Chapter 139: Border Towns
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Stone Desert City, a very small city, looks like a town, and has a small population, only a few thousand people.
Moreover, the vast majority of these thousands of people were people who cultivated Dou Qi, and many of them were mercenaries.
The city was the closest city in the empire to the edge of the Great Desert of Tagar.
Due to the war with the Snake Man Empire a few years ago, most of the people in Stone Desert City are people who have experienced that bloody battle. Therefore, their strength is a cut above that of people of the same level.
And in terms of the temperament of the mercenaries, they are much stronger than Qingshan Town.
Because they all have a common enemy.
Snake people.
"Alas, I was tired a while ago."
A mercenary leaned against the loess wall with his spear in his arms, his expression looking a little tired.
A few days ago, the reconnaissance force of the small group of snake people always came to wander around Stone Desert City.
There were also many bloody clashes, with casualties on both sides.
There were no defenders in Stone Desert City, and there were no Imperial troops stationed even during the war.
The main reason is that the stone desert city is too close to the desert, and the geographical location is not very good, and it is not a pity to make it useless and abandon it when you are fighting.
Therefore, it is all up to the mercenaries to support the work of the city defense.
"It's been a lot better lately, it's been too hot this day."
Another mercenary placed his shield on the ground and cracked an egg.
A sound came out.
The eggs are cooked
"My dad said that it wasn't so hot in the past, and it would be cold at night. But not long after I was born, the desert nights have also become warmer. ”
The mercenaries who fried eggs chatted with their comrades, passing the time of boredom.
There is no salary to defend the city, but it must be defended, and you can't relax just because of the truce with the snake people.
The elders who have experienced the war have trained them since they were young that they should not take anything lightly, since they live here, since this is their home, they must be responsible for it and protect it well.
"That's even more strange, the snake is cold, what are you hanging around Stone Desert City? Don't you know that the summer heat in Stone Desert City has refreshed the historical record since the founding of the empire? ”
The mercenaries defending the city were puzzled, and then they were attracted by the shouting and scolding of the city behind them.
A little girl seems to have made a mistake and is being scolded.
The girl didn't look particularly old, just fourteen or fifteen years old, dressed in a light green elegant outfit, and looked very thin.
Now, the girl is constantly apologizing to the mercenary who accidentally splashed herself in water.
"Alas, it's that little girl. Pitiful indeed, but. After the snake man. When I think of her identity, I think of the family members who were killed by the snake people. The mercenary who fried the egg took a look at it and stopped looking.
This kind of thing happens all the time
The little girl named Green Scale is a descendant of snake people and humans, and she was abandoned after birth, and the snake people don't recognize it, and humans don't like it.
But perhaps it was the kindness of humanity that made a mercenary group accept her existence, which is one of the reasons why she can live so much.
"Seniors, generally speaking, snake people and humans have not lived past five years old after that, but the green scales are fourteen years old. Don't you think it's weird? ”
The other mercenary asked the mercenary who fried the eggs with some confusion.
"Did you know? So that's another reason why everyone doesn't like her. In fact, everyone knows that the prejudice in people's hearts is to sit on a mountain. But because of the hatred of the snake family, it is not something that can be smoothed out by time. I couldn't take revenge on the snake people, so I shifted my hatred. it! ”
At this moment, a screeching sound appeared in the sky, and the sound almost caused the mercenary to throw the machete he used to fry eggs in his hand.
I looked up at the sky, but I didn't see anything.
The two mercenaries were on guard for a while, only to notice a very small black dot flying from the other side of Stone Desert City.
"If this is a monster, it will fly too high."
According to the proportions of the bodies of the flying monsters in the desert, the mercenaries could deduce that they were thousands of meters tall.
Demonic beasts that can fly at such altitudes are generally not good at stubble.
"Why is it gone?"
The mercenary blinked and saw that the small black dot was gone.
In this border city, you have to pay attention to anything strange that happens, thinking that if you ignore some details, it will lead to a big incident.
"Senior, are you sure it's not you who are dazzled?"
"I'm not old enough yet!!"
The mercenary who was called to feed the senior swallowed the fried egg in one gulp, and then knocked another mercenary on the head with a shield.
At this time, outside the Stone Desert City, Xue Feng watched the happy interaction between the two city defenders, and then looked at the somewhat dilapidated but still strong city wall. Thoughts, this city really has a sense of age.
I flew before only to find that this color can almost blend with the desert in a small town, and according to . A's measurement, I have almost flown more than 200 kilometers.
"Is this Stone Desert City?"
Xue Feng asked suspiciously, as the two mercenaries were happily interacting.
"This is the stone desert city, a few days ago the wind and sand were strong, the stone characters were blown away, if the young people go to the desert city, they will walk 213 kilometers south."
The mercenary holding the shield saw that Xuefeng's clothes were almost spotless, and the complexion of his skin did not look like that of a person who lived in a desert area all year round, and thought, which rich young master has come to practice?
This thin-skinned and tender meat is probably on the wrong track. Don't cry for a while and ask someone to send him back, I'm not used to you young masters.
At this time, Xue Feng saw that the stone characters of Stone Desert City were gone
Thankfully, I asked first.
"That's right, that's my goal. Is there any specialty in this city? ”
As long as you go somewhere, Yukikaze will look for a souvenir or something special and novel.
The shield-wielding mercenary thought for a moment.
"Specialty? The snake invasion is also a specialty. Or, there is a mercenary group in the city from other parts of the empire that will cook some food that is different from the desert area, and the leader of that group is good, you can go and eat. It seems to be called something. Burning noodles? It's spicy, I've eaten it. ”
Burning noodles?
Can the noodles catch fire?
Pasta, why don't you eat it yourself?
Xue Feng actually didn't have much hope for the food of the Douqi Continent.
But such a thing as pasta, Yukikaze is still looking forward to it.
So Yukikaze entered the city.
Meanwhile, in the sky, a backup probe is collecting data around Stone Desert City.
The temperature of the fire is generally relatively high, and if it is not deep below the surface, its heat can be detected.
So, during the probing, the snow wind can rest for a while.
Walking in the rocky desert city, the snow wind still feels very good, although the city is remote, but it is very peaceful.
That is, why did everyone sneer at the little girl who had to struggle to even carry a bucket?
Xuefeng followed the little girl all the way, not that he was Lolicon, but that Xuefeng and the little girl's destination was a place.
Desert Iron Mercenary Group.
"Captain, the scales are back. There seems to be a pervert behind Qing Scale, and Qing Liang is afraid."
Xuefeng: "WDNMD, I instantly figured out the bottom of Lao Tzu, it's not simple, little girl!" ”
(End of chapter)