This is a small town in the northwest of the ancient city of Aoku, and it is named Iron Pine Town because the mountains near the town are rich in pine trees called Iron Pine. The town has only one main street, and there is a small courtyard across this street.

The male owner of the small courtyard sacrificed himself to protect his companions during a mercenary mission eleven years ago, leaving his wife alone with two children. Fortunately, the companion who was rescued by her husband provided great help to the mother and son in order to repay the kindness, and the two sides established a deep friendship, and the mercenary companion not only solved the difficulties they faced, but also made them well-known and wealthy in the local area. It is precisely because of the development of this friendship between the two sides that this ordinary mercenary family has since embarked on an extraordinary path that will be famous for eternity.

The hostess was a kind-hearted person, and when her husband was alive, she liked to help those neighbors who were living in difficulty, and when she was rich, she was even more generous, and had a good reputation in Tiesong Town. Later, as the orcs swept south to sweep the Sunset Meadows, the fleeing nomads poured into the ancient city of Okucheng, and the vicinity of Iron Pine became the largest refugee shelter, and the hostess did her best to take in and feed these refugees. The refugees could not express their gratitude to her, and they all called her a messenger sent from heaven, so she had a high status among the refugees.

The hostess has two sons, the younger of whom has been by her side because of his young age, and the eldest who joined the cadet group and became the right-hand man of Alan Kanter, the leader of the group, along with Stanny. The eldest son's name is Harvey, the younger son's name is Lynch, and the hostess is Isha Sterling, who Allen respectfully addresses "sister-in-law" every time they meet.

It was a somewhat gloomy late autumn morning, and Isa, the owner of the courtyard, got up early, and instead of alerting the maid, she cooked breakfast for her son Lynch. When Lynch finished breakfast, several companions of the same age came to him to train together, Lynch was over eighteen years old this year, and when he reached the age of enlistment, he discussed with a few partners, and as soon as the New Year was over, he would apply to join the Youth League, and then go to Capra to fight orcs like his brother.

However, joining the Youth League must go through some tests, and physical fitness and martial arts are within the scope of the assessment, so Lynch organized some teenagers of similar age to train every day, and the training method was also learned by him from his older brothers Harvey and Stanny. At first, there were only twenty or thirty people in this group, but the word spread, more and more children joined, and finally it was more than two thousand, after all, every child in Iron Pine Town was extremely proud and proud to be able to join such an army to fight against the orcs. For this reason, the new mayor had to organize people to open a new training ground for them to use.

"When you leave the place where you grew up, you look back, beyond Xiongguan, the homeland of the Gosa. ”

"Three hundred years of vicissitudes, on the banks of the Bisi River, artemisia grass in the sky, crescent-shaped sorrow. ”

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Standing at the door and watching Lynch sing the military song of the Youth League surrounded by a group of friends, disappearing into the corner of the street, Isha stood in the courtyard for a while, she looked north, the battle on the side of Capra Pass continued, there was news a few days ago, the battle went very smoothly, the Youth League won several wonderful battles, but the news suddenly disappeared in the past two days, which not only made Isha hang her heart again.

Standing until three o'clock in the morning, Isha turned around and returned to the house at the persuasion of the maid, and took out a pile of fabric and needlework from the bedroom, and found a well-lit place in the living room to sit down.

Isha unfolded the fabric on the table, making it three unfinished robes. Although she had long since had to do the housework of sewing and mending herself, the three robes were an exception, as two of them were sewn for her son and one for Alan. Watching the three of them put on the robes she had sewn with her own hands was the happiest thing she felt.

Isha picked up the fabric that had been cut to Harvey's shape. However, after only two stitches, his finger was pricked by the tip of the needle, and it was normal for him to be pricked by needles in the process of sewing clothes, but this time it was different, Isha was stabbed a total of seven times before Harvey's robe was fully sewn, causing the robe to be stained with blood pouring in from his fingertips. It was nearly noon when Isha gave the sewn robe to the servant to wash, but she didn't wait for the maid to leave. There was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the living room, and the youngest son ran in from the outside as the door was pushed open.

"Mom, word has come from Capra and we've won a big victory. ”

Lynch shouted excitedly as soon as he entered the door.

"Really?"

Isha stood up excitedly.

"Yes, the triumphant procession is about to enter the town, and it is said that the captain of the captured orc team has no end in sight. ”

Lynch danced with his hands, stretched his arms and made an exaggerated gesture to convey the sheer number of captives.

"Great, prepare my clothes quickly, I'm going to the town to meet the soldiers who have returned triumphantly. ”

Soon after being served by the maid, Isha tidied up her hair accessories, put on a formal suit, and rode out of the house in a carriage accompanied by Lynch.

After all, many people have gathered at the intersection of Tiesong Town to the north, all of whom have received the news that the Youth League is about to triumph, as soon as Isa arrives, the mayor, the security captain and the people in the town have rushed over to greet them, and everyone has a few words of greeting, and a team of people from the north of the road rushed over, and the flag was the people of the Youth League.

The mayor and sheriff hurriedly greeted them, but the group ignored the two men and came directly to Isha.

"Ma'am, Captain Allen, please come and meet you. ”

A man with the rank of captain jumped off his horse and saluted Isha respectfully.

"Good!"

Strange as it was, Isha got into a carriage and was escorted by a troop of cavalry to the Boys' Regiment's makeshift camp three miles away. Behind them, the mayor and the captain of the sheriff looked at each other for no apparent reason, but their doubts did not last long, and the news came that afternoon that Harvey Sterling, the deputy head of the cadet regiment, the eldest son of Isha, had died in the defense of Capra Pass. The news was accompanied by a long list of the dead, with the names of more than 3,000 teenagers, or more than 10,000 if you count the list of the wounded.

The Battle of Capra Pass is the greatest victory of mankind over the orcs in three hundred years, and its greatness lies in the fact that it is the only battle in which humans defeat the main force of the orcs with fewer victories on the frontal battlefield, and it is the battle with the largest number of orcs eliminated in a single battle since the Battle of Togo Hills - the number of orcs killed and captured in this battle is as high as 30,000, and it is the first time that humans have killed the orcs after the Battle of Togo Hills, and he is the most respected high priest among the orcs. The victory in the Battle of Capra marked the rise of the most powerful cold-weapon legion in human military history, and the reputation of the Predators after this battle shook the continent.

However, the price of the great victory was the young and fresh life of the Youth League, and while people took to the streets to celebrate the victory, countless families wept because of the loss of their sons and brothers. If he had turned back the clock and had Alan chosen again, he might not have had the courage to form another youth group to deal with the orcs.