987. Pigeon cage
During these seven days, Aphrodite and Samira hunted seven times, both successfully and unsuccessfully.
When the number of Dark Mages hunted in this area has increased to five, there are no more Dark Mages flying around in the sky, and this area has become a forbidden area for Black Mages. At the same time, the main force of the Third Army of the Lord Army will also concentrate the main force here.
As a large number of troops began to carpet search the mountains, Surdak took the nearly 300 rebels gathered together these days to cross the mountains and march towards the Honkai Mountains in the south.
Nearly half of the wounded in this team had to be carried on their backs along the way, and they didn't walk far every day.
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Because Samira and Aphrodite drove away the dark mages in the sky, these lords' army search party was blind, and the hellhounds didn't know what had gone crazy lately, and they didn't dare to go into the southern mountain anyway, even if the demon servants had nothing to do with them.
The Lords' soldiers on the same team just stood from afar and watched their jokes, but no one would stand up to help them analyze what was wrong.
This led to a rather slow process of searching the mountains for the main forces of the lord army.
The greater difficulty faced by the Third Army was that the supply lines were too long for the rear to be transported.
To say that the supply line is too long is actually an exaggeration, this mountain range is less than 100 miles away from the town of Bansk in a straight line, mainly because four-wheeled carriages cannot pass on the mountain roads, so they can only rely on manpower for transportation.
The town of Takkale had just been reduced to ruins, and many civilians in Banks, a town with a population of less than 100,000, were inextricably linked to the rebels in the mountains, so they were reluctant to work for the lord army, and a large number of civilian workers were brought from Mukuso by the logistics department of the Third Legion, about 2,000 people, but these people were simply not enough to support this supply line.
Originally, the top brass of the Third Army hoped that a merchant group would be willing to become a merchant group with the army in this war, specializing in buying war booty and transporting food......
But when they heard that the Third Army was going to the mountains to encircle and suppress the rebels, these merchant groups lost interest in continuing to talk, and the rebels who ate wild vegetables in the mountains could make any oil and water, and in the end they would inevitably lose money to transport food to the lord's army.
At this point, the biggest problem of the Third Army in this mountain range came to the fore, and the supplies could no longer keep up.
So they were moving faster through the mountains than Surdak's half-wounded rebel army.
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Finding that the Third Legion of the Lord's Army behind did not follow as expected, Surdak did not continue to the side of the Honkai Mountains.
He didn't have the patience to waste his time waiting.
Under Dennis' guidance, the team walked southeast along Crow Ridge, from where they reached the town of Canyon in the rebel rear.
Along the way, the group gathered nearly 300 more scattered rebels, and the whole group increased to more than 700 people, and the food Surdak bought from Bednar City was quickly consumed, and it was proposed to halve the daily food distribution, which was firmly resisted by the two-headed ogre.
However, what everyone didn't expect was that Surdak took out much more food than everyone expected......
His magic belt was like a huge storehouse of supplies, from wheat flour and canned luncheon meat to marching tents and hemostatic bandages.
There was an abundant supply of food along the way, and the wounded were properly treated, and by the time the team came out of Black Crow Ridge, there was no loss of personnel.
Dennis followed the group, and she and a rebel soldier carried a stretcher and followed the group, her horse had been given to a wounded man with a calf wound, and the whole group stretched for a kilometer up the mountain road.
When the team came to a river, Surdak had everyone camp in the woods by the river.
Dennis and four other rebels mounted fast horses and ran east along the riverbank, which was connected to the river in Canyon Town, and if only Canyon Town could send some flat-bottomed boats to meet them, they would save the wounded the trouble of walking.
However, while Dennis was asking for help from the town of Canyon, Surdak was not idle, and he led a group of rebels all the way east along the river.
Finally, two days later, they met a fleet of thirty flat-bottomed boats.
Dennis stood on a flat-bottomed boat at the front, waving desperately at everyone.
Everyone boarded the boat, and Surdak returned to the canyon town with the group.
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This time, in addition to bringing back more than 700 rebel soldiers and their families, he also brought back a high-grade gem pedestal for the magician Arvid, who lived in the small town of Canyon.
That's right, this high-grade gem pedestal was bought by him and Aphrodite last night when he sneaked back to one of the largest magical gem dealers in Pena City.
For this gemstone pedestal with eight magic crystals alone, Surdak cost one hundred and thirty magic crystals.
According to the sales manager who sells the gem pedestal, this high-grade gem pedestal can be used as a power source to power the magic airship float and magic cannon.
Of course, the temporary teleportation circle is also one of them.
The wound on Sorcerer's chest had almost healed, and his relationship with Miss Nora had warmed up rapidly these days, and he was glad to see Surdak return safely from the rebel camp on the other side of Bansk.
News of the attack on the camp near Banske had reached the town of Canyon a week earlier.
Now that Surdak has not only returned safely, but also saved so many rebels along the way, the news has spread in the small town of the canyon, and even the magician Avid has become the hero of this operation.
When others talk about it, it's the followers of the magician Ivid who saved us...... I heard that they were going to join us and that they were going to set up a new camp.
Maybe that camp was for Arvid as his and Miss Nora's love nest.
It was because of this that he knocked on Surdak's door and came to him to discuss the creation of a new camp, which was the perfect opportunity for them to join the rebels.
As for when to return to Pena City or something, he hadn't thought about it at all lately, anyway, the temporary teleportation circle was broken...... Isn't it?
But now a brand-new eight-hole high-grade gem pedestal was on the coffee table in front of him, and when Surdak took out the gem pedestal, his eyes were full of 'How's it going?' I'm surprised......'
Wizard Arvid didn't know what to say at the moment.
"So...... Okay, I'm trying to set up a makeshift teleportation circle for now, but I'd like to find a safe place to live, at least not for now, so that we can connect with the Dry Cloth Plane at any time. ”
Avid gathered his thoughts for a moment, then said to Surdak.
"I've got this ready, and the place we chose is right next to Miss Dennis's house, and there are two vacant pigeon cage huts, which I have bought today." Surdak smiled at Avid and said, "You have no other opinion, let's go and see the two wooden houses now...... What do you think? ”
"Of course, go now!"
Arvid stood up and walked out of the hotel with Surdak.
At the pigeon cage hut, Dennis is cleaning the two pigeon cage huts with Thea and Samira.
In fact, both Thea and Samira were paddling the entire time, and neither of them worked as fast as Dennis' two younger sisters.
"I'm glad you're willing to stay here in Canyon Town......" Dennis said to Thea, wearing an apron, a linen scarf on his head, and a silica handle to clean the dust from the corners.
Thea, however, stood by the fence, leaned out to look at the lake in the canyon at her feet, and said casually, "I should be able to live for a while!" I'm not sure about this either......"