Ride and Cut

Suddenly, sporadic snowflakes began to fall from the blue sky, and soon a thin layer formed on the ground. Seedorf didn't speak for a while, but Li Cha wasn't in a hurry, and walked with him silently, leaving a long string of footprints on the snow.

"The big problem in living in the wilderness is that it is difficult to guarantee safety. Higuain and his family have encountered this problem." Seedorf continued suddenly.

"Hombgoblin? Gnoll?" The lord couldn't help but recall the time when he first arrived in the wilderness. Compared with the undead dragon we are facing now, the enemies at that time really looked a bit cute.

"No, they encountered an ogre tribe, a hungry ogre tribe with dozens of members." Seedorf's voice was unhurried, and he couldn't hear much emotion. "How could a few ordinary people resist that kind of monster with three blades, a weight of nearly a thousand pounds, and two heads? They couldn't even run away, and one of them was caught by the ogres."

"Ogre can barely be regarded as an intelligent creature, and each tribe will have its own customs, just like us humans. The custom of that tribe is that they like to eat the man they catch immediately, and hang the woman alive on the branch to eat later."

Hearing this, Li Cha had a vague suspicion in his heart. But he didn't speak, and continued to be an audience quietly.

"Higuain's father and two older brothers were crushed to death on the spot and fed whole into the ogre's mouth as food. His mother and sister were hanged from tree branches as a food reserve, so they survived for the time being."

"Fortunately and unfortunately, Higuain was also considered to be a woman and hanged on a tree because of his handsome appearance." Seedorf sighed, but the narration did not stop because of this. "So after witnessing the death of his father and brother, he also witnessed his mother falling into the mouth of an ogre and turning into blood, and then his sister."

Li Cha suddenly felt that the weather seemed a bit cold, so he couldn't help tightening his collar.

"Just when it was his next turn, the wind dragon Osiris fell from the sky and offered to become Higuain's partner, so Pompeii now has an extra dragon knight."

"That's why Higuain hates being recognized as a woman, and dreams of becoming a real knight one day." Li Cha said slowly.

"The glamorous side is for others to see, and the pain inside is only understood by yourself." Seedorf nodded and sighed infinitely, "Li Cha, this child has experienced pain that you can't imagine. So I desperately want to prove myself, and I have become brave enough to protect what I want to protect."

"I see, he is disappointed in the timid battle against the undead dragon." Li Cha shrugged.

He didn't have much dislike for Higuain, but it's better for him to be alone in this situation.

"Let's talk about it lightly." The lord snapped his fingers, "Where do you think the hundreds of thousands of Pompeii troops will go next?"

"Leave a part to guard the occupied area, and the others will return directly to Pompeii." Seedorf said succinctly.

"Why?"

"The loss itself is not small, and I encountered undead who are completely confused." Seedorf paused, and then said: "It's like an injured hunter who saw the footprints of a tiger in the mountains. How could he continue to move forward?"

"Are you interested in coming to Gaoshan Castle for a cup of tea?"

"I really want to see it, because I always feel that you are a bit mysterious." Seedorf did not shy away from Richard's face, "But it will definitely not work in a short time. Now I can't even get out of the camp, and it will definitely be the same in Pompeii."

"Indeed." Li Cha nodded in agreement.

Although it is almost certain that the veteran in front of him is also a victim of the night of the dead. But as long as the person in charge of Pompeii is not crazy, he will certainly not let him go just because of this. After all, this is a big matter. The undead who disappeared for hundreds of years suddenly reappeared in the world, and it cannot be overemphasized.

The lord himself is actually very curious about what secrets are hidden behind these undead. But for a while, he probably won't be able to intervene, just go back and wait for the news.

"But I can let Vera go with Berna and you. I should still have some face for this."

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In previous years, November was just the beginning of winter, and a little bit of cold would not be too difficult. But this year it's really cold, and the white-haired wind blows from morning to night. Even if the sun was shining brightly in the sky, a chill would go straight to the bones, and no matter how thick the clothes were, it couldn't resist it.

The calm "Raging River" next to Gaoshan Castle has long been completely frozen. Except for a group of trolls who occasionally have nothing to do to smash ice for fun, everyone else hides in the house as much as possible. Alpine Fort has inherited a fine tradition from the lord, that is, it is particularly willing to spend money on the standard of living.

Dwarf craftsmen built long iron pipes and buried them in the walls to circulate hot water. In this way, the room can become very warm without having to light an open flame. As an old man, Buckland was especially useful for this, and repeatedly praised the blacksmiths for their extraordinary intelligence, but Robbie said that this was only a small part of the wisdom of the lord.

"Although Li Cha is unreliable in business, he is quite talented in this crooked way." Buckland held a duck leg and tore it hard, chewing it until his cheeks bulged. He forced his head up before swallowing it, and he was really not afraid of choking to death.

"The old cooks have gone out with them, and the new halfling's skills just can't keep up."

The cook who was dividing the dishes rolled his eyes, hooked the spoon with his hand, and the steak that was supposed to be distributed to Buckland dropped back.

"You old bastard, who is unreliable?" Li Cha appeared behind the old white tiger like a ghost.

Not long after the expedition team came back, the vassals who stood guard saw that they were their own family members, and they didn't say anything at all.

Buckland trembled, dropped the duck leg in his hand to the ground, covered his heart and complained repeatedly: "Scary people can scare people to death, do you know that I can't stand it at my age!"

Seeing the lord come in, the citizens and craftsmen who had been eating in Zhengda dining hall stood up together.

"Sit." Li Cha waved his hand and sat in his exclusive seat. No one dares to occupy this place, but there is no dust, it seems that the cleaning is quite diligent. After such a long time, sitting in this place again feels both familiar and strange.

"When did you come back?" Annie was also there, slowly sipping a cup of hot sweet milk. The half-elf was wearing a long light blue dress, her hair was casually gathered into balls, and her pointed ears protruded from her hair, giving her an ethereal aura.

"Just arrived." Li Cha snapped his fingers, and the cook began to refill him vigorously.

"How is this way?" Buckland also pointed to the empty plate, but no one paid any attention to him.

"I can tell you..."