time and motioned for everyone to follow him.

A thick wall of garbage, where the military men were talking to each other, Carl and his companions were running quickly inside.

Occasionally, a few words came into Carl's ears from the cracks of the garbage.

"Really? It's the first time I've heard of this creature in all this time in Rumtown! ”

"That's not it, it's different from our local garrisons, I heard that the people who came this time are all big names in the regular army!"

"It's horrible, it's horrible!"

……

Without saying a word, Karl led everyone quickly through the debris, and after a while, everyone slowly leaned out of a low-lying area.

Placing his index finger to his lips, Karl pointed to a short distance away where a large number of soldiers were making a loud noise.

Everyone kept their bodies down as much as possible, relying on the cover of the terrain, and followed Karl quietly to move, and after a while, they completely left the area of the "garbage mountain".

"Hurry up, it's getting dark!" Looking at the street lights that were already lit on the side of the street, Carl took the lead and started running.

The other children were already hungry after a hard day's work, and when they saw that Karl had started running, they all ran after him.

"Brother Karl! The door seems to have been locked! Joel looked at the gate of the orphanage from afar and shouted with some concern.

According to the rules of the orphanage, the gate is locked every day after sunset to protect the children in the orphanage.

Carl shook his head and didn't speak, but Arthur, who had been next to him, smiled and shouted to Joel behind him, "Don't worry, Silas will definitely help us keep the door!" ”

Silas is the janitor of the orphanage in Rumtown, a gray-haired old man in his 60s, who has no children but takes care of them like a grandfather.

Sure enough, when Carl's group ran to the gate of the orphanage, the door looked locked, but the lock was hanging in the keyhole.

Carl easily removed the lock, and then let the group of friends enter the courtyard one by one.

"You little devils, come back so late!" Suddenly, a slightly reproachful voice came from the side.

Carl laughed, handed the lock to the last kid to enter, and said, "Chris, close the door." ”

Then Karl turned his head to look over, and saw a slender old man with gray hair, leaning against the door of the hut in front of him with a smile.

"Silas, I've bothered you so much every time, thank you this time!" Carl smiled enthusiastically.

Silas nodded kindly, watched Chris lock the door again, and then he pointed to the hall of the orphanage and said, "Come in, the food is in the dining room, but the dean seems to be looking for you, Arthur and Sophia have something to do, remember to check it out after you eat." ”

"Okay!" Carl couldn't wait to say goodbye to Silas and ran to the restaurant with his friends, quickly eliminating the not enough sumptuous but full dinner.

After dinner, Carl took Arthur and Sophia together and came to the dean's office with some trepidation.

"Carl, why did the dean suddenly call us over...... It's not going to punish us, is it? Arthur said with some concern.

"Possibly...... Who made the three of us the eldest of the bunch......" Sophia rolled her eyes and said nonchalantly.

From childhood to adulthood, they can be described as the three child kings in the orphanage, and it is common for them to be reprimanded by the dean for making mistakes, so this time is just a very ordinary one.

Carl snorted unpleasantly in his nose, and finally knocked on the wooden door in front of him.

After getting the permission of the dean, the three of them slowly walked into the room, the humble office has not changed for so many years, the only thing that has changed is the dean's aging image.

Originally, the three of Carl thought that after entering the room, they were greeted by the dean's reprimand, but this time, the dean looked at them with deep eyes and didn't say a word.

After a long time, when the three of them were uncomfortable, the dean spoke: "Carl, Arthur, Sophia, you three have been with me for almost 18 years, right?" ”

The three of them nodded silently, although they didn't know each other's specific birthdays, but judging by the year, they were indeed about to become adults.

The dean sighed, and then spoke, "According to the laws of the Gamma Empire, when a young man reaches the age of 18, he needs to go to the nearest administrative district to take the qualification test of the war spirit.

If the qualifications are met, you can become a noble warrior of the empire, and if you are not qualified, you will enter the ordinary army and serve for 3 years. ”

The three of them were shocked when they heard this, don't look at the fact that they are almost adults in the orphanage, but because of the lack of necessary educational conditions, some common sense that many civilians know is something that they have not been exposed to at all.

"Dean, what is a warrior?" Karl was the first to regain his composure, raising the trio's current top concerns.

The dean gave Carl a deep look and explained, "You must have all heard the fairy tale of 'One Sword Crowning the Emperor', right?" ”

One sword to seal the emperor, refers to Caesar, the founding emperor of the Gamma Empire, when mankind encountered a catastrophe, he used his long sword to kill all the invaders, thus guarding the last pure land of mankind on the planet Luolan, which is now the Gamma Empire.

In this fairy tale, it is not clear what the catastrophe is and what the invaders are, but the inhabitants of the Gamma Empire know that the land on which mankind can now survive depends on Emperor Caesar and his sword.