Avi and Feder sat on the same horse, and after about an hour of travel, they made their way through a large wooded area to the stronghold of the Rock Thieves.

This is a camp built on a pile of rocks, and the outer perimeter of the camp is made of natural rocks as a barrier, and there are no walls and watchtowers like real man-made camps.

Feo led Fid and Avi down a stone path that winded upward, and Avi looked a little nervous, keeping his hand on the grip of his Quenched Knight sword. Fylde patted Avi lightly on the shoulder, saying that there was no need to worry too much.

When the three thieves standing at the end of the rocky walkway saw Feo, they all immediately got out of the way and let them pass.

Fei De saw that the three men were all dressed in leather armor and holding short knives, which was indeed standard for ordinary bandits and thieves. All three looked at Fid and Avi warily, and one of them asked Feo, "Mr. Feo, why don't you blindfold them?

"No more blindfolding, they're Russell's friends. As soon as Feo said this, the thief did not dare to ask any more.

After getting away from the three thieves, Fid asked Feo, "Who is Buck?"

"It's the leader of our bandits, and everyone here calls him by his first name, even the leader. ”

The leader of the thieves, it seems that this leader is quite shrewd, and knows to blindfold visitors in case the exact location of the stronghold is revealed.

Feo led them to a rocky clearing, chopped the rocks under their feet a few times, and then stood on the open space and waited, without saying a word.

After a while, a large rock was slowly pushed away, and a staircase appeared down from the original rock, and a thief came up.

"Mr. Feo, are you back?"

"Lead the way, we're going to Russell's room. “

"Russell is not in the cave," said the thief, pointing to the stone path that leads in the other direction, "and he seems to have gone to take care of the horses." ”

Feo nodded, and he motioned for the thief to step aside. And he himself continued on his way with Fidel and Avi until he came to a fork in the road.

"Let's go this way. Feo pointed to the stone path on the far left. The path descends slightly to the periphery of this rocky patch, connecting to a small grassland. In the far reaches of the meadow hills and hills could be seen, and in the middle of the prairie, there was a stable, and at this distance it was already possible to see more than a dozen horses kept in the stables, and a man dressed in the same groom clothes as Feo was bending down to pour buckets of horse feed into the manger and prepare food for the horses.

Fidel and the others slowly approached the man, and the man noticed them. The man raised his head, beckoned to Feo, and shouted, "Feo, you came at the right time, and the work here will be handed over to you." ”

"Okay, I've brought the people you want to see too. ”

"You must be Fidel," the man wiped his hands with a gray cloth hanging from his shoulder, and beckoned Fede and Avi to a table made of tree roots, "Your friends don't have to stand, just sit down together, just talk casually." The man smiled and sat down on a small rock, and both Fed and Avi sat down around the root table.

The person who spoke was Russell, the former leader of the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment. Russell had a long face, deep eyes, and a large, erect nose. The wheat-like complexion made him look healthy, and from the outside, he didn't look like the leader of a mercenary group who had been through many battles - Fed had heard that Russell was almost fifty years old, but he didn't expect Russell's real person to be a seemingly innocent and peaceful farmer, gentle and enthusiastic.

Avi could smell a very friendly smell from the other person's body - a smell that only comes after spending time with the horse, which reminded Avi of the "winter" of his own horse.

Russell shouted to Feo, who had just entered the stable, "Bring some tea to the guests, or we will be too rude!" and he turned to look at Fid, smiling all the time.

"You're Russell, the former leader of the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment and Andre's adoptive father, right?"

Russell waved his hand, and he nodded and replied, "That's right, I'm Russell, but don't mention that I'm the head of the regiment anymore, it's been a long time." ”

Russell sat there and began to talk, talking about Andre's cuteness when he was a child, and talking about the peace of his current life, and he also asked where Fed and Avi were from, but he just didn't mention the life weapon Moon Shield.

At this time, Feder had a lot of questions that he wanted to ask the other party, and Feder also fantasized about several possible situations where he might meet Russell, but he didn't expect the other party to be so calm. Fei even imagined threatening the other party with force to make Russell tell the location of the weapon of life, but the current situation does not need to do this.

"By the way, did Andre mention me?" Russell said to a friend of his son, who had grown up to live outside the home, as if he were a kind father, "and he had always been very well-behaved and clever, and he didn't resemble Josephine at all." Russell raised his head and looked at the sky as he spoke, this sky was particularly blue, and the wind blew through the grassland and allowed Fei De to smell a hint of grass.

Feder remembered his private agreement with Andre to give Russell's life to Andre. But Andrei can't even save his own life now, and even if Russell stands in front of him, he can't take revenge.

"Andrei has mentioned you, and he wants to seek revenge on you. "Feder decided to tell some truth and see if he could get some useful information out of the other side.

Russell's originally calm expression changed a little, and he said slowly, "Do you want me to take revenge?" he has always hated me, hated me for taking his mother away..."

When Feder found out that Russell had finished speaking, he began to sit there in a daze, and he decided to take the initiative. Fed told Russell the version of the story that Alain told him, and also told the other party about the recent events of the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment, but they did not say anything about the fact that they obtained information about Russell's whereabouts and went deep into the territory of the Winter Kingdom to find him.

It was also the first time Avi had heard a story about Russell, and he pricked up his ears and listened carefully to Field's words as if he were listening carefully to a lecture in a classroom.

Russell already knew that Alain had shot poisoned arrows at Andre and usurped power to become the new head of the regiment, but when he heard Fed's description of the situation at Pool Castle, Russell was still a little surprised.

"Bithluvis and Eddy..."

Fed nodded and said, "Captain Bithluvis, I didn't see him die, but Eddie did have his head cut off. ”

Russell sighed softly, he closed his eyes and said, "A year and a half ago, I chose to leave the place of right and wrong in Honor City, originally wanting the Moon Shield Mercenary Group to become as united as before, but I didn't expect that I still underestimated Alain's heart. ”

Russell, the former regimental commander, told Fede and Avi about the squadron leaders.

Alain used to be the son of an elder, but when he found out that he was not the elder's biological son, he resolutely broke off contact with his adoptive father and chose to become a mercenary. When Alain was young, he was silent and had a very strong sense of self-esteem, and many times he was bullied by other mercenaries, he would bury it in his heart, waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on the other party - once a small captain of the archer squadron was killed by Alan with a poisoned arrow, but at that time, the Tiger Mercenary Group had just transformed into a Moon Shield Mercenary Group, so the new head Russell turned a blind eye, and just made Alan responsible for the other party's family, and did not pursue it further.

In fact, in addition to his personality, Alain's conditions in all aspects are very suitable to take over as the current head of the regiment, and it is no wonder that he will do something to usurp power.

The son of a commoner, Bisluvis played with Alain since he was a child and was Alain's only friend in his youth. The generous and cheerful young Bisluvis began to become conservative and stubborn after joining the mercenaries, and he gradually distanced himself from each other because of his disagreement with Alain's philosophy. As Bithluvis, who has been following Russell since the time of the Tiger Mercenary Group, he is also a very capable person. Bithluvis is good at winning hearts and minds, so his squadron will always be the most many, and his power has become an integral part of the growth of the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment.

Bisluvis was also eager to take over as head of the regiment, which may be one of the reasons why he became estranged from Alain.

Both Eddie and Julian joined the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment before they became the most powerful mercenary group in the Marvil Republic. Both of them have made a lot of contributions to the Moon Shield Mercenary Group and have struggled for more than ten years, slowly climbing from an ordinary mercenary to the position of captain. Among them, Eddie was still unearthed from the arena as a mercenary, and the Moon Shield Mercenary Group was kind to him.

Both Fedder and Avi listened intently to Russell talk about the past, and the past of the four squadron leaders gave Feder a deeper understanding of the history of the Lunar Shield Mercenary Regiment, and he was still thinking about why Russell was talking to him about it.

"Each of these squadron leaders is a mercenary who can take charge on his own, but unfortunately this has become a bad thing!" Russell shook his head helplessly, he didn't look at the two people in front of him, but looked into the distance, "If I had to choose again, I would definitely not let Andre inherit the position of regiment leader because of my guilt for Andrei's mother, and now it seems that my decision is tantamount to harming him." ”

Fei De immediately asked, "I wonder what is it about you that makes you feel guilty about Lady Josephine?"

Russell did not answer the other party's question, but asked rhetorically with a very serious expression: "What are your plans in the future?"