Todd first looked at the "cage" made of wood in front of him in amusement, and then looked down at the hemp rope wrapped around his wrist like a rice dumpling.
If he wanted to, he could break the rope and break the cage in less than ten seconds. But the problem is, even if he escapes, where can he go?
Rachel is still suffering from a high fever, and Aisha has a broken leg. In this vast land in the north, trying to enter the "Land of Shadows" without a guide is nothing short of a fool's errand.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and most of the people in the barbarian camp returned to their houses to prepare dinner. Only a few naughty children remained outside the wooden cage, watching the inside of the cage with fearful and curious eyes.
Every move of the man.
The person in charge of guarding the cage was the old barbarian man with white beard and hair. He placed the hunting bow next to the wooden stake in the camp, waving his arms and screaming loudly, like a farmer chasing chickens, to attract these curious people.
The excess children rushed back to their respective homes.
Todd and the old man were left staring at each other.
"Um...is there anything to eat?" Todd recalled that he had not eaten even a grain of rice all day long, and now he was very hungry.
Seeing that the old man was indifferent, Todd realized that he was speaking in common language, and the other party would definitely not understand.
Todd made a gesture of extending his hand to his mouth, and looked at the old man expectantly. Unexpectedly, the other man just hummed twice, leaned on the wooden post and fell asleep, completely ignoring his plan.
The helpless Todd could only sit down and fight back his hunger.
After an unknown amount of time, a familiar voice sounded in Todd's ear. He looked up and saw Rachel, who was holding a wooden stick and a small cloth bag, arguing with the other party in front of the old man.
A few minutes later, the old man covered his head and yelled, waving his hands vigorously, seemingly giving up on refuting.
Rachel walked to the cage and opened the cloth bag. Inside was a wooden tube of water and two bran cakes baked from grass seeds.
"The barbarians here live in poverty and don't really have any decent food." Rachel looked back at the old man who looked wary.
Todd grabbed a piece of pancake and put it in his mouth, not caring about the rough and tasteless ingredients and the unpalatable texture. While eating, he asked: "Didn't the barbarian army already sacked Silver Ring City? If I remember correctly
, this time should have come back, why are these people’s lives so poor?”
After struggling to bring a wooden block and placing it next to the wooden cage as a chair, Rachel slowly sat down and said to Todd: "About this matter, there is a long version and a short version. Which one do you want to hear?"
"
Todd patted the wooden cage gently with his hand, and said with a wry smile: "It's okay, the most important thing I lack now is time..."
"This land in the wild north can be roughly divided into the northern region and the southern region. More than a thousand years ago, most of the barbarians in the northern and southern regions were in the primitive clan stage. In countless battles with the Tyro Empire
During this battle, the northern region gradually absorbed the advanced ideas of the imperial civilization, established many monarchical kingdoms, and had a fully organized army, relatively advanced smelting technology, and a political system similar to that of the diocese."
Feeling the night breeze getting colder, Rachel wrapped the cloak she carried tightly around her body and continued: "The barbarians in the southern region adhere to the instructions of their ancestors and continue to live and fight in a clan system. Although historically
There were barbarian leaders who wanted to establish kingdoms in the southern region, but without exception they were defeated by tradition."
"In terms of religion, most of the barbarian kingdoms in the northern region believe in the Danu god, and their teachings are influenced by the "Bible" from the Tyro Empire, which records events such as "Genesis" and "The Great Flood"; while the southern region believes in the three ancient gods.
God, that is, the God of the Sun, the God of the Moon, and the God of Fire.”
"With the changes of the times, the barbarian kingdoms in the northern region have become more and more powerful through annexation and alliances, while the barbarian clans in the southern region are still scattered. As the strength gap between the two sides increases day by day, eventually the north versus the south
War has been declared..."
Todd sighed: "The brothers who were once have become slaves now."
Rachel nodded: "As the victors, the barbarian kingdoms in the northern region divided the various tribes in the southern region and merged them into their respective kingdoms as vassals. After that, each tribe must regularly surrender to the suzerain state.
During the war, it is even more necessary to provide soldiers, but the spoils of war basically belong to the northern kingdom."
The old barbarian man walked to the cage and drank several times in dissatisfaction.
Rachel shook her head helplessly, struggled to stand up, and finally said to Todd: "This old man's name is Fried, and I have met several times. As long as we don't create chaos, he promises not to target us.
.”
Watching the woman's retreating figure, having nothing to do, Todd closed his eyes. The tiredness of the day quickly helped him fall asleep.
Early the next morning, Todd was awakened from his sleep by a sharp hawk's cry.
When he opened his eyes and looked into the distance, an incredible scene completely dispelled his sleepiness.
The rising sun filled the slightly bright sky, and a huge figure with spread wings penetrated through the clouds and headed straight towards the barbarian camp.
The sharp beak of the eagle, the long tail of the lion, and the dark wings are clearly a gryphon beast that only exists in myths and legends!
Todd climbed to the front of the wooden cage, grabbed the pillar with his bound hands, opened his eyes wide, and said to himself: "Am I dreaming? How could there be such a thing in a different world?!"
The old barbarian Fried roared loudly. The hunting bow was held tightly in his hand, but the arrow on the string was trembling slightly.
As the gryphon beast got closer and closer, the barbarian camp seemed to explode. The men picked up the weapons at hand and walked out of their houses to prepare for the attack, while the women guarded the door of their homes to protect their children.
The gryphon flew above the camp, circled a few times, and suddenly began to dive. Its attack target first chose a low arrow tower. With the momentum of the downward plunge and sharp claws, the wooden building looked like
Like a child's toy, it instantly turned into a pile of wood.
The barbarians launched a counterattack, throwing arrows, spears, stones and even mud, hitting the griffins like raindrops.
These attacks had little effect. Not only did they not cause substantial damage to the monster, they actually ignited the opponent's anger.
Waving its wings as hard as stone, the gryphon flew an adult man into the air, and then used its beak to peck open the other man's heavenly cap.
Red mixed with white splashed on the red soil of the camp.
The barbarian men began to be afraid of moving forward. They formed a semicircle and began to gradually retreat into the woods.
The griffin looked at the retreating enemy, screamed in the sky, spread its wings in a mighty manner, and stood up. Then, like picking out a trophy, it ran to the livestock shed in the camp and looked around, and finally picked up the largest one in its mouth.
The goat wanted to leave right now.
At this moment, a boy who looked to be no more than five years old, while his mother was not paying attention, rushed behind the gryphon with a wooden stick and hit its tail hard.
The griffin, caught off guard, let out a cry, then let go of the prey in its mouth, turned its body angrily, and stared at the attacker in front of it.
Everyone was stunned by this scene.
The boy's mother ran out of the house crying and protected her son with her body.
Fried shouted something, and just as he raised the bow and arrow in his hand, a loud noise came from behind, scaring him so much that he sat on the ground.
Todd pushed away the torn cage in front of him and shook off the broken hemp rope on his wrist. The luster of steel slowly spread all over his body. He twisted his shoulders and said with a smile: "The rest time is too long, people
It’s almost rusty, it’s time to stretch your hands and feet!”