Hotel on the mountain

At night, a military order was transmitted from the Marshal's Mansion of the Western Region to the border of the empire.

General Alpha woke up from his sleep, touched his belly that had gained a lot of weight, took the letter from Cuenca's adjutant, and after reading it, he asked doubtfully: "Exercise?"

Cuenca was promoted from instructor to general's adjutant because of his meritorious service in discovering fish lanterns. He liked to wear the turban with bird feathers at all times and replied: "In seven days, a military campaign will be launched near the town of Realda." Exercise to test our emergency combat capabilities."

"But who is the target of the exercise?" General Alpha was puzzled.

"The letter didn't say that."

"That's not right." General Alpha thought for a moment, "We haven't drilled the opponent, so why don't we hit the air?"

The room was silent for a while, and Cuenca whispered: "Could it be that the marshal gave us an increase in military expenses last time, and he wanted to find an excuse to take it back..."

"Yes!" Alpha said excitedly, "That's it!" He patted his belly and added, "If you don't tell us about our opponents, you won't let us make plans! Why should I, Alpha, pay back the military expenses that I stole with my own ability? No Even if you kill him, I know him well!"

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The bridge is painted with red paint and can only be used by two people. Thorard drove the car very fast, and passed the eastern bridge of Relda Town with a huff and a slap. The water flowed under the bridge and rushed into the distance with the river.

The town of Leerda occupies a large area and has simple folk customs. Homeless people gather here to make a living. It is famous for its timber, river fresh food, and monster resources. Thorard drove to the downtown area. The streets were too narrow for carriages to pass. The three of them got off the carriage with Gilder and squeezed into the most famous flea market in the town of Relda.

Various small shops bloom on both sides of the neat streets, most of which are furniture shops. They like to place beautifully decorated and interesting wooden cabinets, photo frames, lamps, tables and chairs at the entrance of the shop, interspersed with flowers, to dress up scenes of daily life. appearance to attract customers to sit down at the entrance of the store to drink tea and chat.

When Thorad and his party crossed the main road and detoured into an alley, they discovered that the enthusiastic town residents also liked to lay carpets on the streets and play musical instruments to match their loud singing voices. On the left side of the alley are people singing, and on the right side are neatly stacked red walls. They trotted to the end of the alley amid bright and joyful singing, turned left, and entered a small hotel with a red parrot sign hanging at the door.

Usually hotels in alleys have a human touch - the first floor of the Red Parrot Hotel is a pub. Most of the free and easy town residents no longer think about the next day's life, so they always want to live the day well - this The fact that a large number of people have gathered here to drink in broad daylight is a strong proof. They threw their drink money in the air and howled "One more!"

Thorad and the others squeezed among the tables and chairs filled with people, struggled through various people, and finally reached the second floor.

The hotel check-in was registered on the second floor. Thorad did not see the proprietress he was familiar with, but this did not prevent him from quickly completing the check-in formalities, receiving the key and heading to room No. 8 on the third floor.

"I didn't expect that you really wanted to set a trap." Gilder was very calm when he was tied up. "I thought you were just scaring Xander."

He set up the trap very quickly. He didn't want to waste any time and replied quickly: "It's true that I want to kill you, Xander can see it."

Polanyi poked his head back from the window and said: "It's normal outside. I didn't expect that the famous town of "Don't care about anything" - Relda, turned out to be such a beautiful scene of life."

"It's just that the empire can't control this. Every place has its own rules." The trap Thorad wanted to set was huge, and only the space in Room 8 could meet this demand. Room No. 8 was a room he found when he fled. Inside the wall, he hid a box of trap materials, which could only be taken out by breaking the wall. Therefore, he now has the ability to support this delicate and complex project. .

Solar pulled a certain thread to Bolani and asked him to stand aside. Polani took careful steps, moving close to the wall so as not to touch the line. Obsward had already tied Kilder to the bed, and finally politely tied a bow on Kilder's chest.

The killing range of all traps enveloped Kilder, but in the end, Thorad did not hang an ice block as a device to disarm the trap. Kilder also asked: "Wait, where are the ice cubes?"

"There will be no ice, and the trap will not lift itself." Thorad's voice was calm, "The people sent by Sander can only lift this serial trap step by step. If you make one mistake, you will die."

"If you don't keep your word, Xander won't keep his word either."

"He has broken his promise." Thorard explained. "The proprietress of the Red Parrot will not leave her location. If she leaves, the Red Parrot will close. And now, I think, the people in this hotel, They're all sent by Sander."

Kilder stopped talking, and Obsward took out a towel, shook it at Kilder, and then stuffed it into Kilder's mouth. Then he turned around and asked, "Then what should we do now? Fight all the way out?"

"Did you see that fireplace? We climbed up the chimney to the roof. The houses in Realda Town were very dense. We ran from the roof to the bridge to the west. There was a stable nearby. We grabbed the horse and ran away." Ladd said, already walking to the fireplace. He began to climb.

"That's the idea?" Obsward couldn't accept it.

"Unless you have a better way." Thorad's voice came from the chimney, "Do you still hope that one of the leaders of the Great Chik Empire who blackmailed you can get away with it 100%?"

"Maybe we can take Gilder with us and escape all the way back to the Hebrew Empire." Obsward shouted towards the chimney.

Thorad's movements stopped, he sighed, and said to the bottom: "Leave Gilder here, and only the three of us may die. Take Gilder back, and those who die will be on the border between the two countries. of the people.”

Obsward and Polanyi looked at each other. Polani curled his lips, shrugged, and began to bend down into the chimney and climb up. Obswald took one last look at Gilder who was tied to the bed, and angrily got into the chimney.

The three of them soon arrived on the roof in black. Looking around, the top of the town looked like it was produced on an assembly line. Most of them were sloping and orange. When they started running quickly to the west, a beam of light bugs exploded in the air.

Passers-by wandering on the street stopped, shopkeepers sorting out goods stuck their heads out, and alley residents who were singing happily also stopped talking - all of this, together with the crowd in the pub, rushed to the main road. happened together.

Someone in the crowd shouted: "They're on the roof!" After that, the town seemed to be boiling, and a large number of people started climbing towards the roof with the Red Parrot Tavern as a dot.

Polanyi glanced down slightly and saw people scurrying around like locusts swarming towards him. He exclaimed in shock: "Solade! It seems that not only the people in the hotel have been changed! Why do I feel that the whole thing has been changed?" Is this town all owned by Sander?”

"Don't stop! They can't catch up."

They had just crossed from the rooftops of one street to another when Obsward shouted: "We've caught up!"

I saw several people in the crowd below the street stretching out their arms. They wore a crossbow on their wrist. The hook shot out of the crossbow caught the eaves, and then they could quickly use the hook to climb up. At this time, groups of twos and threes appeared from several rooftops near the three of them.

"Then do you dare to run faster?!"

"I'm already the fucking fastest!" Obsward walked between the rooftops on his hands and feet, walking on short legs that were half as tall as him.

Thorad looked around and found that more and more people were starting to use their hooks to fly up to the roof. He also found that the weapons used by these people were all standard, and they felt like military formations between advance and retreat. So he reminded: "Bolani! You put Obsward on your back and strengthen your psychic powers into your legs - these people may be from a certain legion."

Bolanni turned around and took Obsward's hand, throwing him on his back. He infused his legs with psychic energy and concentrated on avoiding all unfavorable terrain on the roof. The wind whistled by his ears. , suddenly, a hail of arrows was shot at them. Polanyi used his agility to avoid it, but he heard Obsward yelling in his ear: "Close your eyes!"

Bolani did not listen to Obsward's words immediately. It was not until he saw the arrows of light bugs appearing in the rain of arrows that he realized that he was temporarily blinded by the dazzling light that burst out from the light bugs.

"Bolani! Squat down!" Obsward's words rang out again. At this time, Polani finally squatted down without hesitation and felt several arrows flying over his head.

"Bolani! Run in a straight line!"

It would obviously be very irrational to get entangled with the enemy at this time, so Thorad had been leading the way from the front and had no intention of taking a detour to the side to solve some people's ideas. He was just beside the two of them, blocking the incoming arrows from time to time, and always rushing towards the stable hidden in the alley.

But there were more and more people on the roof. Those who sang, set up stalls, and drank, as if they had changed their personas, climbed onto the roof from all directions and surrounded the three parties.

Today, the town of Realda is full of hospitality.