If you have the intention to do good, you will not be rewarded even if it is good. If you do not have the intention to do evil, you will not be punished even if you are evil.
Except for those in power, few people know whether this statement is actually true.
In history, many people were born wanting to be heroes. Some people were born to be heroes. Later, quite a few of them actually became heroes.
Also in history, many people do not want to be heroes at all. Even when a similar opportunity comes, their first choice is to escape. However, because they have to do something due to their sense of responsibility and conscience, they are considered or criticized by people.
Those in power are hailed as heroes.
It's hard to say which of these two heroes is more heroic.
Today, when you open this book, every character you see in the record is a hero...either the first or the second.
Let us remember the heroes of the past.
——"The King of Kings·Preface"
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On this day, winter January 8, Year 4 of the Magical Calendar, the small mercenary group finally arrived at the imperial capital of Scambrai. According to the normal speed, the approximate time to return to the imperial capital from the Lion River via the mainland highway is about 10 days -
―70% of the personnel in the small mercenary group were injured to varying degrees, including Ying and other seriously injured people, so the trip was slightly delayed for a few days.
The two uncles Amy, Long and Mo Ye were at the front of the team. The imperial capital is located on the north side of the Eminor continent at a very high latitude. It is close to the second highest peak of the Eminor continent to the north. After entering winter, snowflakes usually keep coming. This year we will see
This is especially true here. Last night, the north wind roared from the frozen continent across the ocean. The north wind pushed and pulled the doors and windows desperately. The dark night sky was filled with heavy snow. When I woke up in the morning, the snow had just stopped. The heavy snow had to be cleared away.
The work caused great difficulties. The road was covered with thick snow. Thick felt cloth had to be tied to the feet of the carriage horses, and the wheels had to be treated with anti-skid. Fortunately, a considerable number of members of the small mercenary group
They all come from the frozen continent and are familiar with these tasks. Of course, traveling on the road will be even slower.
Stepping on the thick snow under their feet, the three of them saw the south gate of the imperial capital from a distance at the same time. Mo Ye frowned slightly and whispered: "It seems that the empire really doesn't delay anything.
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"Oh." Long's brows also frowned, and the harsh words floated out as if they had been prepared for a long time: "The mission of the imperial nobles is to protect the country... Well, to be more precise, it is to protect the dignity of the country. In the face of a powerful enemy,
When it comes, if we don't hold some large-scale celebrations and show the important abilities of positive animals, how can we show their confidence in defeating the ferocious enemy? As for us soldiers and mercenaries, our feet are already weak with fear.
, so I can only pick up weapons and barely resist the enemy. This is incomparable to the nobles in terms of courage." The snow under his feet squeaked in protest, and the name of the master who spoke this was also a noble.
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The south gate of the imperial capital is the empire's military performance platform. Over the years, large-scale activities such as troop dispatches, military parades, and associations have been held outside the south gate of the empire. There are many ready-made towers and even giant stone platforms for military performance. The main entrance of the imperial capital
The South Gate connects the vast southern territory of the empire, and there are extremely many people coming in and out every day. Among the 16 city gates around the empire, this is the busiest. However, today it seems that the bustle has far exceeded the usual.
Viewed from a distance, three very tall colorful towers have been erected outside the south gate of the imperial capital. Red colored silk falls smoothly from the top of the very tall buildings to the ground. On top of the red silk, green and yellow brocades are bound. In the colorful towers
On the top, the magician summoned countless holy light elves, and the elves gathered together to emit a dazzling light. The sky and the earth were silvery white. Against the background of the giant colorful building, the originally tall general ordering platform seemed to have become a small man.
Below the colorful building is a dense crowd of people in colorful costumes. It seems that the imperial capital is holding some grand celebration.
What can be clearly distinguished is that there are quite a few imperial nobles among them. Their unique colorful hats and hats only worn on extremely formal occasions make it extremely easy to identify them. Most of them seem to be ordinary citizens of the empire. In the crowd
There are a considerable number of knight troops maintaining order both inside and outside the empire - when the front line is tight, it is undoubtedly too extravagant to use the Colorful Dragon Knights, the first of the four elites of the empire, to maintain the celebration ceremony. It is no wonder that the two
The middle-aged man made a strange sound.
What's even more eye-catching is that the snow-white mainland highway suddenly turned red. It seemed that the road was specially paved with unique red sand - I don't know what kind of celebration it is, and I don't know who is attending the celebration.
It's so luxurious. The minimum width of the main roads on the mainland is 40 meters, and the main roads close to big cities, especially the imperial capitals of various countries, are even as wide as 80 meters. Paving the 2,000-meter-long red sand road on the mainland is a big deal. Maybe.
It must be someone with extremely high status in the empire who came to the imperial capital.
More and more young mercenaries who came up from behind saw this from a distance, and the atmosphere suddenly became depressed. No one spoke, but everyone's eyes were filled with restlessness - singing and dancing for a peaceful night, could this be what the young mercenaries were doing?
The empire that the mercenary group painstakingly defended after suffering 80% casualties?
The mercenary group is different from the regular army of the empire. The mercenary group is an organization where mercenaries use their lives to make a living. In this kind of organization, "survival is the only purpose". Therefore, a considerable number of mercenary groups below C level are in
When dealing with daily mercenary business and regular mercenary wars, they are quite indifferent to moral chivalry. More than 20% of C-level mercenary groups have more or less betrayed their employers. Of course, once such behavior occurs,
, will cause the mercenary group's rating standards to be greatly reduced, and even lose the right to upgrade forever.
The mercenaries are even more indifferent to the concept of homeland. Regarding Xilin Island being trapped for 10 days, all the mercenaries said nothing - even though they sacrificed so much. For mercenaries, especially for B-level and above mercenary groups
, it is a bounden duty to complete the employer's tasks. When a mercenary group has the right to station in a certain country and collect taxes, then guarding the territory for 10 days is the task that the mercenary group must perform.
However, now that we see the imperial capital in such great attire, a mercenary group of 600 people lost 200 people in one battle, is it really worth it?
Amy let out a long sigh and waved her hand to the small mercenary group to enter the east branch road from the main road of the mainland highway and prepare to enter the city from the southeast main entrance. There are some things that it is better not to see.
The large team had just changed direction. Someone down the far side of Cailou apparently also noticed the mercenary group coming up the road. A group of underground dragoons from the Colorful Dragon Knights who were monitoring order on the periphery seemed to have received an order. At least 100 knights.
Quickly start, in just a few breaths, one column quickly turned into four columns. The Colorful Dragon Knights are indeed worthy of their reputation. If you randomly pull out a small team of knights, the mounted dragons will strictly follow the four colors of red, blue, green, and yellow.
To distinguish, during the rapid galloping, none of the knights in the four ranks of the mounted dragons changed their colors.
It's a pity that such a well-trained and orderly team of knights did not appear on the battlefield... No one issued an order, and the young mercenary group members actually made an orderly sound to show their disdain. Amy gave a helpless smile.
Well, even the leader of the mercenary group can't say anything at this time - the mercenary group is not an army after all.
In order to avoid the team of knights coming at high speed, several main cadres of the small mercenary group signaled the team to speed up the pace, and the uninjured small mercenaries helped their partners with limited mobility.
Perhaps the dragon knights came to check the armed team coming from afar. One of the four knights jumped over the 4-meter-wide drainage ditch of the mainland highway at high speed. The snowflakes splashed and instantly formed a high jumping wall.
, the red earth dragon surrounded the little mercenaries.
The teenagers in the small mercenary group were a little surprised. The lightning-like Earth Dragon Knight pressed up in a pincer shape, putting tremendous pressure on the teenagers. At this time, there was no need for the captain to issue orders, and there were no injured young mercenaries.
Quickly taking a step forward, the silver long swords instantly formed two rows in front and back. The swordsman in the furthest row squatted half-crouched and tilted his long sword upward, while the swordsman in the second row stretched out his long sword flatly.
"Is there a small A-level mercenary group in front of you? Is the leader of the mercenary group, Mr. Amy, here?"
The red dragon knight made a whirlwind in front of the small mercenary group. All the dragon knights neatly raised their right hands and placed them flat on their left chests - showing the respectful etiquette of a soldier to the small mercenary group. The one at the front
The knight's red black armor was embossed with his family's symbol - a roaring wolf head, and there were three orchid feathers on his helmet. He was obviously a soldier at the level of an imperial squad leader. He asked in a very respectful tone.
Oh, are you looking for a small mercenary group?
"Oh...yes, it's us." Amy walked out of the third row of the small mercenary group.
"Who is Captain Amy?" More knights stopped on the side, and the affirmative reply was vaguely heard in the sound of galloping dragon hooves. All the knights placed their right hands on their left chests in sequence. They looked in front of them.
More than 90% of the mercenaries were teenagers as young as 17.8 years old. All the knights looked in surprise - could this be one of the only five remaining A-level mercenary groups in the legendary Pancontinent?
"I, I am." A look of doubt appeared in Amy's eyes. Before the boy in white finished speaking, the orderly knight team was faintly shaking, and some young knights even couldn't help but whisper: "So young?
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"how can that be possible?"
"A child?"
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The eyes of the captain of the Knight Squadron of the Colorful Dragon Knights also showed confusion and incomparable surprise. The unique calm temperament of a child of a noble family allowed this knight to retain the poise of a diplomat: "Captain Amy, your respected Majesty Hongshi, Marshal Chi and other imperial
The important ministers are waiting for your mercenary group at the front, and they asked me to invite your group to attend the medal ceremony specially held for your group."
Facing such a mercenary group composed almost entirely of teenagers, some people may have been skeptical at first, but seeing that more than 60% of the mercenaries inside were wrapped in white or red bandages, all the knights believed it.
"Oh?" Not only the leaders, but also all the mercenaries were surprised.
Of course, Amy and several other principals remembered that Count Lin once mentioned that the Red Stone Emperor might hold a special celebration party... However, the small mercenary group was suffering from heavy casualties, so its daily schedule was greatly delayed. Even if the imperial capital wanted to do so,
What, it is impossible for the Imperial Capital to make a big show outside every day just to welcome a small mercenary group. Therefore, according to Amy and others' ideas, it is better to enter the Imperial Capital first, and then meet up with Chi Aotian and others before talking about other things.
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Of course, Amy and others did not know that the Red Stone Emperor had specially given special permission through the Imperial Military Department. Every time the small mercenary group arrived at a large mainland highway inn, the inn would send soldiers to rush to the imperial capital to report the latest situation of the small mercenary group.
The Hongshi Emperor sitting on the Cailou now has an extremely detailed information on the small mercenary group, which even details the current injuries and illnesses of each mercenary.
After confirming that the newcomers were indeed today's protagonists, the small mercenary group, the yellow ground dragon team that had just surrounded them circled half a circle on the mainland highway and roared towards the south gate of the imperial capital. At the front.
The leader of the team's loud voice echoed through the whole world: "Little-mercenary-soldier-regiment-arrive-, Ai-mi-ha-bo-regiment-leader-drive-