Chapter 90 The Difficulties and Arrangements of the Long Sweat and Sweat Journey
Rubbing his temples, Horn sat up in the gloomy sky.
Yesterday, he was still too presumptuous. When he shot the third arrow with Ferdinand's big bow, his vision was already black.
But Horn is still not satisfied. He feels that he still has a lot of energy left.
With the idea of "let me see your limit", he resisted the dizziness and shot the fourth arrow.
Maybe he got carried away with his pride, and he regretted it just after Horn shot the arrow.
At that moment, he felt as if someone had opened his skull and poured a spoonful of hot spicy oil and vinegar into it. It was an indescribable and heartbreaking pain.
Horn even wanted to pick up Yun Zhongxue and chop off his head.
It’s so painful.
He even somewhat understood why those witches went crazy.
Sisters, that means empathizing fiercely.
This also reminded Horn that his upper limit is only three arrows. When the fourth arrow is shot, he will have no ability to protect himself and may even run the risk of losing control.
It’s best to practice your bow and arrow, otherwise you would have aimed at a tree yesterday and ended up shooting all the arrows on the mountain wall.
Fortunately, after an afternoon and a night of rest, Horn was finally able to get out of bed.
Rising from the bed, Horn immediately saw Jeanne and Carrie sitting at the table.
The two sat at the same table, Jeanne faithfully recognized the words in "Chevalier de Sifal" word for word, while Carrie was talking to her about the basic grammar and grammar of French.
In this matter, Carrie was not naughty, but really taught Jeanne patiently.
Before, Carrie said she knew French, and Horn thought it was a joke. It turned out that not only did she know French, she was also very proficient in Elwin and Norn.
Seeing Carrie looking like she was sweeping across the army, he always thought she was a physical witch.
But Sissi told him that the essence of the body being a witch is to cast spells on oneself, which must have a magical aura.
But she didn't. Judging from the effect of her use of the orichalcum rod, she was most likely a spiritual witch.
Shouldn’t a spiritual witch confuse all living beings like Ruoan?
How can this naughty kid Tiehanhan have that kind of temperament?
Horn still somewhat believed that Sissi was spiritual.
According to Sissi, Carrie became a child after being poured with holy water, instead of becoming crazy and stupid directly. It is most likely that her powerful spiritual magic is protecting herself.
As for Carrie's fighting ability to sweep through thousands of armies, it's really possible that it's just her innate power.
Without disturbing the two people who were studying hard, Horn endured his headache and tiptoed out of the small room.
In the twilight of the morning, the citizens of the Papal State had already begun working and packing their luggage. Driven by the senators, they walked neatly towards the food shed.
Horn could only stretch slowly for fear of causing a headache.
After saying hello to the citizens down the hillside, Horn turned towards the hall of the abandoned castle.
"My Majesty, how are you?"
"The sun was not shining just now, but now that my Majesty is here, the sun will come out soon."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, come and sit with me This chair has all four legs.”
The cardinals immediately stood up to greet him, while Horn sat down without any airs.
“Haha, everyone has been talking so much, what are they talking about?”
Sissi pointed to the map on the table: "Your Majesty, you are here just now. We are discussing how to walk the most difficult part of the long and hard-earned road." The official road established by the Empire in the Thousand Valleys.
In that era, the El Empire was truly a behemoth spanning two continents.
Central areas like the Qianhe River Valley basically had a colonial status at that time. They sent a governor to build a city every year and collected tribute and commercial taxes nearby.
But the Ayr people still built at least one military road inside the Thousand River Valley to suppress possible rebellions.
The long journey of blood and sweat was part of the military way back then.
The long and hard-earned road was not only a troop transport route, but also an important trade route in this area.
It crosses from Upper River County and can go all the way to the Duke of Cush's Castle of Joan of Arc, which is the land transit center of Langsand County. If you continue south, you can reach the Ibe River. This long road connects two large rivers that cross the Thousand Valleys.
However, due to terrain changes such as earthquakes and floods over thousands of years, as well as disasters such as wars and soil erosion, this formerly prosperous land turned into a monster forest and swamp.
By the time the Kingdom of Leia, which took over this area, tried to save it, it was already too late.
"Why, how come it's too late?" Horn said with a frown.
Sissi sighed: "The first is because the change of terrain is irreversible, and half of the original military road is soaked in the swamp mud.
The second is because of the The forest has been occupied by lycanthropes, monsters and giant spiders. During the Hundred Years War, lycanthropes even invaded the Gaotai Mountains and descended from time to time to harass."
"One more thing" Jeshka. He then added, "The terrain here is complicated, and we are not even Leians. The kingdom already has huge and fertile plain farmland. Why bother working in this area so thanklessly?"
"The difficulty that the Kingdom cannot clear this area is the reason why we cannot pass this area."
Sissi picked up the charcoal pencil and sketched on the map to explain.
This area is divided into three parts, with a total length of 300 miles.
The plain route that can be walked is about 150 miles in total. This part is inhabited by a large number of lycanthropes and savages.
The lycanthropes are semi-native residents, while the savages are the descendants of the bandits who were driven into the forest.
They formed tribes and were very repulsive to outsiders.
“But judging from the notes of the Homer Mercenary Group, it’s not a big problem.” Sissi said with a smile, “If they were good at fighting, they wouldn’t hide in this barren place. .
However, according to the notes, these people are not afraid of death, resulting in a reduction of 68 professional mercenaries in the mercenary group, so they still cannot be taken lightly. "
Horn said. A small notebook began to record silently.
The second thing Sissi talked about was the approximately 50-mile long section of damaged road that was stuck in a swamp.
"This area is the most difficult area on the journey. If you are not careful, you will fall into the swamp and suffocate to death." Sissi said seriously, "We prepared a sheepskin raft just to walk this way, but this Not the most terrifying one.”
From here on, all kinds of vicious monsters will appear, the most terrifying of which is a large monster with hair all over its body.
These monsters are extremely bloodthirsty and will attack humans crazily and try to drag humans into their lairs.
At your feet is a quagmire that you will fall into if you are not careful, and beside you are monsters that attack day and night. Homer's mercenaries lost nearly half of their wounded here.
However, this is slightly better for Horn and the others. After all, monsters do not wear armor, and units without armor and leather armor are simply living targets for Jeanne.
Moreover, witches can be immune to and suppress monsters to a certain extent. According to some wizards, monsters are a type of witch's retinue.
The third part is the Wild Spider Forest area. The Wild Spider Forest probably emerged in the past two hundred years.
“The Wild Spider Forest is a relatively simple area on this journey.
This area is surrounded by thick fog all year round, making it difficult to see the road. There are also giant spiders and dense burrowing spiders. .
But fortunately, giant spiders usually only stay in their own territory and rarely go out. Only poisonous spiders will attack people.
We have the witch, specially prepared medicinal materials, and the route map of the Homer mercenary group that proves that they have not passed through the giant spider territory. As long as our luck is not too bad, there should be no big problem if we get here. ”
Listening to the busy discussion among the cardinals, Horn also silently estimated in his heart.
Judging from Sissi’s explanation, for Horn and others The biggest threat is not the monsters, but the natural environment.
As long as you can avoid the pursuing kingdom infantry and mercenaries, the road of blood and sweat is not particularly difficult.
That. The group of kingdom infantry never showed up, which made Horn feel vaguely uneasy
"How far are we from the Black Bone Swamp?" Horn interrupted Sissi's speech.
"Probably, there are still 55 miles."
"That means there are still 405 miles to Castle Joan of Arc." Horn stood up, "It's almost time, let's set off.< br>
I will give you one day to consider the specific arrangements for the long journey.
In the evening, we will hold another imperial meeting and a meeting of elders.
Today is October 9th, and there is still a long way to go. ”
PS I’m sorry, there are only two chapters tonight, I’ll see if I can get more chapters over the weekend.
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