Fidel had been living here for more than ten days, and he had escaped from this place to find that he could either grow wings and fly out of house arrest, or he would become a fish and swim out of the bottom of the lake. Otherwise, there would be no way to get past the very dense patrols of the guards and the countless servants who watched his every move! To make matters worse, although the Count de Barlow and Ludwig both claimed to be leaving, they often came to talk to them, and seemed to be no different from the watchers. In particular, Ludwig, the Winterlander, would appear at his door every night, and later the great merchant Gabrihaus told him that Ludwig would also go to his door every night, sometimes opening the locked door somehow, and then saying goodnight and leaving, sometimes just standing outside the door.

Gabrihaus had asked Ludwig not to disturb him at night, but the Winterlander claimed that he had gone to bed early and had never left his room. Feder saw the other again last night, and he was reading until late at night, when Ludwig pushed open the door of Fed's room again. It's just that the other party didn't look at him, but said softly: "It's another beautiful night!" After the other party finished speaking, he closed the door and left. Feder noticed that the other's eyes were wide open, and although the look was a little strange, it should still be awake. It's just that the tone of the other party's speech is different from that of normal days, and Ludwig, who came to greet him late at night, has become relatively gentle, not as cold as usual.

Although Fed asked Ludwig about this question the next day, he could not remember that he had knocked on someone's room in the middle of the night, and he did not understand why until he left the place where he was under house arrest.

One day in early March, Fed finally got some news about the outside world—a maid ran into his room early in the morning, saying that Captain Leland had invited several people, including himself, to meet with him.

Fidel then followed the maid to the meeting place, while Count de Barlo and the head of the Wave Mercenary Regiment, Fuller, had arrived, while Ludwig and the Grand Merchant were nowhere to be seen.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have come to deliver a message from the Lord Regent, Xiumo. "Captain Leland was still the same as he had met the first time, holding a huge thick shield about the same height as he was, and carrying a spear on his back.

"Come on, I've been here for more than ten days, and you're not going to let me write to my mother's house," said Count de Barlo, with his hands crossed over his chest, impatiently, "and won't let me go, will you imprison us here until you die?"

And the leader of the Wave Mercenary Group didn't say a word, thinking that it was very difficult for this mercenary leader to accept being placed under house arrest at the beginning, but maybe he couldn't find a way to get out of here, so he was gradually polished away by time. Fett was slowly coming to terms with life here, and he hadn't lived so quietly in a long time. Since leaving his hometown, he has traveled a third of the entire continent for most of the past six months, and sitting quietly by the lake and reading a book has become a favorite thing for Fielder to do. Of course, he also went to observe the shift times of the patrols here, and the frequency of other servants. But in general, the Regent's surveillance force is still impenetrable, and no one can escape from it.

"The Lord Regent said that you would now have two choices, the first of which would be to stay here until the war was over, and that you would be able to return home safely, and that everyone would be rewarded for their merits. ”

Captain Leland said this, and Fei De glanced at Fuller, the leader of the Wave Mercenary Regiment, who tilted his head slightly downward, and rolled his eyes upwards to look at Captain Leland. The commander of this regiment named Fuller once said at the defense meeting that he commanded dozens of mercenary groups of the Theoguna Empire, but now he has long been hollowed out, I am afraid that those mercenary groups have all fallen into the control of the regent, and he is now just a regimental leader with no power. This was the most right thing that Fidel thought the Lord Regent had done, after all, a mercenary group leader commanding dozens of mercenary groups was equivalent to a person having ten hands, and each hand had ten fingers. The likelihood of change is very high, after all, most mercenaries are mercenary.

"I'll choose the second one!" Deballo replied in a loud voice after hearing the first choice, "I can't stand life here anymore, you really think I'm a pig?!"

Leland ignored the other party's yelling, he just continued slowly, "The second option is that you take your subordinates who are unwilling to obey the command and immediately take them to the defense line of the Righteous King City to support the war there. The captain of the guard spoke very clearly, and when he had finished speaking, he closed his mouth so that no gaps were exposed, and if he guessed correctly, there should have been only so much for the message from the regent.

"What!" said Count de Barlo, "haven't all my men already been under your control?

Fuller also said coldly: "Hmph, it seems that my subordinates are still loyal to me, and if they don't see me personally, they won't just obey the command of some miscellaneous guys." ”

Fidel looked behind him again, and he was sure that Gabrihaus and Ludwig weren't there. In this way, the word regent's message was only conveyed to himself and two other men who had subordinates, and neither Ludwig nor the great merchant had any subordinates to mobilize. If the knights and soldiers that DeBarlow brought back from the Tail Peninsula and the mercenaries under Fuller were not willing to obey the command, then would his own potato mercenary group not be willing either? But even if he brought a few hundred people from the potato mercenary group to the front line, what was the use? Fei De didn't understand, but he replied, "I'm willing to choose the second one." ”

"Very well, then please ask Counselor Fei to leave immediately. ”

"I would like to ask the question of where is the head of the Knights of the Church, Satnam, now. ”

"He has already gone to the defense line of Yiwang City. ”

When Fidel heard this, he probably realized that his subordinates still didn't choose to follow Satnam in the end. It is estimated that Avi and Marcus are still in the land of Amy, waiting for their return.

Feder then returned to his room, retrieved his enchanted two-handed sword, and prepared to leave. Only then did Ludwig stand outside the door and knock politely. Fed said casually, "Just push it open, it's not locked." ”

Ludwig pushed open the door and said, "Congratulations on hearing that Your Excellency is leaving." ”

"Can't you leave?"

"I don't think I need to leave here, or even if I did, I wouldn't leave the city," Ludwig looked at the sword in Fidel's hand with his blue-white eyes, "If you're lucky, maybe we'll meet again in a few days." ”

Fed thought for a moment, he didn't think what to say, and walked straight out the door. And the other party didn't stop Fidel, but just turned sideways slightly, letting Fide leave the room.

At this time, the captain of the guard, Leland, was already standing in the garden outside, and there was a large group of guards behind him. And Deballo also packed his things, and it seems that he chose the second one, and now he can leave this good place for leisure. Feder suddenly remembered that he hadn't finished reading the book about the beasts in the mountains and under the water, but the door to his room had been locked by a servant, and he had to give up taking the book with him.

Following Leland out of the inner city, he and the nobles of the Tail Peninsula were speechless, and the other party was separated from him at a street corner in the city. He followed Leland on his way to the outside of Doret City, where a team of knights was ready to escort him back.

Captain Leland said before Fielder mounted his horse, "The Lord Regent Xiumo is looking forward to Your Excellency, although as far as we know, the Potato Mercenary Regiment does not have many troops, but you have experienced difficult battles, so don't underestimate your own strength. ”

After hearing this, Fei De nodded, obviously the regent had already mastered more than 100,000 or 200,000 troops in the defense meeting, why would he be interested in his mercenary force of several hundred people after the meeting? Fei De believed that this was definitely not because his mercenary group really had any unparalleled strength, I am afraid that he would have to return to the camp first to get the answer.

There were thirty knights escorting him, and they claimed to be the Dreadnought Knights under Stanley, the chief of the General Staff, who were mainly responsible for escorting Fed to the defense line of Righteous King City. So, if you want to leave the territory of the West directly, these thirty knights will have to deal with it first?

Two hours later, Fed returned to the camp where his mercenary group was located, and the land of Amy was long gone, and even the townspeople here had decreased considerably, and many houses had long been empty.

"It's Deputy Commander Field!" Squad Leader Leonard sat outside the camp, polishing his weapon, and as soon as he saw Field, he ran back, shouting as he ran.

The other captains also came out of their tents and looked at Fide and the thirty knights behind him. The knights, too, were quite acquainted, and they stopped outside the camp of the Potato Mercenary Regiment and took up their positions.

"Thank goodness you've finally been released!" Noor was the first to run to Fed's side, and he hugged him tightly, even through a heavy piece of black plate armor, he still hugged Feder's whole body. Fid also stretched out his hands and hugged the other, and he swung his sword at his waist to prevent it from reaching Noor. The Marcus brothers also ran over and hugged Fid together.

Ayana also ran out, but she didn't lean over, just watched from a distance, but she couldn't hide the joy on her face.

"Great, there's been a lot going on out there in the time you've been away, you don't know it?!" Marcus One-Eyed stroked Field's hair with a large hand.

"yes, a lot has happened, and if you stay under house arrest any longer, I think we're probably going to have to leave. Squad Leader Leonard said.

"Withdraw?"

"Yes, the Theoguna Empire is finished, and if we don't leave, we probably won't have a chance. Leonard had always been straightforward, and several of the Fearless Knights who were standing not far away frowned when they heard this.

"We'll go back and talk about it, we'll talk about it when we go back. Marcus pulled Leonard away and motioned for all the captains to enter the tent first.

Ayana sat alone at the entrance of the camp of the Potato Mercenary Regiment, sharpening her arrows while monitoring the thirty knights outside the camp, and those knights did not dare to relax, fearing that Fid would suddenly escape.

In the tent, Fidel also learned all the news that he had no way of getting from his house arrest in Doret City.

The first is about the disappearance of the cavalry squadron leader Avi and the squad leader Fan. Lukka told Fidel that he and Avi had been investigating the battle at the front in the rear of Batting, but they didn't expect Avi and Van to suddenly run away, leaving him and the rest of the mercenaries behind. Due to the suddenness of the incident, Lukka did not send anyone to search for the whereabouts of the two, so he had to return with the cavalry squadron first.

"Before they said goodbye, I once saw Squadron Leader Avi receive a secret note, and I guess it was because of this note that Avi and Fan left us. The others also expressed their puzzlement, after all, Avi and Fan have never behaved unusually, but why did the two of them, like Kesi and Greif, suddenly say goodbye? Everyone didn't understand, after all, Avi and Fan are also partners in overcoming hardships together, and it is really chilling to leave like this.

Fed saw that the Moon Shield was still there, and everyone else was unharmed, and it seemed that Avi and Fan had just left alone. Marcus gave Fidel a look, and Fidel understood what the other party meant. As early as when he was in the Holy Light City, Marcus saw with his own eyes a token of the first-class privileged mercenary group of the Oguna Empire in Avi's hands, and at that time, Marcus Squadron Leader reminded himself that Avi and his fellow countryman Fan might have a problem with their origins. But the two of them have been conscientious since then and have not done anything unfavorable to the potato mercenary group. Or maybe that's why Marcus didn't say this message in front of everyone.

"Anyway, since they didn't do anything bad for us, then we don't need to pursue them," Feder knew that when Carrie left them, Avi and Fan had the idea of breaking away from themselves and looking for their companions, but they chose the present, "Maybe because people have their own aspirations, if you have the opportunity to meet them in the future, let's ask again." ”

"Don't talk about that Fan, Avi is a person you trust very much, Deputy Commander Field, I didn't expect this young man to betray us! They must have thought that Deputy Commander Fielder you died in the city, and our mercenary group was going to end up with the Theoguna Empire, so they ran away, right?!" Captain Franklin said.

"That cannot be said, since we have no way of knowing the real cause, we cannot blindly blame. Patrick didn't interject much, but he said he knew the character of Avi and Fan, and neither of them was a treacherous person.

"That's it, the two of them aren't the most important problem we're facing right now. "Since Fei De has said so, it is inconvenient for the other captains to say anything more, but during this period of time, several important members of the potato mercenary group have been reduced in a row, and this situation makes everyone's face a little ugly.

Then there is the report on the war between the West Oguna Empire and the invading forces of the East Oguna Empire. Marcus said that five days earlier, Commander Satnam had drawn all the more than 10,000 reinforcements sent by the Papal States to the south of the defense line of the Righteous King. At that time, Satnam had invited the Potato Mercenary Regiment, but after the unanimous decision of the captains, they still chose to stay here and wait for the return of Deputy Captain Feid. Perhaps because of Satnam's guilt for Fett's house arrest, he didn't force the potato mercenary group, he just took the other two mercenary groups with him and marched to the defense line together.

In this way, the Potato Mercenary Regiment was restored to become a free mercenary group, but all the captains agreed to stay here and wait for Fidel's return.

As for the situation at the front, it can only be described by the word "chaos".

The Theoguna Empire had already stationed tens of thousands of troops on the defense line of the Righteous King City, and I heard that the Holy Maiden Golia had also gone to the Righteous King City in person to boost the morale of the soldiers defending the city there. It's just that there are rumors that the so-called saint is just a substitute in a veil, and she is not the real saint Golia, who has already retreated to the rear.

As the invading forces of the East Oguna Empire approached, many of the soldiers on the defensive line were forced to defect to the south. The various mercenary groups are also unstable, and many of them are no longer under the command of the regular army and are in a state of chaos.

The regent Xiumo only cared about the defense of Doret City, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the regent had the intention to gather the rest of his forces around Doret City, preparing to fight here against the water. The defense line of the Righteous King City has become an outcast, and the small noble lords who were recruited to the defense line of the Righteous King City have felt that they have been deceived by the regent and Goliath, and the defection of those who have turned against them, and those who have brought the troops home have gone home, and the front line has been in chaos. Now only the regent's subordinates and the reinforcements of the Papal States are struggling to support them, and it can really be said that the enemy army has not arrived, and the army is in chaos first.

"I've also heard from people on the front lines that the large siege weapons that should not have arrived so quickly have been brought in at an accelerated pace and are about to reach the defensive line, and that a large part of the area east of Yiwang City is controlled by the advance force of the invading army, and it seems that the collapse of the Theoguna Empire is inevitable. ”

After listening to this, Fei De realized that although his strength was insignificant, at least it was a mercenary group under the Church Knights, and it was estimated that he would not do anything to betray the enemy, so he let himself back. On the way back, he didn't see many soldiers in or out of Doret City, perhaps the more than 100,000 troops that the great nobles promised to summon were still on the way, which led to the current situation.

"Why don't we go too?" said Marcus suddenly, after reporting on the battle on the front. Leonard and Franklin agreed, after all, the situation was now one-sided.

Fett closed his eyes, and two men walked in from outside the tent, one of whom turned out to be Stanley, the chief of staff of the regent Shumo, "Can't go!" he shouted. Beside him stood a face that Feld felt familiar, but he couldn't remember who the other person was.