Not knowing how long it had been, the carriages suddenly started to bump. Han Jin looked around through the wheels and found that the caravan had turned into a path. At the end of the path was a small hill. At the foot of the hill, there was a small village with only a few families, but none of them had a lamp. The whole place was lifeless.
The caravan went straight through the village and went to the foot of the hill. More than a dozen guards jumped off and moved away the wheat straws piled high. With a faint rumbling sound, a three-meter-high and two-meter-wide cave appeared in front of them.
There were more than a dozen Knight in the cave. They should be familiar with the caravan, so they stepped aside and waved their hands to signal the caravan to hurry up.
When the stone door of the secret cave was closed, the caravan had already entered a descending path. Due to the heavy load, at first the horses pulled the carriages, but later the carriages ran on top of the horses. Fortunately, there was a skillful coachman in each carriage, who controlled the rhythm of the whole caravan.
After about a thousand meters, the caravan slowed down. There was a large square in front of them, and a campsite in the square. The cold north wind was blocked by the ground, so it was very warm here. Several soldiers in bright silver armor were sitting around the gate of the campsite, chatting about something. Now and then, there were women walking through the campsite. It seemed that this campsite had existed for a long time.
Leopold chatted with the soldiers in front of the gate of the campsite for a while, and then commanded the caravan to move forward. Han Jin was still hiding under the carriage, carefully observing the surroundings. When he saw those soldiers sitting around the gate, his heart was in his throat. The angle was almost parallel to the ground. If those soldiers were a little more careful, it would not be difficult to find the abnormal shadow under the carriage. Unfortunately, this place had been lax for so long that vigilance had become unnecessary.
There were traces of artificial excavation all around, which were not natural. So far, the amount of work he had seen had already stunned him. If this tunnel could lead to the Holy Crown City, it would be a miracle. It was really hard to imagine who could be so bold!
The road ahead was very dark. About every fifty meters, there was a magic lamp installed, which could only let people see something faintly. It was definitely not bright.
The guards in the convoy began to complain in a low voice. Han Jin listened for a moment and understood something. This tunnel would not be opened during non-war, nor would it be opened easily during war. Only when the situation was very difficult and blood transfusion was urgently needed, this tunnel would become the blood vessel for the survival of the Holy Crown City. The other end of the tunnel was in the Beitman territory. In order to avoid unnecessary disputes, the troops of Black Raven City and Depew City would never break into the Beitman territory, so the tunnel's safety was guaranteed.
Of course, if Black Raven City and Depew City found such a tunnel, they would not be polite. The problem was, since they would not violate the Beitman's border, there was no need to talk about finding it.
Every one kilometer, there would be several forks on the roadside. There were obvious marks at the forks, guiding the right direction. It was not a big deal to pass through one fork, but after passing through more than a dozen forks and seeing nearly a hundred forks, Han Jin could not help but feel shocked. Wasn't this a huge underground maze?
Dim places always made people sleepy, but the guards on the first carriage dared not slack. Others could make mistakes, but they could not. If they led the caravan into the forks, the consequences would be very serious, and they might never be able to get out.
Leopold forced himself to wake up, got out of the carriage and sat behind the coachman. He was a responsible man, at least to himself. The funny thing was that others only envied him and only saw his wealth, but could not see his hard work. When others were playing, he had to carefully calculate the gains and losses of each business deal; when others were resting, he had to keep his eyes open all the time; and he had to deal with all kinds of negotiations, flattery, and deceit. It could only be said that it was not easy to be in any profession.
"Give me the flagon," Leopold yawned and said.
The guard was sleeping soundly on the carriage and did not hear him at all. Leopold could not help but stare at him. This was a common problem of human beings. When he was enjoying, he did not want others to enjoy more than him; when he was suffering, he wanted everyone to suffer as much as he did.
Leopold was seriously irritated when the guard was sleeping like a pig while he was trying his best to stay awake. His appearance didn't match his heart at all, or it could even be said that they were completely opposite. Leopold grabbed a whip casually and was about to lash it.
Before the whip was moved, a fireball suddenly appeared and fulfilled Leopold's wish. However, the consequence was too serious. The guard flew out obliquely, hit the wall of the cave, and then rolled to the ground. His head had become a mass of coal.
Leopold was in a daze. A figure fell down from above and sat beside him. Leopold looked sideways and couldn't help uttering a scream. The shrill scream spread far along the deep and serene tunnel.
"What's the matter?"
"Enemy attack? Enemy attack … "
The whole team was in a mess. The coachman in front of Leopold found something wrong and hurriedly jumped off the carriage. But Leopold dared not move. He just stared at Han Jin blankly, like a frog seeing a snake.
A guard stuck his head out from the corner, half of his body hiding behind the carriage. He slowly pulled a longbow and pointed the arrow at Han Jin more than ten meters away.
At the moment when the guard was about to loosen his fingers, a huge fist flew from the side and hit the guard's cheek. The guard only had time to scream before he flew out and hit the wall of the cave heavily. Then he bounced back.
A wooden puppet jumped over the carriage and chased after him in the air. The second punch hit the guard's cheek, and then another. The whole cave trembled. When the wooden puppet locked on the next target, half of the guard's head had been deeply embedded in the wall of the cave. Only a bleeding mouth could be seen. The arc between his neck and his body was almost 90 degrees.
"Kill him …" More than a dozen guards rushed at him from the front and back.
Han Jin smiled and released another wooden golem. The two wooden golems blocked the attacks of the guards, one at the front and one at the back. Although the nature of the guard's work was similar to that of the mercenaries, their strength was at two ends. If they had enough strength, they could join a mercenary team and their personal income would suddenly increase by a dozen times, or even more. So they didn't need to care about others' feelings.
Han Jin was clear that the strongest guard captain was just a fifth-grade swordsman. He was confident enough to kill all the opponents.
Leopold dared not move. His head and face were covered with cold sweat. A businessman's mind was really flexible. At this moment, he thought of a lot of questions. Why didn't Mario come here after such a long time? Could it be that … those knights had all been killed?? The more he thought about this mercenary in front of him who had been following him in the cave, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he felt. A creepy feeling suffocated him.
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