Old Cuide followed his teammates to the door of the Iron Chain Knights' mansion, and couldn't help but frown, "It's quite grand." He commented, and glanced at the wide courtyard full of fallen leaves. This place was converted into a schoolyard by the players of the Iron Chain Knights. There were also training dummies leaning there. The maple leaves around the courtyard were already yellow and trembling in the cold north. From time to time, two yellow leaves fell into the schoolyard, but no one cleaned them, and were shattered on the stone floor by the players who came to sign up for the dungeon strategy.

"That's right, after all, the Iron Chain Knights can be considered an old guild. The 'Hero of Nalun Town' Barrow Wolf is also half a star player!" said Old Cuide's teammate.

"Hmph, even so, it's much worse than our Dragon Blood Group's 'Watch Manor' in the Homer Plain!" Old Cuide said disdainfully.

"Shh! You're not afraid of others driving you out of here, but we're not afraid of them driving you out with you together!" His teammate said with his eyes widened.

Fortunately, no one noticed them, whether it was the players who were responsible for maintaining order, or the players who signed up for the strategy copy like them. "There are many people!" Old Cuide looked at the players who were lined up in four rows and sighed.

"That's right, after all, this is a dungeon. What's the name?" Teammate looked at another teammate and asked.

"It seems that it has not been announced yet. Let's say it's called 'Black City' for the time being?" Another teammate said hesitantly.

"Heicheng? Are we going to let us go out of the city? I haven't heard of any ancient monuments nearby!" Old Cui De said suspiciously.

"Isn't there any there?" Teammates pointed not far away, but they couldn't see it at this position, but Old Cui De still understood what he was saying.

"It's the broken tower on the rocks outside the city wall?" Old Cui De nodded slightly, "I remembered it, it seems that I heard the locals say that it was called the 'smoky tower'."

"Smoky Tower, Black City, that should be true." The teammate next to him nodded, "Are you going to get into the ground?"

"Haha, you don't know this. In the past, the dungeon also had the nickname "Dungeon". Most dungeons were set in the underground space. That's right." Old Cui De smiled proudly.

"Can the dungeon of "Adam" be the same?" asked his teammates suspiciously.

"What's the difference? Are they all games?" Old Cui De rolled his eyes at his teammates.

"Hey!" At this time, the members of the Iron Chain Knights who were responsible for maintaining order in front shouted at them impatiently, "You guys hurry up and follow us! Don't stand there stupidly! Hey! The one over there, you are not allowed to go to the line!"

The three of them followed the team in disappointment. After Old Cuide stood firm, he immediately cast dissatisfied eyes at the members of the Iron Chain Knights, "What a villain!"

"You're almost enough. It's enough for them to publish the dungeon and let us fight together. And they are also responsible for commanding the strategy. Just follow us to mix equipment. You're really excited." Teammates shook their heads.

"What do you know? Do you think they are so kind to share this piece of fat with us?" Old Cuide glared at his teammate, "Stupid! I guess, they are probably not enough staff and want us to be cannon fodder!" Old Cuide's words attracted the attention of many people around him. He also looked at the members of the Iron Chain Knights who maintained order with guilt, but the man did not look at him, nor did he know if he didn't hear him or didn't want to pay attention to him.

"You think everyone is stupid? If this is true, the Iron Chain Knights will be angry. At that time, their reputation will be bad! Do they need to do this?" Seeing that Old Cuide wanted to refute, the teammate immediately waved his hand impatiently and told him to shut up, "Come on the front quickly, stop blocking here anymore!"

Old Cuide had no choice but to swallow the words back into his stomach. He turned around and walked forward, but found that a member of the Iron Chain Knights who were responsible for maintaining order was looking at him. Only then did he completely dispel the idea of ​​continuing the topic.

...

In order to complete the tasks arranged by Anthony, Alps followed Uncle Ryan to work as temporary laborers in the craftsman camp. Although it was a hard worker, it was more like a porter. They brought the materials of the city-guarding crossbows that had been made into a carriage and transported them to the new craftsman camp in the city to assemble them. The craftsmen of the Golden Falls were so efficient that the craftsmen in the Golden Falls kept shouting "Blessings of the Gods."

Although the relationship between the mercenaries and the guards and residents in the city has reached a very dangerous situation, the guards still respect these powerful craftsmen from the south. Their actions have won them the respect of these southerners close to the north. "This is good news." The Alps couldn't help but sigh.

"That's right, our Stone Fort craftsmen are unparalleled in the world." Uncle Ryan shouted happily after taking a sip of wine, and his colleagues around him also burst into laughter. It's really good. The atmosphere, Alps thought to himself, if you don't know, you might even think that they might be from the same guild, right?

The craftsmen of Shilu Castle are such a wonderful group. They are competitors, but they are also good teachers and friends to each other. The efficient style and management methods of the ten chief craftsmen have made Shilu Castle players a group of players respected by all camps. No, not only among players, but also among NPCs, it is considered to be well-known in NPCs, right? Every year, many NPCs go to Shilu Castle to learn skills, and players also

They generously taught their skills. These NPCs not only had kingdoms, but even many NPCs from Principality also came to Shilubao to learn skills, and the players of Shilubao treated them equally. However, such behavior caused dissatisfaction among the citizens and lords of the kingdom. However, in the end, this matter was resolved in the three-party talks, and Shilubao was also listed as one of the rare neutral areas. Although it is the territory of the kingdom, the Principality will never allow it to invade its and its surrounding territories.

These all happened not long before the death battle. Alps thought that fortunately, the NPC in the Principality was quite reputable. Although many players from the Principality went to find things - now it seems even worse - Stone Fort is one of the safest areas in its name in any case. But now it has been destroyed by the plague, Alps thought of it with some regret.

"Then I'll continue to say it before," Uncle Ryan didn't, and could not notice the expression of the Alps with an iron helmet, so he said to himself, "You have also seen that although we have been working day and night, whether we can complete the defense deployment of the city wall before the monsters attack will be completely dependent on the sky-no, no, no, there is no need to look at the sky," he pointed to the sky and shook his head. "We all agreed that it is impossible to complete the construction. Just go back and tell the Drake."

"Because there is not enough materials?" Alps nodded with some understanding.

"This is just one of many reasons," he shrugged. "After all, these big guys are not made with any material," Uncle Ryan said, patting the crossbow body of the city guarding crossbow on the carriage behind him with his hand. "And many good materials have been cut down by the army to act as wood. And the worst thing is that they are also rushing to build the city guarding equipment. Let's not talk about the technology, mainly because it's too slow. We probably will be able to finish the construction when the monsters dug through the city wall, right?"

"Before the inner castle issued the order to hand over all the equipment manufacturing matters to us, this kind of inefficient and time-consuming thing has to continue. After all, we craftsmen are not able to compete with the irritable soldiers for wood. I heard that there was even a bloody conflict between them to cut the wood not long ago." Uncle Ryan sighed, picked up the wine bag and took a big sip. "After entering the city, I don't know where to get the materials." Uncle Ryan complained in a low voice.

"Ah, I've heard of this, too." Alps nodded, as if it was a conflict between the soldiers of Linle Town and Langshi Town, right? However, the soldiers who caused trouble on both sides were hung afterwards, which made both sides more honest, but the resentment did not decrease at all. It would be better to say that it increased instead.

"Although no problems have happened so far, it will definitely cause more problems after moving to the city. After all, the space in the city is smaller, and players will have quarrels afterwards. Those soldiers don't know what will happen." Uncle Ryan put the wine bag aside, then pulled the reins, slowing down the speed of the horse pulling the cart. The front seemed a little crowded, but the guards were maintaining order. "But these are not the issues that I, a blacksmith, should consider. Leave them to the guards."

Alps watched a guard walk over from the side. The guard showed a suspicion when he looked at the Alps without any concealment. After the guard walked over, Alps said lightly: "The situation is not optimistic."

"So we are already discussing the deployment of the city-guarding equipment," Uncle Ryan said in a low voice. "How to maximize the use efficiency of a limited number of crossbows. This is a big question. After all, I don't know which direction the giant monsters will come. Now the information sent by the scouts has no effect except spreading panic. Those monsters were unexpectedly good. Fortunately, Ms. Liehua also came during the discussion yesterday. Although she gave a lot of useful opinions, one of the instructions can be said to be a worse injury to our current situation."

"What?" Alps asked in surprise.

"She wanted us to deploy twenty barbarians to the inner castle, and we also asked us to divide twenty craftsmen to help her transform the barbarians." Ryan looked at the Alps, and then he pulled the corner of his mouth, "Isn't it very unreasonable? This is simply cutting off the firewood from the bottom of the pot. Many of us thought Ms. Liehua was crazy," he paused, "Although she does unreasonable things from time to time, she is honestly a bit too much this time."

"So what did you do?" asked Alps.

"We gave her eight crossbows and twelve craftsmen, which was the biggest concession. After all, the craftsmen here are almost all followers of Ms. Liehua." Ryan shrugged, "She is one of the soul figures of Shilu Castle. Even if she rushes off the cliff, there will be a large group of fools who will follow her!"

"It's too exaggerated." Alps shook his head with a smile, while Ryan laughed and picked up the wine bag again, this time he didn't refute anything.

After Ryan took another sip of wine, Alps asked in confusion: "What is the reason for her to do this?"

"I don't know, she refused to say in detail, just saying what it is, "to deal with unpredictable but inevitable dangers." Isn't it confusing? Some people even think that she has given up on the exterior wall and wants to guard the inner castle alone!"

Alps paused. Although he could guess something in his heart, he still smiled and said, "Ms. Liehua is not such a person."

"Haha, yes, she's not that kind of person who beats around the bush," Uncle Ryan said, hiccup, "If she wants to give up the exterior wall, she will announce it to us without hesitation!"

...

After looking at Miss Kadiya, who was pale, bowed her father, who was sitting behind the fossil wooden desk, he heard the Duke say lightly, "Come here and sit down."

Master Mdolph moved a little, but he finally stood there and asked the maid to support her on the chair with a soft cushion on the right side of the Duke's desk. It was the chair that the Duke specially ordered the servant to move in. "You can rest here in the future. I heard from the servant that you can't sleep, so let's accompany me here." The Duke said to his daughter.

Miss Kadiya nodded slightly. She lost a lot of weight, and Captain Pavre could easily find that he could not believe that a cute girl could become like this in such a short few days. Although he had already heard that nightmare was destroying her, Pavre felt very distressed after seeing it with his own eyes. The other two men in the room: her father and brother, not to mention. Although the Duke appeared calm, Pavre could find that his hands were trembling slightly. His eyes were sad when he looked at his daughter, and Master Mdolfo did not hide his concern for his sister at all. However, he restrained himself very much and did not let him get close to his sister. After that, Miss Kadiya was quite sensitive to men, and even her father who was close to her was not trembling.

The Duke did not let Miss Kadiya come to his room on a whim. Pavre was with him for the longest time, so he knew his anger and helplessness the most. A few days ago, the call for "burning the witch to death" in the city became higher and higher. Although these sounds decreased a lot after yesterday's riot, the Duke knew that those people had just temporarily lowered their voices and covered their mouths, but it did not mean that they would give up. Especially this morning, the guards found a mob in a laundry room. He seemed to sneak into the inner castle with the guards to suppress the riots. The Duke was furious. After the mob was arrested, he said bluntly that he was here to "kill the witch". He had paid a heavy price for his behavior since then, but the Duke became restless.

So he ordered the servant to take Miss Kadiya to the study room, stay with him in the study room during the day, and return to the room to rest at night. At the same time, it was also possible for Pavre to protect her and allow her to stay with her family, and temporarily avoid the trouble of nightmares.

The Duke began to doubt the servant of the inner castle. Pavre realized that this was what he was most worried about. The Duke was very suspicious now. Whenever a servant entered the room, he would stop his life and look at the servant, listen to him, and then order him to leave the room. Although Plain repeatedly guaranteed that the servants were trustworthy, the Duke was still worried. Maybe he didn't even trust Plain? Pavre thought of suspiciously. After all, in the initial "wizard and assassin" incident, the Duke completely did not believe the maid's confession, and the man turned into smoke and disappeared. The Duke did not believe these nonsense, and firmly believed that it was the maid who assisted the assassin. If Master Mdolph had not requested that the maid's life be kept for the time being to assist in the investigation, the maid's body might have been gnawed by crows and maggots.

Pavre was loyal to the duke. Whenever the duke showed a look of suspicion, the captain of the guard would reach out to hold the hilt of his sword, and then stare alertly at the person who made the duke uneasy. If he dared to act rashly, Pavre would definitely be the first to kill him. Fortunately, this has not happened so far, which also made Pavre feel a little relieved. After all, he knew most of the servants in the inner castle, and they could see the loyal captain of the Purin family. Although not all of this, Pavre told himself.

"Sir." At this time, another servant knocked on the door and came in. The duke opened his bloody eyes and looked at the man, looking a little dull. The duke's mental state made Pavre very worried. After all, he had only slept for a short time every day recently. If it weren't for Young Master Mdolph's assistance, he might not even sleep.

"The chief craftsman asked for a visit." The servant lowered his head humbly.

"Let her come in." The Duke waved his hand and signaled the servant to go out. The servant also left consciously, but the door did not close, but waited for the sharp-looking lady to enter the room before being closed.

"Duke." The man nodded to salute. At first Pavre thought that the craftsmen were all rude people, and the chief craftsmen might be even more rude, but he did not expect that when he came to the room, a tall and beautiful lady exuded a strange temperament, which was an advanced temperament that people of this era could not possess. Not only Pavre thought so, but he knew that Mdolph and the Duke thought so. Miss Kadiya was immediately attracted by this unique chief craftsman, and a curious look appeared on her tired face.

"I have explained the matter about the garrison equipment. I guess I will be transported to the inner castle tomorrow. I may need the help of the guards at that time." The chief craftsman said to himself without waiting for the duke's answer. She was such a strange woman. Although Pavre felt that she was a bit rude, the duke didn't care, and he seemed to be very fond of the style of the chief craftsman.

"I know, I will ask someone to help." The Duke nodded slightly, and then he looked at Pavre, "Captain Guard, this matter is arranged by you and must not be neglected."

"Yes, sir." Pavre lowered his head respectfully.

Pavre noticed that the chief craftsman looked at Miss Kadiya on the side, and there was also an interesting smile on her face. "Ask you rudely, is this the daughter of the adult?" The chief craftsman looked at Kadiya and asked.

"That's right." The Duke nodded with a smile, "Kadia, this is one of the chief artisans of Stone Fort, Ms. Etherland."

"Ms. Ethran." Kadiya, who was sitting on the chair, nodded quite politely. Her etiquette behavior was amazing, completely different from Kadiya before, but it was not happy. Several men in the room preferred her to return to her former appearance.

"Ah, that ring." Ms. Ethran seemed to notice something in Miss Kadiya's hand. Pavre also glanced quickly, and saw Miss Kadiya showing a look of surprise.

"This is a gift from a friend." Miss Kadiya said with her head down slightly.

"Ah, that's how, I understand." Ms. Etherland nodded as if she understood something. Pavre didn't like this practice of knowing something but not disclosing anything, but he was not qualified to say anything more, so he could only look at the lady silently.

"If nothing happens, I will step down." She bowed slightly, the Duke nodded slightly to agree, and then she turned around and left the room without hesitation.

"What a wonderful woman." After the door was closed, Pavre heard Master Mdolph sigh, "It's like a foreigner."

"A man from a foreign country?" The Duke savored the evaluation slightly, which surprised Pavre a little, and then the Duke said something that surprised him even more.

"I think it's more like a person from another world."
Chapter completed!