Parallel Army - The Sound of the Turning Tide Chapter 1 This Girl Can Hold a Drink
"Your home is quite close to the Great Rift Valley." Sofia looked at the group of tents that were about to arrive.
"Indeed, but it's not too close." Carlin used to think that the demon would not affect his tribe, and even if it spread, he would only need to move the pasture. But now he is very happy that he helped solve the problem in the Great Rift Valley.
Six people entered the tribe of rabbit demi-humans. They had different attitudes towards this unexpected demi-human visiting in the snow, but one family still vacated a tent.
The faces of Carlin's parents not far away made him feel strange again, but the sight of his younger brothers and sisters gathered around to listen to the story made Carlin feel relieved.
The young rabbit man's heart was a little more ups and downs, but he couldn't show anything. He just showed a standard smile to his younger brothers and sisters and slowly told them stories.
Sophia and Hiz helped Alexander during the reconciliation process, while Fageni sat outside the house and watched idlely a rabbit-human demi-human who was training a dog.
This was Zate's first time coming to a demihuman tribe other than the wolf tribe. She went out curiously for a walk, but most of the rabbit tribe demihumans still seemed to reject her...
"Ugh~~" Zate, who felt a little uncomfortable, looked around and his face was a little rosy. He didn't know what to do, so he could only look at Karin and listen to his story.
After resting like this for two days, the six of them had to set off, otherwise they would not be able to leave if the snow fell heavily. Karin's mother did not come out to see her off, but her younger brothers and sisters ran away to play, and the old father looked at Karin silently.
Lin left with a bag of specialty dried meat. There was nothing to say goodbye between the two. Maybe this was a silent communication between a man and his blood relatives.
After arriving at the border town, Alexander received ICBC's remuneration, including Moengnan's share, totaling one hundred and twenty linseys. The customized equipment he applied for had to wait two days, and then another soldier delivered it to the mercenary group.
I brought a document over.
Karin, who had put away his ears early, stepped forward to take it and take a look: "What is this document?"
Sofia looked at Karin and asked the soldier: "What's going on?"
And the word written on the document that the soldier sent to the six people was clearly an assistance order. With this, the escort team originally escorting the diplomats can be mobilized to other countries. The assistance order can mobilize only twenty escorts.
But they are all the best among the best.
[Really, I’ve been waiting for a long time.] Carlin thought that his help that time had finally paid off.
"Well, is this one of your missions?" Zate said with a slight tilt of his head.
"So be it." Fageni replied from the side.
"Besides this document, is there anything else that needs to be handed over to us or told to us?" Sofia continued to ask the soldier.
The soldier shook his head. "The adjutant just asked me to send it here."
"Understood, thank you." Seeing the soldiers walking away, Sophia entered ICBC to buy supplies for the long journey, as well as potions and other consumables.
Alexander also inquired about the information. I am afraid that the bishop-level priests of the Church of the Goddess of Dawn can only be found in the capital of Nevis. In Bakato, there are several churches of the Church of the Holy God of Glory that have bishops.
Moreover, the regular army of Nevis and a small group of rebels are currently fighting fiercely. Of course, the main forces are in a stalemate.
Carlin wanted to find Heimer to see if she sold ammunition and unprocessed gunpowder, and to learn about Yu's related technologies, but Moengnan didn't tell her the address at first. After looking around, he couldn't find it, so he could only
Give up.
After some repairs and adjustments to the team's personnel, materials, funds, etc., the Crazy Wolf 13th Mercenary Regiment divided into two groups and headed for their respective destinations in the border town.
On the fourth and sixth day of the month of Cleansing in the fifth year, Shilin Town is ten kilometers north of the border between Anguikulori Province and Nevis.
Carlin had never been here before, so the three of them took a lot of detours to find this place relying on the map given by Nishili Trading Company. The army stationed near Shilin Town was the first target of this trip, to assist the diplomats mentioned in the order to escort them.
The team trains here.
It was getting late, and smoke was rising from the stone forest village not far away, but it was hard to see clearly in the wind and snow. Shilin Town was marked on the simple map. It was a town for mining stone and carving stone sculptures. There may not be
It's a hotel, but I don't know where the military camp is. It seems I can only stay for one night.
In the wind and snow, Sophia wore a total of four layers of thick clothes and still had green nosebleeds... Maybe this was not a good comparison. Carlin and Zate just wore one more animal skin jacket than before.
"It's so cold -" Sophia shivered and used magic to create sparks again. "Is it finally here?"
"We should be arriving soon. I wonder if there is a place to rest here." The power of the wood plane crystal with huge vitality flowed through his body, making Karin slightly indifferent to the cold. At this time, he looked around, hoping to
Find a house and ask for directions.
"Um, there should be." Zate said as he shook the snow off the wolf's ears, straightened his collar at the same time, and then quickened his pace to check whether there were many people walking around in the village.
"I hope I can stay for one night. Let's go quickly. I don't want to stay in this ice and snow anymore. Ha, Ha Qiu——" Sophia sneezed.
After actually entering the village, the three of them discovered that there were no open houses in the winter, but luckily they found a tavern, so they could always have a sip of hot soup without mentioning accommodation.
It was really uncomfortable to feel the cold wind all the time, so Carlin stepped forward and knocked on the door of the tavern, intending to go in and rest for a while, so he happened to ask for directions.
A male voice came from inside: "The door is unlocked, just push it. Close the door quickly after you come in."
Sofia shivered and waited for Carlin to open the door, then followed behind and rushed into the tavern, and took a look inside - after all, she was also the "deputy leader" now. And the orange light and warmth
The fresh air made her come alive again. "Haha~ It's so warm."
"Welcome. Hey, hey, hey, he's a foreigner. This is really rare." A middle-aged man greeted him and brought over a glass of scalded wine: "Would you like to drink a little to warm yourself up? Don't rub your ears."
, otherwise it will fall off.”
Zate slowly walked into the tavern and looked around nervously. Although she had passed many human cities, she was still a little nervous. The movement was too awkward and it was Karin who closed the door.
Then the boss glanced at Zate, who came in last. "Asian, this is the second time I've seen him."
Carlin picked a seat nearby and ordered three glasses of wine. "Huh, it's really cold outside. Boss, do you know we are from out of town?"
"There is no one who lives here that I don't know, old John. Even the nearby soldiers have come to my place to drink, without exception." The uncle gave the remaining two people a glass of strong wine, a very spicy one.
"Thank you, boss. Ah, it's hot!" Sophia took the wine and took a sip, but was too eager and her tongue was burned.
"Oh... that's no wonder. Where are the nearby soldiers stationed? We want to do something there." Karin slowly took a sip of the wine, letting the heat slowly enter his stomach.
Zate sat next to Karin, and then said slowly: "Have any demi-humans come here before? Ugh -" Then she looked at the spirits on the table and said: "Well, there are others here.
Do you want something to drink? I don't drink." Zate asked the boss for a different drink, his face a little red.
"I remember it happened ten years ago. A little girl with long white ears crossed the border when the two countries were at war. But the distance was too far and I couldn't see clearly." The boss turned around and took another one.
The bottle then said, "This is spiced apple juice, but there's some wine mixed in."
"Little girl...that's pretty awesome." Sofia drank the wine slowly and then asked the most important question at the moment: "By the way, boss, do you have a room here to provide accommodation?"
"He is an amazing child." Zate sighed in a low voice.
"No, but you can sleep at my house. It's no problem to squeeze in. My son went to a big city to carve stone sculptures for rich families. He won't be able to come back this year." The uncle looked proud.
"Ah, thank you very much." Karin wanted to ask just now, but Sofia spoke first.
The uncle also poured himself a glass of strong wine. This tavern is not big, with only about twenty seats, but it is decorated very carefully.
"Thank you boss, we will provide you with the reward. It's really uncomfortable in this ice and snow." Sofia finished the glass of strong wine and put down the glass. She now has a lot of money, and it's not a big hotel and she can't spend much money.
"Forget the accommodation fee, girl, you are a good drinker. You can drink this big glass without blushing." The uncle was a little surprised to see Sophia finish the wine like nothing happened.
"It's not bad. I've drunk a few times before, but I'm not very good at drinking strong liquor. As I travel a lot, I can drink strong liquor." Of course, Sophia couldn't say that her physique and strength gradually improved during the adventure.
The induction potion she took made her almost immune to normal amounts of alcohol.
"It's true that people can't be judged by their appearance." The uncle sighed.
Sofia asked the boss for another drink with a lower strength.
"It's time to eat. I'm going to get some side dishes and two more drinks. It's my treat." The boss brought some dishes to go with wine for dinner for the three of them, and then brought a large jar of wine.
The flavors of the wines were different. Although they were both spicy, they tasted sweet in the mouth. We ate and drank, chatting all the time.
"How's business going lately, boss? The war is going on pretty hard where we come from." Carlin drank little by little and chatted with the boss. On the way, Carlin heard that the orcs' pig brains had been punched out over the grassland recently.
, Ankuiku’s border defenders breathed a sigh of relief.
Zate slowly took a glass of low-alcohol wine to get used to it, and listened carefully to the chat between Karin and the boss. It didn't matter if he couldn't speak, he could learn.
"There's a war, we haven't been at war in the past few years, aren't we very stable?" The uncle was confused and took a big sip.
"No, the place we came to was just finished a month ago, so I asked casually." Karin shook his head.
"I'm not sure, is there a conflict over the ownership of the border area? Anyway, let's drink." The uncle took another long sip.
"Uncle, I have a good drinker. Here's a drink to you." Karin smiled and took a big sip.
"Karin, you are so awesome." Zate said with emotion. Of course she knew that Karin didn't usually drink, just to ask for information.
"Our town has nothing to do with the war. There is nothing but rocks nearby." The uncle poured himself a glass with a spoon.
"It's a good thing not to fight. I wish you a prosperous business." Carlin raised his glass to signal to his uncle, and then drank half of the glass in one breath.
"Just make do with your life. When you get old, you just hope that your children and grandchildren will be well." The uncle gulped again.
"Well, calm days are the best." Zate had a small drink capacity, so he had to take a small sip of wine.
"I don't know when my son will marry a virtuous wife. The girls in the town still look down upon him." The uncle sighed.
"Maybe your son will go to the city this year and bring you a wife when he comes back." Sofia tasted a few bites of local wild vegetables, which were mostly pickled as a side dish with wine, quickly swallowed them and then said.
Karin thought of a certain suitor with a very wild style, trembled a little, raised his glass, raised his head and drank the rest of the wine.
"Haha, how can it be so smooth? You continue, I will clean up and prepare to close the door." The uncle stood up and bolted the door of the tavern.
After the uncle sat down, Sofia took a sip and asked: "Boss, where is the military camp here?"
"Is it a military camp? Well, it's probably in the southwest. I don't know the details." The uncle picked up a fried bean and threw it into his mouth.
Carlin asked where the nearby stones were mined. After all, it was a local industry, and he was quite interested.
The uncle replied that it was mined nearby, and there were no veins. It was a pure white stone, very suitable for carving, and had no other uses.
The three of them rested one night at the uncle's house. There were well-maintained armors and swords in the main room, which were similar to Anguiku's soldier's standard equipment. However, the three of them did not intend to pry about his past, but this
This is probably why the uncle dared to take in Karin, who was obviously a mercenary.