Mercenaries and Adventurers

When Kiel returned to the stronghold, several old hunters had already begun to cut off the other hind leg of the frozen wild boar meat and put it next to the fire to thaw, preparing to give it to the old hunter who was sticking to the stronghold. Open meat.

Just as everyone was getting busy, they were preparing to cut the thawed wild boar hind legs into diced meat, and then boil it with whole-wheat bread to make a pot of broth full of meat flavor.

In the sky, there was a faint sound of flapping wings, ranging from small to large.

The old hunter who had stayed behind before patted the wooden block and said loudly: "That's the sound, that's the sound. It's here again. Come out and see if it's the gryphon you were talking about?"

Kil ran to the tent and woke up all the young hunters who had just fallen asleep.

When he came out of the tent, he saw the old hunters all raising their heads and looking at the sky.

He also looked up.

In the dark sky, a small black dot was flying high in the sky around the rocky mountain where they were now.

And as he watched, the small black dot was falling from the sky, and the sound of its wings flapping became louder. He looked at it carefully and found that the thing was indeed a very big animal, with a yellow and chirping body, four strong and powerful huge claws underneath its body, and a pair of very large and powerful brown wings on its back.

On the top of the monster-like body was a huge eagle head, with a long hooked beak that seemed to be one meter long. The eyes above were looking down at Kiel and the others.

Everyone noticed that the griffin had a set of leather saddles on its back that could accommodate three riders. At this time, there were two riders wearing slim-fitting leather coats that did not leak holes. Like the griffins, they lowered their heads and looked at them.

It was probably because the rocky passage that Kiel and the others were in was too narrow, so the gryphon did not land directly from the sky, but circled around the rocky mountain, looking for a place to land.

The two riders on their backs waved and communicated with each other. They frequently pointed to the top of the rocky mountain, seemingly wanting to land on the platform there.

That's right, either land in the open space at the bottom of the mountain or land on the top platform. There seems to be no other place around for such a large and ferocious animal to land.

In fact, the body of the gryphon is not very big. According to Zhao Ji's observation, it is about the same size as a light truck in his previous life, that is, a light truck. It's just that the wings are too wide, almost like the rotors of a helicopter.

The noise is huge and an open space is required to take off and land.

"It's a gryphon! It's really a gryphon!"

"Awesome! This is the first time in my life that I have seen something so handsome."

"Are some of the heroes in the story riding this thing to soar into the sky? So, although the fate of the heroes in the legend is not particularly good, they don't look bad when they perform epic feats."

Most of the young hunters expressed these opinions. They were not afraid that the two riders on the back of the griffon would hurt them. After all, several northwest border counties of the kingdom, including the entire Kendall County, rely on the Empire's Border Knights stationed in the north to resist the invasion of foreign races outside the border and the powerful monsters bred in the more barbaric environment outside the border.

Although in recent decades, the county's own knights have gradually taken their place, and those knights of the Order who have been traveling around rarely travel to other places. However, residents who have lived in Kendall County for at least three generations can still occasionally learn about the original deeds from the mouths of the older generation.

Just when everyone was gathering together, they were thinking about whether to cut more wild boar meat to entertain the two riders on the backs of gryphons later. From the bottom of the rocky mountain, there was a huge sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.

The sound came from far to near, and it sounded like a huge noise caused by the collision of metal objects and rocks.

Although the voice sounded menacing, all the hunters, including Kil, did not show vigilance, but showed relief.

That's because this sound is exactly the sound made when the knight's boots made of hard metal in the knight's armor worn by Knight Lanisha collide with the rocks on the ground.

They were all somewhat familiar with this, and when they heard it they knew that Knight Lanissa was back!

"Hehe, it seems that most of the wild boar meat today can't be saved." An old hunter laughed.

Everyone is happy, no matter what, at least they can have a good meal today.

Kil quickly picked up the wooden door bolt on the wooden wall of the stronghold, put it aside, and then opened the wooden door.

The loud noise outside fell to the ground for the last time, making a dull sound like a boulder falling to the ground. Everyone looked through the wooden door and saw that it was indeed Knight Lanisa, but at this moment Knight Lanisa's body was covered with crimson blood and hard knight armor. The animal skin cloak on the top and back was dyed crimson, making it look particularly terrifying.

But just when everyone was about to ask how the knight was doing, Knight Lanisa opened her helmet and visor, which was also stained with a lot of blood, revealing her fair face underneath: "Don't be surprised, I'm fine!"

An old hunter still asked: "What about these blood stains?"

Rolling her eyes, the female knight strode in, glanced around the inside of the stronghold, and then said: "I found a wolf den and just killed some wolf cubs. However, I was outside in the forest just now. I saw a gryphon flying around our stronghold in the sky. There are two people above, where are they?"

Keir pointed in the direction of the top of the mountain: "They seemed to be looking for a place to land. At this time, they should be on the top platform of the rocky mountain, where they should be able to take off and land gryphons with huge wings."

Knight Lanisha nodded, checked her equipment, and found something wrong and said to the hunters: "Kiel, go down the mountain and bring my horse up. I was so anxious just now that I gave up my horse and jumped up. Guys, please go back. Find me some cleaning water and cloth, this is not the case, it is too rude. We cannot let the knights of the Order look down upon us Kendal people."

Realizing the importance of this moment, the hunters immediately shoveled the snow and presented it with dug out wooden basins or wooden bowls. Others quickly raised larger fires in an attempt to melt the ice and snow. Another hunter immediately returned to the tent and took out the things Knight Lanissa used to maintain and clean her armor.

An old hunter was quite clever. He suggested that he should take out the northern wolf skins that his hunters had hunted before and hang them up to show off everyone’s hunting results.

"Of course, please move quickly, they will come at any time." Knight Lanissa took off the cloak that was stained with a lot of wolf blood on the back. This thing couldn't be packed away in a short time, so she took it off directly, crumpled it into a ball and put it into her tent. Throw it from behind and throw it into the corner.

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Seeing everyone busy, Kil also hurriedly ran down the rocky passage. The road was covered with ice and snow. Although they had cleaned up some, it was still dangerous and slippery.

Kil carefully used the walls of the rough rock passage to slow down, and in steep places he simply stepped on the ice and snow and slid down.

Although my butt suddenly hurt, the speed was not slow.

At the bottom of the rock passage, Keir first lifted one end of the carriage to create a gap for the horses to enter and exit, and then carefully removed the metal clamps on the opposite side of the carriage.

This would make it difficult to get up quickly, and actively activating the clamps was too dangerous, so Kil had to use his feet to move the clamps one by one along the bottom edge of the metal clamp. After creating a spacious passage for two horses to enter and exit, , Kil just left here and ran outside.

He didn't know where Knight Lanessa came back from the rocky mountain, so he had to run counterclockwise around the rocky mountain, trying to find the knight's horse.

Fortunately, Kil was lucky and immediately discovered Knight Lanissa's war horse. It stopped obediently at the spot where the knight left.

After Kil walked in, he discovered the tremor traces left on the snowy ground by Knight Lanisa when she jumped in place just now.

A huge piece of snow was shaken up by the female knight's jump, and a pair of footprints were left on the ground that had been trampled from the snow into solid ice. It seems that the huge pressure made the soft snow solid, and even turned into water due to the pressure, and then the footprints were frozen again.

It was interesting, but had nothing to do with his mission.

The female knight's horse looked at Kil as he walked over with wide eyes. It recognized that it was the mistress's men, so it was not wary of Kiel's approach.

But when Keel grabbed its reins and tried to take it away, the guy stopped cooperating.

No matter how much Keir pulled it, it just stayed in place. As a last resort, Kil had no choice but to give this strong and stubborn war horse a series of words and gestures to let it know that its owner was on the stone mountain in front, in the stronghold where it had also stayed, waiting for it to go over and join him.

I don’t know if it was the truth that Kil said that made this guy believe it, or if this guy really knew that Lanissa Knight had just left it and jumped in this direction, so it was willing to try walking in that direction after being led by Kil. Walk.

"Xunlululu." The war horse called loudly, and then lightly bumped Kil with its armored horse's face, causing Kil to stumble, but the war horse was not satisfied.

"You dislike my unstable lower body, don't you? Hey, you still dislike me." Kil wanted to ride on it, but the horse refused, so Kil had no choice but to pull its reins and walk quickly towards the rock passage of the rocky mountain.

Soon, they returned to the entrance of the passage. The metal clips on the ground frightened the war horse, and it was unwilling to walk over even if Kil pulled the reins.

"Coward, watch out, watch how I walk." There was no other way, so Kil had no choice but to let the war horse watch him from the spot, watching him walk back and forth through the passage between the metal clips twice.

So, when Kil tried to pull the reins again, the war horse finally stepped inside cautiously.

"Coward, coward." Kil made a face at the war horse following him. Unexpectedly, it probably recognized what Kil said, or saw that Kil was calling it cowardly.

So the war horse strode forward, pushed Keir aside, and quickly passed through one end of the passage surrounded by metal clamps.

Kil couldn't help laughing, this guy was quite arrogant.

After passing through the metal clamp, Kil first put the reins of the war horse on the carriage, then returned and moved part of the metal clamp to the center of the passage, blocking the way up and down.

Although it is a bit troublesome, the function of these traps is to provide them with protection and safety. This matter should not be too troublesome.

After all, when it comes to safety, there is no trouble. Because when you are really in danger because of your safety, compared with such a trivial matter as moving a metal clip, it is a real big trouble.

Go past the narrow side of the carriage where a horse could walk. After Gill waited for the war horses to pass by, he lifted the carriage and returned it to its position again. Unexpectedly, the war horse also knew how to help. Seeing Kiel lifting one end of the carriage and exerting all his strength, it also stretched its huge horse's head over and pushed the end of the carriage with its nose. The carriage that could only be moved was easily lifted and moved away.

Kil pursed his lips, moved the carriage, patted the horse's head, and wanted to touch its long ears, but was dodged by its dexterous turning of ears.

I can't laugh or cry.

Kil had no choice but to pull the reins of the war horse and continue going up.

When he led the war horse back to the gate of the stronghold, there was already a tall figure wearing a slim leather coat in the stronghold.

This person is wearing an exquisite leather jacket with no leakage. It is impossible to tell what material it is made of, but judging from the texture, it must be something other than ordinary.

There is a belt hanging on this waist, with a slender elf-shaped scimitar hanging on it, and a wooden gemstone short staff hanging on the other side. What is amazing is that this short staff is inlaid with a A red gem with a width of three centimeters. Just by looking at it, Kil seemed to be able to feel a strong burning sensation from the huge ruby.

It's obviously freezing and snowy now.

The knight was carrying a large bag behind him. The bag and the leather jacket were closely connected together, and it looked like they were a set of equipment that could not be separated.

The most interesting thing is that this knight's helmet is also made of leather. It is tightly sealed and covers the entire head, but there are two holes left in the eyes. What is surprising is that the two holes seem to be inlaid with transparent glass. The thing does not block the view, but can separate the knight from the outside world.

Knight Lanisa was a little embarrassed here. She had just roughly wiped the main body of the armor with ice water, and a large amount of blood was soaked in water, flowed to her feet, and then froze again.

Seeing that the knight on the gryphon had come down, Knight Lanissa had no choice but to give up cleaning her armor and took off her helmet, revealing her long hair and face. She paused and wiped the ice off the knight's boots. The blood was shaken off.

Come forward and announce your home.

"Your Excellency, Knight from the Border Knights, I am Knight Jenny-Lanesha, and I am a knight under Baron Kendall. The fiefdom is in Wumi Lake Village, which is a lakeside village not far from here. I dare to ask you for your name." As Knight Lanissa spoke, she put one hand on her chest and bumped her shoulder, and the other hand behind her back, and kept swinging it for the hunters.

The hunters understood the meaning of the knight's gesture and immediately lined up according to age.

Keir happened to walk in at this time, immediately tied the reins of the war horse to the gate, and quickly stood on the far left side of the hunter team.

Because he was not yet seventeen years old, when spring came to the other world, this body would only be about sixteen years old. He is the youngest among the hunters.

A group of nine people stood behind Knight Lanisa, showing Knight Lanisa's identity as the leader of the team.

The gryphon rider on the opposite side raised his head slightly, and the fingers wearing fully enclosed gloves groped on the neck and under the chin, as if pressing a mechanism, and then lifted up the leather helmet with his hand, flipping the entire leather helmet to the back of his head.

The previously unrecognizable face was finally revealed, and it turned out to be a very beautiful female knight.

To be disrespectful, the female knight who came riding a gryphon looks much better than the average-looking Lanissa knight.

Moreover, this female knight's long platinum hair was delicately braided and tied around her head, making her look very dignified and beautiful.

The only bad thing is that the age of this female knight cannot be seen from her face. She may be in her twenties, but she seems too serious. She also looks like she is in her thirties, but looking at the way her hair is done, It seems that they have become a family, but they don't look like they are nourished by love.

Taking a closer look, she seems to be in her forties.

The young hunters were immediately surprised when they saw such a beautiful female knight, but Kil was not surprised. In the previous life, there were too many good-looking women on the Internet. Due to the improvement of living standards, even ordinary women only need to know how to dress. Dressing up, making up, and taking care of yourself, everything looks great.

The lives of ordinary people in this world are still very hard. Long-term hard work leaves women with no wealth to make themselves beautiful, and they have no time to protect their young appearance from slipping away day after day. So it's not great in appearance.

In other words, some women from wealthy families and aristocratic families who are free from labor are much more beautiful.

When talking about this, Keir wanted to complain about the Western fairy tales of his previous life.

The prince accidentally left the court and came to the people. He met the heroine who lived a hard life alone. He was basically moved by the heroine's beauty and kindness, and then they got married after going through hardships.

It's funny, she has to support herself at such a young age, or the tired face of the hard-working heroine is not something that a prince who grew up in rouge and gouache could take a fancy to.

Even if the heroine is naturally beautiful, can those calloused hands that have been tempered by labor really allow the prince to kiss her passionately? Not to mention that among the people who are basically illiterate, a young girl who has been scolding the aunt of the Cohen family of her boss since she was a child, and learned how to bargain and steal food in the market from the old aunt of the Wells family of the West, can really compete with a Do princes who have been educated to rule since childhood have something in common?

Could it be that the prince had just said that the castle was in a dangerous location or that it controlled traffic arteries, and then the heroine on the opposite side came up with a question about whether there was space to grow some vegetables in the castle.

Will the prince find it funny?

Maybe, at least Zhao Ji didn't think it was funny, and he couldn't laugh either.

He felt that the guy who could really laugh under such circumstances, and the guy who really carefully analyzed whether the training ground for training horses and training soldiers in the castle could be used to grow vegetables, probably wouldn't last long in his original position.

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Having said that, when the sounds of swallowing were heard from the young hunters beside Keir, he saw Knight Lanisa holding her hands behind her back and immediately clenched her hands tightly into fists.

He felt that disaster was coming.

Here comes the Lord Knight! I, Qiao Keer, didn’t follow me and swallowed my saliva. It was the big pig trotters next to me who did. I was so young that I didn’t understand what those big brothers were talking about all day long!

You must accurately use your ears to tell who has swallowed saliva and who has not!

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"Huh, Knight Lanisa? I have heard of your family, but it seems that it was when your father was still a knight." The beautiful female knight opposite looked at the young Knight Lanisa and glanced at him emphatically. There were patches of blood on the armor that had not been washed away.

She glanced at the small stronghold built in the rock passage, and naturally saw the newly plucked wolf skins hung on the rock wall by the old hunters.

"But I once heard your father say that you are a girl who prefers literary and ink books to martial arts training. Haha, it seems that every father will say good things about his children in front of friends."

Knight Lanisa didn't care to teach the guys behind her. She knew one thing from the other party's words: "You are my father's friend? What is your name?"

The beautiful female knight opposite first blew a loud and short whistle with her mouth, and then confirmed her identity: "I am a gryphon rider of the seventh detachment of the Empire's Border Knights. I am responsible for patrolling the forest area." Weiwei Ang She raised her head, revealing her slender neck and delicate chin: "Dalys-Mystery-Forenst. She is a member of the mysterious branch of the Forenst family. She comes from the Omorje Province in the southern part of the empire. Although it was once prosperous and beautiful It is still under the rule of the abominable undead, but one day, all the families will take it back."