Chapter 62: A Chance Encounter
The two teenagers who had just said cruel words fell into an embarrassment in a blink of an eye.
They rummaged through the entire manor but could not find any food, and could only sleep hungry, and in the darkness, their empty bellies took turns to make embarrassing cooing sounds.
The next day, after waking up from starvation, they finally realized that the most important thing now was not to practice the oath to kill the enemy, but to make sure that they did not starve to death before that.
Surrounded by enemy lines and empty-hearted, the two easily determined the next target: the logistics line of the opposing army.
Clay was still like a living dead, and no matter how hard Wesley tried, he couldn't get the information about the logistics line from her mouth. So, they had no choice but to tie her back to the cart and drag her northwest.
Passing through several villages along the way, as expected, no food was found, only dead bodies appeared from time to time, but finally there was no such miserable scene again.
In order to save their physical strength, the two could only find straw mats and other sundries, cover up the corpse hastily, and continue on the road.
A whole day passed, and neither the enemy's logistics nor a single living person were encountered.
Even Donner, who was accustomed to living a life of poverty on the island of Lante, had never experienced such hunger.
The stomach, which had no food to digest, was still squirming unwillingly, and the stomach wall was rubbed against a dull pain. Slowly, the pain became more and more pronounced, more and more intense, and in the end, not only the stomach, but also the entire abdominal cavity felt like a fire was burning.
Saliva is no longer produced, lips become chapped, and drinking more water will not help.
In order to avoid greater consumption, the body began to unconsciously stiffen up, and the feet dragged weakly on the ground.
When the trailer becomes incredibly heavy, the two finally give up on Corey.
Donner didn't know when he fainted on the side of the road, and when he woke up, he saw Wesley munching on the weeds on the side of the road, green juice running down the corners of his mouth, looking eerie.
Probably starving to death here, Donner thought, and couldn't help but think of the hare on the hill a few days ago.
But there are no hares, only patches of crops, which grow well in the summer sun, and it will take several months for them to tassel and mature.
Donner slowly closed his eyes, and the hare slowly turned into a variety of shapes of food...... Suddenly, he snapped his eyes open, and crawled into the field.
I don't know how long it took for Wesley to hear Donner's shout.
"Wind Blade...... Get ready ......"
Before Wesley could understand what Donner meant, he saw several living creatures come out of nowhere, and he didn't know where he got the strength, so he sat up straight and used his wind blade desperately......
"Did you hit?"
Wesley didn't answer, and he fainted.
......
When Wesley was woken up by Donner, he smelled the smell of meat that he had not seen for a long time, he took the lump of meat from Donner's hand, stuffed it into his mouth without saying a word, chewed and swallowed desperately, and the protruding Adam's apple was lifted up at once, and then sank to the bottom.
Donner smiled as he ate.
"What meat?"
"Drink some water before ......"
Wesley took the water from Donner and gulped it down, his mouth full of meaty aroma and the bitterness of chewing the grass before.
"Hare?"
Donner shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Mouse ......"
Wesley's face changed dramatically, as if he was about to vomit, but he desperately held back, and after a long time, he said, "Is there anything else?"
"Rest for a while, catch again, you hit a total of two just now. ”
"I can't believe that one day I will have to survive by eating rat meat...... Wesley looked like he was about to cry.
"Wouldn't you be better off if I told you that my head was eaten raw?"
"Really?"
"You should take it for real. Donner smiled wryly.
The rat meat entered the stomach, and his strength slowly recovered, and after a little rest, Donner found another vole hole, and soon after casting a small fireball into it, countless voles escaped from the burrows everywhere. This time, Wesley made a big gain.
The last two pieces of rat meat, Wesley stayed and did not eat them, but walked back with Donner for a long time, found Curley, and fed them to her mouth.
Ke Lei's physical strength was better than the two of them, and she had been tied to the car without consumption, although she was also tortured by hunger at this time, she finally didn't pass out. She first refused with a whin, but finally couldn't resist the temptation of the meaty aroma and ate both pieces of rat meat.
Wesley waited until she had eaten it all before he spoke, "Do you know what you're eating?
Clay screamed and fainted.
Donner shook his head slightly and took the initiative to pull up the trailer.
The two men continued to walk towards the hinterland of the enemy-occupied territory.
At noon the next day, the smell of meat emitted by their roasted voles attracted a group of uninvited guests.
"Don't move! Who are you?"
Donner and Wesley focused on the "food" in front of them, and they didn't meet anyone alive for a few days, so they unconsciously relaxed their vigilance, and they were actually surrounded by a team of more than a dozen people, and they didn't notice it.
"Who are you?" said Wesley, his right hand already tugging at a scroll he had taken from Arrahand. Donner also had the magic gun in his hand.
The dozen or so young men in front of him were men and women, all dressed as knights, and they were all older than Donner and Wesley. It was a beautiful female knight who had just spoken, with a slender and straight figure, and long hair that was blinding red, and which was draped from behind her silver helmet.
She pointed to Ke Lei, who was tied to the cart, and said, "This is your captive?"
Worn in the iconic dark blue uniform of the Thorn Empire, she is instantly recognizable. Judging from the cold glances that these people threw at her, it was probably clear that they were not enemies.
But Wesley said cautiously, "What do you think?"
Probably seeing Ke Lei's outfit clearly, the red-haired female knight changed her tentative tone and said, "We are the Blue Knights in the western part of the Femon Empire. ”
"Blue Knights?" wondered Wesley, he'd never heard the name.
A small man then added, "We've been in existence for twelve days. ”
Donner and Wesley couldn't help but laugh, it turned out that the so-called Blue Knights were nothing more than a miscellaneous army they had formed improvisely.
"Don't laugh, who are you?" said the red-haired knight angrily.
"We are from the province of Triss and are currently part of the Imperial Youth Reserve. Donner replied first, he was afraid that Wesley was going to say something strange.
"Why are you here?
"We have destroyed the secret passage that the Thorn Empire has built in the Tyder Mountains, and this woman is their leader. Donner replied briefly.
"Commander?" the red-haired female knight showed obvious distrust on her face, "just the two of you?"
"Why are you talking so much, everyone else is dead!" Wesley said impatiently.
The little man who spoke just now seemed to be very dissatisfied with Wesley's attitude, and shouted, "You dare to talk to Captain Sarah like this again!"
The red-haired female knight, who was called the leader of Sarah, waved her hand magnanimously and said playfully, "So, we met two heroes......
"Captain, why didn't I see your team?" Wesley sneered.
"Hmph! The Azure Knights are all elite knights, and of course there won't be many of them. Out of sympathy, though...... We also don't mind taking in another rookie or two, especially those who are so hungry that they can only eat rat meat. Sarah curled the corners of her mouth and smiled contemptuously.
"You have food, from the enemy?" Donner immediately realized the crux of the matter.
"We've already stopped their three logistics armies. The little man couldn't help but interject, his tone looking quite proud.
Donner and Wesley looked at each other before saying, "We can indeed join you, actually, we've been looking for their logistical lines as well. ”
The members of the Blue Knights laughed when they heard this unkempt, beggar-like teenager say such a big thing.
"Let's go, I'll take you to a full meal. Sarah said as she turned and led the group away.
Donner and Wesley quickly got up, dragged the cart, and scrambled to follow them.
"I hate this woman!" Wesley said hatefully.
"I think she's like your long-lost sister, don't you think she speaks exactly the same way as you?"
"Get out!"
Among the armies of the Thorn Empire, the Third Legion led by General Klee was the Vanguard Legion, and they had been stationed on the banks of the Ava River for half a month.
Three days ago, in the middle of the night, soldiers reported that countless broken logs had drifted from the upper reaches of the Ava River, suspected to be the remains of the river crossing fortifications. Soon after, news reached the general's tent, and the fortifications for crossing the river thirty kilometers away were confirmed to have been completely destroyed, and the more than 4,000 troops led by the commander of the regiment were nowhere to be found.
General Klee has no time to think about his missing daughter, and he will have to face the consequences of a strategic defeat.
The military headquarters held a meeting of the corps overnight to change the combat strategy and remake the plan for a frontal assault.
In the original plan, the Third Army Corps, which made a detour to the city of Coennas, should be able to draw away a large number of defenders and greatly reduce the pressure on the frontal battlefield.
Now that the plan is bankrupt, the frontal river crossing fortifications on which the army must rely to cross the river are too rudimentary.
The failed detour plan has wasted a lot of material resources, and the project to strengthen the frontal fortifications has to wait for the people to bring more materials from the occupied areas.
And at this moment, the rations of the army are only half a month's reserve.
A letter written in ciphertext was sent to the Celtic Archduke by the Crow.
After seeing the secret letter, the Grand Duke sat down in a daze. The letter was simple: the detour plan was cancelled.
Two days later, the army of the Thorn Empire found the survivors of the pioneer battalion under the command of Ke Lei not far downstream. From him, General Klee finally learned that the detour plan had been sabotaged by a young Blue Bird mage, and that the mage had taken her hostage to the occupied territory on the west bank of the Ava River.
The astonishing news about a powerful bluebird mage who was cruising the occupied territories was soon sent to King Edward.