foreigner's journey

Chapter 540 Mercenaries

The dark hour is coming.

Where there is evil, there is holiness.

Where there is fantasy, there is materialism.

Where there is resentment, there is hope.

Where there is hatred, there is love.

Where there is the dead, there is the living.

This is the age when darkness overrides light, just as the shadow of the moon overrides the light of the sun.

People in the future will call this era——

【Dark Age】.

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On the vast field, the grass was stained red with blood.

The sound of shouting and killing shook the sky, and the sharp blade waved, tearing up flesh and blood, and taking away fresh life.

Knights in white armor straddle similarly heavily armed horses, holding long spears or beautifully shaped swords to lead the charge, white armored cavalry regiments with golden irises embroidered on their flags, and black armors with three lions emblems engraved on their armors The torrent of iron cavalry collided, blooming cruel flowers of blood and iron.

Here is a picture of a certain battlefield between the Kingdom of Midland and the Kingdom of Yoda. In the century-long bloody war, this is just a small moment, which is not surprising.

[Hundred Years' War], this is how people call the blood feud between the Kingdom of Midland and the Kingdom of Yoda.

The reason for this cannot be tested anymore. The conflict between the two great powers has been escalating for a hundred years, and now it is already an endless situation.

The white-armored cavalry, the pride and pillars of combat power of the Kingdom of Midland, dispersed the black-armored Yoda troops with indomitable spirit, trying to cover the siege troops and erect long ladders, but were quickly destroyed like a rain of locusts. The arrows were forced to move the front line back.

What the armies of the two sides are fighting for is a fortress, which is located in a dangerous position and is an important place that the two countries are striving to compete with each other.Over and over again, this fortress has changed its owner for an unknown number of times, and now its owner is the 'Mountain' Roswaal of the Yoda Kingdom Army.

A tall man with two exquisite mustaches stood anxiously on the hillside far away from the fortress. The exquisite white armor all over his body made crackling noises as he paced back and forth aimlessly, which made people irritated.

At this time, a white armored soldier with blood on his body came to him and said quickly:

"Master Garda, the Kingdom of Yoda has tightly sealed off the fortress. The charge of the cavalry regiment also failed today..."

"Bastard! It's been four days, why can't you take it down? The fortress that can be taken down in a day is all due to those damn mercenaries!"

The bearded man known as "Garda the White Dog" became more and more anxious, but the fortress that was clearly bound to be won was unable to attack for a long time because of the support of mercenaries from Yoda's army. The credit with His Majesty will also be minimized, right?

Thinking of this, Garda no longer hesitated, and looked at the soldier: "Hey, there are many mercenary groups waiting outside, right? Summon them! Choose the best mercenary group from them, even if it is a single-handed mercenary, as long as they are good at it Anyone who comes will not be rejected!"

"This..." The soldier hesitated: "Those mercenaries are guys who don't see money and don't move, I don't know..."

"If you can help me capture the fortress, I will reward gold coins according to the output and the number of heads. Each mercenary group has a minimum of 5 coins and a maximum of 30 coins!"

Garda can be regarded as a bloody investment:
"What are you still doing? Go and gather those greedy hyenas!"

Looking at the soldiers running away, the white dog Garda let out a long breath, with a look of disgust and expectation intertwined on his face.

This is the normal state of this era, wars are everywhere, and mercenaries come into being.

Fighting only for money, there is no fixed employer and no unbreakable master-slave relationship. Mercenaries are like hungry hyenas shuttling through various battlefields, smelling the smell of blood, and feeding on war.

In the hilly area far from the battlefield, hundreds of people stayed.Compared with the regular army of the Kingdom of Mitland or the Kingdom of Yoda, the equipment of these people is messy. It is completely inconsistent in style and style. Obviously, most of them are "good goods" picked up from the corpses of various battlefields.

The mercenaries were divided into several camps and gathered together, watching their colleagues warily while watching the battle situation in the distance.

The hyenas were waiting, waiting for the Kingdom of Mitland to come to their aid after being held down for a long time, so that they could have the lion's chance to speak loudly.

There is never too much gold coins.

Weak mercenary regiments are not qualified to participate in the remnants of such a large-scale war. There is no need for the Mitlan army or the Yoda army to drive them away. Larger mercenary regiments will drive the weak ones out of this place first.They can still stay until now, which just proves their strength.

[Yolanda Mercenary Group], a foreign mercenary group that fled from the north to the border between the two countries. It is well-equipped and skilled in group combat. There are a total of 244 people, and the leader is Yolanda.

[Lion Claw Cavalry], a new mercenary group formed by the gathering of wandering knights and down-and-out warriors. It is characterized by an overwhelming cavalry force, with a total of 112 members. The head of the group is Leon the "Big Lion".

[Bakiraka Clan], it is said to be a strange group from a hermit tribe. It is a terrifying mercenary group with a small number of people but each has incredible assassination skills. There are 5 people in total, and the leader calls himself 'Yongs'.

The three mercenary gangs each occupy a territory and confront each other.Everyone hopes to win this business from the other two. The Kingdom of Midland is famously rich, and it treats mercenaries very generously, so it has a very good reputation in the mercenary world.

The members of the Yolanda mercenary group wore all kinds of equipment. Although the styles were not the same, they were superior. The mercenaries cursed or laughed at other mercenary groups in a vulgar way, telling vulgar jokes .The head of the group, Yolanda, was a well-proportioned middle-aged man with a burly upper body and was tightly wrapped in plate armor, holding a big axe in his hand.

In contrast, the Lion's Claw Cavalry appeared to be much 'regular'.Although the equipment was a bit poor, the Lion Claw Regiment had more than 50 cavalrymen, and the horses were obviously well-cared for.The head of the regiment, 'Big Lion' Leon, was wearing a standard cavalry armor with the logo deliberately erased, holding a cavalry lance, and beside him stood a tall brown horse covered in chain armor.

There are only five members of the Bakikara family, and each of these five members has a strange figure.Some are short, some are tall and thin, some are crawling on the ground, some are graceful, and some are tall and mighty and not like ordinary people.They wiped their weapons silently, as if they were not on the battlefield.

At this time, the soldiers were ordered to rush to the mercenary gathering place, and after taking a breath, they said loudly: "Everyone! Everyone! General Garda has an order, which indicates that those with lofty ideals will serve the Kingdom of Miranda and assist the White Dog Army to break through the fortress. There must be a big reward!"

Come live!Everyone's eyes lit up, and just as the leaders were about to speak, violent dust and shock waves suddenly exploded in front of them!
Something fell from the sky and hit the hillside heavily.

The messenger soldier standing at the top of the hillside was sent flying far away by the violent shock wave before he even uttered a scream.

After finally waiting for the dust to dissipate, the mercenaries were shocked to find that the hillside had been cut in half, and the previous 'top' had become a huge pit.

In the center of the pit, Heather maintains the landing posture of 'Terminator', with a cold expression like Schwarzenegger's devil robot style.

Humanity?The mercenaries looked at each other in blank dismay. Just as they boldly wanted to question who Heather was, suddenly another black shadow fell from the sky and lightly landed on Heather's shoulder.

It was Qi Qishi with bare feet and a light green kimono.

Heather, who had just completed the crossing, stood up and looked around, stared at the mercenaries with astonished expressions for a while, and at the same time asked questions——

"where is this?"

"who are you!"

　PS: I originally wanted to write "Chain Saw Man" or "One Punch Man", but after thinking about it, I really wanted to write "Legend of Sword Wind".Of course, it can also be called "Brand Warrior".

　
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