Chapter 258: Negrim Counterattacking (1)
The clouds in the cold winter night still obscured the stars, and darkness shrouded the earth, which had not had much light. In this dark forest, there is a place with light, and there is no doubt that this place is where Chen Kai and his camp are now.
On the walls around the camp, torches burned, emitting a faint glow on the ground, and the black smoke from the burning grease was spreading upwards. The grease taken from under the skin of the winter wolf did not taste good when burned, so it was directly used by Chen Kai and them as fuel on the torch. Of course, what smells even worse is the thick layer of fat under the skin of the giant bear, and a whole half ton of fat can make a whole lot of candles.
It's just that compared to the winter wolf's fat with a scorching smell, although the fat of this bear tastes also bad, it is still slightly better. Therefore, the thick fat of the giant bear was directly boiled by Chen Kai and his oil, and the oil residue boiled out became the seasoning for dinner, and a part of the fat was also turned into fuel for night lighting.
After all, the elves and Chen Kai didn't have a strong demand for fat, and what they wanted most now was spirits instead of fats that smelled greasy. Although the oil residue tastes good, especially after careful cooking, it can be turned into a delicious snack food, the problem is that it will get tired if you eat too much. After all, there are at least dozens of kilograms of oil residue left after half a ton of grease frying oil, which looks like a big pot.
Chen Kai, who was resting in the tent, did not let his guard down, and his armor was now being maintained in the huge silver armor box beside him. The scars from previous battles would take at least a day or two to repair, and a lot of materials would have to be put on to get them on. Fortunately, there are still some remaining repair materials in Chen Kai's backpack. Otherwise, the new armor would probably have those scars for a long time.
There is a faint amount of sandalwood burning in the room, and such extravagant behavior will definitely be scolded for a long time in reality. After all, sandalwood in reality is more expensive than gold, but unfortunately there are not too many such things as sandalwood in the game. Even the huge sandalwood trees in the Denzel forest are quite numerous. At least Chen Kai and the others found several of the fallen ancient trees and cut down some to use as spices.
Of course, they don't like this kind of scent, they still prefer a more natural taste, and the smell of sandalwood is too strong to make these elves feel very uncomfortable. However, Chen Kai still prefers the taste of sandalwood, which is too little compared to other spices, and the most common in this forest is sandalwood. In addition to being used for warmth, the smell of burning can also dispel the smell of stinky feet in the tent.
It's just that those wet and smelly socks that are drying by the stove are constantly emitting the smell of unwashed because of the scorching flame, so that the smell of sandalwood in the air cannot be covered even if it is heavy. And usually at this time, Su Wan, who is in charge of housekeeping, will definitely have an aunt-level voice.
"Fei Laosi! Put away your stinky socks for me! And Armand, don't think I don't know which pair of socks are yours, give me that soap and wash it again!! The roar comparable to that of a giant dragon instantly woke Chen Kai up from his sleep. Then I had to turn over again to find the interrupted dream.
"Okay! Good! Big sister head! Fei Yun, who was just about to wash and sleep, had to put away his socks with panda eyes, and Armand, who also had dark circles under his eyes, carefully removed his stinky socks from the edge of the fire. They really didn't dare to contradict the current Queen Su, Her Majesty Queen Su, who had her hands crossed on her hips, was definitely at the level of the head of internal affairs now, and if she was angry, the result would definitely be that she didn't have breakfast. Even those elves have to be cautious in the face of Queen Su now. Because in order to integrate the supplies, Romans handed over all the elves' food distribution to Su Wan to deal with. Although there is an elf to help, there is no doubt that Su Wan's work pressure has increased a lot in an instant.
After all, originally preparing food for dozens of people and preparing food for hundreds of people are two concepts, even if there are a few elves at hand, the task is still heavy, just an errand like peeling potatoes Su Wan needs an hour to complete. The workload of nearly two hundred big potatoes in one meal is enough to make people collapse, and Chen Kai has hundreds of such potato baskets in their spatial ring, and there are even more on the elf's side. After all, potatoes are easy to store, although everyone and the elves think potatoes are so scary after eating too much.
However, in the multiple-choice question of either eating potatoes or eating wolf meat, the elves still reluctantly chose potatoes, a food that didn't smell so bad, in fact, Su Wan still wanted everyone to choose to eat wolf meat, because then she didn't have to peel the potatoes. If at the beginning, those elves still had the urge to practice knife skills with potatoes. After cutting the potatoes for four or five days in a row, they basically want to vomit when they get the potatoes. Similarly, Su Wan is similar, she would rather use a machete to cut the hardest bone of the winter wolf than a knife to cut the potato skin.
Watch the stench on the stove dissipate. Su Wan, who had washed the dishes for most of the day, was in a slightly better mood, but she was furious at the thought of tomorrow's menu. It's a pity that because the menu was chosen by herself by those elves and others, she can only hold back her anger even if she is angry.
"Make sure they eat barbecue every day next week! Is TMD's Dang Lady a free maid? Su Wan waved a fist that was enough to kill an ordinary tiger with one punch, and Guan Yu, who was gnawing on the roast wolf's leg in the sentry, suddenly felt a burst of oiliness, and the barely tasteful barbecue in his hand suddenly became extremely unpalatable, because he had a very bad premonition.
Gently putting the barbecue in his hand aside, Guan Yu carefully picked up his weapon and then opened the observation opening and looked out, with the help of the light of the torch and the reflection of the snow, he could see the objects within about ten meters outside the sentry post. If it is farther away, Guan Yu will not be able to see those things in the distance, but if it is farther away, there are those traps, even if Guan Yu can't see it, he can know the information.
Relatively speaking, those elves' vision was much better, and they could see more things from the treetops than Guan Yu could see with his narrow vision. So when Guan Yu gently knocked on the iron, the sound passed back was still safe news.
Hearing such news, Guan Yu slowly relaxed his heart, then picked up the unfinished barbecue and sat down slowly. Before that, of course, he added a handful of firewood to the campfire. The bonfire, which had been red and dark, was restored to its vigor again, but the moment Guan Yu sat down, a crisp bell sound made his ass stand up with his body as if he had been pricked.
"Grass! Which bear calf! Chen Kai, who had just found Zhou Gong again, jumped up from the bed with a scolding, and almost instantly opened the armor box and put the armor on his body. And Su Wan, who had just washed half of it, didn't even have time to rush the bubbles, and directly rushed out of the tent with Chen Kai in armor at the same time.
When hundreds of people rushed out of the tent with weapons, Guan Yu and the elves who arrived first were staring at the obviously fertilized reindeer in front of them. There is no doubt that these reindeer are definitely not threatening animals, they are just trying to find some food, but unfortunately they find food and find Chen Kai's camp and touch the trap. When the dense bell rang, the reindeer crashed into several traps in a panic, and as a result, the reindeer with at least three or four traps on their bodies lay directly on the ground.
Looking at the few reindeer in front of him who didn't have time to escape, and the more footprints in the distance, there was no doubt that this was a huge herd of reindeer. It's just that they were very unfortunate enough to crash into the trap set by Chen Kai and them. As many as nine were trapped directly under the dense traps, and the number of reindeer that escaped was even higher.
"What is this?" Chen Kai looked at the reindeer that was caught and said a little dumbfounded, those elves also felt that this thing was very wonderful. I thought it was either a winter wolf or a giant bear attacking, but it turned out that these guys were indeed big enough, but they were harmless herbivores.
"It's a benefit!" Guan Yu wiped the oil stains on the corners of his mouth, compared to wolf meat, the meat of the reindeer is definitely delicious, at least it doesn't have such a strong fishy smell, so for Chen Kai, who is not particularly hungry now, it is definitely a welfare, and there is nothing wrong with them.
"Carry it in! Otherwise, it won't be good for the smell of blood to attract those dog legs! Chen Kai looked at the reindeer, and then directly hit the head of a reindeer with a fist. The sheer force knocked the reindeer unconscious in an instant, but by the time it woke up, it had definitely been cut into eight pieces.
Nine reindeer were carried into the camp by Chen Kai and them. And just as they were taking the reindeer away, there was a wolf howl and a terrible howl in the distance. There is no doubt that the escaped reindeer hit the activity area of those winter wolves, listening to these sounds, Chen Kai estimated that those reindeer were definitely more than lucky.
"Looks like those winter wolves are also eating!" Although the elves don't want to kill these reindeer, after all, they have plenty of food on the whole, but it is difficult for the reindeer injured by the trap to survive, and it is better to kill them directly than to let them live in pain. So in the end, these reindeer were knocked unconscious by Chen Kai and dragged into the camp with a stick, while Fei Yun was extremely depressed and had to set up those broken traps with other elves in the cold night.
It's just that those traps were too tightly damaged, so Fei Yun and the others had to give up. If they're going to restore it all. Then they must work until dawn, and if they don't have a good rest, they basically don't have to do anything else after dawn. Just lie down in the room and sleep. But the problem is that such a good thing will hardly happen, so Fei Yun and a few elven scouts only recovered the silk traps that alarmed, and most of the traps did not recover.
After dragging his exhausted body back to the tent, Fei Yun almost didn't even take off his clothes and climbed into bed and began to fall asleep, while Chen Kai was doing the butcher's errand with a depressed face. He needed to dispose of all the reindeer at night, and at the same time let the wyvern take the uneaten things in his mouth after dawn and throw them far away. Although the quality of the reindeer's fur is very good, it cannot be compared to the fur of the winter wolf in terms of protection against frost spells, after all, one is just an ordinary beast and the other is a magical creature. Even though the fur of these reindeer is very good at keeping out the cold, it is not comparable to the fur of magical creatures.
The blood of these reindeer was put up in a container by Chen Kai, although the taste was very fishy but very nutritious, Chen Kai and they prepared to make zuò into blood tofu for cooking hot pot. So much deer blood was enough for Chen Kai and them to eat for a long time, while Su Wan had to worry that she would need to peel the potato skin for a few more days. Of course, now Su Wan has fallen asleep, and is wrapped in a quilt. Because I didn't dry my hair thoroughly before. As a result, she seemed to catch a cold when the cold wind blew her, and now she is huddled in the bed.
However, Chen Kai didn't know this, because he didn't see Su Wan sneezing, so when Su Wan didn't get up the next day, they knew that she had a cold last night. There is no doubt that it is definitely not a trivial matter for Queen Su, who is the head of internal affairs, to fall ill. Because without her command and help, breakfast became a pot of broth and hard bread, and it was almost settled together for lunch.
Looking at the unique broth in front of him, which was said to be a secret food made by the elves that could restore the spirit, Chen Kai missed Su Wan's potato set meal a little. At the very least, the taste is better than the elf secret broth with clear soup and little water, and Chen Kai estimated that the elven cooks who boiled the broth probably forgot to put a few more spoonfuls of salt, because they were not used to Chen Kai's cauldron at all.
In fact, even Romans is a little unaccustomed to the broth cooked by his elves, but as an example, he must drink it all, and Chen Kai can only drink the soup bitterly. It's just that in his heart, he and others have begun to complain. Then he gritted his teeth and swallowed the hard bread.
"Oh yes! These elves must have forgotten to sprinkle salt! Chen Kai licked his tongue and sighed, he barely tasted a trace of salt in the broth.
"Absolutely, and they're putting too much spice in it! I don't think it tastes like traditional Chinese medicine! Guan Yu's face was a little bitter. Finally survived the cold winter night, only to find that breakfast was not settled, and he could only eat a piece of dry bread on a hungry stomach. But in the end he got out of his sleep hungry, only to have such a lunch, which felt like a nightmare.
"Bear with it! In the evening we tidy up the hot pot. Reindeer hot pot! Chen Kai sighed, and then planned to take out the blood tofu and the frozen reindeer meat that had been left behind for dinner. At least boiling a hot pot is much simpler than boiling broth. Even if the elves didn't put salt, they could use spices instead.
"Okay!" Guan Yu sighed when he heard Chen Kai's words, and then gritted his teeth and drank the broth, although everyone was burping, they all knew very well that this meal was definitely quite unpalatable, even a few elf cooks themselves did not look good.
After the unpalatable breakfast and lunch, Chen Kai and the others continued to renovate their camp, this time cutting enough wood outside the camp to build a second wall, because the rock wall could not withstand the magic attacks of the Cottage Earth Bear. While the wooden walls are as fragile as they are, they can at least act as a layer of defense once they are built.
At the same time, the elves' sentry posts in the trees need to be rearranged. So that these elves can go up and down quickly. Although the elves are very good at climbing trees, if they accidentally fall down, they will definitely fall half to death. After all, it was a treetop more than ten meters high. The most important thing is a rudimentary platform vigil, which is more painful than the sentry on the ground, and even the bonfire cannot be raised, and only two layers of wolf skins are wrapped to resist the cold. Fortunately, the winter wolf skin is very resistant to the cold, otherwise the elves standing in the treetops at night would definitely freeze to death.
The original rudimentary wooden platform has been transformed into a small wooden building that does not look so ugly under the carpenter's skill of a few elves, the rattan supporting the wooden building is sturdy and durable with natural magic, and there is a small stove made of rock in the center of the wooden building. Although it is not large, it can warm the elves in the sentry, and even bake a few potatoes or something. However, Chen Kai estimated that those elves definitely didn't want to eat any potatoes during the night, because they had eaten enough.
During the construction of the wooden platform, the elves also made rope ladders woven with rattan and hung down from the wooden towers. After all, even the most superb tree climbers sometimes miss, even if most elves are not afraid of the result of jumping from the treetops more than ten meters high, but if they don't master it well, it will definitely end up falling half to death.
In the evening, although the construction of the camp was not completely completed, Chen Kai and his team had to call it a day. Because the sky was getting darker, it was not safe for them to rush to work at night. At the same time, the two most important wooden buildings have been completed, and in the absence of giant bears running around to cause trouble, the wooden fence is not something urgent.
Chen Kai: They didn't actually think about building the wooden fence in one day, because it was simply impossible. They simply cut down the fallen trees into the desired shape and carried them back around the camp and piled them up, and the wooden blocks were built together to form a simple fence around the camp. Even if it's not used, that's enough for those winter wolves to toss.
It's just that these pieces of wood are piled together and also block the view of the guards in the sentry, so Su Xinghe, who is squatting in the sentry, does not look good. If those winter wolves attacked, he would only have to wait until the other party had crossed the logs before he could see them. Fei Yun also had a bad face, although the piled up wood allowed him to use the terrain to bury traps, but the problem was that if these traps didn't work at night, then he would have to dismantle them the next day, otherwise it would be bad to hurt his own people.
When Fei Yun was helplessly burying the trap with a few elf scouts, a person or a demon elf who had been hiding in the forest for a long time slowly opened his eyes. In the dark night, his eyes burned with the light of life, and he slowly got up from where he was cowering. (To be continued......)