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A few miles from the border checkpoint, Alan and the others had seen in the distance the watchtowers built on the hillside and the rows of barracks fenced off. This not only made Alan frown, in this case, if they wanted to smuggle across the border, they were afraid that there would be some trouble.

Sure enough, as Alan expected, when the four of them were still more than a hundred steps away from the checkpoint on Yuss's side, the sentry at the checkpoint had already waved them to dismount for inspection.

Alan and the three little ones looked at each other, and motioned with their eyes that everything was up to their own arrangement. Then, twenty paces away from the level, he slowed down his horse, but did not dismount, but slowly walked towards the level with the reins.

Five sentries rushed towards Allen, dressed in the standard light infantry uniform of the Empire, with tasseled helmets and chain mail, and all four of them were armed with spears, except for the leader who was to hang a long sword. But at this time, the tips of their spears were all aimed at the sky, and they obviously did not show hostility towards Allen and his party from their own country.

"Ahead is the Hig Empire, if you want to go over, please show the seal. ”

The sentry at the head is a squad leader, and the team he leads is now responsible for the inspection of the checkpoints at this level. He glanced at the four of them, not only frowned, but also a large and three small, this is not a common combination of passing. However, he saw that the other party didn't even get off the horse, obviously relying on his identity and not taking his sentries in his eyes at all, so he still asked politely according to the rules.

With a straight face, Alan took out a thin parchment roll from his bosom and threw it out.

Seeing that the thrown parchment was about to fall to the ground, a gust of wind suddenly arose, rolled it up, and the parchment rolled in the wind, and in a flash it reached the front of the team leader.

The squad leader's face changed suddenly, but he still calmly stretched out his hand, grabbed the parchment scroll, glanced at the contents on it, then raised his head, changed to a respectful look and said:

"Your Excellency Honorable Magician, I don't know what business trip you have to the Higg Empire, do you have a letter of passage from the Imperial Consulate or the Military Department?"

"I'm on a special mission, and because the temporary plan has changed, I'm going to Higg for a trip, and I don't have a special seal for customs clearance. ”

"It might be a bit of a bummer!"

The squad leader's face showed a look of embarrassment.

"Why? Do you dare to doubt my identity. ”

Allen's face suddenly fell, and his expression became very ugly.

"The villain didn't dare, but the order just issued by the heavens from above, no matter who no one could let go without a letter from the Consulate or the Military Department. I also ask for your forgiveness. ”

"Bold, you little sentry captain, you dare to stop me from carrying out my mission, do you know that my mission comes directly from His Majesty Yus?"

Alan suddenly shouted angrily, and Miranda in the back even raised the wand in his hand, so frightened that the five sentinels took a step back in unison, and their faces were a little pale, they were all a little worried that the angry magicians would really do something to them, but on the other hand, the military orders were like mountains, and they didn't dare to disobey, so even if they retreated, they still blocked Allen's way forward.

"Your Excellency Magician, don't be angry yet, if you really have something important to do, I can take you to our squadron leader, and if you can convince him, we will let him go. ”

"Humph!"

Alan sneered, of course he understood that this squad leader wanted to put the responsibility on the squadron leader, but if he really went to see the squadron leader, the other party was afraid that it would not be so easy to be bluffed, maybe he would find out his identity, after all, he still used the seal letter of the magic academy a few years ago, although this seal letter still seems to be useful now, but it is difficult to guarantee that no one will recognize his true identity, and at that time, he will not need to say revenge, think about how to escape the pursuit of the empire first.

"There's no need to see your squadron leader, I'm on a top-secret mission, not to mention your squadron leader, even the corps commander can't leak it, I'll find another way to do this, but here I have a few words to ask you, you must answer truthfully. ”

"If Your Excellency Magician asks about anything, as long as it is not an imperial military secret, we must know everything. ”

The team leader finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Allen's attitude had eased.

"Very good! You guys are guarding the level here, did you see five adventurers on horseback clearing the level together a few days ago?"

The leader of the squad listened to Allen's question and turned his eyes to the four people around him, obviously he didn't know about it, and just when Alan was a little disappointed, a guard behind the squad leader walked up to him and whispered a few words.

"Your Excellency the Magician, since I was not on duty the other day, I don't know what you asked, but this brother of mine was present at the time, and he said that three days ago, the five adventurers you mentioned did clear the customs from here on horseback and went to the Hig Empire. ”

"What identity did they use to clear the customs?"

Hearing that the five murderers had indeed entered the Hig Empire, Alan frowned, he understood that once he arrived in another country and was not familiar with the place, it would be more difficult for them to chase the murderers, but it also had the advantage that his identity would become more secure in the Hig Empire.

"They're using mercenary status. ”

The squad leader gestured to the guard, and the guard replied directly.

"Mercenaries? Are you mistaken, they are obviously from the south of the mainland, how can they be mercenaries?"

"Absolutely not, I checked the seal of their customs clearance, so I remember clearly, their identity is mercenary. ”

The guard's tone was very affirmative, it didn't seem to be fake, and there was no need for him to deceive Alan, if it was exposed afterwards, it would not be any good, and it might bring trouble. So Allen's brows furrowed even deeper, dealing with mercenaries, Alan has not been a day or two, of course he knows that the mercenary's origin can only be the ancient city of Okugu, which is famous for the mercenary kingdom, and other people who are engaged in the mercenary industry only have the reality of mercenaries and do not have the name of mercenaries. Therefore, it is very likely that the identities of the five mercenaries were forged, and at present, it seems that the identity of the perpetrator of the tragedy in Yuewan Village is more complicated, and there may be other behind-the-scenes manipulators, which will make it more difficult for several of them to take revenge.

In order to take revenge, Alan has already put life and death on the line, but he can't put Steven's lives at risk. As long as they can confirm the identity of the murderer, the matter of revenge can be slowly planned. But once a person's life is lost, it can never be returned, and Alan has a deep understanding of the pain, so he doesn't want the safety of the only remaining descendants of Bay Village to go wrong again. At this time, Alan had long forgotten about the Alba father and son going out to a relative's house.

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