"... That orc was only three meters away from me at that time. Its head was as big as a wine barrel, and it could have swallowed me in one bite..."
The tavern was noisy and noisy, and people crowded in the hall, discussing the orc attack last night.
A mercenary who is said to have participated in the entire battle with his own eyes has become the focus of everyone's attention. He vomited and narrated his thrilling experience last night. Guan Zi, someone will offer a glass of ale.
"... Have you seen this wound? It was left for me by that orc last night!" The mercenary exposed his right arm, pointed to the wound that was still bleeding, and said to everyone, his tone full of complacency, "But it It didn't feel good either! I just stabbed it in the heart with a sword and killed this ugly guy!"
Everyone's eyes widened, and they looked at the mercenary with admiration, obviously they didn't expect that he could actually kill an orc.
But at this moment, a disdainful voice came from outside the circle:
"The weapons of the orcs are giant axes and spears, but the wound on your arm is a knife wound. Moreover, I don't remember any mercenaries participating in the battle last night!"
"You suspect that I'm lying!" The mercenary looked towards the direction of the voice and shouted without confidence.
But when he saw clearly the Imperial Guard uniform on the person who spoke, he immediately lost his temper.
"Kang...Master Conley..." The mercenary obviously recognized the person coming, and quickly put on a flattering face. He personally asked the tavern owner for a glass of ale and brought it to Knight Conley, saying, "Why don't you tell us about it?" Tell me about last night's battle."
Knight Conley snorted softly, but he didn't embarrass the mercenary. After all, the mercenary was just making up his experience to brag about himself, and it wasn't a big mistake.
When he came to the bar, he just picked up the wine glass and poured it into his mouth, but he didn't seem to have any interest in talking about it.
The mercenary scratched his head, stepped forward and asked:
"Lord Conley, how many orcs did the Guards kill last night?"
Knight Conley put down his wine glass, let out a long breath, and said lightly:
"More than seventy."
"Seventy?" The mercenary's tone rose, with an expression of disbelief, "But...but wasn't the battle last night quite intense? I heard that the orcs broke through the west gate, why did you kill so many orcs?"
"Because...there were not many orcs who attacked, only about four or five hundred in total."
"Four or five hundred?"
Now the drinkers felt strange. After all, Yulong City was the most prestigious fortified city in the Glory Empire, how could it be possible for such a few orcs to break through the city gate.
If it weren't for knowing that Conley was an officer in the Imperial Guard and that he was a knight, everyone would think he was talking nonsense.
Immediately, someone couldn't help asking:
"Lord Conley, if there are only so few orcs, how did they break through the west gate?"
Knight Conley suddenly clenched the wine glass in his hand, with veins popping out of his right hand, he gritted his teeth and said after a while:
"Because the orcs have an internal response! Cut off the chains of the suspension bridge in the dark and let the orcs in!"
"Internal response? Who is it?"
Conley Knight shook his head: "I don't know..."
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and then began to discuss, guessing who the insider might be.
The tavernkeeper poured another glass of wine for Conley Knight and asked:
"Master Conley, how about the casualties of the Guards? Judging by your appearance... it doesn't seem very good?"
Knight Conley's face became even more painful, he grabbed the wine glass in front of him, poured it down, and then said shyly:
"It is true that there were heavy casualties, and, Lord Pamela... died in battle..."
There was a moment of silence in the tavern, and then a louder commotion broke out.
"Knight Pamela died in battle?!"
"how so?"
"Who the hell is the insider? Don't let me find this guy, or I'll make him look good!"
…
"I know who Nei Ying is..."
Hearing this sentence, the tavern seemed to have been pressed the pause button, and all the noise disappeared in an instant.
Conley Knight suddenly stood up, looked around with his scarlet drunken eyes, and asked anxiously:
"Who? Just now, who said they knew the internal response of the orcs?"
The young man who spoke seemed to be frightened by the appearance of Conley Knight, and froze in place.
Until Conley Knight rushed to him, grabbed his collar, and asked:
"Who is Neiying? What do you know?"
"I... I heard the news that something is wrong with Darren Knight, the second son of Earl Lloyd..."
"Darren Knight? What's wrong with him?"
"Yes, it is said that after he returned home from the battlefield last night, something was wrong. He even had a conflict with the family guards, and even killed His Majesty's illegitimate son Ryan in the process..."
"But it doesn't prove that Darren is the insider." Someone questioned.
"Then how do you explain his anomaly? Besides, last night this person was on duty at the west city gate, just in time to cut off the chains of the drawbridge..."
Hearing this, Knight Conley squeezed out of the crowd, rushed out of the tavern, and headed all the way towards the Lloyd family.
When he arrived at the Lloyd Family Manor, Knight Conley found that the atmosphere here was very depressing.
After announcing his identity, the guard rejected Knight Conley's visit: "Sorry, Knight Conley, the Earl is not here today, please come back another day..."
Knight Conley snorted coldly and said:
"Earl Lloyd thinks he can get away with it? Please tell him, the Guards will investigate this matter thoroughly!"
After speaking, Conley Knight strode away angrily.
After walking for a while, Knight Conley suddenly felt a slight tremor on the ground, and the tremor became stronger and stronger as time passed.
As an experienced battlefield veteran, Conley Knight immediately realized that this is cavalry, and it is a large-scale cavalry.
His heart tightened, and he quickly quickened his pace.
It didn't take long before groups of majestic and heroic cavalry appeared on the street, and Knight Conley recognized their identities at a glance—the blood cavalry!
Knight Conley knew that Earl Angelet led a blood cavalry squad when he entered the city, but that was only three or four hundred cavalry troops, and now looking at the posture, it is obvious that the blood cavalry army has entered the city!
Due to their outstanding performance in the Battle of the Loire Valley, the blood cavalry army's reputation among the people of the empire was at its peak. At this time, after entering Yulong City, they were immediately welcomed by people.
But Knight Conley's face became more and more gloomy, because he knew that, as the imperial capital, Yulong City would never allow the troops of local lords to enter!
Walking quickly to the top of the city, watching the continuous column of blood cavalry troops pouring into the city, Knight Conley hurriedly found a guard officer on duty and asked:
"What's going on? Why did you let the Blood Cavalry enter the city? Who gave you the order..."
Before the officer could answer, a clear voice suddenly sounded:
"I gave it."
Knight Conley turned his head, and saw a heroic young man standing behind him at some point.
"Count Angelet."
(end of this chapter)