The war began suddenly, and Aclaire soon entered his first battle as a soldier.

Together with his fellow bodyguards, he guarded a small town near Suero. A week later, the kingdom's troops raided the area, and they defended the town at great cost.

On the battlefield, he really regarded himself as a Chinese soldier to participate in the battle, his commando team went out of the city many times to carry out harassment missions, several times inserted into the enemy's flank and rear, causing a lot of losses to the incoming enemy, and finally the enemy siege loss was too great, had to evacuate, he also led the master of the commando, carried out an ambush on the enemy, and killed the baron who led the team.

In this way, Aclay participated in the battles again and again, adding various exploits to his resume, and his ranks and positions continued to rise. By the time the war had been going on for half a year, he was already a battalion commander in a small city, with a local escort under his command.

That's when he faced his first crucial test. This strategically important city was surrounded by the enemy due to the attack of the main forces nearby.

The enemy's commander secretly sent a viscount who had an old friend of Akle's family to liaise with Akle. The viscount brought a letter of appointment from Queen Laura, promising him the title of count, a fief corresponding to the title, if he wished to return to the side of the kingdom.

Here's what the viscount said: "The previous events happened while the king was still on the throne, and Her Majesty can not blame the past, as long as you can stand in the right position in this war and let the kingdom's army win a victory on this battlefield, you will become a person that Her Majesty values very much." You know, Her Majesty still needs to cultivate his henchmen in the aristocratic camp, what a great opportunity it is. ”

However, Aclair's response was to hang the viscount who had infiltrated the city as a liaison in the city. Tear up the Queen's mandate in front of everyone.

Before the viscount was hanged, he yelled in front of the gallows: "You are a betrayal to all the nobles. These Chinese never do things according to our traditions, all the nobles are not in their eyes, and they want to help those commoners climb on top of me. You've betrayed the group of people you belong to!"

Aclair did not reply to his shouts, except to say, "Hang him!"

After that, the enemy forces outside the city launched a fierce offensive. Aklai, who was at a disadvantage in his forces, took the lead in blocking the entrance of the city that was most likely to fall. He himself was wounded several times, and more than half of his army was damaged, but in the end he kept the enemy out of the city and held out until the main force returned to help.

This time, it took two months for Aclay to recuperate from his injuries, but he was also a blessing in disguise, and when his injuries healed, he successfully broke through to the advanced level.

After a few more months of fighting, he was transferred to the Guardian Army's newly formed Blade Independent Regiment, a powerful force composed of a high percentage of vindictive warriors.

The Independent Regiment was finally given the task of attacking the main city of the Duke of Greenwood. After all these months of development, the army to which Greenforest City belonged had almost been consumed by the main force of the Guardian Army. Under the cover of pneumatic cannons, Aklee led the team, first storming the city walls, and then the first to storm the Duke's Palace.

The Duke of Greenwood begged Akle, who had walked into his bedroom alone, "Just let me go, and I can give you the hidden wealth." There's a secret passage in the Duke's Palace that allows me to escape, and you don't even have to do anything extra. As long as you take me there, I will open the door of the treasury. You can use storage rings to hold what you want. ”

Akle agreed to the Duke's request, but when the Duke opened the treasury and prepared to escape through the secret passage, he was knocked down by a blow. Aclair captured the Count alive and handed over all his belongings.

His separate regiment did not have time to recuperate, and was given a new task. The town of Arano, where Chen Hansheng was located, was besieged by the enemy's main force, and the enemy's strength far outnumbered the local garrison. According to the notice of the intelligence group, the independent regiment must arrive within a day and a half, otherwise the town of Arano is likely to fall, but if it rushes at this speed, the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment will be greatly reduced, and it will encounter an enemy several times its size, and it will be more than lucky.

At the operational meeting, several operational staff officers opposed the rapid march, and only the Chinese political commissar showed limited support.

A staff officer said: "Regiment commander, we have been fighting continuously for a week. The losses of the troops are not small, and if a rapid march is carried out again, it will certainly have a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the troops, and the morale will certainly be very low.

If the regiment commander is worried that because Chen Hansheng is there, he is not in a hurry to march, and someone will gossip about you. I don't think it's necessary at all. We are considering this issue purely from a military point of view. ”

The final choice fell to Aklee. He closed his eyes and thought for ten minutes, then made a decision that surprised everyone. He drew the most elite fighters of the entire independent regiment into a battalion of troops, armed only with melee weapons, and lightly armed to rescue Arano.

This battle was the hardest and most dangerous battle since Aclair joined the Guard. Although he chose to raid the besieging army at night, and the enemy was thrown into disarray by his blows, the huge disparity in numbers made him nearly annihilated in the battle. Fortunately, at the most critical moment, Chen Hansheng led his troops to break through from inside the city and pressed an important weight on the balance of victory.

Afterwards, Chan Hon-sang, who was also seriously injured, and Aklee were recuperating in the same ward. Chen Hansheng asked him: "What do you think about the person who killed your father at such a great price to save me?"

"Actually, I wavered, though only for a moment: when they said it was okay not to save you, I thought about following everyone's decision. But I know very well that sometimes people's behavior can be explained this way and that way, but what cannot be deceived is their own interpretation of themselves. I know that if I go to save you, it is not without a chance of winning. So if I don't save you, it means that I haven't really let go of the past. That way, all my previous efforts would be in vain. ”

Chen Hansheng nodded and said, "It seems that you are really sure of your own path." ”

"Yes. In the past few months, I have figured out a lot of things. But when it was time to hesitate, when it was time to waver, I persevered. Aclair said firmly.

"Very well! Congratulations, Mr. Aclay, you have passed the loyalty test. ”