The more Li Huailin walked into the barracks, the more he felt strange. To be honest, it didn't seem to be a good place to build a barracks. Although Li Huailin wasn't as professional as McCain in terms of barracks layout, he knew a thing or two about it. For a village like this, it was a flat piece of land. If someone attacked, there wouldn't be any terrain to defend. The terrain was also relatively low. Except for the small river that the villagers used to drink water, it wasn't a good choice to build a barracks. He couldn't figure out why the barracks were built here.
While thinking about this, Li Huailin and the others had walked to the entrance of the barracks. The layout here was similar to that of an ordinary barracks. There were two teams of soldiers who looked like the empire's soldiers standing guard at the entrance. When Li Huailin saw them, they also noticed Li Huailin's group.
"Stop, the barracks in front of us is a restricted area. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to approach." A soldier stepped forward and said to Li Huailin and the others.
"Oh? A restricted area? "Li Huailin stepped forward and said," Which army are you from? "
"Huh?" The soldier was obviously stunned, because under normal circumstances, people would leave tactfully if they shouted that this was a restricted area of the military camp. However, there was actually someone who dared to ask which army he was from. This was not simple. It seemed that this guy was here to cause trouble.
"Which army we are from is a military secret. How can we reveal it to you? Leave now. You can't pass through here." The guard immediately said.
"Oh? You can't reveal it to me? This is very interesting. " Li Huailin said with a smile, "I have never heard of a military secret that can't be revealed to me. Why don't you tell me? What is so mysterious about it?"
"Hey, what a big mouth." The soldier immediately said, then shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Everyone, come and see this guy. He said that he has never known a military secret before."
"Hahahaha …" A large group of soldiers behind him began to laugh.
"Who do you think you are, the emperor?" The soldier laughed at Li Huailin.
"Captain, Captain, the Emperor doesn't care about military matters," a soldier at the side said, trying to hold back his laughter.
"That's right. Who do you think you are? An imperial marshal?" the captain said again. "Hahahaha …"
"Not bad. You haven't been a soldier for long, right?" Li Huailin smiled at the captain.
"How did you know? What does it have to do with you? "the captain asked.
"It's nothing. I was just thinking about it. If the Empire's soldiers all had this kind of IQ, the Empire would have fallen a long time ago. Luckily, you guys are just a bunch of new recruits. You've probably just put down your hoes and can't even hold a spear properly before you were brought here. Seriously …" Li Huailin shook his head.
"What did you say?" Hearing Li Huailin's words, the group of young soldiers immediately raised their spears and pointed them at Li Huailin's group. "How dare you say that we can't hold our spears properly. I think you're all spies sent by other countries to spy on the military. Guards, take them down!"
"What are you guys arguing about?" A man's voice came from within the barracks just as the fight was about to begin. Very quickly, Li Huailin saw a man in a military uniform walk out of the barracks. The NPC looked to be between 35 and 40 years old. He was tall and thin, and he had a dignified air about him. He seemed to be a high-ranking official, but he didn't seem to be wearing any military insignia. Li Huailin couldn't tell which army he belonged to.
"Lord Cerwyn!" The soldiers hurriedly lowered their weapons and saluted.
"What's going on? Didn't I say that everyone is resting and that no one is allowed to make a sound?" Cerwyn said sternly to the soldiers. He then pointed at Li Huailin's group and asked, "What's going on with these people?"
"I don't know. These adventurers suddenly appeared at the entrance of the barracks. We think they're spies sent by the enemy," the soldier replied.
"Spies?" Cerwyn sized up Li Huailin's group. He then took a few steps forward and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"We're here to negotiate on behalf of Mira Village." Red Moon stepped forward and said, "Your barracks have severely affected the lives of Mira Village. The villagers have asked us to negotiate with you."
"Mira Village? Oh, I see, "Cerwyn nodded. "So our barracks have affected the nearby villages. This is something we didn't expect. In that case, we'll definitely deal with it immediately. However, we need to hold a meeting first. I'll discuss with the officers what to do. In short, we'll give you an answer as soon as possible. Why don't you go back and wait for a while?"
"Eh?" Cerwyn's attitude was surprisingly good. Everyone was slightly taken aback as they didn't expect it.
"How long do we need to wait for a while?" Red Moon asked. If Cerwyn wanted to delay for a few months or years, it would be better to wait for a while. In any case, it was better to make things clear first.
"Hmm, this should be clear. We can't keep you waiting. I know you adventurers are very busy." Cerwyn nodded. "In that case, the officers are resting now. When they wake up, we'll hold a meeting immediately. We'll give you an answer by tomorrow at the latest."
"Tomorrow." They didn't expect Cerwyn to be so cooperative. After thinking about it, they did need to discuss this matter. After all, they might have to move their barracks. It was impossible for them to leave just like that. It was normal for them to hold a meeting. Cerwyn seemed very sincere. The girls looked at each other and felt that there wasn't a problem.
"In that case, we'll wait for your response in the nearby village," Red Moon said after thinking for a while.
"Alright, don't worry. We'll do it as soon as possible." Cerwyn nodded.
Since Cerwyn had promised to reply as soon as possible, Red Moon and the girls didn't insist. After thinking about it, they decided to go back first.
"What's wrong, Huailin?" Red Moon looked at Li Huailin who was still staring at Cerwyn and asked curiously.
"Ah, nothing." Li Huailin thought for a while and waved his hand. "Let's go back first."
Cerwyn's face sank as he watched Li Huailin and the others leave.
"Lord Cerwyn, are we letting them go just like that?" the team leader asked.
"Why is he here …" Cerwyn frowned. "That's not good …"
"Who is it?" the team leader asked curiously.
"Alright, I don't care who it is. Continue to stand guard," Cerwyn said with a wave of his hand.
"Yes, Lord!" The guards immediately saluted. They knew that they shouldn't ask too many questions, so they returned to their posts and continued to stand guard.
On Li Huailin's side, the five of them returned to the village chief's house. Now, everyone was waiting for news from them.
"Lord Mercenary is back." "What's the situation? What did they say? " A group of old men who had just walked down the aisle immediately asked.
"They were very polite. They said they would hold a meeting to discuss the matter and give us an answer before tomorrow," Red Moon replied.
"Really? That's great!" "As expected of Lord Mercenary. We can rest assured now," the group of old men said happily.
"No, no, no. We didn't help much," Red Moon said immediately.
"No, they only agreed to discuss with us because of Lord Mercenary. You are indeed the most powerful mercenary. We are very grateful to you," the old men said hurriedly.
Everyone was happy, but there were three people who still had serious expressions on their faces. One was Li Huailin, the other was Jade Emperor, and the last one was Mrs. Vesna.
"Huailin, what do you think?" Jade Emperor asked. "I don't think it's that simple. After all, it's an AA mission. Even if the reward is small, it shouldn't be that simple."
"Of course. Do you all think that the matter has been resolved?" Li Huailin said with a smile.
The people at the scene were slightly stunned. They all looked at Li Huailin and said, "Lord Mercenary, what do you mean?"
"Anyone with a normal brain would know that building a military camp here will affect the village, and it hasn't been a day or two. The military camp should have noticed your dissatisfaction a long time ago. They might even know that you guys went to look for the mercenaries. If they wanted to deal with it, they would have done it a long time ago. Do you think it's possible that we're going to talk to them now?" Li Huailin asked.
"This …" The group of old men weren't stupid. They thought about it for a while and felt that it was strange.
"The other side has no intention of reconciling with us, and they will never move away. They must have a purpose for setting up their barracks here. They should be having a meeting right now, but they should be discussing how to get rid of us," Li Huailin said as he spread his hands.
"What!" "Really?" "Is … is this true?" The group of old men panicked.
"Shut up!" On the other side, Madam Vesna slammed her walking stick on the ground with a loud thud, silencing everyone. "I don't think it's right either. This young mercenary is right. They definitely don't have the intention to negotiate with us. If we think about it in a worse way, they might already be preparing to kill us all."
"What do you mean kill us all?" "This can't be true, right?"
"I told you to shut up!" Madam Vesna shouted again. She then coughed a few times and said, "Alright, let's listen to what this young mercenary has to say. What should we do now?"
"What else can we say? Are we supposed to stand here and wait to be killed?" Li Huailin said with a smile.
"They have 3000 people. We only have 5 people here," the Jade Emperor said.
"Are you blind? Don't we also have a hundred people here? "Li Huailin pointed at the old men around him and said.
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned.
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