Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 364 Watchtower
The two reached the bottom of the sentry tower before dark, and the sentry tower was much farther away from their previous position than Rhodes had imagined.

At the gate of the sentry tower stood a Nord soldier wearing fur armor, holding a one-handed sword and a round shield.

Rhodes admired the soldier in front of him for being able to stand still in such a low temperature outdoors without any shelter.

This Nord soldier is not basically immune to cold like the current Rhodes, he is just an ordinary person.

"We are adventurers who came to join you from the south, can we rest with you tonight?" Rhodes asked after approaching.

"Please come in, our officer just wants to ask some adventurers from the south to ask something." The soldier in front of him replied with his low voice.

Rhodes pushed open the gate of the sentry tower and walked in with Al.

The inside and outside of the sentry tower are like two worlds, and the flame burning in the fireplace continuously emits light and heat to the surroundings.

"Please sit down, I heard what you said outside just now, that door is not soundproof, we need to change it." A Nord man dressed as an officer with an iron cup in his hand said.

After Rhodes heard it, he was not polite to them, and sat directly on the bench opposite the Nord officer.

In this sentry tower, apart from the soldiers outside the gate and the officer in front of them, there are also three Nord soldiers wearing fur armor and carrying different weapons.

They all have one thing in common, that is, they are very strong.

Everyone is over two meters tall and looks like a bear in fur armor.

"Do you have any questions for us?" Al asked as he sat down.

"We are the defenders of this sentry tower, responsible for guiding the people who brought supplies from Xinghui Province, but no one came from the south for a long time, and I don't know why, whether it was captured by the army of the empire Starlight Province?" asked the Nord officer.

The Extreme North Province is very big. Rhodes and the others are now in the southeast of the Extreme North Province. These people usually come from Xinghui Province, and those who come here from Xuefeng Province are generally in the southwest of the Extreme North Province.

"The way we came was very cold, much colder than the outside of this sentry tower, and the snow was very deep, the deepest place could completely bury my whole body, and at night there were elemental beings composed of ice and snow haunting." Al replied.

"This shouldn't be the case." Officer Nord frowned.

He stood up, went to the table next to him, picked up a pen and a thin wooden board, and began to write.

Afterwards, he came back with the wooden plank and handed it to Rhodes and the others.

"I would like to ask you to do me a favor. Please help me deliver this plank to the commander of the city defense army in the northern city of Eternal Winter, Mr. Haval." The Nord officer said sincerely.

"Okay!" Al solemnly accepted the wooden board and put it in his storage bag. "I will definitely help you pass the news on."

"How can we meet him?" Rhodes asked.

"It should be enough to hand it over to a certain guard of Eternal Winter City. There is a seal on it." Al said.

"Yes, you just need to hand it over to any guard, and they will help you hand it over to Master Hvar." Officer Nord nodded.

"Excuse me, can we borrow a night here tonight and leave tomorrow?" Al asked.

"Isn't this what it should be?" Officer Nord showed an unexpected expression.

"Rick, Hullen, go to the cellar and bring out wine and meat to entertain guests." Officer Nord ordered.

When the two strong men next to him heard it, they immediately took action and ran to the cellar.

"Can you drink?" Al asked.

"Our army in the north is different from that in the south. Drinking alcohol can keep the cold away. Look at how you would spend the night if you don't drink in such cold weather outside?" Officer Nord explained.

Rhodes wanted to say that drinking could only temporarily warm the body, but would cause the body to lose more heat afterwards, but he felt it was better not to tell them the truth, since they wouldn't believe it anyway.

Not long after, two strong Nords came up with a mutton and a large barrel of wine.

"Go and call Black in. It is estimated that there will be no convoy delivering supplies passing by today." Officer Nord said again.

"You guys are lucky, you can eat my roasted mutton today." The remaining Nord soldier whose name Rhodes still didn't know said.

He took off his gloves, picked up a jar of salt from a nearby table and began rubbing salt on the lamb.

Rhodes suddenly lost his appetite. This Nord soldier started doing these things without washing his hands. It can be boldly speculated that he must be a person who does not like to wash his hands, which means that he finished his work in such a cold day. The toilet should also not wash hands.

"Thank you for your hospitality. We brought our own food." Al smiled at the Nord officer.

He turned his head and said to Rhodes, "Take out the leg of lamb that I haven't finished eating just now, I just took two bites."

Rhodes handed the roast leg of lamb to Al from the interspatial ring, and the position he held was a bone that Al should not choose to eat.

He also took out some bread and a bowl of beef and onion soup for himself and began to eat.

"Thank you for your hospitality. We have walked for a day and feel hungry, so we will eat the food we brought first. Please don't mind if you want to come and eat some first. I have more food." Luo De said with a little embarrassment, he felt that others brought out these wine and meat to entertain them, and he still disliked others' lack of hygiene in his heart, and some of them were not very good.

"Forget it, the supplies you brought must not be as much as ours, so do you want some wine?" Officer Nord asked.

"No need, I plan to leave early tomorrow morning, and I may not be able to get up tomorrow after drinking now." Rhodes declined.

"It's okay, let's have a drink to warm up." The Nord officer picked up two wooden cups and poured each of Rhodes and Al a glass of wine.

"Then I'll have a drink." Seeing that the Nord officer was so enthusiastic, Rhodes felt a little sorry for not drinking.

He picked up the wine glass and drank it down. The wine was a little stronger than he had imagined. It was estimated to be [-] to [-] degrees. Rhodes drank the glass of wine in one gulp, which made his face blush.

"You must have never drunk such a strong bar. This kind of wine is only available in our north." The Nord officer laughed.

"It tastes good." Allen commented after taking a sip.

"Snow, can you move faster, every time we watch you whimpering here, you might as well let me do it if you move so slowly." Rick with a beard on the side suddenly said loudly.

"Don't worry, the roasted mutton will be delicious only if you do all the preparations patiently." Snow with a moustache replied while cutting a slit on the mutton with a knife.

"After you finish eating the food you are eating now, you can try drinking this strong wine while eating mutton. I guarantee that you will feel as if your body is burning. There is no such strong wine in other places." Officer Nord Said.

Rhodes resisted the urge to take out a bottle of 96-degree special spirits from the space ring. This was made on the alchemy workbench with magic. Rhodes called it "water of life". Drinking may kill you.

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(End of this chapter)