Chapter 25: The Law of the Jungle
The image of Vic eating is a perfect interpretation of what it means to gobble up.
Even the chicken bones were chewed by him, and he leaned his neck and swallowed them directly, rolling his eyes when he was choked, and he didn't care.
The half of the chicken in Gavin's hand was only half eaten, and Vic ate all the food in his arms, and with a red gaze, he swirled around the half chicken in his hand, and finally stopped at the chicken bone that Gavin threw not far away, and pounced without hesitation, about to send it to his mouth.
"Wait." Gavin's voice of stopping was nowhere near as fast as Vic's eating, and he swallowed the chicken bones into his stomach with a few clicks.
Only then did Vic turn his head to look at Gavin.
Gavin clearly saw a hint of pride on Vic's ugly face, as if to say, you're late, I've already eaten, it's mine.
Gavin sighed and said, "There's enough food here, if you don't have enough to eat, you can say it." ”
As he spoke, Gavin tore a rabbit leg, which was no bigger than the previous half of the chicken, and this time he didn't hand it directly to Vic, but looked at him.
Vic looked at the rabbit leg, then at Gavin, and then at the rabbit leg, first a little puzzled, as if remembering something, and whispered tentatively, "Thank you." ”
"You're welcome." Gavin preached with practical actions this time and handed over the rabbit leg.
Took the rabbit leg, I didn't know what was in my stomach, I wasn't so hungry, I still couldn't believe it, the food was so easy to obtain, Vic looked at the food in his hand, looked up at Gavin, looked at the food in his hand, and then said tentatively: "Thank you." ”
Gavin said angrily: "Don't be too smart, I haven't eaten enough, I can't give it all to you, I'll talk about it when you're done." ”
Seeing that he didn't get more food, Vic immediately began to eat his own whirlwind, and soon stuffed this big rabbit leg into his stomach, and he didn't know if he was full, or the rabbit leg bone was too thick to chew, so he didn't gnaw it together this time.
Licking the last shred of flesh off the rabbit's leg, Vic looked at Gavin with puppy-pleading eyes and said, "Thank you." ”
Gavin didn't say anything this time, just unscrewed off the rabbit head with no meat and threw it over.
No matter how big Vic's food is, it is also limited by his size, his weight is estimated to be less than the size of two rabbits, and when he stuffs so much food into it, he has long been round, and he has long lost the strength at the beginning, but chews slowly, and stuffs it into his stomach little by little.
He is begging for food now, purely because he was afraid of hunger and greed after not having a meal before.
Sure enough, even if it was a rabbit head without any rabbit meat, Vic would only take a bite after a while, and when he finished gnawing the rabbit head, Gavin was basically full, and there were nearly half of the rabbits left, and half of the roasted potatoes and sweet potatoes were also half of them, as a lunch meal, which was barely enough, and he had to prepare a lot, otherwise, he would have to start the fire again at noon.
Packing all the food, Gavin handed it to Vic, "You'll keep the food." ”
Gavin believes that as long as Vic understands that he will not go hungry if he has enough food in the future, he will slowly get rid of his bad habits in eating.
Vic carried the food in his hand, and seemed a little incredulous.
"Don't be stunned, we still have a long way to go, hurry up and pack up and hit the road." Gavin urged, he was afraid that he would delay too much time, and it would be embarrassing to have another chance encounter with the soldiers and civilians of Fort Nott.
The path Gavin is taking now is also the path that Zalanda and them must take.
This is the only way to get to Dalauma, which is the largest city within a radius of hundreds of kilometers.
Gavin wanted to go to the Northlands, and only here could he find enough caravans, large enough.
Traveling alone, even if he entered the ranks of legendary warriors in his previous life, Gavin has always avoided it, because in the wilderness, no one knows what he will encounter in the next moment, if he encounters those monsters who freely enter and exit the ether, or the shadow and the astral plane, the legendary warrior will also have to be deflated.
Following the armed caravan on the main road is the best choice for most travelers in Faerun.
Before arriving at Dalauma, Gavin would always maintain a distance of twenty or thirty kilometers from the soldiers and civilians of Fort Nott, advancing in parallel.
If he really encounters a mortal danger that cannot be solved, Gavin will immediately retreat without saying a word, and seek refuge in Zalanda, even if he dies, he will die in front of Zalanda, or let her know the news, because in this world, it is possible to resurrect him at a great cost, and at present, Zalanda is the only one who can resurrect him.
Fortunately, so far, there are only small troubles, especially today, not even small troubles, whether it is a group of goblins or roadblockers, they have not encountered a single one after walking for a long time, but the carriage has encountered several cars, all of which are going in the direction of Dalauma, not like merchants, but like the soldiers and civilians of Fort Nott, to flee.
The carriages looked at Gavin's gaze with vigilance, and they involuntarily clenched their weapons.
This is the normal reaction of Faeron when he encounters a stranger in the wild, because no one knows whether the stranger on the other side is good or evil, a passerby, or a bandit.
Gavin brought a goblin with him, making the situation even worse.
This distrust goes both ways, and Gavin doesn't know where they come from, and he doesn't want to cause trouble.
The best option is to stay away as soon as possible.
This situation also shows one thing, they have entered the sphere of influence of Darauma City, where Darauma's patrol garrison often comes to patrol.
After confirming this, Gavin no longer stopped walking and stopping like he did yesterday, but accelerated his hurry.
He arrived a day earlier than Zalanda and the others, so he had a little more time to find a suitable caravan, and things didn't have to be so coincidental to find a suitable caravan.
Before Zalanda arrives in Dalauma, if there is no suitable caravan, Gavin will have to take the risk and take Vic on his own to try his luck in the next city.
Around noon, Gavin and Vic met the first cavalry patrol from Dalauma.
The patrol cavalry, obviously on a mission, just glanced at Gavin and Vic, and galloped away.
Gavin had more or less guessed what the patrol was going to do.
Not far behind him, there was a huge procession—a team that was getting bigger and bigger.
It was not only the Nottburg family that were plagued by the goblins in the mountains, although the eastern region was relatively lightly affected by the Mill Forest, but the people who rushed over made people panic.
Many people have the desire to flee to a big city like Dalauma, but they are still hesitating.
Part of it, there is no Zalanda's decision to abandon her family and business.
Part of them, the strength is not enough, and they dare not go on the road alone.
When Zalanda led a large army to pass by, he directly helped those who hesitated to make up their minds, especially those who thought that they did not have the strength of Fort Notte, most of them would join the retreat, even if the local lords did not leave, some of the lords would follow, at least the village of Kami, which had been relieved by Zalanda before, would all join the retreat.
Now the team led by Zalanda, not 5,000, but also 3,000, with people and cars, the momentum is even greater, and the team is dragged out for a kilometer.
Not to mention Zalanda, he didn't communicate well with Darauma City in advance, and even if he did, such a huge team poured over, and the ruler of Darama had to mumble in his heart.
This is also the knock-on effect caused by Gavin's little butterfly flapping its wings.