There are also people who do not ignore.

On the main road, a young traveler raised his head slightly, and his eyes reflected the dim lines as thin as hair. It wasn't until it completely disappeared from the head of the giant city in the distance that he shook his head lightly and sighed.

The young man rode a very tame horse, and with a little of a young man's thin body propped up a wide cloak, but the half-length hair exposed in the hood was a rare gray color, and with the heavy dusty travel cloak, it gave him a twilight that was completely incompatible with his age, if it were not for the smooth and pale skin on the face that showed the cloak, and the two small black-brown eyes were still very bright, maybe he would have been regarded as an old traveler in his seventies and eighties.

"Hey, what's there to sigh about?"

The voice of doubt sounded from the side, but the crispness of the woman in it could dispel the abrupt rudeness a little, and the young man slowly turned his head and looked at the group of four horsemen beside him.

The four of them were all dressed in armor, and each of the horses they rode was almost more than a foot taller than the young man's mount, obviously quite pure in terms of blood, and the shields, spears and harnesses attached to them were also well-equipped, and even had a dark color of pure gold, if it weren't for the fact that there was no special mark on their bodies, it would be okay to say that they were the golden flower knights of the empire. It's just that the Imperial Jin Jinhua knights usually only accept the direct dispatch of the dukes of the counties and provinces, as well as the emperor of the empire, and they are not allowed to leave without special military priorities, and it is impossible for them to be just a group of four. So a more accurate guess should be the private soldiers of a nobleman somewhere.

However, most of the knights of the private army paid attention to enjoyment, and they inevitably brought a large number of servants with them when they traveled. It's also rare to see only a few riders traveling.

Before the young man could speak, the woman's voice came one after another: "Sigh." It will let Lady Luck sneak away from you a little bit. The more you sigh, the more unfortunate you become! Why are you stunned? Aren't you? It's a famous fable, haven't you heard of it?"

There was almost no room for answers in the series of questions, like a cheerful cuckoo screaming on a tree, and it was not at all obvious that she and the other party were actually meeting each other, but they had just walked a dozen miles together—the white-haired young man curled the corners of his mouth silently, and simply shook his head slowly in response. So the questioner simply threw him a displeased snort, and turned his head fiercely, as if he had not spoken at all.

The gray-haired young man smiled.

But he didn't look away, but stopped at the other person's body again—the woman who asked the question was a young girl. has a good face, high eyebrows, a slender nose, and the fly in the ointment is that the cheekbones are also a little high, and the corners of the eyes are slightly hanging, so that her face always has an aggressive atmosphere.

So the young man's gaze did not linger on that face, but fell on her chest and abdomen...... Of course, there was not much possibility of rudeness in this gaze, because the girl's body was wrapped in a military uniform—a fully equipped full-covered armor. Although it is not a delicate full-body armor known as the 'miracle of craftsmen', it also has a towering and tight full-breasted shell, shoulder armor and chain armor, which completely arms the curves of the human body.

It's just that you can't see the curves. It doesn't mean that it's completely devoid of viewing value.

In fact, what the young people were looking at was this armor in the first place.

Compared to ordinary carapaces, this armor has countless beautiful folds radiating from the towering breastshell. This armor is not very bright, but it has a cold aura. Much closer to a weapon. "Mulan missiles and drill bits? I really didn't expect such an effect at the time. Can I give Elena a a try when I have time?" he whispered in a language that no one knew.

"What did you say?" the knight immediately turned her face back. The sleek helmet didn't seem to hinder her hearing at all.

"This armor is beautiful. ”

"Good-looking?" the female knight sneered softly: "This is made in that archmage's city!

"Dear Miss Baroness Tahiti, speaking of which, how many Imperial Gold coins did this armor of yours cost?"

Before the young man could speak, another young knight in his twenties had already snatched the word - obviously dissatisfied with the 'lustful' eyes of the bald man, and the 'luck' that the female knight always wanted to talk to this guy along the way. So his eyes were like knives as he spoke, scraping around the gray-haired young man.

"Didn't you already ask?

The knightess frowned, but heard the gray-haired young man chuckle: "Naturally, it is for me, to remind me that if I don't even have the value of a pair of armor, don't think about any excessive ideas for this beautiful baroness here." ”

"The children are big-hearted. ”

The eldest of the four horsemen laughed.

This old knight has a short gray hair, a few subtle scars hidden in the deep wrinkles on his face, but the muscles are stiff, not old, and his eyes are even brighter: "Are you interested in becoming a knight?" Although it seems a little late, it is not impossible to think about it. ”

The young man looked sideways slightly.

At the age of 7 to 9, the boy went to work as a squire in a regular knight family, became a squire at the age of 14, and finally had the opportunity to be promoted to a knight by the local lord at the age of 19 - this is the path that the so-called regular knight in this world must take. It seems ordinary, but it is full of thorns, you must know that the so-called acolyte, the acolyte, is actually not much different from the slave. Not only are they often beaten and tired, they eat rough food and sleep in stables, but the wooden weapons in training can also take people's lives. Most of the knights who are willing to recruit squires are also rough people, not to mention teaching experience, and even less patience and mercy, and it is common for squires to be disabled and die in training, and in the end, most of them are just private soldiers, and those who really become regular knights are not one in ten.

However, for commoners, this was the fastest and only way to rise to nobility.

"Your Excellency, are you a trainer?" He asked.

The so-called trainer is just a conventional, informal name. However, there is no formal name - as the name suggests, it is a person who trains knights.

Only the heirs of the great nobles are eligible for exemption from the number of years of servant. But it was only limited to the high-ranking above the marquis, and even the earl was only exempted from being a boy for five or seven years. However, this iron law of the emperor has long been indifferent and rusted in the passage of time. Today, thousands of years later, most nobles, even barons, can give their sons the rank of knight at will, and among the descendants of the nobles who are twenty years old, 'Lao Tzu has been a knight for more than ten years!' is not even a boast.

So I don't know when it began, someone made up a casual tune, called the knights are as many as dogs, and the squires walk all over the streets.

The long-term peace of the empire has also made these knights walk everywhere like dogs. The way of survival and the center of gravity have completely changed - the knighthood of the children of the great nobles is a necessary status, but the knights of small places have to support themselves and the two mouths of the necessary mounts, and the opportunity to exchange their lives for their lives to get a reward is limited to the years when they can enter the Central Mountains. Those who are desperate for their lives do not have that opportunity, but it is impossible to use the hand that is accustomed to the sword to carry the hoe...... Therefore, except for the occasional work such as exterminating monsters, the knights could only teach some squire squires, noble children riding and swordsmanship, in exchange for a small sum of money, or a stable position to support their families.

Of course, this tutoring job is not so easy. The children of the commoners could not receive much tuition, and the young masters of the nobility were often not the materials for study, and it was impossible for them to teach as freely as ordinary attendants, and they were usually engaged in this work. Most of them are old knights with high abilities and reputations, so they can suppress those arrogant little ghosts.

The one in front of you, if it really depends on strength. It's about the same as an ordinary person riding on the threshold of a high knight, but in terms of reputation. Probably very different?

The old knight did not answer the question either, but smiled modestly. People who meet by chance on the journey should have a certain mutual tacit understanding, and it is taboo not to get to the bottom of the identity of the matter, and to talk about it no matter where the rivers and lakes are.

After a moment of silence, the gray-haired young man shook his head slightly: "Thank you, no need." I probably won't be able to learn the tactics of a knight. ”

So among the two knight youths, one of the slightly older sneered, obviously laughing at the stupid white-headed guy who missed a huge opportunity, and the other was furious, obviously taking the other party's attitude as contempt, but in the eyes of the old man, he did not dare to be rude, and could only hold the hilt of the sword angrily.

"Hey, that...... What are you going to do in Illyria?" the knight couldn't help but ask again.

Along the way, she always saw the strange young man sighing there, and she didn't know what she was thinking about, a face didn't seem to have any vicissitudes, but the eyebrows had gathered three vertical lines of hard thinking, as if there were already a lot of troubles in this world that had been involved with him.

Although the girl is a knight, she is also the most lively and active, the age when she is curious about everything, and along the way, in addition to the shady green trees, there is dusty loess, even if you want to add a little fun to the boring journey, there are only a few people left around, and the familiar people have long had nothing to say, so naturally they can only try to find something fresh from this guy.

"Oh...... It's not a big deal to find something to eat. ”

His words were faint, but they were not leaky, but they were also cunning and harsh to the ears of the girl who was older than him, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart, so he became more and more-for-tat: "Now Illyria has nothing to eat, and the teacher has said that he will help you, don't you know what opportunity you missed just now?" Hmph, you will regret it sooner or later, but it will be too late to regret it!"

"Isn't that the lack of manpower everywhere these days? I can't be a soldier, but I can write and calculate, so I should be able to find some way to eat, right?"

"Now that the capital area is dwindling everywhere, who will hire a little guy your age?"

"This kind of guy, even if he can be a knight, is a straw knight who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and will only eat mixed rice......"

The 'conversation' between the two seemed to be getting more and more intense, and the young of the two male knights finally couldn't help but interject:

"Writing and arithmetic? Such a man could fit a thousand chariots in Illyria in a big cart! What knight was not a descendant of a nobleman?

"But I've heard that Illyria isn't just recruiting knights, isn't there also recruiting city guards and servants, and there's no enemy to fight Illyria, right?"

"What do you think is that place? Third-rate mercenary regiments? Say it's recruiting city guards, but in fact it's definitely auxiliaries, and it's used to fill the moat. Isn't it safe...... But the good thing is that you don't have to look for it, guy like you. Maybe as soon as you enter the city, you will be caught by the gang of soldiers. ”

The young male knight finally grasped some of the weaknesses of the other side. Laugh as much as you like.

"There are no immortals in the war, but how many people die and who dies still depends on the commander, right?"

The gray-haired young man shrugged. But the seemingly casual words seemed to make the old knight feel a little emotional: "This sentence is quite interesting." It still depends on the commander, but how do you think the command can reduce the number of soldiers killed?"

"I don't know. ”

"Actually, it's just a few ways. ”

The three young knights could not help but bring the reins of their horses—they probably knew that the old knight, once aroused, was talking about the same ramblings that he had heard several times in his usual days:

"On the battlefield. The ones who died the most were actually recruits, and there were many reasons, but the most important one was that they were too excited...... Feel free to let them overcome that abnormal nervousness or excitement, guys who have never fought before, when the officer tells them that they are going to go to battle, nothing but excitement is nervousness. The excited guy has to be tied, otherwise he will die the fastest...... Moreover, many failed battles in history were caused by this kind of guy. At the beginning of the War of the Dead, the defeat of the human side, it is said that an unlucky baron rushed out too excitedly and disrupted the sequence of attacks. Almost all of the human side was planted in it...... So, it's not fun at all to deal with the excited guys and tell them to go to war. Be cautious! You must obey the knight's arrangement, and you must not blindly underestimate the enemy because of excitement. But for those cowards. We must find ways to build up confidence in victory and convince them that victory belongs to our side. We will definitely survive the battlefield!"

"So, those who are not trained will probably not go to war, right? If I am really captured and sent to the army, as soon as I see that I have to train, I will run away. ”

The old knight was stunned and laughed.

Compared with the girl, the old man found that he really liked the reaction of this halfway companion, steady, cautious, although with the downfall of a mercenary, but also very smart, even if he met by chance on the road, he really had the heart to take such a student more - at least more worry-free than those noble children. But as a trainer, the old knight was naturally good at reading people, and it was almost impossible to observe closely to know that this young man was not so simple.

A child of a large family who has hidden his noble identity and is undergoing some trials? or is he a descendant of a down-and-out little nobleman? Or is he just a mercenary?

It seems to be possible, but it doesn't seem to be right.

"His Majesty is seriously ill, but the three princes are ...... The Elector was expanding the Order at this time. Obviously, he must have supported the little prince...... Now that the slaves of the mages of Tumenis are stepping up their attacks, the front line is probably ...... Alas, I hope nothing goes wrong. ”

"I've heard that Prince Alex Wilder has already proclaimed himself emperor......"

"It's all the nonsense of the common people, how can it be so easy to be an emperor? There are also rituals in the various temples, and besides, His Royal Highness Prince Alevelde is not a stupid person, if he is really called emperor, how will he face his father, his younger brothers, and ...... Alas, in short, he is wise......"

"Maderanri was attacked by the Tumenes before, but it turned out to disturb the entire Kendemros defense circle, and the Tumenes retreated, and they were still talking about teleporting from a distance and making the army raid anywhere...... These aristocrats now are really ...... Alas, a single harassment has taken away most of their guts, and I don't want to think that those Tumenes, if they really have any great power, would still need to give up the cities they occupy, and instead encroach on the front line?"

The old man was well-informed and talkative, and when he opened the conversation, he gradually involved some sensitive matters, which made the three young knights around him frown frequently. Fortunately, a city was close at hand.

It was the southwestern outskirts of the Kendrumros Ring, but some distance from the walls near the Vanson Hills of Illyria, and was a fortress built on a hill, less than 10,000 men, but no more than the great cities that looked imposing, but could be bypassed in battle, which was just around the perimeter of the transport lines, and was a nasty nail for the attackers...... After attacking, at least a few thousand people will be lost, and bypassing it will not only make it difficult to replenish, but also may be attacked by the enemy.

Of course, for the traveler, the city was only a halfway stop, and it was impossible to enter, but when the four horsemen passed the foot of the hill, the gate of the castle opened, and a group of more than 100 horsemen rushed out of it—the training and mobilization of cavalry between cities was not a problem, but this group did not look like it, and the momentum of galloping down the hill on horseback was particularly anxious. The dust and smoke agitated, almost covering the few people who were hiding on the side into natives, and the female knight couldn't help but curse loudly!

However, the dust and smoke in front of him cleared, and the old knight's gaze immediately stopped for a moment at the person who was far away, and suddenly said: "Go, go and see what happened." (To be continued......)