Chapter 47: Flogging

The next morning, when it was still dark, the sleeping young cadets were awakened by the vicious shouting and scolding of the officers of the escort team.

Roy opened his eyes from meditation. In the dimly lit barracks, there was already a mess. Everyone jumped out of their beds and quickly dressed and tidied up. A few candles reflected the shadows swaying back and forth, and the atmosphere was tense and oppressive.

There are only a few hours of sleep each day. Roy can also rely on meditation and the spiritual power tide of heaven and earth to replenish his energy, which has little impact. However, for those knight students who rely on boiling their bodies and fighting spirit to improve their strength, this is completely a kind of torture.

"Damn!" Giles beside him, lifted the dirty quilt, put on his shoes, and scolded against the two dark circles on his face, "I don't know how to offend these bastards." I couldn't help but want to beat them up. ”

"Beat them?" another student's weak voice came from the side, "As long as you dare to do it, you will be miserable." If you don't talk about military law, you can't afford it, just talk about fighting with those guys, can you beat it?"

Giles was silent for a moment, and his face was silent.

In the eyes of his peers, every student in the three major training camps is the pride of the sky, which makes people envious and jealous. However, this was all because they had broken through the first level of Dou Qi and condensed the battle ring at the age of less than eighteen.

And in terms of absolute strength, an armed knight is nothing in this world.

Not to mention the private army of the noble lords, even the mercenary group, among the bandit groups, there are also a lot of strong opponents whose fighting strength is in the first or even second order. They failed to become knights because of a variety of reasons such as age, talent, and status.

Many of them were around twenty years old, and they had broken through to the first level of vindictiveness. Compared with these students, it is actually only one or two years away. It's only a few months away.

But the future of the two sides has been very different since then.

With the same strength, as soon as the cadets graduate, they can enter the border army or the Imperial Knights, and after a year, they can register in the Knight Hall and enter the noble class. Future. If there are meritorious achievements, they may also be awarded the title of Caiyi. The future is bright.

And they are just ordinary people with the strength of knights.

When they see real knights, they salute them. If you are looking for a wife, you can only find a civilian woman of comparable status. The future career can only rely on oneself. If you are appreciated, you can also enter the aristocratic private army to eat, and no one will recommend you, so you can only go to be a mercenary and live a life of licking blood with a knife. and even join the bandits. Do the deals that will be sent to the gallows if you are caught.

Because of their talent, most of these people are in their thirties and forties before they have their current strength. It's safe to say that the most talented camp participants will surpass them in the future. But now, they are stronger after all.

Although the logistics guard unit is the unit with the worst combat effectiveness in the army, it is still in order to protect the safety of food logistics. There will also be some knights with outstanding strength. Especially the nobles who provided food and salaries did not want to see their wealth reduced to ashes.

After General Fano went on the expedition. The logistical escort was taken over by the nobles' private armies. At present, under the command of Herman, the captain of the convoy, there are more than 100 knights, more than 500 cavalry and about 2,000 infantry. Giles touching them was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

What's more, the other side occupies a nominal height. Don't talk about hands-on. Contradicting or disobeying orders can send you to jail.

Griffin is a prime example. It's been two days, and he still hasn't been released.

Everyone put on their clothes in silence and ran briskly towards the training ground.

The sky was not yet bright, and a magic moon was half hidden in the clouds. On the playground, I only saw the black figures quickly forming a queue.

As soon as they entered the queue, Roy and the others sensed that something was wrong.

The officers, who usually drive everyone up and then go back to sleep, are standing at the front of the queue today. There was an indifferent look on everyone's face, as if looking at a group of prisoners of war.

"What's going on?" Giles whispered in Roy's ear, "Why are all these guys here?"

Roy shook his head, but had a hunch that something was going to happen.

His gaze fell on Hope's face at the front of the team. Hope was also looking at him, and as soon as the two of them looked at each other, a sinister smile appeared on Hope's face. It's like a wolf with blood still in the corner of its mouth, looking at a sheep.

Roy didn't hide his gaze.

Alston's investigation has confirmed the speculation of collusion between the nobles and the Lanrith family. Since there are people behind the scenes, and since the E Brigade is being sent to the rear camp because someone is manipulating it behind the scenes, then he is thinking about avoiding trouble.

Roy didn't believe that weakness and withdrawal would make someone like Hope have a conscience and let him go. Since some things are unavoidable, there is no need to avoid them.

This is the barracks.

And the barracks will always be a place where strength is respected.

Sometimes, fists are more effective than reasoning and military law. The rules are made by the strong. Since you can't adapt to their rules, let them understand what Lao Tzu's rules are!

Catching Hope's gaze, Roy sneered. Endure these two days, it is enough for him to be forced by William to restrain his temper. Now that you know the inside story, there's no need to endure it any longer. Besides, the big war is imminent, and he doesn't have time to entangle with these guys anymore.

Roy's almost direct provocative reaction made Hope a little stunned for a while.

Although his main task is to deal with this kid, he doesn't know who this kid is and why he wants to deal with him.

He's just a private knight who came here with his lord a few months ago. On weekdays, he is domineering in the territory, and he is powerful, and when he comes here, he also thinks that this is a matter of course.

Since Fano led the army to the expedition, the current rear camp is basically controlled by the nobles. In Hope's opinion, if there was no food provided by his master, the army would have to be disbanded immediately. Not to mention that Grand Duke Adolf is still under siege waiting to be rescued, even if he is sitting in the city at the moment, he has to look at the faces of the nobles!

Because of this, Hope has always thought that cleaning up this kid is just a piece of cake.

Even if the other party has the identity of a trainee in the training camp and arrives in the barracks. It doesn't serve any purpose either. Besides, he is only the least talented one in the training camp. Even if he is ruthless, the academy may not stand up for him.

Of course, Hope isn't stupid. The superficial work that needs to be done still has to be done. If you don't catch Roy's handle, just deal with him at will. Then, if you are held accountable, you may be a victim of the compromise and apology of the big shots in the future.

Because of this, Hope chose to cut Roy's flesh with a blunt knife after Roy entered the camp, trying to force Roy to make mistakes with those impossible and almost torturous tasks.

An impulsive teenager with strong blood is easily provoked.

When he is dominated by anger and grievances, his head is hot-headed. That's when he fell into the trap!

What Hope didn't expect was that more than a dozen truckloads of grain, this kid actually finished unloading it alone. The 300-kilogram grain bales were smashed down, but two battle rings were smashed. From beginning to end, the kid didn't complain about what he had endured.

Hope had a bit of a fox biting a hedgehog - a feeling that he couldn't swallow. That didn't hold him back, though.

After Roy was asked to leave by the woman named Ivy last night, Hope spent a long time in Herman's room.

Wants to deal with a person. You have to get to know him first.

Hope, who has never dealt with training camp, doesn't have many channels to understand this kid. Luckily, though. Among this group of E Brigade cadets, there are still a few guys who are not so backbone, and as soon as they enter the barracks, they follow closely behind the officers and shoot their horses.

Ryan is one of them.

Hope barely used any effort. I got information about Roy from this kid who participated in the trial with Nicole and others, but escaped alone when he was chased by the Ferry Army when he was chasing the Momiji Knight.

In these materials, Hope was pleasantly surprised to discover that Roy was not a good-tempered person. This guy. Once in the provocation of a noble child named Klaus, he was injured and crushed the other party's arm.

And what is especially exciting is that Roy has a good relationship with everyone among the freshmen of Team E. In particular, Griffin, who was imprisoned for disobeying orders, is said to be one of Roy's closest friends in the academy.

This made Hope immediately think of an idea.

However, Hope did not know that Ryan's description of Roy was incomplete.

At the beginning, due to selfishness and cowardice, Ryan abandoned his companions and fled alone, and as a result, he was also disqualified from the honor that Nicole's team had received later. But Ryan didn't think it was his fault, on the contrary, he blamed Nicole and others for everything.

Especially for Roy who met in the Warcraft Mountain Range, he hated it even more.

He doesn't want to see others get what he can't get. Nicole and the others were able to get this qiē, and they all blamed it on Roy's cunzài.

If it weren't for this mountain boy I met halfway, I wouldn't be like this now. Not only did he lose what he deserved, but after returning to the academy, no one in the team paid attention to him. Leave him out completely.

Therefore, when he heard the news about Roy in Hope's hall, Ryan hid a lot of things in his narrative.

Regarding what he had heard, about the relationship between Roy and the princess, and the Red Leaf Knights, whether it was true or not, he didn't even mention it, for fear of scaring this guy who was making trouble with Roy.

Hope didn't know any of that.

He only knew that it was the captain Herman himself who dealt with Roy, and there was also a group of noble lords sitting on it. As an executor, all he thinks about now is how to do this thing beautifully!

Looking at Roy's undisguised cold gaze, Hope sneered.

Lacking morality, he has done too much. I have seen many hillbillies who dare to fight with themselves with a hoe. But in the end, it's just a little fun for yourself. The bloody scenes, coupled with the woman's crying, always made him excited.

Power, status, and strict hierarchy are a barrier that cannot be crossed. Plus armor and swords. In Hope's eyes, ordinary people are just fish on the board. Even the kid in front of him, in this barracks, will end up the same!

Hope turned his head away from Roy. He wondered how this boy compared, after a while, to the desperate civilians when he saw his companions suffering. What a difference it will make.

"All stand!"

A tall knight, dressed in chain mail woven of steel wire, with his hand on the hilt of his sword, strode in front of the procession. scolded the students sharply, waving the horsewhip in his hand from time to time, and giving it to those who did not stand well. Or kick it.

The man's name was Edson, and he was Herman's right-hand man. The squadron leader of the first squadron of the escort team, who is also the training officer after the cadets enter the camp, is the most vicious.

"A bunch of damn lazy bones," Edson looked around with a grim gaze, "this isn't your academy. Now that you have entered the barracks, you must learn the rules of the army. Don't think you're great, sue you. Here, you're not even a fart!"

As he spoke, he stopped in front of a student who was glaring at him, gritted his teeth and said, "What, aren't you convinced?"

Without waiting for the student to reply, he slashed his head and face and whipped the student on the body, kicking him to the ground. Said viciously, "Not convinced." As a soldier, it is a felony to disobey orders and disobey officials, and today, let you all be sober!"

As he spoke, he smirked. Swapping colors with Hope, he said to the guards, "Bring someone to me!"

"Yes!"

As a few guards walked away quickly, there was silence on the playground.

The officers sneered. The trainees were furious, and the two sides confronted each other in a silent manner. Not far away, Herman sat on a camel-skin soft chair, watching the scene in front of him indifferently, taking a sip of hot milk from time to time. Throw a piece of raw meat to a sixth-order two-headed earth dragon crawling at his feet.

The two-headed geosaurus is a rather ferocious species in the geosaurus family. Adults can weigh up to 3,000 kilograms, and when upright, they reach a height of three meters, with a head and tail of up to six meters. Born with two heads, fierce and cunning. After breaking through the spirit seal, he has the magic attack skill of [Ice and Fire Flywheel], which is a hegemon in the jungle.

This geosaurus is extremely difficult to catch and even harder to tame. A young beast that has not broken through the spirit seal will be sold for tens of thousands of gold lulangs. Herman has been raising this earthly dragon for nine years, and has just broken through the spirit seal, and is even more regarded by him as a treasure.

On weekdays, Herman would rather ride a horse than ride this two-headed dragon. He rode only when he was fighting and wearing heavy armor.

As the captain of the logistics guard, he himself has the strength of a glorious star, coupled with the two-headed earth dragon with full armor, it is simply a mobile steel fortress. The combat effectiveness is extremely terrifying. In the territory, whether it is bandits or civilians, when they hear his name, they are silent.

It is rumored that Herman's strength can actually achieve a higher status. The reason why he stayed with Countess Natas was because he had an affair with Natasha. Even Natasha's two previous husbands were killed by him.

In Natasha's territory, he is secretly called the second master behind his back. Their business is almost an open secret.

And this time, Countess Natasha, who is a good friend of Mrs. Joyce, strongly recommended him to sit in the back camp to ensure that the logistics department was in the hands of the nobles.

Herman doesn't think that's a problem.

The more than 200 students in front of him, in the eyes of ordinary civilians, may be the so-called geniuses and future knights, but in his eyes, they are just a bunch of rookies with stronger strength and better luck. It's no different from the civilian soldiers who have only taken a hoe.

If you want to lay out the knight's score, they are still very early. If they don't register in the Knight's Hall for a day, they will be a fart for a day! What kind of training camp students, when they arrive at the barracks, it's a joke.

What's more, this is a wartime barracks. It's so easy to yourself off and want which of them to disappear!

Herman didn't care how angry the boys were. Since they were assigned to the rear camp, even if they were unlucky. The power of life and death is in their own hands, are they still afraid that they will turn the sky upside down? If they don't give them a little power, they don't know yet

Today's play is for them!

............

After a while, with the sound of footsteps, the departing guards walked back with a person.

"Griffin!"

When the guards lifted the man's head and exposed his face to the dim light, there was a commotion among the students present.

This is the first time that Griffin has seen him since he was taken away two days ago for disobeying orders from his superiors. I saw that he was covered in mud, his face was pale, and he was limp by two soldiers, and his whole person had lost a lot of weight.

Is this the brute-bullish Griffin?

That Griffin, who is always full of energy and whispers like thunder?

"Boom!" There was an uproar in the queue. The students were all red-eyed and in a commotion.

When the other trainees of the training camp were assigned to the front and middle battalions, and themselves, who were also trainee knights, were thrown into the logistics escort team, they did not say anything. After entering the camp, these private knights had no grievances but made things difficult in every way. They were silent.

It is better to live in a stable pigsty than in a barracks, and they endured it.

At four o'clock in the morning, they were rushed to the playground to stand for a few full prayer hours, and then began the day's heavy work that did not belong to the combat unit, and they endured it.

However, when one's companion is tortured like this because of his confrontation with the other, no one can endure it anymore. The indignant students rushed forward one after another and questioned sharply.

"What did you do to him?"

"Let him go!"

"Bastard. Are you still human?"

In the chaos, only a choking sound was heard, and the knights of the escort team, who had already been on guard for a long time, drew their long swords one after another. The captains of various squadrons and squads sternly reprimanded the bullet pressure, and hundreds of heavily armed soldiers poured out around the training ground.

"Do you want to rebel?" Edson's voice echoed over the training ground like a thunderbolt.

Under the pressure of sharp swords and spears. The cadets stopped. Everyone clenched their fists and gritted their teeth.

"I said it a long time ago. Once you enter the barracks, you should remember who you are, that is, the most ordinary soldier," Edson said contemptuously, "The first thing you need to be a soldier is not to learn to fight. but learn to obey the rules of the army......"

He said as he paced in front of the queue, "Your biggest problem is that you take yourself too seriously. I don't know how to converge, I don't know how to be humble. I don't know in front of the chief. What kind of attitude should you maintain?"

As he spoke, he turned around and said coldly, "In that case, then, we will teach you this lesson today!"

Edson walked up to Griffin, unfolded a piece of parchment, and announced: "Soldier Griffin, on April 30, openly disobeyed orders, insulted the officer, rebelled, and disobeyed the control, and had a terrible effect. After investigation by the Ministry of Military Justice, he was sentenced to 30 lashes as an example. ”

After reading it, he raised his eyebrows slightly, rolled up the parchment, and ordered, "Execution!"

In full view of everyone, several wolf-like soldiers, carrying Griffin, who had no power to resist, dragged him to the execution rack on the side of the training ground, tied his hands and feet with leather ropes, and forcefully pulled into a "big" figure, while tearing his dirty and rotten clothes, revealing his naked back.

A big man who had already prepared walked five meters behind Griffin, took out a water-soaked leather whip from the wooden barrel filled with water, and with a cruel laugh, threw the whip behind him, leaned back, twisted his waist, and whipped it fiercely.

The whip cracked through the air with a loud thud. Straight for Griffin like a poisonous dragon. The speed was so fast that only a dark shadow could be seen.

This whip, like a knife, slashed into the hearts of the students.

Anger, grievance, hatred...... At this moment, all kinds of emotions are like volcanic lava, surging in my heart.

To say that they don't understand military regulations is an absolute slander.

Although they are young, they are not children who do not understand the world anymore. How can you be ignorant of the rules of the army?

They know what military law is, they know what obedience is, and they know that the military is an unreasonable place with no human rights. The commander's order is a qiē. Even if there are rolling rivers and cliffs ahead, you have to move forward bravely when you give an order.

The duty of the army is to fight. No one expects an army that can't even control soldiers to be able to win on a battlefield of life and death. The discipline of an army determines the combat effectiveness of the army in a large way.

These, they all understand. And it was mentally prepared long before entering the camp.

However, since entering the camp, their forbearance has been exchanged for the current result.

It's too much of a deception!

The whip is twisted from the skin of a poisonous python, is six meters long, and weighs twelve pounds. The head of the whip is forked, tied in small knots, and wrapped in steel balls.

The water in the bucket is salt water.

A poisonous python whip that has been soaked in salt water, and when it is whipped, it can break the entire back. Not to mention thirty lashes, even five lashes and ten lashes, it is impossible for Griffin to hold on.

Griffin's body shuddered. On the back, the originally intact skin seemed to have been scratched by an invisible demon, and several terrifying scars up to a foot long instantly appeared. The red flesh rolled up, and it was extremely miserable.

The students' eyes were split...... (To be continued......)