Farming with Entries: From Lord to Emperor

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Late at night, on both sides of the inner city gate.

The two guards who had just finished their shift change were alert and focused on their surroundings.

The cold wind was biting, and they wrapped themselves tightly in their fur coats.

Torchlight flickered in the wind, casting unsteady shadows.

Footsteps came from afar, accompanied by laughter and playful sounds.

"Don't pull me... I haven't had enough to drink yet..."

A few figures staggered over from a distance.

Two men in tattered clothes were being supported by two scantily dressed women as they walked slowly.

The four of them reeked of alcohol, obviously drunken men just out of the tavern.

"Stop!"

The guards immediately became wary, raising their long spears horizontally at the gate.

"Do not approach!"

The drunken men kept walking forward, seemingly oblivious to the guards' words.

"I said stop!"

The guard raised his voice, "One more step and we'll kill you!"

One of the drunken men finally lifted his head, his face flushed, eyes bleary.

"You fools, don't you even recognize me?"

The drunken man belched, "If you dare to offend me, someone won't let you off!"

The other drunken man chimed in.

"Yeah yeah yeah, do you know who his brother is?"

Their words made the guards pause and exchange glances.

A tall guard stepped forward, "No matter who you are, curfew means no approach to the gate, no exceptions."

The tall guard's attitude was firm, but his tone softened a bit,

"This is Viscount Lan Ao's order, no one can disobey!"

"You think we wanted to come here!"

The drunken man wrapped an arm around the woman's waist beside him, slurring his words, "I'm here to deliver a woman to Captain Keriba, just look at her chest, her hips..."

With that, the drunken man squeezed hard to show them to the tall guard.

The woman giggled and pushed back, "Oh stop it... don't do that..."

"Are you a friend of our captain?"

At the mention of women, a hint of a smile appeared on the stiff face of the tall guard as he scrutinized the woman next to the drunken man,

"She looks pretty good, is she new from the Silver Coin Tavern?"

"You guy, you really know your stuff!"

The drunken man pointed at the tall guard, his face full of wicked smiles, and shoved the woman over,

"Enjoy her first, then take her to your captain!"

The woman let out an "Oh my!" as she lunged at the tall guard.

At that moment, the other sultry woman swayed her hips over, "Is she the only top-notch one?"

The tall guard was about to say something when the sultry woman staggered into the other guard.

"Is it you, mighty guard?"

Instinctively, the guard reached out to support the woman, pressing a hand on her chest,

"Hey, babe, I'm on duty now, wait until after midnight..."

Before the guard could finish, the sultry woman pulled a short knife from beneath her skirt and plunged it into the guard's throat!

"Squelch!"

"You... argh!"

The woman gritted her teeth and pressed down firmly on the man!

The tall guard heard the commotion and tried to turn around, but the woman in his arms suddenly sprang into action, stabbing a dagger into his throat at an angle!

The "drunken" man's eyes became clear in an instant, quickly pinning the guard down, leaving him no room to react!

And just like that, the tall guard fell with a look of unwillingness in his eyes!

After dealing with the guards, the drunken man quickly ran to the nearby torch, the firelight illuminating his face, revealing the very person searching for tunnels during the day—Luo De!

Luo De picked up the torch and waved it vigorously towards the street ahead. Immediately, a dozen figures emerged from the darkness, running over!

Upon reaching the vicinity of the city gate, they rushed towards the towers on both sides!

"Move fast!"

Luo De urged in a low voice, hurriedly retrieving the keys from the guards and ran towards the city gate!

In addition to the lock, the city gate had two horizontal beams and three door latches; the fastening mechanism was exceedingly complex.

Luo De, along with another drunken companion and two women, removed all the beams and latches, pulling the iron-plated gate open forcefully!

But the passage under the city gate was still blocked by a grate. More importantly, the outer gate and the drawbridge were still obstructing the end of the tunnel!

"Why are they so slow?!"

Luo De was anxious. Before the words finished, footsteps echoed from the street corner ahead.

"Someone's coming!"

Hurriedly, Luo De picked up a long spear and small round shield from the ground, tensely watching the direction ahead.

Maybe a sneak attack would work, but face-to-face combat was not Luo De's strength, and if the enemy came, he could only fight desperately!

Luo De's comrades were equally flustered, clutching the long spear they didn't know how to use, nervously gulping down saliva.

"Thud thud thud!"

Just as the footsteps neared, the sounds of bodies hitting the ground one after the other suddenly rang out, and then it was quiet again.

"What happened?"

Luo De looked at his comrade, who also shook his head in bewilderment.

The next moment, four figures clad in black robes silently appeared around Luo De, a pair of glowing green eyes fixed intently on him!

Luo De was startled and instinctively recoiled,

"Who are you?!"

"That is not for you to know."

A cold, accented common tongue emerged from the black-robed figure's mouth, "We are here to help you complete the Lord's mission!"

"Now, have your people lower the drawbridge quickly!"

"They have already stormed into the gate tower!"

Just as Luo De finished speaking, angry shouts and the sounds of battle erupted from the gate tower, followed by the noisy clatter of chains—the outer drawbridge was lowered!

"Success!"

Delight washed over Luo De's face, and he urgently told the black robe, "Quick, inform Lord Luo De!"

"The Lord already knows everything."

The black-robed person replied leisurely, casting an inadvertent glance at the top of the tower.

On top, a hawk stood proudly, silently watching everything happening at the city gate.