There is a heart for goodness, although good is not rewarded. If you do evil without intention, you will not be punished for evil.

Few people except those in power know if this statement is really true.

Historically, many people were born to be heroes, some were born to be heroes, and then, a considerable number of them really became heroes.

Also in history, many people don't want to be heroes at all, and even when a similar opportunity comes, their first choice is to run away. However, because of their sense of responsibility and the discovery of conscience, they are considered or hailed as heroes by those in power.

It's hard to say which of the two heroes is more heroic.

Today, when you open this book, every account you see is a hero...... Either the first or the second.

Let's remember the heroes of the past.

- The King of Kings: Frontispiece

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On this day, on January 8, the 4th winter of the Magic Calendar, the small mercenary group finally arrived at Dìdū Scambrai. At a normal pace, the approximate time to return to Dìdū from the Lion River via the Continental Highway was about 10 days - 70% of the personnel in the small mercenary group were injured to varying degrees, and there were even those who were seriously injured such as Ying, and the journey was slightly delayed by a few days.

Amy and the two uncles of Long and Mo Ye walked at the front of the team, located on the north side of the Eminole Continent at a fairly high latitude, north of the second highest peak in the Eminole Continent, after entering the winter, the general snowflakes continued. This year seems to be especially so, last night from the frozen continent across the ocean howling north wind desperately pushed and pulled the doors and windows, the dark night sky was full of goose feather snow, in the morning, the snow just stopped. The heavy snow has caused great difficulties in the clean-up work, the road is full of thick snow, and it is necessary to tie a thick felt cloth to the feet of the horses and horses that set up the cart, and the wheels must also be treated with anti-skid, fortunately, a considerable number of the members of the small mercenary group are from the frozen continent, and they are familiar with these tasks, and the road is of course even slower.

Stepping on the thick snow under his feet, far away, the three of them saw the south gate of dìdū at the same time, Mo Ye's brows twisted slightly, and he whispered: "It seems that the empire really doesn't delay anything." ”

"Oh. Long's brows furrowed, and the harsh words floated out as if they had been prepared for a long time: "The mission of the imperial nobles is to protect the country...... Well, more precisely, to protect the dignity of the country, when the great enemy comes, if we don't hold some large-scale celebrations, by the way, show the important abilities of the yang xìng animals, how can they show their confidence in defeating the murderous enemy? As for us soldiers and mercenaries, our feet are already weak, so we can only take up arms and barely resist the enemy. This is not at all comparable to the nobles in the realm of courage. The snow beneath his feet squeaked in protest, and the name of the owner of the remark also had the symbol of nobility in it.

Over the years, large-scale events such as military dispatches, military parades, and associations have been held outside the south gate of the empire. The south gate of Dìdū connects the vast southern frontier of the empire, and the number of people who enter and exit every day is extremely large, and it is the liveliest place in terms of the 16 city gates around the empire. It's just that, today, it seems that this excitement has far surpassed the usual.

From a distance, three very tall colored buildings have been erected outside the south gate of the dìdū, and the red sè colored silk falls smoothly from the extremely high roof to the ground, and on top of the red silk, the brocade of green sè and yellow sè is bound. On the top of the Cai Lou, the magician summoned countless jīng spirits of holy light, and the jīng spirits gathered together to emit a dazzling light. There is a silver and white sè between heaven and earth, and under the backdrop of the giant color building, the originally tall Dianjiangtai seems to have become a small man.

Below the Cai Lou is a dense crowd of colorful costumes, and it seems that dìdū is holding some grand celebration.

It is evident that a significant number of the imperial nobles were among them, and the distinctive sè crowns and hats worn only on the most formal occasions made them very easily recognizable. More of the people seemed to be ordinary citizens of the Empire, and there were a considerable number of knightly troops inside and outside the crowd to maintain order - it was undoubtedly too extravagant to use the Colorful Dragon Knights, the heads of the four major jīng Rui of the Empire, to maintain the celebration ceremony when the front line was tight, and it was no wonder that the two middle-aged men made strange noises.

What's even more striking is that the snow-white continental highway suddenly turned red, and it seems that the road has been specially repaved with unique red sand - I don't know what kind of celebration I don't know who attends what kind of celebration, and I don't know who attends what kind of celebration, it is so extravagant. The minimum width of the main road of the mainland highway is 40 meters, and the width of the main road close to the big cities, especially the dìdū of various countries, is even up to 80 meters, and the 2,000-meter-long red sand paving of the mainland highway is large enough. Perhaps it was other people of the Empire who were in extremely noble positions who came to dìdū.

More and more little mercenaries came up from behind, and they saw this from a distance, and the atmosphere suddenly became depressed. No one spoke, but everyone's eyes were drifting with restlessness - singing and dancing rose to a peaceful night and night, could this be the empire that the little mercenary group painstakingly guarded after 80% casualties?

Unlike the regular army of the Empire, a mercenary group is an organization in which mercenaries earn a living with their lives, in which "survival is the only purpose". Therefore, a considerable number of mercenary groups below the C rank are quite indifferent to morality and knighthood in dealing with the mercenary business and the mercenary conventional war. More than 20% of C-class mercenary groups have betrayed their employers to some degree. Of course, once this kind of behavior happens, it will lead to a significant reduction in the scoring standards of the mercenary group, and even lose the right to upgrade forever.

For the concept of the territory, the mercenaries are even weaker, and all the mercenaries have nothing to say about the siege of Xilin Island for 10 rì - although there are so many sacrifices. For mercenaries, especially for mercenary groups above B, it is their duty to fulfill the tasks of their employers. When a mercenary group has the right to garrison and collect taxes in a certain country, then defending the land 10rì is the task that the mercenary group must fulfill.

However, now seeing such a costumed dìdū, a 600-strong mercenary group with 200 people killed in the first battle, is it really worth it?

Amy let out a long sigh and waved her hand to signal the small mercenary group to enter the East Branch Road from the main road of the Continental Highway, ready to enter the city from the southeast main gate. There are some things that are better not to be watched.

The big team had just shifted direction, and someone under the Cailou in the distance had obviously discovered the mercenary group coming up from the road, and the earthly dragoons of a colorful dragon knight regiment who were monitoring the order on the periphery seemed to have received an order, and at least 100 knights started quickly, and after just a few breaths, a column quickly turned into a four-column column. The Colorful Dragon Knights are indeed worthy of their reputation, and they randomly pulled out a squad of knights, and the mounted dragons were strictly distinguished by the four kinds of red, blue, green, and yellow, and none of the knights in the four columns of the team were chaotic.

It's a pity that such a well-trained team of knights did not appear on the battlefield...... No one gave an order, and the young member of the little mercenary regiment made a snorting sound in an extremely orderly manner to show his disdain. Amy smiled helplessly, even the leader of the mercenary group couldn't say anything at this time - the mercenary group was not an army after all.

In order to avoid the knight team galloping at high speed, several main cadres of the small mercenary group signaled the team to speed up the pace, and the uninjured little mercenary helped up the handicapped partner.

Perhaps the Earth Dragon Knight came to check the armed team that came from afar, and one of the four columns of knights actually jumped over the 4-meter-wide continental highway drainage ditch at high speed, and the snowflakes instantly formed a high jumping wall, and the red Sè Earth Dragon outflanked the little mercenaries.

The teenagers of the small mercenary group were a little surprised, and the lightning-like attack of the Earth Dragon Knight pressed up in a pincer shape, bringing huge pressure to the teenagers. At this time, there was no need for the captain to give an order, the uninjured little mercenary took a quick step forward, and the long sword of the silver sè was instantly lined up in two rows before and after, and the swordsman who went to the first row was half crouching, the long sword was slanted upward, and the second row of swordsmen was flat and the long sword was flat.

"Is there an A-class mercenary group in front of you, is your excellency Amy, the mercenary leader?"

The red dragon knights swirled in front of the little mercenary group like a wind, and all the dragon knights raised their right hands neatly and laid flat on their left chests - showing the little mercenary group a respectful military courtesy. The knight at the front had his family emblem embossed on the red armor - a roaring wolf head and three blue feathers on his helmet, obviously an Imperial squad leader-level soldier. He asked in a very respectful tone.

Oh, looking for a small mercenary group?

"Oh...... Yes, it's us. Amy stepped out of the crowd in the third row of the small mercenary group.

"Which one is Captain Amy?" more knights stopped on the side, and a vague affirmative reply was heard in the sound of galloping dragon hooves, and all the knights landed their right hands on their left chests in turn. Seeing that more than 90% of the mercenaries in front of him were teenagers who were only 17 or 8 years old, all the knights showed surprised eyes - could this be one of the only five A-level mercenary groups left in the legendary Pan Continent?

"I, I am. Amy's eyes showed a look of doubt. Before the white-clothed young man's voice fell, the orderly knight procession shook faintly, and some young knights couldn't help but whisper: "So young?"

"How is that possible?"

"A little kid?"

......

The eyes of the knight squad leader of the Colorful Dragon Knights also showed confusion and incomparable surprise, and the unique unfazed temperament of the children of the aristocratic family made this knight retain the stability of a diplomat: "Captain Amy, Your Majesty Redstone, Marshal Chi and other important ministers of the empire are waiting for your mercenary group in front, and they asked me to invite your group to participate in the award ceremony specially held for your group." ”

In the face of such a mercenary group, which is almost entirely composed of teenagers, some people may be suspicious at first, but seeing that more than 60% of the mercenaries in it are wrapped in white or red sè bandages, all the knights believe it.

"Oh?" "Not just a few people in charge, all the little mercenaries were surprised.

Amy, as well as several other principals, certainly remembered that Count Lin had mentioned that the Redstone Emperor might hold a special celebration party...... It's just that the small mercenary group is very late every day due to the wounded soldiers. Even if the dìdū side wanted to do something, it was impossible for the dìdū to make any extraordinarily big pomp and circumstance outside every day in order to welcome a small mercenary group. Therefore, according to the idea of Amy and others, it is better to enter the dìdū first, and then meet with Chi Aotian and the others, and then talk about the rest.

Of course, Amy and the others didn't know that the Red Stone Emperor had taken special care of it through the Emperor's ** Department, and every time the small mercenary group arrived at a large post station on the mainland highway, the post station would send soldiers to quickly convey the latest situation of the small mercenary group to Dìdū.

The Redstone Emperor sitting on the top of the Cailou now has an extremely detailed information on the small mercenary group, which even details the current injuries and illnesses of each mercenary.

After confirming that the person who came was indeed the protagonist of the day, the small mercenary group, the Huang Sè Xinglong team who had just surrounded him, circled half a circle on the mainland highway under the leadership of the captain and roared towards the south gate of Dìdū. The leader of the front squad had an extremely loud voice that ran through the whole world: "Small-mercenary-soldier-regiment-to-to-, Ai-mi-ha-bo-regiment-commander-driver-to-to-." ”

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