Chapter 72: The Return (I)
Three days later, Locke and Angelina looked at the small cave where the two of them had lived for more than twenty days and felt a lot of emotion, and they were leaving today.
Before leaving, Angelina looked at the grass and trees here with burning eyes, she was the person who was most impressed by everything around her.
"Let's go. Locke said to Angelina, leaving in the direction he had already determined.
The two of them no longer looked like savages before at this time, Locke shaved with a dagger, and most of his body recovered He had the light core protection of the moonlight wolf, and he rolled in the snow directly naked, and the smell on his body disappeared, plus Angelina performed a cleaning spell on him, and Locke changed from a wild man to a hunter.
Why is it a hunter, because Locke is covered with all kinds of animal skins, which are all contributed by the animals captured by Angelina, Angelina used to weave very badly, and after Locke re-tailored, he had the appearance of a gown.
Angelina fully showed her aristocratic nature, smooth and white moonlight wolf fur, Locke directly made a full set of outfits for Angelina, the fur of the wolf's head was made into a hat, the tail was made into a scarf, the fur on the wolf's body was made into a coat and a long skirt, and the fur on the limbs Locke made a pair of shoes and a pair of gloves.
Angelina was completely wrapped in the fur of the moonlight wolf at this time, not to mention the cold, Angelina felt hot after taking two steps.
"Why don't you make yourself one?" Angelina complained, such a big piece of moonlight wolf fur, Locke made clothes for her, but she was wearing a gown made of miscellaneous small animals, Angelina was moved by Locke's behavior, and complained that he didn't care about himself too much, and his body had just recovered.
"You look good in your clothes, it's a waste for me to wear it, I'll just wear this. Locke grinned and pointed to the 'miscellaneous cards' on his body.
Angelina wore clothes better than this, although the moonlight wolf is a rare light type of Warcraft, but it is only a low-level, Angelina's own wardrobe in the palace has a bearskin padded jacket contributed by a high-level Warcraft, to say precious, I don't know how much more precious than the fur of the moonlight wolf, but Angelina still prefers the clothes that Locke knitted for her.
Without much thanks, Angelina just stepped forward to hold Locke's hand, and the two left together.
The snow had stopped for three days, but the snow in the Bering Mountains showed no signs of melting, and the two of them walked among the mountains, stepping on a knee-deep footprint.
Locke walked very carefully, because the snow was deep and he couldn't see what was going on under the snow, and if there was a hole or a stumble, the two of them would inevitably suffer. Walking carefully means walking slowly, starting from the morning, until the afternoon to climb a mountain and a half.
Before dark, Locke found a leeward rock to rest his feet on, and rested against the rock. There is no cave to live in, which means that there is no fire, and the two of them eat not hot food, but the wolf meat that Angelina has heated with the light technique, watching the wolf meat cook in Angelina's hands for a while, Locke sighed, "The magic is so good!"
Angelina pursed her lips and chuckled, she likes Locke to praise herself, Angelina has been excellent since she was a child, no matter who sees her talent, she will praise her, although Angelina has matured recently and looks down on this kind of flattery a lot, but for Locke's praise, Angelina is still very happy.
"If you want to learn, I'll let the teacher test you when you get back and see if you have any talent. Angelina said to Locke.
"Let's talk about it. Locke shook his head, although he was very envious, but Locke still knew how many pounds and taels he had, and from the point of view that he didn't know a few big characters and wasn't proficient in arithmetic, his brain was indeed not very flexible. Angelina once said that those who have magical potential are geniuses. What is a genius, like Angelina is.
Xia Qian maybe, Locke thought to himself. Xia Qian learned to write and count by herself, coupled with the shrewdness she developed when she was a proprietress, she should be in line with the passing mark of a genius. However, Locke didn't have the courage to recommend Xia Qian, these two are her women, one is Charlotte's inferior commoner, and the other is the noble princess of Faustin.
Locke is very attentive to his woman, Xia Qian was willing to follow him before he was developed, and also gave him advice, he would not let Xia Qian down. Thinking of Xia Qian, Locke doesn't know how she is doing now, his brothers are still alive, Xia Qian should not suffer, but his brothers will not always take care of Xia Qian, he needs to go back quickly.
A week and a half later, Locke and Angelina were walking in the snow with difficulty, and by this time there were no jungles or mountains around them, and a vast plain appeared in front of them. Bering Mountains, they came out!
In the barracks, Kane was boredom kicking pebbles in the tent. The thumb-sized pebble was kicked left and right by Kane's nimble feet, and it just didn't fall in the air. After I don't know how long it took, Hans came in with the food, "Eat!" Hans handed the food in his hand to Kane.
Kane stopped his boring behavior and kicked the pebbles into the air.
It's been a month and a half since Locke's 'death', Kane and Hans have been living a dull life for the past month, their eldest brother sacrificed himself in exchange for their lives, no matter what, as brothers who have lived and died together, they can't let go.
Sir Will arrived at the right time that day, and just as the Charlottes in red leather armor were preparing to slaughter the remnants of them, the cavalry appeared like a god from heaven, and the fierce cavalry directly broke up the formation of the Charlottes, and the result was self-evident.
Sir Will even severed the arm of one of the leading blood-red armored men on his horse, and the army was defeated, and this group of elite Charlottes came and went quickly. All that was left was a field of stumps and dead bodies.
In that battle, five of the eight infantry squadron leaders of their battalion were broken, only Squadron Leader Monte and Squadron Leader Yoshak survived because they followed the Baron's team, and the remaining Squadron Leader Karl was also lost an arm.
At that time, there were more than 300 people in the three infantry squadrons, and only enough people survived in the end, and only 100 people survived, and half of them were seriously or lightly wounded, and now the number of people in the entire battalion is less than half of what it used to be. The brutality of this battle is close to the bloody battle of Gordon Heights a year ago.
Such a serious battle loss should have caused an uproar in their corps and even in the entire Eagle Legion, but there were very few people who knew the true losses of their battalion.
Baron Kaidozi and the people in the military department suppressed this matter for some reason, until more than half a month ago, King Charlotte announced a message that Angelina, the princess of the royal family of Faustin, was killed by the blood red of Charlotte's elite troops, and they knew that the magician woman who was hunted down was their princess.
This was followed by a fierce revenge from Prince Kensel, and the three legions launched a desperate assault, and most of the battles ended in victory, although there were some tragic endings.
But this has nothing to do with their battalion, Baron Kaidozi, who lost more than half of his troops, was directly sent to the rear to recuperate and recuperate, although they did not save the princess, but they could make Charlotte's elite troops suffer heavy losses, and finally lost half of their own tragic ending, Prince Kensell and the military department were considerate.
There is no reward, and there is no criticism. Their battalion has inexplicably fallen from a strong army in a hundred battles to the ranks of second-rate troops. Baron Kaidozi has been drinking alcohol lately, and his efforts to raise the Kaidozi family were given a blow to the head at the end of the day.
Eating the tasteless white bread in his hand, Kane was not happy at all. Everyone is dead, why is there so much food left, Baron Kaidozi generously added a white bread to every living soldier for every meal. Maybe it's the soft white bread, or maybe it's the self-confidence that once belonged to a hundred battles and strong army, this army, which has been reduced by more than half of its personnel, has not collapsed until now.
When the convoy returned home last month, it brought bad news belonging to more than 200 families, Kane did not account for Locke's death, the bones of Locke and Princess Angelina have not been found, and the Baron has acquiesced to Kane's actions. Kane and Hans are now acting squadron leaders of the 4th Squadron, with less than 20 men under their command.
Locke's salaryKane sent his own to Locke's family, he had no relatives and no reason, and every time Locke's team was the least active in sending his salary, because he didn't know what he was spending his money on. Aside from a good sip of wine, Kane had no particular interest.
Xia Qian has had a difficult month, without Locke's protection, and despite his men still protecting her, she has lost her initial freedom. Xia Qian has been doing business with Henry of the transport team this month, and the group of refugees that Locke had subdued in Giza Town was Xia Qian's team.
Charlotte refugees are everywhere, penniless and useless in the eyes of those in power, but Xia Qian sees a business opportunity in it. Whether it's labor, or the hidden value that may be carried, it can be discovered.
In the past month, Baron Kaidozi has not gone to the war because of the vitality of his troops, and he has lost the opportunity to get the last piece of the pie, so he turned to the rear transportation business, and many of the troops need food, steel, weapons, horses, etc., Baron Kaidozi dares to do. This is a man of courage and resourcefulness, and Baron Kedozi shows his talent to the nobles who have given him taunts and mercy.
Of course, the business is getting better and better, but then there is a shortage of manpower. Among them, Henry, who made a lot of money, has not yet reached the limit. Xia Qian stood up at the right time, and the free labor force provided by her alone reached nearly a hundred.
These 100 people are all Charlotte refugees, Xia Qian used her life as a guarantee, and the support of the two acting squadron leaders Kane and Hans, Henry, who had a good relationship with Locke, accepted Xia Qian's help, originally with the mentality of trying it out, but I didn't expect this group of Charlottes to be really obedient.
Any merchant likes to use any labor that can be used as long as there is a mouthful of food that can be eaten. Over the years, the fighting between Charlotte and Faustin has become more and more intense, even in the occupied area, the Faustan people will not believe in the Charlotte who are enslaved by them, let alone here that is currently on the front line.
"How did you do that?" asked Henry, a logistics merchant, with interest.
Xia Qian shook her head and didn't speak, in the month after Locke's 'death', she became a little reticent.