Great time travel

Chapter 9. First visit to Karn Village
In general, cats are nocturnal small carnivores.

Although domestic cats have been domesticated to a large extent, they still maintain the original nature of felines, such as work and rest schedules, hunting skills, etc.Then there's the all-important night vision ability - a cat's eye can often see better at night than during the day!
Therefore, whether it is a domestic cat or a wild cat, whether it is catching mice outdoors or playing with mouse toys at home, they are used to sleeping lazily during the day, and only start to move around energetically at dusk.When you bring a cat home for the first time, you might be intimidated by its upside-down habits.Because cats will try their best to mess with your house while you are asleep.In the morning, after they have eaten their breakfast, the world begins to wake up slowly, and the cat will curl up back into his den again, and start a long sleep all day...

Cough cough, let’s get down to business, in short, after sleeping lazily all day and eating a lot of dried fish, the cat knight Rachel at dusk is really refreshed and full of energy, and her body is full of joy. Vitality, I feel like I can hit ten with one!

——Especially when she learned that a certain tabby cat surnamed Wang could pass a certain golden finger and turn her into a level [-] player again...

So, when night fell, the cat knight Rachel, whose level soared to level [-], happily embarked on a team expedition.

——Although, this is just an excursion that should not encounter any danger in theory, it is purely an excursion of the nature of exploration and training.

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The bright moonlight fell on the ground through the thin clouds, coating the vast grassland with a faint silver edge, and also illuminated the figures of the three kittens running at high speed in the grassland.Although the dark night of the grassland is not safe and full of all kinds of predators, the journey of the three kittens has not encountered any obstacles.The wild wolves and foxes wandering along the way were all frightened by the terrifying coercion of these cats, and even retreated.

——Don’t be fooled by their cuteness!You know, these are three super cats with a level as high as LV100. In theory, combining together is enough to destroy a terrifying existence of an army!Strictly speaking, even if the legendary dragons came before them, they might not be able to get any benefits!
The only thing that can hinder their journey is their own physical strength, or endurance - even the most ordinary domestic cat can reach an astonishing speed of fifty kilometers per hour when sprinting at full speed to pounce on the mouse.As a full-level catman player, it is easy to run at a speed of 3 kilometers per hour in the wild.But the problem is that, like tigers and lions, cats are just sprint champions. If it comes to the endurance of long-distance treks, they are far inferior to cows, horses and antelopes.Usually after two or three minutes of running at full speed, you have to stop and take a break to take a few breaths.

Taking advantage of the break, as the leader of this temporary reconnaissance team, Wang Qiu, a level [-] tabby cat mage, began to explain the general action plan for tonight to the cat knight Rachel who joined the team temporarily: "...tonight During the reconnaissance operation, the three of us went to Karn Village in the southwest to determine the location of the village and the road leading from the Great Tomb of Nazarick to the village. This is a relatively simple task. The other team went to The more distant fortress city Ye Lantel, they are all professional scouts, even using the body of a cat, it is still easy to determine the location of the city and remember the way back, meow? Eh? The sound just now What's the matter with 'meow'? What's wrong with me, meow? Meow meow?"

"...Don't pay too much attention to trivial matters, meow! It seems that after using the cat person character for a period of time, it will automatically bring on this mouth-crazy meow!"

Seeing the tabby cat mage Wang Qiu seem to be a little crazy, the last member of the three-cat team, the raccoon cat thief Ma Tong waved his paw disapprovingly, and at the same time used a small stone to lay out a rough map on the ground, "... ...According to the description in the original book "Overlord King of the Undead", Karn Village is located about ten kilometers southwest of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, and is the closest human settlement to the residence of the Lich King. However, this ten kilometers refers to The distance in a straight line is far longer than that, because we can't walk in a straight line through the forest recklessly..."

"...why can't you walk straight through the forest meow? Everyone has night vision cat eyes meow?" Rachel asked, raising a paw.

"...Because we don't know the way at all, and we don't even have the most basic compass. If we rush into the forest with poor vision and complicated terrain, we may get lost soon. More importantly, we still have I don’t know where Ka’en Village is, meow!” Wang Qiu replied with a sigh.

"...I don't know where Karn Village is?! Then how should we go?!" Rachel was a little dumbfounded.

"...Go west along the border between the forest and the grassland!" Wang Qiu raised his cat's paw and waved it, "...Kan Village is located at the junction of the forest and the grassland. Although the villagers rely on the forest for wood, herbs and prey, But he didn't dare to go deep into the forest at all, for fear of being attacked by monsters. Just entering more than 100 meters into the forest just to collect medicine is already frightening meow... So, even though the straight-line distance from the Great Tomb of Nazarick is only Ten kilometers, but because the line of sight and range of activities are restricted by the forest, the villagers of Ka'en Village have not found the existence of the large tomb. In the same way, as long as we continue to advance westward along the border between the forest and the grassland, we will be able to Find that village..."

——In the end, they made a big circle along the edge of the forest and walked for more than 20 kilometers before they discovered the suspected existence of Kahn Village.

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Karn Village, which belongs to the Kingdom of Reyestij, is located on the natural border between the Bajas Empire and the Kingdom──the southernmost foothills of the Angelia Mountains, where there is a vast forest called the Duwu Great Forest .Karn Village is a small village built near the forest. It is about [-] kilometers away from the nearest big city in the Kingdom, the fortress city Ye Lantel.It is equivalent to a journey of two days on foot for travelers.

Although Ka'en Village has been established for 100 years, there are still only about 120 permanent residents in the village, consisting of 25 families.Judging from the conditions of the border villages in the Kingdom of Rei Yestij, such miniature villages are not uncommon.

To the north of the village is a large dark forest, to the south is the cultivated land and vegetable gardens reclaimed by the villagers, and on the periphery is the grassland that maintains its original appearance.In addition to the cultivated land, the village's source of income mainly relies on the blessings from the forest. Except for occasional merchants who come to collect or purchase medicinal herbs, the royal family's tax collectors only come once a year.Living in a village where there are almost no outsiders, time seems to stand still.

The villagers basically live a life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, without the bright lights of the metropolis.

Therefore, when the three kittens arrived outside Kahn Village, it was no surprise that the place was already in darkness and silence.

"... Well, it's located at the edge of the forest, about twenty or thirty households in size, without walls and fences... probably this is it!"

The tabby cat Wang Qiu, who has learned tree-climbing skills without a teacher, stood on a big tree outside the village, watched carefully for a moment, then jumped to the ground and said to the other two cats, "... Now, let's go into the village to collect information! Meow!"

Obviously, the small movements of several "wild cats" entering the village at night did not arouse anyone's vigilance.

——Although Wang Qiu alone is a full-level cat mage, it is enough to kill the blood of this village...

Strolling in the central square of this border village, Wang Qiu, a level [-] tabby cat mage, couldn't help being surprised by the slack defense of this place: "... Fences, ditches, bunkers... There are no defensive facilities at all! Even the houses are There are one building in the east and one building in the west, sparsely built, and this awareness of war preparation is not as good as those rural villages in southern China! Do they really realize that they are living on the border where wars are frequent?"

——At first glance, in terms of architectural layout, Kahn Village does not look like a medieval village at all, but more like a modern Japanese or Chinese village: a circle of sparse houses surrounds an empty grain drying field, and some The houses were built on the far side of the road, with a long gap between them. What's more, the terrain of the village itself is extremely flat—this means that any intruder riding a horse can rush in from a distance. The village burned and killed wantonly, and even if the villagers got an early warning, they couldn't even "build a village to protect themselves", so they could only flee in the forest.

(For what the real modern frontier village looks like, you can refer to the site of the Battle of Alamo in Texas, USA. At that time, [-] American settlers fought fiercely with [-] regular Mexican troops for [-] days with this fortress-style reclamation stronghold, although in the end Destroyed, but also left a name in history.)
In short, looking at the layout of Ka'en Village without any sense of defense, Wang Qiu couldn't help being deeply impressed by the "good law and order" in this place.

Although the loose layout of Kahn Village is completely different from the compact villages in the Middle Ages.But some aspects are still consistent with the usual settings of fantasy medieval novels. For example, the largest house in the village is the barn shared by the whole village, and the best house is the residence of the village chief.

After determining the target, the [-]-level raccoon cat thief Ma Tong lightly activated the [stealth] skill, quietly touched the window sill of the village chief's house, and opened a window that was not closed tightly.Then, the two cats, Wang Qiu and Raiqier, followed immediately and jumped into the house through the window.Just in case, Wang Qiu, the cat mage, also released a [group sleep technique] so that the village head's family would never wake up again tonight.

The only trouble is that because Wang Qiu is still a newly promoted mage, he is purely a beginner and has no actual combat experience, so Rachel and Ma Tong were also unfortunately overwhelmed by his spells on the spot. It takes a lot of trouble to wake them up again...

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At the same time, in the "command center for combat against foreign worlds" in modern China, a group of senior experts from all walks of life who were urgently summoned followed closely the eyes of Wang Qiu and Ma Tong, concentrating on what they saw. All the information received - just as Wang Qiu and Ma Tong were walking on catwalks, walking among the farmhouses in the different world, several large screens in the command center also simultaneously played the different world seen by the two pairs of cats. .

——Because the fortress city E-Rantel is far away from the Great Tomb of Nazarick, the Momo scouting team heading there is still on their way...

Based on what they saw on the screen, all the sociology and history experts started talking about it:
"...All the houses in the whole village are tile-roofed houses, not even a thatched house. The only building with a roof covered with hay is the watchtower with a big bell. The walls of the houses are made of solid stone. The walls and brick walls are also painted with a layer of lime-like coating. Hey, such a good living condition, if replaced by the countryside in most parts of China, even in the early days of the founding of the People’s Republic of China! It can be seen that this village must be quite rich ! Or the construction technology there is very developed, and the cost of building such a house is not high, even ordinary farmers can afford it..."

"...the head of a small village can have so many exquisite furniture in his home! Although the floor of the house is just rammed earth, which is a little shabby, there is an oil painting on the wall! All kinds of furniture Metal cooking utensils and daily tools are also hung everywhere on the wall. Well, they actually used tin teapots and tin pipe chimneys? It can be seen that the metallurgical industry in the world over there must have been very developed, and the price of metal should be quite low... ...In the real European Middle Ages, and even in the relatively backward modern Russia, the serfs in the West still had to use wooden plows to plow the land!"

"...Moreover, have you noticed that in the cabinet of the village chief's house, there is still a cabinet full of porcelain! Although it is just some large coarse porcelain bowls and coarse porcelain plates without any decorative patterns, but replaced by In medieval Europe on the earth, I am afraid that at least nobles above the baron can enjoy it! If you want to find a similar example in the history of the west of the earth... then it is described in the famous British book "Pride and Prejudice" Yes, the wealthy gentry families in England at the end of the eighteenth century probably had this kind of living standard..."

"...No, no, no, it can't be compared like this. The [-]th-century English squire described in "Pride and Prejudice" is a landed aristocrat who is completely out of production! There are a lot of servants in the house, and the master doesn't have to do anything! And here on the screen The village head’s family obviously doesn’t even have a single servant, it’s just a relatively well-to-do family of farmers... It’s not too bad to say that their living standard is equivalent to that of American farmers in the mid-nineteenth century!”

"...In other words, the world over there is the level of productivity in Europe and the United States in the [-]th century, coupled with the social and political system of the Middle Ages? This is really awkward! However, we are only observing such a village right now, and the survey sample is too large. If there is less, I’m afraid we can’t draw conclusions arbitrarily.”

"...Well, that's true. It is very likely that this Karn village is just a special case. Ordinary farmers in other places may not live as well... Oh! The map of the mainland that appeared in the novel has finally been found! It turns out It was thrown on top of the cupboard at the village chief's house! Very good! The primary task in Karn Village has been completed! Tell Comrade Xiao Wang and the others to quickly take the map and retreat to the departure point of the Nazarick Great Tomb!"

"...No! To bring the map back, only one person is enough! The remaining two team members must stay in the village!"

Political Commissar Guo shook his head and vetoed, "...in medieval Europe in our world, there was a long period of time when European countrymen regarded cats as evil as devils. Therefore, we must find out how the natives treated cats over there. Attitude, in order to plan the next action plan..."

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So, after successfully stealing the mainland map of the village chief's house, the cat thief Ma Tong took the loot alone, left the village and retreated the same way.

Then, on the morning of the second day after the Great Tomb of Nazarick traveled through the different world, the Lich King Momonga, who had not fully cleared his mind, was surprised to learn that the "21st century ancients" stationed at the entrance temple on the surface , has discovered the settlement of human civilization in this world!
On the other side of Ka'en Village, Wang Qiu and Rachel, who turned into cats, also had the first contact with the indigenous humans of this world...