Public trial?You deserve it too!

"Yes, I got it during training, and just call me Gustav, Captain." The man quickly entered the role, and he didn't have any dissatisfaction or dissatisfaction at all because Claude was several years younger than him. willing.

"I thought you would still keep me at arm's length." Claude chuckled, and when the other party said this, he also put the problem directly on the bright side.

"This is the military affairs of the empire. No matter who we are loyal to, we are loyal to the empire first, so I will never trip you up in this matter." Gustav obviously said the truth, " In addition, you don't need to worry that I will disobey the command, since you were the first to arrive at the fortress, it proves that you are definitely better than me in the team march, and the plan is much more perfect than mine, so I will not interfere with you."

After speaking, Gustav turned around and prepared to leave.

"Try to dress as lightly as possible, similar to when you left the imperial capital. Bring your ski equipment. We'll meet you at the south gate of the fortress."

"receive."

The man walked out without looking back.

Claude turned to look at Randolph.

"It seems that he has also taken refuge in His Royal Highness Augustus."

"He doesn't have a choice, does he? Isn't his whole family under the command of the eldest prince? At most, he didn't make a public formality." Randolph spread his hands.

"Let's put aside the power ownership. He is right. Whether we are loyal to His Royal Highness Augustus or His Highness Ludwig, our first allegiance is to the Empire, and the mission is the priority. Hurry up and pack your bags."

"Yes!"

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"Captain, I know that you can retain your memory when you read books, but why can you remember the distance and direction you walked in the snow and ice?"

It has been two days of running around, and the members of the expansion team 107 who have not missed a single outpost on the road are all looking at Claude with strange eyes, even Gustav is no exception, if you say that there is no ice or snow, Or just relying on landmarks. In this case, Blizzard said that it has weakened a lot, but this ability is also a bit shocking.

"Such a large reference object, can't you see it?"

Claude looked over with even weirder eyes, and raised his finger.

Everyone turned their heads away, and everyone was overwhelmed by this answer.

Because Cloud was referring to the Baltic Sea.

"What the outposts must monitor is the coastline. Even if it is a snowstorm, it is necessary to ensure that possible landing behaviors can be detected as soon as possible. In addition, these outposts are built to a high standard, which means that materials and supplies must be It is transported by sea, so there are not many terrains that meet the above conditions."

The boy had a natural expression.

"In addition, the intervals between the outposts are basically equal, so it is easy to remember the route along the coastline, and then compare the map casually, of course it is easy to find these outposts."

The four people looked at Claude, and the other party's explanation was very easy to understand, but it can be done...

They looked at each other subconsciously, and then shook their heads.

"...In short, Captain, your ability really refreshes my perception every time."

"Silence!"

Claude suddenly raised his hand, and the four of them were taken aback for a moment, then stopped all actions and sounds at the same time, listening carefully to the sound of wind and snow in the sky——

And something heavy slammed into the sand with a muffled sound.

"Something touched the shore."

Claude said softly, and he had already pulled out the long sword from his waist. When the others saw this, they also quietly pulled out their swords.

The fortress has sent them, and Karl also said before that taking a boat may not be as fast as them, so it cannot be a human boat.

The heartbeats of Erwin and the others couldn't help speeding up. Although Gustav and Georgi had both been on the battlefield, they still couldn't help feeling nervous every time they were about to face a fight.

Then they saw Claude thrust the sword back.

"?"

Claude turned his head, just opened his mouth to them, and silently conveyed a word.

"go!"

In the wind and snow, the sound of wood beating heavily on the sand kept coming and going, even overshadowing the sound of the cold wind.

The four immediately put their swords back into their scabbards, and silently left in the direction Claude pointed as fast as possible.

"Go straight in this direction, you can see the outpost, tell them that the orc army has landed, they must know how to notify the fortress and other settlements!"

Claude's voice was soft but urgent.

"What about you!" Erwin asked in the same soft voice.

"I'm going to continue to notify other outposts! The task is not completed yet!"

The boy's voice was firm.

"...You're crazy! This landing is certainly not an isolated act! We can no longer follow the coastline!"

Erwin was shocked and angry.

"And you're actually going to leave us behind!"

"It's not abandoning, it's assigning tasks! You must pass the news back to the fortress as quickly as possible, and help the sentries pass the news to other places! This is the most important thing!" Claude's voice was much more majestic. "And only I know the route, none of you can replace my mission, and I am a knight of justice, it is easier to take you alone than to bring you!"

His roommates were all silent, and Claude deliberately said so hurtful, obviously he really didn't plan to take them.

Gustav immediately turned around and followed behind Claude.

"I'm also a Knight of Justice, so the two of us can take care of each other."

The muffled words came over.

"Didn't you say to obey orders?"

"You are making me betray the honor of the knight, what do you think I used to swear an oath in front of His Excellency Karl, in exchange for the chance to join your team?"

Claude was speechless.

"...Then let's go first, captain, you must be careful."

Georgi was the first to respond. In this situation, the most taboo is that sensibility is greater than rationality.What Claude said is correct, the most important thing now is to convey the news of the orc landing, otherwise it would be completely meaningless for them to bump into the orc.

"... Let's convey the information first, captain! Safety must be the top priority!"

Randolph gritted his teeth and immediately followed Georgie.

"Erwin, you want to prove your talent as a knight. The first thing is to obey orders."

Claude pushed the boy and motioned him to follow.

"I……"

"If you don't obey the order, even if I lead you to survive, I will definitely propose to His Excellency Karl as a commander to expel you from my team! Knight Erwin"

"...Yes! Captain!"

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"To be honest, I really didn't expect you to choose to follow me."

Claude looked at Gustav while gliding on the snow.

"It's not really important to inform the stronghold about the whereabouts of the orcs, is it?"

The man's calm and fluent answer obviously has been carefully thought through.

"Actually, this attack was within everyone's expectations. We knew they would definitely come, and the orcs also knew they had to come, so informing the retreat order is more important than informing the orcs of their arrival."

The corner of the boy's mouth curled up slightly.

"The empire doesn't care when the orcs come. It doesn't matter if they come early or late. We will never fight against them. As long as we defend the city with strong walls and clear fields, this victory will be within easy reach." Gustav's voice Not big, but still clearly audible in the wind and snow. "So as long as the retreat order is issued in a timely manner, it is the biggest mover. That's why Your Excellency Karl will give repeated orders not to fight before we set off. I know you want to think that it is better to act alone, but after all, the fault tolerance rate is too low."

"Excellent, should I say that I am worthy of being the next Patriarch of the Barr family?"

Claude affirmed the other party's guess.

"Thank you for the compliment, Captain, let's focus on the mission. Now we can no longer advance along the coastline. The supplies and intelligence are overwhelmingly insufficient. Can you continue to find the outpost?"

"Follow me, Knight Gustav, I never do things I'm not sure of. I didn't say that to comfort my subordinates. I really think that I can complete the task alone. The success rate is higher.”

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"Meet you again, Your Excellency."

When Claude saw the first officer he met when he was on the road, he knew that the mission of this trip had been completed.

"It's you? Why are you bringing fewer and fewer people?"

The officer looked at him in a little surprise.

"We were ordered to convey the evacuation order. Because of the snowstorm for several days, the higher-ups judged that the orcs would definitely launch a large-scale unplanned plunder southward, so they ordered all the people in the outposts and small settlements to move to various cities and fortresses."

Claude took out the stamped order and handed it to him.

"I see, we'll pack all our bags and then..."

"It's too late." Claude interrupted him, "We came from the last outpost, which has been breached, and I saw the orcs standing there patrolling, so we don't have time, we must leave immediately, rush to Port of Tallinn."

"What did you say!" The officer was shocked immediately.

"Immediately give up the luggage and rush to Tallinn Port. All supplies must be burned on the spot. Do you understand?" Claude patted the armband directly, "I am a long knight captain, obey the order immediately!"

"Yes! Your Excellency, Captain!" The officer was obviously overwhelmed by this identity.

"There should be no other outposts nearby, right? Let's go to Tallinn together."

"This... Actually, there are several small villages around, because they are closer to the city, so they came back here to reclaim wasteland." The officer obviously realized that something was wrong, "My lord, I will send someone to notify them immediately!"

"Send someone immediately! Mark the more dangerous ones on the map!"

Claude took out the map Karl gave him and asked the officer to draw a circle within the approximate range.

"Here, here, and here, and there are two more here. Their security should be in charge of the previous outpost. If they really failed to leave, then these two small villages should not be notified either! "

Claude looked at it carefully, and looked at Gustav with a serious face: "The task has been completed, Knight Gustav, you immediately follow the large army to Tallinn Port, where we will recruit people to report our results, I will go Inform those two small villages."

Gustav obviously wanted to say something, but was interrupted directly by Claude.

"This is an order! Knight Gustav! Your mission has been completed!"

"...Yes, Captain."

The boy nodded, turned around, picked up his ski equipment, and walked towards the two small villages.

Gustav's face was a bit ugly, but he had to report the completion of the evacuation task, and then he said to the officer: "Assemble the troops to evacuate immediately, and then send someone to notify those small settlements, quick! The orcs may arrive at any time."

"Yes!"

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【You seem to really want to get rid of Gustav? 】

"Yes, because there is something that I need to verify."

Claude walked swiftly across the snow.

"When I saw the outpost before, I thought it was just defending against small-scale orc smuggling, but on the map in the Karelian fortress, I saw the empire in the north of Tallinn, across the sea from Sa Woboten also set up a port, apparently to control the possibility of orcs crossing the sea from there.

[But after all, the distance between the two sides of the strait is less than a hundred kilometers. It is not difficult for the orcs to hide from the defenders there and cross the sea, right? 】

"Of course not on a small scale, but such a large-scale sea crossing, it is impossible not to recruit at all. Only two days after we set off, we encountered orcs landing, and it was obviously a full-scale attack everywhere. Even if these orcs can hide it, can't it be After building so many ships, can we still hide it from the frontier soldiers stationed there?"

[But until the departure, there was no news. 】

"Yes, so these orcs may not be coming from the direction of Sal Boten."

[Could it be from a farther place? 】

"This is what I think is bad. You know, when we came, the blizzard could even cause the academy's ships to lose their way at sea. These orcs were originally nomads. If they don't get seasick at sea, they are of sufficient quality. How could they bypass the lighthouses on the islands in the Baltic Sea, and quietly launch a landing on the hundreds of kilometers of coastline between Karelia and Tallinn?"

Claude's voice carried some worry.

"From the perspective of numbers, this army is definitely not a temporary idea, because the storage of transportation tools is a big problem. You also said in the scan before that they are all on boats, serious boats! It's not about cutting a few Isn’t it strange that the orcs have so many ships in the Baltic Sea, which can be called the private land of the Imperial Navy?”

[Maybe it was sold by some illegal vendors?After all, doing business with foreigners is always beneficial. 】

"Perhaps, but you forget that ships can be bought, so can sailors and helmsmen?"

[If we talk about the power of the sea...could it be the business alliance?It is indeed possible, haven't they been transfusing the orcs? 】

"Blood transfusion is not charity, business alliance, business alliance, there is no exchange of benefits, they are willing to give their goods to the orcs for free?" Claude sneered, "So it can only be a transaction, do they want to draw blood or blood transfusion? It's true—I'm worried about the Theocracy."

[The Church? 】

"The Theocracy and the Merchant Alliance basically wear a pair of pants, but what's worse is that the Theocracy has a history of cooperating with foreign races to gain benefits."

[Elf - Wallachia! 】