Mercenaries and Adventurers

The spring flood that spread all over the fields raged outside the city for three or four days.

After the third day, the scale of the flood became smaller and could no longer submerge everything. Some sturdy shrubs more than one meter high had already emerged from the flood.

On the fourth day, the flood water receded quickly, leaving only a large piece of yellow and black mud in place. Farmers like these things the most. Immigrants who first came to Kendall County will always be surprised that there is such a fertile land in the world.

With such a fertile field, there will surely be the most luxuriant wheat fields, and the most vigorous and full-bodied wheat seeds. Just a small handful of the peeled wheat grains can be used to make wheat porridge that is enough to fill the stomach, and ground into wheat flour to make delicious wheat cakes and bread.

However, when the flood receded and the water walls surrounding the city and farms disappeared, the first to organize out of the city gates was a large number of farmers organized by the Saturnalia Church.

Thousands of farmers carried all kinds of farm tools, and under the leadership of the knowledgeable Saturnalia priests, according to the field planning of previous years, they calculated and divided pieces of silt land into fields.

At the same time, after the flood receded, the militias gathered in the city by the local lord Baron also quickly reorganized. The tents for temporary accommodation were also moved out of the guard bunker at the city gate, and were set up on both sides of the road outside the city gate of Kendall City.

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Keel is doing the final packing of his luggage. The hunters no longer lived in the stronghold. He had bid farewell to his fellow hunters two days ago. The old hunters warned Kiel to be extra careful on the battlefield and not to trust other soldiers he was not familiar with.

They don't even know each other, and even though their own people don't know how to confront each other with swords, it is very likely that they will completely ignore the interests of Kiel, a lone ranger, when facing a decision.

Kiel nodded in understanding at the time.

At this moment, he packed his last luggage, held it in one hand, and went downstairs. In the hall on the first floor, fellow hunters who had fought against the wolves of the Northland had gathered together at this time. The old hunter Tost gave a hunting bow and two barrels of refined arrows to Kiel who was about to gather.

He hugged Kiel and warned him to be careful.

Keir smiled, and hugged the old man vigorously.

"You boy, take it easy, I'm already old, and this body can't resist the hug of a young man like you!" Tost complained, and then stepped aside to let the other companions come up and say goodbye to Kiel.

Kiel and everyone else hugged each other vigorously. Although they had only known each other for one winter, they fought together and forged a deep friendship.

The young people will continue to fight for Knight Lanisa in the days to come, but the way of fighting is no longer to fight a large group of northern land wolves, but to reduce the burden of Wumi Lake Village and Hekou Town by hunting and setting traps. The number of wild beasts provides a security guarantee for the construction of the northern vice village of Wumi Lake.

The three old hunters no longer formally participate in the battle, and instead undertake the training of a new generation of young hunters. They will go to various villages and settlements in the county to find young people who love wild life and hunting, train and train them, and provide fresh blood for the hunter team.

I heard that Knight Lanisa once said that once the number of teams increases, they will train elite archers from hunters that can formally participate in battles.

Kiel didn't quite understand what kind of combat unit this elite archer squad was. After all, the local militiamen all carried bows and crossbows in battle. In Kiel's view, the combat effectiveness was very strong.

How powerful is the elite archer team?

Saying goodbye to his companions, Keir walked out of the stronghold house. In the front yard outside the door, a single horse was ready, and behind the horse, a small carriage pulled by a horse was also ready.

Keel, the carriage that could only be controlled by two horses before, is no longer needed. After all, one of his horses has died in the battle with Worf the werewolf. The three horses rewarded to him by Knight Lanisa are now only Two horses, one for normal riding, and the last one can only pull a much smaller pony cart to travel with him.

In fact, there were not many supplies on the carriage, just some common travel supplies. He had already packed the other things into a large wooden box, and sent him to the dreamland for long-term storage.

The dream was constructed by Ms. Apolfina, and Keel felt that there might be no place in the world where he felt safer.

New full-body armor, excellent weapons taken from previous battles, some of his own property, enough food, water and clothes to last at least half a year, various unused materials found in ruins such as huge stone swords and elf gems.

All these things were stored by Kiel beside the pond of water of memories in the dream.

Originally, he planned to store the huge amount of elven silver plates that had been buried in the dreamland, but each time he could only carry a part of the supplies, Kiel had no choice but to give up those things, remember the place, and save them for the future Besides.

On his carriage are only the hard cowhide full-face armor that he usually wears in battle, as well as some commonly used clothes and travel supplies.

At this time, Keel loaded the packed dog-skin bedding into the carriage, then covered the carriage with a waterproof oil-soaked sackcloth, and tied it tightly with ropes. He got on his horse, held the reins of the cart horses, and said goodbye to his fellow hunters behind him for the last time: "I'm leaving! Goodbye, everyone!"

"Kill! Don't die! Come back alive!"

"Of course, I will live well."

"War is not fighting with wild beasts, use your mind more!"

"Okay old man, I will fight smartly."

"Keil! Are you coming back?"

"If I die, I won't come back! If I live, I will definitely come back one day!"

"Stinky boy! The gods are watching everyone from the sky, can't they say something good? Really."

Walking out of the gate of the stronghold, Kiel walked out of the city along the road.

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After the flood had subsided the day before, Kiel approached Knight Crowe, who asked him to get ready as soon as possible, and after packing up, he went to find him at the militia camp outside the city.

After saying hello to the guard friend who guarded the city gate, Keir rode a horse and led a horse-drawn carriage out of the city.

The defensive pit outside the city gate is actually the place where the guards dump their **** on weekdays. Both sides of the road entering and leaving Kendall City are covered with triangular tents, and occasionally there will be a colorful dome tent. Carefully identify the family coat of arms on it, and find the tent where Knight Crowe lived.

Fortunately, although the triangular tents where militiamen live are everywhere, there are not many tents for knight lords. Apart from the big tent of Baron Kendall, there are only two dome tents with colorful stripes left. up.

The Claw Knight's family coat of arms is not complicated, it's just a cavalry shield with multiple swords standing upright, the whole thing is very simple.

After all, it was only the first generation. Before Knight Crowe, their family was not a noble knight, but after Knight Crowe came to prominence, he integrated all the family members and established a knight noble family.

Kiel knew from some local drama stories that the coat of arms of the nobles was not added casually. It was a unified management system called the Church of the God of the Nobles. Like the coat of arms of the Knight of Crow, it was only used as a badge of honor. The background of the coat of arms of the coat of arms of a noble knight, and the multiple swords he drew represent the experience of serving in multiple knight orders after becoming a strong knight, and it also represents what he values ​​​​and is proud of .

Claw Knights are proficient in the use of multiple weapons.

The aristocratic coat of arms hanging on Baron Kendall's tent is quite different. The background of the circular coat of arms represents that his family did not obtain the nobility qualifications by force, and the background of the circular coat of arms is also drawn with a gold thread. The general shape of Del County declares that it is the main territory controlled by the Kendall family.

In the center of the coat of arms is a simple architectural symbol representing the city, which intuitively reveals the greatest achievement of the Kendall family—that is, the establishment and actual control of the prosperous Kendall City. On both sides of the city logo, one is a **** for farming, and the other is an iron felt forged by craftsmen, which also represent the two main forces of Kendall City, which support and prosper the city. And above the city logo, there is a gleaming gear, which makes Kiel not quite understand.

The other knight tent mixed in the militia tent is a knight named Rumi. This knight Keir has never seen before. The knight and noble coat of arms on the tent is a traditional shield shape. Two trees, and in the center of the four trees, is a long sword pointing down.

Kiel reckoned that this meant that the knight was born in martial arts, and his territory was densely covered with forests. He was firmly rooted in the forest through the meaning of martial arts borrowed from the long sword.

He guessed so.

After all, although the aristocratic coat of arms looks weird in families that have been passed down for a long time, for these nobles who have been nobles for less than a hundred years, these obvious things are all they can show to others .

By observing their aristocratic coat of arms, others can briefly understand their background, what they are good at, and their family background before they meet.

This is especially convenient for other nobles who are not familiar with it. As soon as the coat of arms appears on a letter or announcement, people who understand it will naturally understand it.

Before finding Knight Crowe's tent, the two guards guarding the gate knew Keir, and knew that this young man was very optimistic about Knight Crowe, and even deliberately contacted and cultivated him.

"Excuse me, is Lord Crow Knight here? I am here to join this troop dispatch at the request of Lord Knight."

Kiel jumped off his horse and asked the two guards.

A guard replied directly: "My lord is not here, but he told me that after you came, the tent will be built next to his tent. The place is reserved for you, warrior Kiel."

Keir laughed: "You can just call me Keir, if that's the case, then I'll get my tent up first?"

"It's up to you, do you need help?"

The guard asked casually.

"No, thank you. They are just packed in the city. You just need to unfold them. In fact, after setting up the wooden shed on the top of my carriage, I can barely sleep inside, so I don't need to build it all the time." tent."

Keir pointed to his own pony carriage. He absorbed the experience of using the previous carriage. This pony carriage that he bought not long ago can be exactly the same as the previous one. Strong wooden strips are inserted on both sides of the carriage, and then waterproof With a tarpaulin on top and the bottom tied tight, it can be a place where you can sleep in the carriage overnight.

But now it is not known when they will be able to set off, so Kiel took out the materials from the carriage and quickly built a small tent that can sleep one person.

After thinking about it for a while, Keir changed his ordinary coat and put on his hard cowhide armor.

The helmet hung on his waist, and instead of wearing a wolf-fur cloak that would get hot, Keel simply put on an oil-soaked, water-repellent cloth cloak over his armor.

On his left waist hangs a long sword for hunting, on his right waist hangs a helmet and a steel dagger, and on his left back hangs a shield of elf material re-wrapped with animal skins, and the two-handed ax with the head of Yueshui is also re-made of solid wood Attached to the handle of the ax, clipped to the back with a metal hook, and protected by a waterproof cloak.

He didn't know when Knight Crowe would return. Keel had nothing to do, so he took out the hunting bow and arrows given to him by his fellow hunters and fumbled to get familiar with them.

After dealing with the werewolf and the sunfish, Kiel still practiced his archery skills in the hunter stronghold for a while. Although he couldn't compare with other young hunters in the team, at least he could shoot the long ear normally at a distance of 20 to 30 meters. Rabbit-sized targets too.

At that time, the old hunters teased Keel, with this skill, at least he could live a self-sufficient life in the wild.

Keir thinks so too. It's a long-distance attack method. Although it doesn't mean hurting people and defeating the enemy, at least it can hunt animals to fill the stomach.

After playing with the hunting bow for a while, Keel put down the string of the hunting bow, found a piece of cloth to wrap the two, and put them in the carriage box.

Since he was going to travel far, some of his wooden training equipment that took up space had already been given to his fellow hunters. At this time, he took out his shield by the side of the tent and practiced shield fighting.

After a while, a loud voice sounded from the side: "When using a shield, don't be so limp and always thinking about getting hit! Keel, a shield is also a weapon! Step, step hard! Then swing your left arm!"

Although Keir was taken aback, he knew it was Knight Crowe as soon as he heard it. Since he wanted to teach him, he must show 100% energy!

Kiel yelled: "Yes!" Then, following the command of Knight Crowe, he stepped forward with his left foot heavily, and as the sole of his foot fell, he swung his left arm and barely waved the shield.

Knight Crowe glared at the personal guard guarding his tent, and made the guard who was watching the joke serious. Then he strode over and continued to instruct Kiel.

"Hmph, don't wave it limply like this. Stand upright with the shield, and step on the ground with your feet, straightly push your whole face forward half an arm away."

Keir did as he did, and after standing up again, he stepped forward with his left foot, and then controlled the shield with his left arm to stand in front of his chest, neck, head and face, and slammed forward hard.

Boom! call!

"Very good! Where's the right hand? What are you doing in a daze? One blow from the shield knocks the enemy back half a step, and the right hand will naturally take another hit! Hurry up!"

As Knight Crowe yelled, Kiel pulled out the steel dagger with his right hand, and directly followed the shield to receive a stab.

Knight Crowe was only reluctantly satisfied: "Forget it, although it is limp and has no strength, but, continue! Just this trick, let me practice until dark!"

"yes!"

Keel yelled yes.

He himself also felt that the stabbing with the dagger just now was not strong enough, so he should practice on the spot later.

It was already past noon, and it was still early before dark, but when I met Knight Crowe, the other party didn't teach him how to fight. Does this mean that the knight training agreed before has already started?

It might not be an official start, but at least Knight Crowe has formally included him as his trainee knight through this teaching behavior.

Keir was practicing **** the spot, but the guards beside him stopped laughing. Apparently, they didn't expect that Keir would be taught by Knight Claw alone.

How did this guy Keel get into the eyes of Knight Crowe?

They couldn't figure it out. After all, they thought they were better than Keir, who had been in Kendall for less than a year.

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In the evening, lit fires were lit here and there on both sides of the road outside Kendal, and the aroma of the food gradually spread.

The militiamen had not received their own weapons, so they had nothing to do, but they had to belong to the teams they had lined up a few days ago, and gathered together for dinner according to the teams.

Some militiamen with a little money in their pockets informed their respective captains after the meal~www.readwn.com~ Strolled into Kendall City in groups of three or four, either to go to pubs or to some reds who specialize in their business house to play.

Keel was eating with Knight Crowe and his personal guards at this time. Because it was very close to Kendall City, their dinner was cooked in the mansion by the chef of Knight Crow's family, and then brought by the servants for them to eat.

Keel did take advantage of it.

Spiced broth, fluffy and delicious whole wheat bread just out of the oven, roast goose with the bone removed, these things Keel's mouth is full of oil.

The fatigue from the afternoon practice was immediately appeased by the delicious and plentiful food.

Knight Crowe didn't seem to be active, but he ate far more than Keelor's hungry appetite after a tiring day. Curious about this, Keel asked why the Cavaliers were so edible.

The knight and the two guards laughed. The guards seemed to be used to the knight's big appetite, but Knight Crowe didn't give Kiel an answer to this question.

"You'll know, Keel. I'll tell you when we're on the road. But not now."

Knight Crowe didn't say much, but Keir understood that the issue of food intake was already related to knight training.

That's probably what it means.

Early the next morning, Kiel was called up by the knight and asked him to leave his things here first, and then he followed directly beside the knight.

"I teach you skills, you have to follow me, of course, you also have to help in some things!" Knight Crowe hooked Kiel's neck and whispered in Kiel's ear.

Keir didn't need to think too much, just nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, he was brought together by Knight Crowe to handle the material preparations for the expedition.