Chapter 87: The City of Hitra
Facing a deep valley nearly fifty meters wide, there is only one way to get through here, and that is to use ropes to secure the ends and then people climb over them. The vines in the hands of Bell and the others were obviously not that long, and although they were excellent in terms of toughness, it was obviously useless.
Fortunately, some of the villagers took out ropes, which were prepared earlier to build a bridge between this deep valley, but because the villagers underestimated the cost of building the bridge, it was not done in the end, and I did not expect it to come in handy at this time.
With a rope, how to throw it to the opposite bank has become a problem, and the diameter of the rope that can support a 50-meter-wide suspension bridge needs to be at least as thick as a baby's arm, and its weight can be imagined! Even the most powerful person in the village can only throw the knot more than ten meters away, and it is not enough to reach the opposite bank!
In the end, Bell came up with a solution, and he connected all the animal tendons he could use and tied them to the arrows. Then an arrow is shot at the opposite bank, and the villagers on the opposite side tie the rope and tendon rope together!
With a slogan, the big men pulled back! Soon they pulled the rope over, found a fairly sturdy tree nearby, and completely fixed one end of the rope. Daciano was a little uneasy, and tied all the remaining mules to the ropes, and there was no way for these guys to climb through here anyway.
In this way, a rope was suspended from the deep valley, and in order to reduce the weight, Bell and the others left all the useless things on the edge of the cliff. The next thing to do is climb over this rope that hangs high in the air. But don't look at the width of only about 50 meters, but it is extremely difficult to climb, which is a huge test of the courage and physical fitness of Bell and others.
The rope itself has ductility, the larger the span, the stronger the ductility, when it reaches the center of the deep valley is the most dangerous time, as long as a gust of mountain wind blows through the rope, it will shake violently, and a careless will fall down. For added safety, Daciano put a vine rope around everyone's waist and used it to pass it directly above the rope so that even if they did accidentally miss, they wouldn't fall off immediately.
When Bell was the last to climb up the rope to the edge of the cliff, everyone reached the opposite shore safely. In order to thank the villagers for their help, Bell gave the last two gold coins on his body to the villagers, but these guys refused to do so. What are two gold coins to them? When the gods know what we do, there will be more money falling from the sky than that!
After a short rest at the villagers' homes, Bell and the others were treated as VIPs by them, and basically took out all the good wine and meat that they could take out, and Daciano also took a bath as he wished.
"It's not very far from the city of Hitra, and if you want to go there, just follow the road in the middle of the valley and you'll get there. ”
"Well, let's head to Hitra now, shall we?" said Bell, winking at Anysha and Daciano, who had just finished their shower.
"If you set out now, you'll be there before nightfall. There's some food and water here, take it. Several villagers took out some water bladders and dry food from the kitchen, and they don't know when they prepared them.
Bell was stunned for a moment when he saw these things, and he wanted to hurry to the city of Hitra for a clue from the villagers of the Loire, and he wanted to leave this place quickly. After all, the wooden house of Delord was burned to ashes because of his own people, and if these villagers knew the truth of the matter, how would they explain it to others?
And the villagers had already discussed it behind their backs, and they did what was instructed on the holy sword, and at night they might have to drop a lot of gold coins from the sky! How could such a good thing be known to outsiders? Before it was dark, they quickly found an excuse to let them leave quickly!
"Thank you so much, you not only saved us, but you were so kind to us. I will definitely repay you for this kindness in the future!" Bell knew that not all the villagers in the village were as honest as those in Messier's village. People are just doing this to send you away as soon as possible, if they didn't dare to provoke you, they would have started to bombard people a long time ago!
"It's all right! Yes! You don't have to be so polite! It's okay if you don't come in the future! If you really want to come, you can come later, and you can do it for thirty or fifty years......" The old man who claimed to be the village chief looked at the sky from time to time, and the smile lines on his face were all kind, a little too much.
After receiving the things given by the village, Bell and his party walked down the path of the valley, with wet hair until they left the village, not knowing the name of the village chief, or even the name of the village.
Compared with the mountains that have been deserted for thousands of years, the path between the valleys is so easy to walk, there are no loose gravel, no potholes and mud, no beasts waiting for the opportunity to hunt, and the feeling of stepping down every step is so steady, this long-lost feeling makes people feel happy.
Bell looked at the wildflowers on both sides of the path, and the grass looked so kind. From here, you will reach the border city of Hitla, the Orsay Empire! Where will something await you? Are the people who survived the disaster in Loire there? If so...... Could that person be Hertz Keqi?
What should I do if it was really her? I promised Uncle Herzmere to find Hertzmere to take her away from the war and let her live a safe and peaceful life. But now I, can I really give her that kind of life? I still need revenge, I need to cultivate my strength, I need to survive the future war.
I secretly glanced at Annesha, this mysterious and charming woman, I don't know much about her, but what else can't I trust completely in these days......? In fact...... Very good.
Looking up at Daciano, who was at the front, this strange woman! she was even more like a person who could live by life, if Miss Codge was entrusted to her...... Bell shook his head self-deprecatingly.
As for Sussar's people, forget it, after these days of getting along, everyone has gained a little more trust in each other, but how can Miss Keqi entrust them to them? Even if it is not Keqi who is found, how can I protect their safety?
An Esha, who was walking beside Bell, wondered from time to time whether it would be better to form a force with Bell after walking out of the mountains, or to find the whereabouts of several other medals.
"Look! Hitla! That's Hitra! We're here!" said Bigciano, standing at the exit of the valley, jumping excitedly!
"Where?!Where?!Wow!Is this the city of Hitla?" Bell ran a few steps to get closer! A sudden light opened up in front of him! A huge plain covered with grass appeared in front of him! The distant city-state towered with gray walls, and the flag of the Orsay Empire fluttered on the city's head!