Fidel's group of eight didn't have any flags, so when they went to the town, no one noticed them at all. However, it is normal that no one will notice the eight passers-by, after all, the mercenaries of the Mercenary Guild are all here, and they should be the focus.

A group of mercenaries left the town, they did not belong to any of the nine mercenary groups, but mercenaries formed by the guild leader himself, and directly obeyed the guild leader. These mercenaries will not hold any banners, but they will have a "Nine Rings" mark on their armor and weapons. Nine rings of the same size are fastened together one after the other, and finally form the largest ring, which is the mark of the mercenary directly under the guild leader.

"It's strange, it stands to reason that there should be a small number of these mercenaries, and they all stay with the guild leader, why do they appear far away from Red Bean City?"

Fenrir: "If you go up and ask, Captain Luka." ”

"We've just returned from Red Bean City, so we don't dare to take any chances. Lukka ignored Fenrir's instigation.

"I'll ask!" Mustang took the initiative, pretending to be a passing mercenary and quickly bringing back what he had learned.

It turned out that the mercenaries directly under the guild leader were on a mission to provide assistance to the head of the Birrell group. Behind this information, there is a surprising news - the Blue Flame Mercenary Regiment, the Guinea Pig Mercenary Regiment, and the Widow Mercenary Regiment have left Red Bean City and are rapidly marching towards the north of the Duchy of Deraman.

Fei De didn't know that the three mercenary groups had left on the day they left Red Bean City, and they thought that the people from the Mercenary Guild would stay until the end. Now it seems that the Mercenary Guild must have a very important task assigned to them, so they will rush over there.

"Fed, the direction of the three mercenary groups seems to be the route of our mercenary group..."Patrick estimated the distance, "Selena and Jasmine should be about to reach Dawn City, and it will take us five days to get to Dawnlight City from here. ”

"You think the Mercenary Guild is going for the Potato Mercenary Regiment?"

"Not necessarily... But the person who sent out the three mercenary groups could only be the guild leader, and he was the only one who had the authority to do so, and he had privately invited you to join but was refused. ”

Feder recalled the words of the communicator, and all the signs gave Feder a special feeling that the guildmaster was deliberately taking something from him. Does the other party know that he got some sheepskin scrolls from the Decree City, and what is the relationship between the other party and the "Cat's Eye" Seamos?

Feder touched the sheepskin scrolls in his arms, and in addition to these immeasurable old scrolls, the inconspicuous shield could also be a target in the guildmaster's eyes. Ayana said that the moon shield was placed in a most ordinary box, and that box had some other small weapons, and no one who opened the box would first pay attention to the ordinary wooden shield.

"Luca, you rush directly to Morning Light City, as fast as you can!"

"Commander, what about you?"

"We're following those three mercenary groups... With more than 10,000 mercenaries, they shouldn't be much faster than us. If you race Lina and the others to Morninglight City faster, they're in trouble. ”

Seeing Fide's rare solemnity, Lukka no longer hesitated, turned over and walked away. Both Claude and Mustang looked worried, they more or less knew that there was a holiday between the Potato Mercenary Regiment and the Mercenary Guild. However, it occurred to Fei De that if those mercenaries were going to deal with the Potato Mercenary Group, then why didn't they attack them in Red Bean City?

Those three mercenaries had a slim chance of going for the potato mercenaries, but it was enough to make Fidel feel threatened. He didn't stop in the town, and hurried in the direction of Morning Light City. After a day and a half of pursuit, I finally saw the traces of the three mercenary groups in the wild. However, in addition to the Widow Mercenary Group, the Guinea Pig Mercenary Group, and the Blue Flame Mercenary Group, there are also some mercenaries that Fei De did not expect.

"Those are the mercenaries of His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment!!"

I saw that on the plains in the wilderness, a big battle was about to break out. Standing on the southeast side of the plain are the Blue Flame Mercenary Group, the Widow Mercenary Group and the Guinea Pig Mercenary Group, with about 10,000 mercenaries. They were faced by mercenaries who held the banner of His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment, but the sharp-eyed Octavia noticed that those mercenaries were mixed with militia and ordinary soldiers, and the number of them was less than 5,000.

"His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment... Aren't their men all knight-turned-mercenary cavalry, how can they be mixed in with a group of miscellaneous soldiers who look like rebels?"

Fenrir's disparagement of the rebels was met with an angry scolding from Octavia, and judging by the weapons of the militia, they did look a bit like the rebels. On closer inspection, the ordinary soldiers were wearing the uniforms of the Duchy of Delamain.

Feyder's group did not dare to get too close, and some of the caravans on the way also noticed the tension on the plain, and they all hid outside a small wood, just like Fidel, and watched the melee that might break out soon.

"Are you travelers or mercenaries?" said one of the caravan leaders, holding out a small bag of silver coins, "If you're a mercenary, take our hire and get us out of here!

"We don't want to!" another lone tourist merchant came in, "I can only pay... It's a small amount of money, but can I be considered a protector?"

The other travelers, peasants, and merchants, alike, would have to go around the plain before them if they chose to move on and enter a town not far away within the present day. But bypassing the plains would lead from the woods into a mountainous area where bandits are even more unreasonable than the mercenaries. So they either chose to stay here and wait for the two groups to disperse, or they took the risk and headed for the mountains. Another option is to turn back the way you came, a third of the people who have come here have chosen to go back, but going back may require spending the night on the road, which is also an unsafe option. But no matter what you choose, hiring someone to protect them is the best way now, after all, the sword in their hand can only bully a child.

Octavia didn't ask for a single silver coin, so she decided to protect the poor passers-by. In addition to the seven of them, there were twenty-four passers-by who chose to stay in the grove and wait for their time, including an elderly couple who could not take out a single silver coin.

"Won't they be afraid of you mercenaries?" Fenrir had been a mercenary for a while, but he was still a knight at heart, especially in front of outsiders.

"Captain Fenrir, your words are really strange, and we are not thieves, why are we afraid?"

"Mercenaries are like thieves when they see money, otherwise they wouldn't kill people for a little money. ”

Patrick didn't want to say more to the other party, "You should keep those crooked reasoning, and think about how to deal with possible situations first." Patrick was referring to the imminent battle. The three mercenary groups of the Mercenary Guild have been adjusting their formations, so that the three mercenary groups are separated in three places, among which the mercenaries of the Blue Flame Mercenary Group are closest to this grove, less than a thousand meters away from Fei De, and it is estimated that some members of the Blue Flame Mercenary Group have noticed that there are people on this side of the forest. On the other hand, the Knight Mercenary Regiment did not move, and Fei De looked at it with great eyes, but did not see the Marven in the purple plate armor.

"His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment has been removed from the guild, and these mercenaries were sent to purge their former companions. ”

"But hasn't the King's Knight Mercenary Group long since disappeared?" Octavia also heard about the King's Knight Mercenary Group when she was in Red Bean City, this mercenary group has been cut off from the Mercenary Guild for a long time, their mercenaries are gone, and Marven has disappeared.

At this time, Ayana, who had climbed the tree, suddenly pointed into the distance: "That flag is very strange. ”

Fidel followed the direction of Ayana's finger and vaguely saw a flag hidden in the militia. The pattern on that flag was something that Fielder didn't recognize, and no one around Fielder had ever seen the pattern of that flag. The pattern on the flag consists of two parts, one of which is a pair of wings like a wild goose, and the other part is a four-like animal. When one of the caravan guards told the banner pattern, the two old men gave their answer.

"That's... It should be the flag of the Old Kingdom..."There may have been an eighty-year-old woman leaning on her husband, and when she said this, her wife nodded in agreement.

"Old man, you old eyes are so dizzy that you can't even see clearly..."Before the caravan guard could finish speaking, Octavia drew his dagger and immediately covered his mouth in fright, not daring to say anything disrespectful to the two old men.

"The Old Kingdom..."

Fed recalls the history of the continent that his father had taught. The Old Kingdom is only a thousand years old, but its impact on the entire continent is profound. Not only because of its strong national strength, but also because the kings of the old kingdom were very virtuous, which overshadowed the rest of the mainland in comparison. Those more than ten generations of monarchs did not advocate force, they subdued people with virtue, and influenced the surrounding countries with etiquette and culture. The Papal States, which practiced the Cult of Light, were supported by the Old Kingdom and carved out a regional state from the territory of the Old Kingdom. The purpose is to let the people on the mainland have faith and awe.

When the Old Kingdom was founded, the continent's great powers—the Kingdom of Sahlins, the Kingdom of Kose, and the Empire of Oguna—were far less powerful than they are now. There were also a number of small independent states, but they were eventually annexed by these large powers one by one, and the Republic of Marvil was unique in the war.

It is a pity that the Old Kingdom did not escape the fate of decline in the end, even if the old Kingdom's national calendar is still used as a year record on the mainland, but the matter about it has become a text in the history books, as if it never existed.