Fang Yuan had just rested in the hiding place and was preparing to find a suitable group of zombies and then complete the task of hunting zombies. Suddenly, he saw a green light appear on the small map, then turned and ran towards him.
The green dot of light was followed by six red dots of light.
"Are they other Tiandao mercenaries?"
It was the first time that Fang Yuan clearly saw other Tiandao mercenaries on the small map.
Because the crowds in the water fort were so dense, the small map only showed a large patch of yellow light, interspersed with a few suspected green spots. Finding anyone was impossible.
In addition, Fang Yuan was very cautious due to his early experiences and was reluctant to take the initiative to contact other people. So, Fang Yuan took a look and didn't care.
Unexpectedly, I met other Tiandao mercenaries in the wilderness.
"They should be considered my comrades!"
According to the rules of this world, soldiers serving under the same lord are all comrades!
According to the professional ethics of soldiers, comrades are people who are closer than family members! They are people you can trust with your life and death.
However, before the plague of corpse demons, the warrior profession experienced great turmoil, and many warriors no longer followed professional ethics.
This situation is even more common after the Corpse Demon Disaster! Moreover, the lord took the lead in destroying all the rules in the warrior training system! Including the warrior's professional ethics.
For example: The Lord made public the inheritance of the warrior disciples. This was unimaginable before the disaster of corpse demons!
For example, warrior families and nobles no longer have fiefs. This was unavoidable after the Corpse Demon Disaster, but the rules had been broken.
For example, warrior training began to accept non-warrior families and nobles. Wei Yuan was a typical example.
For example: the lord's power over the warriors is constantly increasing, while the warriors' power is constantly decreasing.
For example: the fighting method has also changed, etc...
The professional ethics among warriors can only be passed down and practiced by warrior families with a long history but now in decline, such as Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan was not unaware of this. He had seen too much darkness since he was a child, including the warrior family that used to be on good terms with his family. So, although Fang Yuan himself adhered to the professional ethics of a warrior, he did not believe that others would adhere to the professional ethics of a warrior.
Including those who, like him, have also obtained the Tiandao Mercenary System!
"If we haven't encountered them, forget it. But if we have, we can't pretend we haven't encountered them. Besides, the other party is in danger. Besides, there are only six zombies, so they won't pose a threat to me. Saving his life is just a piece of cake."
After figuring all this out, Fang Yuan walked out of his hiding place and jumped to a sniper spot he had scouted long ago, ready to hunt down any zombies that came within range.
A young man ran into Fang Yuan's sight in a panic. Seeing Fang Yuan ready for battle, and even as an archer, he was overjoyed and shouted, "Save me, we are comrades!"
The boy looked back and saw that the zombie was only three or four meters away from him. He was so scared that he immediately ran towards Fang Yuan howling.
The boy was tired and slowed down. In comparison, the zombies were obviously faster. They soon caught up with him, threw him far away, and then jumped at him. The boy was so scared that he closed his eyes and screamed with tears streaming down his face, "Ah! I'm going to die, I'm going to die! I don't want to die! Help! Help!"
Fang Yuan bent his bow, aimed at the zombie in mid-air that was pouncing on the boy, and shot an arrow, which pierced the zombie's head through its eye socket. The zombie fell freely in mid-air and hit the boy. The boy thought it was a living zombie pouncing on him, and screamed in fear.
Fang Yuan ignored the frightened boy and focused on hunting other zombies with his bow and arrow.
“Whoosh—”
“Whoosh—”
“Whoosh—”
Accompanied by the sound of arrows flying through the air, several zombies behind fell down.
"My archery skills are getting better and better!"
Seeing that he had hunted down six zombies without harming the young man, Fang Yuan was very satisfied with his increasing strength and increasingly powerful archery skills.
The young man came over and saved himself. He kicked the zombie off his body and scrambled to his feet. He saw Fang Yuan jump down from a high place and collect the zombie's fangs.
The young man scratched his head, stepped forward and thanked him, "Thank you for saving me. My name is Jin Chen, from the Guangyuan Jin family. What's your name? I must thank you very much!"
"My name is Fang Yuan. I belong to the Guangyuan Jin clan? A noble family of the highest order below the lord! The family of the former warlord Jin Xiang, who held the fief of Guangyuan Town?"
"Well, my grandfather was the war captain Jin Xiang, but unfortunately, he died in the disaster of corpse demons. You actually know my grandfather's name, so you must be from a warrior family or a noble family, right? Why haven't I seen you in the water fort before?" Jin Chen asked curiously.
"My father and uncles were all soldiers under the command of the Golden Chamber War Captain, so I know your family. As for why you don't recognize me, it's because all the soldiers in our family died gloriously in battle. Without our soldiers, our family can no longer be considered a warrior family and is not qualified to live in the South City District. So it's normal that you haven't seen me."
In the past, Fang Yuan had always felt inferior and sensitive when encountering those from the noble warrior families of the south and east sides of the city. He had never interacted with them. He would even avoid them. Now, on the verge of becoming a warrior and restoring his family's honor, Fang Yuan possessed only self-confidence, and no longer had any inferiority complex. So, he spoke the above words calmly and confidently.
"Oh, so that's how it is?" Jin Chen nodded in understanding. In fact, there were many cases like Fang Yuan's. After the Corpse Demon Disaster, many warrior families declined due to the loss of their warriors, losing their status as warrior families and becoming ordinary families.
There are many such cases, and there are even examples of nobles falling due to insufficient preparation.
"Our Guangyuan Jin clan is just like that. We claim to be aristocratic, but in reality, we've long since become a family of warriors. Our family resources can't even train a single lieutenant. This situation is very common nowadays. Among the aristocratic circles, only one or two families still have lieutenants."
Maybe Jin Chen was very frank with Fang Yuan because Fang Yuan saved his life. It was also because he had no close friends before, so when he met his savior, a comrade who also had the Tiandao Mercenary System and a close friend, he seemed to talk a lot.
He smiled bitterly and said, "Our family's resources are limited. We can only train one warrior per generation. We no longer divide our children into legitimate and illegitimate children. Instead, we select them based on their cultivation talent. I, a legitimate son of aristocratic family, cannot match the cultivation talent of illegitimate children. Therefore, I have no chance to enter the training camp and cannot practice!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
