Fed's long jet-black hair is once again tied up in curls and draped over his shoulders, and Ayana, Patrick, and Noor, dressed as travelers, will follow Fid on their way to the stronghold of Nexus in Ampvo. This is to avoid Joan's resentful eyes, and secondly, Fed also wants to try to walk in the vast land of the Kingdom of Cosai in a low-key way, feeling something other than the cold wind.

Accustomed to wielding the heavy "old sword", Fidel did not carry the "silence", he looked like a blacksmith with a bad brain and little talk, and his clothes were black and dirty, which Noor had specially borrowed from a blacksmith's house, because Fede wanted to make himself look like he had nothing to do with the mercenary. Jasmine also hung some of the gadgets used by the blacksmith on Fidel's waist, and the other captains also gave Fidel a lot of suggestions for modifications, as if everyone was interested in his own captain becoming a different look.

The four of them rode horses for three days away from the Northland port of the Kosai Kingdom, and after another five days, they arrived at the Rhino Fortress, one of the three major fortresses in the south of the Kosai Kingdom. The large army of the potato mercenary group will officially set off in half a month, with Selena coordinating everything.

Rhino Fortress exists in Fed's memory, although Fed never set foot here, but it was the Rhino Fortress that prevented the Moon Shield Mercenaries from achieving greater results - of course, the betrayal of Alain and Julian was the most critical reason, and the Moon Shield Mercenaries were forced to fall short.

Rhino Fortress, Giant Deer Fortress, and Evil Horse Fortress are known as the three major fortresses in the south of the Cosai Kingdom, in fact, there are only these three large military strongholds in the entire Winter Kingdom, and they are all built in the south of the Cosai Kingdom to contain, monitor and deal with the neighboring countries in the south of the Winter Kingdom. The Rhino Fortress is located in the far west, and its geographical location is closer to the Duchy of Mageni, and then to the Duchy of Noao and the Republic of Marver. The Fort of Great Deer, near the sea to the east, played a vital role in supporting the Winter Warriors in their campaign against the invasion of the Eastern Oguna Empire. The last Evil Horse Fortress is located north of the middle of the two fortresses, and it is the closest fortress to the capital city of Cosephoti, but the actual distance between the capital and the Evil Horse Fortress is also very far, almost as far as the distance between the capitals of any two principalities. Even a rapid march would have taken ten to fifteen days.

Originally, these three large fortresses were purely military strongholds, with high towers and thick walls, mountains of grain and grass, and they played a pivotal role in the history of the Winter Civil War, but after hundreds of years of internal peace, the people of the Kosai Kingdom began to live around these three fortresses. Outside the walls of the Rhino Fortress, three towns of considerable size have developed. These towns attached to the fortress and their people believed that the fortress would protect them, but only a few sober and intelligent people knew that when real war and disaster came, only the army could hide behind the high walls.

"Rhino Fortress—" Ayana tugged at the reins and looked up into the distance, the ring-shaped fortress towering over a plain with no forests or rivers in sight. The towns outside the fortress are small and weak, like tiny bloodsuckers parasitic on big fish, which are ruthlessly scattered by a wave.

The head of an iron rhinoceros, with horns more than five meters long, was cast above the fortress's largest gate, and the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the high western wall was even more beautiful than the greatest works of famous painters, and Fei Deer guessed that the walls of the Great Deer Fortress and the Evil Horse Fortress were fused with deer heads and horse heads, respectively.

"We don't go into the Rhino Fortress, there are so many eyes and ears here, and if you want to get information instead of being asked, you have to avoid that. Patrick suggested.

The four of them then followed some of the returning Winter Nationals to a town outside the Rhino Fortress, and the Winterlanders, who were quite cautious about outsiders, would not approach Phyll and his party, but Nur, who lived between the Winter Kingdom and the Duchy, was able to chat with those Winter Nationals with a slight rural accent. There were no garrisons in or around the town, and with Noor's "guidance" they soon found a good inn with two empty rooms for just four people.

But just as they were about to enter the room, there were unusual footsteps outside the window of the hotel hallway—those of well-trained soldiers, and the moment Fielder looked down, he noticed an impressive face.

Cai, deputy head of the Knights of Lightning. An Oguna Imperial soldier in his thirties, his hair trimmed into a ball of flour resting in the center of his head. This guy named Cai is very inconspicuous, and Fei De only had a relationship with the other party at the armistice meeting of the Battle of Doret. Cai didn't say anything at the meeting, at most he only whispered a few words in the ears of the other nobles of the East Oguna Empire, and I am afraid that what he said was related to the death of the regimental commander Carlos.

Fett remembered him for his peculiar hairstyle and his taciturn performance that night, after all, the people who attended the meeting that day were emotional, and neither he nor Cai were among them. After Fide recalled Cai's identity, he remembered the head of Carlos who killed Matthews, which should have been the person with the highest status and status that Fide killed. When Fid said that this person's appearance might be related to the Wasteland Python Saresa, Ayana offered to follow Cai.

In less than the middle of the night, Ayana returned with information from the spies.

"It's sent by the Wasteland Python," Ayana unloaded the small dagger from her waist, dressed like a young girl who had just returned from hunting in the forest, "But the man you saw is no longer the deputy head of the Lightning Knights, and they are here to find a deal." ”

"Looking for a deal?"

"Hmm. ”

Ayana didn't know who Cai and his party were asking for a deal, but they did know what they were trading for—a high-ranking person in the Winter Kingdom had sought covert assistance from the East Oguna Empire in order to win internal competition. This "aid" was enough to convict this powerful man of treason, because the deal was made on the premise of paying the core interests of the kingdom of Kosai.

Feyde and Patrick immediately thought of Ampvo, the marquis and the ambitious uncle of the king who was bent on taking away all the power of King Adam. Even if it is to seek help from foreign enemies who have been-for-tat, it is necessary to completely take the ruling power of this northern kingdom, and the deal like cutting meat and feeding the eagle may only make the East Oguna Empire the final winner.

"Shall we hand over this information to Ludwig? Maybe we can be convicted of Ampwer sooner, and then we won't have to get into Ampwer's camp!" said Noor, suddenly excited.

"They could also be trading with Ludwig. Ayana said without the slightest emotion.

"It doesn't matter. ”

Fide knew that the conflict between Ludwig and Ampwer had implicated many interests in the upper continent, whether it was the mercenary guild or the neighboring countries, countless pairs of eyes began to focus on this desolate land, the people became the spoils to be divided, and the land was only the least valuable bargaining chip. But most importantly, no one can really dominate everything in front of them now, and no one knows who the final winner is, which is why Fei De thinks the potato mercenary group has a chance.

After a moment's thought, Fidel continued, "You can't tell Ludwig. He untied his long hair, looked at Haoyue outside the window, and suddenly noticed a change in himself, "If it's sent by the Wasteland Python... These people may be our pawns, and the most profitable trade partner of the East Oguna Empire is not either Ludwig or Ampwer, but us. ”