On the Seven Towers

While Xiao Chen and others were acting as mercenaries, there was a team lurking in the darkness outside the town of Arano.

The leader is Matos, the eldest son of Baron O'Farrell. Now he is a real baron except that he does not have a fief. He inherited the characteristics of his family. He was very tall and strong. He was wearing a piece of chain armor and holding a long sword in his hand. He was hiding behind a big tree. There were nearly fifty warriors beside him.

These were all the good players he had recruited during this period. In order to obtain the Duke's financial and military support, he also paid a high price. He promised to give out half of the property that belonged to his father. Therefore, the team under him can be said to have been scrapped together. However, the Duke also knew that if Alano was not taken back, all the benefits would not be realized, so he introduced several strong men to him.

A few days ago, they learned through spies that the mayor Chen Hansheng was attacked and seriously injured. Then the Chinese seemed to have discovered the traces of the murderer. The high-level warrior named Kalanda left here with a group of masters and went to an unknown place. This news made Matos ready to take action. If he could raid the town and capture the mayor alive, he would have a bargaining chip with the Chinese.

Matos himself is a peak mid-level warrior. There are four mid-level and ten low-level warriors in his current team. Among them was his friend Diokno, who was an intermediate-level mage. With such a team, as long as the opponent is not high-level, it is still very feasible to kidnap someone in a sneak attack at night.

However, the spies who sneaked into the town in the afternoon have not come out yet.

"Matos, are those two guys trapped inside?" Dionok was a man in his thirties, also wrapped in a black robe, standing beside Baron Matos.

"Wait a little longer." Matos pointed to the moon in the sky. "If the moon rises to the treetops and there is no news, we will retreat."

There are many mosquitoes in the forest at night in early summer. These people hide in the grass under the trees and become a feast for these insects. The mercenaries recruited were not well disciplined, and some were always swatting mosquitoes and making various noises. Matos had to beat up several guys to get the team to hide here. If the people in Alano Town were not vigilant and there were no sentries patrolling nearby, these rabble would have been discovered long ago.

Matos gently crushed a mosquito that flew into his face, and suddenly found a person climbing out of a wall in the town. After waiting for a while, the figure ran towards this direction.

Walking closer, the man imitated two bird calls to reveal his identity, and then quickly came to Matos' side.

Matos took a look and saw that it was indeed a spy sent by himself. He was a little annoyed and said: "Faria, why have you been gone for so long?"

"Sir, Du Ke and I got a lot of information after pretending to be traders and sneaking in. However, the people in the town were too enthusiastic. Therefore, they held us back for a long time."

When Matos heard him speak, the smell of alcohol hit his face, and he said angrily: "Have you been drinking?"

"Sir, please listen to me. We pretended to be merchants purchasing wood and got in. We thought that if we were more generous, we might meet more important people. So the order quantity reported was relatively large. As expected, several people were attracted. Timber merchants. They thought we were big customers from the south, so they were very attentive. They not only took us to see their inventory, but also treated us to dinner and drinks, so we didn't dare to delay it until now. I refuse because I'm afraid that my secret will be exposed. Now Du Ke has been placed in the hotel and is ready to take care of you at any time. I will report the news first."

Matos looked at this guy suspiciously and said, "Then tell me, what's going on in the town?"

"Sir, those masters have really left. It is said that they found traces of the murderer of Chen Hansheng, so they sent troops to take revenge. However, these businessmen cannot tell the specific situation. They only know that it takes about seven or eight days for the people who left to come and go. .And most of the troops passed along."

"Could it be a trap?"

"I don't think so. We asked around a few times on the road, and the situation is basically the same as what the merchants said." Faria burped. It seemed that he had eaten a lot before. "We also passed by where those people were stationed. The houses are mostly empty.”

"How many troops are left in the city?"

"There are about thirty or forty people left."

Matos looked at Dionok, who nodded and said: "If it is this number, it is difficult to protect a town from all of them. If we gather the team together, there should be no problem in defeating them."

"Do you know where that Chen Hansheng is?"

"Of course it was in your fortress. It is said that Chen Hansheng was seriously injured and completely lost his fighting ability. There was a timber merchant's daughter who worked as a maid in the castle. She said that Chen Hansheng was poisoned. Since he needed positive energy to drive away the poison, he He lives in a room on the third floor of your house and sunbathes on the rooftop every day.”

"Matos, if this Chen Hansheng is just a useless person, do we still need to kidnap him? What if the other party simply gives up on this guy?" Dionok said.

"Then we can also humiliate this guy on the battlefield to undermine the enemy's morale." Matos lowered his voice, "You all should know that the Duke must see the results. If we can't do this, he will throw it in The golden shield on my head will become the rope that hangs me!"

"My Lords, Chen Hansheng will not be abandoned, because the person in charge of this town is his wife, Karanda. Everyone says Karanda cares about Chen Hansheng very much. This time, she will lead the revenge team personally, and she will not abandon him easily."

"Very good, in this case, I will take action!" Matos decided, "Have you found a way to sneak into the town?"

"Of course, sir."

So Faria led the way, and Matos's people followed him and slowly approached the town. They tried to walk in the shadows without making any noise, lined up in a straight line and climbed up the hillside along a path to a corner of the wall. This position just avoided the view of the guards at the door and several watchtowers. A wooden stake under the wall had loosened, and Faria gently moved it away, revealing a gap that only allowed one person to pass through.

"How did you find this place?" Matos asked suspiciously.

"Sir, when we entered the town, we found some children playing nearby, but they disappeared after a while. I guessed there might be no secret passage or dog hole here, and when we left the town, I came here to check and found this passage." Faria said.

"Okay. Lead the way."