"Those guys don’t know where they come from, like the accent of Erdek, or the smugglers in Greywater Bay, or the people in that area. There are a dozen of them, most of them are the ones mentioned above. However, two or three of them are different. They are taller and have a more local accent. Once Nibeto noticed that these people use the same saber-the kind is longer. A thin saber with two embossed wings on the guard.... These guys live in an abandoned hunter camp in the forest. They rarely go out on weekdays and don’t deal with outsiders much. They at least stayed there. For half a month, Captain Madden sent people to monitor them at first, but we found that their range of activities was very narrow, and they had nothing to do with us. As time passed, no one would take care of them. These people are not particularly outstanding. Of course, there may be one or two tricky ones, but it's not enough to be afraid.... The abandoned hunter camp was heard before the war. The original owner had already fled to the north, so he put it aside. After coming down, the camp is not far from here. After entering the forest, go south and you will see a small road leading to that place in about an hour and a half."
According to Little Phoenix’s description, Brando took—or rather, escorted this line of patrol cavalry into the forest. The first round of the full moon and the golden sea had fallen below the horizon at this time, and the second round of the moon Moya had just ascended the mountain. Ya, the gray moon hung in the sky, they walked south along the foot of the hillside reflected by the slanting moon, a path weaving among the twisted bushes, and it didn't take long before they found the hunter camp described in the description.
The moonlight was very bright this night, and a few miles away, you could clearly see that the camp was located in a mountain col. Brando stood in the woods on the mountain and looked at the hunter camp, while confirming to the little Phoenix next to him: "Is it there?" I quickly got a positive answer: "It's there, Brother Brando." Little Phoenix whispered: "Captain Madden used to bring us here for training, but some time ago, the bones were making trouble. If it’s too strong, it’s taken over by other people.” He bragged again: “Honestly, if Captain Madden hadn’t told us to make trouble, I would have blasted them away with someone. Those guys wouldn’t be right at first sight. What a good person—"
Freya took back a hand that was violently knocked on the head of little Phoenix, and gave this guy an angry look. After more than a year, this little guy has faintly replaced her as the new leader of the Butcher militia. Essen and Makmi are older than him, but young people prefer capable leaders. If he was still in Buche, this little guy would never dare to be so careless. He dared to take everyone to a fight. Freya would get angry when he thought of this. The Buche militia was in her place before. Under the leadership is never synonymous with trouble.
Although the young people patrolling the cavalry were frowning, they couldn't help laughing at this moment. Little Phoenix rubbed his red foreheads and looked at them, feeling that his self-esteem was hurt, and said angrily: "What do you think of me? Don't you have that ability?"
"Of course not, Mr. Phoenix, we admire you for being tight."
"Yes, yes!" the inspecting cavalry hurriedly replied.
Ou Jin also complimented: "The child's swordsman talent of Lord Earl is amazing, and one day he will achieve extraordinary achievements."
Brando took a look at the little Phoenix, and he agreed with this point in his heart. In this era, Bucher has produced two great men, one Freyja and the other Bresson, but the little Phoenix's swordsmanship talent even exceeds this. Two people, he didn't know whether this young man died in Bouche in history, Eruin did not have such a name to shine afterwards. "Little Phoenix, what are your plans for the future?" Brando asked.
"Captain Madden wants to recommend me to the guard team in the Manoville area, where he has some old friends who can make a way." As for Brando, little Phoenix did not hide the slightest.
"Alright," Brando nodded noncommittal: "What do you think?"
Little Phoenix stared at him: "Brother Brando, I want to learn swordsmanship with you."
Somehow, Brando suddenly remembered Haruze, and he nodded silently. This was actually an idea that he had suddenly born before. He saw the outstanding swordsmanship talent of little Phoenix, so he couldn't let such a pearl fall. The idea of being in the dust here; there is no name Phoenix in history, but there must be a place for this young man in this world. He had this hunch when he left Buche, but looking back now, Eluin might have missed a true genius.
In time, it is entirely possible for Little Phoenix to grow into a swordsman like his grandfather. When Brando thought this way, he did not consider that his current prestige has faintly inherited the status of Darus, especially in the aristocratic circle. Many people already know that Darus has a grandson, but only two. At the early age of ten, he already had elements of civilization and the strength of the sword saint. Following the Anson era, Eruin will have a real sword saint in a blink of an eye.
"Brother Brando, have you agreed!?" Little Phoenix exclaimed excitedly.
"Brando, don't get used to him too much," Freya couldn't help but interject: "The captain must have his reasoning. I think you'd better ask Uncle Madden first."
"Sister Freya, you can't turn your elbow out!"
"Hey, tell me why I turned my elbow out, Brando is not an outsider!"
"For the eldest sister, Brother Brando is really not an outsider, so I'm a gaffe."
"You...you fellow!" Freya was almost stunned by the words of little Phoenix.
Brando smiled and saw the elder brother and sister bickering, feeling as if he had returned to Buche. He didn’t care about Freya’s worries at all. Madden arranged for the young Phoenix to go to Manowell to join the garrison. It’s because they don’t know the situation of him and Freya. Now they have returned to Buche. I’m afraid Madden will come to him without saying that. Where is the little Phoenix more promising? The one who participated in November Veterans of the war will not be clear.
He looked at the hunter camp in the col. He didn't come here on a whim and wanted to pretend to be Bragg's sheriff, but a sentence in the description of those people by Little Phoenix caught his attention— 'There are more than ten of them, most of them are the above-mentioned kind of people, but two or three of them are not the same. They are taller and have a more local accent. Once Nibeto noticed these. Individuals use the same saber-a longer and thinner saber, with two reliefs of wings on the guard. '—This is a typical cavalry sword. In Golan-Elson, there is only one kind of person who can use this saber, that is, the white-winged cavalry. The decoration on the sword also illustrates this point from the side, so these three people are very It may be a deserter. He remembered the last few words left by Tester last night, and a strong vigilance immediately rose in his heart, prompting him to find out.
But he didn't tell Freya and Little Phoenix, it was just a guess after all.
The group quickly touched the vicinity of the camp. Brando instructed the patrol cavalry to surround the entire camp first. I don’t know if he had the intention of expressing himself, or whether these young people from Braggs really showed how much. Divided skills, under the leadership of Ou Jin, they quietly scattered around, and quickly controlled the surrounding camp. After everyone came closer, they could see that there were a few scattered wooden houses scattered in the woods. Wooden walls as high as one person encircled the camp, but the wooden walls were ragged and full of gaps. The camp was overgrown with weeds. It has been a long time since no one has taken care of it. This alone can show that these people do not intend to live here for a long time. In this era, the refugees are basically equivalent to desperadoes.
Ou Jin looked around and told Brando, "These guys have actually come back. They are so bold. I thought they would at least change places."
With Brando's keen perception, he naturally heard the sound of twelve breaths in the room early. He thought that he was in charge of the local security, and he seemed to have some ability. He looked at the captain of the inspection cavalry with some curiosity, and asked, "How do you judge it?"
Ou Jin looked at the Lord Earl strangely, and pointed to the second room. Brando couldn't help but cough as soon as he saw it. It turned out that he was sitting at the door of that room with a night watch. Guy. He patted his forehead lightly, patronized and listened to the sound, but did not notice that there was a gangster right in front of him. This face was so embarrassing, he shut up quickly, pretending to be a deep look on his face, lest he call other people. Seeing that he, Lord Earl, was actually ugly.
Brando listened carefully for a while, and found that, as little Phoenix said, the strength of these people is very ordinary. The night watch guy has the strength of the upper reaches of the black iron, and the standards of other people are similar to him. The third room There is a silver rank guy in it, because Brando is too far away to judge the level of silver, but it must not exceed the median level. After judging this, he suddenly felt a little disappointed. These people are too bad. Even if they are cultists, they probably won't be the core figures. In Warnd, such desperadoes are not uncommon everywhere. They often travel around to commit crimes, committing murders or other sensational crimes, but their world obviously does not overlap with him.
After confirming this, Brando shook his head disappointedly, and then gestured to the cavalry on the side.
That gesture meant to tell the patrol cavalry how many people were in the house, where they were distributed, and what their strengths were. This is a tactical gesture often used by patrol cavalry. Brando used it at his fingertips. Jin was also taken aback, wondering if this Lord Earl was also an inspector cavalry? Of course, he never thought that Brando would be a low-level kid like them. Most of them were the high-level commander of the patrol cavalry or a figure like the great knight commander, but he didn't know that his previous idea was closer to the truth.
Although these cultists seem to be just a few thieves, Brando didn’t plan to let it go since he encountered him. He didn’t plan to do it himself. Instead, he would give the credit to the young people of the cavalry patrol team. After all, these The young people walked with him for half a night in the deserted mountains and ridges, and they always wanted to make a profit, didn't they-even if they didn't do it voluntarily.
Under Brando and Eugene’s instructions, the young patrol knights immediately took action. They first touched into the camp and quietly killed the night watchman—as Eugene said, these impossibilities Frighteningly bold, there is only one person in the entire camp to watch the night, not to mention, even the one who watched the night is actually dozing off—they obviously didn’t expect that the patrol cavalry would come to pick up their den and patrol the young of the cavalry squad. People didn't wake up these gangsters until they entered the third room, and the fighting took place almost immediately.
The silver cultist reacted first. He grabbed the sword and rushed towards the inspecting cavalry. Ou Jin also rushed forward with the sword. The sword lights in the hands of the two ping-pong-pong-pong gleamed, but no one can do anything about it. Obviously, this cultist is also quite tricky for inspecting the cavalry captain. But it’s a pity that this guy’s men seem to be pussies. They quickly fell one by one under the siege of the patrol knights. In the end, only the cult leader was left in the house fighting alone. He probably knew that there was no hope of breaking through. Suddenly he let out an angry roar, turned the tip of his sword and chuckled it into his throat, then fell to the ground and died.
The battle ended faster than expected, Brando was still a little surprised by the combat effectiveness of these inspection knights, and then relieved again. What's happening right now does not explain how powerful the kingdom’s patrol cavalry is, but on the contrary. It is precisely because these cavalry who are responsible for local public security behave too poorly on weekdays, so these lawbreakers dare to be so confident and bold. , They obviously did not expect that this local security team composed of noble heirs would surprise them in the middle of the night. If Brando hadn't personally let them witness this fact, they must think this was a fantasy.
However, the young patrol knights were obviously not conscious of this. They happily escorted the gangsters—but Fan Shang still had a breath—from the house one by one. After the little Phoenix was unwilling, naturally they also personally grabbed one of them. . These cultists lined up in a row outside the camp, and there were only five left. Most of the others had their throats cut in their sleep. Brando glanced at the taller two of the five remaining people. He paid special attention to the saber thrown in front of them. As expected, as Little Phoenix said, they were two white-winged cavalry swords.
As for the third person, Brando knew that he was already dead.
"Did you ask anything?" He turned back to ask Ou Jin.
Ou Jin shook his head at Brando with an open eyebrow. He is slightly older than these young people under his own, but he is only in his thirties. According to the algorithm of Vonde Continent, he is still a young man, and he is still The captain of these patrolling cavalry units, his subordinates have found in previous searches that these people are all cultists, this is a great contribution. He captured twelve cultists in one fell swoop, and five more. Living, not to mention that there were three deserters from the White Wing Cavalry regiment. Ou Jin could almost see that a medal was already beckoning to him.
He grinned and replied to Brando: "My Lord Earl, these guys are cultists. They are very stiff and refuse to say anything, but it doesn't matter. They are dead anyway. They will be sent back before next week. Hanging is not necessary. Then I will pack a better stand and invite the adults to visit it in person."
Brando didn’t have any evil interest in visiting the hanging, or he didn’t care about this thing at all. He shook his head, but he also understood that Ou Jin’s words were not wrong, but all the members of the All Things One Society would be down to this kind of thing. Desperadoes, up to Anlek's kind of public servants and nobles, are mostly ghosts and will never look back until death. They probably also understand that once their identity is exposed, waiting for their fate is death, so they don't have any luck.
But this means that he ran for nothing tonight.
While he was thinking this way, a young patrol knight suddenly ran out of the house, waving something in his hand, and exclaimed excitedly: "My lord, I found another piece of evidence."
The guy ran up and Brando saw that there was a map in his hand. He opened it in front of Eugene as if offering a treasure. Brando immediately understood why this guy was so excited: the map should be drawn. It is the street topography in Fort Bragg, very detailed and a typical military map. Brando looked at the two wing markers on the map again and understood that this might be a map used internally by the White Wing Cavalry. Collecting military maps privately is already a felony in this era, let alone stealing from the army. Taken.
Brando narrowed his eyes slightly, and at the same time he felt Freya touch his hand lightly.
Freya can also understand military maps. At a glance, she saw two shallow red circles on the map, one of which was marked on No. 52 Gravedigger Avenue.
"Brando," she reminded in a low voice.
Brando understood her, and immediately turned her head and whispered in her ear: "Freya, you go and call Antitina for her."
"Antitina she...?"
Brando nodded. He thought he had guessed wrong, but he didn't expect that Liu Yinghua was another inch—the deserters of the white-winged cavalry regiment in front of him, and the white-winged cavalry who was on the gallows and also belonged to the unity of all things. The commander of the Wing Cavalry Regiment, Magske, Tester’s last wailing, plus this map—a light or dark line seemed to have appeared before his eyes. But he was a little strange, how come these all-in-one guys are always entangled with Antitina, what can be interesting to them after she is a nobleman
Brando thought about it for a moment, and shook his head in confusion. This incident is very strange. Tester and Magske are obviously upper-level members of the Unity of All Things, and logically speaking, they seem to be concerned about things at their level. , Obviously it is not the turn of these cannon fodder to intervene, what is the trick here
Thinking of this, he turned his head and patted Ou Jin on the shoulder: "Mr. Captain, I hope you can do me a favor."
"What's busy?" Ou Jin looked at the Lord Earl in a daze.
"I think the identities of these people are not just as simple as it seems. I suggest you better not send them to Bragg's prison, but find a place to interrogate them." Brando replied.
Ou Jin hesitated for a moment, then nodded immediately. He was obviously more reluctant to offend Brando than a credit.
Brando smiled at him: "Thank you very much, Mr. Captain, don't worry, the credit must belong to you and the lads under you."
Hearing Brando's thanks to him, Ou Jin immediately became exasperated, thinking that he might have made the most correct decision this time.
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