Chapter 004: Fort Radogil

Characters in this chapter: Alleyne, Manid, Mocha, Wiggins, and Karadus. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

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On a moonlit night, only the leaves gently made a silky grinding sound.

Alleyne and Wiggins rode tall horses in front of them, leading a group of hundreds of people.

It was followed by a group of light cavalry, followed by a large group of infantry and archers, and behind them several carts of horse-drawn packs.

"Jamila came to me this morning. Ellen said in a flat tone, "This little girl asks me to convey my apologies to you on her behalf!"

Wigginston was a little surprised, she had always hated herself, why did she suddenly change her attitude? He hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Boss, what did you tell you?"

"She said she didn't do what happened last night," Alleyne shrugged, "and she wants you to continue to be her instructor." ”

Alleyne still couldn't believe that the words could have come from Jamila's mouth, and at the time he even wondered if he had delusional.

"She can't be a warrior," Wiggins commented, "and she can't be an assassin." ”

Wiggins has his own set of training standards. He believed that a thin woman could not be a qualified warrior even if she was brave, and that to become an assassin required a cold, dark and lonely heart.

Alleyne smiled at his companion and asked, "But she makes a good archer, doesn't she?"

Wiggins looked at the other with some suspicion and couldn't help but ask, "Is that what she told you?" ”

"Yes. Alleyne replied.

"Alright, train as usual tonight!" a smile flashed across Wiggins' face.

When Alleyne led the team to the gate less than two hundred yards from Fort Radogir, he found that the wide and tall gate had long been closed.

A few torches were sparsely lit on the long pitch-black wall, and the soldiers patrolling the city found a figure not far from the wall.

Soon after, the gates slowly opened, and a group of Virgian warriors in short-sleeved tight-fitting leather jackets, stiff cow boots, nose guards, and iron swords in their hands were ushered in. These Virgian warriors can give a sense of oppression just by their momentum.

Most of the soldiers were over six feet tall and weighed more than 200 pounds, and they had broad chests, well-developed muscles, and dense bones that no enemy would dare to confront them on the battlefield.

The Virgians are second only to the Nords in terms of physique and height in the entire continent of Calradia.

A man in armor stepped out from behind the soldiers, and Alleyne could tell that this man was the leader of the soldiers without guessing. In addition to the Vegia man's usual features of long blond hair and pale skin, he has a large beard and a scar on his face.

"Everyone, dismount me!" the bearded man asked in a loud, low voice, "who are you, and why are you here so late?" He didn't hold a sword, only a short knife at his waist, which made him look more like an officer.

Although the lingua franca of the other party is not standard, it can be understood so-so. Aren turned over and dismounted, took two steps forward, and then said, "My lord, we are mercenaries from Zendalai. ”

"Show me your mercenary credentials first," the bearded man said again, with extreme impatience in his tone, "I can allow a small number of you to enter the city if your identity is confirmed." ”

Alleyne shouted at the crowd behind him, "Manid, bring us our mercenary credentials." ”

Manid heard Aren's order coming from ahead, and pulled out a thick piece of parchment from a copper chest in the carriage, and walked quickly to the front of the line and handed it to Aren.

Alleyne handed the mercenary credential to the officer in front of him for a look.

In addition to the official documents of the mercenary qualification certificate written in six languages, the parchment also contains the official seal of the mercenary guild and the family seal of Count Arassis, the lord of Chanda.

After confirming that it was correct, the bearded man returned the mercenary qualification certificate to the other party, and then spoke: "After paying the entrance tax, you can enter the city." Of the ten dinars, only ten were allowed to enter the city, and the rest had to wait until dawn before entering the city. ”

The lords did this mainly to prevent the mercenaries who had infiltrated the city from joining forces with the enemies outside the city to take over their towns.

This kind of thing happened during the 'Novi War'. Especially in times of war, strangers wearing weapons were not allowed to enter the town.

Manid, who was also the treasurer, reluctantly counted out ten dinars from his purse and handed them to the other party.

These ten dinars are equivalent to a month's salary of an ordinary mercenary, and it is no wonder that this young financial officer is distressed when they are given away in vain.

In fact, the city tax does not require ten dinars at all, which is nothing more than a disguised blackmail by this officer, but the mercenaries who want to enter the city have to buy it.

Otherwise, the officer guarding the gate would not have risked being blamed by the lord at night and ordered his soldiers to open the gate.

After receiving the gold coin from the mercenary, the bearded officer warned with a blank face: "Remember not to cause trouble when you enter the city, let alone wander around the streets, if there is any trouble, you will not be spared." His tone is unquestionable. "Alright, let's go into town!"

After deciding who would follow him into the city, Alleyne instructed Wiggins to lead the other mercenaries to camp in a clearing five hundred yards from the city.

In addition to a few mercenaries with better skills, Alleyne also brought the horse thief into the city.

After Ellen and Mocha entered the city, several Virgian soldiers joined forces to close the wide and cumbersome city gates.

Alleyne and Mocha walked briskly down the deserted street, then made a few turns on the way, and finally headed straight for a remote and gloomy alley.

In one of the most remote, narrow, and filthy streets of the Commons, there is a small hotel called 'Goddess of Chaos', which is open for business day and night, and especially in the evenings.

The reason why this hotel has such a name is probably limited to the area near it. The streets around the hotel are notoriously chaotic areas of Fort Radogir, where the soldiers who maintain law and order are never willing to set foot because of poverty and chaos.

At the door of the hotel hangs a sign depicting the famous Freedom Fighter Serena, but the portrait of her is more like a vengeful witch than a relevant, apparently by a destitute and crappy painter.

A small lamp, blown by the wind, shone on the poor professional competitive fighter, but it did not in any way entice passers-by to admire her more closely. However, before entering the tavern, Alleyne glanced intently at the seemingly familiar woman in the painting.

But in any case, this dim light was enough to arouse the attention of passers-by and draw them to the door of the hotel with beech branches nailed to it, and, on the other hand, it drove out more or less the darkness that shrouded the filthy alley.