A procession of two wagons and a group of riders marched along the main road. Except for the knights in front of them, who showed their faces, the twenty or so behind were all dressed in black cloaks, their heads and faces were covered in them, and their gray skin and white hair could only be seen when they got closer.

This is exactly what Evelyn and her twenty Dark Elf immigrants are. The Dark Elves are a very talented race, with a much higher percentage of mages and warriors than humans. Coupled with the selection of the immigrants sent this time by Evelyn, there are two mid-level and six low-level among the twenty dark elves. Among them, half of them are warriors and half mages, and the rest also have the strength of warrior apprentices, and they are all very good archers.

Xiao Chen sat in the carriage at the front of the team, having just finished a meditation. And the carriage behind him, which belonged to Elaina, had been turned into a wagon.

Xiao Chen poked his head out of the car and asked, "Xiluo, where are we now?"

Ciro and Roger, who were leading the way in front of the team, turned their horses together and came to Xiao Chen's window and said, "Now we have entered the territory of the Duke of Green Forest City, and the front is Green Pine Town, where we can spend the night tonight." ”

"Duke of Greenwood City, seems to be our new neighbor?" Xiao Chen asked.

"That's right, according to the territory that the king has given you, the town of Arano borders the territory of Greenwood. It's just that the Duke of Greenwood City is definitely not a good neighbor. Ciro said.

"What's the matter, this duke's reputation is not very good?" Xiao Chen said curiously.

"You must know that before this generation of Duke Parsa Solanas inherited the title, Greenwood City did not have that much territory under its jurisdiction. However, after he had defeated an earl and three barons, his territory had grown in size. After marrying the only daughter of the Viscount of Buigas, he annexed the Viscount's domain to his own name. Including the map connected to the town of Arano, he got it after killing a baron. "Since Xi Luo followed Xiao Chen, he has collected a lot of information very carefully, and the stories that these nobles have seen are not uncommon news, but they can also see his efforts.

"This sounds very aristocratic, isn't this how lords behave in the world? It's not uncommon to have conquests or marriages like this?" Xiao Chen also read a lot of the history of the continent, to be honest, a chronicle of the continent, fifty percent of the content is these things.

"You're right, but other lords will at least find a better reason to go to war with others. And the Duke of Greenwoods always likes to go to war without declaring it, or to attack first and then declare war afterwards. And even the justification for declaring war is often far-fetched. For example, a certain baron was attacked by the duke because he glanced at the duke's wife at a banquet.

The same is true of marriages, where it is said that the viscount had two nephews who could inherit the title, but both of them died suddenly before the duke could marry the viscount's daughter. In this way, the viscount's domain and title naturally fell into the hands of his wife. ”

"So, he's an unscrupulous figure?"

"Yes, my lord, so we'd better be careful. ”

"I'm curious what the nobles of the royal capital will think of such a person. ”

"It's hard to say, at least he doesn't have a good reputation among the nobles of the kingdom, you know, most nobles won't like such a rulebreaker. For the Duke of Greenwood City's comments, it is roughly simple-minded, insatiable, reckless and so on. Ciro smiled, "If it weren't for the remoteness of his territory and the fact that the king has been in poor health all these years, I'm afraid that the irascible king would have driven his army directly to the territory of Greenwood City and forced him to spit out all the land he had eaten." ”

The neighbor is a nuisance, and it may not be an opportunity for the school. Xiao Chen secretly thought to himself, if this person is not popular with the people, it will be even more perfect. If the king really dies and the surroundings are in chaos, the Tower of China may not be able to find an opportunity to stabilize the situation and go to someone else's territory to "save the humanitarian disaster".

Thinking of this, he said, "Since this duke is so distinctive, we should pay more attention. It's a bit of a loss if you don't bring back some information. Roads, cities, landscapes, hydrology and people's lives can all be collected. ”

Ciro nodded yes.

"Your Excellency. I just noticed something was wrong. Today we have come all the way, and we have met two groups of messengers. According to the dress of these two couriers, I am afraid that it is not an ordinary letter that is sent, but a military situation. Roger recalled.

"How can you see that?" Xiao Chen asked.

"They are all seasoned soldiers, and it would be too wasteful to use them to deliver ordinary letters. And they are all equipped with weapons, which are very similar to the equipment used to go out on the expedition. So I guess they went to report a military campaign to the duke's vassals. Let them gather an army in their respective territories and then engage in a war. Roger groaned a little and then said, "There are two small towns behind us, and if the Baron even needs an army in such a place, it means that he is going to fight a war of no small scale." ”

"But there's no other opponent around here who deserves to fight like that...... Except for us. Xiao Chen squinted his eyes and said, "If that's the case, we have to figure things out." ”

Xiao Chen's team finally arrived at Green Pine Town ahead before dusk.

Green Pine is an unremarkable town nestled on a plain, backed by a forest and facing the river. The only difference is that the main roads in the Duchy pass through it, so it is the main node of the transportation network.

The population of the town is only five or six hundred, and more than 100 houses are scattered along the riverbank, which is also unique from the view. It is ruled by a baron under the Duke.

This was the first time the team had approached a human town since leaving the Elven Kingdom.

Evelyn and other dark elves are interested in this town. They were silent all the way, and they also began to talk about it.

There were no special guards in the town, only a few militiamen patrolling the town.

When Xiao Chen's team entered the town, they came up and inquired about the identities of Xiao Chen and the others, since Xiao Chen was suspicious, he naturally couldn't report his true identity, they said that they were a caravan of dark elves, and they were going to pass through here for the first time and go to Suero to do business.

The militia saw that there were really a lot of dark elves, and they couldn't find any flaws. So they were allowed to enter the town. It may be that dark elves are very rare in the human world, and the people in the town are very curious when they see them, and people often look at them from afar.

Ciro walked around the town, picked a hostel, and let the whole party live in.