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Text Chapter 73 The curtain is about to rise

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    The north wind was blowing loudly, and Barrett, who was hidden among the dead trees, observed the fortress in the distance through the narrow horizontal slit in the middle of the snow goggles.  This is the border between the Kingdom of Cruze and the Kingdom of Lucia. Since the failure of the last hegemony, the Lucia bears have built fortresses as defensive positions on this new border that has retreated a lot. ? Benefit from the ruling style and cultural traditions of the Kingdom of Lucia.  The bureaucrats and nobles there greeted the "animals" in the territory without any scruples and did not have to worry too much about their resistance.  Under this efficient recruitment of civilian power, in just a few years, these fortresses built with granite walls appeared at various key locations along the border. Some were at the exits of valleys, some were at the intersections of rivers, and of course they were indispensable.  is an important node of each business channel.  According to Barrett¡¯s observation, the fortress in front of him is not that big, and the granite walls on all sides are only 25 feet high, including the battlements.  The tower on the side is about 40 feet tall.  Although the trench outside the city did not attract river water to form a surrounding silver belt, the sharpened wooden piles in it still posed a certain threat. However, in Barrett's eyes, the trench was almost covered with snow.  .  The wooden stakes that were sharpened and hardened by the campfire could only reveal a little bit of the black tip.  Like most defensive structures, the fortress in front of you is dotted with arrow holes, especially the towers on the side.  However, judging from Barrett's current position, it is not clear whether there are ballistas that project spears hidden behind those shooting holes.  I don't know if it's because of the weather, but there don't seem to be any soldiers patrolling back and forth on the battlements.  ¡®It looks like those guys are hiding behind the battlements and lazing around.  ¡¯ Barrett, who was familiar with the situation of the Western Continent¡¯s army, immediately made such a judgment in his heart.  Because no matter how decadent the army is, it is impossible for the fortress to be without manpower.  What's more, the army of the Kingdom of Lucia cannot be called decadent in the Western Continent. ?????????????????? However, there are clear barriers between the nobles and the common people within them, and the situation of seniority discrimination is serious.  Those noble officers would not accompany their large soldiers to the city to blow the cold wind.  Therefore, the top soldiers who lack supervision will naturally find ways to be lazy.  If they hadn't been caught drinking during the inspection, they would have been whipped. According to Barrett's usual understanding of them, they were definitely drunk.  Barrett, who had been staring here all morning, carefully moved his body, trying to cover his body with the branches of the dead trees as much as possible.  Although there is currently no patrol on the fortress in the distance.  But there is no guarantee that those lazy soldiers will suddenly stand up and do their duty.  What's more, he is still not sure whether there is a special observation post behind the shooting hole of the tower. Under this situation, Barrett is absolutely unwilling to take risks.  At this moment, Noodle's voice came from behind Barrett: "How is the situation?" "It's okay! At least the target we are monitoring has not changed." Barrett turned around after saying this.  , "Perhaps we have to wait until the next time they carry out supplies, so we can get some clues!" "I heard that a fortress like this can last for a long time after a supply! When will it be next time?  ? Okay, it's time to change shifts." Noodles complained and then came to Barrett like floating.  Barrett, who knew he should go back, patted the halfling wanderer on the shoulder, and then took off the comfortable cloak on his back: "Put it on quickly. Only with this thing can you stand motionless in the snow."  "Thank you, Barrett. Without this thing, it would be really troublesome to deal with this kind of task!" He took the cloak and wrapped it around himself and carefully hid in the dry.  In the shadow of the tree.  And Barrett stepped on the icy blue light and quickly disappeared into the woods.  The duration of the "Group Snow Boots" is very long, and it has almost become a permanent state for players from the beginning of this latent mission.  Of course, in this environment, what players value is no longer the speed it increases, but the concealment of walking in the snow, so that they can avoid exposing their whereabouts to the Lucians to the greatest extent.  About half an hour later, Barrett walked out of the woods and came to the edge of a huge rock in a mountain col.  Immediately after pressing the rock, a warm air flow hit Barrett, and at the same time, the cold wind outside the room also poured in through the open door.  Rielle, who was writing something on the desk in the secret hall, felt the cold air passing over her neck and couldn't help but frown.  And Claudia even shouted: "Barrett, hurry up and close the door for me! Do you want to freeze us to death in this damn weather?" "Okay! Miss, please don't be so exaggerated, okay?  "The temperature here is much better than before."Afterwards, Barrett walked into the house and closed the door behind him.  After all, the Kingdom of Cruze is to the south of Nohan, and the temperature here is naturally higher than when the players were trekking in the snow.  Moreover, the blizzard has long since stopped, and the scattered fine snow here is even less likely to cause too sharp a drop in temperature.  Even if you don't take into account the blazing fireplace in the mage's secret hall, the environment here is still much better than before.  "It's noodle class in the afternoon, and it should be Anvil and I's turn tomorrow." Lalu, who was sitting on the bed shaking her legs, blinked and stared at Barrett and asked, "Barrett, do you think it's okay?  How long will it take for our mission to be over? " "That's right! Staying in this room these days is killing me." Claudia started next to her.  Heckle.  After hearing this, Barrett glared at the true master teacher: "If you feel bored, then tomorrow you and Lalu or Anvil will change jobs. How about going to the woods to see the Lucian fortress for half a day?  " When Claudia heard this, she immediately lost her voice. She just complained a few words, and she definitely didn't want to go to the woods and stay motionless in the cold wind.  At this time, Barrett took the opportunity to pursue and fight: "Even if you are willing to go, I am still worried that you will make trouble and expose our whereabouts! And you can be content with being able to hide in this house!"  If it weren't for this rare item, we might have to find a cave to set up camp far away from the source here. "Although I have complained before that this 'Mage's Secret Hall' rare item is a waste of money.  But Barrett's attitude has changed a lot now.  Because of this strange object, the players were able to have a comfortable foothold in this icy and snowy wilderness. Although the space of the 'Magic Rope Technique' is indeed quite safe, in terms of comfort, the space in the 'Mage's Cabin'  There is no need to create spells of this type.  It is also because of the existence of this strange object that the players were able to establish an advance camp so close to the Lucia Fortress.  Otherwise, just resting is easy, but if you want to take a bite of hot food, you have to light a fire in a cave farther away to ensure that Lucia doesn't find you.  If one player still wants to ensure the effectiveness of the surveillance mission, then they may have to spend more effort.  "Now you know what this strange thing is. Who was it that looked at the thing and thought it had a nose or a face or a face?" After hearing this, Claudia suddenly became hardened.  However, Barrett shook his head in a matter-of-fact manner: "Miss, you used the wrong word. Otherwise, you could just make this 'Mage's Secret Hall' grow a nose or a face!" Being given by Barrett  Claudia choked and fell into a deep depression after leaving.  Clematis pulled his friend over and glared at Barrett: "Forget Dia, she is a troublemaker. Barrett, do you need to argue with her?" "I don't want to argue with her either.  Care about it! But if you leave it alone, who knows what trouble she will cause next." Speaking of this, Barrett emphasized, "I am just taking precautions." "Probably not.  As for it! It's freezing outside, and you put the only comfortable cloak that can withstand the harsh environment outside. Even if Dia had any intention, she wouldn't leave the house." Clematis said.  As he spoke, he looked at Claudia who was lying on his lap.  The latter immediately muttered and complained: "Don't call me so squeamish!" At this moment, Rielle, who had finished the copying work, put down the silver-tip quill in her hand.  Then he turned around and asked: "Barrett, I'm a little worried! At present, the surveillance personnel we have arranged only pay attention to the movement of that fortress during the day. If they make any changes at night, it will be troublesome." "Mage, you  We should also understand how difficult it is for the army to march at night. With the level of Lucia's army, I think their commander would probably make such a decision if he was out of his mind.  Problem, we can also spot the fire over there during the night watch!" Barrett paused at this, "As for the baggage team sending supplies into the fortress at night, it's even more impossible to get those second-line troops.  It is a complete fantasy to escort grain and grass at night with civilians. " Of course, there is another thing that Barrett did not say. The Lucia Fortress in front of him does not have the ability to take the initiative to attack before replenishing grain, grass and personnel.  Because the number of defenders there is mostly only maintained at the lowest level of daily patrol experience.  You must know that although the Kingdom of Lucia is large, it has a large population.  But it is precisely because of his vast territory that he needs people everywhere.  In addition, the relatively barren and most fertile part of Lucia's land had been eaten by Nohan during the war 200 years ago.  Technology?The level is not considered first-class in the Western Continent, so the financial situation of the Lucia government has not been very good.  Under this situation, although Lucia has a lot of reserve manpower, the number of soldiers recruited during non-war times is often only a little higher than the minimum requirement.  At the same time, the level of supplies was subject to normal drift and the deduction of some greedy noble officers, and the actual quantity in place was not enough to ensure the normal operation of the army.  Therefore, as Barrett, who knows this country quite well, he can more or less guess that the situation in the fortress not far away is insufficient of soldiers, severe vacancies, and lack of supplies.  Of course, this is also affected by the relatively poor performance of the Cruze Kingdom in recent years.  If it is on the border with Nohan, although the fortresses there are also occupied by bureaucrats and nobles at all levels, the overall situation is much better than here.  It was precisely because of understanding them that Barrett concluded that there would be a large-scale supply operation here before Lucia's army took action.  In fact, one of the goals that the players saw this time was to report similar situations to the Bolum family in a timely manner.  If a long convoy and a large number of Lucian soldiers appear outside the fortress, it means that the war is about to begin.  "You are an expert in this area, of course we will listen to you." Rielle frowned when she said this, "But there is one thing I have always wanted to ask. Near the creek we passed before, I  I think it should be a better place to camp than here! Barrett, why don't you agree? " "That place was not too far from the trade road, and we could rush to the nearest bridge in time to destroy it.  It's only about an hour away, so it won't have much impact on the surveillance mission." Barrett, who seemed to agree with the mage's point of view at first, suddenly changed his tone, "But since we can easily see that the environment there is like this.  Superior, don¡¯t the Lucians who have been stationed here for decades know? If they really want to take action, the first thing they should do is to check if there is any suspicious threat there! "The reason why Barrett  The reason why she objected to the camping spot Rielle had originally chosen was because it was so suitable.  It's so suitable that even if Lucia's army is a fool, they will definitely focus on investigation before taking action.  Although the 'Mage's Secret Hall' is protected by illusion, there is still a possibility of being exposed as long as more people are searched.  On the contrary, the current camping spot is easily ignored by the Lucians because it is behind a small forest.  At this moment, a short stick tied with feathers on Clematis's chest suddenly began to shake.  Then the voice of Noodles came from inside: "Convoy! Traces of the convoy were found." "Guys, I'm going to check the situation first. If it's really like Noodles' report, our mission is about to enter a critical moment.  "Barrett, who had just returned to the camp, once again went out in the wind and snow.  (To be continued.)
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