Chapter 19: Winter is Coming

Early in the morning, Beoff, who was sleeping in the town of Pumixiu, and many others heard the sound of shouting.

I don't know exactly what I'm talking about, but I think it's a panic thing.

Beoff sensed that something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted to the young man in the room: "Get up! Get up! Get up! Something is wrong! ”

Without waiting for the rest of the group to get up, Beoff quickly got out of bed, grabbed an axe and shield from the door, and rushed out.

The rest of the room didn't know exactly what was going on, but they all quickly got out of bed and took up their weapons.

They are usually guarding against the invasion of the Wakiri, arranging for people and dogs to patrol around every night, and during the day, people will also go to the village of Dumu to observe the situation and prevent the Wakiri from coming from the sea.

Beoff went out and found that a large number of people had gathered in the street.

Without waiting for Beoff to ask what was the matter, he saw the adults walking outside.

A group of adults walked towards the entrance of the village in a panic, and Beoff and other young people hurriedly followed.

"What happened? The Vakiri are coming? ”

"I don't know, I'll ask."

"What's wrong?"

"My mother came back from collecting firewood outside, and saw the appearance of the Raven Feather Prophet, and there was a Raven Feather Lord as big as a mountain outside!"

Beoff and the others were even more strange, and it was completely unclear what was going on.

Except for Lawrence and a few others, the rest of the people didn't know what they had done in the past two months.

The Prophet told everyone to collect stones, and they collected stones.

The Prophet told them to bring stones and dirt to them, and they went up.

The prophet will give advance notice of what to do every day, so that everyone can do whatever they want after finishing their work, and they can also take eggs and bread back to eat in advance.

Beoff said: "The Prophet told everyone to rest today, today is a day of rest, and in the afternoon they will go to the mountain to pray. ”

The rest of the boys didn't understand what was going on, but when they came out, they all followed the adults to the place where they had been working.

Already Clauda and Pumisius were on their knees, and so were the Durellas.

Beoff and the others didn't know what was going on, and when they followed some equally curious people to the front of the stone, they were suddenly frightened.

For the barbarians who had never seen a sculpture since childhood, the giant in front of him, which was dozens of meters high, seemed to be a god descending from the earth.

They have never seen calligraphy and painting, they have never seen sculpture, they have never seen such an unbelievable thing.

When a huge stone man like the man they remembered appeared in front of them, his knees immediately went limp.

Fear was like a contagion, and both adults and children knelt down in front of the colossus, carefully muttering prayers that no one could understand.

The Colossus was even more ruthless than Lawrence, and its indifferent eyes seemed to be the embodiment of a god.

Lawrence is usually amiable, patient and empathetic most of the time.

Delen's cold sculpture has a more indifferent facial expression, as if he doesn't care about everyone's life or death.

Lawrence on the mountain soon learned of the movement down the mountain, so he complied: "From now on, go there and pray for five minutes a day, and then go and do something else." ”

"If you are sick or injured, you can pray at home, and if you work late the day before, you can wait until the next day, and our God loves the hard-working and loves the hard-working, and is very considerate in such things."

Lawrence is still kind and considerate, and he doesn't set the rules too rigidly.

"The training of the slings should not be too long, just train for an hour every day in the future, otherwise the arm will not be able to stand it."

Lawrence felt that it was time to take a longer view, especially since winter had arrived, and the Vakiri would not come over at this time, and everyone had enough time to slowly improve.

If you are in too much of a hurry, it is not a good thing for the future.

Loshanda sat across from Lawrence and drank fruit tea, "Delen told me about the stone statue she made, what are you going to do after this thing is made?" ”

Loshanda didn't care about the Colossus.

People can't comprehend anything outside of their cognition, just like most people can't imagine a picture in their minds for more than two seconds.

Memory relies on information, and so does thinking, and neither imagination nor thinking can concretize too specific pictures, so dreams are often very vague.

It's hard to imagine concrete horrors without seeing them.

Delenn used a palm-high sculpture, or Lawrence fifty meters tall to describe the colossus, and he couldn't describe the great sense of oppression that the colossus brings.

Only by actually standing in front of that colossus can you understand how terrifying a fifty-meter-tall thing is.

Lawrence himself didn't understand why everyone was so afraid of the stone statue, and when he saw that Losanda asked about his future plans, he honestly told him what to do.

"There is still a shortage of food in winter, and while the plants have not completely withered, I want to take people downstream to explore, and use the plants by the river as a fodder reserve for cattle and sheep."

"I've always been curious about where the river is going downstream, and I want to know if that river leads into the distance."

Sophia was curious: "Mother, do you know? ”

Because Loshanda was Delenn's mother, Lawrence followed suit.

After Lawrence shouted, Sophia and Saliel followed.

The witch herself is called a sister, and the old witch is not averse to this title, and accepts the titles of Sophia, Sariel, and Lawrence.

"I don't know where the small river is going outside, but the river that goes down from the high mountains will definitely come together into a huge lake," Loshanda explains. ”

Lawrence said, "I thought the same thing, and then I could take a boat and look at it in the distance, or wait until the ice was freezing." ”

"In addition to exploring where the river is going, I plan to exchange some more food and fur with the people of Pig's Trotter City, in exchange for our charcoal and iron ore."

Tranda Hoof City will be short of fuel in winter, because the more people gather, the fewer trees around, and all that can be cut down, and the inhabitants of the city will have to travel long distances to find working trees, and they often belong to various nobles.

Winter is the best time to sell charcoal, and at this time, merchants are willing to load a cart of charcoal with a cart and go back.

Losanda nodded, "That's fine." ”

According to the previous agreement, Lawrence could no longer hunt wild animals in the area when he was not necessary.

Rats don't count, there are definitely no rats among the protected animals determined by both sides, and this thing is a scourge to everyone.

Lawrence added, "And I'm going to build a castle next year, what do you think?" ”

Sophia shouted happily: "Good! I'm going to live in the big castle! ”

Salyl said indifferently, "I'll do whatever it takes." ”

Loshanda smiled: "It's really too crowded to live here. ”

Delen thought for a moment, "I'm going to build a bathing pool where I can swim." ”

Keharan laughed: "I approve! ”

Lawrence doesn't care, someone has done the heating thing anyway, and he just uses the bath water every day.

(End of chapter)