Chapter XXXVIII
The next morning, before dawn, Baggio had already waited at the gate of the garrison's camp, Giggs, Joe, Gibson, and two squad leaders, a group of five people brought bows and arrows and enough dry food and drinking water and tents and other items, and went out of the camp to see Baggio also brought his equipment, after all, he was a hunter, and he still had his own preparations for this kind of thing.
Giggs looked at everyone, the sky was not yet bright, with the torches at the camp gate, everyone's faces were dark, and he said, "Everyone has arrived, Baggio, let's go~"
"Yes, my lord~" Baggio replied carefully.
Giggs nodded and said to Baggio, "Our target is Withered Leaf Town, I believe that as a famous hunter in Withered Leaf Town, you should be familiar with the terrain around Withered Leaf Town~"
"In this way, you first take us to familiarize ourselves with the situation around Withered Leaf Town, and if you are too close to Withered Leaf Town, after you complete your task, we will personally conduct reconnaissance~ And you, you can return to Licorice Town and take your reward. “
Baggio nodded silently, and the group began to walk in the direction of Dead Leaf Town.
Three days later, Baggio pointed ahead to Giggs and said, "My lord, we are at the boundary of Withered Leaves, we need to be careful, because this place is now occupied by the gnolls, and we don't know where they will appear." ”
Giggs nodded noncommittally, "It's already in Withered Leaf Town, now, everyone cheers up, because danger may come at any time, use our eyes and ears to carefully detect some possible situations~"
"Baggio!"
"Yes, my lord~" Baggio looked at Giggs in fear.
"We need to scout the nearby water sources now, you know where there are wells and where there are streams nearby, right?" asked Giggs as he turned to Baggio.
"My lord, I know all this, and we're going to these places now?" Baggio quickly replied to Giggs, somehow, Baggio, who was already in his thirties, felt that he was always feeling weak in the face of this young and excessive commander, maybe he always had a serious expression?!
Baggio scorned the captain of the garrison in front of him in his mind, but quickly put the thought behind him, and now he had to quickly think of the existence of all the nearby water sources, and then form the most direct route in his mind.
Giggs and the others did not disturb Baggio, who was standing there in a daze, the honest man in front of him didn't even have an expression on his face, he was still so Muna, patiently waiting for the result of Baggio's thinking.
"My lord, I've got the route in mind, shall we go now?" said Baggio to Giggs.
Giggs nodded, "Lead the way, you'd better explain the situation around here on the way." ”
"Okay, my lord~" Baggio was still as careful and respectful as ever.
"My lord, this is a place where we usually like to come and drink water in the wilderness, because the terrain next to the stream here is relatively flat, and it is very convenient to drink the stream water. Baggio pointed to an exposed rock next to the stream in front of him on the right and said to Giggs.
"Hmm~" Giggs nodded, glanced around, took the surroundings in mind, glanced at the few people who were drawing a rough map, and waited until they stopped writing, and then commanded Baggio.
"Next Location~"
"Yes, my lord~"
Baggio led Giggs and the others to a bluestone well that looked a little old, and introduced to Giggs, "My lord, there used to be several families here, so they joined forces to build this well here, and then they moved to Withered Leaf Town, and this place was abandoned, but if there is a rope and a barrel, you can still get water here." ”
"Well, next~" Continuing to do the same job, Giggs said to Baggio.
When the sun was about to set, Giggs and the others had already turned all the six drinking points on the outskirts of Withered Leaf Town, according to Baggio's words, these were all the drinking points on the periphery of Withered Leaf Town, plus there were four large wells in Withered Leaf Town, Withered Leaf Town had never worried about drinking water.
After hurriedly eating the dry food, Giggs instructed everyone to climb the tree to rest, "This is already within the range of the gnolls, so you can't light a bonfire, lest the gnolls detect anything, and it's hard for everyone to rest in the trees these days." ”
"Boss, it's okay, we all understand, the current hard work is just to better eliminate those gnolls~haha~" At this time, Gibson still had to come out and joke.
Giggs held the trunk of the tree with both hands, kicked with both feet, jumped up at the same time, hugged the trunk of the previous section tightly with both hands, and climbed to the tree with three times and five divided by two, and found a suitable position, Giggs put down his bow and arrow, took out the rope, wrapped it around his waist a few times to prevent it from slipping accidentally at night, took out the prepared powder, and sprinkled it on the surrounding tree trunks.
Giggs leaned his back against the trunk of the tree, folded his hands around his chest, and closed his eyes.
Early the next morning, with the sound of birds, Giggs opened his eyes.
Untied the rope around his waist, Giggs packed up his equipment, hugged the trunk and slowly slid down, until it was about two meters above the ground, Giggs supported his hands, and his body jumped backwards with this force, his legs bowed slightly, and he landed firmly on the ground.
Sorting out his somewhat shaky gear, Giggs put his thumb and forefinger in his mouth and whistled, and soon there was movement in the surrounding trees.
Giggs ignored them, took out his own dry food, and proceeded with today's breakfast with the fresh water from yesterday.
When everyone had finished their breakfast, Giggs said to Baggio, "The place we need to see today is the path around Dead Leaves, it's all!"
Giggs emphasized all the two words, and Baggio nodded vigorously, "Okay, sir, but we estimate that all the trails will take us two to three days, and we can't finish them today." ”
Baggio thought for a moment and spoke his judgment to Giggs.
"That's no problem, you think about the route first, and then we can go. ”
"My lord, we can set off now, we only need to go around Withered Leaf Town, and I won't go wrong with my eyes closed on the path on the way~" This honest man's rare self-confidence was full of confidence, but it made Giggs look twice.
"So, let's go now~"
"Yes, my lord~"