Mercenaries and Adventurers

Keel and Bloodfang were on the road to guide the army and caravan until evening.

There was a drizzle in the dark sky, and the two of them were drenched to the ground.

But this is not the reason for Keir's ugly face at this time, because calculating the time at this time, it should be almost the time when the sun behind the clouds sets. But the two people who were walking in front of the army hadn't met the overnight village that they should have met today.

"It's all the rain!"

Keel looked up and grumbled, then cursed.

But this scolding was stopped by Xueyasite: "Don't do this, Keir. The rain is the Lord of the Sky's will, and under His divine power, we choose to brave the rain. The consequences of this choice should be our own. question."

Seeing that the topic involved gods, Kiel didn't say anything, but he knew that due to the continuation of the rain, the speed of the army and caravans was further slowed down today.

During the lunch break, he heard the complaints from the soldiers. The wet feeling spread from the soldiers' legs all the way up. Even with rain gear, everyone walking on the ground was soaked.

After the body and clothes are soaked, the heat loss from the body is accelerated, which further slows down people's movements.

That's why they're getting slower and slower.

At this time, standing beside the guiding stone pillar on the commercial road, under the light of the faintly glowing flame phantom, Kiel made a decision. He had to let the knight and the baron give the order to set up camp as soon as possible.

Otherwise, the sky will get dark soon. If the weather is normal, even in the dark, the camp can be set up quickly with the help of torches. But at this time, it is raining in the sky, and lighting methods such as torches and braziers are restricted, which is very unfavorable for camping.

Tell Bloodfang, and the middle-aged caravan guard also agrees.

After all, according to his judgment, judging by the number of guiding stone pillars they passed by today, there are still nearly twenty guiding stone pillars in the village that should be seen at this time, and it will take two or three hours to get there.

Today is absolutely impossible to accomplish this goal, it is better to set up camp as soon as possible, so that the soldiers who are tired all day can rest as soon as possible.

After all, if the rain continues, it is certain that the army will not even be able to reach today's advance distance and speed until tomorrow.

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The horses were already soaked, panting and unable to walk.

Keel had to jump off his horse and walk across.

On the contrary, Xueyaster's mount next to him was strong enough to carry people around at this time.

"Not me, Keel. You'd better trade your horse for one of our good horses before it's too late. It's a good thing for you and your animal companions."

"Thank you for the reminder." Keir rolled his eyes and rubbed his horse's head with his hands.

The horse rubbed his nose and forehead against the palm of his hand, nudging Kiel's hand, motioning for Kiel to find a way to dry it.

"Good partner, wait a moment, I will clean up and help you in a moment."

With that said, Keel was still able to walk on the grass at the height of his calf after falling down in the rain.

The blades of grass were covered with water and fell down. Although it was convenient to walk, the weight of the blades of grass became heavier due to the water.

"Sure enough, there is a reason why everyone can't walk."

After all, they are all strong adult men in Kendall County. They are young men who work in the fields all day without being tired. Moreover, they have passed the marching test for a period of time before. Go so far.

All for a reason. The road is difficult and the body is uncomfortable, which makes everyone's progress today limited.

Kiel walked towards the army, while the vanguard of the army walked slowly towards the place where the guiding light was shining in the distance.

The militiamen in the forward all knew that the glowing thing on the front was left after Kiel used the treasure bestowed by the baron. Lost moves.

The militiamen walking in the front quickly saw Kiel and the caravan guide on horseback coming towards them leading the horse.

The slight cold brought by the humidity made them a little numb, wondering what Keel was doing when he came back? Shouldn't he wait for them where they are, and run to the next guiding stone pillar after waiting for them.

But Keir hurriedly walked past the soldiers while leading the horse. It seemed that he was going to look for Sir Crowe Knight, who was leading the team.

The soldiers no longer cared about this matter, and continued to look at the light in front of them, cursing in whispers about the rain, the weather, and the western provinces with the people around them.

Knight Crowe rode a strong war horse, and even the man and the horse wore tight steel armor, and he didn't care about the little rain around him.

He saw Kiel coming towards him against the team first, and the knight was a little puzzled, so he rode up to meet him.

"Kiel, what's the matter? You didn't lead the way, why did you come back?"

Knight Crowe lifted his visor, frowned and asked his apprentice.

I hope the young man has a valid reason, otherwise he will use some not-so-easy manipulative skills in the knight training tonight.

Slight punishment.

"My lord, time! Time!" Surrounded by militiamen who looked over curiously, Keir couldn't explain clearly, so when he was a little distance away, he just reminded Knight Crowe cryptically.

"Time? What nonsense are you talking about?"

The knight frowned, not knowing what Keir was talking about. But when he followed Keir's waving arm and looked at the surrounding environment, he thought of something from the gloomy but dim drizzle around him.

what is it

The knight stopped his horse and looked around.

"My lord, the weather!"

After Kiel walked in, he yelled softly.

correct! The weather!

"Damn it!" In an instant, Knight Crowe came back to his senses, and he figured it out.

"Why so slow?" Cursing, Knight Crowe immediately issued a new order regardless of the curiosity of the town guards following him: "Tell all the forward soldiers to stop when they reach the guiding stone pillar in front and wait for new orders! "

"Yes, my lord." A few guards responded, and walked quickly to the front and back of the vanguard, shouting orders to the militiamen as they walked.

They often yelled a few more times to bring back the consciousness of the paralyzed soldiers and hear what they said clearly.

On Knight Crowe's side, facing Keel who finally leaned over to whisper his worries, Knight Crowe patted his helmet angrily, making a bang bang sound: "It's all my fault, I didn't pay attention to the surrounding sky, I was caught The dark sky all day confused me. I had already walked all day, but I didn't expect that the army would not be able to reach the next village before it was too dark."

"My lord, you can't feel the pain of walking on the ground while riding a horse. You can't blame everyone for that. If the rain doesn't stop, the road will only be more difficult to walk, and everyone's physical strength will be exhausted. Many people's faces will change color. gone."

Kiel told what he had just seen, and Knight Crowe nodded.

The Blood Fangster next to him was almost scared to death. He didn't dare to talk to an armed knight like that. And what Keir meant inside and outside the words is that the current unfavorable situation must be blamed on the Cavaliers?

He swallowed a mouthful of not-so-hot saliva, and quietly let the horse he was riding back slowly and in small steps.

"Keil, you're right. I'm going to tell the army to stop and set up camp. If it's getting dark, you have to act as soon as possible." After finishing speaking, Knight Crowe turned around and ran towards the team behind.

When the knight was far away, Keel turned around and found that Bloodfang was not beside him, but retreated a few horses away.

"What's wrong with you? It's so far away."

Xueyasite forced a smile: "It's nothing, you have a good relationship with this knight, I thought you would be scolded or something."

"You think too much, Knight Crow is the powerful knight who taught me how to be a knight. Heh, you don't think it will be so bad, do you? It's because you don't understand these powerful adults, they only care about the facts, I don't care about these little details."

Xueyasite thought for a while, shook his head and said, "If you think so, let it be so."

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It wasn't long after Knight Crowe left, and after the troops rushed to the nearest guiding stone pillar, a new order came.

Find a higher place to camp in situ.

The soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, and many of them sat down on the soft grass without getting up while beating their legs.

But it was impossible not to get up. Under the urging of the leader and deputy captain of the leading team, the militiamen supported each other and walked towards a low hill next to them in unison.

When the soldiers passed by one after another, the forward soldiers drew out their daggers and cut off the grass on the ground in the camp one by one. The soldiers who were accustomed to farm work moved quickly, and quickly piled bundles of bright green soft grass aside.

These things will be what the cattle in the army will eat later.

The soldiers of the brigade also rushed over at this time, and with their help, the logistics carriages were pulled to a suitable place to stop.

The cooks who had been sitting in the car all day immediately ordered the hungry militiamen to clean up the ground and clean up the cooking places. After all, people can sleep in a slanted place, but it is impossible to build an iron pot for cooking at a slant.

Unlike the militiamen who worked slowly in other places, every militiaman working for the cooks moved quickly. After all, the faster the dinner was prepared, the faster they could eat.

nothing wrong.

And in the middle of the camp, Baron Kendal stepped out of the carriage in high stiff boots. He had read books in the car all day, and now he had to come down for a walk.

Next to the baron, Knight Crowe and Knight Rumi followed, both whispering that they didn't pay attention to today's march, and they were sorry for it.

"It's okay, it's not a big deal to delay for a day or two."

The baron looked up at the sky, and the attendant next to him immediately removed the umbrella he was holding, so that his master could easily look up at the sky.

"I don't know when the rain will fall. Have I asked the local businessmen whether the rain happened by accident or caused by the local climate?"

The two knights looked at each other, unable to answer the point at all.

It's not that the two who had been in the Kingdom's army didn't care about the weather. After all, for military operations, the weather has always been the top priority. Even for this reason, the magicians have developed various weather magics, which can be artificially created. Temporary weather that is beneficial to oneself but unfavorable to the enemy.

The priests of the church can even predict the weather, and use magic and rituals to reduce the impact of the weather on the soldiers.

Although there were a few priests accompanying the army in Kendall's army, they were too few and their rank was too low. It's okay to treat the diseases and physical injuries of soldiers in the army, but they can't do more.

After all, the two knights had already dealt with the possible rain before, and they had prepared enough rain gear for everyone to use and consume in Kendall City. Because of this, there are no examples of militiamen in the army getting sick from the rain at this time.

But they also ignored the adverse effects of the difficult environment on the soldiers' marching speed in rainy weather because of their marching in the past.

Knight Crowe was a little helpless, and muttered in a low voice: "If it was flying in the sky before, why would it be so troublesome."

The baron smiled helplessly: "Don't think about things that can't be done. I have limited financial resources. Maybe after a hundred years of development, the descendants of the family can barely form a team to fly in the sky. But now, at least I can do it. not reach."

Several people smiled, and then the baron took the two knights to inspect the place where they camped tonight.

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Hurrah.

Kiel's two horses snorted, and then rubbed their heads against Kiel's helmet and cheek affectionately.

"It's alright, it's a lot better now!"

Keir twisted the sackcloth in his hand to wring out the water from the sackcloth, and then he wiped his armor, just for a short while. Regarding the daily maintenance of the armor, he spent time in his dreams .

At this time, Keel's horses and several horses belonging to Knight Crowe were gathered in a large tent dedicated to horses.

This tent was built behind the camp of Knight Crowe, and it was specially for the knight's horses to repair and spend the night.

Knight Rumi, like Baron Kendall, has a big tent for war horses or healthy horses. As for other ordinary horses, the driver can only put a dry rain cape on his body and that's it.

Keel's two horses rubbed against Knight Crowe's convenience.

In the tent for horses, Knight Crow's war horse was the first to enjoy the fresh green grass brought by the knight's personal guard. The other horses were far away, not daring to offend the majesty of the war horse.

The same is true for Kiel, he didn't dare to get too close to this mighty and strong horse besides helping the horse remove the horse armor and delivering green grass.

He was sure that if he fought this horse, if he didn't have to go overboard, he probably wouldn't be the horse's opponent.

After all, relying on the opponent's weight and speed, as long as the opponent hits Kiel once, he can easily kill Kiel directly.

Saying goodbye to his horse, Keel asked the two knight guards to feed his horse later. Then he walked out of the knight's tent and started walking around the camp.

Not far away, the chefs were stirring the big wooden spoons in their hands triumphantly under the scorching eyes of the militiamen around them. Xueyasite was also surrounded by him, swallowing his saliva and waiting for a while to serve the meal.

This guy was dressed out of tune with the other militiamen around him. Although he was aware of this, he didn't care about anything else in order to have a hot meal.

But the militiamen just looked at it, and then heard people say that this guy has been following Kiel as a guide for the past two days, so the militiamen didn't want to make trouble, and they also treated this outsider who wanted to rob them. Did not see.

Keir shook his head and started walking around the camp. For a while, he helped the logistics clerks to carry supplies, and for a while, he asked the militiamen to take off their leather and wooden boots. He was barefoot in the camp. Toast around the barely built fire to drive the steam out of my boots.

It's best to put your feet by the fire before going to bed.

When passing by the blacksmith accompanying the army, the blacksmith was helping a horse that couldn't walk to trim the hooves. He and his two apprentices couldn't hold the horse that was shaking because of pain.

Just in time, Keir went up and patted his chest and said to leave it to him alone, so that the blacksmith and two apprentices could concentrate on handling the horseshoes.

Kild, the blacksmith, flattered him, and he had to rely on him to make parts, repair and maintain some small damages on the armor.

Moreover, Kiel also brought out a few armor pieces from the blacksmith's lair before, and the two of them figured out the complicated connection method of the armor pieces together.

In this regard, Keir also specially took out some steel and handed it to the blacksmith, so that the other party would take the time to make him some small iron rings connected by armor pieces when he was free.

And Kiel can hold these iron rings and slowly assemble the armor pieces together in the dream.

It's a matter of time. Because the connection of the nail pieces is very ingenious and complicated, although the nail pieces that have been connected in series are flexible and flexible, it is also very time-consuming.

"It's like knitting a sweater with an intricate pattern."

Kiel touched the leather pouch at his waist with his hand, and his whole body shivered. Then he was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he was radiant, and even proudly made a movement of a strongman.

"Little Keel, can you do it? Don't brag, or the horse will feel the pain later, and you won't be able to bear the kick. Then you have to ask the priest. Isn't it ugly?"

The blacksmith pulled the corners of his mouth down, frowning as he looked at the posturing young warrior in front of him.

Unexpectedly, Keir patted his chest triumphantly: "No problem, I'll tell you ~www.readwn.com~ I'm not bragging. I have learned a little while studying with Knight Crowe during this period of time."

"How much have you learned? Is it as much as the skin of a fingernail of Mr. Crow Knight? Haha." The blacksmith told a joke, and he and his two apprentices laughed.

A puff of air came out of his nose, and Kiel almost twisted his nose in anger: "Don't look down on people, watch out, wait a minute, if this horse wags its hooves, I will lose to you, uh, I will lose you a gold coin!"

The blacksmith and apprentices looked at it: "Oh, there is such a good thing, you don't know, usually in the village, the horse's hoof is tied to a deep wooden stake, so that the horse will not move around."

Kiel didn't say anything more, he came to the horse, and with the poor guy's frightened expression, he grabbed one of its front legs and pulled the injured horse's hoof.

"Come on, work! One move of its hoof and I lose!"

Kiel leaned on the horse's neck with his shoulders, firmly grasped the horse's front hooves with both hands, and raised his chin slightly.

Naturally, the blacksmith didn't lose the gold coins delivered to him. With a wave of his hand, two apprentices came forward with tools first.

"Aren't you going?" Kiel asked curiously, seeing that the blacksmith didn't move.

"Hmph, it's just a matter of tearing off the shoe. I can't do it. But, I'll keep an eye on it. If the shoe shakes, you'll lose. Don't hold back, a gold coin."

Keir stopped talking and grabbed the horseshoe in his hand.

At the same time, without the knowledge of the blacksmith and the apprentices, Keir had activated all the life energy in his body at this time, and the power was continuously being generated from his body.

At this moment, let alone fix a horse so that it does not move around. Keir even felt that he could even cut a whole horse in two with one swing of his sword!

Full of vigor!