After dinner, Selena was busy preparing the bathwater.

Surdak came down from the battlefield of the northern city wall, covered in a smell of blood and sour rot, his leather armor hanging on the wooden shelf in the doorway, wearing only a wet, dry and wet shirt and bloomers, sitting on the sofa in the living room, looking at a large wooden box that Nika had brought over.

It contained her day's harvest, and the hardwood shafts were neatly packed in boxes.

"Very nice hardwood shaft!" Surdak complimented.

A smile appeared on Nika's somewhat shy face, and she whispered timidly, "I guess there will be more tomorrow." ”

Surdak picked up an arrow shaft, which looked finely sharpened, and said, "It is good to arrange something for those aboriginal children who usually have nothing to do in the town all day." ”

Selena came out of the bathroom, holding a stack of clean shirts and urging Surdak, "The hot water is ready, go take a shower." ”

Surdak has been on the battlefield for almost the past two days, and his body is full of a bad smell.

The ghostly red ants occupied the Duodan Canyon, almost slaughtered the demonic beasts in the canyon, and now they are overwhelmingly surging towards the town of Duodan, but they are blocked by the north city wall, and now the city guards are divided into three shifts to guard the north city wall, and there are currently five captains in the garrison camp, Surdak requires that at least two captains must be at the head of the city at any time to deal with emergencies on the city wall.

The ghost-patterned soldiers and ants under the city wall haven't had time to deal with it, and the corpses are piled up under the city wall, and this kind of weather can't last long.

The master tanners at the leather shop in Dodan didn't seem to know much about the crusts of these ghostly soldier ants, and he felt that the crusts that were difficult to handle were of little value.

However, Surdak felt that since almost every skull of these ghost-patterned soldier ants had a magic core in them, they had to at least reach the level of second-level demonic beasts.

He hadn't even had time to dissect a ghost-patterned soldier ant.

Selena wore a close-fitting nightdress and placed her laundry next to the tub.

Surdak took himself off in two strokes, jumped into the bathtub, and let the warm water wrap his body, and the pores of his body opened, and a wave of tiredness followed.

Although the 'Blessed Body' was able to recover his strength quickly, Surdak felt a little mentally overdrawn.

Lying drowsy in the bathtub, 'Tasammet...... Tassamet ...... Tassamet murmured softly .......

Sacrifice those sacrifices to me, and I will give you great strength. ’

Surdak only felt his heart beat faster and faster, the blood in his body began to boil, the heart almost broke free from his chest, and the divine aura in his body poured out, forming magnificent runes of light on the surface of his skin.

The keel in his throat also became extremely hot, as if his throat wanted to let out some kind of low roar......

The whispering in my ears slowly faded away.

Lying in the bathtub, completely awake from his half-asleep, Surdak sat up from the bathtub.

At this time, Selena happened to walk in from outside with a loofah pulp, half-knelt beside the bathtub, scooped a spoonful of warm water with a wooden spoon and poured it on Surdak's back, gently wiping his back.

She didn't seem to notice what Surdak had just done, and whispered to Surdak:

"By the way, a few merchants asked me about those ghost-patterned soldier ants today, and it is said that if you don't dispose of the acid in the stomach pouch as soon as possible, the ghost-patterned soldier ants will soon be corrupted by the acid in their bodies after they die."

"Those businessmen can't afford to make a profit, they must be worried about what we know." Surdak washed his face with water, and saw that the runes of light on the surface of his body had disappeared completely, but the divine aura in his body was still surging.

Surdak turned to Selena and asked, "Has there been a merchant offering to buy the hard carapace of the soldier ants?" ”

"Not really!" Selena thought for a moment before she spoke, then asked, "Are you going to deal with those hard carapaces?" ”

Surdak shook his head before saying:

"Let's wait for now, that thing should have some value, but we don't know yet, and it is estimated that even those hard carapaces can be made into leather armor, which is too hard, and it is very unfriendly to the leather maker."

"Got it." Selena whispered.

She rolled up her sleeves, revealing a white lotus-like arm, brushing Surdak's back.

Although Surdak's body no longer has any secrets to her, every time she sees the shocking burn scars on his body, she reminds her of the fire...... I don't know how he survived that meeting, and he barely had any intact skin on his body.

Surdak never mentioned the fire, and Selena never asked, hoping that one day he would untie the knot in his heart and take the initiative to tell her the story, after all, it had been so long.

Selena put away the messy thoughts in her heart and said:

"I've been approached by other mercenary groups in the town, hoping to be part of the defense war."

Surdak leaned back to make himself more comfortable, and said to Selena:

"Now that the situation on the northern city wall has stabilized, it is not clear what will happen to the future, and they will not be needed for the time being."

"At first, I wanted to hide outside the town, but now I see that the people who fought bloodily in the city have shared the benefits, so I want to come over and get a piece of the pie...... The benefits here are not something you can just take! ”

"I plan to arrange them to the reserve first, in short, I don't know how long this beast tide will last, it is estimated that there are still many battles to be done, what we have to do now is to maximize the benefits as much as possible."

Selena said again, "How am I going to deal with the merchant group?" ”

Surdak rubbed his forehead with some distress, and said: "Those merchants are still not very honest, now that the Warcraft leather trade is opened, they just want to exchange all the materials they have stored in their hands, and now the biggest consumption on the north city wall is arrows, followed by fire oil, these two materials are very important to us, the more reserves, the better." ”

"I'll keep an eye on these deals." Selena said.

"They didn't say the value of the hard carapace of the ghost soldier ants, I think that thing should be useful, and I will ask the aborigines of the town tomorrow." Surdak said.

"Good! Feed...... Let go, Signa and Nika are still outside......"

The water in the bathtub suddenly overflowed, and with a bang, it spilled on the marble floor of the bathroom.

The ground was full of water.

……

Signa sat barefoot on the single bed in the room, looking through the glass window at the towering Thorny Mountains under the moonlight.

Hearing the sound of splashing water downstairs, Selena screamed halfway and stopped abruptly.

It's like a boot thrown on the floor, making people want to drop the second boot and then fall asleep peacefully.

Signa really couldn't sleep.

She didn't pay any attention to Celia at all. What the hell was Cooper doing, stepping barefoot on the floor, he took the magic notes on his desk to the bed, and turned the next page.

Celia. Cooper seemed to have some kind of note written in it, and saw the notebook being opened and looked up.

"Celia, do you think they should be a little more restrained?" Signa vs. Celia. Cooper complained.

Celia. Cooper stared at Signa angrily, she had nothing to do with the dark woman, she could only say, "You think so...... Aren't you used to it? ”

……

Signa is a timid and withdrawn little girl who does not want to contact the outside world, and there was a time when she liked to hide under Selena's skirt and only hugged Sarina's big . legs, will make her feel safe.

Selena is the apostle of the Goddess of Darkness, and after Signa was born, her body has a very high affinity for the dark element, which can actually be called a dark physique.

It is this unique physique that has made her frail and sickly since she was a child, and she has also suffered a lot.

But such a dark physique, and a girl with a pure heart, is an excellent carrier.

The Goddess of Darkness often had a hint of divine thought coming to her, although for a short time, sometimes to see if her apostles insisted on bringing her will into this world, and sometimes it was purely to breathe her breath.

Coincidentally, that night in the village of Wall, Surdak brought the magic notes with him, but forgot to put them away.

At that time, the place where Signa lived was still the dilapidated mud house, the room was small, and Signa slept on the top bunk.

After Surdak fell asleep with Selena in her arms, Signa, who had a hint of divine thought of the Goddess of Darkness, woke up and saw the magic notebook on the table at a glance, and with the perception of the Goddess of Darkness, she knew that this magic note was very special.

With the help of the power of the Dark Goddess, a cage was set up on this magic notebook.

Hardening the space inside the magic note, Celia. Cooper was trapped inside.

Maybe she meant to trap her in a magic note.

……

"I'm just a broken soul with no five senses, and when I become a dark mage, I don't have those desires, I think we can talk about something else!" Celia. Cooper put down the quill pen in his hand and asked, "What do you think?" ”

"How are you staying here?" Signa leaned in to the magic note and asked in a whisper.

"How's that?" Celia. Cooper asked with a wary look on his face.

When she said those words, she immediately regretted it.

She couldn't see through Signa.

Signa didn't plan to pursue it any further, after all, now that Celia . Cooper was still a little useful to her, and occasionally she could say a few words to herself, and she said, "I mean...... Who created a subdimensional space in Magic Notes? ”

"It's Cyrus. Hickok, an old friend of mine, is well versed in this type of spatial magic. "Celia. Cooper replied casually.

"I suddenly had an idea...... "Signa's eyes were sparkling at the moment, but she was only halfway there.

The tone was a little different from her usual one.

Celia. Cooper shuddered for no apparent reason.

"Forget it, it should be troublesome to do it now, so let's do it first!"

With that, Signa casually closed the magic note, threw it on the bedside table, got into the quilt, closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep......

The moonlight from the window shone in again, spilling onto the floor of the room.

……

Selena felt her arm move, and in a sleepy eye, she saw Surdak sitting up from the bed, lightly donning her linen shirt.

She glanced at the window, and found that it was not yet dawn, so she lazily pulled the sheets, and asked casually:

"Why are you leaving so early?"

Seeing that he had woken Selena up, Surdak leaned over apologetically and kissed her on the cheek, and whispered:

"There are still a lot of ghost pattern soldiers waiting to be dealt with on the side of the barracks, and it is estimated that there will be a new harvest on the north city wall this night, and these resources cannot be wasted."

Selena dragged her tired body, reached out her arm from the bed, picked up the nightdress that had been thrown on the floor, and said:

"I'll go get you breakfast."

But Surdak hugged her, helped her cover a blanket, and then said:

"Don't bother, just eat something in the canteen of the barracks later, you will ...... if you sleep more"

After saying that, he pushed the door and walked out of the bedroom, found the set of leather armor that had been wiped clean on the wooden frame in the corridor of the living room, and quickly put it on his body.

Mounted his war horse and hurried out of the small building.

……

Along the way, Surdak pondered what to do with the ghostly soldiers.

When he returned to the barracks, he found the ogre Gulitham in the morning light, grilling a ghostly red ant on a bonfire.

Seeing that he had already cut open the abdomen of the ghost pattern red ant, the acid inside was also cleaned up, and the entire ghost pattern red ant was worn on a log. Legs eat clean.

The hard carapace cracked under the charcoal fire, and the flesh inside was completely blue-white.

The belly is piled with some hot paste, some like giant coconut crabs......

"Surdak, do you want to have some, it tastes good."

The ogre warmly invited Surdak to share the big guy with him.

(Actually, he had just invited Andrew to come, but the Nanai natives didn't seem to like the taste very much, and vomited after just a few bites.) )

Surdak felt that he didn't have such a strong stomach, and hurriedly refused: "Forget it, I can't enjoy this delicacy." ”

Gulit didn't care, and immediately tore off the last barbed thigh, which was nearly two meters long, and struck it with a bone-crushing stick, and the hard carapace that had become brittle under the charcoal fire immediately cracked, revealing the steaming tender flesh inside.

When Surdak saw Andrew coming out of the cafeteria, followed by several squadron leaders, he asked, "Why is it so early?" ”

Andrew didn't say that he was forcibly woken up by the ogre and had a barbecue together.

"I can't sleep a little, I want to go to the north wall in advance to see ......"

Andrew said sullenly.

Surdak said to Andrew, "Wait for me! ”

With that, he went to the canteen of the garrison camp and took a baked wheat cake and walked out, and hurried to the north wall with Andrew.

In the early light of dawn, I saw someone standing at the head of the city fighting with two ghost-patterned soldier ants in the distance, and it didn't take long for the battle to subside, and the huge ghost-patterned soldier ants were pushed down the inner city wall.