When it first snowed, the snow grits fell on the ground and melted quickly, forming a thin layer of ice on the ground. The snow that fell later stopped melting and spread a thick layer on the ground.
Therefore, the road in the valley is very difficult.
The road between the valleys was completely covered with snow, and he could only walk one foot deep and one foot shallow through the seemingly flat snow. He didn't even dare to step on the flat snow, so he could only look for places with dead grass and leaves exposed.
If you step into such a place, you can at least ensure that your body will not completely sink into it, leaving only a series of footprints.
Surdak's archery skills are terrible, but you don't need a bow and arrow to catch pheasants on a snowy day. Experienced hunters only need to drive away the pheasants that are looking for food in the snow, and wait until they are tired and hungry after flying.
Sometimes, they will plunge into the snow urn. At this time, the hunter takes the opportunity to walk over and pull the pheasant out of the snow pit like a carrot. The harvest is not too easy.
So it didn’t take long for Surdak to have a string of pheasants hanging from his waist.
He was carrying the unconscious female swordsman on his back. From a distance, he looked extremely bloated.
He also held a wooden stick in his hand to avoid falling while walking. Every time he breathed, a stream of white water vapor would be sprayed out from his nostrils. Every step seemed to require twice as much effort on his part, and every step he took was so slow.
Easy, Surdak cursed in his heart, God, it happened to be snowing at this time, he really knew how to catch the opportunity, and he didn't know if Karl would send people to look for him after receiving such news.
Two white-rumped deer ran out of the forest. Their lithe bodies jumped back and forth in the snow. When they discovered Surdak in the valley, they blinked their innocent eyes and blinked, as if
Some were curious about this guest in the valley. They even followed Surdak for several hundred meters. They gradually lost interest in Surdak and then jumped into the pine forest in the valley.
Surdak was not prepared to hunt these two white-rumped deer. There were several birds in the sky that kept circling over the valley. At first, Surdak was worried that they were the night harriers that the Dark Red Knight had been around before. He stopped?
Instead of continuing to move forward, he dove into the woods to find that the birds had not left. They continued to hover over the valley until a fat gray guinea pig appeared in the snow in the valley.
Clumsily digging at plant roots? Those birds swooped down from the sky like bombers? They scrambled to kill the gray guinea pig in the snow.
Seeing that the birds that hunt gray squirrels are just the most common short-beaked vultures? Surdak breathed a sigh of relief. This kind of bird is greedy, cunning and cunning, and difficult to tame? It should not be the Black Magic Priory.
The reconnaissance sentries sent over there.
Although he thought so, he did not emerge from the forest. Under the cover of the red pine forest, Suldak moved forward cautiously. He planned to find a higher place after walking out of the valley and observe again.
Where should he go? But before his hanging heart dropped, he felt a thin whispering sound coming from the depths of the pine forest. Before he could feel alert, several forest gray wolves came out of the depths of the pine forest.
A bush emerged from a bush. These forest wolves still had the down of some unknown animals hanging from their mouths. At this moment, they were staring greedily at the pheasants behind Surdak, and they cooed from their throats.
The sound of cooing.
Seeing their skinny bodies and shriveled abdomens, Suldak knew that it would be difficult for him to get rid of them. They were a group of hungry wolves who had been hungry for who knows how long.
Although I can’t figure out how they got mixed up like this, they don’t have many natural enemies in the forest. Brown bears and tigers, which are more powerful than them, don’t like to eat the sour meat of forest gray wolves. After they die, there are only those scavenging birds in the sky.
They will regard them as a delicious meal, so the only enemy of these forest gray wolves is themselves. Maybe they have just migrated from areas with limited resources.
Seeing the forest wolf chasing behind him, Suldak took out the alloy bow he carried with him from his magic waist bag. This standard hunting bow issued by the army is actually very powerful and has a very short range.
Far superior to other hunting bows, he hid behind a pine tree and just waited for the forest gray wolves to slowly approach him until they were only twenty or so steps away from him before he aimed at the strongest wolf in the pack.
Shoot an arrow.
Surdak's archery skills were average, but he could at least avoid missing the target within a distance of twenty meters. The feathered arrow almost turned into a white light in the air. It was obvious that the speed had reached the extreme. With a 'swish' sound, the feathered arrow
The arrow flew over a distance of more than twenty meters, penetrated deeply through the waist and abdomen of the wolf, and nailed it to a pine tree.
The forest wolf let out a "whimpering" cry, but it couldn't get rid of the barbed arrow.
When other forest gray wolves saw that the first wolf had been hunted, they quickly fled in all directions and disappeared into the pine forest in a blink of an eye.
Surdak breathed a sigh of relief and walked away from the wolf. It was nailed to the tree by an arrow and still issued a low roar to warn Surdak. Naturally, Surdak did not
He would care about the forest wolf's counterattack before it died, and stabbed the forest wolf to death with the knight's sword in his hand. The color of this gray wolf's fur was like withered grass, and it was very prickly. There were no man-made leather shops at all.
Being willing to buy such low-quality wolf skin, Surdak was not in the mood to peel off the skin and take it away.
Suldak also thought that if Lina and Nedra were here, maybe the wolf would be a good teaching prop and they wouldn't mind skinning the wolf.
But after Surdak continued to walk forward a few hundred meters, a group of forest gray wolves appeared again in the pine forest. This time, the gray wolves that appeared were not the few before, but more than thirty. They
They gathered around from three directions in the forest. They were probably afraid of Surdak and did not dare to get too close, but they followed him all the time. As Surdak moved forward, they followed silently.
It was as if he was waiting for Surdak to let down his guard, and then he would immediately pounce on him and tear him apart completely.
Two hours later, Surdak couldn't help but have a headache when he saw more and more forest gray wolves gathering behind him. These forest gray wolves had slowly expanded from the first few to forty or fifty, and they all showed extraordinary performance.
With all his endurance, he just followed Surdak and was not in any hurry to get closer.
Suldak tried leaving the pheasants behind, making them into traps, luring the forest gray wolves to come for food, and then taking the opportunity to hunt them down.
As expected, a few extremely hungry forest gray wolves couldn't resist this temptation. When they saw the pheasant hanging in the air, they pounced on it like crazy. Several hungry wolves competed for the pheasant at the same time. Surdak killed it with an alloy bow.
Several forest gray wolves died, but they found that their situation had not improved at all. It was not that those forest gray wolves were not afraid of death, but that more forest gray wolves emerged from the pine forest.
They seemed to know that Surdak was not easy to mess with and did not dare to get too close, but they followed closely. This group of forest gray wolves followed Surdak all day long and did not leave until dark.
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At noon, Surdak also lit a fire and roasted a pheasant in the pine forest. This time, he did not have the luxury to roast the chicken directly with the magic flame on the magic scroll. Instead, he used the magic scroll of 'Gathering Fire' to attract the chicken.
He burned some pine feathers and pine tree towers, built a bonfire in the forest, roasted the skinned pheasant carefully, put half of it into his stomach, and gave the other half to Darcy Christie, who had just woken up.
After a small pheasant was roasted, it was not enough to fill the stomachs of two adults. But Suldak did not roast a second one. Since the group of forest gray wolves followed him, Suldak
He didn't meet any prey along the way. He didn't know how long it would take to get out of this mountain forest. Looking at the unscrupulous appearance of these forest gray wolves, it was probably far away from the city of Helensa. At least this mountain forest was deserted.
He doesn’t know how long it will take to hunt for food again. If he doesn’t want to eat the sour and smelly wolf meat, Surdak must be careful about the food he has.
Darcy Christie woke up this time and calmed down. She lay obediently on Suldak's back. Naturally, she also saw the wolves following behind her. She did not forcefully ask Surdak to take her away.
Put it down, he was probably very hungry and never refused the food handed over by Suldak.
Her condition was still very bad. In the afternoon, Surdak continued walking along the valley with her on his back, and she fell into a drowsy sleep again.
When it was about to get dark, Suldak found a rock crevice next to the rock wall. This rock crevice had no roof and was just a crack between the rock walls. But the advantage was that the exit was narrow. If the exit was blocked, there would be nothing inside.
A safe place will be formed, but the cold wind is constantly pouring in from the top of the crack, and there are even a series of ice skates as sharp as spears hanging above the crack. No matter how you look at it, this place is a bit dangerous.
Suldak built a tent in the crevice, put Darcy Christie inside the tent, got some pine branches, and built a bonfire at the crevice. Then he sat at the entrance of the tent and put the
I rummaged through my magic fanny pack and the black magician's fanny pack to find something edible. In total, there were only three pheasants, a rabbit, three packs of marching rations and a thick arm.
White bread, obviously the black magician is not a frequent traveler, nor does he have the habit of preparing rations with him. The fastest update on the computer::/
Suldak thought that he should be more economical, but he didn't care too much. In the worst case, he would just eat these forest gray wolves. Although the meat was a bit sour, who would care about it if he was really hungry.
Seeing Suldak sitting at the entrance of the tent rummaging for food, Darcy Christie also realized the difficult situation the two of them were in. Lost in this mountain forest, and being stared at by a group of forest wolves, it seemed that they were helpless.
After hunting other food, these should be all they can eat when placed in front of Suldak. Looking at this pitiful amount of food, Darcy Christie felt a little worried.
Dinner was still a roast chicken for the two of them, but this time Surdak also cooked half of the marching rations. This kind of wheat flour with salt and meat powder can be boiled into a paste-like gruel. Although during these marches,
Food rations are definitely the most difficult thing to swallow in normal times, but now the two of them eat all the food in perfect harmony.
After dinner, Darcy Christie drank some hot porridge and sweated a little, and her body improved significantly. She wrapped her sleeping bag and curled up and sat at the door of the tent, although she never said anything to Suldak.
I said 'thank you', but at least the hostile look in my eyes was gone.
Her blond hair was wet and dried several times, and then it was stuck on Darcy Christie's head in a very awkward manner. Her face was still a little sallow. Apart from being stubborn, her face no longer had the pride of aristocratic status.
Her face had the outline of a typical Hilanza person, with somewhat long cheeks. At this time, she was also secretly looking at Surdak's profile under the bonfire.
As night falls, a pair of green greedy eyes appear in the pine forest not far away. The forest gray wolves are a little afraid of the flames, but they still do not leave.
After thinking about it for a long time, Darcy Christie finally said to Suldak who was sitting by the fire: "You can take a rest first. I have been sleeping for so long and can't sleep now. Let's look at the bonfire here first. These forests
The gray wolves will not leave easily, they are afraid of fire, and as long as the bonfire is not extinguished, they will not rush towards you."
Suldak looked at Darcy in surprise and said, "I thought you would remain silent..."
Seeing that Darcy Christie didn’t want to pay attention to him anymore, she hurriedly said: “Okay! Then I’ll go take a nap. If you’re sleepy, just call me. Don’t put out the fire!”
Suldak was also very straightforward. After saying this, he piled the prepared pine branches next to Dashie Christie, then got into the tent and fell asleep.
Suldak fell asleep quickly. Darcy Christie moved her eyes away from the dagger tied to her leg and looked away. She never thought that she would have such an embarrassing day. She was obviously very weak after a serious illness.
, but he also took the initiative to keep vigil. The young knights who had surrounded him before could not count on him at this time. They obviously hated the man lying in the tent, but they had to stay under someone else's roof. This dilemma made Darcy
There was an inexplicable embarrassment in my heart.
Perhaps because she has been sweating, her body is a little sticky, which is definitely the most unbearable for Darcy Christie, who has a little bit of mysophobia.
Seeing the iron pot for cooking porridge next to the campfire, she had a bold idea. She wanted to use the iron pot to melt some snow water, and after heating it, she secretly wiped her body. However, when she took action, she found that the idea was simple and easy to operate.
It's not easy. You need to constantly add new snow to the iron pot, and the snow water you cook out is still not much.
She was exhausted and sweating, and when the cold wind blew, she shivered twice in a row. She added some pine branches to the bonfire, and then quietly waited for the snow water in the iron pot to heat up and the mountain breeze blew by.
There was a strange "whooshing" sound in the night when there was a rock crevice. It was eerily quiet outside, and even the forest gray wolves had disappeared.
Darcy Christie couldn't help but yawned. She stared drowsily at the dancing firelight in front of her. She felt sleepy and fell asleep again.
With only the last few embers left in the campfire, the group of forest wolves waiting in the pine forest sneaked around...