A group of villagers who had joined the militia battalion brought home a bag of whole wheat flour and were about to receive formal training, but they were told to meet at the security office in Vol Village at this time next month to receive the next month's rations.

There was a room in the police station with a row of brand-new wooden shelves, on which Surdak had placed the worn hard leather armor of the rebel cavalry, the knight's sword, and the knight's spear, which were badly damaged, and although the leather armor was greased, the mottled scars were vivid.

These dark wounds on the leather armor are not something that can be left after one or two battles.

Surdak sat beside the wooden frame, he cleaned the blood from a knight's sword, then dried it, and finally wiped it repeatedly with a greased rag before putting it back in its scabbard, each of which he handled very carefully.

"Tuk Tuk"

There was a knock on the door.

Surdak looked up at the door of the room, where several veterans from the outer village stood trembling, and he couldn't even call out their names.

"Oh, it's you, come in!"

Surdak nodded at them.

The veterans wore shabby linen robes, which looked like three large holes had been dug in the sack, and after being put over their bodies, only their arms and heads were exposed, and their sunburned dark red faces had a hint of embarrassment, and their bodies were a little emaciated, and they did not look like soldiers on the battlefield.

Surdak put down his sword and asked them:

"Isn't there any difficulty? Let's talk about it and see if I can help. ”

The veterans waved their hands again and again, and one of them had the courage to say:

"Lord Surdak, several of us are from Uta Village, our village is a little far from here, we just want to ask when we will participate in the training of the militia battalion, so that we can prepare in advance so as not to be late."

Only then did Surdak understand that these villagers had come to Vol Village for a long distance, so they asked Surdak about the day of the assembly and training.

"Well, in fact, I want to officially announce it next month, the militia battalion does not have any training arrangements at present, and all the training will be arranged after the harvest festival." Surdak said to the veterans.

When several veterans heard the news, they thought they had heard it wrong.

"You...... Is it serious? One of the veterans couldn't help but ask.

I almost asked Surdak directly: Could it be that the only thing you can do at the moment to join the militia battalion is to bring home a bag of wheat flour every month?

Surdak nodded very calmly.

The answer is yes, he said: "That's it at the moment, I'm just selecting a group of people to join the militia battalion, and I'm not preparing for training for the time being." ”

Then he repeated what he had said to all the veterans: "The only thing you can do when you join the militia battalion is to receive a bag of subsidized household rations every month, which is your benefit, and you must not forget to come and receive the allowance on a monthly basis......"

……

The veterans who joined the militia battalion in other villages are willing to join the militia battalion, but they have some problems of their own, and basically they are villagers who have lost part of their ability to work, and they usually live in hunger and cold.

When they heard that the militia battalion gave food subsidies and did not refuse the disabled, they went to the village of Vol to try their luck, but they did not expect that these benefits were real.

As for the villagers who participated in the militia camp in Wall Village, almost all of them were scolded by the old village head, Uncle Bright.

They didn't expect that the militia battalion was currently in its infancy, and the only thing they needed to do was to receive a bag of wheat flour every month......

He did this so that everyone could receive free whole wheat rations, and this bag of whole wheat flour was a very luxurious gift for any family in Wall Village, but he didn't expect to be turned away by everyone like this.

Many of the villagers in Wall Village are 'smart but mistaken by smart', and they have thought about joining the militia camp and doing all kinds of actions, such as patrolling the city in the barren land, or setting up sentry posts everywhere, but they didn't expect to do nothing.

Surdak has only one requirement for the militia battalion members: when you encounter bandit groups and rebel bandits attacking the village, you must remember that you are a militia in the Wasteland, and you are a person who is willing to face all evil forces bravely in order to maintain peace in the Wasteland!

Seeing that the veterans were struggling to walk with a bag of wheat flour, Surdak had a little headache, he didn't think that such a militia battalion could have any combat effectiveness.

He also retired from the battlefield and knew how cruel the battlefield was.

Having lived in the village of Wall for almost a year, he knows all the more how cruel life can be in this barren land.

Therefore, he did not refuse, he was worried that because of his refusal, the last road of these veterans would be blocked.

Standing at the door of the police station, he waved his hand to the veterans who had walked out of the village with wheat flour on their backs and still couldn't help but look back.

Maybe we can help them heal their dark wounds next, and it seems that there is still a long way to go to turn this rabble into a competent militia battalion.

……

After nearly half a month of preparation, just as August had just begun, Surdak had finally completely transformed the 'Life Pattern Pattern' on the salamander's forehead into a 'Magic Pattern Colony' the size of two palms.

Surdak opened the 'Eye of Truth' and stripped the life pattern from the salamander's leather.

Although it was not a power-oriented demonic colony, Surdak could clearly feel the bursting and scorching fire elemental aura on the demonic pattern, and the eyes of the half-elf archer Samira also became a little hot, she took off her hood, stared at the demonic vestment on the table with a pair of clear eyes, and did not speak.

Surdak could clearly feel Samira's desire for this demonic vestment.

Aphrodite, the succubus, held the teapot and poured a cup of lemon tea for each of the people in the room.

Surdak sat down at the table, stretched out his hand to hold down the 'Demon Pattern Colony', and said to Samira, "Samira, your carrying capacity is not enough to implant two Demon Pattern Colonies at the same time. ”

"But it really suits me so well, and my gut tells me that I can shoot rockets with it." The half-elf archer looked eagerly at the demonic pattern.

Surdak shook his head resolutely and said to her, "There may be better ones in the future, don't you think that with our strength, we can only hunt salamanders in the future." ”

Samira looked sorry and stepped out of her place and let Andrew come up.

The indigenous warrior Andrew seemed excited after all, he never thought that Surdak would have a second Demon Pattern Suit so soon, although it looked like it was a fire attribute, but he didn't mind, as long as he could improve his strength, he could accept any attribute of the Demon Pattern Cultivation Suit.

"Captain, I want this!" Andrew said excitedly.

The Demon Pattern Construct is a huge attraction for any Warrior.

Now it seems that the Demon Pattern Colonization Costume is no exception.

Surdak patted Andrew on the shoulder and reminded him: "Don't rush to make a decision, you can think about it again, this is obviously a fire attribute elemental demon pattern colonization suit, to a warrior like you, it is better to use a power-oriented magic pattern colonization suit, just like the one on Samira's arm, but in order to save her arm, that magic pattern colonization suit is currently used on her, you can wait, you can also choose this, think about it and tell me later!" ”

"Captain, I've thought about it, I want this!" Andrew made his choice without hesitation.

Surdak nodded and said, "Since you have decided, then prepare, before the mana on the magic suit completely collapses, I will implant this magic pattern colony into your body, this piece of leather is a little bigger, and there is no way to implant it in your arm." ”

"Then implant it here!" Andrew patted his chest very chic and said.

"Captain, does this magic pattern have a name?" Samira couldn't help but ask.

"Fury!"

Surdak said without raising his head, patted Andrew, and motioned for him to follow him into the inner room.

With the experience of the first successful implantation, the process of implanting the Demon Pattern Breeding Suit this time was a little easier than the last time.

It was still the ritual of sacrifice that began, summoning the statue of the Demon God, and then sacrificing the head of the Hellhound, in exchange for the blessing of the 'Divine Blessed Body' and the 'True Eye', and with the blessing of the True Eye, Surdak spent a whole afternoon implanting this 'Fury Flame' magic pattern on Andrew's chest.

As the last light fell on Andrew's body, he patted Andrew on the shoulder, signaling that Andrew could sit up.

"Captain, did you succeed?" Andrew asked expectantly.

After asking, he looked down at the red magic pattern on his chest, he jumped out of bed, closed his eyes and realized the burning breath in his body, as his mind turned, Andrew only felt a burning force pass through his chest, and then through his arm, and finally his palm suddenly became hot, and a flame appeared on his right hand.

Andrew looked at his palms excitedly......

……

During this time, news came from the lava river sulfur mine that a salamander had been spotted.

Each salamander was a great fortune, worth more than the five-cart brimstone mine in its own right, so Surdak didn't hesitate to take the ogre Gulitum and rush to Puss Mountain to deal with it.

After the half-elf archer Samira got the imitation bow of the 'withered painting', she seemed to be keen to patrol the barren land again, and has been out on patrol on horseback lately, often for nearly a week.

The sulphur mines on this side of the lava river in Pubao Mountain have begun to be fully mined.

Four hundred kobold slaves were able to dig up a cart of sulfur every day, the kobold slaves were very accustomed to the hot and dry environment, they were not afraid of the volcanic ash flying in the sky, and their fur made them less afraid of the scorching heat, so the work of mining the sulfur ore has been smooth, the only trouble here is that occasionally one or two salamanders will come out of the depths of the volcano.

The kobold slave miners here couldn't handle it, so Luke sent a message to Surdak.

With the frequent outbreak of dimensional wars in various places, many previously inconspicuous workshops have also begun to receive a large number of orders, many workshops are making some firescale bombs, and the demand for sulfur in various places has surged to the extent that it is necessary to rush to buy raw materials, and the price of sulfur ore in various places has also continued to rise.

Although the price increase is not as exaggerated as that of the magic herb, in the past two months, the sulfur ore has risen three times in a row, from three silver coins per pound to five silver coins per pound.

At this time, some merchants in the city of Hylantha finally realized the value of sulfur, there is no large sulfur mine in the city of Hylanza, but it can always supply sulfur ore to the magic market, they found that the source of sulfur ore in the city of Hylantha comes from the barren land, so many people ran to the barren land, intending to find sulfur ore here.

The Badlands are actually devoid of sulphur mines, and the only place with sulphur mines is the Pustule Volcano at the southernmost tip of Mount Paglos.

Then these merchants suddenly discovered that the Pusbag Mountain, which had been a borderland a few months ago, had actually become the domain of a nobleman, and the scope of this territory covered almost the entire Pusbag Mountain and the surrounding area.

Seeing the newly erected boundary monuments around them, the merchants who followed the mercenary group and the adventuring party into the barren land were filled with remorse.

It's not that they didn't know that Pubao Mountain had sulfur mines, but the price of sulfur mines had been hovering around three silver before, and opening sulfur mines, hiring laborers to mine, and renting four-wheeled trucks to pull sulfur mines to Hailanza City had exceeded the purchase price of sulfur mines themselves, so it was a money-losing business.

But now, when the price of sulphur has skyrocketed by two-thirds, many merchants have realized that there is an opportunity, but the volcano that no one cared about has turned into territory.

All of a sudden, the cities of Bena province bordering the Paglos Mountains were popping up with a large number of adventurous parties exploring for sulphur mines.

There are no other volcanoes at the southern end of the Paglos Mountains other than Puss Mountain, but along the Pus Mountains all the way north, many of the fringe areas of the mountains are home to some sulfur-smelling hot springs, and along these trails, there are indeed some adventuring parties that have found several very low reserves of sulfur mines.

It is under such circumstances that Surdak's territory can be regarded as entering the eyes of some people with a heart.

During this time, the Darkmoon Gate organization and the rebels in the north have not moved.

It is said that the Duke of Jingyue of Sloitt Province found a secret garrison of the rebels in the lofty mountains bordering the Ziqing Mountains in the north of the Burning Plain, and this Duke of Jingyue gained the advantage in the battle against the barbarians last winter, and finally freed up his hands this summer, so he sent twenty light cavalry scouts to plow the entire Burning Plains, and finally found the last bit of strength of the rebels hiding in the mountains and forests, and completely defeated the rebels.

……

"Lord Baron Surdak, I have a letter from you!"

A villager ran into the police station and delivered a letter to Surdak.