On the Seven Towers

Greenwood City is a big city that Xiao Chen has seen, second only to the capital. Although it is not as prosperous as Suero, the city itself is more ancient and majestic. Xiluo told him that any city whose place name is composed of magic words generally has a history that can be traced back a long, long time ago. Greenwood City is like this. Although the origin of this name is no longer traceable, the mottled ancient city walls, broken stone roads on the ground, and ancient pillars and statues that can be seen from time to time are quietly telling the glory of this big city in the past.

After arriving in Greenwood City yesterday, Xiao Chen and his party were settled in a camp outside the city as a mercenary group hired by the Duke of Greenwood City, and were stationed together with mercenaries from various places. Many mercenaries are vulgar people. Duke Parsa is worried that these people will disturb his city, so he does not allow mercenaries to enter the city. He also specially arranged a team of soldiers to control the mercenaries' camps and prevent them from leaving the camps and wandering around.

Of course, such a ban is not difficult for Xiao Chen. With his current magic skills, he only needs to mobilize his mental power slightly, extract some mental magic from the outside world, and add his own will to confuse the guards. This is also a skill he gradually mastered after learning the "True Source of Magic" in the Source Tower after he was promoted to a high-level mage: how to cast magic without runes.

He, Roger, and Xi Luo put on simple clothes and sneaked into Green Forest City. As soon as they entered the city, they saw a notice posted at the gate of the city, saying that the Duke of Green Forest City conferred Julio, the youngest son of Baron O'Farrell, as a baron.

There were no people around the notice, and ordinary people naturally didn't pay any attention to such things. There were two businessmen discussing there.

"It's only been a few days, how come the baron has changed again?"

"Who told them to provoke the Chinese? Everyone from the north knows that the Chinese are very powerful now." The merchant lowered his voice and said, "I heard that Matos and his group wanted to attack the Chinese town of Alano at night, but the Chinese had already ambushed them and waited for them to take the bait. In the end, no one in the team survived except for those who were guarding the baggage in the back."

"Is it so exaggerated?" Another merchant was obviously shocked. He patted his chest, looked around and said, "The Chinese are also cruel and ruthless."

"In my opinion, it's not that the Chinese are cruel, but that the people here are stupid. They didn't even know the opponent's strength, but they went to attack. That's not Are you looking for death?"

"I heard that the Duke has not given up yet. He has been recruiting knights and mercenaries everywhere for the past few days."

The merchant in front spat lightly: "Don't you think about how this Duke made his fortune. In the past few decades, basically no one could get an advantage from him. People who are used to taking advantage naturally don't give up so easily."

"I don't know who will win or lose in the end."

The merchant covered his mouth with his hand and said: "I am betting on the Chinese. Half of my business is done with them."

Xiao Chen had previously released a magic he invented. He used his mental power to form a membrane around the two merchants. Using this membrane to feel the vibration of the air, he could hear the voices of the two people talking in the distance. He called this magic "Listen with your ears". After listening for a while, Xiao Chen said, "Old Chen and his men are really amazing. They wiped out the new Baron Matos's team in just one night."

"No wonder the Duke couldn't wait to set up a new puppet." Xi Luo said, "Sir, what are you going to do?"

"Let's go and take a look around the Duke's Mansion first. Since we are here, we naturally have to see if there is any opportunity. If we can find a way to contact the Duke, it would be good for us to easily solve a problem for the school."

"Sir, do you want to assassinate the Duke?" Xi Luo said in surprise.

"Are we allowed to sneak attack us and not allowed to teach him a lesson?"

"It is generally difficult to assassinate a person like the Duke." Roger said, "A noble of this level must have several masters around him at all times. The power of this Duke of Green Forest City is good both in the kingdom and the empire. It is normal for him to be guarded by a master."

"Don't be nervous, we are just going to take a look. Anyway, there is no clear action plan yet. We should have gone to collect intelligence."

Xiao Chen and the other two walked around and found that the atmosphere in the city was indeed very tense. There were many vehicles with well-covered vehicles coming and going, transporting supplies in and out of the city. These should be the things that the Duke asked the merchants to purchase.

Xiao Chen took advantage of the situation and spotted a truck that stopped temporarily on the side of the road to avoid the carriage. He sent a wind blade towards the goods covered with oilcloth. His wind blade was very thin and narrow, and it cut into a bag silently. After the carriage moved forward and left, Xiao Chen walked to the place where the truck had just stopped and picked up some white powder from the ground. "It's flour. It's military rations."

Roger thought for a while and said, "I remember that most of the cars I saw on the way here were not going to our camp."

"The Duke must have used more forces than just us mercenaries. There must be other teams gathering elsewhere." Xiao Chen said.

"He must have a team of knights and knight attendants. Such fine flour cannot be prepared for mercenaries. I'm afraid that only his noble lineage is qualified to eat it."

"Sir, the car just now should be loaded with kerosene. I used to run this business and I'm very familiar with the smell." Xi Luo said.

"It seems that the Duke has learned from his last lesson. This wave of troops attacking Alano Town should be much stronger than before."

The three of them came to the Duke's Mansion, which was a real castle. There were moats, drawbridges, and towering walls. There were many soldiers in armor patrolling back and forth on the walls. Several soldiers could be seen on the towers at the four corners, with bows and arrows drawn, ready to shoot at any time.

Xiao Cheng approached the castle wall and felt it, "There is also a power of suppressing magic here, which is not much worse than the palace in the capital. I guess my combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced in this castle. It seems that a sneak attack is completely impossible."

The drawbridge of the moat was lowered during the day. When they passed by, there were two officers talking there.

Xiao Chen used the magic of listening with his ears tilted just like before.

People in this world do not understand how sound is transmitted, so even those with some strength are not very vigilant against magic like Xiao Chen.

After a while, Xiao Chen said to Roger, "Your guess is correct. There will be a team that will join us before we reach Arano. It will be composed of the Duke's knights, and the guy just now will join that team. At that time, the mercenary team will be used to test the combat effectiveness of Arano. We are the real cannon fodder."