[The main force of the rat people has not yet been assembled, and it is still far away from the Great Wall of the North. At this moment, all that is wandering is the stragglers. Before the big battle begins, it's time to warm up. There are a few rats scattered around us to the north. Find them, leave them alone, and surprise the McKenn rat!

The hunt period lasts for a week, and the hunted nezumi represent your exploits, cut off their ears, and bring them back. You'll be rewarded and take part in the Empire's grand parade after the war! 】

"It's really full of Taturn imperial style...... "Annan asked the official who informed him, "what is my mission?" ”

"There is no task, just leave the Great Wall and clean up the rat people for hundreds of miles around. If you are brave, you can go deeper, but be careful not to be greedy for merit, as you will lose a lot of money and become a laughing stock. ”

There was something strange about the young officer's tone...... It seems that he wants to remind Annan with a warning again, and when he leaves, he looks like he wants to say something.

"Is there anything I can do for you?" Annan asked proactively.

"You and Miss Isha are ...... reality"

Annan thought for a moment before realizing that he was talking about Princess Crimson: "We are good friends and allies in reality. ”

"That's good......" The young official breathed a sigh of relief, and out of gratitude, he reminded: "The empire is strong, and it will be beneficial for the hunt operation to get second......"

"First?"

The young officer had a strange expression: "You still want to surpass the Black Watch Legion?" ”

"That's right."

Seeing off the young officials, Annan told Fermi and Blom, who were waiting outside, that they were ready to fight.

"I'm going to make the scalp of the nezumi into leather boots!" Fermi went to mobilize in high spirits.

Blom was much calmer: "Are you going?" ”

Annan excused his adventure: "I can't stay on the walls by myself." ”

"Then we'll follow you."

Following Annan's three teams, the Fourth Legion was responsible for finding the enemy, Hellfire was responsible for solving the enemy, and the Elite was responsible for keeping the enemy from approaching Annan.

In addition, Annan also borrowed the ghosts of the Fourth Legion and asked them to carry the Philosopher's Stone to record his actions and those of the two legions.

"What's the use of that?" Blom asked.

"How can people on the outside know about our contributions? Just with a dry battle report? Annan tossed the Eternal Philosopher's Stone to the ghost, "With this, even if we don't kill a few nezumi, they can't accuse us of anything." It also brings attention. ”

In view of the fact that the war came earlier than expected, Annan canceled today's training and gave the two corps a day off.

At the distribution that night, the material officer distributed enough supplies to Annan, so that he had no worries - there was none, but Annan didn't want to pay for the war himself.

When the supply officer was about to leave, Annan suddenly remembered something: "What is the name of that quartermaster?" ”

The material officer walked away with a look of scum.

But at least Annan knew her name: Frans.

The next day, before dawn, thirty forces assembled at the Black Watch Legion's quarters.

The Great Wall of the North does not have a gate, so they can only teleport out.

When he was preparing, the commander of the Black Watch came to Annan with the tone of an elder - because of his relationship with his ancestors, Annan was regarded by the empire as half of his own, and he was not quite the same as those vassals.

He told Annan some precautions and hinted that he could follow them.

Annan politely rejected the kindness of Black Watch: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Excellency Commander, but we are also part of the coalition army, and we always have to do something for the empire." ”

The commander of the legion was in awe and patted Annan on the shoulder: "Please drink when you come back from hunting!" ”

Annan watched the legion commander walk away with a smile, and suddenly bared his teeth and rubbed his shoulders and asked Blom for help: "Call the mage to come and treat me, I suspect that the shoulder bone is cracked!" ”

When the first rays of light shone on the top of the city walls, the mages stationed in the city opened thirty portals in front of the ranks of the various forces.

The 4th Army was the first to set out, followed by Annan and the Elite Team.

Annan, stepping through the portal, appeared on the edge of a sparse wood. He looked up and saw the long black serpent on the horizon behind him.

It should be about 10 miles from the city wall.

Looking to both sides, Annan could see nothing.

Fifty thousand people may be a lot, but they can't make waves in this hundreds of miles of wilderness.

Annan commanded the white dragon to take off, looking for traces of the nezumi in the surroundings, and when he found the nezuman, he took the hovering as a signal.

As a result, in one morning, they found no trace of the rat people within thirty miles of the surrounding area.

Is the information wrong?

This is the source of the Empire, and it is not a big problem to go wrong...... That is, the nezumi are still ahead.

"Keep going. The limit that the empire has drawn for us is a hundred miles. ”

The Hellfire Legion has a weakness that everyone knows: it is made up of ordinary people.

Coupled with the fact that their teleportation location is in woodland, it limits their travel speed.

Annan simply left Hellfire, the Fourth Legion, and the elite team in place, and Annan took a few people to the front line on the White Dragon.

At the very least, we must be ahead of the other forces.

"Wouldn't that be a bit risky?" Blom only cares about Annan's safety.

"We're here to guard the Wall, and sooner or later we're going to have to confront the McCain clan, so it's imperative to take some risks now."

The Hellfire Legion hasn't fought for nearly half a year, and most of them are recruits...... They must be accustomed to war.

Annan picked eleven people to climb the back of the white dragon with him, and the dragon boy Elder commanded them to take off and march north.

It didn't take long for the sharp-eyed elves to spot a group of ratmen hiding in the woods, but there were only a few dozen.

Annan was too lazy to make a big move. They split up and let the three-headed white dragon and the elven ranger deal with the small group of nezumen, and they moved on.

A hundred miles is only an hour's distance for the White Dragon.

They quickly flew out of the woods, and about ten minutes later, Annan saw an extended line on the flank.

There are a lot of people and it should be the vanguard of the Black Watch...... They aggressively make the ranks narrow and long, like an elongated snake, which is easily attacked.

But still not as radical as Annan: he pulled his head out and threw it out.

Not long after the Black Watch, about 30 miles from the invisible dividing line drawn by the hunt, Annan spotted a sparse and scattered colony of rats like ants.

They eat everything, and wherever they go, the fertile grasslands are encroached upon and barren soil is exposed.

These nezumi are roughly estimated to be in the tens of thousands, which should be enough for them to digest for a while.

Annan landed on a low hill on the edge of the rat colony and opened three portals in succession.

Goblins begin to dig fortifications and traps, and soldiers check magic muskets before battle.

The movement gradually caught the attention of the rats, who did not react to run away, but rushed with red eyes.

Fermi sneered and raised his hand: "Let them get close and then fire, don't scare away our exploits." ”

(End of chapter)