noffsinger Chapter 39 Detachment
Chapter 39 Detachment
After a night's rest, Xiuyi felt refreshed and his head was finally not so heavy anymore.
After making sure Xiu was up, Klotik and Kogath brought breakfast.
Shuichi washed up first and then started eating.
While Shuichi was having breakfast, the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group was divided into three parts, a 7-man team and a 3-man team. Their mission was to escort the children Shuichi rescued home and deliver a letter to Shuichi's parents.
Before meeting Kog'Maw, Shuichi was planning to recruit these little brats as his subordinates.
Shuichi's original plan was to help the little ghosts find their families while conquering them.
After he finds their families and reports their safety, if they are still willing to follow him, he will take them with him. If they don’t want to, then forget it.
But then again, the little ghosts are not mentally retarded. As they wandered along the way, they would naturally develop a dependent relationship with Shuichi as their protector, and even obey Shuichi's orders.
After seeing the colorful outside world, would they still be willing to return to their ordinary homes and live a life that they can predict the end of, without any ups and downs, and always be at the bottom of society?
This operation has to be said to be very clever. Xiuyi will not violate his own moral code, and he can also gain a few subordinates who know him well. Why not do it?
After all, these six little ghosts, three men and three women, have all awakened, especially the green-haired boy Kevin, who has good qualifications and is worthy of training.
For this reason, Xiuyi specially gave him some relic cards in order to improve his friendship level and make it easier to cultivate him in the future.
After that, they met the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group, and the two sides reached a consensus to travel together... There is no need to say more after that.
With a superior replacement available, the six little ghosts become dispensable.
In this case, Xiuyi would certainly not continue to waste time and energy on these little kids. The right thing to do would be to send them home to reunite with their parents as soon as possible.
The second group consisted of only three people, and their mission was to go to Logi Town to find Shuichi's parents and report their safety.
Xiuyi was worried that if he didn't hear from him for a long time, his parents would get anxious and do something irrational.
If they were too worried and went out looking for him... that would be terrible. The world is so chaotic now and there are so many people in the world. They wouldn't want to be separated from each other before they even meet.
The last group had the largest number of people, a total of 15 people including Shuichi and Kog'gas.
Xiuyi led the team to continue according to the original plan and went to Viscount Hocas to respond to the call and participate in the so-called winter bear hunting activity.
In fact, Xiuyi had some vague guesses. He suspected that this bear hunting activity was most likely just a cover, and the real thing to do was probably related to monsters like goblins that suddenly broke into this world.
Also, the strange man in animal skins mentioned by Captain Chuck last night is very suspicious. I always feel that this matter is not simple.
After breakfast, the little ghosts came to Shuichi one by one to say goodbye.
It can be seen that, except for the green mage Kevin and the disfigured little girl Godel, the other four little guys are actually quite afraid of Xiuyi.
But everyone knew that Shuichi had been protecting them, so before leaving, they came over to say goodbye to Shuichi.
Shuichi bids farewell to them, and finally tries to use the Eye of the Water Element God to help Gothil heal the scars on her face and body.
The result is not ideal.
This is due to Shuichi's own lack of ability, and also because the scar is too dark and requires a long time to treat.
Anyway, it is impossible for Gothil's injuries to be healed in a short period of time.
In fact, Xiuyi felt that at the current progress, without any adventure or enlightenment, it would take more than ten years to heal the scar on Godier's face.
Since it has come to this, it would be better to let Godier go home and reunite with her family.
When Shuichi has the ability in the future, he will heal Gothil's injuries.
The main point is not to delay either side.
Having been kidnapped for no apparent reason and having experienced such a bizarre incident, the little ghosts naturally wanted to return home and wished they could immediately grow wings and fly back to their parents for comfort.
"Klotik, I'll leave them in your care." Before leaving, Shuichi was still a little worried and patiently reminded him, "Safety is the most important thing. After sending them home, we'll go to Logi Town."
Klotik, who had an ordinary appearance and a somewhat sturdy body, patted his bulging chest like a man and said loudly: "Master, please rest assured, I will definitely send them home safely!"
"After sending them home, remember to meet up in Logi Town."
"Yes!"
After explaining everything to Klotik, Shuichi looked at the other side, where there were only three people.
"Mike, I'll leave my family to you."
The other team that delivered the letter to Shuichi's parents was led by Mike, the fugitive slave who had publicly questioned Kog'gas's decision to defect to Shuichi not long ago. He was later beaten up in public by Kog'gas and instantly became obedient.
In other words, he now admires Shuichi so much that he is a fanatical fan.
Mike was born into a fugitive slave family and later became a hunter, making a living by hunting.
His strengths are tracking tracks, identifying directions, hiding and saving his life, so his group has the smallest number of people.
Mike values strength the most.
After knowing that Shuichi could grant ordinary people extraordinary powers, Mike knelt down on the spot, completely, prostrating himself on the ground, wishing he could bury his face in the ground.
Seeing that Shuichi took the initiative to talk to him, Mike's face flushed. He subconsciously tightened the bow on his back, straightened his chest, and said loudly: "I promise to complete the mission! If I fail, I will come to see you with my head!"
Xiuyi couldn't help but smile when he saw Mike was so serious: "It's good to be determined, but no matter what, remember that safety comes first."
"Yes! My life belongs to the master! I will definitely cherish my life and serve the master for the rest of my life!"
Shuichi: "..."
Could you please restrain your licking urge? I still like your unruly look back then. Please calm down a bit!
In this way, the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group was divided into three, each rushing towards its own destination.
Shuichi and Kog'gas' target is Boulder Town, the territory of Viscount Hocas.
The group walked for almost a week and finally arrived at Boulder Town from Araki Town.
As soon as he approached the Stone Town, Xiuyi discovered that many people dressed as mercenaries were rushing towards the Stone Town in groups.
Many of the mercenaries who occasionally passed by were people Kog'gas knew. After a few words, he found out that they all came to accept the bear hunting mission from Viscount Hocas.
This fact also positively confirms the accuracy of a certain rumor.
A large number of mercenaries entered the Stone Town, and the soldiers took everyone to the mercenary square prepared in advance for reorganization.
In order to welcome the wave of mercenaries numbering more than a thousand, Viscount Hocas opened up a new mercenary square in the town in advance to accommodate the mercenaries.
The old and new Mercenary Squares are separated, one in the south and one in the north.
Is this because they are worried that thousands of mercenaries gathering together will cause trouble?
Many people may not know that the reason why Louis XVI was sent to death was not only because he disregarded national interests and chose to provide large sums of money to the United States when his people were impoverished, causing his people to suffer from hunger and cold, but also because of his escape.
The flight of Louis XVI shattered the sanctity of the royal family.
Simply put, when the people regarded the king as a god, they found out that their king was afraid of death and made the whole country know it... This has a bit of the flavor of idol disillusionment.
Since the idol is not living up to expectations, he might as well die.
However, there have not been any large-scale peasant uprisings in this world. After all, the nobles are kings in their own territories, and most civilians will never have the opportunity to leave their birthplace for more than a hundred kilometers in their entire lives.
How can the people of the two countries join hands to overthrow the nobles above them?
Should I kill Baron A first or Viscount B first?
Or launch an attack at the same time and kill both A and B?
But if we kill together, our forces will be dispersed. Then what is the point of our unity?
If we work together to kill one first, what will happen to the other one? Is there still a chance to kill it?
Although the feudal system has many disadvantages, it can effectively restrict large-scale peasant uprisings.
After all, a knight who has been fully trained in killing skills is definitely better at fighting than a farmer who works in the fields all day.
In the era of cold weapons...morale is the only way to win.
Xiuyi rested for a day in the newly opened South Mercenary Square in Boulder Town, and finally received an invitation to enter the castle to discuss important matters before dinner.
The leader of each mercenary group can bring a deputy to participate in the meeting.
The one who came to invite the leaders of the mercenaries was Locke, the son of Viscount Horcas's steward...
As the best candidate for the next steward of the Horcas family, this gentleman behaved with proper etiquette and was neither humble nor arrogant when facing many mercenary leaders. He really lived up to the reputation of Viscount Horcas.
I think this reception mission is also a test for the young Locke.
Whether you can find a balance among the many mercenary leaders and avoid fighting among them is a real challenge.
To put it bluntly, the job of a mercenary is to fight, so in addition to cooperation between mercenary groups, there is more confrontation.
For example, Lord A issues an order to request the mercenaries in the territory to help defend the city, and the enemy attacking Lord A is Lord B's soldiers and the mercenaries Lord B recruited from the territory...
Therefore, there is indeed a lot of grudges between mercenaries.
However, mercenaries generally have one good point, which is that they usually won't attack their peers unless they receive a mission or encounter a major conflict of interest.
After all, if they kill each other without any mission, the cost-effectiveness is too low.
Moreover, this irrational behavior can easily be looked down upon or even treated hostilely by others.
No noble would want his territory to be in chaos; stability is the cornerstone of development.
Also, the brothers and sisters in other mercenary groups are all our relatives, friends, brothers and sisters. Do you want me to kill them?
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