Chapter 77 Shameless Horse Thief (2k collection plus updates)
The eleventh day after departure.
Raven led his soldiers to the edge of the Bloody Highlands.
“We’re finally here!” After crossing a gentle slope, Nancy opened her arms and breathed: “Raven, can we leave quickly now?”
In order to be with Eric and the others Pulling away from each other, Raven and his party were walking and stopping.
At the beginning, Nancy was quite excited by the tranquil environment and the snow-covered mountains. However, as time went by, the repetitive scenery gradually made her feel extremely bored and she always wanted to find something to do. Yes, I always want to talk to Raven about something.
But Raven always didn't want to talk to Nancy, and today was no exception.
At this moment, Raven was looking at the map intently, not even raising his head when he heard Nancy's words: "If you want to go, you can go by yourself, don't ask me."
Nancy frowned, He made a face at Raven and slowed down his horse dejectedly.
After this period of time, she really understood the hardships of marching and the dangers of the bloody highlands.
"Gah——"
A crow sounded, and Nancy looked up and her eyes lit up: "Look, crow! There are actually birds on the bloody highlands!"
"Don't make any noise -" Raven frowned and said in an impatient tone: "If you keep yelling, I'll bury you in a snow pit!"
"Who is it..." Nancy stuck out her tongue. , but also stopped talking.
A stream of white gas spurted out from Lei Wen's mouth. He looked up at the sun, put away the map and said, "Follow me, walk quickly, don't fall behind!"
"Go quickly, don't fall behind!" Volaf turned his head and greeted behind.
Listening to the sound of horse hooves following behind him, Raven gradually calmed down, looked far away and whispered to himself: "I still lack experience..."
Although he was quite prepared Though very thorough, we still encountered a lot of troubles along the way.
Cold is not his worst enemy.
Due to the small size of the team and the fact that his soldiers were all from Eagle Town, they were more cold-resistant than the soldiers in Goldsmith Town, so they generally maintained good spirits.
The real problem is the lack of a guide.
The wind and snow were much stronger than he imagined, and he saw the power of the "white-haired wind" for the first time.
No matter how many people pass by and how many traces are left behind, it will not be long before it is covered and buried by wind and snow, and the original plan to follow the footsteps of Eric's troops was shattered.
Coupled with the strong wind that blocked the sky, even with a map and compass in his hand, Raven still lost his way. It took him three days to find his way back through a conspicuous mark on the map. Right path.
Fortunately, the scenery along the way was similar, and no one noticed this, but the delay in reaching the destination still shook morale.
Unfortunately, Raven didn't dare to speed up the march. He was not Simon and was not familiar with the terrain. He could only follow the map and follow the map carefully, for fear of bringing the team into a snow pit.
Now that he has arrived at the Bloody Highlands, he is relieved!
The Bloody Highlands is a vast wilderness. Although it is difficult to obtain supplies, there is one advantage -
As long as you know the direction, you can run wild without worrying about falling into the snow. pit.
For a small team, the camping spots they can choose are much more flexible than Eric's. As long as they don't encounter a blizzard, they can quickly regain the distance they lost in the past few days.
I don’t know where Eric and the others have gone.
"Tsk, it would be nice if I had a mobile phone..."
Leaven sighed, looked at the sky that was starting to become gloomy, and saw a black shadow flashing past in a trance, but in the blink of an eye it was like Disappeared.
“Am I dazzled?”
He shook his head, clamped his legs together and urged the war horse to speed up slightly.
The wind and snow gradually stopped, and the orange-red sunshine spread across the land, seeming to set the entire wasteland on fire, but it did not bring any warmth.
“We will camp here today.” Raven found an abandoned building marked on the map.
Judging from the scale, this building should be a temple, but I don’t know how long it has been abandoned. It is impossible to tell which true god it once worshiped, and when it was built.
The ceiling has long since collapsed.
Fortunately, although a lot of dust will fall if you knock it lightly, the wall is still roughly intact and can serve as a shelter from the wind.
The soldiers pulled the felt blanket to seal the roof, startling the crows on the wall. As soon as the blanket was put up, the dark head poked in without anyone noticing.
They raised a fire in the center, set up a pot and began to melt the snow water and cook the broth.
Night soon came, and the strong wind roared through the ruins, seeping into the house through the gaps in the walls, bringing with it waves of howling like ghosts crying.
Compared to Eric's side, their advantage of having a small number of people is reflected here. There are too many people to squeeze into such a ruins.
The piercing whistling sound became more intense, Nancy shrank her neck, wrapped her own blanket and came closer to Raven.
The latter glanced at her and leaned aside.
As soon as he closed his eyes, Raven felt the sound of breathing approaching him. He raised his eyelids slightly and saw that Nancy was rubbing against him again, and she was even closer than before.
Leaven yawned and said sarcastically: "Why, you clamored for me to take you to Bloody Heights, now you know you are scared?"
"Who, who is scared? !?" Nancy mumbled, her eyes widening: "I'm afraid. You're too bored to be alone, so I came here to chat with you."
"Yes, you're not afraid..." Lei Wen's tone was very long, and he seemed particularly sinister: "You are not huddled in the blanket and crying secretly. Time?”
Nancy's face turned red: "I didn't cry!"
"Well, I believe it!" Raven sneered and nodded. Nancy knew clearly that Raven was talking about an incident that happened five days ago, when they had just separated from Eric and set up camp independently for the first time.
Perhaps because the number of people became smaller, they were surrounded by a pack of at least thirty wolves. In the dark night, the howls of wolves kept coming and going, and the pairs of green eyes seemed to be Penetrating like a demon.
Nancy yelled for a counterattack at first, but after being rejected by Raven, she wrapped herself in a blanket and shivered. She didn't sleep well all night, and she was still crying when she got up the next day. With two dark circles under his eyes.
What frightened Nancy even more was that when they counted the numbers the next morning, three pack horses were missing, leaving only large pools of blood on the ground.
Thinking of this, Nancy rolled her eyes: "You should have followed my advice that time, otherwise you wouldn't have lost so many supplies!"
"Those three horses are I ordered them to be released." Raven yawned.
Nancy snorted: "Bragging!"
Everyone was fine. Raven bit off a piece of dried meat and chewed: "It's a dark night environment, playing away from home, and there's snow everywhere, so rashly Attacking will only make us passive, and it is not impossible for a few casualties or missing people.”
"Send a few pack horses out. Once they're full, we can have a safe night, okay?" The soup was delivered to them: "The Baron was smart and wise. He was still The plan is that if those wild wolves are greedy and want to continue to follow us, they will die at dawn!"
The march of more than ten days has worn away Nancy's temperament, and she doesn't mind it. He took the wooden bowl and blew the hot air from it: "Hmph, Cong What's the point? If we were really smart, we wouldn't have to sleep in the wilderness now."
Raven held the bowl with one hand and walked around the edge of the bowl with the bread: "Yo, What’s your opinion, Miss Nancy?”
“What’s the purpose of this time?” Isn't the mark Heleti?" Nancy took a sip of the hot soup: "If it were me, I would have sent envoys to contact other horse thieves, such as 'Steel Teeth' marked on the map, before coming to Bloody Highlands. 'Fire Beard', 'One-Eyed Vulture' them."
"Heleti has such a big name. If a horse thief dares to call himself 'Sand King', he must be an arrogant guy. The other groups must have disobeyed him long ago!"
"Let's unite with these horse thieves. , attack Heleti together. When Heleti is dead, our goal will be achieved, and their status and territory can also be expanded, a win-win situation!"
Nancy became more and more excited as she spoke, her eyes twinkling. Shining with excitement: "And if they don't obey, we will kill them too!"
"Yeah! Okay! Great!" Raven chewed the bread softened by the broth, He nodded repeatedly: "No wonder you said you don't need to sleep in the open. If you really do it, I will definitely be eating in prison now."
"As for you, ha, you will probably be arrested to warm the bed."
"You -" Nancy's eyebrows stood up: "Raven, what do you mean?"
"It means that your suggestion is worthless, and it is a truly bad idea." Raven's words were meaningless. Show no mercy.
"Hmph, I think you are just jealous of my talent!" The idea that she finally came up with was rejected by Raven lightly, and Nancy felt extremely aggrieved: "Can you tell me why?"< br>
“Want to know "Yeah?" Raven smiled expressionlessly: "I won't tell you!"
Nancy pursed her lips and held the bowl. Suddenly, an idea flashed and she pulled Raven's clothes: "Lewen~ you Just tell them~"
"Stop!" Raven shuddered and opened Nancy's hand: "Don't touch me!"
"Then tell me quickly~" Nancy moved her face up : "Brother Lei Wen~~"
Lei Wen felt a chill and couldn't laugh or cry in his heart: "Okay, okay, I say, you sit down first. Okay."
Nancy smiled proudly, sat up straight and took a sip of the broth: "Tell me."
"This is a bad idea because you forgot their identities. "Tearing the dried meat into pieces and soaking it in the soup, Lei Wen said slowly: "They are horse thieves and robbers."
"Although there are more than a hundred people in my Eagle Army, in their eyes, no matter how many people there are, they are just farmers who have just put down their hoes. They have no fighting power at all. They are not equal to them and have no qualifications to negotiate. .”
Nancy licked the soup like a cat: "Then why don't we show our strength? I am a second-level magician!"
"Listen to me, or don't ask next time!" Lei Wen glanced at Nancy: "Their identities are still It has another meaning.”
“Why are the bandits in the Bloody Highlands so notorious? Because they don’t just rob in the Bloody Highlands.”
Raven’s eyes became a little deeper as he remembered. Many things happened: "They come down every year to kill, rob, and commit violence. Everyone's hands are stained with the blood of innocent people. They have long had a bloody feud with the Eagle Territory and the people of all surrounding forces."< br>
"So they not only look down on us, but also hate us."
"Eh...?" Nancy was stunned: "Raven, you are saying the opposite, shouldn't we hate them? ?”
“I’m not saying the opposite.” Raven shook his head: “They will indeed hate us, hate us for why we resist, hate us for why. Being able to occupy fertile land, we hate why we don’t provide them with sacrifices honestly and ask them to do it themselves.”
“No one is willing to be a bad person, and no one will feel that they are doing bad things.”
“If they don’t hate us, how can they justify their actions?”
Nancy was really stunned this time: "Is there such a shameless guy in the world?"
"I've seen people even more shameless than this." Raven snorted: "Now you Do you know why your idea is stupid?”
Nancy’s eyes drifted away, obviously not intending to admit that she was wrong, but she was clearly aware of the problem in her heart.
If she really did what she said, those horse thieves would never attack Hlaiti with them, but would work with Hlaiti to surround and kill them on the bloody high ground.
“Oops…”
The angle of her head was too far, and with a thud, Nancy's eyebrow hit the wall.
“Who’s there!?” Otto, who was guarding the door, suddenly shouted.
Raven and Nancy stood up immediately and looked towards the door at the same time.
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(End of this chapter)