Chateau was thinking about the purpose of this figure when he suddenly bumped into a person in front of him - it was Dean.
"Xia Duo, why are you looking so carefully? Isn't it just a badge with a [secret mark] on it? You'd better go find our team quickly!"
"Is this the [Secret Mark]?"
"Yeah! What's wrong?" Dean didn't know why. Isn't this obvious? What else could it be besides [Secret Mark]!
"Nothing! Let's go!"
Before leaving the mage tower, Sha Duo had already exchanged a learning scroll for the [Secret Mark]. Although he has not learned it yet, Sha Duo is certain that it is impossible for the [Secret Mark] to be made up of a large number of numbers without any flaws.
Portrait.
This was completely beyond his knowledge of level 0 spells, and there must be more complex principles involved.
But there is no need to tell Dean these things. Since the other party already thinks it is a [secret mark], why should he be unconventional? Just know it yourself.
Putting away their badges and quickening their pace, the two of them soon followed the other apprentices to Training Ground No. 2. Along the way, they saw more and more soldiers becoming more and more dense.
When we arrived at Training Ground No. 2, we could already see a large number of soldiers waiting in formation.
The apprentice who came early has been assigned to his own combat team and is heading to the camp with the team!
No one had any choice. A man who looked like an officer was holding a long sword and staring coldly at the apprentices, shouting from time to time, "Hurry! Hurry!"
Seeing this scene, Xia Duo had a better understanding of the status of apprentices. The status of apprentices as a whole is quite high, but as individuals it is not necessarily the case.
At least this officer doesn't care what his apprentice thinks, or even whether he offends the future mage.
Thinking like this, Xia Duo became more and more cautious. The first time he saw his combat team, he took the initiative to say hello, "I am Xia Duo. I have been ordered to join your team. Please take care of me in the future."
Xia Duo's words, which seemed ordinary to him, were almost humble in the eyes of these ordinary soldiers. Captain Gibb originally thought that this person might be arrogant and bossy, but he didn't expect Xia Duo to be so easy to talk to.
Gibb had a good impression of Xia Duo, and he originally wanted to try his best to gain command power, but what he said became——
"Welcome to join. The cleaning task is still based on the opinions of Master Xia Duo. We will try our best to cooperate with you."
Although he did not directly say that he would hand over the command, he gave Xia Duo full respect, and the other team members did not show any contempt.
Xia Duo nodded and said: "Then let's go on -"
"Next, let's go to the munitions office to collect combat supplies."
With that said, Gibb led Sha Duo to the munitions department, and the rest of the team members followed. Along the way, Gibb introduced Sha Duo to other members of the team.
Two taciturn and strong men, brothers Jerry and Jesse, who, like Captain Gibb, were soldiers from the original territory, were drawn out to form a new team this time.
Of the remaining seven, four were villagers from outside the town. They voluntarily chose to join in order to allow their families to take refuge within the protection range of the mage tower.
The remaining three were recruited from the adventurers of the territory, and they are still dressed as adventurers, while Xia Duo noticed a thin man with erratic eyes.
When Gibb introduced him, he only said that he had received professional wanderer training and his name was Ava, but Sha Duo always felt that there was something familiar about this person.
Of course, calling it a smell is not accurate. There was no strange smell on Ava's body. It was just a feeling that made Xia Duo feel like she had seen him somewhere.
While talking to Gibb, Xia Duo glanced at Ai Wa from the corner of his eye from time to time, but Ai Wa seemed to be very sensitive to other people's eyes. Whenever Xia Duo looked at him, he would use other people's bodies to block Xia Duo's sight.
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This made Xia Duo even more curious.
"Captain Gibb, do you know the area we are cleaning this time?"
"It's quite understandable. I have to say that Master Xia Duo has chosen a good location. Most of this area is filled with trees and there are few dense bushes. There are very few places where the orcs can hide. We just need to be cautious.
, it is unlikely to be attacked by orcs."
It can be heard that Captain Gibb is quite satisfied with performing tasks in this area.
"Captain Gibb, have you ever seen an orc?" Sha Duo asked again.
"I've seen it! And I even killed one with my own hands!" Captain Gibb felt a little depressed when he mentioned this matter.
Xia Duo could also hear it, but it was just about his own life, so he had to continue asking, "Can you tell me?"
"Of course! They must also want me to tell everyone about this!" Gibb suddenly became energetic and spoke slowly, "Just last year, my then captain took our team to clean up the goblins in the Green Pearl Forest.
To think that three orcs rushed out from the depths of the goblin camp."
Xia Duo's heart tightened, knowing that something bad was about to happen.
Sure enough, Gibb said in a low voice, "The three orcs killed two of my companions as soon as they rushed out, and then the remaining eight of us also paid a heavy price to kill them."
Hearing this, Xia Duo couldn't help but ask, "Are orcs really that strong?"
There are many legends about orcs in the territory, and they are all full of adjectives such as barbaric, ferocious, powerful, evil, etc. However, there is a big difference between hearing about it from others or from books and seeing it with your own eyes.
Before Captain Gibb could speak, a team member who had just been recruited by the adventurers suddenly took off the leather armor and lining of his upper body, revealing the wound on his shoulder.
"Look, this is what was cut by the orcs. At that time, five of our team went out to hunt goblins, and we encountered an orc. Just one orc cost us the loss of three people. The wounds on my body were cut by the orc before he died.
If I hadn't been dragged back to the temple by my companions, I would have died long ago!"
Xia Duo looked at the long and hideous scar from his shoulder to his chest. He could imagine the situation at that time, and another person also spoke, "Master Xia Duo, don't underestimate the orcs. Most of us are
I have personally experienced fighting with orcs, and the orcs are really powerful."
Of course, Shado will not underestimate it, and will even greatly increase the threat level of the orcs. He just wants to know more details about the orcs.
Details that are not in the book.
"I heard that orcs are not very intelligent. Is this true?"
"It's true, but it's only compared to humans." Captain Gibb took over and continued to introduce, "Orcs have tribes, families, and even beliefs, but they are easily angered and give people a sense of
It feels like a wild animal.”
Next, Captain Gibb told Chateau some real cases he knew. Of course, he also told the four new team members who had just bid farewell to their status as farmers.
Everyone listened carefully, and Shado could see that even the team members who were forcibly recruited by the adventurers did not have much resistance to joining the army to fight against the orcs. This shows the prestige of Lord Savile.