Chapter 184: Duel (2) (Subscription Requested)
When Barron and the others followed Duke Duck and his party, they came directly to the training ground opened up in the camp in the early stage of the pioneer camp.
At this time, in the training ground, thousands of militiamen were being reorganized under the leadership of their respective captains, while receiving training from elite veterans of the Zhenbei Corps.
You must know that there are nearly 12,000 people in the entire Zhenbei Corps, of which nearly half are militiamen, and most of these militiamen lack training and weapons and equipment.
Therefore, in order to fully integrate these poorly trained and poorly equipped militias as soon as possible, Egbert has made great efforts, and now it is finally beginning to bear fruit.
At this time, Barron suddenly found that Ascar, who came back with them last night, was also working the training ground with her militiamen, and Barron stopped to watch for a while and found that Askar's training completion was often better than that of most male soldiers.
In fact, there were many women in the militia, which was a problem due to the social structure, and in some of the more remote towns or villages of the kingdom, many men had to leave their homes and seek work in the big cities because the food grown in the ordinary fields often did not support a large family.
These jobs tend to pay very well, but they are also extremely dangerous, including but not limited to mercenaries, caravan guards, miners, crew members, and even city rats.
At this time, the women left behind will support all the work in the family, whether it is farm work or raising children, and of course they will also take on the task of guarding the village or town, and join the ranks of the militia.
Even many of the more powerful women in the northern region of the kingdom are no longer a few who directly join the mercenary group like men.
As a result, there are no longer a few women like Aska in the militia of the Zhenbei Corps, and Barron even sees a militia composed entirely of women.
It's just that when Barron took a closer look, he found that most of the figures in this pure female militia team were not inferior to Barron himself, and even the leading few people were not much shorter than Van Luntien, nor much thinner.
Just as the thoughts flashed through Barron's mind, the herald had arrived at the training ground.
"Everyone obeys the order, the deputy corps commander Lord August has an order, and now asks everyone on the training ground to suspend training and return to their own stations to rest, and now execute it immediately!"
Soon under August's orders, everyone on the training ground temporarily stopped training, and then returned to their stations under the leadership of their respective captains.
And Aska was about to return to their station with her militia team as well, when suddenly a voice stopped her: "The little girl with maroon hair and horsetail whip over there, yes, it's you, don't be in a hurry to leave, come to my side." ”
Aska looked around in a daze, and found that the people on the training ground had almost left, as described in the voice just now, it seemed that he was alone, and there were more than a dozen figures in officer armor not far from the training ground, and it was one of the middle-aged men who stopped her just now.
Although she didn't know why the other party stopped her, she at least knew that this group should be all senior officers within the Zhenbei Corps, so after obtaining the consent to lead them to train veterans, she came to the other party.
After arriving at the front, she found that among the dozen or so people were actually Barron and the Deathwing Mercenary Group, she had been concentrating on training just now, and she had not discovered the arrival of Barron and the others at all.
"Your name is Aska, isn't it?" the middle-aged man asked with a smile.
Although Aska didn't know who the other party was, why he called her alone, and why he knew the name of her little militia, but seeing that the other party's outfit was at least a senior officer of the Zhenbei Corps, Askar said honestly: "Yes, my lord!"
"Very good, don't go back for the time being, let's take a look here first, some things don't necessarily need to be seen with your own eyes, but some things still need to be verified by yourself, aren't you?"
Barron looked at Aska and sighed, he knew that Aska would be left alone, it was entirely for his own reasons, although he didn't know why Duke Darker left Askar alone, but he still smiled and said, "You're right, Lord Dark!"
"Haha, hurry up, August has been waiting for you for a while!" said Duke Darke with a smile.
He knew that Barron was worried that Aska didn't know his identity, so he nodded to Aska so that she wouldn't do anything rude because she didn't know Duke Dark's identity.
Sure enough, Aska didn't know who the middle-aged man in front of her was, but when she heard Barron's prompt, she was really startled, she didn't know that it was the real legend of the Nader Kingdom who stopped her just now, the Grand Knight Lord Nader.
Suddenly, Aska began to stand honestly behind Duke Nader, but how uncomfortable it was to stand, even Barron walked to the training ground and didn't notice it, obviously Duke Dark's pressure on her was too great.
And Barron heard Duke Dark's reminder, and sure enough, he found that the people on the training ground were almost gone at this time, August stuck his long knife on the ground of the training ground, put his hands on the hilt, closed his eyes and waited quietly for Barron.
Barron no longer hesitated, drew the sword he had taken from Bill's hand, and walked towards the training grounds, finally standing a short distance in front of August.
At this time, August also opened his eyes, and with both hands, he also pulled out the long knife stuck in the ground, and then swung forward, pointing the tip of the knife at Barron without speaking, Barron knew that this was a necessary ritual for duels between knights on the continent of Bogdanor.
So he raised the long sword in his hand as well, and used the tip of the sword to face August's long knife, and then Barron and August said loudly at the same time.
"I am the Pale Knight August, and I swear in the name of the knight that I will have a duel with you that combines courage, fairness, and justice!"
"I am the [Death Knight] Baron, and I swear in the name of the knight that I will have a duel with you that combines courage, fairness, and justice!"
As soon as the two of them finished speaking, the swords and swords in their hands slammed together, and then quickly separated.
From the very beginning, the two of them used all their strength to attack without any temptation, because they each knew that if they kept their hands at this time, it would not only be disrespectful to the other party, but also a great threat to their own lives.