Lounge on the top floor of the Hylanza Guard Barracks.

Surdak walked over to the wall and washed the blood from his hands in a copper basin of water.

Turning to Lady Dorne and the two maids who were in charge of taking care of the knights of Dorne, he said: "When he wakes up, let him eat some liquid food, remember to try not to get water on the wound, do not move so as not to tear the wound, if it goes well, you should be able to get through this dangerous period for these three days, and after three days, I will come back to check on his injuries." ”

Dorne, who was wounded in the abdomen, lay on the bed, his face a little pale.

Surdak had blessed him with the 'Divine Blessed Body', his complexion seemed to be good, his breathing had become steady, and his wounds were healing rapidly.

The wife of the knight of Dorne was very young, and tears were still hanging on her eyelashes, and she was constantly thanking Surdak for her kindness.

During the battle, the Knight of Dorne was pounced on by the sand wolf and tore open the stomach of the Knight of Dorne, but was saved by other knights who arrived in time to save him from death.

After being carried back to the guard barracks, he fell into a coma due to his injuries.

The Dorne Knight's companions wanted to travel to the village of Wall and seek Surdak's help.

However, the Dorne Knight was still very lucky, just in time for Surdak to come to the guard battalion to apply for funds to build the squadron, it can only be said that the Dorne Knight was favored by Lady Luck.

The knights from the same group as the Knights of Dorn stood at the door of the room, thanking Surdak for coming out of it.

It was the young knight who had just met Surdak at the top of the staircase, and this time he was again out of breath and running back from outside the guard barracks, still holding a beautiful wooden box in his hand, which the young knight handed to Surdak and said to him: "Baron Surdak, wait a minute! …… This one is for you. ”

Surdak took the wooden box suspiciously, it looked large, but it didn't weigh much.

"What is this?" Surdak asked the young knight suspiciously.

"According to the rules, you will be paid...... "The young knight said with a 'hehe' smile.

The people of Hailanza are accustomed to opening the gift box in front of the gift-giver, and Surdak quickly lifted the lid of the wooden box, which contained a delicate specimen of the head of a blue ice deer, the huge antlers and the blue spar inlaid on the forehead are very well preserved, and it seems that the head of the blue ice deer has been made into a very delicate handicraft.

"Oh, it looks great!" Surdak praised.

Obviously, the young knight knew his preferences, so he specially sent a box of specimens of such a magical beast.

The young knight was slightly relieved to see Surdak gladly accepting, and he couldn't wait to run upstairs to visit the knight of Dorne.

……

Surdak tucked the wooden box into his magic belt bag, then went downstairs and walked down the wooden corridor into Captain Sauron's office.

At this moment, it was almost time for the changing of the guard, the knights in the guard camp had begun to leave one after another, the rooms on both sides of the corridor seemed very quiet, and Captain Sauron was about to get up, and the assistant next to him had already taken off the armor on the wooden frame and was about to help him put it on.

Seeing Surdak walk in, Captain Sauron returned to his seat and said to Surdak, "Someone else talked about you just now, saying that you just showed up in the guard camp and were called to treat the wounded knight?" ”

Surdak said, "I just happened to meet you! ”

"What's the matter with coming to me?" Captain Sauron asked Surdak.

Surdak said very tactfully: "Regarding the squadron of the Paglos Mountain Guard Battalion, I came here this time to ask you to help me approve some funds for the formation of the Paglos Mountain Guard Battalion Squadron......"

He felt that Captain Sauron might not agree to this matter immediately, and that there would always be a process of discussion and research.

Unexpectedly, Captain Sauron took out a piece of cut parchment directly from the drawer, the contents on it had already been filled in, Captain Sauron just signed his name on it, and handed the parchment to Surdak, and said with a smile: "I also said that it's all at this time, why haven't I seen you come to ask for money, this formation fund can be used freely, but every expense needs to make a clear and detailed list, and it will be handed in at the end of the year, but ...... You must spend all this money before the end of the year, I don't care what name you use, I need reasonable documents. ”

"Yes, Captain Sauron." Surdak straightened up and readily agreed.

After saying this, Captain Sauron asked Surdak again: "By the way, where are you going to recruit knights from when you form a squadron of the Paglos Mountain Guard Battalion?" ”

"I haven't thought about this yet, I guess no one in the current guard camp will want to go to the Badlands."

"I suggest that you recruit those academy students from the Knight Academy, although the combat power is a little weaker, and they don't even have any combat experience, but these academy students also have a little benefit, they have strong plasticity, and the most important thing is that they are very obedient."

"I haven't figured out exactly where to recruit knights for the time being, the barren land is too remote, and there may not be many options." Surdak smiled slightly and said.

He wanted to recruit some veterans, but the recent outbreak of dimensional wars has caused very few soldiers to return from the Warsaw plane.

After getting the approval from Captain Sauron, Surdak walked out of the guard barracks, Aphrodite waited outside, and the two rushed to the quartermaster logistics department of the city hall together, and the various departments of the city hall were also off work, and a large number of white-collar workers from the city hall came out of the gate, they chatted with each other, and it seemed that most of them had a rich nightlife.

The logistics quartermaster office is the only place on the town hall side that needs to be handed over, and the quartermaster department also faces the society to collect various magic materials, and it involves the exchange of military merits and other affairs, things are very complicated, so it will be busy until late every day.

Surdak walked into the hall of the town hall and saw that there were still many people lined up in the office hall of the Quartermaster Logistics Department, and many members of the adventure party were sometimes willing to deliver some magic materials here, although it was a little lower than the market price, but the logistics department would accept everything.

Standing at the tail of the queue at the quartermaster's office, Surdak and Aphrodite stood together, and one of the members of the adventuring group in front of the queue turned around shyly, smiled at Aphrodite and said, "Hey, knight, look at your young age, how did you join the guard battalion?" ”

“……”

Aphrodite turned her back to the man and rolled her eyes widely, but when she turned around, she smiled a shy smile on her face that belonged to that of a young knight, and nodded politely to the party member.

The member of the adventure group looked at Aphrodite with a look of amazement, his mouth cracked, and he continued to ask with great excitement: "Otherwise, if you think about it, joining our adventure group can not only travel around the world, but also improve your combat skills, which is much better than your life in the guard camp." ”

"Well, I think I still like to stay in the guard barracks......" Aphrodite held back a smile on her face and glanced at Surdak who was standing aside.

The member of the party glanced at Surdak and found the badge of nobility on his chest, so he didn't say anything more, but said lightly: "Maybe you don't know how colorful life is in the party, but one day you will understand...... You made a bad decision. ”

The member of the party was still thinking about how to persuade him tactfully, but his companion suddenly pushed him on the shoulder and whispered:

"Hey, don't talk about it, look over there...... That was the new Director of Intelligence, Darcy. Viscount Christie, I heard about Bernard. Marquis Christie intends to make her the next heir to the Christie family......"

Surdak was slightly stunned, and following the direction of the adventuring group's finger, he just saw the familiar slender back, with red hair tied into a ponytail, wearing a black nightblade leopard skin demon pattern, with two crimson swords hanging from his waist, leading a group of men through the hall and towards the office window of the quartermaster's office, and the crowds on the left and right sides consciously moved out of the way.

Armand Surdak has only seen once. Baron Bulvoir stood in the window of the quartermaster hall, Darcy. Christie seemed to say something to him, and then turned away, leaving only a depressed Armand with a depressed face. Baron Bulvoir.

Until Darcy. Christie walks out the gate of City Hall, and Armand walks out of the city hall gate. Baron Bulvoir grimaced and slammed his fist into the counter.

The colleague next to him hurriedly pushed him and motioned for him to go to the container to rest......

Surdak didn't expect to see such a scene, he turned his head to see the door to the town hall, Darcy. Christie's back had long since disappeared at the gate.

After receiving five hundred gold coins from the quartermaster, Surdak suddenly realized that the money given by the guard battalion was obviously not enough to form a squadron of knights of the guard battalion.

A squadron only needs sixty war horses, and the price of the Gubolai war horses on the market is at least about seven gold, and the price of the three-year-old Gubolai war horses is as high as ten gold, and the sixty war horses alone almost cost six hundred gold coins, but fortunately, the logistics department of the guard battalion can receive standard armor and weapons, and as for the placement of the knights of the guard battalion in the barren land, it may be necessary for Surdak to figure out a way by himself.

As soon as he walked out of the town hall, Surdak had already realized that he might have wronged Captain Sauron.

Captain Sauron suggested that he try to choose the new graduates of the Knight Academy, and now it seems that there is some reason, at least these young knights already have their own horses in the academy, if there is no need to prepare horses, these five hundred gold coins are only used as a placement fee, for the remote village of Wall, no matter how the expenses are enough.

Surdak was also prepared to exchange some cheap whole wheat flour at the Quartermaster's Office, which was at least twenty percent lower than the price of wheat in the southern part of the Empire. However, it wasn't on the day of the exchange for wheat flour, as Aphrodite's summoning time was approaching.

Surdak had to find a hidden place, ready to pass through the Void Gate, and Surdak still felt that the rooms in the Square Garden Hotel were a little more reliable than a small dark alley.

……

Surdak stepped out of the void, and once again the air was filled with a strong smell of sulfur, and a layer of fine volcanic ash floated in the air.

He stood in the tent for a while, and couldn't help but touch the money bag on his waist, and suddenly the money bag with five hundred gold coins became bulging, and this kind of summoning teleportation was really quite convenient and fast.

Outside, Andrew heard movement in the tent, lifted the leather curtain of the tent, and saw Surdak standing inside, so he asked, "Is it going well in the city of Hylanza?" ”

"Luckily, all the salamander meat is sold, so we'll take a break tonight while we'll continue exploring that lava mine tomorrow!" Surdak lifted the curtain and walked outside the camp.

At this moment, it was just sunset on the side of the sulfur mine camp, and the sky on this side of Pubao Mountain was shrouded in a thick layer of volcanic ash, so there was no sun at sunset, only a dark red cloud could be seen on the horizon.

Standing on a raised volcanic rock, with a veil over her face, Samira saw Surdak come out of the tent and asked, "What about the red crystals?" ”

Surdak and Andrew stood beneath the volcanic rock and said to Samira:

"It's a little worse than we expected, these red crystals are not in the category of magic crystals, they can only be sold to jewelry craftsmen to make ordinary jewelry, but another news is that these crystal clusters have a certain regeneration ability, which means that even if we collect them all, as long as we leave the foundation of the crystal clusters, these red crystals will slowly grow......"

Samira's eyes widened and she asked curiously, "How long does it take for it to grow?" ”

"Well, I really didn't ask about this, ten years...... Or a hundred years. Surdak said with some uncertainty.

More than 600 kobold slaves in the camp are eating dinner, they are either multigrain porridge or multigrain cakes every day, and some cabbage, onions, pumpkins and other vegetables will be transported regularly from the Wall Village, only when the ogre is there, it is the time when the kobold slaves are the happiest, because every time at this time, as long as the ogre Gullit has a hunt, it will basically be the ogre who eats meat, and the kobold slaves drink soup.

There were also some salamander bones boiling in the big iron pot, and there was a thick layer of grease floating on the milky white broth, and the ogre only ate two salamander ribs this time, and some shaved meat bones, including a huge liver in the salamander's abdomen, and as for the rest of the broth, it was a meal given by the ogre to the kobold slaves, and every time at this time, the kobold would dance a simple tribal dance by the lava river in the afterglow of the sunset.

As the team entered the lava mine again, this time Surdak brought a group of kobold slaves, and he asked these kobold slaves to mine these red crystals at the entrance of the lava mine, taking care not to damage the foundation of the red crystal cluster, so that the red crystals could continue to grow in the future.

Surdak and his team continued to explore the depths of the mine.

This cave does not go straight into the hinterland of Pubao Mountain, it has a certain arc, more like circling down Pupu Mountain, and there are red crystals everywhere along the way, and there are occasional lava streams, so that this lava mine has always had a faint light.

Walking far away, I couldn't find a single salamander, but the reserves of these red crystals were very staggering, and the few sulfur mines in the lava mine were only a thin line interspersed in the stone wall, and this line seemed to have been excavated by something, leaving only deep gaps.

Surdak guessed that the salamanders had eaten up almost all the sulfur in the cave before they walked out of the lava cavern and into the river of lava.

The lava mine is very large, and although you can always encounter some lava pools, the air inside is not stuffy.

The Surdak team walked more than ten kilometers inside, still not finding the end of the lava mine, but found a salamander sleeping behind a cluster of red crystals, this salamander was full of strong fire element aura, and the dangerous aura emanating from its body was far more dangerous than any salamander they had encountered before.

The group hid behind a stone pillar, and Surdak, Andrew, and Samira looked at each other, and found each other's judgment of the salamander in the other's eyes......

This salamander should not be a second-level demonic beast, the aura exuded from its body is more like a three. Tier Warcraft.