There was not a sound in the bandits' stronghold, the cottage made of thick wood stood still, and the sound of the wind blowing was too loud. Fed sat next to the pile of dead men's weapons - he sorted the dead bodies and weapons, and wiped the blood of the weapons away little by little.

"Well done, Fidel!" said a deep voice from the door of the stronghold. A man with only a beard on his face and hair as black and curly as Field's walked in. He was followed by a number of men, each of whom was armed and strong.

Fede stood up, his features slightly changing, and he could feel the joy from his heart. He walked quickly to the other party: "Uncle Evan!"

The two people who were smiling opposite each other, one was wearing pitch-black plate armor, and the other was also heavily armored, gray-white and slightly low-key plate armor. The long-established Evan Torres was the deputy commander of the regular army in Mallot, the capital of the Kingdom of Salins. Infantry who joined the regular army were basically instructed by Evan, so in Salins, many nobles or knights sent their sons to Evan's training, in order to become a knight one day, and not forget the combat skills that they had to have when they didn't have a war horse.

"This world is really unfair, look at my nephew, who is tall and handsome and brave enough to eliminate evil, and killed all these evil bandits, heroic boy. Evan patted Fett's shoulder in approval.

"Hmm... And one more. Feder groaned, and though he was only nineteen years old, he had already succeeded in playing the role of spy and killer on his first mission.

"Let him run away if he runs, a bandit who escapes is insignificant. ”

"No, I noticed a child hiding in a wooden cabinet in the bedroom. ”

When Evan heard this, he ordered his men to remove the corpses, and he walked to the bandit's bedroom.

After a while, Evan walked out with a little girl in his hands. Fylde looked at the blood on the ground, the traces of the killing that could not be concealed, and couldn't help but walk forward, trying to block the little girl's vision with his body.

At this time, the little girl pointed at Fidel and shouted in a panic: "Kill... Murderer!"

This made Fidel a little embarrassed, but he had to stand still - the little girl didn't seem to be wrong.

Evan picked up the little girl and gently smoothed her brown-yellow hair. The little girl immediately made a gesture to bite Evan's hand touching her hair.

Evan quickly let go of his hand, and he said to Fidel: "Her name is Millet, and she is the little girl you killed just now, the bandit leader Oros picked up," and he "bravely" wiped the tears on Millet's face that was trembling with fright, "I'm only seven years old this year." ”

The feelings in Xiaomi's eyes are becoming more and more complicated, and when facing this Feide, it contains both fear and panic, as well as some anger and resentment. "I won't kill anyone who has no ability to fight back. Fidel said as he wiped the blood from the ground with his heel.

"Of course, we should protect them. Evan beckoned one of his men and told him to carry Millet back to Mallot. The little girl kept staring at Feld as she was taken away, as if she wanted to remember the other person's face forever.

"It's not my responsibility, I don't need to be responsible for this little kid. ”

"Fed!" Evan scolded his nephew loudly, and then he sighed, "It's exactly like your father's." ”

Feder looked away and said, "He and I are people of two worlds." ”

"Well, after this time, you've officially become a fighter. "Although Evan is in his forties, he is very capable without a beard.

Fidel replied lightly, "Isn't it a killer?"

Evan: "Killing is not an end, but a means." We have no choice in the war years!"

"I've always agreed with you, uncle. ”

"Then what are you waiting for, the credit of exterminating the bandits this time and your already excellent ability, come with me to Mallot, you will soon become the general of the regular army of Salins," Evan patted Feide on the shoulder, "becoming a knight is just around the corner, and I am sure your father will be very happy too..."

Feld interrupted Evan in a rare moment, shook his head, and said, "No, I will never follow my father's path. ”

"Isn't your enchanted armor your father's?"

Fed thought for a moment and replied, "I'll return it to my father soon."

"Armor aside, but joining the regular army will allow you to make the most of your talents, and besides, your father is now on the path of teaching and educating people!"

"I'm going to join the mercenary group..."

"Those damn, insignificant mercenaries?" Evan looked at Fidel, whose face did not change, and the tense eyebrows that had just now slowly relaxed. He knew that Fed, like his brother, was stubborn. "You are really two fathers and sons, and you even have an expression when you say something that you have no confidence in," Evan shrugged helplessly, "But you must know that mercenary groups are all snobbish eyes that kill people without blinking, and money is supreme, and they have no principles and bottom lines at all." ”

Fett felt relieved at his uncle's compromise, and responded, "It's going to be different," he had already anticipated, "and I might find other ways to bring peace back to this land." ”

"You're going to be a politician!" the joke broke the slightly awkward scene, and both of them laughed.

But after laughing, it still comes back to embarrassment, and the problem often needs to be solved head-on.

"Originally, I wanted to wait for you to get a military position to teach you the ability and tactics to command, but I didn't expect you to join the regular army in the first place," Evan's regret was obvious, "You must know that you are very talented in this area. ”

Fed: "Yes uncle, these are important, I know. ”

"But you're still going to be a mercenary, aren't you? Those insignificant mercenaries, maybe no one cares if they die, maybe one day your body is being torn by a vulture in an unknown place, maybe you don't even have a decent piece of equipment, maybe..."

Evan: "I know where you're supposed to go!" he nodded as he held his right elbow with his left hand and stroked the stubble of his beard with his right hand.

Feder was frightened by Evan's firm expression, and was already extremely disgusted with others paving his own path, but this time his uncle's words were to arrange himself?

"I have an old adversary, well, he's the head of a mercenary group," Evan said as he walked over the pile of weapons that had been piled up and wiped clean, "His name is Russell, and he's the head of the Moon Shield mercenary group. ”

"The Moon Shield Mercenary Group... Seems to have heard it somewhere. Fidel thought for a moment.

Evan picked up a piece of cowhide wrapped in a shield and shaved off a piece of it with a sharp dagger, "What do you think this shield looks like?"

"It's kind of like a moon that's about to go full... It's not like it, it's a broken shield. ”

"This round shield is called a special moon shield, and only the mercenaries of that mercenary group have it," Evan handed the shaved cowhide shield to Field, and continued, "and the moon shield is one of those legendary weapons. ”

Legend has it that the equipment was made from a piece of special material excavated from deep underground, and only the blacksmith master Xeverl forged this material into several strange weapons in a method unknown to him. However, with the sudden disappearance of Sivel, the weapons were missing.

Feder asked, "What about the rumors, but didn't my uncle just say that the entire mercenary group has one for everyone?"

Evan nodded: "That's right, the reason why the moon shield is called the moon shield is because the shape of that shield is like a broken full moon, and the real moon shield is actually only one, Russell made a lot of shields according to the shape of the moon shield for his subordinate mercenaries, and the moon shield mercenary group was named after this, and he also showed it to me back then," when he recalled this past, his expression was like talking about a dream," When I came across that pure silver shield, I knew what the most powerful enchanted equipment was, no, it wasn't anything that could be compared to enchantment, it was originally a life, full of power. As he spoke, something incredible seemed to flicker in his eyes.

At this moment, a soldier quickly ran into the center of the stronghold: "Report, the bandits under the mountain have all been eliminated, we have lost eleven brothers, no seriously injured soldiers, and one infantry is missing." ”

"What about the water dog mercenary group?" Fide asked.

"Most of them were captured, and the regimental commander Kaman was among them. ”

Evan nodded and said, "Escort them all to the prison in Douro Town, these black and white mercenaries are no different from robbers." ”

Fei De said to himself: "If more and more such mercenary groups appear that regard money as their life, it will become very difficult for the mainland to reunify." ”

Evan: "There are no mercenaries who want the unification of the continent at all, mercenaries are originally war money-making guys, if you have the ability to bring peace to the people, the group of mercenaries guild will wipe you out as soon as possible." ”

Fed: "Those people in the guild are bloodsuckers on the profit. ”

"Let's go, go back to Douro Town, you haven't eaten since the morning, and you'll talk about it when you're full. Evan saw that the cottage stronghold was almost cleaned.

At this moment, a huge alarm bell rang from the distance in the direction of the town, and the towering bell tower in the center of the town was built to guard against the invasion of the enemy country, and if the bronze bell was shaken, it could be clearly heard even on the hill so far away from the town.

"Could it be that the town of Douro was—" Evan ran down the hill, and Fid followed.