The next day, after traveling all the way, the caravan finally reached the end of this time, which is the castle where Viscount Moruo is located.
After going over many hills and forests, a flat field appeared between the two tall mountains.
Wheat is planted in the field, and the fields are scattered on the ground like large grids, which makes people look from a distance and have a pleasing beauty.
On the side of the high mountain near the west side, there is a circle of white stone walls, and inside is a small city. Continuing up along the hillside, you can see the white castle shrouded in the shade.
This castle, built more than a hundred years ago, is not dilapidated, and still retains its past features. A few soldiers patrolled in the watchtower of the castle, overlooking the small town and the field below.
Lorraine Hill followed the convoy into the city. After some inspection by the guards, the convoy continued to move forward and slowly walked towards the hillside where the castle was located.
"Welcome, Miss Charlene." A guard captain in full armor stepped forward, and he lifted the steel mask, revealing a slightly handsome face.
"This is the captain of the castle's guard, Kevin, who is an old acquaintance." Charlene introduced Lorraine Hill beside her.
"Hello, beautiful lady swordsman." Kevin has short chestnut hair and some unshaved beard on his chin. He looks about 25-30 years old.
"Hello." Roland Hill nodded, stretched out the hand wearing the gauntlet, and shook it briefly.
"Is this Miss Charlene's new partner? It's very strong." Kevin probably has the strength of Sequence 4, and he is considered a little master in the surrounding area, so he can naturally perceive the extraordinaryness of this Miss Swordsman.
"Of course, Messiah is our hero." Charlene took Loren Hill into the castle and talked about what happened along the way.
"Is there actually such a big bear? This is not a trivial matter." Kevin rubbed his chin, recalling the various information he had recently received. In this peaceful place, it seems that there have been many traces of monsters recently.
"Forget it, I don't understand it for the time being. I'll talk to Lord Moruo later."
"Lord Moruo has been looking forward to Miss Charlene's arrival recently. After he lost his beloved piano, he became quite agitated. Every time we saw him, we were a little nervous."
Afterwards, Kevin also talked to Charlene about what happened in the castle recently. Viscount Moruo is a music fan, and his biggest hobby is playing his beloved piano in the forest.
"It is the best enjoyment in life with the singing of birds, the sound of sunshine and breeze." This is the mantra that Viscount Moruo often talks about.
He likes nature, hates the same symphony in big cities, prefers quiet and moving minor tunes, and lives in this castle in his hometown all the year round. If it wasn't for a small animal that broke his piano some time ago, he would probably be sitting on the seat in the shade again at this point in time.
"According to the request of Mr. Moruo, we specially bought a brand-new piano from the well-known musical instrument workshop in Longyi City. By the way, we also hired a tuning apprentice to test and assemble the piano." Miss Charlene said No problem, they brought what the Viscount wanted.
"However, the other goods ordered by Lord Viscount, such as fruit, wine, and cloth, lost a lot on the road. The black bear caused a lot of damage to the carriage."
"These problems are not big. Believe me, Lord Moruo is more concerned about whether the piano is in good condition. As long as Miss Charlene brings the piano, the adults will be satisfied with a score of seven or more." Kevin said eloquently, and then greeted the maid in the castle. Go and notify the housekeeper.
The personnel of the caravan unloaded the goods one by one in the open space in the castle and moved them carefully. This was a middle-aged butler who also came over.
"Oh, what a beautiful day. Thank you Miss Charlene." He looked at the slowly moving box, with an exaggerated and admirable smile on his face, then stepped forward to greet Miss Charlene.
"I'll inform Mr. Mo Ruo immediately, everyone rest here for a while."
"Jasmine, go to the kitchen and prepare some water for everyone. I must be thirsty by now."
"Yes, my lord." A young maid nodded and saluted, then walked towards the back with small steps.
After a few chats, the butler returned to the inside of the castle again, seemingly looking for Viscount Moruo, while Kevin and several guards counted the goods one by one, and moved vegetables, fruits and the like to the designated warehouse.
Roland Hill was free at this time, she was just a guard hired by the caravan and didn't need to move things. Sitting on the bench beside him, he looked around a little boredly.
From the inside of the castle, there is a little moss on the stone brick walls, and there are rust stains where water often flows. Compared with the slightly old outer walls of the castle, the buildings inside are much newer. Only the light-colored and light-yellow walls on the walls can be seen to be painted in recent years, very clean and beautiful.
Looking up along the wall, you can see arched windowsills, which are inlaid with glass lattice windows, and some windows are not closed, but let the wind blow through the curtains and blow into them.
At this time, a female face sticks out from behind the window, looks down quietly, and then retreats back into the room after a while, and can no longer be seen.
Is it the female family in the castle, but I don't know if it is Viscount Moruo's wife or daughter. The girl simply guessed.
A crisp sound of footsteps came from the castle at this time, and the sound of leather shoes stepping on the marble slab at that time could not help but remind people of some kind of rigid and conservative dress.
Soon, the footsteps walked out of the hall and came to the courtyard in the castle.
"Lord Moruo." Kevin saluted respectfully, acting like a dedicated guard.
The girl turned her eyes when she heard the sound, and a little old man in a black dress and leather shoes appeared in sight. He seemed to be about fifty years old, only about one meter five in height, with a shiny beard on his chin.
The Viscount didn't care about Kevin's greeting, he simply waved his hand and walked down the steps to the box placed in the open space.
"Where's the piano I want?" he said as he walked.
"Here, please take a look." Charlene asked the caravan members beside her to open the box, revealing the well-preserved body of the piano, but it had not been assembled yet, lying on her side in a thick blanket.
The yellowish fingertips stroked the shiny and smooth body lightly, and the Viscount showed an intoxicated look on his face.
"very good."
Immediately, he stood up and looked at Charlene.
"I said before that the musical instrument workshop will send a tuner to assemble the piano. Did you bring it?"
"We discussed this matter with the musical instrument workshop, but several masters in the musical instrument workshop expressed their reluctance to leave Dragon Wing City. You also know that the southern border has not been very peaceful recently..." Shalin carefully considered the language, And listening to her words, Viscount Moruo frowned more and more deeply.
"But fortunately, we still found a person who can help you tune and assemble. He is the apprentice of Master Ji De, and now he is skilled and can fulfill your needs." Saying that, Charlene asked the members to pull in. A young man in his 20s.
The young man was wearing a dark green turban on his head and a light robe, and looking at those slender fingers, it made people feel a little more trusting.
After looking at the tuning apprentice for a long time, Viscount Moruo snorted indifferently.
"My patience is limited. You must assemble the piano before the sun goes down today, or you will be responsible for the consequences." After speaking, he left with his hands behind his back dissatisfied.
"Kevin, bring a few people to help you, try to get them done as soon as possible." His commanding voice came from a distance.
"Yes, my lord." Kevin answered again standing at attention.
The relaxed atmosphere in the castle became awkward and tense.
"It's okay, you have been studying at Master Ji De's for so long, you can do it." Miss Shalin had to comfort the young apprentice beside him, looking at him, she seemed to be frightened by Viscount Moruo's aura.
After all, they are just ordinary civilians, and I can't imagine the fate of offending a real noble.
After explaining, Miss Charlene came over. Valley
"Sorry, Messiah. I wanted to show you around here, but now I have to do other things first."
"How about this, I'll ask a few companions to arrange a place for you to live in the small town, and take a rest first."
"It's okay, after all, work is important." Roland Hill shook his head to show that he didn't care, and then walked out of the castle with several caravan members.
When she was about to leave, the girl caught a glimpse of the figure behind the glass window upstairs in the castle. At this time, because of the angle, she could see it clearly. It was a girl in a lotus leaf round neck dress, about 20 years old, with fair skin and dark blond curly hair.
Is it the daughter of Viscount Moruo, but she doesn't look like him at all. The girl flashed a few thoughts, and then walked towards the gravel path on the hillside.
After arriving in this small town, some members of the Roentgen Chamber of Commerce have rested. They rented a yard for storing goods and carriages, and many accompanying people also arranged here.
"Miss Messia, this is the room arranged for you, what do you think." After getting along with each other these days, most of the caravan members also got to know the swordsman lady.
"Okay." Looking at the room on the second floor, although the furnishings were simple, but fortunately it was clean, the girl nodded.
"Then let's rest here first, we will stay for a few days." The young man from the caravan briefly introduced the next itinerary.
After coming here, in addition to handing over the goods, they will also buy some local specialties before leaving, staying for about a week in between.
In this way, Roland Hill stayed for the time being, taking advantage of the time alone and stable to practice his current transcendent sequence.
The sky gradually darkened, the birds in the forest chirped and flew low, and the sunset in the distance dyed the leaves in the shade.
A burst of pressed piano sounds sounded in the forest. Although it was not a rhythm, each sound was pressed back and forth several times.
"Is it alright?" Miss Charlene looked at the apprentice who was wiping sweat.
"It should be no problem." The apprentice replied somewhat unconfidently. Although there was nothing wrong with it, he still did not dare to make a promise.
"There's still a little while before it gets dark. Let's check again. Viscount Moruo is still very demanding."
"Yeah." The apprentice then played carefully and observed.
Charlene turned around and looked at the surrounding woods that were gradually darkening, feeling that the evening wind had also turned a little cooler.
I really don't know how Viscount Mo Ruo usually maintains this place. I feel that there are no protective measures. Will there be no beasts coming over on weekdays
Charlene pondered in her heart, her eyes swept across the ground.
"Ah! Snake, snake, snake!"
Suddenly, a terrified cry rang in Charlene's ears. When she turned around, she saw a long snake of the same color as the fallen leaves wrapped around the apprentice's ankle, and the snake's teeth were directly biting at the thigh. The scene was messy and panicked.
The long snake with the dead leaves pattern is not big, but the twisted body and the triangular head make people feel hairy.
In response, Charlene couldn't help but take a few steps back, feeling a little flustered for a while.
"What happened?" Hearing a shout from the hill behind the castle, the captain of the guard, Kevin, rushed out of the castle. He jumped out and ran down the stairs quickly and alternately into the grove.
Seeing that the apprentice had fallen to the ground and started twitching, Kevin went up and grabbed the snake's head, pulled it out, and then kept shaking it, throwing the snake against the tree trunk aside.
It is a pity that this snake does not seem to be an ordinary creature, but a monster with extraordinary attributes. It twisted on the ground for a while, but did not die, but rushed out into the middle of the forest.
"Damn it!" Kevin snorted, his eyes swept away, he needed a weapon.
As if he suddenly remembered something, he stretched out his hand to his waist, and a thumb-length knife was pulled out. Touching the knife, a cold blue light spread over it, and was immediately held by Kevin and rushed towards the fleeing poisonous snake.
In a flash, the dead leaf snake was caught up, and Kevin reached out to grab it again.
The moment the snake's body was grasped, it struggled violently, turning around and biting it with its poisonous teeth. It's a pity that Kevin was wearing armor all over his body, and only a little black smoke came out of his fangs, but it didn't penetrate. It currently only has sequence 1 and is not yet powerful.
After holding the snake's body, Kevin directly chopped it off with a knife, splitting the snake's body in two, and then chopped off the snake's head with several consecutive knives.
The dead leaf snake, which had lost its head, kept twisting on the ground. After a long time, it slowly stopped and became only active occasionally. At this time, the woods finally fell silent again.
At night, Loren Hill walked out of the door and went downstairs to eat.
When I came to a tavern next to it, there were already many caravan members drinking.
"Hey, Miss Hero, you're here too." The crowd waved to her and greeted her, which made many local residents curious.
Because it was not during the war, Roland Hill did not wear armor, but simply wore a blue and white dress with a long sword on his waist.
After sitting down, she ordered a few local specialties and sat to listen to everyone talking and chatting.
"Have you heard that there seem to be more monsters in the forest recently?"
"It seems like this. A few days ago, when Uncle Mond went on patrol in the mountains, he met a special black wolf. Although it was only Sequence 2, it looked very cunning. After following him for a long time, he saw Uncle Mond enter the city. just stopped."
"No, when I was passing through the birch forest that day, I heard a terrifying low roar, like two monsters fighting on the other side of the mountain. Unfortunately, I was too timid and didn't dare to look at it, and I still didn't know what monster it was."
"I don't remember being swept by the army the year before, why are there suddenly more now?"
"I don't know, maybe it came from other places? I heard that some monsters will expand their territory after they advance, and then drive out other monsters in the territory."
"But I haven't heard of any particularly powerful monsters nearby. It's really strange. These monsters seem to appear overnight."
"It's hard for ordinary beasts to be promoted to beasts. It takes too many accidents."
"I don't know." A resident shook his head.
"Lord Viscount recently sent an order to tell the residents of the city not to go up the mountain as much as possible. Although it is a kind reminder, it is quite strange, because this lord usually doesn't care about outsiders being sent to death."
"Could it be that some secret treasure was found in the forest?"
"Haha, you have heard too much about the bard." Everyone burst into laughter.
"Forget it, forget it, I heard that the Viscount has released a lot of tasks, so that adventurers and mercenaries will come to clean up the monsters. There must be nothing shameful in it. I'm overthinking it." The drinker Shaking his head, he lowered his head and took another gulp.
"Fairy Wood"
"Come on, don't go home tonight if you don't get drunk."
In the tavern in the mountain city, there was another lively noise.
I don't think this task is easy. Listening to the discussion in the tavern, Roland Hill recalled the black bear he met on the road, and the 'Fire-Eyed Warbler' assassin who tried to infiltrate and intercept the goods. In the territory where Viscount Moruo is located, perhaps something special really happened. .