It wasn't hard to fall asleep, but in the second half of the night it was really uncomfortable and I'm sure I had a fever. My head hurts, my body hurts, and I sweat all over.

At this time, I miss the kind of medicine that doesn't have a fever or a headache. I hate headaches!

The woman was sleeping upstairs, and the fire in the square hall on the first floor had not been extinguished.

I couldn't sleep at all, so I had to sit up and watch the flames burn, and drink glass after glass of water. To cool down, I dipped a bloody towel in water and put it over my head, but that didn't solve the problem.

Just sit down and stand up, lie down and sit down and stand up again. The sound finally woke Yuna upstairs.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I've got a fever." I struggled to open my eyes, which felt a little unopenable,

At this time, it is impossible to have pills and other things at home, including herbal medicines, so I can only endure it.

She went outside to get some water and came back, then soaked the towel and put it on my forehead.

It's not caused by lust, when you are unwell, it turns out to be so happy to have someone around you to take care of, and when a gentle woman can be by your side, this is simply God's spoiling of you.

"How far is it from the West?"

"On a day's journey, you will see a river, and there is a village called Yuchi Village by the river, and after that river, it is the western region."

"Are you a local?"

"Yes."

"Have you ever heard of an Alexton estate in the West?"

"Nope." She said. "The west is big, and ...... They don't have a lot of connection with this side. ”

"No trade?"

"Actually, it's a penal colony." She said. "A lot of the manor land there was carved out by exiles. Although there are garrisons and taxes there, we don't like to deal with them on our side. ”

Exiles...... It's a word that makes me think about it.

I don't know how I fell asleep, but I didn't wake up until the old man touched my face. He looked at me, "What does it feel?" ”

"Weakness and dizziness." I feel so bitter in my mouth.

"You'll have a fever for the next few days, but it shouldn't be a big problem. To be on the safe side, I'll have to take you to Xiquan Town, where the doctor may be able to get you better. He said. Come on, boy, we've got to go, and if we hurry up, we'll be able to make it to lunch." ”

The old man drove the car, and I sat in the back car, and this scene actually made me a little trance. That's right...... I remembered the nameless old man......

Today is a bit cloudy, and the uncomfortable body and the unsunny weather make me feel a little depressed.

"What's your name, uncle?"

"Chick." The old man said.

"Thank you." I don't have anything to say.

"Well, I can't watch you die." He said.

"Have you spotted any gnolls lately?"

"No, but I've already reported it to the village chief. I'll tell them when I get to town. It seems that these things have multiplied again. ”

"Aren't they almost gone?"

"I can't say what a gnoll is, who knows if it's a jackal or a dog, but I guess it's like a dog, and it's quite capable of giving birth. Can you give birth to four or five, or five or six in a litter? The old man said, shaking his whip.

"You can be injured like this if you are a warrior, it seems that it is really starting to be rampant again." He looked back at me.

"Yesterday there were eleven." I say.

"I don't know if they're out foraging or if they're out to explore, hmph, this matter has to be solved quickly. As soon as these things came out, they were in droves. ”

"Do you know that the first king Baratheon exterminated the gnolls?"

"I wasn't there then, boy. However, I heard from my father that the gnolls were very numerous at that time, and they could be said to be the overlords of this forest. ”

"I remember there was something called kobold......"

"It's better than the Gnoll, it's not as vicious, but it speaks human language, and sometimes it is used to confuse people in the forest. However, this creature is often enslaved by the gnolls or used as a breeding tool. ”

"That thing is going to be ......"

"They should be different types of the same race, or not? Wolves and dogs are not incapable of interbreeding. He said he was amused.

"But, this thing, although it is crossed with kobolds, is basically the appearance of a jackal after birth, don't you say it's strange?"

"How do you know so clearly?" I doubt it.

"Ha, I've lived here for more than sixty years, how can I not know this kind of thing."

"If they reproduce like dogs, they should grow and thrive very quickly." I say.

"No, no, no, you don't know, if the wolf finds that the environment is not suitable for it to give birth during pregnancy, the she-wolf will absorb the fetus in her womb. Our hunters know this very well. They say it's probably the same with the gnolls. Males can keep looking for females to mate, but females have the absolute right to decide whether to let the fetus survive. ”

"The female kobold is willing?"

"Hah! Do you think they're human? What do you think! They're brutes, and they're not like us. Do you really think that they have the same feelings as humans, and there are any ethics and morals? The old man said with a smile.

"Haven't there been any purge in the past few years?" I asked.

"No, that means something happened to you...... Well, I mean, it's unfortunate that you're in this situation, but then again, it's good that it's you, you mean eleven...... If it were an ordinary person, it would have been torn apart a long time ago. Belch...... How did you survive? ”

"Killed three of them, and climbed up the tree." I don't want to lie to him.

"If you don't say that you can survive, the skill of climbing trees is not something that ordinary people can learn, and it is ...... Guess it's pretty fast. He turned to look at me again.

"I ...... Well, you've heard that you can get a ...... after being bitten by a dog. Sickness. ”

"Rabies." He said. "Yes, it is possible."

"You said everyone who was worse than me died...... Is it because of this disease? ”

"Lost too much blood." He said. "And after being bitten by them, they basically died right away."

"Is there a ...... Survived? ”

"Of course there are, but very few." He said, "So I have to send you to the big town, where the doctor is better than me." ”

"Cure rabies?"

The old man snorted and didn't continue.

It made my heart half cold.

After walking for several hours, through a large wooded area. A very large farmland came into view, and a town was built in the middle of the farmland in the distance.

The grain here has already been harvested, and there are still large bundles of crop stalks in the fields that have not been harvested. While the weather is still warm, some farmers have begun to plough the land again.

"We're here." The old man said.

This is the West Spring Fortress, which is not just a castle, not just a castle, not a very high wall that encompasses the whole town.

"It's not a small town." I put my hands on a pergola and looked out over the town in the distance.

"That's true, this town can garrison twenty thousand soldiers."

"So many people? I don't think it's a big time for a while. ”

"Not 20,000 now. Rather, the town could garrison an army of 20,000 men. ”

"That's pretty big, too." Actually, I don't have much of an impression of how much space is needed for an army of 20,000 people.

You can see the fortress from afar, and the castle is not very high, but it feels quite big.

When you get closer, you can see that the city wall is about ten meters high, and after entering the city, you find that this place is not as prosperous as you imagined, and it is absolutely incomparable with Shanjin Town.

Aside from the castle in the center of town, which now looks really small, there are very few buildings above three storeys around. But the streets here are wide, and the houses are a little sparse, but they are all sunburned. This place is indeed okay as a fortress garrison.

The old man took me under the castle gate and went to look for the guards, and after a while, I heard several people coming towards me.

I lay in the car and looked at the people gathered around the car, and they also looked at me curiously.

"Don't be stupid, carry him down quickly." The old man spoke, and these people reached out to carry me down.

I quickly stretched out my left hand and motioned for them not to touch me, and then I got up, "I can do it myself." "I glanced at them, and there was no one in charge here.

Frowning, I jumped out of the car, "Take me to the doctor." ”

Only after entering this fortress castle did I feel that this building was indeed big enough, even if the city wall was lost, this place could completely resist twice.

Instead of being taken to the commander's office, I went directly to the doctor's office.

The old man and the doctor here obviously knew each other, and they greeted each other, and then the doctor looked at me. This person is relatively young, about 50 years old, but his hair is already gray, and his oily brain seems to be a bit learned.

"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you, Colonel Bill. But I'm sorry to meet you in this way. "He walked up to me." My name is Cassus. ”

I nodded at him, "I'm glad to meet you, too, Dr. Chick said you could heal my wounds." ”

"I'll check first."

The next operation made me feel a little liver tremor, this pain was different from other pains, although there were herbs, but the blood still stuck the gauze bandage into the flesh. It almost killed me when I was cleaning.

I couldn't shout, I could only endure the pain and the unspeakable discomfort in my heart.

I'm not afraid of the doctor smiling, I'm afraid that the doctor will frown and bow his head. Seeing him frowning, I asked him, "How's it going?" ”

"It's inflamed and a little swollen. Your wound is a bit big. But thankfully, it's here. If it happens to the torso, your chances of surviving are not very good. He said.

"Infected?" I asked him.

"I don't know." He said, "You two come and help me catch him." Harry! Go and pick three of Eddard's tongues from my flower room, then take a head of garlic and mash Eddard's tongue with the garlic but don't mix. ”

"How?" I looked at him in surprise.

"It's going to hurt." He pursed his lips.

"I can still stand this pain." I think of the pain I had last night.

"It's a lot more painful than the disinfectant you used last night, Colonel. Trust me, you're going to fall. He raised his head as he spoke: "Bob, go and cook the water chestnut, almonds and garlic, the calming flowers, and the live root grass according to the nine, twelve, seventh, sixth, and thirteenth mixtures." ”

"Harry! Prepare me a bag of eucalyptus globulus leaves, a ball of thread, and a cloth bag a foot long. He gave orders to three of his assistants.

"Hey, come and grab him." He looked at the guards.

"Is it necessary?" My eyes widened.

He didn't speak, smiled and nodded. "What, boys! Get him! Now he's not a colonel, he's just my patient. ”

I looked at him in amazement, and he opened a small black bottle in his palm. "Grit your teeth, Lord Bill. Hold on to him! He said.

When his potion flowed into my wounds, I forgot if I was screaming.

I fainted.