Mercenaries and Adventurers

Keel rode on the horse for a while before he recovered his energy. The sun in the spring afternoon was glaring. He squinted his eyes, holding the wooden water bottle in one hand, and wrapped the horse's reins in the other.

No one urged, and Keel's horse trotted behind the Claw knight's steed. Behind Kiel, the guards and militiamen who followed on foot were either humming leisurely, or talking about what happened to Kiel before.

In a fully armed state, they can run so many laps in such a large amount, which is completely beyond the imagination of these people.

"He is a natural runner. If I ask you, if anyone wants to chase him in the city, no one will be able to do it, as long as he is familiar with the terrain of the city." A town guard thinks so.

"If you want me to tell you, he must be the best farmer with this strength to work in the fields. How much work can he do in a day? And, hey, whoever girl can marry him will make the whole village envious ?” A militiaman with a beard on his face was laughing and chatting with a militiaman from the same village next to him.

These words made the surrounding militiamen laugh, and the topic quickly turned to other imaginative places.

Just now, Keel sweated profusely while running around the open space. At this time, he was drowsily drinking water to replenish his water. When the team went south along the river, the road passed through a sparse river bank forest, so as to block the heat. The shade of the hot sun revived Keel's spirits.

"Is it better?" Knight Crowe has been paying attention to Kiel's state. After seeing that Kiel's face improved, he slowed down his horse and kept pace with Kiel's horse.

After drinking the last amount of water in the kettle, Keel nodded to the Crow Knight who was much taller than him: "It's much better, I was a little hot and confused from running just now. Huh, ride on the horse, the wind keeps blowing." It’s okay to blow it.”

After speaking, he put the water bottle into the horse bag beside him.

Taking out a clean cloth, Keel wiped his face and the upper part of his neck with a dry cloth, wiping away some of the dried sweat stains.

Seeing that Keir's condition is normal, Knight Crowe continued to talk about Keir's physical fitness.

"I know you borrowed some special abilities when you were running just now, but that's nothing. Of course, these help are also counted in everyone's strength."

Knight Crowe pointed to the long sword on Kiel's waist. Although he had never used Kiel's weapon himself, when chatting with Kiel, the kid told him what the weapon was used for. Material.

The heart of the big tree worshiped by people in the temple of the Saturnalia Church can provide the user with continuous extra recovery of physical strength and energy. In his opinion, it is really useless to install this thing on a weapon, and it is even more useless for a knight like him. There will be no battle that can exhaust his physical strength.

However, this is quite suitable for Kiel, a young fighter who is still an ordinary person.

"In terms of physical strength, after seeing your performance just now, I can't ask for more from you. But." Klaus Knight said this, and Keir pricked up his ears.

"However, what level is your skill during this time, I have to see."

Keel asked curiously, "What do you think?"

Knight Crowe smiled: "Let's talk about it when we set up camp at night, how many people you can deal with with bare hands at a time, you will know soon."

Keir's face fell, and he felt that there was another test waiting for him in Knight Crowe, which made him feel bad.

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The average marching speed of the Crow Knights team is a little bit faster than the large troops behind them because of the small number of people.

Although it can't be seen in a short period of time, when the marching time becomes longer, this gap will soon appear.

The team stopped and went all afternoon, walked for about an hour and then took a little rest in place. At this time, the road has long since lost the traces of the flood. Although the precipitation in the past few days made the field relatively humid, the water vapor soon evaporated with the sunlight. The nasal passages of passers-by, and it hits the face and pastes it on the face.

Overall it is very comfortable, but some people occasionally sneezed by the aroma of wildflowers. In the local area, people often say that when they sneeze after smelling the fragrance of flowers, they may be teased by the fairies in the flowers. The fairies rushed into the human brain along their noses, making the farmers forget to go home. Let the young men and women in the growing period do some stupid things in the wild that will shame the two families.

Keel believed it for a while when he first arrived here, but soon realized that this was just a scapegoat for the foolish things done by the residents of the village in his youth.

Anyway, as long as some unreasonable things happen, and people can't find the reason or don't want to find out, they will all push it to unexplainable mysterious phenomena and mysterious creatures.

At dusk, Knight Crowe found a clearing next to the woods. Just like what he did at noon, he asked everyone to tidy up the place and pick up a lot of dead trees in the nearby woods.

Since the outskirts of the woods that are easy to enter are not large, the guards and militiamen struggled for a while before they managed to get two branches that could barely raise two fires.

He happened to see the big blue ax on Keel's back, and immediately instructed Kiel to cut down two trees next to it. Others helped drag the fallen tree back.

Kiel had nothing to do at all, and after feeding the two horses, he sat aside to rest. Hearing the call of Knight Crowe, he immediately rubbed his hands and removed the two-handed ax stuck behind the armor from behind.

"Look at mine!"

Keir picked two big trees. In order to avoid being bitten by snakes and insects, he did not go deep into the woods that was about to get dark. He directly selected the trees, stood with his legs back and forth, held the middle and back of the ax handle, and turned his waist. Swinging his arms, he slammed the ax fiercely at the place near the root of the big tree.

Duo! Duo! Duo!

With three axes down, less than half of the trunk of the big tree was cut off. After each blow of the axe, the branches of the whole tree trembled, and the new shoots on the top of the branches also trembled.

Soon, Keel turned around and came to the other side of the tree trunk to chop the tree with his axe.

The militiamen who followed also clenched the rope in their hands, and pulled it little by little, pulling the whole tree towards them.

The trunk on the other side was also cut down to pieces with a few axes, and the whole tree was crumbling. Seeing this, the militiamen immediately stepped back and took a step. The whole tree was pulled like this and collapsed directly in the direction of the militiamen. down.

"The tree fell!"

"The tree fell! Watch out!"

There was no accident that the big tree collapsed. When Keir chose the big tree, he chose a short and thick tree, and the ropes in the hands of the militiamen were long. won't hurt.

The big tree fell rumblingly, crushing many other small trees, but these were not what they needed. The guards rushed over, untied the ropes of the militiamen, and let Keir and the militiamen go to get the next tree. And they used shorter ropes and dozens of people dragged the heavy trees to the open space.

"Remove all the branches of the big tree, and let Keir do the rest. He has a sharp axe." Knight Crowe arranged in this way.

The guards use their spare weapons to cut off branches of various thicknesses, and then break these branches into firewood suitable for fire.

However, these branches at this time have a lot of water, and if they are directly used to light a fire, there will be too much smoke. So Knight Crowe arranged for the guards to put these suitable firewood next to the fire piled with dead branches, light the fire made of dead branches, and bake and dry the wet firewood.

At the same time, the guards also shot some birds, all of which were migratory birds resting beside the Kendall River. They were about to fly from south to north, and when they rested by the Kendall River at night, they were stoned by these guards. A few blocks were knocked down.

Knight Crowe fiddled with these plump, half-person-tall migratory birds, and thought it was okay, so he asked his men to go down and clean them up. Baron, one was reserved for little Kiel, who had consumed a lot of energy today, and the guards ate the rest.

Soon, the militiamen and the guards worked together to drag another big tree out of the woods. Kiel was instructed by Knight Crowe to cut the trunk of the big tree into sections with an axe, and then cut the trunk of the tree stump into sections. The trunk of the big tree is split lengthwise into pieces for firewood.

Others picked up the firewood that Kiel had split, and placed it next to the two fires that had already been lit, using the temperature of the flames to roast the moisture in the firewood.

After the firewood is baked, the water mist evaporates, and the wood that has absorbed the rainfall of the previous two days loses the moisture that it has absorbed from the ground, so it has to be dried and hardened reluctantly, and then guarded The guards of the fire kicked it away and fiddled with it to form a pile.

When they were busy here, the sky gradually darkened, and the afterglow of the setting sun hung tenaciously on the horizon, not wanting to be blocked by the distant mountains so quickly.

To the north of the road, a torched troop was approaching rapidly. The militiamen of the large army saw the fire rising in the open space beside the road, and Kiel and the others also saw a long snake illuminated by long torches gliding along the road.

This time, Kiel and the others stayed where they were, and did not leave early when the large troops came.

Because it's time to eat.

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The whole day of marching was exhausted, but it was not time to set up camp, but it was time to eat.

The dry firewood prepared by Kiel and the others came in handy. The cook in the team commanded a whole small group of militiamen as their helpers, and moved away some warm firewood and placed them in the open space where everyone was resting. It is to provide better lighting, so as not to waste the brightly illuminated torches carefully crafted by craftsmen. Second, it is convenient for everyone to cook quickly after the meal is ready.

If they all cook together, it will be convenient for their cooks, but it will be very chaotic for the whole team to cook and eat. After all, although many militiamen have become familiar with camping outside Kendall these days, they still rarely experience marching outside.

Some places that may cause confusion in the team, Rumi Knight has already made explanations and arrangements in advance.

"What? This whole roast goose is mine?" Keel pointed at several packed roast geese, a little incredulous.

Knight Crowe chuckled: "It's yours, but you can't eat it for free. Before camping at night, there is another test."

"What is it?" He was hungry at this time, looking at the delicious goose meat that was officially set up next to the fire by the guard who claimed to have roasted goose, he felt that if he could eat these things, the rest would be fearless.

"I want to judge your combat ability. There is nothing to test the situation now, so I can only take a look at it empty-handed. Let's do this for now. When I leave Kendall County, I will find a suitable opportunity. Let's see what you can do."

Knight Crowe leaned closer to Kiel's ear: "There are many ways to become a knight, and the methods are all controlled by various forces. It can either be inherited from the family, or join a large organization. A chance to be a knight."

He saw that Kiel was a little nervous: "However, I happen to know a way to become a strong knight. Although it is not that easy, at least not as easy as the inheritance of various knight families, it is very effective."

The knight patted Keir on the shoulder: "You have to go through some dangers and suffer some hardships."

"But I know, I can see from your eyes that those are not problems, ah, it's a bit like when I was young. I feel that I can handle everything, even if I don't have much background, but I have the courage that others don't have .”

After finishing speaking, Knight Crowe left and went to have dinner with the Baron and Knight Rumi.

Keel stood where he was, smelling the many roast geese that were constantly emitting fragrance. Although he was apprehensive, he was not afraid.

This road was right in front of his eyes. As an ordinary person, he had no choice but to give it a try, even if he guessed from the words of Knight Crowe that the other party was not the knight he was about to use on Kiel. The training method to officially become a knight. But Keir is not afraid. After a series of recent experiences, he is already a qualified fighter.

He lacked courage, fighting wisdom, and a strong will, and he didn't think he would be unable to cope with the upcoming knight training. After all, he has been envious for a long time of the tyrannical abilities of knight-level powerhouses such as Crow Knight and Lanisa Knight.

With that strength, ordinary monsters and monsters will not be his opponents, and obviously, when the strength reaches that level, his status in this society will go up a step further.

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The guard who cooked the roast goose was not a fan. Although it was not as delicious as he said, there was still such a mouth-watering wonderful fragrance floating in the small half of the resting space.

Keir and some of the guards were standing next to the roasted goose, and watched with their own eyes that the guard turned the wooden stick with the roasted goose inserted into it. The plump goose that has shrunk slightly after roasting is firmly in place.

The stomach of the roast goose has been cleaned, and some edible offal was ordered by the army cook to cook the soup, saying that it can add some meaty flavor of the offal to the bland soup.

Listening to the sound of the militiamen who are eating dinner next to them, you know that these cooks are right, even if a little goose offal is added to the soup made of wild vegetables, root plants and wheat grains, the militiamen Most of them are quite satisfied.

Of course, it would be even more beautiful if you could have a bite of the goose being roasted.

They also thought about it, after all, it was not something they could eat. If they want money, their pockets are cleaner than their faces, and if they want status, the lords in the team will naturally do their part.

However, it was still beyond the expectations of the militiamen. Although it seemed that the best baked one was dedicated to the leader of the whole team - Baron Kendall, the remaining few were not eaten by Knight Crowe and Rumi. The knight ate, but what the two of them ate was the dinner prepared by the accompanying guards alone.

The remaining roast goose was enjoyed by the young man Kiel and some of the town guards who brought this delicious food.

More than a dozen guards gathered together, and when a few roast geese were delivered, they swarmed up, even though they had eaten just now, they still didn't care much at this moment, you grab a big goose wing, I'll break off one Big goose goose legs, he snatched a long goose neck.

well? How could it be the neck?

In an instant, the heavy goose lost even its skeleton, and the dry bread stuffed inside was snatched away with a bowl, leaving only a stick with a greasy sheen in the hands of the guard who brought the food.

The guard was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he took out a piece of toast from his arms, rubbed the fat on the stick, and put it in his mouth.

On Keir's side, it was an opportunity to enjoy a whole roast goose alone amidst the envy and hatred of everyone around him.

At this moment, at least Keir is enjoying food on the same level as Baron Kendall.

He couldn't wait to tear off a goose leg, and smell it first, a sweet and sour fragrance of jam mixed with the aroma of roast goose fat.

He saw how the guard made it just now. The guard took care of the cooks and asked for a small bottle of wild fruit jam made from wild fruit harvested from bushes last autumn. He brushed these things on the roast goose. s surface.

One bite, the tight muscles mixed with the goose fat and the aroma of jam completely detonated Kiel's desire to devour. Kiel's stomach occupied the high ground of consciousness, driving Kiel's mind off the throne, Directing his body, he sent the food into his mouth, tore and chewed it, then swallowed it, and gave it to the great stomach king to enjoy.

Kiel took out the steel dagger at his waist and cut open the roast goose's chest, exposing the bread stuffed inside the chest.

The buns are soaked in fat from the holes pierced in the goose, piping hot and full of flavor.

Holding the other goose leg in one hand, he took out a piece of oily bread with a dagger in the other. Keel was so satisfied that he swallowed it in big mouthfuls, and his own digestive system seemed to have no end. Physical strength and energy consumed today.

On the other side, the knights of Crowe were dining together, not sitting on the ground like the guards and militiamen. On the baron's side, at least there is still an exquisite folding wooden chair made by Kendal craftsmen.

Several priests accompanying the team were also here. The baron casually cut a small piece of goose breast and the bread stuffed in the roast goose, and then gave the rest to the priests to eat~www.readwn.com~ Various churches though There are many prohibitions against eating, but at least roast goose is not one of them.

The priests who had been tossing around all day had an appetite, but the baron had no appetite.

The baron ate something casually, and then talked with the two knights who were eating next to him whether they could make it to Bingxun pass at the scheduled time today.

This is very important to him. If troops are dispatched in one day, they can reach the north gate of Bingxun Pass that night, which is a good deterrent to those people in Bingxun Pass.

He wants to tell those guys that he can get it back anytime he wants.

Although the earl behind him had a high status, he was too far away after all, and it was impossible for those people to count on him.

Both Knight Crowe and Knight Rumi knew what the baron was thinking, so they had a small conversation, and then told the baron: "No problem, my lord, I promise to feel the ice flood and close the north gate tonight. I have sent someone to inform them in advance , Presumably those people are waiting for us at this time."

After looking at the first moon rising from a distance, Knight Crowe continued: "There is still some time to rest and eat, we might as well let them wait a little longer, so that they don't have to rush over as soon as possible. This will make them wait more anxiously." For a while."

The Rumi knight next to him took the words: "And it can really hide the real time when your troops actually set off from Kendall City and arrived directly outside the Bingyu Pass."

Hearing this, the baron smiled and his appetite improved. He asked the attendants who were accompanying him for a jug of non-alcoholic drinks, distributed them among the people present, and everyone drank them after thanking the Baron.

After a while, the well-fed and well-fed Knight Crowe summoned his vanguard team, and Kiel reluctantly rode on the horseback while gnawing on the skeleton meat of the roast goose.