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"I will accept the inheritance from this time, sacrifice without need, not afraid of challenges, and vow to fight to the death against evil, as the sword points out, justice is coming, I will defend the weak, uphold justice, and remain humble, I will be the unquenchable flame of the cold winter, dispelling the dawn of the endless night, even if the last drop of blood is shed, my steps will never stop, because I firmly believe"

"The Holy Spear is with me!"

The trembling voice of the timid Lil echoed in the closed cavern, reciting the 'knight's oath' over and over again, perhaps to drive away the fear of death that was approaching, or perhaps to fulfill a long-cherished wish before dying, and to hear from the people of their team say that becoming a knight had always been his dream.

It's just that under the pressure of this atmosphere that he could die at any time in the humiliating way of being 'eaten', no one in the cave cares about his dreams at all.

It didn't take long...

"Don't read it!"

The grumpy Mutt walked up to him, grabbed him by the collar, lifted Lil up in the corner, and said angrily at him, "Shut your mouth for me!

Let Mutt grasp it, Lil, who tilted his head up, as if he hadn't heard, his eyes were glazed, and he still repeated the oath in his mouth like a dream.

"Are you deaf?" said Mutt in a rage, raising his fist and threatening, "Or is this the only thing that works for you?"

Seeing that the fist was about to blast over, a solid arm grabbed Mutter's fist, the eldest in the squad, Carl.

With his other hand, he loosened Leel's grabbed collar, and Lil, who returned to the corner, did not show any gratitude, and continued his oath like a marionette.

Karl turned around, shook his head at Mutter and said, "We don't have the capital for infighting, don't waste your strength on your own people." ”

Karl's words were very tactful, meaning that he should not be angry with his companions, after all, everyone present understood that it was not Lil's nagging that angered Mutt, but the oppressive atmosphere of facing death threats.

Mutt sat back in his corner, and the cave was quiet again, leaving only Lil's solemn oaths, and the occasional sound of footsteps outside, and the occasional rough laughter, and an unfamiliar language that didn't know what it was saying, perhaps mocking the drowning humans in the cave.

Maybe it's in... Celebrate their sumptuous ration receipt...

After all, since the human race responded to the Empire's call to move inland and establish the Cachino Fortress, there are almost no humans to be found outside the Cachinoch Mountains, which is undoubtedly a heavy blow to those races outside who do not want to make progress and only know how to plunder and kill.

Born with a natural intelligence and a living from plundering, they had to face hunger, and this time they received a whole patrol, which was definitely a huge harvest.

It's been eaten...

Sitting in the corner, Kane felt a trace of bitterness in his heart, and he could never have imagined that he would fall into such a field after graduating from the Saint Laurent Military Academy with high ambition and high spirits.

He was stationed at Cachino Fortress for a year as an honor student, then received a knight's award, returned to the province of Aino to marry Alice, and assisted his father in the future to govern Akiba Town, which was his original life.

Unlike Lel, Kane is a nobleman, and his father is a lord and baron of Akiba Town, Aino Province.

As long as the Imperial nobles who successfully graduated from the Saint Laurent Military Academy, after a year of garrisoning the army, they can successfully accept the knightly decoration, and Lear's long-cherished wish is within reach of Kane.

It's just that Kane never imagined that his first patrol mission would be attacked by the orcs, and they came so suddenly that his patrol team was wiped out before he could organize effective resistance.

He was the only one who survived with the condensed fighting spirit, but he was still knocked unconscious, and when he woke up, he was taken to the orc camp and imprisoned.

Orcs prefer living humans to corpses that are not easy to preserve, and some wild fruits that are difficult for orcs to swallow can keep these 'rations' fresh for a long time.

Kane doesn't want to die, let alone be eaten, he still has a good life waiting for him, and he hasn't had time to fulfill his promise to Alice.

But... The reality is so cruel...

All their weapons were taken away from them, and the damned orcs brought in a huge rock that completely blocked the only exit from the cave, and it was impossible for these orcs to move the rock until the rations were eaten, and they just passed some wild fruits through the cracks every day to keep them alive.

Moreover, even if you leave this cave and face at least a few hundred orcs stationed outside (Kane judged by the attack), it only takes two orcs to calm everyone inside without any defense!

The only thing Kane could hope for was reinforcements.

But... Will there really be reinforcements?

Without the arch guards of the city wall, even with excellent equipment on the frontal battlefield, humans may not be able to fight with the orcs in a 1-to-1 battle loss ratio, let alone in the case of unclear terrain and unclear information.

Moreover, the north of the Cachino fortress is already the territory of the orcs, and no commander is stupid enough to lead a large army deep into the enemy's hinterland and pay an unpredictable price just to rescue a few of his companions.

Don't be emotional on the battlefield, remember to keep a cool head, be sure to calculate the minimum casualties in exchange for the maximum results, the necessary sacrifices are inevitable, without sacrifice there is no victory!

This was the core of the commander's teachings taught by the instructor of the first military course Kane received, from the mouth of the legendary Marshal Merischi, who laid the foundation of the Roland Empire.

Patrols like theirs fall into the category of sacrifice, because of the scarcity of food, the orcs do not want to storm the Cachino fortress all the time, and there have been battles in the fortress more than once over the years.

Therefore, the fortress will arrange for the patrol team to go out to patrol at any time, and monitor the movements of the orcs at all times, although this is tantamount to putting the patrol team in danger, but compared to the hasty response, this greatly eases the attack of the orcs.

And after all these years of exploration, the patrol team also has a standard defense manual, and the situation of the patrol team being eliminated over the years has been greatly alleviated, but I didn't expect Kane to run into it!

Is there no victory without sacrifice?

Reciting this classic aphorism, which he had enshrined as a holy text, Kane's heart felt a lingering bitterness.

Although he never felt that there was anything wrong with this sentence, he still believes that this is the most basic professional quality of a qualified commander.

But...

When he really became a part of the sacrifice, there was an indescribable feeling in his heart, as if a boulder pressed against his chest, making him breathless.

Under the invasion of this uncomfortable taste, Kane had to gasp for breath, trying to spit out the depression that was pressing in his heart.

"What's wrong with you? Kane, are you uncomfortable?"

A soft voice with a worried tone came from the side, it was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, with a moth head and eyebrows, and her beauty was rising.

Her name is Yu Xili, and she is a mage accompanying the Fourth Patrol, although mage resources are scarce, the empire will occasionally arrange for them to join the patrol team, first, they need an experience, and second, there are some jobs that only they can bear.

She had been imprisoned in the cave before Kane arrived, and like Kane, she was the only survivor of the patrol, and not long after that, Karl and his team arrived, four of them survived, and the remaining one, named Troy the Clever Ghost, was banging on the stone wall to pass the time.

"I'm fine. Shaking his head, Kane replied casually

"But your face is ugly..."

"I'm fine. ”

"Or... I'll help you see it with a healing technique. "Helily is a light mage.

"No, I don't. ”

"I'm good at healing, you don't have to worry about mana, you can do it at any time here..."

"Can't you just be quiet for a while?" Kane's voice suddenly became louder, and it was not an exaggeration to describe it as a roar, and the close melancholy was startled.

The petite body trembled slightly, the relieved smile that had been squeezed out of her face stiffened slightly, and the plain hand she had just raised stopped in mid-air.

"Yes... I'm sorry..."

After a while, she slowly put her arms back, her face darkened slightly, and she retracted into her corner, bent her legs, and buried her cheeks, which were covered by black hair, between her knees, and let the thousands of green silks fall.

It seems that with this roar, a lot of depression in my heart has also been spit out.

After regaining his composure, Kane realized that he had been angry before, looked at Yu Xili next to him, hesitated in his heart, but moved his body and leaned over.

"Just now... I'm sorry..."After thinking for a moment, Kane touched his forehead, and then said, "I don't have malicious intentions, it's just... I don't know... In short, I apologize for my recklessness and apologize to the beautiful and kind Yuxiri, is it acceptable?"

Yu Xili's body trembled slightly, and then she raised her head, Kane, who had become accustomed to the darkness, could faintly see the tears in the corners of her eyes, but there was still a smile on her white cheeks.

"It's okay. Yu Xili shook her head and smiled, "I can understand. ”

Then she straightened up, looked up at the stone wall at the top, and asked calmly, "Are we going to die?" Kane?"

Before Carl and the others arrived here, there were only Kane and the two of them in the cave, and the comfort of relying on each other became the only hope of survival in the darkness, which naturally laid an emotion.

So even after Carl and the others arrived, the more introverted Cexi Li was still closer to Kane, and she would confide in him whatever she had in her heart.

After a pause, Kane shook his head and said, "No, the fortress must have sent reinforcements, and the Knight of Glory can easily destroy the enemies outside." ”

The Knights of Glory stationed at Cachino Fortress are one of the Empire's top knightly orders, symbolizing the Empire's core combat power.

"Hmph!" Mutter, who was not far away, snorted coldly as if mockingly.

But Yu Xili seemed to really believe it, looked at Luo Xi with a pair of bright big eyes, and asked seriously, "Really?"

"Hmm," Kane nodded

"That..."Sorrow Hexili turned her head to the side, looked to the side, and asked hesitantly, "If we can leave alive, can I invite you to be my guardian knight?"

Powerful mages are known to have incomparably weak bodies, and there has been a tradition of recruiting powerful guards since ancient times, and there is even more legal support at this level of the empire.

However, that premise is based on a high-ranking mage, and a low-level mage like Yu Xili makes this request, or rushes at a nobleman, which has to be said to be a bit rude.

It's just that it's unknown whether he can get out alive at the moment, not to mention that Kane, who has always been open-minded, can't care about anything in this situation.

As soon as her smile warmed, Kane's irritability seemed to dissipate a lot, and he also showed a hearty smile: "Your will, my sword? ”

"That..."

"Hahaha! We don't have to die!"

Yu Xili was about to say something, but an excited and unbearable laughter suddenly sounded in the corner not far away, and everyone's eyes subconsciously focused on the laughing figure.

The laughter came from the clever ghost Troy.