Chapter XXXVIII
Roy yawned as he walked into the barracks.
He hasn't slept since the end of the academy competition. In particular, Tracy's enchanting mission had exhausted almost all of his mental power, and now he only felt exhausted to death. I can't wait to fall to the ground and fall asleep.
As for being assigned to the logistics escort team, although Roy was a little surprised, he didn't think about it that much.
You must know that this assignment of cadets is a decision made by the military. It has nothing to do with the academy at all, not even Gustas can interfere. As a first-year student myself, it's no surprise that I've been assigned anywhere.
Of course, the boy is vigorous, and Roy is somewhat depressed about such an assignment.
In terms of strength, Roy didn't dare to say that he surpassed the third- and fourth-year students, but in the first and second grades, he was invincible. As for the experience of war, as the biggest contributor to the final reversal of the battle of Medin City, I am afraid that many teachings are not as good as him.
Even so, the commander in charge of the distribution of cadets in the army did not know, and he had never heard of the reason for assigning knight cadets to the logistics escort team.
Roy had been in the rabble and knew the nature of the logistics convoy well.
The logistics escort corps, which is an auxiliary force, has a very low status and rank in the army. Most of the members are low-ranking soldiers who have been kicked out of the main force because they are too old and not strong enough. Whether it is combat effectiveness or treatment, it is not even as good as the rabble.
Many soldiers of the logistics guards, in addition to escorting grain and grass and guarding warehouses on weekdays, will also be caught by the officers of the main force to help with some chores. Coupled with poor discipline and poor equipment, it is not so much a warrior as an armed civilian.
Of course, the logistical convoy is not without benefits.
At least staying here is much less dangerous than the main force fighting on the front line. And in the case of the grain tract being vulnerable to attack. The army usually sends troops with strong combat effectiveness to help escort the transport. After all, no one would entrust the lifeblood of an army to such a motley army with no combat effectiveness.
Therefore, in the army, the logistics escort is a relatively special place. Relatively safe, but with a low status, responsible for guarding, but not trusted.
Roy thought about being thrown anywhere. I didn't expect to go here.
Throwing away the trainees with knightly strength to the logistics escort team can no longer be described as extravagant. Even those world-famous knights, I am afraid that the human resources in their hands are not rich enough to squander this kind of Cheng DΓΉ at will.
In his thoughts, Roy had already walked into the camp.
The barracks in front of him looked a little messy.
The last of Lulian's remaining well-trained troops, which had followed General Fano to the southern front, now occupied the barracks. Except for a small number of Muni City guards who remained behind, the others were all private soldiers who followed the lords from all over the world.
There were shirtless and muscular men, short, dark and thin seaside tribesmen, professional soldiers with plain clothes and bright armor, and farmers with improvised weapons and linen clothes. Different ethnic groups, different accents. Different coats of arms and uniforms gathered in this large camp. Make Roy feel like he's in the Port Borabel market.
A couple of East Highlanders, with strange shaved hairs and naked tops tattooed with strange patterns, passed by Roy. When they saw the thin Roy, the skinny horse who was sick, and the fat dog who was so fat that he couldn't walk, they were immediately amused by this combination.
"Look at this horse. A short, round-faced man's eyes widened, and he shouted at his companion at the living treasure.
"Hahahaha, this skeleton with five tuberculosis and seven wounds, also called a horse?" a big black man with braided hair, leading a tall and divine horse, was so happy that his mouth grinned to the root of his ears.
'And this, what is this?' A scar-faced man leaned over the body of a brindled silverhorn lion and leaned over to look at Oliver, his face amused as surprised and amused, and teased, 'Is this a dog or a pig?'
A crowd burst into laughter.
Roy went to the back camp where the logistics force was located, and needed to bypass the front camp and the main camp of the Chinese army, although after the departure of the Muni City Guard, most of the troops stationed here were the private armies of the major lords, but the one who could appear here had superhuman strength.
This group of highlanders had a very loud voice, and the commotion immediately attracted the attention of everyone around. Some people looked at Roy and laughed, wondering why the boy had come to the barracks with this sick, thin horse.
In recent days, the trainees of the three major training camps have come to report one after another, and everyone has become accustomed to seeing these eighteen or nineteen-year-old young people. Generally, the students from relatively good families led their war horses and war beasts, and even some noble children, with squires and guard knights, wearing expensive demonic armor.
These are not forbidden in the military.
The current garrison troops in Muni City are all armed and composed of lords from all over the world. According to the rules of the nobility, when a lord goes to war with an enemy, the loyalists are obliged to bring their own weapons and armor. War horses and lead his troops to serve the lord.
Of course, you can come empty-handed, or even not at all. However, in that case, they would not be eligible to enjoy the income of the territory and the estate. Taking the throne is a trivial matter. Many would even be seen as a rebel by their lords and sent troops to fight against them.
Therefore, all the troops in the great camp now brought in by themselves, except for the barracks and rations, which were provided by the Grand Duke.
The same is true for the trainees of the three major training camps.
Although General Fano had opened the arsenal that had been sealed for many years and brought out the sophisticated equipment that Lulian had prepared for these future stars of the empire, many of these students were originally the children of lords and nobles, and their families were rich.
For the safety of their own children, the elders gave up everything. Everyone heard that this time the students entered the camp, and the strength of the troops receiving them skyrocketed by more than one level just because of these noble children. The most valuable ones even have the guards of the Glory Knight by their side!
And they are all self-prepared war horses, and everyone can't understand why this young man led such a horse. Looking at the appearance of the thin horse, let alone being a knight's mount, it was given to someone to do the work of a mule in the mill for nothing, but I am afraid that no miller can look at it.
And the fat and ugly dog is also quite ridiculous. What are you doing with such a pet when you enter the barracks? Could it be that this dog is still a young war beast?
Some laughed, while others were a little overshadowed by the fact that a few highlanders were happy with a thin teenager.
However, no one said a word.
In this barracks. Everyone's origins are different. When you provoke a soldier, you provoke the forces behind him. Ordinary barons and viscounts are fine, but if they accidentally provoke the earl and marquis, it will be really boring.
And these Eastern Highlanders, not only their own strength is extraordinary, but also said to be their lord. It was someone in the circle of the Marquise of Joyce.
After General Fano left, the group of nobles led by Mrs. Joyce was the most powerful in the barracks. Whether it is the number of people, the rank of knights, or the sophistication of weapons and equipment, they far surpass the other nobles, and are the absolute main force in this newly formed army.
Now, even the strength in the hands of Deputy Commander Eugene, who stayed behind, was not as strong as Mrs. Joyce. If he wanted to defend the city, he had to rely on the support of the nobles.
These delicate relationships are well known to everyone. In the barracks. As a result, the ranks of the major lords' armies were formed.
No one wants to stir up trouble at this time. If a conflict breaks out, you will be unlucky, and if you don't get it right, you will get into trouble for your lord.
Moreover, those highlanders were vulgar and casual by nature. When I saw the young man's horse and dog, I was afraid that there was more surprise and joke, but it didn't necessarily mean that there was any malice.
Being surrounded by a group of highlanders and laughing was not something comfortable for Roy.
"What horses and dogs I bring. What's your business?" Roy frowned, squinting at the highlander in front of him. said, "Are you bored?"
"Hey,. The scar-faced man squeezed his eyes at his companion, and reached out to pat the brindled silver-horned lion that was sitting down.
The Silver-Horned Lion is a super fourth-order magical beast. The body is twice that of an ordinary male lion, the running speed is extremely fast, the strength is amazing, not only has a strong fighting ability, but also after breaking through the Yuan Seal. It also has the ability to petrify skin while attaching lightning.
In battle, the average knight will retreat when he encounters a knight riding a spotted silver-horned lion. Not to mention the strength of the knight, but the coercion of this evil beast on the war horse can make the strength of the knight on the horse not even be able to exert a layer.
At this moment, seeing the scar-faced man patting his mount, the companions present all snickered.
Among them, the brindled silverhorn lion of the scar-faced man is the most powerful. Although it is only a fourth-order demonic beast, its combat power is not worse than that of a fifth-order demonic beast.
After getting along for a long time on weekdays, everyone knows that as long as the spotted silver-horned lion is slapped like this, it will immediately roar. This roar is not something that ordinary war horses have endured. Even a few of their respective war horses and beasts are gradually used to being with the spotted silver-horned lion every day.
The thin horse and fat dog are afraid that they have never even seen a wolf on weekdays, let alone this terrifying natural enemy, and they have fun to be seen by this roar.
Sure enough, the spotted silver-horned lion shook its golden mane and opened its mouth to let out a long roar.
With this long roar, several nearby war beasts that followed their masters were suddenly startled. The stronger war beasts ignored the reprimands and appeasements of their masters, blew up their fur and put on a vigilant appearance, while the weaker ones spun back and forth, frightened.
A few war horses not far away were even more unbearable. These horses were brought by private soldiers, and were not as well-trained as the military horses of the Muni City Guard. In the roar, several war horses raised their hooves and neighed, desperately pulling the reins, or kneeling on the ground, trembling all over.
"These damn highlanders. β
"Bastard. β
For a while, a radius of tens of meters was in chaos. The people around were gossiping and scolding angrily.
However, to everyone's surprise, the sick horse that was closest and was also directly intimidated by the spotted silverhorn lion was nothing unusual.
The horse drooped its head in a sluggish spirit, and let the roar thunder, but did not react in the slightest. Mu Ne's sluggish appearance is as if he is deaf.
But the fat dog reacted a little.
With the roar of the tiger, the dog fell to the ground, revealing its white belly. At first, everyone thought that this dog was directly scared to death, but who knows, this guy doesn't kick his legs and doesn't roll his eyes, but pulls his tongue and twists it around.
Looking at that joyful appearance, the idiot dog didn't seem to realize how terrifying the giant beast in front of him was!
Such a result not only stunned a group of highlanders, but also everyone around them.
"Give way. Roy was expressionless, leading the Living Treasure and Oliver through the Highlanders. It seems that he is unaware of the trick of the highlanders just now. It's all for him.
A man, a horse, and a dog were all confused. But this ignorant appearance made the stunned faces of a group of highlanders particularly funny.
"Hahahaha!"
The crowd burst into laughter.
Some people were amused by the innocent appearance of the skinny horse and fat dog. Others watched a group of depressed highlanders rubbing their bellies with laughter.
Just now, these highlanders were still frowning, thinking that they would see jokes, but who knew that the result of the earth-shattering roar of the spotted silver-horned lion was directly ignored by the three fools in front of them, and they ignored it so completely......
"Oops, I'm laughing to death. β
"Look at the eyes of those highlanders, they're all falling out, hahaha. β
"Who is this kid? That's interesting. β
In the barracks. A piece of joy.
The laughter caused many people to come out of the barracks around to see the surprise. Many of them are trainees from the three major training camps who have just been assigned to this camp.
The Highlanders' tricks on Roy were nothing more than an insignificant episode. Neither Roy nor the stupid Highlanders took it seriously. By this time, Roy had already led his horse to the back camp. Only one figure was left dangling in the corridor of the camp room, then turned a corner and disappeared. However, it was this back that still made some people recognize him.
"Is that him?" in the crowd. Quincy and Bruno looked at each other and gritted their teeth.
These two. It was the former First Training Camp student who had a conflict with Roy and Julie and others on the admission day. Because he suffered a loss at the hands of Roy at that time, he was forced to drop out of school. One went to the second training camp and the other to the third training camp.
For Roy, they are unforgettable. Not to mention a back, it's Roy turned to ashes. They can recognize it too.
After inquiring about the beginning and end of the conflict between Roy and the Highlanders, Quincy looked at the direction in which Roy disappeared and said coldly, "This pariah, he can really cause trouble wherever he goes." β
"I've heard. In the courtyard competition of the first training camp, this guy was in the limelight again. The gang of wastes who actually led the E team defeated the S team and the A team and won the first place. Moreover, even Vice President Diarra was forced away by him. Bruno said.
Quincy sneered again and again, and after a long time, he said, "This is not the first training camp. This bastard, it won't be long before it's rampant!"
Following Quincy's gaze, looking in the direction Roy had left, Bruno seemed to understand something. A smile of schadenfreude appeared on his face.
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In any barracks, the back camp is the dirtiest, most messy, and most messy place. From the Royal Knights to the private armies of local lords. This temporary garrison of Muni City is naturally no exception.
Although the other camps he passed through were chaotic enough, when Roy walked into the back camp, he found that compared to the back camp, the noisy and chaotic camp filled with the smell of sweat, livestock and leather just now was as clean and tidy as the boudoir of a noble lady.
Several flatbed ox carts creaked past Roy, a group of dirty people shouting to load and unload goods, sacks and forage filled with supplies were thrown on the muddy ground, and garbage piled up by the fence emitted a foul smell.
The whole back camp looks like a huge slum. No, it's ten times dirtier and messier here than the slums!
"What for?"
Seeing Roy standing at the gate of the camp, a low-ranking non-commissioned officer with a full face led two sentries to him and asked.
"I'm here to report. Roy pulled out a copy of the entry paperwork that the receiving sergeant had filled out when he reported for duty.
"Roy?" The low-level non-commissioned officer took the paperwork, and when he saw the name, an imperceptible light flashed in his eyes, and he immediately threw it back to Roy impatiently, and scolded: "Since you are here to report, why don't you hurry up and get in." What is the pestle doing at the door? Don't you see it's busy?"
Roy was a little stunned by this scolding of his head and face.
He walked to the gate of the rear camp, and just as he stopped, the non-commissioned officer with a full face came to interrogate. Don't say that he didn't get in anyone's way, even if he did, he wouldn't be so unkind.
What's more, there is only one combat unit in the rear battalion, the convoy. Since the other party is a guard, he will be a comrade of the escort team with himself in the future.
Being so unkind to a companion who would fight with him in the future, especially a training camp student who might become a knight in the future, made Roy wonder if he had accidentally offended this meaty guy somewhere.
Just as he was thinking, suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves sounded. A squad of cavalry galloped in. The first non-commissioned officer, with brown hair and sunken eyes, wearing bright silver chain mail and a gray-brown uniform, sat on a tall and majestic Xia Tai war horse, embroidered with three stars and a bronze tiger head on his chest, and was a third-class tiger lieutenant who was the captain of the brigade.
Behind him, eight cavalrymen followed. The group flew in, and did not slow down when they passed the camp gate, and swept into the camp like a wind. The sound of horses' hooves rattled over the muddy and dirty water, splashing Roy who was struggling to dodge.
The cavalry castrated, swept past Roy, and galloped into the camp. The already chaotic military camp is even more chaotic.
When Lord Herman arrived, the idlers and others immediately dodged away. β
Amid the sound of horses' hooves, one of the horsemen who followed the captain shouted. As soon as he saw this group of cavalry, the working people, the patrolling guards, and the people passing by showed a look of fear on their faces, they hurriedly dodged to the side and bowed their heads.
A group of knights stopped majestically in front of a small two-story wooden building in the northwest of the camp.
The captain Herman had just reined in his horse, and several cavalrymen behind him had already turned over and descended to the ground, two of them guarding him, and the four of them shouted loudly to drive away the people around who had no time to dodge. The other two had already taken the lead up the steps of the small building and opened the door.
Two ragged auxiliaries stepped forward, one holding the horse, the other kneeling on the ground, and letting Herman step on his back and dismount.
It wasn't until Herman entered the small building that the entire camp returned to normal.
With the sound of the people's trumpets, the footsteps of people passing back and forth sounded again, and the low-ranking non-commissioned officer, who had just been humbled and flattering in front of Herman, and did not even dare to breathe a breath, regained his arrogance and shouted at Roy.
"Why are you still here? rookie, I don't want to be beaten as soon as I enter the camp, so get out of the way of me. β
Roy grimaced, did not speak, and led the horse into the barracks. When I walked away, I heard the non-commissioned officer cursing.
"These boys really use themselves as knights. Phew, if you have the ability, you have already been picked up by the front battalion and the Chinese army, and this garbage was sent to the rear camp. β
Roy's face sank suddenly.
In the past, with the temper of the big-headed master, even if he didn't beat this guy with a blue nose and swollen face, he would scold him for being born and two Buddhas ascending to heaven. Now, though, he hasn't looked back.
Gustas's advice, he remembered very well. He didn't want to get into trouble just after entering the barracks. The most important thing now is to figure out what's going on here.
Cutting through the chaotic crowd, Roy walked into the inner camp enclosed by a wooden fence to the north of the barracks.
Seeing Roy's figure disappear into the fence, the low-level non-commissioned officer's eyes narrowed slightly, and he explained to the guards beside him, and then walked quickly through the crowd and into the small building where Herman was
(To be continued......)