The town hall of Duodan Town is made of bluestone strips, and the walls are painted with a layer of white ash. There are two sculptures of imperial guards holding shields and spears on both sides of the steps at the door. When you walk into the hall of the town hall, you are facing the entrance of the hall.
It is a colorful mural depicting war. Under the mural is the front desk of the town hall. A middle-aged woman is standing behind the front desk, holding a quill and writing on parchment.
Hearing footsteps at the door, the middle-aged woman raised her head and her eyes immediately fell on Suldak's chest. She saw that he was wearing a noble medal and a guard camp knight's badge on his chest. She quickly stood up from the chair and walked around the front desk.
He walked directly to Surdak and said kindly:
"You must be Baron Suldak of the Luther Legion. Your transfer order has arrived three days ago. Our Lord Mayor has been looking forward to your arrival these days, but today is really an unlucky coincidence. Yesterday outside the city
A vicious case occurred in which a gang of robbers attacked an adventure group. Mayor Marco led the city defense team and the merchant armed group, as well as the temporary organization of the adventure group to leave the city last night and have not returned yet. "
Only then did Suldak know that Mayor Marco was no longer in the town hall, so he asked the middle-aged woman:
"I heard about this from Baron Maynard. Is the adventure group's loss big this time?"
"The specific losses have not been reported yet. It is said that this matter has also caused a big fuss in the adventure group union in the town. Yesterday, just in time for the Langdon Legion garrison to leave, the town did not have enough manpower, so the town mayor organized a joint
The team went to search the mountains outside the city." The middle-aged woman said to Suldak with a smile,
Surdak could feel her politeness and alienation. It seemed that the relationship between the local garrison and the town hall was a bit subtle. Surdak did not ask for details, but just asked: "Has Mayor Marco heard anything from outside the city?"
information?"
The middle-aged woman quickly said: "I heard that some clues have been found, but that mountain range is the territory of a local indigenous chief. If the joint team wants to operate there, they probably need to communicate with the local indigenous chief."
Surdak frowned and asked the middle-aged woman:
"Do you know the specific location? I'll send someone to ask Mayor Marco if there is a need to dispatch troops."
The middle-aged woman said with surprise:
"It's great that you can come. Is there anything you need me to do?"
Suldak thought for a moment and then said:
"I need a guide who is familiar with the terrain outside the town."
The middle-aged woman quickly said:
"I happen to have an aboriginal here who is familiar with the surroundings of the town. Let him take you to Mayor Marco and the others..."
After speaking, she quickly walked through the corridor of the hall and walked to the stables in the backyard of the town hall. She ordered an aboriginal groom: "Corey, stop what you are doing. Now you are following this Suer."
With Baron Dark, take him to the north of the town to find Mayor Marco and the others."
"Okay, Mrs. Luna!" The groom quickly stopped what he was doing, stood up, patted the grass clippings on his body, and said in a low voice.
After saying goodbye to Mrs. Luna, Surdak took the local aboriginal guide named Corey out of the town hall. Only then did Suldak remember that he still didn't know the identity of Mrs. Luna.
Surdak inquired about the horseman Corey, and found out that Mrs. Luna was actually the secretary of Mayor Marco. However, due to the temporary lack of suitable manpower in the town hall, her secretary currently had multiple jobs.
, even for things like receptionist, because Miss Delia, the only one who sticks to the front desk, takes leave, she has to be temporarily replaced. It seems that this town hall is not big.
Andrew walked out of the gate and asked Suldak: "Boss, do you want me to go to the camp to summon a cavalry squadron?"
Suldak nodded and told Andrew: "Bring more people and get familiar with the environment of the mountains to the north in advance!"
"good!"
After Andrew finished speaking, he ran towards the cavalry camp on the west side of the town.
Walking to the small square opposite the town hall, Suldak happened to see Signa and Selina sitting on a bench under the shade of a tree enjoying the cool air.
Nika stood by the pool and raised her head, looking curiously at the stone statue of a water girl holding a water bottle in her hands. A stream of clear water flowed out of the water bottle held by the stone girl.
Entering the pool, several small fish were swimming happily in the pool.
Suldak walked to Selena and sat down, held her white and soft hand, looked at the small square with people coming and going, and said to her: "We are going to live in this town for a while..."
Selena seemed to have not yet adapted to being held by Suldak in public. Her face was slightly red, but her eyes were extremely gentle. She held Suldak's thick and powerful hand with her backhand and nodded slightly.
Signa, who was sitting on the other side of Selena, asked Suldak: "How long are we going to stay here?"
"I'll probably stay there until the garrison mission ends, which is estimated to take at least two years." Suldak didn't know how long it would take for the garrison mission to end.
In fact, if he wants to develop a mine and expand territory in Duodan Town, it will take some time to operate it.
Surdak asked: "Does Xigna like it here?"
"Although I feel reluctant to leave Wall Village, the environment here is better, with grass and lush trees everywhere, and the climate here is much better than Wall Village." Signa sat next to her mother and said obediently.
Xigna is about the same age as Little Peter, but she is much more mature than Little Peter.
Not long after, Andrew led three cavalry squadrons to the small square.
Suldak asked Selina to take Xigna and Nika back to the garrison camp on their own, leaving two veterans of the cavalry battalion with them. Then he and Samira rode on the Gubo war horses brought by Andrew.
, a cavalry team of nearly two hundred people marched through the center of the town and rushed to the north city wall gate of Duodan Town.
The people in the small town on the street gave way to the cavalry and came to the gate of the north city wall unimpeded. The gate of this city wall was usually closed. Seeing Suldak coming with a group of cavalry, the city
The guards at the door quickly grabbed their spears and came forward.
"Lord Baron, are you leaving the city?" the guard asked.
"I'm going to support Mayor Marco and help me open the door!" Surdak said with a cold face while riding on horseback.
Then I, the city gate guard, did not talk nonsense and quickly waved the flag in his hand to the guards on the top of the city who were responsible for guarding the gate's iron cable winch.
As the winch was slowly pushed by ten aboriginal coolies, the iron fence like an iron gate slowly rose with a "clicking" sound. Each iron bar of this iron fence had Suldak's big arm.
Thick and thin, the entire iron fence is three meters wide, seven meters high, and weighs several tons. However, this is only the first gate of the city wall.
The entire northern city wall is almost thirty meters thick at the bottom, and the gate opening of the northern city gate is like a deep tunnel.
There are five gates before and after the North City Gate, which need to be opened one by one by gate guards.
After waiting for a long time, until all the city gates were opened, Surdak led nearly two hundred cavalry into the V-shaped mountain pass canyon outside the north city.