Three days before the New Year, an unexpected person from Locke came looking for him.

"Princess Angelina, is that you?" Locke asked in disbelief as he looked at the beautifully dressed, radiant woman with long blond hair in front of him. Originally, he would not have added the word 'princess' to his words, but as a low-level attendant, he could now feel a sense of oppression around him, and hurriedly added.

Angelina's expression didn't change much at first, "You guys stand down first! I have something to say to Rock Knight." Angelina tilted her head and looked around.

It was obviously empty all around, but the sound of footsteps came, and gradually faded away, and the oppression that Locke felt also faded.

After there was no movement, Angelina's face relaxed, and she looked at Locke, and a strange atmosphere arose from the two of them.

This is Locke's tent, where Locke and Angelina sit on the edge of the bed and gossip. The tent distributed to a squadron leader like Locke is very simple, although it is an independent tent, but except for a bed and a table, there is no extra furniture, and the two can only sit on the edge of the bed to make do.

Fortunately, Angelina and Locke have also done more intimate things, this kind of behavior of sitting on the edge of the bed with the opposite sex, Angelina really has nothing but a flush on her face.

"Why did you come to me?" Locke curious, an existence like Angelina, a precious princess, every move was strictly protected, and he originally thought that seeing Angelina again would probably not be until the end of the war.

"I haven't seen you for so long, can't you come and take a look?" Angelina gave Locke a roll of the eyes, Angelina, who is only 16 years old, is now the season of the girl's spring, and now she hasn't seen Locke for half a month, Angelina is a little uncomfortable.

Angelina's playful answer made Locke feel a little warm, and the sense of distance between the two due to not seeing each other for a long time and the disparity in status also dissipated a lot.

"What's going on?" Locke raised an eyebrow. He was referring to the group of people who were standing outside, though they couldn't see where they were hiding.

Speaking of this, Angelina exhaled in frustration, "This is the secret guard sent by my father to find me. "Although Locke has never heard of the name 'Dark Guard', it is not difficult to guess what kind of people this is from the literal meaning.

This group of secret guards was also unlucky, they were sent out to track Angelina's whereabouts two months ago, but they tracked it all the way to Charlotte's border, and they didn't catch up with the princess, and then Angelina was protected into the Murphy Forest during the days when they completely lost Angelina's trace. The vast Mophy Forest erases all possible traces.

It wasn't until Angelina was attacked by Blood Red and met Locke's camp that Angelina's trail was passed back on.

What Locke didn't know was that during the days when he and Angelina lived in the Bering Mountains, not far from the other side of the cliff they had fallen, there were about three secret guards searching for their 'bodies'.

After Angelina was safely brought back by Locke, this group of secret guards was arranged by Prince Kensel to be by Angelina's side to protect Angelina's safety.

Later, Locke and Angelina chatted about the family's short gossip, most of which Locke was talking and Angelina was listening. Angelina seems to be very interested in the trivial things that happen in Locke's usual life.

Angelina also talked a lot about what happened to her recently, what banquets between nobles, Locke was not interested, Angelina seemed to know this, and talked about other things, such as the recent movements of the high-level, the orders issued by her brother Prince Kensel, etc., and some of them were the things of her daughter's house.

Locke listened to these with relish, and the decisions of the top level were closely related to the lives of their low-level soldiers, and Locke listened carefully to a lot of information that Angelina said.

"I'm still one of the heads of Faustin's magician troops~" Angelina said to Locke as if offering a treasure.

Locke was still digesting what Angelina said last sentence, Prince Kensale's decision to attack Otis City as soon as the New Year was over, and he didn't hear it clearly at first. After reacting, Locke looked at Angelina in surprise.

Angelina seemed to be very proud of Locke's expression, pouted and said proudly, "I'll cover you in the future!"

Locke has always been curious about magicians, and of course, some have a lot of awe. The magic that was scattered in the sky on the battlefield was full of casualties when it fell, and Locke was deeply impressed.

Angelina is now one of the leaders of the mage unit, and her military rank is close to the level of the corps commander, and there is nothing wrong with covering Locke. Even, this may be one of the thickest thighs of the Faustin military hierarchy.

Angelina, who had dozens of magicians under her hands, had an aura of scolding Fang Xuan at this time, but then, she lowered her face again, thinking that it seemed that it was not her commanding others now, but someone else protecting her. Now by her side, there are at least two or more mid-level magic apprentices protecting her.

Angelina also found out that Locke had advanced to a low-level squire at this time, and she didn't care, but took it for granted. Angelina doesn't have much time to stay here, a princess, spending too much time in an ordinary non-commissioned officer's tent will cause a lot of gossip, especially among the nobility, all kinds of dirty things are constant.

It was almost noon when Angelina left. Then the feeling of threat that had been hanging around Locke dissipated, and Locke knew that it was the person who was protecting her and left, but fortunately the two of them were just talking and chatting in the tent, and did not do anything out of the ordinary. Of course, eavesdropping is impossible. Angelina is a princess after all, and those who protect her dare not commit crimes.

If they still eavesdropped, Locke would have been miserable. During this period, Angelina spoke very intimately to Locke, and anyone with a discerning eye could see at a glance what the relationship between the two was.

Seeing Angelina go away, Locke also accepted the idea of cultivating, and there was not enough time. Thinking of Angelina leaving, let him go and change a pair of armor and swords, Locke was a little confused.

His current armor is the half-length armor given to him by the baron, which is much stronger and more gorgeous than the standard armor of the squadron leader he received before, and the pale silver half-length armor makes Locke like it at once, and he wears it every day, and he is not too tired, according to Locke's idea, it is a workout.

As for the saber, it was asked for by the merchant Henry, and it didn't cost anything. Judging from Locke's experience, this long sword is also good, not similar to his previous one, and its hardness and sharpness are excellent.

If you want to replace it, in addition to spending money to buy it in the baron's caravan, there is only one thing left to exchange for military merit.

It's a pity that Locke only has two hundred gold scrolls in his hand, and this thing can only go to the royal capital to exchange money, and Locke in the baron's caravan inquired and didn't accept this thing, because the authenticity can't be verified, and Locke has no choice. Now only Xia Qian earns two thousand silver dele, because the amount is relatively large, it is kept by the merchant Henry.

Henry was also the chief steward of the baron's caravan, and he would not cheat him for this money. When to extract it is a matter of one sentence.

But Locke doesn't plan to spend this money, which can be taken back to improve the future life of himself, his parents, and his sister. Two thousand silver deleuer, say more or less, mainly depends on how they spend it, according to Locke's understanding of his parents and sister, most of them are saved for him to marry.

Then there is only military merit left, speaking of which, since returning to the camp, Locke has not checked his military merits, the last time Prince Kensel and the Marquis of Mammon received him, they encouraged him, so far there is no substantial reward, the two big men should not forget his merits, it can only be folded into military merits for him.

Military functions can be exchanged for money, equipment, medicines, and military ranks. In Faustin's barracks, as long as you have military merit, you can change anything.

In the first two years of his military career, Locke didn't understand anything. I exchanged the military merits I got every time I got them into money, and sent them back to my family, and then I experienced a lot and gained knowledge, so I didn't do this kind of stupid thing of buying and returning pearls, and military merit was much harder than money, whether it was promoted to private last year or squadron leader this year, it was not unrelated to Locke's savings in military exploits.

The soldiers at the bottom can only rely on themselves to accumulate military merits in order to gain advancement. In the history of the Faustin Kingdom, there were many rookie nobles, and their ancestors had one thing in common, that is, they had served as soldiers.

Locke was suddenly looking forward to how much military merit he had in his hands now.

Taking advantage of the early time, Locke went to the quartermaster camp, and the various armors and weapons that used to make him blush around the quartermaster camp are still a little red now, but he feels lighter, after all, he is not short of money now, and his military merits are definitely not low, and it is not difficult to want these.

Walking to the superintendent here, a man wearing a black-brimmed hat greeted him, he was the superintendent here, and it was said that he was a relative of Baron Kaidozi's family and a confidant of the baron.

The man obviously knew Locke as well, and greeted with a smile, "Squadron Leader Locke, is there anything you need my help with here?"

"I want to check how much more military merit I have. Locke said directly.

The man first showed a surprised expression, and saw that Locke did not react, and then explained, "Don't you know Squadron Leader Locke? The military merit records of the squadron leader level are all in the logistics department of the corps, and our records are only those of the second class and below. ”

Seeing that Locke still looked confused, the man continued, "The squadron leader level is already the highest combat power of our battalion, and the weapons, armor and other weapons in the quartermaster camp have a corresponding quota for each squadron leader, which can be used, and if it is damaged after the battle, it can be replaced for free." ”

Locke slapped his brain, and he suddenly remembered why when he asked Henry for ordinary weapons and armor, Henry looked at him very strangely, and the emotional squadron leader could be a white-collar worker in the baron's quartermaster camp!

Of course, the weapons and armor of the quartermaster camp are much stronger than those in other places, which is also Joshak's negligence, he even forgot to introduce this to Locke, maybe he thought Locke knew this, so he didn't say it.

Since he didn't ask about his military exploits, Locke immediately turned around and went to the military department, and he had just taken a look at the armor and weapons in the quartermaster camp, which were not much better than what Henry had found for him, so he didn't change them again. In this respect, Henry treated Locke as at least a solid businessman. The weapons and armor he found for Locke for free could be discounted for about 150 silver delle. He has been a soldier for four years, and the military salary he receives adds up to this amount.