17. Juman's Game
The tent was filled with the faint smell of perfume, and Baron Sidney sat in a chair with a thick parchment book in his hand, and a magic table lamp was placed on the square table, the wick of the moonstone emitting a soft light.
The guards lifted the curtain of the tent's tapestry door, and Surdak strode in from the outside, mud and blood stains on his boots leaving a clear line of footprints on the beige velvet carpet.
Surdak had a choking smell of blood, and the linen bag he was carrying was dripping with sticky blood, and he glanced at the footprints left behind him with a little nervousness, and with a nervous and embarrassed expression on his face, he smiled at Baron Sidney behind the wooden table, and gave a standard military salute.
There was a 'poof' laugh from behind the curtain of the tent bed, but the laughter immediately stopped.
Baron Sidney looked up expressionlessly.
He was the kind of aristocrat who paid great attention to his mannerisms and appearance, always maintaining a calm heart and meticulous hairstyle, and his gaze fell on Surdak's face.
Surdak only felt as if the beating heart in his chest was being grasped by a big hand, and he couldn't even breathe freely, he held his breath, involuntarily stood up straight, and said stiffly: "Lord Baron, we found that group of natives in the col in the northern part of the forest farm. ”
Baron Sidney's displeasure was not written on his face, but when he heard Surdak's report, he raised his eyes and stared at Surdak and asked, "Oh? Did you find it? ”
Surdak subconsciously touched the half-moon-shaped rib guard on the breastplate with his hand, and said: "Yes, my lord, they secretly ran to the water source to fetch water, and let us take the opportunity to kill three, but unfortunately we couldn't catch them alive." ”
Baron Sidney's gaze first fell on the blood-dripping bag around Surdak's waist, and then strode behind the desk, where a parchment map hung on the edge of the tent, Baron Sidney held a magic lamp, almost pasted the lampshade of the magic lamp to the map, and pointed to the map and asked Surdak, "Can you understand this?" ”
Surdak followed Baron Sidney, walked to the front of the map, wiped his hands vigorously, and then drew a large circle in an area of the map, and replied, "This is the area of the forest farm. ”
"Very well, can you point out where you found those Handanar natives?" Baron Sidney's eyes showed an approving look, and his voice became much more pleasant.
Surdak did not rush to answer, but carefully observed the map for most of the day before saying, "Yes, probably in this area." ”
He narrowed the area he had pointed out a little, pointed to a ridge on the map, and said to Baron Sidney: "The aborigines are now hiding in a cliff cave in a cliff, where the view is wide and the entrance to the cave is unusually narrow and difficult to defend. ”
Baron Sidney nodded slightly, and put the magic lamp in his hand back on the table.
"The bags are the heads of the natives?"
"Yes, sir."
When Surdak finished speaking, he was about to untie the linen bag.
Baron Sidney waved his hand and motioned for Surdak to step aside. And said: "Tomorrow morning gather all the soldiers of the Fourth Brigade, and I will send a message to Mondstadt. Commander Goss applied for the transfer of longbow archers to completely clear the area north of the forest farm. ”
When Surdak retreated to the door of the tent, he opened his mouth and asked Surdak, who was about to walk out of the tent, "Soldier, what is your name?" ”
"Surdak, my lord!"
Baron Sidney nodded slightly to Surdak and said, "Surdak, you have done a good job, I will write your name on the front of the military merit application form." ”
Then he waved his hand and signaled that he could leave.
Surdak, who had stepped out of the tent, waved his fist excitedly.
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The tent door curtain was lifted outward, and there was a faint mint smell in the room, which effectively dispersed the poisonous mosquitoes around the room.
He Boqiang looked up and saw the bunch of mint branches hanging from the top of the tent, the smell of which was refreshing and difficult to sleep.
Gabi, the curly-haired boy, brought a bowl of steaming corn porridge and sat at the door of He Boqiang's tent, making a sound of 'walking and walking' from time to time.
Businessman Larkin sat opposite He Boqiang, with a few dirty magic cores in front of him, he held a magnifying glass in his hand, carefully examined each magic core, first put it in his hand to feel the weight, then bit the raised part with his teeth, and finally used a magnifying glass to carefully find the blood lines on the magic core, and when all these were checked, Larkin let out a long breath, and his tense face eased.
With corn paste on his lips, Gabi leaned over to Larkin and said, "Boss, how's it going?" ”
The merchant Larkin put these magic cores into his money bag, carefully put them away, and replied, "There should be all the goods, little Dack, you are going into the big mountain col before dawn these days, are you hunting monsters?" ”
He Boqiang shook his head, and quickly made a throat-slitting motion, signaling that Larkin had obtained these demon cores from the natives.
Larkin nodded, then patted He Boqiang on the shoulder, and said to him: "In the future, you can bring back this kind of magic core, and I will take it all." ”
Larkin then asked, "Are you going to go to the woodyard tomorrow with Sam and Surdak?" ”
He Boqiang nodded.
Larkin said to He Boqiang: "Be careful, those natives burrow into the woods, just like returning to your own home, you don't wear that layer of iron on your body, and your leather armor can't stop those wooden spears and bows." ”
With that, Larkin left with Gabi.
He Boqiang lay down on the leather mattress in the tent, thinking about the extremely bad life recently, as if the original world really couldn't go back, he was like a traveler who came to this world, everything in front of him was so novel, and at the same time he seemed to be out of place with this world.
Fortunately, the original owner of the body has a very strong physique, which is what He Boqiang should be most fortunate about at present.
Recently, He Boqiang followed the second team to work in the forest farm, and Larkin has become He Boqiang's temporary residence here, but because Larkin takes care of He Boqiang, Surdak can be regarded as repaying the favor and trading some of the magic cores harvested by the recent team with Larkin.
He reached out and rolled up the sleeve of his linen shirt, saw that his arm was covered with mottled burn scars, and then closed his eyes, not wanting to fall into the horrible memory again.
Surzak's invitation, to be honest, He Boqiang was still a little tempted, especially when Surzak said that he wanted to introduce his beautiful sister to him, which made He Boqiang particularly moved, maybe he should get a teleportation pass to Bena Province and go to Surdak's hometown to have a look.
Surdak said that war is a game for the brave.
He Boqiang doesn't think he is a brave person, but he has been able to make so many brave moves before, thinking about it carefully, He Boqiang feels that he has so much courage, maybe he just regarded everything in front of him as a role-playing game.
He looked forward to the day when he would hear someone say to him, 'game over,' and then he would wake up from his sleep.
However, Captain Sam said: If you want to live a long time in the hoplite regiment, you must be honest and honest, and you must not be strong......
Thinking about it, sleepiness came to me......