Chapter 123: Coming to Begin
"Take this task, and then take the opportunity to go to the royal capital. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoI know that you have a close relationship with the daughter of Duke Ernest, and with her recommendation, Princess Sylvia will definitely give you a good position. Reg tossed a piece of parchment to Arnold.
"Mission: Investigate the cause of the disappearance of the population in the small town of Black Rock. ”
Located a hundred kilometers north of the Brilliant Fortress and backed by the Hengduan Mountains, the town of Black Rock is an unrequited and inhospitable area that would have been untouched years ago had it not been for the discovery of a gold mine.
However, there are only some miners there, because the gold mine was mined last year and abandoned by the local lord.
And this incident is the reason, it is actually that some miners have found spell crystals in the abandoned gold mines, which are necessary crystals for arranging magic arrays, and have always been strategic materials on the mainland.
Because of the scarcity of this spell crystal, this miner naturally didn't know it, and this discovery was spread by a wandering archmage in the local area.
Just as the local lord was about to send someone to investigate, the miners of the town, including the archmage, disappeared without a trace overnight.
The Lord sent people to investigate for several days, and even went deep into the abandoned mine, but no one found anything.
The lord seemed to feel that he had been deceived, but he was reluctant, so he passed the news to the fortress, hoping that the fortress would send a strong man to investigate.
System:
Trigger the side quest: Enemies in the Mist
Description: An unknown event occurs in the town of Black Rock, and players are asked to lead your soldiers to defeat the enemy.
Objective: Defeat your opponent and find out why.
Mission Level: Gold
Reward: 10,000 experience points, Charisma +5.
After Arnold finished reading the mission description, the system suddenly popped up with a mission message, the content was almost the same as Reg's.
Could it be that this task was not a random fabrication by Legion Commander Regg, but rather very important?
Arnold knows the urine nature of the system, if it is not an important thing, it will definitely not issue a task for this, so as to reward itself, and this reward has 10,000 experience, enough for himself to reach the peak of the third order, as long as he passes the training task, he can immediately advance to the fourth order and become a strong person.
But what is this charisma?
Arnold couldn't figure it out for a moment, this is not available in the game.
The news reached the Fortress of Splendour, and it did not attract attention, and a quest was released and hung there, because of the long distance, the reward for this quest was not low.
But because the road was too far and the front line was tight, no one accepted this task, so it was hung up like this.
Arnold nodded with a wry smile, he understood what Reg meant, not really asking him to complete this task that looked like a giant pit, but to use it to go out of the city and seek refuge from Princess Sylvia.
But the cheater's system was forced to trigger, so Arnold had no choice but to really complete the task.
Seeing Arnold accept the task, Reg smiled with satisfaction and continued: "It is the duty of soldiers to complete military orders, even if they want to trouble you, they can't force you to detain you. This way, I can also break into the enemy camp with peace of mind. ”
"Then Legion Commander, do you really want to go to the depths of the Undead Empire to regain the authority of the fortress?" Arnold couldn't help but be a little worried when he saw that Reg wasn't joking. Although he didn't know that this Adelaide Legion Commander would favor him, he had always been a good character to whoever was good to him, not to mention that this time it was a life-saving grace.
"I must go, it is my duty and my honor. Reg interrupted Arnold, not going to waste too much time on the topic.
"Don't worry, with my ability to fight with the steel-toothed fierce tiger, I can't be left under the holy ranks. What's more, I'm just doing it secretly, so there won't be much danger. ”
Reg waved his hand, signaling not to worry.
"Okay, that's all for today's topic, go back and prepare well, take your people, and set off as soon as possible. Reg got up, looked at the time, and ended the day's topic.
"Yes, Legionnaire!" Arnold stood up and saluted.
"Arnold, I hope that the next time I see you, you will already be a strong man. The light in Regg's eyes made Arnold's heart burst and he nodded solemnly. He understood what this strong man meant, that is, he had to master the power of the elements.
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Arnold returned to the barracks, and his subordinates had been replenished from the original 200 men to 700 men, of which 100 were cavalry, professional scouts.
Although the number of people is still less than 2,000 people, it is enough to investigate a small town.
Some of the soldiers practiced on the playground, some got together to chat, and some slept in the tents.
Arnold immediately rushed forward a few steps to the camp to the point of the general's platform, and then shouted with all his might: "Soldiers, assemble!"
His body is very strong now, and this roar is very loud, like a big thunderbolt on the ground, and the weapon racks on the side of the shock are trembling.
The soldiers were all stunned, all of them were attracted to attention, and then they saw the commander on the point general's platform, and the conditioned reflex was general, and they immediately approached and stood in the military column.
Arnold nodded with satisfaction, although they were all new tenders, they were all strictly trained. The military posture of peacetime training played a role at this time, the assembly place was fast, and the number of people was already small, and in less than twenty seconds, all of them gathered in front of the point general platform, including the soldiers who were still in a daze and did not wake up before.
Standing at the front were none other than Captain Fergordon, Captain Miles, and Captain Hunter. Captain Pace stood by and listened to the order.
Arnold was satisfied with the speed, but he didn't show it, and his face was still very serious. Loudly roared to issue orders.
"Soldiers, we have been resting for more than half a month, raising troops for a thousand days, the military department has issued the latest task, we will go to Black Rock Town tomorrow to investigate the enemy over there. Although it is an investigation mission, it is not simple, and as far as I know, two mercenaries who have taken over the mission have disappeared over there. Therefore, we must be well prepared in order to defeat the enemy. ”
"Now I order, everyone to explain things before evening, and rest well at night, and we will leave early tomorrow morning!"
"Fergordon, Miles, Hunter, the three of you bring the squad with all the equipment, including the scout's horses. ”
"Pace, you prepare three months' rations, prepare other logistics. ”
"You ......"
Arnold was commanding an army for the first time, and although he was weak, he knew very well that at this time, he could not show the slightest hesitation, and even if his command was wrong, he had to carry it out to the end.
When the soldiers of the 7th Battalion heard Arnold's command, they all knew what they had to do, and they set out to carry it out, some of them were recruits, some were veterans, and they were not afraid of carrying out the task, and some only had the pursuit of honor.
In this era, the military was a high-class profession, and desertion was the most serious of all crimes, and the lowest social status, more shameful than ***** crimes, and condemned by the whole continent.