Shadow Covenant

Chapter 148 "Leaving the City"

At the station of the Nudong Merchant Group, dozens of large and small carriages have already been loaded with goods, and the leader of the caravan guards, who are uniformly dressed and in blue and white armor, have mounted their horses one after another, bringing one or more horses. Merging into the main road, there are many caravans leaving the city today, so it is very slow for such a large caravan to start as a whole. Generally speaking, the guards are allowed to see the needles, and then wait for the follow-up in the open space outside the city. peloton.

At this time, on the outskirts of the Nudong Merchant Group, there were two horses carrying people against the torrent of continuously advancing merchants, heading towards the large troop of the Merchant Group that was standing still due to the blockage not far away.

"Don't worry, according to my experience, it will take at least half an hour, and it may take an hour to go out of the city."

Inom was afraid that his customers would not be able to catch up, so he spoke in time, trying to calm his irritated heart. At the same time, taking the opportunity to speak, he also took a careful look at this young human being. He was afraid that time would be too late. , After he received it from Kraft, the intermediary in the Business Street, he asked him to follow him there, until now he slowed down.

The human body in front of me is medium and thin, with clean short black hair, fair skin, and a pair of golden pupils. If it is not for the well-made black leather armor and a pair of very wear-resistant travel boots and padded breeches, He even felt that he was a nobleman living in a castle, but judging from his demeanor and riding posture, he looked like a senior adventurer.

The two temperaments clashed back and forth, making him a little uncertain for a while.

Until he saw that the back of his horse was empty again, without any equipment, supplies, and no weapons on his waist or back like other people.

In his heart's first impression of the black-haired young man in front of him, the scales were tilted, and his attitude immediately became somewhat respectful.

Obviously, not to be trifled with.

"Well, it's okay, Your Excellency Inom."

The black-haired young man nodded with a smile on his face, expressing that he was not in a hurry at all, and this gentle and elegant demeanor aroused Enom's favor. Perhaps it was the sentence, Your Excellency, that made him feel particularly comfortable, and said with a smile.

"You will follow my carriage later, don't say anything, don't do anything, if someone asks you, just say that you are my distant relative, and plan to go to Kemilan to do some small business."

Although it is a customary unspoken rule in the caravan to accept people for free rides, in order to prevent emergencies, Inom still reminded that after all, if they are found out, he and the passengers will be directly expelled from the caravan. As for the team, not to mention the goods, how to go back is a problem. Most of the merchants who are alone have no guards in the wilderness full of wandering monsters, and their survivability is not high.

Looking at the north-south trade road in Haisen Plain, the number of broken car shafts on both sides and the number of scattered skeletons of creatures can be seen the cruelty behind it.

"Ok."

The young man's answer was very straightforward, and Enom was even more satisfied after hearing it. He felt that the customer introduced to him by his old friend was indeed as he said, with less work and more money, and was extremely polite. But then again, how did he know that he was so polite? Bian happened to be short of passengers to make up for the loss, so he didn't seem to tell him, did he?
He suddenly felt a little guilty. He couldn't have slipped his tongue when he went to the tavern last night.

Just when Inom was carefully recalling what happened yesterday, Woody on the side also took this opportunity to look at the Angry Winter Merchant Group that he had dealt with several times in the previous life. In the first half, most of them were accompanying guards of the merchant group. They were neat and orderly, and the uniform-colored armor represented their profession. The emblem from Navia engraved on the chest was enough to make the robbers encountered during the trip even more.The bandits were terrified.

However, Woody is now more focused on the faces of these guards. Since he was active in the Northland most of his last life, Woody naturally knows many aborigines who have participated in the Wrathful Winter Merchant Group.

Although the friendship is mediocre, he still wants to see if he can find a familiar face here. There are no important people in it, but being able to see people from the previous life at this moment can somewhat make up for the fact that he has traveled to the previous life and became a The regret of the ruins of Palermo.

It's a pity that whether it's a half-elf ranger who is adjusting the bowstring on the horse, a fiery barbarian warrior who is waving a whip and trying to stop, or a human ranger who waits patiently and orderly, and moves slowly, like Like a stone, the armor covers the face together and shields the dwarven warriors, full of regional characteristic guards. It is rare to see so many ethnic guards in other business groups. People are often surprised why they don't fight.

But Woody knows that thanks to the decree promulgated by the queen, any war orphans under the age of eight will be brought up by Navia, and as adults, apart from continuing to station at the border of the barracks, some of them will be in With the help of Navia, they returned to the remote and desolate hometown and rebuilt it. The last small part was the group of guards in front of Woody. Together with the goods from the Northland, they traveled all over the entire Asenland.

After being known by the players at that time, many players even started conspiracy theories on the forum.

The general meaning is that this kind of behavior is the secret layout of the Queen of Winter, the purpose is to secretly collect information and prepare for the unification of the entire Ashland.

Unfortunately, not long after, a red meteorite from the astral world landed on the Kingdom of Kalia, which borders on the territory of Navia. The aberrations carried on it polluted and destroyed the surrounding kingdoms, lands, creatures, and everything that could be polluted. are destroyed together.

Also buried this not-yet-prosperous argument together in the midsummer of that year, and Navia fell into the flames of war.

After that, at the end of the ice field, the army of demons swarming out from the gate of hell and the army of gray dwarves from the ground became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

So far, the winter festival that swept the whole territory that year has not been held, and the whole territory of the Northland has been reduced to war.

And the city of winter, which never fell, fell just like that!

Until the end, Woody still remembered that the prosperous towns in the north in the past, which were much more majestic than the majestic cities in the south, all disappeared in the flames of war.

After the death of the legendary mage who was also the queen of Navia at the same time as the Thousand Towers Society, the capital of Navia, Komylan, and the city of mages with hundreds of mage spiers, were under the breath of the dragon led by the ancient white dragon. Turned into ruins, people, together with the collapsed houses, turned into ice sculptures standing on the wasteland.

However, despite such hardships, it still failed to defeat this country that stood upright in the cold winter and ice and snow.

Even if the whole territory falls, as long as there is one Navian, the kingdom will not be destroyed.

Life is fleeting, but the spirit of Navia lives forever!
Woody still remembers that when the last batch of Navian warriors appeared for the last time, it was on the Eversong Plateau where parasitic cysts and deformed spores danced together, and the earth seemed to be plunged into a quagmire of flesh and blood. The embers of Navia were there Light up one last time.

——"Winter is coming, for Navia, until death!"

——"The barbarians in the Northland are never afraid of death. We are the heirs of the ice field, and after death, we just return to the embrace of this land, for the queen!"

——"Brother, go with peace of mind. If you are not at ease, just order me a glass of my favorite rum in the tavern in hell! Then I will definitely come, right! Hahahaha~"

……

In the previous life, when they attacked the corrupt mother tree in an all-round way, the voices and smiles of those aborigines were still there, and the unyielding soul of Navia spread its wings and soared under the bloody sky...

Just when Woody was immersed in the memory fragments of his previous life, Enom's call pulled him out in time.

"Here we go, little Woody."

In order to avoid flaws on the road, Inom, a human businessman in his 30s who was a little older, did his part to be an unqualified distant uncle. He pointed to Woody for a car that was not too big and had a different shape. The carriage of the other vehicles in the caravan, oh no, the donkey cart, pulled a not-so-short black carriage, and the four wheels under the carriage were assisted by two northern donkeys, and they stopped very smoothly on an open space.

"If you're tired, you can rest in the carriage, and if you need anything, you can come to the front and call me."

It seems that there is something wrong. Inom guides Woody to the vicinity of his caravan, briefly introduces Woody and others, and then hurriedly rides the pack horse and walks towards the caravan that is still not moving. .

However, Woody didn't stay in place for too long. About half an hour later, when the golden sunlight pierced through the heavy cumulus clouds, crossed the towering city walls, and sprinkled on the ground of this gloomy business district, the motorcade that had been stagnant for a long time finally seemed The activated machine finally seized a short gap and started to move.

The guards have already occupied an area outside the city and waited. What they have to do is to accompany the carriages full of goods out of the city. In Woody's eyes, the entire Angry Winter Merchant Group's entrance to the main road is like flowing clouds and flowing water. As if there are gears that correspond to each other, as soon as the carriage on the left enters, the cart driver on the right will immediately drive the camel to follow. In the caravan, apart from the guards traveling all over the world, they should not be underestimated, and the accompanying drivers should not be underestimated either. , some of them are not inferior to the knights who have been driving for many years, and they have more combat experience than them, especially the two leading carriages with a broken tail leading the two parts of the business group. The professional level of the team may be comparable to that of the guards accompanying the regiment, in order to keep the convoy from being easily confused and deformed in the face of sudden attacks in the wilderness.

And soon, it was Woody's turn to accompany the carriage. He rode grapes behind the carriage. Because of the non-existent relative relationship and the power of money behind him, the attitude of the people nearby was quite friendly to him. , and even asked him to dismount and rest in the car, and just hand the horse over to the servants of the regiment. After all, sitting in a car is much more comfortable than riding a horse.

But Woody just declined with a smile. It's not time to rest yet, and he still has too many things that are inconvenient to be exposed in front of others, so he has already planned to accompany the business group quietly when it starts, Rubbing against the guard's light and enjoying the scenery along the way, of course, if given the opportunity, he would not miss the opportunity to exercise his muscles.

Kobolds, goblins, jackals, three common monsters in the wilderness, which one will you encounter first?

Although Woody's current demon hunter level has reached level five, and he has gained very little experience from killing these monsters, it does not prevent him from contributing to the family planning of wilderness monsters.

Woody wasn't worried about missing out.

Because there is a distance of about three hundred miles from Palermo to Rosentre, the city of freedom, and although the Wrathful Winter Merchant Group is equipped with long-lasting draft horses of northern origin, the limit of how far they can advance in a day depends on the road conditions. , can only fluctuate at a speed of [-] to [-] miles, and it will take about four to five days to reach Rosent. After all, the wilderness is not like a city, the road is smooth, and any trap can delay the caravan. For half a day, not to mention avoiding their work and rest time in areas where monsters are often encountered, try to choose to start the journey in the early morning, the fog is thick, and the speed cannot be fast at all.

And for four or five days, if you don't encounter any monsters in the wilderness, the probability is actually similar to encountering a dragon, but at that time, whether it is good luck or bad luck depends on the color of the dragon, which is different from that at that time. The mood of the dragon.

But it is still the golden year. Although there are a few giant dragons living in the foothills of the west coast, Woody remembers that most of them are metal dragons who like to live around human cities and observe human habits. Nesting outside of human activity.

But it’s not impossible. Woody remembers that in the swamp of the trading road in Haisen Plain, there lived a black dragon lair that enslaved the lizard tribe. Many merchants’ goods had entered their treasure house. They were all taken aback. After all, who would have thought that there was a black dragon hidden behind the lizardman tribe, and it was not one, but two, or twins, so that before they figured it out, many players thought that the black dragon He is an unfathomable spellcaster, who can appear in two different places at the same time to sneak attack. At that time, someone paid a lot of money to slay the dragon, and arranged the dimensional anchor scrolls, but finally entered the dragon's nest, and found two grinning people. While the black dragons were waiting for their adventure party, they were in a bad mood.

The convoy merged into the main road one by one, and soon it was Woody's turn. In order to enter better, Woody chose to turn to the right side of the carriage, which is more convenient, because it also has a wider view.

But this also exposes him to more sights. From time to time, glances sweep over him, but most of them are with good intentions. Woody often smiles when he looks back at the past, so he doesn't notice anything wrong, but in his perception In the middle, there was always a gaze that stayed on him along with the intermittent traffic flow. As for the direction... Woody looked up.

Then he found that there was a rare luxurious carriage surrounded by four guards at the front and rear. The horses pulling the carriage were even covered with thick armor, and the eyes came from the window covered by the gorgeous curtains of.

But at this time, there were only bead curtains swaying in the wind at the window, and no one was seen.

Have you been targeted?who is it?

The expression on Woody's face was as calm as before, until the next time the cars and horses crossed, the familiar feeling came to him again, he turned his head to look without hesitation, and at that moment, Woody I saw a black shadow quickly disappearing from the window of the luxury carriage, only the bead curtains were shaking because of the coming people.

Even though the black shadow disappeared quickly, Woody still captured some details.

However, he was even more puzzled.

Because in the picture, what appeared at the window of the carriage was not a human being, but a furry creature. He saw a white beard and furry, yellow-brown hair faintly exposed outside the window.

That is……

a cat?

(End of this chapter)