Chapter 9: A Preliminary Exploration of the Village of Kahn

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Although domestic cats have been domesticated to a large extent, they still maintain the primitive nature of felines, such as rest schedules, hunting skills, etc. And then there's the all-important night vision – the cat's eye is usually able to see better at night than during the day!

So, whether it's a domestic cat or a wild cat, whether it's catching mice outdoors or playing with mouse toys at home, they are used to sleeping lazily during the day and only start to move around energetically at dusk. When you bring a cat home for the first time, you may be intimidated by its upside-down habits. Because cats will do their best to make trouble in your house while you are asleep. In the morning, when they have had breakfast, the world begins to wake up, and the cat grows back into its nest and begins a long day's sleep......

Ahem, to get back to business, in short, after a lazy sleep for a day and a full meal of many small dried fish, the cat rider Ricky at dusk was really refreshed and energetic, full of vitality, and felt as if she could hit ten at a time!

- Especially when she learns that a certain tabby cat surnamed Wang can make her a level 100 player through a certain golden finger......

So, when night fell, the cat knight Ricky, whose level had skyrocketed to level 100, happily embarked on a team expedition.

- Although, this is only a theoretically risk-free excursion that is purely exploratory and training-oriented.

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The bright moonlight shines through the thin clouds on the ground, gilding the vast grassland with a faint layer of silver, and also illuminating the figure of the three kittens galloping in the grassland. Although the dark night of the grassland was not safe and full of predators of all kinds, the journey of the three kittens was not hindered. The wild wolves and foxes roaming along the way were all frightened by the terrifying pressure of this group of cats, and even retreated.

- Don't be fooled by their cuteness! You know, these are three super cats with a level of up to lv100, and they are theoretically terrifying enough to destroy an army! Strictly speaking, even if the legendary dragon comes to them, it may not be able to get a favor!

The only thing that can slow them down is their own physical strength, or stamina, - even the most ordinary domestic cat can reach an astonishing speed of 50 kilometers per hour when sprinting at full speed to pounce on the mouse. And as a full-level cat player, it is easy to run to a speed of 100 kilometers per hour in the wild. But the problem is that, like tigers and lions, cats are only sprint champions, and if you want to talk about the endurance of long journeys, they are far inferior to cows, horses and antelopes. Usually after two or three minutes of running at full speed, you have to stop and rest for a few breaths.

Taking advantage of the break, as the leader of this temporary reconnaissance team, Wang Qiu, a hundredth-level tabby cat mage, began to explain tonight's general action plan to the cat knight Rui Qi'er, who temporarily joined the team: "...... During this night's reconnaissance operation, the three of us went to the village of Karn in the southwest to determine the location of the village and the road leading to the village from the Great Tomb of Nasalik, which was a relatively simple task. The other group went to a more distant fortress city, yes? Rantir, they're all professional scouts, even if it's using a cat's body, something as trivial as figuring out the location of the city and remembering the way back, or a meow? Huh? What's the deal with that 'meow' just now? What's wrong with me, meow? Meow meow? ”

“…… Don't pay too much attention to the little things! It seems that after using the cat man character for a while, it will automatically bring this kind of mouth fetish meow! ”

Looking at the tabby cat mage Wang Qiu, who seemed to be a little crazy, the last member of the three-cat squad, the tanuki cat thief Ma Tong, waved his paw disapprovingly, and at the same time laid out a rough map on the ground with a small stone, "...... According to the original book of The Overlord, the village of Karn is located about ten kilometers southwest of the Great Tomb of Nasalik, and is the closest human settlement to the Lich King's residence. However, the ten kilometres refer to a straight distance, and in reality it is much more than that, because it is impossible for us to walk in a straight line through the forest recklessly......"

“…… Why can't you walk straight through the forest? Everyone has night vision cat's eye, meow? Ricky asked, holding up a paw.

“…… Because we don't know the road at all, and we don't even have the most basic compass, if we rush into the forest with poor vision and complex terrain, we are afraid that we will soon get lost, and more importantly, we don't know where Karn Village is yet! Wang Qiu replied with a sigh.

“…… Don't know where Karn Village is?! So how do we go about it?!! Richelle was dumbfounded.

“…… Head west along the border line of forests and grasslands! Wang Qiu raised his cat's paw and waved it, "...... The village of Karn is located at the junction of the forest and the grassland, and although the villagers rely on the forest for wood, herbs, and prey, they do not dare to go deep into the forest for fear of being attacked by monsters. Just entering the interior of the forest for more than a hundred meters to collect medicine is already terrifying...... Therefore, although the distance from the Nasarik tomb is only ten kilometers in a straight line, the villagers of Karn village have not been aware of the existence of the tomb because of the limited line of sight and range of movement of the forest. In the same way, just follow the boundary line between the forest and the steppe all the way to the west. We'll be able to find that village......"

- Eventually, they made a big circle along the edge of the forest, and walked more than twenty kilometers before they discovered the suspected existence of Karn Village.

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The village of Kahn, belonging to the Li? The Kingdom of Jestijah is located in the southernmost foothills of the Angelia Mountains, the natural border between the Bajas Empire and the kingdom, and there is a vast forest called the Duvuda Forest. The village of Karn is a small village built near the forest, and the nearest major city in the kingdom, the fortress city, is yes? Lantil is about fifty kilometers away. It is equivalent to a traveler's journey on foot for two days.

Although the village of Kahn has been established for 100 years, there are still only about 120 permanent residents in the village, consisting of 25 families. Inside? Judging from the situation of the border villages in the kingdom of Yestij, such small villages are not unusual.

To the north of the village is a large black forest, to the south is the cultivated land and vegetable gardens cultivated by the villagers, and further on the periphery is the grassland that maintains its original appearance. In addition to arable land, the village's economy depended mainly on the bounty of the forest, and apart from the occasional merchant who came to collect or buy medicinal herbs, the royal tax collector only came once a year. Living in a village where there are almost no outsiders, time seems to stand still.

The villagers basically live a life of sunrise and sunset, without the bright lights of the metropolis.

So, when the three kitten-people arrived outside Karn Village, it was already dark and silent.

“…… Well, located on the edge of the forest, about the size of twenty or thirty households, without walls and fences...... Probably this is it! ”

Tabby Elvis Qiu, who had learned the skills of climbing trees without a teacher, stood on a big tree outside the village, looked at it carefully for a moment, then jumped to the ground, and said to the other two cats, "...... Now, let's go into the village to gather information! Meow! ”

Obviously, the small movement of a few "wild cats" entering the village at night did not alert anyone.

- Although Wang Qiu's full-level cat mage alone is enough to kill this village and bleed into a river......

Walking around the central square of this border village, Wang Qiu, a hundred-level tabby cat mage, couldn't help but be surprised by the slackness of defense in this place: "...... Fences, trenches, bunkers...... There is no defense at all! Even the houses are built in the east and one in the west, and the sense of preparedness is not as good as those rural villages in southern China! Do they really realize that they are living on a war-torn border? ”

-- At first glance, the village of Kahn does not look like a medieval village at all, but more like a modern Japanese or Chinese village in terms of architectural layout: a circle of sparse houses, surrounded by an empty threshing floor, and some houses built on the side of the road in the distance, separated by a long gap between them, and, more importantly, the extremely flat terrain of the village itself - which means that any intruder on horseback can rush into the village from a distance and burn it in one go, and the villagers will "form a village" even if they are warned in advance I couldn't do it, so I had to flee to the forest.

(What does a real modern border village look like, you can refer to the site of the Battle of Alamo in Texas, USA, when 200 American settlers used this fortress-like reclamation stronghold to fight 3,000 Mexican regular troops for 13 days. ）

In short, looking at the defenseless layout of Kahn Village, Wang Qiu couldn't help but feel deeply surprised by the "good security" in this place.

Although the loose layout of the village of Kahan is very different from the compact villages of the Middle Ages. However, in some respects it remains true to the usual premise of fantasy medieval novels, such as the largest house in the village being a barn in the village, and the best house being the village chief's house.

After determining the target, Ma Tong, a level 100 tanuki cat thief, lightly activated the [Stealth] skill, quietly touched the windowsill of the village chief's house, and opened a window that was not closed tightly. Then, Wang Qiu and Rui Qi'er, the two cats, followed suit and jumped into the house through the window. Just in case, Wang Qiu, the cat mage, also released a [Group Sleeping Technique] by the way, so that the village chief's family would never want to wake up again tonight.

The only trouble is that since Wang Qiu is still a mage who has just been promoted, he is purely a beginner and has no actual combat experience, so Rui Qi'er and Ma Tong were unfortunately overturned by his spell on the spot, so they need to take great pains to wake them up again......

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At the same time, in the modern China's "Command Center for Otherworldly Operations", a group of senior experts from all walks of life who were urgently summoned also followed Wang Qiu and Ma Tong's eyes closely, and looked intently at all the information they saw -- just as Wang Qiu and Ma Tong were walking in the farmhouse of another world with cat steps, several large screens in the command center also simultaneously showed the other world seen by the two pairs of cats.

――Because of the fortress city? Lantil was a long way from the Great Tomb of Nasalik, and the cat-scouting party was still on its way......

Based on what they saw on the screen, all the sociology and history experts began to talk nonsense:

“…… All the houses in the whole village are tiled houses, and there is not even a single thatched hut to live in. The only building with a hay roof is a watchtower with a large bell. The walls of the house are solid stone and brick walls with a lime-like coating. Hey, such good living conditions, in the countryside in most parts of China, even in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, could not be reached! It can be seen that this village must be quite wealthy! Or maybe the construction technology there is very advanced, and the cost of building such a house is not high, and even the average farmer can afford it......"

“…… The head of a small village can have so many beautiful furniture at home! Although the floor of the house is only rammed earth, it is a little cold, but there is an oil painting on the wall! A variety of metal cookware and household tools are also hung everywhere on the walls. Well, you still use a tin teapot and a tin pipe chimney? It can be seen that the metallurgical industry in the world must have been very developed, and the price of metals should be quite low...... In the real European Middle Ages, and even in relatively backward modern Russia, the serfs of the West still had to use wooden plows to plough the land! ”

“…… Moreover, have you noticed that in the cabinet of the village chief's house, there is also a cabinet full of porcelain! Although it is just some large porcelain bowls and porcelain plates without any pattern decoration, in medieval Europe on the earth, I am afraid that at least the nobles above the baron can afford to enjoy it! If you were to look for a similar example in the history of the West of Earth...... Then the rich squire family in England at the end of the eighteenth century, described in the famous British novel "Pride and Prejudice", probably has such a standard of living......"

“…… No, no, no, it can't be compared like this, the eighteenth-century English squire described in "Pride and Prejudice" is a completely unproductive landed aristocracy! There are a lot of servants in the house, and the master doesn't have to do anything! And the village chief's house on the screen here obviously doesn't even have a servant, it's just a relatively wealthy homesteaders...... To say that their standard of living is equivalent to that of American farmers in the mid-nineteenth century, that's pretty much the same! ”

“…… In other words, the world over there is the level of productivity in Europe and the United States in the nineteenth century, with the social and political system of the Middle Ages? That's awkward! However, at the moment, we have only observed such a village, and the sample size of the survey is too small to draw arbitrary conclusions. ”

“…… Well, it is also said that it is likely that this village of Karn is just a special case, and ordinary farmers in other places may not be so wealthy...... Oh! The map of the continent that appeared in the novel has finally been found! It turned out to be thrown on top of the cupboard at the village chief's house! Very good! The goal of the first mission in the village of Kahn has been accomplished! Let Comrade Xiao Wang hurry up and take the map and retreat to the starting place of the Great Tomb of Nasalik! ”

“…… No way! All you need to do is one person to bring the map back! The remaining two team members must stay in the village! ”

Political Commissar Guo shook his head and vetoed, "...... In medieval Europe on our side of the world, there was a time when European countrymen regarded cats as evil as the devil. Therefore, we have to find out the actual attitude of the natives there towards cats in order to plan the next course of action......"

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So, after successfully stealing the mainland map of the village chief's house, the cat thief Ma Tong left the village alone with the loot and retreated.

Then, in the early morning of the second day after Nasalik's Great Tomb traveled through another world, the Lich King Flying Squirrel, who had not yet fully sorted out his thoughts, was surprised to learn that the "twenty-first century ancients" stationed in the temple at the entrance to the surface had discovered the human civilization settlement in this world!

On the other side of Kahn Village, Wang Qiu and Ruiqi'er, who incarnated as cats, also had their first contact with the indigenous humans of this world......