Chapter 106: At the Foot of the Great Wall
A few days later, Boris learned that the place he had been assigned to was called Blackcrow Castle, which belonged to an ordinary castle at the foot of the Great Wall. There are many castles like this at the foot of the Great Wall, and they belong to the infrastructure of the inner side of the Great Wall, and their defensive functions are almost negligible. The main role is to provide a place for the Great Wall guards to eat and sleep. After all, a bare city wall, with nothing, is unrealistic, people always need to eat and rest, and the cold wind blows on the top of the Great Wall all year round, and normal people can't stand it. There needs to be a rotation system.
After arriving at Blackcrow, Boris barely had a chance to touch his sword. Every day, his job is to serve tea and water to the veterans, clean the dung buckets, and cut down trees in the forest to make fires and cook rice.
Although 10,000 were unwilling, they had to make it. There was no distinction between nobles and commoners, and there were only soldiers and officers. If you want to earn the respect of others, you can only rely on yourself. It doesn't matter what kind of dad you have. These are the words of Commander-in-Chief Warwick Carr.
Boris wanted to tell them that they should not rely on their background, but on themselves. But you always have to give opportunities, there is no chance, let the recruits do such chores all day long, when will they be able to get ahead? Even if you have a martial arts, you are also a firewood guy who does chores.
He had reacted to the instructor who had brought him here, but what he got was a look of disdain. No matter how dissatisfied you are, you can only hold it in your heart.
If there's one time of the day when you're done with everything, sitting by the schoolyard and watching the new recruits fight and battle the swords with the veterans.
According to the words of Commander-in-Chief Warwick, it will take at least half a year for the newcomer to touch the sword. Boris couldn't wait that long, but there was nothing he could do. In fact, sometimes even the fighting on the school field did not attract him, and in Boris's opinion, the veterans were fine, and the recruits were so stiff and sluggish in their movements. Ten of them were together, and they were not as good as him.
Since coming to Blackcrow Castle, the only thing that attracted Boris the most was the Great Wall. How many times has Boris wanted to climb this cliff wall and go above it to see the world beyond the walls. Standing under the city wall, you can only see the cold wind blowing, blowing a streamer of cold air, over and over the top of the high wall.
The walls sheltered the cold from the north, but the Crow Castle was still so cold at night that Boris couldn't imagine how the people patrolling the top of the Great Wall could withstand the endless cold at night. They call those who patrol and guard the Great Wall at night night night the Night Watch, the elite of these warriors who have survived countless battles. They were scarcely numerous, guards were scarce on the Great Wall, and sometimes they were alone for miles of border patrols.
Boris admired the Night's Watch, who he saw as the true elite of the kingdom, who had no desire for glory and wealth, and dedicated the rest of their lives to the Great Wall. Crucially, after one bloody battle, no one may have recognized their names and remembered their deeds. They were originally forgotten by the world, and even if their bones were eaten by wild beasts, no one remembered them. I only know that the Great Wall in the north has a group of Great Wall guards who treat death as home.
Loneliness and coldness occupy their souls. Kislev's bravest man, a true warrior, Boris so seems.
Due to its location on the edge of the wasteland, messaging is slow. When Boris learned of the civil strife in Kislev and that Rhodes, the Great Lord of the North, had led a large army south to attack the city of Kislev, it was already a month later.
Boris didn't know what the situation was in the city of Kislev now, if the Northern Legion had set out a month ago, then it should have already attacked the city of Kislev, I don't know how his father would choose?
Boris was distraught, and he was worried not only about his father, but also about Dennis...... I wonder how Dennis is doing now, but it's my own weakness that has brought them to where they are today.
If I had been resolute at the beginning, I wouldn't have had this relationship. There won't be so much after that. But people, always like this, are easily carried away by momentary emotions. When you regret it, it's too late.
Father...... You okay?
Dennis...... Forgive me......
Late at night, when Boris couldn't sleep at night, he would get up and pray, praying to Father Bear that he would find a temporary peace. And for a while, he almost gave up his faith, and now it seems that the past is really undeserved. I have given up too much, and getting to where I am today is also the evil fruit of my own planting.
So, let yourself bear it alone. This is the punishment, this is the punishment that the gods have given me. Boris said so to himself. Only in this way can he survive this painful and miserable day.
Life at Blackcrow Castle was still hard, and although Boris wanted to know the news of the southern city of Kislev, he could not leave it. No one can leave here, pack horses, war horses are strictly kept in captivity, and every time a horse is used, it needs to have the handprint of the commander-in-chief.
Without horses, Boris simply could not go far. What's more, this is the Great Wall of Despair, to the south, a long distance is no man's land, and a person, without food supplies, cannot cross the long wasteland at all. What's more, what can he do if he escapes? He is no longer the illustrious and imposing Boris Boca of the past. The family is ashamed because of itself, what face do they have to stand in front of their father?
In painful thoughts, Boris could only choose to return to Blackcrow Castle and endure it in silence. Endure half a year to pass quickly, so that he has a chance to hold the weapon, beat all the recruits here down, and gain a foothold on the Great Wall.
But the reality is always so cruel, the days of the Great Wall guards are so poor, their food is acceptable, and a large area of land south of the Great Wall can be cultivated and grazed freely, so the food is not bad. But there is no entertainment, and the only entertainment is school fights......
As for women, the only women in the entire Crow Castle were the Frost Witches from the southern city of Kislev, and there were only two.
Moreover, the Frost Witches are extremely arrogant, and only appear when building new walls, and it is difficult to even look at them. They had their own separate rooms and bathrooms, and their meals were brought by servants and placed at the door.
On weekdays, they cover half of their faces with masks, and although they look very delicate, no one has a chance to approach them. It is said that on one occasion two recruits, Danzi, who could not bear the loneliness of the long night, ventured to the room of the Frost Witch, and in the early morning, two more frozen corpses were seen at the door of the witch's room...... It's just that Boris doesn't have much interest in other women, he still thinks about Dennis in his heart, and it seems that except for her, all the women in the world are not enough to arouse his interest.