Instructor Kai glanced at me and continued. The difference is that this time he spoke with a bit of sadness, sadness and disappointment in his tone: "At the age of thirty, I rescued a woman named Karina from the hands of a gang of robbers, she was as beautiful as a white tulip, and I fell hopelessly in love with her. I proposed to his father, but when he refused, his father thought that his daughter should marry a wealthy merchant, and asked me what I could do to make his daughter live in peace and ease. I begged him to give me a year so that I could bring in enough wealth to support his daughter, and he agreed. The next morning, I left Karina's house, and at the entrance of the village, I met Karina, who was waiting for me, and she wanted to leave with me and live a hard life of wandering with me. But I was tormented by her father's words, and I swore to her that I would come back in a year to marry her, and that I left because of my love for her. Karina ran away crying, and I haven't seen her since. Two years later, when I returned to her doorstep after a series of roles such as merchant, captive, and bandit, her father told me that Karina had married a nobleman from Viruga. ”

I nodded slightly: "You did the right thing, it's just bad luck." In fact, you could have taken her with you at the beginning, but fate is so impermanent. ”

Instructor Kai stood up and shook my hand: "Thank you for your patience to listen to the boring story of an old man, and many young people are reluctant to stop for it. Bless you, Resarit, Calradia is waiting for you. ”

I sighed: "I have the ability to do it, but for the thousands of troops on the battlefield, the strength of one person is still too small." ”

"That's right, but it is said that a man's strength can bring hope of 'life' to his companions, and ...... It is said that ...... "Instructor Kai wanted to speak and stopped, looking like he was spitting and spitting."

"But what?"

"It is said that there is a long-lost secret book, and practicing the skills described on it can defeat a hundred enemies. Instructor Kai said with an unfathomable expression.

"Is there such a cheat?" my curiosity was ignited.

Instructor Kai pulled out a piece of tattered paper from his bosom: "This is a legend I heard when I was young, and I spent a lot of energy looking for it, but in the end I didn't find it, and I only got a clue." I'm old, and I've woken up from all my youthful dreams, and if you're interested, you can try your luck, lad. It is said that there are five clues in total, and even if you find all of them, you will need superhuman wisdom to solve them, good luck. With that, he handed me the piece of paper.

I took it cautiously, for fear of damaging this precious clue. The ink on it had begun to fade, blurry in some places, and even indistinguishable in some places, but I still vaguely saw an inexplicable sentence from it:

"What you see is not necessarily real, and the mirror can testify to it. ”

I held this incomprehensible clue and couldn't laugh or cry: "Who can solve this kind of clue, what does the mirror point to? What do I see?"

Instructor Kai just shrugged his shoulders and said he didn't know anything about my question.

"Alright then, Instructor Kai, thank you for the clue you gave me - although I don't think he's very useful. Now, can you tell me where Count Arassis is?" I said with some regret.

Instructor Kai's mustache trembled, and beckoned to me: "Come with me, young man, but you have to be careful when you see him later, the lords are capricious, you better not contradict him." ”

After a while, I was taken into the castle. After being searched by two heavily armed guards, I was finally able to meet Count Arassis. He was sitting at a table, frowning at a piece of paper in his hand. Seeing me coming, his brows widened a little: "It's a young Ressarit, what's the matter with me?"

Instructor Kai consciously retreated.

I took a deep breath and stepped forward: "Dear Earl, can you tell me what this medal is for?"

Count Arassis was at first fixed on the piece of paper, and when he heard my words, he pulled his thoughts back: "Medal, what medal? Oh, what is on your chest, this is the evidence of a mercenary." Nothing out of the ordinary...... Wait a minute, wait a minute!What is it?The mercenary's certificate?!"

He looked at me in amazement, and this was not the first time I had seen such an expression. I was a little uncomfortable, so I had to look at the ground in embarrassment, and look at the tips of my shoes in a daze.

Count Aracis took a breath: "Young man, you are really unusual, you even got the mercenary certificate by you!"

I had a splitting headache when I heard it: "Why do you all talk as if it's precious? And who can tell me what it's for? If it doesn't, I'd better trade it for wine!"

Count Aracis was not angry, but patiently explained to me: "The mercenary certificate is only qualified to be cast by the craftsmen of Chanda, and every year Chanda will secretly hold an annual mercenary competition, inviting famous mercenaries from all over the mainland to participate, and the person who finally wins the championship will be awarded the mercenary certificate, and at the same time, he will also obtain the qualification to join the Chanda Self-Defense Force directly without the assessment, and become a part of the guardian of Chanda- However, they all seemed to think that it was too idle to be a city guard soldier in Chanda, and it was better to go to the days when mercenaries were free, so there were very few people who joined in the past few decades, only a dozen. It's been so long, they're all dead, they're all old, and the mercenaries are gone, and they're either being taken into the dirt or wandering in the hands of outlaws. Anyway, how did you get it?"

I didn't pay attention to what he said, I just thought about what he said about the Zenda Self-Defense Force.

The Chanda Self-Defense Force! It is known as the first mysterious armed force in Calradia, it was a well-known army hundreds of years ago, and it has always been invincible in the melee of the five major powers! Not only is the salary high, but it can also enjoy the treatment of officials, which is simply a dream place for all soldiers!

I felt that my harazi had really flowed down this time, but Aracis's next sentence dispelled my illusions: "It's useless, you didn't get this medal through regular channels, and you are not eligible to skip the test and join the Zenda Self-Defense Force directly." ”

I was a little dissatisfied: "I'm not qualified? You say I'm not qualified? Okay, I'll tell you the truth!"

So I went on again, omitting a passage from Medius. But what I didn't notice was that as I spoke, his face gradually darkened, like the gray walls of Zenda, without a trace of expression.

When I had finished, Count Aracis leaned back in his chair, took a deep breath, and covered his face with his hands: "What you say is true?"

I said word by word: "Every sentence is true." I blushed a little when I said this, and I wish he hadn't noticed.

Count Arassis stood up, put his hands behind his back, and paced up and down the room. The fire reflected on his face, and from my point of view it seemed flickering and dimming.

After a long time, I dared to ask, "Honorable Count, can you tell me what Medius is?"

Alassis's expression looked like it had been struck by lightning: "Where did you hear this name?"

Without hesitation, I said, "Oh, that's right, those Grey Cloaks who claim to be followers of some kind of Medius, going on a pilgrimage overseas. Seeing that they were holding a lot of people, I took it upon myself to kill them. ”

Count Aracis sat back in his chair and patted his face vigorously: "Well, I'll do some investigations, you wait for my news first." Also, given your performance, I've decided to make an exception for you to call on the Bounty Hunters' team at will, meaning you'll have command over them from now on. ”

I can't tell if I'm happy or sad for a while. I think I was penniless at the beginning, fighting and killing all the way, and now I have finally become a commander who is not small!

"One more thing," continued Count Aracis, "the bandits in the vicinity of Chanda must not be eliminated, and the mercenaries I have recruited seem to be rice buckets, and only you are a little more reliable. After all, you're also the one who fought with the water thieves, what do you think of the water thieves?"

I said with some disdain, "What kind of climate can those water thieves make? It's just a rabble." ”

Count Aracis had a "sure enough" expression on his face: "I knew you would say that, and that's the biggest difference between you and Rogge." The water thieves were able to kill the sentries we had sent out? They also knew how to set up an ambush in the camp and take us by surprise? Wait until we thought all the people had come out, and then come with a group of ambush soldiers? They were even able to guess the code agreed upon by the soldiers? And the original number of more than 50 people increased to more than 100 in a short period of time? Beat my advance team to the point that the whole army was wiped out? Don't you think this is too strange?"

I was speechless, I just felt that my face was hot, I was so stupid, why can't I see this?

Thinking about the beginning, I only thought about how to be in the limelight in front of Rogge, and I didn't notice this at all! Just for my own vanity, I had already lost all my strength in front of Rogge.

Count Arassis seemed to read my mind. He breathed a sigh of relief, as if he was saying these words to provoke me: "Yes, you didn't think that much at all, but Rogge thought that this is the difference between a battle-hardened veteran and a fledgling recruit." After Rogge reported these suspicions to me, I used the intelligence network to do some investigation, and as expected, there were people behind the water thieves who were behind them. And you've probably heard of that person's name—

"Pirate King Nabal!"

I don't feel much when I hear the name, there are already so many things to think about this day, and one more is nothing.

Seeing my reaction, Count Arassis seemed a little disappointed: "The pirate king Nabal, the biggest pirate leader on the west bank of the Yu River, once fought against the Nord government army, and once fought the Nords and abandoned their armor and fled in embarrassment. And in recent years, he has even extended his claws to the east of the You River, which I cannot tolerate. He started with the water thieves, and step by step turned them into his servants to fight against Zenda. That's why the water thieves showed extraordinary combat effectiveness, which made us suffer heavy losses. Yes, here's why!" he paused, swallowing, "and now, would you like to join us in the fight against Nabal, or will you face an even bigger storm when the bandits are over?"

Greater ...... Storm?

I heard my own answer:

"Of course I do!"

Count Arassis spread out a map on the table and pointed to one of them: "This is the large map of Calradia, you can see the location of Sagos in front of my index finger." And now, my men have come back to report that Nabal is near a village not far from Sagoth, called Kwyn - and since you are willing to help me, then I now order you, take your soldiers, and join the Freelancer Rogge at once, and go out again!"

I immediately put my feet together and gave a military salute in a dignified manner: "Yes, Earl!"

Coming out of the castle, Mo Cha and Manid came around with a concerned face: "Boss, how is it, is the medal worth?"

I waved my hand: "These don't matter, now Count Arassis has sent me a new mission, and tomorrow morning we will fight Nabal with Rog, the freelance knight." ”

Manid's face turned pale, and if he hadn't grabbed him quickly, he might have fallen to the ground. He said incoherently, "Nabal!"

I looked at him with disdain: "Why, just a name can scare you like this?

Manid said nervously: "Boss, you don't know him yet, that guy is extremely powerful, no one is afraid, it is said that once when the Nord government army surrounded him, he used a Viking flying axe to cut off half of a lord's ear!"

Mo Cha was very unimpressed: "Manid, can you not discourage the morale of our army? I have heard that Nabar is not very good, he is a gambler and a scoundrel, it is said that when he and his subordinates bet, he lost only his weapon, a tomahawk, which is still not robbed by gamblers for the sake of his boss, and he still owes gambling debts." ”

Well, which one is more true? I shook my head and decided not to think about it anymore. Today's night is unusually beautiful, and a crescent moon at night exudes a charming atmosphere. As if there was some external lure, I wandered around the Zendar for a while, and miraculously came to the shop of my old acquaintance Robin. Turning around an alley in front of him, his eyes suddenly brightened, and there was still some glimmering fire in Fat Robin's shop, presumably he must still be building some new weapons.