A trace of inattention flashed in the doctor's eyes.

"Doctor, I hope to entrust you to help me with a map," Ashrufate suggested.

"The map, there is a sale in the store over there..." a soldier reminded.

"For example, this." Asu Ruffatt took out the fake and shoddy map made by a profiteer and displayed it on the wine table. "This map has made me suffer, it's simply a scam!"

Dr. Oliveira looked at the map with a squinting eyes, "There are many mistakes!" He concluded. "Here, here, here... this is completely wrong... There is a river missing here, and there are small swamps here..." He casually pointed out several mistakes to Ashu Rufate.

"I want to have a detailed map." Asu Ruffat looked at Dr. Oliveira. "About Sivania."

"This..." The doctor put down his wine glass, took out a pipe, and lit it. "It's not that simple to draw a map." He exhaled a large mouthful of smoke. "But the shops are indeed wrong... No wonder you have this idea."

"Well, a detailed map," said Ashu Rufate. "Of course, I will never let you do it in vain."

Dr. Oliveira stretched out five fingers and shook it over and over in front of Asu Rufat.

"This number!" He took a big sip of cigarette. "And I want half the deposit."

Ashrufate didn't hesitate for a second and took out five gold coins from his wallet. When he put the gold coins on the table, the soldiers' eyes were straightened. Three gold coins were equivalent to the military pay of a soldier for half a year.

"You said halfway." Ashu Rufate said calmly. "I believe in your self-esteem. You will never give me a perfunctory work. Is it OK to have twenty days?"

"I have a half-finished piece in my hand!" Oliveira did not reach for the gold coin. "I will paint it as fast as possible, and I must leave a copy before I give it to you. So in terms of time, twenty days I can't guarantee... because I'm also compiling my archaeological results."

"Come on, old man." A guest who had been watching said. "Your research results are not worth half a copper, but this map is expensive!"

"No problem." Asu Ruffat ignored the guest and stared at Dr. Oliveira in front of him. He knew very well what the meaning of the map was. Let's not talk about searching for Baron Pinold. If he wanted to cooperate with Baron Pinold one day to fight Berel, this map could solve many problems. "Then it's only one month."

"Trade!" The doctor grabbed five gold coins in his palm, and a smile appeared on his face.

Neil on the other side has already started playing the second song. This time he seemed to have learned from the lesson he had just learned and no longer performed love songs, but began to play a folk song.

Time in the tavern passed by rapidly. Neil played and sang six songs, and left with a small amount of change. Oliveira happily drank many glasses, then got up and left. The guests in the tavern gradually decreased, but Ashu Rufate and the soldiers did not leave. This was probably a rare opportunity for free fruit wine. After the previous reckless inquiry, Ashu Rufate never mentioned Baron Pinold again, but understood the recent trivial matters in the city without a single sentence.

"By the way, what do you think of the Count?" Half of the empty space in the tavern, half of the second pot of fruit wine was drunk, and all the soldiers were drunk. When one of them had a poor alcohol tolerance and had even lie on the table, Ash Rufate raised this topic.

"A... a bastard..." The person who spoke was already speechless. "A... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a... a

Asu Rufate looked around. As mentioned earlier, the table in the tavern was half empty at this time, and the remaining drinkers were either lying on the table and snoring, or they were already dazed, just caring about their own bragging and rock-scissors. At the counter, the boss and the hospitality were also busy starting to settle the accounts. No one paid attention to what topics Au Rufate had discussed with these soldiers.

"How many people are there?" Ashu Rufat asked softly. "Has he surrounded the city?"

"It's true...we...we were in the city at that time..." Under the influence of alcohol, these soldiers had completely lost their normal judgment, so they answered without hesitation. "How many...men... this...is not clear... in short, there are many skeleton soldiers with faint green light...light...luckily... they don't have siege equipment... that bastard count... was so scared that he hugged in his room...shiver..."

"Scarefully shivered? But didn't it mean that Earl Kasek killed the vampire queen at Kalean and then became an Earl?"

"God knows... Anyway, he's just afraid of that vampire... and it's a bit exaggerated... Don't disbelief, that's what I saw with my own eyes... haha..."

No matter what happened, it seems that it is not that simple.

Asu Ruffat thought. With another glass of fruit wine in his stomach, the remaining soldiers finally couldn't hold on and lay on the table. Even if he wanted to inquire about something, he couldn't continue now.

He stood up and wanted to leave, but when he walked to the door of the tavern, he heard a terrible bell, followed by another. In an instant, it seemed that the whole city was awakened. Countless panic sounds suddenly boiled, turning the city that had just been calm into a cage of crying and fear.

"The vampire is here!" Ashu Rufat heard someone calling.

Ashu Rufate took two steps at the same time and ran towards the stairs of the city wall. He followed a group of panicked soldiers and was not discovered in chaos, so he went directly to the city wall.

Although the city's defense measures were not well built, and the soldiers here were owed half a year of military pay, as the situation in front of them seemed to be very fast and well prepared. On the city wall, at least in the sight of Ashurufate, several teams of crossbowers and musketeers were already in place. The newly arrived soldiers kept coming to their respective posts to strengthen their defense.

Although the count was regarded as a bastard, it seemed that the army was well managed. According to Ashu Rufate's vision, the soldiers in the city should be well trained between one thousand and two thousand. According to Ashu Rufate's understanding, if Baron Pinold tries to attack the city, then in theory, at least five thousand troops and two days will be required if the siege equipment is sufficient.

However, Ashurufate's dark vision told him that there were no siege machinery outside the city wall. You should know that the large machinery used for siege is absolutely impossible to hide. In other words, Baron Pinold had no intention of siege.

"Here you come!" someone shouted nervously.

Under the city wall, in people's sight, a skeleton with green light appeared in the distance in the bushes. Then the next one... and one appeared under the city. The skeletons did not enter the range of the bow and arrow, so there was no reckless shooting by the archers. Not far from the location of Ash Rufate, a cannon had been loaded and could open fire at any time. This cannon was very new and seemed to have been newly cast, and perhaps it was installed on the city wall in the past two days.

A man dressed in an officer stood beside the cannon and was loudly directing the defenders.

"Don't fire the cannon first... The archer is ready! Ask the militia to transport the arrows up and prepare!" Suddenly, he discovered Ash Rufate, an uninvited guest.

"Where are you?" the officer asked loudly.

"Oh, I'm..." Ash Rufate replied, "I want to help with the vampire..."

"Get out of here!" the officer said tough. "You civilians are only good at doing this!" He waved his hand, and a soldier immediately rudely drove Ashrufate backwards off the city wall.

"Master, did you feel it just now?" Carrie asked in a low voice in her mind.

“What do you feel?”

"There are...those undead legions...there are no breath of black magic...and their number is too small..."

In the eyes of humans, it is probably impossible to judge the number of enemies in the darkness. But Ashrufate's dark vision told him the truth. There were about one or two hundred shiny skeleton soldiers just now, and they walked out of the bushes in loose formations.

"The black magic..." Ash Rufate replied. "Maybe it's because of the distance that makes us not feel black magic. However, they do not have siege equipment, so this time it is probably just a harassment, not a real army. It's just used to deterrify and intimidate."

"We'll go out of the city to check tomorrow," Carrie said. "If we can find the breath of black magic, maybe we can find Baron Pinold's hiding place along the breath."

"This is a good idea," Ash Rufate replied.

The night was spent in this tense atmosphere. However, until the end, the cannons on the city were still not fired. This shows that the Immortal Legion had never launched an offensive at all. It seems that it is the same as Ash Rufate's previous judgment, just a normal harassment and demonstration.

At dawn, the warning was lifted. Just like all the similar scenes that had happened before, at dawn, the Immortal Legion immediately disappeared. Several scouts riding horses went out for a walk and came back to announce that the Immortal Legion was gone. So the city gates were opened again and the entire city returned to normal order.

After the city gate opened, Ashu Rufate walked out of the city and came to the location where the Immortal Legion was active last night. Although he just took a quick look, the glowing skeletons did appear in the bushes in this direction.

But the breath of black magic is completely unaware here... Although this is a bit unlikely, the creations of black magic, such as the Nightmare Horse, will leave the breath of black magic after the activity (of course, the breath of a single Nightmare Horse is very weak). Yesterday, the activity of hundreds of skeleton soldiers did not leave any breath, and even Carrie could not notice it at all.

"Carley, do you remember what the soldiers said yesterday? The magicians have tried this kind of thing. It turned out that nothing was found. It seems that Baron Pinold found some way to completely conceal the black magic."
Chapter completed!