Mercenaries and Adventurers

Kiel ended up finding no bones in that hall. The traces of the battle are there, but the corresponding other things are not there. He guessed that those things were either taken away by the knights who fought here at that time, or that the useless dwarf corpses were thrown down the spiral staircase in the middle of the hall directly after the battle.

It's so deep in there, it couldn't be easier to throw it down and deal with it.

Thinking about it this way, the freezing of the entire passage obviously happened after the battle.

Keel speculated that it might have been done by a magician or a senior priest of a certain church. Before the supporting dwarf soldiers came out, the man got a large amount of water from nowhere and filled the entire passage along the passage. But this is not safe, and the man then used a very powerful magic tool (probably.) to quickly freeze the passage filled with water.

until now.

Keir didn't dare to touch the magical props that released the cold. If he thought of a way, he might be able to get those things away, but since the other party wanted to prevent the dwarves from invading, he naturally didn't dare to move for the sake of the peace of Kendall County.

Presumably, the Knights blocked the entrance here with rocks and prevented people from approaching here, and they probably had such a plan.

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Keel felt a little regretful that he didn't find anything rewarding inside the rocky mountain, so he had to go back the same way.

He only harvested half a bag of dwarven coins and personal amulets, and also picked up a small half bag of broken fragments of weapons. He checked and found that those weapon fragments were all good materials. He couldn't say anything, but judging from the fact that the fragments were still sharp and firm, he knew that they were originally left on some good weapons. fall down.

All the way up, Keel quickly walked out of the dark passage that snaked down.

He simply covered the hole he made, moved some stones to block it, and then climbed up to the top of the rocky mountain along the rope.

Although he figured out what was inside the rocky mountain, Kiel still didn't know how the northern land wolves who froze to death in the rocky passage died. If it was the six magic blue rock **** in the hall deep in the mountain, why wasn't Keel attacked by them when he entered the hall?

In addition, a thin layer of mist shrouded the rocky mountain also appeared inexplicably in winter against the natural phenomenon, and it has not disappeared until now.

This is something Keel doesn't understand.

But he doesn't care, just do the job well.

He returned to the supplies department, filled his backpack with supplies, and then strode down the mountain.

After leaving the rock passage, he walked straight through the fog, and soon came to the forest where the fog could not spread. Determined the direction, he quickly found his companion waiting for him.

The hunter companions were also very cautious. According to the agreement before parting, they each asked Kiel two questions about the previous battle, and Kiel answered them smoothly. Therefore, according to the usual practice, the possibility of Kiel being impersonated by some weirdness in the forest is ruled out.

Keir explained what he saw on the rocky mountain. Of course, he didn't say anything about the passage leading to the inside of the mountain. Northern land wolf.

The two companions were a little worried after hearing this, but they didn't look like there was something wrong with Kiel. After mustering up their courage, they drove the carriage with Kiel to the outside of the rocky mountain.

This time Keir was no longer worried, and he had a hunter climb on the canopy of the wagon body, guiding them with the sight of the mist above the ground.

After directly passing through the fog with such a simple method, the three of them had more courage, and directly parked the carriage at the entrance of the rock passage, untied the horses, led the two horses directly, and walked to the top of the mountain.

They used horses to bring a large amount of leftover supplies, and then walked slowly down the mountain.

When walking from top to bottom, the three of them also took as many metal clips as possible along the way. Of course, they couldn't handle so many heavy metal clips, so they directly dragged the wolf leather straps tied to the metal clips with their hands, and dragged a dozen or so metal clips clangingly all the way back to the entrance of the passage.

After doing this two or three times, all the materials left here before have been moved.

Before leaving here, Kiel seemed to feel a faint malice from the surroundings, as if something had been disturbed. This made him a little scared, and he didn't dare to delay, so he directly called his companions, tied the two horses to the carriage, and immediately left here with a whip.

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Not long after the three of them left, in the white mist, some black shadows twisted and gathered together, and gradually gathered into many wolf-shaped shadows composed of twisted black shadows.

As soon as these unknown things appeared, they seemed to **** up the power of the surrounding mist, and when the mist became thinner, they condensed.

Then these dark wolf-shaped shadows took stiff steps, like newborn wolf cubs, and wobbled towards the place where Kiel and the others had dragged the metal clip.

They walked awkwardly all the way, and as they moved, there would be a road-like trace frozen by extremely low temperature on the ground.

But these unknown things didn't find anything, because Keel and the others had already left the local area and never came back.

A few black shadows imitated the northern land wolf, roaring silently, which caused the surrounding temperature to drop sharply, but the rocky mountain was full of stones, and no one knew their horror.

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Keel and the others drove the carriage carefully through the depths of the forest. Because the trees blocked them, they had to pay attention to avoid the big trees that appeared in front of the carriage.

The most dangerous thing was the tree roots hidden under the snow in the forest, which either hindered the horses from moving forward, or knocked Kiel and the others into the air when the wheels passed by.

"Ouch!"

Keel's **** was bumped up, and then fell heavily on the wooden board, causing his **** to be bumped painfully.

"This won't work! Fick, you climb onto the roof of the car, lie down on it, and pay attention to the ups and downs of the ground in front of us. As long as there are sudden ups and downs on the ground, it must be a tree root!" Keel directed and was thrown in the car. erratic partner.

Fick nodded and turned over directly, carefully lying on the roof of the car to avoid being caught by the branches of the big tree.

With his instructions, Keel was able to get around the obstructing tree roots roughly in advance.

Soon, they came to the place where they fought before.

The fallen tree, the messy ground, and the sparse snow on the surrounding trees. This place is exactly the same as it was when they fought a few days ago.

But the environment has not changed, and the ground is somewhat different.

Some small beasts like jackals or foxes were wandering around the original battlefield, looking for something edible from the burnt black wolf carcasses.

There are even some strong ones who are digging the soil where Kiel and the others buried the wolf skins, planning to follow the smell to find out the **** things underneath and eat them.

But all of this was driven away by the loud yelling and roaring of Keel and the others. As the carriage and horses rumbled here, the timid little animals all dispersed.

However, they didn't disperse very much. The skilled ones jumped up to the branches of the big tree, and the heavy ones rolled over, hiding behind the trunk of the big tree and quietly observing the humans like Keel.

"Go away!"

"Go away, go away!"

Seeing the courage of those small animals, the two young hunters waved their arms to drive them away. Seeing that these animals, which had never seen humans at all, did not leave, the two guys looked at each other and giggled.

Take out their own bows and arrows.

"My mother just needs a cloak to keep out the cold."

"My family always complains that the rabbit fur boots are a bit ordinary."

Keir shook his head, regardless of the two companions, he carried a simple wooden shovel cut out of wood, jumped out of the car, and dug the soil directly at the place where the wolf skin was buried.

This is just right, I can eat some alternative small animal meat at night, but I don’t know how it tastes?

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As soon as he started digging, Kiel felt as if he was aided by a god. The **** of agriculture in his body seemed to know what Kiel was doing, so he immediately provided more support than usual fighting, which made Kiel swing the shovel like flying. For five people.

At the beginning, they worked together, but Keir couldn't be too special, so the workload was similar to that of his companions, at most he worked a little more, and everyone just thought of him as a young man with a lot of energy.

But now there are not many people around, and the two companions are focused on hunting small animals wandering around, so Keel dug hard, and it took only one meal to dig out the wolf skin buried more than one meter in the ground .

There is also the reason why the previous burial loosened the soil on the ground, and it is not only because of Kiel's strong work ability.

So, when the two young hunters came back with five small animals each, Keir was already standing in the pit, throwing the frozen rough wolf skins out of the pit.

"So fast?"

"What do you think, just such a little work, if three people come to do it, we will have already returned by this time." Keel's voice came from inside the pit.

"Sorry." The young hunter scratched his cold-proof cloak hat: "I invite you to eat my prey at night. Although the winter ones are a little thin, they are all lean meat."

"Hey." Kiel smiled, "Hurry up and hang the prey in the car, let's go back early, I don't want to stay in this forest at all now."

"makes sense."

So, the two young hunters tied the small animals they had just caught together with ropes and hung them on the roof of the carriage. Something like that shakes off.

Another slap to get the dust and frozen parasites off some of the wolf's pelts, then toss into the back of the car.

The five wolf skins were **** in groups to prevent them from falling apart.

After a while, everyone was done.

Kiel, a simple wooden shovel, was no longer needed. He threw it directly into the pit, and then jumped up on the edge. Everyone slapped each other, and then got in the car and returned the same way.

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It took another whole day to return, but after all, there was no danger. They quickly met Lanisa Knight and her party who had just returned from the celebration in Umi Lake Village that night in the wooden watchtower.

Keel had a strong desire to return to town since he didn't make a fortune in the interior of the rocky mountain. Although he had discovered something inside the rocky mountain before, those dangerous things, whether it was the crisis that was visible on the surface, or the power of the knights and magicians behind them, he could not act rashly.

Occasionally touching the dwarven coins found in the bag, Keir rode his usual horse and slowly followed the team back south.

It was still the road going north, and everyone rushed on the road at an unhurried speed. There was no worry and pride when they set off, but more joy of victory and sadness of the death of their companions.

After more than two days, everyone finally approached the land of human civilization from the north side of Hekou Town.

The militiamen standing guard on the gate on the north side of the town saw Knight Lanisa's horse and her armor from a distance, opened the gate in advance, and swept away the snow at the gate with a broom.

Kiel, who was riding on the horse, got the old hunter's instructions, and the team rushed to the gate of the town one step ahead of time, shouting: "Lanessa, the knight, killed the wolf king of the northern land in the big northern forest the day before yesterday! Northern land wolves! Hurry up and let the local lord know about it. And tell the people along the way!"

Keel yelled loudly, and said so while riding on horseback without dismounting.

The several town militiamen who greeted them were stunned when they heard Kiel's words, but they quickly reacted to Kiel's propaganda again and again, and immediately arranged for a person to run along the main road of the town to the house of the lord knight. past.

At the same time, the militiaman was running and repeating what Keir had said loudly on the road.

Kiel saw a few militiamen at the door just standing on the ground, standing on tiptoe and looking at Knight Lanisa who was slowly riding a horse, so he took out a small handful of coins from the backpack behind his back, and walked towards Several gatekeeper militiamen scattered on the ground.

Copper coins and iron coins collided with each other in the air, making crisp sounds.

"Don't just stand here, yell, yell!"

When the militiamen saw Kirsa's money, they smiled and bent down to pick it up. After taking the money, they naturally worked hard, and they immediately shouted into the town with excited voices.

"Knight Lanessa returns victorious! The wolves in the northern forest are finished!"

"Humans defeat beasts! Great victory!"

Such words repeatedly shouted from their mouths, which made Keir more satisfied.

In winter, except for the fishermen who broke the ice and fished, most of the farmers who worked in agriculture stayed at home with nothing to do, either making people or beating their own children. If there is a wealthy family with a small amount of money, the male master of the family will mostly go to the tavern or red house that is still open for drinking and entertainment, while the female master will mostly invite her to talk with her companions in several small churches in the town. Those who show a good performance in front of them will diligently help the assistants of the priests of the church to clean the church together.

This kind of gallantry is not something everyone can do. First of all, you have to formally believe in the gods of this church. Secondly, compared with other people who have the same idea, if you neglect ordinary church affairs What, then you have to wait in the back to get your turn.

These things are not done in vain. After all, the church has mastered a real supernatural power entity. Some good things will only take care of the most steadfast families of "faith".

If anyone in the family is injured at work, the believers will automatically avoid the cost of healing the priests for minor injuries.

Turning back, following the cheery shouts of the militiamen at the north gate of the town, every household on the winter street, which was empty during the day, opened their doors. The men in the family put their heads out of the door and listened carefully. Soon they laughed happily and invited the family members to go out and have a look.

There is a large field in the north of the town, so there are naturally farming families near the north gate. The defeat of the northern land wolf is naturally a great thing for them. After all, the northern land wolf attack on Muxingtai this summer has not been too long.

Since the northern land wolf has become more and more rampant, they have to be careful when going out to the field. Naturally, their own children dare not let them be freed on the ridges of the field.

Without those half-grown children who are half of the labor force, the grain income of each household has been partially reduced due to the labor force. But the taxes paid to the lord will not be less, so the past two years have been relatively difficult.

Now that they heard that the Northern Land Wolf had been eradicated, they were naturally overjoyed.

The healthy teenagers in the farmer's family put on their father's fur coats, rubbed their hands and ran all the way to the north gate of the town. After crossing the gate and seeing the Lanisa knights getting closer and closer, they immediately trotted back home and called the family to come out to watch.

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Approaching Hekou Town, Knight Lanisa let the hunters get out of the carriage, leaving only one person to drive the carriage. In addition, the old hunter asked the young hunters to take out the wolf skins in the carriage and hang them on the outside of the carriage with ropes, so that the onlookers could see some of their victories.

As for how many northern wolves there are, the public does not have an accurate estimate of the number, so even if the hunters tell the public that they have killed hundreds of northern wolves during this trip, it is estimated that there is no reality. As evidence, no one would believe the wolf skin.

After all, most of the wolf skins had already been burned along with the wooden walls during the Battle of Rocky Mountain. They believed in how many northern land wolves they had killed, and so did the Knight Lanisa who fought together. But it is very difficult to convince outsiders.

So they discussed it before. On the surface, they killed about a hundred northern land wolves. Lord of Del County.

The hunters walked on both sides of the carriage, the hunting bows behind them and the quiver at their waists were all displayed. The injured young hunter even put his injured arm in the most conspicuous place, planning to show it to the onlookers later.

A similar thing has happened in Wumi Lake Village before~www.readwn.com~So this time the hunter secretly decided that he would not be overwhelmed by the people's onlookers and inquiries.

Knight Lanisa also hung her broken arm with a cloth strip and placed it in a conspicuous place. She also temporarily borrowed Kiel's double-edged metal spear and inserted it on the weapon rack behind the saddle as her own weapon.

Her own one-handed epee was naturally put away, and only the armor-piercing rapier that was common to the common people hung on her waist.

She patted the horse to slow it down, and cheered up for the people to watch.

And Kiel saw the team approaching, and the people at the gate of the town gathered more and more, so he rode back to the team and entered the town together.

Seeing that there are more and more people around, the yelling guard militiamen shouted louder and more excitedly.

Before the team really entered the town, the people at the gate started shouting.

"Oh oh oh! Sir Lanisa Knight!" This is the shouting of the young boys.

"Look at those wolf skins, they are really big! One can make a fur coat for one person." This is the married women who can sew and talk to each other.

"There are so many wolf skins, good, good. Now you won't have to worry about being attacked by wolves when you farm next year." This is the adult farmers who are the main laborers congratulating each other.

More children casually wrapped in some adult clothes, grabbed the bodies of their families, and looked excitedly at the tall horse riding by Knight Lanisa, and the thick steel vest on the horse.

"It's a great hero, it's a great hero. It's a great hero in the story!" they yelled.

After hearing the children's words, Knight Lanisa blushed in a rare way. Afraid of destroying the children's vision, she immediately closed the visor of the helmet and waved her intact hand to greet the people.