Dawn of the Ash Tower

Climbing up the walls of Dale City is not impossible.Of course, the premise is that the walls of the valley city are unmanned.Although the hammer knights did not carry props for climbing the city wall, it is not difficult to make a few claws for climbing the city with materials on the spot when there is plenty of time.It's just that the horses of Hammer Knights couldn't pass through the city wall. In this regard, the result of Heather and Cheese's discussion was to let the seriously wounded and some knights with impaired combat capabilities return to the southern border first, and reach Zhuoliu Town where the Knights of the Kingdom were stationed. In this way, the information obtained so far can be sent to the outside world, and it can also stabilize the morale of the army.

So the ten wounded left the valley city with five horses and headed south. Heather sent a carrier pigeon to Zhuoliu Town in advance to inform them of the incident.As for other war horses, Cheese has a bit of a headache. After all, if you need to leave the earldom quickly, these war horses are essential, but when entering the valley city, the safety of these war horses outside the city cannot be guaranteed.However, Heather said that there is no need to worry about these war horses at all. The female knight commander claimed that these trained army horses can be self-sufficient nearby, and without the burden of the owner, the speed of the rat man alone cannot cause harm to these horses.Although he was somewhat uneasy, but since the owner of the war horse said so, the mage accepted the plan.

In this way, when a group of people crossed the moat of the valley city and climbed the city wall on the proposed pontoon bridge made of wooden boards, the members of the team had been reduced to 20 people, and the personnel consisted of Cheese, Elsa, two Frost Guards and Heather and fifteen hammer knights.Carefully climbing up the city wall, the mage was still a little concerned about the results of the previous divination.Although the question of the whereabouts of the Kingdom Knights in that divination did point to Valley City, the result also predicted that Valley City at this time was very dangerous.Cheese looked at the two mutated ratmen who were tied into rice dumplings at their feet. The immediate priority was to find a safe base and quickly open the portal to the gray tower to send these two important living specimens back.

This is why cheese strongly recommends entering Valley City as soon as possible. As a giant mage facility built by Mr. Cheese, the gray tower itself cannot be the target of teleportation. This is to prevent sudden attacks by hostile spellcasters.As a member of the gray tower, cheese has its own method to connect a special room in the gray tower, but the connection requirements are very strict. The most important one is that the portal itself must be unfolded in a room similar in size and shape to the special room. Obviously, the conditions when camping in the wild are not enough to meet the casting conditions of the spell.The buildings in the nearby settlements are mostly wooden buildings, which are contrary to the special rocks that make up the gray tower in terms of material, so they cannot meet the conditions.Looking at the entire Earl of Saron, only Valley City is the place where mages are most sure to open the portal.But these cheeses have not yet told others that the mage just promised that once he established a stronghold in the valley city, he would deal with the two mutant ratmen. With his promise, Heather agreed to bring These two drags go to town.

The evening sun shone on the walls of the valley city.The days during this period of time always feel particularly short, and the nights that follow are too long.The length is suffocating.Shaking her head to temporarily shake off the thoughts in her mind, Heather began to plan today's exploration operation. The city wall is obviously not a good place for the team to stay. The too narrow terrain and the conspicuous location make the team likely to be attacked by the enemy.So the female knight commander decided to find a building close to the city wall as a resting place tonight, and wait until tomorrow to search the environment of the valley city on a large scale to find a place suitable for establishing a stronghold.

Generally speaking, the city walls of such fortress-type cities are forbidden for civilians to step in, so the roads leading to the city walls in the city are often equipped with gates, which can effectively prevent spies or spies from taking advantage of the emptiness of the defense to climb the city walls.Of course, the whole group knew this. In fact, Heather and the Hammer Knights had already been to the valley city, so the knight commander was actually ready to use the hook to descend into the valley city.However, the knights who went to explore the road brought back the information that the gate was not closed, which was unexpected.

"This is an abnormal phenomenon. Even if something happens to Valley City, these gates should be closed." After confirming that the winches near the gates are still functioning normally, Heather frowned and said.

"Perhaps an emergency happened in the city and the guards on duty on the city wall needed to be dispatched, so the gate was not closed." Mona guessed.

"There are 200 city guards in the Valley City, and Earl Saron's barracks is stationed in the city. How urgent is it that the soldiers on duty on the city wall have to be transferred away, and it is too late to close the city wall? The entrance?" The female knight commander asked back.But even though what she said was a question, Heather herself knew that the answer to this matter might not be clear until she found the soldiers of the Valley City.

"Anyway, it's our top priority to find a place to spend tonight." Cheese said, he doesn't think we should waste too much time on these small details, although the opening of the gate is very abnormal, but it doesn't mean anything .To understand the current situation of Valley City, one must first enter the inner city.

After listening to the mage's words, the other people nodded as they agreed with his point of view.Through the narrow troop transport corridor, they finally entered the valley city.It's just that the valley city in front of me doesn't feel like the most important city in the north at all.The empty streets and the street lamps without kerosene all reminded the pedestrians that the place was not functioning normally.

"Louis, take a few people to check the surrounding houses and see where it is more suitable for overnight stay." He ordered his adjutants to look for buildings for the night, while Heather, Cheese and others walked on the dirty streets trying to find a place what.

"I'm afraid these streets have not been cleaned for a while." The mage said, feeling the sticky touch of the soles.Although the cheese has not entered human society much before, he has been to some cities in some special activities or tasks. Compared with the streets that were cleaned, the scene here is really unbelievable. In a fortress city of around 5000 people.

Heather has no opinion on this. After all, the spread of the plague will definitely cause panic in the city. Based on common sense, let alone no one cleans the streets, even if the whole city stops production altogether, it is nothing unusual to stay behind closed doors. , compared to these, she hopes to determine the location of her group at this time.

"We entered from the north wall. If I remember correctly, this should be the junction of the military area and the slum area." After seeing some iconic buildings, Heather came to this conclusion.

"Why the slums?" Elsa asked suddenly.

"What?" The female knight captain didn't quite understand the boss lady's question.

"I mean, this is the northern part of the city. I can understand the military area here. After all, the original intention of this city was to defend the north. But why put the slums in the north? Although I haven't been to the city much, but I also know that the slum area is the most chaotic place in every city, why put such an unstable factor here? If the war breaks out, wouldn’t it be a hungry wolf next to the fresh meat?”

Although the analogy was a bit strange, both Cheese and Heather understood what the proprietress wanted to say.For this question, cheese as a mage is difficult to answer. Even though he is knowledgeable, he is not very clear about urban planning.In contrast, Heather, who is the head of the Knights of the Duchy, understands this issue fairly well.

"It is precisely because the slum area is difficult to manage, so it is arranged next to the military area, so that possible hidden dangers can be extinguished in the fastest time. And..." The female knight leader paused, seeming to be interested in the next topic Some conflicts.

"And the army is basically all men, and there are often many women in the slums of a city who are engaged in skin and meat business. Blindly suppressing the needs of soldiers will only lead to a rebound, so simply put the slums next to the military area, so that It is also convenient to manage the soldiers who go out. This is a very common method, otherwise you would think that whoever patronizes the brothels in the town." The female soldier Mona went on to say that although she is both female, she is used to the way people from the North speak. Mona doesn't have so many worries.The male soldiers present were embarrassed and didn't know how to face it for a while. "Monkey" simply looked up at the sky, as if he was observing the sky of the valley.Although Elsa is the proprietress of the tavern, due to her family relationship, the only tavern in the town of Dragon's Back is in order beyond imagination, so she didn't know these embarrassing things before.

Just when the scene was very tense, the knight who was sent to search happened to return to report the information.

"Your Excellency, we have searched the houses nearby and found something that is not quite right."

"Something's not right, what is it?" Heather asked.

"It's a hole, sir. Many buildings here have holes leading to unknown areas on the first floor or in the basement." The knight replied.

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