"Is this? Why is this happening?" Aige, holding a large bag in his hand, let the precious package fall into dust silently: "How could this piece of broken walls and broken eaves happen?"

The small mountain village in his hometown has been beyond recognition at this time, with burnt wood and collapsed walls everywhere. Although there are no corpses, it can be seen that the village must have experienced major changes before. Along the way, he found that many farmlands had been destroyed. Farmers who have always truly loved the land would never do this. The remaining explanations are self-evident...

He felt something was wrong, so he rushed over all the way, but found such a sad scene. The entire village was destroyed, and most of the residences were completely burned... What's the situation?

He was originally full of joy and thought that he could return home in glory, so he could only kneel down at the doorstep of his home that seemed to be his original home...

"Captain! It seems that someone is ahead!"

"Go and have a look!"

There were a few sounds in the direction of the road outside the village, but Eiger was currently showing signs of collapse and he didn't hear it immediately. However, his later generations were a calm and rational man. After feeling someone approached, he forced himself to escape from a boundless state of sorrow and looked at these uninvited guests...

A group of regular imperial soldiers! The whole body of standard equipment, the combination of swords and shields, plus the imperial flag, it is obvious that this is the regular army of Beijun! It is probably the same as a team of people, with an average level of 5 to 8. The team leader Eiger cannot detect the level, and shows a skull and question mark, which means that the team leader is at least 13 or above (the system cannot detect targets above level 10 unless the other party is willing to show it by themselves), and around the other party's identity, there is a circle of golden dragons, which is completely different from ordinary imperial infantry.

This Egg knew that this team leader was an elite! His strength was definitely a world of difference from ordinary soldiers of the same level! Although it was also a standard configuration for a left-hand shield and a right-hand one-handed sword, Egg, who realized the opponent's strength, did not dare to underestimate the other party at all... At any time, he must respect the strong, which is a necessary rule for survival in the mainland!

"Please indicate your identity? Boy!" The captain performed the standard etiquette of an imperial soldier, and then seriously asked the other party to clearly indicate his identity.

"Dear Imperial soldier, I am from this village, named Aige. I have been working in the town, but I returned home but found that my former home is now a piece of broken walls and broken eaves, but my family is missing where to go!" Aige calmed down and answered without panic. What he said was the facts, without a lie, so he seemed very sincere.

"Egg? The civilians in the village? Alas..." The captain sighed: "I am Claude, the captain of the first team of the Fifth Battalion of the Regular Army of the Empire in North County, and was temporarily dispatched to this area to investigate the incident of the dog-headed man's sudden attack on the civilian village."

He paused: "I'm sorry young man, if your family is in this village, I would like to regret to inform you that all the civilians here have been killed by the kowtows, and no one left... Please mourn!"

"Why are there no corpse? I didn't see even a corpse, you are lying to me, right?"

He asked frantically, with a little bit of luck.

"Sorry! When my team and I received the notice, we met several reinforcements and priests to arrive here, the place was almost burned. When we entered, we were full of corpses, and traces of violence by the kobolds. Due to the harm to the sky, the priests asked our people to help bury these poor people, and gave them basic salvation, so that their souls could be comforted...

We can do so much, and we buried it with our own hands, and the number I remember is 224. I remember collecting 3 bodies from the house where you are now, 2 men and 1 woman. Young man, I know you are sad, but the dead are gone, and you still need to strode forward!" Claude patted the poor boy in front of him on the shoulder and comforted him.

"Damn it!" The message basically met. Two men and one woman, it must be Eiger's father, mother and brother, which means they have all been killed, and the only remaining luck in the end was shattered...

“When did this happen?”

"About 3 or 4 days ago!" The captain was quite kind and sympathized with this survivor!

"It's hateful why I wasn't there at that time... It's so hateful! If I were there..."

"Young man, although I sympathize with your experience, even if you were present at that time, it would be difficult for you to do anything with a civilian. These kobolds are cruel and cruel, and are very dissatisfied with humans' invasion of their self-proclaimed "territory". They hate humans very much. Once they have the chance, they never leave a living mouth. If you existed here at that time, they would probably only add one more corpse for nothing..." Claude advised.

"If I were there at that time, I might not have been able to kill all the kobolds, but at least I have the ability to solve some of them..." After saying that, a small fireball that was ready to go condensed in Eiger's hand...

"Ah? Master? Are you a mage?" Claude asked loudly in surprise: "I didn't expect you to be a rare mage. Do you want to join the army? If you are willing, I can write you a letter of recommendation. For my sake, the captain will definitely assign you to my group to be responsible for patrolling the surrounding areas. In this way, you may have the opportunity to use the imperial military power to achieve the goal of revenge for your family!"

Claude is obviously trying to persuade! Mages are rare, and the attack method is magical range. His current team is all melee soldiers. If you can match mages, you can achieve one without asking for more. You can increase the strength of the team by more than one level, and you can also complete special tasks that you cannot complete before. So he values ​​mages very much. However, there are too few mages willing to join the army, and his first team is not assigned even one. When he meets Lie Xinxi, he wants to get this mage with his familiarity, and he can't help but worry...

Eiger shook his head! Joining the army? Impossible! That would strictly limit his freedom. Many things he wanted to do were impossible to accomplish, which was not in his personal interests...

"Don't have any plans to join the army? That's a pity! Do you no longer think about it? If you are willing to join our team, I promise to give you priority to avenge your kobold!" Still not giving up...

"No! I have no intention of joining the army! The tutor asked me to return to the wizard tower to practice after a period of time, so I can only thank you for your kindness!" Egg made up a random reason to make up for excuses!

"Oh! Your mentor has arrangements, that's because I'm good at it! It doesn't matter, I have no problem here! It's just the dogboy... You know, our team is responsible for patrolling this area, and needs to defend more civilians, and cannot leave the post without permission. You are a powerful mage, can you take a task from me, which is to clean up some dogboy workers in the Echo Valley. As long as you use your spells, clean up some dogboys, get 8 candles in their hands, you can go to my stronghold to hand in the mission. I can give you some rewards. 50 copper coins and a standard one-handed sword, how about it?"

"One-handed sword? What do I want it for?" He wanted to do the task, but the reward was a little bit detrimental?

The former smiled embarrassedly: "This mission is originally open to all free mercenaries. You know, it is basically warriors, and we have the remaining rewards provided! You are a mage, so naturally you don't look down on one-handed swords, but we can't take out a standard magic wand as a reward! I think you don't have weapons, so just use it. If you don't have to sell it, it's worth some copper coins. The Empire does not restrict this situation, you can deal with it at will. I also found that you are more suitable for this mission, so I released it to you. How about it? Are you willing to accept it?"

"To be honest, even without the task of you, I will still avenge my relatives. Accept it! Of course, accept it!" Egg said fiercely.

System prompts: Accepting the task of cleaning up the kowtowel laborer, requiring at least 8 candles dropped from the kowtowel. After the task is completed, you will get 50 copper coins, a standard one-handed sword, and one-quarter of the experience required to upgrade this level. In addition, when handing over the task, you can get a random 1-star white card in Hearthstone. This task can be abandoned!

Ah... Praise the master of the system! Not only are there open rewards, but there are also considerable experience rewards. Even the task itself is also one of the means to accumulate cards for Hearthstone Book. It seems that in the future, as long as it is a task, you cannot give up easily...

Come on! Master Ai clenched his fists secretly to cheer himself up... This action made Claude think that the young man was expressing his determination for revenge, and his favorability towards him increased a lot. Unfortunately, Master Ai always doesn't like to join the army and hone his skills, but always likes to stay in the mage tower or other dark corners. Can counting grasshoppers become stronger? Cut...

"Considering that your situation is special, I am a ranged mage. I can configure you with 2 shield-holding warriors, which can be handed over to you to protect your safety. But you have to sign an agreement to ensure that they do not ignore their lives for their own selfishness! If you are willing to pay 20 copper coins, I can assign two of my best and strongest warriors to accompany you, so that you can easily complete this task. Of course, copper coins can be deducted from your mission rewards and you don't need to pay cash. How about it?"

To put it bluntly, Claude is showing goodwill. Only 20 copper coins can each be matched with 10, and two powerful meat shield warriors will join. For other mages, it may be a good thing that a pie fell from the sky.
Chapter completed!