It didn''t wait until the third day. Before dawn, the whole Ranger flag regiment was ready to go.


    Just like at the Legion meeting, the Legion of the whole duanjieshan fortress is composed of two full-size heavy infantry legions and a large number of auxiliary soldiers, of which the most important are the church Knights under the name of the Holy Cross Church and the light infantry voluntarily joined from all parts of the Empire.


    In Brandon''s words, it is more appropriate to call these people "crazy believers" - in the history of duanjieshan fortress, we can often read that they shouted the slogan of "for the Holy Cross", waved weapons of different shapes, launched a flood of attacks on the demon army with flesh and blood, and firmly believed that their piety can make them ascend to heaven.


    In the north, where raids are often encountered, these "crazy believers" are simply the best source of troops, and can endure all difficult environments. There are few cases of rout and are not afraid of death.


    The only disadvantage is that they often don''t listen to the command. When they see the enemy, they shout slogans and rush up, causing a lot of unnecessary casualties - only the church Knights of the Holy Cross can restrain them a little.


    A large number of fierce and fearless crazy believers and a few but elite church knights are the strength of the Holy Cross Church''s voice in duanjieshan fortress and even the whole empire.


    This is also why Brandon would choose church knights to join him instead of more efficient and obedient Legion soldiers - the Holy Cross Church in duanjieshan fortress, like other places, is a semi independent and uncontrolled organization, and Conrad is difficult to get involved.


    So no matter how tired of the Holy Cross Church, these people are Brandon''s best choice - better than being taken control of the team by a group of Legion soldiers who secretly swear allegiance to connord.


    Most importantly, Zener, the chief Knight of the church knight, since he dared to contradict Connor in front of everyone at the Legion meeting, it proved that he was not the dogleg of his Royal Highness The Prince of Saxony... Or at least not in the face.


    That''s enough.


    "Your Royal Highness, your team is ready to be ordered at any time!"


    On the wall of the fortress city where the north wind roared, the church Knight Naze, fully armed with a Holy Cross Pendant on his chest, stood in front of Brandon, followed by Edward, who was still indifferent, but had become Brandon''s guard captain.


    Following everyone''s eyes, the black haired wizard also slowly turned back and looked at the bottom of the city wall - under the three dragon flags holding the iron crown, there were 300 fully armed soldiers with firm eyes.


    At the forefront is still Brandon''s guard mobilized from eboden, and 130 Legion soldiers who have experienced camp encounters and are still intact;


    Then came the "light infantry" of the Church of nearly 200 people; Although they use this name, they still have quite excellent protection, and their weapons are like long halberds and Epee like Legion soldiers, but the huge Zheng shield is replaced by a smaller skin round shield; In addition, many people are equipped with war bows.


    There are workshops like melting furnace town. Of course, the fortress of duanjieshan can be equipped with heavy crossbows in large quantities, but the problem is that in such a cold place, crossbows, including crossbows, are not useful at all. After a few times, the trigger will freeze and be hard enough to break. In contrast, although the range of the war bow is short, it can at least perfectly adapt to the environment in the north.


    In addition, twelve well-equipped church knights who accompanied the church Knight Naze came as the backbone of the trip.


    As Loren knows, there are only less than 50 church knights in the whole fortress of duanjieshan. The other party directly sent 12 to join Brandon. A full quarter of the elite are enough to prove the importance of the Holy Cross Church to this trip.


    Under the iron crown flag, the soldiers with firm eyes remained motionless from beginning to end, and the floating snow almost dyed their whole body white; If it weren''t for the fog exhaled from his mouth, it would make people wonder whether these people are really alive.


    The dark haired wizard on the city wall raised his eyebrows. Such quality and discipline, not to mention eboden''s mercenary regiment, can''t be compared with even lottel ruwen''s Knight guard.


    What about the elves of the ancient wood forest?


    Indeed, the war dancers of the ancient wood forest are also brave and not afraid of sacrifice. Even in the case of one-to-one or even one-to-ten, they can easily trample these ordinary soldiers who can only push forward by relying on the military array and shield wall.


    But if the number rises to 100 to 100, or even the Legion to base... It''s a completely different kind of devastation.


    Moreover, the whole eastern forest can gather up 3000 elf soldiers at most; The Empire does not count the armies of each Archduke. There are ten legions standing alone.


    "Hearing that his highness Brandon is about to leave the fortress of duanjieshan to the north, these brave and devout believers are all elated and want to join you!"


    Noticing the exclamation in Brandon''s eyes and those around him, nazer, a somewhat proud church knight, blushed and spoke impassively in a bell like voice:


    "After my careful selection, the remaining 200 people are all elite soldiers in the fortress. The veterans who have experienced at least one battle and survived will never be inferior to the Legion soldiers of the Empire!"


    "Even if you encounter an unexpected raid by the demon army, twelve church Knights protect you. They have vowed to let you return to the fortress of duanjie mountain unharmed even if they fight to the last person!"


    After that, the church Knight Naze proudly straightened his chest, took a half step back, stood in place like a sculpture, and lowered his brick head heavily.


    "Really... Thank you, Lord nazer - with all the church Knights here, I believe you will have a pleasant trip and sing a song of triumph!" Brandon still showed a sunny smile as usual when he felt the enthusiasm of the other party''s "hometown of Saxony":


    "In addition, if I offend you at the Legion meeting, please forgive me for my rudeness. I still have great respect for the Holy Cross Church and devout people!"


    "It''s nothing. It''s the first time you''ve seen me. It''s human to be alienated." although the words are very comforting, nazer''s expression is very serious:


    "But please forgive me for being rude - there seem to be many ''irrelevant'' people in your team, which may cause a lot of trouble for this trip!"


    The black haired wizard standing behind still remained unchanged. Brandon, with his head tilted, looked curiously at the church Knight:


    "Excuse me, do you have any concerns about my wizard consultant and his friends?"


    "We certainly don''t have any doubt about a descendant of the Turin family and his friends - although his ancestors once betrayed the glory of the Holy Cross, no one can question Roland Turin''s loyalty to the Empire!"


    "As for the ISAAC... Although the wizards are not pious believers, at least their knowledge can help you a lot!"


    "What you want to say is..."


    "What I want to say is this deserter!"


    Before Brandon spoke, nazer suddenly raised his hand and pointed to Lucian beside the black haired wizard. The pointed gray pupil boy bit his lips slightly and didn''t speak.


    "It was he who killed the previous search team going north and a loyal and brave church knight, and led to the attack and destruction of the sentry Tower!" Naze, the church knight, said impolitely: "how can you take such people north?! he will kill you again, and even all of us!"


    Lucerne, who was biting his lips, stared reluctantly. He inadvertently met the glance of Lauren and quickly lowered his head.


    He knew he could not and was not qualified to speak at this time.


    "Lucian is innocent."


    Shrugging his shoulders, Loren stepped forward, blocked the illegitimate son of the welts family behind him, and looked squarely at the church Knight nazer in front of him: "if I remember correctly, his highness connord has officially declared him free, which proves his innocence - he is not a deserter, but just temporarily executed a special order!"


    "Nonsense!"


    The excited Naze said angrily and hurriedly: "please don''t pretend to be silly, Lord Loren Turin! Everyone in the fortress knows that it was you who stood up to guarantee him that his highness connord took him..."


    "Lord nazer, chief Knight!"


    Brandon smiled and interrupted him: "I think my wizard consultant has just explained very clearly that Lord Lucian is innocent."


    "But..."


    "No, but I''ve agreed to let him join the team as the guard of Loren, and as a descendant of the desalion family, I must keep my word."


    "Or did you forget... Who is the leader of this team?"