Planda, the deputy leader of the Dragon Skeleton Mercenary Corps, understood as soon as he saw the messenger's face.
His face was a look of anxiety and desire for war.
Ranger, who has officially transformed from a mercenary to a deputy commander of the garrison, is naturally qualified to know what happened.
So he ran in front of the messenger and ran along the streets of Mokou Town towards the recruitment center of the Adventurers Union.
Many eyes stared at him, guessing what was important for him to move quickly. Soon they knew his intentions, and he knew, so they all knew.
The army of Yinhun City is coming.
He passed by the temporary garrison placed by the Lord for the Church of God of Knowledge and saw that these Templar Knights and priests were ready.
Everything is placed as much as possible within the time permitted.
Not far away, the captain of the Knights of the Templar and his priests crouched and knelt on the floor, laying various small potions of dozens of dozens of potions, preparing bandages, blankets and herbal ointments for treating wounds.
Other knights and warriors wiped their weapons and armor, tried to pull the longbow and check the full quiver.
Ranger Planda subconsciously glanced up at the direction of the desert.
As a battle-hardened mercenary, he knew that these, and even more bandages and healing potions would be needed before the battle ended.
In fact, when he was a mercenary, all these logistics supplies were prepared by him personally before every war, but every battle would not be enough.
Now that he has been with the garrison, he no longer has to worry about this headache-inducing problem, just release his desire for battle.
Because as the chief manager of Mokou Town, Glar will prepare any combat items for them.
Five days ago, when he ended a fight against a medium-sized werewolf tribe outside the town, he realized that he could really be willful if he had money.
Soon he came to the most lively place for Mokou Town: the Adventurer Union.
It is like a noisy vegetable market, with chattering adventurers gathering here, waiting for the staff to post the organized commissioned tasks, and then go to the hall to receive the task they want, disappearing in the Enoaoke Desert or the Mokou Town Mountains.
Entering the gate of the Adventurers union, he immediately saw his temporary assistant, Glar's son Lando and Purple Dragon Knight Alec of the Purple Dragon Legion, two young men who often walk together, standing on a high platform on the taskbar, as if making comments to the adventurers watching and joining in the fun.
At this time, Lando's powerful speech was coming to an end:
"...In the face of Yinhun City, we either fight side by side or perish each other. Who is willing to fight with Mokou Town?!"
As Planda expected, no one would respond to him in the same tone, and on the contrary, there were bursts of mocking and booing sounds in the crowd.
If it were him, he would do the same.
After all, whether it is mercenaries or adventurers, most of them are mainly a group of people who focus on personal interests. How could they be moved by such unnutritional words?
"I know what you think, choose neutrality? Indifferent?"
The young Purple Dragon Knight Alec looked at the crowd and raised his voice and said, "Yes, I am not only a Purple Dragon Knight from the Kingdom of Cormier, but also a Saint Warrior of the Real God. My duty is to protect the people and protect them from ogres, werewolves and goblins. Not only that, I also must protect civilians from being hurt by any kind of evil forces."
"Because the paladins must protect and save. They protect civilians from being hung on trees, and are pierced by swords and slowly bleed to death. They protect beautiful girls from being tied to wooden stakes, forcibly spread their legs, protect children from being massacred, and then thrown into the well. Even the lit barn, the cats that are about to be burned are worth protecting. So I want to be a paladin. That's why I got this sword, to protect the people of the Kingdom of Cormier, because they don't have swords, don't understand magical techniques, and no one has taught them how to fight and face the invasion of evil creatures and ghost people..."
Although the Paladin's passionate speech touched Planda's heart slightly, he knew that these words would not do much to these people.
What's more, they will treat them like clowns.
He pushed the crowd away, walked to Alec, and smiled to him to shut up immediately.
Then, he photographed the depressed paladin, took out a new reward mission in front of the onlookers watching the excitement, and said to everyone cleanly:
"The Lord Lord has an order that the army of Yinhun City is about to invade Mokou Town. Here he assured all participants who are willing to protect Mokou Town that all those who participate in this battle will be paid twice as much as possible. After the battle, regardless of whether their life experience is innocent or not, they can become citizens of Mokou Town and obtain ownership of houses and land. If they are willing to join the garrison, they can also obtain a job as a guard.
Okay, that’s all I said. If you want to stop after the last vote, just sign up. Please line up in front of the staff and register.”
Whether it is adventurers or mercenaries, their lives are not as free and easy as poets sing.
Because this is a dangerous job, it is also a job that is easy to retire.
With just one accident in a battle, you may have a difficult injury to recover from, and your strength will drop significantly.
If you cannot take out the expensive healing costs of magic tricks, it will become a vicious cycle, and then you are almost ready to retire.
After all, not everyone has the desire to take risks, and the risks are also taken with their lives.
If most people can have a safe source of income, enough to marry, have children and reproduce, who wants to risk their lives to earn rewards?
Planda unconsciously recalled why she was forced to become a mercenary.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! He is a civilian born in the commercial kingdom of Sambiya.
In order to buy a beautiful bracelet for a girl he liked, he worked as a porter on the dock at the age of fourteen, and saved up a full year of wages to make up.
Unfortunately, when he saved enough money, the girl just happened to die of illness.
He originally planned to buy the jewelry that he had not given out, just as leaving a memorial for himself.
Who would have thought that when he stepped into this store, he realized that it was also an ornament, and the others had 2 gold coins, but he had to collect 3 gold coins.
He asked the boss why?
The boss said that it was because you were a lowly civilian, a dirty dock porter, that's all.
Thinking back on my bitterness, I not only turned into a waste, but also was humiliated so much.
He gritted his teeth, without hesitation, pulled out a dagger, stabbed the boss to death, and began his wandering and escape career.
Planda came to her senses and saw her simple words, like a fireball falling into the crowd, suddenly exploded, and some people started to yell, "Stop after the last vote."
He smiled slightly, explained a few words to the two young and energetic boys, Lando and Alec beside him, and left quickly.
After all, he was about to fight with the army of the Yinhun City. The commander of the garrison Salou had already held a meeting in the meeting hall of Rock Bunker, and he naturally had to prepare for his preparation.
No matter what task he was assigned, he was willing to fight for the future of Mokou Town.
In the chamber of Rock Bunker, Brian walked in with the ancient dragon Silver Wings dressed in the poet.
The hall was very quiet, with everyone's expressions serious and solemn.
The old sword saint Ballez, the commander of the garrison, Glar and his cousin Jander, the Purple Dragon Knight Obert and the Battle Mage Maric, as well as Tysonde of the God of Knowledge and Kalena of the Mother of Earth Church, were all here.
Seeing this, Brian suddenly realized that his subordinates seemed to be the kind of people who were not very talkative, and there was no funny person who could liven up the atmosphere, so that the whole meeting seemed a bit dull.
He sat in his main seat and immediately asked Yinyi to report the information he had detected in detail to everyone.
While the Silver Wings reported, Brian frowned and thought about the opponent he was about to face.
In the information of Silver Wing, he learned that Hajjhorner was very active.
In addition to the shadow mage and the black knight from the Ghost City, a group of desert nomadic people, the Beida Barbarians, were recruited in a number of about 500.
At the same time, a lizardman unit with a population of nearly a thousand people from the distant sea swamp was already on the way to Mokou Town under the leadership of a young black dragon.
And with his special reminder, Yinyi finally discovered a large goblin army ready to go in the Mokou Mountains, as well as many evil humanoid creatures who were driven away for the establishment of five villages.
In Brian's opinion, if this army is led by the Supreme King Hajj Horner, the attack on Arab City will have the power to fight, let alone his Mokou Town.
As he thought, when Blade Wing reported the information in detail, everyone's expressions became ugly, and even Kalena, the only woman who always liked to smile, frowned and meditated.
"Sir, in the face of this situation, I have a good suggestion." At this moment, the weak war mage Marik stood up first and expressed his opinion.
"Please speak." Brian looked at the war mage and nodded slightly.
In fact, he already had a rough tactic in his mind how to deal with the army of Yinhun City.
"I think it's not the best choice for us to just guard Mokou Town like this."
Marik said bluntly. Although his tone of speaking seemed weak, his eyes were extremely sharp. "I think we should take the initiative!"
"I don't think it's right."
The commander of the garrison, Salou, objected, "The city wall is a barrier to protect the town. If we choose to fight outside the town with the army of the ghost city, mainly casters, it is hard to imagine how heavy the losses would be. Moreover, our hard power is more than one level away from the enemy, so how could we defeat them in a head-on confrontation."
"Of course I know these." Marik continued:
"But don't forget who our opponent is, Hajj Horna, the Supreme King's Hand. The opponent is not only a legendary spellcaster, but also has a shadow dragon that is at the age of the ancient dragon stage, and the middle-aged black dragon from the Dragon Blessing Sect that is from the far sea swamp.
No opponent here can resist us. Relying on the city wall defense, it will undoubtedly become a fixed target for dragons and spellcasters. Their magic can completely hit our town at a long distance, but we have no countermeasures."
After listening to Marik's analysis, the commander of the garrison Salou frowned and fell into deep thought.
After the others understood, they nodded slightly, but they felt very difficult after thinking about fighting against enemies who had an advantage in any aspect.
Obviously, they were not sure to defeat their opponents.
"I think Marick's analysis is fine." Brian agreed with the war mage's proposal and said to everyone, "So, I decided to fight the army of the ghost city outside the town."
Before everyone could speak, he continued, "Actually, Elend had said just now that the enemy's army is not all concentrated together, this is the key to our victory."
"That's right!" The war mage nodded, "The enemy's army is very scattered, but our people are all gathered together. This is the only advantage we can take advantage of."
"I have thought of how to deal with the enemy." Seeing everyone nodding, Brian pointed to a valley on the map and ordered, "I have asked Mr. Elend to help us reconnaissance. This valley is a must-pass place for the nomadic cavalry of the Bede Barbarians. Salou, you lead your own troops and the recruited adventurer mercenaries here. Your mission is to use the advantage of numbers to trap this group of mobility nomadic cavalry here and wipe out all of them."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Zander, you lead your men to station in Shenshi Village, which is a must-pass place for the army of goblins." Brian pointed to the Mokou Mountains on the map and issued an order again.
"But..." Zhan De hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Sir, the Great Goblin Army is more than 500 conservative, just by my people..."
He didn't continue, but everyone understood what his words meant.
"I understand your difficulties." Brian nodded slightly, "Don't worry, I have arranged for you in the Mokou Mountains in advance with more reinforcements than the Great Goblins to help you eliminate them."
Upon hearing this, Jand looked at Glar, and closed his mouth a little uneasy and stopped talking.
"Miss Kalena."
Brian looked at the female pastor of the church of Mother Earth.
"Your Watchmen will be responsible for assisting the militia teams in the five villages to clear humanoid creatures that may take advantage of the fire and protect the safety of the people. If the number of enemies is too large, I suggest you attract them to the groves where the five druids live in the Emerald Garden, and then set a fire..."
"No problem, leave this to me." Kalena smiled and nodded.
"The remaining people, the Purple Dragon Knight, the Battle Mage, and Mr. Tysonder's Templar Knight and the Priest, all went with me to meet the caster and the Black Knight from the Ghost City at the junction of the plains and deserts outside the town."
Brian said to them with a slightly serious expression, "If there is no problem, go back and prepare for the upcoming battle."
"Sir..." Purple Dragon Knight Obert hesitated for a moment and couldn't help asking: "Did we miss out on an enemy, what should we do with the middle-aged black dragon from the swamp in the distant sea?"
"The nickname of this black dragon is 'Greedy Ghost', both greedy and timid."
Chapter completed!