Chapter 3: The Town
"Luna, is that your grandfather?" asked the Demon Wolf King on his back, Oni Ugly tilted his head slightly, Luna was a little sleepy and lay on Oni Ugly's body and closed her eyes to recuperate, so she didn't hear Oni Ugly's words for the first time, and she didn't react until Oni Ugly said it a second time.
Turning slightly sideways to look forward, what she saw was a vague black shadow, and as soon as Luna saw it, she heard the exclamation of her sister Ruth in her ears.
"It's Grandpa!"
That's right, the figure holding a knight's spear, standing in the wind, and seeing more and more clearly in the morning light is none other than Barron Locke, one of the twelve knights of the Binis Empire and the patriarch of the military family Locke!
Sure enough, it's in the Orc Empire!Luna felt sour, and couldn't help but burst into tears, since she learned that her grandfather was appointed as the representative of the mission to the Kotler Empire, she had never stopped worrying, otherwise she would not have chased after her with the Moyu Horse, but she was a step too late after all.
The mysterious disappearance of the mission gave the Binis Empire an excuse to invade the Kotler Empire, and then he was busy with the war, but the worry became more and more intense, and every time this time, Luna comforted herself that the result was a disappearance, not a fall, and that Grandpa was also a wise man, and he would definitely be fine.
It's just that this comfort is just comfort, and Luna herself felt a little suspicious for a long time, until she overheard the news of the mission in the Tarn Empire, Luna was relieved, and now that she was about to see her grandfather, how could she not be excited.
As the sky grew brighter and the distance between the team and Barron grew shorter, it was at this point that Luna really noticed what was behind Grandpa Barron.
Under the not majestic cyan city wall is a line of cavalry with the banner of the Binis Empire, there are not many people, but it gives people a piercing sharp feeling, and behind these cavalry, there are dense orcs, between Barron and the city wall is already crowded with orc soldiers who have come to greet them, just looking at the banners that stand in a row, it makes people feel numb, although Barron and the knights behind him stand in the front row, but they look small.
However, Luna was slightly surprised in her heart, and didn't take it to heart, after all, she could see that her grandfather was very content now, and the rest would naturally be seen later, such a large team was definitely not to welcome her as an imperial general, as for who to welcome, it had nothing to do with herself.
The marching troops began to slow down, and soon stopped in front of Barron, and Luna and Ruth jumped down almost as soon as the wolf mount stopped, and trotted all the way into Grandpa Barron's arms, followed by the whimpering cries of the two girls.
Barron hugged his two granddaughters with a loving face, and whispered comfortingly, as for Arlon and the others, another team of people greeted them, led by eleven werewolves with spots on their faces, and behind him there was a sturdy, panting like a bellows Minotaur, Arlon immediately beat his chest and saluted when he saw the two, but what he got was the laughter of the two people who didn't know what they wanted.
"Can you be sure?" Although the flower-faced werewolf had a smile on his face, he spoke extremely cautiously, and the minotaur behind him also looked concerned.
Obviously, this issue is very important for both of them.
"General, I can't give you a positive answer, but the person who can directly control the Demon Wolf King is obviously not a weak person, and his identity is ...... According to my brother who did not become an adult, ninety percent of it was him...... doppelganger. "
Arlon was very hesitant to speak, but he had to say it again, because this answer was related to the development of the entire orc empire, and no matter how cautious he was, there was nothing wrong with it.
"Whether it's a real body or a clone, let's just do it, the Beast Emperor has an order, don't interfere too much, you can provide limited help when necessary, you can handle this scale yourself, for the current Orc Empire, the scale must be controlled!" After saying that, seeing Arlon's response, the werewolf and the minotaur slowly retreated, and finally disappeared behind the layers of orcs in front of them.
They have other important things to do, and they just come here to see, that's all.
"Okay, don't cry, the tears of the women of my Locke family are very precious, put away the tears, and go with me to the city to meet His Royal Highness, he is not in good health, so he did not come out. Barron held the hands of his two granddaughters tightly, and after giving him a vague look at the ghost, he turned and left.
For a while, the scene suddenly became a little embarrassing, Arlon was sending off the two orcs who seemed to have a good status, and Barron also took away his two granddaughters directly regardless of it, and for a while, Calle and Ghost Ugly and others were actually unexpectedly uncaring!!
"What's the situation?" Ghost Ugly looked left and right, but found that the wolf cavalry around him had crossed him and entered the town directly, and Calle and the others were very politely invited, looking at Calle and the others standing on the ground, with a blank face, Ghost Ugly felt that his head was a little unable to turn around.
Calle took Lingling to the side of the ghost ugly, and said with a wry smile: "What else can it be, don't forget, there have been many wars between the Kotler Empire and the Orc Empire, and it is already a blessing not to be attacked, and it is considered preferential treatment if you are not popular After speaking, Calle did not forget to laugh at himself."
After jumping off the demon wolf's mount, he patted the demon wolf on the back and let the demon wolf go to his real master, the demon wolf looked back at the ghost and ugly, and then followed by an acceleration and rushed directly into the small city.
"...... this location?" Approaching the city gate, Calle suddenly reached out and touched the city wall, his face became very strange, and the ghost also followed his gaze, only to find that Calle was still looking at the stone wall.
"There doesn't seem to be such a small city on the map of the Tarn Empire, this small city is newly established......" Calle pointed to his head and continued: "I still know a lot about Kotler's recursive vassals, I don't have this coordinate in my memory, and these stones are indeed new, I don't understand why." "
The ghost ugly and the others don't know why Kahler is entangled in this kind of problem, in fact, the ghost ugly also saw it, but he didn't think so much, at this moment, his military grid was opened, but he didn't find that this small city has any important strategic value, after all, it is just a small city no more than ten meters high, less than five miles long and wide, if the army attacks, I'm afraid that a charge can be taken, under the defensive power, and not in an important strategic location, building such a city can only be said to be time-consuming and laborious.
The soldiers at the gates of the city were not orcs, but Terrans, and it seemed that they lived in this small city, and when they saw Calle's puzzled expression, their faces showed an expression that ordinary people could hardly have.
The ghost is ugly until that expression, it is pride from the heart!
For Calle and the others, the soldiers at the city gate had no intention of blocking them, so the group could only enter the city with puzzled expressions, but fortunately, Arya had not left yet, otherwise the road down would be a little difficult.
As soon as they entered the city gate, everyone was stunned by the scene of some voices in front of them.
The city gate corresponds to the main street, most of the design of this small city is very simple, the scope is not large, the natural road is relatively few, it is early in the morning, the sky is not completely bright, but there are already many people on the side of the road are making loud noise, the sound of bargaining comes and goes.
I don't know if it's because the people before were out of the city or because this small city is like this, in short, it seems that its prosperity is no less than that of a medium-sized city.
Werewolves and Terrans discussed the price with red faces, and after the deal, the hired minotaurs would transport bags of goods to the car, and then a convoy composed of orcs and Terrans began to rush out of the city, most of the goods in it were daily necessities, and many of them were sold by orcs, and there were not many stalls of the Terrans.
Looking at the carloads of goods passing in front of him, Caller's eyes couldn't help but narrow, most of the convoys that passed in front of him just now were agricultural tools, and they were tools he had never seen before, and he had also stayed in a farmhouse on the way to the Ron Empire, and he had seen agricultural tools and understood this purpose.
The thing on the car just now should be used for plowing, but it is completely different from the one he saw, as if this kind of equipment is more reasonably designed, and he looked at the others and found that most of them are so, but because of the situation that no one has taken care of before, Calle has no intention of finding out, but continues to follow Arya, but for this kind of instrument, he is interested.
Because he also felt an inexplicable danger in that instrument!!
Arya walked very quickly, and the wolf girl barely spoke much along the way, but as a tour guide she was surprisingly patient, and whenever anyone in the group stopped, she smiled and stood sideways until the stoppers had finished watching before continuing with the group.
The town is not big, and there are not as many people on the road as expected, after being crowded for a while, there are no people in the back section, and then everyone finds that there is only a line made of stones in the middle, and at the end of the city gate is a market specializing in trading, and this line is a residential area, but it can be seen that there are not many residents here, many windows are closed, and the doors are open, and there is nothing hollow inside.
The group continued to walk until the end of Main Street, where they saw a remarkable and imposing building standing quietly on the other side of Main Street.
"This should be the heart of this small city, right?" There was a hint of surprise in the ghost's hoarse words, because he saw that outside the crimson gate were orcs and humans shuttling back and forth, but they were too far away to understand.
"Lord Ugly, you're right, this is the Lord's Mansion of this small city of Locke, and this small city is named after the builder of this small city!"
It was only at this time that Arya showed a gentle smile that she usually showed, but this smile was mischievous, and she looked like a child who was showing herself.
However, Arya's smile did not attract the attention of several people, and it was worth noting what she said.
Named after the builder, Locke!!
"Miss Arya, you wouldn't say that this little town is ...... Barron Locke built it, right?" Calle knew that the ghost would not ask, because the news had already scorched him like a thunderbolt magic.
"That's right, it's the old man, Barron Locke, the lord of Rock City, welcomes the second prince of the Kotler Empire, Kahler Kotler, the third princess Lingling Kotler, and Her Royal Highness Yinyue, the princess of the secret forest, to visit the small city, and your visit makes the small city shine!"
"This old guy doesn't seem to like you very much!" Zero's voice came out in the ghost's mind.