"Later, several warriors tried to rescue my sister, but they all failed. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info," said Caterina.

"Why?" asked Rex.

"None of them are any match for the bandit leader Satya, most of them are second-rate," she said, brushing her hair behind her ears with her fingers, "just trying to cheat some of my father's bounty." ”

"Oh, how did you tell they were second-rate?"

"Just look at their faces, there is a bad smell of failure. ”

"Isn't there a capable warrior to stop the robbers, or defeat them?"

"Unfortunately, no," she said, "we don't have a chance." Satya's strength was too strong, and he trapped those second-rate warriors and mages in the traps he had set up before they could get close to the stone tower. The second-rate mercenaries who wanted money and their lives could only be killed helplessly, and the bad news slowly spread in the fortress, even to the villages and towns of half the empire. Since then, no warrior has dared to challenge the robbers, and the villagers have rumoured that the robbers of the Haggs Tower are the embodiment of the devil. ”

"I'm sure, Miss Carter. No one wants to risk their lives to fight the devil, and that's stupid, even if you can get a good bounty. ”

", those second-rate people are willing to take risks just for the bounty. But it's a pity that they also took their own lives. I don't think they would have expected that. ”

"Now that you can't see Ron's bounty in the fortress, are you giving up on her?"

Caterina closed her eyes and was silent for a while, "It's not like you said, we never thought of giving up on rescue, and we never had such a ridiculous idea of giving up on our sister. ”

"I see, it's me thinking too much. Rex was ashamed of his narrow thinking and could only ease his embarrassment with a smile. "You haven't recruited the right warriors yet, what are you going to do?"

"Raising the bounty, that's the only way I can think of it. We do not place our hopes in the state and in the Church, because that is insignificant to the king and the generals. The father raised the honorarium from fifty gold coins to one hundred. He hopes to lure real warriors with a higher bounty, and maybe save my sister. Unexpectedly, the huge bounty attracted a liar, a very old liar, which is really funny. Caterina shook her head lightly and smiled self-deprecatingly.

"What?liar?" Rex's curiosity was thoroughly aroused, "Okay, tell me what's going on?"

"I want to think about where to start. Caterina raised her head and quickly rolled her eyes, "One afternoon, a Nord magician in a strange costume came to the tavern. He wore a black cloak that covered half of his face. He said his name was Koschi, and while drinking and chatting in the tavern, he overheard guests discussing his sister's capture by robbers. He quietly walked to his father's counter, claiming to be a high-level magician from the Winterhold School of Magic. He was willing to help us rescue my sister from the robbers' lair, and the only condition was that he would be paid half of his payment in advance. In order to save my sister as soon as possible, we don't have to tell whether his words are true or not. His father gave him half of the gold coins as an honorarium. He was very satisfied, and we were very happy, thinking that we had finally met a real warrior. From the moment Koschi got the money, I kept imagining my sister coming back. She was immersed in her imagination, as if she had seen Cassiopeia's smiling face.

"Ahem! That's a sudden decision! First of all, you don't know the magician, he's a stranger, right? Secondly, how powerful his magic spells are, and he didn't witness it with his own eyes, everything is his rhetoric, right?"

"Yes, I admit it was a risky move. "We were so eager to save my sister that we chose to trust him." After receiving his father's honorarium, Koschi set off for the Haggs Tower the next day, as agreed. The entire villagers of the fortress came to see him off, including the captain Kelder, who watched him leave the fortress like a hero. ”

"It sounds like the cliché story of a warrior rescuing a trapped teenage girl from the bad guys. ”

"No, it's far more complicated than the story. She said, "After leaving the fortress with the gold coins, Koschi turned north towards Wintercastle and finally entered the 'Dragonbridge Tavern,' where he enjoyed the luxurious life brought by the gold coins and played with women. Caterina said angrily.

Rex couldn't help but laugh. "I think your father might have been a little stupid enough to believe such a liar and be cheated out of half of his bounty. ”

"Hey, please respect my father. He has always been a hero in my heart, and I don't allow you to slander him, not a word. Caterina was furious, glaring at him not to laugh at her father again.

Rex had no choice but to bury his face in his arm and secretly laugh. Caterina sat up straight in anger, crossed her arms over her chest, and looked at Rex with a serious, angry expression without saying a word. When Rex saw that she was moving, he didn't dare to laugh anymore and tried to control his emotions until he returned to normal. He asked her, "So, how do you know about the fact that he's a liar?"

Seeing that he was not laughing, Caterina said with great reluctance, "I know very well, and I will tell you the truth, on the day Kosci set out from the tavern, I secretly followed him out of the fortress." I wondered if he could save my sister, and the question weighed on me like a stone, making me feel uneasy. ”

"Because you doubt his strength, you follow him just to see it with your own eyes, am I right?"

Caterina nodded, "Not tracking, to be exact, I just want to see if I can help him when it matters." After all, I'm not sure if my father was right or wrong to trust him, and I haven't seen him firsthand. But Satya's combat captain has seen it, and you know, Helde is the captain of the fortress guards, they have received professional and hard training, they are real warriors, but they are still defeated. Now only Koschi is going alone, and I am not at ease. ”

"I understand that you have such concerns, and I would have made the same choice as you if it were me. ”

"If I can help him without being disturbed, I can rescue my sister very quickly, that's what I think. ”

"Hmm. But you're going to help him?" Rex looked at her in disbelief.

"yes, I'm going to help him!

He pinched her face with his fingers, "I heard you right! Why?"

Caterina quickly shook off his hand, "Hey, please don't care about my outfit." In the tavern, I was a singer. In fact, my real identity is that of a royal special assassin of the Empire, under the command of General Hagmu. King Barguf IV personally authorized the recognition. Caterina said proudly, proudly, and confidently.

"Imperial Royal Special Assassin?" Rex repeated, his expression changing from suspicion to surprise.

"Exactly. She said cheerfully.

Rex suddenly realized and nodded, "The Royal Secret Assassin is a rare elite in the Empire, you are really amazing. However, I'm very strange, with your strength, you can completely save your sister, why do you need to find a helper?"

Caterina sighed and said, "You don't know, the Haggs Stone Tower is built by three defense towers, and the outer walls of the stone tower are covered with thorns, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. The robbers entrenched in the stone tower are numerous, and they are difficult to overcome, so if you want to enter the tower to save people, you must first clear the guards at the top of the tower, so as to ensure that you are not surrounded. I'm the only one to do this job, it's so hard!"

"Listening to your analysis, it's not easy to break into the tower. ”

"Yes. She said, "Koschi is a complete liar, he simply doesn't have the guts to provoke those devils." She slammed her fist on the table. "As soon as he stepped into the Dragon Bridge Tavern, I decided to teach him a good lesson and let her taste the deception. ”

"Aren't you going to kill him?"

"No, I'm not a barbarian. There will be laws to punish him and make him pay for his lies. I'll just give him a little punishment. ”

"But you didn't know what he was capable of at the time, did you, and what if he was a real magician?" asked Rex.

"I didn't think that deeply. However, a liar like him has seen a lot, so naturally he will not worry about him hiding his strength. As soon as I stepped into the tavern, it was clear that he had spotted me and slipped through the back door of the kitchen at a rapid pace. So I chased him out and caught him in the vegetable garden behind, and I pointed my sword at his face and asked him why he was lying. Frightened, he fell to his knees and begged for forgiveness. The diners at the tavern noticed the show and began to run out to watch us. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, I began to interrogate him. And he confessed everything to me, it turned out that he didn't know magic, and he was a liar who ate and drank. In order to get a bounty, he pretended to be a magician, and after cheating his father of the bounty, he was ready to flee back to the storm. He knelt and shuddered, pulling his wallet full of gold coins out of his pocket and holding it in his hand. I took back the gold that belonged to my father, and seeing his pitiful appearance, I couldn't bear to hurt him anymore, so I had to let him go. ”

"I'm sure your kindness will change him, you're such a good friend!" Exx exclaimed, handing Caterina a glass of wine.

She took the glass, drank the wine violently, and then breathed a sigh of relief, and continued, "My purpose was to save my sister, not to kill an innocent person, even though he deceived me and my family. ”

"Seriously, I'm impressed. Your sister is so lucky to have a sister who never leaves!" Rex spoke, but his heart envied the man who was imprisoned, even though he was in prison, there were still people who cared about her, even at the cost of his life, and the deep affection between sisters touched his heart and touched the softest part of his heart.