Chapter 2: The Jackal's Sneak Attack
"Squeak...... A sound of Suo woke up Bibo, the regular residents of the wooden house had already started their day's life, Bibo felt very strange, his house basically had no food, what did this gray squirrel live on? The sky was already dark, and Bibo lit the candle to find Sam still asleep, and he looked outside, where torches were lit at the intersections of the town of Casvo, and the guards were talking in small voices. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Suddenly, Bibo's expression became distorted, and suddenly he thought of something, and he quickly shook Sam awake, "Quick, Sam, wake up......"
"Hmm...... What the? Is it dinner time? Sam opened his eyes with a violent shaking.
"I ask you, how much did we drink in total?" Bibo looked serious.
"I can't remember, it's about ten cups...... Sam rubbed his head, and seemed to wake up all of a sudden, "Ah, it can't be that you didn't pay, right?" After eating the roast chicken, I don't have a single one on me! ”
"It's my money~Whew~" Bibo let out a painful whimper, "10 copper plates, my food expenses for two days ......"
"Don't worry, man, take it easy," Sam breathed a sigh of relief, "Look, it's not too early, let's hurry up, and when we come back, maybe it's enough for us to drink for 100 days in a row~!" ”
"That's right, Sam, we'll be part of the valiant garrison!" Cheering himself up, Bibo found two tattered old black cloaks, wrapped himself and Sam tightly, and after carrying the cloth bags, the two of them blew out the candles and slipped out of the cabin.
At the end of the path in front of the house is the pit worksite, but in the middle there is a stone road that crosses to the north leading to the center of the town, and to the south is the blocked road to the Glen River, where there are four torches and three black shadows.
"What should I do?" Sam tugged at Bibo's cloak, looking a little nervous.
"Let me think," Bibo slowed down, "to the north is the center of the town, which will lead to your house, quick, pretend to be drunk!" Billy grabbed Sam.
Sam immediately staggered, the effect of the 10 copper coins had not yet dissipated, and the two of them still smelled of alcohol.
"Hey! Who are the two of you? Why is it here? As they approached the junction, the Night's Watch spotted them and immediately stopped talking, and two Night's Watch men surrounded them with torches, and Garrison Duncan drew his sword.
"It's us, Bibo and Sam who work in the mines!" Bibo helped the rickety Sam to a halt.
"Oh, I know you guys, where are you going so late?" Duncan sheathed his sword and looked at them suspiciously.
"Well, Sam and I had too much to drink at the Little Dagger Tavern this afternoon, and rested at my place, and now I'm feeling better, ready to send this hapless fellow home."
"Hmm...... Let's keep drinking...... For the king...... For the sake of honor...... Sam wriggled his body, his bulky body and antics exerting a lot of effort on Billy.
"Alcohol does give people courage, and when we change shifts, we'll go and have a few drinks for the sake of the king and honor, right? Huh......" Duncan's tone softened, and he turned his head to look at his two companions.
The two night watchmen apparently agreed with the garrison's proposal, "You're saying, haha, but we're not on the garrison, and we're not paid, so we're ......"
"Hmm...... I remember, there are important things to do later......" The garrison suddenly interrupted them and became serious, "You guys go quickly, it's not safe outside now......"
Billy helped Sam and began to walk north, and while the night watchman was not looking, the two men quickly climbed over the low wall by the side of the road, and slipped west into the clearing of the pit under the cover of night.
"Wait for me......" Sam fell to his knees panting on the road, unable to breathe after a long run of rage.
"Shhh......h
"The fat guy should be having supper,, I smell the sausage and the wine." Sam followed Bibo, and the two ran lightly to the south of the ore mountain, and after some effort, the two finally reached the Glen River.
"Go over there, go down the river on the other side of the river, there shouldn't be a garrison patrolling there." Bibo took off his boots, and the icy water was still biting.
"It's already March, I didn't expect it to be quite cold, I swear, when I find gold, I must nibble on a large piece of grilled lamb chops, and a few large glasses of ale......"
After crossing the river, the two decided to rest for a moment under a red red tree, one of the most common trees in the southern woodlands, tall and hard, and the mages used them to make the material for their staffs, although not every red red tree had such a chance to change their fate.
The water was not very urgent, the two groped their way south along the river, Bibo walked in front, he was careful, any noise would make him stop and observe carefully, Sam followed with difficulty, trying not to make a loud noise, from the river bank and then west to the red red red wood became more and more sparse, and finally the scorching desert that most people in the town did not dare to enter, orcs and some jackals roamed the whole desert, and there were ogres who were more than two people tall.
After traveling about five miles, Sam spotted a leather buckle used by the guards to tie the scabbard of his sword, which was hiding behind a piece of gravel and tripped Sam.
"This should be it," Bibo found nothing else after a round search.
"It looks like the townspeople have cleaned up the place to see if there are any newly dug pits nearby." Sam ignored the pain in his feet and began to look around.
"There's nothing ...... here," after some searching, Bibo gave up a bit, "Look further south, in a few hours the night will pass, and we will be immediately spotted by the garrison." ”
"yes, look at the other side, those torches seem to be close to us, look for them again, I don't want us to waste a night's time."
"What sound?" Suddenly, Bibo seemed to hear a low and rough roar, which was not very real, and Sam froze, and the two of them looked at the desert to the west in unison, and before they could react, a black shadow quickly pounced, throwing Bibo to the ground, and a fishy smell sprayed on his face.
"Whew-" The black shadow was knocked over a meter away, Sam pulled up Bibo, and the leather buckle was tied to the stone, which still played a role, but obviously it didn't play much use, the black shadow immediately turned over and took an attacking stance, accompanied by a low roar, and his eyes began to gradually turn red.
It was a medium-sized jackal, with red eyes flickering in the night, and it forced Bibo and Sam back to the river, and Bibo had recovered and whispered, "We have our backs to the river, and when it will pounce, you to the right, and I will to the left, and I hope it will run into the river." ”
"Okay, okay......" Sam agreed, shaking the leather buckle over and over again, like a strong warrior wielding a hammer. The sound attracted the night watchmen on the other side of the river, and at the sound of a whistle, the flickering torches immediately began to move in this direction.
The jackal monster pounced, Sam fell to the right, he held his head and didn't dare to move, the leather buckle was thrown into the river, "Bang...... Whoa" Sam thought he had succeeded, and when he got up, he found that Bibo was nowhere to be seen, and that the Night's Watch had arrived a little shallow upstream.
The leading guard was Duncan, who he had just met at the intersection, and he grabbed Sam by the collar, "You two are really cunning guys, wearing old cloaks, and you disappeared in the blink of an eye on the road just now, I really shouldn't have come here, I should have made you suffer a little more......"
Sam didn't have time to pay attention to Duncan, he looked at the river, except for the loud sound of falling water just now, there was no movement on the river now, Sam shivered in the night, he turned his head and shouted "God, quick, Bibo and the jackal monster fell into the water together, go and save him, cough cough, save ......"
"Be quiet!" Duncan slammed his fist into Sam's back, stopping his howl, "You two get back to town with a hapless guy, and the rest of you put out the torches and come with me, I don't want to summon more monsters." ”
Sam watched the group of men down the river as he walked, and Randolph, the night watchman, dragged him across the Glen River with an iron fork in his hand, and said, "Well, you young people are always full of curiosity, and those three missing guys are a good example, may the god of light bless Bibo, and hope that he will return safely." ”
"Woo...... It's all my fault......" Sam felt cold and hungry, and his partner's overboard made him start sobbing.
"Duncan they'll find him, don't worry, Sam", the other night watchman was Bob, the miner, who reassured him as he lit his torches, "This guy works out whenever he has time, look at you now, just like Erin, the fat girl on the farm......"
"Ah, this little chubby girl laughs so charmingly, and when I see her while working in the fields, I feel like I can't use up all my strength......" Randolph began to chatter, "Bob, how about I confess to her this midsummer......"
"you, Erin's daddy will poke your old bachelor's head with a fork, don't hit her unless you can pull out as many gold coins as you are ......"
When the sun rose again, Duncan and the men returned to the town, they found nothing, Sam was very disappointed, his eyes were dark and he looked tired, Captain Locke assured him that he would send more men to see it today, and that he would be able to conduct a sufficient search when the townsmen returned with the army tomorrow.
That was all Sam's heart could not be at peace, and instead of going to work in the mines, his blacksmith father gave him two copper coins and threw him out of the shop, "Go and have a drink, and I will pray for him with you later, and I hope to see him in the afternoon." ”
The busy work did not stop the talking, and everyone sympathized with the plight of the thrifty young man Billo, and in the afternoon most of the garrison patrolled the road leading to the Glen River, and Captain Locke wandered over and over the intersection in a gloomy mood.
He had rushed to the scene of the Glen River as soon as possible, and collected the equipment of the three guards, the equipment was not less, but it was as charred as the dirt around the pit, Locke looked at Sam who was wandering at the door of Bibo's cabin, and secretly prayed in his heart that the town master would better bring back one or two magicians, he vaguely felt that this was just the beginning.