Guo Xinzhu said: "Yes, it doesn't look like this female boss hired us." But it was scary that the man was there to help us when we needed it the most, and we didn't know anything about him. ”

What she said made everyone a little nervous. At this time, the female boss Kakalu walked over with a bewitching step, holding a barrel of nime in her right hand and a large plate of bread and fruit in her left hand.

After putting down the things in her hand, she did not leave, but sat down at the table, and asked with great interest, "You say that I am your employer, but I would like to hear what is going on." She still stammered when she said these words, but Niu Er didn't stutter when she translated.

Xu Xun told her about the employment of the Ludoko City Mercenary Guild Bird, of course, for his own people, he only said that he was a cultivator who came from the Shenzhou Continent to train.

The female boss listened and said: "I probably know, in fact, I am not the Kakalu you are looking for, my name is Kaka Claire, because I have stuttered since I was a child, and every time I say my name, it will be pronounced like Kakalo, so I was later called Kakalu by those boring people." ”

Chenguang hurriedly asked, "Then Ludoko's employer is really not you?"

Kaka laughed, "Ludoko is too far away, I was born in Grosse, and I haven't even been to Lancelang, the capital of Belém, let alone there. But it's nice to have people from so far away who know my name. ”

As he spoke, Kakaga patted the table and stood up, a little serious and a little joking, "No matter why you came, since you have a contract with my name on it and a commission, you should do something for this Wickburg." With that, she turned and mingled with the group of men.

Xu Xun looked at everyone and said helplessly: "Among the people of my generation, it is true that faith and righteousness should come first, and since they have already obtained other people's money, they should still do their best." Although we still have to rush to Kanchanaburi, if Mitarion's army has already reached the Golden Corridor, it will be difficult for us to pass through, so it is better to wait at this Wick Fort for the time being, or there will be a turnaround at that time. ”

Chenguang hurriedly said: "This is not good, we are here in Fort Wick just to see who hired us at a high price, now it seems that we are afraid that we will not be able to find this person at all, we should immediately rush to Kanchanaburi, this place is still thousands of miles away from Kanchanaburi, if we don't hurry up, I am only afraid of ......"

Before he finished speaking, Guo Xinzhu interjected: "It's not a way to be anxious, and where the hell is that employer, and we are so familiar with us, we haven't figured it out yet, it's not the best policy to rush to Kanchanaburi, or we just wait here, and the employer will show up himself." When the time comes, this mystery will be solved, and I will be more down-to-earth on the road. ”

Everyone else felt that Xu Xun and Guo Xinzhu were reasonable, and Chenguang couldn't help it if he was in a hurry. That night, they booked a room at the mare's inn and rested.

Early the next morning, the morning light began to wander around this Wick Castle. Although Mitarion was marching here, and the city was heavily guarded, there were no enemy troops in sight, and there were still many merchants doing business as usual.

Morninglight discovers a treasure in the second layer. This is a dwarven shop, mainly selling weapons. There are many kinds of weapons in the Shenzhou Continent, and later a martial arts master Lu Wu summarized these weapons, and roughly divided all weapons into eighteen types, collectively referred to as nine long and nine short. Nine long: knife, spear, halberd, lance, boring, axe, stick, spear, fork; nine short: axe, ge, card, arrow, whip, sword, mace, hammer, grasp.

The weapons of the Nanchanaburi continent are a little different, one is that there are not many types, and almost all that can be seen in the morning light are knives, swords, spears, hammers, axes, and sticks, and the other is that these weapons look quite different from those in the Shenzhou continent. For example, the sword of the Shenzhou Continent is basically about three feet long and about two fingers wide, and the blade of the sword extends to the tip of the sword before it begins to narrow. The sword of Nanchanaburi is about four feet long, and the blade has five fingers at the widest point, but the blade has been narrowing since the hilt, until it reaches the tip of the sword, and the shape is more like the short sword of the Shenzhou Continent, but it is longer than the long sword.

Another example is the spear, the spear of the Shenzhou Continent is about one zhang long, and one end is inlaid with diamond-shaped spikes, and the spikes are about one foot. However, the spear of the Nampyanuri continent has one zhang two or three, but the spear body is only four or five feet, and the spear head is six or seven feet, and the spearhead is very large, and it is also constantly widening from the spear head backwards, and the whole spear head is shaped like an awl, and in the end, it is half a foot wide, which is almost equivalent to a small shield.

Chenguang looked at these weapons and couldn't help but sigh at the size of the world, which was really strange. It was in this dwarf's shop that Dawnlight saw a strange weapon. The weapon was very small and delicate, consisting of a series of finger-thick steel rings joined together in a string of four, one of which had some protruding spikes on one side. Chenguang didn't understand the language of Nanchanaburi either, so he had to point his finger at this weapon, and the short and fat boss immediately understood what he meant, and quickly told Chenguang how to use this weapon with a smile.

It turned out that this weapon was worn on the fist to enhance the lethality of boxing. Chenguang looked at this small weapon, and liked it very much, thinking that the eighth junior brother Peng Mu would face the enemy with a pair of iron palms, but it was just right to give it to him to use. The dwarf boss saw Chenguang rubbing this weapon for a long time, and quickly stretched out four fingers. Chenguang thought that it was not too expensive, so he took out four gold coins and handed them over, but the dwarf boss laughed a few times, shook his fingers, and made a cross with his two hands.

Chenguang hurriedly put down this weapon, but he was a little unwilling in his heart, and asked the price of other weapons one by one, I didn't know, I was startled, the cheapest other weapon was a hammer, the price was two hundred gold, and the most expensive was a long sword that flashed with a light blue cold light, and the price was actually three thousand gold.

Chenguang didn't know that these weapons were made by dwarves, and the dwarves already lived in Belen, so the price of buying them here was quite low, and if these weapons were taken to other countries in Nanchanaburi, the price would probably double. Moreover, the long sword that flashed with a light blue cold light was added to the Xuanbing cold iron of the Southern Continent when it was forged, which can not only improve the sharpness, but also the wound will be frozen by the cold after injuring people, and there is no blood at all, it can be said to be a sharp weapon that kills people without seeing blood, and to integrate the extremely cold Xuanbing cold iron into it, it is a superb skill that only dwarves can do, even if it is sold for tens of thousands of gold, someone will be willing to buy it.

Chenguang hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't help but buy the gadget. Before leaving, he still gave the dwarven boss a vicious look, meaning that he was really a profiteer. And the dwarven boss who didn't know that he had been wronged so much, but he didn't know it, and he only felt that this young man really didn't know how to be polite.

After visiting the lower level of Wickburg, Chenguang returned to the mare inn and gave the gadget to Peng Mu, who liked it very much and played with it for a while. When Chenguang was about to turn back to his room to rest, he ran into Guan Xinzhu and walked out of the room. As soon as he saw him, he said, "Let's go, I heard that the scenery on the top floor of Fort Wick is good, let's go and have a look." ”

Chenguang hesitated: "It's not very good, it is said that it is the palace of Emperor Xisai, please refuse to visit." ”

"Who said we were going to visit, let's go take a peek, let's go!" said Guo Xinzhu, picking up the morning light, and walked towards the cliff on the side of Fort Wick.

The morning light took the bamboo and touched the top of Wickburg along the cliff.

On this floor was a huge terrace, and on each side of the terrace near the cliff was a hemispherical palace, each of which was heavily guarded, and even the passage from the eighth floor was guarded by a gate where a team of heavily armored guards was guarded. And on the terrace facing the Belém desert, there are many soldiers who are erecting some kind of huge equipment.

The device was shaped like a crossbow bolt, but much larger. It is about a zhang wide, and the crossbow machine in the middle is also more than a zhang, and there is a row of huge arrows next to the crossbow arrows, each of which is the thickness of a human arm, and the arrows are about a foot wide, and they are divided into four blades, each with a jagged barb. Behind this machine, there is also a huge grinding mill, each of which requires about a dozen people to push, and it seems that it has to lift very heavy things.

More than a dozen of these instruments have been erected on the entire top floor, all of which are still being erected.

Guo Xinzhu looked at this device and whispered to Chenguang: "You see, this should be the secret weapon that Emperor Xisai used to fight against Mitarion Tianzhou." It seems that these things will be set up in a few days, so it's no wonder that Belen would send his army to the Golden Corridor to delay Mitarion's march. ”

Chenguang said: "This big crossbow seems to be very powerful, but if the Tianzhou flies very high, can it shoot it?"

"I'm afraid that's the best use of this weapon. The biggest role of Tianzhou is nothing more than to use the superiority in the air to attack from a high position, as long as Tianzhou is forced to fly high, then it will not be able to pose much threat to the people on the ground. ”

Chenguang nodded, "I see." ”

While the two were talking, suddenly a group of cavalry came hurrying from the lower floor, and the soldiers on the horses were wounded and looked very embarrassed. As soon as the cavalry entered this level, they were stopped by the guards at the entrance of the passage. The cavalry shouted something urgently, and the guards hurried to let them in.

Guo Xinzhu said: "It seems that there seems to be some important changes, let's go back quickly and see what's going on." ”

The two returned to the hotel, and it was lunch time. Everyone gathered in the lobby of the hotel, but there were many fewer people today than there was last night.

Chenguang sat down, picked up a piece of bread, and asked, "What is the situation now?"

Xu Xun said: "Just now, the second brother Niu and Master Yu Tuo went out to inquire, and it seems that Wick Fort will soon usher in a big battle. ”

Chenguang hurriedly asked what was going on, and Xu Xun said, "You were outside just now, did you see a group of defeated troops entering the city? It was the army sent by Belen to the Golden Corridor. In order to delay time and create a secret weapon against the Heavenly Ark, Emperor Hesai sent 5,000 soldiers to the Golden Corridor to stop Mytarion's army. The 5,000 soldiers had been ambushing and harassing Mitarion's forward forces in the Golden Corridor. Of course, this is because Belém's leading generals are excellent. ”

"Who is the leader of the troops?" it was Peng Mu who asked, Xu Xun nodded and said, "It's the eldest prince of Emperor Xisai, Prince Anross." ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but sigh that this Emperor Xisai was really a character, and he actually sent his eldest son to lead his troops to take such a big risk.

Xu Xun continued: "Prince Anros has led his troops to delay Mitarion's army in the Golden Corridor for nearly a month, until a few days ago, Mitarion sent a team of elite knights and magicians to the front line, Prince Anross did not expect the enemy's combat strength to suddenly increase dramatically, and he was seriously injured in the battle with him, and it is said that he may not last more than a few days. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel a little sad. Xu Xun continued: "The soldiers who have just returned to the city are the ones who brought back Prince Anross, and at this moment the front line of the Golden Corridor has collapsed, and it is estimated that the five thousand men and horses of Belen will not be able to come back eight or nine times out of ten, and in two or three days at most, Mitarion's army will be in the city." ”

Everyone had already been prepared for this, but they were not much shocked, but they thought that there would be a river of blood and corpses all over the field, and their hearts couldn't help but feel heavy and abnormal.

Lunch was spent in such a dreary atmosphere. In the afternoon, everyone didn't have the energy to go out to hang out, except for Niu Er and Yu Tuo who continued to listen to the news, everyone was bored in the room. It was not until the evening that the exact news finally came out from the palace of the Emperor Hesai.

A group of sentinels passed on the will of Emperor Hesse the Great, to the effect that Mitarion, Kanchanaburi, was coming to attack viciously, and Emperor Heysai of Belém swore to defend Belém to the death. Fort Wick is about to usher in a major battle, in order to prevent the people of Belém from being affected by the flames of war, the Emperor of Heater implored the civilians of Fort Wick to evacuate Fort Wick as soon as possible, and then return to rebuild their homeland after defeating the enemy.

Chenguang looked at Emperor Xisai's proclamation, and said in his heart, this is really a good emperor, he defended the land by himself, and made his people retreat and take refuge.

The next day, the back door of Fort Wick was packed with tens of thousands of civilians, and the crowd continued from morning to late at night. Chenguang looked at the crowd of people who left, and couldn't help but ask the female boss of Kaka why she didn't leave.

The landlady looked at the middle-aged woman at the counter, walked over and took her hand, and said with a smile that she had been looked down upon for stuttering since she was a child, and it was not until her mother took her to Fort Wick and opened this inn that she finally got the approval of others. The sergeants here like to come to her to drink and dance with her, she likes every grass and tree here, every stone and one person, this is her home, and without this, she doesn't know where else to go and what else to do. Even if she was destined to die, she would die in her own home, in this Wickburg.

When she said these words, there was no longer a hint of a sneer on her face, and her mother was as calm as she was. The afterglow of the setting sun shone in through the window, and sprinkled on their faces and bodies, and it turned out to be incomparably holy and serene, and everyone was a little stunned.

Early on the morning of the third day, a great agitation came from under Fort Wick. When everyone came to the terrace, a black cloud swept in from the direction of the Golden Corridor, and the flag of Mitarion's sun was flying high in the dark clouds, and a catastrophe officially began.