In the room, the old wolf and Noren sat opposite each other, and Yuna served hot tea to the two and stood quietly behind Nolan.

"What?"

Noren frowned, "You said our caravan was robbed on the way back to Peak City?" ”

"Yes."

The old wolf wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, "This caravan is not only carrying your goods, but also a large number of our own supplies. Master Harrison was furious, he had gathered his mercenary group and prepared to go outside the city to get the goods back. ”

Noren muttered: "I think it's not ordinary bandits who can cut off the trade routes of Linfeng City, but the grassland people who invaded the border fortress, right?" ”

"Who else but those brutes?"

"Can your people alone handle them? Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I have heard that the fighting power of the steppe people is quite strong. ”

"Don't mention it, apart from ourselves, can you expect that group of shrunken turtles from the City Lord's Mansion to do anything?"

Speaking of this old wolf, he got angry, gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Harrison visited the City Lord's Mansion last night, and he kept talking about it late at night and failed to persuade the City Lord to send the Knights to support us. ”

"It shouldn't be......"

Noren pondered, "Linfeng City is located in the remote west, and many materials, including food, are dependent on imports, and once they are cut off from supplies and surrounded by a lonely city, the situation will become very difficult.

"If the City Lord's Mansion can send the Knights to support you, it is not only a favor to you, but also equivalent to breaking through the material blockade of the steppe people, which is of great strategic significance, can't they even consider such a simple stake?"

"Of course they do." The old wolf scoffed, "They just want to be too desperate for their lives, and they are only willing to provide all kinds of assistance except people." ”

"What kind of assistance exactly?" Nolan asked.

"I want to think about it...... Master Harrison has said that before we do so, the City Lord's Mansion will launch a feint attack from other directions to attract the attention of the other Prairie forces.

"At the same time, the scouts of the Peak City Legion will share information with us, and if we succeed, within the reach of the defenders, the City Lord's Mansion will also do its best to cover our return to the city—

"But let me say it's, and in the end they're reluctant to send even a single squad of the Knights to help us fight head-on. Damn, can these eggless guys really be called knights!? ”

"I see." Nolan exhaled slowly, tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest of the chair, and said:

"The City Lord's Mansion asked you to be the vanguard of the fight against the Prairie People, presumably with the intention of testing the true strength of the enemy.

"If this battle can be successful, we can let the City Lord's Mansion know that there is no need to back down again and again, and we are fully capable of defeating them head-on.

"And if it fails, it will mean that the trade routes of Peak City will be cut off, and we may not be able to get supplies from the outside world for a long time......

"After the defeat, I am afraid that the battle strategy of the City Lord's Mansion will become more conservative, and it will be impossible for us to defeat the steppe people alone...... This is a battle that can only be won, not lost. ”

"Haha, it's still the reader who thinks far-reaching."

The old wolf stood up with a smile, "I only know that in the face of these hyenas on the grassland, I must hurt them and teach them a hard lesson, so that they will not dare to make mistakes." If you don't give them some color, can we really be bullied? ”

"That's right." Nolan nodded, and stood up as well, "Tell Harrison that we'll join him tonight as well." ”

"What!" The old wolf was taken aback, "Are you serious?" I'm just here to tell you about it, not to pull you into the water. ”

"What, we're getting in the way of you?"

"No, no, it's a great help, and now everyone's manpower is extremely valuable."

The old wolf looked at Nolan and Yuna.

Needless to say, the latter was a powerful fifth-order knight. He had witnessed Yuna fight with Leod after drinking the liberation potion, so he naturally had no doubts about his strength.

And even Noren, who has no combat ability on the surface, can work as a logistics and field doctor in the rear after joining the operation.

Almost anything but combat - alchemist is such a versatile profession.

Still, he felt he needed to remind the two young allies:

"We welcome you to join us, but it must be made clear that combat is not child's play, especially at this level, which is almost indistinguishable from war.

"In war, either you die or I die, tonight is destined to bleed. Once the battle begins, we cannot guarantee your safety, and if you are ready to join, be prepared for possible injury or even death. ”

"I understand."

Nolan bowed, "I know the risks, but I also know better, not only because the steppe people snatched my goods, but this battle is also closely related to every Linfeng person, in the face of foreign enemies, there is no distinction between you and me, everyone is prosperous and loses."

"I don't want you to lose, the best way to support you is to go to the front line with you and defeat this group of robbers who burn, kill, loot, and do all kinds of evil."

Nolan's tone was calm and firm, and the old wolf's eyes changed when he looked at him.

He walked over and patted Nolan on the shoulder, and said in a deep voice, "Brother, I respect you as a man."

"At four o'clock in the afternoon, our men will come to pick you up, so get ready. Or take advantage of this time to think again, with your alchemy talent, even if you don't go to the front line, it can still play a huge role. ”

"Hey, I've let my words out, how can I back down now." Nolan teased, "I'll be in the rear to supervise the battle then, you don't want to be the first to run away with your tail between your legs." ”

"Haha, you kid."

……

Sending the old wolf away, Nolan calmed down with a slight smile on his face, and said slowly:

"Get ready, Yuna, the opportunity for revenge you've been waiting for has arrived."

"Hmm." Yuna clenched her fists, "Thank you, Noren. ”

In her opinion, Norenben had no reason to participate in this fight.

Even if his goods are robbed, just sit back and wait for Harrison to bring his mercenary group back to snatch them back.

The alchemist himself has no combat effectiveness, and the so-called gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, and it is a safe choice for him to stay away from the battlefield.

Nolan decided to join the fight anyway, and she thought a big part of it was because he remembered the promise he made with him.

Her enemy is the leader of the steppe army, so the most direct way to take revenge is to participate in the war and kill the other party along with his troops.

"I told you you don't have to thank me, the not very smart raven doesn't even have a good memory."

Noren looked up at the sky, "This is not just your revenge, but also the war between Linfeng City and the Prairie people to settle the grudge that has lasted for eighty years.

"As a member of Peak City, no one can escape from the war. And since fighting is inevitable, or at least up to oneself to decide the course of war, I hate the uncertainty of entrusting one's fate to others.

"In particular, I am not convinced of the decision-making ability of the current City Lord's Mansion, and it seems to me that they have missed many great opportunities to change the situation.

"So I want to be strong, I want to be in control of my own destiny, I want to build the world into what I want it to be with my will, and I want to try it in this short life...... How far can I go?

Therefore, instead of just following their arrangement, it is better to find a way to control the voice yourself.

"This operation is the first step for us to enter the game, we have to go through the tempering in actual combat, build up forces, and gradually arm ourselves to have the power to change the entire situation of the war."

Nolan said a lot in one breath, and many of them were things that Yuna had never imagined now.

She has always lived a simple and simple life, and in her heart she has only her own family except for cultivation, and she has never considered anything particularly complicated.

If you have the talent to cultivate, you will become a knight, and when you have enough strength, you will become the chief by the way, and if your family is killed, you must take revenge......

Think about yourself being always drifting with the flow, never thinking about what you really want to do, where your future lies, and what the world will become.

Nolen is different, he always knows what he wants, knows how to do the best, and his firm eyes, strong beliefs and genius-like divergent thinking are beyond his own beating.

She stared stunned at the black-haired boy in front of her, who was about her own age, his deep amber eyes looking at the sky, as if he was looking at something more distant.

The boy looked up at the sky, and the girl looked up at him.

The sky pins on the ideals of the teenager, and the teenager pins on the hope of the girl.

……

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Harrison's carriage stopped at the door of the alchemy workshop.

"Nolan, sit down."

Harrison pulled the curtain on the window, smiled and beckoned to him, then looked at Yuna.

"This lady, I have prepared a war horse for you, are you going to sit in the carriage, or will you follow us on horseback?"

Yuna subconsciously glanced at Nolan, who nodded slightly at her.

"Thank you." She whispered a word and took the reins of the horse.

Nolan got into Harrison's carriage and said with a smile, "It's still Lord Harrison who has thought it through." ”

"What is this, as it should be."

Harrison waved his hand, "Your lady is a powerful knight, and I am honored to do what I can for her."

"And Nolan, I'm really surprised that you'll join us in the fight, you're bloody, a real man in Peak City, and I'm proud to have made a friend like you."

"Your Excellency's words are serious. Since we are allies, and the caravans that have been robbed have my goods in them, how can we stand idly by? ”

"That being said, it was our fault to lose this shipment, and it is our responsibility to take it back, and since you are willing to help us, you are treating us as our own. Ordinary friends of wine and meat will not do this. ”

Harrison smiled heartily, "We mercenaries are the most righteous, and since you are in my chariot today, I will treat you as a brother." From now on, you and I don't need to use honorifics, as long as you have any needs in the ward, I will do my best to do it for you! ”

Noren calmly accepted Harrison's enthusiasm, and said: "After all, the opponent is a steppe person, and there is still a certain danger in going out of the city to fight this time, since you are going out with the mercenary group, you must already have the certainty of victory." ”

"Grasp? How sure is it a sure win? ”

Talking about business, Harrison's expression became serious again, "Even the sharpest knights in Linfeng City dare not guarantee that they will be able to defeat the steppe people, we are just some 'folk warriors', how can we be sure of victory?"

"It's just, don't you do it if you're not sure? The bandits cut off the trade routes, surrounded the cities, burned and looted the villages in the countryside, and you only had to see the tragic situation of the villages burned down and the innocent villagers slaughtered once, and you would not be indifferent to them.

"The big men in the City Lord's Mansion have been at ease for too long, they have locked themselves in the city walls, they have long lost their blood, and they can't see the hell on earth outside the city. It's as if if the dead refugees outside the city don't exist if you don't look.

"I'm different, I'm the president of the Mercenary Guild, and most of my brothers come from the grassroots, just like that friend of mine you met before, Mr. Leod, who actually came from the remote countryside outside of Linfeng City.

"Every day, every day, I receive requests for help from my brothers, whose relatives outside the city have been killed, their ancestral homes in the countryside have been burned down, and even my brothers in the city have been unable to leave the city to pick up work because of the blockade of the steppe people, and their lives have fallen into a state of hardship.

"Everyone's anger against this group of robbers has reached a critical point, and this caravan robbery has completely exploded everyone's anger.

"I don't even need to put a big bounty on it, most of them volunteered to participate in this fight, this is the largest team I can muster temporarily, and I have prepared for it to the maximum extent possible-

"If I lose like that, then I don't have much to say. But even so, we won't cower in the city like the City Lord's Mansion, even if our men in Linfeng City die, they must die standing up! ”

Harrison has the aura of a leader, and his words are so loud that even Nolan is a little enthusiastic when he says it.

There is indeed an element of sensationalism in his words, but it is undeniable that there is also a considerable degree of truth.

Because there is a living example of Yuna around her, her hometown was destroyed, her family was killed, and her body was mutilated, all thanks to the murderous invaders.

He was well aware of Yuna's hatred for the steppe people, and this was not an exception in Peak City, and there were thousands of "Yuna" waiting to take revenge on the steppe people.

This blood feud over the killing of relatives and the seizure of one's homeland will not be easily suppressed by the City Lord's Mansion's strategy of not fighting, it will only intensify until both sides are drawn into a whirlpool of war from which they cannot be broken.

Even if the City Lord's Mansion doesn't make a move, sooner or later, the Linfeng people themselves will make a move.

Now, the day has finally arrived.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the Mercenary Guild in the lower city, and Harrison got out of the carriage to make a final mobilization for the people gathered here.

The nearby streets were crowded with onlookers, and every time batches of mercenaries were sent out of the city gates, a wave of cheers erupted in the crowd.

Noren looked at them quietly, each of them with a high fighting spirit on their faces.

After mobilizing, Harrison got into the carriage, and the last of the mercenaries crowded around the carriage and drove out of Peak City.

This group of mercenaries includes Leod, Old Wolf and others, and gathers the most elite transcendent powerhouses in this battle.

Looking at Noren, who was sitting precariously on the side, Harrison teased: "It's still too late to get out of the car, but it's hell waiting ahead?" ”

"Huh......" Nolan took a deep breath and grinned.

"I can't ask for it!"