The blade inserted the unsheathed "Purgatory" into the belt around his waist, and got up to take the parchment roll from Beta's hand. After reading the contents of the parchment scroll, he groaned slightly and said, "Beta, prepare for me, and I'll go to Portland City." ”

Beta was startled and asked tentatively, "Captain, what do you want to ......?"

The book of war of mankind once said: "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles." "Since that group of Tyrannosaurus Knights is coming against us, if we don't get to the bottom of it, won't we lose first in the future when the two sides face off?" said Blade, dropping the parchment scroll on the table, and said to Beta.

"But, my lord, it's on Byzantine territory after all, isn't it too risky for you to do this?" asked Beta, frowning.

Hearing this, Blade laughed and said, "This time I sneaked into the territory of the Byzantine Empire, compared to leading troops to attack the territory of the Byzantine Empire a few months ago, it is much safer. ”

Before Beta could be persuaded again, the blade waved his hand and said, "I have made up my mind, you don't need to say more." Beta, you go down and arrange it now, and I'll be in Portland in two days. ”

Beta knew the temperament of the blade, and seeing that the blade had made up his mind, he had to give up the persuasion, turn around and start arranging the blade's trip to infiltrate the Byzantine Empire.

"The Second Brigade of the Tyrannosaurus Knights...... It's a woman in the lead? It's funny. Blade muttered to himself as he stared at the parchment scroll on the table.

Two days later, Blade took Landuri and four other guards with him, and set out on his way to Portland City with light equipment. Blade didn't bring Julie with him on this trip, although if Julie accompanied him to Portland City, it would definitely bring a lot of help to Blade, but Blade didn't want Julie's identity to be easily exposed to humans. You must know that for the open and secret battles between orcs and humans, the Sunset Dragon Clan has always stayed out of the matter. If humans learn that a dragon from the Sunset Dragon clan has intervened in the struggle between orcs and humans, it may cause much of a stir. And Blade also knew that the Sunset Dragons had a bad relationship with the orcs, and it was only because of his good personal relationship with Julie that Julie would help him privately.

The concerns in Blade's heart are also the concerns in Julie's heart. Therefore, Julie did not go to Portland City with the Blade, thinking that she also thought that with the skills of the Blade's ninth-level powerhouse, this trip to Portland City was not too dangerous.

In addition, due to the fear that the dark element that was too obvious on the long knife "Purgatory" would attract unnecessary attention and trouble, Blade did not bring "Purgatory" as a sidearm, but only brought the ordinary combat knife that he used before.

Portland was the closest border city of the Byzantine Empire to the Omnison region of the Beamon Empire.

Half a month ago, after a review by General Rasmussen, Major General Sophia, the captain of the Second Brigade of the Tyrannosaurus Knights of the Byzantine Empire, took the initiative to ask General Rasmussen to choose the border city of Portland, the closest border city to the Blade's Bloodtooth Wolf Cavalry Wing.

Originally, Portland was the garrison of the 9th Infantry Regiment under the 13th Army of the Western Frontier Army of the Byzantine Empire, and a brigade of the 9th Infantry Regiment was stationed in Portland. In the previous attack, the Byzantine Blade attacked the Byzantium House near and far, abandoned the city of Portland, and did not hesitate to make a detour to the Ice Peak Plateau to attack other border cities in the western part of Byzantium, and obtained great results.

After the war, the Byzantine Imperial War Department in the battle summary, believed that the Ninth Infantry Regiment in Portland City was unaware of the presence of such an elite wolf cavalry wing of the Beamon Orcs in front of its own defense area, did not know the enemy's situation, and was extremely lax in garrison, and had major negligence. As a result, the 9th Infantry Regiment was severely criticized by the Imperial Army. At this time, Sophia asked to garrison Portland City to confront the blood-toothed wolf cavalry, and General Rasmussen withdrew the garrison of the Ninth Infantry Regiment stationed in Portland City to the rear for reorganization, and was moved into Portland City by Major General Sophia's Tyrannosaurus Knights Brigade. At the same time, Sophia was stationed in Portland City, and General Rasmussen was assigned from other infantry regiments to assist in the defense of the city, and a unified infantry brigade was under the unified command of Major General Sophia.

Most people have guessed what the Tyrannosaurus Knights, the elite tour of Byzantium, came for. For a moment, a stormy tension permeated the city of Portland.

The moon is in the middle of the sky.

Carter, the chubby owner of the "Fragrance of Miles" tavern, was sending off the last customers and was about to close the door when several figures quietly appeared in front of his tavern.

"Guests, it's time for the shop to close, and a few of them are going to drink at the bar elsewhere. Carter looked at the mysterious people who appeared in front of him in black hooded robes and couldn't see their faces clearly, nodded with a professional smile and said politely.

"Glory to Beamon!" said one of the black-robed men who was the leader of the group, suddenly lowered his voice.

Carter's face changed, and he opened his mouth and asked in a low voice, "How many are from there?"

The black-robed man at the head nodded, and Carter hurriedly led them into the tavern and closed the door of the tavern tightly.

Several black-robed men entered the tavern, and when the tavern door closed, they removed the hood from their heads, revealing a head full of blue-gray hair.

There were a few werewolves.

"How many are they?" Carter knew the identities of several people, but he didn't know their specific identities.

"I am Wing Commander of the Wolf Cavalry Wing of the Beamon Imperial Army in the Arnathan region, and these four men are my men Landuri, Ingisha, Baman, and Jossen. The young werewolf at the head smiled slightly and replied to Carter. House

"Blade, you're the Blade, Ironmane?" Carter was taken aback as he listened to the young werewolf's introduction.

On the surface, the Tavern is an ordinary tavern in Portland City, but in fact, it is an intelligence station of the Orc Army, and the people in the tavern, whether it is the owner or the guys, have long been bought by the Orc Army and developed into a human spy placed by the Orc Army in Portland City.

As for the sharp blade that has been in the limelight recently and disturbed the stability of the western Byzantine garrison, Carter, who is an intelligence officer, naturally knows his name.

"Oh, it's Chief Blade, I wonder what I'm doing here?" asked Carter.

Suddenly, Carter seemed to think of something, his face became strange, and he asked cautiously: "Chief Blade came to Portland City in person, could it be that he is preparing to seize this city?"

As an intelligence officer, Carter was well informed about both the Beamon Empire and the Byzantine Empire, and knew that the sneak attack on which the Blade had inflicted heavy losses on Byzantium a few months ago was an unauthorized action.

Before the blade could answer, Landuri behind him had already shouted: "Boss, why are you asking so many things? Our co-captain came to Portland City, naturally he has something to do, these things involve military secrets, don't ask anything you shouldn't ask." What you have to do now is to hurry up and bring up the good wine and food, today we have been lurking outside the city for most of the day in order to sneak into the city in order to find out the dark, and our stomachs are hungry. ”

Hearing Landuri's number, Carter said yes again and again, knowing that there are some things that he shouldn't be looking to. He hurriedly called out to the tavern guys, and cooked it himself, and set up a table of exquisite wine and food for the blades and his party.

Stimulated by the aroma of wine and meat on the table, Landuri and the other four werewolves immediately began to gobble up the storm. But the sharp blade unhurriedly raised the knife and fork and ate a few bites, and after tasting it carefully, he smiled at Carter and said: "You humans still know how to eat, you can't see it, the wine and food made by you in this ordinary tavern are already comparable to the wine and food made by many high-end restaurants in our country." ”

"Hehe, before the little one was honored to serve the Great Beamon Empire, his profession in the Byzantine kingdom was a cook, and after a few years of cooking, he could barely cook a few side dishes. Carter replied modestly.

Blade doesn't care why Carter, who used to be a chef, would willingly become an orc and betray his own people. All he knew was that if he wanted to find out first-hand information about the Tyrannosaurus Knights in Portland, he had to rely on this renegade in human society, the head of intelligence for the orcs in Portland.

"Mr. Carter, are you puzzled by my unexpected arrival in Portland City?" Blade asked as he put down his knife and fork, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and suddenly changed his words.

"This, yes...... Carter pondered for a moment and said, "Chief Blade, as the commander of the first-line garrison of the Beamon Empire facing Portland City, suddenly infiltrated Portland City, if there is any special military operation, the upper peak of the lower official will generally notify us that the intelligence personnel in the city will cooperate with the operation." Of course, these actions are subject to the approval of the military authorities of Iron Horn......"

Blade waved his hand and said, "You don't have to wonder, I didn't sneak into Portland City this time on the orders of the Iron Horn City Bull Governor's Mansion, I sneaked in privately." ”

"That's right," Carter muttered inwardly, his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Mr. Carter, I infiltrated Portland City this time for the Tyrannosaurus Knights team that was stationed in the city not long ago. Blade said slowly.

Carter's face shook with fat, but he quickly regained his composure and said to Blade, "Commander Blade, what do you want?"

"I heard that the Tyrannosaurus Knights Brigade is specifically targeting our Bloodtooth Wolf Cavalry, I want to find out as soon as possible how many people there are in this Tyrannosaurus Knights Brigade, what is the combat level of those Tyrannosaurus Knights and how well equipped they are. Blade said unhurriedly.

"This information will be found out and reported to the Superior, Commander Blade, you will learn this information sooner or later, and it seems that you don't need to come to Portland City in person, Sir?" asked Carter, puzzled.

"This information, I want to know sooner. Maybe one day someone will do something to me, but I don't know anything about their situation, which is a taboo for soldiers. Blade smiled slightly, picked up a glass full of wine on the table, and drank it in one gulp.

At the end, he gently put the wine glass back on the table, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he smiled indifferently: "Since this elite tour of the Byzantine Empire is specifically aimed at the Bloodtooth Wolf Cavalry Wing under my command, if I, the Wing Leader of the Bloodtooth Wolf Cavalry Wing, don't I personally come to the door to say hello, wouldn't I be a little sorry for the friends who came from afar?"

Looking at the cold light flashing in the eyes of the young werewolf in front of him, Carter couldn't help but tremble. He knew something might be going to happen in Portland.

However, for the next few days, the Blades went out day and night, and under Carter's guidance, they began to scout the various military deployments of the Byzantine Empire in Portland and map the neighborhoods in the city, and there were no particularly noticeable actions.

Carter also secretly sent the news of Blade's sneak into Portland back to Iron Horn, but before he received an official reply from Iron Horn, he was obedient to Blade, respectful of Blade, and did his best to help Blade find out all kinds of news that he was interested in.

The city of Portland ushered in the calm before the storm.