Chapter Seventy-Four: Catching Crows
After a tense fight, he always cherishes a peaceful life, and Kevin is no different. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 It takes a month to recuperate, and it is obviously not possible to exercise vigorously in this month, nor can you speak loudly. But it was a lot easier to finally complete the general's two task indicators.
The general also brought people over to visit him, but the general was too majestic, which made Kevin a little restrained. After the general left, the commanders of several independent departments also came to visit, although Kevin was only a captain, but after all, they were sitting together for a meeting, and the general had already come, so they had to express their meaning.
Of course, their meanings are really some small meanings, leaving some fruits, some chicken legs, some bacon, some flowers and the like, the value is very low, and there is a big stack of things. Kevin couldn't finish it, but he couldn't refuse either. But in any case, they at least came in person, and even the captain of the picket team came, which was really a bit unexpected for Kevin.
The captain of the picket, like everyone else, said polite words, saying that he had rested a lot and worked hard, and did not say a word about the previous unpleasantness. Kevin can only thank you.
In the evening, Starter also came over to take a look, the two were also old friends, he didn't bring anything directly, he came empty-handed, Kevin greeted him with a few bananas: "It's too much to eat, you can help eat some." ”
Stat was not polite, took it and began to peel the skin: "I saw our chief coming over with something in the morning, I guess you can't finish it, so you just don't bring it." ”
Kevin smiled but didn't answer, his chest hurt lately, and he could talk less if he could.
"So I'm going to come over and help you eat some," Stadt seems to be living a very moist life lately, and people seem to be getting fatter, "What? I heard that you're injured and can't speak loudly lately?"
Kevin nodded.
"Hahaha!" Statt laughed, "I told you to spray people, told you to spray people everywhere, hahaha, this is retribution." ”
Kevin laughed but didn't answer.
"Forget it, no kidding," Stat changed the subject, "I heard that you are quite strong, only against two sixth-order masters?"
Kevin smiled, "Sort of." It's also good luck. ”
"It is estimated that the general came to see you this time, and the commanders at all levels also came to see you, which is probably also an affirmation of your strength," Start speculated, "Sixth-order master, this is already the number one master in our legion." In other legions, it is almost at the level of regimental commander or deputy regimental commander, and there are two at a time. ”
Kevin just waved his hand: "It's not appropriate to just look at the stage, I still remember when we were recruits, our chief Marcus was a third-order warrior, and he overturned four fourth-order warriors at once." ”
"Anyway, you have a good record, and it is estimated that these major lieutenant colonels were also frightened, and couldn't help but come over in person to see what you look like. Starter laughed, "No matter how much the general targets you this time, he should at least give you a commendation or a chance to make meritorious contributions." I guess they're also discussing it at this time. ”
"Hopefully. That's how Kevin replied.
"By the way," Statt remembered, "I heard that during the battle, there was an unexplained earth rat who helped?"
Kevin nodded.
"Could it be ......," Statt whispered, looking left and right, "the Assassins again?"
In this regard, Kevin shook his head: "No." A few times the Assassins appeared, they just masked themselves and covered themselves very well. In short, as long as they are masked, they don't seem to mind being in front of others, and it is true that the average person does not think of an assassin when they see a masked person. ”
"You mean, if it had been an Assassin, it would have been more straightforward to come out as a masked man?" asked Stat.
Kevin nodded slightly: "Of course, this is just my guess, maybe there are assassins who like to summon pets." But this battle gave me the impression that this was a man more mysterious than the Assassin, and that he couldn't even show us his form. ”
"Who do you think it will be?" asked Stadt.
"How do I know?" Kevin shook his head.
"Forget it, what are your plans for the future?" Stat chitted.
Kevin snapped his fingers and counted: "I want money, I want people, I want equipment!"
"This will probably be a headache for you," replied Stat, "and he probably has no plans to develop catapults." ”
Kevin laughed again and didn't answer.
"Actually, you see, we came to the barracks only to avoid assassination," Statt began, "and I even doubt that if we were discharged immediately, no one would come to kill us." ”
"But we can't leave the army right away. Kevin replied.
Stadt was silent.
Kevin looked at his expression and couldn't help but guess: "You don't want to be forcibly discharged, right?" Unless you can bribe someone at the level of deputy regiment commander, you can only fall into a lifelong disability, and even the barracks priest can't cure you before you can retire." Otherwise, you can only keep violating discipline, but if it really gets to the point of being forcibly expelled by the army, your barony is probably not guaranteed, and as for what other consequences there are, I don't know. ”
"I know. Of course, Start also knows that when a soldier is a soldier, he naturally has a period of service, and he will naturally not give in until the time limit is reached, otherwise he will come and leave as soon as he wants, and there will be no one in the battle after a dozen battles? Some high-level masters or high-level technicians have to extend their service period when it is up, or even extend it repeatedly.
Kevin still persuaded: "There's no need for this, you're not me, you're being targeted all day long." A position like picketing, casually mixed up, two or three years passed quickly. ”
"But what a waste of time," sighed Stat, "I would have made a lot of money if I had been outside." ”
Kevin could only divert the topic: "How's Gray?" Kevin still remembers the time when he was on the recruit team, this comrade-in-arms who had the worst skills and was bullied by Sain and them, but had a particularly good relationship with Start.
"He's fine," Statt shook his head, "it's okay, just a bastard." Sometimes it's inconvenient to say anything about him as an officer, but in fact...... Forget it, you know his level anyway. ”
Kevin nodded, the last part of the recruit period, Kevin got up in the middle of the night for special training, and he took Gray with him. Kevin practiced Gray as a humanoid stake and made a lot of progress, while Gray just wasted a lot of sleep time.
"I'd like to hear the inconclusive," Statt whispered, "and if one day your catapult detachment is really functioning, he might be stuffed over." ”
Kevin hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't! As soon as it was formed, a bunch of messy people came in." When the time comes, the command will not move, and it will be all the uncle. ”
"In fact, you also have to understand that there is competition between each detachment department, including the competition for some excellent recruits, and also the promotion of some useless uncles. Statt replied, "Anyway, give you a heads-up." ”
The two also talked a lot after that, and Kevin's voice was always softer, but there was no problem with close conversations. Chatting, eating fruit, and the day went by again.
The next morning, Kevin still kept going out of the, anyway, he was just riding the donkey in a circle, and he didn't get hurt to the point where he couldn't move, and he didn't want to give the picket any tricks.
After a quiet morning, Kevin left the barracks again, and now that he had a little money, Kevin began to think about further improving his catapult. In the first step, Kevin still plans to improve the accuracy of the catapult, so engraving the hardening array diagram is the first choice, but how to engrave it, to what extent, Kevin still needs to conduct some experiments, and the too high-end array Kevin can't start it, and it's useless to engrave it.
To do this, Kevin took the drawings and went to several carpenter shops and blacksmith shops in the city and asked them to make several scale-down catapult models. Of course, these carpenters and blacksmiths have never done it, but as long as they are given money, they are naturally willing to try. Kevin demanded that they be as precise as possible, and that they use a variety of materials and sizes, but even then it only cost 10 gold.
In the morning, the order was placed, and in the afternoon Kevin wandered around, the tavern did not want to go, and his face was not welcomed by the bard, and his chest hurt at this time, and it would be uncomfortable if he was sprayed in the face. Kevin simply went for a walk in the countryside to relax.
Saka City is an agricultural city, and you can see large areas of farmland, pastures and so on just outside the countryside. These farms belong to the owners, including the one that supplies food to the Thunder Knights, and there are several scarecrows erected in the fields, which are said to be used to scare crows.
Kevin looked at these scarecrows and couldn't help but think of what Professor Luke said, the crow is so smart, can he still be scared by the scarecrow?
Kevin couldn't help but look around, birds flying around in the air, and he didn't see crows. Kevin became interested, so he simply asked an old farmer, "Hey, man, can this scarecrow really scare away crows?" Kevin has always been used to asking if he doesn't understand, and it's okay now anyway.
When the old peasant saw that it was an officer who asked, he also put down his work and replied seriously: "No, I will scare some sparrows and the like." ”
Kevin nodded, "How are the crows over here?"
The old farmer sighed: "It's been a few years, it's been annoying." ”
"Is there any way to deal with it?" asked Kevin.
"There's nothing you can do, let's do it by hand," replied the old farmer, "but it's okay, the crows also eat some bugs, and the loss is acceptable in general." ”
Kevin nodded in understanding, and then wondered, "How can I catch a smart crow?"
The old farmer was embarrassed: "I don't know, if I can find their eggs, I will get them directly." Or some bird traps or something. ”
Kevin nodded, said goodbye to the old farmer, and continued to wander around. If you can make the crow hold the stone bullet and constantly adjust the trajectory in the air, then the accuracy will naturally be higher, which may be more effective than hardening. Of course, it will take a lot of effort to train such a wise crow, but anyway, there is nothing left and right, so it is not impossible to try.
Kevin thought about it and immediately returned to the carpenter's shop, asked for a few custom traps for catching birds, and also asked for any special skills for catching crows, but unfortunately no one in the vicinity knew.
The next day, the bird catcher has been completed first, in fact, it is a net buckle, the ground is launched by the machine spring, the machine spring put some minced meat, the crow flies down and touches the spring, the net buckle automatically turns up, and the bird is buckled.
Kevin immediately carried it around the ridge, found a nice place, put down the bird trap, and took out a pen and paper in the distance to write and draw, and now that he had time, he had to start taking some time to update his new work. The fields here are endless, and the wind blows through the grain like waves, which is also a nice view.
It didn't take long for a crow to fly down, pecking at the minced meat, undoubtedly caught in the net, and Kevin rushed over to check it.
The crow was still fluttering desperately, Kevin grabbed it, tied a "failed 1" label on its feet, and put it down.
Kevin wants a high-intelligence crow, and he hopes to meet one that makes his eyes shine, so that training is naturally convenient. Fearing the same one over and over again, Kevin decides to tag all the crows that have fallen through the trap.
Not long after, another crow fell and was detained. Kevin went over again, tied up the "Fail 2", and let it go.
A total of 6 were detained on this day, and Kevin let them go. Kevin couldn't help but wonder if he had overestimated the intelligence of the crows, and maybe he had too much contact with the parrots and brought the crows into it. But in the end, a crow without enlightenment is just a bird.
On the third day, Kevin continued to go to the ridge to write, the carpenter and blacksmith's catapult model was not ready, and Kevin had nothing else to do, and continued to catch birds and play.
Another crow buckled, and Kevin stepped forward to see that there was already a label of "unqualified 6" on his foot, that is, this one had been caught yesterday.
Kevin frowned, "Why are you?" casually put it down.
After a while, another crow was detained, and Kevin saw that it was still "unqualified 6". Kevin couldn't help but be surprised: "Why are you all the time?" but Kevin still let the crow go.
After a while, another one was detained, and Kevin saw that it was still this "unqualified 6". Kevin was really surprised: "Do you think I won't kill you, so I keep eating my meat?"
The crow still fluttered desperately, and like the other birds, Kevin raised his fist to scare it twice before letting it go.
After a while, two crows flew down at the same time, one frantically beat the other, knocked it away, and then flew down and was caught by the net, Kevin took a closer look, and it was still "unqualified 6".
"Are you smart or stupid?" Kevin looked at the crow for a long time, and couldn't help but be a little suspicious, but he didn't see any difference from the others, and he was also fluttering like this.
"Forget it, it's you. Kevin didn't try again, and took the crow back. Intelligence is not to be talked about first, at least it is more persistent.