The entire ruins ahead were filled with these men with white lights on their heads, and the man who had just spoken lit a torch that illuminated himself and Jack.

"Is it true that the 100,000 marches of the Kosai Kingdom without lighting a single torch?" This man wears a covered iron helmet on his head, and the cylindrical helmet has a cross-cut slit in the eye area, which is where he sees things, but what makes people feel strange is that there is a point of light on the forehead of this helmet, like a third eye, "If it weren't for my good eyesight and seeing someone lighting a candle, I wouldn't have been able to see or hear you at all." ”

Jack began to signal to the troops behind, and every hundred men lit a torch, and the entire 100,000-strong sneak attack force began to take shape.

"You're the one sent by the Mercenary Guild, aren't you?" said Jack, who rode on his brown-red horse, while the other man stood on the ground and looked up at him.

"That's right, I guess you know which mercenary group we are when you see our helmets, right?"

The Chief of the General Staff, Colin, looked carefully at the report and then at the mercenary in front of him. The whole body is covered in steel plate armor, and the head is covered with a heavy covered helmet, the most iconic helmet light point, proclaiming the perfect enchantment technology. This is a mercenary group that wins entirely by equipment.

"You're the MONOCULUS mercenary group, aren't you?" Colin pulled out a letter from his body, jumped off his horse, and walked over to the other party with a torch himself, "Are you the blacksmith poet Nathaniel?"

The man shook his head, he took Colin's letter, opened it and confirmed, and said, "Confirm, you are the employer of this mission, the villain's name is James, and he is the current leader of the MONOCULUS mercenary group." "The figure of this regiment commander is not outstanding, and his appearance is completely hidden by the helmet, which is a bit mysterious.

Jack nodded, he had just heard Colin mention the blacksmith poet Nathaniel, which reminded him of the poetry he had heard as a child.

"Fire and iron, blood and steel!

Every weapon that kills people is born here, and every piece of armor that guards people is born from here.

Here's their mother, here's their source of life,

Fire and Iron!

Their mother and blood, they returned to their mother's arms, fused together.

This is fire and iron, blood and steel!"

Nathaniel is a famous blacksmith on the mainland, his fused steel cast iron process is unmatched, and the plate armor cast is the softest line, the most comfortable to wear, and the best resistance ability. In addition to his excellent blacksmithing skills, he would also write poetry while striking iron, and many of the poems circulating on the continent were written by Nathaniel, including this "Fire and Iron".

"What's the use of that spot of light on your helmet?" asked Ampvo, sitting on a black male horse, pointing to the other's helmet.

"This is the enchanted helmet that Master Nathaniel has made for us, and when we get to the battlefield, the Marquis will know what it is for. James, the leader of the MONOCULUS mercenary group, bowed deeply to the other party, but the eyes inside his helmet obviously did not look at the other party, even if the helmet only had a slit of vision, others could easily see James's arrogance.

"The so-called 'magic eye' is this point of light, and it is estimated that there will be some magic. Jack said this, but he was secretly surprised in his heart. If it takes a lot of money and a long time to complete an enchanted piece of equipment, then so many mercenaries, wouldn't each one enchanted weapon be able to sweep away thousands of troops? Jack touched the green armor on his body, he couldn't imagine that he had to face an entire army with enchanted equipment.

"So let's go ahead and attack the City of Honor as planned, shall we?" said Colin, putting the report back on his body and riding his horse himself.

Jack said to James, "Although sneak attacks are not my Jack's style, but this time there is someone to act as the internal response of our kingdom, it is a godsend. ”

A month and a half ago, a messenger brought a letter from the border town of Gansha in the Republic of Marvier. The content of the letter stated that Gordon, the city governor sent by the Republic to Dry Sand City, was willing to sacrifice Dry Sand City to the kingdom, and was willing to lead the kingdom's soldiers to the heart of the republic, the capital city of honor. Geographically, the City of Honor has always been very close to the territory of the Kingdom of Kosai, and there is only one border city on the border, Gansha City. So it stands to reason that the guys in the Marveil Senate should have chosen someone they trusted very much to be the city councillor, how could they be willing to sacrifice the city?

Just when the letter was in doubt, the mercenary guild sent an emissary, along with the "turn a blind eye" policy of the Three Duchy and the Kingdom of Sarins. Although the immediate opportunity was great, the Kosai Kingdom was cautious and asked the nobles in the Kingdom of Salins to return, and asked for accurate information, but they were attacked halfway.

The main battle faction of the Winter Kingdom is Jack and Ampwo, who advocate an immediate sneak attack, but the conservatives believe that it is necessary to wait and see, and even if it is an attack on the Republic, it is necessary to gather soldiers from the depths of the country, those soldiers who have been recuperating for a long time and are loyal and unyielding.

James knelt down on one knee and said to Jack: "Your Royal Highness, the MONOCULUS mercenary group of our mercenary guild will be loyal to you from this moment, please trust us, cross the border immediately, and attack the Republic of Marvel!" As he crouched, the mercenaries with light-spotted helmets behind him also squatted down.

Jack looked through the light of the torch and saw all he saw were heavily armored mercenaries dressed in one-color steel plate armor and covered light helmets, holding a variety of sharp weapons in their hands. And most of his 100,000 infantry were the lightest leather armor with a felt coat, which was dwarfed at once.

"How many troops did your mercenary group bring this time?" asked Marquis Ampvo.

"Back to the Marquis, we have a total of two thousand people. James did not stand up, but replied on his knees.

"Hmph, there are only 2,000 people, we are 100,000 soldiers of the Winter Kingdom here, and you can't even compare to a fraction of them. Ampwer said with his head held high, disdainfully.

James smiled slyly, and he said slowly, "Although our mercenaries are not as many as the lord's soldiers, they are all exceptional. ”

Colin knew that what James said was true, the Mercenary Guild had always had a reputation, and any of the nine mercenary regiments could be worthy of the most elite knights in every kingdom. Each mercenary group has nearly 10,000 mercenaries, and the strength of the mercenary union can even compete with the countries of the mainland, after all, 100,000 people can be regarded as a nest for the Kingdom of Kosai.

"Very good, let your mercenaries play the vanguard later, if you successfully take the City of Honor, the kingdom will not treat you badly. Jack was starting to get tired of the conversation here, and he ordered the MONOCULUS mercenaries to lead the way, while the 100,000 Winter Nation soldiers followed, heading for the Republic.

While the front of the army was chatting, Avi, who was standing at the end, noticed that something was wrong.

When the fat man saw that the line in front of him had stopped, he found a stone and sat down. He didn't let Avi and the three of them sit down, but his eyes began to focus on the iron spear on Bignose Fan's back again, but the dead light cavalry made him feel uneasy.

A gust of cold wind blew from the fat man's back, and he shivered, and put his hands around his shoulders, and the early morning in this desert place was particularly cold, and he had to rub his hands vigorously there to keep warm.

"Meow!" a black wildcat stood behind the fat man, but it was such a cat meow that Avi could hear the real meaning.

"Get out of here, you humanoid idiots. ”

Avi turned his head to look at the black cat standing there, the black cat's eyes glowing red, and its body had merged with the black behind it. He heard it well, even if it was a cat's call.

The black wildcat also noticed Avi's gaze, and it watched as Avi meowed again.

"Oops, staring at me, definitely with bad intentions!"

When the fat man heard the cat bark, he stood up and turned around, and he shouted loudly to chase the wild cat away.

"Still there, wait for those ghosts to come and you'll be finished!" the black wildcat ran back, and the last meow it uttered.

When Avi heard this, goosebumps rose all over his body, and his breathing became very light. Is there really a ghost here?!, he thought to himself. But Avi didn't dare to tell Fan and Carrie about it, they definitely wouldn't believe such nonsense.

"That's a powerful spiritual body. ”

There was a man talking in Avi's mind.

"If a spiritually strong person has too much reluctance to this world before he dies, his spiritual body will remain in this world and become a ghost. ”

The voice was clear, and Avi did hear someone talking in his head. Oh my God! Is this a sign that I am mentally ill? It is already incredible to hear animals talking, and now there is a person living in his brain, and he is still talking to me! Avi's heart was instantly filled with all kinds of thoughts, and he even suspected that the ghost that the black wild cat said had taken over his body, so he said these words in his head.

But the effect of the enchanted ring made Avi quickly calm down, and the person who had just said those two words felt familiar to him, as if he had heard them at other times.

"Well, even if that's the case, will those ghosts attack us?" Avi muttered to himself, actually trying to ask a question to see if anyone would answer him.

"Hey, what are you talking nonsense, ghost?" Carrie was the one who answered him, and that answer was still a rhetorical question.

"No, it's okay, we should hurry up, get out of here, I don't feel well. ”

Carrie immediately looked around, except for a fat man sitting on a stone, and an army standing still in front of him, and there was silence everywhere.

At this time, the army in front began to move forward, and their pace was still picking up, obviously increasing the speed of the previous march. The fat man also stood up and walked forward with the hemp rope in his hand.

As he walked through the ruined parts of the ruined city, Avi had been nervously looking around, hoping to find a trace of a "ghost", but found nothing but "quiet".

Maybe I'll be bolder and come back here in the future. Avi thought to himself.