Heart of the Castle

Chapter 354 The Crow Messenger, Another Bad News

The unidentified powerful knight was not the only trouble that Li Wei and others encountered when crossing the Dusk Forest, but it could indeed be called the most dangerous one.Hungry wolves and other wild beasts may be quite dangerous opponents for the merchants, but for Li Wei and the other three, they are small troubles that can be easily dismissed.In order to save time, everyone decided to take advantage of the clear weather to drive overnight. Fortunately, the thick night fog shrouded in the dusk forest eased in winter. Breathing the frosty air, the three of them rode forward holding torches. Wei was in the front, and Donna was in the back, so he stayed up all night.

Early the next morning, the surrounding trees gradually became thinner and dwarfed, reaching the edge of the Dusk Forest.Babrupa found by memory a frozen brook whose water was as pure as a jewel.Levi chiseled enough ice with his sword. On the other hand, Donna and Babrupa also lit a bunch of campfires with the experience of adventurous life. When the bright red flames crackled and burned, Babrupa Brupa sat down on the big rock next to him, so tired that his tongue seemed to be rusted, and he was only panting heavily.

"It's too cold, the stream has been completely frozen, and even the bottom is frozen." Li Wei walked back with a small iron bucket containing the ice he dug out, "I wanted to catch some fish or something, see It looks like I can only eat the dry food I brought." As he spoke, he handed the iron bucket to Tang Na.

Tang Na took the iron bucket, and then used a branch to pick up the handles on both sides, and set the iron bucket on top of the campfire. "This winter is especially cold." He put his hands next to the bonfire and rubbed them together. "I remember that when the last disaster came, it was also followed by such an unusually cold winter. People who managed to survive from the claws of the devil, More than half of them died in the midst of hunger and cold."

Li Wei was silent for a while, and a flash of memory flashed in his eyes, "Yes, it was a very cold winter, even in the Viscount's castle, life was extremely difficult." As he spoke, he unpacked his luggage , took out a linen towel, and prepared to wipe the sweat of the mount.

They didn't rest for nearly a day and a night yesterday. Although they didn't ride their horses, they still made their mounts exhausted and sweaty.Many knights who are familiar with horses know this. If a horse sweats a lot and doesn't dry it off in time, its body will get sick, and it may even collapse, so that it can no longer gallop as a war horse.

Li Wei was the first to go to the Northern Territory Black Nightmare, but this mixed-breed Nightmare didn't even break a drop of sweat. He was standing next to the ice hole that Li Wei dug out, biting down with his sharp teeth. Ice cubes to eat.Seeing Li Wei approaching, Black Nightmare raised his head and rubbed his big head into Li Wei's arms, which made Li Wei couldn't help but pat the dark horse's head with a wry smile, and then he walked away satisfied.

While Li Wei and Donna were wiping the sweat of the other two horses, Babrupa had already opened his two bark boxes, took out the dry rations inside one by one, and threw one of the brown things After entering the ice water that had begun to boil in the iron bucket, I poured a few handfuls of oatmeal into it, and it didn't take long for the strong aroma of mutton to be heard.Babrupa scooped up a little and tasted it, nodded in satisfaction, and then spread a piece of white cloth on the ground, the edges were not very neat, it seemed to be torn from something.

Tang Na just turned around and saw the white cloth, "Hey, pious Babrupa, I remember you once said that this cloth seems to have some origins?"

"That is to say, this is a great sacred relic." Babrupa placed the food such as black bread, cheese and corned beef on it, boasting without looking back, "Remember The story of Santa Morata? This clean white cloth was torn from his robe, and as long as he wears it, he can be blessed by the patron saint of all travelers at any time."

Having said that, the actions Babrupa made obviously didn't care much about this precious treasure. Donner shook his head and smiled, and then sat down with Levi who had already wiped off another horse. come over.Babrupa took out several metal bowls from another box. According to him, these are the relics of the holy water given to the sick by the merciful Elala himself, and they are also invaluable.

The sacred relic seems to add deliciousness to the mutton soup, especially after traveling all night, several people almost don't know how hungry they are. Babrupa is the shortest in stature, but has the best appetite. When Li Wei and When Tang Na was still dealing with the first piece of black bread, he had already swallowed two pieces of bread with beef and cheese in his stomach, but he was not a crocodile after all, so he rolled his eyes from choking on the dry food, and poured half a bowl of hot water into his mouth. Soup came along.When his hand was reaching for the third piece of black bread, a sharp object suddenly hit his neck, and then there was a weird and stiff sound in his ear.

"Fatty, fatty! Surrender? Not surrender?"

"I surrender!" Babrupa's scream startled both Levi and Donna on the opposite side, and then they saw the short fat man sitting opposite him lying on the ground, raising his hands above his head, one of them He also held a loaf of black bread in his hand.

There was no one behind Babrupa, only a big crow that looked familiar to Li Wei was squatting on his shoulder. The bird triumphantly lifted its long beak from Babrupa's neck. Take it away, and then stalk his head and arms towards the black bread.

"Trophy, trophy." The big crow announced, and then plunged its long beak into the black bread.

Donna's loud laughter was particularly loud in the silent forest, and Li Wei wanted to hold back at first, but Babrupa lay on the ground, squinted one eye, and stared at the big crow with an unbelievable expression It was so much fun.So a few seconds later, Li Wei's efforts failed, and the laughter burst out even more violently.The big crow followed suit, flapping its wings and uttering a few mocking hoarse crows, making Babrupa's round face turn as red as the setting sun!

"Master Crow, I think you made a mistake, your captive hasn't conceded yet!" Babrupa's voice was sweet and scary, and he jumped up as if he had a dwarf catapult under his body , with agility that Li Wei had never seen before, he swooped towards the big crow.

"Quack, shame, shame!" The big crow finally escaped from Babrupa's entanglement, fluttered its wings, and flew up to the treetops. The black feathers that had just fallen off were swirling in the wind. "Bite, bite!" the big crow said angrily.

Babrupa spat out a few crow feathers from his mouth angrily, coughed twice, and spat out two more. "Let you bird understand how powerful Master Babrupa is!" He warned, and the look made Donna, who had just suppressed his smile and was drinking soup, couldn't help but choked and coughed.

Li Wei waved to the big crow. The bird looked worriedly at Babrupa who was still aggrieved, tilted his head and thought for a while, then slid down the treetop like a ghost and landed on Li Wei's shoulder. "Swamp, swamp, letter, letter," it cried, raising a paw.

The big crow's paws were tied with copper pipes similar to those of last time, and the letters inside were brittle from the cold. Levi carefully unfolded this sheet that exudes the unique damp smell of the rotten swamp. The information on it was more important than last time. It was short, but it made Li Wei's expression change immediately.

"The aboriginal tribe lost the battle, and several leaders were seriously injured!" The young lord quickly put away the letters, and turned to Donner and Babrupa, "It's too late to rest, we must go immediately."

"As you order, Your Excellency Levi." Tang Na simply replied, and at the same time began to pack his bags, extinguish the bonfire, and extinguish the embers with snow.Babrupa's expression was very reluctant, but when he saw Li Wei's serious expression, he swallowed his suggestion, humming, and put his precious treasures into the box.

A few minutes later, the sound of horseshoes sounded again. This time, the three galloped their horses, trying to get to the Rotten Swamp as soon as possible. The big crow fluttered in the air ahead, guiding them along the way.

"Stibba, Worf, Gala..." Li Wei silently read the names of the familiar aboriginal tribal leaders, "Hold on, we'll be there soon!"

(End of this chapter)