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At this time, the docks were already overcrowded, and in addition to mercenaries, there were also soldiers of the Union Army, as well as slaves and wagons waiting to be unloaded.

After the ship docked, Lieutenant Colonel Ferwood Harding, as the commander-in-chief of the escort mission, walked at the forefront. Behind him were Acrylic, Bailey, Knight Captain Alden, and Payne. Then there are the knights of the Hurricane Regiment and the members of the Southern Mercenary Regiment.

Standing at the docks to greet them was Major Benjamin Peck of the Mercenary Command.

The man appears to be in his thirties, with short brown hair, blue eyes, and a tall nose. He wears a black double-breasted stand-up collar coat and a silver eagle emblem on both shoulders and on his left chest.

Behind him were two lieutenants of the rank of captain, who wore the same style of standard coats, except that the eagle's insignia was made of bronze.

The Confederates were greeted by a viscount and two rows of heavily armored knights.

Although the two sides sent people to greet them at the same time, they did not communicate with each other. In fact, there was little interaction between nobles and mercenaries except on the battlefield, and this was basically the case throughout the kingdom.

"Hello, Pike," Harding laughed heartily, speaking first, "it's not easy to meet you. ”

"Isn't it easy?" said Pike with a smile, he knew the battlefield maniac well, so he quickly guessed something, "It can't be that there was trouble along the way, right?"

"It's a problem," Harding smiled wryly, "and it's not a small problem." ”

"Oh?" Pike raised an eyebrow, "I'm a little surprised, tell me more about it when we're done here, I have a spirit you like." ”

As Lieutenant Colonel Harding approached Pike, the two of them exchanged fists and let out a heavy thud - the sound of steel clashing.

Pike's two lieutenants stroked their chests with one hand and said, "Sir." ”

Harding glanced at the two of them, nodded slightly, and then said to Pike with a smile, "No problem." ”

At this time, Acrylic and Bailey also stepped forward to greet Pike, judging from their casual actions, they should be old acquaintances. But Payne wasn't, he felt that he was standing in a somewhat awkward position, and he didn't count the people who came to the mercenary group, so he couldn't make any fun, but he couldn't resist Harding, so he had to follow behind.

At this time, Pike noticed the red-haired youth behind Harding, who wrapped his snow wolf coat tightly, but still looked cold. -- He didn't know what to do, so he made such a play.

"I'll introduce you," Harding noticed Pike's gaze, and motioned for Payne to come to his side, "DiCaprio Payne, a young man of equal talent and courage. ”

"Hello, sir. Payne said respectfully.

Parker was visibly stunned. He knew Harding, a man who was arrogant and arrogant, and it was rare for him to praise him, but Harding had just used the word 'extraordinary', and combined with his present expression, Pike had reason to believe that the young man named Payne in front of him must be a monster, and Harding liked to deal with such people, because in the eyes of others, he was also a monster.

There weren't a few people in the Mercenary Command who could be called monsters, but Harding had never praised any of them like that, including Pike himself.

"Hello, Payne," Pike forced down his surprise and looked at Harding, "this is not a good place to talk, let's transport the material to the royal capital first, and it will be dark in three hours." ”

"Of course," said Harding with a smile, "Acrylic, Bailey, I'll take care of the rest." ”

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When the escort team came to the city of Advance, all the people who had come to the royal capital for the first time were shocked.

Payne was also shocked, he didn't know how to describe the city.

Magnificent?

Impregnable?

Or is it indestructible?

No, these words are not enough to describe the fortress in front of you.

The walls of the castle were as high as six stories, and the outer walls seemed to be made of molten iron, and at every other floor there were a row of cannon emplacements, which looked dense from a distance, and there were thousands of walls alone.

Payne couldn't help but think that if someone with a phobia of density saw this, they would definitely go crazy. But I have to admit that the muzzles of these black holes are extremely deterrent, and you can imagine what a shocking picture it would be to fire thousands of guns at the same time. - I guess it will make people's scalps tingle, Payne thought.

When they came to the bottom of the city, there was a lava ditch thirty yards deep in front of them, fifty yards deep, and a wave of heat rose from the ravine, turning the cold wind into heat.

There is no bunker!

The point is that it is not so exaggerated?

Payne couldn't help but secretly wonder, this kind of fortification would take at least hundreds of years, right?

Not only Payne, but everyone who saw the wall thought it was impassable, except for the winged ones, of course. But aren't the rows of heavy crossbows on the city wall just for the sake of the sky!

The king really has the demeanor of a king!

Hawke tightly grasped a knight's sword at his waist, and his heart was quite excited. He had thought that Kurstedburg was already spectacular, but now he had to change his mind, and Kurstedburg was a bird's nest at best.

I believe that there are not a few people who have such thoughts at this moment.

The team came to the steel suspension bridge, which was about ten yards wide, and it was not a problem to pass through six carriages side by side, so the team traveled very fast, and it took more than two hundred carriages to pass through the suspension bridge in just over half an hour.

After the team entered the city, Payne's mission came to an end.

It was the mercenary headquarters that arranged for them, and the place where they stayed and rested was in the hotels around the headquarters, and they would have set off for the northern fortress immediately after entering the royal capital. But they marched two days earlier than expected, so that they could rest in the king's capital for the night.

It was more than three hours from the dock to the royal capital, and not long after they entered the city, it was dark, and by the time Payne arrived at the hotel where he was staying, it was already completely dark.

The environment of the room made him very satisfied, clean, tidy and warm, Payne sat alone by the fireplace and felt the pleasant warmth, he felt his eyelids getting heavier and heavier, and soon fell asleep. - He was so tired.