Chapter 208: Let's Sleep Together
Kevin didn't mind this kind of conversation, and the recruits were all in the form of bunks during the recruit team, and occasionally they would talk in bed. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info just being sandwiched between two people to chat, it was really a little twisted, and I had to find an excuse for cold feet, hoping to change my posture soon.
Unexpectedly, the kobold translator immediately took out another quilt and put it on Kevin's feet. Although the kobold is short, it is more than a meter, and the two quilts are connected enough. It's just that he doesn't connect well, and the middle sections overlap each other, and it's a little hot.
But forget it, Kevin stopped thinking about this and started to talk about business: "I'm also very happy to be a real brother with you, and I like to make friends as a person." I used to be a bard too, traveling around and making friends. ”
As a result, after finishing the sentence, the translator did not respond for a long time, and Kevin looked back at him in surprise, but saw that he was really frowning and thoughtful.
"Why don't you speak?" Kevin asked the translator.
Translation awkward: "Bard...... How do you translate it?"
"Are you asking me?" said Kevin, grimacing.
The translator is embarrassed: "Actually, I can barely understand this translation level." I just studied with an imperial merchant for two years, and I still don't understand many words. Please don't use too high words. ”
Kevin had no choice but to say something else: "You can say I'm a performer in the tavern." ”
The translator suddenly said, "Oh, then I understand." Immediately a kobold language spoke.
The kobold leader suddenly showed a look of surprise on his face, and replied for a while, and the translator followed: "It turns out that he opened a tavern, Mr. Kevin likes to open taverns everywhere, there must be a big industry, right?"
Kevin: "......" always surprised him by the wrong answer, and he wondered how the tavern performer had become the tavernkeeper?
"So Mr. Kevin is here to open a tavern this time?"
"No, no, there may be a big cultural difference between us, and I need to explain. Kevin then went to great lengths to explain what the bard did, and the fact that the unreliable translation was often wrong made the conversation very tiring.
But in the end, after making it clear, the head of the group was very moved: "Actually, there are bards passing by us, but most bards don't stop here. We don't understand the language, we don't understand anything, and we don't know what to say. Occasionally, people from the empire came, but basically it was a ...... Alas, you are the first person willing to explain to us seriously. ”
Kevin was also honest: "Let's be honest, you really have a lot to learn. ”
"So where do we start?" asked the regimental commander.
"Language," Kevin replied, "is the bridge of communication. ”
"But we also have our own language, so why don't others learn our language?" the regimental commander asked rhetorically.
Kevin was a little embarrassed, so he could only smile bitterly: "Well, we should learn from each other, and we should learn from each other." ”
"That," but the translator did not translate immediately, but was a little embarrassed, communicating with Kevin in Imperial Chinese, "Is this really necessary?"
Kevin was at a loss: "Do you know which word you don't know?"
"No," the translator laughed, "many of us haven't even learned our own language well, so how can we learn another language well." ”
Kevin turned his head and glanced at the translator with a little meaning: "You are the only translator here?"
"Yes, I'm the only one in this main city. The translator replied.
"How many people are in your main city?" Kevin asked casually.
"About three or four thousand. The translator replied.
"Oh, that's still small. Kevin replied.
At this time, the head of the regiment was a little impatient, and just a few sentences have been exchanged between Kevin and the translator, and he has to ask a few words. As a result, as soon as the translator answered, the head of the regiment was a little displeased: "Our main city is quite large, although it may not be the largest in the world, but it is also a relatively large one." ”
Kevin was helpless, so he simply echoed them: "Yes, it's quite big." ”
The regiment commander was silent for a moment, and then changed the subject: "This time you are going to make a military observation, how are you going to observe?"
"First of all, we are neutral," Kevin put forward, "as long as we are not attacked in the war, we will neither attack nor plot." We just borrowed a place to stay. ”
"But the front line is dangerous, and it's hard to guarantee that no one will attack you," the regimental commander asked, "if one side attacks you, will you help the other?"
"Not necessarily, it depends," Kevin replied, "in fact we represent our country, and whether we can make a move or not depends on the attitude of our country." We can't just do it ourselves. ”
"By the way, I heard that you are from Lou Baole Country, but we don't know where Lou Baole Country is," the regiment leader laughed dryly, "It's probably a small country, right?"
Kevin laughed dryly, thought about it, and still took out the funny coin in his arms: "I guess it may be a translation problem, the translation of the word Lou Paulle Country in the Imperial Chinese language and the name of the country in Lou Pauler Chinese may be different, and then translated into the dog-headed language There will be a deviation, causing you to not know which country this is." But you should know about this kind of gold coin, right?"
When the funny coins were handed to the two, the two kobolds suddenly realized: "Oh, it turns out that you are funny people." ”
"So the light and dark elves, do you really don't know, or is it also a translation problem?" Kevin asked casually.
"I really don't know, we only know that there are elves, and for the first time, we know that there is light and darkness. The head of the regiment replied, "Actually, we don't know where the funny country is, we can only get funny coins occasionally, and we know that there is such a country." ”
"Really," Kevin said tentatively, "there are still merchants from the Funny Nation doing business here?"
This time, the two kobolds seemed to talk for a long time, and after a while, the interpreter replied, "Yes." ”
"So what's the business?" Kevin asked.
"These are not important, let's talk about important things," the head of the regiment stiffly changed the subject, "Is Mr. Kevin married?"
"Not yet. ”
"How does that feel for us female kobolds?" the head of the regiment looked a little ambiguous.
Kevin laughed dryly: "Huh...... It was as if we were reproductively isolated. ”
As a result, the translator was stunned again: "What does reproductive isolation mean?"
Kevin: "......"
This conversation lasted until the second half of the night, and finally everyone was tired and asked to rest. If it's time to rest, close your eyes. Kevin didn't offer to go back to sleep, and they didn't mean to drive Kevin away, since they were sincere brothers, it wasn't unreasonable to sleep together.
In fact, this night was very uncomfortable for Kevin. The room was full of light from all kinds of precious stones, and he was not used to sleeping with his head covered, and the two kobolds were on the side, and it was uncomfortable to turn over. Kevin could have made many excuses to avoid the situation, but after much hesitation, he decided to go with the kobold's expectations.
If you want to do things here, sometimes you need some "brothers", even if they are acting brothers.
In the meantime, Kevin's Raven and Jack's Parrot have successfully found the location of the government forces and found the resident ambassador. The parrot explained the situation to the ambassador, saying that the six Kevin were already in the rebel camp, accompanied by the three light and dark elves, who were not in danger of their lives for the time being, and planned to stay with the rebels for a while.
In this regard, the resident ambassador used the parrot to make some rough summaries of the situation in the vicinity, which was very busy with Jack, the communication mage. The deployment of troops in the vicinity, weapons and equipment, terrain problems, weather problems, some of the results of the first batch of people sent over, etc. No one else can help with this matter, so Jack himself can only listen to his parrot through the contract. Even the map was dictated, annotated according to the existing map, and then repeated by Jack to make a mistake.
Today's government forces total about 100,000 troops, which are about three to four times the size of the rebels. However, the overall combat capability is not much worse, and the rebels currently control six main cities, while the government forces control thirty-two main cities, including the capital. The rebels seem to be cornered, but most of their six main cities are on the ground, while the government forces have 32 main cities but only three on the ground.
Only with ground buildings can we really attract other races to come and communicate, otherwise who will have nothing to do and come to drill dog holes. Many of them claim to be dungeons, but from the perspective of the Terrans, they are just larger mines. If you really want to do an underground castle, it is far more difficult than an above-ground castle, and you still want to do underground?
The airport is just near the handover of the two parties, and people who come out of the airport can easily see the direct confrontation between the two sides. Although the airport is currently under the control of government forces, the actual control of the people is actually the Lane Empire. Many of the weapons and equipment imported by both sides were transported from the airport. Sold to government forces during the day and to rebels at night, the airport and its surroundings were not allowed to fight, so that business could proceed normally.
The government forces tried to protest, so this month the empire did not sell anything to them, and the next month the rebels managed to advance dozens of kilometers. The government troops did not dare to protest, the empire sold it to them again, and the rebels were beaten back, so the rebels protested. The empire did so, and as a result, the government forces won a great victory, and in the end neither side dared to protest.
In addition to the full stop and comma chariots, there are also many high-grade swords, shields, bows, armor, etc., which are tailored to the size of the kobold. At the same time, both parties ordered a huge amount of disposable magic scrolls, holy water from the Church of Light, and daily necessities such as food and drink. Both sides knew that the empire was making war profits, but both sides still had to deal with him.
In addition, the military observer group was not allowed to enter the tank, and there was a treaty between them, and once discovered, the empire canceled all transactions, and also had to pay a huge amount of compensation. So the kobolds didn't dare to disobey, and the first people who came racked their brains to find a way to sneak in, but at least not yet.
The chariot seems to have a self-destructive setting, even on the battlefield, if it is damaged and unable to move, etc., it will destroy all the internal magic arrays by itself, leaving only a shell for you. And the defense ability of this shell is indeed superb, but just touching the shell, at most you can only know its material, and how it is processed is the key, which really can't be reversed by touching.
Early the next morning, Jack threw a full six pages of information in front of Kevin: "Last night's ambassador's report, you see, I'm exhausted. ”
After saying that, Jack was already resting his chin on the table, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he fell asleep. Kevin looked at him in some surprise, this person does not sleep on the table with his left cheek, nor does he sleep on the table with his right cheek, but with his chin, is this the so-called symmetry?
Kevin couldn't help but nudge him: "Aren't you tired from sleeping like this?"
As a result, Jack changed his position and slammed his forehead on the table, still symmetrical, as if he had fallen asleep in a moment.
Kevin didn't care about him anymore, called a few other people, and assigned tasks according to the diagram given by Jack: "Sain, I'll go to these points with you, and you guys will go to these points." These are said to be very useful strategic locations, so let's divide them into two groups and look at them all first, because there are discrepancies in this map, and we need to visit them on the spot. Jack was tired yesterday, so let him take a break. The others converge in the evening. ”
Everyone didn't say a word, took the drawings and took the order. Of course, this matter will not be shared with the light and dark elves, in the end, everyone is just a pathway, not a gang.
The kobold regiment went out early in the morning with more than a hundred chariots, and there were still forty or fifty left here. But these kobolds were in the car the whole time, eating, drinking, sleeping and never leaving the car. And even if it is pulled, several people take turns, and there is almost no empty car.
After all, it is a front-line battlefield, at least the sense of combat readiness is still good. Kevin wanted to talk to a kobold, but unfortunately the language was not understood, and Kevin improvised two sentences: "How are you?" and "I'm fine." "But that's about it.
Meanwhile, the parrot and the crow follow the kobold leader's chariot to watch a possible battle. These two birds have actually worked harder than people in the past two days, and the crow kept complaining to Kevin: "I have been working all the way away, and I didn't sleep well last night, when will I really walk the dog!"
Kevin could only comfort him: "Don't worry, as long as you do a good job, even if I personally walk you." ”
Raven: "......"
In the evening, the crowd returned, and Jack had already woken up. Everyone sat around, closed the door and closed the window, and began to talk in a whisper.
"Although the dog-headed people here may not understand Lou Pauler's Chinese, both elves can understand it. Light sprites may have special spells that appear to eavesdrop on content from a distance. So for the sake of safety, let's talk about important places, everyone pay attention to ......" Kevin finished speaking, and scratched his fingers twice on the table, which means writing expression.
Everyone nodded in agreement, and then reported what they had seen and heard throughout the day. The main thing is the difference in terrain, Kevin's original map is very different, and after a day of field exploration, it can only be said that he corrected some of the sons and Xiao Jiu. The defense capability of the small spoon side has also made some systematic adjustments, and compared with the external enemy, it is still very thorough.
All kinds of open and dark whistles, there are magic towers outside the city, and various mechanisms buried underneath. It's still a bit difficult to break in as an outsider. But these facilities are very loose on the inside. Little Spoon tried to give a few Dogecoins, and was actually released to the top of the magic tower. I don't know if it's a matter of military discipline, or if it's really an inexplicable trust in the little spoon.
Hearing this, Kevin couldn't help but feel moved in his heart, wondering if it was possible to directly bribe the soldier driving the chariot and let him go in and have a look.
Halfway through the conversation, there was a sudden knock on the door. Everyone immediately fell silent, and Kevin went to open the door, but saw that it was the kobold interpreter, which meant that Kevin was still invited to sleep at night.
Everyone's faces became strange, Kevin just nodded calmly, and turned back to let everyone continue talking, anyway, he and Sain were together during the day, and it was okay if he wasn't there. Follow the translator first.
It's still a bejeweled room, it's still the same big bed, but today's quilt seems to be a little longer, and it seems that they are also careful. Kevin lay in the middle as usual, but this time the translator left a "wait a minute" and went out immediately, leaving Kevin and the head of the regiment.
These two people speak different languages, so it is naturally very awkward to sleep together. Kevin could only say something he hadn't been learning for a long time: "How are you?"
As a result, the kobold leader saw a light in his eyes, and a long grunt came out of his mouth.
So Kevin smiled and repeated, "How are you?"
The head of the regiment looked a little surprised, but immediately there was a bunch of words, and there was a lot of muttering......
When he finished speaking, Kevin nodded and replied, "I'm fine." ”
Commander: "......"
The awkward chat didn't last long, and the translator returned, this time bringing the light elves Waldler and the dark elves. The light and dark elves entered the door and saw the jewels, and saw Kevin sleeping with the head of the regiment, and the information was so large that they all froze in place. The translator replied: "I know that you are three different camps, so let everyone come together today and exchange feelings." ”
Kevin smiled, lifted the corner of the quilt, and patted the bedboard: "Come on." ”
The light and dark elves were still stunned, and they didn't know how to answer for a while.
The interpreter immediately skilfully burrowed into the quilt and motioned to them: "Come on, the bed is big." ”
"This ......," Waldler finally reacted, shaking his head, "sorry we don't have this custom. ”
The dark elf waved his hand: "It's really not good, I'll sit on the edge of the bed, right?"
Kevin replied in Elven language, "Do you think I have this custom? I can't bear this little thing, and I want to do big things?"
The light and dark elves looked at each other, as if shaken. The dark elf immediately gritted his teeth and made a decision: "Okay, I'll sleep with you today, I don't believe there will be a piece of meat missing." Immediately lay down next to the translator.
When the light elves saw that the dark elves moved, they were not to be left behind, and they also climbed into bed. It's just that he doesn't disdain to be with the dark elves, he prefers to lie down next to the head of the regiment. Five people slept in one bed in an instant, and no matter how big the bed was, it was very crowded.
The interpreter said, "You know, we don't have this custom. We used to be slaves......"
Just this chat, the intermediate language conversion is particularly tiring. Kevin knows Imperial Chinese, Elven and Lou Pauler, Light Elf can speak Elf, Lou Pauler and some Imperial Chinese, Dark Elf can speak Elf and Lou Pauler Chinese, the translator can speak Dog Head and Imperial Chinese, and the head of the regiment can only speak Dog Head.
In this way, the middle is equal to two translations, and the translated imperial Chinese must be translated into Elf or Lou Pauler Chinese by Kevin, so that the dark elves can understand. And what the dark elves said had to be translated twice before the kobold could be understood. There are still stuck translations in the middle, words are not recognized, and they can't be translated, etc., and the conversation efficiency is very low.
Kevin wants to tell a joke, and he has to tell it in two languages. And if the dark elf tells a joke, then everyone laughs first, and after laughing, Kevin translates to the translator, and then the translator laughs first, and the translator laughs before he translates to the kobold, and when the kobin finally laughs, everyone laughs again.
It's just that the crowd is laughing not at the joke itself, but at the fact that it's a joke in itself.