"You guys chat, I'm going to bed first, don't disturb me!"
Just a moment ago, they were fighting to the death together. The next moment, Aphrodite seemed to have completely forgotten the battle just now. She took out a blanket from the closet, left Surdak and Viru in the living room, and returned to the room alone.
inside.
Velu didn’t seem to be interested in asking about the situation of the succubus Aphrodite. He touched the oily skin wound on his neck and marveled at Aphrodite’s ruthlessness.
"I want to go to the desert to find a group of bandits. They often rob villagers in the deserted land. I am going to drive them all into the depths of the desert this winter." Surdak said to Viru, and he also prepared a lot of excuses.
, such as how cruel and abominable those bandits are, specializing in killing unarmed villagers...
“Okay, I’ll help you with this!” Weiru readily agreed without even asking for the details of the plan.
Suldak looked at the tightly closed door of the room and said to Viru: "Wait until tomorrow, Aphrodite will take you to Wall Village."
“You’re not going back?” Weiru asked a little strangely.
The room was a little cool. Suldak leaned on the sofa, resting his head on his hands behind his head and said:
“I have other things to do in Halanza City.”
"Then I'll come back tomorrow." Weiru said to Surdak. He thought that Surdak and Aphrodite lived together, so it was not easy to disturb them too much so late, and he came from Surdak.
What he saw in his eyes was a completely unfamiliar look.
Memory can be recovered slowly, Weiru thought in his heart.
He pulled the bandage on his face and walked towards the terrace.
"etc!"
Surdak called him from behind, and Viru turned his head, thinking that Surdak had remembered something, but Surdak just touched his magic pocket, took out a piece of fresh meat wrapped in oil paper, and threw it away.
Gave it to Veru.
The grease on the salamander meat had soaked the paper. He tore open a small corner and found that inside was a piece of fresh meat that contained the aura of the fire element. He asked:
“You know I need this?”
Suldak nodded, raised one hand to his chest, and a ball of holy light emerged from his hand, which was particularly dazzling in the dark room.
“I have mastered a little power of holy light and am good at healing some injuries.”
Suldak said to Viru.
Weiru was slightly startled, took a deep breath and said: "It seems that you are really not Jonbach? He is a shield warrior, and his power is that of a golden armored guard. His abilities are completely different from yours, but I am also a little curious about it.
Regarding your matter, I will come back to you tomorrow."
With that said, Weilu jumped onto the wooden fence post on the terrace, jumped down, and disappeared into the vast night.
…
Through the Void Gate, Surdak returned to the security center in Vol Village.
Andrew was sitting next to the fireplace in the living room on the first floor of the police station. Broth was boiling in the iron pot. He was tearing up a hard piece of wheat cake and putting it into the soup pot. There was also a glass of ale next to him. He was not afraid of burning it and stretched out his hand.
He took out a piece of meat bone that had been boiled until it was soft and mashed, swallowed it in his stomach in a few mouthfuls, poured a glass of cold ale into his stomach, and burped with satisfaction.
Now Andrew wears the 'Earth Shield' magic pattern structure, and he seems to have adapted to the increase in physical attributes brought by the magic pattern structure. Originally, he was fierce and unparalleled when he awakened the 'Berserker Soul', but now he has the magic pattern structure.
protection, and become even more reckless in battle.
Seeing Surdak walk out of the Void Gate, he was not surprised at all. He pointed at the soup pot and asked Surdak: "Why did you come back so late? How about we eat something together?"
“There are a lot of things to deal with over there, why are you having dinner so late?” Surdak sat down next to the fireplace.
Andrew broke the scones in his hand into pieces, put them into the soup pot, stirred them casually with a wooden spoon, then moved the soup pot in front of him, blowing on the hot air, and said to Suldak: "I brought it with me this time.
The young people in the village were walking around outside, and the footprints of these damn desert bandits have almost reached the edge of the Great Rift Valley."
Surdak took a look at the map that Andrew took out. It recorded the movements of the desert bandits every time they invaded the deserted land. Andrew used simple lines to draw it. At first glance, you would think that the map was messed up.
Graffiti, many areas on it have been painted over, and only Suldak and Andrew can understand that this is the habitual movement track of those desert bandits in the desolate land.
Every time Andrew goes out on patrol, he always goes to the place on the map with the darkest wire color...
Suldak took an apple from the fruit plate on the square table and said to Andrew: "This time I hired a mercenary group. These people are all masters of field combat. I plan to let the young people in the village who have not served in the military
Come with us into the desert, even if you just follow the mercenary group to watch the battle, it would be good to learn combat experience from them."
Andrew snored and stuffed a pot of hot pancakes into his stomach, and then asked: "They are still far from qualified warriors. If they can access the Maca plane, I can bring back a Nanai tribe."
Come warriors!"
Surdak shook his head and said: "I asked the old village chief, Uncle Bright, to go to each village to do some pre-war mobilization. This time we will recruit veterans who have certain combat experience and are willing to join the cavalry battalion. These veterans will enjoy the fertile land."
To benefit the villagers of Er, their families will be resettled in Woer Village, and a certain living allowance will be given every month. I guess some people will be willing to join."
It was only then that Andrew understood Suldak’s thoughts.
Indeed, for villagers in other villages, being able to join Wall Village is definitely their dream.
Suldak then remembered something and said to Andrew: "By the way, the guard camp arranged for me some reserve knights who had just graduated from the academy, specifically to form the guard camp knight squadron. This time too
I leave it to you to conduct short-term training together. For a long time to come, we will rely on them to maintain security in the deserted land."
Suldak added: "Don't go out on patrol these days. Ask Uncle Bright for the small townhouse near the security station to temporarily serve as a dormitory for the guard battalion knights and cavalry battalion."
Andrew rubbed his head in pain and said, "Oh. There is still one and a half empty buildings in the townhouse, so there is no need to worry about dormitories for the time being."
“I have to go back to Halanza City tomorrow, and I won’t officially come back until tomorrow night.”
Suldak stood up, opened the door of the security office and walked out.
"knew."
The sound of Andrew's breathing came from behind.
…
There are smooth streets in the village, and there are even a row of concrete pillar street lights erected on both sides of the cement road in the middle.
There is a beautiful glass cover on top, and inside is an oil lamp burning sheep fat. The light is dim and can only illuminate a few steps below the stone pillar. However, this row of street lights makes the night in Wall Village seem a little lively.
The drainage channels had been frozen solid in winter. Suldak walked along the cement road in the village to the river. The river in the village was temporarily dry, and there was a thick layer of snow under the river bed.
, the pool that was originally used for washing starch in the village has now become an ice rink. The snow on it has been swept very clean, and countless marks have been left on the ice by roller skates. Under the faint moonlight, Surda
You can even feel the joyful laughter of the village children on the skating rink.
Walking not far downstream along the river, you can see the village's yellow sheep pen. The sheep pen has been expanded several times compared to last year, and now there are probably nearly a thousand yellow sheep in it.
However, these sheep were not bred, but were purchased one after another by Surdak from the city of Halanza. After all, there was an ogre in the village who loved to eat mutton.
Next to the sheep pen are horse sheds and camel pens. The number of horses that can be used to pull four-wheeled trucks in Wall Village has increased to more than eighty. In addition to these, there are also five horses that Andrew recently seized from desert bandits.
More than a dozen dromedary camels, these big animals are all raised here. There is no alfalfa in the deserted land, usually thorn grass and thirsty grass. After the wheat stalks are broken, some beans are added to it, like this
This will prevent these animals from losing weight in the winter.
Perhaps Surdak's footsteps were too loud, or perhaps the ogre Gulitem was too alert.
As soon as Surdak walked to the sheep pen, he saw Gulitem emerging from a felt room next to the camel pen and looking towards Surdak with his big head. His eyesight was very good.
Well, I recognized Suldak standing next to the sheepfold at a glance.
"Oh! Duck, you are back... This time Andrew and I brought back a lot of camels. I have a large hump here. Do you want to take it back and try it?"
The ogre strode up to Surdak cordially and said happily.
“Well, okay!”
Suldak readily agreed.
I remember a great traveler once said: 'If you can let the ogre separate the meat in your mouth, it means you have gained the ogre's true friendship.'
When Gulitem moved the camel hump out, Surdak realized that the hump was really not that big, and because the camel was not skinned, the ogre burned the camel hair with fire, making the entire hump look dark and hard.
, he pulled out his skinning knife, cut off a piece on the left side of the hump, and said to Gulitem: "Such a large piece of meat, even if the whole family eats it, we can't eat that much. I can just cut off a piece and take it away. This meat is really good."
Fat and tender!”
"Yes, this is the fattest meat on the camel..." Gulitem said with saliva.
"Okay, have a good rest. After a while, we will go to the desert to catch a few more camels." After Suldak finished speaking, he patted the ogre's arm and left the sheep pen with the piece of camel meat.
“Okay!” Gulitem said happily, sitting on the wooden pier next to the felt room.
Returning from Pudong Mountain Sulfur Mine this time, Surdak had not seen Selena yet. Going home so late might wake everyone up, so Surdak directly crossed the dry stream and came to
Under Selena's small building.
Suldak knocked on the door, and the light in the living room of the townhouse turned on. Selina's figure appeared at the door and welcomed Suldak in.