"Quiet and listen carefully to what they are saying!"
Li Mengnan put his index finger up to his mouth and winked at Guo Yimin. Guo Yimin immediately nodded sheepishly and made an OK gesture.
Their general overview of this legendary world can be said to be in the dark, and this team of aborigines with unknown origins is their only source of information at the moment.
The blond middle-aged Western man called "Captain" quickly dismounted from his horse, walked to a living corpse, squatted down and examined it carefully by the light of the torch, and then touched some blood on the body with his hands.
His thick eyebrows gradually wrinkled.
"The blood of these living corpses has not yet completely coagulated, and the time between transformation and re-killing should be very short. In other words, the people who killed these living corpses should not have gone far yet!"
Hearing his captain's words, the dozens of knights around him immediately became vigilant. They mounted their horses one after another, took off their shields next to their saddles, drew out their swords from their waists, and quickly formed a defensive formation to keep alert.
The blond middle-aged man rode on the horse and loudly shouted to all around: "Friends, I know you are nearby, please show up."
The people hiding in the bushes exchanged glances with each other, and Guo Yimin even asked directly in a low voice: "This group of people doesn't seem like bad people to me. Do you want to get in touch and see?"
"Do you think this is a modern society where the military and the civilians are at odds with each other? The ancient army was not much more disciplined than bandits, and in this wilderness, killing people is like killing a chicken, but there is no law to protect you...
"PADIO poured cold water on him without mercy.
"I think you're scared, right? Even if I get caught, I'm still a strong worker. If you get caught... hehe..."
Guo Yimin looked up and down at PADIO, who looked like a cute girl, and softly hummed the melody of Jay Chou's "Chrysanthemum Terrace".
"Brother Li, what do you think?" Huang Hao put a bone arrow on the string. Many of the bone arrows were damaged in the previous battle. He picked and picked only three that were still intact.
"You guys stay here and don't move. I'll go make contact with these people."
Li Mengnan also took a considerable risk in making this decision. As PADIO said, the time background of the world they live in happens to be a chaotic era where monarchy is supreme, privileges are higher than the law, and ordinary civilians cannot obtain the so-called law.
Protection, not to mention foreign gangsters like them who have no identity in this world and even have different races.
Although actively exposing oneself requires facing considerable danger, this is also the only opportunity for them to leave here at present. The presence of regular troops means the existence of cities, which is of great significance to everyone who is eager to find safe supply points.
Extraordinary.
What's more, the safety factor of staying in the wild is not much higher than that of contact with this army.
Seeing Li Mengnan about to get up, Guo Yimin also wanted to follow him, but Li Mengnan put his hand on his shoulder and pushed him back, and shook his head gently at him with a solemn expression.
It was not Li Mengnan's rash decision to contact this group of aborigines alone. He had already calculated all the possible situations in his mind, and in the event of an unexpected conflict, he would take advantage of the physical advantages of Dream Walker and the "Flying on the Wall" gifted by Xi Mao before leaving.
"Fa", he was fully confident that he could use the cover of the woods to escape from the pursuit of this group of people, but if he took Guo Yimin with him, he would not be able to guarantee the safety of the fat man.
"PADIO, if contact fails, I will try my best to lure these people away, and leave the rest to you." Li Mengnan warned PADIO.
Guo Yimin is impulsive, Huang Hao is dull, Dongzi is timid, and Lao Man is dull. The only one with some leadership skills in the entire team is this vicious-tongued pseudo-girl. Unfortunately, the popularity gap is still a flaw that cannot be ignored.
"As long as they are willing to listen to me, I will let them live." PADIO's tone was as annoying as ever, but he still agreed.
In order to prevent other people's hiding places from being discovered by the other party, Li Mengnan quietly climbed out for more than ten meters in the other direction before standing out from the grass. The noise in the grass caused by the standing up immediately caused a commotion among the other party's troops.
Wow——!
More than ten crossbows were pointed at Li Mengnan who appeared in the grass at the same time. The three-sided armor-piercing arrows made of fine steel shone with a murderous cold light under the light of the torch.
Li Mengnan raised his hands to indicate that he did not have any weapons, but he was secretly on guard in his heart. As long as the opponent showed the slightest sign of being disadvantageous to him, he would immediately mobilize the alien skill [Spoken Parrot Tongue] to deflect all crossbow attacks, and then quickly
Flee to the dense forest not far away.
Although the crossbow's attack is sharp, it needs to be re-strung after each attack. The attack frequency is far less than that of a bow and arrow. As long as you avoid the first wave of attacks, escaping alone is almost certain.
Seeing Li Mengnan take the initiative to show up, the blond middle-aged man raised his hand to signal his men to put down their crossbows, and allowed Li Mengnan to come to the front of the team. He used the torch light to see clearly Li Mengnan's black hair and black eyes. He couldn't help but said with some surprise: "Oriental? You?
Why did they appear in this cursed land? Did you kill all these living corpses alone?"
Hearing the blond middle-aged man call out the word "Oriental", Li Mengnan breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that there are still Eastern Asians in this legendary world, and they have already had contact with Europe, otherwise they would be
He was killed as some heretic and evil creature, but he died unjustly.
"This brave knight, I am a practitioner from the Eastern Ming Empire. I accidentally lost my way while passing through this place, and I happened to be attacked by these evil undead creatures..."
Li Mengnan put forward the rhetoric he had prepared. As for whether the Ming Dynasty in original history existed in the east of this world, it was not important. In Europe these days, even the king knew only a little about the distant east. He did not think that a whole day
How knowledgeable the little knight who patrols the territory can be.
"Practitioner? What is that? Does anyone know?" The knight captain's knowledge was obviously far poorer than Li Mengnan expected.
"I have heard from some businessmen from Persia that there is indeed such a group of people in the distant and mysterious East. They travel through mountains and rivers to increase their knowledge, strengthen their will in harsh environments, and temper themselves in the struggle against nature.
My own martial arts..." One of his subordinates explained in a low voice to the blond middle-aged man's ear.
"Oh, isn't that similar to those ascetics in the Holy See..." The blond middle-aged man couldn't help but suddenly found the most appropriate reference within his own understanding.
"Captain, don't you think it's strange that an Oriental suddenly appears in this wilderness? Could it be a spy sent by a neighboring country? Although His Majesty has signed armistice agreements with surrounding countries, some things have to be done.
Be careful..." one of his subordinates reminded him kindly.
The blond middle-aged man's eyes widened and he said angrily: "Do you think my captain is a stupid pig with well-developed limbs and a simple mind? A spy? Why would your family send such a conspicuous orientalist to send a spy? And now we work together
Our enemy is the evil vampire Count Dracula, so there should be no more internal strife among humans..."
"Yes, the captain is right." The men retreated.
After he dismissed his men, the blond middle-aged man stepped forward in a friendly manner and extended his hand to Li Mengnan, showing a kind smile and said: "You can call me Joseph, captain of the Grana Principality Guards. These are all my men."
"Li Mengnan." Li Mengnan held hands with her.
Joseph tentatively gradually increased his hand strength, but found that the palm of the young Eastern practitioner in front of him was as hard as iron. No matter how hard he exerted seven or eight levels of strength, he still could not get out of the other person's body. He couldn't help but show a little surprise on his face.
Li Mengnan’s self-proclaimed status as a “practitioner” is quite untrue.
"Li, is it okay if I call you this? Your Oriental names are too convoluted..."
This Joseph had the typical straightforward nature of a warrior. He would quickly get along with whomever he liked. Within a few words, he and Li Mengnan had become as familiar as brothers who had known each other for many years.
"Li, what are your plans next? Why don't you come back to the city with us first? This cursed land is often haunted by monsters at night. Although you are very powerful, there is only one person in the end."
"Sorry, Joseph, I am not alone, I have several companions."
Now that it was determined that the other party had no malicious intent, Li Mengnan naturally did not need to hide anything anymore and sent out the previously agreed signal, signaling Guo Yimin and the other five people to emerge from the darkness.
Joseph was a little surprised, but he didn't care about Li Mengnan's reservation. He smiled generously and said: "Li, you are very cautious...but it doesn't matter. If it were me, I would do the same. As a team leader, I must
Be responsible for the lives of your companions.”
Just as Joseph did not introduce his subordinates one by one, Li Mengnan also did not introduce Guo Yimin and others. The two sides only met by chance, and there is no meaning in getting to know each other in depth.
"You can see a big road through this forest. You can reach the town by going west along the road... Be sure not to go further east. That is the territory of Dracula and his monster legions. Except for some fallen ones, there is no one there.
Dare to survive in that place.”
"The Fallen?"
"Those are just some self-degenerated humans who don't want to bathe in the divine light, but that's not important...anyway, it's very dangerous over there."
"Well, thank you."
Li Mengnan clearly saw that Joseph did not want to say more on this topic, so he stopped asking.
Joseph and others originally came for that group of bandits, and now they had to return to the city to return to their duties. Moreover, they did not bring any extra horses when they came, so it was naturally inconvenient to bring people back, so they could only apologize to Li Mengnan and others.
The galloping horses' hooves kicked out a trail of smoke, and Joseph's team of men and horses quickly disappeared into the woods under the moonlight.
Looking at the direction in which the cavalry team was leaving, Guo Yimin sighed regretfully and muttered: "This foreigner is really hypocritical. He called himself brother and sister, but in the end he just patted his butt and left. At least he left two horses behind.
…Who knows how far away the town he mentioned is from here, it might even be daylight if we walk there.”
"Have you read too many martial arts novels? There are no heroes here who regard money as dirt... And in this era, whether in the East or the West, war horses are valuable items, similar to supercars in the real world. You are in the real world
Have you ever seen someone give away a Maserati after just saying a few words to a passerby?" PADIO sneered disdainfully.
"Brother Li, why did you signal not to let us take action just now?" Huang Hao asked in confusion.
Although this group of knights is well-equipped, there are only a small number of them after all. If they start an attack, there is still a high chance that they will be wiped out by deliberate attacks and unintentional attacks. By then, the current most troublesome weapon and equipment problem will be solved.
"The success rate is too low... Although Joseph's group looks very friendly, in fact they have never released their guard against us. Although the physical fitness of these aborigines is not as good as ours, they definitely have more fighting experience than us.
Once the two sides start a war, even if they win, it will probably be a miserable victory."
There was one more thing Li Mengnan didn't say. He had a vague feeling in his heart that killing and plundering these aboriginal people might bring unnecessary trouble to their group's future missions.
Although there are no horses to travel, the pace of Li Mengnan and others is actually not much slower than that of galloping horses, and their endurance is even better.
After all, humans are the most durable animals in the world, bar none.
Around early in the morning, a small town with scattered houses appeared in the field of vision of Li Mengnan and others, showing tranquility and tranquility in the gentle white moonlight.
"The foreigner didn't lie. There really is a town here...but why doesn't it even have a city wall?" Guo Yimin stood on a big rock and looked up.
Dreamwalkers have excellent eyesight and can see in the dark without night vision equipment.
"Don't judge these European countries by the standards of China. Even if they know how to bake bricks, they may not be able to mobilize so much manpower to build city walls. Generally speaking, only places where kings and nobles live will have castles and outer walls.
City wall.”
This town was completely undefended and there was not even a night watchman. Li Mengnan and others did not encounter any obstacles along the way and entered the town easily.
The residents here do not have the habit of letting strangers stay overnight. Fortunately, Li Mengnan had the foresight to find a few silver coins and some copper plates from the bandits who turned into living corpses, and found a hotel to temporarily solve the accommodation problem for the group.
.
Early the next morning, Li Mengnan and others went into the town in pairs to gather information. It was not until noon that they gathered in the room again to summarize the information.
"Dracula's existence is no secret here."
Guo Yimin poured a cup of warm boiled water from a wooden cup and almost rolled his eyes as he swallowed the bread in his mouth. The bread in this world did not have additives such as cream and eggs, and it was surprisingly dry and hard in the mouth and difficult to swallow.
"About ten kilometers east of here is Dracula's territory. A large number of monsters live there, but those monsters are not the so-called minions of Dracula. They are completely wild. They can also be understood as the watchdogs Dracula keeps at the door.
...But no matter what, from an objective point of view, the existence of these monsters has indeed effectively blocked the human world's crusade against Dracula's Castle."