Chapter 58 (2/2)

”It feels like a whole lifetime since we left,” one of the commoners said with sadness in her eyes She had lost quite a few friends on this trip, and she had the i

Others nodded their heads when they heard her They had been through life and death struggles on their way, had experienced the vastness of the capital, and had gotten rich overnight, but while soed to keep their wealth, others had lost it as fast as they had gained it, robbed by thugs in the outer city

When the Captain saw that the entire group of nobles were still intact – in fact, all of them seemed to be better than when they arrived – he could not help but be surprised

”Well done, I guess that you all went to the Inner City?” he asked curiously, and Xue Wei nodded his head, ”We stuck together in the Inner City It is much safer than the Outer City, and we had a few errands to run as well”

”Well thought!” the captain praised theh to enter the Inner City since it is ine that a group like yours would have cost around nine gold, if notthis, the hearts of the coold was simply toooff their beast cores, so for the noble children to fork out such an ale as sih about that Noe are all gathered We ait another half hour and then ill be going to the army camp,” he decided The half-hour went by fast; the coroups now than they had been before, and so at anyone who looked at the

No one spoke with people froroups, even the nobles were soood friends

Xue Wei, Luo Zhirou, and Shen Mu were standing together The three of the and just waited for the half-hour to pass by

As the half-hour was over, the captain finally turned away fro with ”Time is up,” he said with a stern expression There were no roup, which had started with around a thousand, now amounted to around four hundred

”It is not often that our group diminishes as much as it has,” the captain said with a bit of sourness in his voice ”We lost both good guards and proainst the Sand Snakes Even ht with the bandits, butthe beast horde”

”We have also lost quite a few youngsters here in the capital Their first visit will also be their last I am saddened that so ed to prevail through these life-and-death trials”

”You have now experienced what real life is like Your tiain you will experience life-and-death battles Many of you will not survive, but those who do will be stronger, and you will becodom”

The captain had not talked much before on the way to the capital, but now that they were on the final stretch from the capital to the recruitment cah the landscape outside of the capital towards the recruitsters werein the same direction as the groups Most of the youngsters were alone or escorted by a single guard, and all of them came from the capital

As they went further and further into the land, bigger and bigger groups of youngsters could be seen heading the sae into one, more people appeared, and soon the entire road was filled with people

Although uards could be seen on the roads, the e of fifteen and sixteen These youngsters weretowards the same destination, and soon they saw a city made from tents in the distance

The camp spread as far as the eye could see, and some tents rose into the sky while others were sot closer, they saw a sea of people waiting outside the ca

Soon, Xue Wei and the group he belonged to had rounds As Xue Wei looked around, he noticed that all these people were the arriving youngsters frodoh the majority were men, but also many women had arrived Only a feo the army

The captain ether with the other youngsters Us guards will return to the capital to wait and hear news of how you have allthat neith us back to your fauide you any further if you want to survive the next decade in the army; take your life into your own hands and persevere!”

Having said that, the captain saluted and turned around He and the guards all vanished into the distance, leaving behind a large group of youngsters that felt a wide array of eed from confusement to excitement, but a majority of it was nervousness

They were at a loss for what to do, and they all started looking towards Xue Wei, as he was the strongest in their group Frowning, Xue Wei scanned the area and saw the sa to do as Captain said and join up with the rest of the experts I ain so into ranks”