Montzk, the mayor's most exclusive "Green Elf" inn.

In the Superior Suite, which costs as much as a golden crown a night, Brienne—the Stone, Fitandilla, and Rip—sat around a wooden table, lit by a dozen candles overhead and a corner fireplace, the room as bright as daylight so that they could easily see the map spread out on the table.

Although their physical fitness is far beyond ordinary people, they also consume a lot of physical strength in continuous travel, so they are a little tired on their faces, but before they can sleep well, with the bright fire, there are still some things to discuss.

The rare map of the empire on the table is Rep's, which he got from the munitions depot of "Talabeain", the capital of the Tarlabek Lord, through some old connections, when he was about to leave for the "Frontier Prince's Domain" to pan for gold, and spent a lot of savings, and it seems that it is still worth it.

It is said that this map made of sheepskin was made by a dwarven cartographer, which is a guarantee of quality, and although it can be seen that it has been some years, except for some obvious signs of wear and tear at the four corners, the pattern on it is still very clear, and there is no trace of fading.

"Our approximate location right now is here."

The mercenary leader Rep pointed to the blank space in the lower right corner of the map, a position beyond the border of the empire, above which was a mountain range from west to east.

Then his finger began to move up the map, first through the black mountains at the bottom, then all the way through the open plains, and finally pointed to a city built by the river, and looking at the marks on the map, it was a town of considerable size.

"We first pass through the Black Fire Pass, then follow the Ancient Dwarven Road to enter the Imperial province of Aviland, all the way north to the capital Iveheim, then take the river west to Nunn, the "City of the White Tower", and finally go north, directly to Aldolphus! This route is the fastest and safest. ”

As a native of the Empire and having served in the army for many years, Repp knows the geography of the empire well, so the plan he proposed is basically the most reasonable.

Before Sigmar, the "God of War" established an empire, during a battle with the Greenskins, he accidentally rescued the captured Dwarven High King Kegan Ironbeard, and the upright Dwarven King directly gave Sigmar the heirloom, the epic artifact rune warhammer "Gail Maraz", as a reward, and the two established a deep friendship.

This friendship also continued into their respective powers, and the humans and the dwarves made the strongest alliance in the history of the Old World, and then the dwarves and humans fought side by side, driving a large number of greenskin tribes out of the Black Mountains at the Battle of the Black Fire Pass, which also laid a solid foundation for the establishment of the empire, and a year later, Sigmar officially proclaimed the "Human Empire".

Since then, the new human empire has had countless exchanges and contacts with the dwarven kingdoms that settled in the "mountains on the edge of the world", and the empire exchanged the dwarves for the best metal ores with cheap goods, and later learned the most advanced forging and engineering techniques from them, so that in just a few hundred years, this new human kingdom has risen at an incredible speed and become a force to be reckoned with in the old world.

In this process, with the increasing frequency of commercial trade and the flow of people, a passage from the dwarven capital "Eternal Peak" Karaz-Karak, through the border prince's territory, and finally to the then imperial capital of Aldolph, was opened, which is what Rep just said "the ancient dwarf road".

This road is half land and half water, passing through Iveheim, the capital of Ive, the former capital of the Empire, Nune, and finally arriving at Aldolph, which are all densely populated places in the Empire, and it is very convenient to supply and rest along the way, which can be said to be the best choice at the moment.

If they don't take this route, after the mercenary group comes out of "Fetanburg", they should go all the way to the west, through the Winter Tooth Pass where the Black Mountains and the Crypt Mountains are connected, through the southernmost frontier province of Wissen, and then all the way north, also to Nunn first, and then to Aldolph.

Although this route sounds simple, it is inconvenient to walk.

Because there are many hills in the territory of Wisson, and the road is full of lofty mountains - there are countless greenskin tribes hidden in it, which is far less easy to walk than the vast and flat plains of Ivey Territory, so when it comes to setting out, both Stone and Fitandila coincidentally choose the path suggested by Rep.

Although the former also knows the geography of the empire well, with Rip here, he does have a lot of peace of mind, everything is arranged properly, just check and fill in the gaps.

Unifying their opinions, the three of them now spread out the map, which is nothing more than to finally confirm the details of taking the "Ancient Dwarf Road", so as not to have accidents and delay the trip later.

"Where are our people now?"

Stone asked in the Norsca-accented Continental Language, completely indiscerning the slightest trace of the previous Green Skin.

After entering the empire, any slight mistake may cause the entire plan to fall short, so in the past few days, he has also begun to force himself to talk as much as possible, and now it seems that the effect is good, at least he himself has lost the strong sense of disobedience that he had at the beginning.

"The scouts are all one person and two horses, with their speed, they should have reached the Black Fire Pass by now, and there should be news early tomorrow morning."

The veteran mercenary leader has already arranged the most elite veteran scouts to open the way in front, first, to prevent accidents, and secondly, to detect and warn, fortunately, it is very stable along the way, especially after entering the "gloomy forest", I didn't see the shadow of a single alien creature.

It seems that the Chaos Dwarves of Cyrus and the other greenskins are very powerful, although not on the scene, but the aaagh in the stone system! The value has skyrocketed since yesterday, and it should have killed a lot of Beastmen from the Chaos camp.

He can also go to "Aldolphe" with peace of mind and bring back the little bells.

"We're ready to enter the Empire, right? Don't get stuck in the Black Fire Pass at that time. ”

As the most important checkpoint of the empire, the Black Fire Pass is stationed with the most elite troops of the Ivey Leader, and it must be very heavily guarded.

"Don't worry, the city lord and the mercenary union have already issued us a pass, and everyone else has mercenary badges, including the city lord."

Rep turned his head to Fitandila, who nodded, like the stone, she had also used her name to get a badge from the mercenary guild before leaving, but unlike this stone, the badge on her chest was obviously much more beautiful.

As a mid-level Silver Shield Knight, although she is only a lower rank, she can already automatically become an E-level mercenary, two levels higher than the stone.

Speaking of this, Fitandila suddenly remembered something and said:

"By the way, I also have a letter from Viscount Mill Havelock, saying that if an accident happens on the road, you can use the letter to find the local Sigma priest for help."

As soon as she finished speaking, both Stone and Rep's eyes lit up.