The next day, Emil woke up early. Because he was in a hurry, he immediately woke up Sean who was still sleeping.

Perhaps because his nerves were tense all the time, Sion suddenly woke up, startling Emil.

"Sorry, I have been worried that I might be punished by the military, so..."

"Don't worry," Emil scratched his head and comforted him, "Let's go and talk about it anyway. After all, the army is in urgent need of manpower, and it will definitely not do anything to us."

"Oh, that's all I can think of." Sion nodded.

Afterwards, the two began to pack their luggage, and Emil habitually buried the bonfires with only sparks in the earth. This was a habit he had developed when he was a child. At that time, his father often took him to hunt in the forests around the village, and sometimes he needed to light a bonfire.

, and after use, in order to prevent forest fires from spreading to the village, the bonfire must be extinguished, even if there is no open flame.

Sion admires this habit because it is a very responsible behavior towards others.

A few minutes later, Sion was about to set off, but suddenly thought of Greia, so he decided to wake him up.

After all, they will part ways from now on. As for the previous grudges, they were settled last night, and they owe no one to the other.

But when he arrived at Grea's tent, he found that he had long since disappeared, and his luggage was gone.

Emil noticed something was wrong with Sean and ran over to take a look.

He remembered that after Grea woke up last night, they had agreed that in order to prevent another monster attack, the three of them must take turns to keep vigil. Grea was the last one, which meant that he was still awake until dawn.

So where did this kid go? Was he taken away by a wild beast, or was he killed by a monster?

Emil was thinking wildly. He was not worried about Greya's safety, but because if the military leader knew that they had lost another person, they might really want to send them to prison.

Emil had persuaded Sion just now, but now he was even more sad. Sion understood his mood and came over to comfort him.

"It's okay. He must have left first. Besides, we are just joining the army. We have no right to care whether others run away or not, right?"

"...Oh, that's right. You beat him last night. He must be resentful of you. Since he couldn't retaliate against you, he had no choice but to leave."

"Right, that is it."

As a result, the two people agreed on their opinions, and they no longer cared about Grea's affairs, but hurried towards Blackpool Town at the foot of the mountain.

A few hours later, at noon, they finally arrived at the gate of the town.

When Emil looked out from the cliff yesterday, he could see the scattered houses in the town. Now that he got closer, he felt even more strange. After all, he had lived in a village full of thatched houses since he was a child. He had never seen anything like this.

house.

"Look there." Sion suddenly said.

Emil followed his gaze and saw several soldiers standing at the city gate, all wearing iron-green armor and holding sharp spears.

It is worth noting that a figure was stopped by the soldiers, and Sion immediately recognized it as Greia.

He seemed to be trying his best to explain something, but the soldiers didn't listen to him at all. Not only did they not let him into the city gate, they thought he was resisting and threw him to the ground. Several other soldiers immediately knocked him skillfully.

He was tied up and thrown into the iron cage next to him.

There was actually more than a dozen people in that huge cage, including him, men, women, old and young.

"...What is going on?" Sain was frightened.

"Tsk, are our worries true?" Emil whispered.

"Then, what should we do? We can't just go back like this."

Scion looked embarrassed. He was too unwilling to accept it. After finally arriving here, what awaited him was jail time.

"Hey, that's not right. If it's really because we didn't get enough places, we need to be asked about our crime, but what about those men, women, and children? Could it be that they also came to join the army and were arrested for violating the regulations?

?” Emil discovered the blind spot.

"Yes, no matter how much you violate the rules, you can't let such a young child go to the battlefield." Sion also suddenly realized.

"How about we go ask about the situation?" Emil suggested.

"Uh...are we really not going to get caught? Just like Grea."

Of course Emil couldn't guarantee it. He thought for a while and suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, Sion, show me the map."

"Oh." Sain nodded, and then reminded him, "But we'd better find a place to hide, so as not to be discovered by those soldiers."

Afterwards, the two of them found a bush to hide, and Emil began to read the map carefully. After a while, he made a major discovery.

"Yes, you see, there should be a back door to this town."

"Well, of course there is a back door, but so what?"

"Don't you understand? Since we can't go through the front door, we might as well try the back door."

"However, the back door may also be heavily guarded."

"Let's try it. Let's guess how well we can guess it here."

"...Well, that's all we can do."

Although Sion had no expectations for this idea, the expression on his face softened a bit. After all, this was the only way.

After that, the two of them spent some time until it was dark. They took a long detour and finally arrived at the back gate of the town.

It's a pity that the back door is indeed guarded, but there are not as many soldiers as the front door. And it's strange that anyone who passes by the front door will be arrested, but there are actually many people passing by here.

Sean didn't understand the reason and was still hesitant, but Emil took his hand and motioned for him to go in together.

"Don't worry, it seems you are allowed to pass here."

"...Oh, okay." Sion didn't think about it anymore.

Emil walked away

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While observing the town, the tall brick walls were at least twenty meters high, and the back door they wanted to pass through was only over two meters high.

Soon, the two of them successfully entered the city along with the endless stream of people.

That night, they learned the location of the military camp through inquiring. To their surprise, the person in charge of the army did not care where they came from. They only asked them to fill in their personal information and sent them to the logistics department.

What surprised Emil even more was that their job was to go to the workshop to make the weapons needed by the soldiers. Isn't this exactly his old profession, because he had been an apprentice in a blacksmith shop before and was very familiar with the forging process.

familiar.

Emil felt very conflicted. On the one hand, he wanted to go to the battlefield because he had previously cooperated with Sean to kill a monster, which doubled his confidence. He thought that he would definitely make achievements on the battlefield.

But on the other hand, he felt that the weapons workshop was safer than the battlefield. Now he had no ability to fight against the demon army. He might as well practice more. But when he thought of this, he felt that he was afraid and couldn't help but blame himself.

.

Emil thought that Sean would also feel aggrieved, but found that he followed the leading officer expressionlessly like a normal person.

The officer was a middle-aged man with a strong build and a long sword hanging from his waist. He seemed not to pay much attention to appearance and had an unkempt beard on his face.

The weapons workshop is located on the edge of the military camp. From the geographical location, it can be seen that it is not very important. After all, it is just a place to make weapons. But how can an army be short of weapons every day? It is estimated that those craftsmen spend most of their time fishing.

Although it was fun to catch fish, it was not in line with Emil and Thain's ambitions at all. However, Emil could only temporarily give up the idea of ​​changing jobs when he saw the officers always had a straight face and a serious look.

"Okay, the weapons workshop is here. This is where you will work from now on." The officer came to the door and turned around to introduce to a dozen new recruits.

Emil felt something was wrong. When he and Thain arrived at the military camp, they found a dozen other people who had come to join the army.

After they registered, they were all assigned to the weapons workshop. This doesn't make sense. Isn't there a shortage of people on the battlefield? Or maybe the human army is invincible and the demons are retreating steadily, so there is no need for more troops.

manpower.

Emil didn't know the situation and didn't dare to ask the officer.

Afterwards, the officer said a few more words, introducing the importance of their job and the precautions. However, Emil was thinking about other things the whole time, and in the end he only heard one sentence, that is, there is no food in the military camp.

Need to go to an outside restaurant.

Sain listened the most seriously, and his face became more and more ugly as a result. He touched his luggage and found that there was nothing in it except a few changes of clothes and some dry food.

Also, didn’t the army say it would give them consolation money? Why hasn’t it been paid yet?

Emil also remembered this important matter. He saw the officer was about to leave, and he didn't know where he got the courage. He raised his hand and said loudly.

"Sir, didn't you agree to give us consolation money? I would like to ask when it will be paid."

After saying this, the recruits around him began to whisper, as if they all had this question.

However, the officer stopped and looked at Emil with a cold face. He fell into silence for a while. The others realized that the atmosphere was not right and quickly fell silent.

After a while, the officer finally spoke.

"May I have your name?"

"Your Majesty, this is Emile Stuart."

Emil's body was straightened and he looked directly at the officer. He believed that the army had the obligation to explain, so he seemed fearless.

"Oh, Emil, right? Come here and stand in front of me."

The officer signaled Emir to take a step forward, and then he walked up to a soldier and pulled out the long sword hanging from his waist.

"..."
To be continued...