Lord Chronicle

Chapter 280 Kip's Diary ([-])
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Although Lovell is a peaceful territory, far less dangerous than when we were still in Nightshade, I think it is still necessary to be vigilant anytime and anywhere.

Especially after the undead invasion incident, I am more and more convinced of this.

Therefore, in order to better protect the lord and this territory, I decided to conduct regular secret training so that we can keep fighting at any time and not relax because of the easy life.

On this point, the subordinates have no objection. After all, we were born for fighting. Whether it is fighting or training, it is just a routine.

The question is, where to train?
When in Lulin, the Night Shadow Troops had a special training ground, which simulated various terrains that may be encountered in battle, from complex city streets to dense jungles, and even ice fields and desert terrains, and professional soldiers acted as enemies Cooperate with training and strive to be the best.

But this is Lovell, so the training ground is obviously out of the question. Even the soldiers accompanying the training are hard to find, and I can't ask the lord for these.

However, a little difficulty will not trouble us.

Since there is no training ground, we will use the whole town as a training ground; if there is no training, then we will find imaginary enemies by ourselves.

So, last night, I gathered all my subordinates and officially started the special training.

"Training subjects: stealth, and the ability to pass quickly."

"Training venue: the entire town."

"Imagine enemy: Territory garrison."

"Training requirements: In the case that the other party does not find it, you must lurk near the target all night to train your stealth ability; when you are in action, you can't walk on existing streets, you can only cross houses to train the ability to quickly pass through obstacles."

"do you understand?"

"Yes!" The subordinates answered in unison.

Although I am a little sorry for the companions of the defense team, this is the best way I can find so far.After all, in order to protect this place better, we must not let our bodies slack off.

So, Kress, please don't hate me.

"Captain, the target has appeared." At this time, Vic reported to me.

At the same time, the gate of the garrison team opened, and the garrison members, led by Kress, walked out of the barracks and gathered together.

This is a simple procedure each night before starting patrol.

"As usual, Pochi and I each led a team to patrol around the town from different directions. Everyone get up and let's go!"

After speaking, Kress and Pochi each led a team into the night.

"Remember tonight's training subjects, we will also set off."

I also let out a low shout, and Yada and Yada each followed with their subordinates.

Training has officially begun.

Although the target was an unsuspecting garrison, I didn't dare to be careless.These young people are all quite skilled, and even compared with Lu Lin's elite army, their personal qualities are not inferior.

Especially Kress, who has amazing potential, and his rapid progress in swordsmanship, compared with the young swordsman when I first came to the territory, he is almost a different person.

Perhaps, it won't be long before even the head of the Madmen Corps, Lulin's number one general, General Bullock, will be inferior to him.

Therefore, I am not at all like some subordinates think that this training will be easy.

Sneaking around the patrolling garrison on two sides, we were constantly marching through the houses in the territory, most of the time we took the route of the roof, but occasionally we went directly through the house.

In this way, when following the target for a third of the patrol route, a situation arose for the first time.

At that time, Karl was sneaking on the top of a roof ridge, but he didn't expect that the tiles on the roof were quite loose due to disrepair.One of them made a light click under his trample.

On a still night, enough for the vigilant to notice.

"Wait a minute." Sure enough, Kress, who led the team, waved his hand to stop, and at the same time, his gaze was already looking accurately at the roof where Carl was.

My subordinates and I lurked immediately, and Karl also turned over and hid in the shadow under the eaves at the moment of the sound, just avoiding Kress's sight.

"Captain, what's wrong?" a guard asked.

Kress' eyes were still scanning the house vigilantly: "Did you hear any noise?"

"What, where is the sound?" The guards looked around strangely.

Probably thinking that he heard it wrong, Kress waved his hand: "Forget it, it's nothing, continue to patrol."

After they left, Carl came to me: "I'm sorry, captain, I was careless..."

"It's okay, this is the purpose of our training, keep up." I signaled him not to blame himself.

Contrary to what many people imagine, the Night Shadow Troops are not gods, and we may also make various mistakes. It is just a long-term training that is hundreds of times harder than ordinary people, so that we can minimize our mistakes.

It's just that I have a hunch that tonight's training will not end so smoothly.

The second situation happened at the end of the patrol. At that time, Eric was passing through the kitchen of a family. Unexpectedly, there was a group of rats stealing food in the corner. The rats were frightened and screamed and hid.

The sound of the mouse immediately alerted all the guards, and almost everyone turned to look at the kitchen where the sound came from.

"Who!?" Kress asked in a low voice.

This is also where they are inexperienced. If they rushed in immediately, Eric would have nowhere to escape.But the garrison just put on a vigilant posture, and didn't even draw their weapons.

But this is no wonder to them. These young people are not regular soldiers after all. In this peaceful territory, what they need to face is only some monsters and petty thieves.

It is very rare to have such a reaction when hearing the sound.

A moment later, a cat jumped out of the kitchen window and ran quickly around the corner into the night. It seemed that Eric had found a way out.

Seeing that it was just a cat, the defenders all heaved a sigh of relief, only Kress was still staring there, looking thoughtful.

"Captain, do you want to go in and take a look?" Seeing his appearance, a guard asked.

However, he just shook his head: "It seems nothing, don't waste time, let's go."

Looking at the departing defense team, I couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.It seems that no matter how much potential you have, you are still inexperienced. Maybe just guarding this territory is enough, but if you want to go further...

Is Kress really limited to the captain of the defense in a small territory?
However, I didn't expect it at the time, because of this underestimation, the third situation happened to me.

It was not long after the two patrols met. While they were passing by, I also exchanged messages with the oncoming Yada team to confirm that the other party did not encounter any special situation.

Afterwards, we continued to follow our respective goals.

Unexpectedly, just when I thought that tonight's training would end like this, I suddenly found that Kress was no longer in the patrol team that turned the corner ahead.

I couldn't help being surprised, when did he leave?I didn't even notice it, and at the same time, I felt something was wrong.

Could it be that his disappearance is aimed at us?

As soon as the thought fell, the situation happened.At the corner of the wall where Frans was hiding on the left, a large hole was suddenly opened in the wall, and at the same time a sword protruded from the hole and slashed straight at him.

Frans immediately turned around to avoid it, and at the same time Kress stepped out of the hole, swinging his sword slowly in a semicircle in front of him: "I don't know who you are, but you should have been following us for half the night. Come out and meet up?"

The feeling in my heart at that time was really indescribable. Although I thought that my actions would be detected by the defense team, I was still surprised that Kress could accurately find our location.

It seems that this young man's level has far exceeded my expectations when he was not aware of it.

But now is not the time to sigh. Although I regard the defense team as an imaginary enemy, I don't intend to confront them head-on, so in this situation, there is only one thing I can do.

"Retreat immediately!" I commanded my subordinates through gestures.

The patrol team who heard the movement has rushed to this side, but my subordinates moved faster, and disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye, except for...

"Hey, do you want to run away when you are discovered? How about I invite you to the defense team for a cup of tea and talk about what you want to do?" Frans, who was discovered first, was entangled by Kress.

Close combat is not our specialty, especially when the opponent is a master like Kress, Frans has no chance to escape.

I knew I had to act, though Frans would be in no danger if caught.But we followed the territory guard team in the middle of the night, and it was quite troublesome to explain.

In order not to embarrass the lord, I decided to save him this trouble.

Leaping out from the hiding place, I pounced on Kress's back. He is indeed the most talented swordsman I have ever seen, and almost at the same time he turned around and struck with his sword.

I leaned slightly to avoid the sword, and at the same time, I accelerated and rushed in front of him in an instant, with the dagger in my hand cutting straight to the throat.

When Kress had no time to clone, Frans seized the opportunity to jump on the roof and escape quickly.

After covering Frans' withdrawal, I also planned to leave.Unexpectedly, I still underestimated Kress's sword skills. Before I could turn around, he had already cut off my escape route, and the force of the sword forced me to stay where I was.

Probably not wanting to let go of me, the last person, Kress used all his strength, and he forced me back several times when I tried to break through.Only then did I realize that now that I am fighting with all my strength, I am no longer sure that I will win him.

It seems that in this territory, there are always many things that surprise me.

Ah, now is also not the time to be emotional, if I get caught in the end, it will be a real joke.

So... I took a deep breath, turned around and rushed towards Kress, and when he was about to reach the top of his straight sword, I suddenly staggered to his side.

"Huh, this skill? Could it be that you are strange..." Kress turned his head in surprise.

When he hooked his ankle lightly, and while he fell to the ground, I quickly escaped.

"My lord, listen to me, last night..."

Early this morning, Kress dragged me to the lord's mansion, and then complained to the lord.

"What? You said Chip and his subordinates followed you last night?" After hearing what he said, the lord asked back in surprise.

"Yes, although I don't know why, but I'm sure it's them." Kress patted his chest to assure.

The lord looked at him, then at me who was silent, and finally decided to believe me: "Don't be kidding, how could Chip do such a boring thing, aren't you dreaming?"

"What? You don't believe me!" Kress was so anxious that he almost put his entire face in front of the lord.

He yelled, "I can use this monthly salary to guarantee that what I said is absolutely true!"

The lord asked helplessly: "But you didn't catch any of them, so how can you prove it?"

Kress pointed at me and said, "You can ask Chip yourself. I believe that with Chip's personality, he will admit it readily like a man, right?"

As he spoke, he stared at me with wide eyes.

So, under the watchful eyes of him and the lord, I shook my head expressionlessly: "There is no such thing."

"Jessica, write it down in the memorandum, there is no need to pay Kress this month." The lord immediately turned and said to Jessica.

"Whoa, whoa, Chip, you lied to me!" At that moment, Kress exclaimed in disbelief and almost shattered the window.

Sorry Kress, but I think this is the best solution.

However, it seems that similar training can no longer be done in the short term.

8/27

Today, I came to my wife's grave again.

If I could live in the territory with you, how much would it be...

However, I couldn't protect you.

Am I a lousy husband, Mary?

(End of this chapter)