The morning sun shines into the city of Hilanza along the city gate. The guards at the top of the city are changing their defenses. The guards who have stood hard all night yawn and lazily walk down with their spears, facing the rising sun.
The guards on the city wall will be on guard for the whole day with breakfast and kettles. The city of Hiranza has not suffered any form of attack for decades, so the city's defense seems somewhat lazy.
Suldak was riding a horse and waiting in front of the city gate. Beside him was Carl Casement who came to see him off.
The city gate seemed a little deserted so early in the morning, and there were not many people leaving the city. A few guards were leaning against the wall and talking quietly.
With the sound of a series of sliding chains of the suspension bridge, the large winch at the city gate began to rotate. The suspension bridge slowly lowered. Ten guards pushed the gate of Helensa City open. Surdak and Karl walked out first.
Go to the city.
Karl did not go too far out of the city. He rode with an entourage and stopped under a fir tree.
The view here is wide, and after making sure that there was no one around, Suldak asked Karl: "Are you saying that someone in Helensa City is secretly colluding with the bandit group?"
Karl nodded with a wry smile and said to Suldak: "Maybe, those bandits... they can't appear without reason and disappear without warning at a certain moment. We have gone through so much trouble to find them.
The clues always come to an abrupt end at the critical moment. It feels like there is a pair of eyes staring at me from behind. No matter how secretive I am, I always feel like I am being watched."
Surdak grinned, and he couldn't help but look up at the sky above his head, which was blue.
"I have been trying to find the hiding place of this group of bandits on the outskirts of Helensa City. Every time I make some progress, the clues will be destroyed. This is enough to prove that someone in the city colludes with the group of bandits and provides the bandits with various means.
Such convenient conditions." He looked a little angry and said excitedly.
Surdak tried his best to calm him down and said, "But you don't have evidence yet, do you?"
"I will find these guys sooner or later." Karl vowed, clenched his hand into a fist and hammered Suldak on the shoulder, and then said with some joy: "But it's too much for you to come to Hellanza City.
Okay, I want to ask you to help me."
Surdak looked distressed. He didn't have any favorable impressions of a place like the Knights of the Guard Camp that raised young men. Thinking of his half-year college life and having to run around outside the school in his spare time, Surdak felt that this must be the case.
It was very boring, and he said with some embarrassment: "But I have to take classes at the Knight Academy! How can I help you?"
In Karl's view, Surdak was able to defeat more than twenty bandits by himself, and his combat power was simply off the charts.
Therefore, Karl had expectations for Suldak. He said: "You will help me when I encounter difficult things, right?"
Suldak nodded without hesitation.
Thinking about it, when I just came to Helensa City and was at a loss about this strange city, it was Karl who enthusiastically ran out to give me a lot of help. When I wanted to find the magic trading market, it was Karl's help.
Next, I walked into the underground trading market. It seemed that I had only Karl as my friend in Helensa City.
"Okay, the help I can give you...is limited to what is within the scope of my ability." Surdak could only agree like this for now. He didn't dare to say too much. He would be the only one who would be embarrassed if he couldn't do it.
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"It sounds like you're showing off your abilities." Seeing that Suldak agreed, Karl joked to him.
Seeing Suldak riding upright on the horse, but knowing nothing about his strength, Karl said to Suldak: "By the way, didn't you say you wanted to know your strength level last time?
Do you want to go to the Knights for evaluation?"
Surdak looked up at the sun climbing into the sky and said, "Next time, if it's too late, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time for dinner!"
After saying that, he rode up the forest road.
"It's up to you, see you in half a month." Karl waved to Suldak and said.
"See you in half a month!"
The people of the Green Empire have a very detailed hierarchy for warriors, warrior apprentices, junior warriors, intermediate warriors, senior warriors... Each large level is divided into nine smaller levels.
Generally speaking, strong civilians usually only have the strength of level 8 or 9 warrior apprentices. Only after their strength, agility, and physical measurements meet the standards can they register with the warrior union to become real combat professionals, such as warriors, rangers, martial artists, and archers.
, Sword Dancer and many other professions.
It is very simple to become a combat warrior, as long as you meet the standards of physical fitness and combat skills.
However, it is definitely not an easy task for any combat professional to cross a large level and become an intermediate warrior, because the basic condition for crossing the threshold for the first transfer is that it requires a combat profession.
The warriors can understand their own "power". Of course, the "power" of each first-class warrior is mostly different. Some people may be a wall, a mountain, a sword, or a guardian swordsman's virtual reality.
Shadow, just like Surdak's 'power' is a two-faced, four-armed demon...
Warriors who have crossed the threshold for the second job transfer must temper themselves to a certain extent. They will usually sense the existence of certain elements around the body, understand and guide these 'qi', and be able to protect the body inwardly and kill outwardly.
Enemy, this is considered a second-level advanced warrior.
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On an arrow tower a few hundred meters away from the top of the city of Halanza.
Jasper was wearing a set of silver armor, holding his hands on the wall and looking at Karl in the shade of the trees outside the city with a livid face. Behind him stood a group of knights from the guard camp. These knights stood carefully behind the blond young man.
The eyes of the people standing in front also fell below the city head. There was no doubt that these were Jasper's cronies. They did not dare to breathe in front of Jasper.
Jasper punched the bluestone strips of the city wall hard, turned around and angrily yelled at a group of men behind him: "Those Karl's men? It's not like you don't know the combat prowess of the knights in the guard camp, how could it be possible?"
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In this operation to investigate and apprehend the bandits outside the city, as Carl Casement's opponent, Jasper lost a bit inexplicably.
What annoyed him the most was that he didn't even know where he lost.
There was a burning fire in his heart, and he wanted to vent it on the knights in the guard camp behind him, but his father's words of warning in the study last night made him suppress the anger in his heart, and he stood like this on the high tower archery tower.
Beside the wall.
Until the strange knight in his sight rode away, Carl still stayed under the oak tree and watched him go away. He stood for a while before returning to the city of Helensa. Jasper was newly alert. According to Carl's lazy and casual behavior,
Personality, when did you actually say goodbye to a friend so solemnly, and the other person's identity is not prominent, he is just a knight...
Jasper stretched out his hand to hug the person next to him, pointed at Suldak who was about to disappear into the forest road, and asked:
"Did you see that? Who is the knight next to Karl?"
The follower only saw a simple silhouette of Surdak, and then disappeared into the forest road. There are at least hundreds of such knights riding ancient Bolai horses in the city of Helensa, and it is impossible for him to do it every time.
He knew everyone, so he shook his head at Jasper with a grimace, indicating that he didn't know.
Jasper raised his eyebrows, looked at his entourage with confusion, and shouted, "Why, are there any knights in the city of Halanza that you don't recognize?"
Seeing Jasper's stern expression, the attendant did not dare to answer casually and could only stand in front of Jasper obediently.
Seeing Jasper getting furious at the top of the city, a group of knights behind him suddenly separated to both sides. A knight from the guard camp walked through the crowd, walked over quickly, and said to Jasper: "I'm going to treat Jonah to a drink tonight."
A cup, he has the best relationship with Karl, maybe I can get some news from him."
When Jasper saw the young knight, the displeasure on his face softened. He walked up to the young knight and said with a somewhat sarcastic expression: "Although the position of captain of the support group is not a big deal, we must do it."
Figure out where we lost. If we can't even figure this out, we will always be so passive. Everyone in the entire Hellanza City nobles knows that someone must have helped Carl Casement before he let him go.
He made a comeback at the last moment, and I want to find out who it is... I must find out who helped Karl."
The young knight did not speak, but looked through the walls towards the city.
At this time, Karl had also returned to the city, and there was only a lone carriage on the road outside the city.
The young knight withdrew his gaze. He turned around and looked at Jasper seriously, feeling that he really had the same irritable character.
The young knight looked at Jasper and asked, "Could it be that Mrs. Christie was secretly helping? After all, the Archon is her brother. It shouldn't be too difficult for her to mobilize a few construct knights to help Carl eliminate those bandits.
Bar."
Hearing Mrs. Christie's name, Jasper's gloomy face became even more ugly.
But then he shook his head firmly and said: "The search for the thieves group outside the city can be regarded as one of the tests for the two of us. What's more, the Archon fundamentally agrees with the relationship between Carl and Christie, and he does not agree with it at all.
Probably favoring Carl."
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The same words echoed in a castle: "No matter who it is, I just want to know who helped Karl."
Baron Grenfell was sitting at the end of the long table in the castle hall. This long table was at least thirty meters long and was made of a thick wooden table cut from the middle of a whole fir tree.
There were fifty chairs on each side. At this time, the chairs were filled with rough-looking bandits. They were eating the meat on the table. Chewing food and drinking heavily made the hall a little noisy. Their weapons were placed
Beside the chair, there were people wearing various costumes, and they didn't even listen to what Baron Grenfell was saying.
The dark red knight standing next to Baron Grenfell said calmly:
"Yes, Baron Grenfell."
Sitting next to Baron Grenfell were several bandit leaders. Their appearance was not that ugly, but the faces of these bandit leaders were not that good.
When they heard that Baron Grenfell, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke, they all turned their gazes over.
Baron Grenfell sighed softly and said: "I know this kid Carl to some extent. I thought he had a lazy personality at the beginning, so I recommended him and Jasper to join the foreign aid group of the guard camp at the same time, but now he actually
It has become the biggest obstacle preventing us from controlling the suburbs of Helensa City, which is really a headache."
He tapped his forehead with his hand in distress, and his eyes gradually turned cold.
"Your Majesty, Baron, how about I get rid of Karl?" A leader of thieves sitting on the left side of Baron Grenfell said loudly and angrily.
Grenfell suddenly raised his head, stared at the thief leader with fierce eyes, leaned over, reached out and grabbed the thief leader's collar, and said to him sullenly: "Isn't Taylor doing this stupidly?"
Does it make you think that killing a nobleman at random is nothing? Or do you think that the Casement family is completely lonely? Are you indifferent to the death of family members for no reason? "
"If Baron Hoyle hadn't died, would the knights in the guard camp have gone out of the city to kill you? What if the knights in the guard camp hadn't been running around and used you to break up into pieces and infiltrate into the Paglos Mountains?" Baron Grenfell
He punched the bandit leader in the face and knocked him out of his seat.
The bandit leader's heavy body fell to the ground along with the heavy wooden chair. A trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and several teeth spit out from his mouth.
The bandit leader had a ferocious face. He struggled to stand up and pounce on Baron Grenfell, but the dark red knight behind Baron Grenfell stepped on his chest first and then trampled him firmly on the cold floor of the hall.
Until his face turned red, the dark red knight did not take his feet away.
The other robbers were so frightened that they immediately stopped eating and looked at the scene in front of them in surprise and panic, but no one dared to move at this time.
The hall suddenly became silent. Baron Grenfell stood up directly, slammed his fists on the wooden table, and roared loudly: "Look at this mess now, I guarantee that as long as you leave my manor now,
Walk out of there, and in no more than half a day, your whereabouts report will be submitted to the guard camp in Helensa City, and waiting in front of you will be the most elite knights of the Helensa guard camp."
As he spoke, he walked up to the bandit leader lying on the ground, pushed aside the dark red knight beside him, bent down and stretched out his hand to pull the bandit leader up from the ground.
Regardless of the frightened expression on the bandit leader's face, he just ordered the Dark Red Knight: "Let them hide in the basement of the manor for a month. Go and keep an eye on Karl to see who is helping him.
I will find a way to get close to Miss Hoyle, she is probably the only one who knows where the woman is hiding now."
"As you command, Your Majesty the Baron!" the Dark Red Knight replied to Baron Grenfell calmly.
After Baron Grenfell said this, he strode out of the hall with his hands behind his back.
Seeing that these bandits did not make any move, the Dark Red Knight waved his hands to both sides expressionlessly. The window of the hall immediately became full of people. A group of soldiers in bright armor left one after another, and the Dark Red Knight also looked indifferently.
Staring at the robber in the hall, with a weird smile on his face, he turned around and walked out of the hall.
It wasn't until the figure of the dark red knight completely left the hall that the robbers felt that the pressure on them disappeared inexplicably...