After Gaius's self-reporter on the road, Ryan and the people in Group A finally knew why he left his hometown and went to study in the Empire.

Since childhood, Gaius has been different from the Nold children around him. Under the guidance of a certain tour priest, he has a broader horizon than other Nold children of his age.

When he was a child, Gaius read a large number of books recording the history of the Nord Plateau and surrounding countries and the changes in modern relations.

Since the Battle of the Lion, this land has been deeply connected with the empire. Unlike other optimistic tribes, Gaius has also seen some hidden dangers under this good relationship.

Empire and Republic... Considering that Kalwade had carried out democratic reforms a hundred years ago, perhaps it would be more accurate to say that Erebonia and Kalwade would be.

The struggles surrounding these two countries can even be traced to the early days of the founding of the two countries, which has been nearly a thousand years since then.

The struggle between the two countries has never stopped for hundreds of years, and war breaks out again every once in a while.

The most obvious example is the land of fate of Closbel. Before the establishment of the Autonomous Prefecture, Closbel made many rounds of hands between Erebonia and Kalwade.

In order not to let his hometown fall into an endless spiral of war, Gaius decided to enter the empire in person to learn about this brotherly country that had a good relationship with Nold.

On the one hand, he used his own eyes to observe the current situation of the empire, and on the other hand, he also wanted to learn various useful knowledge in the most famous military academy in Ereponia. Sooner or later, he would return to his hometown to guard the Nord Plateau with his own hands.

"Yeah……"

After listening to Gaius's story, Reen, Usses and others finally learned about the student's determination.

"Should it be said that it is not a loss to be a steady Gaius? He has been enlightened to protect his hometown since he was a child, and has set foot on the distant land to study alone."

"Haha~" Gaius smiled and shook his head. "In fact, it's not as exaggerated as you said. The most important thing to protect yourself is in the minds of many people."

Usses sighed and said, "Theory is correct, but not everyone can be awakened in advance like you in childhood. Usually, you have to go through something before you can suddenly wake up."

Emma explained with a gentle smile, "To put it simply, it is the life path that everyone chooses. Gaius found the end of his goal for himself very early, and the rest is nothing more than how to fill it in the process."

"Is the end..."

Alisa looked thoughtful and said, "If you say so, my end should be the Ryanfolt Group... No, it should be to protect the most important family members of the Ryanfolt family, including Sharon."

“Haha~”

Ryan looked at the group of students with relief and said, "It makes sense that some big scoundrel chose you as the continuation of his dreams. Keep growing like this. You will get rid of the confusion period much earlier than me."

“Eh?”

Alisa turned her head in surprise and looked at Ryan and asked, "Have you ever been confused, you heartless guy?"

Ryan rolled his eyes, "You said nothing, right? I am also an ordinary young man. If I were not confused, why would I have been away for ten years?"

"Hmph?" Alisa looked at Ryan with interest and said, "Sooner or later, I will dig out all the secrets you have hidden."

When the group arrived at the surveillance tower, it was completely martial law. Investigators from the Third Mecha Division were checking the blown-up part of the surveillance tower and closely monitored the opposite Republic base with telescopes.

Since they had received contact from Lieutenant General Sykes, the soldiers cooperated and let Ryan and five squads enter the surveillance tower.

The five people frowned and looked at the part hit by the shelling on the upper floor of the surveillance tower. A large hole had been blown up there, and the wreckage of buildings was scattered all over the ground.

After some inspection, the five people gathered together again and they discussed the time and type of weapons when the surveillance tower was attacked.

Ryan waved his hand to the few people and said, "You guys keep investigating. I'll go to the Republic side to see the situation first. If you have any questions, come to the northeast of the plateau to find me, but I guess you shouldn't have that time."

Early this morning, Ryan contacted the country through the international contact equipment prepared by Gun for the villagers in the Nord village, and he obtained the latest uncertain news.

A member of the Iron Blood Son, the "White Rabbit" who also works for the Intelligence Agency, Miriam Olein, seemed to have gone to the Nord Plateau in some special way.

The surveillance personnel arranged by Mirtilu gave an incredible report, saying that the white rabbit flew from the sky and did not take any spacecraft.

Although Miltio always questioned the information, she told Ryan about it.

‘White Rabbit, the Oz series of artificial humans made by Black Workshop, maybe she has some kind of black technology product made by Black Workshop.’

Just as Ryan said, he left the surveillance tower and rode his horse straight to the north of the plateau.

When he passed by the Nold tribe halfway through, he stopped to learn about the situation, and the situation did not change much.

Now the border troops of the two countries are still gathering and they should not be able to fight in a short period of time. However, as General Sykes predicted, the vanguard troops of the two countries should have initially launched a test of each other this afternoon.

Along the north of the plateau, he came to the hanging stone bridge in the northeast. Ryan tied his horse under a tree without monsters and walked to the predicted ambush site.

Ryan leaned against the mountain wall and looked at a cloth headgear prepared for him with a tangled expression.

"Why is it Mixi... If it is exposed later, it will become my lifelong dark history, right?"

Shaking his head and shook his bad idea, Ryan carefully put the hood that was said to have been made by Rosey himself on his head.

Not long after Ryan ambushed, more than 20 hunters from the giant beast hunting regiment followed a middle-aged man with gloomy temperament to the buffer zone connecting the control areas of the two countries.

Ryan narrowed his eyes slightly. The gloomy man holding a pistol was a cadre on the Imperial Liberation Front - Comrade G, Kiddyn.

Kidian lowered his voice and ordered the hunters, "Start up, the exit from the Republic side is ahead, let's go and prepare first!"

“ja(yes)!”

Ryan completely restrained his breath and hid quietly behind the rocks as he watched the terrorists pass through.

At the same time, when Squad 7 left the surveillance tower, he observed a strange flying object hovering around the southern part of the Nord Plateau while the two countries' reconnaissance airships were absent.
Chapter completed!