"Brutal, brutal." Lydia complained on the side.

The black condensation snow made a handprint, and the feather fan set off a wave of monstrous fire to cover the squad that pretended to surrender, and at the same time did not forget to reply: "What's the matter, Her Royal Highness the Virgin's heart wants to spare them?" ”

Lydia hurriedly shook her head, "Only a fool who has never really seen the light and darkness of the world will blindly take the moral high ground regardless of facts and morality - do you think I look like a person who speaks in that kind of aura?" ”

Black Condensation Snow smashed into another fireball, "Like, it's so like, your aura is so dazzling that I can't even look at it directly." ”

In the midst of the joke, the box containing the fake head was hit by Mars. Only a loud "boom" was heard, and a yellow-brown poisonous mist exploded in the center of the battlefield!

The few surrendered soldiers who did not die thought that there was still a way to live, but they were shrouded in poisonous fog. After only a few seconds, I saw that their whole bodies were festering and quickly turned into puddles of pus and blood!

The power and speed of this poisonous mist were so powerful and fast that Hei Ningxue and Lydia were stunned in place, and it took a long time for the two of them to say in unison: "Cruel, too brutal." ”

"Your Royal Highness Princess, retreat quickly!" Suddenly, someone among the soldiers shouted, "The wind is about to change, and the poisonous fog will drift towards us!" ”

Lydia looked up and saw that it was Nacian who spoke. Although she was not familiar with this person, she still had some impressions of the fat girl who was poisoned.

can take care of his family like this, he should be a credible person. Such a thought quickly flashed through Lydia's heart, and she immediately ordered: "The whole army turns around and quickly evacuates the poisonous fog area!" ”

With her order, the whole army retreated twenty miles and set up camp.

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Why did Nacian appear in Lydia's army?

Everything in the world cannot escape the law of "true fragrance", and Naxi is not an exception.

Let's rewind the clock two weeks ago, when he said for the fifteenth time that he would not defect to the army, he asked a real estate broker about the price of the Oasis City.

Daddy Shraf's family has a great kindness to him, he is not an ungrateful person, so he secretly plans to come back with a shop for his father, which can be regarded as giving them a new home.

But what he didn't expect was that the house price of the Red Pavilion was so ridiculously expensive, and a store facing the street actually sold for 300 gold coins! In his impression, even the princes and nobles of the abolished capital were not so casual to come up with such a large sum of money.

"Are all the people in the Red Pavilion already rich to this extent?" He humbly asked the broker, "We're just a homeless family." ”

The broker shook his head, "There are many types of houses in the Red Pavilion, such as shops and villas, which can be traded freely, so the prices are very high; The house where the average person lives cannot be used as a commercial use, and the price is lower; Residents who have just arrived at the Red Pavilion can rent apartments for a few silver coins per month. ”

Nacian asked, "If you want to open a small tavern, restaurant, or something, how can it be more cost-effective?" ”

The merchant took out a quotation and said, "If you can't afford to buy a shop, you can also consider renting it, and the rent of the landlord in this neighborhood is about 5 gold coins per month." He suddenly glanced at Nacian's outfit and smiled, "Or consider renting a 'food city' stall, which only costs 1 gold coin a month." ”

Nacian quickly calculated in his mind: renting stalls, buying raw materials, buying kitchen utensils, renting and buying furniture...... The cost of all kinds adds up, and it has to cost more than 10 gold coins.

Carrying the 50 silver coins in his pocket that sold the saddle sheath, he couldn't help but get entangled.

Probably seeing what was on his mind, the merchant asked in a low voice, "Little brother, there is a chance to make a fortune, will you do it?" ”

When people are poor, they will always have to bow to the world.

Seeing that Nacian nodded, the merchant said, "I see that you are strong, why don't you consider going down to join the army?" ”

"Do you want to be a private soldier?" Nacian had a complicated expression.

"The Red Pavilion doesn't have a private soldier." The merchant picked up a wooden stick and drew it on the sand board, "The Red Pavilion conscripts for a total of five years, and a monthly subsidy of 10 silver coins. If you can become a non-commissioned officer, you can receive a salary of more than 50 silver coins. ”

It's not a great deal, but it's still a bit appealing.

"If one member of the family enlists in the army, the apartment is rent-free." The merchant knocked on the sandboard, "Especially the tax can be halved!" ”

For merchants, taxes are something more annoying than death.

"If you retire after five years, there's a big stipend." The merchant looked up and thought for a moment, "It's about 30 gold coins." ”

Nacian's eyes began to light up, "Sounds like this is a lot better than being a private soldier." ”

The merchant laughed, "That's so much better." There are a lot of opportunities for the soldiers of the Red Pavilion, and I heard that there is a private soldier who has become a garrison officer in a certain city in the north, and even if ordinary soldiers retire, they will be given priority in arranging work. ”

He lowered his voice again: "If you are injured in the army, you can get free medical treatment, and you will not be left in the desert to die." ”

Nacian sighed, "That's not bad, after all, there will inevitably be casualties when you are a soldier." ”

"If you're not very lucky." The merchant bulldozed the words on the sandboard, "With the ingenuity of the unsmiling lord and the courage of Princess Lydia, most of them will come back alive." If you die, the Red Pavilion will give your family a monthly pension. ”

In this way, Nacian did not hesitate to go to the conscription office to fill in his name, and said to Father Shraf and the little fat cat: "Bibis's crime is extremely evil, and I must not sit idly by as a mad tsar, and must eradicate him." ”

It is worthy of being a royal family with aristocratic education, and everything is said on the moral high ground. Father Shraf and Chubby Cat were completely powerless to refute it, and could only reluctantly agree to it.

With his excellent performance in the previous martial arts arena, Naxi naturally passed the recruitment assessment smoothly. After a week of training in the boot camp, he said goodbye to Daddy Shraf and the little fat cat and hurried to the front.

Although he had received a lot of combat training in the palace of the Wild Sand Empire, Nacian was still very nervous when he went to the battlefield for the first time.

"Don't worry too much." "Your first task is to stand neatly behind the princess and look at Blue Rock City from afar. ”

This was the most ridiculous task Nacian had ever heard, and he couldn't help but confirm it once: "Just watch?" ”

Fili smiled confidently, "Yes, Bibith has arranged such a tight defense, which shows that he is a turtle immortal by nature, and he will never rush to attack. All we need to do is stand behind the princess and wave the flag when necessary. ”

In disbelief, Naxian watched as the "surrender faction" of Blue Rock City slowly approached, and then watched the Black Condensing Snow Soul Technique surge to easily annihilate them.

Until the moment when the poisonous mist exploded, Naxi secretly admired in his heart: "This seemingly weak beauty has such a delicate mind, and she has such soul art attainments at such a young age, if she practices for a few more years, I am afraid that even the Great Mage of the Protector of the Kingdom will not be far behind." ”

At this moment, he suddenly had a subtle feeling.

The wind direction of the Wild Sand Empire has always been changeable, and he has long lived in the desert and has already developed a unique way of sensing the direction of the wind.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, retreat quickly!" He hurriedly shouted, "The wind direction is about to change, and the poisonous mist will drift towards us!" ”

As if to confirm his prediction, shortly after Lydia ordered the troops to retreat, a poisonous mist swept towards them under the influence of the demonic wind.

Fortunately, Nacian warned them in time, and they had already withdrawn to a safe area. Looking at the poisonous mist dissipating in the air, Lydia was very happy, "I didn't expect that there are still talents in the army who can identify the direction of the wind, I'm really glad." ”

Hei Ningxue was also very happy beside her, "That's right, which beauty and wisdom combined beauty recruited them?" ”

Lydia poked her with the barrel of her gun in disgust, then turned to Fili and said, "We're going back to the camp now, and remember to give that warrior some reward." ”

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The whole army quickly set up camp twenty miles away, and as soon as the tents of the recruits were set up, Nacian walked in with a jug of fine wine and a bag of fine dried meat.

"Ho, look at this lucky little one." A big man with a gavel sniffed and rubbed his nose over.

Another girl with two knives on her back looked at him with a grin, "I didn't expect this princess to be really generous, and there is a reward for saying a word." ”

"That sounds a little sour." The middle-aged man put down the spear in his hand and laughed beside him.

Nacian already knew these three opponents when he was training as a recruit.

The strong man with the gavel is named Crohn, who has a natural brute force, and used to be a coolie, and others call him "Big Hammer", greedy and gluttonous.

Eggers, a girl with two knives, is not in keeping with her appearance in that she is actually a butcher, and her knife skills seem to have been learned when she slaughtered animals. In her words, humans, like brutes, can be stabbed to death.

As for the middle-aged man who often referred to himself as a "veteran", his name was Bud. A mercenary who has been a mercenary for a while, he is a very timid and cautious person. His wise words are: Live and talk.

Nacian laughed, "I don't know if the words are sour or not, but this meat smells like a thief." ”

The other recruits' eyes flashed with excitement and they gathered together. Nacian smiled as he handed out jerky and wine to everyone.

Eating delicious jerky and drinking mellow wine, there was a happy atmosphere in the new barracks.

"Yo, looks like I'm late?" Fili and Danica burrow into the boot camp and find everyone with a bulging mouth, except for the empty table.

The recruits burst into laughter.

They were already familiar with the officer system of the Red Pavilion, and all the officers could get along amicably, except for the grim faces that did not smile. If you meet in private, you can make a little joke.

"Veteran" Bard asked, "Is General Fili here to deliver military orders?" ”

Fili spread out a topographical map on the table, "Yes, Bebith has set up a big picture, and we have observed that there are sixteen strongholds outside the city that can support each other, and they are connected by moats between them, and they cover each other with the archers behind the wooden fence, which is not easy to deal with. ”

He pointed to the distribution of strongholds on the map, "Now let me convey the princess's preliminary plan: after dark tonight, we will launch a three-wheeled catapult attack. After the attack, the new battalion was responsible for taking two strongholds in the northwest, ending the battle within three hours, immediately building fortifications and switching to a defensive position, using the enemy's strongholds against the enemy. ”