The mayor of Sagoth took the heads of the thirty-one pirates and paid three thousand eight hundred dinars to Kosmer. After giving the peasants who helped him ten dinars for their labor, Kermaton planned to divide the reward equally with Soraton, but Soraton insisted that he not take a single dinar, and only asked Korsmer to invite him to drink.

In the tavern where Sensed lived, he and Soraton sat face to face, drinking and eating meat and talking. From Soraton's account, Ksmerd knew that Soraton was the son of a retired veteran of Tiha, and that he and his two eldest brothers had been disciplined and trained by his father since childhood, and that he was the most prominent of the three brothers, as he became a student at the Royal Military Academy of Sagoth and was about to graduate as a Nord royal bodyguard.

And when Soraton heard Kormerd tell him about his background and some of the things he had been through before, he patted him on the shoulder and said to him in a solemn tone, "Boy, it's really hard for you! Because in our academy, there are people who specialize in them, and it is from them that I learned something about the Eternal Night Union. As far as I know, this Eternal Night Alliance, in addition to the Stygian Slaver Organization and the Shadow Assassin Guild that you know about, also has an unknown organization. This group is not well-known because, unlike the other two, which often have operations, it is extremely hidden, showing little to outsiders signs of its existence. ”

Speaking of this, Soraton paused and frowned, and then continued thoughtfully: "And what Bright Moon Ghost, they used to be independent organizations, and they did not invade each other, and they had nothing to do with each other. But about twenty years ago, these two organizations, as well as the unknown one, were united. And what unites them is said to be the Dark Knights who have long since disbanded, the knights who once adhered to the spirit of chivalry, did not belong to any country or town, were not controlled by any lord and noble, and hid in the world, fearless of any power, punished and eliminated evil, and always protected the weak. ”

"Dark Knights?" Minded repeated the name.

"For reasons unknown to outsiders, the Order was disbanded. And after the disbandment, the Dark Knight has indeed disappeared from this world, and it seems that it really no longer exists. A few years later, however, the Dark Knights were re-established. However, the re-established Dark Knights have not only completely abandoned the chivalry they once adhered to, but also become a source of evil. ”

"So isn't it arrogant that this Eternal Night Alliance, led by the Dark Knights, claims to be the seventh nation in the continent of Calradia, and has the strength to rival any country?"

"I can't assess their quality, but I think he's even more scary than I thought. In addition, it is clear that here in Sagoth, there is also their power. Moreover, the whole of Calradia should also have a scattered presence of their forces. Soraton said.

"In that case, if they were to target you, you wouldn't be at peace anywhere!" said Kosmed worriedly.

"You will soon enter the Royal Military Academy of Saagos, so you will not have to worry about this problem for the time being. After all, they weren't rampant enough to cause trouble in such a heavily guarded place as the Royal Military Academy of Saagos. Soraton grinned, and continued, "Leave that alone!

; On May 25, 1259, the plain outside Rudabao was littered with corpses.

"He's alive!" exclaimed Minded excitedly, as if he had discovered a miracle, his voice trembling with extreme excitement, "there's still one alive here!"

Several of his companions around Kersmer quickly gathered around him, and Korsmed had pulled out a bloodied man from the pile of Swadian soldiers' corpses in front of him. Despite the fact that his entire body was almost red with blood, Kersmod and several people around him quickly recognized the man's identity from his armor.

The Nord Royal Guard, who was pulled out of a pile of corpses by Ksmerd and still alive, was none other than a Nord Royal Guard.

Two days earlier, when the main forces of the Swadias and the Nords were engaged in a fierce tug-of-war near Fort Derberg, a Swadia army of nearly 1,000 men, led by Count Harungos, launched a surprise attack and laid siege to Fort Ruda.

However, just as the Swadians were about to attack Rudabao, a Nord army of several hundred men, led by Rudapoye, suddenly broke out of the forest next to Rudabao and made a detour to the rear of the Swadian army. At the same time, the 300 defenders of Rudabao poured out of their nests and joined forces with the reinforcements outside the fort. When the Swadians realized that something was wrong, it was too late, and the flying axes and javelins in the sky first killed and wounded a large number of Swadian soldiers, and at the same time successfully covered the Nords, and soon the unstoppable Nord army rushed into the Swadian army from the front and rear directions.

On the plain outside Rudaburg, the Nord and Swadia armies of nearly 2,000 men fought a terrible battle. Although the Swadia army had a considerable advantage in the size of the team, they were preemptively outflanked by the Nord army, and they fell into passivity from the beginning, which led to the instability of the army. Moreover, the Svadians thought that even if they were to lose in this battle, the consequences would not be too serious, so most of the soldiers thought that it was better to go and had no intention of fighting. The Nords, on the other hand, knew very well that if they were defeated in this battle, it would be difficult for them to hold the fortress town of Rudabao. The consequences of losing the fort are really a great shame, which will make them more uncomfortable for every Nord with a strong sense of honor than taking their lives, so the vast majority of Nords are determined to die to participate in this battle and resolutely defend their Rudabao.

The battle lasted a day and a night, ending with the Nords repelling the Svadians, holding their Rudaburg. Both sides suffered heavy losses, and only three or four hundred of the Svadia army, which had originally been an army of nearly a thousand men, managed to retreat, including many wounded soldiers. And this Nord army, originally had seven or eight hundred people, and after the First World War, there were less than three hundred people left, but compared to the Swadia rout, the elite of less than three hundred people was much higher. In this victory of the Nords, nearly 100 Nord royal guards, who played a key role, lost thirty or forty people, and most of them were retained.

Because the Swadia army was ambushed and caught between the front and rear, they were caught off guard and had no time to respond, resulting in a complete hand-to-hand melee between the two sides. In this way, the highest combat power in the Swadia army, more than a hundred Swadia knights, could not exert their true strength at all in such hand-to-hand combat. In peacetime, they can be like a tiger with wings, like a swift wind rushing into the enemy formation, so that they can crush the enemy's war horses in an instant, but in this extremely limited space for action, almost crowded melee, it has become a big burden for them. And this kind of battle situation is no more suitable for the Nord royal guards.

After this battle, within a day, the Nord army continued to arrive quickly and stationed in Rudabao, strengthening the defense of Rudabao and preventing the Swadia army from attacking again. At the same time, Rudabao sent several squads to hurriedly conduct several comprehensive searches on the battlefield and rescued many wounded soldiers in a timely manner. It wasn't until dawn the next day, after the Nords were sure that the Svadians would not return, that they sent in to begin the official clearing of the battlefield. Kosmerd was one of the logistics soldiers who cleared the battlefield, and it was he who found a man alive in the battlefield that the Nord military determined to be no longer alive.

Now in his second year at the Royal Military Academy in Sagos, he volunteered to enlist in the army after the outbreak of war between Nord and Svadia three months ago, intending to fight on the front lines as a soldier and contribute to his country. Of course, the Nord military did not refuse Ksmold's enthusiasm to fight for his country and not be afraid of bloodstained battlefields, so Ksmed joined the army without hindrance, however, after joining the army, he was required to remain at the Royal Military Academy in Sagos, and was always at his disposal.

However, what Kersmund did not expect was that he had been on call for more than two months, and it was not until more than ten days ago, when Kersmerd's enthusiasm was almost cooled down, that he received a sudden summons, which allowed him to leave the academy and join King Ragnar's personal conscription.

Serving in the elite army led by King Ragnar was an honor at first glance, and Kosmerd felt the same way when he first learned of the Nord military's arrangements for him, and at the same time he was so excited about it, and his whole body seemed to be burned with a fighting spirit. However, what happened to him later made him feel like he had fallen into an ice cave. He did go to King Ragnar's personal army, but he was assigned to the logistics of the army and became a logistics soldier, and the main work he was responsible for in peacetime was miscellaneous things such as carrying goods, delivering letters to people, etc., and basically did not have the opportunity to go to the front line to fight, and he did not even have the opportunity to go to the front line to take a look.

The knowledge and training that Kersmund had learned and trained during his nearly two years at the Royal Military Academy in Sagos, as well as his physical fitness and fighting skills, which stood out among the students of the academy and were invaluable among the Nord soldiers, were of no use in this logistical work. Fortunately, Kersmund had resisted the urge to rush to the battlefield as soon as possible and planned to travel lightly, and he still brought a bunch of items and some books to the army, so that his life as a logistics soldier would not be too boring. In addition, he also wrote a long letter to Soraton to vent his frustration and dissatisfaction.

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In the past two years, although Kosmerd has not seen Soraton again, he has always maintained correspondence with him, and has a general understanding of his situation, knowing that he has been transferred several times and has served several lords. The number of Nord royal guards like him is very limited, and it is normal for them to be fought over by the lords. And a little more than a month ago, when the war between the kingdoms of Swadia and the kingdoms of Nord was raging, he received a letter from Soratun.

In the letter, Soraton said that the Nord military had finally approved his application, allowing him to be transferred to serve under Lord Eden in Tiha, and that he might become a regular soldier of Lord Eden from now on, following Lord Eden without having to be transferred. Then he told him about a major event in his life - about a month later, he was going to be engaged to the daughter of a businessman. He also said that he would marry immediately on the second day of the engagement, settle the good things thoroughly, and then bring his wife back to Tiha for a few days of family fun, and then immediately return to the battlefield, after all, the war is tense. To Mindmode, this seemed like a joke, but he knew that Soraton was a person, and knew that he sometimes acted like child's play when dealing with serious things, so what Soraton said in a joking manner was often serious.

In the second half of the letter, Soraton recounts to Kersmer about his past with her future wife. His future wife's father was a native of Viruga in the kingdom of Rhodok, and he traveled alone from north to south, running business in Calradia. On one occasion, he bought a batch of malt liquor from Paravon at a low price, and then planned to rush to Tiha to sell it, and then buy a batch of salt at a low price and sell it elsewhere. But when he was about to reach Tiha, he was stopped by several robbers.

At that time, Soraton's father, who had just retired from the army, happened to pass by and saved his life. Soraton's father's rescue this time made the two men establish a deep friendship, and in addition, it also started a marriage. The merchant did not know how to repay Soraton's father for saving his life, so he decided to marry his daughter to one of Soraton's father's sons. Soraton's two eldest brothers were much older than the merchant's daughter, and the age gap was too large, so it was only natural for the merchant to marry his daughter to Solaton.

At that time, Soraton was only ten years old, and the merchant's daughter was only six or seven years old, and at that time, of course, the two of them could only make a marriage contract, and it was impossible for them to marry so early. Their engagement date was set on the day when the merchant's daughter turned seventeen years old, which means that the merchant's daughter's coming-of-age ceremony and engagement ceremony might take place on the same day.

From then on, the Viruja merchant would visit Soraton whenever he passed through Tiha, and every year he would bring him a portrait of his daughter. Soraton, although he had never seen the merchant's daughter, he knew what his daughter looked like, and he fell in love with her from the first sight of the blonde, innocent and lovely girl in the portrait, and witnessed her change and growth year after year.

It wasn't until he was fifteen years old that a war broke out between the kingdoms of Rhodok and Svadia, and the war lasted for almost two years. During those two years, the merchant did not visit Soraton again, and certainly did not bring him another portrait of his daughter. Moreover, in the years that followed, the Viruga merchant was not heard from. It wasn't until three months ago, on the eve of the outbreak of war between the kingdoms of Nord and Svadia, that Soraton received a letter from his father, from which he learned a piece of news that made him ecstatic.

It turned out that the merchant who had been lost for many years had written to his father that he had now settled in Kulau and was engaged in the business of selling iron. The point is that his daughter will be seventeen years old in three months, and he hopes that Soraton will go to Kulau to find them, so that the marriage contract between Soraton and his daughter can be fulfilled as scheduled. When Soraton heard the news, he immediately rushed to Kulau to find the merchant's daughter, so he immediately applied for a month's leave to do the work of his life. However, his application had to wait for approval, and before his approval arrived, war broke out between Svadia and Nord, which made it even more difficult for him to leave the army. Just when he was helpless, his leave was approved, but the vacation he could get was only half a month. At the same time, his previous request for transfer to the Eden lord's army was also answered - the military agreed to his application.

He immediately wrote to Kersmod explaining his transfer and the good things that would soon be upon him. At the end of the letter, Soraton promised to take his wife to visit Korsmead or invite him to their home.

The changes that Soraton had to face made Kersmoud happy with him, but at the same time, he felt that his life in army logistics was too monotonous and boring.

Kersmer only felt that his fate was ridiculous, and what was even more ridiculous was that Kersmerd followed King Ragnar's personal conquest and spent several days marching, but did not rush to the vicinity of Fort Derberg to support the large army as Kersmerd thought, but only kept patrolling around Sargoth. It was only after the news of the siege of Rudabao by Swadia two days ago that King Ragnar led his personal conquest troops and rushed to Rudabao to support. But when they arrived at Rudabao, the defense of Rudabao had already been fought, and what they could do next was to send some people to help clean up the battlefield the next day, in addition to stationing at Rudabao and temporarily strengthening the defense of Rudabao.

According to the situation in the past period, King Ragnar's personal conscription troops, compared with the front-line troops, seem to be logistics troops in another sense, and Kersmerd, as a member of the logistics troops of this logistics force, finally got the opportunity to go to the battlefield after arriving at Fort Ruda, but this battlefield is a battlefield left over after the completion of the war. He could not kill the enemy when he went to the battlefield this time, but could only clean up the corpses.

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