On the border of the Arissanret Empire.

The Knight of Hiren led a dozen cavalry along a dark valley passage to Carroston, a very hidden secret tunnel that took a long time for the Junen Empire to open, and the tunnel was spacious enough to accommodate a horse.

Not many people know about this tunnel except for a few core personnel. Hillen led a group of people silently in the secret passage, I don't know how long they walked, and finally saw a point of light, a group of people all lifted their spirits, and walked quickly towards the point of light.

Soon a group of people walked out of the tunnel, from the darkness to the light, which made the group feel that the sun was particularly dazzling, and after squinting for a while, they got used to it, and then they rode their horses.

The Knight of Helen took the lead, in the direction of the city of Carroston, and left on his horse, the exit of the tunnel was directly south of the city of Carouston, and a little east was the trade road between the city of Carroston and Segovia, they needed to ride to the trade road first, and then change clothes on the trade road, and follow a chamber of commerce to infiltrate Caroston.

The expression on Hillen's face was not good, the news of Carouston City had been broken for several days, and many lines had been broken, which made him vigilant, he knew that something must be wrong with Carroston's spies, and the biggest possibility was that their people were exposed.

The purpose of this adventure through the secret passages to Carroston is to find out if all of his eyes are safe, and then bring them back safely. The worst-case scenario is that they are all dead in the prison in Carroston, but they are going to find out anyway.

This time he brought with him all cavalrymen who had never shown their faces on the battlefield, including himself. After taking off his armor and putting on civilian clothes, he didn't worry about being recognized, neither in terms of voice nor appearance, even Knight Egger, who had dealt with them several times, could not make out their faces from behind a silent helmet.

Before setting off, they had done a lot of preparation for the operation, and they had their clothing, weapons and armor characteristic of the Arissanrite Empire, and not only that, but also a large amount of gold coins.

After a gallop, a group of people soon saw the trade route between Carroston and Segovia, and a small convoy was slowly moving from north to south on the trade route.

Heren cracked his mouth and smiled, and rode over the caravan.

The gallop of the cavalry made the chamber of commerce on the trade road nervous, and the stopped convoy quickly formed a defensive formation, a group of guards and mercenaries of the caravan were all out of their sheaths, vigilantly looking at the galloping cavalry, and several archers behind them also pulled their bows and wound them, staring nervously at the galloping horse team.

"Hey, hey, don't shoot, don't shoot, we're not robbers, we're not robbers!" Hillon, who was riding at the front, grinned loudly at the convoy, and then stopped his horses, and the cavalrymen behind him also stopped their horses, and a group of people all turned over and dismounted, holding the reins of the horses in one hand and holding them high in the other, and there was no threat to them.

Seeing the actions of Helen's group, the caravan did not relax its vigilance, and a mercenary armed with a longbow walked up to the caravan's defensive formation, looked at Helen's group, and shouted loudly: "Tell me your intentions, stranger!"

"Hey, buddy, don't hold your longbow at me, if this thing accidentally comes loose, I'm going to see my grandma, I don't want to go to her so early. Hillen shouted at him.

"We have no malice, the water bladder on our bodies is all empty, to be honest, we are mercenaries smuggled from the Junn Empire, but we have nothing to do with the Junn Empire, we just want to find a town, we don't know if this is closer to Carroston, or closer to Segovia, believe me, we have no malice. Damn, can you put down your goddamn longbow and stop facing me. Sheren replied loudly with his hand raised.

When the mercenary at the head heard his words, the expression on his face did not change, but he said coldly: "No matter who you are loyal to, outsiders are not welcome in the caravan, we can give you some water, but after getting the water, you must leave." ”

"If we can, we'd like to give us some jerky and malt balls, and a barrel of ale, and we're willing to exchange it for three gold coins. Hillen said loudly, reaching into his arms with his raised hand, and took out a tattered bag, which he threw directly at the convoy.

The mercenary led by him steadily grabbed the small bag, opened it and looked at it, which contained 3 gold coins.

The vigilance in his eyes slowed slightly, and he turned back to the convoy and shouted, "Give them some water, jerky, wheat balls, and ale." Be careful not to let them cheat. ”

There was a commotion in the convoy, and then a few people soon carried a barrel of ale, a dozen water bladders, and dried meat and wheat balls, and slowly moved them to the grass in front of Hillen and them.

"It's a good deal, isn't it? Thank you very much, and I would appreciate it even more if you could tell us that it's closer to that town. Hillen said aloud. Several horsemen walked up to the meadow and began to slowly move the water and food on the meadow.

The mercenary with the longbow looked at Helen coldly, thinking about his words in his heart, and only after a long time did he reply: "Carroston is closer, start from here, and go all the way north." ”

"Hey, buddy, you don't think it's like this, there are 16 of us in total, all of them are from the Jun'en Empire, but only a few of us are Jun'en, including me, we are all Arissanrites, and meeting is fate. We hope to find a mercenary team to join soon, if your mercenary team is short of people. Hiren said loudly.

"We don't have a shortage of people, grab your things and get out of here. The mercenaries with longbows remained unmoved.

"Okay, okay, you win, let's leave. The brothers are gone, and we are not welcomed. As he spoke, Sheren turned on his horse, pulled the reins, and beckoned the other horsemen to depart along the trade route to the north.

Watching Helen's group leave, the group waited for a long time before they slowly relaxed, packed up, and walked south along the trade route again.

The mercenary with a longbow in his hand, holding the bag containing 3 gold coins that Hillen threw to him, his expression was gloomy, and he was still thinking about what Hillen said, and after thinking about it for a long time, he slowly put the bag into his clothes.