"Goblin heads!" exclaimed the guard as he opened it.

"It's the head of the Antara Goblin. Cross corrected.

"I'll go and report now, and I'll ask you to wait here. With that, the guard hurried to the castle with the head.

......

It didn't take long for the guards to return.

"Your Excellency, please follow me. The two of you together. ”

Cross retrieved the greatsword from Nia, and the two followed the guards into the castle.

The castle was large, but there were no people, and along the way, Cross saw only a few servants cleaning.

The castle is built on a small mound of earth, and the not too steep slope is accompanied by several people, which also makes the castle look particularly grand.

After a long uphill walk, the group finally arrived at the castle's palace.

Tall and big, this was Close's first impression of the palace.

After entering the palace, the guards continued to lead the way without saying a word, and they went up the stairs at the end of the palace and entered the upper floors of the palace.

Cross wondered if the place where the lord lived was too deep.

Finally, after a few flights of stairs, the guard stopped in front of the two tall doors and said, "The lord is inside, please." ”

The two doors were more than 10 meters high, and the doors were engraved with the image of a dragon, and Cross instantly felt his insignificance.

"Can I go in too?" asked Nia.

The guard nodded.

The two pushed the door in, the dazzling sunlight shone in, and the two instinctively blocked the light with their hands.

"Welcome to Dragon's Landing, Lord Cross Crane, adopted son of Thoss Crane. I'm the lord here, Shande. ”

After adjusting to the light, Cross found that this was the very top of the castle, with only a section of the head near the door that was covered, and the rest of it was exposed to nature.

It's a huge open-air platform.

At the other end of the platform, an emaciated and pale-faced old man was sitting leisurely in a chair, and this old man was none other than the one who had just spoken, the lord of Sunset City.

To his left was a maid who appeared to be underage, while to his right stood a heavily armed female warrior.

The female warrior is about 1.7 meters tall and wears an iron helmet with horns, the horns on the helmet stick out in front of her after bending, and the entire face of the female warrior is protected by the iron helmet, revealing only her eyes.

Covered in iron armor, the body could not be seen to be bloated, and Cross deduced that the female warrior was on the thin side. Behind her was a huge battle axe, which, judging by its size, weighed more than Reiner's greatsword.

Definitely not ordinary humans, not even humans. This was Cross's final judgment.

"Hello, Viscount Sander. The town of Copper Mountain has been ...... by Antara Goblin," Cross replied.

"Alright, don't say it. Sander interrupted Cross with a wave of his hand, "I don't want to hear such news, I didn't want to hear you come to Dragon's Castle to hear this. ”

Cross was a little uncomfortable by this, and equally uncomfortable was Sander's gaze, the old man staring at Nia unabashedly.

This is obviously the reason why Nia was able to come in with her, this Shande, has a special fetish.

However, Cross was a little puzzled: since Sander was not interested in the intelligence of the Seatta army, then why did he let me in. Could it be that Sander was planning to forcibly take Nia from me?

Thinking of this, Cross secretly laughed, he didn't come here to play, he wanted to go back with the results. Cross suddenly became majestic, "Xander, aren't you afraid that Sunset City will be breached by the Seattas?"

Shander thought that Cross was just a child, and he wanted to scare Cross with the majesty of an adult, but he didn't expect that he was scared instead.

Shander looked at Cross's cold silver eyes, his thin body shrank back, and he glanced tremblingly at the female warrior beside him, who reached out and touched the battle axe behind him.

Then Sander returned to his original state, a strange smile on his pale face.

Shander finally turned his gaze to Cross, "Young man, you don't know Sunset City at all, our army is very strong, how can the army of Seatta break us. If you don't believe me, should we do a contest?"

"What competition?"

"You and my guards are in a 1-on-1 match. ”

"No problem. ”

"Don't rush to agree, there are bets on this contest to make it more interesting. ”

Cross looked around and saw that there were only five people on the platform.

Killing someone in such a place is not a big deal, Sander can kill Cross and forcibly keep Nia by his side.

But he put forward a bet, obviously with no intention of killing, but the bet witnessed by only 5 people has no fairness at all.

Sander will do this, probably just to make Cross admit defeat and give up in the competition, because, even if he loses, he will only lose the bet.

"Okay, then I'll make a bet with the greatsword in my hand. ”

Shander shook his head, "Young man, it seems that you don't understand our rules here, let me tell you."

I want to get both of you, and that's what you can offer. ”

"Oh, what if we offered such a bet and we lost, but we wouldn't hand it over?"

"You will be punished by the just?"

"There are only five people here. ”

"I forgot to tell you, my guard, the Just. ”

Cross instantly understood the current situation, in Dragon's Landing Castle, Shander was the master, and he could do whatever he wanted.

The so-called bets, as he said, were just for fun.

Cross suddenly felt that it was a foolish act to report the military situation to the Lord of Sunset City in front of him, and he even dismissed the alliance with Sunset City, and besides, he had the idea of killing Sander and plunging Sunset City into chaos.

However, he was not sure that he would be able to defeat the female guard.

If you can't defeat the female guard, then killing Shander can only be a fantasy in your head.

At that moment, Nia suddenly took a stride in front of Cross.

"My name is Nia, and I'm Lord Cross Crane's bodyguard, and the guard should compete with the guard!"

Nia's tone was firm, even tinged with anger, and it was clear that Shande's words were uncomfortable with her.

Nia's move surprised Cross a little, he didn't expect Nia to be so impulsive.

He pulled her back to his side and said, "Nia, you're no match for her. ”

"But I'm your guard. ”