The morning sun shines through the thin morning mist on the mountains, and the dense forests of the Gandaer Mountains are extremely humid, and the moist soil is steaming with a faint amount of water vapor, which envelops the dense forests like green smoke.

The expeditionary force camp has begun to divide the area for meals, and the logistics department cannot prepare the meal problem of nearly 10,000 people at the same time, so it has to solve it by adjusting the meal time, so each area of the camp has a different meal time, and the heavy armored infantry regiment has the largest population in the camp, so when it is the turn of the infantry soldiers to eat, the open-air tables in the camp are always crowded with people, and there is a long queue of dozens of meters at the stall.

Half a loaf of white bread and a bowl of cereal porridge, plus a green pear were the standard breakfast in the expeditionary barracks, not always white bread, sometimes baked wheat cakes, fruit was served irregularly, occasionally there were pickles such as pickled cucumbers, and there was very little broth for breakfast, this kind of big pot rice had a single taste, but it was better than those marching rations.

The second team also acted collectively while eating breakfast.

Since the expeditionary force entered the forest camp, everyone's breakfast has been upgraded to a higher level, cereal porridge and white bread can be eaten with two things, you can feel the full mouth of wheat, the bearded Cagle in the second squad is a well-known hunting expert, there will always be leftover barbecue the first night, take it out in the morning, break the barbecue into strips of shredded meat and mix it into cereal porridge, it becomes a very delicious meat porridge.

A burly man with a wooden bowl walked over with the flow of people, came to Surdak's side, put the plate on the wooden table, and tapped the shoulder of the warrior at the next table with his thick fingers, the warrior turned his head suspiciously, and saw a big rigid face, a pair of big copper bell-like eyes staring at him coldly, and before Abbe could speak, the warrior was frightened by the violent aura on Abbe's body.

Abbe waved his hand impatiently, like chasing flies, if someone else did this, this provocative action that almost trampled on dignity seemed to lead to a fight, but now the warrior didn't feel that Abbe was doing anything wrong, and quickly picked up the wooden bowl that belonged to him, along with the half-eaten cereal porridge and a little white bread left, and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

That's Carey. Abbe, the captain of the 13th squad of the 4th Brigade, sat down and the entire bench shook.

The second team is discussing what to do during the day, Augustus and the bearded Cagle are encouraging everyone to go to a farther place to hunt the demon antelope, this gentle herbivore monster will not be counterattacked by the monster even if the hunt fails.

However, He Boqiang did not plan to go out, because Surdak participated in the assessment of reserve knights.

Seeing that Little Duck refused to participate in the wild hunt, the bearded man thought of the captain Surdak participating in the reserve knight assessment, originally everyone thought that this was just a passing ceremony, and they didn't care too much, but they were just going to bring back a little game at night, and everyone celebrated together, seeing that Little Duck was reluctant to go out, only to find that he seemed to be a little negligent. So Cagle hurriedly said:

"Then I'll stay with Little Dack and accompany the captain to participate in the reserve knight assessment, captain, don't let us down too much!"

Hearing Cagle say this, the topic on everyone's dinner table became 'discuss what to test for the reserve knight assessment'.

Speaking of this, it seemed that everyone in the squad had little experience, so they turned their attention to Augustus, the only one who had attended a regular war college, and Augustus saw that everyone was staring at him, so he put down the white bread in his hand in a hurry, and then slowly introduced everyone to the origin of this kind of reserve knight.

Reserve knights are those who have not undergone formal training but already have knightly qualifications.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of reserve knight is designated by the earl, and only when the earl is unable to make a final decision, there will be this kind of unformal reserve knight assessment, which does not have any specific content, mainly depends on what aspect of knight talent the earl needs.

Augustus argues that since Mondstadt. The reserve knights selected by Count Goss in the barracks must be a hard standard in terms of combat power, so the assessment is mostly a duel between the two sides......

He Boqiang secretly glanced at Carey, who was sitting next to Surdak. Abbe glanced at it, no one in the team knew that Surdak's opponent was the big guy sitting next to him. Abbe seemed to know that his opponent was Surdak, otherwise he would not have deliberately sat next to Surdak, maybe he was trying to put a little pressure on Surdak.

Carey. Abbe sat there and was completely ignored by the second squad. Abbe felt very embarrassed, even though he was so conspicuous as he sat there.

Red Socks laughed before saying:

"Hehe, speaking of duels, captain, I think you have the strength to win this duel, but for the sake of insurance, I think you should wear the leather armor of Little Dak, that set of leather armor is light, and the defense is super strong, you can take advantage of the duel, I think since everyone has similar means, then a little stronger, it will increase some chances of winning!"

The bearded Cagle echoed in:

"I think the proposal of red socks is very good, although we are used to this heavy armor, but if we change to leather armor, it should slightly improve combat effectiveness, and at the worst, it can also reduce physical exertion."

That's when Red Socks raised a key question:

"But then again, Captain, do you know who your rivals are?"

Without waiting for Surdak to answer, he sat on the sidelines and was already a little impatient. Abbe raised his head abruptly and said in a deep voice to the second team, "Me! ”

Seeing that everyone's eyes of the second squad fell on him, he said with a cold face: "I am Surdak's opponent, I hope I haven't disappointed you!" See you in the dueling arena ...... Darker."

After saying that, he poured the last mouthful of wheat porridge from the wooden bowl into his mouth, and then got up to leave......

The soldiers of the second squad looked at each other, and made trouble for a long time, the captain's opponent was the Grim Reaper Abbe's guy, it is said that this guy is in the fifty-seven heavy armored infantry regiment, there is a very loud title 'the strongest combat power in a turn', what kind of strength is the captain here, everyone knows best, but the eighth-level warrior who has just been promoted is nearly two levels different from Abbe......

Surdak didn't even raise his head, silently drank the wheat porridge in front of him, and then looked up at the soldiers of the second squad, and said indifferently: "The previous squadron leaders of the heavy infantry regiment are at least first-turn soldiers, if I can't beat the strongest combat power in one turn, it can only mean that I am not suitable for the squadron leader!" ”

Hiss......

There was a low exclamation from someone around.

The soldiers of the second squad didn't pay much attention to Surdak's words, and even wanted to complain about Surdak's "You don't have a sacrifice ceremony for Little Dak, you can try it......"

On the contrary, the infantry soldiers who were sitting on the side of the meal cast strange glances at Surdak.

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Inside the tent of the 57th Heavy Infantry Regiment, Mondstadt. Goss sat on a cast-iron chair in the main seat, dressed in formal aristocratic attire with a very serious expression on his face, and beside him sat five wooden chairs, each of which sat the five captains of the infantry regiment, among which Baron Sidney was among them.

There are twenty-five squadron leaders standing in the audience, these squadron leaders are knights with one-turn strength, as long as there is that kind of expensive magic pattern construction, they can form a junior construction knight team, although these squadron leaders are under the command of five warrior squads, but they have no actual command.

The fighter squad of each brigade is directly dispatched by the brigade leader.

Of course, the other identity of these squadron leaders is Mondstadt. Knight of the Bodyguard of the Count of Goss.

Old York, the squadron leader of the 6th Squadron of the 4th Brigade, was also standing in the ranks, but he looked a little pale and in poor spirits, and it was said that the old Yorke would soon return to the province of Bena, and the squadron leader of the 6th Squadron was about to change hands.

Mondstadt. Count Goss has summoned everyone here to witness the selection of the new Reserve Knights.

Not long after everyone on the field exchanged words and talked about each other, Mondstadt. Earl Goss's guard walked in briskly and whispered a few words beside him.

Mondstadt. Count Goss frowned slightly, and after his face returned to calm, he said to the kisser, "Let them in......"

The guards walked out......

Then the curtains of the tent were pulled open from both sides, and three young men who looked like heavy infantry warriors walked in from the outside, Surdak was among them, and the other was Kairi, whom they had met at breakfast. Captain Abbe, dressed in a full suit of armor, armed himself like a canned box......