Chapter 58: Snow Wolf Mercenary Group
Chapter 58 [Snow Wolf Mercenary Group]
Watching this little magician use a bottle to collect the venom from the carrion, Dardanelle and the other three members of the Liszt family couldn't help but look sideways. Such a disgusting thing, but the little magician collected a full bottle like a treasure, and carefully collected it......
Looking at the disgusting pile of rotten meat, everyone couldn't help sighing: This magician is really not something ordinary people can be.
The badly wounded scimitar warrior and the blood-vomiting guy will leave the forest in Dewey's sleigh. Du Wei gave them the four snowdogs to pull the sled...... Anyway, these are the old magician's things, and Du Wei is very generous to others. Moreover, the road behind will become more and more difficult, and most of the time there will be no need for a sled.
But before the two wounded left, Du Wei hesitated. After all, both of them were injured, and if they encountered any beasts on the way back, they would not have the ability to protect themselves.
Du Wei thought for a moment, collected the circle of dragon dung powder from the ground that the old magician had scattered last night, wrapped two packets in parchment, and spilled the rest, ignoring the strange eyes of the two wounded, on their clothes.
"That way, you'll not have to worry about the Monster attacking you on your way back. Du Wei's tone was very relaxed: "You have injuries on your bodies, and there is blood, I am worried that you will attract demonic beasts." ”
"What is this?" said Dardanelle, looking at the green powder. His expression was the same as the one Du Wei had had when he questioned the old magician last night.
"What is this......" Du Wei smiled mischievously, "These are dung, dragon dung." ”
"Oh......" The three of them were immediately relieved, except for some surprised expressions on their faces, but there was no discomfort at all, let alone disgust or disgusting expressions.
The scimitar warrior even smiled happily: "Good way! Haha, in the past, when we were in the northwest, we would also sprinkle lion urine on the tent in the wild to prevent wild wolves on the grassland." Ha ha...... However, the dragon's dung, the magician deserves to be a magician! such a precious thing, the magician can also get it...... Ha ha. ”
This guy looked as if he still felt that the dragon dung on his body was not spilled enough, and he wished that Du Wei could throw a few more handfuls on him.
The two wounded were sent away, and Du Wei packed up what was left. The old magician left inexplicably, leaving behind a lot of magic potions, and even a small piece of magic crystal, Du Wei studied it and judged that this was probably a piece of material used to arrange the magic array. Du Wei laughed and put it all away.
Dardanelle took Dewey back to their previous camp. After the camp was attacked by rotting corpses, all that was left was a mess.
Dardanelle picked up two quivers and carried them on his back, and took two knives from his two dead companions and took them with them. Then Dardanelles dug a pit and buried his companions.
There were eight of them when they came out, and now there are only three left.
There is also a sled here, but the sled dogs ran out in last night's attack, and one dog was bitten off by a carrion monster in last night's attack, and after half of the night, the remaining corpses have frozen into ice.
The tent was crooked, and Dewey didn't shy away from it, and he and Dardanelle turned over some useful things, and finally Dewey turned his attention to the sleigh.
The sled had broken down, presumably broken by a rotting corpse last night.
Under Dardanelle's puzzled gaze, Du Wei drew his knife and pried a few planks from the seat of the sleigh, and then tied two rectangular planks from the rope cut from the tent to the soles of his boots.
"What is this for?" asked Dardanelle, confused.
"For snowshoeing, you can try it too, it works. Du Wei smiled.
Dardanelle had great respect for this unexpected little magician, and although he couldn't figure it out, he followed Dewey's example and tied a plank to the soles of his boots.
And then, as he walked, he immediately began to admire the little magician.
The deeper you go into the forest, the thicker the snow becomes! Often when you step on it, the snow can even reach people's knees! And with the plank under your feet, the wide plank has a large stress area, so that when you walk, your feet will not sink deep into the snow.
Moreover, Dewey even taught Dardanelle how to use the planks under his feet to glide through the snow!
Skiing was one of Dewey's favorite sports in his previous life.
With this simple and crude "snowboard", the two of them are much easier on the way forward.
"By the way, Dardanelle, there were five of you running last night, and I saw the first guy run away on his own...... Is that person also from your Liszt family?"
"Hmph, the Liszt family doesn't have that kind of waste that is afraid of death. Dardanelle was dismissive: "It was a fur merchant in the southern town of the woods, and we gave him a sum of money to be our guide, but the fool took us around the woods for three days, and we didn't find a fart." When I go back this time, I'll definitely peel off his skin!"
After a pause, Dardanelle whispered, "We are different from other adventurers, we are members of the Liszt family, and we cannot force our way through the guards of the Border Patrol. We can't afford to cause trouble for the Liszt family. Therefore, it was also by virtue of that guy's relationship that he spent money to buy off the officers of the patrol team and let us into the woods. But now it seems that that guy has probably embezzled the money we spent to bribe the officers. ”
The two walked from rì to noon. A whole morning of walking in the snow, despite the skis made by Du Wei, but under the test of the cold wind and icy climate, there was also a difficult walk in the snow...... All this is a severe test of the physical strength and perseverance of the two!
Dardanelle is a martial artist, and his body is naturally much stronger than Du Wei, but he was injured last night, although the wound healed under the effect of magic potions, but the lost blood cannot be replenished by magic, and his body will inevitably be weaker.
Du Wei was also tired enough, although his body was much better under the training of the old magician's strange body strengthening movements recently, but after all, how strong can a thirteen-year-old boy's body be? If it weren't for this ski, Du Wei would have been unable to hold on.
It would be nice to learn the flying skills of the wind system. Du Wei muttered secretly, but looking at the cold wind here, Du Wei sighed......
Even if you know how to fly, with your magical strength, you can't fly far in this level of cold wind, and your magic power will be exhausted.
The two of them were still walking all the way north, deep into the woods. Dardanelles apparently knew more about survival in the wild than Dewey, and during the conversation, Dewey learned that this Dardanelle had been a mercenary when he was young, but he had never been to the Frozen Forest. As a young man, he used to work as a bodyguard for traders smuggling leather goods in the northwestern grasslands.
He is used to this kind of rì sleeping in the wilderness.
Because the Marquise Liszt was not a hereditary title, this kind of aristocracy did not have its own territory and private army. It is even less likely to recruit a large number of private samurai and armed forces like other nobles.
Therefore, the people sent to the forest this time were all the Marquise's guards. This Dardanelle is the vice-captain, who had died in the attack last night, covering the escape of his companions.
"We didn't bring too many people with us, because in such a dangerous place, those who came too many people with ordinary skills could only be sent to death, and they would become a burden. Dardanelle's nose was red from the cold, and he stopped and rested for a while, but he was not tired, but he was just considerate of the young magician.
In the communication on the road, Du Wei felt that this Dardanelle was a very good person, very enthusiastic, and respected himself, and after coming to this world, Du Wei, who had no friends, soon developed a good impression of this enthusiastic warrior.
Dardanelle grabbed a handful of snow and stuffed it into his mouth, waiting for the heat in his mouth to melt the snow into water, and then swallowed it little by little.
After quenching his thirst, Dardanelle glanced at the sun overhead: "Your Excellency the Magician......"
"Call me by name. Du Wei smiled: "No need to use honorifics, Dardanelle, there are just the two of us here, and now we are companions." Also, I'm not that old. ”
"Alright, Harry. Dardanelle smiled happily: "I think it's already past noon, this kind of extreme north, it's very early to get dark, we better hurry up, and then find a place to camp before dark." Incidentally...... That dragon dung of yours, is there anything else?"
"And many more. Du Wei laughed.
"That's good. A hint of gloom flashed in Dardanelle's eyes, and he said in a low voice: "It's a pity, if I had met you a day earlier, you had dragon dung in your hands, we wouldn't have been attacked by demonic beasts in the middle of the night, and the captain wouldn't have died." ”
"You can't be resurrected from the dead. My dear Dardanelles. Du Wei comforted: "The passing is gone, and the living must inherit their legacy, as long as we can successfully find the golden-eyed python, then the dead will not be sacrificed in vain." ”
Dardanelle shook his head and said, "That's right, Harry, you really make sense...... Magicians are all knowledgeable people, right? Tell me about you, you became a magician at such a young age, which is really admirable! Tell me about you, you must have a good background, right? Only rich families can have the opportunity to contact magicians and learn magic. ”
Du Wei couldn't help but be speechless.
He began to regret hiding his identity from this hearty man, and in the face of this guy's smile, Du Wei was a little embarrassed, and casually said a few perfunctory words and jumped away from the topic about himself.
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In the evening, when the sun was almost setting, the two finally found a place on a slightly lower ground where they could camp and protect themselves from the wind.
However, when the two of them came around the forest, they found that this place had already been occupied!
"jǐng ring!!"
Suddenly there was a whistle in the woods, and then immediately, two snow-white people jumped down from the tree, Du Wei took a closer look, these two people were dressed in snow-white leather clothes, and then a dozen or so heavily armed people came out from behind the forest! Some of these people were wearing leather jackets, some were wearing leather armor, and the weapons in their hands were also different, some were holding swords, some were holding knives, and some were holding short axes.
The men behind were armed with bows and arrows, and the arrows were aimed at Du Wei and Dardanelle.
Seeing that it was two humans who came, not Warcraft, these guys with jǐng rings were relieved.
"Well, it's two people. Looks like we've met our peers. A man who looked like a leader walked over and said with a smile: "Oh, it's rare to see two people who dare to go so far into the frozen forest!"
Dardanelle's hand rested on the hilt of the knife, and Jǐng looked at the men. Du Wei smiled and said loudly, "Who is the leader here?"
"That's me. The leader-looking man looked at Du Wei with a hint of contempt on his face: "Oh, it's a child...... Ah, I see, you're looking for a place to camp, aren't you? I'm sorry, we've got two of us in this place, and if you don't mind, we can allow you to camp in the woods next to our camp. Just be careful and don't break into our jǐng ring circle. ”
"No, no, no......" Du Wei shook his head again and again: "We don't want to be a dinner for monsters when we camp in the woods! Let us in, can we join your camp? We only have two people, so we won't take up a lot of space...... Besides, you're a mercenary group that has come to hunt down monsters, right? Maybe we can help each other. ”
These people looked at each other, and suddenly laughed at the same time, and the person who looked like the leader looked at Du Wei with even more disdain: "Little child, what can you help us? Is it to get up in the middle of the night to pour urinals for us?" haha...... Let's go! For the sake of all my peers who have come to adventure in the Frozen Forest, I don't embarrass you. As long as you don't get into trouble yourself. ”
Du Wei took a step forward instead: "No, I insist on my request. ”
The leader's face sank a little: "Oh, do you want to get into trouble......?"
Dardanelle gently tugged Du Wei and said in a low voice, "I know the badges of these people, they belong to the 'Snow Wolf Mercenary Group'. There are a lot of these guys, so let's not get in trouble. Dardanelle looked at the badge on the leader's chest and whispered, "Let's change places." ”
Dardanelle had an adventurous life when he was younger, and he knew a lot about some of the famous mercenary groups on the mainland, and he also knew that these guys were not easy to mess with...... It's all some outlaws!
Even in adventurous activities, there will be fights with each other, black eating black behavior, which is commonplace!
Fortunately, Du Wei and Dardanelle didn't have anything on them, and looking at the way the two of them walked lightly, these guys didn't pay attention.
If Dewey and Dardanelles had a lot of gains...... I'm afraid these guys are going to have bad intentions!
It's not a smart move to clash with this kind of guy, although this little magician is very capable, but these dozen or so people in front of him are obviously just peripheral jǐng ring personnel, there are more than a dozen people in jǐng ring, and their camp has at least a hundred or more people.
With the two of you on your side, it's better not to get into trouble.
"Hey, Dardanelle, listen to me. Du Wei was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, and he was sure that the old magician was still around him and did not know where to go......
Du Wei deliberately made a proud expression and looked at the guy in front of him. This person was wearing a leather armor, and the weapon in his hand looked quite extraordinary, but it should be a small horn: "Oh, you are from the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group, right? As for you, you should be just a small captain, can you represent the will of your mercenary group?"
Du Wei was right, this guy was just a squad leader in charge of the surrounding jǐng rings, and he frowned and said, "Kid, what do you want to do? If you want to suffer a little, I don't mind moving around." ”
As he spoke, he raised the long sword in his hand and strode towards Du Wei with a strange smile on his face.
However, he only took a few steps and immediately froze!
Du Wei was still standing there, still smiling on his face, but he had already raised his right hand, palm facing up, and gently dragged a burning fireball in his hand!
The people of the mercenary group are all knowledgeable people who have traveled from south to north! Seeing this kid smiling, a fireball casually conjured up in his palm!
"Snow Wolf Mercenary Regiment, is that how a magician is treated?" Du Wei smiled, his smile with disdain: "Okay, then I'll remember." ”
After Du Wei finished speaking, he pulled Radha Daniel: "Let's go, my friend, it seems that these people are already strong enough that they don't need magicians." In such a hellish place, they don't even understand the most basic principle of helping each other. ”
This kid is a magician!
Including the captain, everyone was stunned, and the eyes that looked at Du Wei were no longer disdainful, but with a hint of awe!
"Get out of here!, a bunch of fools!" came a shout from the woods, and then a tall man strode out.
This man was wearing a rhinoceros leather armor, but in this kind of cold and snowy place, he was shirtless, revealing his muscles, and there was a snow-white cloak behind him, and he had a yellow beard, and he was very powerful. He didn't have a weapon in his hand, but when he walked out, those people who had been in the jǐng ring retreated: "Commander!"
The captain immediately walked a few steps, but the regiment only glared at him: "You have disgraced us, my brother, back away." ”
After speaking, the regimental commander ignored his subordinates and walked in front of Du Wei, with a smile on his face, and said loudly: "Your Excellency Magician, my subordinates are a little rude!
Du Wei smiled: "You are?"
"This is the leader of our Snow Wolf Mercenary Regiment, Head Beinrich!" replied one of the mercenaries next to him, his voice loud and tinged with pride.
A glimmer of jīng flashed in Dardanelle's eyes, and he said in a low voice: "This guy has a nickname, called 'Son of the Storm', and is an outstanding figure in the mercenary circle in the north of the continent, known as one of the three heroes of the northern mercenary. I've heard his name. ”
Beinrich laughed and said, "What a child of the storm, it's just a nickname given by someone else." Alright, I'm done introducing myself, Your Excellency the Magician, could I tell me your name?"
"Harry Potter. Du Wei smiled and replied, "I don't wear a mage robe, nor do I wear a badge, but this is the custom in this ghost place, I believe you can understand." Looking into the eyes of this captain, Du Wei said slowly: "My companion and I have no malice, we have our own things to do in the frozen forest. I believe that in this kind of ghost place, if your mercenary group can have a magician join...... Even if it's just for a few days, it's good for both sides, isn't it?"
"The Snow Wolf Mercenary Regiment absolutely welcomes the arrival of magicians at all times!" Beinrich laughed: "I'm worried, every time I come to this noble place, those nasty magical beasts are very troublesome, if you can have the help of magicians, then business will be much easier!"
As he spoke, Beinrich glanced at Du Wei and waited for Du Wei's answer.
"I'd be happy to help a bit. Dewey's answer made Beinrich very happy: "Mr. Commander, you have also seen that there are only two people with me, and in this hellish place, it is always a good thing to have more companions, isn't it?"
"Please, Your Excellency the Magician, our camp is ahead, and I have two bottles of good wine in my tent!" Beinrich smiled, enthusiastically leading the way.
Dardanelle frowned, but Du Wei pulled him over and said in a low voice: "Dardanelle, stop talking! You and I are both coming to the Frozen Forest for the first time! This place is not familiar to either of us! But these guys are old fritters who often come here! They are familiar with the terrain and environment here! It's better than the two of us blindly looking around in circles in the vast forest!"