In the evening, the capital of knowledge is still bustling and bustling, as in the past. The clouds of war did not cast too much shadow over the Holy Capital, and the commercial district was still crowded with shops, and people of all kinds of clothes wandered around the commercial district, throwing large sums of gold coins in the shops and entertainment facilities, even more generous than when there was no war. Such a change is also easy to understand, after all, the Neutral Land is located at the junction of the three major forces, and if you want to enter the Land of Sand to go to the Sighing Desert, the Neutral Land is the only way to go, so whether it is for those business travelers who travel back and forth between the Eastern and Western Continents, or those who are full of enthusiasm and dreams, hoping to find opportunities to establish meritorious services on the front line, the Holy Capital is the most suitable and the last large-scale transit station. Especially those young people who want to go to the front line to join the front-line troops in their personal name, pursuing their dreams and glory, after leaving the city, they will soon enter the vast desert, this time, life or death is unpredictable, rather than keeping meaningless gold coins in front of the undead, it is better to exchange them for excellent equipment and sufficient supplies in advance, to increase their chances of survival.

"In fact, there are many such young people in various forces. Walking on the familiar streets of the business district, six people each held a bag of red pearl fruits, but the other girls were just holding them, and only Pannis was very leisurely from time to time grabbing a handful of red pearl fruits and stuffing them into his mouth, showing an expression of enjoyment. No, it's not just Pannis, next to Pannis's legs, the expressionless blonde girl is doing the same thing with the same frequency, the same hair color, the same movements, making people feel indescribably coordinated. However, the two of them did not have such a consciousness themselves, and Pannis easily stuffed a few extraordinarily full fruits into the mouths of the blonde girl, and explained to the girls: "The war of the dead a hundred years ago is the same, and you can see such young people everywhere, especially those children who have not experienced war, really believe in the fairy tale-like stories in the book, regard war and sacrifice as a kind of romantic thing, and devote themselves to it regardless of it. As the controllers of the neutral land, the three major cities are also very willing to see such a situation, not only because of the wartime economic problems, but also because these young people can send a lot of fresh blood to several major guilds, after all, they are used to the atmosphere of the free city and the capital of knowledge, I am afraid it will be difficult to adapt to the atmosphere of the original hometown, so that the absorption of young talents who may have belonged to various forces is the biggest gain for the neutral place. ”

"But that's a big problem. Catherine said with some concern: "Most of these young people are just low-level professionals, and they have basically just left school or their parents, so they are so rashly thrown into the war, it is no different from killing them directly, even if a very small number of people who are still alive can be screened in the end, but it is too cruel to screen with life." ”

"Catherine, you are so naïve. But Pannis snickered and shook his head: " Some of them will lose their original impulse after a few days in the desert and secretly return to the neutral land, while others will be directly lost in the vast desert, running out of food and water, and then being found by the search and rescue force formed by the adventurer's guild and the sand country scattered throughout the desert and sent them back to the neutral land. As for the remaining quarter, or even less, they can reach the junction of the Land of Sand and the Sighing Desert, but they can only advance there, where they will be stopped by the blockade forces and sent to the logistics camps of the various tribes, where they will begin to receive intensive training in the desert. The brutal desert training will weed out at least 80% of the children, making them voluntarily ask to return to the peaceful area, that is, only the children who finally insist on staying will be incorporated into the reserve force, and may go to the battlefield to fight the undead head-on. And those children who are eliminated at different stages, most of them go home without face, and will stay in the city in a neutral place, but the gold they carry is almost spent, and in the end they can only go on the path of adventurers or mercenaries. ”

"Well, it doesn't seem to be quite what I imagined. Catherine was stunned for a while, and said with a wry smile: "In the end, this is the result?"

"Of course, before the last moment, even the most cold-blooded people will not bear to let these children who are not yet adults or have just reached adulthood go to death. Pannis shrugged and said: "But you can't dampen their enthusiasm from the beginning, then you can only use this method to make them recognize the gap between the knight's story and reality, as for those children with strong beliefs, they still have the opportunity to realize their dreams and fight to the death with the undead." ”

"Hey, big sister, Pannis, it's finally time to go home, you two don't talk about these boring things, anyway, we won't rest for long, we will definitely join the guild's combat troops, you really want to say this, there will be time then." The priest girl finally couldn't help but begin to express her dissatisfaction: "As for now, since I have returned, I should have a good rest, I have run almost all over the world in the past two years, and I am almost exhausted." ”

"Okay, okay, it's me who doesn't do it. Catherine smiled helplessly, and patted the top of the girl's head covered by soft short silver hair: "Let's put the war aside and rest for a while, I just don't know, how many days can we rest this time?" ”

Catherine's words seemed to mean something, and the maidens seemed to have grasped the unspoken thoughts of the knight maiden, and each showed a strange smile.

But Pannis regretted that he didn't know anything, and while chewing the red pearl fruit, he looked around, and suddenly raised his hand and shouted not far away: "Hey, little guy, I am selling defective products here again today, let me see if I have put the Wood of Life out to sell again." ”

"Who are you, I don't know you. A little girl who was setting up a stall on the side of the road raised her head expressionlessly, and said in a gloomy voice: "Don't touch it, my mother said, for an uncle with a hateful face like you, you must buy it if you touch it, one hundred gold coins, no, two hundred gold coins a piece." ”

"Why is the price going up again. Pannis retracted his hand stretched out to the stall and said with a dry smile: "Didn't you only have eighty gold coins last time?"

"Mom said that the more hateful the person, the higher the price. The little girl glanced at Pannis: "Two hundred gold coins may be a bit low, and the price will continue to increase next time." Well, a few sisters are also here, look at the wood carving, two silver coins a piece. ”

"Poof, Pannis, you deserve it. Catherine took the back collar and pulled Pennis, who was about to reason with the little girl, away, and waved goodbye: "We just came back, forget it today, see it next time, goodbye, little one." (To be continued.) )