The next morning, Montzk.

The proprietress of the "Green Goblin" reluctantly watched as dozens of mercenaries and a few carriages left their hotel and drove out of the city.

In her eyes, this group of mercenaries who are generous and do not make trouble are the best guests, and they consume a lot of the expired ale in the cellar in one night, plus the cost of accommodation, so that she can make a lot of money, but it is a pity that they will leave today, otherwise there will be more gold krona in her pocket.

The owners of several other inns were in the same vein as Baron Erhard, especially the latter, who, as the ruler of "Montzke", even came to the city gates himself to see off his new friends.

After the mercenary group settled down last night, Lei Pu immediately took two barrels of the freshest "Forgiveness Brand" beer to the City Lord's Mansion and asked to see the lord.

In addition to the carriage that Stone and Fitandila were riding, the other carriages in the team were loaded with baggage and a small amount of grain and grass for the road, a very important part of which was the wine transported from the "Broken Claw Tribe", but these good things were not consumed by the boys of the mercenary group, they also had a more important use, that is, to dredge up relations on the road.

This is also Stone's new strategy, "wine diplomacy".

Don't look at the scale of "Montzke" is not large, but the location is extremely important, especially in the military aspect, but it has not been fully highlighted for the time being, since it has come now, the stone simply asked Repp to use the limited time to make a public relations on the way, which can be regarded as a rainy day and preparation for the future.

No matter what the effect is, it is nothing more than two barrels of "Green Wow Wow", and there are more than a dozen barrels in the carriage, not to mention dozens of more valuable "Xiang Piaopiao".

Now that the "Forgiveness Mercenary Group" is also well-known in the "Frontier Prince's Territory", so many mercenaries poured into the city at once, and Erhard must have received the news a long time ago, so when Rep reported his name, although the night had fallen, he was soon received.

The next thing was simple, the new mercenary captain quickly used his skillful manners, proper conversation, and delicious beer to conquer Baron Erhard, who met him for the first time, especially the last one, as soon as he took out his hand, before he finished the introduction, the baron's fat face bloomed with an extremely kind smile.

The reputation of "Fetamburg" wine has long been spread to "Montzke" again and again with the caravan to the "Black Fire Pass", and there is no doubt that it has been the most fashionable topic in recent times, but unfortunately, up to the lord Erhard, down to those big people with heads and faces, all of them can't ask for it, but I didn't expect someone to send it to the door this time, or for free, which made Erhard overjoyed.

Although a few barrels of beer were not very expensive for him, the problem was that there was no market, and if the passing caravans could grab the goods, they were all ready to be transported to "Aviheim" or more distant "Nunn" and "Aldolf", and they did not look at "Monzke" at all.

Erhard, who was in a good mood, showed a completely different side from his usual stinginess, warmly invited Rip to dinner, and couldn't wait to open a barrel of fungal beer, which he knew after tasting it, and it was indeed worthy of his name.

After a fierce psychological struggle, he decided to prepare a grand banquet for the remaining barrel of beer, so that he could show off in front of the others, and then his name would be sung throughout the town.

Unfortunately, when he sent an invitation to Rip, the mercenary captain regretfully said that they would continue their journey tomorrow, but he promised that when he returned from the Empire, he would find time to bring the more famous "Redemption" to have a drink with the lord.

"You don't know what beer is until you've drunk forgiveness, but don't say you've ever drunk until you've tasted salvation."

This slightly exaggerated quote had spread throughout the Frontier Prince's Territory through the mouths of the merchants of "Fetenburg", and gradually began to spread to the surrounding areas, and Erhard, who sat on the "Ancient Dwarven Road", had heard it, and now he finally got his wish and drank the Beer of Forgiveness, which made him look forward to another good drink in Rep's mouth.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have had a big belly and ran to the city gate to say goodbye to his new friend with a red face.

………

After Rep and Erhard reassured themselves that they would return with more wine, the mercenaries, who had been fully reconditioned, set out on their journey again, leaving Monzk, their next stop being Grundstadt.

A frontier city at the northwest entrance of the "Blackfire Trail" and one of the Empire's strongest fortresses.

Once you enter the Black Mountains, the lush woods on both sides of the road are replaced by towering cliffs, but the road is fairly flat and much wider than the "Rabid Dog Trail" on your doorstep.

Of course, this is also because there are not many of them, if it is a large-scale military operation, it will not be so easy, otherwise the Human Empire will not be able to rely on the geographical advantages here to repel the green-skinned army that has gone north from the badlands and the border prince again and again.

As they got closer and closer to the legendary empire, the young men of the mercenary group began to become active, and because of the good food and drink last night, and they slept comfortably, they were obviously much more energetic than the previous days.

If at first they were nervous because they were afraid of the notoriety of the "Gloomy Forest" and worried about an ambush in the woods, now that they have safely entered the Black Fire Trail, the initial nervousness has gradually subsided, and it has been replaced by curiosity and anticipation for the next journey.

Except for Rep and a few old mercenaries, most of them are natives of the Frontier Prince's Territory, especially the newly recruited mercenaries this time, many of them are like Marceau, they are natives of Fetanburg, not to mention the Frontier Prince's Territory, they have never even gone out of Fetanburg, this time there is a chance to go to the prosperous and rich old world, how not to make these fledgling young people excited.

From the world-famous "Black Fire Trail" at their feet, to the plump young maid in the tavern last night, from "Nunn" who was robbed of the capital's position by "Aldolf", to the mysterious and silent Noscan woman, they are all talking about it, and some of them are bold, and even begin to discuss the beauty of the city lord.

After leaving, Fitandila did not have the slightest hint of the city lord's frame as promised in advance, nor did she have the slightest hint at the command of the mercenary group, except for riding alone in a carriage like "Miss Brienne", everything else was similar to that of ordinary mercenaries, which made those mercenaries who only found out that the city lord was also in the team after leaving Fetanburg admired her even more.

For the relaxation of his subordinates, the experienced Lei Pu is not too restrictive, firstly, mercenaries are different from professional soldiers, and they are used to being free and casual, and secondly, this road is indeed safe, there is no need to be nervous, and then entering the empire where the road of life is unfamiliar is the main event.

From the mouths of those caravans passing through Fetanburg, he also knew that in recent years, whether it was the Frontier Prince's Territory or the Black Mountains, there were many fewer green skins raging than usual.

In the past, the green natural disasters that would go out every once in a while were due to the aaagh a few years ago! The appearance of the Bretonians has stopped a lot, and now the most dangerous part of the "Ancient Dwarven Road" is the "Gloomy Forest".

The reason is naturally those beastmen who came out of nowhere, but now those beasts with horns have to face the alliance of their own greenskins and chaos dwarves, and they are no longer able to protect themselves, where is there time to plunder.

As for other ordinary thieves and bandits, they would definitely not dare to act rashly when they saw so many mercenaries, especially now that they are getting closer and closer to the borders of the empire, it also means that they are getting closer and closer to the civilized world.

No, the journey went smoothly, and by the time the sun rose again, the dark walls of the "Grentztadt" were already close at hand, and when the stone lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out, the road was lined up with caravans waiting to enter the city.

"Got to the Black Fire Pass? Sure enough, the ground was all dark, and there were no plants......"

She said as if talking to herself, as if she were talking to herself.

"Isn't that because of your greenskins?"

In a dark corner of the carriage, another sound came like a clash of rusty swords.