Some old horse-drawn carriages run on the yellow mud roads, occasionally bumping. The driver was a teenager, a young man dressed in aristocratic costume. It stands to reason that there is no reason for the nobles to catch the car, but the fact is happening right in front of you. The young man who was driving the car was very happy, and the horsewhip was crackling, but the old man sitting in the car had a gloomy face.

Even the cheap work of driving the car has to be handled by the next head of the family, and the Reed family has fallen to such a point, which is really shameless to the ancestors. As soon as the old man thought of this, he sighed again and again in the car.

Liang Lidong sat opposite the old village chief, looking at the old man's sorrow in his eyes, but he was unmoved. This Reed village chief is an old fritter, and he generally doesn't like to be in shape, and now he puts on this appearance, mostly for him to see, just to arouse his sympathy. But this is purely because the rich man insists that he is a beggar, and how many families in the village are much poorer than the Reed family, and they don't see them sighing in front of Liang Lidong.

Therefore, although the old village chief has some knowledge, his mind is full of some cleverness.

The carriage was moving forward in a curling manner, this time Liang Lidong did not use the 'Driving Mist' magic to increase the speed of travel, there was no need. After some time, in the afterglow of the setting sun, the carriage reached the entrance of Winterwind City. Because it was already evening, there were very few people coming in and out of the city gate, and several soldiers guarding the city yawned again and again, and they saw a carriage coming, and the driver was actually a young man in aristocratic clothes, slightly surprised, and then their eyes swept over the body, and found that the carriage was actually a little old, and there was no family crest, and they were immediately overjoyed and surrounded them.

"Hey, the carriage enters the city at night, but you have to pay twice the poll tax!" The leading thin soldier shouted.

Kyle was surprised, "But the sun hasn't set yet." ”

When the soldier ruffian heard this, he became angry: "I said that it is night and night, do you have an opinion?" With a wave of his hand, the soldier behind him raised his spear.

"You!" Kyle was so angry that he almost jumped.

At this time, a silver coin popped out of the carriage and landed in the hands of the leading soldier, and then a rather majestic voice came from the carriage: "Take the money and make way, Kyle into the city, and ignore them." ”

"You know each other!" The leading soldier snorted and waved his companion out of the way. As a veteran ruffian who has defended the city for more than 20 years, he knows what kind of people can make a fortune and what kind of people can't move. He saw through Kyle's status as a declining village nobleman at a glance.

Kyle is rather unhappy and drives the carriage into Winterwind City. In the carriage, the old village chief looked at Liang Lidong with some puzzlement: "Pastor Beta, this money should not be paid by you, and you can save fifty copper coins as long as you show your face, why condone the crooked spirit of those soldiers." ”

"It's very simple for me to show my face, when I see the spellcaster, they don't dare to accept a single copper coin!" Liang Lidong looked at the old man opposite and said, "But as soon as I show up, there will definitely be rumors in Winter Wind City in the future that the next head of the Reed family drives for a spellcaster and becomes someone else's groom." Are you sure you're willing to hear such gossip? ”

Joan of Arc, who had been standing on Liang Lidong's left shoulder, motionless like a statue, suddenly opened his eyes and laughed twice.

The old village chief's whole body immediately stiffened, and his face became pale, and in the shaking vibration of the carriage, his face slowly became normal, and then nodded slightly in thanks: "It's me who didn't think about it, thank you for thinking about Kyle!" ”

Liang Lidong didn't speak again, the old village chief thought too much, always thinking about playing some clever tricks, rubbing some benefits or benefits from others, and it would be tiring to communicate with such a person. However, the old village chief is still a good person in nature, so Liang Lidong has no bad feelings towards him, and of course he doesn't have a good impression. Kyle gets along with the old village chief day and night, and it has to be said that it is a miracle that he has not been infected with such a bad habit as the old village chief.

The carriage slowly moved forward in the city, because it was already approaching night, there were not many people on the street, and after a while, Kyle drove the carriage to a corner, which was quite secluded, and there was no one around for the time being, Liang Lidong said loudly: "Kyle stop, I want to go down here." ”

"Hey, why, I'm going to be at the castle soon!" Kyle asked, puzzled.

The old village chief knew the reason, and he said: "The teacher told you to stop, he must have his own reasons, why do you ask so much!" ”

Kyle shrugged, "Alright! Do you know where the castle is? You should only be visiting Winterwind for the second time. ”

Liang Lidong pointed to the air in front of him, although it was late, the tall building of the castle was still obvious. Kyle laughed self-deprecatingly: "It's me who is stupid, then let's go first, teacher, you remember to come over quickly, I heard that the city lord is a marquis, such a high-ranking nobleman pays attention to etiquette, if you go too late, maybe they will be unhappy." ”

"On the contrary, the great aristocracy generally does not pay much attention to etiquette." Liang Lidong smiled: "But they want you to abide by etiquette in front of them, so that you can show your respect for them, and second, it can also show that they are unique!" ”

Kyle didn't seem to understand, and his mind suddenly turned around and scratched his head. Liang Lidong patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, don't think about it, if you have a chance to think about this problem in the future, you can take your grandfather to the dinner party first." ”

The brown-haired old horse pulled the carriage and left tuk-tuk, and Liang Lidong stood in the shadow of the corner of the street, and only slowly walked out after a while.

Although the city of Winter Wind is a big city, there are still very few pedestrians on the streets at night, after all, the nightlife is not abundant in this era. At this time, the pedestrians walking on the road, except for a few passers-by who were in a hurry, and more were nightingales with heavy makeup and scantily dressed, greeted the passers-by in a seductive tone, and dragged them into the wooden door behind them.

Several nightingales wanted to come up and talk to Liang Lidong, but when they approached and saw him dressed in a magic enchanted suit, they immediately retreated in panic. Joan of Arc suddenly spoke, "Is it necessary for you to think so much about Kyle?" Isn't the caster's dogma arbitrary? ”

"It's just freewheeling." Liang Lidong said with a smile: "I can help if I want to, and if I don't want to help, I won't help, is it wrong?" ”

Joan of Arc was dumbfounded, and after a while she snorted, "You have a point, you deserve to be my master." But master, I'm still curious why you chose me as your pet...... It stands to reason that you should have a better choice. For example, felines and canines, their frontal combat effectiveness is stronger than mine...... Well, master, what are you looking at! ”

The eyes of falcons can see very far, but they are not very good at night, but Liang Lidong is different, he has the 'Cloud Dragon Blue Pupil', not only can he see normally in any environment, but the most important thing is that the field of vision is very far. He saw seven people hurrying forward at the end of the street. It is not unusual for people to walk on the street, but among the seven people, four are wearing soft leather armor, each carrying a different medium-sized military melee weapon on their backs, one is carrying a recurve bow behind his back and a quiver at his waist, the other is wearing a close-fitting black robe, his face and head are wrapped in a black scarf, only a pair of eyes are exposed, and her chest is high and bulging, it is a woman, her hands are empty, but there are obvious flat bulges on the inner thighs, and the last person is wearing a azure robe, unable to distinguish between men and women, with a faint flow of magic light on it, and a long wooden staff in her hand, The top of the wooden staff is encrusted with emeralds.

Seven professions, or mercenaries? Liang Lidong has been in the game for eight years, and he knows best what an NPC professional looks like. These seven people are obviously four melee classes, an archer, or a hunter, a thief or assassin, plus a spellcaster, judging from the costume and the staff in the hand, it should be a qi magician, a cyan magic tower person!

The seven people were in a hurry, and Liang Lidong thought that their target was also the castle, but the next moment they turned right and went in the direction of the west of the castle.

"Oh, what's wrong with these people?" Seconds before the seven classes vanished, Joan of Arc finally spotted them.

Liang Lidong frowned: "There's nothing wrong with it, it's just a subconscious vigilance, after all, the group of mercenaries is both good and evil, they are the ones who help people solve difficulties, and they are the ones who bring disasters and death to others." I've been a mercenary before, and I've had a lot of contact with them, so I know their temperament. ”

"Master, your words are very interesting, since you are mercenaries, you and them are still divided?" Joan of Arc was very clever and sensitive to the difference in Liang Lidong's words.

"In the years when I was a mercenary, I belonged to a special group, and unlike them, I had a very bottom line in doing things, and I rarely killed people for profit. And on the contrary, many of us will give up our interests for the sake of so-called 'justice' to accept seemingly thankless tasks for free! ”

The special group that Liang Lidong said was the players, and at that time in the game, the opposition between NPC mercenaries and player mercenaries was very serious. The NPC mercenary thinks that the player mercenary is too delicate and too virgin, and jokingly says that if you want to be a bad person, why do you want to be a mercenary, how good it is to be a paladin!

The player mercenaries are not used to the face of NPC mercenaries who do anything for profit, and they often even spontaneously stop some inhumane tasks, such as preventing NPC mercenaries from slaughtering villages or something.

It can only be said that different growth environments have created different groups. Players are 'playing', they were born in a peaceful environment, life is generally good, they are more in pursuit of their own spiritual comfort, to put it bluntly, they are for their own happiness, peace of mind, and generally do things quite measured, and helpful. But the NPC mercenaries are different, most of them were born poor, they had a hard time when they were young, and they finally became professionals, licking blood with a knife head, and they can't be resurrected infinitely like players, when they make money, they are more fighting with their lives, and in order to survive, it is easy to use extreme means.

One side is to be 'happy', the other side is to survive, and it is normal for there to be differences in practices.

"If anyone else is so boastful, I'll have to brag about him." Joan of Arc smiled: "But what you say, master, I can still believe six points." ”

"Is it only six?" Liang Lidong looked a little disappointed.

Joan of Arc laughed, her voice crisp and nice, "That's eight points." ”

This is why player casters love the pet and don't want it to be harmed...... Having a magic pet by your side is equivalent to having a good friend who can be trusted and can chat with you to relieve your boredom.

One man and one bird chatted casually, and soon walked to the front of the castle. In the distance, looking at the castle already felt majestic enough, but when you got close enough, you realized that this castle was more shocking than you imagined!

The highest part of the castle should be four watchtowers in the southeast and west, about 15 meters and ten high from the ground, with Liang Lidong's current eyesight, through the front lookout, you can see two soldiers sitting and chatting inside, drinking ale wine, red faces.

The length of the castle is about 240 meters, and the width should be about 100 meters, which is only the main body of the castle, and there are two small fortresses connected to the castle next to it, the height is only about 100 meters, but the area is about the same as the main body of the castle. If Liang Lidong's judgment was not wrong, the left should be an infantry fortress and a cavalry fortress on the right, because he vaguely heard the sound of horses coming from the fortress on the right.

In front of the main body of the castle is a large garden, and the grassy area of the garden is divided into three pieces by a path made of bluestone slabs, and in the middle is a circular square, and in the center of the square is a fountain that is powered by magic.

The castle is surrounded by a moat at least five meters wide and separated from the outside world, and the only way to the castle is the drawbridge, which is fifteen meters wide and about twenty meters long. This castle is both a residence and a military fortress, if the periphery of Winter Wind City falls, as long as the drawbridge is put away, in the case of sufficient food reserves, even if the army encircles and suppresses, it is not a big problem to hold on for two or three months.

By this time the drawbridge had been lowered, and there were many people on it, most of them nobles, who would take their carriages in front of the drawbridge and then walk across the drawbridge into the castle's gardens. Many servants hurried out of the garden to park the carriages of the guests in one place, so as not to block the junction.

When Liang Lidong stepped onto the suspension bridge, he felt the air around him tremble, and everyone's movements paused for a moment, and then returned to normal.

Enchantment! Liang Lidong knew in his heart that generally speaking, such a large castle and military facilities, if they were not protected by a magic enchantment, would be a tofu block in the eyes of a magician, and a large area of magic could be destroyed.

Liang Lidong walked up to the bridge and walked slowly, and soon a servant noticed him, and after a bit of shoving, the most daring servant came over and said cautiously: "Your Excellency the Spellcaster, are you here to attend Miss Fencera's birthday dinner?" ”

Liang Lidong nodded: "Well, this is my invitation!" ”

In fact, Liang Lidong doesn't need an invitation at all to enter the castle, the magic robe on his body is one of the best invitations, how many nobles want to invite the spellcaster to their banquet, and they can't add glory to themselves.

The servant breathed a sigh of relief, and was able to show the invitation to show that the caster was not here to cause trouble, and he immediately took the invitation, and then said, "Your Excellency, I will take you to see the lord of the city!" ”

"No need!" Liang Lidong waved his hand: "I'll walk inside first, and I'll go to see His Excellency the City Lord when the time comes." Don't bother you. ”

Although this was suspected of snubbing the distinguished guest, the servant did not dare to force it, and after he said, 'I wish you a pleasant feast,' he withdrew. When he returned to the ranks of the servants, the other servants expressed their admiration and admiration for his courage.

Joan of Arc took this scene into his eyes, and then said with a smile: "The caster is probably no different from a demon in the imprint of ordinary people. ”

"It should be about the same!"

Liang Lidong sighed, and when he entered the garden, many nobles noticed him...... A spellcaster who has never been seen before, many people's eyes lit up, thinking about how to go up and tie up without being abrupt.

Because the banquet hadn't started yet, almost all the guests were gathered in the garden, Liang Lidong looked left and right, and soon found Kyle and the old village chief, but he frowned the next moment, and several noble-looking people surrounded the two of them, and the atmosphere didn't seem to be very good.