Chapter 133: Beamon's Fortress, Wolf's Lair, Encounter
"Yes. The Duke has been in the city for the past few days, and has not gone out. As the captain of Wolfsburg's city gate, Fei Gou naturally knew where his boss was going, so while answering the question of the werewolf, he ordered the soldiers behind him to line up and get out of the way into Wolfsburg.
"Well, let's go back."
As if considering that her pet would probably cause a lot of unnecessary panic or trouble if she swaggered into the Wolfsburg like this, Catherine jumped off Cerberus's back, patted the pet on the shoulder blade, and whispered a few words in the pet's ear. Immediately, Cerberus let out a few whimperes of dissatisfaction, but at the urging of the werewolf, he slowly shrunk his huge body until it turned into a black puppy the size of a fist, and finally jumped on the female werewolf's shoulder, closed his eyes and curled up.
"Hey, you little naughty." Scratching the hair of the small Cerberus neck with her scepter, the werewolf smiled and, under the watchful eye of Figou and the soldiers at the city gate, crossed the wooden bridge over the moat and entered Wolfsburg. Behind him, Ochre and the Wolf Riders followed.
Walking into the interior of Wolfsburg, you will be greeted by the familiar smell of burnt meat in the noodle bag. As far as the eye can see, the bazaars on both sides of the street are full of vendors selling all kinds of goods and bazaar men who are roasting naan in large tin buckets. Every once in a while, a large stack of hot dough was removed from the bucket and tossed onto the pallet rack, and immediately a number of Beamon came to buy some and then hurried away, some of them officer-like enthusiasts.
In addition to the natives of Krurod, what is even more surprising is that many Erathian merchants can be found in the bazaar. Almost all of these humans gathered in the middle of the market, where most of the stalls sold spices such as cinnamon, fennel, star anise, and some crude iron for agricultural use.
It has to be said that spices and iron tools were both quite valuable production materials for the Bimon Kingdom. Every year, Krulrod uses thousands of pounds of spice in order to marinate the slaughtered meat before the winter before it rots. And most of them have to rely on imports from abroad. As for iron tools, because the northwest is a poor mining area, the small amount of copper and iron production capacity in the kingdom is first used to meet the needs of the military. In the long run, there is a shortage of iron tools in the Bimeng folk. Even in some remote villages, all the households may not be able to find a few cast iron kitchen knives.
It was precisely because of this material pressure that the Senate of Krulord finally had to agree to lift the border ban and allow foreign merchants to enter the market set up in the outer ring of Wolfsburg to sell goods that were in short supply in Bimon. Moreover, all invited foreign merchants will be closely protected by the kingdom's military within the territory of Krulord and even the Hurricane Wasteland. Of course, this kind of constant watchful guard, it is not impossible to understand it as monitoring and control. This is also the reason why there is always a group of Beamon warriors standing to the left and right of the human merchants.
Without stopping, Catherine led the team directly through the market to the heart of Wolfsburg, the Wolf's Den, where Wolfgang's headquarters are located.
However, to the werewolf's surprise, when she approached the "Görlitz" camp, she suddenly saw a large number of big-eared barbarians and nearly ten ogres crowded in front of the tall stone steps of the headquarters, as if they were anxiously waiting for something. Immediately, Catherine recognized these people as thieves belonging to the Savage Totem.
And seeing the female werewolf holding the golden wolf's head scepter walking towards him quickly, all the barbarians hurriedly made way for it, and did not dare to stop it at all. Even the rude and reckless ogres carefully retreated one by one, and kept bowing to the leader of Catherine. …,
Seeing this, the werewolf just raised the scepter in her hand with a blank face, which was regarded as a greeting. Then he walked up the stairs from the crowd with his head held high, and stepped up the black marble staircase. Except for Ochre who continued to follow, the other ten pairs of wolf cavalry bypassed the main building on their own and headed for the rest of the camp.
"Miss Catherine, welcome back." At the top of the stone steps, a middle-aged werewolf officer who had already been informed and was waiting here said to Catherine with a smile.
"Thank you, Uncle Lingenberg." Just smiled slightly at the middle-aged officer, and the female werewolf returned to her usual indifferent expression: "What's going on outside, why are the barbaric totem people guarding in front of the wolf's den?" ”
Although Wolfsburg is Krulord's southern gateway to the wasteland and the human world, it is Wolfgang's home turf. As for the base camp of the Savage Totem and the Wind of Tyranny, it is still further north inland. Therefore, usually the other two giants of the wasteland just pass by Wolfsburg or replenish some supplies here, and do not stay for long.
"It's Valyosha's team." As the duke's lieutenant for many years, Lingenberg had almost grown up watching Catherine, so he was already familiar with the eccentric nature of the werewolf, and immediately replied.
"Valyosha? What happened to that bastard? The werewolf asked casually as she continued to walk inside the building.
"He was seriously injured and had just been sent back to Wolfsburg for treatment. But the injury is not light, and it seems to be a little troublesome. The werewolf officer was half a step behind and followed behind the werewolf, while Ochre took the initiative to fall a few meters behind.
"Why, like those idiots, he's going to storm the towns of Erathia?" Hearing the news that the Savage Totem Commander was seriously injured, Catherine's footsteps slowed down by half a beat, and then she returned to normal.
"No, he went to rob a human caravan, but failed." Lingenberg smiled half-bitterly and replied in a deep voice.
"Defeated by a human caravan?" The werewolf finally looked surprised.
"Also... Old Gordon shaman, martyred. After another moment's hesitation, the werewolf officer added.
"What! Gordon is dead!? Hearing this, Catherine stood still, turned to Lingenberg and asked in a loud voice.
"Yes." Not minding the female werewolf's tone, the werewolf officer nodded: "The specific situation is not very clear at the moment, and the Duke is dealing with it." ”
"Disposition? What to dispose of? Taking a deep breath, Catherine tried to control her feelings and asked rhetorically.
"Following the Savage Totem, Miss Margaret's squadron of Longinus has also gone after the human caravan. But as a result, the whole army was captured. Only five wolf cavalrymen were released by the other side and sent back to deliver the letter, and they had just rushed back to Wolf Castle this morning. Now, the five soldiers are being questioned by the duke. As if it was too hard to speak, Lingenberg had to step forward and whisper in the werewolf's ear.
"Margaret!?" Ekaterina immediately shouted.
Sensing the fluctuations of the werewolf's feelings, Cerberus, who had been sleeping on her right shoulder, suddenly opened his eyes, and a pair of red eyes seemed to be soaked in blood, slowly swept through the entire hall of the main building, and finally fell on Lingenberg's body. Firmly entrenched by the gaze of the three-headed dog of hell, the werewolf officer felt as if a flame of purgatory filled his entire vision, and then poured into his mind.
The secret path is not good, Lingenberg immediately condensed the thoughts in his heart, wanting to break free from this terrifying spiritual invasion, but he couldn't succeed even after a few attempts.
Just as the roll-on sweat instantly crawled all over the werewolf officer's face, and even his body began to tremble uncontrollably, a cold snort from Catherine suddenly sounded in Lingenberg's ears. Immediately, the purgatory-like spiritual attack quickly left the werewolf officer's mind like a hound that heard a whistle. Lingenberg immediately regained his feet, but the officer's uniform behind him was soaked with sweat. …,
"I'm sorry, Uncle Lingenberg." Patting the head of the demon pet, the female werewolf nodded apologetically to the werewolf officer: "Since it is about my sister, I want to meet my father immediately." ”
"Yes, the Duke has already commanded you to meet him in the war room as soon as you arrive." Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Lingenberg shook his head unhindered, strode back a meter, not wanting to look at Cerberus again.
"Let's go, then." Without further ado, Catherine immediately turned around and strode towards the large war room behind the cloister on the left.
Before reaching the war room, the heavy hall door was closed.
On either side of the hall door, there was a tall werewolf guard with a silver scimitar. Seeing the female werewolf and the other three approaching, the two guards just glanced at it and stopped moving. Catherine seemed to be familiar with such a scene, and stopped only three meters in front of the hall door.
"Please inform me." The female werewolf turned around and glanced at the werewolf officer and said.
"Yes." Wolfgang's war room is a vital part of the wolf's den, and if you approach it without permission, you will be immediately attacked and arrested by the guards. In case of resistance, it is not a matter of killing. Of the three people present, only Lingenberg, who was the duke's lieutenant, had permission to enter and exit at any time.
"Is it Katya, come in." At this moment, a voice came out of the war room clearly, and even the thick and unusually soundproof wooden door could not affect the extremely magnetic timbre.
"Yes, Father." Not surprising that her father could detect her arrival through the hall door, Catherine immediately stepped forward and slowly pushed open half of the door, and then strode into the war room, followed by Lingenberg.
As for the orc Ochre, he consciously stayed outside the hall, staring at the two werewolf guards
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