In the upper reaches of the river where the Hades Palace is located, Ryuji is alone in control of a small boat, heading in the direction of the dragon duke's castle.

Before coming out, Liu Zhi had already left a starry sky sign in the Hades Palace, but he was not worried that he would not be able to leave, he just went over to inquire about the information in person and see what the situation of this Dragon Duke was.

He was followed only by Vidnina and Letoz, who was Ryuji's main combat force, and Leitoz, who was used to inquire about information.

Docking the boat at a dock by the river, Ryuji was stopped by several men dressed as soldiers before he could get ashore.

Ryuji noticed something strange about the soldiers, who were all covered in blue burqas with a fang-like pattern painted on them.

They were wearing leather armor, carrying a halberd in their hands, and heavy iron helmets were carried in their hands, and it was clear from this movement that they were not the kind of troops that had been formally trained professionally.

Behind them were some civilians dressed in tatters, and looking at the yellow and thin faces of those people, you could tell that their lives were not very good.

After Ryuji parked the boat, one of the soldiers raised his halberd and said to Ryuji, "Outsiders, where are you from?" ”

"I came from the sea and followed the coastline and found this river, and I thought there must be people on the edge of the river, so I came and took a look."

Ryuji said as he planned to jump onto the dock.

As a result, his movements made the soldiers react, and several halberds pointed at Yanagi.

"Outsiders, you are not welcome here, leave here with your bodyguards, go out to sea from the direction you came from, and walk south for three days, there is the territory of the Sea Shark King, there will be the place you want to find."

"King Sea Shark? Is he the king of this continent? ”

Ryuji asked, pretending he didn't know anything.

"No, he's just a pirate, but they're the only ones on the whole continent who go to sea, and if you bring news from overseas, you'll definitely get their approval there."

As he spoke, the soldier raised the halberd in his hand again, and it could be seen that they didn't even have any intention of letting Ryuji go ashore.

Ryuji glanced at the dock in front of him, which had obviously been built for hundreds of years, and the stones used to build it were covered with moss.

At the same time, it can be seen from the appearance of these soldiers that they are very well guarded by this dock, this dock usually has ships docked, and it is not as they say, only the ships of the Sea Shark King go to sea.

But they are just soldiers, so why should they lie to themselves?

All kinds of doubts flashed in Liu Zhi's heart.

But fortunately, Ryuji knew what he was here for, and instead of clashing with the soldiers, he nodded and left the dock in the boat.

As the ship retreated, Ryuji noticed that the soldiers had also run to the nearby Arrow Tower lookout to watch him leave, as if he wanted to watch himself go down the river rather than upstream.

This situation made Liu Zhi guess.

There must be something upstream that needs to be transported by boat, and the soldiers don't want to venture any further upstream.

With such a discovery, Ryuji became interested instead.

He controlled the boat down the river, and when it came to a place where the soldiers couldn't see it, Ryuji directly abandoned the boat and went into the water.

With Vidnina leading the way, they quickly dived from the bottom to the dock.

Ryuji and they were in the water, and finally hesitated, but still made a gesture at Letoz.

Lettoz nodded, went ashore from unnoticed position, and quickly disappeared into the shadows.

Ryuji and Widnina hide in the shadows underwater, and Ryuji also adds a small dark canopy for himself to prevent others from looking.

So that about night, Letoz came back from the shore with some news from the village.

"The village was built around the wharf, but their main source of income is not fishing, but the farmland outside the village, and it is clear that the income from the farmland outside the village is not very high, and their life is not very good.

There is a small barracks in the village, which houses eleven halberdiers, and their strength is the kind I saw before, they are professionals, but they are not of high rank.

They usually split into two teams, one to guard the docks and the other to rest in the barracks.

In addition, there should be a few transcendents in the village, there is a village chief and a steward here, I have seen from afar, they have a certain strength, if we go up and attack, we can solve the battle in about ten minutes.

There is a bell in their village chief's council hall, which should be used to call the police, and there must be some linkage guards nearby. ”

Letoz's words carry the news that if you are careful, you can take down this village.

Liu Zhi thought about it seriously, and then asked, "Then have you seen anything about the castle?" ”

"There is only one gate in this village, and it is true that the gate is usually open, but there are always people guarding the gate, although they are farmers, it is not so simple to pass in front of them."

"Are you saying that they are just ordinary peasants guarding the gates, and soldiers are guarding the docks?"

Ryuji heard something wrong in Letoz's words.

"Yes."

Letoz's answer made Ryuji frown.

At this time, Letotz asked again: "What should we do next, should we go back and get the boat and force our way through?" ”

"No, if that happens, they'll find out about our coming, and we'll dive up."

Ryuji glanced at the river, which was not too fast, and said what he thought.

"When this section of the river is over, I'll find another place to build a boat."

Ryuji said this with a lot of ease, for him, the big boats might be a little difficult, but some small boats, like canoes and the like, he could do it in minutes.

Seeing that Liu Zhi said so confidently, the others had no opinion.

By this time it was slowly getting dark, and they were not easily spotted underwater, so they sneaked under the water and swam towards the river.

After swimming nearly three thousand meters forward, Vidnina suddenly stood in front of Ryuji.

Watching her hold down the sword with all six arms, Ryuji knew that an enemy appeared in front of her.

After returning from her last dream, Vidnina went to the blacksmith to remake various swords for herself.

In addition to her normal stabbing and katana, she also made normal swords.

Don't look at Vidnina's six-armed sword now, but the number of long swords she carries has reached fourteen.