Sean's troops did not stay in Tonis Fortress for a long time, and after Shawn officially became "Sir Connery", he left Tonis Fortress with his troops on the same day.

As he walked through the outer city, Sean saw not the strict and disciplined royal guards, but a group of old soldiers.

Under the same scorching sun, as Asuna's personal guard, Thundering Edge, but still responsible for the defense, patrol and daily maintenance of the entire inner city, they looked no different from ordinary soldiers, if it weren't for the bright red robe and the thundering sword and shield badge on the back, no one would think that this guard force was the famous Thundering Edge under the command of Marquis Tonis.

And this royal guard, not only did not stand guard in the outer city, but also did not even have a guard on the city wall, in order to escape the heat, almost all of them hid in the fortified buildings, and there was not even a single trained person in the huge square of the outer city. If it weren't for the sound of laughter and laughter still coming from all over the place, people who pass by here would even think that this outer city is a barren place.

The procession walked out of the city gate of the inner city and slowly passed through the square of the outer city.

The Northland barbarians were not good at riding, and Sean had no intention of raising them to be cavalry, so he did not buy horses for them. However, for the sake of Cecilia and William, Sean still prepared two carriages, and he himself rode a war horse bought from Asuna, it seems that William and Cecilia are more like nobles, while Sean is just a knight.

Leading the way is the big man Anno.

Dozens of Northland barbarians followed him, guarding the two wagons, while about sixty or seventy archers followed behind the wagons. As far as the surrender is concerned, their treatment is already good, and Sean has promised them that as long as they make war achievements, everyone can regain their freedom, and even be treated by the regular army like the Northland barbarians - originally they didn't believe these words. The end of the surrender is nothing more than cannon fodder. Otherwise, their companions would not have fled in that conflict with the Danavi Territory.

But after that, Sean really conquered them. Even though they knew that this was a way to buy people's hearts, they were still willing to stay, and worked hard to kill their enemies in order to get freedom and better treatment. A person who was born in a trading capital, unless he lived there for a long time, would marry and have children. In that kind of place where dragons and snakes are mixed, for those of them who can live day by day, if they unfortunately die in battle after marriage, won't their wives and children become other people's playthings?

Sean's promise to the veterans and the barbarians of the Northlands is already known to these soldiers.

Even if you die, your descendants will be safe. Then their efforts and struggles will naturally have value.

For this force that suddenly appeared in the outer city, and was obviously about to leave the fortress, some of the royal guards were finally willing to look up. However, most of them showed disapproval, and only a few general-level officers showed thoughtful appearances. Because they had never seen a mercenary group show such a solemn and strict aura, shouldn't it be casual for these bandits who lick blood from their blades?

Sean's team did not carry any flags, and it was normal for outsiders to regard it as a mercenary group.

Serves as the first line of defense for the fortress of Tonys and as a buffer zone for street fighting. The size of the outer city is enormous. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to have 70,000 troops from the royal family stationed here. However, in this area, Asuna's defense focus is not to block the enemy's attack. Rather, it was to consume as much vitality as possible on the besieging side, so the fortifications were arranged more, which made the 70,000 royal guards stationed here a little crowded.

However, this is also because these royal guards are all old soldiers, and there are even many noble disciples who came to gild, so this is a bit crowded - they are eager to move the whole house over, which is really unbearable. Perhaps, Asuna didn't bother to pay attention to this because of this, and directly threw them here in the outer city, out of sight.

However, this also shows the vastness of the outer city from one aspect.

Starting from the city gate of the inner city and ending at the city gate of the outer city, Sean and the others walked for three hours before they finally saw the twenty-meter-high dark city gate built against the mountain wall. Known as the "Iron Wall of Tonys", the gate was at the same height as the other gates in the fortress, but it was not the same thickness, and Sean was at least three meters thick.

The opening and closing of the gate required the power provided by six steam-powered engines to rotate the rotating gears, and even required the assistance of hundreds of people, each time it took more than half an hour to completely open and close the gate. So when the royal guards arrived, they made a request to Asuna to keep the gates open forever in non-war times, and they were willing to increase the defense and patrol of the gates.

Asuna didn't object to this.

So when Sean came here at this moment, he saw two huge black gates that were completely open. There are no hideous portraits or anything else carved on it, and the whole gate looks very smooth, which is of course because the fortress has not experienced any war since it was built, and although it has been a year now, in fact the maintenance of the gate has been done very well, and it is still as good as new.

Perhaps, this is one of the main reasons why Asuna did not go too this royal guard.

There were quite a few garrisons at the city gate, there were dozens of people, but these people were not wearing any armor, but wearing a thin short-sleeved coat, and the weapons in their hands were also varied, if Sean hadn't heard about the outward city from Asuna, he would have thought that these people were just some mercenary ruffians, not legions from the royal family.

At this moment, these people looked more like aristocratic disciples who had come out for an outing, they were laughing and playing, and they did not have the seriousness of being a soldier at all. After seeing Sean leading the team, the frolic of these people gradually stopped, and everyone's eyes moved to Sean and the others, and began to look up and down, and when Sean's team was about to leave the city, two of the soldiers finally came forward and stopped the whole team.

"What's the matter?" Sean frowned.

"Don't you know that you need to register to enter and leave the city?" One soldier scolded arrogantly, "Everyone's name." ”

Of course Sean understands the rules of Tonis Fortress, but he really didn't know that there would be such a cumbersome side to the road. I remember when he entered the fortress. That is, each person pays a head fee of one copper coin - this fee is not much, it is just a symbolic meaning, and it means more that the order of the fortress of Tonys is controlled. However, it is a bit puzzling that such a detailed registration is required here.

Why don't you need to go into the city, but you only need to go out of the city?

But what really made Sean feel big was these Northland barbarians. They don't know a single word, and their names are more just a pronunciation of the title. The name Anno was given by Sean, so if you want to ask these Northland barbarians to fill in their names, it will definitely be a difficult technical task.

"The people in the carriage also have to come down to fill in the report, and we have to check the carriage and get everyone inside out quickly." The soldier began shouting again and headed for the carriage.

"If you guys want to solve it quickly. It's not impossible. The other soldier saw his companion walking away, and he smiled and said, "The head fee of ten copper coins per person will not delay your time, and you can leave immediately." ”

Now, Sean understood.

This group of people is really a group of ruffians, and it seems that they want to use this to extort a sum of money. And looking at the cooperation of the two of them singing double reeds, I am afraid that this kind of thing is not less. I don't know how many caravans in the road have been extorted by them in this way - for caravans with heavy profits. They certainly don't want to waste too much time here, everything in a convoy is registered. That's a lot of time, especially for those who are doing new business.

However, ten copper coins per person is not expensive for Sean, and the whole team is only one gold coin and seven silver coins combined.

Just as Sean was about to pay for it, Cecilia's angry shouts were heard behind him.

Sean turned his head and saw that the soldier who was walking towards the carriage had fallen to the ground at this moment, and a dozen or so Northland barbarians around him looked at him angrily, if it wasn't for William to stop him, these Northland barbarians would definitely rush up and teach him a hard lesson. All the Northland barbarians and those soldiers had already surrounded them, and they were so imposing that in an instant they frightened the ruffian who fell to the ground and turned pale.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Sean's face immediately became difficult to look at.

"What's going on?"

"It's good that you mercenaries dare to be so presumptuous!" Seeing Sean coming, the soldier immediately jumped up, a little nervous, "What do you think this place is?" I now suspect that you are spies of the enemy, and you will all lay down your arms for me! ”

The dozens of people stationed at the gate around him were already surrounded by weapons, and their faces were no longer the same smile as before, and everyone had a straight face and a serious face. I have to say that if these ruffians are serious, they have a bit of the majesty of the royal guards, and if they are willing to wear armor, maybe they will have more energy.

However, in the face of the soldier's shouting, Sean and the others did not pay attention to it, and William explained it to Sean in a whisper.

It turned out that the soldier went to open the door of the carriage, and then when he saw Cecilia, he actually got lustful, made a few verbal flirtaties, and wanted to get into the carriage to pull people. In this way, where are the surrounding Northland barbarians willing, William simply said and threw it down, so the soldier was thrown to the ground by several Northland barbarians, these Northland barbarians are not fun after throwing people, and they seem to want to punch and kick a few times, for this William naturally has to open his mouth to stop it.

After listening to the explanation, Sean's face was very ugly, he turned his head and stared coldly at the soldier and the group of ruffians behind him, and said in a deep voice: "Is this the quality and military discipline of your royal guards?" ”

"It's not the turn of people like you to comment on our quality and military discipline." A man wearing a flower collar, surrounded by dozens of other people who also seemed to be soldiers of the Royal Guard, walked slowly, and glanced at Sean and the Northland barbarians and archers with an extremely contemptuous face, "I'll give you one more chance, leave this woman behind, and then get out of the city quickly, otherwise don't blame my men for being ruthless." ”

Sean laughed angrily. (To be continued.) )

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