"Why did you come back, could it be that it was too cold to freeze your **? Come on, keep going, we didn't look at your cards. Soldier A asked the guy who had just come in.

"I've lost this one, I just saw a goat nearby, come back and get a bow and arrow to see if I can catch it." The man who came in picked up the horned bow hanging on the wall and said in a sullen voice.

"Goats? Really? Then we have to be blessed, I have long been tired of the dry food in the barracks, when will this month's food be distributed! Soldier B cried out excitedly.

"Cut, your little food is used on the widow next door, let's eat the dry food honestly." Soldier A smiled and lifted the old bottom of Soldier B.

"Hey, is this really good, it's not easy for you to go out hunting and be discovered, but the captain told us to guard this place." Soldier C said worriedly.

"If you don't say, who will know? Don't worry, whether I hit the prey or not, I'll be back in ten minutes. The sentry straightened his scarf, opened the door to the beacon outpost, and walked out.

"Come on, let's continue, it's a shame that guy doesn't play, I've already got a different deck of cards ready to take a hit on him."

The sentry paused at the sound of the outpost, and then ran quickly into the distance, and if the soldiers looked at it now, they would see that the sentry had left a very shallow mark on the snow.

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In a small cave near the outpost, a thinly clothed human was huddled there, his body subconsciously leaning against the delicate stove in his arms, he was attacked by something when he went out to release water, and as soon as he woke up after fainting, he found himself here, his original coat and scarf were gone, and there was only a delicate stove next to it, which burned with a light blue flame. The heat was just enough to keep him warm in the cave.

"Damn, this guy is playing this joke on me, I hope those bastards come back to me when they find out I'm gone, I don't want to freeze to death in this place where birds don't shit." The man grumbled quietly, curling up even tighter.

……

"Why hasn't that guy come back yet, didn't he say he could do it in ten minutes? No, I'd better go out and have a look. After a few rounds of cards, Soldier A said with some distraction.

"Do you want me to come with you?" When Soldier B saw Soldier A put on his coat, he got up and said.

"Huh? No, you think I'm going to be as unreliable as that guy. Wait here for me to bring him back, this guy must have run away after his prey. Soldier A said loudly with his scarf wrapped around him, and then pushed the door open.

Fifteen minutes later, the remaining three all realized that something was wrong, and the two who had gone out before showed no sign of returning. The three of them put on their coats and took up their weapons, vigilantly guarding the situation around them.

"You and I go to find the two of them, you stay here, shout if there is any situation, we will rush back to support you as soon as possible." Soldier B instructed Soldier D. Then he rushed out with Soldier C.

Seeing the two of them disappear into the wind and snow, Soldier Ding sighed and returned to the campfire to stir up the flames even more. Suddenly, he felt a cold wind blowing, and a guy wearing a scarf broke into the outpost.

"Hey. Where have you been, they still thought you were missing, and they all went out to look for you. Soldier Ding clenched the weapon in his hand and glanced back, and found that it was the one who was now missing. Cursing, he lowered his weapon and turned back.

"I'm sorry!" When the soldier heard this, his eyes went black and he fell into a coma.

Soldiers B and C return to the outpost, where they find their missing companion in a cave, while Soldier A passes out near the cave. The body is posed as a symbol pointing in the direction of the cave. The two of them were about to return to get some clothes to save their companion who was trapped in the cave when they saw a blazing beacon fire and vertical beacon smoke

"What the is going on!" Soldier A cursed a foul word and hurriedly rushed towards the beacon tower.

The reward of the task has been credited, Hu Bin quickly removed the hook and rope on his body, took off his coat and scarf, and slowly descended to the foot of the mountain with the hook along the cliff, he saw that another set of beacon fires had been lit on the mountain peak in the distance, and it would pass the news of the request for help to the Luo Han Kingdom far away from the mountains step by step, and if nothing else, Luo Han's reinforcements would arrive here in ten days.

"It's just a pity that the magic furnace that came out of Ozarktari is cheaper than that sentinel." Hu Bin patted his somewhat hot palm, lit the rope used for the crime with his flame hand, and walked away in a dashing manner.

"Bang!" The door to the regent's chamber was broken open by a military attaché. "My lord, the beacon fire, the beacon fire has been lit!"

The Lord Regent saw the lit beacon fire through the window, and was unexpectedly silent, he slowly lowered the curtain and told the military attache waiting beside him, whose head was covered with sweat, "Go and call Gandalf, I want to talk to him." ”

Bidding farewell to the howling cold mountain breeze mixed with the end of the snow, Hu Bin found the idle Tadun in a large bar in the White City, and learned from him that Lin had found a hotel to take a bath.

"I said I was going with her, but she just slapped me, and I didn't say to take a shower with her." Ta Dun stroked the half of his face that was still glowing red, and he couldn't see any grievances.

"This guy's illness is incurable." Hu Bin sighed and hurriedly asked about other things.

"The goods have been accounted for, and the money has been paid to your merchants, but I don't understand, why are you in such a hurry to dispose of this batch of goods, if the value of this batch of goods will at least double after the Aocheng fortress is breached, why lose so much profit for this prestige?" Ta Dun asked, puzzled, he heard Hu Bin's men talking about these things in their chat.

"Tower Shield, what do you think of the position of the Gondor faction numberers in this campaign?" Hu Bin smiled and asked Ta Dun, since he raised this question because he was worried about himself, then it was necessary for him to reveal some inside information, after all, trust is mutual.

"En~, I think it should still be mercenary adventurers, after all, they also participated in the battle of the Lohan Kingdom, but some lord-level numberers may be treated better." Tadun looked at the ordinary-looking Gondor numberers in the tavern and replied with some uncertainty.

"That's right. But one thing is wrong, even lord-level numberers can't get special treatment in battle, after all, they have only been lords and nobles for more than a year at most. The safety of the numberers in such a major battle would be difficult to guarantee, whether in the fortress of Ojo or in the southern defenses, and the high-ranking members of the kingdom of Gondor would place us in the most dangerous places. Don't say that the numberers don't just don't go, they have a way to get us to go to war willingly. Hu Bin said with a gloomy face, he had found in the previous lords' council that the numbered lords seemed to be excluded from the mainstream aristocracy, which was not a good omen, and the higher-ups of the Gondor Kingdom might treat them as cannon fodder.

"But what does that have to do with your business?" Ta Dun asked puzzled.

"Of course it does. Isn't your relationship with Aragorn very good, and didn't he also let you get a way to lift the Ringwraith's curse from Gandalf. And I have a good relationship with Boromir, after all, he is the eldest son of the regent, I brought a lot of supplies in the name of his friend, not just in the name of a merchant, the benefits brought by this are not comparable to that little gold coin, I have learned a truth from the previous world, don't underestimate the natives in the mission world, although they may not be as strong as the numberer. But they are more adapted to the world than the numberers. ”

"What benefits can you get from Boromir." The tower shield is not stupid, in fact, there is a numbering person who has come this far has a bad brain.

"The benefits? No harm is the biggest benefit, you and Lynn The last main quest is about this campaign, don't show a surprised expression. I believe that the same is true for other numberers.,I can still guess one or two of the main quest rules of the space.,Although the previous tasks will be varied.,But the last link will definitely let the numberers gather together.。 ”

"Then wouldn't the numberers of Sauron's faction join the battle as well?" Ta Dun somewhat understood what Hu Bin wanted to say.

"It's not just them. Although some of the numberers of Saruman's camp died, there must have been more who ran out, and if they didn't want to fail the main quest, they would definitely get involved. Maybe there will be a lot of familiar faces by then. The numberer is a variable in this world at all times, and maybe the kingdom of Gondor will fail at that time, so you have to be mentally prepared for this. ”

Hu Bin took a sip of wine and continued: "When it comes to the decisive battle, there will be three forces on the human side, one is the reinforcements of the major nobles led by the regent and the defenders of Baicheng, and their strength may be the strongest side. The second force is reinforcements from Rohan and Aragon, who have a certain strength even if they don't count the Ghost Legion. And the last side is the army of the numberers, and I have to say that our strength is very weak, and there is no other way out except to cling to the other two. But ......"

"But there are people who want to go out on their own! I've heard a lot of numberers talking about this, and a few of the numberers who are Lords of Gondor are gathering a coalition of scattered numberers to support their own troops and reduce their losses in this battle. Ta Dun's face was a little gloomy.

"They put the numberers on the opposite side of the regent's forces, although now for the sake of superficial peace, these aboriginal forces do not give us a look of face, and use interests to appease us, but once the decisive battle with the orcs begins, I dare say that the numberers will definitely be pushed to the position of cannon fodder." Hu Bin told the final prediction and the result.

"Not only will we have to deal with the orcs and hostile forces, but we will also have to be careful of the betrayal of our own indigenous forces, as long as they claim that they are not strong enough to give up support for us, we will be isolated in the enemy's ocean, and we will have to desperately complete the contribution required by the main quest." Ta Dun was already in a cold sweat, and he looked at Hu Bin in disbelief, did this guy expect this to happen from the beginning.

"Don't get excited, I only thought of so much after I joined the Council of Lords, so I asked my subordinates to sell half of these supplies and send them to the Gondor Kingdom before I left on my mission. Boromir gave me a subtle test when he gave me the task, and although I didn't know why he did it at the time, but in retrospect, it seemed that the Lord Regent wanted to use the hands of us numberers to ease the feud with the kingdom of Rohan, after all, we were not on either of their side. Presumably Boromir and Gandalf's plan for help also had the acquiescence of the regent, but the old fellow's mind was not as stubborn as it seemed. ”

"You mean the Lord Regent has long been interested in asking for help from Rohan?" Ta Dun was taken aback again by the news that Hu Bin broke the news.

"Be quiet." Seeing that the others stopped paying attention after taking a look at this, Hu Bin lowered his voice and continued: "This is the position of the regent in his heart for the numbered person, and it has value. But not to be trusted. But we are different, because I sold Boromir a good one, and I also completed the regent's layout, and even if the regent did not classify us as people who were attached to their side, he would not have any ill will towards us, and I have to say that my luck has always been good. After Hu Bin finished speaking, he drank all the wine in the bottle in one gulp.

"So what do we do now?" Ta Dun's eyes when he looked at Hu Bin were completely different, this guy could always surprise him.

"I heard that the navy in the south wants to take the initiative to destroy the fleet of the Amba pirates, maybe we can try our luck somewhere, I can try to see if I can get the post of overseer from Boromir. You might be able to earn a contribution to the main quest. Hu Bin's last sentence obviously moved the tower shield, the more contribution this thing gets before the decisive battle begins, the better, if the main quest is completed in advance, then you can return to the initial space at any time, which is equivalent to having a life guarantee. Although Ta Dun likes to die, who would really not take his life seriously.

"I'll ask Lin to prepare." Ta Dun put down his glass and walked in the direction of the inn.

"Lin should still be taking a shower, why don't you have a long memory." Hu Bin looked at the back of the tower shield and shook his head and said softly.

Boromir only persuaded Hu Bin a few words before agreeing to his request, Hu Bin's strength was still very assured, and the kingdom invested superior forces in the plan to exterminate the pirates. The generals of the navy are all vying for the command of this time, after all, Bai Pick's military merits are not wanted, and the position of supervising the army this time is estimated to be the role of soy sauce on the fleet, which is not an important issue. Boromir quickly wrote a letter of introduction. Along with a horn, it was handed to Hu Bin.

"The letter is addressed to Admiral Quentin, who is in charge of this operation, and I have already written the situation clearly, and the old admiral has a somewhat short temper, I hope you will not mind. This is the horn that General Quentin made and gave to me when I was a child. As a token, I also gave it to you, I believe it will help you. Reed, help me protect him! ”

Hu Bin walked out of Boromir's residence with the letter and the horn. But the heart is not as calm as it seems.

"Boromir's Letter of Introduction (Quest Item): Earn the position of Overseer from Admiral Quentin and trigger the story quest to destroy the Umbar Pirates. Note that this item is valid for 2 days, so please arrive at Admiral Quentin as soon as possible. ”

"Boromir's childhood horn: a small toy made by the Navy Quentin himself

Grade: Normal

Attributes: You can make a suggestion or guarantee to Quentin in the name of Boromir, and after using it, the item loses all attributes

Synopsis: One day you will become the hero of Gondor, Quentin. ”

"Looks like we're going to hurry." Hu Bin looked at the sky and hurried to the hotel where his companion was.

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"Are you sure you're here to be my overseer, elf, you're not an adult yet, and the navy doesn't have a nurse to take care of you."

Admiral Quentin of Gondor was a burly man with gray hair tied into a ponytail, and his upper body crisscrossed with scars and bulging muscles made it hard to believe that he was an aging admiral. Hu Bin finally knew why Boromir told him to protect him, this old guy didn't have the temperament of an officer at all, what he liked most was to personally engage the enemy in hand-to-hand combat, and his irascible personality was more like a pirate than the navy. But perhaps it is because of this straightforwardness and the courage and skill of the almost chaotic battle that Quentin will be convinced by the elite naval officers.

"Hmmm! Looks like you're not here to make trouble. After enduring nearly five minutes of questioning by the foaming stars, Hu Bin finally had the opportunity to take out a letter of introduction, and General Quentin scratched his head and made a cute expression to Hu Bin after reading it. It can be imagined that a strong old man covered in scars made a cute expression, no matter what other people in the vicinity thought, Hu Bin was disgusted anyway.

"General, it's time for us to go." Quentin's adjutant reminded him.

"Haha, it's finally here, let's go directly to the pirates' lair to cut down their men, rob their property and women's ......." The old man excitedly pulled out the scimitar at his waist and burst out with astonishing remarks.

"General, we are the Navy, please respect yourself!" The officers and soldiers around said in unison with a look of surprise on their faces.

"General, according to the plan, our first step should be to ambush ** there and wait to lure the enemy troops." The adjutant said with a blank face.

"Cut, those bastards in the command know about the conspiracy, I really want to beat up the guy who made this plan." The old man withdrew his scimitar in disappointment, complaining hatefully.

"General, Captain O'Har, who made this plan, was already beaten by you yesterday because you suspect that he wants your people to die directly." The adjutant continued in a non-wavering voice.

"Uh, that's it, ahahaha!" Quentin laughed awkwardly.

"How do I feel like I'm on a thief ship." Ta Dun wiped his sweat and whispered to Lynn.

"Humph!" This is obviously Lynn's reply.

PS: The naval battle you want, although the scale is a bit small.