How did you get to the meadow?

Locke looked at the sun, it was still hanging in mid-air, it should be afternoon now,

That dead wood... Oh no, return to the corpse forest, is it an illusion?

Is this meadow what Giri said, the meadow at the foot of the northern side of the Lefu Volcano?

Just as Locke was puzzled by what was happening in front of him, something suddenly rushed towards him in the forest in the distance.

"Catch it!"

"Whoever catches it, whoever becomes a general tonight!"

A group of young men of about sixteen years old rushed out, dressed in khaki cloth clothes, as if they were chasing something.

Locke fixed his eyes and saw that it was a hare, and a dozen men were chasing the hare.

Locke hurriedly mounted his bow and aimed at the hare.

The rabbit's eyesight seemed to be very weak, and it was tired all the time, and it had no idea that there was a person waiting for it with a bow about fifty meters in front of him.

With a "bang", the arrow was fired.

Center on the back of the hare.

A group of young men ran up and rushed to the first young man to grab the rabbit,

"I'm a general, and you all have to listen to me!" the young man triumphantly showed off to his companions.

"What yours, the rabbit was shot by that kid!"

"It's just..."

The others didn't seem convinced, and the game didn't convince them.

The young man holding the rabbit looked at Locke and walked up to him.

Locke also looked at him, the guy in front of him was more than half a head taller than Locke, his hair was very short, there was a lot of dust on his face, but his face was quite delicate, and the cross mark in front of his right temple was very conspicuous, which was the national mark of the Ace Empire.

Seeing this group of people indicates that Locke has reached the meadow at the foot of the northern part of the volcano.

"Who are you?" he asked Locke indifferently.

"My name is Locke... It's from the small town of Kailin..."

"Oh, savages!" seemed to be a hint of disdain in his tone.

Indeed, in the eyes of the people of all nations, the savages are the most despicable people. They live in the Borderlands, and in the eyes of the four great powers, they are like useless things that survive.

Locke didn't want to discuss this with them, and asked bluntly:

"Where is the camp here?"

"What do you want to do?" another young man stepped forward, seemingly alert to Locke's question, "How does a wild man know about the camp?"

"I—" Locke felt that no matter how he explained, the young man in front of him would not listen, but he still had to tell them the truth:

"I met a magician in the morning who told me to go to the camp and find a guy named Kyle and said he could help me. ”

"Magician?" everyone else laughed, looking at the young man with the rabbit in front of him, only he didn't smile, "This is the Borderlands, how can there be a magician?"

"Really, what I said is true!" Locke opened his left hand and showed them the gold coin, "This is what the magician gave me, and he told me to give it to Kyle, saying he could help me!"

"Oh my God!"

Seeing this gold coin, everyone's eyes widened, and their expressions seemed to say:

"It's unbelievable!"

"Come with me. ”

The young man holding the rabbit tried to reach for the gold coin in Locke's left hand, but Locke quickly withdrew it.

"No, I'm going to see Kyle! take me to him!" Locke pleaded anxiously.

"I'm Kyle. The young man with the rabbit looked at Locke and said calmly.

...

"Why should we help him, Kyle?"

"Kyle, he's a wildling, we don't have to risk it for him!"

The sun has reached the top of the mountain.

Locke followed Kyle to the camp, a place that resembled a small village.

A fence made of pointed wooden piles encloses a dozen thatched huts, which are small enough to barely shelter from the wind and rain.

"You're waiting for me inside. Kyle takes Locke to a room in the center of the camp and lets him go in and rest alone.

"Oh..."

Locke knew that the group of young people seemed to have a big disagreement over Locke's request, and they needed time to discuss it.

"This medal may be a forgery!"

"yes, didn't he say he saw a magician? Maybe a magician changed!"

...

Locke sat alone in the room and could clearly hear the argument outside. He was very worried in his heart, this was the first time in his life that he had crossed the Lefu Volcano to find this group of people, if it was useless...

"Lock," Kyle beckoned from outside the door, "come out, lad!"

They should have made the decision!

Locke got up and walked out, and a dozen young men outside were glaring at him, as if conveying the anger in his heart.

"Remember our appointment that afternoon?" Kyle said to the group, grabbing the hare he had caught today, "Whoever catches it will be the general of the day." ”

"You didn't catch it!" someone didn't seem to be convinced, "The prey shot by that wild man doesn't count!"

"And do you want the wildlings to be generals?" Kyle's voice was much louder, "he's going to make the same choice as me!"

In this way, Kyle agrees to Locke's request and is ready to help Kailin!

"Bring your swords, feed the horses, and we're off at once!" Kyle shouted, like a general, making a big decision.

Everyone seemed very reluctant, without saying a word, and turned their heads back to their respective houses.

"Kyle, are you going to Kailin?" Locke asked softly, stepping forward.

Kyle glanced back at Locke and didn't answer his question.

"The fourteen young men here are all probationary knights. Kyle looked around at the departing figures and said to Locke, "After this year, they will be able to return to Valangue and have a chance to become real cavalrymen." ”

"Cavalry..."Locke repeated Kyle's words, he didn't have any concept of this identity, only that the cavalry of the Ace Empire was very powerful.

"Wearing gold armor is the highest dream of every Ace warrior. Kyle continued, "However, this is not easy, and every knight in gold armor has countless traces left by the struggle against death. Without experience, there is no glory. ”

Kyle turned to look at Locke,

"Take out your medals. ”

Medal?

He must have been referring to the gold coin.

Locke took out the gold coin and handed it to Kyle.

"This is the Order of the Knight of Gold Armor. Every warrior in gold armor has only this one in his life. Kyle took it and looked at it repeatedly, "If this medal is real, it is a sign that its owner is either dead or on the verge of survival." ”

Although Locke didn't know what this medal was for, from the moment he got it, he could feel the iron-blooded soul contained in it.

"Locke, you're our last experience. Kyle clutched the medal in his right fist and then placed his fist on his left chest, "It's all like it's predestined by God." ”

"Kyle..."Looking at Kyle's resolute expression, Locke seemed to feel a sublime faith like iron and blood.

"The sword is justice. ”

Locke turned around and found that the dozen or so young men behind him had been lined up, putting their right fists on their left chests, straightening up one by one, their eyes full of tenacity.

Is this the chivalry of the Ace Empire?

They are just a group of young people, and they already have a noble faith in their hearts.

Locke looked at them, and a wave of respect came to him, and these may be the faces he will never forget for the rest of his life.

"Let's go, Locke. Kyle said to Locke, "Time is running out. ”

"Okay!" Locke immediately became excited, "I'll show you the way!"

"No need, I've been to Kailin. ”

Unexpectedly, this apprentice knight of the Ace Empire actually went to Kailin?

Kyle turned to a young man and said, "Leon, get him a horse, we'll be there by dawn tomorrow." ”

The young man, Leon, had disheveled hair and a bit of hay hanging from his body, and he did look like a horse feeder. He listened to Kyle's words, glared at Locke, and turned to leave.

"Knights, your path to glory begins with the salvation of Kailin!" Kyle proclaimed.

"Sword is justice!" a loud and neat slogan was shouted, and everyone set foot on the road to Kailin.

Locke sat on a pony, but he didn't feel uncomfortable, perhaps, these horses also have knight's blood in their bodies.

"Fifteen warriors in total, not one is allowed to be left behind!" shouted Kyle at the front, riding his horse.

When Locke heard this, his heart was suddenly moved, because although he was a wild man, at this moment, he was treated as a warrior.

He looked at the trainee knights around him, they were dressed in cloth and had a rusty dagger pinned to their waists, not as imposing as the "Golden Armor Knight", but he could clearly feel that their faith and will were the same.

"Stinky boy, you'd better pray that what you're saying is true. An apprentice knight next to him said to Locke, "Otherwise, my sword wouldn't have allowed such a lie." ”

Locke didn't know how to answer, whether the "magician" Giri he met after coming out of the Soul Eater Swamp was telling the truth or not, and whether this knight's medal was real or fake...

All of this may only be confirmed when it arrives in Kailin.

Locke looked ahead, and Kyle rode his horse, leading the way, like a leader.

The sun had set, leaving only a glimmer of dusk in the sky.

Fifteen warriors rushed towards the faint light, and no one could have imagined that they were running for the creatures of the Borderlands.

This is a group of young people who have not yet faced the war,

This time, can they...