Chapter 509: Marching with the team
"Livia? Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Hearing Gelot's answer, the heavy cavalry leader tilted his head, "Demon hunters, are you a ...... Well...... A hunter who hunts demons?"
"Well, it's understandable that I make a living by hunting all kinds of monsters in exchange for pay. Gelot nodded, looking at the face of the leader of the heavy cavalry, intending to see what the tone of his answer would be.
"Hunting monsters and monsters?ha, this kind of profession may be more popular here, after all, there are all kinds of goblins, monsters, monsters, monsters, monsters and monsters everywhere, although the vast majority of the first two will not cause much harm to humans, but the latter ones need to be cleaned and hunted from time to time, so if you go to the human world, you will definitely be able to receive a lot of commissions. The tone of the heavy cavalry leader didn't sound much resistant to Gallot's situation as a demon hunter or other negative emotions, which made Galllot slightly surprised, "By the way, we are Teutonic samurai, the fourth Tiutonic samurai banner team belonging to the Teutonic camp, and I am Jiro Eguchi, the flag captain. ”
At this point, Jiro Eguchi gave Gelot a standard Teutonic salute.
"Gelott of Livia, I'm a demon hunter. Gallott repeated himself once again while nodding slightly, and then asked, "Captain, what is this place?" I can tell that this is definitely not the world I used to be in, although it ......" Gallott paused as he said this, and pointed with his right hand to the row of evil ghost heads hanging on the side of Roche's horse under his crotch. Although there were monsters that I was familiar with, I also saw a lot of plants that I didn't know at all, such as the large area of vegetation full of straight poles I saw in the morning, where these evil spirits roamed, and I seemed to faintly see crabs, spiders, and Andregg before I left. ”
"The place you left before is the Lost Bamboo Forest, a bamboo forest with ever-changing vegetation and a variety of plants growing rapidly, and there are many kinds of monsters there, and the monsters you mentioned are the most common in it, Demon Hunters. Eguchi Jiro shrugged his shoulders, and at the same time, under his gesture, the Teutonic warriors also withdrew their weapons and began to turn their horses' heads in the direction of rushing out, cleaning the battlefield to collect loot and escort prisoners, "You are now in this forest close to the beast road, and after a little more east, you will reach a mountain shrine called Hakurei Shrine, I heard that there is a shrine maiden living there, as if her job sounds similar to yours...... If you plan to go to the earth, then follow us all the way west after we have cleaned up the battlefield, and you can take the shortest distance to reach the earth. ”
"Thank you. Gallott nodded, and although he said thank you, there was not much change in expression on his face.
"Are you paralyzed?" Eguchi Jiro asked curiously, looking at the almost expressionless Galot.
"Pretty much, the side effects of the Demon Hunter's mutation. Gelot replied casually, but he didn't have much to explain, and Eguchi Jiro also said casually that he didn't particularly care about what the situation was: the most important thing now was to load the corpses and booty of the light and heavy infantry of the group of outside human routs that had been dealt with, escort the captives back to the Teutonic camp as soon as possible, and run away while the clouds in the sky were not ready for a second downpour.
"If you are going to come with us, wait here for a while, and we will take you to the human world on our way back to the Teutonic camp. Before turning his horse's head and leaving, Eguchi turned back and shouted to Gelot, and then disappeared into the forest, leaving only the rustling of branches and leaves and the sound of the wind whistling by.
Hearing Jiro Eguchi's shout, Gelot didn't say anything, just shrugged the leather shoulder guards sewn with heavy chain mail steel rings that covered the black coat.
"Are they the mages you are traveling with?" asked Gelot, looking at some of the people in black robe who were riding with the Teutonic warriors not far away, and asked Jiro Eguchi, who was walking beside him.
The Teutonic warriors cleaned up the battlefield very quickly, loading all the trophies and enemy corpses on several flatbed wagons in less than ten minutes, allowing the surviving captives to pull these things, while the Teutonic warriors supervised the situation of the prisoners of war while whispering something to each other— With Gelot's keen hearing, he could roughly hear the Teutonic warriors talking about themselves, such as their golden cat's eyes, the two two-handed swords they carried on their backs, and the identity of the so-called demon hunters.
"That's right, they're all lich mages and skilled in magic, though we're used to calling them Teutonian warriors like Onmyoji. Eguchi Jiro nodded, he now took off his helmet, revealing a yellow face that Gallott had never seen before, his empty right hand was holding a leather sake bag at this moment and poured some liquor into his mouth, the strong alcohol stimulated him to grin, "Tsk, this batch of spirits from the Teutonic camp is much stronger than the sake we are used to drinking, and it is a bit burning, but drinking it in this kind of ghost weather can effectively drive away the cold air of the body...... Would you like a bite, Demon Hunter?"
"Thank you. Gelot nodded, reached out and took the leather sac from the Teutonic Flag Captain, pouring about a mouthful of the wine into his mouth.
"Oh, damn it......" It seemed that the liquor in Jiro Eguchi's leather wine bag for Gallott exceeded his expectations in terms of alcohol concentration, and the Demon Hunter coughed lightly twice and took a big breath before relieving himself, "I was almost so spicy that I couldn't even speak—Captain Flag, what is this wine made of? 'Iron Glove' made from white seagulls and cherry wine to one-to-one?"
"'Iron Glove'? I don't remember that there was a type of alcohol in the tavern and the Teutonic camp in the Tavern and the Teutonic camp, could it be some kind of liquor bar in your original world? Jiro Eguchi took back his leather sac from Gallott's hand, tightened the cork, and hung it on the belt behind his waist, "You just drank the Scotch malt whisky we distributed, I heard that it is a strong liquor bought from the human world during the trade between the Teutonic camp and the human world, and it has a strong taste, and can be used as a disinfectant and narcotic medicine in case of emergency...... We Teutonic warriors weren't particularly accustomed to this style of spirit, but the vast majority of the other Teutonic troops liked it, and traded it for two or even three times as many other spirits, because these Scotch malt whiskies were hard to buy from the shops on the other side of the world, and the distillers sold almost all the finished products to the Teutonic camps, and they bought up a little stock in advance. Sometimes I don't know too much about those Nanban...... Ahem, Caucasians, what are you doing when you pursue such a high alcohol concentration and a taste like swallowing a flame and drink yourself so drunk and unconscious. It was repeatedly stated in the Teutonic camp that it was forbidden to drink so much in the camp that they went insane, but almost every day so many people were dragged out and whipped in public, and I really don't know what they thought. ”
"Well, maybe different people have different habits, and as you can see, the weather is so cold now, and spirits can really warm people. Gallott shrugged, the liquid of Scotch single malt whisky tumbling in his stomach and emitting heat, making him feel no longer particularly cold around him, "Are you used to low-alcohol alcoholic beverages?"
"Yes, we are more accustomed to drinking wine elegantly, not like a cow and like a fire. Eguchi Jiro nodded, "But it's nothing, it's a matter of drinking habits, anyway, we are used to drinking our sake, and it's okay to drink spirits according to actual needs, who knows if we will like spirits like those guys in the future, maybe we don't need to be too entangled." ”
"Quite a free and easy attitude. Gallott replied simply, tightening the reins in his hand, and the golden cat's eyes watched the road ahead and the dense woods on both sides, "Captain, may I ask the witches who are following you Teutonic warriors...... Well, Wu ......"
"Lich mages, demon hunters, they're lich mages. Jiro Eguchi took Gallott's words and added, then turned to look at the lich mages who were silently riding with the undead warhorses that were no different from ordinary warhorses.
"Okay, Lich Mage, a bit of a mouthful, they should be mages, right?" Gallott also turned his head to look at the Lich Mage a few times, in the language he was familiar with, whether it was the lingua franca of the north, the elf, the dwarf or the southern Nilfgaard, there was no word for 'lich', so he could only spell out the transliteration of 'lich' in the syllables of the lingua franca, "And there are almost eighty of you, and there are ten Lich mages who follow you and obey your command?" This surprised me a little. ”
"That's not the case in the world you've been in, is it? understandable, after all, people with supernatural powers like lich mages or other names are often very rare, and it is not possible to appear in ordinary cavalry teams, and ten at a time. Jiro Eguchi tilted his head in noncommittal terms, then put his helmet back on his head, "They were all sent to us by the Teutonic camp, and each Teutonic samurai banner team was accompanied by ten lich mages on horseback when they attacked—they were responsible for supporting us in times of need, and they were also able to heal our own wounded soldiers and captured enemies after the battle, and ...... Oversee what we do throughout the process, to prevent us from going out of the ordinary, and to use afterlife spells to preserve the bodies and souls of those who have fallen on both sides so that we can take them back to the Teutonic camp. ”
"Afterlife Spells, Preservation of Corpses and Souls, Captain Banner, are you and these Lich Mages who are following you ......" Hearing the last half of Eguchi's pause, Gelot's snow-white eyebrows furrowed.
"Necromancy, black magic, this should be your understanding of afterlife spells or the name of the world you were in before, right?Demon Hunter?" Eguchi Jiro took over, his tone still sounding quite peaceful, and I don't know if it was because of his personality, "Lich mages are not human beings themselves, they are the dead, immortal beings." ”
"The dead?" asked Gallott.
"It's hard to explain, if it's the veterans of the Teutonic camp or some other person of higher status, what I know is that they are like the living dead, but they are very good at using all kinds of magic and other supernatural powers, and are friendly to ordinary humans, but they rarely speak. Eguchi Jiro shrugged his shoulders and shook his shoulder guards a few times, "You think it sounds unbelievable that a non-human mage is acting together with us as human heavy cavalry, doesn't it?"
"Ha, that's true, in the world I used to live in, it's like a witch hunter would fight alongside a sorceress. Gallott snorted and uttered a very vivid analogy to describe it.
This time, however, Gallott's usual dry humor didn't work for Jiro Eguchi, the captain of the Teutonic Banner: "Witch hunters, sorceresses, maybe two types of people who are hostile to each other, right? Do you mean that we Teutonic warriors and lich mages are united by two groups that were originally hostile to each other?"
"Well, that's what it means. Gallott shrugged his shoulders in the same manner as Jiro Eguchi did, causing the hilts of the two two-handed swords behind him to tremble, "I was very surprised by your combination...... Anyway, you're fighting against another human army?"
"That's right, one of the dozen or so routs of a large army after it was broken, all of them were light and heavy infantry and no cavalry, so we were able to resolve the battle quickly, and most fortunately, not a single one was wounded or killed. Jiro Eguchi nodded, glanced at Gallott, and continued: "No one here knows whether the strangers who appear in the next second will be ordinary outsiders who are simply passing by without hostility, or the human army and other guys from the outside world who are evil or full of hostility, so we may have been more emotional and behavioral when we first found you, forgive me." ”
"Nothing, I also want to thank you for your willingness to take me to the nearest town, after all, I don't know anything about the situation here. Gallott said, with no noticeable change in expression on his face, as if the facial nerves were completely necrotic.
"Let's count it as sympathy, we Teutonic warriors were also outsiders more than a month ago, so naturally when you encounter you in the same situation, you can pull a hand. Eguchi Jiro's tone sounded a little indifferent, and at the same time a little emotional.
"Oh?" Gallott was intrigued by the words of the Teutonic Banner Captain, he really didn't expect that this heavily armed exotic version of the knight had also been an outsider, "You and your men also entered this strange world without knowing why?"
"Yes. Jiro Eguchi nodded, "That's a long story......" (To be continued.) )