The consequence of traveling with a lame man who could only light one foot was that from noon until the sun was almost setting, the two of them had to walk the last short distance of less than ten kilometers.
Salvi's weakness forced the two of them to rest several times along the way. If it weren't for the fact that he was still carrying a bunch of things and could no longer carry a person on his back, Zhang Tie almost couldn't bear it on several occasions. I wanted to carry Salvi on his back and walk with him.
In addition to carrying Salvi, Zhang Tie also put away the animal clip without ceremony and carried it on his luggage, adding more than ten kilograms of weight to himself. As soon as Salvi saw this animal trap, he couldn't help but gnashed his teeth, so Zhang Tie asked Salvi if he wanted this animal trap. Of course Salvi didn't want it, so this animal trap became Zhang Tie's. Iron stuff. Facing Salvi's suspicious eyes, Zhang Tie's explanation was that this beast can be sold for about twenty silver coins in Black Flame City. When Zhang Tie said this, Salvi had no doubts, but was speechless. Actually... Okay, admit it, what Zhang Tie was thinking about when he said this was actually Greiss and his henchmen. Salvi's unlucky appearance made Zhang Tie couldn't help but have a thought in his mind. The evil picture that filled his heart was that Gris or someone in his dog's legs would one day be like Salvi today, with his leg bitten by this beast's trap and rolling on the ground in pain. If this could really happen, Zhang Tie would feel that he would be in a good mood, so he would carry the heavy and ugly beast trap on his back.
This journey was not so much a test of Zhang Tie's physical strength. Rather, it was his patience that was tested.
The two of them hurried along the foot of the mountain, and the slowest one was only as slow as a turtle climbing up. Fortunately, Salvi seemed to be very anxious to go back and join his companions, and was in no mood to do anything else except take a necessary short rest along the way, and the two of them were not unlucky enough to encounter any other beasts. This allowed the two of them to finally rush back before sunset to where Salvi said his companions had settled.
The place where Salvi's companions settled was on the other side of the mountain range extending from the Wild Wolf Valley. If this mountain range extending for tens of kilometers was compared to a bitter gourd, the top of the bitter gourd would be exactly the same as the crescent moon. At the border of the grassland, Zhang Tie's foothold was to the left of the top of the bitter melon, while Salvi's companion's foothold was to the right of the top of the bitter melon. As long as you go around the top, the distance between the two sides is actually not that far.
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"The birch forest in front is where my companions and I will meet..." Salvi pointed to the birch forest on the hillside in front, hugged Zhang Tie with one arm, and limped faster. Seeing that the destination had finally arrived, Zhang Tie breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he should be able to run back before dark.
Just less than 50 meters into the birch forest with Salvi, Zhang Tie suddenly felt the hair on his neck explode. Zhang Tie rolled out on the spot without even thinking. Just as Zhang Tie rolled out, a sword light descended from the sky and struck the spot where he had just been standing. It was a silhouette of a figure sliding down from the birch tree silently. It was seen that the blow missed. Another knife chased him and slashed at him.
"Stop, Miller..." Salvi shouted!
The luggage on his body greatly restricted Zhang Tie's flexibility, and the figure was also very fast, at least much more flexible than the current Zhang Tie. Carrying all the luggage on his back, he looked like a turtle. Zhang Tie, who had turned over, had just had time to pull out a flying spear. The knife in the man's hand had already stopped in front of Zhang Tie's neck. If Salvi hadn't yelled "Stop...", Zhang Tie would have stopped. There was no doubt that the knife had cut open his neck at this time. As for himself, Zhang Tie looked at the flying spear in his hand - he could barely pierce the man's abdomen with the flying spear. The final result is that this person is seriously injured and he is about to die.
The man named Miller also didn't expect Zhang Tie's reaction to be so fast. When the light of his sword caught up to his neck, the flying spear in his hand was already close to piercing his lower abdomen.
When Salvi shouted, the two of them stopped, and the scene became strangely quiet. Zhang Tie and Miller stared at each other with big eyes, and neither of them put down their weapons first.
In just a few moments, Zhang Tie's back was soaked with cold sweat. After Huck and Sneijder, Zhang Tie once again felt the breath of death.
"Boy, I'll count to three. If you don't put down the weapon in your hand, the bow and arrow in my hand will definitely make a big hole in your neck, allowing you to cool down..." Twenty meters away, another man wearing a robe A man in a gray cloak stood up from behind a pile of bushes. This man was holding a bow, which was strung and stretched into the shape of a full moon. A sharp triangular arrow locked onto Zhang Tie's head from twenty meters away. neck.
Zhang Tie felt the goosebumps on his neck suddenly rise again.
"Harley, put down your bow and arrows. He saved my life. I asked him to send me here. Without him, I might not be here..." After saying this, Salvi called Mi again to the man. He screamed, "Miller, you fucking bastard, could you ask me this before you kill someone..."
Miller and Harley glanced at each other, and then they seemed to notice the injury on Salvi's foot and the crutch made of a branch on his hand, and then they both put away their weapons at the same time.
"Hey, kid, I didn't see you reacting so quickly!" Miller smiled nonchalantly, sheathed the long knife on his hand, and then stretched out his hand to Zhang Tie, who was still lying on the ground. Zhang Tie did not hold his hand, but climbed up without saying a word. Miller shrugged indifferently.
In just a few moments of breathing, more than a dozen people quickly ran out of the birch forest with weapons in hand. Salvi rushed forward with a cane and whispered quickly to someone in the group. After saying a few words and pointing at Zhang Tie, those people put away their weapons and walked over together.
Ever since the group of people behind ran out, Zhang Tie's eyelids had been twitching. Although those people were dressed as pioneers. But Zhang Tie felt something was very wrong, very wrong. Zhang Tie couldn't tell what was wrong with those people, but instinctively, Zhang Tie felt the dangerous aura on those people. The vigilant and inquiring looks these people looked at him made Zhang Tie feel a little uncomfortable.
"Did you save Salvi?" Among those people, a man in his thirties put away his weapon and walked over. This man was thin and unshaven, but he had sharp eyes like an eagle. When those sharp eyes looked at him. What Zhang Tie was thinking of was the way the Sheriff of Black Flame City looked at the street children squatting in the corner near the train station, their eyes only staring at the money bags on the waists of passers-by.
This made Zhang Tie feel a little uncomfortable again.
"Yes, I saved Salvi!" Zhang Tie said as he put away his flying spear.
"There are not many students who dare to come alone to the Crescent Grassland for trials?" The man's words were full of exploration.
"There are only three people in the entire Wild Wolf Castle who dare to come here for a trial, and I am one of them!" Zhang Tie replied with a little pride, and at the same time, he also noticed. When saying this, the man who came over glanced at Miller, who had just made contact with him, and then Miller nodded slightly, seeming to have some recognition of the strength behind Zhang Tie's words. .
"Anyway, since you saved Salvi, we should all thank you!" The man's tone relaxed a little. "I don't know if there is anything we can do to help you. If you have any requests, just say it and see if we can do it!"
This man speaks very directly.
"No, since Salvi has joined you. I should go too!" Zhang Tie refused the man's proposal and then looked at Salvi. "Let's meet again when we have a chance!"
Seeing Zhang Tie about to leave, Salvi opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he held back.
Zhang Tie waved his hand, turned around and strode out of the birch forest. Then, with the attention of everyone behind him, he started running along the route he came from. The people in the birch forest all watched in silence. Only when Zhang Tie disappeared into the distance did everyone look back.
"Don't worry, as long as he is in Black Flame City, you will have the opportunity to repay him in the future..." Harley, who was standing next to Salvi with a bow and arrow, patted Salvi on the shoulder and comforted him, looking back. Salvi smiled.
"Boss, this guy is pretty good, he reacts quickly, but he's a little bit cautious..."
It didn't matter if Miller didn't speak. As soon as he spoke, Salvi began to glare at Miller again, "If he hadn't reacted quickly, you would have almost killed him with the knife you just struck!"
The man with sharp eyes like an eagle kept squinting slightly as he watched Zhang Tie disappear into the distance, then turned around and said, "Salvi, how is the situation?"
Salvi also knew that the injury on his foot was definitely not what this man was concerned about. After hearing this, he did not say anything more, but took out a small metal cylinder from his arms and put it The cylinder was handed to the man, "I have completed the mapping of the terrain of the Wild Wolf Valley, and I have inquired about the situation of the Wild Wolf Castle. The group of soldiers originally stationed at the Wild Wolf Castle left a month ago, and now the Wild Wolf The castle has become the base camp for a bunch of boy scouts in Black Flame City. There are no more than ten people with combat power above level six in the castle, and the highest combat power is estimated to be below level nine. They are all teachers and school instructors from Black Flame City, and the castle The city defense equipment inside, under the operation of these students, is estimated to be able to exert less than 40% of its power. The main defense boiler of the castle has not been started... "
While listening to Salvi's words, the man unscrewed the metal cylinder Salvi handed him, took out the map inside and read it. He nodded slightly. When he put away the map, the man's eyes He gave several orders without blinking.
"Everyone has five minutes to prepare. We are about to move..." Everyone who heard this said nothing and started working immediately.
"Dogo, prepare the letter falcon, contact the headquarters, Zola, check the condition of the horses..." After saying this, the man seemed to remember Salvi's injury, and looked at Salvina's body, which was roughly bandaged with branches as splints. Legs, “Can you still ride a horse?”
"Yes..." Salvi said through gritted teeth.
The man nodded...
Just five minutes after Zhang Tie left the birch forest, more than a dozen fast horses rushed out of the birch forest. In a short time, they disappeared on the northeastern horizon at the edge of the Crescent Grassland...