Chapter Twenty-Four: The Difficulty of the Journey
On a long journey that lasts for several days.
At first, Adès was curious about the scenery on both sides of the road, but after a long time, he gradually began to feel monotonous, boring, and even a little bored in the face of endless woods and cliffs.
On the third day, halfway through the journey, although it was only in the afternoon, it was dark early because of the fact that it was surrounded by mountains, and the leader of the caravan looked at the sky and decided to camp on the nearby hillside and continue the journey early tomorrow morning.
The carriage was driven into a circle, around the foot of the slope, a simple wall could be erected, everyone leveled the camp on the hillside, set up the tent, the bodyguards divided up to patrol and defend the surroundings, the horsemen set up bonfires one after another, the night could prevent the attack of fierce beasts, the caravan grooms, cargo owners, personal guards talked loudly, laughed loudly, a safe and peaceful atmosphere spontaneously emerged.
The night in the forest is a bit scary, and Adès doesn't feel anything special when he has experienced it, but if he is a merchant who has just started to trade or an adventurer who has never been in the forest, he will find it particularly terrifying, the sound of the wind blowing through the treetops, the sound of unknown beasts howling, the sound of birds flying before sleeping, and even the terrible screams caused by some wild beasts predating, the mixture is creepy.
Ades stayed with a few passengers, working the hard bread in front of him, hot water was boiling on the campfire, there was no broth, no barbecue, and he was eating dry food, unless you went hunting yourself, otherwise there was no fresh meat, that is, the adventurer caught some prey when he was on patrol to have fresh meat to eat, and they would not take the initiative to share it with you.
Adès was nibbling on black bread, suddenly he stopped his mouth, raised his head, and looked in the direction where he was going tomorrow, his mind sensed some movement, it was not a beast, it was like a humanoid creature, and at the same time, the adventurers patrolling in front seemed to have something to do, shouting loudly, the caravan's personal guards listened attentively, and soon they were not right, there was a faint sound of footsteps on the road ahead, and the patrolling adventurers ran back quickly, loudly warning, and a big goblin appeared in front.
This is a group of goblin tribes deep in the forest, the weather cools down, there is a lack of food, so they form a group of robbers, one of the adventurers' warriors leads the way and begins to assign tasks loudly, and soon, the entire caravan is mobilized, including the passengers.
The empty carriage was pulled into the middle of the road as a temporary cover, which could hinder the advance of the goblins, the guards in front of the carriage set up fires and poured vegetable oil, the archers occupied high points, the warriors were fully equipped, even the grooms were equipped with some wooden spears and sticks, as auxiliary troops, Adès also took the adamantite war spear and short bow on the carriage he was riding, his weapons were reassembled, especially the short bow, Verina helped him get the unicorn's mane, and the bowstring made of mutated ice spider silk and other materials, although the bow body is not magic equipment, but in terms of range and accuracy, it is already a rare long-range weapon。
The sound of heavy breathing from the front, the chaotic footsteps, Ades secretly put down half of his heart in his heart, this is not a well-trained elite, but a goblin who came out to rob food, the footsteps are getting closer and closer, maybe less than 3o steps, the personal guards of the caravan and the adventurer archers are staring at the warrior leader hiding behind the carriage, only to see him wave his hand violently, the bows and arrows in each person's hands have shot out in the direction of the enemy, the woman with a wolf riding beast also raised her longbow, a burst of rapid shooting, Ades traced, "Hmm...... Skillful. ”
A round of covering fire, the shooting wounds shot many goblins, one after another screams were incessant, the ears were numb, and under the light of the fire in front of the carriage, the green-skinned goblins could be seen falling to the ground, blood flowing all over the road.
The melee professions of the guards and adventurers shouted loudly, boosting their morale, rushed out of cover with weapons in hand, and the tigers went down the mountain to kill the goblin team, and the rangers with pet partners or riding beasts also ordered their partners to rush forward, and the elite guards with the adventurers and peasants fought against the goblin marauders, and the result was one-sided, chopping melons and vegetables like slaughtering for about half an hour, the goblin marauders saw that they really couldn't grab this caravan tonight, and they scattered and fled for their lives, and there were those who fled with the stumps of their own kind, and it was self-evident what to do when they picked it up, and the goblins had this habit。
The guards and adventurers who rushed out checked the mending knives back and forth, and at the same time showed off their achievements to their teammates, even Ades secretly opened his bow twice, shot two goblin warriors, and the merchants began to shout again, driving the horsemen to dig pits on the side to bury the corpses and clean up the battlefield, and by the way, to see if they could catch any loot, but according to the situation of the goblin tribe, it would be good to find an iron knife.
Frightened, after the groom had buried the corpse and buried the blood on the road with mud at the same time, the lightly wounded people were bandaged, and everyone returned to their campfire to continue the unfinished dinner, and in the next few days, such a battle could continue, it could be wolves, maybe another group of goblins, maybe the human thieves couldn't say, Adès realized how difficult it was to complete a trade route, and if he went on the road alone, the possibility of being surrounded and annihilated would be very great.
After another two days, the caravan walked out of the valley and came to a plain washed by the river, where it was a shallow wetland during the rainy season, and a large area of bushes and barren grasslands in the dry season.
Not only him, but also some experienced adventurers felt wrong, and they patrolled around, and the guards saw the adventurer's nervousness, and began to shout, asking the horse team to slow down and get closer,
Ades happened to meet the woman in the carriage sitting on a wolf walking by the side of his carriage, and couldn't help shouting, the woman looked back at Adez, patted the wolf gently, stopped and looked at Ades with questioning eyes.
"Well, sister, is there anything up ahead?" Ades asked, seeing her stop.
"You can call me Evis. The woman said to Adès in a very calm voice: "I don't know yet, don't worry too much, our warrior leader is a level 8 warrior, and the nearby bandit leader can't beat him." ”
Eves patted the wolf, followed Ades's carriage, and continued: "If something happens for a while, don't run around, this grassland is too lush, and it's hard to find people who can't see when you run in." ”
Ades picked up the spear placed in the carriage and raised it, and said to Evis with a serious face: "I can also fight, and I can help if something happens." ”
Evis nodded lightly, and said with a smile of praise: "I saw it last night, you shot two dead, and you are a warrior." ”
Ades didn't expect that while he paid attention to this woman, others also paid attention to him, but it is no wonder that after Ades awakened his bloodline, although his height has not changed, he has more muscles all over his body, his figure is very tall and strong, and he is powerful, such a tall and handsome young man with a height of one meter eighty-five, it is difficult for people not to pay attention to him.
The two were chatting when a loud shout suddenly came from the front: "Come closer...... Gather the team, be careful ahead, don't scatter, move closer to ......"
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