Caligula walks on the ice of the deep lake of the Lizard Everglades with a blue, fine-iron spear. He chose a place, nodded to himself, smiled innocently, and poked the tip of his sharp spear in the hard ice several times in succession, leaving a small hole that could be connected into a circle with a diameter of 1.5 meters.

Then, with one foot in the center of the circle, the burly giant man snorted, and the icy water of the lake was squeezed by the broken ice and sprayed out of the cracks. Aka's dexterity was so dexterous that he slid to the side the moment he stomped on the ice, and instead of getting his boots wet by the gushing water, he cleverly applied force to flip the broken round ice cube over.

Without looking back, he poked his spear back, and the flipped ice hit the tip of the spear. Half a meter thick, the round table-sized block of ice was easily picked up from the lake by Acre and rolled away, leaving a deep circular well on the pale blue ice.

At this time, Brandon and Klaus arrived at the scene from behind with a few light-armored guards. Klaus instructed the Light Guards to spread bags of dried reeds on the ice, poured the bait made by Wizard Emerson into the ice well, and then used a long-handled fishing net to reach into the lake and stir it incessantly.

Brandon, who had nothing to do, patted Kaligura's arm and exclaimed, "Hey, Acre, you just broke the ice so beautifully." ”

Aka has a simple personality and likes to be praised the most, he raised his head and said triumphantly: "These ice holes are all opened by Aka, Aka has opened many good ice holes, and more and better ice holes have to be played." You fish, Aka goes to the ice holes. ”

He found a direction and ran away in high spirits, the three-meter-long fine iron spear held by his big hand, looking full of joy.

Brandon laughed twice, and suddenly felt a little lost. As a beginner Bronze Knight who ignites the fire of his heart, he can open an ice hole like Caligula, but Arca always avoids the weak lake ice and digs wells where fish are most abundant.

Caligula was the most efficient at breaking the ice, and Brandon had to do some of the rough work of fishing with the guards. This made him particularly frustrated when he had just become the Bronze Horseman, he wanted to show his skills, but he couldn't find the right opportunity.

"I said, Brandon, don't be stunned, come and catch the fish. Klaus threw over a long-handled fishing net and reminded, "When the smell of bait clears, this hole in the ice can only be used for fishing." ”

The bait made by the wizard had an effect, and countless fish swam to the mouth of the well, and they gathered more and more, and as far as the eye could see, there were fish heads that stood upright, and the scene of dense crowding together was a little frightening. There are also large fish more than three feet long that jump out of the water one after another, landing on the ice and jumping vigorously, and the sound of the fish's tails slapping on the ice is like a lively applause.

Klaus and the lightly armed guards didn't have time to pick up the fish that were automatically delivered to the door, and they took turns waving their long-handled fishing nets and struggling to scoop up the fish from the ice hole.

Brandon joined in the fishing, muttering, "There are as many fish in the lake as there are, and we have caught almost 7,000 pounds in half a day." ”

"Not enough for a dragon lizard...... Fierce war dogs and bear dogs are also big stomachs. Klaus analyzed while carrying the fish: "I estimate that it will take three days to catch fish in a row before the physical strength of the war beast and the mind warrior can return to their peak state." ”

Brandon poured a bag full of fish into the trawl, paused, and asked expectantly, "You say, are we going to fight the lizardmen tribe nearby?"

Klaus was stunned and asked, "You just want to fight the swamp half-drakes like that?"

"Hehe, since we were promoted to knight, we have only killed those cowardly and weak goblins, and we have not met a decent opponent...... Don't you want to test the power of a half-dragon?" asked Brandon rhetorically, putting his arm around Klaus's shoulder.

Klaus was also a young man, and he was a little moved by what Brandon said, but he thought about it, shook his head and said, "The master shouldn't fight with the half-dragon tribe, I can't think of any benefit from this? If we can't completely disintegrate their combat strength, they can sneak up on our antelope convoy at any time, and even cause the family's elite combat attrition...... The master's goal is the Ant-Man monsters of the Endless Forest, and we shouldn't have to compromise our hands here. ”

Brandon acknowledges that Klaus's analysis has a point, and he says unconvinced, "I think the master wants to fight the Half-Dragons clan." ”

Klaus asked curiously, "Why do you think that?"

Brandon just said casually, he caught a glimpse of the round red catfish in the trawl, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, "This season, the females have eggs, and fishing like ours will definitely affect the livelihood of the Half-Dragon tribe in the coming year, and they will not rest on their laurels...... The master was a university scholar, how could he not know about these things? He let us catch fish, and he was ready to go to war with the half-dragon tribe. ”

Klaus thought for a moment and nodded, "You have some point, but the ratio of the ferocity of the half-dragons is 70 to 1, that is to say, there are about 9,000 members of the nearby half-dragon tribe, and there are at least 1,000 fierce half-dragon warriors. ”

Brandon grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist and said with a calm gaze: "The half-dragon tribe has some strength, but we have the master and the four ladies, as well as the two big monsters raised by Imerson...... The half-dragon man couldn't resist it at all. ”

Klaus looked at Brandon with a strange look in his eyes, and said, "Yes, the fierce half-dragons have a dangerous instinct, do you think they dare to run to their deaths?"

Brandon's high-spirited expression suddenly collapsed, and he said hesitantly: "That's not for sure, orcs are stupid......"

"How about we make a bet?" said Klaus, with a wicked grin, "if you're afraid of losing." ”

Brandon was weak-hearted, "Who is afraid of losing?

"Whoever loses eats red catfish for three days in a row, doesn't eat anything else, only red catfish. ”

The swamp red catfish is tender and tender, and there are no fish bones, but Brandon is about to vomit when he eats red catfish these days, in fact, except for Aka, the four dragon maids, and the elite guards of the family, everyone else is a little worried when they see the red catfish.

Brandon frowned and said fiercely, "Okay, I bet with you......."

As the two men were talking, a cheerful and loud dog barked in the distance, and a bear dog with snow-white fur was running wildly in this direction. It was a lap larger than Randall's Fierce War Dog, almost as big as the Piebald Tiger, and its full muscles rhythmized under its shiny fur for a fluid beauty—the beauty of strength and agility, and what distinguishes a ferocious dog from an ordinary canine.

The shiny fangs and bright red eyes outside the snout indicate that this is a deeply ferocious war dog with a rare bloodthirsty talent. But it wasn't as majestic as Randall's ferocious mastiff, and the way its long tongue flicked from side to side outside its mouth was hilarious, but it was full of confidence.

Brandon and Klaus recognize this hilarious and confident fierce war dog, the first violent bear dog of the Randall family, only three and a half years old this year, and "White Bread" raised by Bertina.

The story of Bertina and the White Bread is recounted by the attendants of Silvermoon Manor.

A few years ago, the Randall family's head of hunting, Emerson, bred bear dogs on the basis of guard dogs and guard dogs, and each litter of bear dog cubs had to go through his strict screening, and all the unqualified ones were eliminated, including a white puppy who was abandoned because of its conspicuous fur and weak physique. Fortunately, Bertina picked up the poor and lucky white puppy back to Silvermoon Manor and kept it as a pet.

The ratio of ferocity to war dogs raised by lords is generally 200:1, and the fierceness of war dogs with deep ferocity can only depend on luck. Emerson claims that the ratio of bear dogs to ferocity is 120:1, but everyone thinks he is bragging—none of the guard dogs and warning dogs he bred before are violent. But who would have thought that the white bear dog brought back by Bell would eat and drink in the manor every day, pretending to be cute and cute, and it would become violent, and it was deeply violent.

Normally, ordinary people simply cannot control the ferocious war dogs, they are fierce by nature, despise the weak, and only bow down to their powerful masters. And the "White Bread" of Silvermoon Manor is very friendly to everyone, and there is no consciousness of a fierce war dog at all, if it is not for the other bear dogs are afraid of it, no one will believe that "White Bread" is a powerful and fierce beast.

"White Bread" is Bertina's henchman, and wherever Bell is, it's there.

The two young knights had already seen Bertina hiding behind the White Bread. She grabbed the tail of the fierce war dog, put on skate shoes on her feet, let the big dog drag it quickly on the ice, and slipped to the ice hole in the blink of an eye.

Brandon's eyes were quick, grabbed the screaming fat girl, gracefully spun around in place twice, dissolved the strong inertia of Bertina's sprint, put her on the ice, and asked with a smile: "How can our 'little queen' leave the guards behind and sneak away?"

Bell's nickname at Silvermoon Manor is "The Little Queen", and she rules over all the kitchens, dining rooms, pantry, and orchards of the estate, where food can be found. "White Bread" is her lackey, Aka is her courtier, and the underage attendants are her most loyal supporters, including the children outside the manor.

Brandon and Klaus have been loyal to the "little queen" Bertina, without exception, and have received many additional snack rewards from her.

After the identity of the hunt manager Emerson was revealed, Brandon and Klaus have rejected him until now, but they can't hate the young wizard Bertina at all. If there's one thing that can take their stress away from the trip, it's to hang out with Bale.

Bell was wearing skate shoes, her height was much taller out of thin air, she raised her hand to gesture with her two former playmates, and quickly put her little hands behind her back, and skipped around them twice casually, looked back at the back, and said proudly: "The guards that the master gave to Bell are all stupid, how can you win me in skating competitions with me?"

Several psychic warriors were running at full speed, and Klaus looked at the "white bread" sniffing around, and thought to himself: it was true that they couldn't outrun the ferocious war dogs.

"Why are there all red catfish, are there any delicious white-bellied finfish?" said Bell as he looked at the hole in the ice.

"There are several...... Well, not now. ”

When Bell heard this, he turned around and saw his big dog pick out a fat white-bellied fin fish from the trawl, and immediately shouted, "White bread! you glutton, that's my fish...... Oh, forget it, it's all your saliva, you're sick to death. ”

"White Bread" wagged his tail at Bell, and as soon as he looked down, he swallowed the fish that he had just spit out whole.

Klaus said, "There aren't many fish left in this ice cave, and we're going to drag them back first, and then go to another ice hole opened by Acre." ”

The red catfish in the ice well have been fished by the lightly armed guards, and the number has become sparse, and you can see the dark and dreary water, Bell sat down on his knees, and said in a nostalgic tone: "My favorite fish with long teeth is the most...... Its eggs are the size of a lizard egg and are particularly delicious. ”

"Big toothy fish? do you mean the sharp-toothed goby...... That's the best ingredients. Brandon laughed.

“...... Or a top-notch predator beast. Klaus tidied up the trawl and beckoned angrily, "Come and help, it's not a knight's virtue to stand there and be lazy." ”

Brandon shook his head and ran over to collect the fish, and White Bread helped them carry the fish scattered on the ice into the trawl net. Bertina was short and weak, and she moved two live fish and fell three of them, so she simply skated around the ice hole and shouted: "Red catfish is not delicious, Bell wants to eat big fish with teeth." ”

Suddenly, "White Bread" dropped a lively red catfish, its drooping ears stood up, and it jumped over, grabbed Bertina's fur coat, and jumped more than ten meters above the ice hole.

Brandon felt the ice tremble slightly, and shouted, "Bell, be careful!"

With a "boom", a huge black shadow broke free from the position of the ice cave, the half-meter-thick ice layer scattered and collapsed, and through the splash, Brandon saw a sharp-toothed goby more than 5 meters long jumping out of the lake, its razor-sharp teeth shining, and falling towards the position of "White Bread" and Bertina.

Brandon roared, and the sharp sword made of adamantite gold and silver unsheathed, pulling out a sharp silver-gray arc of light to slash the sharp-toothed goby in mid-air.

Someone is faster than him.

The indigo streamer flashed past Brandon, straight through more than ten meters, and pierced the eye of the sharp-toothed goby with precision.

It was Klaus who stabbed with a spear, the most common and simple thrust technique in his hands, so powerful that it flew like a thunderbolt, unstoppable, and the iron spear trembled and buzzed with a buzzing sound, ruffling the brains of the sharp-toothed goby and nailing it to the ice.

Brandon sheathed his sword in a curtled manner, gave a thumbs up to Klaus, who was standing on top of the fish, and exclaimed, "The veteran knight is really different, and I must praise you for this blow...... It's beautiful. ”

Klaus looked at Bertina, who was running back on the back of the dog, and said with a reserved smile: "The sharp-toothed tiger fish is known as the overlord of the deep-water lake, and it is only a high-end ingredient when it comes ashore...... It can't hurt Bell and White Bread, I'm afraid you'll cut its belly open and let the eggs come out. ”

Brandon smacked his lips and muttered in a very low voice: "I want to take the Golden Elixir, resonate with the 24 elemental ranks, and be promoted to a senior knight." ”

The news that Klaus and Brandon caught a sharp-toothed tiger caused quite a stir in the camp, and it can be said that everyone knows and looks forward to it. After all, there are only a few real humans in the team.

In fact, everyone didn't eat much red catfish, they just caught too much, and put them on the ice in piles for alchemy dragon lizards, war mastiffs, bear dogs, and Imerson's alienated rats and alienated apes to devour there, and they lost their appetite when they looked at it.

The alchemy militia didn't pay much attention to it, washed the red catfish, boiled it and ate it. Others, even if they don't have aristocratic status, can talk about decency. Since the expeditionary force carried sufficient supplies, they would not be able to compete with the beasts for the same kind of food.

The meat of the sharp-toothed goby is rough, the fishy smell is very strong, and the taste is not as good as that of red catfish. However, the sharp-toothed goby is one of the few ferocious animals that can even be bitten by ordinary people, not only is the fish rich in nutrients, but the eggs are also extraordinary ingredients with an affinity for the water element.

Cooking goby is a great test of a chef's skills, and Caligula's cooking skills are unparalleled. There are very few strong people who have mastered the touch of the heart, and he is the only one who uses the touch of the heart to concentrate on cooking food.

It's a treat to see Caligula's cooking show, with top-notch ingredients, top chefs, and a feast of goby.

Aka was also cooking a sharp-toothed goby for the first time, and he took this cooking as a test of his cooking skills, and showed 12 points of skill.

Victor's interest was intrigued by Caligula's solemn appearance, the founder of new cuisine, the pioneer of the chef profession, and even Caligula's cooking.

The news that Randall's highness was going to compete with Caligula brought the atmosphere of the camp to a climax, and everyone, including the dragon maid and the sword-wielding maid, came running over to be the judges.

The result of the match spoke for itself, with Victor winning by a wide margin, with the exception of Acre and Bertina, and the judges unanimously voted for him. However, when Victor tasted Acre's work for himself, he was speechless for a long time, knowing that he had lost out on his cooking skills to the stupid big man.

Victor's food is exquisite and delicious, but it lacks flavor compared to the pot of fish skin and bone soup boiled in Acre. Victor's fish feast has only one extreme taste, which is extremely impressive, but the fish soup made by Acre seems to be bland and suitable for everyone's taste.

Of course, the judges are biased in favor of Lord Golden-eyed, but the most fundamental reason is that they are all a group of outright "white eaters", not real foodie connoisseurs, and they can't tell the difference between good and bad cooking.

Victor publicly declared Caligula the winner and asked for a standing ovation. Squatting on the ground, already crying tears and nose, Akaton laughed happily, hugged Bertina, and turned several times in a row.

He jumped five or six meters high, and Emerson watched in horror, and Dane took the opportunity to speak of relief. The Great Wizard and the High Priest in the team finally broke the psychological barrier and began to chat.

Of course, the dragon maids were not convinced by the fact that Aka had won, they could feel the master's heart, but they wanted to give Aka a little bit of power.

Victor dismantled the dragon maid's malice in time and drove them to the outskirts of the camp to patrol the vigil.

Without the four powerful men in the camp being an eyesore, the atmosphere of the dinner party became more congenial, with fierce warriors, knights, priests, wizards, as well as sword-wielding maids and a few seasoned elite guards, all able to break down the barriers of class perception, communicate freely, and truly understand each other.

Towards the end of the dinner, Victor asks Brandon and Klaus, "Bertina said she wanted to eat the goby, and the goby broke through the ice and jumped up, right?"

Brandon nodded and replied, "Yes, sir." ”

"I felt movement underwater, and that was after Bell spoke, and I'm not sure if there was a special connection. Klaus then explained.

Victor turned his head to look at Imerson, and the other party quickly got up and said, "My lord, the bait I have configured can attract many kinds of fish, including red catfish and sharp-toothed gobys, because red catfish are the most abundant and move in groups. They can squeeze other fish out of the ice holes...... Dense schools of catfish have the potential to attract sharp-toothed gobys. I thought, this must be a coincidence, right?"

Coincidence? White bread is also a coincidence? Bell's ability has the law of fate, and it has the law that can be used...... Victor thought secretly, he glanced at the priest Dane who was in a daze, then changed the subject and said, "I'm going to set up a defense here and fight with the nearby half-dragon tribes. ”

Wizard Imerson's eyes widened in surprise and he hesitated, "My lord, I have already negotiated with the envoys of the Half-Dragon Clan, and they will allow us to cross the border and will not harass us. ”

"I know. ”

Victor smiled, his eyes deep and determined, and said in a flat tone: "They agree or disagree, I will fight with them." ”