Heart of the Castle

Chapter 203 The Dead Camp
Babrupa's piety has not been tested, but his statement about the camp is not inaccurate.As he said, after walking along the trail for about two kilometers, a frozen stream crossed a simple wooden bridge, looking upstream towards the stream, we could vaguely see the shadows of several tents.

"Oh, thanks to the benevolent Traveler's Wing Santa Morata, it seems that we are lucky, and there happens to be a caravan stationed there." Babrupa said, patting his head with his hands.

Levi and Wilps couldn't help showing a hint of joy on their faces. For them who had been trekking in the dusk forest for two days and two nights, seeing human tracks was indeed an exciting thing.

"Shall we go now?" suggested Babrupa.

Wilps glanced in the direction of the camp, turned his head suspiciously and said, "There seems to be something wrong, why didn't you see the light of the campfire? Don't they feel cold?"

"Maybe it's not that time yet. After all, it's still too early for my Lord Flandara's power to weaken." Babrupa rubbed his hands impatiently and replied, and then he walked out from behind Li Wei's mount. , "Two kind knights, let's go there quickly, there must be hot broth and a large piece of bread waiting for us, and maybe we can get a can or two of ale."

Wilps snorted, half believing what Babrupa said.But since they were not far from the camp, it was definitely impossible to go there once, so the three of them walked upstream along the stream.This time it was Wilps who played the striker, leading the mount and walking carefully along the stream.Perhaps because of the abundance of water here, the dwarf bushes and thorns were extraordinarily luxuriant. After walking a few steps, Wilps had to draw out his sword and chop off the cloak and the branches in front of him.

"Will, wait a minute!"

Li Wei suddenly cried out in a low voice, and he pulled out the knight sword from his waist, the dark blue sword edge shone with icy light.

Babrupa shivered suddenly, and asked softly, "Young knight, have you found anything?"

Li Wei didn't answer him, and a light flashed in his eyes. In the field of vision of the probing technique, the camp not far away was only pitch-black.

This is the biggest problem.

If there is indeed a caravan stationed here, how could it be possible that not even a light point representing life appeared?
A big lynx with patterned fur jumped down from the treetops behind him, its strong limbs were slightly bent, and when it landed on the ground, the sound was not much louder than a leaf.Neither Li Wei nor Wilps responded, but Babrupa, who was walking at the end, suddenly let out a scream and rushed forward.

"Be careful! There are..."

Just as Babrupa issued a warning, the big lynx flicked its hind limbs, and its body drew a graceful arc in the air, falling towards Li Wei.

"Oh!" Babrupa screamed, but the next moment, the guy who claimed to be a priest opened his mouth wide, and couldn't believe his eyes.

The ferocious jungle predator did not stretch out its sharp claws at the young knight, but arched its furry head towards the young man, signaling him not to move forward.

"Oh, Mengmeng, what did you find?" Li Wei asked, patting the big bobcat's head lightly.

"Hoo, hoo, meow..." Mengmeng scratched the ground a few times with her paws, trying to tell Li Wei something.However, with the current wisdom of the Bobcat, there is no way to do such a complicated movement.Li Wei could only tell from its restless movements that the bobcat was extremely afraid of the things in that camp.

"It seems that the situation in the camp is not good. Maybe everyone is dead." Li Wei straightened up and announced, "There are definitely not many things that can make Mengmeng feel afraid, at least not by ordinary beasts."

"Then what are we waiting for, let's leave immediately!" Babrupa said hurriedly in a low voice.

"No, since we have arrived here, we must find out what happened in the camp." Li Wei said firmly.

"I don't want to go, kind knight. I'm tired and hungry now. I don't even want to move a finger. It's not convenient for you to carry so many things when you go. Let me stay and look at the luggage."

"It makes sense, Will, let's leave the horse here and go over to have a look. Mengmeng stay, don't let anyone take our things." Li Wei ordered. "As for you, Mr. Babrupa, if you want to stay, you can stay here too."

The big lynx nodded, and squatted beside the two war horses that were quite familiar with its smell. A pair of green eyes stared at Babrupa motionlessly, as if thinking about where to drink it so that it could taste better. This guy tastes the same.

"You two, I've thought about it, I'd better go there with you." Babrupa puffed up his chest and said with a solemn expression on his face: "After all, I am a priest, and it is I who help the suffering lambs." vocation."

"Pious Mr. Babrupa, if you don't need to stay with a big lynx, it must take you a while to remember your vocation?" Seeing Babrupa's behavior, Wei Elps couldn't help ridiculing him aloud, but the former's face had obviously been tempered to a certain thickness, and he followed Li Wei closely as if nothing had happened.

The open space by the stream that is suitable for camping is not too big, and it is fully occupied by three tents and a carriage. In the middle of the tents, there is a pile of embers from a campfire scattered on the ground, which have already been soaked in snow, and it seems that they have passed Not a short time.A tall man wearing a hard leather armor was sitting leaning against a big rock, with an unsheathed long sword beside him, his head bowed down as if he was sleeping.Not far from him, there were two more similarly dressed people lying on their sides motionless on the ground.

"They're all dead... the living don't lie so quietly," Wilps murmured.

"Supreme Father God, please show mercy." Babrupa prayed softly, and then said with a trembling voice, "Since they are all dead, shall we go back?"

"No, according to the size of this caravan, there can't be only three people. They should be just guards on duty. Will, let's check the tent carefully to see if there are any survivors." Levi insisted.

The Grand Knight Commander nodded, walked to a tent with his long sword in his hand, and then raised his sword and touched it lightly towards the tent. The fiery red fighting spirit flashed imperceptibly, and a scorched black line was cut out of the tent immediately. mouth.Wilps turned his wrist, and after the sword light flashed three times in succession, he forcibly drew a hole from the top of the tent.

A turbid air mixed with a rancid smell rushed out, Wilps took half a step back, frowned and said: "Master Levi, there may be dead people in here."

(End of this chapter)