Chapter 92 The Tranquility Before the Storm
It has been almost a week since the absurd night between Rock and Grace. A lot of things have happened during this period.
First, the Baron was hired by the mercenaries in Peters, and had arrived at the United Army camp and officially settled in Locke and his camp. The nationalities of this group of professional mercenaries are strange, some are natives of Fostertan, some are from the Southern Likiah Confederacy, people from the Karaman Kingdom, and even people from the Omore Empire.
The leader is a middle-aged big beard with a dense brown beard, showing the group of mercenary leaders and rich experience. This is also a low-level knight attendant-level strongman. Locke has a very keen intuition, and he feels that he should not be the opponent of this big beard.
But Locke, the deputy captain of the Forstein Cavalry Squadron, has a much higher status than this bearded man. To put it nicely, this group of mercenaries is mercenaries, but to put it nicely, it is the life of the Baron who bought money. Whenever the Baron gets him, they must go, although they may die.
But then again, these mercenaries with heads on their belts are also fearless. For them, death may be just a small wound on their bodies, although this wound is on the heart.
Another thing is that the recruits recruited by the Baron in the territory had already been in place a few days ago. A squadron of recruits consisting of 72 young soldiers, most of whom were between 15 and 17 years old, and younger than Locke.
It is worth noting that one of the young men is Hans's younger brother. The Hans family has three brothers in total. Hans ranks second, with a newly married brother above and a younger brother three years younger than Hans. The one who was recruited by the Baron this time was his younger brother.
In fact, if a male member of a family like Hans already joins the army, the Baron will not force them to join the army. However, Kaidozi's leader really has no extra young and middle-aged people now. Just looking at the age of these new recruits, you can know that these soldiers were also the ones that were finally collected from the territory.
Of course, in addition to the Baron's order and generous pensions given, there is another thing that Hans, who was sent back to Kaidozi, was the agent squadron leader a month ago.
There was a brother who was in charge of the position of squadron leader and was better than rolling in the fields to be a farmer. This was Hans's younger brother's idea. Although there were rumors that nearly half of the casualties in the Kaidozi camp were reported back, and many families were broken as a result.
It can also be seen from this perspective that Hans' younger brother also has ambitions and dares to join the army with such a high damage rate in the army.
"Brother Locke!" Hans's younger brother always smiled and shining when he saw Locke in the military camp. His name was Hank.
"Sister Lea and Aunt Tia heard that you were fine, but they were so relieved!" Hank said with a smile.
Locke had just learned about this. Not long ago, during his days in the Bering Mountains, the news of his "death in battle" was not passed back to Kaidozi, but was intercepted by Hans and Kane. They even sent their military pay back to Locke's family to show that Locke is still alive.
A month ago, nearly half of the Kaidozi camp was killed or injured. The large Eagle Legion may not be a big deal, but it caused an uproar in the Kaidozi leadership. The entire Kaidozi leadership was covered with white dust, and every family was related to the death or one relative died.
Lock lamented that he was fortunately helped by the two brothers Hans and Kane, otherwise he would not believe what kind of blow would be if his parents and sister knew about their death. Unlike the Hans family, Lock is the only seed in the family.
"Yes, you have to do it well too!" Locke patted Hank's shoulder. The young man was three years younger than Locke, but he was not much smaller than that, he was too thin, just like a stinger. He could not imagine that he was the younger brother of Hans, who was as strong as a magnificent.
"Yes!" Hank grinned and smiled.
Unlike Hans who is a silly bottle, Hank has a familiar personality, which is very similar to Kane. In addition to the difference in physiques between the two, the veterans in the camp joked that Hank is more like Kane's younger brother.
Kane also took good care of this brother's younger brother. Because of Hank's physical condition, Kane planned to train him to be a scout like himself. Kane, who grew up alone since childhood, took out all the methods he had put in the bottom of the box and taught Hank. Nearly a week has passed, and Kane has become indifferent to not being promoted to the first-class private.
Among the three Locke and the others, Kane is the one who is the most open-minded, and it doesn't matter to the future. Kane, who is an orphan and beggar, is easily satisfied with the future.
"Just live comfortably alone!" This is Kane's original words.
That morning, Locke completed his routine practice and first walked around the cavalry battalion. After all, he was the deputy captain of the cavalry squadron, so Locke needed to be familiar with his men.
After finishing, Locke went straight to Hans and Uncle Yosak. The others had always gone to the Baron's camp for lunch together.
When we went to find Hans, we happened to catch Kane training Hank. Hans and others were holding their arms and looking at the two people in the barracks. Kane was teaching Hank the key to crawling forward. As a scout, this is the most basic and important skill.
Just watching Hank take bites of the loess with bitter face off the court, the few people couldn't help laughing. There was not much fun in the military camp now, and seeing that others were defeated is also a good thing to pass the time.
When Yoshak and Carl saw Locke coming, they said with a smile: "Here you come!"
Now Locke's position is a level older than that of ordinary squadrons because of the special nature of the cavalry squadron. Moreover, the strength of Locke's low-level sergeant is there. Other squadron leaders should be more respectful when they see Locke, but Yoshak and Carl don't need it. They are Locke's elders, and Locke never takes any airs to these two people.
Nodded, Locke replied kindly, "Yes, uncle." Locke respected him from the bottom of his heart for Uncle Yoshak and Uncle Carl.
When the time was almost over, Locke and others greeted Kane and Hank who were still training off the court, and walked towards the Baron's camp together. Hank, who was trained by Kane, looked up at Locke who was away with envy in his eyes. Hans and others said, "When will I be as grand as my brother?"
"As long as you have the ability, you can reach that level." Kane replied angrily. He, as a 'apprentice', has good physical fitness and a flexible mind. He is just lazy and always wants to be lazy. Kane needs to keep staring at him.
"Then the training, you won't have lunch if you don't finish three rounds!" Kane said to Hank fiercely. Although he didn't care whether he was promoted to the squadron leader, there were still regrets. Hank accidentally exposed Kane's scars, so I'm sorry. Kane must not let you practice twice?
"Ah?!" Hank, who was lying on the ground practicing crawling, let out a scream, which made other soldiers in the distance tremble all over when they heard it.
Whether still on the training ground, the struggling Hank, Locke, Hans, Uncle Yoshak and others have arrived at the Baron's camp.
The four people sat together in a tacit understanding. The first seat was of course Baron Kaidozi. The right position on the lower side belonged to Knight Will, and the left position belonged to Master Zoro, although this position has been empty recently. The further position is Captain Monte and Locke, and then the other squadron leaders.
Rock sat next to the seat close to Will Knight. Because his position was Will Knight's deputy, it was normal to sit here. Next to Rock came Uncle Yoshak, Uncle Carl, and Hans.
Soon, a few people came in one after another in the camp. First, Captain Monte walked into the camp with a smile, then his deputy captain, and then the third squadron leader of Hans's squadron. This guy sat down close to Hans, and it seemed that Hans was the squadron leader, but he was Hans' deputy.
Finally, the bearded man from the mercenary squadron and a sinister young man with a white skin. They were the heads of the mercenary squadron. Perhaps because they were mercenaries from mixed dragons and snakes, these guys were relatively casual and the ones they came at the latest.
But because it is a mercenary, credit is very important. Although it came late, I have never been late. I entered at the right time and no one can say anything about it.
As soon as the bearded and sinister young man entered the camp, Baron Kaidozi and Knight Will walked in together. Baron Kaidozi should have been discussing things with Knight Will, and walked to the door of the camp and was still talking about something.
It is more than a week before the arrival of the New Year. It will take five years for Rock to join the army. Looking back on the past five years, Rock will be unforgettable memory for the rest of his life.
Recently, the baron announced few orders, most of which were training soldiers. In the joint barracks, more than 70,000 soldiers, plus the newly recruits who have been replenished from the Kingdom of Foster, the actual number is almost 80,000. This large military camp full of blood, is filled with voices of soldiers training every day.
Locke took the time to go to the side of the United Army camp and secretly took a look at the city of Audis surrounded by them. The quaint and majestic city tower, tall and dangerous city walls, and countless guardian equipment set up on the city walls shocked Locke.
This is the first time Rock saw a big city with a population of more than 100,000. As a king's capital, the first impression that Rock had left on him was grand. Soon after, they were going to attack such a city? Rock looked at the pruned walls and the tense city of Audis. What Rock had in his heart was actually a faint excitement.
Chapter completed!