When Finistere appeared on the horizon, Polu sighed deeply. Although he had not been here for a long time, seeing the familiar environment gradually made his steps become lighter and tighter.
The corners of Duo Ri's mouth couldn't help but turn up, and he wished he could run into the fortress in one breath. The whole team was also filled with a relaxed and happy atmosphere. Leonardo, who had been tense on the way back, also relaxed slightly.
After crossing the last distance, Leonardo used his loud voice to contact the knights on duty on the city wall. Sitting on the lowered gondola, Polu had an unrealistic feeling of floating. These 50,000 steps a day
Is the reconnaissance life over like this? Stepping onto the fortress wall from the gondola, the solid and flat paved road even made Polu feel a little uncomfortable. He looked around and saw no one he knew, so Polu simply grabbed a person and asked
He asked about the whereabouts of Otto and Nantes.
"I don't know either. We have just changed our defenses." A young soldier who looked very strange replied cautiously. The parts of the fortress wall that were damaged in the previous battle have been almost repaired. The large slope in front of the door has also been dug up.
The trenches have also been cleared again. It seems that the fortress should have been spent in a peaceful atmosphere recently. Walking into the gate of the second city wall, the remaining main tower and mage tower have been cleared before leaving.
They simply flattened it, maybe because they thought it was hopeless. Bolu looked around and saw no newly excavated foundations, and he didn't know where they planned to rebuild the mage tower. The former wreckage has now been cleaned up.
It is a small square. The door of the warehouse not far away is closed, and it seems that no one is stationed here. The knights of the Knights are doing daily exercises in the small square under the command of Deputy Commander Backlund.
"Ha! The leader is back!"
"No one is missing! Peace of mind."
"Did the leader get anything good this time?"
"Captain, you haven't taken a shower for a few days this time? Did you eat something strange again? Does it smell like chicken?"
"Have you found those bastards?"
A group of people asked questions in a flurry, but fortunately they still maintained basic order. "Let's go! Stop hanging around! It's noisy!" Leonardo waved his hand impatiently. "Let's talk about it when we get back!"
Backlund yelled: "What's the fuss about? Keep training!" and then walked over.
"How's the situation?"
"It's not good. The situation is very complicated. I can't explain it in a sentence or two. There are a lot of enemies in the mountains in the north that I haven't seen before. The pressure will be very high. What will happen when I am away? Who is in charge of the fortress now?"
"The order to return to Krasnodar has been coming for several days, and I am waiting for you to come back. The old butler of the Count of Tashkent is now in charge of the fortress. It has not been attacked for many days. After the main tower collapsed, the Count and his group could not even sleep.
There are no rooms. I come to sleep in the dormitory every day. How long have I waited?
I went back to the territory when the weather was fine. When the team members had nothing to do, I asked them to move bricks as a training exercise. Within two days, all the remains of the two towers were dismantled and piled there to see how they planned to rebuild.
." Backlund raised his chin and pointed at a pile of broken stones and broken bricks stacked against the city wall.
"Oh, by the way, is Landau gone?"
"He's gone. He made a lot of bed crossbows before he left. By the way, he left this with Polu. I would have forgotten it if you didn't tell me."
Backlund took out a small money bag and handed it to Polu. Polu took it with both hands: "Thank you."
Backlund turned his head again, "In this case, why should we set off back? We are already ready."
"Tomorrow, Polu will come with us. This time the situation is serious. We have to face more than just barbarians. Even if we put all of us together from one to seven together, we can't win. We have to go back.
Report directly to His Majesty."
"Okay, you guys go take a rest first and wash yourself off. Your stink is almost like that of barbarians." Backlund glanced at the hair of several people that had grown into strips, and fanned himself.
Leonardo turned back: "Polu, just follow Tezier's team and wait until Krasnodar reports. Otherwise, you won't be able to leave alone."
"OK, thanks."
"Go, go, disband! Tezier! Let the quartermaster get us some sets of clean clothes. I can't stand it anymore!"
Leah let out a joyful laugh and shouted as she ran: "I'm going to take a shower first! See you in the cafeteria later!"
Polu was a little confused: "Is there a women's bathhouse in the fortress?"
"No."
"That?"
"It's easy to die if you know too much." Tezier said simply and horrified.
When Bolu dipped into the warm pool, he let out a contented sigh: "Ah, I finally feel that I am still alive."
"The young man is good. He didn't hold us back. He is better than many new knights. We brought so many people this time just to prevent you from being unable to run, so that we can support you and Leah. It doesn't work, it's really ok! Yes!
Don’t you think about coming to work with us? You will be given 100 gold coins in the first year! There is also a bounty! It will increase every year!” The people who have become familiar with each other along the way have already spoken quite directly. Hick, who is soaking in hot water, talks too much.
stand up.
"100 gold coins a year!?" Does this count as an annual salary of one million? Bolu's breathing became heavy. "What a pity. If I hadn't already studied alchemy with Teacher Landau, I would have agreed."
Polu brushed off a layer of black mud from his legs.
"When I get to the place, I have to find the teacher first. The study is not finished yet."
Tezier came in from the door and flopped into the pool, with waves splashing everywhere. When he showed his head:
"Have you not seen the little pocket given to you? There is a letter in it, and it is all written on it."
"I didn't look at it. It's not an urgent matter anyway. How did you know?"
"What Beckron just said is that your teacher was invited away by Archmage Suvorov. He is very interested in the large-scale scorching ray you created. We also need to explain how the mage tower was blown up into the sky. It would be a huge loss if it was completely destroyed.
Hahaha. I guess we are going to the island, and we don’t know when we will come back after we go out. He couldn’t wait for so long and left first. You won’t be able to find him for a while. I want you to follow us back.”
"What the hell, what about my studies?"
The silent Dyke still didn't speak, glanced at the people who were talking, and just immersed his whole body in the hot water.
Hick touched his neck and left a few black fingerprints on his neck: "I think you are quite suitable for investigation and have some spirituality. Do you want to learn from it first?"
"I will study when the teacher comes back and lets me go."
Tezier sighed in disappointment: "Oh, it's hard to fool smart people."
Bolu didn't crawl out until his skin was slightly red. He rinsed himself with a bucket, dried himself, and put on the clean clothes sent by the quartermaster. They were not greasy, not sticky, and clean.
, wearing new linen clothes that didn’t smell like beasts’ sweat, eating hot soft food, and settling into a wooden bed covered with sheets, Polu almost shed tears of happiness.
The Seventh Knights were actually ready to set off. They just had to wait for a few people to come back before setting off. The next day, Polu, Hick, Tezier and Dyke stayed in a four-wheeled carriage. The size of the allotted carriage
It's not small. The salary is much higher than when Polu came. I don't know how much more space there is in the car.
It is very big, with soft hay on the ground, and several people can lie down. Warm sunlight shines in from the car window. After relaxing, I feel particularly tired today, but there is no need to use it. Polu decided to lie down and recover today. After all,
There is no need to use energy bars today.
"Wow, this treatment is really great." Bolu lay comfortably with his arm on his pillow, and asked: "Are you usually this happy?"
"How is that possible? There are quite a few of us here. There are more than twenty of us."
"What about them? I didn't see them in the dormitory either."
"You stayed with us yesterday. Did you live in an ordinary dormitory? They were not very busy in frontal defense, so we didn't bring any reconnaissance this time. We felt that we had to find something for them. Now we are all setting off, running in front of the convoy.
.It is both warning and training.”
"It's a bit miserable." I couldn't help laughing when I thought of myself lying comfortably on the carriage while these people were running wildly in the mountains and forests on both sides of the road.
Suddenly the carriage door curtain was opened, and Leah jumped in: "Everyone, have you missed me?"
"..."
"Why did you come to us?" Polu asked.
"Ah, I saw that your place is so big that I came here. It turns out that the team is so crowded now, it's uncomfortable." Leah found an open space and sat down. Today, Leah was not wearing armor, only wearing a close-fitting shirt.
Wearing a suit of armor with a cotton lining, a wide belt tied around his waist, his hair neatly tied up, and his boots brushed clean, he looks very fresh. But this is a lot of cleaning work.
.
"You've been cleaning up since you came back yesterday, right? I didn't even see you while eating."
Leah blushed: "I can't help it, it's really dirty. It took me a long time to clean it up. I'm slower on my own."
"Where are your attendants? That's right, I haven't seen any of your attendants."
"The group leader is my teacher. I'm actually here as a student. My family didn't let me bring anyone out."
"The reconnaissance team has no attendants, only new recruits. The work we do is actually more like rangers."