Chapter 43: Adventure
The boy didn't look discouraged, though. He looked back at the way he came, as if in a daze, and then he looked back at the watchtower to the east.
There, occasionally, a figure flickered, and a sentry paced occasionally.
Spending most of the day there is tiring and boring, right?
While thinking, the boy sat on the boulder, taking the opportunity to regain his strength. Chitose waited for his decision, but saw him take out the water bladder and drink two small sips of water, and then grabbed out half of the oil cake, and gnawed it all down three times and divided five by two.
"...... "Didn't this kid get stumped?"
The boy finished eating and drinking, put away his things, picked up the basket again, andβ
Then we will stride towards the stone mountain!
"Hey!" Chitose was disappointed, "You've been thinking about it for a long time, and you just want to come up with a way to break in?"
The boy walked very fast, and within a few breaths he was already on the open mountain road. Front, back, left, right, up and down, all empty.
Of course, he was immediately exposed to the sentinel's vision!
This man was leaning against the rocks and hiding in the leeward place, with his legs on the plank, and half a sweet potato in his mouth. After all, in half an hour, someone will come to change the guard with him, and he doesn't have to continue to eat here.
But at this moment, a short figure suddenly appeared on the halfway of the bald stone mountain opposite.
The sentry rubbed his eyes vigorously.
That's right, someone did walk up, and it was a boy under ten years old!
He subconsciously clenched the things in his sleeve, and suddenly made a difficulty.
It is the sentry's responsibility to report and stop the enemy when it is spotted. If the officers and soldiers of Pinggu County broke in, he would not hesitate to send a signal to Qianshan.
However, at the moment, he is a little ghost, is it worth him to mobilize the crowd like this? If the signal is misfired, the boss will peel off a layer of his skin!
He hesitated for a moment, waited for more than ten breaths, and still saw the figure walking alone on the mountain road. Barren mountains and mountains, with miasma as a barrier outside, how can a child walk here alone?
Could the enemy be ambushing in the woodland and using this kid as bait?
The sentry's hand was loose and tight, tight and loose, and he never dared to move.
This bright mountain road is only 200 zhang, and if he hesitates any longer, the little ghost will be able to finish it in a blink of an eye.
The sentry thought for a moment, took the guy's hand, and simply bent his bow and arrows.
Shoot him, and you'll know if the enemy has a backhand.
But that's a long way off. Being able to walk through Yang in 100 steps is an excellent player, and now the sentry tower and the stone mountain are more than 20 zhang (nearly 70 meters) apart, and the mountain wind is fierce and often changes direction, he is not very sure.
"Whoosh", the first arrow misses the string and misses.
The boy was alarmed, changed from walking to running, and took off the bamboo basket behind his back to block himself.
The second arrow is out.
I hit it, but I shot it on a bamboo basket.
The boy felt a huge thrust from the bamboo basket and almost got out of his hand. In the hurry, his eyes turned slightly, and he saw an iron arrow coming out of the basket.
Well, it's dangerous, this man's arm strength is not small.
The boy was a little worried, the basket was pierced, and he didn't know what happened to Chitose inside. She is so powerful, although she is a cat at this time, she should be safe and sound...... Right?
He thought so, but he was in danger, how could he have the time to open the basket and check?
Soon, a third arrow came, grazing his calf and hitting the ground.
The boy had a burning pain in his leg.
But at this moment, he safely rushed through this mountain road and plunged headlong into the jungle on the edge of the rocky mountain!
"Damn!" the sentry on the watchtower slapped his thigh in anger, raised his long knife, and rushed down in three steps and two steps.
The two mountains are connected by a stone bridge, and as long as this kid finds the right way, he can touch the bottom of the watchtower. Besides, he is responsible for the duty of lookout, and he definitely can't let such a small thing of unknown origin go over, and he must get rid of this trouble with his own hands.
The sentinels knew the terrain well, and they could easily spot the galloping figure when they burrowed into the forest. He chased after him on a shortcut and slashed at the opponent's back!
He had doubts about the identity of this kid. The best thing to do is to kill with one hit!
But although the boy had small arms and legs, his movements were quite flexible, and he rolled his head on the spot when he couldn't make a move, and gently and skillfully avoided the knife, but instead hugged the sentry on the leg!
The latter was taken aback, and reached out to grab him by the neck, but instead of grabbing him, he grabbed the bamboo basket on the boy's back.
The bamboo lid fell off, and a white shadow popped out of the basket, rushing straight to the door in front of him!
The sentry was horrified, how could he care about the boy, and swung his knife to chop the white shadow. It was faster than lightning, and before the blade arrived, he felt a sharp pain on his face.
The white cat's claw hook popped out, like ten small daggers, and they all scratched more than a dozen wounds on his face, dripping with blood.
Then, it jumped to the side.
The sentry screamed twice in pain before he opened his eyes, and when he saw the boy standing three feet away, he did not run away, but stared at him.
"You're dead!" the sentry roared, sword raised.
However, the strange thing is that he suddenly felt a little short of breath, and his mind was a little dull, as if he had not had a good sleep in the past seven or eight days, and the most important thing he wanted to do now was to lie on the ground and have a good dream.
After not taking two steps, the knife fell to the ground.
No matter how hard he tried, his legs still couldn't support his body.
Thump. Before he could reach the boy, he fell to his knees, breathing harder and harder.
There was a faint white mist floating in front of him, and the mist was filled with a sweet smell......
"Miasma!" was struck in his eyes. This symptom has not been seen in the Poison Fang Mountain, whether it is a human or an animal, the scene of being poisoned by miasma is no different. "Why!"
But why did he get poisoned, he obviously had ......
The sentry's gaze fell on the boy's raised hand, and suddenly froze:
In the hand of this little ghost, he dangled a wooden card, which was the one he had worn on his waist before.
Taking advantage of the white cat's scratching face, this kid stole his talisman wooden card!
This wooden plaque is obtained from Granny Mu, and it is the pass of Poison Fang Mountain. Without it, no one can avoid miasma.
He tried to reach out and grab the wooden card, but he didn't even have the strength to raise his hand......
The boy cautiously stepped back, sat down, and watched as he slowly swallowed on the ground.
It wasn't until the sentry didn't move that he dropped his card and went up to the man and kicked him twice.
"Don't look at it, he's dead!" the white cat jumped in front of the boy, almost opening his teeth and claws, "You tell me clearly, what did you mean by using me to block the arrows just now!"
Of course, Chitose-sama is not afraid of swords and arrows, but how delicate the white cat's body is, how dare he!
The boy wanted to "speak", but he couldn't say it clearly, so he could only spread his hands at her. He didn't use the white cat to block the arrows, but the bamboo basket to block the ...... To cross that section of the mountain road, no matter how prepared it was, it was an adventure, and the most convenient shield he could think of was a bamboo basket.
He also wanted to discuss it with her, but he couldn't make a sound.