"Adjutant Wood..."
The silent team marched on the grassland road. Duan Qing's ladder team and the team led by Qicai Lingguang escorted the team of prisoners of war one after another and began to walk towards the Fars Fortress. Near noon,
There began to be more and more voices coming from the grassland. In addition to the routine "friendly exchanges" between the Empire and the Principality, there were also many player teams similar to them who went out to complete commissions and tasks. They came from all directions on the grassland.
They came towards each other, and then passed them again and again - according to Ladder's original plan, this outing should take at least half a day, but before half a day arrived, they had already started to return home.
Of course, there are still more or less battles in the middle, but with the cooperation of the two teams of ten players, it is easy to deal with three or two skirmishers.
"Adjutant Wood is a good adjutant."
Duan Qing, who was walking behind the team, was talking quietly with one of the prisoners of war, a soldier from the principality. Perhaps due to the long-term treatment of prisoners, the faces of these soldiers had become extremely haggard.
, they spoke without saying a word. It may take some time to return to their normal state. However, these soldiers still expressed the most basic gratitude to the adventurers who came to rescue them, and mentioned
Adjutant Wood, whom Duan Qing refers to as the soldier, is not stingy in his praise.
"We have dealt with Adjutant Wood several times before. Although he is still a bit... immature, his attitude towards us ordinary soldiers is still good."
The soldier who answered Duan Qing's question was the man named Casson whom he had previously confirmed to Spartak - perhaps because he was rescued by his own people, these people responded to Duan Qing's question.
Still very happy to answer, and before that, Duan Qing had already asked some of the same questions to Ullman, the target of the ladder team's operation, and now the process of asking this guy is just repeating the previous content:
"Um... I'm sorry, but do you have some relationship with Adjutant Wood?"
"Ah?" The soldier's haggard face had hardly changed, but Duan Qing could still distinguish the confused expression on it: "What does the so-called relationship mean? Of course we obey the orders of our superiors..."
"No, no, no, I mean...are you related in any way?"
"No."
Although the voice was weak, the soldier's answer was very straightforward: "I am just an ordinary soldier. When Adjutant Wood was not an adjutant, I didn't even know him."
Such a firm reply doesn’t seem to be fake...
A glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, Duan Qing paused, and then continued to whisper: "But the mission we received this time requires us to rescue you..."
"What?"
"Adjutant Wood named him to rescue you, and to make you his brother..."
"So that's it... Haha, there's no such thing."
This time it was the soldier who laughed: "I have nothing to do with Adjutant Wood. He is so... probably because he is afraid that you don't want to believe him, hehehehe..."
That Ullman before, why was he afraid that we would not make efforts to save people or something...
Secretly curling his lips, Duan Qing continued to maintain his smile and asked: "Then... what did the Imperial people do when you were imprisoned?"
"Well..."
The soldier's face became a little sad: "During the period when Banhe was imprisoned, the imperial people's attitude towards us was quite indifferent, but they only maintained our most basic survival and did nothing else.
"
Slowly raising his head, he looked skillfully in the direction of the principality fortress, with a certain sad light in his eyes: "In addition to praying that the upcoming fate will not be too tragic, what we can do every day is to sit there
In the cage, I recall the time I once had."
"If... if I had not chosen to be a soldier, Leer and Sken would not have died..."
You are poisonous, you are so negative...
Duan Qing wiped the sweat from his forehead, coughed twice, and interrupted the other party's memories: "The people of the Empire are actually so friendly to you? Not even tortured once?"
"No, at least not since I came to that prisoner of war camp."
The soldier named Casson replied: "The officer you met when you came to rescue us was the first interrogation we encountered..."
"What did he ask you?"
"He...in order to prevent accidents, we are about to be sent to Zalaha City." A confused expression appeared on the soldier's face: "This is our last chance. I hope some of us...can
Confess our crimes."
Under Duan Qing's gaze, Casson muttered to himself strangely: "What crime have we committed? Did we kill the Imperial people? There is no one who doesn't kill people on the battlefield, besides..."
He frowned: "Did the Imperial people kill fewer people from the Principality than us?"
"Maybe there's something wrong with one of you..."
"Um?"
"Ah no, I am...then what? How did you answer?"
"Of course we have no answer, because I don't know how to answer his question."
Looking at the comrades from the principality in front of him, Casson replied in a low voice: "Then, the officer moved a stool and just sat there without leaving, as if he would not give up until he achieved his goal... Until
Come here."
"Well, that's it." Duan Qing nodded to himself, and then looked at the outline of Fars Fortress that was getting closer and closer in his sight: "In other words, your life before was always pretty good?"
"I'm just a person who was sent to that place halfway. As for what it used to be and what happened there, I don't know." Casson replied: "But... the life in that place is indeed better than what I lived in France before.
Life is better on the hills..."
"Farr Hill? Is that the one to the north of the Ferron Plain?"
"Yes, I stayed in that place for a while before." Casson shook his arm, seeming to remember something he didn't want to recall: "The imperial people there forced us prisoners of war to work every day, doing some
The hard work of strengthening the position is as tiring as a dead dog every day..."
"Hmm... So, you are a prisoner who was transferred to Banhe Fortress?"
"Yeah? What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
There are so many things wrong...
Duan Qing lowered his head and was silent for a while, then continued to ask: "So... you are the only one who was turned around?"
"I don't know, but judging from the results...it seems that I was the only one transferred over there."
Casson replied: "I haven't seen any of my companions who were there with me before. I don't know where the people here come from, but... the place where prisoners of war are held is big enough to accommodate them."
We people are already at our limit..."
Finally... a different place appeared.
"alert!"
In front of the team, a warning signal from someone suddenly came out. Duan Qing, who had just noticed something abnormal, reluctantly took off his big sword from behind and made a fighting posture: "It seems that another enemy has appeared.
, you guys find a place to hide first..."
"Who are you?"
"Stop, stop, stop! Wait a moment..."
"...an adventurer from the principality?"
"Yes, yes, we are our own people! This is our badge..."
"...Why are there so many people? Don't you adventurers like being in groups...eh?"
"It just happened, it just happened. We went to complete the rescue mission. Look, sir, these people are the prisoners of war we rescued..."
"Ullmann? Is that you Ullmann? Oh my gosh, I thought you were dead..."
The brief confrontation immediately came to nothing in the reunion of the comrades. When a group of principality soldiers hugged each other, the ladder slowly came to Duan Qing's side, and curled his lips with some disdain: "Hey, when you see us, we look like
They look like strangers, and meeting compatriots from the principality is like meeting relatives..."
"We are our own people, so we should." Duan Qing replied with a wry smile: "Our success rate has been increased a lot. Isn't this a good thing?"
"I would rather fight back..."
As his captain shook his head unwillingly, Duan Qing looked at the figures of the players who were surrounded and isolated outside with some humor, and shrugged helplessly: "Next time, as long as the fortress is still there, we will fight all day long.
All in all, it’s still early to go back today. If you’re lucky, you might be able to do another mission..."
"Well, that's right."
Brother Ax touched his chin and was silent for a while, then smiled: "Okay! Let's go back first and collect the rewards by the way... This rescue is so efficient, so the adjutant must give us something more.
?Ha ha ha ha……"
A simple mind is often more likely to achieve happiness...
Duan Qing, who folded his arms, shook his head and sighed, then followed the brigade, which gradually regained its calm, and slowly walked back to the gate of Fars Fortress. As usual, Captain Silenko, who was guarding the gate, expressed his gratitude for the safe return of the prisoners of war.
He was extremely happy, and at the same time, he made a few derogatory remarks about the adventurers who were escorted back: "These are soldiers of the principality, the guns and shields of the principality! Each of them was trained by the principality with great effort!
Look at how tired you are of them..."
"Ahem...Captain, they are already hungry like this. It has nothing to do with adventurers..."
"Really? Ahem...so what, can't these guys share some food for relief first?"
"Get out of the way, I'm going to hit his oily bald head this time!"
The ladder in front of the door made a motion of rolling up his sleeves, and then he was hugged by the African miner behind him: "Captain! Brother! Calm down, let him mutter a few words and nothing will happen..."
"Don't stop me, my labor and management gave him so much wine for nothing..."
In the chaotic situation, Duan Qing shook his head and walked through the endless flow of people, then passed through the door and came to the fortress. He took two steps forward, then turned back, observing this
At this moment, in every corner of the west gate of the fortress, they focused their attention on the door - amid the commotion, several companions in the team and the prisoners of war they had just rescued passed in front of Duan Qing one by one and entered.
Within the territory of the fortress.
"Hmm..." He rubbed his chin: "You don't seem to see anything unusual?"
"Hello……"
A deliberately lowered female voice suddenly sounded beside him: "You..."
"Can you answer me..."
Duan Qing turned around and saw a familiar figure of a red girl. She pinched her robe uneasily, but her eyes were filled with determination: "Why are you leaving?"
"ah?"
After a while of reaction in his mind, Duan Qing realized what the other party wanted to ask: "That... it's just the consciousness of a savage, don't care, don't care..."
"Don't explain it, I... know everything."
Qianzhihe relaxed his hands, and then took a deep breath, as if he was trying hard to suppress something: "Our captain...my brother, his attitude towards you is not very good, and other people seem to be the same."
I have some opinions about you..."
It does not make sense……
Duan Qing scratched his head in distress and looked at the girl who lowered her head again. Her half-length head was not tied up today, so it was like its owner, hanging down in front of her shoulders: "But
I know that you are actually a very powerful person. Not only did you save all of us, but you also taught me so many things..."
"Are you afraid... that after these things are exposed, we will pester you, so... that's why..."
Damn it, this misunderstanding seems to be getting bigger if this continues...
Cold sweat dripped from his forehead. Duan Qing hurriedly raised his hands with a dry smile on his face: "No, no, no, it's okay. You're thinking too much about girls..."
"Moshang Qingshan."
A voice suddenly intervened between the two of them, accompanied by a certain face that had been by the girl's side since she appeared today: "I have always had something to tell you since I met you today, but
I didn’t have much chance before…”
What's going on today? You are all poisonous, right?
Under Duan Qing's helpless gaze, Qingtian straightened his waist and pushed the girl behind him: "But if you don't, you will probably run away again, so... now."
"How about we compete?"
Shrimp?
Duan Qing's eyes widened: "Brother Qingtian, are you not burning? We had no enmity in the past and no enmity these days..."
"Stop talking nonsense, this is a duel between men, do you accept it?"
Seeing the other party's suddenly sharp eyes, Duan Qing felt that his head was getting bigger: "You..."
"Don't drag me into it for no reason, okay... eh?"
The sudden change has begun to attract some players passing by nearby. The members of the two teams who noticed the situation here also began to approach here. However, none of this stopped Duan Qing from the corner of his eye, spotting someone.
An unusual fact - there seemed to be something wrong with the number of prisoners of war they had just rescued who came in.
"its not right……"
"What are you doing?" An arm stopped in front of him: "Do you want to run away?"
"Just wait a moment."
Pushing forward with both hands, Duan Qing crossed the line set up by Qingtian and walked quickly to the door. He first looked back and forth, then grabbed a guard next to him: "Those who came in just now
Prisoner of war, are you...one less person?"
"Oh, you Ilot? That guy has been fed by the imperial people in the past few days, so he went to find the toilet."
Pointing in a certain direction by the city wall, the guard twitched his lips and replied. (To be continued.)
This chapter has been completed!