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Chapter 424 Nocobi

Chen Kai spent an hour searching the snowfields without any coordinates or counters, rummaging under the bulging snow mounds, trying to find the pilgrims who might have shrunk beneath the snow layers. Of course, in the end, Chen Kai found it, but two of the seven people found could no longer wake up, and when Chen Kai found them, these two poor people had turned into cold dead bodies. Before they died, they stripped almost all their clothes off their bodies, as if they were very hot, and this kind of death is the very normal appearance of people who freeze to death.

However, in the end, Chen Kai still put the two poor people on the war horse, and even if they died, Chen Kai felt that their bodies should be buried properly. Even if there is no thick coffin, at least there should be a large pit with enough to bury the body. Of course, this can only be buried in the camp, after all, in this kind of snow, Chen Kai doesn't think that he will have enough body to take others back after burying the two of them.

"Let's go" Chen Kai looked at the two corpses lying on horseback with a regretful expression, these two poor and poor old men, who had hoped to go to the City of Dawn to see the miracles of the gods they worshipped. But to die in this wilderness because of the cold is a great sorrow for the believers. They believed in the gods but did not receive the protection they deserved, so the flow of the god's followers became strict, and the temple hated the horse thieves who blocked the trade routes. Of course, it is not entirely correct to blame all the problems on horse thieves, after all, if you really want to count them, it is also the credit of those lords who caused this evil result. It is precisely because of the connivance of some lords, and it can even be said that indirect participation, that the horse thieves on the Great Plains are becoming more and more rampant. If this root is not cut off, the disaster of horse thieves will never end, and even if one day the player clears the last horse thief in the entire plain, it will not be long before new horse thieves are born, as long as those lords need horse thieves to cause problems for their opponents.

The howling wind and snow continued to blow when Chen Kai and the others were hurrying together, but to the peace of mind of the pilgrims behind them, the Templar in front of them had been walking in one direction, although he occasionally stopped to look around, but he did not hesitate. This kind of walking in one direction made these pilgrims very reassured, although it was very dangerous to walk in the wind and snow, but they did not hesitate to walk with Chen Kai wrapped in blankets.

"Okay, we're here," Chen Kai hesitated for the first time when he pointed to a large snow mound and looked at the pilgrims behind him, but then they felt that their hesitation was so redundant. Because behind the snow mounds, several mercenaries were waving at them, holding the steaming broth in their hands.

"Hey, two poor people again," the old merchant sighed as he looked at the bodies of the two old men lying in the mud pit, as a merchant who had walked on this trade road for many years, it was not the first time he had seen people who had frozen to death. But seeing the poor die every year still makes the old man feel very sad. After all, the pilgrims on this path were supposed to be the safest, and should be protected by all the lords, without worrying about being attacked by thieves, and not worrying about danger in the wilderness and being plagued by hunger and cold.

"May you enter the kingdom of the great gods as soon as possible, where there will be no hunger, cold, no pain, no sorrow and no sickness," Chen Kai prayed softly for the two poor old men, the holy deed in his hand exuded a faint golden light, and a small bottle of holy water was slowly poured out in his hand and slowly entered the pit where the old man was lying. In this humble environment, such a prayer may be the only consolation after death for the two poor old men. The crystal holy water emits a strong divine power after entering the pit, which can ensure that the bodies of the two poor old men will not be eroded by evil forces after death. At the same time, the divine light emitted by the Holy Deed in Chen Kai's hand also slowly invaded their bodies, dispelling the blood that had accumulated under the skin of their corpses, making the faces of the two old men slowly regain their ruddy faces, as if they had come to life. It's just that everyone knows that they are still dead, it's just that the power of the magic makes the bodies of the two look even better.

When the first shovel of soil covered the bodies of the two old men, the cold snowflakes had already covered their bodies with a thin snow-white quilt. This kind of weather can hardly be regarded as a good day to bury the bones, after all, there is no sun in the sky, and the air is full of cold wind and snow, but in the spirit of entering the earth for peace, Chen Kai still buried the two old men with the help of mercenaries. Finally, he planted two wooden crosses on two small mounds, with no names written on them, only the emblem of the Temple of Dawn, indicating that two poor pilgrims were buried under the mounds.

The heavy snow lasted for three whole days, and it was definitely a difficult process for those who were in a hurry to get to the city of dawn. There is basically no other color in the whole world except gray and white, and this feeling of loneliness makes him extremely depressed. Of course, he is also surrounded by mercenaries to talk to and experienced old merchants, and it is definitely better to be able to find someone to talk to in this snowstorm than to sleep alone in a snowdrift. Of course, if Chen Kai really did that, he would have definitely returned to the cemetery in a small town when he woke up. During these three days, Chen Kai basically stayed in the camp except for the first day when he went out to search for pilgrims, and his daily task was to patrol and pray with the pilgrims, and then to chat around the campfire with the mercenary leader and the old merchants.

The huge amount of snow caused a large amount of snow to pile up around the wagon, which could be used to build snow walls and igloos. Although such an ice and snow house looks very cold, at least it can shelter from the wind and snow, and at the same time, it can also raise a fire on the ground to roast a fire, so that it is not even possible to make a fire like the inside of a carriage.

The heavy snow for three consecutive days had covered the surrounding roads and fields with a thick layer of ice and snow, so even if Chen Kai wanted to start his journey after the snow stopped, he had to wait until the snow removal array on the road was activated. For the empire, the gold coins consumed to maintain the snow removal array on this trade route every year are basically equivalent to the taxes it earns on this trade route, of course, because of the storage of the large wheat fields on both sides of the trade route, the empire will not give up its control of this area, and naturally it can only grit its teeth and spend millions of gold coins to maintain the entire road. But sometimes the determination of the empire can't completely move the hearts of the lords below, at least Chen Kai has now found that some black-hearted lords are too undedicated to the maintenance of infrastructure. Originally, because the activated snow removal array was in disrepair for a long time, it was not enough to maintain the statute of limitations for the guidance circle, and when Chen Kai opened the core part of the circle, what he saw was not the original Mithril array plate, but a rust spell prop poured with black iron.

"Don't these black-hearted lords know how many people will be killed by such a garbage array?" Chen Kai angrily threw the spell array disc that had almost rusted into a pile of scrap iron on the ground, and with a crisp click, the frozen brittle array disc turned into pieces after smashing on the hard ice and snow. Looking at the metal pieces that could no longer be seen as they were, Chen Kai felt that there were a large number of crows flying around his head.

"Get used to it, I replaced this array the year before last, the lord of this place hasn't maintained the road for ten years, haven't you noticed that these rocky roadbeds have begun to collapse?" The old merchant Lu Nahad took out a black array plate from the bottom of the carriage after a few strokes from his carriage, both in shape and in the content of the circle, which was the same as the one that Chen Kai smashed when he smashed it. It's just that the spell energy circulating above is still abundant, and it is obviously something that has not been made for a long time.

"If you put it on, it should last about a year," the old merchant sighed and said, he had seen a lot of such things, in fact, there were such little lords everywhere in the entire trade route. They were short-sighted and only knew how to carry gold coins into their coffers, but they did not know that they would be nothing without this trade route. If this trade route really died, neither the emperor of the empire nor the great priest of the Dawn Temple would let go of the big and small lords on the trade route, and at that time, no matter how much money these lords used, they would not be able to exchange their lives.

"I heard that the lord here likes black magic" A mercenary interjected when he saw Chen Kai take the old merchant's array plate and put it into the spell pedestal on the side of the road, but as soon as the mercenary's words came out, his head covered his mouth, and then forced his mouth to shut up with a stern look.

"No need to do this, I also know what he said, if an idiot who prays for immortality can really make people immortal, why would the empire ban it, after all, the emperor and the great nobles of the empire do not pray for immortality. The only fate of this lord is estimated to be to become a victim of dark magic, and it is estimated that he will either become a black magic puppet or become a zombie creature. It's just that once he becomes like that, the poor people in the territory will be unlucky," the old merchant sighed and said, in fact, he was more well-informed when he was doing business abroad, and he knew that the lords and nobles in many parts of the continent were now beginning to set off a wave of belief in black magic. While the Dark Arts are useful at some point, especially the terrifying power of the Dark Arts Creations in the Instruments of War, the Dark Arts Creations with terrible curses and killing powers are very powerful. But because of this, the Dark Arts, in exchange for power, in the form of sacrifices, were forbidden by a large number of temples and official empires.

"Okay, let's go, it will take at least a day for the spell to take effect completely, let's remove the wheels of the carriage and replace them with sleds, at least on this snowfield, the speed of the sleigh is much faster than the wheels of the carriage," the old merchant Lu Hanad patted the wheels of the carriage, and at this time, Chen Kai found that there was actually a row of sleds under the wheels of the carriage, obviously the old merchant was very aware of the situation in this area, so he had already prepared. It took less than two hours to remove the wheels and turn them into a sleigh, including the time it took to dig the wagons out of the snow and ice. Of course, this time is not easy for everyone at all, after all, this kind of weather has always been the favorite season of horse thieves. But fortunately, it seems that Chen Kai and their luck are not bad today, those horse thieves have not yet gone out to rob when the heavy snow has just stopped, so they have time to calmly turn the carriage into a sleigh.

"Let's go, my mercenary leader, we should be on the road, while those horse thieves haven't come yet," the old merchant shook off his whip and said to the mercenary leader beside him, Chen Kai was now sitting in the back of the carriage. Although he could let Spotted try to run in the snow, ordinary horses were no match for the highland sled horses that the old merchant had carried. These horses are not fast and cannot be used as war horses at all, but they have wide soles that support them in soft snow. When he saw the horses, Chen Kai knew that if he wanted to reach the City of Dawn as soon as possible, he would have to follow the old merchant closely, at least until he found the sleigh carriage.

A day later, Chen Kai's carriage arrived at his next destination, a small town in the snow. The entire town was largely submerged in a thick layer of snow, and although the light of various spells and magic was constantly lit up in the town, sweeping away the snow in the town, the entire city was still submerged in the snow. From a distance, the whole town looks like a hat that is constantly emitting colorful lights, and with the constant smoke of the cooking, it is a quiet and peaceful small town, and in fact, it is.

"Welcome to the town of Nokobi, where you can find the most delicious roast suckling pig in the world, at least in the past," the old merchant slowly stopped the carriage and lined up to enter the town through the city gate, his voice was full of a tone of regret, in fact, to Chen Kai's ears, this tone actually showed that the other party had special feelings for this town.

"Let's go! Let's go to the Wild Boar Barbecue Hotel, I hope the inn is still there, and the owner of the inn in this town is still a good person" The old merchant stretched out his hand and threw out a horsewhip, and at the same time used his other hand to stop Chen Kai's intention to release the detection magic. In fact, even if Chen Kai didn't release the Eye of the Stars, he could still see the evil aura that permeated the town, because there was basically only one temple in the entire town, and the zenith of the temple was releasing a faint divine light, and at the same time, looking at the appearance of those pilgrims who were unwilling to enter the town, Chen Kai knew that this town would definitely not be a good place.

When the old merchant took Chen Kai and the mercenaries to push open a rusty wooden door, Chen Kai couldn't imagine that this place would be a hotel without even a signboard. The entire inn was dark and dilapidated, as if it was a haunted house, if it weren't for the sound coming from inside that made Chen Kai feel that there was still popularity here, it was estimated that he would turn around and walk out the next moment.

"Sorry, it's closed now," an old man on crutches slowly emerged from the shadows, one of his thighs completely gone, and only a wooden prosthetic leg. At the same time, the old man was blind in one eye, and the remaining one eye exuded a cold light. No matter how Chen Kai thinks about this old man, there is any connection with the word "good man" in the old businessman's mouth, no matter from which point of view, this old man should be combined with the two of strong or cold.

"Old Sam, my old fellow, are you going to kick your old friend out of the inn?" Old Lu Hanad greeted him enthusiastically, but in exchange for the unusually cold refusal of the one-eyed old man. It's just that Chen Kai found that this old man had a slight smile on his face when he heard Lu Hanad's voice, and his frosty cheeks slowly had a tendency to melt.

"Senna, where have you been, you stinky boy? Hurry up and help you Lu Uncle Hanard pack up the carriage, is this stinky boy going to be lazy again? The old merchant Lou Hanard shouted enthusiastically in the inn, but all he could respond to was the sound of the cold wind beating against the window, and the sound of the north wind howling outside. Of course, occasionally mixed with the sound of a young footstep, Chen Kai's eyes with faint dark vision could see a three-year-old girl slowly walking out of the dark depths of the hotel. The little girl was very thin, her yellow hair hanging down on her head, and her cheeks sunken into her mouth looked unusually haggard and thin.

"Grandpa Luhanard, my grandfather said that my father went to a far away place, so you can't find him in the store," the little girl walked out and hugged her grandfather, the one-eyed man, by the thigh, and then said to the old merchant in an unusually pitiful tone. As he spoke, her grandfather stroked her little head, the only remaining eye with a tear in it.

"What's going on? Old Sam, where did that kid go? Wait a minute... No, how could that kid be so well-behaved? Who is it? Who the hell is it? The old merchant's expression reminded Chen Kai of some kind of bereaved beast, and he viciously grabbed the one-eyed old man's neckline, but in exchange for the little girl's crying and beating.

"Viv, go to the kitchen, Grandpa Luhanad is not a bad person, Grandpa and your Lou Hanard Grandpa have something to say, by the way, young man, if you want to live here, it's better to do it yourself, well, and those mercenaries in the back, you can try to clean up the five sons, if you can find a complete table and chairs in the whole house" The innkeeper said softly to the little girl behind him, of course, the words behind him were all said to Chen Kai and the mercenaries behind him.

A few minutes later, Chen Kai heard an angry roar coming from the hall, and the owner of the voice was the poor old merchant Luhanad. His voice was so angry now that Chen Kai felt that he could hear it even in the kitchen of the inn.

"It seems that your grandfathers are very angry, come and find out if there is any firewood that can be used for cooking" When Chen Kai exchanged two candies for the little girl's trust, at least temporarily he could use the things in the kitchen, and at the same time, he would not let the little girl treat him as a thief in the house.

"How could that stupid woman be like this, she thought the whole town was her territory? Won't her husband stop him, after all, this is his territory" Listening to the voice from the inn, Chen Kai stopped the process of rummaging through the oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and ingredients, and turned to the little girl behind him and said: "It seems that your grandfather Luhanad is very angry, can I borrow the stove?" ”

Seeing that the little girl nodded, Chen Kai didn't know if the other party agreed with him with the previous sentence or the last sentence, but obviously it didn't matter if it was the previous sentence, because he had already fished out a few bundles of firewood from his backpack and lit the fire. When Chen Kai took out a roast leg of lamb from his backpack, a drooling sound appeared in Xiao Weifu's mouth.

"It seems that you want to eat it too, but you need to wait" Chen Kai smiled and looked at the little girl behind him, and then began the process of heating the food. Although the whole inn is very dilapidated, it has a very complete kitchen, at least in Chen Kai's opinion.

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