Neo didn't know that Elius had issued the latest order to "protect the successful completion of the excavation work", but he was aware of the personnel transfer of the dark minions.
Neo deliberately observed in secret for a while. Later, he guessed some of the enemy's intentions.
Centered on the small square and the Mammerus Mansion in the south, it is easy to see wandering zombies, skeletons and Terrest Hounds. Dark cultists are divided into groups of five, patrolling the four directions, and in other parts of the town.
place, no patrol team was dispatched
Neo knew that the opportunity had come. The enemy's new deployment and the raging wind would greatly benefit his escape. Without hesitation, he quickly returned to the cellar secret room of the McCann family, and also 'ransacked' two houses on the way. No matter it was him,
Still Dave, especially Miriam, need a change of clothes.
As soon as the door of the secret room opened, the cold air rushed in, first waking up Difu who was sleeping not far from the door and holding the sword tightly. Difu looked at the door nervously, and then he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was Neo.
"Next time you encounter a similar situation, remember not to open your eyes in a hurry. If it is an enemy, he will be more alert than you. If you continue to pretend to be asleep, he will most likely get close before acting to ensure a higher success rate.
With his thoughts, opening his eyes suddenly will only force him to burst out and attack. In addition, cover up the weapon. If that doesn't work, use a dagger."
"Yeah!" Difu responded and thought to himself: "I don't want to hold a dagger, and I'm not a woman! (Chastity Dagger)"
This is not a safe world, and the invasion of the Erdrit territory by the dark forces has proved this with blood. Although Diff likes to make rebellious little complaints, he also knows what is good. These little details that Neo told him, he
Remember it firmly
"The plan has changed. The minions of darkness have reduced their defenses. We need to take the opportunity to leave here." Neo said as he untied his ties at the door and took off his camouflage clothes. He was cold and didn't want to come into contact with Miriam like this.
"Well!" Dave stood up quickly, looked around, and asked slightly confused: "How to do it?"
"Tear strips of cloth, put on cotton clothes, and wrap yourself up, including your feet. The wind outside is at least twice as strong as when we hid in." Neo is already taking off his armor. This is a real escape. Wearing these is a burden.
Speaking of armor, before entering the tunnel, that is, when Eleus had just left Mammerus's mansion, Neo took the opportunity to sneak into the woodshed and take away the last part of his collection, including: Stone Lizard Scale Armor
Breast protector, Sword Fighter's Glory (belt), worn-out cyan cape (one of the two items I have carried with me since childhood), armor rack, coin bag, and enough dry food for one person for seven days
The armor rack is a combination of foldable wood and rain-proof tarpaulin. It is just in use now. Neo set it up, then put the armor in and fixed it piece by piece. Due to the rational use of space, even sleeping on it
Bags, rations, etc. can also be put into it, and it will not slosh and pile up. Finally, all the equipment forms a large bag like a long bread, tied to the waist and shoulder bag, carried on the back, weighing almost 80 pounds, together with the blue steel cross
Sword, yew bow, 30 quivers, daggers and other small items, the total weight exceeds 120 pounds (about 55kg). With the strength of Neo's level 4 warrior, the medium load is 150 pounds. It can be said that the total weight of the luggage is
Barely heavy enough not to affect normal trekking
Miriam was woken up not long after Neo took off his armor. She tried to get up sleepily, but Neo stopped her. She was the most delicate of the three. She was prone to problems when it was cold or hot, but she was still awake.
Next, it is better to simply let it dry. No matter how urgent it is, there is no need to rush it in these few minutes.
Neo baked the coldness off his body in front of the small iron stove, and Miriam was almost dry. Then he personally helped Miriam get dressed. When he came back, he picked up the girl's winter clothes from the house. Although it was
It's made of coarse cloth, but it fits well and keeps you warm. It's better than wearing the relics of the dark cultists directly.
Looking lovingly at Neo who was carefully dressing and wrapping herself, Miriam couldn't help but wipe her tears.
"Be more open minded..." Neo thought Miriam was thinking of the dead Lord Mamores again.
The three of them were all packed up. Neo put out the fire, cleaned up some traces, fumigated the smell with sweetleaf wood, collected part of the corpse ashes, and packed the rest with the bones and took them away to avoid implicating the McCann family. Finally,
After seeing that there were no obvious loopholes, he left the cellar and embarked on the road to escape.
As soon as he came up from the cellar, a gust of wind almost staggered Dave. Even though his head was wrapped in a cotton hood, the wind was still so loud that it was like roaring in his ears.
"God is angry!" Miriam sighed.
Under the leadership of Neo, the three of them walked cautiously towards the town wall. Passing by a private house, Dave saw that Neo had actually removed two long wooden boards and two long wooden strips from the shed, which was not too cumbersome.
, put it under your arm and keep walking
Because there are stairs and wooden walkways on the inside of the town wall, it is not difficult to climb from the inside out. It is just that the backpack goes down first, and then Neo goes down first, and Miriam felt a little guilty when she saw the two of them at the bottom.
Finally, he was easily caught by Neo, and then he mustered up the courage to close his eyes, jump, and couldn't help but let out a scream.
Fortunately, it was freezing cold, and all the minions of darkness had withdrawn to the center of the town. Even Elius, who preferred the cold, had a brazier set up in the room where he was staying. The three of them left without any surprise.
Dangerous, some situations that could cause fatal problems have become innocuous
Once out of town, Dave quickly figured out what Neo was doing with planks and battens, making sleds.
Using the cut wooden boards, wooden slats, and ropes, Neo made a simple sled on the spot, then put his luggage on it, let Deev and Miriam ride on it, and then carried the rope on his back.
"I can walk!" said Dave
"Save some energy just in case" Neo always seems to have a good reason, and he can even come up with high-sounding excuses for being considerate.
The snow on the field is almost half a foot thick. Even so, as Neo pulls a simple sled in the strong wind, it is not easy to look at the back of Neo who is half-bent and walking with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
Both Mirien and Dev's eyes were a little moist.
The siblings clearly remember Carolyn's hypocritical face in the past two days:
"Leave alone, I still have my energy left for fighting!"
"I have to dress warmly. If my limbs become numb, lose flexibility and cannot swing the sword perfectly, then we are all doomed!"
"What's the big deal if you eat less or skip half of the meal? As long as you talk less and move less, you won't consume much. If I lose my strength, what will I do if an enemy appears?"...
Some people do not care about the life and death of their siblings for their own sake; some people are almost harmed by their family but still come back as soon as possible, taking risks and suffering all kinds of hardships, just so that their siblings can live well; this is
The gap is like what their father said: From a certain perspective, life is a drama. Maybe one day you will be so destitute that your future is slim. When you are desperate and helpless, you will find that there are people who still stick with you in such circumstances.
Never give up, treat you well as always, move you, and comfort you. If such a person exists, cherish him, that is real wealth that money cannot buy.
Neo, obviously, is such a existence to their siblings. However, as a certain poem sings, "Sometimes, it's so difficult to love you!"
In Miriam's heart, there is deep love and guilt, but in Dev's heart, it is more complicated. She is a master, a role model, a guard, and a slave. She is not suitable for this family, but she truly loves her sister... By Neo
All the things that happened made him appreciate for the first time that the things he encountered in life could be so complicated and entangled, making it difficult to handle, making people feel entangled and depressed!
To the north and west, there are caves and some supplies. The total is enough for three people to consume for 7 days.
The traces left by the sled were very shallow, and the wind was so strong this night that even Neo's footprints couldn't withstand the wind and buried them in the snow.
The snow was rolled up in large quantities, forming a fog-like white blur in the air more than 1 meter above the ground, surging and rolling like waves, making a rustling sound like stones running on the Gobi.
This scene would make people think that they have arrived at the Lingfeng Icefield in the northern part of the Emerald Continent. In fact, the straight-line distance there is more than 10,000 kilometers.
In the year of frost, after learning the astrological reports from the astrologers, various places made some preparations for cold protection. For example, in Tulip Town, after the grape vines were taken down, they were buried deeper than in previous years, and the grain harvest and storage were completed early.
We have also prepared a lot of firewood and other supplies than in previous years. We are afraid that the weather will be too cold and the trade routes will be difficult, so we may be short of this or that.
But who would have thought that although natural disasters are violent, man-made disasters are even more terrible! This time, Turres suffered from the scourge of the dark forces, and it may take more than ten years, or even decades to recover. When thinking of this, whether it is Difu or Mi
Lien, and even Neo, felt heavy in their hearts.
It is always easier to destroy than to build!
Such warnings are not scarce, but their wisdom and brilliance have been tarnished by the years, so that they have been forgotten or even ignored by many people.
The Fury Alliance is a free country, a country that worships money, a country that lacks faith, a fragile and selfish people's hearts, resentment, sinking, darkness breeds, internal corruption, and now facts have proven that it is indeed strong on the outside and vulnerable...
Combining all the events in this incident, Neo thought about it carefully, and it was really not an accident that Erdrit suffered this disaster. Moreover, he had a vague hunch that this invasion of darkness would be difficult to contain quickly. This is like
There is a bunch of bugs on a messy, damp blanket. It lives and reproduces. It is far easier to eradicate it than it is to clean it up or eradicate it.
"If that's the case, the future of the Mammeris family is really in jeopardy..." Neo never thought that the Fury Alliance would be completely overthrown by the dark forces. What he thought of was a big battle.
In other words, fierce battles are unavoidable. In this case, there will be those who have accumulated military merit who need to be rewarded. At the same time, according to the Alliance Code, those who have failed to defend the territory will
The landed aristocrats who have done nothing will be 'remuneratively settled', which is a one-time payment, and the landed aristocrats will become titled aristocrats (worse than the court aristocrats, in local circles). In this way, the ancestors have pioneered and been promoted by several generations
The foundation created by a person is regarded as finished, and it is just a crown that can be obtained by a nobleman or almost any businessman.
"Perhaps we won't be able to wait until that time!" Neo looked back at Dave and Miriam. The eldest daughter is 18 years old and the eldest son is 14 years old. The famous 'Black Iron Tulip' wine is produced in Turres Manor. How much is this cake?
People are watching!
The sled arrived at the foot of the cliff on the west side of the North Fragrant Leaf Forest and was abandoned. There is no way for this thing to drive smoothly in the dense forest.
The three throwing spears that Neo had whittled earlier turned into snow poles. The three of them used them to trek north along the secret path in the forest.
Dev and Mirien are both human beings, and their vision at night is poor. Neo is not much better at dusk, but he can still see clearly within 3 or 5 meters. More importantly, his senses are better than those of Dev and Mirien.
There are many good ones, and he has jungle expertise, so he is an absolute guide. He reminded or supported the two of them from time to time along the way. Even so, the three of them spent nearly 2 hours just in the western section of the northern fragrant forest.
I took a break as many as 4 times
In the dense forest with confusing scenery, two bright green fires suddenly appeared from behind a large tree, wandering and shining brightly.
Miriam was so frightened that she locked herself behind Neo, while Dev was better, realizing that these should be the eyes of some kind of beast, and tightened his grip on the spear in his hand.
"It doesn't matter, it's a warg, the partner I found from the Zephyr Fighting Group." Neo comforted Miriam while pulling down the scarf covering her mouth, nose and cheeks, and waved to the warg.
"Partner..." Difu sneered at this statement and said in his heart: "It's hard to escape from the wild nature when you are in the company of beasts. Life types like you, even in a civilized society, still yearn for the so-called free life of primitive ignorance!"
One of the reasons why Dave didn't want Neo and Miriam to be together was because of Neo's wild nature. He really couldn't imagine his sister following Neo into the mountains and forests to pass animal skin and bone sticks, wild bananas and sour fruits, and savages who drink blood from their hair.
What good can there be in life?
"Hey, buddy." Neo had already stepped forward to greet the approaching warg. He hadn't seen him for nearly two days. The warg had not changed much, and the fur on his body was still as messy as before.
"It seems that even if we take careful care, it will be difficult to cure these scabies and scars in time during this period of hair loss. It would be great if the vitality of the white socks was stronger!" Neo gently brushed the warg's back, and suddenly felt in his heart.
With a movement, he wondered if his 'life intake' could go in the opposite direction and help the wargs?
Neo was very familiar with wargs, which quickly dissipated the panic in Miriam's heart. She was afraid of wargs, but believed in Neo more. She slowly turned around from behind Neo, and Miriam watched carefully.
Look, I saw that although this wolf was not very handsome, but there was a wild beauty between its eyebrows, I couldn't help but reach out and want to touch it like Neo.
As a result, the warg bared his teeth.
Neo knows that wolves are very vigilant creatures. Even if they are friends of friends, they need to be recognized again.
"Pull down the scarf, don't dodge your eyes, let's get to know each other, these are white socks, she's a lady." Neo said and introduced to the warg: "Mirien, Erdrit holds the most beautiful tulip, my true love."
Staring at the kind-hearted Mirien, the warg's vigilant gaze slowly dissipated. Finally, he sniffed Mirien and remembered her scent. Mirien also successfully touched the mane of the warg's head and neck.
Dave looked at the four hooves of the warg that were stained with mud and snow and were dusty, and the corner of his mouth twitched, "White socks, ha..."
The three men and the wolf continued to move forward, but when they arrived outside the cave, White Socks bared his teeth at Difu, preventing him from entering the cave.
The problem was finally solved with Neo's comfort. Not long after it stopped, White Socks didn't let Dave go to the fire, and then he didn't let Dave eat the barbecue.
Dev couldn't help it
Blonde and blue-eyed, in terms of appearance and temperament, he, Difu, is also second to none in Tulip Town. Unexpectedly, he is now in such a miserable state that even a beast can never stop looking at him.
"What's going on? It's specifically trying to bully me and be biased against me." Dave complained to Neo angrily.
"Wild intuition, it knows who is truly well-intentioned and who is just showing off and showing disdain." Neo comforted White Socks and said, "Don't be so stingy, there are no enemies here."
White Socks hummed twice, rolled his eyes at Difu again, ignored him, and focused on Neo's barbecue. Today he went hunting, with two fragrant deer and a large roe pig, but he did not eat directly.
, but took it back to the cave
It is very common for wargs and humans (and possibly other intelligent life forms, but werewolves to be more common) to partner up, and it is common for wargs to go hunting. This can also be seen as an exercise in martial arts and skills, while humans
They will play the role of chefs, grilling and braised. Wargs basically eat half and half of raw and cooked food. Raw meat makes them stronger, while cooked food makes them smarter and satisfies their greed.
After White Socks hunted, he chose to go hungry. As a result, he waited for Neo to come back, which made him very happy.