On such a cold snowy night, I drank some ale and ate some of the sausages and smoked fish served to the drinkers in the tavern. I felt that except for the lack of variety of food, everything else was good, and I felt more free to order.
, you can be free from the complicated constraints found in high-end restaurants.
The taste is also very delicious when paired with the ale.
In pubs, many dishes are salty to match the ale. These are like some salted nuts, which taste crisp and flavorful.
The arrival of Surdak and Aphrodite restored some vitality to the originally quiet tavern. Several drunken drinkers looked at Aphrodite's back, their eyes a little straight.
There was no bar girl in this tavern. The drinkers at that table gathered together and whispered a few words. Among them, two strong men wearing hard leather armor walked over unexpectedly, holding large ale glasses.
, sitting silently on the seat next to Aphrodite.
The man grabbed a large wine glass on the bar and did not come over to chat with Aphrodite. He just asked the bartender to fill up the ale in their glasses. The amber liquid flowed from the corner of his mouth. The man wiped it with his sleeve.
Wiped his beard.
"Do you know?" One of them spoke loudly, "Last winter, around this time, I saw a bandit group of more than a hundred people in the mountains. They were trying to cross the middle section of Makuri Mountain. At that time
Gu Luo and I were only a few meters away from them. Worried about being discovered by them, we hid our bodies in the snow pit and hid silently for a long time. When they were gone, we both lay in the snow pit with our hands and feet numb.
I’m so cold that I can’t control myself.”
They just talked loudly about the dangerous experiences that happened to them, as if this was the only way to show how brave they were.
From their words, it can be heard that these two strong men seem to be hunters. They specialize in finding some rare pets for their employers, and occasionally hunt low-level monsters. However, it seems that in these mountains and forests in the central Tarapagan region,
, Warcraft has basically become extinct.
If you want to hunt monsters, you must go to the Paglos Mountains.
Aphrodite lowered her head and slowly took a sip of the ale before a trace of color returned to her face.
It seemed that the frequent activation of the summoning circle this time was very taxing on her body. The succubus tied up her long hair high and covered the two corners of her head. She looked like a cold beauty.
She was not wearing the mithril mask of the Faceless Man, with a faint smile on her delicate face, and she was listening to the conversation of the two strong men beside her.
Suldak lowered his head to eat the smoked fish. He glanced at the drinkers around him. Some of the drinkers, perhaps drunk, opened their thick cotton coats, revealing their chests covered with chest hair.
"Do you two want to stay? I have a relaxing room here." the bartender asked the strong man.
"Rich……"
Before the strong man could finish speaking, there was suddenly a loud rumble outside the tavern.
Surdak has been in the guard camp for so long, especially when he participated in the defense battle of Wozhmara City, so he is not unfamiliar with this kind of sound. This is the explosion sound after the detonation of a large fire scale bomb.
On top of Wal-Mart City, hundreds of fire-scale bombs were thrown into the city by trebuchets almost every day, exploding among the hell dogs.
Surdak suddenly woke up from his meditation. This is the hinterland of Bena Province. If there are occasionally some bandit gangs haunting the surrounding mountains, this may not be too surprising, but if there are people in
When fire scale bombs were detonated next to the city wall, other than the fire scale bombs self-exploding, could anyone use them intentionally?
Just as he hesitated, the sound of exploding fire scale bombs was heard one after another in the distance.
Surdak suddenly stood up from the bar, threw two silver coins on the bar, and walked quickly towards the door of the tavern, followed closely by Aphrodite.
A group of drinkers in the tavern also heard the explosion, and were shocked by it. When they saw someone walking out of the tavern, they were ready to follow him out and go outside to see what happened.
Surdak stood on the street and happened to see a series of fire flashes in the northwest corner of Constantinople, followed by a series of explosions.
Then someone rang the big bell on the clock tower in the city, and the bell never stopped ringing.
The drinkers in the tavern were the first to come out onto the street, and everyone looked into the distance with panic on their faces.
Then some surrounding citizens ran out of their homes wearing coats, some wearing only fur coats, and some even wearing pajamas. Many people's eyes were filled with fear, and some kept asking others around them: "...what happened?"
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Everyone ran towards the square where the bell tower was located. No one knew what was going on, but the bell tower in the city rang alarm bells continuously, informing all citizens that something big had happened. People woke up from their dreams one after another, and left the house without having time to get dressed.
They ran out, and the street seemed a little chaotic.
A group of knights passed by in a hurry on the long street, and the direction happened to be where the explosion sounded.
In the chaos, some people ran against the current into the city. Some people asked those who ran back: "What happened?"
The man running towards the city said in a panic: "There is a war. There is an army outside the city. Now it has attacked the city wall and is fighting with the city defenders."
"Where did those enemies come from?" someone in the crowd asked again.
"I don't know!" the man running toward the city said in a panic. He wanted to continue running inside, but was blocked by a group of people and couldn't get out no matter what.
Someone in the crowd asked again: "Alien or human?"
"He seems to be a country bumpkin from the northern part of Tarapagan!" The man's voice was hoarse and his voice was trembling.
At this time, a rumbling cry of killing came from the city gate.
The city was in chaos. From time to time, cavalry teams passed through the streets. The citizens in the city moved to both sides of the road to avoid...
This night is destined to be less peaceful.
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Surdak did not expect that when he arrived in Constantinople, he would encounter such an incident.
He was actually very curious and wanted to go near the city wall to see what was going on, so he kept walking towards the northwest corner of Constantinople in the crowd. The city was much bigger than he thought, and it was usually full of flowers during the day.
Traveling around in a magic caravan, no matter where the destination is, the carriage will arrive quickly, so the feeling is not that accurate.
But now the city is in chaos, and the magic caravan can't be found at all. If he wants to go to the northwest corner of the city, he can only rely on his feet to walk through the streets and alleys of the city.
The succubus Aphrodite followed behind him. She retreated into the shadows, and her body gradually faded and merged with the shadows, becoming blurry like a shadow.
"What should we do? Do we want to leave here as soon as possible?" The succubus felt that it should not be involved in the battle in Constantinople. Since the full-coverage armor has been purchased, it should leave as soon as possible.
"Let's take a look at the situation first," Surdak replied.
The further we walked, the more people crowded together on the streets. A little further on, the streets were crowded with infantrymen of the city defense. These infantrymen of the garrison held weapons in their hands and carried weapons on their backs. The shields were lined up neatly, and it seemed that there were too many people in the crowd to move forward.
The street was even crowded with a group of cavalry from a guard camp, as they carefully controlled their horses to avoid a stampede.
Surdak secretly praised in his heart: Constantinople's garrison reacted really quickly. They had assembled the defense forces so quickly and rushed to the city wall.
From this point of view, even if someone attacks the city, it is absolutely impossible to capture Constantinople in an instant.
Seeing that the street was too crowded and he couldn't squeeze through for a while, he climbed to a high roof and looked towards the northwest corner of the city wall. In addition to bursts of continuous shouts of killing, there were also There was a faint glow of fire, and it seemed like the battle was going on forever.
Looking at the noisy streets and alleys, I could vaguely smell a conspiracy.
He jumped down from the roof and said to Aphrodite hiding in the corner of the alley: "I always feel that this is not like an attack on the city. Those people seem to be deliberately causing chaos in the west of the city... If you were a bandit leader, you would What are you targeting in Constantinople?"
Aphrodite said without thinking: "In addition to the gold coins stored in the vaults of various manors, of course there are also supplies here. After all, Constantinople is the most famous transit place for supplies in Bena Province!"
She turned into a shadow, and her voice seemed a little ethereal.
Surdak set his sights on the trading house not far from the south gate of the city and said to Aphrodite: "Do you think they will loot the trading house in Constantinople?"
Aphrodite shook her head and said: "It is easy to sneak in while taking advantage of the chaos, but it is not easy for them to rob the trading house at this time. The guard camp in the city will not let them mess around at this time. Instead of taking the risk of sneaking into the city and looting the trading houses, it is better to loot the Fire Scale Bullet Manufacturing Workshop by the Crescent Lake outside the city!"
Surdak's eyes lit up slightly and he said: "You mean they are probably creating chaos in the west of the city, just to attract the city's defense force, and then let a large number of robbers loot the firearms workshop outside the city? "
Even if the firearms workshop sends out a distress signal, the city will be in chaos and neither the guard camp nor the city defense department will have time to send out manpower to help.
"Maybe. Since we can't get through to the west side of the city, why don't we go check out the firearms workshop by the lake?" Suldak said. "I don't want anything to go wrong there. After all, our sulfur mines still need to be sold.
here."
The city of Constantinople was still in chaos, but apart from the explosion in the northwest corner of the city, only the bell tower was ringing infrequently, causing a large number of citizens to rush out of their homes and gather towards the Bell Tower Square.
Surdak and Aphrodite came to the south gate of the city. A large number of city defense troops gathered at the south gate. The gate was closed tightly. The suspension bridge outside the gate was also raised high. It was impossible to leave the city. At Sur.
Duck was hesitant as to whether he should go back to the hotel to sleep. A group of cavalry rushed from the streets inside the city to the city gate. The knight led by him happened to be Captain Jude of Constantinople.
He led a group of knights to the city gate, took out a token from his arms and threw it to the captain of the city guard, and then said loudly: "The third brigade of the guard battalion has been ordered to leave the city. Please open the city gate and let us go!"
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"Yes! Wait a moment." The guard at the top of the city said, carefully checking the token in his hand. It didn't take long for someone to open the city gate and lower the drawbridge.
Captain Jude, who was waiting at the city gate, glanced around casually and landed on a person on the roadside at the city gate.
"Baron Surdak, why are you here?" Captain Jude looked at Surdak in surprise and asked him.
Aphrodite was hiding in the dark, and it was night, so no one noticed her.
Captain Jude looked a little excited when he saw Suldak.
Surdak did not expect to see Captain Jude again at the city gate, so he said: "I happened to buy a batch of armors at the Constantinople Trading Company. I was just drinking in the tavern when I heard a ring outside the city.
When there was an explosion, I ran out to take a look."
"There were bandits on the west side of the city who tried to climb over the city wall. When they sneaked into Constantinople, they were discovered by the city defense. The two sides fought on the city wall and accidentally detonated the fire scale bomb stored in the warehouse at the head of the city. That's why
Let this raid alarm the whole city." Captain Jude said, and then asked Suldak: "What do you think of this bandit attack on the city..."
"If it were me, I would focus on the firearms workshop in Crescent Bay!" Surdak said casually: "Sieging the city...should be impossible!"
"I think so too, Baron Suldak, if you are interested in verifying your conjecture, would you like to follow me to the Crescent Lake to take a look." Captain Jude pulled the reins of the horse and said to Suldak.
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"It's a dream come true." Suldak really wanted to take a look.
At this time, the city gate was opened by the guards. Amidst the harsh sound of the wheels turning, the suspension bridge connecting the outside of the city fell. Captain Jude waved his hand and led the team to rush out of the city.
One of Captain Jude's knights gave up a horse to Surdak. Surdak was not polite, mounted his horse, and followed Captain Jude's team towards the firearms workshop on the shore of Crescent Lake.
go.
Surdak could only leave Aphrodite in the city, and she might take the opportunity to return to the hotel.
The road was difficult to walk at night. Suldak's equestrian skills were average and he was not very familiar with the road, so he could only follow the group.
Walking down the road opened by the red rock boulders, the knights from the guard camp were still halfway there when they saw a fire burning on the shore of Crescent Lake. Captain Jude did not dare to waste any time and immediately asked his cavalry to speed up their march.
, rushing towards the firearms workshop.
Immediately afterwards, another rumbling explosion was heard from the direction of the firearms workshop.
Surdak was more sure of his previous judgment and urged his horse to rush towards Crescent Lake.
Before they could reach Crescent Lake, the knights from the guard camp came under the red rock and were met with a hail of arrows.
These arrows were shot from the forest nearby. Obviously these people had planned it...