Chapter 58: The Cave
All in all, the guides had taken them about six or seven hours to march in from outside the county, and although it was morning when they left, it was obviously impractical and impossible to turn around and go back now. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The guide looked up and saw huge snowflakes falling onto his felt hat and face, and the warmth and water stains after the cold melted told him that it was going to be another heavy snowfall.
"That's bad luck......," the guide muttered quietly, and then said to the crowd, "Now we don't think we're going back in a hurry."
"So what do we do?" Liang Wei said. While the two of them were talking, the snow that had gathered from the leaves above their heads crumbled and fell beside them, under their feet, and the large pieces of snow hit their heads and hurt very much, and unfortunately several samurai were beaten to the point where they covered their heads and cried out in pain.
"Luckily, my lord. I haven't forgotten what the guy told me before, we'll have a cave in less than three hours at most. But he said that it was his limit, and from there he didn't continue to go deeper into the mountains or into the cave, and he didn't know what the cave was like. The guide deftly dodged a piece of falling snow, like a cunning rabbit, which was his ability to hunt all year round, and it couldn't have been easier.
"Is this the only way?" The guard was a little afraid that there might be some monsters or beasts lurking in the cave, so he asked with some concern.
"I know what you're afraid of, but that's the only way to do it at the moment, and if you go back, you'll only be buried by the snow, look at the snow that keeps falling." The guide pointed to the top of his head, then to the side, and said, "I don't know anything else about where to go, so I can't guarantee anything."
"But I can assure you that there's a cave over there, but that's about it." The guide said.
"Ah, that's it, let's go to the cave." Liang Wei could only nod, there was really no other way.
Will there be monsters in the caves? He felt that so many masters should be able to handle it easily, but he was not afraid of a frontal and open fight, only afraid that those things like poisonous snakes would hurt people with hidden arrows.
After that, the group continued to move towards the mountain, and this time after walking for about an hour, they saw a cave on the uphill road.
"I'm right." The guide said to the guard.
"Hmm." The guard nodded and shouted at the two dozen or so warriors: "Cheer up, be prepared to be on the alert for a battle that may occur at any time!"
"Yes!" Naji shouted along with the rest of the Wind Warriors, and then the guide told them to light the torches, because it was probably close to dusk or it was already dark, and the whole forest was already dark, and suddenly Naji realized that it was almost to the point where he couldn't see his fingers.
The torches were quickly lit, and the men in their bloated blue robes stood beside her, giving her a great sense of security in the dark.
The cave was uphill on that side, and the entrance of the cave was carrying a lot of snow, and it was possible to slip up the walk, so the guards chose a few particularly nimble torches and frozen swords to climb up to the cave entrance to find out.
Gar Wei didn't let the guide in, because he was afraid that if a monster made the guide have three long and two short, it was estimated that they would be completely lost in this icy mountain forest
Then the first few took the lead, and the latter ones followed.
The torch enters first, and then the light source comes one after the other.
The cave is not large, surrounded by pitted stone walls, except for the sound of burning fire, the rest is faintly in the distance like water droplets dripping on the water.
Quiet and dim, the temperature in the cave is not much different from the outside, but it can be said that the cold wind is against the outside.
The guide took the torch from one of them and observed it a few more times, patted the stone wall at the end, and looked back to see that the distance between the entrance of the cave and here was more than ten meters.
Then he took a few steps back and began to make a fire, gathered together the cotton cloth that had been prepared for the flame to burn, and took out the flint in his backpack, and he looked up at the guard.
The guard nodded and sent a samurai out of the cave, and soon the samurai walked in, clutching the sword-cut wood in his arms.
After tinkering for a while, the bonfire was lit and lined with bright flames, giving everyone physical and sensory warmth.
More than two dozen people formed a circle around the campfire, and two samurai wore two large robes and stood guard outside the entrance to the cave, each holding a strong liquor to warm their bodies.
Naji was sitting in the center of the crowd, her eyes staring at the flames, and her godless pupils indicated that she was in a daze or thinking about something.
"Naji, here you go." Gar Wei looked around at everyone and saw that only Nai's second-hand was empty, and he pulled out a pot of liquor from the package and scolded her arm.
"Ahh......h Wait, I don't drink. Nai Ermao was frizzy, and subconsciously wanted to take the spirit, but after a while, he withdrew his hand, and muttered: "Senior brother, I won't drink this."
"What are you playing? This isn't for you to get you hooked, it's for warming your body, and if you want to get frozen in the middle of the night when you go to the vigil, don't drink it. Liang Wei looked a little unhappy, because Naji was stunned just now.
"I'm sorry." Feeling the other party's vague dissatisfaction, Naji slowly took the liquor and held it in his arms, and then continued to stare at the bonfire.
At this time, the samurai of the dojo regarded drinking liquor around the bonfire as a pastime in the cold, and their mouths were discussing something. Seeing this solemn reminder, the warriors stopped drinking and turned their attention to rest.
"Little Devil Head...... Still thinking about that guy? Liang Wei whispered beside Naiji, and there was no response for a moment, she didn't hear it at all.
…… Liang Wei sighed in hatred, took out a cotton cloth and spread it on the ground of the cave, closed his eyes and rested.
Naji rested his chin on both knees and sighed from time to time. I opened the liquor and drank a little, the spicy touch went from the tip of her tongue to her esophagus, and the impact reached her nose and made her eyes squeeze out a little tears.
"Hah...... It's spicy. Naji's little tongue fanned the wind, and two blushes suddenly appeared on his pale cheeks, which were frozen.
Then came the warmth that began to spread from the stomach.
"You don't taste good, but it's still useful." Naji stared at the flask in his hand and muttered, then continued to take a small sip.
I had forgotten that this was a spirit.
In this way, it seemed that only her, the campfire, and the wine were left in the whole cave, and before I knew it, the time had come...... (To be continued.) )