my age of magic

Chapter 1336 140. Stone Cracking Cemetery
Along the way, you will meet some small spider camps, which are like small hunting grounds in the eyes of the barbarian slaves.

The giant spiders hiding in the camp not only provided them with delicious food, but also brought them great joy during the march.

Perhaps it was the giant spiders hiding in the small spider camps that kept the barbarian slave heavy crossbowmen's fighting spirit high along the way.

After walking out of the dense forest of Green Valley, the dryads in the southern part of the Black Forest no longer help us open up the tree-lined road. Although I can still use the key of power to enter their spiritual web to obtain information about the Nebulu spider warriors, the road ahead Not so easy to go anymore.

Those who lead the way in front of the team should cut off the moss-covered tree vines hanging from the top of the tree, and at the same time open a path among the thorns in the forest, even if there are [-] natives in the team. Warrior, but it is not an easy task.

In the Black Forest, you can often see a kind of vine called Copperbark Echinacea.

This kind of vine is not only tough, but also highly anti-corrosion. The ordinary hatchet in the hands of the indigenous warriors can only leave a very faint white mark on it. These vines hang on the branches without any force. Hanging down, most of the time, the native warriors would not bother to cut off these vines, and usually they would push them aside, unless they had to be cut to pass through, and then they would spend a lot of effort to cut them off.

There is also a kind of arbor covered with spikes. As long as a little wound is cut, a kind of paralytic toxin on the spikes will make the horse unable to move. The thorny trees must be cut down to allow the constructed knights to pass.

We walked for three consecutive days in the southern part of the Black Forest. Apart from seeing some small spider camps along the way, we also encountered an abandoned aboriginal village. The tree houses in this village were basically abandoned. The giant trees in the house basically lost all their vitality, and their withered and yellow leaves fell all over the ground. Only a few yellow leaves remained on the top of the trees, and the tree houses hidden among the dense branches at the top of the giant trees were completely revealed.

Walking into this abandoned village, I found that the tree house is much larger than expected, and the size of the tree house is at least twice that of the Gilda tribe.

Many giant trees in the village are covered with spider silk, but the Nebulu spider man cannot be found.

The dilapidated aboriginal village is in a mess, but there is almost no corpse of an aboriginal person. Some trees are entangled with white spider silk, and there are some simple spider nests. Occasionally, a few giant spiders will emerge from these spider lairs. Come on, these huge giant spiders rushed over with claws and teeth. The barbarian slaves stood outside the spider's lair with heavy crossbows. Several giant crossbow bolts flew out amidst the buzzing sound, and the sharp crossbow bolts easily pierced the giant spiders. They didn't seem to figure out what was going on, and they didn't even have a chance to wail. A large amount of body fluid flowed out of the huge skin bag, and the body quickly shriveled and fell to the mouth of the spider's lair.

When the barbarian slaves cleared out these spider lairs, they found the bones of some aborigines from the lair. These bones looked white, with no trace of carrion on them, and no complete skeletons could be found. All the bones were scattered and broken. Yes, it looks like the kind of bones that have been stored for a long time. It seems that this indigenous tribe has fallen for a long time.

Facing these man-eating spiders hunted from the pile of bones, even the orc warriors felt a little disgusted, only the barbarian slaves did not feel any pressure to eat.

These starving savages in the north will also eat imperial people, so they don't think there is anything taboo about giant spiders that have eaten indigenous people.

Sometimes, the barbarian slaves would take out the inexhaustible spider leg meat and distribute it to the native warriors. They were far more friendly to the native warriors than others.

It's just that their style of cooking food is very strange, so they rarely eat together.

Barbarian slaves like to enjoy the essential aroma of food, as long as they are simply roasted on the fire and sprinkled with a little fine salt on the cracked carapace, it will taste delicious.

After the indigenous warriors got the precious spider leg meat, they usually peeled the spider leg meat out, then added spices of various colors, and then threw some wild vegetables and fruits into the iron pot, and then boiled it until it was smashed. Stir and stir, until it is cooked into a paste, it will be spread on the wheat cake to eat.

For these barbarian slaves, providing a little help to the native warriors may be another interesting thing besides hunting giant spiders and fighting on the battlefield.

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Our exploration team shuttled under those white spider webs. These white spider webs looked like layers of white gauze curtains, which looked patchwork and very layered.

Some indigenous warriors climbed the dead trees and got into the tree house to search for some resources stored in the tree house.

In these tree houses, the indigenous warriors of the Gilda tribe found some dried magic herbs in some tree houses one after another. Several indigenous warriors also discovered the tree house where the great witch lived, and found some stored in wooden jars. There are ointments to prevent mosquito bites and some potions to treat hot and humid miasma. I have to say that the effects of these two potions prepared by the witches in the indigenous tribes are much better than those of the magic potions I know.

The natives of Yero have always believed that magic spar is a gemstone that can be polished into exquisite ornaments. On the headgear and pendants of many tribal leaders, some magic spar beads that have been polished into smooth and round shapes can be seen. These magic crystals Stones will also appear in front of the tree houses of some high-ranking elders. The indigenous people realized the value of magic spar, or after I started some trade with the Gilda tribe.

Since these aborigines discovered that a magic spar can be exchanged for a lot of baked wheat cakes, the aborigines began to collect these magic spar crazily.

After [-] indigenous fighters joined my team, I was also responsible for the daily supplies of these [-] native fighters.

The food of these indigenous warriors usually comes from this big forest, and they basically eat whatever they can find, such as birds and beasts, nuts, wild fruits, wild vegetables, mushrooms and roots of some plants in the forest.

Pujaca told me that when there was a famine, they would eat some tender bark of vines and some young leaves in the forest. There is a kind of elm leaf in the forest that tastes slightly bitter, but it is actually not bad to eat.

Since the aboriginal warriors joined in, on average, every standard time in the imperial capital will get a piece of baked wheat cake with salt. There is no canned luncheon meat, but they will use some wild vegetables and wild fruits in the forest to cook a very strong flavor. And it looks like shit-like food, break the wheat cake into small pieces and dip it in small pieces.

Sometimes it is found that the thinking of these indigenous warriors is very simple, and sometimes they also have some kind of obsession.

When I left the indigenous village, the indigenous leader who commanded three thousand warriors found me through Puyaka, and he gave me all the magic herbs and magic spar collected from the village, and told me that these magic spar and magic The herbs are for the three thousand native warriors to get those delicious baked wheat cakes every meal...

Perhaps because of the friendship formed in the battle, the attitude of the native warriors towards the barbarian slaves is much more cordial than that of the orc warriors and the knights of the North Wind Legion.

They will take the trouble to communicate with those barbarian slaves with hand gestures, telling them how to live in the jungle. I originally thought that the barbarian slaves from the ice and snow tundra must not be able to bear the sultry weather in the black forest, and the poisonous miasma in the jungle. , couldn't stand the muddy forest path, couldn't stand the ferocious poisonous insects, snakes and ants in the forest. Unexpectedly, with the help of the native warriors, these barbarian slaves quickly adapted to the life in the jungle.

Moreover, the indigenous warriors also gave the barbarian slaves the miraculous ointments found in the tree house. It is said that these ointments are usually prepared by the great witch in the tribe, and the healing effect is excellent.

Barbarian slaves do not want to wear heavy black iron boots when they are in a hurry. Sometimes they prefer to walk barefoot in the muddy woodland, which is the easiest way to walk. Their feet soaked in the mud for a long time. It is easy to fester, and it is the miraculous ointment of the aborigines that allows the barbarian slaves to avoid the pain of rotten feet.

Moreover, the indigenous warriors who have lived in the Black Forest for generations have an innate sense of smell for magic herbs in the forest. To them, collecting magic herbs is as easy as digging an ordinary wild vegetable, if it is not because of these The indigenous warriors are burdened with hatred, and they may have their own happiness.

The spider-man army retreated completely, and our troops chased into the southern area of ​​the Black Forest, but there was still no trace of the spider-man army.

After entering the southern area of ​​the Black Forest, we have not met any survivors of the indigenous tribes. It seems that all the indigenous people that can be found have been made into food by giant spiders. Unexpectedly, within a few months, the southern area of ​​​​the Black Forest has eroded into This way.

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After the second supply, Earl Desmond came to me and told me how important this supply was to the Constructed Knights.

At the same time, he also showed me that during the march, the most intimate supplies for the knights of the construction were not fresh buttered white bread, nor delicious fried steak, nor those fresh seasonal vegetables and fruits, but those brand new The pure cotton boxer briefs and shirts, it is these intimate clothing that ensure the dignity of the knights.

Instead of being cool and dry in the north, the Black Forest on the plane of Hierro is hot and rainy in summer.

Constructed knights will inevitably sweat and smell sour during the march. These are of course nothing to the constructed knights, but the problem that follows is that if they cannot wash their underwear when they are camping Dry in time, clothes can easily get moldy.

If you don't continue to dry, wearing these moldy wet clothes on your body is definitely a nightmare for the constructed knights.

In the hot and humid environment of the jungle, wet clothes can easily breed some germs, which are the root of some skin diseases.

Constructed knights are on horseback all day long, and their inner thighs will have some symptoms of redness, swelling, and erosion after riding for a long time. Sometimes even a layer of bloody rotten skin will be peeled off when the shirt is worn. These diseases can only be dealt with briefly when camping.

When they set off the next day, the knights still had to endure the pain, harden their hearts and continue to put on the hard magic pattern armor.

The clean underwear greatly alleviated the plight of the constructed knights, and Earl Desmond also obtained the ointment for treating damp heat and poisonous miasma from the native warriors, and the skin diseases on the constructed knights were effectively cured. The medical treatment saved the Constructed Knights from suffering from illness.

And in the second supply, I brought two boxes of magic rune plates from Xinliu Valley, which completely solved the problem of drinking water for the Constructed Knights. In fact, Earl Desmond also carried two water-gathering scrolls with him. , It's just that these scrolls are only prepared for emergencies. If they are used up in normal times, they will be useless once the water source is short.

The 25 'Water Gathering' magic rune plates are distributed equally, and each Constructed Knight Squad is allocated [-] magic rune plates. The standard number of members in each team of the Constructed Knights of the North Wind Legion is [-] people. , There are twenty knight squads in a Constructed Knights Order, that is to say, each knight squad in the Constructed Knights can be assigned a 'Water Gathering' magic rune board.

In this way, after each knight team is stationed in the camp, not only does it not need to find edible water sources to drink horses, but it can also take a quick bath before going to bed. For the constructed knights in the North Wind Army Said that the past two days have been extremely easy.

There hasn't been much fighting in the past few days, only occasionally encountering some giant spiders, and basically the barbarian slaves took the initiative to hunt and kill them.

The team walked through the southern area of ​​the Black Forest, more like traveling in a unique jungle.

The [-] mule-led retinues who had been following at the end of the team were now also traveling lightly. Except for tents and a few days of marching rations, these mules basically had nothing left. The [-] mules had almost nothing. In addition to the muddy forest road, which is not easy to walk, there is almost nothing that bothers them.

Recently, even setting up the camp has become very simple, and with the 'Fire Focus' rune board, there is no need to light a fire when preparing meals. Walk into the dense forest to collect some fresh wild vegetables and mushrooms.

Connie and Puyaka have always been with Morayal lately. Aiming at some of the physical problems of the constructed knights, they got inspiration from the big witch's ointment formula for treating damp heat and poisonous miasma, and formulated a new type of ointment. Potions suitable for constructing knights came out.

It took nearly three days, and the native warriors brought us to the Cracked Stone Cemetery.

I stood on the crown of a giant tree and looked at the place not far away called the cracked stone cemetery by the dryads and the aborigines. Countless columnar peaks emerged from the green sea, and the surface of these pinnacles was full of mottled cracks. , each peak is very steep, like a broken and weathered stone pillar, and there are clumps of lush giant trees growing on the top of the peak.

Looking from a distance, it is a stone forest covered with vegetation on the top.

(End of this chapter)