At this time, I was floating in a completely dark space, and I couldn't see anything. What kind of place is this?www.biquge.info Why am I here?Am I lying or standing?I tried to move my body, but I couldn't move at all, I could only keep my eyes open and look at the dark place, not knowing what was going to happen next.

Suddenly, a white bright spot appeared in front of my eyes, which stood out in the dark space. The bright spot gradually came towards me, getting bigger and bigger, and I saw that it was a white circle of light, and there was a woman in white standing inside, with long black hair, because it was too far away for me to see her face.

The aperture finally stopped a few meters away from me, and the woman in white walked up to me, the same woman I had seen in my previous dreams (see Chapter 8's Dreams), and she looked at me with a smile, as if she had known me a long time ago.

"Who are you? Did we know each other before? Why do I dream so often lately that you are with a girl in red? I asked her that she still can't move, and can only communicate with her through words.

The woman in white didn't answer my question, just put her hand on her chest and whispered to me: "Destiny child, your strength has awakened, remember that feeling of sadness, this feeling can make you understand what love is, that is the strongest power in the world." It was the first time she had spoken to me, not so much but so gentle and loving, that I felt the urge to keep hearing her say it.

However, the woman in white did not make any other movements, and the whole person began to gradually become transparent, as if she was about to disappear.

"Wait a minute, are you going to disappear? will we see you again?" I asked her eagerly, for fear that she would disappear in the next second.

The woman in white smiled and nodded, and her whole person became more transparent.

"Is Irene the girl in red with you?" I asked her anxiously again, wanting to know the answer, but it was too late, and the woman in white disappeared before my eyes, leaving no trace.

I looked at the white circle of light that stopped in front of me in disappointment, I was already sure that I was in a dream now, but many of the questions I had in my previous dream were not answered here, but this dream seemed to give me a hint, no, it would be more appropriate to call it a revelation: this woman in white is inspiring me to master my latent power, remember grief and love, so that I can become very strong?

As I was pondering, the white circle of light in front of me had slowly enveloped me, and by the time I found it, I was already shrouded in a white light, and the darkness around me seemed to be dispelled by this light, which made me feel very warm and peaceful. I closed my eyes and felt the wonder of the moment. After a few seconds, I opened my eyes and returned to reality...

It was already desert morning, I rubbed my eyes, sighed, and got up to sit on the bed. Is this another prophetic dream? Surely there will be nothing good after that, forget it, let's get up and wash up!

Today, instead of going out to the Oriental Oasis to fetch water as usual, our eighth squad packed their bags and led the dragon bird, ready to carry out a new mission.

Just yesterday, I received a new task from Deputy Commander Dolly, and it was quite surprising that the employer asked our eighth squad to take over this job, and it was not a very difficult task, but it was just to escort a rich lady and her guards to this Pazm Province for a trip, that is, the work of a bodyguard, any mercenary can do it, I really don't know what the rich lady thinks, if you have to come to this harsh climate and a barren desert area, rich is capricious!

Our group had to meet them at the border checkpoint between Pazm Province and the capital Basta, where we would be met by someone who would keep them safe along the way, which was too easy compared to the previous adventures in the City of the Dead and the Turronite Caves, and it was equivalent to accompanying them on a tour. But for me, who has had a prophetic dream, this trip is not expected to be so easy, I estimate that there is a chance that something will happen, in order not to let everyone have unnecessary worries, I only whispered my dream to Neil, and the two of us are always ready for any unexpected situation.

We came to the border checkpoint, which was entirely a small fortress, with tall walls separating us from the land opposite. The whole fortress is in the shape of a "pin", with a large cannon on the middle wall, trebuchets on the two sides of the wall, and dense firing ports on the wall, where soldiers can shoot at the enemy below the city wall with rifles or bows. There is a bronze gate under the city wall, and the members of the guard team in dark green uniform are checking the people who want to cross the border one by one, after all, this is the only way to enter the capital, and the rest of the place is a tall wall, and only after their inspection can you pass through here.

We showed the guards the pass that Deputy Commander Dolly had prepared for us, and a middle-aged man who looked like a squad leader looked at me suspiciously with the pass and asked, "You are the captain of the eighth squad of the Raging Mercenary Regiment?

"That's right, so the former Raging Beast Corps has been renamed the Raging Mercenary Band, don't underestimate our captain, he's very strong!" Alan interjected beside him.

"Well, there's nothing wrong with the pass anyway, you don't look very old, you're really young and promising! But is this a good thing or a bad thing for our country? Such a young man is a mercenary..."The middle-aged man who looked like the squad leader muttered to himself, and asked his men to check our weapons and luggage, and when they saw that there was no problem, he waved our hand and let us in.

We entered the interior of the checkpoint, which was spacious and bright, bustling with people. There are merchants who are carrying dragon birds carrying heavy goods to the first Basta to prepare for business, there are also tourists who are carrying bags and presumably preparing to travel, and there are professional mercenaries dressed like us wearing armor and carrying weapons, and it is estimated that they are also preparing to go to the capital Basta to carry out a mission. In front of us there are several magic trucks being inspected by the guards, loaded with fresh vegetables and milk, ready to be transported to Basta. Powered by dragonstones, these magic trucks are twice as fast as dragon birds and horses, making them ideal for transporting fresh food.

Suddenly, Link whispered dissatisfiedly beside me, "Is there such a greedy person here?"

I followed Link's line of sight and saw a surprising scene: the guards who were inspecting the magic truck had taken a bundle of vegetables from the back of the truck as if nothing had happened, not to mention a basket of eggs, and even more so, someone had taken a bucket of milk directly from the truck and carried it into their dormitory... Isn't this a robbery? And it's a blatant robbery! I couldn't stand it anymore, and was about to move forward to find this group of scum in the garrison to reason, but Neil stopped me, and he whispered in my ear: "Chris, you must calm down, we have a task now, we should not cause some trouble, there will always be a few grains of rat feces anywhere that make you sick, forget it!"

Alan also persuaded me next to me: "Captain, this has always been the case for passers-by to eat and take cards, we mercenaries who go out on missions can be so convenient and smooth thanks to the public relations work of Deputy Head Dolly, otherwise they will be blackmailed by these people, if you don't agree to them, they will make things difficult for you in every way, and even find an excuse to lock you up for two days, so everyone would rather be like this now, for convenience and speed." ”

I looked around, and saw several merchants leading dragon birds carrying goods to nod and greet several guards, and stuffed a gold coin for each of them, and those people did not check the merchants' goods, and just waved their hands and let them go. ”

I let out a long sigh, turned to Neil, and said, "Where is this convenient, where is it fast? These people are not at all comparable to our predecessors in the Salem Provincial Garrison, how our predecessors are so dedicated, honest and fair, and have done a lot of good things for everyone, but these people are... Alas, what a disgrace to the garrison!"

"Forget it, forget it, let's go to the rest area to rest for a while, wait for the eldest lady and them to come over, supposedly they should also arrive?" Emma said as she pulled me to the rest area as she walked.

We waited for two hours in the rest area and still didn't wait for the person we were guarding to show up, and I began to feel that something was wrong, and I had a sense of unease in my previous prophetic dream. I looked at Neil, who was looking at me at the moment, and we nodded to each other, and then I stood up and said to the group, "I'm worried about what's going on over there, let's go to Basta!"