Seeing Ante come back with a dull expression, Allen frowned and didn't flick his forehead as usual. He just said, "It doesn't matter if you fail. I have other preparations. You don't have to be too sad. Novice, it's forgivable to fail once or twice occasionally. "
Ante pointed his finger at his cheek. "She just kissed me three times."
Allen was drinking water from his water bag when he almost choked when he heard this. He wiped the water stains from his mouth and scolded, "Then you should be proud now. Why do you look like you've lost your soul? Fortunately, you're a man. If you were a woman, you would think that someone had taken advantage of you. "
Ante glared at him, then blushed and angrily got out of the tent. Allen narrowed his eyes and said, "Don't tell me this kid hasn't tasted a woman yet? How rare. "
Watch sighed.
Just now, he had discussed with a group of caravan leaders for a long time, but he still couldn't come to a conclusion. This matter was like a dead knot. The old guild leader thought to himself, could it be that he really had to hand over the three of them as Darang had said? Watch shook his head.
At this moment, Ferlyn's voice sounded from outside, and then she saw her precious daughter enter the tent. Seeing Ferlyn's excited expression, the haze in Watch's heart became even denser. He only had one daughter, so he was unwilling to let Mountain City be the end of her life.
Ferlyn laughed as if she was heartless. Then she pulled Watch and said, "Father, I have an idea."
Watch knew what she was referring to and shook his head and flicked her forehead. "What can you do?"
He had asked the question in jest, but to his surprise Felynn whispered something urgent in his ear. Watch's eyes gradually lit up. Finally, he slammed his thigh and said, "That's not a bad idea. Why didn't I think of it? Ferlyn, your head is pretty good. "
Ferlyn's eyes curved into crescent moons.
In the afternoon, the caravan continued its journey and arrived at Mountain City at nightfall. They finished the journey that should have taken more than a day in one day. When they arrived at the mountain city, almost everyone's eyes were dull and tired. Allen and Belmord were still full of energy, and they still had time to look at Rackett, the city built on the side of the mountain. Storm City on the border was also built against a mountain, but Rackett's city was not only near a mountain, it could even be said to be built on a mountain.
The city gate was at the foot of the mountain, and a defensive wall of six to seven meters high was built with large stones that were about one meter square. The entire wall was gray and simple, but compared to the commercial heavy pool of Ark Harbor, it had its own condensed aura. The city gate was divided into two layers. The outer layer was an iron fence made of black iron, and the inner layer was a thick wooden gate that opened to the left and right. Every black iron bar on the outer layer was as thick as an adult's arm, and it required the use of a rope wheel to lift it. It could be seen that once this fence was placed, it would be very difficult for ordinary siege tools to break into the city from the front. It was unknown how many tons of black iron had been used to build this iron fence. Only a city like Mountain City, which was rich in copper and iron deposits, had enough materials to build such an iron gate.
On the defensive wall, there was a hidden barricade every three meters and a sentry tower every five meters. They were evenly distributed on the defensive wall. There were also six defensive cannons, whose firepower could cover an area of a thousand meters outside the city. Apart from that, there were also large ballistae and other tools of war. It could be seen that Rackett was willing to spend a lot of money on city defense.
Allen saw this and silently memorized these arrangements. At this moment, the caravan entered the city, and the iron fence slowly rose. The caravan drilled through the city gate, passed through the dark vault passageway above, and entered a small square covered with gravel behind the city. From the plaza, one could enter Gray Stone Street, the main road of Mountain City. At this moment, Mountain City was lit up with thousands of lights, making the city built on the mountain even more magnificent.
The caravan stayed in a hotel in the city. As soon as they settled in, the mercenaries of Thousand Birds seemed to be unable to endure the loneliness of the journey, regardless of the hard work of a day's journey. They all changed their clothes and rushed to the tavern in Mountain City to get drunk. Standing in front of the window of a room on the second floor of the hotel, Allen smiled faintly.
The next day.
Without any suspense, the City Lord's Mansion of Mountain City was built at the highest point of the city. The City Lord's Mansion was located on a natural platform on the mountainside. Originally, there was no way to reach the town below, so a certain City Lord had to spend a lot of money to open a mountain path that could accommodate two carriages side by side. It was unknown how many bones were buried under the roadbed of this mountain road named "Coiling Snake". Until now, fireflies could still be seen on the mountain path late at night during the midsummer season. Those were the scales of fire born from countless bones under the cornerstones of the mountain path.
The people living in Mountain City were unwilling to approach this Coiling Snake Mountain Road unless they had to.
In the hall of the City Lord's Mansion, the count's roar could be faintly heard. This caused the servants to carefully bypass the hall to avoid being seen by the count and being caught in the fish pond. But the servants could hide, but Justin couldn't. He didn't want to stand here and endure the Count's thunderous rage, but as an advisor, he had nowhere to hide. He could only hope that this storm would subside as soon as possible.
He watched the old count walk around the hall like a furious lion. As long as he could get an item in his hand, regardless of whether it was noble or lowly, he would throw it at him. Justin could only smile bitterly. If it were him, he would probably be even more angry than the old count. There was nothing he could do about it. An entire 50-man cavalry unit was inexplicably killed by someone. There were still 20 heavily armored cavalry inside. There were only 200 elite cavalry secretly nurtured by Mountain City, and every heavy cavalry was piled up with heavy gold coins. After suddenly losing such a mixed cavalry unit, Rackett was already quite rational not to kill anyone.
Panting heavily, Rackett moved his butt and sat on the only chair that was still intact. The count had already calmed down. The old man, who was already in his sixties, opened his blue eyes and shouted, "Did you find out who did it?"
Justin smiled bitterly and said, "I found out, but …"
"But what? Don't hesitate. If you have a fart, hurry up and let it out."
Justin sighed and said, "We found their bodies according to the clues left behind by the cavalry. There was only one caravan that passed through that location at that time. The caravan hired a mercenary group called Thousand Birds as guards. If nothing unexpected happens, our people fell into the hands of the Thousand Birds Mercenary Group. "
"Who cares about thousands of birds? I can't let them off so easily after killing my people. Justin, go inform Hillo and ask him to bring people to capture this mercenary group! "Rackett had a ferocious smile on his face.
Justin coughed dryly, "That's the problem. In fact, there's something going viral in Mountain City today."
"What is it?"
"Last night, when a drunkard was drunk in a tavern, he said that the army of our mountain city was outside disguised as bandits and robbed everywhere. He even scolded you loudly. At that time, someone heard that they were not convinced. The drunkard took out an army badge. You know, it's impossible for that thing to flow out. The man also said that he picked it up when he was robbed by bandits outside the city, so people were skeptical. " Justin paused for a moment before continuing, "Not long after, someone took out another batch of weapons and said that they got them from a group of bandits." What's worse is that those weapons all have the logo of our city's army. Coupled with what the drunkard said earlier, this matter spread more and more widely, and it became more and more noisy. Of course, I believe that someone is behind this. But in this way, the count can't take down that mercenary group. Otherwise, we'll only fall into the trap. What we were doubtful about at first will then become a fact that is set in stone. "
Rackett's face was filled with shock, and then he shouted, "Then what are you still doing here? Hurry up and find the mastermind behind the scenes!"
"Yes, my lord." Justin left the hall with a bitter smile on his face. It was easy for the count to say, but with tens of thousands of people in Mountain City, finding a mastermind behind the scenes was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
After Justin left, Rackett's old face gradually lost its luster, as if he had aged ten years in an instant. He stood at the window and sighed. He didn't have the might of thunder just now. He was more like an old man in his twilight years. He held the windowsill with his hand and said as if he was asking himself, "How long can this city and this family last? Can you turn the tide in the upcoming storm, Rackett? "
"It's difficult." He sighed.
In the hall, the shadow behind a stone pillar twisted imperceptibly. Then, a figure covered in a cloak slowly walked out from behind the pillar. "The storm is coming, and you still intend to stay out of it. Earl Rackett, isn't this calculation too loud? "
Rackett didn't turn around, but smiled bitterly, "When you found me, I knew that the clan and Mountain City would inevitably be involved in this storm."
"But it's not a bad thing for you. Think about it, if you had such a strong army in the past. If it weren't for our funding, would you have been able to pull five thousand troops? Not to mention two hundred Armored Knight s. "The figure in the cloak had a hoarse and unpleasant voice, like a sharp knife grinding iron.
"It's useless to say more. In short, if we take down those three territories, Ark Harbor will belong to me. You guys have the final say. " Rackett snorted again, "Daniel is also a scheming fellow. Even I didn't know that he had dealings with you."
The man laughed, "Our cooperation with the viscount was going smoothly, and I'm not afraid to tell you." If our cooperation with him had gone smoothly, then these troops should have been his now. And the first to be attacked was not the other territories, but your mountain city. So you should be glad that he died. Otherwise, you wouldn't have become our new partner. Since it was a cooperation, then some things had to be spread out. I want to know, with the current conditions of Yishan City, it's no longer worthwhile for you to disguise your troops as bandits and rob people. Why do you still want to do it? "
"Earl Rackett, I hope you don't do anything stupid. If you want to attract attention, let people know that we've quietly moved in. You see, this city doesn't have to be you. You still have three sons, and any of them is enough to manage this city for you. What do you think? "After throwing out such a threatening sentence, the figure retreated towards the pillar and disappeared.
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