"The Valam Bay is located at the confluence of the Inser and Valam rivers, where the confluence of the rivers forms a vast lake, and the Wildfire City is built on a high slope not far from the lake, and a large port has been built around the excellent shipping routes and rich fishing resources of the Valam Bay."

Ronan rode his war horse to the forefront.

He was followed by Elena, as well as two other members of the team who had previously been recruited at the Hearthburgh Tavern.

Vano and his wife, Miriam, are both in their early thirties.

As both husband and wife awakened, they decided to leave the remote village together and come to the battlefield of Silver Collar and Dragon's Tooth City.

Ronan had spoken to them, and the couple was different from other Awoken mercenaries who were eager to make a name for themselves.

The main reason why they are determined to come here is for their children.

The two have a 10-year-old boy and a six-year-old daughter who are currently in foster care with relatives in the village.

They want to make enough money on the battlefield to bring back to the village to become a miller.

And let your children have a better future.

It may sound easy, but it is far more difficult than imagined for ordinary people to live in poverty and achieve a class leap in this era.

The miller already belonged to the upper echelons of the village, second only to the ruling aristocracy, and in addition to the high cost of holding the position, he also needed to obtain a certain status.

Vano awakens the thermal sensation of the Pioneer Blood, which can be blocked through walls and trees, and sense whether there is any living thing behind him.

And based on the heat felt, it can be judged whether it is a human or another type of small animal.

And his wife Miriam's awakening is a textile continuation of the sage's blood.

Able to sew leather armor dresses with magic threads, and even sew wounds, speeding up healing.

The awakening ability of the two is not bad, but it is a pity that they lack the strength to fight head-on, and they can't change their weak position in the village in a short time.

He was even ostracized by the village chief and lord because of this, so he turned to the battlefield, hoping to gain wealth and fame here.

When Ronan signs the contract with them, he clarifies the location of their hometown of Bluewater.

And promised that if there was an accident between the two, they would provide each person with a pension of hardware coins to send to their children and relatives in their hometown.

Since the two of them didn't know how to ride horses, Vano was sitting on Ronan's horse embarrassedly at the moment, looking around curiously.

Her wife, Miriam, sat behind Elena, and the two talked to each other.

"What people!"

At this time, a patrol of cavalry spotted them and stopped them from a distance of fifty meters.

The shield in the opponent's hand depicts a blooming cornflower, which is the symbol of the Silver Alliance, indicating that they are soldiers on the Silver Collar side.

The same logo was printed on the identification slip in Ronan's hand.

Seeing that some of these soldiers had already set up their bows and arrows, Ronan took out the examination slip in his arms and told him his identity.

After confirming that everything was correct, the patrolling cavalry laid down their weapons, got out of the way, and gave them permission.

Because not long ago, Wildfire City had just ended a tragic siege battle, which made Ronan and the others see the remains of various wars on the road nearby.

The severed limbs of corpses that were too late to dispose of, the gray-black farmland formed by incineration, the wreckage of large trebuchets that were abandoned, and so on.

The air was filled with a disgusting, rotting stench.

They were now within the confines of Wildfire City, and what they saw was the outer city that had been destroyed in the war.

The outer city of Wildfire City has no walls, and the whole city is distributed according to the river, port, castle, residential area, and farmland.

Protected by tall walls is the Flame Fortress located on a high slope.

It was inhabited by the lords of the city and their vassals, and it was also the scene where the war broke out at its worst.

Fort Flame has now been captured by the Silver Alliance's Second Army, which is in charge of the battlefield at Valan.

After occupying the castle, this army is constantly expanding its defensive line on the perimeter of the castle, preparing to resist the counterattack of the Dragon's Tooth City army.

As for mercenary groups like Ronan, most of their tasks are to help the army maintain order in the port and the outer city.

Previous wars have been far from eliminating the resistance in Wildfire City.

There are still a large number of scattered enemy soldiers and unwilling residents lurking in the harbor and outer towns.

They will disguise their surrender and try to steal secrets behind their backs, assassinate the top brass of the Silver Alliance, etc.

Constantly cause all kinds of trouble, harass the enemy.

The complex terrain of the city and the approaching enemy army made it impossible for the Silver Alliance's Second Army to deal with these resistance forces in a short period of time.

It was therefore decided to subcontract these areas to mercenary groups, who would be solely responsible for managing them and eliminating all threats.

When Ronan met a military officer who had come out of the Flame Castle, his Lion King mercenary group was also assigned an area.

It was a whole street near the river in the port.

He needed to count the people on the street who still lived there.

Make sure they don't threaten, and stand there against enemy soldiers in the next attack.

"We're in charge here? It doesn't mean that we will have to wait for the enemy to capture the outer city and the Flame Fortress before it will be our turn. ”

Elena frowned as she confirmed the location of the street they were responsible for from Ronan.

If it really comes to that time, what is the difference between it and the rout of the whole line, there is no room for them to play at all.

"No, on the contrary, the area we are responsible for is probably the front line of the next war."

Ronan pressed his finger to the river next to the port, "The next counterattack in Dragon's Tooth City will most likely be flanked from both sides, with some infantry attacking from the outer city, while the other part will take a warship from the Central Bank Province and raid the docks." ”

Due to the limited geographical location and the lack of warships, it was difficult for the Silver Alliance to attack Wildfire City from the waterway, and could only attack head-on.

However, the Dragon's Tooth Army, which was supported by some nobles from the central provinces, was different.

They are fully capable of dividing their forces and taking the waterway.

There was a lack of large rivers near Black Rock City, and Elena, who didn't know much about warships and shipping, only reacted after listening to his words.

"But I don't think the army of the Silver Alliance has laid out too many soldier defenses in the port, they wouldn't have thought of it, right?"

"I'm afraid they can't manage it, they can't be sure where the enemy's main offensive force is, so they simply plan to let the main force stick to the Flame Castle."

Ronan remembered what he had just learned about the army, "As long as the Flame Fortress is not lost, they can carry out a counterattack at any time, so that they will generously hand over the port and the outer city directly to the mercenary group to manage, so that they can resist the first wave of offensive." ”

You must know that the siege war has just ended, and the spoils of war in the city have not yet been looted by the army.

At this time, giving these areas to the mercenary group is tantamount to giving away the wealth inside.

(End of chapter)