"Horse is a valuable resource. It can help farmers plow the fields in normal times and become the mount of the cavalry during wartime. If you need an expedition, it is best to use a mare. The mare can produce milk and can directly become the ration for soldiers."

"Well, I agree with this. But the horses of Kisliv are not good, the horses of the Empire and Batonia are of good quality, but these two countries are almost not expeditioned. The empire is in chaos, and the system of Batonia is not good. No lord can have enough property to supply his troops to go on a long-term expedition."

In the cold snow forest, several people sat down and chatted. Lawrence didn't know where to get wild game. It was a frozen rabbit. It didn't seem to be affected by the chaotic wind, and it was still normal in shape and sexual characteristics. But the five big men and a rabbit were obviously not enough to get between their teeth. But in this ice and snow, it's better to eat meat than not.

The flint was crackling and the dry wood quickly sparked. In this ice and snow, this is precious warmth.

Rhode pulled up the bearskin cloak and wrapped himself in his body to resist the cold weather. Others were also enjoying the brief warmth by the fire. Their hands became rough due to long exposure to the cold, and some places had cracked like soil that had lost water, struggling and longing.

"Rabbit meat, wild vegetables, flour, pepper, vanilla, well, this is the best game."

The mercenary Khufu thought of it. He was a retired veteran of Kisliv. He had participated in the Flying Eagle Legion of the Snow Queen. He was used to killing and blood. After retiring, he could not find the meaning of life, so he joined the army again and became a mercenary. It can be said that in addition to the chief knight Virgil, Khufu was the best warrior under Rhodes...

He took out a large spoon, helped his lord make a full bowl of rabbit meat soup, and handed it to Rhodes. The heat gas turned into white mist and kept rising. Taking rabbit meat to cook soup is not delicious, but this is just the only way to cook wild vegetables to maximize the use of food. Although everyone carries dry food, you should know that in this cold and bitter northern land, dry food is usually difficult to swallow.

After taking the big bowl, Rhodes tasted a bite of rabbit broth. Since the blood was not completely cooked, the soup rolled into his throat with a strong bloody smell, which was indescribable. Compared to any broth I drank in my previous life, the bowl of soup in front of me was simply hard to swallow. But this is the common food for people in this world.

Although he didn't like this broth, Rhodes still endured the taste and slowly drank the soup. After all, hot soup is an important way to keep warm in the ice and snow. Khu Fu, on the opposite side, took out the black bread he carried with him and started to chew it.

You can hear the quarrels of the teeth chewing hard bread. It is a food composed of bread, nuts, and preserved fruit. Because it is easy to preserve, it has become the food for most northern soldiers. However, due to the lack of food, many breads do not actually add so many ingredients. The food bread for most soldiers and wanderers is actually just a layer of cortex, germ, endosperm, wood chips, and mud that is ground down during the wheat grinding process. Although it is easy to preserve, over time, the hardness is just as good as the bark. Therefore, the teeth of every wanderer and field soldier are as sharp as wild wolf.

Although Rhodes had the conditions to eat better food, in order to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, in most cases, his food was the same as them. As soon as the bread was chewed down, countless dust spilled on his mouth, and it was hard to tell whether it was flour residue, wood chips and mud crumbs.

Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong...

"Hey, can you eat less?"

When night fell, the woods were dark and dark. In front of Rhodes, soldiers Carlot and Khufu started arguing about something broken.

Rhodes usually did not have much demands on them. Except for showing necessary respect to him, they became acquainted with the soldiers in other aspects without obvious barriers. Therefore, even in front of the lord, they still did not have much constraints or dogmas.

"You only have the sound of eating!"

The disliked soldier Carlot couldn't help but scream in dissatisfaction.

However, the ranger Lawrence, who had been patrolling the forest for a long time, stood up alertly. His deep blue eyes stared at the woods, and a breath of uneasiness was approaching.

Rhode also discovered something. To be precise, this was not what he discovered, but the power of the bear spirit hidden in his body, which made him instinctively feel the danger in the forest. He could sense the existence of wild beasts on this land, but something different from normal creatures was approaching.

"Shh..."

As the sound continued to approach, the earth seemed to be trembling uneasy. Rhode lay his head on the ground and listened to the sound coming from the other end of the ground with his ears.

It was a kind of uneasy vibration, like a wild beast...

"alert!"

Before the guards could react, Rhode drew out his sword and roared loudly. He picked up the wood in the fire with one hand and held the sword made of cold iron with the other. His eyes were fixed on the surrounding trees.

Passing through the woodland is not the best route, but to save time, Rhodes chose this route. Now, danger follows.

Before Carlot and Khufu could react, a huge shadow popped out of the darkness. Almost as the shadow pounced on veteran Khufu, the sharp arrow in the hand of ranger Lawrence also flew out. In just a moment, the sound of arrows piercing into the flesh came from the air. With the roar of the beast, a beastman with cow horns half-kneeled on the ground, just less than two meters away from veteran Khufu.

However, before everyone could pick up their weapons, the second and third beastmen rushed out of the woods.

Blood-red eyes, rough arms, and the rough and inferior giant axe all stimulated the fragile nerves of the soldiers. If they had not served in the regular army, several Rhodes' men would have been scared and paralyzed.

"roar……"

The beastman roared, and the huge axe smashed towards Rhode like a shadow. However, the Black Hammer Castle Lord, who had integrated the memories of two lives, was not a weak chicken. The moment the opponent's battle axe fell, Rhode rolled away from the infinitely powerful attack. The beastman's battle axe hit the ground hard and made a hearty roar. However, before he could turn around, Rhode had appeared behind him, got up from the ground, stabbed the beastman's back with a sword, and at the same time, a torch burning with hot flames stabbed the beastman's thigh.

Under the double blow, the beast warrior let out a painful wail. He turned around and tried to fight back, but Rhode did not give him a chance. After pulling out the sharp blade, the Black Hammer Castle Lord squatted again and cut open the flesh on the beast's calves with one sword. The blade bit deeply into the muscles. When he pulled it out again, the warm blood had already splashed all over the ground. The massacre was so bloody. The beast warrior kneeling on the ground was full of fear. In front of him, a man like a giant bear was holding the blood sword and stabbing his throat with a sword. Suddenly, blood splashed everywhere, dyeing the beast's chest red.
Chapter completed!