The whip given to me by Your Excellency in the Blood Building Barrier back then is the greatest motivation for me to achieve what I am today. – Elvin Keane.

Approaching the northern fortress, the number of pedestrians on the road became more numerous, ranging from groups of three to five, to dozens or hundreds. The races are also diverse, with humans, orcs, dwarves, and even elves, half-dragons, ogres, and giants.

"Look, that guy's hair is really forked!" Monnie shouted as she pointed to an orc.

What's wrong with other people's hair forks? Do you still want to open a washing, scissors, blow and help others do a style?

Richie didn't bother to talk to her, he was more concerned about the difference between the two sides of the checkpoint. In the Northlands, it is rare to see such adventurers in droves.

"Grus, aren't we hostile to the orcs, and why would the Imperial Imperial Family allow these orcs to walk the streets in a grand manner?"

"You misunderstood. We've always been hostile to the Great Chieftain of Steelmane, and our Orlank Empire only borders the areas he controls. Farther north, the Orcs had a harder life, bordering the realms of the Frost Giants and Dragons. Due to the perennial warfare, each of the orcs born there is a good mercenary, and the adventure party is in great need of these cheap and experienced warriors, even we in the Northland can't refuse this temptation, but they usually go deep into the mountains, and you don't encounter them. ”

This is easy to understand, foreign workers, a typical example of the capital market overpowering national sentiment.

"Then they're going to go into the mountains to take an adventure, what are they doing, hunting high-level demonic beasts?"

"Haha, you must have read too many adventure novels. Although they will hunt and kill unavoidable demonic beasts when they encounter them, they usually do not take the initiative to find trouble with high-level demonic beasts. Most of the high-level demonic beasts have a certain amount of intelligence, they can escape, avoid battles, and call for companions, and they are not so easy to kill. They usually go into the mountains in search of medicinal herbs, valuable minerals, and low-level magical beast materials. In fact, good mercenary groups usually don't choose to venture in the wild, and they are usually more willing to take on some commissions such as escorts, escorts, defending cities, and exterminating bandits. It's just that winter is coming, and commerce in the north has basically stopped, so the little mercenary group will want to try their luck in the mountains. ”

"Oh, I have the impression that the mercenary group is quite tall. I didn't expect them to be a group of rough brothers who do dirty work. With the same number of people, how is the combat effectiveness of our city defense army compared to the mercenary group?"

The City Defense Army is the most basic military formation in the Northland, although the scale is huge, but the combat effectiveness is a little higher than that of the Boy Scouts, and most of the members are soldiers below the third rank.

Gao Wen listened to this comparison but was very disdainful: "If it is one-on-one, most of the people in the city defense army are not the opponents of the mercenary group, after all, taking risks also requires a certain strength." But if there is a battle of more than 100 people, I dare to say that more than ninety percent of the mercenary groups of the Orlank Empire are no match for our city defense army. ”

"Why is that?"

"How do wild dogs compare to hunting dogs?"

What a good image!

Compared to the Imperial ramparts, the northern fortress is more majestic, and the wide and tall walls give Richie a majestic feeling, and from the ground, the defenders at the head of the city look like ants.

"The royal family of Ollanke has made a lot of money to prevent us. ”

This majestic megastructure is a major undertaking in any era.

Monnie came from a background in architecture and had a deeper understanding of the fortress: "Each stone is very similar, weighing about two hundred tons, indicating that it was mass-produced. Looking at this scale, at least six million dollars were used, which is remarkable. But this designer should be pulled out and shot, although he designed the city wall in a trapezoidal shape, but the proportions are obviously wrong, if it is on the earth, the city wall will not last for two hundred years because of its own collapse and collapse. ”

"So what should I do?"

"Of course, the base is thickened, and the specific proportion will only be known after detailed calculations. ”

"Miss, you actually know this?"

When it comes to professionalism, Monnie looks proud: "What? Am I not right?"

"That's why I'm surprised because you're right. You may not know that these walls are carved with huge magic circles, we have intelligence that the cost of the protective magic circle in the northern fortress is much greater than that of similar fortresses in the southern Golden Shield Empire, and our Amos Fortress and the Imperial Fortress are also facing the same problem, but we have not been able to find the reason, this statement you put forward is at least one idea, and it is worth trying to improve. ”

"How much more do you consume than others?"

"At the same size, it's three times as much. ”

"Wow, if I can help improve the model of the city wall that costs less, can I share half of the resources I have saved? Can I advance some of it? I will definitely be able to design it." I heard that there are many, many beautiful jewelry and clothes in the imperial capital. It's been a long time since I've shopped, so nostalgic!"

Gawain's expression looked funny. You can't communicate with Monnie like this, and Richie will never understand what kind of mentality it is to save a hundred dollars for your family, and then happily take fifty of them out and squander them.

The garrison of the Northern Fortress was also not there, and it was said that he had made an appointment with the leader of the Imperial Fortress to go hunting together, but he still learned of the news of Richie and Monnie's passage, and sent an old mage to express his greetings to the Northland heir, and asked a convoy to accompany Richie south.

The old mage also followed, compared to the young general at the outpost, this old fritter was much more sleek, obviously brought someone to monitor, but it made Richie not have any bad feelings, but taught Richie carefully all the way to Richie's questions about magic, and the accompanying Elise seemed to be more able to accept his teachings, and only three days felt that he had made great progress.

"Lord Gellert, as far as I know, the time of mages is usually precious. It should be safe to get to the imperial capital this way, why don't you just let the escort team follow us, why do you have to accompany us to the imperial capital in person?"

The old man's face was incomprehensible: "Don't dare to be an adult, please call me Gellert." You are right, a mage's time is precious, but it is for the great presence of your mother. An old guy like me who is about to go to the ground can't achieve anything more in this life, and the rest of his days are just to survive and make some plans for future generations. ”

Richie felt that the old man had something to say to him, but he was afraid to talk about it in a shallow way, and there was an unfinished meaning in his words.

Before he could test further, Richie was slapped in the face.

Gawain shouted and came: "Alert!"