After drinking a little ale on such a cold and snowy night, and eating some sausages and smoked fish that served to the drinkers in the tavern, I felt that everything else here was fine except for the lack of variety of food, and the order was more free, and I could not be constrained by the complicated constraints of high-end restaurants.

The flavor is also very delicious against the backdrop of the ale.

In taverns, many dishes are salty to accompany the ale, which is like some salted nuts, which taste crispy and flavorful.

The arrival of Surdak and Aphrodite rejuvenated the originally somewhat silent tavern, and several drunken drinkers looked at Aphrodite's back, their eyes a little straight.

There were no wine girls in the tavern, and the drinkers at that table gathered together and whispered a few words, and among them were two strong men in hard leather armor holding large ale glasses, and actually walked over and sat down quietly in the seats next to Aphrodite.

The man grabbed a large shot glass from the bar, and didn't come over to talk to Aphrodite, but asked the bartender to fill their glasses with ale, amber liquor running down the corners of his mouth, and the man wiped his beard with his sleeve.

"You know what?" One of them spoke loudly, "Last winter, around this time, I saw a bandit group of more than 100 people in the mountains, they were trying to climb the middle of the Makuri Mountain, at that time Gu Luo and I were only a few meters away from them, and we were afraid of being discovered by them, so we hid our bodies in the snow pit and hid silently for most of the day, and when they were far away, we both lay in the snow pit, our hands and feet were so cold that we could not obey the call. ”

Just talking loudly about the dangerous experiences that had happened to them, as if this was the only way to show how brave they were.

And from their words, it can be heard that these two strong men seem to be hunters, they are looking for some exotic pets for their employers, and occasionally hunt junior magical beasts, but it seems that in these mountains and forests in the central region of Tarapakant, magical beasts are basically extinct.

If you want to hunt monsters, you must go to the Paglos Mountains.

Aphrodite lowered her head and slowly took a sip of ale, and only then did her face regain a trace of blood.

It seems that the frequent opening of the summoning circle this time is very burdensome on her body, the succubus tied her long hair high, covering the two curved horns on her head, she looks like a cold beauty, she is not wearing the faceless man's Mithril mask, with a faint smile on her delicate face, is listening to the conversation between the two strong men beside her.

Surdak looked down at the smoked fish, and he glanced around at the drinkers, several of whom were perhaps drunk, and opened their thick cotton coats to reveal their chests full of chest hair.

"Do you want to stay? I have a convivigate room here. The bartender asked the strong man.

"More money ......"

Before the strong man could finish speaking, there was a loud rumbling sound outside the tavern.

Surdak has been in the guard camp for so long, especially when he participated in the defense of the city of Warzhmara, and he is naturally not unfamiliar with this sound, which is the explosion after the detonation of a large fire-scale bullet, which was thrown under the city by trebuchets almost every day and exploded in the group of hellhounds.

Surdak awoke from his contemplation, this is the hinterland of Bena Province, and it may not be surprising if there are some bandit gangs that occasionally haunt the surrounding mountains, but if someone detonates a firescale bullet by the city wall, can someone use it on purpose, except for the firescale bomb to detonate itself?

Just as he hesitated, there was a series of explosions of firescale bombs in the distance.

Surdak jerked to his feet from the bar, dropped two silver coins on the bar, and made a swift walk towards the tavern door, Aphrodite following close behind.

A group of drinkers in the tavern also heard the explosion and were stunned, and when they saw someone walking out of the tavern, they were also ready to follow out and take a look outside.

Standing in the street, Surdak saw a series of fires in the northwest corner of Constantinople, followed by a series of explosions.

Then the bell on the bell tower in the city was struck, and the bell never stopped.

The tavern drinkers were the first to step out into the street, and everyone looked into the distance with panicked expressions on their faces.

Then some of the surrounding citizens ran out of their homes in overcoats, some only wore fur coats, some even wore pajamas, many people's eyes were full of horror, and some kept asking others around them: "...... What happened? ”

Everyone ran towards the square where the bell tower was located, and no one knew what was going on, but the bell tower in the city sounded the alarm bell in succession, informing all the citizens that something big had happened, and people woke up from their dreams and ran out of their houses before they had time to get dressed, and the streets seemed a little chaotic.

A group of knights passed down the long street, hurrying in the direction of where the explosion sounded.

In the midst of the chaos, some people ran against the current to the city, and some asked those who ran back, "What happened?" ”

The man who ran to the city said with a panicked face: "There is a battle, there is an army outside the city, and now it has attacked the city wall and fought with the city defenders. ”

"Where did those enemies come from?" Someone in the crowd asked.

"I don't know!" The man who ran to the city said in a panic that he wanted to continue running inside, but was stopped by a group of people and could not get out anyway.

Someone in the crowd asked, "Alien or human?" ”

"Looks like a hillbilly in the northern region of Tarapakang!" The man's voice was a little hoarse, and his voice trembled.

At this time, there was a rumbling sound of killing from the city gate.

The city was in chaos, with cavalry marching through the streets from time to time, and the citizens of the city taking refuge on both sides of the road......

This night is destined to be less peaceful.

……

Surdak did not expect that he would encounter such an incident when he rushed to Constantinople.

He was actually curious to go to the vicinity of the city walls to see what was going on, so he kept walking towards the northwest corner of Constantinople in the crowd, the city was much larger than he thought, and he usually traveled around in magic caravans during the day, and no matter where the destination was, the carriage would arrive quickly, so the feeling was not so accurate.

But now that the city was in chaos, there was no magic caravan to be found, and he wanted to get to the northwest corner of the city, so he could only walk through the streets and alleys of the city with his feet.

The succubus Aphrodite followed him, and she retreated into the shadows, her body fading and merging with the shadows, blurring like a shadow.

"What are we going to do? Do you want to get out of here early? "The succubus didn't think he should be involved in this battle in Constantinople, and since the full armor had been bought, he should leave as soon as possible.

"Let's see what happens." Surdak replied.

The farther you go, the more crowded the streets become, and a little further on, the streets are crowded with the infantry of the city's garrisons, whose infantry are lined up in neat line with weapons in their hands and shields on their backs, and it seems that there are too many people to move on.

There was even a cavalry of the guard battalion in the streets, as they carefully controlled their hips. Get off the war horse and try to avoid stampedes.

Surdak secretly praised in his heart: the garrison of Constantinople reacted quickly enough to assemble the defending forces and rush to the city walls.

From this point of view, even if someone attacked the city and wanted to take Constantinople for a while, it would be absolutely impossible.

When he saw that the street was too crowded to squeeze in for a while, he climbed to a high roof, and looked at the wall in the northwest corner, where there was a faint burst of fire in addition to the sound of shouts of killing, and it seemed that the battle had been going on all along.

Looking at the chaotic streets and alleys, I vaguely smelled a smell of conspiracy.

He jumped off the roof and said to Aphrodite, who was hiding in the corner of the alley, "I always felt that this was not like an attack on the city, it seemed that those people were deliberately creating chaos in the west of the city...... If you were a bandit leader, what would you be looking for in Constantinople? ”

Aphrodite said without hesitation: "In addition to the gold coins stored in the vaults of various estates, of course, there are also materials here, after all, Constantinople is the most famous material transit place in Bena Province!" ”

She dissolved into a shadow, and her voice seemed a little ethereal.

Surdak set his eyes on the trading houses not far from the south gate of the city, and said to Aphrodite: "Do you think they are going to loot the trading houses in Constantinople?" ”

Aphrodite shook his head and said, "It's easy to sneak in while there's chaos, but it's not easy for them to loot the trading houses at this time, the guard battalion in the city won't let them mess around at this time, instead of risking sneaking into the city to loot the trading houses, it's better to loot the fire scale bomb crafting workshop by the Crescent Moon Lake outside the city!" ”

Surdak's eyes lit up slightly, and he said, "Are you saying that they are likely to create chaos on the west side of the city, just to attract the city's city defense guards, and then let a large number of robbers loot the firearms workshops outside the city?" ”

Even if the firearms workshop sent a distress signal, because of the chaos in the city, the guard battalion and the city defense department would not have time to send people out of the city to help.

"Maybe, since we can't get through to the west of the city, why don't we go and see the firearms workshop by the lake?" Surdak said. "I don't want anything to go wrong over there, after all, our sulphur ore is still going to be sold here."

The city of Constantinople was still in chaos, except for the explosion in the northwest corner of the city, only the bell tower was ringed in succession, causing a large number of citizens to rush out of their homes and gather towards the bell tower square.

Surdak and Aphrodi came to the south gate of the city, a large number of city defenders gathered at the south gate, the gate was closed, and the drawbridge outside the gate was also raised high, so it was impossible to get out of the city, just when Surdak was a little hesitant, whether to go back to the hotel to sleep, a group of cavalry rushed to the city gate from the streets of the city, and the knight led by it happened to be Captain Jude of Constantinople.

He came to the city gate with a group of knights, took out a token from his bosom and threw it to the captain of the city guard, and then said in a loud voice: "The third brigade of the guard battalion is ordered to go out of the city, please open the city gate and let it go!" ”

"Yes! Hold on. The castle guard said, carefully examining the token in his hand, and it didn't take long for the city gate to be opened and the drawbridge lowered.

Captain Jude, who was waiting by the city gate, swept his eyes around casually, and his eyes fell on a person on the side of the road at the city gate.

"Baron Surdak, why are you here?" Captain Jude looked at Surdak with some surprise and asked him.

Aphrodite hid in the shadows, again at night, and no one noticed her.

Seeing Surdak, Captain Jude looked a little excited.

Surdak didn't expect to see the Jude captain again at the city gate, so he said: "I happened to buy a batch of armor from the Constantinople Merchant House, and I was just drinking in the tavern, and I heard an explosion outside the city and ran out to take a look. ”

"There were robbers on the west side of the city who tried to climb over the city walls, and when they sneaked into Constantinople, they were discovered by the city garrison, and the two sides fought on the city walls, and accidentally detonated the fire scale shells stored in the warehouse at the head of the city, so that this raid alarmed the whole city." Captain Jude said, and then asked Surdak, "What do you think of this bandit attack on the city......

"If it were me, I'd keep an eye on the firearms workshop in Crescent Bay!" Surdak said casually: "Siege...... It shouldn't be possible! ”

"I think so, Baron Surdak, if you're interested in testing your suspicions, would you like to come with me to the Crescent Lake to have a look." Captain Jude pulled the reins of his horse and said to Schuldak.

"I can't ask for it." Surdak did want to take a look.

At this moment, the city gate was opened by the guards, and in the screeching sound of the wheel axle turning, the drawbridge connecting the outside of the city fell, and Jude led the brigade to the outside of the city with a wave of his hand.

One of Captain Jude's knights gave up a horse to Surdak, who was not polite, stepped on his horse in stirrups, and followed Captain Jude's team towards the firearms workshop on the shore of Crescent Lake.

Surdak can only leave Aphrodite in the city, and she may take the opportunity to return to the hotel.

The road at night was difficult to walk, Surdak was average in horsemanship, and he was not very familiar with the road, so he could only follow the group.

Walking down the road opened up by the red rock boulder, the knights of the guard battalion were still halfway when they saw a fire burning on the shore of the Crescent Lake, and Captain Jude did not dare to delay in any way, and immediately asked his cavalry to speed up their march and rush towards the firearms workshop.

Immediately afterwards, another rumbling explosion was heard in the direction of the firearms workshop.

Surdak was even more sure of his previous judgment, and urged his horse to rush towards Crescent Lake.

Before they reached Crescent Lake, the knights of the guard battalion came to the foot of the red rock and suffered a rain of arrows.

The rain of arrows came from the nearby woods, and it was clear that these people had premeditated......