The Freedom Expeditionary Force is like a snail.

Annan, as lord and chieftain, moved forward, dragging the heavy shell with him.

The first to join them was Orlin's lieutenant, Mira Dia. This elite knight with a broad back and a muscular build was actually a woman, who had been a servant of the Montreal family for generations.

Someone has to gather the next professional to join the Free Expeditionary Force for Annan, and Mira Dia, who represents the Montreal Golden Family, is the best candidate. Moreover, Annanchai Oulin's decision may also have the participation of the palace gardens.

The joint expeditionary force, which was drawn by several horses in different directions, was defeated, and the volute led by Annan had no second heart.

As for whether the empire wants to release goodwill or wash away the shame with the help of the Freedom Expeditionary Force, Annan does not know.

All he knew was that he had just entered the Northern Province when he encountered a group of bandits outside a village.

The town behind it is indifferent, or the village is a den of bandits...... They usually plough the fields, and outsiders appear to work as bandits.

This is a common occurrence at the border, but they are looking for the wrong target.

Annan was too lazy to "release his magic to summon the blue dragon to scare the bandits into fleeing in all directions", and directly summoned Mira Dia and asked her to solve her own national affairs.

Annan watched as Mira Dia walked up to the bandits with the knight's sword in hand, and slaughtered the leader and the minions next to him with a few swords, and the rest of the bandits fled back to the village in disarray.

As a result, Mira Dia followed in. A few minutes later, she walked out with a bleeding knight's sword: "They can't stop you." ”

When Annan and the dean approached the village, they found that there were still some slaves covered in blood carrying the agricultural forks and iron swords they had picked up, as if they had just experienced a battle.

"They are civilians captured by bandits." Mira Dia said.

"The people of the empire are indeed rough."

Whether it's bandits, slaves, or Mira Dia.

The free slaves began to loot their belongings, and neither the dean nor Mira Dia looked down on them. Annan, who has a fancy to him, has no intention of snatching it from these poor people.

But the piles of belongings still amazed Annan.

The dean instructed Annan not only to look at the bandits as they amassed wealth, but also to think about what they looked like when they failed.

Annan said he remembered and asked Mira Dia: "How far are we from the town of the Grand Canyon of Zorntut?" ”

"It's not far."

……

The border town of Zorn Tut Grand Canyon.

The Grand Canyon, which runs from north to south, was heavily defended by the two countries. Because there has always been constant border friction between the Tatunn Empire and the Kingdom of Dimon.

But after the Northern Tide spirals out of control. The kingdom of Dimon withdrew all the soldiers of the southern defense line and sent them all to defend the north.

Perhaps the Kingdom of Dumont is still expecting the Empire to come in, so it is only natural that they will throw the trouble on the Montreal Golden Family.

There hasn't been much change on the Tatoon Empire's side, mainly to prevent the rat tide from suddenly rushing out of the canyon.

As soon as Annan arrived in the heavily guarded border town, he was warmly entertained by everyone from the mayor to the border guards to the mercenaries - no matter who it was, it was good to take the initiative to trouble the rat people at this time.

If Annan could refuse the mayor's dinner on the grounds that "now is not the time to celebrate", it would be difficult for Annan to decide the soldiers who had run out of the border guards and wanted to join the expeditionary force.

Mira Dia advised Annan to take in the soldiers, and the empire would not punish them.

"Why?"

The Empire is not really a barbarian, this Empire is still controlled by order.

Mira Dia whispered to Annan: "The empire wants to make amends. ”

"Make amends?"

"The branch of the family has done something wrong, you have to save the people of the branch now, Montreal can't stand idly by......"

It is no wonder that the Tatunn Empire, which had been lukewarm when the Free City was founded, suddenly became enthusiastic.

Of course, there must be the efforts of the ancestors and Ou Lin in this.

Annan didn't really have to cross this deep canyon dozens of miles long, as long as Dean Brehim's anchor falcon reached the other side of the canyon, he could teleport over.

After Mira Dia gathered about 300 soldiers and 20 mercenaries in the border town, Annan followed the dean and then opened the portal.

Annan observed the border of this strange kingdom, which was seriously underfortified, and a major border town was guarded by only a few soldiers and dozens of militiamen.

They didn't know Annan's true purpose, and only thought that the Freedom Expeditionary Force, like the previous Joint Expeditionary Force, went to hunt the nezumi.

Hopping along the western border bordering the kingdom of Dimon and the old land of Violet, Annam also traded magic stones with the locals in each place he visited.

In this way, while hurrying quickly, while trading, and while conscripting, the expeditionary force that expanded to 5,000 men encountered the first wave of nezumi since its departure: the Stoon nezumi.

"Let's go over and say hello."

Annan was going to let the expeditionary force move before the official rescue, and maybe it would reach Maria.

The number of Sturne-rat people wandering outside the border walls is about twenty or thirty thousand.

Annan gave the mages and rangers to attack freely, and the warriors and soldiers to cover the musketeers, and then prepared everyone psychologically.

As they voluntarily emerged from the walls, the Stoun began a raid.

Three teams of muskets lined up in three rows, waiting for a small rat tide like a dark cloud from far and near.

The mages and rangers were the first to vent their firepower, but the number of more than fifty made their influence feel like a boulder thrown into a river.

The clouds were getting closer and closer, and as they approached the range of the magic musket, Fermi roared, "Fire!" ”

……

Three minutes later, the numb young man came down from the second floor.

"Is this a succubus......

He was even proud of himself for undressing for a minute, running errands for a minute, and coming out for a minute - just like a mage apprentice who survived the attack of a legendary warrior.

Coming out of the tavern, the warm sea breeze blows in his face, and the young man feels that he should pursue something more important.

He continued his unfinished exploration, seeing the City Lord's Mansion and the Crystal Lair, which were far worse than those in the south, and when he saw the skeleton rat people in the wheat field, the young man couldn't help but show a trace of disgust.

Nezumi plus the undead, a double abomination.

He couldn't resist asking one of the residents, who replied that he didn't think the skeleton farmer was a mistake and needed to free people from these basic jobs.

"Why liberation? Who did they liberate to be farmers? ”

The young man wondered. Thinking that if it were me, I would ...... Only...... It dawned on him that this wasn't a bad idea. The nobility of the southern countries only needed peasants, and it didn't matter who was the peasant.

Skeletons are tireless, don't collect taxes, don't make trouble, and can fight nezumi, vampires, and other lords at critical moments.

The young man finds himself finally finding an opportunity to work with Liberty City. As for magical images, magical newspapers, and so on...... It's just boring trade.

"I want to meet your lord."

(End of chapter)