"Blind?"

"Well, it looks like there's a cat. Ayana said that after she followed the mercenaries up the city walls, it was as if a lot was happening in front of her eyes in a moment, but with her natural acuity, she was able to see the real movements. This also made Fidel interested in magical powers, and perhaps what Ayana said was indeed true, and it was most likely an unknown magical power - after all, it was not surprising that the wind and rain and the lightning could appear, even if there were other mysterious magic. Fylde suddenly wanted to go back to the inner city, in the room where he was under house arrest, and re-read the books that were full of strange things.

By the time the two returned to the defensive area of the city walls, the forces of the Eastern and Western Oguna Empire had already begun to withdraw, and both sides immediately fulfilled the terms of the agreement and withdrew from the city or re-guarded the city gates.

"It's none of your business, go back to the camp!" said an officer from the Theoguna Empire as he arrived at the area where the mercenaries were in charge of defense, "your camp is outside the city, and it's still intact. "It turned out that the west side of the city of Doret was not under siege, and the invading forces of the East Oguna Empire left after repelling the mercenaries, focusing all their attention on the three sub-cities.

When Fed returned to the camp with the mercenaries of the four mercenary groups, he found that there was no one here, and the camp that could have housed dozens of mercenary groups was empty. Most of the mercenaries just find a bed and sleep upside down. Everyone was tired, they didn't even eat something before going to sleep, after all, the armistice agreement had already come into effect, and even if the Eastern Oguna Empire suddenly wanted to tear up the agreement, it would not attack one or two thousand mercenaries, so everyone had no scruples.

Only a few of the tents that could have sleeped more than a dozen people were slept, but a lot of space was still vacated. Marcus One-Eyed placed himself and his brother's weapons in a tent and carried his brother's corpse out of the camp, with Fidel following and Ayana following Fidel.

"Deputy Head Field, please tell Commander Andre that I may have to leave the Potato Mercenary Regiment for the time being," Marcus took Matthews' body to a small river, and then said to Field, who was following behind him, without looking back, "I need to deal with my brother's death, after all, he is my fellow brother." ”

Fidel didn't reply, he knew that although the two brothers were very arrogant, they were never separated, whether it was eating, sleeping, or fighting. The pain of losing his brother is incomprehensible to others, at least as an only child, Fed, who doesn't know how to say anything comforting.

Marcus saw that Fed's words were not spoken, so he began to build a simple wooden burning frame, then placed his brother's corpse on it, took out flint and steel and lit the wooden frame. The raging fire quickly burned Matthews' body and wooden frame, and Marcus took out a bag, slowly held the suspected ashes in his hand, and slowly poured it into it. He knelt on the ground, his hands kept holding the ashes, and for a moment Fed was touched and wanted to step forward to help the other man. But Ayana beside her took Fidel's hand and shook her head. Feder also realized that the fact that he chose to save Ayana instead of Matthews had made Marcus feel estranged from the two of them, but is it really good not to do something now?

When he woke up the next day, Fyld couldn't find any trace of Marcus, and the golden axe and war hammer had been taken away by Captain One-Eye. Fidel sat on the edge of his bed, his head bowed, looking at his feet in frustration. Cash, Greif, Hughes, Avi, Van Moon, Marcus and Matthews have all left him, and the potato mercenary group that was established in the Rock Thieves has long been shattered, and no one knows who will leave or die next, maybe it will be himself. The cruel reality made Fei De feel helpless and painful, he never had to worry about these things when he was alone, but now everything is different.

"Captain Field!" Jasmine walked in from outside the tent with Charlie and Hei, and before Fielder had washed, he immediately picked up a random cloth and wiped his face. Although the expression on his face is still like wood, and no one will notice his frustration, but there is still a basic neatness.

"Are you done counting your men?" asked Feder casually.

"After the count, everyone has not lost many people," Jasmine, the female leader with Adam's apple, stood at the front, "The most losses are the superior mercenary group, they have lost twenty percent of their manpower. Charlie then nodded, he said that it was all a small matter, and there were fewer people to add, anyway, there were many people who wanted to be mercenaries, whether they were young or middle-aged, men or women. As long as the Theoguna Empire pays enough money in the future, they will soon be able to recruit their men back.

"By the way, Commander, a messenger sent by the Lord Regent has come from outside just now, and he made it clear that you will only tell us the purpose of coming here if you see Captain Fei first, why don't you hurry up and prepare. ”

"It's okay, let him in now. ”

Jasmine immediately went out and entered the tent with the messenger. Luka, Noor, Ayana, and Patrick, who was still recovering from a leg injury, all entered Fidel's tent, and they all looked rejuvenated, each with a little anticipation on their faces, perhaps wondering how the Theoguna Empire would reward them.

"Your Excellency is the head of the Field, right?" the envoy was a civil official, and he seemed to be quite weak.

"Yes, I am. ”

"On the orders of Lord Regent and the Chief of the General Staff, this envoy has brought the reward for guarding Doret City this time," the envoy looked down slightly at Fei De who was sitting on the bed, Fei De was not in the mood and did not stand up, "Each mercenary group can get 10,000 gold coins, and the leaders of each mercenary group can choose to become a third-class privileged mercenary of the Holy Oguna Empire and continue to serve His Majesty Manfret." ”

Charlie and the others immediately exchanged a look, 10,000 gold coins is definitely a lot of money for them, but this siege of such a huge scale is rare in history, plus Jasmine and the others also followed Feld to kill the head of the enemy knights and protect the holy daughter Golia, they thought they could get more.

As for the option of a third-class privileged mercenary, the three commanders have their own ideas. Captain Jasmine asked, "What about the rest of the mercenary groups?"

"Most of the mercenary groups are deserters, and they are not counted as co-defending the city," the envoy looked calm and spoke freely, "and the remaining mercenary groups will also be treated favorably by our country, so you don't have to worry." ”

"Is there any other reward? The bodies of Carlos and the Blue Widow were handed over to your people last night, and that's thanks to our initiative to intercept the Wasteland Python!" said Ahei loudly, although he didn't make much effort, but the bodies of Carlos and the Blue Widow were carried to the military camp of the Theoguna Empire. And he still coveted the powerful enchanted greatsword, but Noor didn't let go, and said that it was taken back by Squadron Leader Matthews with his life, and it must not be given to anyone else.

"Well, since you mentioned Carlos, I don't have to hide it. The Lord Regent Xiumo and the Chief of the General Staff, Lord Stanley, are very unhappy that you mercenaries have killed a nobleman of Carlos' level, which puts them in a disadvantageous position in the subsequent negotiations, considering that Carlos is both a high-ranking officer of the East Oguna Empire and the son of Prime Minister Hollow. If you capture Carlos alive, it will definitely be rewarded, but now that you have only handed over the corpse to us, you really don't understand politics, you don't understand politics too much!" the civil envoy was indignant, and his tone smacked of strong condemnation, and several of Charlie's regimental commanders and Fidel's subordinates were surprised by this, and they did not expect that killing a powerful enemy would be a bad thing.

"So we need to be punished?" asked Fidd.

The civil envoy exhaled through his nostrils before he said, "The punishment is not enough, since it is a war, anyone can be killed in the battlefield, and the regent has already said that he will not pursue this matter again." And because of your meritorious command of Captain Phid and intercepting the widow mercenary group that wanted to sneak attack the Virgin Golia, Lord Regent has another generous gift to leave to the potato mercenary group and Captain Phid. ”

The other three regimental commanders, who were not named, immediately pricked up their ears.

"Lord Regent Shumo gave two options to the Potato Mercenary Regiment and Captain Fidel, the first is to become a first-class privileged mercenary of the St. Oguna Empire, and enter the city of Doret within thirty days to meet with the Lord Regent and accept the mercenary mission, and the second is to accept the knight canonization of the Lord Regent and become the first national knight order after the independence of the St. Oguna Empire. ”

"Knights of the State?!" Noor couldn't help but shout.

"That's right. The civil envoy responded immediately.

The others also showed surprised expressions, knowing that the average knight order is the most elite soldiers under the nobles, and even the members of the knight order are nobles. The few members of these knightly orders generally only appear in the castles of every lord and noble, protecting the private property there. Whether it is the head of the regiment or the deputy commander, the leaders of the knights are basically from noble backgrounds, and I have never heard of any knight leader on the mainland who is from a civilian background. There may be some knights who can still make it to the ranks of knights by virtue of their military exploits, but that is also a very rare and very rare few.

The three mercenary group leaders didn't expect the regent Xiumo to treat Fidel so well, knowing that this is a knight order ordained by the state, so that a civilian mercenary can instantly have the option to become a nobleman. And because of the emergence of the Holy Oguna Empire, as long as what this civil official said is true, then it is really possible to become the first knight order, which is absolutely the supreme glory!

"I refuse," Fei De didn't think much about it, and the image of his father came to mind in his mind, "I reject the second option, as for the first option, I need some time to think about it, I wonder if Lord Regent Xiumo has given me time to think about it?"

The civil envoy did not expect that the other party would refuse to become a knight, and he opened his mouth in surprise, but he quickly restrained his emotions and replied, "No, Lord Regent did not tell the villain to leave time for your Excellency to consider, which means that you must make a decision immediately. ”

"That first option was also rejected. Feder ignored the other people's gazes and responded directly.