"Ah, I can finally take a good rest, I'm really tired these days." Catherine breathed a sigh of relief.

"If you look at the people here, even though the two countries have started to fight, the people here are still living in such peace and tranquility. The children were happily running and playing, and there was no sadness on the faces of the adults. It seems that the principle of their life is to be free from the world. Zach couldn't help but sigh when he saw the situation in the town.

"Well, I hope we can end the war as soon as possible, so that the entire Middle Kingdom can return to this peaceful scene. But now the priority is to find a safe place to sleep well. Nagisa took the lead and walked into a hotel on the side of the street, walked up to the front desk and said, "Please open four single rooms for us!" ”

"Okay, please wait!" The innkeeper seemed happy to have business coming to his door, and his attitude was very welcoming.

"By the way, boss, do you have any updates on the war between the two countries?" Nagisa asked, seemingly unintentionally.

"Our town is far from the front line, so there is no news at the moment. And even if we do fight here, we have our KingArthur and the Knights of the Star Cup to protect us, so what do you think I have to worry about? As he spoke, the boss smiled happily, "Well, this is the key for you." Just go up the stairs and turn left, and the corridor is facing each other, two on one side. ”

"Hehe, you're absolutely right. Trouble. ”

"That's what I'm supposed to do! Eat in the lobby on the first floor, take a shower or get hot water at the end of the corridor on the second floor. If there is anything else you need, just ask, you're welcome! ”

The four of them went back to their rooms to reorganize and rest, so they didn't say anything all night.

In the early morning of the next day, several people got up and washed up, and walked downstairs one after another to have breakfast. As soon as she sat down to order food and waited, Catherine had not fully woken up, and was a little dazed, when she heard a person at the table next to her whispering to another, "Hey, did you hear that?" Yesterday, another wealthy merchant was robbed by the Remnant Cloud Wild Bandits. I've heard that there are a lot of valuable items and gold coins. ”

"That's right, at least these guys will leave you the money after grabbing your things, and let you leave safely." The other shook his head, "It's good enough that you didn't kill people like other thieves just like the other thieves." ”

"That's ......"

Nagisa hurriedly walked up to the two and asked in a low voice, "Two big brothers, do you know where the Remnant Cloud Wild Pirate Group appeared this time?" We're about to hurry, and we won't hurt our lives, but we really don't want to run into them. ”

"I heard that it was on the way from TechnoAlpin to Tolamba. Then little brother, you have to be careful, don't look at it as just a wild bandit group, but the strength is quite amazing. It is said that in addition to the gang leader, even many members have their own mechs, but they are relatively old models of standard mechas. ”

"That's right, thank you for the reminder." After saying that, Nagisa returned to his seat and said to the other three in a low voice, "It seems that the information provided by Saber is correct, if nothing else, the stronghold and base camp of this gang of pirates are set up in the mountains not far from Tolamba City. Feren, you go and inquire if there is anything there that needs extra attention. ”

Faren agreed and left his seat and walked out of the hotel, returning less than twenty minutes later.

"Just now I went to the town to find a few old people and got to know each other in general. However, since people in this town rarely go outside, they don't know much. ”

"So what's the point?" Catherine interjected.

"Don't worry, listen to me slowly. There are a few things we know now. Feron made a reassuring gesture to Catherine, "First, this group of bandits of the Remnant Cloud Wild only robbed the rich merchants and nobles, and they would leave them enough money to travel after the robbery; If they meet poor people, not only will they not rob them, but they will give them some money so that they can live a little better, which can be said to be a typical robbery of the rich and helping the poor. ”

Catherine suddenly became interested: "Hey, in this way, these guys are really interesting." And what about the second point? ”

"The second is that in recent times, the Remnant Cloud Wild Pirate Group has indeed been based in the mountainous area southeast of Torlamba City, and has been frequently haunting this area. According to the townspeople, their base camp is in the Xiyao Mountains in this mountainous area. However, the garrison is extremely tight, the strongholds are scattered, and there are many traps and other things, which protect their base very tightly, which is why Wang **** has not sent troops to exterminate them. ”

"But didn't Saber say that the kingdom was at war with the Desert Empire, and because of the problem of troops, it didn't send troops here?"

"That's what I said, but that's only one of the reasons, and part of the reason is what I just said. The third article is the most critical information about the Remnant Cloud Bandits. Feran paused and continued, "According to the mayor, the Remnant Cloud Bands are about the size of several hundred people, and most of them have old standard mechs. Their leader, Remnant Cloud, is a well-known pirate X1 - though the authenticity of this message is yet to be confirmed, as it was only what Mayor Mare had heard from someone else on an errand. ”

"Well, this news is still very useful. Although the authenticity cannot be determined, at least we can confirm one thing, that is: this group of bandits is different from ordinary bandits, and the forces under their hands cannot be ignored. Now we can move on to the next step - go buy some supplies, and then we'll head out after lunch. ”

"Well, no problem."

After purchasing the supplies that needed to be prepared, the group went back to the inn for lunch, settled the bill, and immediately left the town of Buren and came to the northern city of TechnoAlpin. Nagisa and Catherine went to the city hall to express their intentions, and successfully retrieved a detailed topographic map of the southeast mountainous area of Torlamba City from their system, and asked for four small reconnaissance mechs. Although the city officials did not know the true identities of these two men, because they both had KingArthur's letters, they did not dare to slack off.

After the round with Lu Qing and Fei Lun, a group of four people drove a small reconnaissance mecha towards the mountains. By the time they reached the edge of the mountain, it was already dusk. As the sun sets, a blood-colored afterglow spreads over the earth, gradually disappearing into the mountains. To be on the safe side, several people hid the mecha and hiked into the mountains according to the topographic map.

"Senior Nagisa, look, this picture is very accurate." After walking for a long time, Fei Lun suddenly found a cave beside him, "Look, there is really a cave in this place marked on the map. Senior, it's getting late, I just looked at the time, it's close to nine o'clock in the evening, why don't we spend the night here today. ”

Nagisa pondered for a moment and nodded: "I think it's okay, what do you say?" ”

"You three wait outside for a while, I'd better go first." As he spoke, Lu Qing picked up a branch and lit it as a torch and walked into the cave first, and walked out ten minutes later.

"How? Are there risk factors? ”

"I just went in and took a brief look at the environment. The cave is about a dozen meters deep and has several forks, but the ventilation inside is still good, and it is very dry, because the torches show no signs of extinguishing. And most importantly, I found no traces of animal habitation in it. Overall, it's safe to spend the night. ”

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go in quickly, I'm hungry, hurry up and find some dry branches to light a fire." After most of the day, Catherine's stomach was already rumbling.

Lu Qing reminded: "Slow, I think if we light a fire to eat, we must go to the fork in the deep cave to get it, so as not to see the fire inside from the outside of the cave." Just now I found out that there is a fork hole in it that is inverted U-shaped, we might as well light a fire there, eat, and rest, and it is very hidden, and it will basically not be discovered. ”

"Well, then let's act according to Brother Lu Qing's arrangement. Catherine, Pheron, you go in and clean up a bit. Zhu Yi gave instructions to everyone one by one, "Brother Lu Qing, please do the vigilance work around." I'm going to get dry branches and I'll be back soon. ”

"Okay, then be careful, it's already dark now, don't go too far."

Lu Qing gave Zhu a few words and took Catherine and Faeron into the cave. Nagisa alone collected a large handful of dry twigs around the cave that was enough to spend the night, and then returned to the cave to have dinner with a few people.