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Chapter 114 Port Area
"Walan River Bend is located at the confluence of the Insel River and the Walan River. The converging rivers form a vast lake here. Wildfire City was built on a high slope not far from the lake, and surrounded by the superior Shipping routes and rich fishing resources created a large port."

Ronan was at the forefront on his horse.

Behind him was Elena, and two other members who had been recruited at the Forge Tavern.

Vano and his wife Miriam, both in their early thirties.

Because the husband and wife were both awakened, they decided to leave the remote small village together and come to the battlefields of Baiyinling and Longya City.

Ronan talked to them, and the couple were different from other Awakened mercenaries who aspired to fame.

The reason why they are determined to come here is mainly for their children.

The pair have a ten-year-old boy and a six-year-old daughter who are currently being fostered with relatives in the village.

And they want to earn enough money on the battlefield, and then take it back to the village to become a miller.

And let your children have a better future.

It sounds easy, but ordinary civilians want to live in poverty and achieve class leaps, which is far more difficult than imagined in this era.

The miller already belonged to a village, second only to the upper-class figures under the ruling nobles. In addition to the expensive expenses, he also needed to obtain a certain status.

What Vano awakened was the heat enhancement of Pioneering Blood, which can sense whether there are living creatures behind it through the walls and trees.

And judge whether it is a human or another type of small animal based on the heat it feels.

And what his wife Miriam awakened was the spinning succession of the blood of the sage.

It can use magic thread to sew leather armor dresses, and even sew wounds to speed up healing.

Both of them have good awakening abilities, but it's a pity that they lack the power to fight head-on, and they can't change their weak position in the village in a short time.

Even because of this, he was squeezed out by the village chief and the lord, so he turned to the battlefield, hoping to gain wealth and fame here.

When Ronan signed the contract with them, he specified the location of their hometown, Blue Water Village.

He also promised that if the two of them had an accident, they would provide five gold coins per person as a pension, which would be sent to their children and relatives in their hometown.

Since the two of them didn't know how to ride a horse, at this moment Vano was sitting on Ronan's horse with embarrassment, looking around curiously.

And her wife, Miriam, was sitting behind Elena, and the two were talking to each other.

"who!"

At this time, a group of patrolling cavalry spotted them and stopped them at a distance of 50 meters.

The shield in the opponent's hand depicts blooming cornflowers, which is the symbol of the Silver Alliance, representing that they are soldiers on the side of the Silver Collar.

The same logo was also printed on the identification check sheet in Ronan's hand.

Seeing that some of these soldiers had already set up their bows and arrows, Ronan took out the inspection form in his arms and told his identity.

After confirming that they were correct, the patrolling cavalry put down their weapons, got out of the way, and let them go.

Not long ago, Wildfire City had just ended a tragic siege battle, which made Ronan and the others see the remains of various wars on the approaching road.

The broken limbs of corpses that were too late to deal with, the gray-black farmland formed by burning, the remains of large catapults that were abandoned, and so on.

There was a sickening stench of decay in the air.

They have now entered the range of Wildfire City, and what they see before them is the outer city that was destroyed in the war.

The outer city of Wildfire City has no walls, and the entire city is distributed in the order of rivers, ports, castles, residential areas, and farmland.

Protected by a tall city wall is the Flame Fortress located on a high slope.

The lord of the city and his vassals lived in it, and it was also the battlefield where the war broke out most tragically.

Now Flame Fortress has been captured by the Second Army of the Silver Alliance in charge of the Valan River Bay battlefield.

After occupying the castle, this army is constantly expanding the defense line around the castle, preparing to resist the next counterattack of the Dragon Tooth City army.

As for mercenary groups like Ronan, most of their tasks are to help the army maintain order in the port and the outer city.

The previous wars were far from eliminating the resistance in Wildfire City.

Today, there are still a large number of scattered enemy soldiers and residents who are unwilling to surrender in the port and outer city.

They will pretend to surrender, but secretly try to steal secrets, assassinate the top leaders of the Silver Alliance, etc.

Constantly cause all kinds of trouble and harass the enemy.

The complex urban terrain and the upcoming enemy army made it impossible for the Second Army of the Silver Alliance to deal with these resistance forces in a short time.

Therefore, it was decided to subcontract these areas to the mercenary group, and they would take full responsibility for the management and eliminate all threats.

After Ronan met a military officer who came out of the Fortress of Flame, his Lion King Mercenary Group was also assigned an area.

It was a whole street in the port near the river.

He needs to count the residents on this street who still live there.

Make sure they are not a threat, and in the next enemy attack, stand there to resist the attack of enemy soldiers.

"We are in charge here? Doesn't that mean that it will be our turn after the enemy army captures the outer city and Flame Fortress?"

Elena frowned after confirming the location of the street they were in charge of from Ronan.

If it really comes to that time, it will be different from a full-scale rout, and there will be no room for them to play.

"No, on the contrary, the area we are in charge of is probably the front line of the next war."

Ronan pressed his finger on the river next to the port, "The next counterattack of Dragon Tooth City will most likely be from two sides. Some infantry will attack from the outer city, while the other part will take warships from the central province and raid the docks."

Due to the limited geographical location and the lack of warships, it was difficult for the Silver Alliance to attack Wildfire City by water, so they could only attack from the front.

But the Dragon Tooth City army supported by some nobles in the central province is different.

They are fully capable of dividing up their forces and traveling by water.

There are no large rivers near Black Rock City, and Elena, who is not familiar with warships and shipping, reacted after listening to his words.

"But I don't think the Army of the Silver Alliance has deployed too many soldiers in the port. Didn't they think so?"

"I'm afraid they can't control it. They can't determine where the main force of the enemy's attack is, so they simply plan to let the main force stick to the Fire Castle."

Ronan recalled what he had just learned about the army, "As long as the Fortress of Fire is not lost, they can launch a counterattack at any time, so they will generously hand over the port and the outer city directly to the mercenary group for management, and let them resist the first wave of offensive."

You must know that the siege war has just ended, and the spoils in the city have not yet been looted by the army.

At this time, assigning these areas to the mercenary group is tantamount to giving up the wealth inside.

(End of this chapter)