Chapter 42: Choosing and Leaving
After all, mere evasion won't solve any problem at all.
In this war, if he chooses to go to some stable big cities, he may be able to survive safely and get a relatively stable life.
But what if there's another danger?
In his past life, Ron was a man who didn't like to run away, even here.
Moreover, this world is far richer and more mysterious than the earth once was, and he is very curious in his heart, what other magical things are in this world.
"There are traces of wizards behind the Bester Empire, perhaps in the regular army that distinguishes them from other ordinary armies. ”
Ron, who was walking on the dirt road, thought faintly.
The existence of the wizard also vaguely felt something general from Grant's words.
If the Lane Empire did not dare to attack Best with all its might under this absolute superiority, then the reason must be the regular army.
Although Best may still have an apprentice wizard, no one would believe that a wizard from a hundred years ago could coax an empire to attack.
So, Ron was full of confidence in joining the army......
Half a month later.
A message from the Best Empire's recruitment of soldiers appeared in the Knight Servant training camp.
It's just that most of the people who got this information had no intention of joining the army at all.
After all, if you go to serve as a soldier during this period, you will most likely be sent to the front line as cannon fodder.
No one wants to joke with their lives.
Moreover, the main thing is that this recruitment information is not mandatory, but in the form of optional registration, which makes it even more impossible for people to go.
Of course, there are some exceptions to everything.
In a slightly gloomy dormitory room.
Ron was now wiping his cross sword clean, then applying the nourishing oil, and the leather armor on the table was also very clean, even in some hidden places.
For a long time, Ron looked at the crosssword that had become new, and the silver blade reflected his still somewhat immature face, which seemed to be a little cold.
Nodding in satisfaction, he stood up and thrust his cross sword into the scabbard at his waist.
He stomped his black boots slightly, and just as he picked up the leather armor on the table and was about to put it on, there was a sudden knock on the door.
'Knock knock'
"Ron, it's me, Bill. ”
Hearing the voice, Ron lowered his leather armor, walked to the door, and pulled it open.
"What's the matter, Bill?"
Outside the door, Bill looked out of breath, his face was flushed, and he didn't know where he came from.
It's just that as soon as he saw Ron, he said eagerly.
"I heard you signed up for the army??Is this true??"
"That's right. Ron nodded and smiled. "What's wrong?"
"God, do you have a problem here?" said Bill, holding up his hand and slicing twice on his head. "You actually went to join the army at this time, aren't you afraid of death?"
Ron was speechless about Bill's analogy.
"I'm not in a bad head, I have my plans. ”
"Suicide plans?" Bill frowned, but then he said in a deep voice. "Yesterday, when the imperial recruitment information came, the lord had already issued an order, three days later, the main personnel of the territory will be dismissed, if you are willing to follow him, you can go to Rabina City together, if you don't want to, you can freely choose to stay in the problem, this place has been determined as the second line of defense, it is destined to become a battlefield, we don't need to participate in this war at all, I originally thought you would go with us, but I didn't expect you to do so, it's not too late, if you"
For his first friend who came into this world, Ron really sensed Bill's sincere attitude towards him.
However, he still shook his head lightly and said seriously.
"No, I've already decided, it's my choice. ”
Listening to Ron's words, Bill closed his mouth and looked at him deeply, as if trying to see something in his face.
It took a long time for Bill to speak slowly.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. Ron nodded, serious. "It's very difficult for the regular army of the Best Empire to join in peacetime, and this is my chance. ”
“”
Bill exhaled deeply, trying to say something, but finally he lowered his head and said.
"Well, my friend, I respect your decision, but," Bill said abruptly, looking up. "Promise me, you must live, my father once told me that in the war, you don't think about how many people you kill, but first ensure the safety of your own life, otherwise, everything is fake. ”
Looking at Bill's expression, Ron smiled slightly.
"Of course, I'll remember, my friend. ”
"Hmm. Bill nodded, a smile on his solemn face. "When you get to the city of Rabina, I will write to you, and if you can't get along in the army, you can consider coming to us. ”
"If I really can't make it, I think I'll go. Ron gently hammered Bill on the shoulder.
"Well, that's what I think. Bill slammed him on the shoulder. "Needless to say, the lord's castle still needs to be carried today, I sneaked here, I'll go first. ”
"Well, okay. ”
Looking at Bill's departing figure, Ron sighed softly.
Bill wasn't the first to persuade him, and when he told him what he wanted, Granger and Kaye came straight to him.
But none of them worked.
He had already thought about it.
Although there is a high chance that they will become cannon fodder when they enter the army, Ron believes that not everyone who goes to the army will become cannon fodder.
There must still be a certain need for inspection, and then the distribution will be carried out, otherwise there will be no one to go at all.
Moreover, following the lord to leave this path, Ron also did not feel easy.
Not to mention the many robbers and outcasts on the road, just the people sent by those nobles who are aimed at the lord are estimated to be enough for them to be busy for a while.
Perhaps, after arriving in Rabina, it would be nice to have a half of the remaining personnel.
After all, a convoy carrying so much property is a tasty fat sheep in the eyes of any thief.
When Bill's figure disappeared from sight, Ron turned around indifferently.
"I don't know how many people would choose the same decision as me. ”......
Three days later.
There is not a single white cloud in the clear blue sky.
The originally lively knight training camp has also become empty.
Except for the things that could not be taken, almost all the valuable items here were swept away.
At this time, the training camp had a kind of depression flavor.
On the road to the territory, a huge convoy of eight huge wagons was preparing for the upcoming journey.
Two-horse carriages, all black, lined up one after another, and pieces of wrapped supplies were carried to the last carriage.
More than a dozen guards in silver half-armor scattered around the carriage, carrying some black beans in the pockets on the back of the horses.
Some of the knights' servants were also wiping their weapons and tidying up their equipment.
Ron rode a brown steed and stood quietly in front of the last carriage.
In front of him were people like Bill and Granger.
Several people were talking to each other, and there was no expression on their faces.
After a long time, Bill, Granger and the others hugged each other across the horses towards Ron, and then controlled the horses and ran towards the carriage in front.
Looking at the friends who left one by one, Ron's face was calm, but he still had a special feeling in his heart.
His gaze swept to the front of the convoy, where more than a dozen cavalrymen in silver armor and helmets were surrounding an old man in red aristocratic attire, telling something.
The old man looked to be in his sixties and seventies, and his wrinkled face was covered with patches of dark gray old age spots.
She has long silver-white hair, meticulously tied up behind her head, and looks very neat and tidy.
Ron knew that the cavalrymen in silver armor were the midshipman knights in the territory, and the old man in the middle was the lord of the territory.
For this lord, although I have not seen him, I don't have much impression of him, I only know that this person has a more serious and dull personality, with a typical aristocratic style, but he is also more responsible for the people in his own territory, and he is generally a good lord.
However, in the past, the lord was very dignified despite his old age, but now, Ron found that he was old.
Although his hair was still neat, there were still scarlet bloodshots under his eyes, and his straight back was slightly bent, and it seemed that the abandonment of his territory was also a very big blow to him.
Ron silently watched everything the convoy had prepared, and as the old lord was helped into the carriage, the massive convoy began to move slowly.
Several emaciated Hu Cong had already gone away in advance, and they had gone to find out the information ahead in advance.
He saw from afar that Bill's group, who was at the front, waved goodbye to him from afar.
And he gestured the same.
When all those who were willing to follow the lord had left, there were only five or six men on horseback left on the whole road.
A cold wind blew, a feeling of emptiness.
Ron glanced at the many people in the territory beside him, and there were only a few people left.
To his left were the three men in brown leather armor who were talking in whispers, seemingly familiar people.
And the remaining two, like him, looked at the departing convoy in the distance with complicated expressions.
After a long time, the three servants seemed to finish speaking, and one of them, a middle-aged man with a pair of double-edged axes hanging from his waist, took a few steps forward from the horse, his small eyes glanced at the few people around him, and then said in a deep voice.
"Alright, the lord has already left, let's also go, it's not far from here to the nearest camp, at least five or six days' journey, we can't delay. ”
No one spoke, but the reins in their hands indicated that they were ready.
Seeing this, the servant grinned, shook the reins, and said loudly.
"Let's go! I hope it doesn't rain these days. ”