Chapter 20 Going abroad
Arturius organized the militia to be ready for battle. In fact, there was nothing to prepare, they laid out all kinds of fortifications that had been prepared in advance, and planted all kinds of traps outside the village. The women and children said goodbye to their husbands, fathers, and sons with tears in their eyes, and they packed up all their belongings in the morning, and left the village of Crane together at noon, led by a few women in their forties and fifties who had previously worked as mercenaries or adventurers, and this group did not go west, but to the north, and there were several villages in the north that were very closely related to the village of Crane, and most of them were supporters of the Marton rebels, but they did not join the rebel army because of the strict guards of the Segou Empire, and defected to these villages, Maybe a good choice.
The future of these women and children is full of fog for the time being, but when Snorlan wakes up, he looks at Theresa, who is still asleep, and he silently thinks about his future. He wanted to take care of Theresa, after all, Theresa was the daughter of Arturius, who saved his life and taught himself the basics of survival in this world, and he should repay him; Moreover, Theresa is a smart, sensible, and lovely girl, and in the two months she has known her, Snorlan has also regarded her as his sister; What's more, in Snowlan's opinion, abandoning a little girl who has just lost her family and has nothing, even if this little girl has never known Snowland, sitting idly by and ignoring this situation will make Snowlan's conscience restless, let alone Theresa.
However, Snorlan couldn't help but wonder if he could take care of Theresa? In terms of strength, he is only level 6, according to Arturius, he is only a black iron intermediate level, although his physical fitness is very good, but after all, he has too little combat experience and too little formal training. And I know very little about the world, and I don't know anything about the customs and customs of various places, if I accidentally make a mistake, I can say it, what if it affects Theresa?
But he quickly stopped dwelling, because he figured out that even if he couldn't take care of Theresa, there was no one else besides himself, and since he was the only one who could take care of Theresa now, then he should take on this responsibility, at least when he got to Port Ward, settle down, and then it would be up to Theresa's own wishes.
After communicating, Snowland gently opened the curtains, and the sunlight on this path in the rainforest could not penetrate the thick shade of the trees, even on this sunny morning, the rainforest was still very dark. After looking around and seeing that there was no danger, he cautiously pushed open the door, lest he move too far and wake up the sleeping Theresa.
Snorlan tiptoed out of the carriage, pushed the door softly shut, fed the horse, led the horse to the carriage, and with a flick of the whip, the carriage ran slowly. Thanks to the shock absorption function included in the magic circle of the carriage, Theresa still slept soundly in the carriage. At noon, Snorlan arrived at the border between the two countries. Along the main road, there was a Segou outpost next to it, and on the road there was a simple horse-repelling stake, and next to it stood a group of soldiers. Snorlan slowed the carriage and slowly came to the front of the soldiers.
Snorlan stopped the carriage, and the soldiers all looked up at Snorlan.
Snorlan asked, "Can you go over there now?" ”
The leading soldier replied, "Yes, do you have a pass?" ”
Snorlan frowned: "What pass?" ”
The leading soldier continued to answer: "Pass from the Ségou military headquarters." But we can get through it without it, but we have to search the car. ”
Snorlan asked, "Search the car?" ”
The leading soldier said, "Of course, we have to see if you have any state secrets or any dangerous goods here." ”
Snorlan got out of the carriage, nodded, and said, "Okay, then you can check." ”
The leading soldier nodded and walked up, and then Snorlan walked beside the leading soldier, turned his back to the soldiers, and took out the bag of gold coins that Arturius had given him before from his arms, and Snorlan counted it, about seventy or eighty, and he handed the bag to the leading soldier, and the soldier took it, weighed it, nodded imperceptibly, walked to the carriage door, glanced symbolically, nodded again, turned back and shouted at the soldiers: "Let go!" ”
The soldiers hurriedly moved away from the horse rejection stake, and Snorlan thanked the leading soldiers, got into the carriage, and threw the horsewhip again, and the carriage slowly thought about moving away.
At this point, Theresa woke up, and she simply cleaned up her bed and sat there, not knowing what to do. But at the same time in the village of Crane, Arturius was busy.
"Are the traps on the road set up?"
"Alright, Captain!"
"What about the fortifications in the west of the village?"
"It's all done, Captain!"
"Okay, keep your spirits up and get ready for battle!"
"Yes!"
Arturius carefully checked the readiness of the various fortifications, and he took out all his stockpiles, all kinds of magic traps, weapons and equipment, scroll potions, and he knew that this was his last battle, and for a warrior, it was an honor to die in battle—at least more than to be hanged in the central square of Telland.
He and the militia waited for the arrival of the Seigu people.
Time passed minute by minute, and Snorlan finally entered the Roe Empire. He passed by a Roe outpost, which also demanded that his wagon be checked—Snowland's old trick was repeated.
"This citizen, please don't try to bribe a Roe soldier," said the leader of the squad in the lead, as he took the money bag, "read that you are a first-time offender, warn once, and I will confiscate the bribes." ”
Snolan's face is black, isn't this a woman who has lost her footing and still set up an archway! But Snorlan didn't say much, just said cooperatively: "I will review it, and I will pay attention to it in the future." ”
"Well, you have a good attitude to admit your mistakes, you must pay attention to it in the future!" The team leader weighed the money bag in his hand, nodded, turned his head and shouted: "No problem, let go!" ”
Snorlan got into the carriage again and drove away. After walking away, Theresa said sullenly in the carriage, "What a hypocrisy! ”
Snorlan smiled: "What? It's hypocritical to use your purse bag this time? ”
Theresa hurriedly said, "No! Brother Snorlan, look at him like that, he obviously took our money, and he behaved like we made a mistake! ”
Snorlan smiled: "You're still young, Theresa, you'll know when you grow up, this kind of person, everywhere!" ”
Theresa was a little puzzled: "Can ...... The people of Kokran Village are not like that! ”
"But there is no shortage of such people in my hometown."
"Oh...... Is that why Brother Snolan you came out on an adventure? ”
"Hmm...... That's right, in a way! ”
Theresa nodded, not knowing what she was thinking, while Snorlan drove the carriage forward as fast as he could, trying to walk as much as he could before dark.