The "Quartet" mercenary group was delayed for a day at the Twin Mountains of Lundeno. When they arrived at Wind Iron Castle, King Kelman's army had already moved north. Most of the mercenary group has also left.
Speaking of Wind Iron Castle, this is the southernmost castle in the Province of Maine, and can also be said to be the northernmost gateway to the King's Province. This core fortress runs from north to south, and the logistics materials needed for this war are also transported here. Moreover, there are iron mines around Fengtie Castle, so this is also the place where weapons and armor are produced. Most of the weapons and armor equipped by the elite Ressa Legion are produced here.
After Prince Reza's management of various parts of Maine for many years, Wind Iron Castle is now a sizable military castle, no longer a small castle that only provides armaments.
Even King Kelman, who led his army through Wind Iron Castle, couldn't help but praise Prince Reza for his good governance. Important places such as the garrison station, armament station, and iron forging station were separated one by one, and the entire fortress was planned carefully and efficiently.
The garrison in the city has been expanded several times and can now accommodate an army of 50,000 to 60,000 people. Now that the king's army has moved north, this place seems quite empty. There are only a few sparse mercenary groups left in the huge camp.
Leaving the large troops in the camp on standby, with Xia Ye and Lang Yun there, it should be no problem. So the "Fourth Young Master", of course now the "Fifth Young Master", led a dozen strong-footed mercenaries and a few carriages of lizards with green scales to the forge.
Onian was wearing light leather-collared soft armor today, and also wore a dark brown bread hat, revealing a few strands of short chestnut hair that let the rising sun shine. She was very playful. No matter how you looked at it, this cousin was better than Alvin's cousin. Much more tender.
As soon as the war between the two countries started, a large amount of armor and weapons were needed on the front line, and the forging iron shops in the city were busy with business. People simply don't bother to pay attention to their small orders of hundreds of pieces. Moreover, cutting and sewing work like this only charges a processing fee, so few are willing to take their orders.
It was easy for Chen Zhu to find a job that didn't refuse him directly. After some hard talking, he added a lot of money before he was willing to take the job. Besides, they were in a hurry to get it, so the price increase was reasonable.
After paying the deposit and finalizing the time to pick up the goods with the shopkeeper, several people smiled bitterly and said that it would be easy to do something. They couldn't help but sigh that real money is more useful than this thing, and no identity is as useful as this thing. Onian, who was standing by, felt that it made sense.
"Hey, where did you get so many falcon-billed lizards' green scale skins from? The armor made from this thing is really good." The rough square-faced man picked up the lizard skin on the carriage and played with it. He didn't forget to raise his eyes and take a look at Alvin and his group who were about to leave.
This square-faced man has high cheekbones, a fleshy face, and scars of varying lengths all over his cheeks. He doesn't look like a bad guy at first glance.
Alvin and the others followed the principle that doing more is worse than doing less, so they ignored him and walked straight out. Unexpectedly, this square-faced man kicked against the wall, blocking Lai Wu who was walking first. At this time, several burly followers appeared behind the man, each of them wearing heavy armor and holding swords in their hands.
The four of them, Lai Wu, were all used to being playboy bullies in Saliuxi. Seeing the other party's attitude, they naturally understood that they were going to play today.
"I haven't finished speaking yet. Why are you leaving in such a hurry?" The square-faced man spat on the ground with a thick mouthful of phlegm. "I said, little brothers, I think your green scale skin is pretty good. I'll finish the armor in a while." , Can you lend me a few dozen sets?"
It was quite polite to borrow this from someone who met by chance. However, I think it must be borrowed but never repaid.
"No, who are you? Just borrow it if you ask." Chen Zhu came up and cursed.
"Hey, he asked me who I am?" The square-faced man turned to look at the followers behind him and laughed wildly.
The attendants also started laughing ferociously, and their feet were not idle. In the blink of an eye, they had surrounded Lai Wu and others.
The dozen or so mercenaries who came to carry the materials were kept outside. When they saw that the group leader and others were surrounded, they realized that something was wrong. They all drew their weapons and surrounded the square-faced man and others on guard. Looking at these uninvited guests, he was ready to take action at any time.
But the square-faced man and his entourage didn't even turn around, obviously not paying attention to the people behind them.
"Little brother, let me tell you once, please listen carefully," a man with slit eyes stood up and said loudly, "This is the leader of our Wolf Moon Mercenary Group, Mr. An Yu."
"Quanyu? I'm still a frog." Chen Zhu retorted, "I've never heard of it. Why don't you call it the Langyue Mercenary Group? Why don't you call it the Hammer Mercenary Group? Get the fuck out of here, don't you?" Pretend to be a bandit here."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Quartet mercenary group outside burst into laughter.
"Heh, it seems that today is the day you, a fat pig, die." Slit Eyes yelled back.
"It's a joke, if I don't gain more fucking flesh, how can you, the 'Xiantian', see that?" Chen Zhu scolded with a smile.
Hearing the apt description of "a thread of sky", the other three of the four young masters immediately burst into laughter, and even O'Ni'an couldn't help but smile.
Being teased like this, the slit eyes seemed to be angry. The other followers around him tried hard to hold back their laughter.
The leader named Yan Yu twitched the corner of his mouth, and his expression became increasingly grim. He stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers. Two teams of people rushed in from outside the long street, both wearing the same heavy armor as the followers.
These dozens of people once again surrounded the members of the Quartet mercenary group on the outside. This kind of encirclement layer by layer seemed a bit funny. Obviously, the momentum of the Quartet mercenary group at this time was a bit lower.
Alvin took a look at the square-faced man named Yan Yu, and pulled the chestnut-haired man behind him to protect him. He felt that he would definitely not be able to escape today.
"Friendly discussions" between several pairs of people are commonplace for the naughty Fourth Young Master, but they have never encountered this kind of opponent where dozens of people want to fight with you, and they can't help but wonder where the opponent is coming from. , looks like this is going to start a fight if they disagree?
Moreover, this was done openly in front of everyone, in the important military town of Fengtie Castle, during the battle with Tingxiao. If this was reported to the Ministry of Military Affairs, then the Wolf Moon Mercenary Group could be regarded as treason. to handle. Alvin and others can't figure out why there are such bold people?
"Oh, I remembered. I've heard of the Wolf Moon Mercenary Group. Most of the members of this group are fugitives and bandits carrying serious crimes. I don't know how, so I got into an official mercenary group at the Ministry of Military Affairs. There are quotas, and there are quite a few of them, more than 1,500 people." Kaiba said in a low voice.
"Is there such a mercenary group?" Alvin whispered in surprise.
"If you want to fight, anyone can be useful. But when you said that, I also remembered that I went to the Ministry of Military Affairs to register that day, and I think I saw this mercenary group." Lai Wu said.
"This group of people is so brave. They didn't ask any questions when they came up, and they just planned to steal our things?" Chen Zhu said in surprise, "It's as if we don't recognize anyone in the Military Affairs Department. I don't believe this, so make trouble?" Go to the Ministry of Military Affairs and convict them of treason?"
"They are all murderers and people who are used to licking blood from their knives. How can they be so timid? Look at them, do they look like they are afraid that we will cause trouble to the Ministry of Military Affairs?" Kaiba rolled his eyes at Chen Zhu, "Really? If they are investigated, the worst they can do is run back and continue to be their fugitives."
"They followed us all the way out of the camp, didn't you notice?" the chestnut-haired man reminded.
"No wonder, it turns out that we have been scouting all the way. Does it mean that we are few and easy to bully?" Alvin said coldly.
"Ha, are you mumbling all this time? Let me ask you again, will you give me this green scale armor?" Jin Yu asked with a sneer. Just now he was pretending to borrow money, but now he changed his mind.
"What, you still want to take action here?" Lai Wu said disdainfully, "I really don't believe you have the courage."
However, the other party really does.
The square-faced man waved his hand, and the mercenaries of the Wolf Moon Mercenary Group came out with swords in an instant.
When Lai Wu saw this, he also yelled: "Do it!"
Immediately, the two gangs started fighting. As soon as Fang fought against Alvin, he discovered that the opponent was indeed no ordinary gangster. They were all agile and fierce in their attacks. Coupled with the absolute advantage in numbers and equipment, Lang Yue quickly cut down the dozen strong men from the surrounding mercenary groups to the ground.
The battle in the inner circle was also very difficult and dangerous. Lai Wu, Kaiba and Chen Zhu faced off against Slit Eyes and those burly followers. They suffered a numerical disadvantage. The three of them could only defend themselves back to back. The main reason was that the other party was more vicious and vicious than the young nobles. Without those flashy martial arts skills, his moves were aimed at the vital points, and the three of them were helpless in the fight. What you fear most in a fight is an opponent who has the same style as you, and your opponent has been immersed in this style for a long time, far more than you.
The leader of the Wolf Moon Mercenary Group, Ao Yu, went straight for Alvin, while the other two followers behind Ao Yu entangled the chestnut-haired man.
A magician would be completely crushed by martial arts in such a not-so-wide alley. Alvin could have relied on instant magic and air cracking to get rid of Ai Yu's close combat. However, Onian's body has not recovered yet, so he is really worried about letting her face two martial arts alone.
So Alvin kept fighting with Yan Yu not far away from the chestnut-haired man. It could be said that it was quite difficult to deal with it. Moreover, since the opponent could sit in the position of the leader of criminals and bandits, his skills must be among the best in the group.
What Erwin couldn't understand was why this guy picked him as his opponent?
"Anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that Lai Wu is the group leader, and it was Chen Zhu who was cursing just now. Why did you come looking for me?" Alvin thought to himself.
"I recognize you, Alvin Felie." A sinister smile flashed across Ai Yufang's face, "I saw you at the Pillow Sword Club."
Alvin couldn't help being surprised when he heard this, "If the other party recognizes me, then he should also know the details of our group. How dare he provoke trouble with us? How courageous are these bandits. If this group of If the gangster knows that the princess is here, won't he want to rebel?"
"You were very popular in the Pillow Sword Club." Yan Yu suddenly stopped and said with a look of contempt on his face: "Then let's see if you can survive my 'Three Killing Swords'."
Suddenly, there was a long shadow in the chaotic and long narrow street, and a cold light suddenly appeared.
If they and Alvin were still testing each other just now, they were murderous under this awe-inspiring sword intent.
"The first sword is to go against the waves." The sword of An Yu was like a giant boat going against the waves, breaking the waves and cutting off the current, arrogant and domineering.
When Alvin saw the sword movement, he fired more than a dozen ice spears in his hand, took a few steps back, leaned directly behind the chestnut-haired man, and held up a light shield to cover the two of them.
"How are you?" Alvin asked behind his back.
"It's no problem to deal with these two." The chestnut-haired man gasped softly.
"Bang!" An Yu broke through the ice spears with his wild force and slashed directly on the outer wall of the light shield. Alvin was shocked so much that his vision went black and stars popped out.
"You've shown your special skills so quickly." Yan Yu curled his lips and sneered. He glanced at the two followers who originally attacked the chestnut-haired man, telling them not to interfere. The two men knew each other and went to attack Lai Wu and the other three.
But when he saw An Yu jumped up, turned around and swung his sword, "The second sword is to break the mountain."
When the sword goes down, the mountain will be cut with an oblique edge, the shadows of the sword will appear, the peaks will be shattered, and all the beasts will be frightened.
In Alvin's view, this was not just one sword, but more than a dozen sword intentions layered on top of each other. The chestnut-haired man could only watch the monstrous sword coming towards his head and face in the light shield, feeling extremely anxious and helpless.
More than a dozen sword intents contained all kinds of crazy energy, pouring directly into the light shield. Alvin felt that his physical strength began to pour out, his magic power was being overdrawn crazily, and the feeling of fainting came back.
Alvin stared at Yan Yu in the light shield, letting blood start to drip from his nostrils and corners of his mouth.
But Yan Yu smiled contemptuously, clenched the long knife in his hand, and prepared to swing the third knife to end the battle.
"Stop it! Are you going to fucking rebel?" A loud shout came from the corner of the street.
I saw a man wearing engraved silver armor, stepping into the sky, and landed directly between Alvin and Yan Yu. The spear in his hand suddenly dug into the ground. After a dull sound, he only heard him roar again: "If you don't stop, No one can walk out of this street alive today!"
The two groups of people were about to kill, but were silenced by this man's two roars.
At this time, two rows of silver-armored guards came out of the street. They ran in uniformly and looked at the two groups of people fighting with frosty faces. Alvin also recognized this equipment, it was the standard equipment for official soldiers of the empire.
"Hey, Lord City Guard, why are you here?" Yan Yu asked calmly, and gave a few words to his entourage. These people took a few steps back and no longer surrounded Laiwu and the other three.
Seeing that the situation was somewhat relieved, Alvin withdrew his light shield, and the energy from the chaos of swords suddenly poured into his body, like an overturned river. The meridians throughout his body were extremely painful, and his blood was surging. He stood unsteadily, coughed, and spit out a large mouthful of blood.
The chestnut-haired man saw this and helped Alvin, with a worried look on his face.
Alvin wiped the blood from his mouth and smiled silently, his eyes still staring coldly at Jin Yu.
"Oh, you asked me why I came here. If you don't come, are you going to kill everyone?" The city guard glared at Jin Yu, "You, the Wolf Moon Mercenary Group, are so capable, why don't you keep them to fight?" People from Tingxiao are quite cruel to their own people."
"We passed by here just now, and we just wanted to ask these little brothers to borrow some equipment. We didn't want to disagree with our words, so we started to take action. It really caused trouble to the city lord." Yan Yu said shamelessly.
Now the young nobles knew where the big and small scars on this guy's face came from. Emotions are shameless.
Laiwu immediately spat, "Bah, are you borrowing it? Aren't you openly robbing it? Let me tell you, I don't believe that the Ministry of Military Affairs is still not taking care of this matter until it's over."
"Haha, you're a kid, are you going to the Ministry of Military Affairs to cry for your father? Are you afraid you won't be able to survive without your father who is a duke?" Jin Yu grinned and laughed, then scanned a few people. The young nobleman glanced at him and said disdainfully: "You guys, don't you just dare to hide in your father's shadow?"
Laiwu and the others couldn't help but be surprised when they heard this. They sighed the same as Alvin, "He still dares to touch us even if he knows it. Is this bandit leader just too ambitious?"
"That's enough!" the city guard roared, "Jianyu Chen, do you really take yourself seriously? Do you really think that I, the city guard, are just a freeloader? I don't think anyone in your mercenary group is there today. I want to live.”
As soon as the two guards heard this, they collectively took a step forward, lowered their spears in their hands, and stared at the members of the Wolf Moon Mercenary Group with eager eyes.
When Alvin saw this posture, he felt that the Lord of Wind Iron Castle did have some courage.
"Lord City Guard, look at what you said," Yan Yu said to the City Guard with a smile on his face, "Even if we take the courage of a leopard, we would not dare to commit any crime in your territory."
He said this partly to the city guard and partly to Laiwu and the others. Obviously he was threatening these young nobles to leave the territory of Wind Iron Castle, and this matter was definitely not over.
"Don't you dare to cause trouble in my territory? Then what the hell were you doing just now? Do you want to go back to be a bandit again?" the city guard scolded, "I will definitely write a letter to the Ministry of Military Affairs about today's matter. You can do it yourself." May you be blessed.”
"Okay, Lord City Guard, let's say goodbye." Yan Yu said with a smile without caring at all, and then waved to the dozens of mercenaries.
"Get out, get out quickly, take your people and get out of Wind Iron Castle now, don't let me see you again in the jurisdiction." The city guard waved his hand, not even bothering to look at these gangsters.
An Yu led the members of the Langyue mercenary group away calmly, during which "Slit Eyes" even glanced at Chen Zhu proudly.
Alvin looked at the three people on Laiwu's side. The situation was not much better than his own. Most of their faces were blue or purple, and their bodies also had large and small wounds.
"I've never seen such a shameless person," Chen Zhu cursed, "So many people beat a few of us, and they still have the nerve to fart so loudly."
"Are you guys okay?" The city guard glanced around Lai Wu and Alvin.
"I can't die." Laiwu took a look at the Fengtie Castle Keeper.
The city guard nodded, said nothing, turned around and gathered his team to leave.
"Wow, this city guard is also a strange person, and he just left like this? Why don't you give us condolences?" Chen Zhu looked at the backs of the two guards and said in surprise.
"Congratulations to you, damn it. In the land of Maine, how can anyone take a noble like you from the royal capital seriously?" Kaiba said as he dusted himself off, "Those of us who didn't follow the big army , people can tell at a glance that they are all in vain, and they don’t even bother to fawn over them. That shameless bastard just explained our life experiences so clearly, do you think this city guard wants to pay attention to us? "
"He is Resa's confidant, the guardian of Fengtie Castle──Jizhi Yang." The chestnut-haired man next to Alvin said calmly.
This made it clear why people didn't take them seriously. After all, those who followed Prince Resa had all climbed up through military service.
"I think I've heard of this guy, Ji Zhi Yang, a black cavalry silver spear, the little spear master of Maine." Lai Wu suddenly said.
"No wonder the shameless Yan Yu was a little afraid when the city guard arrived," Kaiba said.
"Compared with this little gun master, I think we should worry about the bandit leader Jin Yu. I can hardly hold on after his two sword blows." Alvin said bitterly.
"Haha, I heard that guy is targeting us." Lai Wuhan said.
"I really don't believe they dare..." As soon as Chen Zhu said it, he realized something was wrong. Thinking of that Con Yu's frantic look, his aura suddenly dropped.
The chestnut-haired man was afraid that his identity would be exposed, so he didn't make any comments about these gangsters in this crowded place.
