Author: Conquer people with virtue

In the blink of an eye, four years have passed.

The eastern border of the Xilan Mountains.

Twin Mountains are not prominent among the thousands of mountains in the Xilan Mountains. Four years ago, they did not even have names. But now, Twin Mountains are quite famous.

These are two mountains that are almost identical in size. There is a narrow road between them, which is one of the passages leading to the interior of the Xilan Mountains. In recent years, almost every such intersection has been built and guarded.

The fortress of Twin Mountains is no exception.

The twin forts are located between the two mountains.

Banner stood at the top of the city, his eyes carefully scanning the distance, not missing any signs of trouble.

As a new goblin recruit this year, he was very nervous.

Although his training results in the Little Giant Fortress recruit camp were excellent, as Goblins they were usually weak on the battlefield. Therefore, from the first day he was assigned to the Twin Fortresses, he executed every defensive step meticulously.

task.

Even if you are standing guard.

Four years ago, Osfir, under the leadership of Lord Theos, defeated the orc invasion and allowed the orc eldest prince to die here.

All this, after Dimos brought the news back to the Orc Empire, caused an uproar within the Orc Empire and even caused many forces to be shocked.

How could the Orc Empire endure such a failure?

Since that year, the orcs have marched every year, vowing to wash away this humiliation with their blood.

It has been four years now.

"Recruit, have you found anything?" A voice suddenly sounded in Banner's ear, and Banner knew who it was as soon as he heard it.

"K...Sir Clay! Report, no...nothing found!" Banner stammered.

"Don't be nervous." Clay patted the young goblin on the shoulder. He patted Banner so hard that he almost staggered.

Compared to four years ago, Clay has changed a lot. He is only half the height of a human being, but he is wearing a suit of iron armor. The only exposed cheek has a few scars, which looks like he has gone through many changes.

After the battle that year, he seemed to have learned the ropes. In every subsequent battle, he charged forward, not knowing what life and death meant, but he survived every time. Twice, it was the auxiliary soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield who were killed.

Found him in the pile.

In this way, he rose from the rank of captain to captain of ten, captain of centurions, and now he is the deputy to the captain of thousands, in charge of five hundred people.

"This is what war is all about." Clay's hand stroked the city wall, and there were slash marks on it.

His words made Banner next to him admire him greatly. Commander Clay's heroic deeds were widely spread among the Goblin recruits and he was their idol.

"It's normal to go from being afraid to being afraid. This is a kind of growth. When you are no longer afraid, you will succeed." This is Clay's experience.

"When will this war end?" Banner tilted his head and asked.

"Soon."

In the past few years, except for the fierce attacks of the orcs in the first two years, the subsequent offensives have slowed down. Now, the intensity of the war has been very low, and the war is basically based on vigilance.

"High-level reports circulated that the orcs' counterattack was more out of political needs. It is said that the situation has changed now."

Although Clay has grown somewhat, he is not very clear about the twists and turns in this area.

Speaking of high-level officials, Banner's interest was aroused: "Sir, I heard that you met the lord up close and was given a treasure?"

Clay smiled bitterly. He didn't expect the recruits to be so gossipy. When it came to Theos, he also showed memories and reverence. He was about to speak -

"There's a situation!" Banner shouted.

Clay turned around and saw a carriage driving slowly on the road in front of the fortress.

The head of the fortress suddenly started to move, and in a moment, the Goblin soldiers entered the fighting position.

Raising his hand to tell the soldiers not to attack, Clay found that the carriage did not seem to be hostile. It stopped after a distance, and a human came out of it.

"Tell me why you're here."

"Please allow me to introduce myself." The human was wearing a gorgeous purple robe, stroking his chest and saluting.

"Alan Charles, the envoy of Earl Charles, the master of Mezilo City."

It took Clay a while to understand the meaning of human words. "Humans just like to talk around!"

"On behalf of the Charles family, I would like to pay my respects to the famous Golden Dragon Lord in the North. If you can, please introduce him to me. This is a meeting gift."

Everyone at the top of the city looked at each other in shock. Clay sent someone down to take a look. Sure enough, there were some fine cloths, jewelry, etc. inside.

Clay began to believe what humans said, but he still had to be vigilant. "Bring him up!"

"Hey! You can't treat a friendly messenger like this! Let me go, it's so rude!" The Goblin soldiers came up and controlled Allen.

"I advise you to shut up to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings." Clay did not remember that he had diplomatic training. "Take him down and keep him under guard. If the verification is correct, Mr. Allen, you will be fine."

No matter how dissatisfied Allen was, he was escorted by a group of Goblin soldiers all the way to the bottom of the fortress.

Then, these monsters actually asked him to take off his clothes?

Allen was trembling with anger, his face was almost stripped clean of tears. Fortunately, the monsters had no intention of further embarrassing him, and sent him into a single room after confirming that there was no murder weapon on him.

Then, there was the sound of the lock locking.

"How rude!" As soon as he entered the room, Allen fell onto the straw-covered bed, held his head in his hands and stared at the ceiling.

As a confidant of Earl Charles, how could Allen be an ordinary person? He was an elite swordsman with good aristocratic education and training.

As long as he thought about it just now, the goblins escorting him would undoubtedly die. Only the goblin chief still seemed to have some strength.

But he didn't, even though he suffered some embarrassing moments. He came here with the interests of the earl in mind, how could he give up so easily.

Although when he heard from the count that he came here, he refused.

Allen didn't think that some monsters in the mountains could help them. Although he did hear that the orcs' attack seemed to be somewhat frustrated, after all, it was a remote mountainous area, and it was not a wise move for the orcs to fight to the death.

However, he changed his mind after seeing the Twin Castles.

The well-trained and well-equipped goblins opened Allen's eyes, and the fortress's garrison was orderly.

I hope you can give me a bigger surprise...

…

Not to mention that Allen was in a daze in the cell, a banquet was about to begin in the fortress here—Deputy Commander Clay’s farewell party!

Because according to the rules, the two officers and the defensive troops could not eat at the same time, so the hobgoblin commander Hatton and half of the soldiers had already eaten, but this did not affect the excitement of the farewell party at all.

"Congratulations, Clay, I'm going back tomorrow. I hope the report goes well." Hatton and Clay clinked glasses - filled with juice.
Chapter completed!