Kino took Lugo through various underground taverns and recruited a group of good mercenaries one after another. They were all mercenaries with rich combat experience and ruthless tactics who wanted money rather than their lives.

Some of them, like Lugo, have been shuttled to the battlefield since childhood, some are willing to do any dirty work for money, and some are not psychologically normal, and they will feel itchy if they don't kill anyone for a day.

Kino only looked at martial arts and did not ask about their origins, so he recruited 32 people.

He had noticed before when he was in Xilin Town that the soldiers under his command were uneven. Except for Paladin and centurions like Baisa, who were relatively strong, the others were very thin.

This is not surprising. Judging from the pattern of exploiting border defense funds, a lot of supplies have also been exploited. As a result, the soldiers in Xilin Town can’t even eat a few pieces of meat. They eat beans and cereals all day long. It’s hard to save some money to go to the pub.

It’s strange that eating air-dried meat can provide you with comprehensive nutrition.

When Samsara invades 11 days later, these malnourished soldiers will definitely not be enough. Kino needs an elite army that can compete with the Samsaras.

According to common sense, the first round of invasion should not have the kind of extraordinary reincarnations that can fight one against a hundred, and it is still within the range that ordinary weapons can deal with, so these 32 ruthless mercenaries will be very useful.

What's more interesting is that because he was very generous with the money, he actually gained some respect points from these people one after another, not much, adding up to 40 points, which just happened to be a tungsten steel dagger that he often used in his previous life.

Kino originally wanted to win over the nobles and ask them to send extraordinary beings from this world, such as dragon knights, to station in Xilin Town under certain pretexts.

Or simply hide in the main inland city to seek shelter and see if the reincarnation has the courage to challenge the entire Doguland Kingdom.

But the former requires a long period of management, and it is impossible to climb up to the nobility in a short while. Is it possible that you can invite extraordinary people if you want?

The latter doesn't work either, because Kino discovered "area restrictions" in the Refuser's brand.

His range of activities is limited to 20 miles around Shirin Town - this was a restriction after the invasion began, and it is not affected now.

After the invasion begins, what will happen if you leave the restricted area? The mark of the rejecter is not mentioned, but it is assumed that it is nothing more than erasing it immediately, or returning within a specified time, and the price will definitely be high.

Obviously, the Supreme Being does not want reincarnators and rejecters to play hide-and-seek running around the world.

After recruiting people, Kino found his own transport caravan and used the iron moon to buy all kinds of sugar, vegetables, and high-quality grains and beans; he used the copper moon to buy a batch of live cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, fish, and eggs;

Yinyue purchased more than 300 sets of sophisticated individual equipment and non-controlled ordnance, and prepared to transport them all back to Xilin Town to comprehensively improve the combat quality of the soldiers.

Before setting off, the mercenaries were drooling when they looked at the strong live birds and livestock. Someone said: "Kill them and eat them!"

"Okay, let's kill a few of them. It's already dinner time. We won't have time to rush back tonight, so we will rest on the road all night." Kino held a stick of candy in his hand and licked it, "By the way, wash your hands before eating."

The mercenaries couldn't help but curse secretly: There are so many things going wrong.

I cursed secretly, but I still washed my hands honestly.

Just like that, Kino was licking candy, the mercenaries were grilling meat, and everyone was preparing to march to Shilin Town.

...

The day after Kino left, God blessed the 12th.

Paladin was awakened by the cockcrow in the early morning and took turns with the soldiers standing guard at night.

Caravans were arriving one after another today. Although Kino already knew the method of smuggling salt crystals, he did not let Paladin perform a gastric lavage examination on the caravans.

It is not suitable to expose the salt crystal smuggling now. The time is not ripe. If the caravan is required to undergo gastric lavage, the matter will leak out, so we must pretend not to know.

In this way, one caravan after another passed the old method of inspection and successfully entered the country. It is not known how many people inside were innocent, and how many people had swallowed salt crystals in their stomachs.

When the sixth caravan was inspected, the leader nodded to Paladin and said hello: "Glorious Return to the Sun, is the civil administrator here?"

Paladin shook his head: "No, he left Xilin Town yesterday. Dismount, we need to check the goods."

"Not here?" The leader of the caravan frowned, then quickly relaxed, "May I ask, when will he come back?"

"I don't know, I didn't say when I would come back."

"Did he say where he was going?"

Paladin narrowed his eyes, subconsciously put his hand on the handle of the knife, and his tone became wary: "What do you want from him?"

The caravan leader waved his hand in a friendly manner: "We just need his signature in order to pass the remaining checkpoints."

Paladin said: "He has entrusted me with the daily affairs. I will help you build it."

The leader of the caravan was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "That'll be it."

Paladin took the document and looked at their carriage: "What kind of goods are you transporting?"

"Want to try the dried meat?" The leader of the caravan lifted the curtain, revealing piles of sacks, and a companion sitting in the car. Judging from their similar appearance, the two of them should be twins.

"I won't taste it anymore. Where are you from?"

"Xizhou."

Xizhou is the main city on the western border of the Far Eastern Dynasty. It is about 1,000 miles away from Xilin Town. In the middle of the two is the "desert", with vast sand like snow and a moon like a hook.

Caravans and carriages come and go, and if you start early and stay late and are not blocked by horse bandits, the journey usually takes 6 to 7 days.

Paladin was a little confused: "You came from Xizhou, the entire caravan was just two people, without any guards, and you were not attacked by horse bandits on the way?"

The leader of the caravan laughed: "I met an old friend before setting off. They hired many good people to enter the country from Puluo. I happened to be on the way, so we passed through the desert with him. We just separated yesterday."

Paladin: "Then come down for routine inspection."

After inspection, the goods were clean and there were no problems.

At least there was nothing wrong on the surface. I don't know if there was something wrong in his stomach. Paladin didn't care about it and pretended not to know anything.

When handing over the waybill, the caravan leader's finger accidentally touched Paladin's hand, and he winced as if he was electrocuted.

This small movement caught Paladin's attention: "Why are you so nervous?"

The caravan leader's eyes wandered: "I..."

Paladin held the knife and shouted: "Stretch out your hand!"

The caravan leader sighed helplessly, stretched out his hand, and saw an exquisite ring on it.

He explained: "This is a ring given to me by my wife. I wear it all the time. This will make me feel that she is with me. I cherish it very much and usually try to avoid bumping it."

Paladin looked at the ring carefully and murmured: "It's really exquisite craftsmanship. I have never seen a ring of this style..."

"Of course, my wife asked the craftsmen to make it specially. It is unique."

"Didn't she go on business trip with you? Many caravan members will bring their wives with them to prevent them from being lonely at night."

"She has passed away..."

"Oh... I'm sorry... I shouldn't have mentioned it." Paladin touched the bridge of his nose awkwardly and took the waybill, "I wasted your time, I'm going to stamp it for you now."
Chapter completed!