Chapter 55: A Dangerous Mission
"13 Rusty Water Street......"
The stray child looked down at the letter of introduction in his hand and reconfirmed the location: "This is indeed the place." ”
“…… Gerald Dentist Clinic? ”
Delicious Wind Goose frowned slightly, and her face was a little ugly: "To be honest, I don't really want to enter this kind of place...... It reminds me of some not-so-good memories......"
"Come in, uncle, it's okay."
Lin Yiyi on the side persuaded: "Or, I will go up with the child, and you will stay at the door?" ”
“…… It's okay, anyway, my size is easy to be wary. ”
The delicious wind goose said in a deep voice.
The tall man with curly brown hair and muscular muscles looked at the word "dentist" with obvious fear in his heart.
"I'll stay at the bottom of the building, and I'll give you a look."
The card game streamer, who seemed to be very strong and combative, quickly added, "Once you guys go in, keep an eye on the forums and open that private post for the three of us. If I encounter an enemy here and I am knocked down, I will send 11111, and you must know in your hearts; If you encounter an enemy who can't defeat and needs your support, I'll send 22222, and you can hurry down to support. If I send 3333, don't hesitate to jump out of the window or run from the side road or something, but don't go back the way you came. Remember? ”
"Understood, uncle."
Lin Yiyi nodded and responded formally.
The stray child also nodded cautiously: "I will protect Ah Gang...... Be careful, too. ”
"It's not a bar, it's a ...... one by one"
The three of their most warlike players reunited in Roseburg.
The task that Annan had given them at the outset, that is, the task of successfully infiltrating Roseburg, had already been easily accomplished.
But truth be told, it's not an easy task. If you let players who are not smart enough come over, it is easy to show the stuff.
Because it's completely different from the Frozen Water Port...... Roseburg is a well-known fortified city. Not only are there heavy walls, but there are also watchtowers, black crossbows mounted on the sides of the walls, and strangely shaped arrow towers that stand.
Moreover, there are even troops stationed here!
This also successfully answered the question in the players' minds before - why is there no garrison in Frozen Water Port, as a border city?
Now they already know.
It's not that there is no garrison in the port of Frozen Water, but the entire border army of the North Sea Territory, which is stationed in Roseburg...... The frozen water port, on the other hand, is completely exposed and is outside the scope of protection.
In other words, Frozen Water Port is just a "stepson".
Players have also found some news in Roseburg...... At least a hundred years ago, Frozen Water Harbor was still part of the Duchy of Winter.
And even until now...... The Grand Duke of Winter did not issue a document to formally cede the land, but only pretended not to see it. In the previous war, the Kingdom of Noah, which occupied the port of Frozen Water, did not have a reason to return it for no reason. In this way, the two countries acquiesced in the wonderful existence of the frozen water port.
The players were also given a piece of information that they didn't understand a bit:
The war between these two countries has not subsided because of a balance of interests between them......
Rather, it was because of the "enchantment contraction" in the Duchy of Winter.
Players learn that beyond the territory of each nation in this world, there is a large, invisible barrier that prevents the materialization of a curse known as the "Grey Mist".
Long ago, the boundaries of the kingdom of Noah and the Duchy of Winter overlapped with each other. This has a rather negative effect on the enchantment in both countries - but the center of the enchantment cannot be changed, and the enchantment itself is roughly hemispherical. Once the enchantment is actively contracted. This means the permanent loss of a large amount of land.
So neither side of the two countries will back down, and both side hopes that the other side will back down. Frozen Water Harbor was once the bridgehead of the Duchy of Winter.
The war between the two countries ended forty-eight years ago.
1455, to be exact.
And the reason for the end of the war was that there was an unknown problem with the barrier of the Duchy of Winter, and there was a small collapse. In order to mend the barrier, the Duchy of Winter was forced to shrink its territory, abandoning the port of Frozen Water in the southeast, most of the Black Sea, and a few smaller cities in the southwest. Expose them to the barrier.
Frozen Water Harbor is lucky.
Because it itself is under the protection of the two enchantments. After the Duchy of Winter retreated on its own initiative, it naturally fell into the territory of the Kingdom of Noah.
In other words, it is to find an honest person to take over.
and the cities in the southeast, it is more miserable. This is because the southeastern part of the Duchy of Winter does not directly border any country.
Of course, the inhabitants are not stupid. Either they pack up their belongings and move north back inside the barrier to buy new possessions. Or cross the ocean to the United Kingdom in the south of the Duchy of Winter. The United Kingdom also opened the immigration channel for the first time, and even sent several boats to pick up people.
After a few months, the cities in the southeast of the Duchy of Winter were no longer populated, and they directly became silent dead cities.
On the other side, the frozen water port has become more prosperous.
After the conflict between the principality and the kingdom ceased to have border frictions, relations between the two countries improved rapidly.
The Kingdom of Noah directly sent garrisons and immigrants to the port of frozen water, opened several trade routes to the interior, and directly demolished the defenses and walls that were originally built by the Duchy of Winter, leaving only the former military port - after all, the blade of this dagger is inward rather than outward.
At the same time, the connection between the principality and the port of frozen water was not severed. The Duchy of Winter doesn't seem to care that the Frozen Water Port falls into the territory of the Kingdom, but continues to transport a steady stream of goods, and then sell them to the Noah Kingdom through the Cold Water Port as a transit point.
As a result, the Frozen Water Port is in a very delicate situation. Its own economy grew rapidly, becoming prosperous and prosperous. But on the kingdom's side, Frozen Water Harbor is like a new girlfriend who is still in close contact with her ex-boyfriend in a long-distance relationship......
Perhaps as early as that time, there was already a conflict between Chillwater Harbor and Roseburg. But in any case, this could not have appeared after the arrival of "Don Juan Geraine" in the North Sea Territory.
The players had to save themselves first, so under their conservative investigation, two days passed without finding a reason why the viscount might be against Don Juan. Even the vast majority of the citizens of Roseburg did not know that their new lord had arrived in Frozen Waterport......
The big boy, who is simply referred to by the players as "The Kid" or "Little Broken Kid", may have been a victim of a harmless baby face, or because of his own good luck, he accidentally received a mission from the ghetto that made him suddenly vigilant.
- Deliver a letter to a "reclusive heretic."
Through the sunlight and the black paper tube, the child could faintly see that the letter was from Mr. "Justin Kney".
This can be found out through the information that players have made public on the forums...... This man was none other than Viscount Roseburg's butler.