The grassland by the river looks very quiet at night. The cool wind blows through the white dry reeds, and the reeds rise and fall one after another.
The White Forest River flowing through Wilkes City sparkles with sparkling light at night, like a precious pearl necklace on the chest of a plump woman.
Stars appeared in the night sky. The star map here was very different from the star map in the night sky of Halanza City. Surdak knew that this place must belong to a different star field from Roland Continent.
Fireflies hiding in the grass merge with the stars in the night sky, forming a sky full of stars.
The ogre Gulitum was sitting on the grass by the river, holding a bunch of grilled fish in his hand and munching. Looking at the browned and crispy grilled fish, a group of recruits who ran to the river to fetch water couldn't help but devour them.
I was frothing at the mouth and suddenly felt that the march rations I had for dinner didn't taste so good.
At this time, the recruits were filled with emotion: No wonder the veterans said that the food would not taste good after eating it. If there is grilled fish, it will be as mushy as a squid...it must not taste good.
The half-elf archer Samira sat alone on a grassy slope. Everyone knew that she was a bit withdrawn. Except for Surdak, Andrew, and Gulitem, she never paid attention to anyone, so no one bothered her.
Under the night, she took off the hood on her head, her light red eyes were like crystal clear rubies, she held a few cactus fruits in her arms, peeled off the somewhat prickly peel, and the orange pulp inside exuded
With the sweet smell, her eyes chased the fireflies flying in front of her, seeming to be completely immersed in this beautiful night scene.
Veeru, who was all bandaged, sat down next to Samira, stared at the half-elf archer's ruby-like eyes, and said very calmly:
"No wonder you wear a hood every day, it turns out you have elf blood!"
Not to be outdone, Samira asked:
"What about you? What secret is hidden under the cloth?"
Weiru slightly pulled the strip of cloth on his left arm, showing the scales on his body in front of Samira's eyes, and then said:
"We are almost the same. You are of higher elf blood, and I have lizard blood. We are born archers."
Only male lizards in the wild swamps have obvious scale patterns on their bodies. Generally, the scales on half-lizards will be very light.
"How do you know our captain?" Samira asked curiously.
Weiru's eyes fell on the Bailin River in the distance, as if he was lost in memories, and said slowly:
"I used to be his captain, but our adventure group has been disbanded and everyone has gone their separate ways. Maybe he and I are the only ones alive now. I don't have anywhere to go for the time being, so I followed here."
Samira took a look at Viru's arms and found that his skin had scaly lines. No wonder he would wrap his whole body.
His eyes were indeed like those of a lizard, cold and emotionless, like a poisonous snake hiding in the grass staring at him, giving people a bone-chilling chill all over his body.
"What about you, how did a mixed elf know Surdak?" Weiru asked.
"In Wozhimara City in the Kenda plane, our city was under siege by hell dogs. The captain was a knight from the guard camp who came as reinforcements. I happened to need a sum of money at that time, and he advanced my salary for five years in advance.
I sold these five years to him." Samira said calmly.
After saying that, Samira stood up and left with the cactus fruit in her hands.
"Want to be a Hawkeye?"
Velu asked Samira who was walking closer to the edge.
Samira stopped and turned to look at him with confusion.
"I want to be a Silver Moon Ranger more than Hawkeye."
After saying that, he shook his red hair and left without looking back.
…
There was a lantern hanging on the tent plane, and some mosquitoes were flying under the light. Xigna was lying on a soft blanket, practicing writing on a piece of parchment with a charcoal pencil. She looked very serious.
The dromedary white camel lay quietly aside, seeming to be very curious about the words written by Signa.
Surdak walked out of the military camp, sat on the grass outside the tent, took off his salamander skin armor, and sat next to Selena wearing only a linen shirt, resting his head comfortably on her round and delicate thighs.
, looking up at the clear starry sky.
Selena was sitting outside the tent wearing a nightgown, gently stroking Suldak's cheek with her fingers.
"Maybe this is a better place for me and Xigna to live!"
Surdak looked up at Selena's soft face and asked curiously:
"Why do you say that? Only when you see this vast grassland do you feel this way?"
Selina shook her head and said softly: "I want to give it a try to see if I can spread the teachings of the Dark Goddess here. The influence of the Goddess of Liberty on the people of the Green Empire is almost imprinted in the bones of every Imperial person, even those who
The priests and battle priests have been away for so long, and the temple is overgrown with grass and almost abandoned, but everyone still hopes that one day they can return with God's blessing."
Then he closed his eyes again, as if to feel the world of this plane with his sense of smell, touch, and hearing.
When she closed her eyes, her spiritual power spread like a tide.
"It may be different here. I didn't see the abandoned Liberty Temple in Wilkes City. There probably aren't many believers of the Statue of Liberty here." Selina said with her eyes closed.
Before Surdak could speak, Selina seemed to feel something. She turned her head and looked northwest. The distance was shrouded in night, and everything was pitch black.
She said to Suldak: "There is the sound of horse hooves over there, there are many horses..."
Surdak stood up and looked in the direction Selena pointed.
At this time, Weiru, who was sitting alone on the slope, also stood up and looked in the same direction as Surdak.
…
Almost a quarter of an hour later, the rumble of horse hooves came from far and near like rolling thunder from the sky.
In the dark night, several herdsmen drove a group of horses from a distance directly to the river. The horses gathered by the river. Several herdsmen held long whips and blocked the flow of the horses on the river bank. Which horse rushed towards the river and stepped out of the river.
One step and you'll be whipped.
Five or six herdsmen actually suppressed the commotion of hundreds of horses.
"What are they doing? Why don't they let the horses drink water?"
Although it was dark, Selena could still clearly understand their every move. This was the ability given to her by the goddess of darkness.
Suldak didn't have Selena's ability. He couldn't see the situation of the horses over there. Hearing Selina say this, he guessed:
"I'm probably worried about the horse's lungs exploding. When a war horse runs fast, the entire lungs need to inhale a lot of air. If you drink cold water at this time, if you accidentally inhale it into the lungs, it's likely that the lungs will explode.
Even if this horse doesn't die, it may be ruined."
After the horses calmed down, the herdsmen let the horses walk into the knee-deep river and lowered their heads to drink.
The herdsmen also seemed to have noticed the military camp stationed here, but they did not move away or come closer, they just kept a certain safe distance.
Two herdsmen built a bonfire with horse dung and set up a black-burning iron pot, probably hoping to prepare dinner.
Four other herdsmen pulled out a horse from the herd. There seemed to be a person lying on the horse's back. They carefully lifted the person off and let him lie flat on the grass. From a distance, it looked like someone was sick.
"It seems like someone is sick..." Selena said to Suldak.
Suldak said to Selina: "Let's go over and take a look. Maybe we can help, and then talk to them to see if they have no faith as you said..."