The Knight's Journey to the Empire

Towards these subordinate soldiers who were replaced one after another and were merely used as cannon fodder, Soran adopted a laissez-faire attitude.

Apart from the necessary training, they are left to arrange the rest of the time freely.

Of course, the prerequisite is to abide by military regulations and not act recklessly.

Among them, three types of warriors receive special care from Sauron and will be recruited into Sauron's personal guard or serve as squad leaders.

These three types of people are:

1. A warrior who has good physical fitness and strong strength, and dares to kill the enemy bravely and charge into battle.

2. A warrior who practices hard in his free time and strives to improve his own strength.

3. Through the special ability of the Arcane Spirit Eye, it was discovered that he was a warrior with good talent in cultivating fighting spirit.

As the war progressed and tended to develop in a long-term direction, Soran's mentality was also changing.

Now, he has begun to consciously cultivate his own trusted forces.

Among them, his own personal guard team is one of them.

Of course, no matter what, the first factor that Soran considers when cultivating his confidants is morality.

Sauron doesn't want to train a group of ungrateful people who will stab him in the back in the end.

After two months of offensive and defensive battles, Sauron gained strength as well as suffering, tears and sadness.

War is war, it is always cruel and tragic.

People die every day, that's a constant.

But just when he thought he would continue killing endlessly, he received an unexpected transfer order.

As mentioned earlier, in the Barinas Mountains, humans opened up a major trade route and three minor trade routes.

In the Cartel Wealth Avenue, both countries have established fortresses on their respective borders.

Like the White Stone Fortress of the Principality of Glia.

On the three small trade routes, there were originally only customs checkpoints set up to collect commercial taxes.

However, as the war progressed and military objectives were met, both sides built defensive fortresses at strategic locations along the small trade routes for purposes of defensive surveillance, early warning reconnaissance, and even to block enemy attacks.

The transfer order that Sauron suddenly received this time was to order him to lead his 100-man brigade to one of the trails to change guard, garrison the trail fortress, and guard against enemy infiltration.

Sauron knew that he was being exiled.

Sure enough, whether in the officialdom or the military camp, one must have a background and backers to get involved.

This commercial path is only about one meter wide and is surrounded by deep mountains and old forests, with jagged rocks and thorns. From time to time, magical beasts and poisonous insects appear.

Obviously, this remote trail is not suitable for large-scale marches.

In addition, the Kingdom of Midburg even built three defensive fortresses in strategic locations and stationed troops there to garrison, making it even more unlikely that anyone would come to attack.

Once the defensive fortress is built, this kind of road will be equivalent to "one man guarding the pass, ten thousand men cannot open it."

Without enemies there would be no battle, without battle there would be no military merit, and without military merit how could there be rewards?

But military orders are hard to disobey, and Sauron has no backing.

So he could only follow the order and change guard position with full of anger and helplessness.

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This small trade route did not have an official name, and the Kingdom of Midburg built three defensive fortresses at its strategic points.

These fortresses are not far apart, only about seven or eight hundred meters, so that they can watch over each other or support each other.

After completing the handover with the original garrison battalion of 100 people, Soran directly began to arrange the specific garrison tasks for each squadron.

The first is the No. 1 defensive fortress, which is the one close to the Principality of Glia.

The squadron, led by Knight Richard Miller, was stationed there.

Knight Richard Miller is the squadron leader of the impoverished noble family, and his strength is at the peak of the professional level of trainee knights.

Then there is defensive fort No. 2, the one in the middle.

Garrisoned by a squadron led by Wolfe Cook.

Wolfe Cook is the squadron leader who is the illegitimate son of a nobleman.

Finally, there is the defensive fortress No. 3, which is the one close to the direction of the Kingdom of Midburg.

The squadron led by An Bazel was stationed there.

Ambazel is the squadron leader who is the son of a wealthy businessman.

Of the three defensive fortresses, the one closest to the Principality of Glia is undoubtedly the most dangerous.

Logically, it should be guarded by Ambazel, because among the three squadron leaders, his identity and status as the son of a wealthy businessman are the lowest.

After all, the Knight Continent is a continent ruled by nobles. The status of nobles is always the highest, and the same is true for fallen nobles.

But as the son of a wealthy businessman, Ambazel has a slick and mercenary mind and knows how to seek good fortune and avoid harm in order to maximize profits.

Therefore, after learning about the rotation order, Anbazel went to find Captain Soren alone, hoping that the captain could place him in the relatively safe Fortress No. 3.

Originally, Sauron was determined not to agree. This was a matter of principle and he could not back down.

But this idea really couldn't stand the test, because what Anbazel gave was really too much, a full 100 gold coins, which was a huge sum of money.

How can this be sustained!

Although this was added "voluntarily" by Ambazel after Sauron transformed into a money-making monk, it is indeed a lot!

Moreover, Knight Richard Miller, this impoverished nobleman, kept shouting to Soran every day that he wanted to "go into battle and kill the enemy to restore the family's honor."

So, Sauron reluctantly and smoothly fulfilled the wishes of the three parties.

One party hopes to go to the front line to kill the enemy, earn military merits, and restore the family's former glory.

One party hopes to reach a safe area in the rear, giving priority to their own safety and saving their lives.

One party naturally takes money to do the job.

The defensive fortresses on this trail are built with stones and wood collected from the surrounding areas. They are not large in area, only about eight or nine meters high, and are divided into two floors.

Among them, the lower level is the living area, which is used for storing food, cooking, eating, drinking, defecating and urinating; the upper level is the residential area, where the soldiers' beds are arranged.

Of course, as the captain, Soran certainly didn't have to share a large bunk bed with the other soldiers, but lived alone in a small room.

Sauron does not have such a high level of awareness or special hobbies as he "eats the same food and sleeps in the same bed" with his soldiers.

The defensive fortress was built on a small hill, which is about 30 meters high, with a steep slope and is made entirely of giant rock.

This is a typical dangerous place on this trail, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

However, this fortress also has a very fatal flaw, which is that there is no direct supply of water.

The fortress's daily water needs to be collected from a water source a hundred meters away.

However, in order to solve this fatal weakness, the living area on the first floor of the defensive fortress also stored several large wooden barrels for storing water. If used sparingly, a month would not be a problem.

Within a hundred meters around the fortress, there was originally a barren forest with lush trees and bushes everywhere.

But now they have all been cut off, revealing a wide field of vision and preventing enemy ambushes and sneak attacks.

This time, Sauron will be stationed here for at least two months.

Two months may not be a long time, but the changes that occur during this time may affect the direction of the entire war situation.