Chapter 4 Let's Go! The scene of the autumn hunt!
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Two days later, when the morning sun shone on the fields outside the town of Taffeta, which had just been harvested for a few days, the Ernst family was ready to set off on time.
There were three carriages in the team of more than sixty people, and except for a dozen cooks, grooms, handymen and other people who had no or very poor combat effectiveness, the others were all elite soldiers of the gray iron rank riding tall horses, wearing armor and carrying sharp weapons. And in the team, there are even two horses, Count Ernst and Tammon Knight, who ride mounts with three-quarters of the blood of horse-like monsters, and belong to the real knights of the real bronze rank!
"There is probably an intention to show the family's force, but the wild environment of this pit man is definitely an important reason"
Dressed in a knight's tight-fitting suit, and even wearing a steel half-body armor riding on his half-horse-like monster mount, Rhodes made his own comment after looking at the team that seemed to be fighting rather than autumn hunting.
As the owner of the Gods Game Space, Rhodes now has a general understanding of the world he is in.
Not to mention anything else, the environment in the wild in the Talan Kingdom where Rhodes is located in the five northern countries is not very good, as long as a single human being leaves the human gathering place with walls or defensive measures within fifty miles, he can definitely encounter all kinds of monsters or bandits, and then the consequence is basically to become the belly of the monster!
It was also probably due to this harsh environmental influence, at least it did not give those nobles a chance to completely fall, and most of the nobles had to pick up swords and magic staff to lead the people to protect their territory.
"Be careful all the way!"
"Daddy! Brother, be careful all the way!" *2
Baroness Ernst took Rodna's brother Anriel and sister Anne at the gate of the town to bid farewell to her husband and eldest son. And Anriel and Annie, two little ones who have already started to study knighthood (Anriel) and financial management (Annie), also follow their mother and shout to Baron Ernst and Rod.
"Don't worry! Wait until I bring you souvenirs!" Baron Ernst, who was dressed in a sky blue knight's heavy armor, nodded and didn't say much, while Rhodes smiled and waved his hand to his mother and younger siblings and shouted - for Rhodes, although he still recalls his relatives in his previous life from time to time, his parents and family in this life also make Rhodes pay great attention to them.
"Departure !!"
After meeting his wife and family, Baron Ernst shouted loudly, and the whole team set off.
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After stepping out of the bare wheat fields of Taffeta, the wild scenery of harvest season is a sight to behold.
The name of the harvest season in this world is not a random shout, all kinds of wild fruits, berries, grass seeds, fruits, and tubers can be found everywhere in the wild at this season, and all kinds of wild beasts have also become fat and strong because of the abundant nutrients. Even this is the time when monsters, beasts, and monsters in the wild are relatively least aggressive - well-fed monsters, beasts, and monsters rarely take the initiative to chase humans unless you're on their territory.
"Father, how long will we be from our destination?"
Looking at the small animals that appeared from time to time in the surrounding fields and woods, Rhodes felt that it was not much interest after watching the scenery for a while, and began to drive his mount to the side of Baron Ernst in the group and asked in a low voice.
"Hah! Rod, don't worry, it's almost a day and a half away from the location of this autumn hunt."
Listening to his son's question, Baron Ernst, who was dressed in an enchanted knight's heavy armor and looked like a steel can, showed a smile, and then indifferently told his son that it was still early.
As a traditional autumn hunt in the Five Kingdoms of the Northlands, the nobles who were close to the Far North Mountains generally held it in that place according to the decision of the organizer of each event, rather than a fixed location. However, it is generally the organizer who takes the lead in choosing the place where the autumn hunt will be held, and then informs the other participating nobles of the place and time while preparing the relevant matters.
"Oh"
Hearing his father's words, Rod replied and said that he didn't say anything more after he knew. However, when Rhodes slowed down his mount and looked at the two steel cans at the front of the line, his father and Tamon Knight, he was a little speechless.
Baron Ernst and Tammon Knight are both enchanted knights in heavy armor, and the weight of the enchanted knight heavy armor that protects their heads is at least two hundred kilograms, plus the weight of weapons, shields and the knight itself, that is, these two mounts in the magical world with three-quarters of the blood of horse-like magical beasts can easily bear and carry the hundreds of kilograms of weight on their bodies for long journeys and even charges. Unless it is a legendary divine horse such as the legendary Red Rabbit, it will not be able to carry the burden of this kind of Cheng dΓΉ at all, let alone carry it for a long time or even charge into battle.
The fifty soldiers in the team were similarly dressed, all dressed in half-length steel armor, and on horseback were placed standard swords, shields, wooden cavalry spears, crossbows, and other equipment. If there is a real fight, they will follow behind the knight as an assault force, and depending on the situation, they can provide long-range support or dismount to act as infantry swordsmen!
If two full-fledged knights combined with fifty cavalrymen, without the opponent being intercepted by knights or strong men of the same rank, they would have been able to easily defeat an army of no more than five hundred.
It's no wonder that Rhodes thinks that in addition to ensuring safety, this is more about his dad showing off his muscles.
However, thanks to the deterrence of this powerful team and the influence of the harvest season, the group walked for a morning without encountering any long-eyed monsters or bandits - this is normal, and if they can easily fill their stomachs, it is estimated that there are not many monsters who are hungry and crazy and ready to rob the heavily armed army, let alone the bandits.
The only thing that bothered the team was the terrible road conditions!
On a continent where concrete and highways were largely not yet known, Rhodes himself had heard rumors that some of the wealthy countries in the south had spent a lot of money hiring manpower and hired magicians to build extremely smooth rock trade roads. But apparently it is quite difficult to make such a big deal in a barren place like the Five Norths, at least in Sirt and the surrounding counties, and Rhodes has collected data that shows that the best level of road is the kind of "natural" road that has been flattened by countless people, livestock, and vehicles.
Now the level of the road under the feet of Rod and the others is not even as good as that, and the top sky is equivalent to the level of the rural dirt road that Rod had seen in his previous life, and it is difficult to make the carriage move fast even if the weather has been quite good recently.
As for leaving three wagons full of some autumn hunting and necessities and the trail attendants in the ranks to leave the cavalry alone? Well, this kind of thing can't be brought up at all!
After all, it is not a situation of marching or being hunted down, so what is the matter with leaving behind the accompanying carriage and personnel?
Rhodes, who had conducted knight-related low-level command and marching courses and had good grades, wisely did not bring up this kind of abnormally brainless Jianyì, but slowly followed behind his father.
Except for a stop in the village of another fiefdom nobleman at night, Baron Ernst and his party spent the day moving slowly on the road.
What is interesting to Rhodes himself is that among the villages and people he encounters along the way, he has witnessed at least ten mercenaries or garrison soldiers who have become contractors. And these mercenaries who have become contractors have obviously reaped a lot of benefits from the game space of the gods, at least they are the main force of the mercenary team or the petty officers of the garrison.
"It seems that the influence of the game of the gods is getting bigger and bigger" In the evening, when Rhodes went out for a stroll after eating that decent dinner in the village, he saw a contractor who was the captain of the village garrison, and the same girl with a little freckles on her face but a good look (from the opinion of the original inhabitants) walking around and chatting among the village chiefs, and after checking the contractor's information a little, Rod couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
However, Rhodes himself sighed, this change was also expected by him, and Rhodes was too lazy to worry about the contractors who worked hard in the game space of the gods to improve their lives by the way - anyway, after some guinea pig tests that entered the game space of the gods and caused trouble outside because of excessive excitement, Rod himself was not worried that the contractors who had integrated into the brand of the true spirit would expose the specific news of the space.
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At noon the next day, outside a field camp about two hundred kilometers from Barony Ernst.
"The defenses are good, and there are a lot of people participating in the autumn hunt."
Looking at the huge camp with wooden fences, pits, and other defensive measures, and at least a thousand people, Rhodes, who was on horseback, couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly, and then muttered quietly.
"At least a dozen nobles participate in each autumn hunt, and of course the number will not be less" Listening to the whispered words of his eldest son behind him, Baron Ernst also explained in a low voice before he said with a stern face: "You just went on your first autumn hunt, pay a little attention to your behavior, understand?"
Baron Ernst was still a little uneasy about his son's character, so he specially advised Rod.
"Yes, Father"
Regarding Baron Ernst's words, Rod, who also didn't want to do anything, also agreed simply. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow the ~ point / Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter qdread can be), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the qdread WeChat public account! οΌ