MM Racing Chapter 132: Unrest in the North
Chapter 132: Unrest in the North
When it was Shen Mudan's turn to speak, what she said surprised Zhang Wei.
"Our hotbed is mainly through looting the villages around the Knorr Fortress, because it can provide us with good cover and is also conducive to testing the bottom line of the fortress." Shen Mudan used a wooden stick to first point to the location of their current base, and then pointed to the mountains in the southwest of the base. To the west of the mountains is the Knorr Fortress.
"At present, humans have only mistakenly believed that a large-scale goblin nest has appeared in the mountains. However, due to inherent prejudice, they mistakenly believe that the highest goblin is only level 6, so they don't take it too seriously."
"So you are going to transport the hotbed to the mountains first and then transport it back, right? How are you going to deal with this section of plain?" Zhang Wei asked about the plain wasteland between the base and the mountains.
"There are two plans at the moment. One is to see if there is a way to turn the plain wasteland here into woodland or even forest. This will connect the two places together and further separate the central and western parts of the kingdom in the north."
"Where's the other one?"
"The other thing is what we are doing right now. We are digging tunnels between the base and the mountains, so that we can hide our whereabouts to the greatest extent possible."
Zhang Xiaodan waited for Shen Mudan to finish speaking before adding, "Both plans have drawbacks. If they are connected together, it will easily cause concern among humans, thus drawing their attention here. Another concern is that when humans siege the mountains, they will discover the existence of the tunnel, thus arousing their suspicion."
"Your analysis makes sense, but it's a pity that there is only one group of portals now. So when are you going to take action on Huai'en Town?" Zhang Wei brought the topic back to the issue that concerned him most.
"Our original plan was for these two days, but we considered removing you from this matter. We plan to launch an indiscriminate attack on the entire northern territory of the kingdom after you arrive at Lionheart Castle. In this way, the kingdom will only think that the monsters attacked the city for some reason, and will not think that our target is actually the town of Wynn."
"That would mean a considerable loss of combat power, right?"
"It is our honor to sacrifice ourselves for the Lord." Zhang Xiaodan performed the vampire noble ceremony to Zhang Wei.
"It is our honor to sacrifice ourselves for the Lord." Shen Mudan knelt on one knee in greeting to Zhang Wei.
"Okay, okay, I'll wait for your good news." Zhang Wei still hasn't thought about how many people will die this time.
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The first to be attacked was the Korno Fortress, which was closest to the mountains. When the fortress commander saw nearby villagers seeking refuge there, he simply thought it was another move by the goblin monsters that had been raiding the area frequently recently.
The villagers begged the commander to open the fortress gate and let them in for refuge, but all they got was the commander's ruthless scolding.
The villagers who sought refuge had no choice but to go south to the city of Laville to seek refuge.
Not long after the commander returned to his office after driving away a group of refugees, the alarm was sounded at the fortress's observation post.
The commander frowned and walked to the city wall. He saw hundreds of goblins rushing towards the fortress in the distance.
"It's just a goblin, there's nothing to be afraid of!" The commander scolded the sentry for making a fuss. He directly authorized the officer on duty to be responsible for repelling the monsters' siege, while he himself returned to the office to drink and look at the latest photo album.
Other cities that also encountered goblin sieges but did not take them seriously include Sahel City, Laville City, Sina Port, Antiphis City, Newt City and Tiprano City.
The reason why these cities, fortresses and ports were not taken seriously was not only because the number of goblins was too small, but more because they also had tall and thick walls, as well as light magic arrays built at great expense.
The only place that had a problem was Sina Port. A team of goblins did not take the main road, but instead followed the coastline. As a result, they accidentally fell in through a gap in the damaged wall of Sina Port.
This group of goblins caused a panic in the outer city of the port, but they were quickly wiped out by the army that arrived after hearing the news.
The situation of only fifty casualties was like a slap in the face of the royal family. When the king saw the battle report, he immediately ordered the chief officer of Xina Port to make amends for his crime.
Towns like Jinhou, Huai'en and Bourne were not so lucky because they had no walls.
Even though these four towns reacted promptly, they had no city walls to defend and could only fight positional warfare relying on some relatively sturdy houses in the city. If it weren't for Zhang Xiaodan, Shen Mudan and others letting the water out, the towns of Bourne and Jinhou would have been massacred.
The battle report on the safety of Huai'en Town had not yet been delivered to Jinhou Town. At this time, Viscount Jinhou was holding the battle report on the safety of Bourne Town and looking in the distance in the direction of Huai'en Town.
Although Viscount Jin Hou felt that Huai'en Town was in danger, he had also experienced a disaster here. Although he temporarily repelled the monsters, there were still many casualties and damaged houses in the town.
In addition, no one knew whether the monster would come back, so Viscount Jinhou did not dare to send anyone to Huai'en Town to check the situation. For him, one more person meant one more fighting force, so he was very unkind to detain the soldier sent by Baron Bourne and asked the soldier to stay in Jinhou Town to assist in the defense.
Viscount Jin's request to send people to Tiprano City for help was not approved, because Count Tiprano believed that Viscount Jin was exaggerating. After all, the Count did not feel anything at all, and it was not like Viscount Jin said that it was the end of the world.
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"Sir, there are two destinations ahead, one is the town of Huai'en, and the other is my hometown, the town of Bourne. I wonder which one you want to go?" Zhang Wei stopped his horse and asked the Duke of Lionheart what he thought.
Zhang Wei himself certainly hoped to take the Lionheart Duke to the town of Bourne, rather than letting the Lionheart Duke directly discover that the town of Wynn had been occupied by monsters. However, he was afraid that his over-enthusiasm would bring himself unnecessary trouble.
"Sir, the Northern Inspector, although I also want to visit your hometown, I am afraid that His Majesty the King will think that we are deliberately delaying the audience, so let's take the shortest way." The Lionheart Duke refused to go to the town of Bourne because he was worried that Zhang Wei would use his connections there to treat them warmly and delay the journey, which would leave a handle for the king.
"I will follow your orders, sir." Zhang Wei was thinking, what you fear will come true!
Zhang Wei, Duke of Lionheart and his knights of protection entered the Monster Forest from the plain wilderness, and continued to head south from here. They would first arrive at the underground city of Huai En Town, and then they could go all the way south along the official road.
"Sir," a knight rode up to the side of the Lionheart Duke and reminded him softly, "You are a little unusually quiet."
The Lionheart Duke nodded slightly and slowed down his horse. The knight understood and led several knights to speed up and explore the way ahead.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Wei asked pretending to be stupid.
The Lionheart Duke did not say anything. Instead, a knight who had been following Zhang Wei spoke up: "Aren't you an adventurer, sir? Don't you think there is something wrong here?"
"What's the problem? There are several hot springs on the edge of the Monster Forest in the underground city of Bourne Town. I've taken my sister there to soak in the hot springs. Under normal circumstances, only in the direction of the Baron's territory to the Viscount's territory will there be monster nests, and other places are mainly for defense against people, not monsters."
The knight behind Zhang Wei was silenced.
After listening to Zhang Wei's words, Duke Lionheart's suspicion of Zhang Wei was reduced a lot. He didn't say anything just now because he felt that as an adventurer, how could Zhang Wei not notice the unusual silence here, but instead asked such a stupid question.
"Sir, the Northern Inspector, don't be surprised. We have been fighting the Imperials for so long that it is inevitable that we get too nervous sometimes." After the Duke of Lionheart finished speaking, he was ready to call back the knights who were exploring the way, so as to avoid being laughed at by Zhang Wei and making it seem as if the Lionheart Army was afraid of everything within the kingdom.
Zhang Wei frowned and suddenly disappeared. When he came back, he threw a skeleton soldier's skull on the ground.
The entire team suddenly stopped because of Zhang Wei's actions.
"What's wrong?" Duke Lionheart saw Zhang Wei standing on the ground, staring at the skull.
"This is a human head." Zhang Wei said, and then he stepped forward and kicked the skull to one side. He tilted his head to take a look and said, "How strange."
"Didn't you just say that we just need to guard against people here, so it's not surprising that there are deaths?" The knight who had just been confronted by Zhang Wei, unconvinced, brought up what Zhang Wei had said to confront Zhang Wei.
"The question is," Zhang Wei disappeared in a flash, and then he reappeared. He threw the tattered clothes in his hand at the knight's face, and then asked: "Why did your peasants run here? To take a hot spring bath or to die?"
"Pah! Pah!" The knight threw the torn clothes to the ground in disgust and wiped his face with his hands, a look of disgust and nausea.
"Where did you find it?" asked the Duke of Lionheart with a frown.
"There, not far away, there is a disabled magic wolf. It was scared away when I went there just now." Zhang Wei pointed in a direction. He didn't want to expose the matter of Huai En Town in advance, but the direction he pointed was too close to them. Instead of letting the knights find him, it would be better for him to take the initiative to stand up. Maybe he could win more trust.
Duke Lionheart waved his hand slightly, and several knights rode away.
Not long after, a knight came back with a serious look on his face and reported to Duke Lionheart, "Your Excellency, there are more than a dozen corpses ahead. They don't look like adventurers, but villagers."
"Lead the way." Duke Lionheart ordered.
"Yes." The knight turned his horse around and led the way.
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"Mr. Northern Inspector, what do you think about this?" Duke Lionheart looked at the corpses that had been eaten till there was no flesh left and asked Zhang Wei what he thought.
"I'm going to say that something big might have happened in Huai'en Town. Do you believe me?" Zhang Wei looked solemn. What he was thinking was, he didn't know how Zhang Xiaodan and the others were doing in Huai'en Town...