Chapter 24 Barony of Cleveland

In the next few days, the passage to the 30-meter underground was opened. During the excavation, they encountered hard boulders. Baird personally went to work and used his fighting spirit to break the rocks into pieces.

In the camp, Verin was very excited when he saw the first piece of mithril mine being excavated, as was Baird who was standing next to him.

Verin held the mithril ore, looked at the luster on it, and said with a smile: "With mithril, our weapons will be stronger than the enemy, the armor's protective capabilities will be improved, and more importantly, it can break shields." ."

"My Lord, according to the current progress, two tons of mithril ore can be mined a day, and it will take about five months to complete the mining."

"Well, be careful during the excavation process and pay attention to the surrounding conditions." Weilin put down the mithril ore in his hand and ordered in a deep voice, "This is the miracle of our rise and a huge wealth. No matter how cautious you are, you can't Pass."

"I understand," Baird said seriously, beating his chest and saluting.

For the next ten days, everything went smoothly.

However, there are unforeseen circumstances, and people have misfortunes and misfortunes. Verin and his excavation actions still attracted the attention of the baron and lord of Cleveland nearby.

I wonder if a group of well-equipped soldiers were stationed in the desert for more than half a month without any reason. Is there anything fishy about it?

At this moment, in a small but exquisite castle in the administrative center of the Barony of Cleveland, Brandon Hodgson heard the knight's report, looked puzzled, and asked: "They really stayed in the wilderness for more than half a month. , and there is no sign of leaving until now.”

"Yes, sir, they have been stationed here since the beginning of July. Since the other party's warning range is very long, it is not possible to clearly detect the situation, but from a distance, it seems that the other party is mining."

"Mining!"

Brandon Hodgson stood up suddenly and asked again: "Did you see clearly that the person from the Pioneer Knights was mining?"

"Master, I guarantee this on my honor." The knight looked at Brandon and said very solemnly.

"At night, you send someone to observe closely. I need to know the exact news."

"Yes, my lord."

After the knight left, Brandon sat down again and tapped the table regularly, guessing what the mineral deposits the other party was digging were?

As he kept thinking, Brandon's eyes became sharp. This place was only a dozen kilometers away from his own territory. If there were really valuable mineral deposits, he wouldn't mind grabbing them.

As the sun was setting, in the border area of ​​the Barony of Cleveland, a six-man team wearing black clothes and carrying knives were rapidly advancing on the wasteland, approaching Baird's camp.

As time passed, the sky gradually darkened, and dark clouds blocked the moonlight. Except for the light of the camp fire, the surroundings fell into darkness.

The six members of the Cleveland Barony reconnaissance team arrived three hundred meters outside the camp and lurked down, waiting for the right opportunity.

"Captain, we have explored the surroundings and found three traps, here, here, and here." A man in black came to the team and reported to the trainee high-level knight while drawing a circle on the map.

The trainee knight found that these three locations were very tricky. Fortunately, his subordinate had such training and knew how to set up these traps. Otherwise, he would have been discovered by the opponent before he even got close to the camp.

"Go ahead, our main mission is to conduct intelligence reconnaissance. If the enemy finds out, we must retreat as soon as possible."

After hearing this, the other five people nodded silently, closed their eyes and rested, waiting for late night to arrive.

At twelve o'clock, the sleepiest moment, Baird started his first patrol of the night, armed with weapons, as usual.

There is a mithril mine buried under the camp. As long as the excavation is not completed within a day, we cannot relax for a moment.

As usual, he first inspected the guard post to see if any guards were dozing off, and then began to inspect the surrounding situation to confirm whether there were any uninvited guests.

At this moment, the reconnaissance team woke up, avoided three traps, and approached the camp.

"Who?"

Baird's ears twitched slightly, he looked northwest and shouted loudly.

The soldiers patrolling around him immediately reacted and came to the Lord Knight's side with spears in hand, assuming a fighting stance.

In the dark night, the reconnaissance team lay on the ground, daring not to move.

The leading trainee knight was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat. He didn't expect that someone would be so energetic at the most tiring moment. He began to pray in his heart that the other party just misjudged and never came to check.

Staring into the dark night, Baird snatched the spear from the guard beside him and threw it in the direction of the reconnaissance team.

There was silence and no sound. He couldn't help but touch his head. Could it be that he was worrying too much.

"Sir, would you like me to go over and investigate?" Seeing this, the team leader asked respectfully.

"kindness."

Immediately, the ten people presented the search targets according to the training method and moved towards the direction where Baird threw the spear.

On the grass, a man in black was pierced through the thigh with a spear, but he was tightly covered by his companions and did not dare to make a sound.

Seeing someone coming from the other side, for the sake of his own life, the trainee knight could only wave his hand to signal the other five people to start retreating.

Ten minutes later, the team leader came to Baird with a bloody spear, beat his chest and reported: "Sir, there is human blood on the spear, there are intruders tonight."

"Continue patrolling, I'll go to the warehouse to take a look."

As soon as he finished speaking, Baird took three steps and two steps at a time and headed towards the warehouse in the center of the camp.

"grown ups."

The two people standing guard in front of the warehouse saw this and immediately saluted.

"Did you spot any strangers?"

After hearing this, the two looked at each other and then replied: "No, sir, there is no one else here except us."

Baird frowned, pushed open the door, and counted the mithril mines mined in the past two days. There was no loss, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that someone discovered the clue and actually sent someone to investigate. We must report it to the Lord as soon as possible."

Later, Baird decided to stay here tonight to ensure the safety of the warehouse.

When Verin arrived at the camp the next morning, Baird reported to him what had happened with a pair of panda eyes.

"As expected, it should be the Baron of Cleveland."

"Sir, how should we respond next?" Baird asked after hearing this.

The Barony of Cleveland covers an area of ​​more than 1,500 square kilometers and has a population of 13,000 people. The lord is Brandon Hodgson. There are 16 bronze knights, 63 knights and attendants, and 20 archers. hands, three hundred soldiers.

According to normal operations, they may have to face more than a thousand serf soldiers.

After thinking for a while, Weilin immediately ordered: "Let everyone stop digging the mithril mine and wait for my next arrangements. In addition, send people back to the Lake of Praying Stars and transfer the other six knights. I want to Go to the camp and arrange it to ensure that they never come back."

"Yes."