Longmen Memoirs

The other party lowered his head in frustration.

"I have already proposed to the captain that we cannot accept this mission, but now there is less and less soil for us to survive. We are unwilling to disband the mercenary group and start over. We can start from there."

"Mercenaries who cannot adapt to the environment never end well." W said. "Now that you know who we are, you should understand why we attacked you."

"Yes." Grimmer said: "But if you want to know about our mission, whether you believe it or not, I can't answer your question. The mission is only known to the captain and the followers sent by the employer. Now both of them are dead. , all we knew was that we were heading to the Leitanian border to meet up with some people.”

"You do know the rules." W looked at Grimmer in surprise.

"I don't want to undergo unnecessary torture and torture. I've told you what I know. What are you going to do with us?"

w did not answer this question.

She looked at the prisoners in front of her curiously.

"What I'm curious about now is, how dare you people accept this kind of mission? Don't you know who you are going to attack? Or are you actually just cannon fodder thrown out to attract attention? Ah, this is probably you What little value is left.”

w said, she seemed to think of something and turned her mouth away.

"It seems that Hedley is hiding something from me. I'm just wondering why he became so talkative this time and actually used such cheap stuff to get me away. Haha."

Grimmer was not angry because of W's words. In fact, even he knew now that they were indeed treated as cannon fodder just like W said.

w stood up and looked at the team members aside.

"Come with a few people and bring this group of people to Hedley. As for this Grimmer, leave him behind. The rest of the people come with me. Let's go see who they are going to meet."

"You won't kill us?" Grimmer raised his head in surprise.

"If it were in the past, I would be happy to do this." W lowered his head and looked at him with regret: "You saved your life, and I am now a soldier of Kazdaele."

The Leitania border, the edge of the military buffer zone.

"Is all the information confirmed?" Hedley asked.

"Yes, but the mercenary teams intercepted from the direction of Kazdaele all said that they were entrusted by unknown employers to go to the border of Leitania to wait for the rendezvous signal. Someone will tell them the specific mission upon arrival." The night watchman The human Sakaz replied: "These people are all bait thrown out."

Hedley shook his head.

"It's unclear whether other teams are using this method to get in."

"They already knew we were coming."

"This is normal. Those people know the connection between the Night Watch and him. When they forced His Highness to make a decision and the Night Watch was established, they understood that the information they can get, we can also get." Hedley said : "We have two tasks this time, and he is one of them. At the same time, we also need to identify the main messenger behind these people. His Highness intends to ease the tense relationship with Rutland, which may arouse the domestic parliamentarians and the king. court backlash.”

"With Rutland, is that possible?"

"do not know."

"Could it be that His Highness deliberately revealed this news to test the movements of those councilors? If they attack the Lord at this time, it will be equivalent to expressing their dissatisfaction with the palace. Think about it..."

"Whether it is possible or not, this is not an issue we should consider. Your Highness has her own ideas, and all we have to do is follow the palace's orders."

Hedley didn't think much of analyzing the views of the palace or His Highness's staff on this. It was too dangerous. No matter what results he came up with, these were beyond his reach.

"Let's end this topic here." Hedley said: "Have the people who may be sent by Victoria clearly figured out their movements?"

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"The news coming from the country is that those people may cooperate with Victoria. Compared with their intelligence agency, the Night Watch was established too late. I don't know what the outcome of this confrontation will be."

"You, Hedley...Sir, I am not telling you that sometimes your lack of confidence really hurts our morale." The night watchman said with a smile: "I never did this before when I was still here. If you say something like this, your Excellency might also think so, but before Li Ting officially fights with the Pardoner, your Excellency will only say that they are just like that, and in fact they are not much better than us."

Hedley didn't answer.

The night watchman added: "It was terrible later. I don't know how many brothers died. But in the end, we won. We fought all the way from Kazdare's eastern front to the western front, captured the industrial zone, and captured the royal city." , I have fought against the Pardoner several times, and I have never really lost in Li Court.”

His voice choked up and he finally stopped talking.

That is indeed an incredible miracle.

But for this miracle, that person always takes the lead.

"I can't learn this, Su Enyang. I know that you took the initiative to apply for this mission. If His Highness had not considered the domestic balance, given your qualifications, you should have been the person in charge this time."

"I didn't say that." Su Enyang replied: "The leader of the Night Watch is His Highness, now and in the future."

"What about leaving the court?" Hedley asked.

The leader of the Night Watch is Theresia, so who is your leader among you subordinates who have left the court?

"The court has been dismissed, Hedley, and you know it."

Hedley said nothing in the end.

"Go get ready."

Su Enyang raised his hand in salute.

"Yes."

The fight began before dawn on the 25th.

25th/9:25A.M

"Are the supplies ready? Camping tents, food, water, fuel, and tools."

Chen Mo asked in front of the car door, and Texas checked everything in the trunk. The rain stopped, the sun peeked out from the thin clouds, and the car parked under the shadow of a building.

After a while, Chen Mo saw Texas' head sticking out of the trunk.

"Nothing left out."

She came over and Chen Mo opened the door.

"Then go."

The driver was Chen Mo, and it was his turn today. After getting in the car, Texas saw that the long box he originally put in the trunk was stuck behind the driver's seat.

A long knife with a black sheath was placed on the side of the car door, within easy reach. The mark that had been worn away could be seen vaguely on the black sheath, which was the logo of a company that once belonged to it.

Texas just glanced and looked away.

The difference from usual is that Texas has an extra belt around her waist, and the hilt of her Originium sword is tied to the belt and hidden under her clothes.

Something seems to be different.

As usual, the car vibrated slightly as the engine warmed up after cooling down all night. The sky was bright and the view was wide.

The snake's expression was no different than before.

The town that I haven't had time to get familiar with gradually fades away outside the car window. After leaving the mobile town, there is a flat and open wilderness. The vegetation on the edge of the border with Ursus is sparse.

A cloud of dust rose behind the car.

They did not take the trade routes that were commonly used on the border between the two countries.

The unfamiliar road conditions became rougher and the interior of the car was bumpy as well.

Snake turned on the car radio. After leaving the signal radiation range of the town, there was a burst of noise from the car radio. He took out the CD from the splint next to the rearview mirror.

After a while, the song that Texas had heard during the trip sounded in the car. It was like waiting for someone to return in the snow and wind.

She has been waiting, waiting for hope, waiting for despair.

Texas' slightly nervous mood slowly calmed down.

"Relax Texas, just like normal, it's no big deal."

Texas tilted her head, and she could only see the side face of the snake. Sparse stubble appeared on his chin at some point, and his black hair was fluttering gently in the wind blowing outside the car window.

"In the past, many people wanted to kill me. In their eyes, I was an outsider who was destined to die. But until now, I am still alive. None of them could succeed. My ability to survive to this day is not all due to my good deeds. Luck, it will be the same this time, we will all survive, I promise.”

Texas breathed a sigh of relief. She felt the weapon at her waist, retracted her gaze, and leaned against the car window.

She did not answer.

She wouldn't let the snake die.

Outside the window, the clouds dispersed, and the vehicle drove forward following the tracks left by the sun on the earth.

At the end of the road is Ursus.

There is that wall at the end of the road, as well as the snow that never melts all year round and the people he once left in the snow.

Chapter 33 So cold

Hedley's dress was still exactly the same as in Chen Mo's memory.

Oh, maybe it's different. The mercenary no longer has to worry about the mistakes in his heart that they all know but can't say out loud.

Those mistakes made Chen Mo what he is today, allowing Hedley to see clearly what would happen to his inappropriate thoughts once they were exposed.

The car stopped.

Hedley himself stood in front of the sand dunes in the wilderness, looking like he had been waiting for a long time.

He looked at the stopped car.

Through the car window, Chen Mo could clearly see his eyes falling on the car.

"Wait for me in the car."

Under Texas' uneasy and questioning gaze, Chen Mo held down her hand that wanted to unbuckle her seat belt and get out of the car.

"Who is that person?"

"A Sarkaz, a friend."

"enemy?"

"do not know."

Chen Mo picked up the heavy knife and opened the car door. Texas' eyes slowly moved along with his movements, and the car window rose.

Chen Mo knocked on the car door.

He hung the heavy knife diagonally behind him, and Hedley, who was fully armed, stood more than ten meters away. He did not come over, but just watched Chen Mo walk towards him, and finally stopped at a distance of two meters.

Chen Mo noticed the unfamiliar mark half hidden under the black cloak on his chest, a high white wall with dark flames burning on the high wall.

"A mark I haven't seen before." Chen Mo asked.

Hedley looked at Chen Mo with his weapon hanging sideways. He followed Chen Mo's gaze and knew what he was asking.

"The symbol of the night watchman, specially designed by His Highness."

Theresia does have this little hobby. She usually uses this method to relieve stress in her spare time. Chen Mo knows this.

"Night watchman?" he asked.

An unfamiliar title.

"Most of the members who left the court after the disbandment joined this organization." Hedley answered. "Continuing the tradition of leaving the court, His Highness is the first leader of the Night's Watch to maintain the stability and security of order at home and abroad in Kazdaele."

Hedley's answer was exactly what Chen Mo expected. Perhaps he had already understood it when he heard the word "night watchman" and just wanted to get confirmation from Hedley.

"Very good." Chen Mo said. "It seems that you have joined them. I always thought that with how much you hate war, you would find a more leisurely position."

"I did have this idea originally, but Kazdale still needs me and people like me. Country is an unfamiliar word to Sakaz. Compared with when he was a mercenary in the past, his current job is more capable. It allowed me to find my own value, so when the appointment came, I didn’t turn it down.”

"You are a little different from the past, Hedley. You never said such things in the past." Chen Mo asked unexpectedly.

"I didn't have the opportunity to say this in the past." Hedley said. He looked at Chen Mo and then looked past the car he left behind. In the car, Texas was always staring at this side.

"I was supposed to introduce you to a new friend I made in Syracuse, but I don't think you two will have much interaction, so forget it, what do you think?"

Hedley withdrew his gaze and looked at Chen Mo.

"Your movements in Grava have attracted the attention of many people."

"Including you, too."

"We are just one of them. Two weeks ago, a group of infected people from Syracuse revealed your movements. We confirmed your location from their descriptions."

"That group of infected people ended up in Kazdaele."

Chen Mo said that he did mention Kazdel to Cao Zhi, but Chen Mo felt that Kazdel might not be Cao Zhi’s first choice. After all, the Sarkazis had a good reputation, and even infected people were unwilling to go to a place full of people. The land of Chaos and Sakaz.

There seemed to be no hope for Kazdale.

"They were attacked in Leitania and forced to flee all the way into Kazdaele. The team was in a miserable situation."

There was a hint of temptation in Hedley's words.