The succubus Aphrodi wrapped herself in a fur coat and wore a thick mask on her face, looking like a woman from the North.

She stood in the shadow by the wall, pushed Surdak away with great disgust, and said with some resentment: "You may not imagine how cold it is in the mountains at this time, what I have to do every day is to sit bored in the carriage all day, I will not be able to get to the next town because of the snow on the road, all the carriages are fenced off and camped in the wilderness, and I will be forced to make a detour because the road in front is blocked by snow, you may never realize the hardships until you experience it once, although I am a succubus, but this does not mean that I am not afraid of the cold!" ”

The magic summoning array on the ground disappeared little by little, and Surdak didn't care about Aphrodite's disgusted gaze, and pulled the succubus Aphrodite out of the no-man's alley.

"Sorry, I thought you'd enjoy the trip!" Surdak felt that Aphrodite should be appeased.

Aphrodite took off the mask, with a mature sensuality on her face, and said to Surdak: "The scenery on this journey is still good, but it's a little boring to be alone......"

It was so close to the Garden Square Hotel in the city of Highlandsa that Aphrodite knew it so well that she even booked a room on her own with the innkeeper, Madame Nian Cohen.

Seeing Surdak and Aphrodite walking in side by side, the proprietress Mrs. Cohen said with a surprised face: "Dark, what are you from, why didn't I see you yesterday when Aphrodite chose a room!" ”

Surdak stepped forward and hugged Mrs. Cohen and said, "I have just entered the city, and I have come to fetch Aphrodite back to the Badlands, she had traveled to the city of Bednar the other day. ”

Surdak and Aphrodite were just about to go upstairs when the proprietress Madame Cohen caught up from behind and asked enthusiastically, "Dak, I have boiled a little apple, would you like to taste it?" ”

Surdak hurriedly said, "No, thank you, we will rush to the airport terminal later." ”

Then the two of them climbed up the 'Z' staircase to the room with attic on the top floor, which was usually empty most of the time, and only when some regular customers came would Mrs. Cohen give the key to entertain friends.

Back in the room, there was a bottle of golden cider on the table next to the window.

Aphrodite poured two glasses of golden cider, handed one to Surdak, took off her mask and took a sip of herself.

Leaning back on the sofa in the room, Aphrodite narrowed her eyes and asked Surdak, "The full armor is temporarily stored in the warehouse of the carriage shop, and there are quite a few coachmen who want to take this job, do you want to hire them to transport the full armor to the village of Wall?" ”

"Calculating the time, the war horses we bought in Bena City should also arrive, I am going to wait to go to the airport dock, and when the time comes, I will transport them back to Wall Village with these full-covered armors, I guess what we need is not the coachman in the carriage shop, but a few people who should drive the horses." Surdak sat across from Aphrodite and asked her, "By the way, do you want to go to Puss Mountain, where you can see volcanoes and lava, but there is volcanic ash everywhere." ”

Aphrodite glanced at Surdak and said directly: "Just say something directly!" ”

"Well, what I'm trying to say is, Aphrodite, can you stay for me for a while on the Puss Mountain?" Surdak asked cautiously, he also knew that his request was a little excessive, but he had been so busy lately, and even a little lacking in skill.

Aphrodite was stunned and asked, "You want me to live on the other side of the Pustu Volcano?" ”

"Well, just for a while." Surdak nodded and said.

"How long?" Aphrodite asked.

Surdak replied, "Probably a few weeks, maybe two weeks, maybe four weeks." ”

Aphrodite waved her hand and said, "I used to live next to a few volcanoes that were full of smoke all day, and I know how to live there, but you'd better move quickly." ”

"I'll fix things over there as soon as possible!" When Surdak said this, he was obviously a little lacking in confidence.

In the afternoon, Surdak rushed to the airport dock in the city of Hailanza, and found the caretaker on the dock only to be told that more than thirty Gubolai horses had arrived in Hailanza three days ago and were currently being fostered in the stable of the airport dock.

These more than 30 Gubolai horses and full-covered armor will be transported to Vol Village tomorrow.

Aphrodite needs to stay in Highlandsa City until Surdak finishes all the things here, in Highlandha City, the succubus Aphrodite does not have too many scruples, many knights in the Highlandsa Guard Camp have seen Aphrodite, so as long as she does not go to the Mage Tower, she can wander around the city at will.

The beauty of the mountain town in winter is wrapped in snow and ice, and the many pine and cypress trees on the street maintain a verdant color, and Aphrodi accompanies Surdak to the parade square in front of the town hall.

Leaving her here, Surdak went to the guard battalion to report on his duties.

Walking into the familiar guard battalion, as soon as he walked into the gate, there were many guard battalion knights who took the initiative to greet Surdak, and now he is also the squadron leader in the guard battalion, and he is considered the middle level of the guard battalion, thinking that a year ago, he was just a reserve knight who walked down from the battlefield, in just over a year, he has experienced a lot of things, and now Surdak has become a noble baron.

He walked to the front desk and asked the receptionist on duty at the front desk, "Are Squadron Leader Carl and Captain Sauron there?" ”

The female receptionist seemed to recognize Surdak's identity, and hurriedly said, "Captain Sauron went out on a mission, and Squadron Leader Carl happened to be here today." ”

Surdak nodded.

He walked along the corridor to the end, up the somewhat old wooden staircase, and found the rest room of the support group, where a group of knights of the support group were chatting and playing cards, and when he saw Surdak enter the room, he hurriedly beckoned him to play cards together.

Surdak pointed to the room inside and asked the knights outside, "Karl is inside?" ”

After receiving an affirmative answer, Surdak came to the door and knocked on it.

"Come in!" A calm voice came from behind the door.

Surdak pushed open the wooden door, and Karl was sitting on a chair in front of his desk sorting out a document, only to look up and find that it was Surdak standing at the door, happily inviting him in, and asking, "Dak, why are you here?" I thought it would be on the other side of the Badlands all winter. ”

Surdak and Karl hugged for a while, sat down on the chair across from the desk, and said to Karl, "I'm here to receive the supplies and funds for the next quarter, and Captain Sauron is not here?" ”

Although the Badlands Security Squadron of the Badlands Guard Battalion has not yet recruited personnel at this time, Surdak needs to receive all the allotments and funds for this quarter.

Karl poured Surdak a cup of tea, reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said: "Captain Sauron rushed to Bena City, there seems to be some task on the military department that requires the cooperation of the entire province's guard battalion, the daily affairs of the Hylanza guard battalion are in charge of Viscount Emmett these days, I will take you to him, how is the knight squadron of the guard battalion over there being formed?" ”

Asked by Karl like this, Surdak found that he not only had to form a militia battalion and a private cavalry battalion, but also a guard battalion security squadron, and said with some distress: "In addition to the knights have not yet been gathered, the main thing is that it is difficult to buy war horses, I went to the horse market in Bena City a few days ago, and there is not even there!" ”

Carl didn't expect Surdak to say this, hesitated for a moment, and said with some uncertainty: "The war horse of the security squadron of the guard battalion, the guard battalion should help you solve it, and you might as well mention it to Viscount Emmett later." ”

Surdak looked at Karl with wide eyes, and said with some excitement: "Can the guard battalion come forward to deal with the war horses?" ”

Karl nodded and said, "A squadron of guard battalions only needs sixty horses, and I think the Quartermaster Department of Highlandsa Logistics should be able to get them." ”

……

Viscount Emmett looked at Karl, who was smiling hippie across the table, and Surdak, who was sitting in a precarious position, and said helplessly: "You need you to submit an application in writing, there have been frequent wars in the Green Empire recently, so it is difficult to apply for strategic materials such as war horses, and you need to wait in line for the quota above, and sixty war horses don't know how long you need to wait." ”

Sure enough, it wasn't as simple as Karl said, Surdak thought to himself.

Karl just wanted to ask, but Viscount Emmett waved his hand and blocked the words in his throat, and Viscount Emmett said to Surdak again: "Even if you don't come from the barren land this time, this notice will be delivered to you immediately, the guard battalion has arranged all the knights of the security squadron, but the snow in the mountains here is too big, and it has not been handed over to you, I have a list here, you can take it and take a look." ”

As he spoke, Viscount Emmett handed Surdak a piece of parchment with his name written on it in a drawer.

Surdak took it in his hand, carefully looked at the information on the list, but he didn't expect that the guard battalion still semi-forcibly stuffed some young knights to him, Surdak said to Viscount Emmett: "Are they all young people who graduated from the knight academy? ”

Viscount Emmett corrected with a serious face: "They are all young people with knightly status, and if you want to join the guard battalion, you must have knightly status." ”

Seeing Surdak sitting there with his head bowed and silent, Karl stepped on Surdak under the table and glanced at him, Surdak had no choice but to pinch his nose and say, "Okay, you have the final say." ”

Although there were many dissatisfaction with the arrangement on the side of the guard battalion, seeing Karl's hints, Surdak could only agree to come down.

Seeing that Surdak agreed despite reluctance, Viscount Emmett's face was a little pale, so he knocked on the table with his hand and said to Surdak: "These young knights are not all good, at least they all have their own war horses!" ”

Then he whispered: "Originally, considering the harsh environment of the barren land, no one may want to go there to eat sand, but now that the major legions are on the plane battlefield, it is not very safe over there, and these people are more willing to go to the barren land to gnaw sand than the plane battlefield." There are not many places for this group of young knights to choose after graduation this year, and more than sixty places have been vacated on the guard battalion side at once, and they have almost all been divided by those people in the House of Representatives, and now the House of Hylanza has officially issued a written notice, requiring the guard battalion to strictly implement the recruitment standards of the guard battalion......"

After speaking, Viscount Emmett also showed a helpless face.

Surdak didn't expect this to be the case, and hurriedly stood up and said, "I completely obey the arrangement of the guard battalion, can I lead them to the Badlands Security Squadron this time?" ”

Viscount Emmett waved his hand for him to sit down, and said, "Of course, Sauron and I have proposed in the House of Representatives that the security in the Badlands is not very good. But those parliamentarians think that the security of the Barren Land, no matter how bad, is better than the Warsaw plane! So Sauron and I have been trying to get Carl to convince you lately, and it's best if you can figure it out now. ”

Surdak nodded, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to Viscount Emmett: "Captain Emmett, there have been frequent bandits on the other side of the desert in the barren land recently, and I urgently need manpower to maintain law and order over there, when will these young knights go to Wall Village?" ”

Viscount Emmett lowered his head and pondered, and said, "In three days, when the time comes, I will ask Karl to personally send people to Wall Village!" ”

Karl was a little dumbfounded, and muttered something in a small voice where Viscount Emmett couldn't see.

Leaving Viscount Emmett's room, Karl grabbed Surdak by the collar, pushed him into the corner of the corridor, and asked angrily, "Why is it so urgent that you can't stay in Hailansa for a few more days, and you want me to send these graduates to you?" ”

Surdak slapped Karl's hand away and said to him, "Recently, desert bandits have been looting the natural villages in the northwest in the barren lands, and I have come to Highlandsa City this time to prepare to hire a mercenary group from the mercenary guild, preferably to hire an eagleeye with 'earth vision'. ”

Karl glared at Surdak dumbfounded and said, "Huh? Do you know how much you have to pay to hire a mercenary group? Do you know what an Eagle Eye of the Earth Vision represents? How much money can you make from that sulphur mine to allow you to squander so unscrupulously? ”

The two did not continue to stay on the third floor of the guard barracks, and walked down the wooden staircase.

Surdak asked Karl: "Do you have anything to do with the mercenary union, I need to hire a professional mercenary group, but I don't need some showmanship!" ”

"Of course, let's go, I'll take you over and get your gold ready, but I'm not sure if I can hire Hawkeye!" Karl reminded Surdak.

The mercenary union was not too far from the guard barracks, and the two of them did not ride horses, but they passed the House of Representatives west along the road in front of the town hall, and when they bypassed the intersection in front of them, they saw the mercenary union facing the street, and at this time the door of the mercenary union was open, and there were many mercenaries of various professions sitting on the steps.