The early morning sun shines along the gate hole into the city of Highlandza, the guards at the head of the city are changing their guards, the guards who have stood hard all night yawn and carry their spears lazily, and the guards who walk up to the city wall facing the morning sun will hold the city all day with breakfast and water bottles, and the city of Highlanza has not suffered any kind of attack for decades, so the defense of the city seems to be somewhat lazy.

Surdak waited in front of the gate on horseback, and beside him was Karl Brown, who had come to see him off. Kesment Mente.

It was a little deserted in the city gate so early, and there were no people out of the city, and a few guards were talking quietly against the wall.

With the sound of a series of drawbridge chains sliding, the large winch at the gate began to squeak and turn, the drawbridge slowly fell, and ten guards pushed the gates of the city of Highlandsa open, and Surdak and Karl led the way out of the city.

Karl didn't go far out of the city, and he rode with a retinue and stopped under a fir tree.

With a wide view and making sure that there were no people around, Surdak asked Karl, "You mean that there are people in the city of Highlandsa who are secretly colluding with the bandits?" ”

Karl nodded with a wry smile on his face, and said to Surdak, "Perhaps, the bandits...... They can't always show up for no reason, and they will disappear without warning at some point, and the clues we have worked so hard to find will always come to an abrupt end at the critical moment, and that feeling is like having a pair of eyes staring at me behind me, no matter how secretive I do, I have that feeling of being watched. ”

Surdak grinned, and he couldn't help but look up at the sky above him, it was blue.

"I've been trying to find the hiding place of this group of robbers on the outskirts of the city of Highlandza, but every time some progress is made, those clues are destroyed, which is enough to prove that there are people in the city who collude with the bandits and provide all kinds of convenience for the bandits." He looked a little angry, and said excitedly.

Surdak tried his best to calm his emotions and said, "But you don't have proof yet, do you?" ”

"I'll find these guys sooner or later." Karl swore an oath, clenched his hand into a fist and hammered it on Surdak's shoulder, and then said with some pleasure, "But it's great that you're here in Highlandsa City, and I want to ask you to help me." ”

Surdak looked distressed, he didn't have any good feelings about the place where the knights of the guard battalion raised their uncles, thinking of his half-year college life, and having to run outside the school in his spare time, Surdak felt that this must be very boring, he said with some embarrassment: "But I want to take classes in the knight academy!" How can I help you? ”

In Karl's opinion, Surdak was able to defeat more than two dozen robbers by himself, and his combat power could be said to be outstanding.

That's why Karl was looking forward to Surdak, saying, "You'll help me with the hot hand, right?" ”

Surdak nodded without hesitation.

Thinking that when he first came to the city of Highlandsa and was at a loss for this strange city, it was Carl who enthusiastically ran out to give him a lot of help, and when he wanted to find the magic trading market, it was with Carl's help that he walked into the underground trading market, as if he was in Highlandsa City, and Carl only had a friend.

"Well, what can I do for you...... limited to what is within the scope of ability. Surdak could only agree like this first, he didn't dare to talk too much, and he wouldn't be ashamed when the time came.

"Sounds like you're showing off your abilities." When Karl saw that Surdak agreed, he made a joke about him.

Seeing that Surdak was riding on horseback, but he didn't know anything about his strength, Karl said to Surdak: "By the way, didn't you say last time that you want to know your strength level, do you want to go to the knights to evaluate it?" ”

Surdak looked up at the sun climbing up the sky and said, "Next time, if it's too late, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it to dinner!" ”

So saying, he rode up the forest road.

"See you in half a month." Karl waved his hand at Surdak and said.

"See you in half a month!"

The people of the Grimm Empire have a fairly detailed hierarchy of warriors, warrior apprentices, junior warriors, intermediate warriors, and senior warriors...... Each major level is carefully divided into nine small levels.

Generally speaking, strong civilians usually only have the strength of level 8 or 9 warrior apprentices, and only after the strength and agility of the physique meet the three measurements, can they register in the warrior union to become real warriors, such as warriors, rangers, martial artists, archers, sword dancers, and many other professions.

It's easy to become a warrior, and you can meet any of the physical fitness and combat skills.

However, if you want to cross a big level and become a mid-level warrior, it is definitely not an easy task for any combat officer, because the basic condition for crossing the threshold of the first job transfer is that this requires the combat personnel to be able to comprehend their own potential. Of course, the power of each one-turner-turned-warlord is not the same, and some people may be a wall, a mountain, a sword, and the phantom of a guardian great swordsman, just like Surdak's power is a two-faced, four-armed demon god......

A warrior who crosses the threshold of the second transfer of classes has to temper himself to a certain extent, usually perceives the existence of a certain element around the body, comprehends and guides these qi, and protects the body with restraint and kills the enemy externally, which is considered a second-turn high-level warrior.

……

On an arrow tower a few hundred meters to the left of the head of the city of Hylanza.

Jasper was wearing a suit of silver armor, holding the wall with both hands, and his face was pale, looking at Carl in the shade of the trees outside the city, and behind him stood a group of knights of the guard battalion, these knights stood cautiously behind the blonde young man, and the eyes of the few people standing in front of him also fell under the city, there was no doubt that these were Jasper's cronies, and they didn't dare to breathe in front of Jasper.

Jasper slammed his fist into the bluestone bars of the city wall, turned to a group of men behind him and scolded angrily, "Carl's men? You don't know the level of combat power of the knights in the guard barracks, how is it possible! ”

During this out-of-town investigation of the arrest of the bandits, as Karl. Kesment's opponent, Jasper lost a little inexplicably.

What annoys him the most is that he doesn't even know where he's lost.

He had a burning fire in his heart, and he wanted to vent it on the knights of the guard battalion behind him, but the words of his father's admonition in the study last night made him forcibly suppress the anger in his heart, and he stood by the battlements of the arrow tower of the tower.

It wasn't until the strange knight in his field of vision rode away, and Carl stayed under the oak tree to watch him go away, and stood for a while before returning to the city of Highlandsa, that Jasper was alert, according to Carl's lazy and casual character, when would he actually see off his friend so solemnly, and the other party's identity was not prominent, just a knight......

Jasper stretched out his hand and hugged his relatives beside him, pointed to Surdak, who was about to disappear into the forest road, and asked:

"See? Who is that knight next to Carl? ”

The attendant only saw a simple silhouette of Surdak, and then disappeared into the forest road, the knight on the Guborian horse was at least a few hundred in the city of Highlandsa, and he could not know every single one, so he shook his head at Jasper with a bitter face, saying that he did not know.

Jasper raised his eyebrows, looked at his retinue with a puzzled expression, and exclaimed, "What, the knights of Highlandsa City, and the ones you don't know?" ”

When the entourage saw Jasper's voice, he didn't dare to answer casually, so he could only stand in front of Jasper.

Seeing Jasper furious at the head of the city, a group of knights behind him suddenly parted to the sides, and a knight of the guard battalion walked through the crowd, walked over quickly, and said to Jasper: "I'll go and ask Jonah for a drink in the evening, he has the best relationship with Carl, maybe I can get a little news from him." ”

When Jasper saw the young knight, the displeasure on his face eased, he walked up to the young knight, and said with a somewhat curtled expression: "Although the position of the leader of the support group is nothing, but we must figure out where we lost, if we don't even understand this, we will always be so passive, everyone in the entire Hylantha City nobles knows, someone must have helped Carl. Kesment will make him turn the tables at the last minute, and I'm going to find out who it is...... Be sure to find out who actually helped Carl. ”

The young knight didn't speak, but looked through the battlements to the bottom of the city.

By this time Karl had returned to the city, and there was only a lone carriage on the avenue outside the city.

The young knight withdrew his gaze, and he turned to look at Jasper seriously, only to think that his irascible personality was really in the same vein.

The young knight looked at Jasper and asked, "Could it be that Mrs. Christie is secretly helping?" After all, the Archon is her brother, and it shouldn't be too difficult for her to mobilize a few Constructed Knights to help Carl exterminate those bandits. ”

Hearing Mrs. Christie's name, Jasper's gloomy face became even more ugly.

However, he then shook his head firmly and said, "The matter of searching the thieves outside the city can be regarded as one of the above tests for the two of us, not to mention that the Archon basically agrees with the relationship between Carl and Christie, and it is impossible for him to favor Carl. ”

……

The same words rang out in a castle: "It doesn't matter who it is, I just want to know who helped Carl." ”

Baron Grenfell sat at the end of the long table in the castle hall, at least thirty meters long, made of a thick wooden table made of a whole fir tree split and cut out of the middle.

There were fifty chairs on each side, and the chairs were now full of rough-looking robbers, who were eating the meat on the table, chewing food and gulping wine to make the hall a little noisy, their weapons were placed next to the chairs, and their clothes were varied, and they did not listen to what Baron Grenfell was saying.

The Scarlet Knight, who was standing beside Baron Grenfell, said calmly:

"Yes, Baron Grenfell."

Sitting next to Baron Grenfell were several bandit leaders, their food was not so ugly, but the faces of these bandit leaders were not very good.

Hearing that Baron Grenfell, who had been silent, finally spoke, they cast their eyes on him.

Baron Grenfell sighed softly and said: "I still know a little bit about this kid Karl, I thought he was lazy at the beginning, so I elected him and Jasper to join the guard camp at the same time, but now he has become the biggest obstacle to our mastery of the suburbs of Highlandsa City, which is really a bit of a headache." ”

He tapped his hand on his forehead with some distress, and his gaze gradually turned cold.

"Your Excellency, or shall I get rid of Karl?" One of the thieves chieftain, who sat on Baron Grenfell's left hand side, said loudly.

Grenfell raised his head suddenly, stared at the thief leader with fierce eyes, leaned over, reached out and grabbed the thief leader's collar, and said to him with pity: "Is it Taylor's stupidity that makes you think that it is not really important to kill a nobleman at will? Or do you think the Casements have been completely lonely? Will you also be indifferent to the death of a family member for no reason? ”

"If Baron Hoyle hadn't died, would the knights of the guard camp have gone out of the city to kill you? If it weren't for the knights of the guard battalion running around, they would have used you to break into pieces and infiltrate the mountains of Paglos? Baron Grenfell slammed his fist into the bandit leader's face, knocking him out of his seat.

The heavy body of the bandit leader, along with the heavy wooden chair, fell to the ground, a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and several teeth spat out of his mouth.

The bandit leader had a hideous face, and struggled to get up and pounce on Baron Grenfell, but the dark red knight behind Baron Grenfell stepped on his chest first, and then trampled him on the cold floor of the hall until his face was swollen red, and the dark red knight did not take his foot away.

The other robbers were so frightened that they immediately stopped eating, and they all looked at the scene in front of them with some surprise and panic, but no one dared to move at this time.

The hall suddenly fell silent, Baron Grenfell stood up directly, hammered his fists on the wooden table, and roared loudly: "Look at these messes now, I can guarantee that as long as you walk out of my manor now, it will not take more than half a day for you to report your whereabouts to the guard camp of Highlantha City, and the most elite Hylantha guard camp knights will be waiting in front of you." ”

As he spoke, he walked up to the bandit leader who was lying on the ground, pushed away the crimson knight beside him, and bent down and reached out to pull the bandit leader up from the ground.

Regardless of the frightened expression on the bandit leader's face, he just instructed the Scarlet Knight: "Let them hide in the basement of the manor for a month, you go and keep an eye on Karl to see who will help him again, I will find a way to get close to Miss Hoyle, now she is probably the only one who knows where the woman is hiding." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!" The Scarlet Knight replied calmly to Baron Grenfell.

With that, Baron Grenfell strode out of the hall with his hands behind his back.

Seeing that these robbers did not make any abnormal movements, the dark red knight waved his hand to the sides expressionlessly, and the window of the hall immediately became full of people, and a group of warriors in bright armor left one after another, and the dark red knight also stared indifferently at the robbers in the hall, with a strange smile on his face, turned around and walked out of the hall.

It wasn't until the Scarlet Knight's figure left the hall completely that the bandits felt the pressure on their bodies disappear inexplicably......