Li Ming led the team and soon came to the location of the outpost, and now the terrain of the entire outpost has been clearly seen by him, and he also feels very puzzled in his heart.

The location of the checkpoint is very reasonable, there are watchtowers on the mountainsides on both sides to assist in guarding, and there is a flat desert outside the whole canyon, as long as the enemy appears, it will be exposed to the watchtower from a distance, and it will never be easily attacked......

"What kind of sentry is this, so well defended?" Lonely as smoke looked ahead and asked in surprise.

"Looking at the formation, this should be a place where danger often occurs, so a fortress will be specially built to block the canyon passage." Fan Hua said.

"Then how should our mission be carried out, it didn't say which NPC to find?" Tianya Piaopiao asked.

"Come with me, you'll know who to turn to when you enter the fortress." Li Ming strode forward along the canyon......

The teammates hurried to follow and walked together to the tall fortress at the mouth of the canyon.

As soon as he walked through the canyon and approached the front of the fortress, he saw two rows of black-armored soldiers suddenly rushing out of the gate of the fortress.

They all carried quivers on their backs, held longbows, and opened their bows and arrows in unison as if they were facing a great enemy, locking in front of Li Ming from afar......

"What kind of person dares to trespass on the fortress!" A loud voice sounded, and behind the two rows of archers, a burly man in silver armor, who looked like an officer, shouted.

The players were originally frightened, but the moment they saw this officer, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The silver-armored officer has a striking golden exclamation mark on the top of his head, which means that the silver-armored officer has a mission that players can take on......

"Don't be nervous, my lord, we have come here to investigate the attack on the orders of Lord Guard." Li Ming hurriedly said loudly.

"It turned out to be a messenger sent by Lord Guard, so come here." The officer waved his hand, and two rows of archers scattered left and right, standing neatly at the gate of the fortress to continue to keep watch.

Li Ming and his teammates immediately stepped forward and came to the location of the gate of the fortress.

This fortress is about fifteen or sixteen meters wide, and it is built exactly at the mouth of the canyon, completely blocking the entire mouth of the canyon, and the gate in the middle leads to the outside of the canyon on the other side, which can be closed at the same time to prevent enemy invasion.

The height of the fortress is about seventeen or eighteen meters, the first floor is the passage hall, which occupies a full ten meters in height, and then there are two floors of about four meters, each of which can garrison a large number of guards.

At the top of the fortress are numerous crossbows and two turrets, which can be used to launch counterattacks against enemies attacking the fort.

When Li Ming walked towards the officer, he had already observed the situation of the entire fortress, and the more he looked at it, the more curious he felt.

A defensive fortress like this can't be easily broken by a legion of tens of thousands of people under normal circumstances, so how can it be harassed by the enemy?

Walking up to the officer, he looked at the blue name above the other person's head, and there was only a brief introduction to the official position...... Captain of the Town!

According to the official position, this guy's rank is not too high, just a middle- and low-level officer above the centurion, and the maximum authority can command 500 soldiers.

The teammates all stood beside the officer and began the mission conversation one by one......

"Lord Commander, Lord Commander has ordered me to explore the anomaly in this place, I wonder if Lord Commander can tell me more information?" Li Ming said politely.

"You came at the right time, and I don't know what happened recently, after entering the middle of the night, our fortress will always be attacked inexplicably." The town guard said with a sigh.

"I see that the fort is very well defended, how can there be enemies coming to attack, what do they want to do?" Li Ming asked puzzled.

"We're ashamed to say that we still don't know who the enemy is, because every time we encounter danger at night, this is the third day of attack, and we have been waiting for the town guard to send us reinforcements to search the surrounding desert and find the enemy!" The town guard said hatefully.

"My lord, can you tell me what those mysterious enemies have done?" Li Ming asked.

"It's been three days since these enemies attacked us, and every night soldiers are constantly missing, and we have lost a total of 5 soldiers, and their whereabouts are still unknown!" The town guard said helplessly.

"What...... The enemy actually came to capture the soldiers? Li Ming was shocked this time.

The other party harassed the fortress and actually came to capture the soldiers, which was completely beyond his imagination......

What are these soldiers for?

He was puzzled, but he didn't ask, because the captain didn't seem to know anything, but he was angry and frightened, and waited for reinforcements from the town guard to come to help.

If the enemy came to capture the soldiers on the first night, it can be said that the defense of the fortress was not vigilant enough, but the situation was even more troublesome when soldiers were captured for three days in a row......

A fortified fortress with at least a few hundred soldiers stationed there, and trying to capture the soldiers from inside is ten times more difficult than conquering the fort!

"We didn't know what happened on the first night, but the next morning we learned that there were two soldiers missing, and I sent people to search for them nearby, but the desert was too big, and even if I sent all the soldiers in the fort, it would be difficult to search for ......them," said the town guard in frustration.

"So you didn't take it seriously the next night?" Li Ming asked with a smile.

"Yes, the second night passed, and on the third morning I found that there were two more soldiers missing, and then I felt that the situation was not good, because we would order our troops every night, and count them again every morning, and if they disappeared, it must have happened at night, so on the third night I sent half of the soldiers to defend them strictly, but one ...... was captured," said the town guard with a sigh.

"How can you be sure that when they were captured, or how they went?" Li Ming asked curiously.

"On the third night we saw with our own eyes a soldier being dragged alive in the desert outside the fort, and we still remember his screams vividly! Most of the soldiers saw this......" said the captain with a horrified face.

"The soldier was dragged away...... Who did it? Li Ming hurriedly asked.

"The soldier was dragged forward with his back to the desert, as if the monster who captured him was hiding under the desert!" The town guard clenched his fists and said angrily.

"Is this the case......" Li Ming touched his chin, feeling that the situation was getting more and more weird.

"Since you are the envoy sent by the town guard to investigate this matter, please tell the town guard as soon as possible, and let the lord immediately send additional soldiers to support, otherwise, I don't know who will be unlucky tonight!" The town guard said nervously.

"Don't worry, my lord, this time I came to investigate the incident, Lord Townsman said very clearly, I must find out the situation here before I can go back to restore my life, otherwise I don't know anything and just go back, Lord Townsman will definitely not be satisfied." Li Ming explained.

"And what are you going to do?" The town guard asked suspiciously.

"It's very simple, first find out the identity of this guy, and its use for capturing soldiers......" Li Ming's eyes flashed, and he already had some clues in his heart to investigate this matter......

(End of chapter)