"Let's rest here for a while and fill our stomachs." Locke said to Felicia in front of him, "In half an hour, we'll be leaving. ”

Felicia accepted the order, and soon the knights dismounted, gathered around the fires in small groups, took out the dry rations and dried meat distributed by the logistics department, and tore at the cold water.

Of course, they weren't the only ones in the Undead Fortress. The merchants who were stranded here soon brought their goods and sold them to the door.

In this world, the discipline of the military is relatively strict. But during the break, as long as he didn't go too far, Locke wouldn't say anything.

The wine could not be touched, so when the merchants pulled barrels of ale and kept selling it back and forth between the soldiers' campfires. The soldiers would follow the barrels, but no one went up to buy them.

But soon, Locke, who was standing on the city wall, saw many sneaky civilians among the resting soldiers below. They had no goods to sell, but they inquired from fire to fire, and from time to time soldiers haggled with them and then followed them away.

"What are those people for?" Locke asked, waving his horsewhip and pointing to the soldiers who had followed the civilians below.

Following the direction Locke's horsewhip pointed, Anderson saw the soldiers follow the men into the tents......

"That...."Anderson hesitated, the scar on his face twitched involuntarily, "Great Lord, those..."

"There's a girl in that tent!"

A voice interjected, and Locke turned his head to look, greeted by a man in his 40s in a lieutenant colonel's robe.

"Alvin?" Locke asked, curious, tentatively.

"Lord Harvey, I'm Amirda, the Wing Commander of the Second Legion, in charge of the garrison here. You're welcome here, of course, this is not the place to talk, please come to my headquarters. I prepared some food there and our second regiment was very hospitable! ”

Amirda half-turned and extended her right hand to invite Locke.

Looking at Amirda, who had invited him, Locke laughed. Because he had seen behind Amirda, the scout girl he remembered so much, Naomi!

The latter was standing behind his captain, winking at himself.

"Well, then thank you Lieutenant Colonel for your hospitality."

Locke nodded, and under Amirda's guidance, walked into the castle of the Undead Fortress.

"Alvin, I have to say, you're just like another person right now." Walking in the dark castle, Locke praised Alvin behind him, "This is simply amazing. ”

Alvin shook his head solemnly, and he replied with a blank look, "This is Mina's doing, High Lord. She's our master of disguise! I just did what I could. ”

"Mina?" Locke turned his head to look at the somewhat plump woman beside him.

"Hello Great Lord," Mina replied to Locke with a smile.

"Oh, I heard Anderson just say you on the road, you're married?" Locke asked casually.

"Yes, High Lord." Mina nodded, she turned to look at Anderson, who was walking at the back of the crowd, and smiled happily at him, "I'm Mario's wife now. ”

Anderson's face instantly softened, and even the scar on his face became gentle.

"Congratulations." Locke smiled, "I wasn't in the territory some time ago, and when this mission is over, I will make up my blessings to you." ”

When they arrived at the castle's command hall, a long table had been set up in the middle, and by the light of the candles, the table was full of food.

However, most of the fish is fried and fried, especially around the main seat, and it is all fish! There are several types of fish soup alone!

Locke sat down on the main seat with a smile on his face, and he said to the people around him, "So many fish? You bought all the fish from the lake? ”

"We can't afford that much fish! Great Lord! You're paying too little! Naomi said mischievously, sitting at the last few seats of the long table, she turned her head to look at Locke with a grin, "We just wanted to treat you to a meal...."

Locke responded with a smile, "I have no opinion on the issue of military salaries. As long as you convince Prosecutor Shiloh to give you some extra pay, that's fine. ”

Naomi pouted, "She can't wait to cheat the money back in our pockets." ”

"You've been doing it for so long.... Special service, special service, right? That's the word, right? Karamir asked them, and the others nodded.

"Don't you have any money for such a long time?" Karamir sat next to Alvin, his hands on the table and looking at Naomi with interest.

Naomi blinked her big eyes and said innocently, "Now, I'm a girl too, and I like the things that girls like, for example, gems..."

She looked at the burning candles on the table in fascination, as if she saw something beautiful! "I can't resist the stones that glow! Wow! That's my favorite! ”

Naomi made an exaggerated expression to describe her obsession with gemstones, but she quickly shrugged her shoulders and said, "That's why I'm a poor man!" ”

There was laughter at the table, and when the laughter stopped, Locke looked at Calamir.

"Good work, brother!"

The sound of brother made Karamir bow his head, and he sighed with emotion, and got up to his feet.

Look up, salute, report.

"Karamir Marda, report to the High Lord that I have completed my mission, please ask the High Lord to give new instructions!" Calamir looked at Locke solemnly.

"Sit down, brother!" Locke also stood up, and he said with emotion, "We haven't seen each other for almost four years. ”

"It's worth it for the sake of the Great Lord." Karamir said solemnly.

Locke got up and walked behind him and slowly sat him back.

The agents in the room were silent, and although they didn't have such a long period of infiltration, they could also understand the hardships of Karamir's time.

Especially lurking in his brother's legion, this feeling must be uncomfortable. I'm afraid I'm thinking about what it's for day and night, and if I don't understand it, I have to continue to carry it out.

"I know you all have doubts, since you accepted my orders," Locke slowly circled around the table, "I'm afraid you are all wondering, why did the Great Lord give such an order?" How did this happen for a while? ”

Locke glanced at the agents sitting around the table, who sat neatly, looking at their comrades across from them without saying a word.

"But I can't tell you about it yet." Locke pulled out the blue scarf from under his armor, unbuttoned the cloak around his neck, and unlocked the clasp at the collar of his armor, loosening the shoulder pads on both shoulders.

As the guards took the capes and shoulder pads, Locke sat back on his seat.

"Tomorrow," Locke said to those present, raising his arm and holding out his index finger in the air, "tomorrow! I'll tell you all about it! You will be given tangible evidence of what I have said. You will not be called traitors or conspirators! ”

"What you have done! It's all about saving us Crusaders! Save the country! Save us Lordaerons!! ”

Locke looked at them with some excitement, "You won't regret obeying my orders today!" Opposite! You'll be glad you followed me in making this wise decision! ”

"Now!" Locke looked at them solemnly, and Locke picked up the fish soup on the table.

"Eat!!"

※※※

On the other side of the Fortress of the Dead, in the area of East Lordaeron.

Two knights in red armor and robes rode their horses on the fork in the road leading to the city of Hearthvale and to the further east.

They waited anxiously here, watching in the direction of the undead barrier.

Not far from them, there was a crusader post that served as an outpost. A detachment of Crusader soldiers was stationed here.

However, because of the red armor on their bodies and their rejecting expressions from thousands of miles away, the soldiers stationed here did not have the idea of communicating with them.

"We've been waiting here for a long time." One of the knights said to his companion, "It seems that the brother is right, the Great Lord really wants to stay at the Undead Barrier a little longer. ”

"Take it easy, Lardo." The other knight looked at the road behind them, which was empty and there was no sign of anyone.

"Lord Fairbanks has not yet arrived," said the knight, reassuring him, "likewise Major Faryl has not arrived. With the Major here, he will protect Lord Fairbanks' safety. ”

"I'm not worried about this, I'm worried about that," the man named Raldo actually replied anxiously, "We can only be completely at ease if we hand Lord Fairbanks into the hands of the High Lord as soon as possible." ”

"If the people of the First Regiment knew that Prosecutor Fairbanks was on our hands, how would they react?"

"They? They won't know, will they? The other knight frowned and turned to look at the brightly lit camp not far away, "We just found him this afternoon, but maybe they'll kill him, right?" will be used as an excuse to be infected with the plague. ”

"I'm shocked when I say it!" Laying his gaze on the camp, Raldo said in a tone of disbelief, "How could they casually execute poor people who didn't seem to be infected with the plague, when they looked more like children. ”

"Is it just because they're looking for food in the woods?"

"Perhaps," said the other knight, who was also a little dissatisfied, but he said a few words for the soldiers of the First Legion.

"All the legions in our Southern Theater and Eastern Lordaeron are in a different environment, and the environment here is more complicated. It is possible that there are indeed undead souls lurking among the civilians, and they have caused great damage. However, their execution of the poor does seem to be a bit radical. ”

In the eyes of the two of them, several soldiers walked out of the outpost camp, and they walked towards the two of them.

Raldo looked coldly at the soldiers who were walking towards them, and slowly said these words to his companions. "There should be a better way than just killing the poor! Otherwise, what is the difference between them and Alsatian Purification Stratholme? ”