January 1, 1034 AH, Death Outpost.

It was freezing and snowing. In the hearts of the more than 80 remaining fighters at the Grim Reaper outpost, the blood is hot, the heartbeat is powerful, and the future is bright. They solved the food crisis and the threat of the monster wreaking havoc, all of which was brought about by the dark-haired young man.

There are only a few people who know his true identity, such as Shaoer and Lao Bu, but everyone's gratitude to him is sincere and sincere, after all, he was the one who came to the battlefield and rescued everyone from the pit of despair. Although this warm-hearted young man has been here for a very short time, the role he has played is immeasurable.

First of all, as the Marquis of the Empire, and as the spokesman of the Pope and the Lord of Winterless, he proposed the idea of a covenant to mobilize all forces, even if the other party is a magical beast with wisdom, to work together to fight the demon invasion. These united monsters have turned enemies into friends with humans, and after signing an agreement, they will assist them in guarding the ice peak pass, and find and fight against the invading enemy at the first time. In exchange, the Imperial soldiers needed to release goodwill and provide the necessary protection and food.

Second, he found a few small spiders made of Mithril out of nowhere and put them in the food storage room. These little spiders were extremely hard, and they spat silver threads to guard the holes and corners of the walls of the storeroom, and wiped out all the invincible gold-eating insects, and they were all eaten by them. If you look closely, you will find that the spiders have become much larger after swallowing those golden insects, and the silver filaments produced are larger and more powerful. In the end, these little guys turned Bingfeng Mountain up and down, completely eliminated the gold eaters, and solved the problem of food security storage.

In the end, He Jinshui also opened the space of the dungeon, took out all the weapons, equipment and food that Pirlo asked him to bring, and completed the handover with Squadron Leader Sauer. These weapons include standard military weapons such as spears, broadswords, and bows, as well as sharp weapons such as crossbow beds and stone-throwing carts.

What makes the soldiers happiest is that the supply contains sufficient food, including rice, flour, wheat and other planting crops, as well as convenience foods such as dried meat and ****, which is enough to support the next change of guard. To the delight of Ho Jinshui, the supplies he brought included even 10 barrels of beer and 10 barrels of red wine, which Pirlo had prepared for the Chinese New Year.

He Jinshui originally intended to set off overnight and go directly to the Plain of Despair, but was stopped by the enthusiastic crowd. Sauer, Lao Bu and a group of comrades-in-arms pulled the otaku, saying that they would let him go through the New Year together before they let him go. The otaku's heart was warm, and he felt that the other party was extremely enthusiastic, so he had to agree.

This was his second New Year on the planet, and the last one was with Kaidon's team of adventurers. It's a pity that the years have passed, and the creation has made people, but I didn't expect the adventurer team to soon be torn apart, and everyone's fortunes have also undergone earth-shaking changes. He Jinshui never imagined that he would actually pull up a team, gain the support and love of the big guys, and achieve so much prestige, and even be awarded a knighthood.

At that time, this guy's psychology only had one thought, and that was to struggle to survive.

That night, after inspecting the outpost, General Sauer dragged his soldiers out of an empty barracks and set it up as an event site for a bonfire to celebrate the New Year.

He Jinshui also volunteered and chose the task of chopping firewood. In front of everyone, with a flick of his fingers, he controlled several axes to fly up and began to work automatically. Everyone was taken aback, thinking that the other party's dual cultivation of magic and martial arts was not only superb in martial arts, but even the magic was already so profound.

The time of joy came, and all the soldiers, except those on duty, gathered together and hugged each other around the fire, singing and dancing. He Jinshui smiled and walked around with a wine glass, whether they knew each other or not, after raising each other's glasses and drinking them, they became friends. When he had finished his lap, he found that it was past 12 o'clock, but he did not feel sleepy, so he walked out of the tent wrapped in a blanket and came to the top of the tower.

According to the prior arrangement, Lao Bu led the team to guard the first half of the night, and Sauer was responsible for the second half of the night. When he reached the top of the tower, he found that the other party had been patrolling the top for a long time. He Jinshui nodded at him, slowly straightened up, and looked at the vast north.

Then in the hazy moonlight, he saw that the distant mountains were shrouded in mysterious mist, snowflakes were flying, and the north wind was dashing, which made him think of the famous words of the great man.

He could see that Shaoer came over with his hands rubbed, and said with a smile: "Master Hou is really not afraid of the cold, he didn't even wear a leather coat to protect against the cold in the cold winter, it's really amazing!"

He Jinshui turned around, remembered the time spent on the earth, and said with emotion: "I used to be the most afraid of the cold, every winter, my mother would prepare thick cotton clothes and hand warmers for me, and I can't forget that warm feeling until now." Although I am now a master of martial arts and profound skills, I have no way to honor her old man. With that, he looked gloomy and sighed.

Sauer was stunned for a moment, thinking that the elders in the other party's mouth were no longer alive, so he comforted and said: "The deceased is gone, the living continue, everything looks forward, keep your precious things, it is happiness!" He patted the otaku on the shoulder, and continued: "As a soldier of the Empire, I am used to seeing life and death in this dangerous place, and I am even ready to sacrifice. But those young soldiers, they shouldn't have died so early!" Thinking of this, his eyes were red, and his voice was hoarse, and he said: "When we set off, there were 150 people in the team, but half a year has passed, and just over half of them have survived! Many of the soldiers who died were not even as old as my son, and they were still children! It was so sad!"

Maybe it was because he drank too much wine, his mood was a little excited, his voice was a little louder than before, and he said angrily: "The dog legs of the demon god, the miscellaneous people of the demon clan, their grandmother is a bear, and they are not dead, and they always think about the beautiful rivers and mountains here. ”

Speaking of this, he looked around at no one, and suddenly said a little mysteriously: "Master Hou, I have a strong premonition!"

"Oh, let's hear it!" He Jinshui became interested, and couldn't help but come over and say, "Did you find something?"

The other party groaned for a while, and said in a low voice: "Master Hou, you are a special envoy of the empire, and there are some things that should have been told to you a long time ago, but I have judged them through clues, and I am not completely sure, so I have not dared to speak." But for the sake of the Empire's safety, I have let it go, and if I don't say it, I will not be able to sleep well!"

"The general is too worried!" The otaku said with a smile: "Our brothers know everything, everything is endless, it can come out of your mouth and into my ears, even if it is a little biased, I will not leak it." ”

"That's good!" This rugged man took a deep breath and said in a firm tone: "I think that the long is 5 years, and the short is 3 years, the sigh barrier will definitely fail, and a steady stream of demon soldiers will invade on horseback, and the lives will be ruined!"

"How can you see it?" Rao is otaku was mentally prepared, and he couldn't help but be surprised. The judgment of the other party is extremely consistent with the thoughts of the Pope and Sonic, thinking that the threat of the demon god is about to reappear in the world, and from the demeanor of this guy, it seems to be determined. This made him a little curious. Although the only way for him to travel back to Earth through time and space is to kill the Demon God, if he rushes into war before he is ready, he may lose on his side, including the people he loves and those who love him, which is difficult for him to accept anyway.

"Intuition, strong intuition!" the other man pointed vigorously to the northern sky, where the sky and the earth were chaotic, shrouded in mist, as if nothing could be seen clearly.

He exclaimed: "I joined the Northeast Army at the age of twenty and have been working under General Pirlo. In the last thirty years, I have been stationed at the Death Outpost six times, and I can say that I have been in the old cloth, and no one has been here longer than me!"

"The general is good!" He Jinshui raised his eyebrows, raised his thumb and exclaimed sincerely: "The soul of the empire!"

"Don't dare to be!" Sauer waved his hand solemnly, and continued: "Every day I have been stationed here, I have used to standing on top of the tower, looking to the north, recording what I observed in the form of a log, and then I discovered an amazing thing!"

Speaking of this, his face changed color in shock, as if he was very frightened, and said loudly: "The legendary impregnable barrier that trapped the demon god and was impregnable is actually gradually getting shorter at a speed that everyone can't see with the naked eye, and it is estimated that in a few years, it will disappear completely!"

"What?" At this time, He Jinshui was not calm at all, he grabbed the other party's shoulders and shook it vigorously: "Shorter? You're not mistaken, right?"

"Thirty years ago, when I first stepped on this tower, the distant Sigh Barrier stood in the distance, and when I looked up, I could easily see its majestic rock wall, which lay there like a long snake, separating the remnants of the demon clan on the other side; ”

"Unfortunately, now, if you look past it during the day, there is no shadow there, and the fortress seems to have disappeared from the horizon. Some time ago, I took advantage of the sunny weather to climb the eaves at the top of the tower and look out, but I still couldn't see the barrier! You say that this wall does not run away on long legs, and is there any explanation other than weathering, shortening, or even disappearing completely?"

"In the past few years, the demonic beasts on the Plains of Despair seem to have been stimulated by something, just like the ice wolves yesterday, they have abandoned their original survival realm and began to migrate towards the south desperately, which is also a signal!"

"Hey!" He Jinshui was taken aback, frowned and said, "In this way, there is indeed something strange! Such an astonishing discovery, why didn't you report it earlier?"

The other side sighed bitterly: "I told General Pirlo about this matter a long time ago, he once reported this matter to his superiors on the way back to Beijing to report on his work, but he was mercilessly sneered by the other party, thinking that he had nothing to do, and deliberately found an excuse to pull military expenses. The general wrote several times to report to the Imperial Military Intelligence Department, but there was no news, and then he became disheartened, and the matter was closed. I kept this in my heart for many years, and it wasn't until I met you that I decided to say it. Well, it feels so much better now!"

"The general has been wronged!" He Jinshui's warm palm patted the other party's shoulder, and said comfortingly: "I believe that everything you say is true, and I will go to the scene tomorrow to investigate." If you say it, I will report it to the Pope and vindicate your name!"

"I have received Master Hou's wishes, so you don't have to be so troublesome!" Sauer shook his shoulders indifferently, and said with a smile: "At my age, there is no hope of promotion, I have seen everything, and after sharing this secret with you, I will be satisfied if I can sleep well every day." ”

He took a deep breath and said with some humility: "Since I learned this secret, I have always had some strange dreams, dreaming that everyone around me, including myself, has been killed by the demons, everyone's heads have been cut off by each other, and the blood flows like this, and finally gathers into a pool, and I can't see the edge at a glance! Every time at this time, I will wake up yelling like a madman." ”

"Hey, it's for this reason that my wife, who has been with me for decades, couldn't stand my surprise and finally left me. Even my only son looked down on me as a crazy coward, and wouldn't even talk to me, and I had long since become a loner. I just hope that the nightmare will wake up sooner and end all this, even if it doesn't matter if I lose my life!"

Maybe it was the recent events that had pricked his nerves, or maybe it was the gibberish stimulated by alcohol, but he looked extremely decadent now, not at all as energetic as he was during the day.

"Sauer, let go of your bullshit!" He Jinshui saw that the other party's eyes were gray and there was no brilliance at all, so he took the head and knocked him to the ground with a fist, and roared: "Ants still cherish life, why do you look down on yourself! The soldiers of the empire, if they can't die properly, can only die on the battlefield! Work hard to protect the dawn of the world, this is your mission!"

Saying this, he stretched out his right hand to the captain who was sitting on the ground, pulled it up and patted off the dust, and said: "If there really is such a day, I hope that after you light the beacon fire, you will lead everyone to quickly move and avoid real attacks and guerrilla attacks in the rear of the enemy." Remember, being alive is the most important thing, and when you're dead, you're nothing. I will definitely come here to help you, and then a man's commitment to a man!"

Sauer was roared by the other party, his eyes rejuvenated, he touched his head and thought: "What is guerrilla fighting, although I don't understand, but it seems to be very profound?"

"If you want to learn, no problem!" He Jinshui said heartily: "I will teach you personally in the future, but you have to make sure that you survive first." ”

......

The two were replaced by the rotating soldiers from the sentry, and they called Lao Bu to continue drinking. They sat cross-legged around the fire, bragging and farting and teasing what they had seen, passing the jug in their hands, and the sound of laughter drifting far away through the cold wind. (To be continued.) )