(Just the night before, all the supplies left behind on the streets of Maas had disappeared overnight.) Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ）

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It has been ten days since I returned to the city of El, and all the four gates of the south, east, and west have been masonized with sand and stones, and the situation outside the city this year is much more severe than in previous years. Thousands of barbarians from the Storm Bear tribe surrounded the city, and the slums outside the city have now become a gathering place for the Storm Bear tribe, and almost every day savages emerge from the snow-capped wilderness and mountains to silently gather in the slums outside the city.

I stood on a high hill in the distance, watching the barbarians carrying food on their backs, driving the Terran compatriots to slowly gather under the city of El, some barbarians even carried some huge trees for siege, silently walked from among the mountains, thousands of barbarian warriors under the leadership of the great commander, orderly scattered in those dwellings along the moat, some of the dwellings were too low, these barbarians rudely lifted the roof, and slept directly in the open houses, they were not afraid of the cold at all.

The moat outside the city had frozen completely, and the barbarians had driven groups of human slaves to build the crudest siege engines on the icy river, as simple as tripods on top of each other.

The barbarians of the Storm Bear tribe were far more rude than the other barbarians, driving their captured slaves under the city to build siege engines, something that no barbarian tribe had ever done before, and the barbarians of the Storm Bear tribe were even more cruel, slaughtering and destroying manors along the way.

Unexpectedly, the situation in El City this year is much more serious than in previous years, these barbarians gathered under the city so much, it seems that they also have plans to attack the city, otherwise they would not have driven human slaves to build siege equipment, seeing this, the eyes of everyone in the team showed some worry, I have never seen such a big battle, and I can't close my mouth for a long time when I grow up.

Actually, I'm still quite worried about Rryant and Fanny in the city, after all, it's been more than a month since they came out of the house, and during this time, we can't get the news back to El City, at this time, Rryant and they should already know about me following the falcons out of the city to hunt, and I don't know how Fanny will worry.

"These barbarians haven't figured out the real defensive strength of Ell City yet, and they won't back down if they don't suffer some hardships!" Captain Cynthia looked coldly at the smoke-filled civilian area outside the city, and said hatefully, in her heart, Ell City is impregnable, and the young people of my generation have not experienced the harsh winter thirty years ago, and they don't know how the people here resist the barbarians.

"The style of these barbarians this year is very different from that of the barbarians of the past!" The harrier eagle on Basille's shoulder fluttered its wings, but he calmed it, and if there was a harrier eagle rising into the sky so close, it would definitely be alerted by those barbarians, our purpose was to enter the city, and we had no thought of anything wrong with this army of thousands of barbarians. The expression on his face was a little solemn, Basil was undoubtedly a very qualified soldier, he always flaunted himself as an imperial soldier, restrained himself, and demanded himself.

I would love to ask him: How did he feel when he saw his fellow citizens on the moat enslaved by barbarians?

But if this guy is really provoked by my words and rushes over to die, it's not a joke.

Wayne, who was standing beside Cynthia, said expectantly: "I hope those barbarian powerhouses won't disappoint me too much this year, Captain, after we return to the city, let me participate in the city defense! At this time, El City should be very short of professional archers, I want to meet those throwing axe men among the barbarians." ”

"Even if you don't say it, I'll do it, when will you be willing to calm down, you are so adventurous, who will dare to marry you in the future?" Cynthia said with a sigh as she put her arm around Wayne's shoulder.

This topic made Basille on the side a little unnatural, but I can see that he has no thought about Miss Wayne at all, but I can't blame him, he is so handsome and handsome, and he is a talented young scout in the military, there must be many admirers in El City, there are so many beautiful girls in El City, it is strange to be able to take a fancy to Wayne.

Captain Cynthia also noticed that the atmosphere was a little delicate, she wanted to change the topic, and her eyes happened to see Ann pouting and curiously watching the minotaur Ruka eat the cake, twenty-five inches of wheat cake, Ruka has to eat at least eight at a time, Ann has always been curious about what is delicious about this kind of wheat cake that can only fill the stomach, but he seems to can't find the answer here in the minotaur Ruka, and Ruka still eats with relish.

Captain Cynthia looked at me, leaned over to me and said, "Jijia, I've tired your servants along the way, and I don't know how to thank you!"

At this time, I was wondering whether the orc warrior Karantso had carried the supplies from the town of Maas, which was a truckload of food. I turned my head to look at Ruka, who was leaning against a rock wall, holding a piece of wheat bread and nibbling it, because he was in charge of pulling snow and plowing, and doing the heaviest physical work, so the food was given him the most inclination, and most of the wheat bread of the whole team was eaten by him.

Had it not been for some food supplies from the cellar of Zimmerman Manor, the wheat cakes would have been sufficient, and we would have to go hungry for the rest of the way.

For Ruka, pulling the snow and climbing the plow along the way is also a great joy, and probably nothing makes Ruka happy more than eating wheat cakes. Thinking of this, I smiled at Cynthia and said, "As long as Luka is fed, he is still willing to do more work, besides, the snow plow is not as heavy as he thought." ”

Ann is very curious about Ruka, he has been trying to communicate with Ruka why he has so much strength, how he usually trains, Ruka's honest answer also made me a little speechless, he said that it is because he has been studying in the training class of the El City War Academy for the past six months, this is true, in recent months, Ruka has been learning systematic techniques and tactics in the training class of the Warrior Academy, but this has nothing to do with his infinite strength! The power that the Minotaur has is innate.

A patch of snow fell from the pine branch, startling away a gray-backed squirrel looking down from the top of the tree, its furry tail as large as an umbrella and its emaciated body drifting towards another tree, looking like a dandelion in the air.

Probably Miss Demi had never seen such a wild squirrel, and when it drifted away from the tree, Miss Demi was startled to say 'ah', and she quickly covered her mouth with her white hand, and looked carefully to the sides, and saw that it was not too rude, so she gently patted her chest.

"Wait until nightfall, Basil you go and contact the guards on the walls and let them take us into the city!" said Captain Cynthia.

"Do as you tell me and be willing to serve you!" Basil said

Basille has never resisted the task arranged by Captain Cynthia, no matter how difficult it is, it will be completed to the letter, which is much stronger than Xiu and Wayne, I don't know how many times stronger, Xiu has always been more than one thing is better than less, things can be simple, it seems to want to save every bit of physical strength. And when Wayne does everything, he will think about the return, will measure the value of the thing thoroughly, and then bargain before doing it.

I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing to go through the training in the barracks, the empire has been expanding its army in recent years, and there are already female soldiers in some barracks, and they don't say stupid things like women stay away from war like before.

I remember that in the morning, Basil came to me and asked me if I could sell the provenance of the 'Frost Nova' magic scrolls to the military.

He said: Since he entered the Knights of the Guard Battalion, he has never seen such a victorious battle as the Battle of Pass, and it has always been the business of the North Wind Legion to be able to fish for bones and eat meat, and it is rare for the local army to be able to drink a sip of soup, but I didn't expect that the magic trap array I arranged would make the barbarians suffer greatly.

I looked at him with a smile and said, "These junior and high-level magic scrolls are not cheap, are the knights willing to pay for such expensive scrolls? Do they have to spend a whole year of military spending? You know, these scrolls are not simply exchanged for gold coins!"

He touched his nose, smiled a little embarrassedly and said to me: "This money can actually be used without the guard camp, those young masters raised in the knights, in fact, are still very willing to add a heavy sum to their merit book, there is nothing higher than the merit of hunting barbarians, the matter of hunting barbarians by magic traps must have already been passed into the city of El, it is estimated that at this time' The value of the Frost Nova's magic scrolls has also risen, and I thought, if you are familiar with that inscription master, I would also like to buy a few scrolls, and some of my friends will be interested in these scrolls!"

I asked him curiously, "If it's just for merit, why don't you take it out and share it with so much hunting this time?"

There is a reason for my words, because this time he hunted at least a dozen barbarian left ears, why do you need to go to such great lengths to buy magic scrolls!

Basil hesitated for a moment and said, "That'...... That's different, this kind of hunting of barbarians, no one will be too much! If this thing makes you embarrassed, then forget it. ”

Don't dare to look into the distance for too long, in this white world, everything is so dazzling, the slightest carelessness will cause snow blindness, it is not a joke.

I touched my bulging magic pocket, and suddenly thought of a very interesting thing, but my mouth said: "Actually, it's not what you think, whoever wants to buy such magic scrolls, I will tell him that these scrolls are sold in a magic grocery store next to the ice shop in the small market next to the magic academy, oh......! Let's go!"

"What is a hot pot restaurant, is it a shop that sells pots?" Basil asked me with a frown, seeing that I smiled and didn't answer, but his eyes lit up, and then said to me mysteriously, "You don't want to tell me that the proprietress of the hot pot restaurant is the owner of the magic grocery store......"

I also nodded speechlessly, I just wanted to tell him the specific address, but I didn't let him associate it like this, but his guess couldn't be wrong.

"So, even if the grocery store is out of stock, if I can go to the hot pot restaurant and buy a pot first, I might be able to order the latest magic scroll, right?" Basil said with excitement in his eyes.

"......" I shook my head and nodded, and at last I didn't know what I was trying to say.

But Basil seemed to have understood, and seeing his excitement, he almost pulled off one of his beloved harrier tail feathers.

"Ji Jia, you give me a thorough explanation, how much does this kind of first-level high-level magic scroll cost?" Cynthia asked me, but I didn't expect Cynthia to be interested in those 'Frost Nova magic scrolls'.

"Do you want to buy it too?" I asked Cynthia curiously.

"Who wouldn't want something good, if the price was right!" Cynthia said to me earnestly.

I took out a magic crystal as deep as the blue of the sea from my magic waist bag, this magic crystal is as big as a peach pit, it is a standard ordinary magic crystal, and the water magic contained in it is also very pure and full, I held this magic crystal in my hand and said to them: "A magic crystal like this, one scroll needs to be exchanged for two magic crystals." ”

"Whew!"

The sound of exhaling a breath and the sound of inhaling a breath came at the same time, and I saw that Basille and Cynthia were both relieved, it seemed that the price of this scroll should be within their affordability, and the sound of inhaling cold air was made by Wayne, she looked at me with a long mouth, and asked me stupidly, "Is a scroll so expensive?" My goddess, Jiga, can you tell me how many scrolls you used in the battle at the pass?"

"There's still fifty, so why don't you pay too much attention to that!" I waved at Wayne and turned to Ruka the Minotaur......

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These barbarians from the Storm Bear tribe don't know much about the Terran city, and they don't know what kind of murderous motives are hidden behind the high walls.

Whether it's the giant crossbow bolts on the towers, or the heavy trebuchets or meat grinders on the towers, they are all powerful weapons against the barbarians. Hearing Cynthia say that there are more powerful weapons in the magic academy on the central mountain, I wanted to ask her more details, but she refused to say more.

During the day, the barbarians were always tempting on a small scale, carrying long ladders and thick door panels above their heads, and slowly rushing down the city.

The knights' defenders only forced them back with their strong bows, but the rain-like feathered arrows on the door panel did not have much effect, and did not cause serious damage to the barbarians, as if they were quietly waiting for the siege engine to be completed.

Now these barbarians have carried a batch of giant trees from the mountains, and there are some people on the walls of the city of El who are silently watching, and there are several knights of the eagle hovering high in the sky above the city, and before that, I never knew that the knights of the city of El still have such birds of prey.

Taking advantage of the moonless night of the evening, Basil climbed the high wall, informed the Knights of the Guard Battalion on the wall, and then we secretly crossed the frozen moat, and at the corner of the wall, ten men rode in baskets and were tied to the head of the city.

When our group came out of the rattan baskets, I saw the city walls full of garrison equipment, neatly stacked in long rows, and those feathered arrows falling in bundles behind the walls, and I saw half a hot baked wheat cake on the battlements, and it looked like the soldiers of the night vigil were eating in shifts!

Seeing Captain Cynthia jumping out of the basket vigorously, the guards on the city wall cast admiring glances at Cynthia, but at me and Ann and Lady Jenny, the group of ladies and sisters, they cast sympathetic and comforting eyes, and I wanted to say to them loudly: Actually, Lao Tzu is also a falcon!

Just when I was extremely depressed, I suddenly heard a familiar voice: "Jijia, my God, it's really you, why did you come back from outside the city, they said that you became a falcon, is this actually true?"

I looked over at the sound of a voice, and I saw Senior Benjamin, wearing a knight's heavy armor, walking from not far away, and said to me excitedly with a look of surprise on his face.

"Benjamin!" I called.

"Sir, everything is normal here in the fifth squad!" "I was still looking at Cynthia and Basille with envy just now, and I couldn't help but peek at Mrs. Jenny's beautiful warriors, who stood up straight like bamboo poles, waiting for Senior Benjamin's review.

"Take a break, pay attention to the vigilance, those barbarians have been getting more and more restless lately, you should be more careful, I have a reliable secret report, saying that there are barbarians and strong people who are preparing to sneak into the city recently, you should keep your eyes open, don't go wrong!" Senior Benjamin waved his hand imposingly, and said to his men. Then he smiled at me and said, "Just now some soldiers reported to me that there was a group of falcons on the city wall returning to the city, and asked me to verify my identity, but I didn't think it was you!"