"What's the matter with you, stranger," the drunkard didn't reply, "go away, and let the grieving man heal his wounds alone." ”

"It's boring to drink alone, why are you getting drunk at this time instead of being with your team?"

"Well, if you buy wine, I'll drink it. The drunkard glanced back at Levy, he had short hair, he was a very handsome man, there was a scar on his face that was obviously a little vicissitudes, he was wearing a plate armor that he had never seen before, and his defense should be strong. "No problem!" Levi snapped his fingers, "Another bottle of wine!"

"Well, you look like a commander and probably understand my story. My name is Sigmon, and I come from Vizan, and there is a small farm there, and I don't understand why I have been planting the land for so many years, we grow crops every year, and foreign armies come every year to burn them. We bought the livestock, and the damn Misty Mountain and Van Skerry robbers would come and steal it. No one in the village will resist, except for a woman named Claire, Claire is fed up with the robbers and plans to do something on her own, the two of us have been childhood sweethearts, when everyone laughed at the plan, he found me, I knew he was right, we came together to form a militia, a few young men from the village joined us, and then we spread the word everywhere to encourage more people to join us, Claire said that the goddess Astania was helping us, but the villagers called her "St. Clair" and laughed. ”

Sigmund took a hard sip of wine: "We started with some victories, people started calling me 'Hero of Madigan', and later, a Vance Skerry leader came to us with his men, my men fell like mowing grass, the valiant Claire refused to surrender and proposed a single challenge to the Van Skerry leader, and despite my beloved's efforts, he was killed in a matter of minutes. ”

"You know?" Sigmunn's eyes were already red, "None of your pirates would have survived if they hadn't been mercenaries." ”

"My team specializes in killing bandits, misty mountain bandits, and Van Skerry pirates, and you can share in the capture and avenge Claire. Levi poured him a glass of wine, "If you join us." ”

"You're probably right, Captain, maybe after joining the team, I'll find my purpose in life again, or at least I have a legitimate reason to kill. The drunkard stood up: "I, Sigmund Sinclair, swear allegiance to you, and I will fight alongside you no matter who challenges you." ”

"I accept you to join the team, hurry to the bar, and if you are found to smell of alcohol when you are on duty in the future, you will immediately roll up and leave. Levi was pleased with a strong fighter joining, but with a tough mouth.

"Commander, can you pay me 4,000 dinars?" Sigmund scratched his hair, "I'm having some trouble keeping my accounts at the inn. ”

"Please don't tell me it's just your bar bill, I'll pay the boss. "This is not only a drunkard, but also a plagiarist, Levy secretly slandered.

"Commander!" Sigmund put down his wine glass and said with a straight face: "I think you still lack a deputy, you lack a deputy commander to lead the charge, I should be able to." ”

"I do need a deputy commander, but not to lead the charge. Levi understood what Sigmund meant, "I need two deputy regimental commanders now, one in charge of tactics and one in charge of training, and it is the business of each captain to lead the charge." ”

"With all due respect, Commander, if you were to have your kind of organization, there would be at least a few hundred people in the ranks, and you are now only ten. Sigmund thinks Levy's idea is unrealistic: "At least you need a captain now." ”

"I see what you mean, do you think the strongest can be the captain?" "That's right! ”

"But you're not the strongest," should kill Sigmon's sharpness, Levi pointed to a few of his men: "Grande's main task is to defend against cavalry, you don't have his skills, Diev is an archer, you can't use a crossbow to him, Wall is a cavalryman, he's on a horse and you are not an opponent at all, as for this," Levi pointed to Daga: "He's a two-handed swordsman, but you can't beat him at all." ”

"Impossible!" Sigmund was very confident: "Do you dare to let this two-handed swordsman compare with me?" "No problem," said Levy in the middle of his heart: "If you win, you will be the captain, and if you lose, you will be honestly a soldier, Locke, and give them two wooden swords." "If you want to win against Daga, it's just a joke, the champion swordsman is the top infantry in the Pande Continent.

"Go out and fight, there's no need to smash things again. Daga seemed very relaxed, Sigmun had some skills, but he was far from his opponent.

"It's all your own, don't hurt Sigmon. Levi was more relaxed, "than come back for a drink." ”

Sigmon's face was ugly, this Daga didn't take himself seriously at all, what kind of character was it? The commander didn't care, it seemed that he had the chance to win, and he had to do his best to prove his strength, he could not only be the captain, but also the deputy commander!

Levi didn't go out to see at all, there was no need for that, the pirates all got up and bandaged their wounds, and then set the table and asked for drinks and food again, it is estimated that it will only take a few minutes for Daga to solve Sigmon.

After a while, Daga and Sigmund walked in, "Commander, Sigmun has good skills, although he can't beat me, it's no problem to be a captain in the future." Daga also underestimated Sigmon, who didn't win easily. Sigmund sat down on the stool a little discouraged: "That's for later, I'll still be a soldier now." "As expected," Grande pushed over a glass of ale, "Daga is a champion swordsman, and not many people can beat him." ”

The mercenaries did not stop in Alfendor, they set off immediately after eating, they had to hurry, Claude was still waiting for everyone to rescue him, and Sagulas and Kendall were also dangerous, and the snake cultists were not so easy to deal with.

In the 202nd year of the founding of Pande, a dark cloud shrouded the southern part of Pande. The Barcos Empire set off a frenzy of invasion, and an army led by the famous general Osa landed in the southern port of Pande. He attacked the city all the way, and the momentum was like a bamboo. Ironically, only a few months after the war began, the General received news that the Emperor had been assassinated and that the Barcos Empire was mired in civil war. Recovering from the shock, Osa proclaimed himself the Overlord of Janos with some of the power of Lord Pande, and broke with the Barcos Empire. The former Barcos Empire was divided into numerous small principalities, city-states, and kingdoms, and the ruling power fell into the hands of the Serpent Cult. It is a mysterious and powerful group of samurai who worship an unknown dark goddess in the form of a poisonous snake. For the once-powerful Pander, this meant that large swaths of land, cities, and lords in the south of the country had fallen into the hands of the self-proclaimed overlord of the abruptly rising general.

The power of the Barcos Empire in the Old Pandean Territory is now known as the "Empire". However, Osa must have been deeply influenced by the ideas of the old Barcos Republic (a few hundred years before Barcos became an empire) to make a decree to form a council of nobles that would elect a new overlord after the death of the existing ruler or when he reached the age of sixty. The Empire's mighty armies had already swept north through the heart of Pander and conquered inland towns. However, the subtle ties and entanglements between the empire and its native country in the south brought the conquest to an end. The Serpent Cult has grown to become a political and empirical threat to the Empire, and has almost succeeded in dismantling the Empire's ruling hierarchy from within. And many people and nobles have always supported the Cult. Today, things are changing. The current emperor, Marius I, has succeeded in banning all the temples under the Empire. This sparked a war between the Cult and the Empire, which spread to every corner of the Empire. The activities of the Cult and its followers were forced to go underground and seek help from the core of the Cult in the South China Seas. Marius I skillfully reversed the situation and revealed to the people of the empire the uncleanness and depravity of the Cult. The desire of the people to be freed from the shadow of the Cult was the most powerful weapon in the Emperor's hands.

Snake worshippers steal little girls from villages, give them snake venom from an early age, train them in combat skills, and become snake priestesses when they grow up. Commoners, nobles, or knights captured in battle were drugged by these priestesses, and became Serpent warriors.

"Claude, Saculas, and Kendall could also become Serpent warriors if they were captured. Commander, Commander, Are you asleep?"

"I am Yunomia, the god of order, the first main god of Pande, be careful, chosen one, your future is in danger!"

"What's going on?" Levy woke up, "Did you hear anyone just now?" "I've been talking," Wall made a helpless expression.

"No, it's a woman's voice," Levi said, "and she's dressed in a robe, and with an owl squatting on her shoulder, and can't see her face clearly, and she says my future is in danger." ”

"Boss, you fell asleep just now, you must have been dreaming. "That's right, chief, you're asleep. ”

"Well, it's a dream, where is it now?"

"In front of you is the Salvador Bridge, and after the bridge you are in the Empire. "Wall is familiar with the area and has obviously been here.

The Salvador Bridge, the border between the Empire and Salion, has witnessed numerous wars for 150 years, and it was here that Alfred, Duke of Salion, the first king of the Kingdom of Salion, defeated the legendary Osa of the Bacchus Empire, the first emperor of the Empire, and it is rumored that after that bloody battle, the river under the bridge was red for weeks. And now the bridge remains the border between Sarion and the Empire.

"Salvador has arrived," said Wall excitedly, "it is the castle of General Leonius, and it is in this area that Claude and they have been attacked. ”

"Everyone spread out, ask more passers-by, maybe you can get some news. Levi's heart was nervous: Zagulas, Kendall, Claude, you must live.

"Stop!" A small group of soldiers came out of the castle, they wore armor and helmets completely different from other countries, the most special thing was that the helmet had a column of white, red, and black manes, which looked very powerful, and the leader was a man who looked like a general: "Without my permission, you are not allowed to set foot on the territory of the empire!