Popoch doesn't look very old, at most 22 or 3 years old, and he is already about to break through the intermediate knight.

Although this speed is not as fast as the promotion speed of the 20-year-old intermediate knight of the [Jewel Sword] Duke Dark, it is not much slower.

If it weren't for Barron, a monster who had been promoted to a mid-level knight at the age of 18, Sutar and Van Lentien would have been amazed by Popoch's potential and strength.

In addition, what surprised Suta and them even more was that a knight-level powerhouse who was about to break through the intermediate knight would actually be arranged to recruit mercenaries like a small soldier.

This kind of work can't be said to be unimportant, but it doesn't need a knight-level powerhouse to come forward in person, or is it that there are too many knight-level powerhouses in the pioneer camp to use it up?

However, the way the pioneer camp hires people Barron is not easy to comment, who knows what is hidden in it, and a few people can only talk about it for a while as a topic of small talk.

After chatting, Barron and the others didn't say much, and each found a vacant tent in the camp to rest, and the mercenaries in the camp didn't want to be close to the newcomers of the knight-level powerhouse, but they were all blocked by Suta and Van Luntien.

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In the early morning of the next day, Barron and the others had just gotten up, and Popoch, who had left the day before, came to the mercenary camp again.

I saw Popoch holding a piece of parchment, found a wooden box in the camp and stood up, and then said slowly: "About 30 people are needed today, and the task is very simple, that is, every group of 5 people, and the same number of soldiers from the reconnaissance squadron will collect intelligence." ”

"Your mission is only to be responsible for the safety of the soldiers of the reconnaissance squadron, and you don't have to worry about anything else, but I would like to warn you, because there is likely to be a fierce battle, so I hope you will consider it for yourself. ”

"The requirement is that you must obey the command of the reconnaissance detachment, and you must bring your own mount, escort or combat experience is preferred, and the reward is ......"

"If you want to participate, you can come to my side to sign up, and you will leave in a while, as for the rest of the people, please don't go in and out of the camp at will, you can come to me if you have something!"

When Popoch finished speaking, many of the mercenaries did not move, but looked at Barron and his party who had just come out of the tent.

"Are we going to participate?" Van Lentien asked as he quietly approached Barron, who thought that this kind of intelligence-gathering task was quite important, but it was extremely tedious, and it was a complete overkill for the several of them.

Barron's consideration is different from Van Lentien's, because his goal is to gain more experience, and now that the war has not started and the main course has not yet been lived, it is better to go out for some appetizers than to stay in the camp silly.

So Barron said, "It's still necessary to participate, and it's better for a few of us to participate separately, so that we may be able to gather more information! Of course, we don't need to all participate, just the three of us, Aldridge and Bill stay!"

"Aldrich, you will study more in the camp and study the wizard's codex, as for Bill, although you stay in the camp, it is not for you to have nothing to do, ask these mercenaries for more information. ”

"As for the three of us, we don't need to stay together, and it will be much more efficient if we are separated. ”

After saying that, Barron was the first to raise his hand and walked out of the mercenaries and said loudly: "I, Barron, want to find 4 partners to participate in this mission together, is anyone with me?"

As soon as Barron's words fell, someone hurriedly said, "I, I am willing to join Lord Barron's team!"

When the freelance mercenary was really selected by Barron and signed up for Popoch together, everyone became excited and ran to Barron's side, wanting to join Barron's group.

Who doesn't want to be in a group with a strong person like Barron, with the addition of a knight-level powerhouse, not only the security level is greatly improved, but the reward is also a lot, how can this not be exciting.

In the end, Barron randomly selected 3 free mercenaries, plus himself and the first mercenary selected to make up 5 people, and after reporting to Popoch's side, he stayed aside coldly and did not speak.

Just as the rest of the mercenaries were annoyed, Suta's voice rang out again: "I also lack 4 companions to participate in this reconnaissance mission, is anyone willing to join me?"

As soon as Suta finished shouting, the remaining mercenaries saw that there was no possibility on Barron's side, so they all rushed to Suta's side, hoping that Suta would be able to take him.

Of course, there were a few smarter ones, and they saw Fan Luntien behind Suta, after learning yesterday that this middle-aged man with a giant sword and his unattractive appearance was also a knight-level powerhouse.

These clever people did not rush to Suta's side like the others, but secretly ran over to contact Van Luntien while the others were still recommending themselves to Suta.

As a result, Suta's side hadn't finished thinking about it, and Van Lentien had already come to Popoch's side with 4 mercenaries, and then registered all 5 of them.

It didn't take long for Suta's side to choose people, so that Barron, Van Luntienn, Suta, and the mercenaries they brought with them suddenly accounted for half of the places, and soon the remaining places were also occupied by other mercenaries.

After all the places were full, Popoch didn't say much, and directly took dozens of mercenaries to the pioneer camp station again, and at this time dozens of soldiers of the reconnaissance squadron were already waiting outside the station.

In just a few moments, dozens of soldiers from the reconnaissance squadron were divided into 6 detachments, each detachment consisted of 5 soldiers from the reconnaissance squadron and 5 mercenaries, and 10 people set off quickly in a detachment and headed in the direction of the Golden Lion City.

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"Captain, what do you think we should do later?, should we continue to go deeper or go back and report to Master Egbert first?" In a dense wood, the members of the Provisional Thirteenth Division of the Pioneer Battalion Reconnaissance Squadron looked at their detachment leader, Joshuel, and asked.

Qiao Huel gritted his teeth, he wanted to go deeper, because he sensed that the Golden Lion City must have prepared some conspiracy, otherwise they would not have encountered so many interceptions today.

Including yesterday's encounter with the reconnaissance squadron, it was difficult for him to make a decision.

Yesterday, the reconnaissance squadron was attacked by the armies of the four major lords, which caused half of the detachment to be damaged, of which the third detachment was completely wiped out, and the reconnaissance force was severely damaged.

Otherwise, some of the mercenaries would not have been asked to supplement and assist them today, because the reconnaissance squadron was too badly injured yesterday, and the mercenaries had to help reconnoiter the enemy.

However, in less than half a day this morning, their temporary reconnaissance detachment encountered more than four attacks by the armies of the four major lords.

If it weren't for the desperate protection of the mercenaries, it is very likely that the current temporary thirteenth detachment would have suffered more than half of the casualties.