Chapter Twenty-Eight: A New Hope
Twilight is the largest city-state in the entire Free Borderlands, built on top of the Vegal Mountains, which stretch across the entire Free Borderlands, bordering the southern Karolei Cliffs to the south, the Kings Hills to the north, and the northern Karolei Cliffs. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although Twilight is the capital of the Free Frontiers, it is not much better these days, with broken streets, dilapidated walls, and even the main town where Carmen Alicia, the ruler of the Free Frontiers and Queen of the Night, lives.
At the training ground in the main city, Sturit Batista, the leader of the Frontier Rangers, watched as Deputy Commander Garay Nice lectured a new group of Rangers.
This group of rangers is finally no longer hooligans and scoundrels, they come from all over the continent of Yaluo, some of them are ordered by the lords of various places to join the border rangers, and some of them are criminals from all over the world, in order to atone for their sins, they came to the free border.
However, the overall quality of this group of people is still very good, which makes Batista very satisfied, and the Free Frontier is in need of such fresh blood.
Garay Nice is a man in his thirties in the prime of life, although he is not very old, but he has made countless contributions in the Free Frontier, after many Rangers were killed in battle, Batista appointed Nice as the deputy commander of the Frontier Rangers, and Nice has always done a good job, he has won Batista's trust.
Several of the new rangers have caught Batista's attention, including Motta Tyrell, the former captain of the Azure Soldiers of Roger Jones, the governor of Hellas Bay, Jack the pirate in Anemone City in Helas Bay, and Terry, a young ranger who claims to have been born in an unnamed village on the continent of Yarrow.
Tyrell was convicted in Helas Bay, and Dorje Jones, the governor of Hiras Bay, received a letter from Master Tully of the Free Frontier and ordered Tyrell to come to the Free Frontier to atone for his sins, while Pirate Jack also came to the Free Frontier because he wanted to be exempted from the death penalty.
Terry is a special one in that he claims to have seen a flyer for the Borderlands Rangers when he was traveling, and decided to join them.
After the lecture in Nice, Battista divided the group of new rangers with the few new rangers who had just joined last time, Mota Tyrell, Jack, and Terry will be on the same team as Joseph, who just joined a month ago, and their captain will be an old ranger, but that ranger is on a mission at this time, so he has not yet returned to Twilight City.
"It's nice to meet you, I came to the Frontier Rangers a month before you, and it's generally not bad here, with food and drink. ”
In the dining hall of the rangers, everyone was eating, and after learning about the detachment, the members of the team sat down to eat together, while Joseph took the initiative to talk to the members of the team.
"It's just this broken food, broken vegetables, and broken wine, and it's not bad? Don't you know, when I was in Anemone City in Hellas Bay, that kind of life was called good, with big fish and big meat, good wine, and women! There are no beautiful women killed in this hellish place. ”
While Jack was eating the stewed beef in sauce, he couldn't help but complain, and he was not to blame, just this beef was made like a bunch of leather bands, and the bite was constant, and it was difficult to swallow at all.
"Dude, if you come, you will be safe. Joseph said with a smile that he had no opinion on this beef with a rubber band, and he ate it with relish.
"Hey, Tyrellle, you're a former nobleman, and you're also a great Azure soldier in Hellrass Bay, tell me about something like this, can you eat it!" Jack turned to the silent Motta Tyrell, who took another bite of the beef, and finally spit it out.
Tyrell glared at Jack indifferently, and did not say a word, but continued to eat the salad made of wilted vegetables in silence, and drank the cheap wine.
"I don't think the dude was deprived of his title of nobility, because he still retains his surname. Joseph squinted at Tyrrell, his characteristic smile still on his lips.
"I've got a question! Can you see things with squinting eyes like you?" Terry had been staring at Joseph for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask.
"Yike...... What's this...... Surely......" Joseph was speechless when Terry asked, and after thinking about it, he didn't know what to answer best. However, when Terry heard this answer, he seemed quite satisfied, and he couldn't help nodding.
"Bang!"
Tyrell slapped the table suddenly, and the whole restaurant looked at their table, and Tyrell stood up, stared at Joseph and the other three, and then turned around and walked out of the restaurant without saying a word.
"Hmph, does this guy think he's a great Azure soldier!"
Jack stared at Tyrrel's back in disgust, and cursed incessantly. Terry ate to himself as if nothing had happened, while Joseph stared at Tyrrell's back with an interested expression and smiled.
The night in the Free Frontier was gloomy and cold, and in the council chamber of the main fortress of the Twilight City, Tali was staring intently at the map of the Free Frontier, and he was covering his head for a while, and then walking back and forth, obviously worrying about something.
"Maester Tully, you haven't had a good rest in days, have you?" a crisp voice rang out, and Carmen Alicia, the Queen of the Night, walked into the council chamber.
Carmen Alicia was about eighteen or nineteen years old, she was innocent and sweet, with big green eyes, which seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, she had long light brown hair, her figure was petite, but her twin peaks were tall and sexy.
Alicia was dressed in a female aristocratic dress, although there were a few traces of sewing on the long skirt, but this could not hide her unusual beauty in the slightest, but it seemed more close to the hearts of people.
"Oh, little Ellie, you haven't slept at such a late hour, and if you let Master Batista know, you'll have to be disciplined again. Without looking back, Tully knew it was Alicia, and he smiled softly at Alicia.
Although Alicia is known as the Queen of the Night outside, she is actually a person who has no queen pretensions, she likes to be called Little Ellie in private, and the Free Frontier is indeed not a place that values etiquette, so except for a few people, such as Batista, who strictly abide by etiquette, everyone else calls their queen Little Ellie in private.
"I'm not a kid anymore!" Grandpa Batista always has to take care of me......" Alicia pouted, it was so cute.
"Lord Batista, that's for your own good, too. Tully smiled again, as everyone knew that Batista had the greatest loyalty to the Queen of the Night.
"I know that, but a casual person is not as interesting as a casual person!" said Alicia, laughing.
"Hah! Don't let Lord Batista hear that, he'll be sad to hear it!" Tully couldn't help but laugh.
"But I've heard it all. A voice full of majesty came.
Alicia and Tully looked at each other, and both shook their heads helplessly and stuck out their tongues mischievously. At this time, Sturit Battista also entered the council chamber.
"Which ...... I don't sleep yet, Mistress Batista, because I want to hear what Master Tully has to say about the future of the Free Frontiers. ”
Alicia straightened her back, trying to look taller, but her tone was weak.
"Alright, my lord, everyone knows why you don't sleep, so don't pretend. Batista looked at Alicia helplessly, as far as her idea was, Batista knew better than anyone else, after all, Alicia was raised by him.
When Alicia heard Batista's words, she pursed her lips again and fell silent, for the world would not have guessed that the Queen of the Night would be like this in private.
"Ha, okay, don't teach little Ellie, Lord Batista, what is the overall quality of this group of new rangers?"
"Very good! The quality of these two rangers has been very good lately, and I am very satisfied anyway. Battista smiled and nodded, "Master Tully, the letter you posted earlier for help didn't really work. ”
"Our Free Frontier is indeed a no-man's land that no one wants to come to, but if there is really no Free Frontier in the Yaluo Continent, then all kinds of evil monsters in the Karoli Desert will definitely pour into the hinterland of the Yaluo Continent, and the lords who are still fighting each other will definitely not be able to deal with these monsters. ”
Tully smiled, he had always been confident in the situation.
"That's why they will give us assistance, this bit of manpower and material resources, for them, is nothing at all, but it can completely help them sleep more peacefully, after all, it is our free frontier that has to face danger. Alicia suddenly became serious, and followed Tully's train of thought to analyze the letter for help.
Batista nodded with satisfaction at Alicia, although Alicia is still a child, sometimes there are some unbounded ideas, but Alicia does have a rare talent, she will eventually become an excellent lord.
"But...... It's not enough...... Those people didn't care about the illusion at all, they always thought that the illusion was still concentrated in the outer realm, and the main material plane was impossible to appear enough to form an army. As soon as Tully thought about it, he couldn't help but grit his teeth.
After he came to the Free Frontier back then, after learning the truth about the illusions, he began to study the laws and habits of the illusions in the Free Frontier, and finally he could confirm that the number of illusions in the Caroli Desert was definitely not a small number, and as time went by, their number seemed to be increasing.
As for why this is so, Tully is not sure, but if they are allowed to grow, and wait until the number of this group of patient illusions grows enough to level the continent of Yarrow, then everything will be over.
"I have to think again...... That's it...... Absolutely not!" Tully's face was serious, he stared at the map of the Free Frontiers, he had felt a bold idea in his mind for the past few days, but he had to continue to think about whether it was practical.
"By the way, Lord Batista, what are your plans for the new group of Rangers? I haven't met this group of newcomers yet, I really want to meet them!" Alicia suddenly thought of the Rangers' question, and asked Batista.
"I've divided them into squads today, and there are a few recruits that I feel are full of potential, and I've formed them into a team, and then I'm going to have Miria take them to patrol slightly dangerous places, and I need them to grow up quickly. Batista spoke to Alicia about her decision.
"Hmm...... To get your appreciation, they must all be powerful people, do you hope that these people can become the captains of the Ranger in the future?" Alicia guessed Batista's idea, and drew Batista's approval again.
"Yes, Your Highness the Queen, they will surely become the new hope of the Frontier Rangers. Batista said confidently that he did have something special when it came to knowing people.
"It is a new hope for the Free Frontier, and I hope that under my rule, the Free Frontier will no longer be the barren land that people call it, but a country that truly has freedom and hope. ”
Alicia raised her head, looked at the tall Batista, and told her wishes with courage, and at this moment, Battista even felt that Alicia was the real tallest person, a real queen of the night.
"It's just that I'm going to trouble Sister Miria now, and some of those recruits will suffer!" Alicia couldn't help but laugh at the thought of this. And Tully and Battista both smiled slightly, indeed, Miria will definitely make those recruits miserable.
The early morning in Twilight City is still a little cold, and the few stalls in the market area of Twilight City are starting to get busy, after all, the only place in the Free Frontier where you can trade with merchants is Twilight City.
The few merchants from other places will be concentrated in Twilight City, and Alicia has given these merchants a lot of convenience, after all, without these merchants, the inhabitants of the Free Frontier will have a much more difficult time.
A creature with a snake body is fiddling with his stall, this is the snake people, the latest highly intelligent creatures born on the Yaluo continent, they do not have a long history, let alone their own culture, but the snake people were accepted by human society soon after their birth, and the snake people rarely appear in the Far North Snow Region and the Midtown Federation, there are still many snake people living with humans in other places.
The climate of the Extreme North Snow Region is not suitable for snake people, so there are almost no snake people in the Far North Snow Region, and the Midtown Federation excludes any race except humans.
Joseph, Terry, Tyrell, and Jack stood here in the market area, looking around, watching boredly as the merchants packed up their goods, and it was not long before the market area was about to open.
"I said someone told us that our captain had asked us to meet in the market area, but what about the captain? a captain was unpunctual!" said Jack, who was most irritable, and could not help but complain.
"Soldiers have to be disciplined, if you don't understand, get out of here. Tyrell didn't look at Jack, but he was serious about his opinion.
Jack glared at Tyrrell, he really wanted to beat Tyrell hard, but he was self-aware, he was sure that he would never be able to beat Tyrrell, so he had to hold back his anger.
Joseph looked around with a smile on his face, as if expecting to find something interesting, and Terry grinned and chatted with the snake merchant, Terry seemed to be very good at making friends, and he had a good chat with the snake merchant, and the two of them let out a laugh from time to time, which made Tyrell frown.
"You said you're waiting for the captain, haven't you seen your captain yet?" said the snake merchant to Terry as he laid out the goods for sale today.
"No, we only learned this morning that our partner was called Miria, who seemed to be a girl, and I didn't know if she was pretty. ”
Terry grinned as he helped the snake man carry the goods, and his teammates looked at Terry with a helpless expression. Of course, Joseph wouldn't be helpless, because he was still looking around, and he didn't even notice that Terry was working for someone.
"Miria, hahaha, then you have to take it!" the snake merchant couldn't help but laugh when he heard the name Miria.
"Why?" asked Terry, Tyrrell, and Jack at the same time, looking at each other confused and curious.
"Because that Miria is very good at torturing recruits, especially since you are all humans, Miria is a winged man, you should know, the winged people hate humans the most!" the snake merchant laughed.