"Two squads together, so many people. Ron frowned. "Robbers are powerful?"

"Yes, it is said that some deserters from the Lane Empire are mixed with the nearby outcasts. Kaye nodded. "In addition to Lord James leading the team, Lord Nick also went with him on this mission. ”

"Huh?" Ron was slightly stunned when he heard Nick's name, a little surprised.

Not paying attention to his expression, Kaye continued.

"It is said that this mission was issued by the lord himself, and there is already a village on Lannis's side that has been occupied by this group of guys, and if it continues to be left unchecked, the matter may be serious. Then Kaye kindly instructed. "You'd better prepare more in the past two days, those deserters are not ordinary homeless, if you're not careful, you will be injured"

"Oh, I see. Ron nodded.

Hearing Ron's answer, Kaye smiled. "Okay, I've told you about the mission, I still have some things, so I'll go first. ”

"Okay. Nodding again.

Ron frowned as he looked at Kaye's back as he left.

The Lannis area is on the edge of the territory, and it takes at least a day and a half to ride horses, and they will definitely need to spend the night there to drive out the robbers.

Speaking of which, it was the first time he had stayed outside of training camp, and he just didn't know what to expect.

"Maybe you should really be prepared. Ron thought calmly......

Two days later, in the early morning.

The sun had not yet risen completely, and one or two stars could still be faintly seen in the eastern sky that had not yet receded.

On this somewhat foggy morning, on a straight road, more than a dozen figures in gray cloaks galloped quickly on horseback.

The figures looked very well-trained, carrying short bows and full quivers on their backs, most of them bulging out at their waists, and obviously carrying weapons as well.

The sound of horses' hooves makes the quiet of the morning a little noisy.

The scenery on both sides quickly retreated, and Ron, who was on a fast horse, tightened the collar of his cloak to prevent the clammy morning breeze from pouring in.

A neat convoy of horses, all of them in silent silence, planned to rush to a small town in the Lannis area in the afternoon, otherwise they would have to camp in the wilderness.

Recently, due to the frequent wars with the Ryan Empire, there have been more and more outcasts and bandits in the territory, and if you rest in the wild now, you may cause some unnecessary trouble.

The early morning air made Ron's hair and eyebrows feel a little damp, and his gaze passed over the crowd and fell on the two people in front.

One is a burly James, and the other is a relatively thin Nick.

The horses of the two were side by side, not too close or too far apart, there was no communication, just riding steadily on the back of the horse and moving quickly.

Ron squinted slightly at Nick's back for a long time before he withdrew his gaze.

The mission was issued by Lord Lord, but it was the Trainee Knight who chose the follower team, and he didn't know if the team that picked his team was Nick or James, but in any case, this mission was undoubtedly very dangerous.

Deserters are not homeless people who have not seen blood, most of them have very rich combat experience and fighting skills, even ordinary recruits, the strength is not about the same as ordinary militia.

Moreover, based on the information revealed by Kaye before, Ron can deduce that there are quite a few deserters this time, so that two teams of knights and two trainee knights are required to surround and suppress, rather than the previous expulsion.

It can be said that the slightest carelessness can lead to injury or even death.

However, this danger is still a second thing for Ron, and the only thing he cares about is still from Nick.

Even if there is nothing wrong for more than a month, who knows if something will happen all of a sudden?

In Ron's faint thoughts, the horse team galloped at great speed.

At noon, I rested for more than half an hour, and after a brief lunch, I moved forward again.

Finally, at about six o'clock in the afternoon, the horse team arrived at their destination, an ordinary town.

At James' arrangement, the group moved into the town's only hotel.

The inn looked very shabby because it had not been inhabited by outsiders for a long time, and dinner was just some hard coarse bread and mushroom broth.

And ten people sat in the restaurant of the hotel, and there was a feeling of being full.

After dinner, it was getting dark outside, and Ron said hello to Granger and returned to his room.

Pushing open the door to the room, he placed the bow and arrows on his back and his luggage on the table, and moved his lower limbs.

The day-long horseback riding experience made his legs very sore.

Ron glanced around the room, the table on the floor was clearly cleaned, the bedding was almost brand new, and it seemed that the innkeeper was very careful.

He walked over to the window and pushed it open.

As night wore on, oil lamps had been lit in some of the town's houses, and in the dim light a middle-aged man in a grey linen dress was feeding and grooming his horses in the stable, not far to the left of the inn.

In front of the hotel, Granger was talking to a muscular man with short black hair, and from time to time he could hear the hearty laughter of the other man.

The man was the captain of another team named Brando, who was eighth on Bill's power rankings, but it seemed like he had lost two games recently and could become ninth.

The fighting style is defensive and conservative, and Ron doesn't pay much attention to him.

Except for the two of them who were still chatting outside, there was nothing around the hotel, and everyone else seemed to be in the room.

After all, it's been a day on the road, and if you don't have a good rest, tomorrow will definitely not be very comfortable.

After a few more moments in front of the window, Ron had nothing to do, and went straight to the bed in his room and lay down.

The soft futon has a faint smell of honey locust under the body, which is very good.

In the midst of this pleasant smell, Ron quickly fell asleep.

'Squeak'

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly a small voice suddenly opened his eyes. In the darkness, his gaze quickly swept in the direction of the sound as he clenched the dagger at his waist.

only to find out that he forgot to close the window before, and was blown by the night wind to make a slight sound.

At this time, it was pitch black outside the window, except for a faint starlight twinkling in the sky.

'Whew'

Another gust of night wind blew, making the windows crash slightly, and a clammy feeling crept into the room from there.

Frowning, Ron got up and walked to the window and was about to close it, when suddenly, in the dim starlight, he could faintly see a vague figure standing alone not far in front of the hotel.

The figure looked a little emaciated, standing motionless and straight, and there was a creepy and eerie feeling in the silence of the night.

"Huh?"

Ron narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw this scene, because he vaguely felt that the figure was somewhat familiar.

He carefully closed one of the windows to hide his figure, and then he leaned against the window and waited quietly.

After waiting for about ten minutes, there was a faint sound of 'fluttering, fluttering' in the sky, as if it was the movement of some kind of bird fanning its wings.

'Whew!!'

With a shrill birdsong, a large gray bird swirled from the sky and landed on the figure.

The big bird stayed for a minute, then quickly flew up from the figure again, and disappeared into the night sky after a while.

When the big bird had completely disappeared, the figure moved, and then turned and walked in the direction of the hotel.

And as the distance approached, Ron, who was standing in front of the window, gradually saw the man's face clearly.

"Sure enough," his face gradually sank. "Nick. ”

Alone outside the hotel in the silent midnight, no one would believe that he had come to watch the night or birds.

After Nick crept into the hotel, Ron closed the window and went back to bed.

Lying in the soft bed, his eyes flashed with an inexplicable look.

"Then it seems that my previous speculation was correct, Nick did have someone outside, but I didn't expect them to use birds to communicate. ”

He didn't know what the contact was, but the only thing he knew for sure was that Nick was definitely not an ordinary midshipman.

"Perhaps, this mission will help me uncover something. ”......

The next day, everyone got up early, and after breakfast, they set off directly.

At noon, the group arrived at a modest camp in the Lannis area.

As soon as everyone jumped off their horses, a middle-aged man in leather armor in the camp walked quickly to James with two militiamen, and saluted respectfully.

"Welcome, Lord Jade"

James waved his hand to interrupt his next words and said directly.

"Rickon, what's going on now, it's serious?"

The man named Rickon seemed to know James's character, straightened up and smiled wryly.

"Yes, they currently occupy a village, and killed most of the people in the village, the other party is very strong, there are many people, in addition to the deserters of the Lane Empire, it seems that they are also entangled with a group of displaced people nearby, if you don't stop it as soon as possible, I'm afraid things will be difficult. ”

"Yes" Hearing Rickon's report, James frowned deeply, thought about it, and lowered his head.

"Give me a detailed figure of them, to distinguish between deserters and outcasts. ”

"Okay!" Rickon nodded. "They had eight soldiers who had escaped from the Lane Empire before, one of whom had been inadvertently killed by our men with bows and arrows, and now there were seven more, all dressed in full armor and weapons, and in addition to the soldiers, there were more than thirty bandit outcasts wandering around, who had joined after occupying the village a few days ago. ”

"Seven," James glanced at the few men he had brought with him.

Those who can escape from the battlefield are either cowards or masters who have experienced bloody battles, and judging from the recent situation, it is clear that these deserters are not the former.

He didn't know what the odds were of victory against the well-equipped soldiers, but if things were allowed to continue to develop, the Lannis region might be cut out of the territory.

There were not only more than 30 outcasts and bandits nearby, but there were hundreds of outcasts he led his team to expel last time.

These floating creatures are like wolves that have been hungry for a winter, and once they know that there is a piece of fat that has been peeled off here, they will definitely converge here.

Therefore, what needs to be done now is to completely defeat them before they form a ** annoyance, in order to ensure the safety of the civilians in the territory.