Seeing the outpost getting closer, Mad Dog slowed his mount and slowly approached the wooden gate. Turning his head, he lowered his voice and said to the three knights, "When you meet the greeter later, try not to talk to the three of you first." Let me tempt them. ”

Seeing that the knight and Lusha nodded, Mad Dog took a deep breath and stared at several sentries on the arrow tower: At this distance, his conversation should not be heard.

"Welcome to the Shenmu Forest Outpost. The gate of the outpost slowly opened, and a man in a cloak and a sentry uniform walked slowly to the men, and said in a brisk Eurasian voice: "In Nizhny Khalal Dart, the head of this outpost. We've already set up a room and dinner for a few of you, so let's go to the hot springs to relieve your fatigue. ”

"Yo, there is still a hot spring? I really know how to pick a place to build a sentry station. Grinning, Mad Dog leaned over and jumped off the horse: "But I'm curious—and without prior notice, how did you know we'd come?"

"Our patrol sentry found it. Kiral smiled, his expression extremely natural.

"Sentinel?" repeated the word meaningfully, and Cereya's eyes narrowed, "Yo, then their eyes are really sharp." ”

If my guess is correct, these people in this outpost are clones...... Glancing at the soldiers around him, Mad Dog pondered how to gather evidence: too obvious actions and temptations would only make the other person suspicious. As a result, there are limits to what you can do.

Thinking about it this way, we are now equivalent to being guests in the enemy's base camp...... Feeling the irony of this situation, the mad dog squinted at the knight who was jumping off his horse, and suddenly thought, "I say, master...... How many sentries do you have in this outpost?"

"Nearly two hundred. Turning sideways, Dalter pointed to the Divine Wood Forest in the distance: "Five miles away from here, there is a hunter's hut. There are two sentinels living there, who are responsible for protecting the hunters. ”

"Aren't there any villages and towns around here?" led the horse into the courtyard, and the mad dog carefully observed the director's expression: when answering some questions, people's demeanor often betrayed themselves inadvertently. This is true even for clones. Because they also possess wisdom.

"Yes, but far away. The director nodded: "Go east, go all the way into the Shenmu Forest, and you will see a bear man's village there." They are friendly and hospitable, and you can check them out if you have the chance. ”

"Excuse me. Mad Dog smiled dryly, and pretended to be very serious and stared at the director: "I said, you may guess what we are here for, right? We would like to see with our own eyes whether the black ice has spread to the Divine Wood Forest - you seem to have sent sentinels to patrol every day, you should know the nearest location of the black ice, right?"

"It does erode most of the woodland in the west. Dalter frowned, showing a worried expression: "In the past few days, their encirclement has been shrinking day by day, driving away all the animals in the snow. Luckily, they stopped spreading just a few days ago. Otherwise, the creatures would have to huddle into the nearby forest. ”

"It's really bad. Finding that the director's expression was still not abnormal, the mad dog put on the same worried look and stomped on the snow stone on the ground: "It seems that if you want to leave the land of permafrost, you can only take the sea route through the Beihai, which has not been eroded by black ice." To tell you the truth, we're going to leave as soon as we plan to make another profit. ”

"Indeed, it is better for you to leave as soon as possible. Hearing this, the director's expression tried his best to maintain his composure: "You are just outsiders, there is no need to risk your life to stay here. If you want to leave, you have to hurry up - black ice is said to freeze the sea, blocking the entire harbor. It's not too late to set off in a few days. ”

"Yo, thank you so much for reminding me. Glancing at the director, Mad Dog sneered in his heart: deliberately pretending to be very calm, it seems that this clone also knows that it is not a good thing for us to leave?

The apparent focus of the pupils, the slight flutter of the left shoulder, the unsteadiness of the nasal voice, and the rapid and disordered breathing as he finished speaking—these allusions to the act of agitation really make me wonder why you are so happy to hear that we are leaving?

Since you want me to go so much, Lao Tzu can't leave...... Snorting in his heart, Cereya, who decided to test again, stopped: "I said, you are a little lazy in hospitality, can't you send someone to help us tie up the horse?"

Hearing this, the director nodded, and ordered several soldiers around him to bring the horses to the stable. Keeping an eye on the sentinels' movements, Mad Dog saw the scene just as expected: when Lucina turned back into Aya, everyone's surprised expressions were slightly unnatural, as if they had been deliberately disguised.

The performance is good, but it's still almost hot...... His gaze wandered over the guards, and Mad Dog became more and more convinced that these people were clones. Moreover, their words, deeds, and thoughts were all uniformly controlled by the black ice mage.

Once it is completely certain that these people are impostors, they have to find a way to find their frozen bodies...... Taking advantage of the fact that Lucina laughed loudly at the soldiers' embarrassment, he quickly looked around: apart from the stables, there were only two barracks, a few watchtowers, three warehouses, and a building of unknown use. The scope of the search is not very large yet.

"It's just a change back into human form, and this can scare you?" Seeing that the commotion was about to end, Mad Dog threw out this sentence at the right time and pointed to the gray-blue unknown building: "I said, what is that thing for?"

"It's a tavern that also allows guests to stay and soak in the hot springs. Hunters and family visitors who come to deliver their prey often live here. The director cleared his throat: "Because the Shenmu Forest outpost is located in a remote area, the soldiers' entertainment activities are really limited. So a tavern was opened for people to enjoy. ”

"Oh? Glancing at the tavern, Mad Dog touched the flask on his waist: "We also live in the tavern?"

"That's right, the rooms are on the second floor, and the kitchen is already preparing for the feast. Dahl nodded, patting the falling snow on his shoulder: "You must have been working hard for a few days, right? It's getting late now, so please rest early." ”

"It's good, it's good. Waving his hand to signal the three of them to go first, the mad dog grinned and stared at the director: "I remember you said that the dinner party is being prepared, right? If you don't mind, I have something to ask." ”

"What's the matter?" Looking at the mad dog's gesture, the director put on a look of sudden realization and dismissed the soldiers around him.

"Can you show me the recent patrol records?" Lowering her voice, Seresa made the slightly risky request, "The focus is on the patrolmen who spotted the black ice. ”