Chapter 213: Monumental Fortress
Maybe Theron's prayer worked, or maybe it was Mu Li's conscience that discovered (unlikely), the team didn't encounter any ** trouble along the way, and the trip, which was supposed to take about a month, was shortened to twenty days by them, and they met the Wizard Legion and General Gendry's Predator Order in White Rock City in advance. The pace of the march was noticeably slower due to the increase in numbers.
Mu Li has always led the team to be the pioneer at the front, and they did not participate when the large forces converged in the back. When she lost interest in hunting, she simply abandoned her job as a logistical helper and arrived at the rest point at the forefront of the battle, the Giant Fortress.
Located in the northeast of the four northern provinces, it is also the most important and largest military fortress in the northern region of the Starmian Empire, and is known as the "northern gate of the empire". Over the centuries, it has been expanded and built many times to form a large fortification, and Nakajima Castle is located at the core of the entire fortified area, surrounded by many small fortresses as barriers.
Mu Li led the people, and after a series of complicated procedures and inspections, he successfully entered the Nakajima Castle. A group of people are like a traveling group in the countryside, looking around without any knowledge.
The thick city wall was built with wide pheasant moats, and the sun shone brightly on the armor of the sentinels, and on the top of the towers, the military flags representing the generals of the garrison flew fiercely, and the soldiers seen along the road were heavily armed and brightly armoured, all of which showed that they were in a military place, and their originally casual attitude suddenly became serious.
Everyone entered through the back gate, and in front of the corridor leading to the main building of the castle, Wren quietly approached Mu Li's side.
"Boss, look at the tower next to you. ”
Mu Li put away his curious gaze and looked up at the square tower on the left, under the scorching sun, a black object hung on the cross on the top of the tower, looking like a pool of sunburned liquid, without shape and power.
"It's personal. Rihanna reminded in a low voice.
"What's going on?" Cole frowned and subconsciously asked, "If it's an enemy corpse and wants to intimidate the enemy, it should be placed in front, and ......"
"Alive. Xia Wei said with certainty.
"That's your own people. Rihanna said coldly, not at all surprised.
Mu Li turned his head in surprise and looked at Rihanna's calm side face.
"How is that possible?"
The exaggerated shouting had no scruples, alarming the young officer who was leading the way in front, and the officer turned around.
"Major Dongfang, is there anything wrong?" The indifferent tone did not have Rihanna's coldness, but it had a strange feeling that rejected people thousands of miles away.
Mu Li raised his hand and pointed at the people on the tower, and asked in a daze, "What's going on?"
Qiu Wei and the others looked at Mu Li in amazement, but they didn't expect her to ask so bluntly.
The young officer didn't look at the hanging man, and said indifferently: "That's a traitor, General Cedric strictly ordered that he should be used to warn everyone." ”
"So that's the case, it makes sense, this kind of thing really can't be tolerated. Wren agreed, saying, "Such a person should be put to death immediately." ”
The officer's back stiffened obviously, Mu Li squinted, and smiled brightly at Qiu Wei next to him, who immediately retreated quietly.
"That...... Captain Wuqi, is it?" Mu Li urged his horse to catch up with the officer in front, "Looks like you know this traitor?"
"Every soldier here knows him. Wu Wai continued to speak calmly.
"I'm not talking about the kind of perception that I have now as a 'traitor'. ......”
"I've known each other before, are you satisfied? The Major has the time to chat, why don't we speed it up, there are still many things to deal with!"
In Mu Li's opinion, this is an excuse for Wu Qi not to continue this topic, which makes her find it even more interesting. She immediately chased after her again like a plaster, and continued to interrogate unrelentingly.
Mu Li has heard a lot about traitors, but she has never encountered it, in her consciousness, people in a camp should always be in a camp, eating, drinking, playing, and they are all the most familiar partners, why "betray"?
“...... Anyway, it's boring on the road, so you can just talk to me, okay...... Let me have a warning, don't you?" Mu Li smiled flatteringly, not taking people's indifference seriously at all.
Anyone who knows Dongfang Muli knows that she is such a problem, she is not interested in something, you put it in front of her eyes, she is too lazy to take a look, and once she is aroused by something, she will never give up if she does not understand it, even if she uses some disgraceful means.
Wu Qi glanced at Mu Li, and directly ignored her and accelerated again.
Mu Li was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly caught up again, the more he ignored himself, the more she wanted to know, this was obviously hanging her appetite!
Taking advantage of Mu Li's entangled Wu Wai, Qiu Wei quietly left the team under the cover of his companions and hid in the shadows under the curtain wall. Surrounded by warriors in Stamian uniforms, he blends in easily, and with his prowess at it, it's a no-brainer to keep his whereabouts completely secret.
"It's okay for you to tell me my name, right?
Mu Li chattered around Wu Qi, attracting a lot of attention from officers and soldiers on the road, so the beautiful little girl herself was attractive enough, she was still walking on the road in a particularly ostentatious way, and she couldn't get noticed if she wanted to.
Xia Wei, Cole and the others all looked like they were watching a show, anyway, Mu Li would achieve his goal sooner or later.
Sure enough, Wu Qi quickly frowned in annoyance, he couldn't stand this kind of self-righteous endless person, it was exactly as annoying as the bastard hanging on it, and even more than that, just do it directly if you want to do something, where is so much nonsense?
The person who hangs on it......
Wu Qi suddenly turned his face and stared at Mu Li.
Mu Li was stared at and suffocated, stupidly forgetting what he was about to say.
"How...... Done?"
"Jester!"
"Huh?
"The name of the traitor. After Wu Qi finished speaking, he left without looking back.
Mu Li reflected for half a second, and then caught up again: "This name sounds a little familiar, how can it be ...... with Justin?" Damn, what's the situation? Don't run, tell me clearly. ”
"They're brothers, you heard it right. "His eldest brother is the Azorean defender you are going to rescue." ”
"What the hell is you......" Mu Li scolded, without saying a word, he turned the horse's head and ran back, "Xia Wei!"
Xia Wei immediately appeared in front of Mu Lima, as if teleporting.
"Your Excellency?"
Everyone who didn't know why was startled when they saw Mu Li's sudden change of face, and they also hurried up.
Wu Qi grabbed the reins and stopped not far away to look at them coldly.
"Fuck it up there's Jester Edward, Jastin's brother!" Mu Li yelled violently, "You go right away, put people down for me, which bastard gave you orders!"
"Wait a minute!" Rihanna jumped off her horse to stop Xia Wei, "My lord, this is a giant fortress, a military powerhouse, and you can't mess around." ”
"Am I messing around or are they messing around?" Mu Li shouted angrily, "His brother is still desperately resisting the enemy army in the Azores, but he is hanging on it for public display, who the is this messing around?"
"My lord!" Cole shouted in a low voice, "Things haven't been clarified yet, so don't act rashly." ”
"Clear,, didn't I say it clear enough?"
"My lord!" Cole pressed Mu Li's raised arm, his palm was so hard that his fingertips were almost embedded in the flesh, "Calm down!"
The lake's blue eyes stared at Mu Li tightly, like a pool of silent lake water, extinguishing her burning anger without a trace.
Mu Li paused, looked at his team, everyone looked at her with a worried gaze, the soldiers of the fortress were on guard intentionally or unintentionally because of their chaos, and the entire atrium, the atmosphere was tense as if it might explode at any time.
Mu Li took a heavy breath, broke away from Cole's hand, and slowly turned his head to stare at the black cry not far away.
Wu Qi was obviously also shocked by Mu Li's transitional fierce reaction, and looked at her with wide eyes in a bit of confusion.
"You said this was Cedric's order, right?" Mu Li asked coldly.
Wu Qi nodded instinctively, not noticing her irreverent salutation.
"Then I'll go to Cedric and ask for clarification. ”
Mu Li sped up and went straight to the main building, Cole and Rihanna hurriedly followed, they were already very worried in their hearts, even if they usually did things in a mess, this was not a place where she could act recklessly.
If Greek was also there at this time, he would definitely feel very relieved, originally he regarded these two people as trouble, but he didn't expect that he could stop Dongfang Muli's madman at a critical moment, which was an unexpected gain.
Before arriving at the main building, the large army was stopped, and a special person arranged for them to rest in the barracks, only Cole and Rihanna, who had the rank of officer and were guards, were allowed to follow Mu Li into the command center of the main building. But General Cedric was too busy to see a small major, so Mu Li could only wait patiently.
"Wait?" Mu Li looked up at Wu Xi, "How long will you wait?"
"I can't be sure, it's wartime, and there are a lot of urgent matters to deal with everywhere......"
"To put it bluntly, I'm not qualified, right?"
"Yes!"
"Okay, then I'll wait. ”
Cole and Rihanna were terrified and secretly wiped their sweat. With Dongfang Muli's conceited character, she didn't explode on the spot, which is simply a miracle.
Mu Li stood in the corner, his eyes kept scanning the entire hall, his body was tilted, his hands were on his waist, and the soles of his feet kept tapping the ground, not to mention the momentum of a soldier, he didn't even have the rules of a normal person. But it didn't have any effect on her pretty face, which automatically attracted the eyes of those around her.
"I'm still on a mission, so I'm not here to accompany the Major. "Wu Qi is not in the mood to be a human background.
Mu Li waved his hand casually, his face full of impatience.
"Hey, wait a minute......"
Wu Qi looked at his feet that didn't move, raised his head, and looked at Mu Li silently.
"How did I see contempt on his face?" Cole whispered to Rihanna.
Rihanna had no reaction on her face, and she was extremely depressed in her heart, she despised herself, let alone others.
"One last thing, why was Jester punished as a traitor?"
“...... There was no news from the Azores for more than half a month, and there was no news from the sentinels sent to make contact, and the adults agreed that the Azores had fallen, and the whole army was on the defensive, strictly guarding the fortress of the Great Monument to prevent the enemy from continuing to penetrate. ”
Mu Li was stunned, blinking his eyes a little helplessly, he fell? Defeated? What are you kidding? Then what are they going to do when they come all the way here?
She understands the ever-changing nature of war, but she can ...... Isn't there always aid in the Azores? It's just that the army can't reach it in a short time, so why give up now? Just because there has been no news for more than half a month?