Chapter 9 Sar

"Marquis Charles?"

"Marteur Charles is the eldest son of Duke St. Heard, the first heir..."

"Nonsense! I certainly know who the Marquis of Charles is, but why did his knights appear here? And why should we be recruited urgently?"

"Isn't Marquis Charles fighting trolls at the border? Are we going to the border?"

"How is it possible? It's so far from the border, even if it is urgently recruited, it won't come here to recruit soldiers. And you see, the recruitment order clearly states that we will gather in Jinghu within two days."

"Where is Jinghu?"

"It's not far from here. You'll be about fifty kilometers north along this small river."

"So should we go?"

"I don't want to go to the battlefield!"

"Yes...but this is the urgent recruitment order of the St. Heard family!"

"But it was not issued by the Duke himself."

"Will Marquis Charles be the Duke of the North in the future?"

"Then I have to wait until he really inherits the title in the future... and I don't want to die!"

"It may not necessarily die. Maybe it's a good opportunity to make achievements."

"Ha, idiot!"

"Who are you scolding!"

"What's wrong with me scolding you!"

...

When Saru brought Marquis Charles' emergency call back to the camp, everyone immediately burst into trouble.

Some people agreed, some opposed it, and they became a quarrel.

This situation occurred because the emergency call came from Marquis Charles, not his father, Duke St. Heard, the Lord of the North.

The title of Marquis of Charles St. Heard was a false title and did not have an actual fiefdom. It was just a confirmation of his first-ranked inheritance right, somewhat similar to the position of the prince in ancient China.

But although the prince is noble, he is not the emperor after all.

Therefore, if the Duke of St. Heard issued an emergency call, no person from the North who received the order dared not resist.

But if it was an emergency call issued by Marquis Charles...

You can see the effectiveness of the Firefox Mercenary Group that is now quarreling.

"Enough! Shut up!" Saru shouted irritably, stopping his subordinates from quarrel.

Then he turned to Oliver and asked, "Does Marquis Charles have the power to issue an emergency call?"

"I remember that Marquis Charles should not have such power..." Oliver was a little uncertain and turned to Colin for help, "Knight Kahn, am I right?"

"According to legal theory, Marquis Charles does not have this power." Colin searched the memory in his mind, "but there were similar precedents in the history of the North."

Oliver's face, which had just improved, suddenly became gloomy again.

He absolutely does not want the Firefox Mercenary Group to be urgently recruited at this time.

Without the escort of the mercenary group, his caravan became a lamb to be slaughtered, and it was impossible for him to arrive at the Falling Eagle City safely.

"Then, Captain Saru..." Oliver's tone was a little tough, "Are you ready to accept this call?"

Saru's brows were tightly frowned, obviously he was also dissatisfied with the emergency call. After thinking for a while, he slowly shook his head and said, "No."

As soon as he finished speaking, Oliver immediately showed joy, but the mercenary leaders behind Saru were immediately in anger.

"Sir, you cannot refuse Marquis Charles's call for a call like this!"

"Yes! The St. Heards will not let us go!"

"And that team of cavalry... I think they really dare to kill people!"

Saru suddenly turned around and glanced at the clamoring mercenaries behind him fiercely.

The scene suddenly became quiet again.

"Do you know, if you receive this conscript order and go to Jinghu, what will we face soon?"

After hearing the question from the Saru regiment, several mercenary leaders looked at each other and replied: "It should be prepared to fight. Although it is dangerous, it is better than disobeying the orders of the St. Heard family."

"War?" Saru sneered, "We are going to die!"

"What?"

"Sir, why?"

"War is not necessarily a death sentence? Moreover, if we win, maybe we can make some military achievements..."

"You are dreaming!" Saru mercilessly interrupted his subordinates' delusions, "Think about it again! Why did Marquis Charles' army appear in Mirror Lake?"

The mercenaries looked at each other.

Colin's eyes flashed, as if he understood what Saru meant.

Oliver shouted directly: "That's right! I also suspect that Marquis Charles may have retreated all the way to the edge of Lake Mirror!"

"What?"

"How is this possible?"

"How could the Marquis lose?"

...

The mercenaries expressed their disbelief.

It is not their fault for being so blindly trusting Marquis Charles.

Because in recent decades, trolls have been completely defeated by the Northern Army.

Five years ago, even the Troll King Court was forced to move north under the threat of the Northern Army's military fronts, and a large area in the southern part of the Cangqiu Ice Field almost became a hunting ground for the Northern Army.

If the climate on the ice field was not too harsh, not suitable for planting crops, nor for building manor castles, I am afraid that the territory of the northern border would have to extend northward.

Under such circumstances, no proud northerner would have thought that the St. Heard family would be defeated.

But thinking about it carefully, Saru and Oliver's guess makes sense.

In recent months, no good news has been heard back on the front-line battlefield. Instead, several towns on the border have been successively breached, and several families have lost their fiefs.

Originally, everyone thought it was just a troll who rushed to jump over the wall and sent a small group of troops to bypass the front line and enter the northern border to harass it.

Although the private troops of several families were temporarily repelled, as long as the main northern army led by Marquis Charles returns to the rescue, the invading trolls army will be able to clear out these lost territories and recover lost territory.

But now it seems that this is not necessarily the case.

Because Marquis Charles' army had actually appeared in Mirror Lake...

It is no longer a border, but a hinterland.

In the memories of this generation of people in the North, the trolls have never had the ability to penetrate this place.

Most of the mercenaries were silent, obviously they were scared.

But some people disagree and exhorted: "Even so, we can go to Lake Jing and help Marquis Charles defeat the invading trolls..."

"Idiot!" Saru shouted loudly, "When the army retreated, are you still trying to turn the tide? Just because of us mercenaries who were urgently recruited?"

"Not only us, but the nearby mercenary groups must have received an emergency call..."

"Just a bunch of cannon fodder!" Saru knew very well what his men were.

These guys can kill their own people by chance when fighting against the thieves, and it is a bit of a praising for saying that they are mobs.

Just thinking about going to the battlefield to fight the regular army?

Really looking for death!

Salu finally made up his mind, ignored his subordinates' opposition, turned firmly and walked towards the team of St. Heard's cavalry.

Looking at Saru's departure back, everyone looked at each other with different expressions.

Colin also suddenly realized that his father, Baron Angeles, had not been back for several months.

This is obviously a bit unusual.

It seems that someone is deliberately blocking the news of the frontline...

Could it be that the battle situation on the front line is really bad?

...

"Do you dare to reject the Marquis's conscript order?" I wonder what Saru said there, but the head of the St. Heard family knight suddenly shouted angrily.

"King, I just want to know..."

"Enough! Rejecting the emergency conscript order is treason!" The knight rudely interrupted Saru's defense and said to the members of the Firefox Mercenary Group gathered in front of him, "Who will kill this traitor and be promoted to centurion immediately!"
To be continued...