At the same time, a fast horse was rushing through the dedicated streets of Dosaron to the city lord's mansion.

In the City Lord's Mansion, the Golden Sword Venerable Nata Yading was having dinner with his younger brother Bernard, and the famous powerhouse cut the steak in front of him with a serious face, and saw the bright red blood mixed with the gravy at the incision, and nodded with satisfaction.

"That's why you met the dragon in the Sunset Mountains. Natayadine put the piece of meat in his mouth, then wiped the corners of his mouth with the cloth on his chest, and the thick smell of blood in his mouth made him close his eyes in satisfaction.

Bernard sat opposite and was still wearing armor, as an eleventh-order golden knight, Bernard's martial arts talent was even higher than that of Natayaden, and his keen perception of energy was incomparable to Natayaden, but when he met his brother, the battle-hardened general, his momentum was much lower.

"Brother...... I know you doubt what I'm saying, but I did see the dragon you spoke of, and saw it defeated by a mysterious figure. ”

Natayadin's dark green pupils rolled with his eyes, and he looked at his brother carefully, and he saw the fear in Bernard's eyes, maybe there was such a person...... The one who can defeat the dragon with one move...... Perhaps, a few days ago, there was indeed a large spatial crack in the Sunset Mountain Range, and I heard that Deluburg was also involved in the investigation, but I didn't expect Bernard to be a witness.

"Don't spread this matter, if there is really such a strong person, talking too much will only kill you. ”

"I understand that. ”

Natayadine sighed and said: "I was still thinking about why you came to me, it turned out that this kind of thing happened, since you came to help me do something, your Bright Court Mercenary Group is the top platinum mercenary group in the empire, recently the city has been a little unpeaceful, there have been several strange murders, through the investigation of the wound, it is very likely that it is made of a monster, the food festival is coming, I hope you can help me catch that monster." ”

"Brother, I don't want to do any more tasks in the city. ”

"What's wrong with it, being busy is just the right time to make you forget about what happened some time ago, and if this monster doesn't catch it and mess up the food festival, you won't have a good time. ”

"What are you doing all this time?" Bernard asked dissatisfied.

"Me?" Natayadine sneered, "I naturally have to deal with those foreign officials, I have been accompanying the Lafurn of the Longship Family and the little girl of the Koru family for the past few days, and the cardinal of the Holy See will come in two days, and the three princes who have been idle all day long do not know when they will come out, in addition to these things, there are also orcs and trolls...... The outpost I sent should be back soon, and I hope there is some good news. ”

"That'...... Is that guy coming?" Bernard asked, somewhat unnaturally.

"Do you mean Celeste Buffonin? He will arrive tomorrow, I advise you not to always think about comparing with him, it will only make you uncomfortable, a genius like him is rare in a hundred years, he has the strength of the thirteenth order at the age of thirty-eight, although you are in your early forties and the eleventh order is already a rare genius, but it is ...... than that monster"

Bernard understands what Natayadine means, Bernard is three years older than Celeste, and was once one of the several geniuses recognized by the empire, some people have always compared him to Celeste of the Buffonne family, and Bernard has always regarded him as a competitor, but after the age of twenty-five, Celeste's martial arts have improved by leaps and bounds, covering the light of all other geniuses, and he easily defeated Bernard in a competition, Celeste is the brightest star of the empire, noble and amazingly talented, everyone believes that he will become the youngest saint-level powerhouse in the history of the empireHe will even become the strongest man the empire has ever seen.

"The strongest person ......" Bernard smiled bitterly, if he hadn't met that mysterious person in the Sunset Mountains, I am afraid that he would have felt that Celeste's achievements would be incomparable, but this world is much bigger than he thought, the legendary Supreme Kingdom may really exist, and even the Holy Rank may not be the top level there.

Bernard's thoughts were interrupted by an urgent knock at the door, and Natayaden frowned at the rapid sound, and the most troublesome situation had happened.

The man who came, a young man from the outpost, with multiple wounds on his body, dusty and frightened face, Natayaden motioned for the servants in the room to go out, but Bernard was left behind.

"Listen to it, lest you think that the lord of the city is so good. ”

Bernard put down the cutlery in his hand, now is not the occasion to eat.

"How many?"

Natayaden didn't beat around the bush or worry about the other party's injuries and went straight to the point.

"Lord of the Castle...... There were nearly 80,000 orcs and trolls. The young outpost scout gasped and said with difficulty: "You expected it right, the orc kingdom close to the Stygian volcano, and the troll tribe that have harassed the empire's borders all these years have been united, this food festival is the largest in decades, with many foreign wealthy merchants and important family members in China, once these orc trolls break through Dosaron City, it will bring a heavy blow to the empire." ”

"How dare the little orc kingdom challenge the majesty of the Empire?" Bernard said in disbelief, "It's just a small fight, and now they dare to invade a festival of such a nature as a food festival?"

"Orcs and trolls naturally have forces behind them to help them. Although Natayaden was also in a bad mood by this news, he still said calmly: "How long will it take for these 80,000 orcs and trolls to arrive in Dosaron City?"

"A month later, it was just around the end of the food festival. ”

"Well, if it weren't for wasting too many resources on protecting those high-ranking officials and foreign tourists, I should still be able to find out their movements half a month in advance, I know the general situation, you go to rest first, and report the details to me tomorrow morning." ”

"Yes!" the young spy saluted, dragging his heavy body out of the dining room.

Natayaden summoned a few servants, and they told the generals of the city to assemble in the council chamber at seven o'clock tomorrow, and then went to the study with Bernard to study the huge sand table in the study.

"Brother...... Since they're coming soon, don't you need to report this matter, and how many troops are there in the city, can they withstand the attacks of orcs and trolls?"

"If it weren't for the food festival, this number would naturally have no effect on Dosaron City, there are 30,000 soldiers in the city, as well as my 2,000-strong Silver Knights, there are griffin cavalry in the air units, and there are many defensive machinery made of dwarven goblins in the city. Natayaden fiddled with the sand table and calculated the other party's marching route, and then continued: "But there are too many foreign tourists coming and going, these guys go outside the city when the food festival is about to end in the later stage, and the goods of those wealthy foreign merchants will inevitably be intercepted by them, and it is not too late to find out a month in advance, if they are caught off guard, the loss will be too great." ”

"Why don't you report this situation to the Governor of the Southwest, Bain Coru, and ask him to send troops from nearby cities to help defend it? ”

"The food festival still has to be held as usual, if the invasion of these orc trolls succeeds in making the festival of the empire unable to be held, and we are worried about sending the rich merchants of various countries home, then where is the majesty of the empire, when the food festival enters the middle stage, I will lead my troops out of the city to intercept them." ”

"No, brother, if you defend the city, you can indeed resist the invasion of 80,000 orcs as you said, but if you lead your troops out of the city to fight, it will be difficult to win with a gap of nearly three times the number of people!"

"I know, so I'll tell the old man Bane to gather some troops from nearby cities, and by the way, let the Longship family mobilize their mercenaries, and try to gather 50,000 people, and this time the people of the Holy See will also come, and the thousands of Templar Knights of the Holy See are not fuel-efficient lamps. ”

Bernard nodded and said, "Since you've thought about it, I won't say anything more, I'll go first, you can study tactics with peace of mind." ”

"Well, don't forget what I gave you, I'll have someone inform you of the details of the mission tomorrow, and it's a joke if you fight off the invading orcs and trolls outside, but the food festival is out of the basket for internal reasons. ”

“...... Don't worry, I'll do it seriously, what kind of monster is in the city?"

"You'll know tomorrow. Natayadine waved his hand and motioned for Bernard to leave.

Bernard quietly left Natayaden's study, and descended the spiral staircase, where he was greeted by an old butler in a neat gown.

"The master asked me to prepare a car to send you back, and there is a gift from the master to the second master in the car. ”

"Thank you. Bernard looked at the carriage outside and had a rough idea of what the so-called 'gift' was.

Every time he came to Natayaden, he would send Bernard a few well-trained women, he thought that mercenaries like Bernard needed this kind of comfort, but in fact Bernard was not interested in this, and often returned to the regiment and gave them to other members of the mercenary group.

Coming to the carriage, there are really two beauties, and what is surprising is that there is an elf girl among them, and now at this time, the value of elf beauties is very high.

"Where are you going, Lord Bernard?"

"Go to No. 26 West 16th Street, the temporary villa of the Bright Court Mercenary Regiment. ”

"Okay, you sit tight, there is wine and food under the seat, and the master said that you should not be full yet, you can take a break. ”

Bernard replied, 'Got it', and the two women who had just sat down in the car took the initiative to greet them, Bernard was a little resistant, but seeing the beautiful face of the elf girl, he finally acquiesced to their actions.

The horse-drawn carriage was speeding through the streets, and the inside of the carriage was full of fragrance.