Along the winding stone avenue of the hill over the moat, and after some further progress, we came to the tall gates of the snow-filled city. The comrades-in-arms who returned earlier had already called the heavy city gate open, so there was no recurrence of the orc girl coming to Snow Man City for the first time~ Because she couldn't open the city gate, she was almost frozen to death.

The guards at the city gate were sparsely eyed and yawning, and they were trying to stand by the gate, and the huge fire candles hanging high in the corners seemed to have just been extinguished, and the green smoke could be clearly seen.

The guards still remembered Lu Xihua and the orc girl, after all, the black-haired man with a short stick on his back was really easy to distinguish, and greeted the two of them in a friendly way, especially when they came to the city. More than ten meters away, it was clear that it was Lu Xihua and the two, and the city guard trio patrolling along the road with torches immediately stopped, stood on the side of the road, and greeted Lu Xihua.

Whether it was the guards who were not present at the time, they were extremely impressed by the warrior Lu Xihua, who always worshipped the strong in the world, especially the strong who stood on their side, and always got people's respect. The girl looked at Lu with a calm face again, and secretly decided in her heart that she would become a person like Lu in the future.

Walk up the stone steps, because there is a huge water source at the bottom of the Dragon Night Palace, so there are huge pools on both sides of the stone steps. A steady stream of living water gushes out of the excavated holes, and the pools remain at a depth of six or seven meters all year round. At the end of the pool are neat rows of canals, through which the water flows to all parts of the city, which is the source of drinking water for the city's inhabitants, as well as watering the plants throughout the city, and fountain pools can be found everywhere.

The lights in the Dragon Night Palace are still bright, but the lord Barguf did not appear on the solemn throne, the guards came to speak, the lord was still resting in the room, Lu Xihua and the girl had no choice but to turn to the court mage Fa Renjia.

The mage was obviously not resting, and Fa Renga's voice came from behind the thick screen, "Hey, did you notice this?"

"What do you mean~" The other was a woman's voice.

These terms apparently appeared before the First Age, or, even longer. I believe this is an ancient text that dates back to the ancient time of the War of the Dragons. If that's the case, I'll need to compare the special names that appear in it with other later texts so that I can draw conclusions..."

"Good, congratulations on finally making some progress. "But I'd rather see something substantial." Alduin's footsteps are getting closer and closer, and we need to hurry up to decipher the secret of its appearance. ”

"Oh, don't worry, the lord is already interested in the matter, and he has sent two men to fetch it. If the rumors were true, they should have been able to get their hands on it, no—" Farenga's voice continued.

Lu Xihua walked in front, and when he turned the screen with the girl, he saw Fa Renjia, who was dressed in a magic robe and tied with a hemp rope around his waist, discussing something with a man wearing a hood and samurai armor standing in front of the wide desk. The man's face was hidden in the hood, much like the Assassin's Creed outfit in Assassin's Creed, a game that Lu Xihua had played in that world.

The upper part of the face in the hood was not clear at all, only in a glimpse, in the light of the candlelight, the lower part of the face could be seen clearly, and from the slender nose and lips, it was clearly a woman. The samurai armor seemed to be very special, and Lu Xihua recognized it at a glance as similar to the armor of the Japanese samurai in that world.

The two people who were discussing suddenly found that someone had broken in, Fa Renjia frowned and was about to get angry, and indeed found that the person who came was Lu Xihua and his party sent out by the lord to carry out the mission, and immediately reacted, his brows loosened, and he said in a clear voice, "Ah? It's you? You got that thing?" The hooded woman who had been discussing things with Fa Renjia quietly stood in the shadow of the candle at this time, turned around, and disappeared around the thick screen, without making a sound, as if she had never appeared in the room.

The orc girl only crossed the screen at this time, and missed the mysterious woman before through the screen, as if she was puzzled that there was one person missing in the room, and was reminded by the words of the legal person, and then she became excited again, and immediately took out a large shield-shaped stone from the skin bag around her waist, and said as she pulled it, "This thing is so heavy, let me pack a lot less." ”

As the girl spoke, several beautiful gems fell from their skins to the ground with the removal of stones, shining enchantingly in the candlelight. The girl's face turned red, and she put the stone in her hand on the desk, and immediately bent down, stretched out her pale green skin hand and grabbed the gem, "This is my trophy, you don't know, there are many ghouls in that ancient tomb, and there is even a ghoul scourge monarch, we almost died in it." It's something we've worked so hard to collect. Your reward is not less, this task is too difficult~" In the eager words, the gem disappeared between the girl's fingers, and the girl breathed a sigh of relief.

Fa Renjia didn't have the heart to care about the orc girl's loot at the moment, his eyes were already firmly attracted by the stone on the desk, and he couldn't help but reach out and take the stone in his hand. "Dragon language, sure enough, dragon language!" Fa Renjia muttered to himself as he stroked the cuneiform script carved into the stone.

"Let me see what is written on it~" Fa Renjia's face was full of excitement, and his fingers were unusually soft, as if at this moment, the stone was his long-lost lover, and he rubbed it carefully, "Olduin! Strength ~ Recovery ~ Damn, I don't know how to pronounce these words, no, I have to check it out!" Huh?!"

Fa Renga shouted excitedly as he turned his head to speak somewhere, only to notice that there was an emptiness next to him, and that the mysterious woman had long since disappeared.

"Mr. Mage, look, is our reward okay~" The orc girl didn't care about the stones, she just wanted to get what she deserved.

"Reward?" Fa Renjia came back to his senses and frowned, "Don't come to me about the reward, the lord will give it to you." You guys go first, I'm going to be busy with my research!How to pronounce these words, I still have to do a lot of comparisons to know!" After speaking, he raised his palm and waved his hand, so that the two of them quickly disappeared from his eyes. For the haughty mage, the infinite knowledge is the real treasure, keeping the copper-smelling vulgar people away from him. A warrior is indeed a warrior, it is impossible to open his mind in his life, he only knows how to deal with money, where do you know the beauty of magic knowledge.

The orc girl was a little anxious when she heard the words of the court mage, she and Lu Qianqian worked hard to get the things requested by your nobles from the ancient tomb, why did she turn around and turn her face and not recognize people? Ann's little face was flushed, she was angry and anxious, and wanted to distinguish, but the huge gap between the nobles and the common people prevented her courage.

Because of the nobles' decisions, commoners cannot refute them, and the mage is obviously a member of the nobles. This court mage obviously didn't want to lose his reward, but let himself communicate with the lord, as for how much he could get, it was not the mage's concern

Lu Xihua smiled on the side, there is a class gap everywhere, your own strength is the capital that others can't ignore you, and the girl still has a long way to go before she matures.

The lord Barguf was still resting, and the girl was about to exit the room in despair, when an eager voice came from outside the house, "Farenga!"

The black elf female warrior Irelais rushed in from the outside wearing elf armor, with a solemn expression, and immediately noticed the three people in the room, and her expression immediately relaxed, "Master Lu, you are also back?" He turned to the mage and said, "Fa Renjia, go to the second floor immediately, it's an emergency!"

"But in my hands ~ sigh ~ okay. Fa Renjia just wanted to tell that he still had important things to do, but his duties as a court mage stopped him from being willful, "Let's come together, I have met the lord, and I can just get your reward back." ”

The orc girl hurriedly followed the mage's footsteps, for fear of missing a step, and the beautiful gold coin said goodbye to herself.

The two followed the mage out of the laboratory, and ascended the steps along the wall to the second floor of the Dragon Night Palace, where there were many bookcases and large square tables, on which there were huge sand tables and maps, and there were various colored flags planted on them, which was clearly a strategic conference room.

The lord of Snowman, Balguf, who was robed on the outside and wore battle armor on the inside, and Provantus, his loyal governor, and some nobles of the Wind District, stood together with solemn faces, opposite a ragged and tired guard, who was supported by two city guards, obviously not having the strength to stand on his own.

The orc girl saw so many big people for the first time, and quietly hid her figure behind Lu Xihua, and the two of them stood next to the court mage Fa Renjia, and there was silence in the strategic conference room. Lu Xihua patted the girl's shoulder and signaled her not to be nervous.

"Everyone is here, so my warrior, tell me what's happening outside the city. Lord Balguf spoke first, and the object was the guard in front of him.

"Your Excellency... It's a dragon, it's a dragon!" The soldier's voice was very dry, "The western watchtower is all finished! Last night, in the middle of the night, a dragon flew from nowhere and attacked the watchtower. With a few flicks of its wings, it knocked down the watchtower. Fire, fire everywhere, countless fires fell from the sky and burned the entire watchtower. The companions were all dead, some by the falling stones from the watchtower, some by the flames, and some by the damned dragon. I and a few other companions were patrolling the main road to ensure the safety of the trade route, when we saw countless stones with flames falling. ”

"I almost thought I was going to die, but Gerdo and the others shot arrows at the dragon, leading the dragon in the sky into the depths of the wilderness, helping me attract the dragon's attention so that I could come back alive to report it... My lord, please take someone to save them, they won't last much..."The soldier's voice stopped abruptly, and the man had already fainted, but fortunately he was supported by someone, so he didn't fall to the ground. Suddenly, the nobles in the conference room were talking.

"Silence!Farenga, go and see how he is doing!" Lord Barguf immediately stopped the commotion.

Fa Renjia immediately stepped forward to check, put his hand on the soldier's forehead for a moment, and then turned and replied, "He is too tired, the northwest guard tower is half a day's journey away from Xueman City, and he is exhausted from running all the way. But there's nothing to worry about, you can recover after taking a break. With that, Farenga retreated back into the crowd.

Lord Barguf nodded, "Help our warriors down to rest, and everything will be provided." He motioned for the two city guards to take the fainting soldier down.

Barguf looked around, "I know that the Western Watchtower is our commercial artery to the west, a military stronghold to keep the bandits from the depths of the wilderness. Now the rumors of the dragon's appearance have been confirmed, and it has attacked my watchtower. I assure you that the watchtower will be recaptured, and the victory will belong to Xueman!"

"Victory belongs to Xueman!" the nobles raised their hands and shouted loudly, and the atmosphere in the conference room was very warm for a while.

"As long as we can recapture the watchtower, we will take care of all the costs. An old man with gray hair spoke first, and his words were echoed by the nobles.

"Okay, you guys leave first, with your promise, I'll arrange everything, you wait for the good news. The nobles rushed out one after another, whispering to each other from time to time, and Barguv turned his head to several of his subordinates.

"You have to use a ballista~ Provantes, how many ballistas are there in the city that can be used?"

"My lord, there are still twelve ballistae that can be used to shoot into the air, and the others are already fixed on the outer city walls, and it is very inconvenient to disassemble, and they need to be re-debugged after disassembly, so I am afraid that there is nothing that can be done about this battle. ”

"Okay, just twelve, all of them will be dispatched, and I will be ready immediately!"

"Yes, sir. ”

"Irelis, immediately inform the Chamber of Commerce that just left, and ask them to find a way to transport the twelve ballistas to the vicinity of the western guard tower at once and assemble. Whether it's a horse or a human resistance, I want the ballista to arrive on time. ”

"Yes, my lord!"

"You are responsible for leading the team this time, the city guards in the city are mobilized by you, gather at the city gate, the upper limit of three hundred people, I hope to see the corpse of that damn reptile tonight!"

"Yes, sir!"

With Balguf's order, Provantus and Irelais left the strategy room in turn, and there were only a few people left in the huge conference room.

"Farenga~"

"My lord, I just got the dragon stone, and the decipherment of the dragon's mysteries is just around the corner, and I can't participate in this battle. "As a mage, Fa Renjia's exploration of knowledge is his favorite, as for fighting, as long as that reptile does not attack the Dragon Night Palace, what does it matter to him? He is only hired to be responsible for the safety of the lord, and other things depend on the mood.

Balguv said to the two orc girls with a gentle face, "Master Lu, An, congratulations on getting the dragon stone, I have a small request here~"

"No problem, but you'll have to give us the honorarium first. Lu Xihua spoke first, and Ann looked at Lu Xihua approvingly, what Lu said was exactly what she wanted to express, and the most important thing was to get the money.

"No problem, I'll pay right away!" The invincible heroic posture in the Dragon Night Palace a month ago still remained in his mind, how many times in his dreams, he was defeated by that magical martial art, he was simply unable to be resisted by the world, only the ancient heroic spirit returned to the world to fight against it. Now hearing that this mysterious young martial artist and master of combat skills agreed to his request, a smile suddenly bloomed on Lord Barguf's face, "With the help of the master, I will definitely be able to return triumphantly this time." Please also take care of my army, they are all my people, and their casualties are irreparable grief for me. ”

Lu Xihua nodded, he agreed, he had just successfully transformed into a god, and he was about to test his power, but the power of the ghoul king in the ancient tomb was too small, and he was a little unhappy.