"Who is that guy, good job!" A sassy female voice sounded on the battlefield, revealing a beautiful face under the untied knight's mask, she rode to Jason's side, glanced at Jason's face, and said with a smile: "That orc is at least level 2, right? The strength is even more than level 3, if it were you, how quickly would you be able to solve it, Jason?"

"It's the battlefield now, I don't have the time to talk to you, Luo Yan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info" Jason glanced to the side, then pulled the reins and brandished his sword to join the circle again.

The battle was quickly over, leaving corpses all over the ground.

After the last orc fell, a silver-armored general began directing his soldiers to clean up the battlefield, count battle damage, and collect the corpses of his own members, and then he split up a team to inspect the fortress in detail and find survivors.

Just as Kane and the others were imprisoned in the cave before, there should still be some captured soldiers in the fortress, but there are only a few of them.

After issuing several orders in turn, the knight rode back to the position where he had been fighting, and at this moment Kane and the others had gathered together, except for Karl, who had suffered a minor knife wound, everyone else was fine, and was sitting on the ground resting.

"Well done, boys!" Because of the wartime, the silver-armored knight did not dismount, and rode over to praise them first, and then his eyes swept over them, stopping on Kane, who was striped on a blue background and dressed as a warrant officer, and continued: "I am Brigadier General Carlos of Fort Watson, and you are soldiers of that unit? What happened before?"

Although the soldiers of Fort Watson were nobles' private army, they also belonged to the Imperial military establishment, Kane stepped forward and gave a military salute, and then reported aloud:

"Report, sir, I'm Kane Heratl, part of the 2nd Army Corps of the Imperial Northern Defense Force, these three are Karl, Mutter, and Troy of the 5th Squadron of the 6th Battalion of the 4th Legion, and the mage of the 4th Squadron, Sorrow, before us..."

After recovering the minor circumstances of their previous attempts to escape after being captured, Kane highlights the wounded soldiers they encountered when they returned to the fortress and infiltrated the fortress to activate the magic tower.

However, the news of Antonio's destruction of the fortress was temporarily concealed by him, which Troy had suggested to him during his previous rest.

Although there are all kinds of indications that this is the case, it is too hasty to make a decision based on the words of a soldier without conclusive evidence and little information, let alone saying it in front of so many soldiers, which will inevitably cause some morale effects.

However, it seems that the other party already knows the inside story, because instead of asking why Kane's fortress was destroyed, he interrupted and motioned for him to skip during Kane's mentions.

"You mean—" When Kane finished explaining what had happened, he looked at Kane in surprise and asked, "How many of you sneaked into the fortress to light up the magic tower?

There was a good-natured laugh from the crowd.

"It's... Yes, sir—" Kane said with a flushed cheek

Judging from the situation at this time, it is obvious that the breach of the fortress should have been known to everyone, otherwise it would be impossible for the large army of Fort Watson to appear here, so it seems that they are unfounded and overdone.

"What are you laughing at, what are you laughing at?" Carlos shouted around with his horsewhip raised, "Who of you can fall into the hands of the orcs and escape safely? Who of you when you see the fortress destroyed and the orcs everywhere think not about how to survive, but how to pass the news to the interior, and even lurk in the orc base camp with the determination to die, if you can't do it, you are not qualified to make fun of others!"

Hearing this, the crowd immediately fell silent, and the soldiers looked at Kane with more respect in their eyes.

Yes!

Everyone knew what would happen when the magic tower was set on fire, and they had seen it with their own eyes before, and if they hadn't arrived in time, the few people in front of them would have been left with cold corpses by now.

Don't they know it themselves?

No!

Of course they knew, but they still chose to do so, and they didn't intend to leave alive from the beginning, just to get the message back accurately.

Knowing that he would die, but still moving forward bravely, this courage and determination alone deserve everyone's respect.

"Courage is commendable! You are all excellent soldiers!"

Carlos rode on his war horse and gave a military salute, and the soldiers around him also saluted in unison, and for a while only the sound of a brush and a crack was heard.

I can't tell you what it's like.

Kane felt his nose sour, as if because the work he had been doing had finally been recognized, he stood up straight, and returned the military salute with the same meticulousness.

"Are you a student at the military academy?warrant officer?" Carlos asked suddenly, glancing at Kane's uniform

After settling down, Kane said in a loud voice: "Yes, sir, I am the twenty-eighth cadet of the Saint Laurent Military Academy, and I was stationed at the Cachino Fortress three months ago. ”

"It's a student of that old fellow Glending. Carlos's smile was a little more cordial: "No wonder he is as stubborn as his temper, and he knows how to rush forward when he goes to the battlefield." ”

Carlos was clearly referring to the previous scene in which Kane killed the orc leader.

Kane's cheeks were a little hot again.

"Is your sword broken?" Carlos then asked for no reason, and without waiting for Kane to answer, he casually opened a cloth bag hanging from his warhorse, and then took out a magnificent silver sword from it.

Carlos's actions immediately made the soldiers' eyes burn, and their breathing seemed to be a lot tighter, and Jason quickly rode up to catch up

"Father—" His brow moved, and he hurriedly opened his mouth to say something.

"Shut up, this is the army, have you forgotten what I told you earlier?" Carlos interrupted sharply

"Yes, sir. Jason hurriedly agreed, and after a pause, he quickly dissuaded, "Wouldn't you be too hasty in doing this? This sword is grandfather..."

Carlos answered his question with practical actions, only to see him hold the hilt of the sword and throw it forward casually, feeling that it didn't take much force, but the blade of the sword 'bang', cut into the ground more than a foot, and firmly nailed to the ground, and there was a crisp buzz from the trembling sword body.

"Sword name Courage, Courage Oath, from now on, it belongs to you!" Carlos said without hesitation

Kane's eyelids jumped.

As early as Carlos took out the sword, Kane knew it must be valuable, and it was no wonder that the soldiers reacted in such a way when they heard the name.

The name "Oath of Courage" had been heard since his time at the Academy, and it was the sword used by the Imperial Lion, Count Reis, when he was younger.

The best commander of his life had wielded seven swords in his battlefield career, and this oath of courage was one of the first he used, a magical weapon.

Kane hurriedly excused himself and said, "This... It's too precious, General, and please..."

Although this sword was used by Count Lacey before his career, it is not a masterpiece, but its historical value is far greater than its actual value, even if he killed an orc leader, Kane did not think that he could accept such a valuable honor.

"Where's your courage on the battlefield?

Hearing this, Kane raised his eyebrows, and with a bang, he suddenly pulled out his long sword, waved it twice in the air, and nodded and praised: "It is indeed a good sword!"

Carlos's eyebrows slackened, and he nodded: "Remember its name, this sword does not belong to cowards!"

Speaking of this, he ended this brief conversation, raised his horsewhip and said sharply: "According to the Imperial Wartime Emergency Plan, now a few of you are under the command of my Warsonburg army, if you have any opinions, you can put them forward as soon as possible." ”

"Nope. ”

"No comments. Several people looked at each other and nodded

"Very well, Yodru, I'll leave them to you. Carlos said to a general beside him

"Yes, sir. ”

Carlos was about to ride away, but Kane hesitated for a moment, then suddenly stepped forward and asked, "Sir, may I ask you a question?"

Say. Carlos turned his head

Kane hurriedly asked, "If the magic tower was never lit, how did you know that the fortress had been breached?

Although now that Warsenburg already knows the exact news, the Imperial side should have begun to deploy, and the battle line can be maintained on the Rhine, Kane still wants to make sure, after all, this is related to the safety of his family.

"It's the Earl who made this judgment, because there was a large number of orc invasions in several towns at the same time yesterday evening, and the entire internal movement began yesterday night, is there any problem?"

"No more. ”

Hearing this, Kane finally breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel a wave of admiration in his heart for the famous lion of the empire.

You know, it takes a lot of vision and courage to make this judgment based on the attacks on just a few towns, and to withstand the pressure and order the entire line to move south.

There are more than 400 human beings rescued from the various detention places in the ruins, because they are pure military fortresses, these are basically professional soldiers, but their expressions are numb, their eyes are dull, and they have obviously suffered a lot of mental trauma, and it seems that they will not be able to fight again in the short term.

However, collecting the scattered new forces is only one of the purposes of the Carlos army here, and the main thing is that the mountains of baggage in the fortress must be transported, armor, weapons, magic crystals, and some grain and grass, although most of them have been destroyed, at least thirty percent of them are still preserved.

After taking stock of everything, the team began their journey home.

The fortress had been destroyed, not to mention that Fort Watson's military personnel were not enough to re-establish the defensive area in place.

"Father... Sir!" Walking on the sheep's intestine path, Jason rode his horse to Carlos's side, frowned, and asked, "You said before that we were going to move all the way in? Is this true? Are we going to give up the province of Snouts?"

Because of this military mission, Carlos did not announce the news for morale reasons, but at the same time as they set out, the internal relocation operation also began in Fort Watson.

"Yes. Carlos nodded.

"Oh my God!" Jason said in horror, "It's a whole province, grandfather is crazy..."

"Shut up!" Carlos grimaced

Jason hurriedly closed his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Then where should we retreat? Dragon Valley? or Barros Plains?"

Carlos thought for a moment, and said with a little uncertainty: "On the banks of the Rhine, grandfather speculated that the empire would be fortified there. ”