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It lasted until the afternoon, and the last round of recruitment was over. Including Link, the scout group only recruited a pitifully small 33 people.Unlike the other regiments, scouts had a much greater chance of coming into direct contact with the enemy, and the bad weather when they went deep into the Kaogo wilderness was also the main reason for the high fatality rate.

The last chance for the mercenaries who are not selected is to join the logistics unit. Every three months, each regiment will conduct an internal screening.The vast majority of those who failed to join the logistics army were not far away, and their monthly salary was severely reduced from 3 gold coins to 50 silver. Instead of staying, they might as well go to the trade union to take on a few more tasks.Those who are willing to stay in the logistics are either newcomers who want to exercise, or those who hope to be promoted to the Corps.

The regiment leaders returned to the fortress after the enlistment was over, and the ones left were to pick out the leaders of each formation, and distribute a copper ring that could be worn on the wrist to the one who liked it, with the number of the formation of the regiment engraved on it.

"Put it away, this is the status symbol of the defenders of Longyan Fortress, and it is also your credential for entering and leaving the fortress. If you lose it carelessly, you will be recognized as intruders by the magic arranged in the fortress. If you are unlucky, you will be shot on the spot. I don’t think anyone is willing to use their own lives to test whether the defensive enchantment of the fortress is working well.” The uncle who spoke was Davis, another leader of the scouting regiment, and he repeatedly emphasized the role of soldier cards, which must be kept carefully .

Davis said that he was spitting, but Alwin, who was also the team leader next to him, kept his attention on Link, and glanced at him from time to time.Link can't help but wonder if the identity of the Son of Nature has been exposed?

Since leaving the Guardian Land, he only used divine spells when exchanging ideas with Gonzales. When the spell slot was reset in the morning, he also used camouflage to disguise his aura as a mountain dweller. There is no reason to reveal his secrets, right?

After talking about the purpose and importance of the bracelet, Davis led the newcomers into the fortress. The other corps were still talking about various rules. Link secretly thanked himself. Personality, he hates endless lectures the most.

The lighting during the day is slightly stronger than at night. Except that the narrow passage still needs to be lit, the vaulted hall can be seen more clearly than at night with the light from above. The shops mentioned by Si are also open, and a small temple can be vaguely recognized next to alchemy, enchanting, cobbler, tailor, and blacksmith.

Since it is the domain of war, there should be only the god of war enshrined here.After only a glance, Link looked away.

Hmm... He's looking at me again, I need to find a chance to ask Gonzalez about this guy's background.

Passing through the vaulted hall that Gonzalez called the dining room to the barracks, Davis began to arrange dormitories in groups of eight. How can he explain to others that he sleeps for five days and wakes up for five days?Along the way, I always felt that something was wrong. It turned out that I missed this.

"Is your name Link?" Davis glanced down at the name recorded during the application, "You are alone."

Following the fingers of the team leader, the so-called "single room" Link was allocated was very small, except for a stone bed, there was no other place to put things.

"The leader told you to live alone." In fact, Davis didn't know why the leader arranged for a newcomer to live in the cubicle.The narrow space between the officer training room of the dragoons and the scout barracks is usually not populated, and it is too noisy during the day to stay, even those who like to be alone will not choose this place.But since it was an order from above, he didn't want to delve into it too much.

"Apart from the lobby, military barracks, and the medical clinic located on the first basement floor, trespassing is strictly prohibited. There is a curfew after dark, and the consequence of walking around without permission is three days of closed doors. Repeat offenders will be transferred to the logistics army. Anyone who dares to repeat offenders will be expelled directly." Do you hear me clearly? Well, you are free to move about. Starting tomorrow is a month-long recruit training, and you will report to me at the training ground at dawn. Latecomers... huh~" Davis left a meaning The deep threat went away, leaving behind a group of newcomers who looked at each other in blank dismay.

Regardless of those future colleagues who chattered and kept their names, Link went straight into his separate room.This is a compartment entirely for the purpose of separating the scout's dormitory from the training ground. It is narrow at the bottom and wide at the top, and there is no room for tables and chairs.I don't know if it was Gonzales who greeted Claudia and gave him a separate room, or the female team leader did it deliberately because she didn't like her?

Sensing someone approaching, Link, who was dusting and making the bed, turned his head and saw that the half-elf from the test had already leaned in and looked at him with light green eyes. Link felt a lot of pressure.

Ignoring the small number of recruits who were probing their brains, Erwin closed the iron door, took out another scroll with the sound insulation technique and shredded it, and the scroll turned into ashes included the entire room within the bounds of the barrier.

"Are you the Son of Nature?" Alwin didn't have enough evidence when he came up so directly, but he would rather take a gamble.

Link looked at Ney, this guy is just a half-elf, can you tell him?

Feng Falcon chirped twice, and the brooch on the half-elf's cloak indicated that he was an elf who believed in the forest god and a member of the Natural Alliance.

"Where did it leak?" Link stroked his forehead helplessly.

After being confirmed, Alwin hurriedly saluted to Link, "It's breath."

"Huh?" Link sniffed for a while, his sense of smell was not as good as that of Jafar, and he wasn't so unaware that he had a strong smell on his body.

"No, it's not body odor. It's the smell of plants that are unique to the Guardian Land. I stayed there for a while."

Link looked at the other party with a black line on his head, you said it earlier, it made me think about it.

"I came to Longyan Fort this time because of a special mission. Don't reveal my whereabouts." Uneasy, Link asked if there were any other members of the Natural Alliance in Longyan Fort.

"Except for me, everyone else has gone to the northern battlefield." Alwin quickly swore that he would never reveal Link's identity.

Link asked the scouts what they usually do?Are recruits going to perform reconnaissance missions after training?Although the defenders of Longyan Fort are not a regular army, it still feels too loose.

"The composition of all mercenaries is just a cover for recruitment. In fact, the main force of the infantry here is from the old empire left over from the Belfast period, and the commanders have been selected from the descendants of the officers of the old empire." Alwin has also stayed in Longyan Castle for some years, and knows some inside stories that are unknown to outsiders.In fact, these are not secrets, the twelve leaders all know, but because Longyan Fort guards the Longtou Valley against the orcs, they have not dared to touch the Dominion.If anyone dares to send troops to invade, the defenders of Longyan Castle will let Kaogo's orcs go inland, and everyone will be finished.

As for the missions of the scouts that Link was eager to know, they were actually very simple. Recruits who passed the training could go on missions directly. For the investigations on the east, west, and south fronts, newbies would usually not assign the most dangerous southern line to scout.The patrol time of the east and west routes is exactly four days, and they take turns alternately. They are required to stay in the fortress on standby when they are not on missions. Calculated, there will be two patrols in a month.

Four days is not too long, even if there is any accident, it will not exceed the time for sleeping at night.Link breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he made a slight adjustment, his plans during the day would not be delayed at all.

Anyway, feigning death is a temporary plan, Hull probably won't let me stay in Longyan Castle for too long, at least a few months, at most half a year should be able to leave.

At the same time as the iron door was knocked, Gonzalez's voice came in.

"Link, are you there?"

Alwin looked at Link, he didn't know that the Son of Nature knew the Dragon Cavalry Captain.

"My friend." Link pushed open the door, and Gonzales, who was standing outside, was surprised to see Alwin.

"I live in the second room at the top of the row. If you need anything, you can find me." After explaining his address, Alwin nodded to Gonzalez and left.

For a split second, both of them secretly looked at each other.

Link sent the wind falcon out to watch, and as soon as he entered the room, Gonzalez felt the existence of the enchantment.

"Why did he come to you? Still using a sound barrier?"

"My identity was discovered by him." He thought it was perfect, but he didn't expect to be discovered on the first day of sneaking in. Link was a little frustrated.

Hearing that it was because of the scent of the special plants of the Guardian Land on his body, Gonzalez laughed at Link fiercely, "I told you that magic is not omnipotent."

"I don't smell anything..." Link took off his cloak and gown and sniffed vigorously.

"Hahaha~" Seeing him trying to find the smell of plants from his clothes, Gonzalez laughed until his stomach ached.

"Enough is enough. Elves have a supernatural feeling for plants, and elves who believe in the forest god can even perceive the scent of plants with five sense organs."

"Isn't it a taste?"

"Of course not. His expression is fine. It's your misunderstanding. If you really can't understand it, just treat it like a demon of fate."

Forget it, this is not the first time a joke has been made, Link faces it calmly.Seeing that Gonzales was the only one, he casually asked where Su Wu had gone, and why he hadn't seen him in the morning call-up. There were many people in the mage group, but like the scouts, they didn't select a few.

"He stayed in his room studying the mage's tomes."

The secret volume, it sounds like a very powerful thing, is it going to be upgraded?Link thought excitedly.

Gonzalez had a gloomy expression on his face, "His rank is at the end of his rank as an expert."

"What do you mean?"

"That is to say, it is impossible for him to raise his rank again." Gonzalez replied seriously: "Do you still remember the difference between rank and level that I told you last night? This game has a high degree of freedom, but it is also a It's not without restrictions, once the player can no longer improve, the system will give up the player. It won't take long for Su to be freed from the game."

"This...is a good thing." Hearing that he could get rid of the game completely, Link was sincerely happy for Su Wu.

"But he doesn't think so. His purpose is to liberate his brother's soul." Gonzales helped Su Wu at the beginning because of his intention.

"You all say that Rhode's soul is trapped in an illusion, is there any proof?" Link was always skeptical about this statement.

"I haven't told you yet, but anyone who dies here will have their souls trapped. Although... I can't explain the existence of souls."

You didn't tell me much...

Link finally held back and did not say this sentence.He still needs to rely on Gonzales, and there are many rules and fighting styles that novices need to pay attention to, but these alone have benefited him a lot.

Having said that, why can't Su Wu advance further?

Gonzalez was silent for a moment before answering. In River Valley Town, he learned that Rhodes was killed by Lena, who was an alliance of the circle. Before she transformed into a lich, she was a magister in Hohenheim. Lena's file was caught by the Mage Council on the spot, and he was exiled to Longyan Castle in the name of envoy.All the mages sent here are cannon fodder for death, including the head of the mage, Wright, whose lifelong achievements also stop at the master.

"It's all my fault, if I hadn't told him..." Link's remorse was interrupted by Gonzalez.

"It's none of your business. Su has always been like this. He has delayed training because of his brother, otherwise he should have been promoted to a master." Gonzalez's point of view is that the living should not be dragged down by the dead, and Su Wu should Think more about your parents, they have already lost one son, and they cannot lose another.

"He should already know that his rank will not be raised any more." Even if Gonzalez said it wasn't his fault, Link still couldn't contain the guilt that kept growing in his heart.

Gonzalez nodded, "Yes, he knew it from the transfer order."

"Then he is now..."

"There are some weird spells recorded in the secret volume. I don't agree with him studying that, but he doesn't listen to it at all." Gonzales also tried to dissuade him, but unfortunately, it had little effect.

"What if I steal the secret scroll?" Link thought of a trick.

"Forget it, researching the secret scroll is still staying in Longyan Castle, within my protection range. If you steal the secret scroll, he might find other substitutes and do more dangerous things."

Forget it, one by one is not worrying.

Link gave up the idea of ​​talking to Su Wu.Stubborn people admit to death, and it doesn't matter whoever says it. It's better to wait for him to be kicked out by the system and leave Su Wen's soul to me.

"Go, I'll take you to meet someone."

Following Gonzalez, Link came to the northeast corner of the vaulted hall, where there was only one shop, and the sound of jingling could be heard endlessly.

"Safin's furnace... the person you want me to meet is probably a blacksmith?" Link looked up, and there was a big hammer embedded in the iron signboard.

"Dante is the veteran who built Longyan Fort with Befast, and he is quite prestigious here. He is also the only forging master in the area you can reach so far." Gonzales patted Link on the shoulder, pushed him in.

The blacksmith shop was in full swing, and the newly recruited mercenaries almost burst the door.Unlike the formally established veterans, recruits do not have standard weapons. I heard that there are master blacksmiths here, and everyone is willing to spend money to buy good armor and weapons.

Relying on his burly body and strength, Gonzalez forced his way through the crowd.Seeing the captain of the dragoons, the dwarf with the hammer waved at him, and Gonzalez led Link to push open the iron door leading to the inner room. The temperature here was hotter than outside, and a dwarf was looking down at something. , Seeing Link, he suddenly picked up the hammer in his hand and rushed over.

"Dante?" Gonzalez quickly reached out to stop him, and Link also took the opportunity to retreat outside the door.

"Don't run!" The dwarf yelled loudly when he saw Link stepping back, "Grab him, don't let him run away." Several dwarves working in the outer hall dropped their work and surrounded Link , and dragged the confused Link to Dante, whom Gonzales called the master blacksmith.

"Tell me, what's your relationship with Rhodes!" The old dwarf picked up the steaming iron and pointed at Link.

Upon hearing Rhode's name, Link and Gonzales looked at each other.

"You let them go out first." Gonzalez vouched for Link, "He is my friend."

Dante looked suspiciously at Gonzalez, then at Link, then shook his head, "Sorry, it's not that I don't believe you, but this matter is too important to me."

"I can tell you about my relationship with Rhodes, but you have to let the irrelevant people out first. The more people who know about this, the easier it is to leak the secret." The temperature of the iron block forced Link to straighten his neck. Even felt a slight burning sensation.

Dante took back the iron block, waved the people out, and closed the door.

"Now you can say it." Dante stared at Link with a pair of small eyes, and showed Link a fist-sized transparent object, "Don't try to lie, the Karma Ball has already shown that you have a great relationship with Rhodes. "

Although the function of Karma Autumn is still unclear, Link has seen Sherman use it, and thinks it is a derivative of Karma that can predict or sense a certain condition.

"Rod is my friend."

"Nonsense! You are at most twenty, and Rhodes should be sixty if he is alive!" Dante was furious, but seeing that the Karma Ball in his hand hadn't changed color, he couldn't help being stunned, "This...impossible?"

Gonzalez asked Link for advice, "Can you tell him your identity? Dante is a trustworthy person and will not reveal your secret."

"Okay." Anyway, it's not the first one... Link thought helplessly, without the identity of the Son of Nature, he really couldn't tell the relationship between himself and Su Wen.

Gonzalez whispered something next to Dante's ear, and the old dwarf looked Link up and down with his eyes bulging.

"It's a different story if it's the Son of Nature, but...it doesn't make sense. As soon as he came in, the Karma Ball responded, which proved that he was related to Thunder's rebellion."

Link rolled his eyes. The Weaver of Fate does not belong to Edgar. Neither prophecy spells nor magical spells can capture accurate information related to me. His reaction...it must be this!

He took off his boots, and before he could speak, Dante screamed strangely.

"Lucky rabbit feet! Rhode's magic tool! How do you have this?"

otz...isn't it a lucky gold coin?Link almost laughed, is it a gold coin or a rabbit's foot?

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