At three o'clock in the afternoon of the same day.

The gate of Winterfell, Nancheng District. On the fortified city walls.

The walls are ice-blue and made of solid ice stone. The texture around the main entrance continues with the ancient finesse, making it look like an ice dragon lying on its side from a distance.

"May I ask ......" When he finally stopped, the knight turned around a little helplessly, and asked the guards who had been following him in a broken Brna language, "Can you stop following me? I'm not a suspicious person, I've already shown you Captain Eders' badge." ”

"No, I don't mean anything else. Surprisingly, the guard, who had been talking all the time, was able to speak Eurasian fluently: "Just thinking, you might need to ask some questions or something." And I just happen to be able to communicate with you. ”

"Oh, that's a big help. After a moment's pause, the knight did not refuse. Surveying the tall, thin snowman who was a head taller than the knight, he cleared his throat and held out his hand, "Anusen Reano." ”

"Hall Gaston. Gently shaking the knight's hand, Hale looked around, "What are the main parts of the house that you are here to visit, Mr. Anusen?"

"The main thing is to see what the walls are reinforced. Even though the wind was not so strong today, the knight felt chills all over his body: "The last time I passed by here, there were a lot of craftsmen who were renovating. ”

"Oh, and they just completely withdrew yesterday. Pointing to the gate in the distance, a few meters wide and with several people patrolling beside it, the guard said in a proud tone: "You must be very impressed by this gate, right? I guess I saw where it was repaired when I came. ”

"Noticed. One more floodgate. With a sigh of emotion, the knight looked at the gate in the snow and mist and the rough gatehouse above and said, "You really like to use iron gates for defense here...... This is what I did last time I reinforced the Cold Snow Castle. ”

"Glorious tradition. Growing proud, Hale smirked at the wall at his feet, "There's no threat to you—we've added a large number of defenders here, and the number of permanent guards at the gatehouse alone has increased to thirty." In fact, this time it is said that the city wall is strengthened, and the main work is to work on the gatehouse, gate and tower. ”

"You can see that a lot of work has been done. Nodding in admiration, Anusen chopped the ground under his feet, feeling the indestructible material: "It's like...... It is said that this wall is more than 100,000 years old, right? It is said that it was reinforced by the dragon god. ”

"That's right, when Winterfell didn't have a new town, the walls were always connected to the outside of Snowcastle. Gesturing into the distance, the soldier tugged at the brown hair under his helmet and said slowly, "We don't have moats or drawbridges here, but the walls are tall and strong enough that even the frost giants can't smash them." ”

The Frost Giant seems to be the god of the Frost Child's faith, right? Why can't it be smashed...... You haven't seen it with your own eyes.

"This wall is really wide, why does it have to be five meters, right?" Looking at the city wall that disappeared in the snow and mist in the distance but was still faintly visible, the knight looked back: "And there are actually four towers within a few hundred meters of the main gate...... If you look closely, you can see that it is symmetrical. ”

"It's normal, after all, this is one of the few entrances to the city. Scratching his neck, the guard coughed: "What's more, you have also found the teleportation circle and ice dragon outside before, so it is even more necessary to strengthen the defense." Each tower is equipped with a heavy dragon hunting crossbow. ”

It's the one Morse designed...... At first glance, it seems that the Dragon Knight does not need to attack here, but if you think about it carefully, you will see that it is very useful: quite simply, the main role of the Dragon Knight is to attack the city and disrupt the battle. The effect of the key attack on the city wall must have been significant—the Ice Dragon's Breath could not destroy the building, but could only block the area where the guards operated.

Looking at the soldiers patrolling around, the knight leaned closer to the wall and looked down: he could vaguely see that the hut responsible for the entry visa was locked, and it was obvious that no one was inside.

Also, how could anyone still need a visa? A few kilometers away, they were all blocked by black ice. Even here, you can see a little bit of black ice. Originally, it was planned to set up a few more outposts outside the city, but because of the fear for their safety, the pros and cons were not allowed to allow the soldiers to venture out of the city. Even for patrol cavalry, the patrol range was kept to a short distance in order to support at all times within the line of sight of the wall guards.

"How's that, it's tall, isn't it?" Noticing that the knight was concerned about the height of the wall, the guard approached him and said in a slightly low tone, "About seventeen meters." It will be difficult for the enemy's arrows to reach us. Even if the army is in the city, we can easily use the battlements to evade the attack and fire arrows at the same time. ”

Seventeen meters...... With some tongue smacking, the knight looked down, not afraid of heights at all: in the past, when he was a Templar Knight, the Wyvern was used to riding. Moreover, the entire Great Holy Hall of the Heavenly Wing Sect is built on the mountain, and there are many winding and narrow paths that need to be walked every day.

Of course, there are people who have stumbled and fallen. After all, not all places have guardrails. But these people who fell down were basically not afraid of heights, so they didn't have an extremely tight sense of protection.

"Do you want to go up top and see that dragon hunting crossbow? That's a big one. As if to understand the knight's thoughts, the man was the first to propose: "Since it is uncertain when the enemy attack will come, and the crossbow bolt more than a meter long is still slow to wind, it is waiting for an opportunity to be activated at any time." ”

"Sounds like it's easy to get off. Remembering the shape of the dragon-hunting arrow, the knight who followed him into the tower paused before continuing: "I remember that you sent someone to the eastern outpost to clean up the mess...... Is the current dragon hunting crossbow the kind of dragon hunting arrow that is used?"

"Sort of. They all look like javelins anyway. "With a 'I don't know' face, the man slurred. Following him up to the tower a moment later, the knight was amazed by the weapon before him: the dragon crossbow was two meters long, and half a meter tall including the stand. It looks like a coarse benzene, but in fact it may be much more flexible than that.

"I'll use this stuff too, because every wall defender is sparring. Patting the crossbow proudly, the man added, "And I'll take care of it...... This is something that ordinary people can't do. ”

"Why doesn't it use a cloth or something?" Looking at the snow-covered dragon hunting crossbow, the knight directly changed the subject: "Won't this affect the service life?"

"No, it won't. Everything in the Permafrost is very strong. With a noncommittal expression, the man said leisurely.

Desert Travel PS: Sorry, I chose the wrong date for my scheduled update, and I just found out that he didn't update at half past twelve. So I had to add another chapter at ten o'clock in the evening today, otherwise I wouldn't be able to appear in the update bar for six hours. Thank you for your understanding!