Chapter 9 Cutting the grass and eradicating the roots
The elimination of the bandits became the first war of Age's life.
This was both the request of the captain of the soldier and his will. He will not forget what the bandits did to the village three years ago. Many nights after the village was plundered, the head of the village was often seen in his sleep. The hatred for the bandits had been precipitating in his heart for long enough.
When he woke up the next day, he and the captain of the soldiers hid nearby, waiting for the arrival of the border guard squad.
He had already sent Giroud away, and he didn't need Giroud's strength to deal with such a bandit group. At best, the bandits were a bunch of minions, and if Giroud needed to do it, the dragon would be worthless.
The Captain of the Soldier was convinced that his border guard team would come, and he arrived early to investigate the situation around the Forest of Orus. If nothing deviated, his army would have arrived from the town of Obelstone in five days. He had been recuperating in the Forest of Aurus for three days, counting yesterday, and today was exactly the fifth day.
His army was part of the Border Guards of the town of Obel Stone, and it was in the town of Obel that the subsequent excavation of the mines in the south of Anial. Later, as the situation of border occupation became more and more serious, the superior general asked him to take his team to carry out border defense work and investigate the war situation on the border, how many bandits, bandits, foreign enemy soldiers, etc.
The town of Obel Stone was a major town on the southern border of the Kenos Empire, and was valued by the royal family because of its proximity to the mines south of Aniar. I heard that the mines in the south of Anyar are rich in a special kind of black ironstone, which contains some kind of magical power, and the weapons made from it are ten times better than those made from other black ironstones.
But after a long period of extensive mining, that particular black ironstone has been excavated, and there is very little left. For this reason, the army sent by the royal family has evacuated the town of Obel Stone, leaving only a few insatiable small landowners. They let their slaves and hire some mercenaries to mine the ore in depth, sparing no profit.
The captain of the soldiers could see that Edge hated the bandits, and Edge was eager to rush out and dismantle the bandits. But he tells Edge not to be so impulsive, and tells Edge to obey orders in a commanding manner. Although Edge was his savior, Edge became his subordinate from the moment Edge volunteered to join his army.
A soldier must obey the orders of his superiors, which is the most basic rule of a soldier.
Edge knew what to do, but he had heard a lot about the army from Uncle Turk, and he still knew about obeying orders. Quietly hiding in the bushes on the side, he and the captain of the soldiers waited for the arrival of the border guard squad.
At noon, a robber on a horse came running from the front, and he looked a little panicked, as if he was in a hurry. Seeing this, the captain of the soldiers clenched the iron sword in his hand and said to Age, "Edge, prepare to act!"
Edge nodded, holding a small short blade, similar to a dagger, in his hand, ready for battle. He had already understood what the captain of the soldiers meant, presumably the panicked robber just now had come back from a sentry, and it was he who had come back to tell the robber that a small group of border guards had come from the front.
Looking at the confident appearance of the soldier captain, Aiji had some admiration. The captain of the soldier must be a talented man, and his squad must also be well-trained. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been sure that his squad was coming just by the direction the robber ran back and his panicked expression. Aegie also vaguely wants to be such a person, who can lead the army.
After receiving the report of the sentry bandits, the bandit leader was very angry. Ever since a general organized the border guards, his interests have been constantly undermined. Now that he heard that a border guard squad was coming, he was so angry that he gathered the entire bandit regiment and decided to fight it out with the border guard team.
Edge and the Captain of the Soldiers were ready to go.
"Driving, driving, driving......"
A sudden burst of dust rose from the slope not far away, and then a neat sound of war horses was heard. Soon a flag was raised from the bottom of the hillside, and the flag was emblazoned with a lifelike eagle. This shows that the army that rushed was the regular army of the Kenos Empire.
"Kill!"
When the captain of the soldiers saw the flag, he shouted, drew his sword, and rushed towards the bandits. Knowing that it was the Border Guards who were coming down the hillside, Agee rushed out right behind the captain of the soldiers, clenching the short blade in his right hand and swearing to destroy the bandits.
The leader of the bandits was leading the robbers to rush to the border guard squad running down the hillside, but he didn't expect that there would be two people in ambush behind him. However, although he was unexpected, he was not alarmed by the appearance of Edge and the captain of the soldiers. It's just two ambushmen, what's there to fear? He just called three or five robbers to turn around and deal with the captain and Age.
The captain of the soldiers saw the robbers returning to attack him and Age, and warned Edges to be careful. However, before he could speak, Edge suddenly swept out from behind him, more than twice as fast as before, and instantly surpassed the captain of the soldiers. Then he swung his short blade and aimed it at the robber who was galloping on horseback, and slashed down with a leap, knocking down one of the robbers.
After striking down a robber, he did not stop, but suddenly stepped forward, stopped in a powerful moment, and then turned back and overturned, and took another leap!
The captain of the soldier was amazed by Age's movements, this guy is like an elf, his movements are flexible and brisk, and his actions are also decisive, and he is definitely a talent with immeasurable potential.
Edge didn't hesitate, killing these hateful robbers was something he had been thinking about for three years. Now that he can vent happily, how can he be merciful. In the short time that the captain of the soldiers had not yet caught up, he had killed the three or five robbers.
The leader of the bandits, Ben was dealing with the border guard squad rushing in front, and when he heard the screams coming from behind, he noticed that the men he had sent had been killed, and he was immediately anxious. I didn't expect the two border guards in ambush behind me to be so powerful! There was still a squad in front of us, so it was better to retreat first to see this situation.
"Retreat, give me retreat, fools!" the bandit leader was both frustrated and angry at the decision to retreat, and he took his anger out on everyone. Even the members of his bandit group scolded fools.
The boss had already spoken, and many of the robbers retreated together, turning their horses and running up the hillside.
At this time, the captain of the soldiers had already joined the squad of border guards who had arrived, and the captain of the soldiers did not have any unnecessary verbosity, it was important to eliminate the bandit regiment first. However, because only a few of the border guard squads that arrived had war horses, and the group behind them were infantry, they could not quickly catch up with the bandit regiment that retreated on horseback.
After some pursuit, several border guards eliminated some of the fleeing bandits, but some remained unkilled, and the bandit leader was one of them. Originally, the captain of the soldiers wanted to stop there, and the so-called poor men did not chase after him, and it was not too late to make a plan to eliminate the remaining robbers. But Aggie disagreed, and he grabbed one of the border guards' horses and continued to chase the fleeing robbers.
If the grass is not rooted, it is inevitable that the spring breeze will blow and grow again. Moreover, the leader of the robbers saw the captain of the soldiers, who entered the Forest of Orus but did not die. This must have made the bandit leader see something, and if the bandit group is not wiped out at this time, it will definitely threaten the villagers in the Forest of Orus.
For Age, from the moment he learned the magic dragon combat technique, he was destined to be no longer a small character, even if the entire bandit group dealt with him together, he would not be his opponent. When he caught up with the fleeing robbers, he slaughtered without mercy. At that moment, it was as if the wicked man was not the robbers, but himself.
The captain of the soldiers was not worried about Aegie and chased after him with a squad of border guards. When they reached a flat area on the mountainside, they saw Edge, covered in blood. Falling in front of Agey were the corpses of robbers. Aggie killed all the robbers, and killed them cleanly.
Seeing this, the soldier captain frowned, and he sighed in his heart for Aiji's strength, and at the same time sighed that Aiji was too bloody. In fact, these robbers do not need to be killed all, they can be used as prisoners of war to mine. Even converted bandits can be recruited into the army and put them in the service of the army.
In any case, these robbers are all from the Kenos Empire, not foreigners, so there is no need to be so desperate. Of course, tolerance for the enemy is cruelty to oneself, and there is nothing wrong with Age's actions, and the captain of the soldiers will not blame him for this.
After eliminating the bandits, Aegie returned to the town of Obelstone with the captain of the soldiers. From now on, he officially became a member of this border guard squad. His military career began in earnest from now on.
The soldiers of the squad knew that he was brave and had great combat skills. But like the captain of the soldiers, some soldiers questioned his brutal killing of all the robbers. His reply to this was that the land needed to be thoroughly baptized with blood in order to be reborn.
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