Dawn, Fort Hillpoint.
The gentle morning glow is reflected in the castle, and it is also reflected on the faces of the soldiers standing guard at the battlements.
Otim is the soldier's name, which is taken from a type of wheat grown in his hometown.
On the day of his birth, the wheat field at home happened to have a good harvest, so his parents gave him such a name.
There is no special meaning, just a common name that can be seen everywhere, but Otim himself is proud of it.
Because he thinks he can be tall and straight like the famous wheat, and lead a different life.
Yes, Otim doesn't want to live the life of a farmer all his life like his parents.
He had a wonderful idea since he was a child, and he set a goal for himself, that is to leave the village when he becomes an adult, and go to the outside world to parade. He wants to see a wider world and experience more interesting things.
However, this goal was quickly broken by reality.
After harvesting the wheat field one time, he met the village head by chance. Young people always have an infinite desire to talk, so he told him about it.
The village chief regretfully warned Otim that if he wants to travel, he needs Duwen, which is an identity document that symbolizes the citizenship of the empire.
With it, you can safely pass through the checkpoints of each city, and even the castle, without being rejected outside the city.
The application for this type of certificate is very simple. You only need to report to the territorial officials, and then hand over a certain amount of Kairos silver coins.
However, the village head knew well the situation in Otim's family. The population was large, and the wheat fields harvested each year were barely enough to support the family. How could Otim have the money to buy Duwen.
The strong-willed Otim was not discouraged, and he planned to find another way to get money.
At this time, it happened that Catherine was recruiting new soldiers in the village, and after hearing that a soldier's monthly salary could be twenty Marion coins.
Otium quickly stepped forward to sign up with Catherine, enlisted in the army, and became a recruit in Rijite.
Otim plans to leave the army after he saves enough money, leave the army, complete the visa, go far away, and go out to travel around the world.
However, dreams are often not so easy to achieve.
Not long after he enlisted in the army, a major event happened. The human kingdom of Dylan officially declared war on the orc empire.
The Rigiter army he was in followed Baron Kane to the Hillhorn Fort not long after.
In the first few days of stationing, everything was so calm.
Otim heard from fellow veterans that the orcs would not attack the south so easily, and the stationing this time was just in case.
However, with the delivery of a letter, things began to change.
In the early morning of that day, another Lord Lord ordered someone to deliver the letter to Lord Kane. Otim, who was keen to observe, soon found that Lord Kane's face became more serious after reading the letter. As if something big is about to happen.
It seemed to confirm Otim's conjecture. In less than a few days, the orc army attacked from the south.
When Otim held the bow and arrow in his hand tremblingly, he realized that he was also afraid.
Facing the menacing orc army, Otim realized at this moment that this is completely different from the hunting in the forest back then. This is war, and he will die here if he is not careful.
Fortunately, the patrol captain discovered this situation. He also came from a recruit, so he knew what Otim was thinking at the moment.
So the patrol captain immediately issued an order and gave Otim an order to call Lord Kane to come over, so as to relieve his nervous state of mind.
Running all the way, Otim kept exhaling and inhaling, trying to calm his heart.
But after seeing Lord Kane, the heart that had been unable to calm down just now miraculously calmed down.
Staying beside Lord Kane, Otim found himself feeling at ease.
Also under Kane's heroic leadership, the crowd repelled the first batch of orc siege troops.
Although there were several casualties of soldiers in the middle, but in the face of such unequal strength of the two sides, this number of casualties is not bad.
Looking ahead, Kane, Catherine, Marcus and several superhumans fought with the orc superhumans, Otim's eyes were full of admiration.
At the same time, his inner goal has also undergone some changes. Otim no longer puts traveling around the world as his primary goal, but seeks how to become an extraordinary person.
But before everyone celebrated the victory of the battle, a big hole was smashed into the city gate below, and the nasty orc commander rushed into the castle with an army.
Once again, Lord Kane shouldered the heavy responsibility alone and fought with the lizard.
He even did not hesitate to change into an orc to block the opponent's offensive.
Otim looked at Kane who had turned into a werewolf, and there was no panic in his eyes, because he knew that if the adults hadn't blocked him in front, he and others might have died here long ago.
He wanted to step forward to share a little pressure for Lord Kane, but he understood that there was no room for ordinary people like him to intervene in the war between extraordinary.
Otim hated why he was not extraordinary and could not help Lord Kane.
In this intense mood, his bow and arrows at the orcs became extremely precise, and each shot could kill an orc soldier.
The situation on the battlefield changes every minute. Even Otim didn't expect that Master Sitz, who just ran to support him, was bombarded with lightning by that despicable lizard.
Looking at Master Sitz, who was covered in scorched black, Otim's eyes were very worried.
He still remembered the time when he was hunting in the forest, it was Lord Sitz who used fireballs to save them who were trapped by wolves.
But now the life of this great mage is in critical condition.
A loud laugh interrupted Otim's memory. He looked up and saw that the lizard who had been high-spirited before had been beaten to death by Lord Kane.
But I don't know why, this guy seems to be going crazy now, laughing constantly, and the crazy laughter resounds throughout the battlefield, and the dark clouds above suddenly gather.
For the first time in Otim's life, the spectacle he saw appeared in front of him.
It was a giant thunder beast that could not be described in words, and it attacked the entire castle from the air with a murderous aura.
Otim heard the crazy words of the sauropod, and it wanted everyone to come and bury it with it.
At the critical moment, Lord Kane stepped forward again, and he threw the lizardman into the sky to make peace with the giant beast.
Afterwards, Lord Kane actually used his own body to stop this thunder monster for everyone.
Both humans and orcs on the battlefield stopped to fight. They looked at the figure in the sky that was smaller than Thunderbolt in amazement, and it was hard to imagine that he had the courage to contend against him.
There were tears in Otim's eyes, and he knelt down on the ground, praying for the first time that the God of Wisdom would bless Kane safe.
As if guided by him, more and more soldiers knelt down on the ground, praying to the gods.
Perhaps their prayers worked. After the dark night passed and before the dawn arrived, Lord Kane swallowed up all the thunder and walked out of the pit safely.
Joy gushed out from Otim's heart, and he happily embraced the soldiers around him, not only celebrating his surviving life after the catastrophe, but also feeling happy that Lord Kane was safe and sound.
Since then, Lord Kane has become the object of Otim's admiration, and he wants to become the same extraordinary person as the other party.
"Hey! Otim."
The morning sun had already risen, and Otim's memories were over, and the voice of veteran Jackson came from afar.
Otim knew that the other party was here to talk to him, and it was time for him to get off work, so he could have a good sleep later.
Speaking of which, these few days are really peaceful, it seems that the orcs don't plan to attack again.
(end of this chapter)