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Chapter 42 Road Blocking River

After going through some things, having punishments and rewards, and establishing some norms and regulations that can be recognized and followed by the vast majority of people, the team's mental outlook has changed significantly.

They became more energetic and imposing, looking like a troop of new recruits from a regular army rather than a mob or a collection of bandits and hooligans.

Mental outlook is actually very important. It determines the lower and upper limits of an army.

Discipline improved and the team's marching distance lengthened dramatically. On the fourth day, the team arrived at the border between Bohemia and Bagnia, which was one day shorter than Chris expected.

"Isaac, we'll set up camp here. The place is flat and sheltered from the wind. It's also high and won't be flooded. Arrange sentries and set up a cordon."

Chris handed the tasks to Isaac, who nodded and went to do them.

As a junior officer before retiring, Isaac was very familiar with such things and did not need any extra guidance from Chris.

Players even have to learn from Isaac's experience and skills, because the military knowledge of the hot weapons era may not be applicable in this context of mixed cold and hot weapons.

The versions are incompatible, and there will be no good results if you force it.

After Isaac left, Chris turned around and looked at the river not far in front of him... a river that was more than fifty meters wide, the water was not turbulent, and it didn't look very deep, but it was definitely not easy to cross.

Why is this river difficult to cross?
Chris approached it and looked down at a translucent piece of ice about half the size of a person. It hit a rock on the shore with a "bang", splashing out a piece of ice chips, and he immediately gasped.

This is the main reason why Chris finds it difficult to live with.

Because this is a glacier made up of melted ice water. The water is cold and mixed with ice cubes of different sizes.

Even if the river is not fast, if you are accidentally hit by a large piece of ice while crossing the river, you will fall into the river.

If no one helps in time, who can stand up in the icy river?

"Little Mia, how did you cross the river?"

Chris turned and looked at the little guide who was squatting by the river, stirring the icy water with his hands.

The little girl who had stood in front of Chris's tent and scared him with the big white pig was no longer the girl wearing a long homespun dress and with a pale face.

Now she has two little braids standing up, her face is rosy and shiny, she wears a gray woolen hat on her head, a gray cotton coat and a thick woolen sweater on her body, leggings and fleece children's pants on her legs, and small hiking boots on her feet.

Judging from today's perspective, Mia looks fashionable and noble. It is hard to imagine that she was a refugee who could not even get enough food a few days ago.

"come over?"

Mia stood up, squinting her eyes and looking at the river in front and behind for a while, then bent down and said something in the ear of the big white pig with its mouth close to its feet. The white pig also raised its head with all its strength and responded to the girl in a humming voice.

After the man and the pig communicated with each other in a strange way for a while, Mia raised her hand and pointed to the lower end of the river with certainty.

"Over there, Elsa told me the river bottom is flat and there's a rope. That's where my parents and I crossed the river."

Aisha told, flat, rope?

Chris was stunned for a moment. He scratched his head and looked at Mia who looked serious. For the time being, he believed her words.

Although it sounds a bit unbelievable, Chris has seen many strange people and things, not to mention that this world seems to have magic and witches.

Although I have only heard of it and never seen it, there is indeed a position and organization for court mages in the court of the Bohemian Empire.

In this case, Mia's ability to communicate with pigs is not unacceptable.

"How far is that place from here?"

Mia didn't answer immediately, but stretched out her hand to Chris and shook it. Chris looked down at Mia's palm, then looked back at her, not quite understanding what the latter meant.

"Sugar, I want sugar."

My goodness, Mia is blackmailing Chris!
Chris stretched out his hand and placed it on Mia's head, rubbing it vigorously for a few times, messing up her hat and hair. After satisfying his desire, he withdrew his hand due to Mia's dissatisfaction.

“Give me candy!”

"There, there, you nasty little blackmailer!"

Chris smiled and took out a piece of white toffee wrapped in rice paper from his pocket.

Before he even reached out to hand it over, Mia couldn't wait to take the candy out of his palm, without even removing the rice wrapper, and stuffed it into her mouth, chewing it with a happy look on her face.

"You eat so much, be careful about getting cavities!"

Chris threatened Mia with good intentions, but the latter turned a deaf ear to him and even kept a fierce look on his pocket.

But even though she was watching, Mia didn't touch Chris's pocket.

At this time, the white pig with the beautiful name of "Elsa" raised its head and gently nudged Mia's calves twice.

Mia looked down at Elsa, and the big fat pig tried his best to look up and meet her gaze, blinking his small black eyes.

Mia hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took out half a piece of stringy candy from her mouth, and reluctantly stuffed it into Aisha's wide-open mouth.

Soon, the big white pig squinted its eyes like Mia and smacked its lips in enjoyment.

Chris watched the interaction between the man and the pig with a smile, and asked after Elsa finished eating the candy under Mia's gaze.

"How far do we have to go to get across the river?"

Mia raised her hands in front of her and began to count her fingers carefully. After counting for a while, she looked up at Chris.

"Eat fifteen pieces of candy and you'll get where you want to go."

Fifteen pieces of candy?
That's a really weird unit of counting.

Chris thought about the time it took Mia to eat a piece of candy... well, from the time she put it in her mouth to the time she stopped, how long was it?

Shit, I was bored and didn’t remember about this.

Chris looked at Mia dejectedly for a while, sighed, and then under the latter's expectant gaze, he reached into his coat pocket again and took out a piece of candy.

Mia took the candy again and put it into her mouth, chewing it happily. The big white pig at her feet waited for her for a while, then nudged her knees with its mouth.

Mia took out half a piece of candy from her mouth and stuffed it into the pig's mouth. It was Aisha's turn to enjoy it.

Chris had been counting the time from the moment Mia started eating the candy to the moment Elsa stopped chewing. It was about two minutes.

Fifteen pieces of candy means thirty minutes, about half an hour.

Half an hour is not that far!
Chris turned around and shouted.

"Come on, some of you come with me and go down the river to check the situation!"

(End of this chapter)