Chapter 2 Travel
On the official road that is still smooth, a small horse team walks slowly, the deputy chief of the guard, Cassie, is driving the carriage, and there are 10 cavalrymen guarding the surrounding area, all of them are one person and two horses, according to him, 50 years of soldier career, he has always been an infantryman, so the best six horses in the horse team, two as pack horses, four spare...
"Young master, I can't protect you outside!" Cassie complained as he leaned on the frame of the car, clutching a weed that came from nowhere.
"I'll call you young master, you can let me in once and have a look" Lawn replied weakly again, looking at the pile of large and small boxes in the carriage, really only leaving himself a place to sit down, helpless again...
Obviously, he ignored the degree of democracy of the kingdom guards, and as Cassie, who had taken on the fat difference, apparently purchased a batch of Warcraft materials by himself, and was ready to send them to their destination, and send another one...
"Hehe, young master, I said it, this is what the legion commander ordered, you don't have the strength to protect yourself now, how can these boxes block it, what's in the box..." β
Raun didn't care about any of this, he just wanted to breathe outside, but his eyes glanced unnaturally at the bone ring on Cassie's finger, Cassie seemed to feel a little, and stretched out his hand to show off.
"Envy, this errand is the most profitable, this is the exclusive to our level 6 warriors, and he swiped his fingers casually as he spoke, sweeping the ten elite guards around him, some of them are not available at the 4-5th level. β
Naturally, Lawn didn't want to listen to this veteran oilman show off his strength as a high-level warrior, so he asked faintly: "How did this thing come about, do you know?"
The young master took the initiative to ask, obviously making Cassie, who likes to show off, "On the battlefield in the north of the kingdom, we have a very lively fight with those skeletons, those acolytes who believe in suffering in this life and enjoying happiness in the next life, what kind of compassion, killing people but not seeing mercy, never killing, beating people half to death, isn't it still death on the battlefield! Mainly, with this, people know that they are high-level warriors, and many petty thieves dare not provoke, but they can save a lot of trouble. After speaking, he whispered in Lawn's ear in a very obscene voice: "I'm going to leave it to my son, he may be able to intercept some good things often in the Warcraft Forest defense line, with this convenient to hide, I'm old, I should be a guard, there is no extra money, and it will be a waste if it is fused!"
Ignoring Cassie's little calculations, Lawne still has a hard time understanding Shanliang's death, the necromancer who plays with the corpse is the evil of death, and why the death acolyte, who also relies on faith, became the death shan. Think about the legendary papal inquisition that believes in the god of light, where the divine mages are called sacred evil? Perhaps for 14-year-old Lawn, these judgments are still a little earlier...
Before Lawne could think more, in his knowledge, from the woods on the right side of the official road, there always seemed to be a spike that crossed his skin, and for some reason, Lawne turned his head to look at Cassie on the right, but Cassie, whose face remained unchanged, was bragging with his colleagues, and at the same time he pushed Lawne to the back of his sturdy body with his hand without a trace, although Lawn's fat figure could not be completely blocked, and the guards on the healthy horses seemed to be fine, always shaking their bodies with the horses unhurriedly, talking and laughing...
Several sharp arrows were shot at the pack horse, but the guard raised the speed of the horse, drew his sword and easily blocked it, but Cassie in the vacant seat was attacked by another wave of sharp arrows, and was blocked by the cavalry behind him again, but Cassie took this temporary vacancy, pushed Raun into the carriage, and shouted: "Protect the horse and chariot!" while he himself ignored the bow and arrows, turned over the roof of the carriage, and landed on the spare horse behind the carriage, and pulled the reins "The other six, charge with me!" and then turned his horse and rushed into the woods. Staying in the car, Lawn was shocked, thinking that he had not yet cultivated, and he didn't react to why he returned to the carriage for the time being, but he could also hear the shouting sound from the woods and the sound of iron breaking, and then, an extremely sharp sense, crossed his eyebrows, and before Lawn could react, another sound broke through the air, and the curtain leather in front of the car suddenly came to him, but it did not pierce the curtain, and when the long sound fell obliquely at Lawn's feet. Obviously, this piece of high-grade leather of Warcraft that I don't know what kind of Warcraft saved my life... The screams of breaking the air hit Lawn's nerves at once, it seemed that every second of beating, every breath, became extremely long for Lawn, and Lawn, who was pretending to be calm and sitting quietly, trembled with his hands and feet... I think it's cold...
Cassie's grim voice came from the woods, "I'm done, are there any dead?" and soon after, six responses were heard, and the elite guards were unharmed. A response seemed to give Lawne a little courage, trembling to lift the curtain, poke his head out, the first thing that caught his eye was the fan-shaped distribution of horses on the edge of the woods, leisurely gnawing on the weeds, obviously, as a war horse, accustomed to human fighting... Damn! Lawne cursed and muttered something, and dared to get out of the carriage, but saw Cassie out of the woods, with one hand on his back, and he didn't know what to drag, and walked towards Lawne with a triumphant smile as he ordered to pack up the spoils of war.
"Young master, don't be afraid, the hunting team of several nobles, it is estimated that when they look at our carriage is very heavy, they think that they are fat sheep, and they only move their hands temporarily" said, and the objects behind him were still in front of him, "The two with the highest strength have not reached the 4th order, that is, they usually bully and bully those lowest-level herbivorous demonic beasts in the woods..."
What did Raune see? The upper body with only one arm, and the other upper body with a large section of intestines dragged far, far away... Far, far away... Lawn's glorious eyes rolled and he planted the carriage...
Burst...... A cold chill spread on his face, Lawne sobered up a little, opened his eyes, didn't care about the pain in his head, and first saw Cassie's excited face "Wake up, it's okay, the man of the warrior country, this little thing will be fine soon!" Then, as if recalling what he shouldn't have recalled, he rolled his eyes, and Lawn fainted again....
Burst...... The perseverance of the chill hit again... Lawn, who was a little prepared, finally understood why Cassie was the deputy chief of the guard at this moment, and he felt that the captain was more suitable for Cassie...The word "man" seemed to have some bad memories...
Vomit... Cassie patted Lawn's back softly and ignored Lawn's sinking body, while comforting: "Young master is fine, it's like this for the first time, the first time I was so scared that my hands trembled for more than ten days and I didn't dare to take a weapon, you see that decades have passed, and now, if I am hungry, it is normal for me to go up and nibble on two bites." Vomit... I don't know if it was in response to Cassie or some other expression of intent, Raun vomited even more...
An hour later, the guards seemed to be very understanding, waiting for Lawne to get used to it a little, and packed the loot in another flatbed car, thinking that the flatbed was also one of the trophies, and the whole cavalry staggered on the road again. Out of caution, Cassie ordered the two to be scouts, taking turns to explore the road, and did not complain that Lawne would not enter the carriage. It's just that he seems to be in a weak heart, explaining why he didn't protect it next to the carriage, the curtain leather used as the front of the car is a very high-grade monster skin, and it seems that Cassie's strength has no ability to cut it, if it is really cut by the enemy, such an enemy, Cassie is not in front of the car, and there is no difference.
Of course, Lawne seemed to be provoked by Cassie's explanation, or wanted to say something to distract himself, and although his slightly pale face did not fade, he also asked with curiosity, "How were you sure it was the nobleman's hunting party at that time?"
Seeing that the young master did not blame and intended to expose the matter, Cassie explained with a little excitement, "Although those people's weapons are not excellent, they are much stronger than those homeless bandits in the mountains and fields, and their tactical quality is also eye-catching, so they must be private soldiers." The young master may not care too much, our Nanlin Province, there are many forests, and it is the outermost part of the Warcraft Forest, although there are basically no Warcraft here, but occasionally you will see low-level herbivorous Warcraft of the 1-3rd order and many large beasts, those small nobles who have little strength will generally raise some private hunting teams to hunt meat for themselves. Just like the province of Eddid in the north, there are many hereditary nobles, and such hunting teams are indispensable. It's actually very common to occasionally do some robberies of houses, but don't worry, young master, after this wave, the people behind know that we are not easy to mess with, and they will not ask for trouble again. "Speaking of hereditary nobility, Cassie seems to have an unnatural complexion...
The Kingdom of El Salin, which is actually subordinate to the Southern Commercial Alliance, has the largest piece of land on the planet: the Continent of All Souls, and there is a huge peninsula in the south, which is similar in size to the entire Chaos Continent, where most of the countries of the Southern Alliance are located. Although the warrior kingdom of Al Salin was second to none in the alliance, it was completely unable to compete with the whole, so the two sides established trade exchanges in a mutually compromising way. There are no hereditary nobles in Al Salin itself, and the years of war have created countless unattainable numbers of military exploits, and all the officials can only fight on their own, but there are exceptions. The Caspian Sea fishing province, the second largest grain province of Eide, and the mining province of Dulin are home to countless hereditary nobles installed by the Southern Alliance. Their predecessor was a small principality joined by some alliances, but it was annexed by the powerful El Salin, and because of this, it angered the Southern Alliance, so that El Salin's commercial routes were blocked, and El Salin's huge interests could not be abandoned, on the grounds of maintaining peace, the Southern Alliance agreed that El Salin had the highest management right, and forcibly snatched the right to divide these lands, and divided its essence to several nobles within the alliance in a hereditary system, so that the contradiction between this hereditary nobility and the meritorious officials of the Han family was extremely fierce, and Lawn's grandfather was also happy to see that his people could check and balance the hereditary nobility in the name of Shanγ With this compromise, El Salin could use his own specialties and the unique materials he exchanged from other countries in the Chaos Continent for the cultivation materials that the professionals relied on and a large amount of war needs. The reason for this is that although the El Salin Empire is small, its battle front is even as long as the most powerful Flowing Wind Empire, so that the national strength is insufficient. Sixty percent of the prosperity of the Southern Business Alliance is due to the chaos of the Chaotic Continent.
The erudite Lawne could understand Cassie's thoughts, and these are things that basically every member of the royal family must understand. "Cassie, how did we arrange our trip, did Your Majesty reply?" Lawne seemed to be puzzled about the sudden departure without receiving specific information.
"The housekeeper asked us to go to the port city and wait for the news, and when the time comes, there will be a flying eagle to summon the documents we need, so Childe doesn't have to worry. Mistress Bella Ryan's request will not be denied. Cassie replied unconcernedly, and habitually called Lawne's mother an adult, and Lawn's father, Captain of the Army.
At night, Cassie skillfully sprinkled some powder with the smell of Warcraft in the distance of the makeshift camp to deter the surrounding beasts, and raised a fairly large bonfire to make all kinds of Warcraft meat. The harvest of the day was naturally handed over to the soldiers to deal with by themselves, and he did not contribute, although he had an identity to allow him to accept these harvests as a matter of course, but as a small life that needed to be protected by others, Lawn did not want to create some unpleasantness. This allowed Cassie to be ruthlessly corrupted, try some Warcraft food that is usually rare for ordinary warriors, and with the enlightened gift of the new master, the team was also very happy to chat about their gossip. For the first time, Lawne tried to bake his own food, and as he listened to the warriors chatter about topics that seemed inappropriate to him, he felt for the first time a life he had never explored. There is no politics, no righteousness, no conspiracy, and it seems that for them the fart-shares of the widow next door are more important than the king's crown. With a helpless and wry smile, he seemed to be unable to interject into anything, concentrating on his barbecue, but at this time Cassie seemed to have done his job, and sat down beside Lawne, and softly explained the various terms of the warriors.
"It's mushy!" Cassie's voice came, once again strengthening Lawn's determination to make him the head of the gang, and he calmly scraped off the part that could not be seen directly with a meteorite dagger (the author clearly sensed the cry of meteorite), continued the great cause of self-reliance, and very unceremoniously snatched the seasoning that Cassie sprinkled on his meat and sprinkled it fiercely. The bright bonfire and the stars, I don't know if I understand the feelings of a 14-year-old boy leaving home for the first time.
Just lie down not far from the bonfire, close your eyes quietly, it seems that the bonfire and the stars around you can bring you an abnormal sense of security, let go of your mind, so that Lawn has an illusion of infinite extension, flowers, grasses and insects and forests all bring Lawn a sense of existence like life, very surprised Lawn, silently according to the royal family's secret internal breathing method greedily sucked the breath of heaven and earth and all spirits, and then the breath of life seems to be condensed in the lower dantian, and the surrounding breath of life is also slowly converging, Cassie next to him turned around and looked, muttered helplessly, carefully distinguishing it seems to be"Finally, the internal force cultivation has been successfully introduced, and I have stepped into the first-order apprentice!" It's just that in Lawn's sense, something else is approaching the camp, but for this kind of cognition, Lawne doesn't know where it comes from, only Cassie's voice comes clearly
"I'm going to deal with these flies, you go on!" With determination, Cassie used the speed that a Tier 6 warrior should have, and left in an instant.
For some reason, Lawne suddenly hated being protected by others. With his 14 years of hard work, he finally succeeded in breaking through the "joy" of the 0-level introductory apprentice, and the tangle of combat effectiveness is still zero, and the five tastes are mixed...
Cassie quickly returned to the ranks, without blood or booty, presumably only explaining the events of the day, and with the status of a prince of real power, it was enough to deter all the hereditary nobles. Naturally, Raun didn't bother to ask, but took out the dagger again, as if he had made up his mind, and looked at Cassie, who was sitting next to him again, "Cassie, will you use a dagger, teach me!?"
"Dagger" Cassie seemed to be interested again, ready to show off: "Weapon, is the extension of fists and feet, don't think too much, especially the dagger, a short weapon, two ways to hold it, it is not much help to extend, the point of defending the dagger is to prevent being close, naturally, you have to find a way to get close with the dagger, young master, you want to become a mage, you will die if you are close, I will kill several magicians in the country of death in close quarters, but it is easy..."
"Shut up and get to the point!" the little shame that Lawne had accumulated vanished in an instant.
"Dagger, I can't use it myself, but I know a lot of assassination fighters, basically they are flexible, and it is difficult for daggers to have a chance to play if they are not flexible."
Lawne looked at his fat belly, and his eyes wandered: "Cross the body, you tell me how to use the dagger..."
Cassie had a defeated expression, and pondered the sentence: "Arms extended, wrists flexible?" Cassie had already adopted a completely negative attitude towards his skill in using daggers, like a good student with a thick uncertainty, asking if his young master was answering correctly, like a good student in the classroom...
"How do you practice then?" said Lawn, who seemed to confirm Cassie's statement
The young master's affirmation injected motivation into Cassie, picked up the firewood beside him, and carved two daggers about 30 centimeters long, intentionally or unintentionally longer than Lawn's meteorite daggers, obviously with bad considerations... After a while, he took two wooden daggers and handed them to Lawn, and told Lawne the technique of practice with great certainty: " Young master, you learn this, the first step, hold the dagger in the front and back, and keep moving the wrist in various directions; the second step, the wrist is flexible and familiar with the dagger, the two forearms are crossed and rolled in front of you, and at the same time, plus the movement of the wrist, so that the dagger can not hurt yourself; the third step, you will open and close the slash and pick and tease, after a long time, when you get used to the dagger is a part of your body, then go to the actual battle, even if you are out of the teacher, I don't know if I should open my mouth or not. Young master, you don't know how to be vindictive, and martial arts must be combined with vindictiveness, so I can't teach you... If you don't need to cooperate with the fighting spirit, there are only a few ways to shoot the weapon, you can do it yourself according to the most convenient way for you, if you feel awkward with the weapon, this weapon will definitely not be suitable for you!" As if afraid of hurting Lawn's self-esteem, Cassie thought about it while trying to make the young master feel awkward with the dagger, and gave up using the dagger. If something happens to the enemy with a dagger, Cassie feels like he's going to be cannon fodder...
Lawne was opened up by Cassie, and kept making comparisons, which was very detailed.
In the next month's trip, you can always see a carriage, the fat boy dancing with his hands, the groom next to him has a loveless face, and the knights on both sides are gloating...
The only freshwater lake port at the northeastern tip of Nanlin Province, the port city, seems to be close at hand.