Chapter 497 Mercenary 3
"Beep~Beep~Beep~"
The loud sound of the trumpet resounded throughout the camp, and this sound meant that it was time for dinner.
Doug and Patton took the wooden lunch boxes and came to the kitchen to queue up. There were already more than thirty people in front of them.
“Hey, Boss Doug!”
"Hey, Patton!"
Seeing the two people arriving, people kept saying hello to them.
The mercenaries were not dispersed and resettled, but were all thrown into this labor camp next to the coal mine.
The bosses don’t care if they still maintain the old order of the mercenary group. The bosses don’t care if they are still listening to the boss of the mercenary group. The bosses just need them to be able to meet the deadline. Just complete the assigned tasks appropriately.
When we were in Jiaowan, mercenaries, especially those with rich combat experience, were precious military resources. After being captured, they were often integrated into the army that captured them - these guys can They are not knights, and loyalty has nothing to do with them. They will follow whoever offers good treatment or promises to restore their freedom after capture.
But it no longer applies here in the Northwest Bay. The lord who captured them had no intention of recruiting them, and just used them as tools.
At the beginning, there were still people who wanted to cause trouble, but the leader - who was actually secretly encouraged by Doug and Ferguson, the leader of another mercenary group - was tied up by Aldo and weighed with 12 pounds. After the cannon was fired on the spot, the explosive scene scared the courage of the mercenaries, and they quickly calmed down.
They finally understood that the guys really didn't care what they thought. They just regarded him as a group of tools that could move on their own. If any tool went wrong, they would be "discarded".
After the original illusion was shattered by the ruthless reality, the mercenaries from Corner Bay quickly positioned themselves as slaves of Aldo. Their mentality can The rapid transformation was related to the Jiaowan culture they had been familiar with since childhood. In Jiaowan, there was a tradition of using prisoners of war as slaves.
Well, as long as you have a good attitude, you can live quite a happy life in this labor camp.
After Doug prepared his own meal, he and Patton participated in a "dinner party" with a bunch of people.
He first soaked the bread in his hand into the thick soup - not doing so would break his teeth - and when he felt it was almost done, he put it in his mouth and chewed a piece hard.
Today’s soup has a bit of meaty flavor, which is not bad.
"Guys! Why didn't you see Ferguson and his people today?"
He looked around the customers and asked while chewing bread.
Ferguson was the leader of another mercenary group. They were hired together and captured together.
"While we were queuing up just now - you and Patton hadn't arrived yet - I saw the people in their group being gathered by the guards and taken away."
A The young man, who was probably only sixteen or seventeen years old, replied.
When Doug saw the young man who answered him, he felt a pang of regret in his heart. His life had just begun, and he would end up in this hellish place for the rest of his life.
“I saw it too.”
"Yes, the guard came to find Ferguson himself and asked him to lead his group away."
Many people provided information to Doug.
What happened?
Doug was a little confused. Ferguson and his people were taken away by Aldo?
Did he be taken away... to be executed?
Or... released?
If it’s the former, will it be your and your people’s turn in the next batch?
If it’s the latter... why? Why?
Doug just grabbed the bread and was so lost in thought that he didn't even hear someone calling him next to him.
"Boss Doug! Boss Doug!"
Patton tugged on Doug's sleeve and shook it.
"Huh? What's the matter."
Doug woke up from his thoughts.
"The guards came to call us." "What?"
Is it my turn?
When the unknown fate befell him, Doug's heart trembled.
“Everyone!”
The guard held up a loudspeaker and shouted loudly:
“Gather in the open space outside immediately. Within fifteen minutes, immediately ! ”
The people present, almost as a reflex, got up and ran outside, not even caring about the unfinished meal.
The prisoners have been undergoing a certain degree of military training in the manner of Arda's army - such as queues, housekeeping, and running exercises in the morning and evening. The original intention of doing this is just for management convenience.
After the assembly, a man wearing an Alda uniform came over and walked back and forth in front of the prisoners several times, observing them carefully.
Finally he nodded with satisfaction and asked confidently: "Who is Ribeiro Doug? Get out of the queue!"
Doug hesitated for a moment, but he understood After all, he can't escape.
So he shouted: "We're here!"
He followed the usual running training, clenched his hands on the left and right sides, raised them to the position above his waist, trotted out of the queue, and stood next to the Alda Stand still in front of the soldier.
"Report! No. 2001 Ribeiro Doug reports to you!"
The soldier looked at him from top to bottom, making Doug feel like he was in a livestock market. You are a horse, and the other person is the person who buys the horse.
"Follow me! The rest of you, keep standing like this for an hour!"
The "buyer" seemed to take a fancy to his horse and pulled the reins.
The remaining people were confused, but they didn’t even dare to look at each other to see if some bastard had made some mistake, and then everyone was made to sit and stand.
Doug followed anxiously until he entered the management office of the labor camp.
“Ferguson?”
Doug was a little surprised. As soon as he entered the door, he found that another mercenary group leader, Beluso Ferguson, was also here.
When Ferguson saw him, his eyes showed surprise, and then showed a trace of panic. Although he covered it up in the blink of an eye, Doug still caught the trace of panic.
“Hmph!” Ferguson’s already large nostrils opened even wider and he snorted heavily.
He seemed to be filled with fighting spirit all of a sudden.
"Lord Erwin! We [Rhino] are enough, there is no need to use the weak chickens of [Black Dog]!"
Rhino! Black dog!
Such nostalgic words, Doug's heart trembled. These two words were the names of Ferguson's mercenary group and his mercenary group respectively.
But since being sent to the labor camp, these words have been sealed into the depths of memory.
Now they emerge from his mind again, and they also awaken Doug's habits when he was the leader of the mercenary team.
"[Rhinoceros] bastard! Who are you calling a weakling?"
Doug scolded him back unceremoniously.
Although he was rude, Doug felt a huge wave of joy in his heart.
Judging from Ferguson's panicked reaction when he saw him and what he said to the soldier named Erwin, Aldo... seems to have some use for them, and it's not A low-end job like shoveling coal, otherwise Ferguson wouldn't need to be so anxious - he just seemed like he had some business that was about to be taken away.
Does that mean... there is hope of getting out of trouble?
(End of this chapter)