An old donkey cart was slowly moving forward on the muddy road of Stranglethorn Valley.
The cart was probably pulled by an old donkey. Although it was only pulling a small cart behind it, it was walking very hard, as if every hoof it took forward required all its strength.
There were three people piled on the small donkey cart, and six more people were walking beside the donkey cart.
Since it had just rained a few days ago, the roads in Stranglethorn Valley were not easy to walk. Some caravans who were familiar with the roads had already stopped at Conte collar on the other side of Stranglethorn Valley.
Only these few stupid young people rushed in and walked hard on the muddy road.
The clothes on their bodies were very shabby, and their faces were dirty, as if they had just rolled in the mud, and there was wet mud everywhere on their clothes.
If they were said to be beggars begging along the road, some people would definitely believe it.
The wooden wheels of the donkey cart were squeaking and turning, and the wooden crossbars at the joints of the wheels had been bent, as if they might collapse at any time.
Finally, as the wheels of the donkey cart slammed against a rock protruding from the ground, the already fragile donkey cart fell apart in an instant.
Click...
The crossbar connecting the wheels of the donkey cart suddenly broke, and the donkey cart suddenly tilted on the muddy road, while the other wheel rolled far away.
thump……
The three people piled on the cart were thrown onto the muddy road the moment the donkey cart fell to the ground, face down, and fell into a dog's excrement...
"Ouch!"
&ui!”
"Ahem...this...ahem...what's going on?"
The three people who were sleeping in the carriage woke up instantly.
"Watson...you're holding me down..." Wright raised his head with mud on his face, wiped his face, and said breathlessly.
"Hiss~it hurts..."
Hearing Wright's groan beneath him, Watson quickly climbed up with his hands on his hands.
"Be gentle..." Wright said with a cry in his voice.
Only then did Watson realize that he had stood up by holding onto Wright's waist.
When the three people were supported by their companions and struggled to get up from the mud, their bodies were already soaked with mud and water.
"What the hell is this place!" Wright complained.
Just now, Wright was pressed at the bottom, so he was particularly miserable. In addition, Watson gave him a hard blow on his waist. Now Wright only feels that his waist hurts badly.
"Are you okay?" Sibel, the only official mage in the group, asked.
There are nine people in their group. Except for Sibel, who is an official mage, the other eight are just mage apprentices.
After Watson and Wright received Arnell's letter, they quickly contacted several familiar mage apprentices. After several heated discussions, they finally made up their minds to set out from St. Lawrence.
All the way east, moving quickly towards the direction of Idar Territory.
Except for Wright and Watson, several other mage apprentices came from different mage towers. The biggest thing they have in common is that they are not favored by their mentors, but at the same time they have the dream of being a mage who is not willing to be ordinary.
As for Sibel, he was a mage living in the middle of the Norman Empire. He offended a local noble and fled with them.
That’s right!
In Sibel's view, these eight mage apprentices were just refugees.
Instead of waiting for St. Lawrence, the imperial capital with many great mages and wizard towers, he was obsessed with a noble leader in a remote and desolate area. In Sibel's view, these eight apprentices were clearly just like him. They had offended others and then
Run away decisively.
However, this team consisting of one mage and eight mage apprentices is really miserable.
But it's no wonder. After all, most of the mages of the Norman Empire, especially the mages of Saint Lawrence, are guys who live in the wizard's tower without leaving the door. If they were placed on the earth, that would be a problem.
A proper otaku.
In many cases, it is common not to leave the Mage Tower for several years.
Of course, they are otakus with dedicated servants to serve them.
Even the most ordinary civilian mages like Wright and Watson were selected to enter the wizard tower when they were young, so they don't know much about the outside world, especially the lives of the people at the lowest level.
This also led to this group of sorcerer apprentices with fresh consciences and no experience in the world to spend all their money within a few steps of leaving Saint Lawrence.
Fortunately, the skills of their group of mage apprentices are not as crooked as their "predecessor" Anel. At least they have built a donkey cart for transportation, and several of them can at least take turns to ride and rest.
It was just that we happened to encounter heavy rain when passing through Stranglethorn Valley, which made it so miserable.
As for why we don’t use magic...
The answer is very simple. The mental and physical strength of mages are extremely limited. They can't chant spells 24 hours a day...
In addition, since I stay in the Mage Tower all day long, my physical fitness is naturally not good, and I am very tired after walking for most of the day...
"How far is the road..." Wright asked, holding his waist.
"We should be there soon. Didn't we hear people say that we will arrive after passing through the Valley of Thorns..." Sibel encouraged.
The donkey cart fell apart, and a few people rested on the spot for a while, then they could only abandon the cart and drag their tired bodies on foot to Idar...
Fortunately, we were already halfway through the journey, and a few people dragged the donkey for most of the day, and they were finally out of the valley.
As soon as they walked out of Stranglethorn Valley, their horizons instantly broadened.
But the most important thing is that as soon as you leave the Valley of Thorns, there is a way.
This is not the kind of dirt road in the countryside, nor is it the kind of gravel road that hurts your feet. I don't know what kind of material it is made of. It is hard under your feet.
On a normal day, you might just think that this road is exceptionally smooth and easy to walk on, but when you put this road together with the muddy dirt roads in Stranglethorn Valley, you can better appreciate the benefits of this road.
There is no stagnant water, no mud, and no bumpy gullies. It is much easier to walk than other roads.
"Such a remote aristocratic territory... can actually have such a road! It doesn't even exist in the western part of the empire..." Sibel sighed.
"It would be great if such a road was built in Stranglethorn Vale." Watson agreed.
Of course cement roads will not be built in Stranglethorn Vale!
This is what Bruno specifically warned.
Although Stranglethorn Valley also belongs to the territory of Idar, Bruno is not going to build the road in Stranglethorn Valley for a while.
No comparison, no harm!
Only business travelers in the past who have walked through the roads in Stranglethorn Valley can more and more appreciate the benefits of this cement road, and would rather take a slight detour to visit Idar City first, and then continue to follow this road.
The road goes all the way south.
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Thanks to the handsome "Sheng☆Emperor Jun" for the reward!