Solomon walked unhurriedly on the road to Ansbach, the closest to the alien stronghold in the Duchy of Saxony.

Ansbach was originally guarded by the Knights of the Dragon, but after the Aliens appeared and defeated the Knights of the Dragon, the Two-Headed Dragon and the Knights of the Rising Dragon also stayed here for a while, until an agreement was reached with Ferdinand and the Aliens, the Two-Headed Dragon Knights left, and the Knights of the Rising Dragon, the second in the Principality, guarded the area to monitor the aliens.

From time to time, horse-drawn carriages passed by on the road, and well-meaning people would ask Solomon if he needed a ride, but Solomon refused with a smile.

He insisted on walking, not to exercise, but to follow Agatha's breath through Paradise Lost's ability to communicate with plants.

He rejected Kraussa's desire to send someone to accompany him, and he didn't want too many people to know about Agatha's search. He spent only one day in the Bourbon stronghold, and asked Nigaul to privately find out if there was a girl who looked like Agatha, but there was no clue, and Solomon guessed that she was disguised as a man.

Perhaps in a few days, Franklin will send someone to Liguria and join the search by helping with the defense and the trade rights of the shareholders.

But perhaps Solomon was more sure of finding Agatha first, this was Liguria after all, and it was in the hands of the natives who were not weak, and even if Franklin sent someone, it would be difficult to start in a completely alien alien plane that could enter the war at any time.

And although Solomon had only his own way, he had Paradise Lost to help.

Of course, Paradise Lost is not omnipotent, with its power. Solomon was able to share his vision with distant plants. But there is still a distance limit. The stronger his mental power, the farther he can communicate with the plant.

In addition, if Agatha happened to leave his own breath on some kind of plant in the place where he passed, Solomon also had a chance to find it, after all, even Franklin in this world may not be more familiar with Agatha's breath than he is.

However, chasing the breath is not safe, it is very easy to be confused with the past, and it requires extremely fine mental sensing and contrast. So Solomon had to walk, and if he was in a carriage and moving too fast, he would probably have let the clue go.

He had the breath of Agatha to find on this road, so Agatha definitely passed through this road.

However, just one breath cannot completely judge the direction of Agatha's travel, and the second and third places need to be found.

A few hours later, Solomon spotted a second spot similar to her scent on the side of the road, next to a broken plant.

So it seems. She seemed to have followed this road to Ansbach, but now she was less than half the distance from Ansbach. It would be better to find a third place to corroborate it.

Solomon carefully discerned that the condition for this kind of aura with the help of plants was that there must be plants that were contaminated with Agatha's scent, such as touched, broken, and touched by her, and then Solomon's spirit swept and connected with Paradise Lost, and it was possible to discover the subtle difference in this contamination with his familiarity with Agatha.

But this breath fades over time, and if it rains and plants die, the breath may disappear and the clue will be cut off, so even if Solomon uses this method, he can only grasp the place where Agatha first passed, and once she enters the complex area of Ansbach and leaves, it is much more difficult to recapture it in this way.

"I wish she were in Ansbach. Solomon said to himself.

After another hour, Solomon entered a small town called Bolgley, where he found another scent of Agatha, proving that she had rested there.

Since it was not too early, Solomon decided to rest here as well and make his way tomorrow.

In addition to the original inhabitants of the town, the only outsiders in this town are merchants from the Bourbon camp, who occasionally stay here for one night in the evening.

Solomon sat on the bed, and with the help of Paradise Lost, he found two more breaths of Agatha that had come into contact with the plants in the town, and there were no clues to find them again.

His spirit continued to search the wilderness outside the town, but found no trace, which proved that Agatha did not enter the wilderness when she arrived in the town, and that she was most likely disguised as a male adventurer or merchant, riding on a horse or carriage, and after a night's rest in the town, she was on the road again, and if she wanted to continue her search, he should visit the city of Ansbach.

After some exploration, Solomon was about to regain his spirit and cut off the connection with Paradise Lost, such a large-scale spiritual connection would quickly make people tired, and the farther he searched, the greater the mental energy consumption.

But all of a sudden, as if something had come out, he snorted—

"Captain, there's a small town ahead. The pathfinder told Mane.

Manie couldn't help but perk up, there is a small town, which means that there is a place for supplies, he and his men have been chased by the enemy for several days, and finally desperately got rid of the pursuers, this town is really timely rain, you can go in to replenish it, and then rest for a while.

"Brothers, there is a place to eat, drink and rest, go there, quickly. Manie pointed in the direction of the small town of Bolghley.

There were not many of his men left, and there were less than twenty percent of the original team left, and not even a squadron could be enough, but all that remained were light cavalry, riding unarmored horses with long knives and short bows.

The horse caravan stormed into the town of Bolgley, and Mangie and his men violently woke up all the townspeople, and demanded that the two hundred or so people in the town, including Solomon, gather together.

The townspeople thought they had encountered bandits and wept in fear.

But Solomon noticed that even the most timid women and children did not recite the names of the gods in the hope of being blessed.

In Liguria, magic is not developed enough, religion is also in decline, according to the information provided by the Bourbons, in the history of this plane, there has also been a celestial brilliance, called the Cult of Light.

In fact, this religion still exists now, but the territory that can control zhì is pitifully small, only the most central city in the mainland, Olbia, is still under the control of the Cult of Light, where there is still the last great temple of the Cult of Light, where King Crow III is located.

Although it is very annoying to be mistaken for bandits by the residents of the town. But Manie announced it to the townspeople. They are not robbers. They are mercenary groups.

To be precise, it was a former mercenary group, and the large number of mercenary groups is another feature of the Ligurian plane, and they also have a special mercenary union and mercenary group rankings.

However, after the last defeat, Mane's mercenary group has definitely fallen in ranking, and it may even be removed.

Manie rolled over and dismounted, and the townspeople had stopped panicking, bringing water and bread from their storehouses, as well as a small amount of meat to offer to the defeated mercenary group.

Solomon was in the middle of the crowd. Watching this group of wounded cavalrymen casually tie their horses aside, light a fire in the center of the town, gather together to eat and drink, and see that their bodies are almost exhausted.

"Commander, I'm going to set up a whistle. After a short rest, the scouts in the mercenary group voluntarily departed, and they had to scout the situation around the town, and then set up sentries in a hidden and observable position to prevent the pursuers.

"Alright, let's get some sleep. Mane breathed a sigh of relief.

It was a fiasco. He was hired by the Kingdom of Saxony to raid an arsenal of the Holy Lannes Empire, a task that was at best C difficulty in the Mercenary Guild. But hell, it will run into the Bloody Smoke Mercenary Group, the third-ranked mercenary group in the mercenary rankings.

So Mane's mercenary group suffered a crushing defeat, and the blood smoke mercenary group was in hot pursuit, this third-ranked mercenary group was ambitious, and ruthless, and all the enemies encountered, they tried to slaughter and poke as much as possible, so it will have the name of blood smoke.

And they are bent on surpassing the second-ranked Silver Hand, and completely destroying a mercenary group with a name on the leaderboard can definitely increase the mercenary points.

Therefore, after defeating Mane's mercenary group, the Blood Smoke Mercenary Group bit like a vicious wolf, relying on the superiority of troops and soldiers, and divided into several ways to form an encirclement and annihilate them.

Mane and the others desperately broke through the siege, and only the light cavalry in the mercenary group escaped because of their speed and high combat power.

Manie also sat down in front of the fire, his face ashen, the blow was great for him.

This mercenary group was set up by him with great painstaking efforts, and it became what it is now in a few days.

It is definitely not an easy task to rebuild, not to mention the money needed, the reputation of this fiasco alone will seriously affect the reconstruction of the mercenary group.

What should I do in the future, Manie subconsciously looked at the faces beside the fire, he definitely not only has interests but also feelings for this mercenary group, and every mercenary left now is a good brother who shares life and death with him.

"Hello, Captain Mane. An unfamiliar voice interrupted Mane's musings.

"Commander, this guy has to see you and say that he has something to say to you. The mercenary who led the way.

Manie stood up and said coldly, "You don't look like a resident here, what do you want to say to me?"

"Yes, I'm just a passer-by, and I happen to be here tonight, but I'm asking you if you're being pursued. ”

Mane couldn't help but press his hand on the hilt of his sword, but suddenly two terrifying imposings came from behind the man who spoke, one furious like the waves of the sea, and the other cold, like a sharp arrow shot from the shadows.

He couldn't help but be taken aback, the two guards around this guest who spent the night in the town were not simple, so what was his origin?

"What the hell are you trying to say?"

"Commander Mane, I want to tell you that if you are indeed being pursued, then your time may be running out, for I perceive that this town is approaching a troop of men and horses that will soon be pursued. ”

"How do you know?" Manie was taken aback, but at this time he was also like a frightened bird, and he couldn't help but be suspicious.

At this moment, the sentry that had gone out before rushed into the town like a wind, and before the horses stopped, the people had already fallen from above, but they didn't care about the appearance of the wolf, and hurriedly said: "Regiment Commander, a squadron of the Bloody Smoke Mercenary Regiment has found us, Kai and Shilinger have gone to lure them away, but it is estimated that it will not be able to confuse them for long, Kai tells everyone to go quickly." ”

"Fight with them, we won't run away. The mercenaries beside the fire stood up and began to wield their swords and horses.

Mane's face was extremely difficult to see, he originally thought that he had escaped the pursuit of the Bloody Smoke Mercenary Group, but he didn't expect to be caught up, but fortunately there was only one squadron.

However, their own numbers are still at a disadvantage, and their body has not fully recovered, the battle is bound to be lost, but it may be difficult to escape, and the Blood Smoke Mercenary Group will definitely have backup.

"I'm sorry, brothers, but I brought you to this fate. Manie said heavily.

"Fight with them, Captain. Someone raised a long knife, and the crowd rang out.

There were also people who shouted at the townspeople who had already hid in various houses: "Don't hide, it's the Bloody Smoke Mercenary Group, have you heard of their names, they will do the same thing to you, and the chickens and dogs will not be left." ”

The townspeople were silent, and after a while a voice said with a panic: "I, I'm the mayor of this town, and I've heard that they're known for their ferocity, more brutal than robbers, but we can't beat them." ”

Mane raised his hands, "Quiet, brothers, they have caught up and will not let us go." Okay, then we're ready to fight with them. ”

He turned to the townspeople who were hiding in the houses and said, "Don't hide anymore, it's useless to hide, the Bloodsmoke Mercenary Group will kill you and burn this town again, the defenders of Ansbach have no time to rescue, and the Bloodsmoke Mercenary Group has now taken refuge in the Holy Lana Empire." ”

"And this gentleman, are you and your two men willing to fight side by side?" Manie looked at Solomon solemnly, if these three people helped, maybe there was a glimmer of hope, because he couldn't see the depth of Solomon's height, but Chebman and Nigaul gave him a great sense of oppression, and it was very likely that he was a powerful warrior.

"Hehe, I'm not going to go straight into this fight. ”

Solomon's refusal made Mane's face change greatly, he didn't expect Solomon to refuse, and couldn't help but say: "The Blood Smoke Mercenary Group will not be kind because they will pass by. ”

Solomon smiled and said, "But if you want, I can help you indirectly." ”

"Indirectly help me?" said Manne, suspiciously.

"They trust you and adore you?" asked Solomon, looking at Mane's men.

This can be seen from the eager faces, even after a great defeat, these subordinates of Mane are still willing to live and die with him, and still trust him.

"They trust me as much as I trust them. As for worship. Manie smiled bitterly, "A few days ago I was also confident that I would lead them to higher glory, so maybe there was worship a few days ago, but now ......"

"No, Captain, you will always be our good Captain. One of the mercenaries exclaimed, "Worship can be of many kinds, not necessarily powerful, but also something else. ”

"If that's the case, maybe, I can help you. Solomon smiled. (To be continued......)