Chapter 210: The Grim Reaper's Sentry
Pirlo patted He Jinshui's shoulder hard, and said with a wry smile: "At the beginning, I regarded Hou Ye as those moths of the empire, thinking that you came here in a pretending way to enrich your resume and fight the autumn breeze, so I deliberately embarrassed you, just hoping that you couldn't stand it and retreated." I'm sorry to tell you here. When the words fell, he bent down and bowed his knees to apologize, and was hurriedly supported by He Jinshui.
His words were heartfelt and impassioned, and completely changed He Jinshui's opinion. The one-eyed dragon is an excellent general who can be called a model for the soldiers of the empire, and is definitely able to shoulder the burden of defending his homeland. He pondered that when he met the old man in the future, he must persuade the other party to set up a disability fund or something, so as to completely eliminate the soldiers' worries and stimulate the morale of the troops.
Thinking of this, He Jinshui clenched his fists and said: "Since the general doesn't treat me as an outsider, then I, He, will also treat you as a brother! I have a good thing in my sleeve here, you just have to prepare the items to wear, wear, eat, and use, the more the better! I am absolutely confident that I will bring them all over and hand them over to the sentry." As soon as the words fell, a red light appeared out of thin air, and the wind soared bigger and bigger, illuminating the other party's stunned face, as if to envelop everything.
The dungeon space is open again!
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The cold wind is raging, and the snow is dancing in uniform.
After He Jinshui left the city, he flew into the air with the help of magnetic power, all the way to the north. It took him less than half an hour, a distance of a hundred miles, and successfully arrived at the foot of the frozen mountain where the Death Outpost was located.
The otaku raised his head and looked at the steep peaks towering into the sky, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration. The altitude here is probably a few thousand meters, and even the physically strong self feels a little tired, and his breathing is not so natural. And the brave border guards are stationed here to protect the safety of the empire, and these people are real heroes.
At the foot of the mountain, he also found a lot of hidden wooden sticks and iron rings hidden in the branches and the sides of the stones, apparently arranged as simple traps, presumably to prevent the attack of the demonic beasts. He sighed, jumped directly into the air, and then helped himself to rise vertically, and scurried up towards the cliff of the mountain in the clouds.
As he crossed the cliff, his eyes suddenly opened up, and he could see everything around him. On the flat ground at the top of the cliff, a large section of the tightly wrapped wall appeared, as if it was made of ice bricks and mud stones that would not melt all year round.
At the corner of the wall near the cliff is a five-story arrow tower, and in the open space next to it are three rows of six row bungalows, which are completely barracks-like. On the other side of the tower, there is a fire-lit platform filled with neat piles of firewood. The firewood is covered by a thick canvas and remains dry inside, ready to be lit at any time to pass the beacon fire.
After the otaku finished observing, he landed heavily on the flat ground at the top, and was instantly covered by the snow to his chest. "Good guy, the snow is so deep, I'm afraid ordinary people can't move!" He Jinshui exclaimed, waved his arm to push away the snow on all sides, and carefully observed the scene around him.
At this time, he suddenly felt the danger, as if he was locked by something, and quickly raised his hands to show that he had no malicious intent, and then shouted loudly towards the sentry arrow tower not far away: "Brothers, it is my own people, and I have been entrusted by General Pirlo to send you supplies!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several heads poked out from the top of the arrow tower, looking at him curiously. The longbow strings in their hands were tight, and there were even two broken giant crossbow machines facing them, as if they were roaring out at any moment.
Hearing his words, the one-armed old man who thought he was in civilian clothes stood up and waved his hand downward. Two well-dressed soldiers rushed over, pointed their spears at the otaku vigilantly, and said loudly, "Please show your ID!"
He Jinshui smiled, and in front of the other party, he first took out the pass issued by the temple, and then took out the dictate of General Pirlo, and handed it all to one of the soldiers. When the other party approached, he realized that the soldier was short, his face was green, and he had not even grown a beard, and he was clearly still a child.
The other party took the two things, looked left and right, and didn't know what was written on them, so he had to smile at the other party and stammer: "Above, what is written is ...... What, I don't know...... Tell me about it. ”
The otaku was happy, looked at each other with a smile, and suddenly stretched out his palm and touched the other party's head, and said with a smile: "Little ghost, how old are you?" The young man was taken aback, took a few steps back, raised his spear and shouted at He Jinshui vigilantly: "Let you speak...... Words, let's be honest...... Dot!"
He Jinshui retracted the claws of Lushan in embarrassment, squeezed out a smile and said: "Little military master, the yellow pamphlet in your hand is a pass issued by the old man of the Temple Pope, and he assigned me to go to Dongberia for investigation; ”
"Oh, I see!" the young man looked a little uncertain, and said to another soldier of the same age, "Zach, you keep an eye on him, I'll take it to show my uncle." With that, he put down the spear in his hand, rushed up to the arrow tower, and handed the letter in his hand to the one-armed old man who had just spoken.
After the old man took it, he looked at it casually, and then his eyes widened in surprise, and he looked incredulous. Then he turned around and looked at He Jinshui vigorously, and then looked at the letter, before he laughed out loud, and said with a comfortable face: "It turns out that the Imperial Brave Marquis is here, and he has been looking up for a long time! Brothers, quickly put down your arms, he has sent us supplies." ”
Cheerful laughter resounded in all directions, mixed with a lot of immature voices. He Jinshui's heart moved, and he carefully counted the soldiers around him, and found that many of them were young recruits, and they were not even more than 15 years old. He suddenly felt a little strange, thinking that when Pirlo introduced this place, he said that the weather was extremely cruel, and the death rate of soldiers was extremely high, why there were so many cubs stationed here, it was really strange.
Just as he was at a loss for what to do, the one-armed old man on the arrow tower came over surrounded by a group of soldiers, cheering around him, showing great personal prestige
He Jinshui raised his eyes and found that the old man was burly, muscular, dressed in standard imperial leather armor, his weather-beaten face was wrinkled, and a deep scar slipped from the corner of his left eye to his right lip, which looked shocking. His slightly cloudy eyes were shiny with essence, and after carefully examining his eyes, he stepped forward with a smile and gave a military salute with his remaining arm, bent down and buried his head and said loudly: "Report to Master Hou, the Death Sentry Squadron, veteran Bruno salutes you! May I ask if the supplies you brought are placed at the bottom of the mountain, do you want me to find someone to carry them up the mountain." ”
"Don't call me Master Hou, I'm just a false name. He Jinshui returned a military salute after learning from the other party's appearance and said with a smile: "I'm just a mercenary leader, just call me He Jinshui." In addition, I have already brought the supplement prepared by General Pirlo, and I will be able to give it to you soon, so I won't trouble you to go down the mountain!"
He patted the other party's one-arm with a smile, and said cordially: "Lao Bu, how old are you, why are you still stationed in this difficult place, why don't you go home and enjoy Qingfu?"
Bruno's face showed an embarrassed look, the corners of his mouth twitched unnaturally, looking even more hideous, he squeezed out a smile and said, "It's windy here, let's go inside and talk." As he spoke, he asked the others to stay on duty, and he took He Jinshui and walked towards the camp next to him.
The otaku followed behind Lao Bu, looking left and right as he walked, and found that the barracks were not too big, each room could accommodate more than 10 people, and all a dozen rooms together could accommodate about 200 people.
Although it was close to noon at this time, He Jinshui couldn't see that there was anyone in the canteen next to him preparing lunch, and there was not even a single figure in the barracks. The surroundings are quiet, like abandoned ghost towns.
Lao Bu took the otaku to an empty barracks, which only had an idle small bed, as well as two benches and a small table, and nothing else, which seemed to be very difficult.
He Jinshui didn't say a word, and lay straight on the bed, feeling that it was very stiff underneath, as if there was only some firewood and straw, not even cotton wool. He didn't care, anyway, after handing over the things to the other party, he took a short rest and was ready to leave.
Lao Bu saw that the other party didn't care, and he felt good in his heart. He is a good-looking man, and he has always been worried that the black-haired young man will take the opportunity to go crazy if he can't stand the suffering. If it weren't for the fact that the outpost treasury had already run out of food, he would have tried his best to get it a good meal. And now, hmph, let's keep the only food stockpile, and the man won't be surprised. Well, yes, it won't be a surprise.
The two talked for a while, and He Jinshui realized that what he felt just now was extremely outrageous, no wonder the other party was difficult to answer. He thought that the other party was already an old man in his seventies and eighties, but he didn't expect that he was only in his forties, but he looked dusty and old.
Bruno told him that although he was only forty-five years old, he was the oldest veteran of General Pirlo's army, and he was also the one who insisted on being stationed here all year round. He said that he had no children, no daughters, and no concerns, so he didn't want to go there, he just wanted to spend the rest of his life here. His experience has helped the new recruits, and the survival rate has improved significantly in recent years compared to the past.
He also proudly told He Jinshui that the six young people on duty outside were all his godsons and orphans of comrades-in-arms who had worked together in the early years. Although these little guys are not very old, they are all veterans, and they have been staying here in place of their dead fathers, and they are dependent on themselves. Because he is the oldest and has worked hard, the commanders who have always been stationed here will give him thin noodles and give those little guys relatively easy jobs, such as standing guard and patrolling, guarding and so on. As for high-risk jobs such as hunting and patrolling, they are never arranged. So no matter how bad the conditions here are, these young people are finally thriving and gradually coming of age.
I don't know why, Lao Bu deliberately took the trouble to introduce the situation of each little guy to He Jinshui, for example, the young man who interrogated him just now was called Xiao Stammer, and his real name couldn't even remember himself. The little stammer's martial arts skills are good, and the family heirloom marksmanship is fierce and fierce, and he dances vigorously. The skinny boy with him is called Zack, nicknamed Leather Monkey, who is extremely good at hand-to-hand assassination, and plays with two small daggers very well.
Maybe Lao Bu is getting older, maybe he has the heart to show off his nephew to He Jinshui, in short, he babbled a lot of words, and introduced the characteristics and martial arts of each little ghost in detail. He Jinshui was a little impatient at first, but after a while, he had an epiphany. The other party knew that he had a knighthood, and he deliberately introduced the situation of each kid in such detail, so he clearly wanted to sell them.
Well, he must have wanted to let himself take these orphans away from this death outpost!
Thinking of this, He Jinshui asked tentatively with a smile: "Lao Bu, you are so upright, you must have something to ask for." You may not know, I am the head of the Lacey Corps of Neverwinter Castle, and I am also the guest elder of the Creation Temple, and now is the time to employ people, if your little ones are interested in joining, I will definitely welcome them with both hands. As for their military status, you can rest assured that General Pirlo will sell me a few thin noodles and will agree to give them to me. Of course, if you agree!"
"Sure enough, if you understand people, you can understand it at one point!" Lao Bu secretly stretched out his thumb in his heart, and his mood was suddenly extremely happy. He rushed out of the room and shouted, "Little stammer, hurry up and boil the water, and get ready to make tea!" Zack, hurry up and get my treasured tea leaves, what, there is only a little bit left? There were a few other boys, all rolled over. ”
After explaining, he stood beside He Jinshui, and wanted to knock down as soon as his knees bent, but he was grabbed by the otaku casually, and he couldn't move even if he tried his best.
"This water master has so much strength!" Lao Bu's eyes were round, as if he looked incredulous. He used to be a high-ranking warrior in the middle of the world, a branch of the rangers, and when he was not injured, he relied on a shadowless arrow to cross the northeast, becoming the best of the scouts.
Even if he was seriously injured, he was still confident in his strength, but he didn't expect to be deflated in the hands of this young man who looked harmless to humans and animals, no matter how he secretly gritted his teeth and pulled hard, but it was always difficult to break free, and this head couldn't go down anyway.
Lao Bu knew that he had met a master, and after a long sigh, he stopped insisting, and said: "This is very good, on behalf of those little guys, I thank Hou Ye for his life." At this time, Xiao Stammering and the others had already entered the house and were ordered by Bruno to kneel down towards He Jinshui.
The otaku no longer shirked and accepted it generously.
He looked at the six teenagers, although they were young, but all of them had unique skills and a very good foundation. They grow in a harsh environment, although they can't eat enough and don't have warm clothes, like weeds, but that tenacious will and unyielding eyes still make He Jinshui admire.
He slapped his face, stretched out his slap to them and shook hands one by one, then laughed and said, "Young warriors, welcome to my mercenary group." I will take you to a promotion and a salary increase, become a big boss, win to marry Bai Fumei, and go to the peak of life, if you don't believe it, try it!" (To be continued.) )