Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Winter of Leighton (I)
The sky was gloomy, and heavy snow was falling.
The snow fell silently, but there was a sharp sound, faintly coming from the sky.
Gradually, the sound got closer and closer, and I saw a few small black dots appear in the sky, falling quickly, and finally with a loud bang, one by one smashed into the snow, splashing snowflakes all over the sky.
Accompanied by snowflakes in the sky, a figure burst out, turning into countless golden points of light, and then reunited next to a piece of metal that emitted a rainbow of light not far away, revealing four tired and weak bear people.
"Sleeplessness is a one-time resurrection point that works really well. The panda looked at the metal block next to him, which had lost its light, and said with a smile, "Let's enjoy the dirt plane too, right?"
"One time is enough!" "Because he used his son's account to play the game, Volibel, who ended up crossing over instead of his son, sighed, "I really don't adapt to this kind of young people's play!
"But it's very cool!" said Harley, a bruised bear berserker, excitedly, "It's much more exciting than bungee jumping! It's a pity that the craftsmanship of the 'Three Pigeons' is too rough, and the 'Human Cannon' will be scrapped after one bombardment." If it still works, I'd love to fly like this a few more times!"
"Flying half of the Western Continent at once, don't do this kind of thing again, it's so troublesome!" Setton, the only female panda in the guild, smiled bitterly, "I just flew in the sky, and I feel like I'm frozen into ice......"
In order to rush to the kingdom of Leighton before the Thracian army, they did not choose to run or fly, but took advantage of the invention of one of the guild's technical masters, Gugu Saburo, and rode the "human cannon" and was bombarded directly from the castle to the northland.
Goo Saburo is a kobold and a "master" by profession. The technical profession unique to this savage race is unable to produce any expert or higher level equipment, but it is capable of crafting all types of normal, high, and rare level equipment. When Gollum Saburo joins forces with Calm, who is an inventor by profession and is currently posing as "the old Earl of Tara Khan who is dying in bed", they create a lot of strange things.
This time, the panda and the "human cannon" they rode on were their invention.
Overall, this thing worked very well, allowing them to leap over half of the Western Continent in one go. But...... It's probably something that only they can use.
The moment he landed after flying over half of the Western Continent, let alone a human, even a dragon could fall to his death. If it weren't for the one-time resurrection point that Sleepless recently researched, so that everyone could be resurrected at the place where they landed, this trip would be a waste of effort, and at most it would be a wonderful journey to the sky.
But the combination of the two techniques results beyond the ordinary. It could have taken almost two months on foot to get from the castle to the Northlands, but with this unreliable way of traveling, it took them less than half a day.
Comparing the electronic map of the system, the panda silently estimated the distance, and couldn't help but thank this unscientific world in his heart - if it was in the real world, they would probably have been smashed to pieces at the moment of disembowelment because of the sound barrier.
Everyone drank the healing potions, rested for more than half an hour, gradually regained their strength, and then compared the map to study where to go.
According to the plan, they were to come to the road where the Thracian army would pass, to observe the combat effectiveness and discipline of this army, and to see what kind of treatment the rulers of the surrendered regions were treated.
Although the choice of "surrender to Thrace" is no longer likely to be implemented, what is the combat effectiveness of the Thracian army, what is the military discipline, and what is the attitude of Thracian officials towards those who surrender and resist? These are all questions that need to be understood.
The art of war is cloudy, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and not being defeated in a hundred battles. The traversers knew about the situation in Tara Khan, but they did not know much about the situation in Thrace, so it was necessary for them to seize this opportunity to get a good understanding of the situation in Thrace.
For this reason, after discussion, they even decided not to inform the Thrace kingdom of Layton in advance of the imminent invasion.
Is there little hope that the kingdom of Leighton, which had learned in advance of the Thracian invasion plan, would be able to hold the territory?
There is a huge difference between the combat power of the two countries, and the main force of the Layton Kingdom actually comes from the dwarven mercenaries. Will the dwarves fight the Thracian army for the sake of the kingdom of Leighton? Even if the dwarves really try to smash Thrace for the sake of the so-called work ethic, they may not be able to stop it, and there will be no special benefit other than increasing the casualties on both sides.
In contrast, it is better for Leighton, for Thrace, and even for the dwarves.
If you want to change the course of history, it would be better to start at the stage of the Thracian crusade, rather than now.
The pandas determined their current location and hurried towards the nearby town.
In winter, the climate of Layton is very cold, and it really drips into ice. Although there are races in the traversers who are not afraid of the cold at all, they are all crispy and thin-skinned types, both cold-tolerant and thick-skinned, thick-fleshed and long-blooded, only pandas and their bears.
The cold weather also hindered them a little, but fortunately it was not serious, and when it was getting late, they made it to a village.
Half of the rent was split between the snow deer and the deer they were able to rent a warehouse as a guest room. The warehouse is quite large, and sturdy enough to keep out the wind and snow. After lighting a bonfire inside, the temperature rose to the point where at least it didn't freeze.
Because of the hardships of the long journey, Sudton, Harley, and Wallybell went to bed early, and only the panda sat in front of the fire, watching the burning bonfire, and did not fall asleep for a long time.
He recalled the experience during this time and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
In fact, they should have sensed that something was wrong a long time ago, whether it was a king or a big nobleman, these guys were all greedy and vicious, how could they let a mere knight earn nearly three million in just half a month?
According to normal logic, the Edward family's cold-proof bracelet business will last for the fifth and sixth days at most, and they will come forward to negotiate with Jaime, and everyone will get rich together and benefit equally.
But they didn't.
What does this mean? It means that they have already thought about it, and they plan to let Jaime earn this money, and after earning it, they will harvest it cleanly.
It's just that they didn't expect that although Jaime was just a knight who looked like he could be crushed to death by one of their fingers, he had the backing of the traversers. As a result, a great battle, the death of a future iron-blooded prime minister and a large group of guards, the money finally went to Jaime, and they were able to reap nothing of benefit except for a great rebellion in Thracian City and the innocent victims of the Edward family.
Oh, and they got it, and the money finally fell into their hands.
Thinking of the last payment, Panda thought of the butler of Kent, the head maid of Pristin, and the servants of the Edward family.
"If we hadn't made so much money, let's say only three or five hundred thousand, maybe these things wouldn't have happened......
He hesitated for a moment and said quietly in the group chat.
After a while, Wang Tuhao replied.
"When a man who makes money reasonably and legitimately brings disaster to himself, the question is whether he should not make money, or is it someone who allows himself to have everything but does not allow others to make a fortune?"
Looking at these lines, the panda smiled dumbly, and his heart was much more relaxed.