After soliciting the opinions of the two mages, the captain ordered the soldiers to build a tent for the mages, which calmed the mages' dissatisfaction. However, Shaoko did not live in the tent because he felt that it had nothing to do with these soldiers at the bottom of the cave, and the cave was much warmer and safer than the tent.

In the following days, Shaoke and the others kept hunting monsters around. Fortunately, most of the second-level monsters here are snow tigers, and they will not appear in groups, which makes the hunting work much safer. Generally speaking, dozens of soldiers are enough to deal with these monsters with their ranged weapons. The mages' job is mainly to observe that when the monsters are about to release spells, they will promptly bombard the opponent's spells to ensure the safety of the soldiers.

The results of several days of hunting were good. At least if Shaoke and the others were looking for those second-level monsters now, they would have to run a day away. The first-level and second-level monsters around were basically wiped out by everyone.

Although the number of hunting was not large, it was relatively expensive. The snow tiger skins were quickly made by the idle doctors. The precious crystal cores were carefully placed in oak boxes paved with velvet cloth. The medicinal materials such as tiger whip and tiger bone were also picked by everyone and placed on the sled and prepared to take them back for the doctors to use.

The relatively easy task gave Shaoke more time to prepare for promotion. With the help of the hollow stone liquid, he made his current entry nearly three times faster than before. The purification of magic power was regarded as a key task by Shaoke. Although this is the case, there was still no obvious effect in just a few days. However, Shaoke knew that it did not feel it did not mean that there was no progress, it was just a few. Who made his meditation method too inefficient!

On this day, Shaoke went to look for the captain after dinner and discussed whether to go back. The captain pondered for a while and said, "Master Xueye, it's good to go back. In the past few days, there are fewer and fewer traces of monsters. Today we even encountered a small group of mud pigs. I agree with your opinion."

When Shaoke saw the captain agreeing, he felt relieved. He planned to go back and prepare well and strive to be successful in promotion before the next mission. It is time to leave this somewhat deserted border, because only in those big cities will there be more advanced magic knowledge waiting for him to learn.

After chatting with Shaoke for a few casual words, the captain said uncomfortablely: "Master Xueye, I...I want to ask, is it useful for us to do this? Sometimes I feel that we are not soldiers, but just a group of cannon fodder hired by a huge mercenary union. Sorry, Master Xueye, I...I'm not talking about yours." The captain changed his rigorousness and talked hesitantly and hesitantly, and hesitated to express his questions that had been pressing in his heart for a long time. He also tried hard to keep his eyes on the mage in hopes of getting an answer that was different from himself.

"It's useful, captain, you don't have to worry about this problem. We are not cannon fodder, including those soldiers. Look, now that the low-level monsters in the forest have been destroyed by us, those high-level monsters will lack food sources because of our actions, which will greatly reduce the survival rate of their cubs. Moreover, these low-level monsters have not grown up again. We will hunt them again. Look! Since the founding of the Empire, except for the small-scale beast tide in the past few hundred years, since people like us were placed here, there has never been a beast tide.

I'm afraid it's the smallest one." After a little thought, Shaoke answered the other party's question with certainty. He did not want the commander to depress his will. After being recognized by the mage, the captain continued to stabilize again. In fact, after seeing too many soldiers die because of these monsters, the old-fashioned and rigorous captain felt a little confused and helpless. Shaoke's answer made the captain restore his initial momentum. He worked hard to tidy up the military uniform that was already covered with mud and snow, and said goodbye to Shaoke. Now, he needs to check whether the soldiers abide by the rules of camping.

In fact, Shaoke didn't know whether this would be useful. Most of the energy of the Blue Feather Empire was devoted to these long border lines. The border at the junction with the Mist Forest accounted for about one-third of the empire's energy. Moreover, the empire is now hostile to several countries at the junction in the south for a long time, and small-scale wars have lasted for nearly ten thousand years. It is said that the land on the border has turned red, and farmers can no longer harvest oats on that land to make bread, but it has become a paradise for the necromancers; if a large-scale battle was launched with those hostile countries, the empire would need to draw the defense power of the Mist Forest. In this way, the departure of large-scale hunters will be recreated after a long time.

After the captain left, Shaoke thought about it alone, but then laughed at himself again, saying, "What do you care about me?" The sky collapsed, and those tall people were holding on to me, and the gods came, and there were immortal legends who were fighting against me. I, a person who had not yet entered the formal magician, care about these things? It only adds to my worries."

After reaching these conclusions, Shaoke sorted out the items he carried with him to facilitate the march tomorrow morning.

Busy, in Shaoke's feeling, the mages are always busy, either copying magic knowledge or recording spell casting experience, or meditating or not having any entertainment activities. However, in order to live a good life and live like a person, Shaoke had to join this ranks, and now he is deeply trapped in it, which makes people sigh at the charm of magic.

The next morning, when everyone packed up their belongings and was about to go back, Master Kiya and Master Iga delayed the time. It turned out that many of their belongings had not been sorted out. Master Kiya complained, "Why go back now? Why didn't anyone tell me? It was Master Snow Ye who made the decision!"

"Yes, it was my decision, because this time the captain and I led this team, and there is no need to discuss it with you. You just need to listen to the orders now. I believe, Master Fei and the others must have told you these things." Shaoko knew the reason why Master Kiya was angry, but he did not leave him the dignity of a mage when everyone was beside him, because it was Master Kiya who made the mistake at first, not him.

It turned out that after Master Kiya tasted the effect of the empty stone liquid, he asked Shaoko for some empty stone liquid more than once in the following days. After being rejected, he even proposed to buy a drop of one universal gold coin. It can be imagined that the empty stone liquid that has not been diluted for about ten thousand years will not have such a price. After Shaoko reported the minimum price of a drop of ten universal gold coins, he made Master Kiya forget the help he had just arrived, and deepened his dissatisfaction with Shaoko, but he finally did not really turn against him. This happened under the condition of Master Yijia. Therefore, Master Kiya attacked Shaoko because of this small matter.

After the soldiers' tents were packed, the two mages were still busy packing things in their tents. Shaoko knew that they were dissatisfied, so he signaled to the captain and asked the soldiers to stand at the door of the only tent to wait for the mages to appear.

Perhaps it was because of the soldiers' collective waiting. Master Yijia felt uncomfortable first and took the initiative to persuade Master Kiya, which did not delay the return plan for too long. However, Master Yijia, who came out of the tent, was also dissatisfied with Shaoko. He believed that it was extremely unreasonable to let the soldiers stand in front of their tents and wait like this. Therefore, when he went back, Master Yijia followed the team under the protection of the deputy captain Iron Tower, while Master Kiya and Master Yijia walked behind under the protection of another team of soldiers arranged by the captain. The fighting spirit of the mages caused the whole team to be dull. Even the cheerful young doctor just joked with his two wounded men who were almost better to relieve some dull pressure.

This situation continued until the dinner the next day before it was broken. Of course, it was not the reconciliation between the mages, but after meeting a mercenary team, the mages gathered together again to talk to each other. Before that, even if the mages had dinner, the battle was divided into two parts, but this also made Shaoke feel more purified. Moreover, when fighting, he only paid attention to it, and he did not need to take action, because he finally completed the help given to him by the other two mages. Shaoke felt that he did not owe any more money? The mages and the others' kindness.

It turned out that at dinner time, the soldiers on duty discovered a strange team coming from the town. After the gathering signal was issued, Shaoke suddenly felt a fierce heartbeat, thinking it was the attack of the monster. The books in his hand were still on the carpet, and quickly covered his cloak and rushed outside with his staff, because since they came out this time, they had never heard the gathering signal at night. When Shaoke was ready, he realized that it was not the attack of the monster, but a team of about dozens of people, holding a torch, walking towards the camp.

Although the soldiers did not believe that there would be a team to take the initiative to attack them, they still hid in the dark under the command of the captain and prepared for battle. After all, there were many brave masters who were brave enough to make this unprepared camp face a huge disaster, and even if there was a mage, it would not be avoided.

"Stop, stop there, who are you, what are you doing here?" A loud soldier hid behind a tree at the commander's instructions and shouted loudly: "Don't get close to fifty meters, otherwise what is waiting for you are javelins and bows."
Chapter completed!