"That guy, Mr. Peach, suffered a big loss from you this time. Even the guardian holy beast in the tribe was killed. How could he just run back in such a disheartened way?" Hastings sat in the carriage and watched Xia Xia. Ya: "He won't give up all the way, he must follow us in the dark, always looking for opportunities to start. I know that if you fight openly, you may not lose to him. But don't forget that he is a mage. You are proficient in magic potions, if you secretly do it, you may not be able to stand it."
Xia Ya rubbed her hands, looked back at the stream in the distance, and frowned: "But there are still three days to go. We can walk with a few people. We don't have to worry about food, but we always need to drink water, right? Maybe if we don't eat for three days. We can still hold on, but if you don’t drink water for two days, it will kill you. If this old thing runs ahead of us all the way and secretly destroys our water sources along the way, wouldn’t it be miserable?”
He rolled his eyes: "Or, let's walk separately..."
But he immediately dismissed the thought.
Here, to put it bluntly, the only one who has the ability to fight this Mr. Tao head-on is himself. Others, Ilent can basically ignore. Hastings, don't count on it. As for Todoro... He has another miniature magic cannon in his hand. If he makes a sneak attack, he might be able to kill Mr. Peach. But the problem is that now people are in the dark and we are in the light, and only the other party can sneak up on us. Will Mr. Peach stand there and bombard you like that flamingo
Moreover, Mr. Tao is also agile, and when the elves' unique movement technique is used, he can't keep up with the opponent's speed - Dotara? Hmph, even if the magic cannon is powerful, you have to have a chance to aim at the opponent.
Then the question arises: I only have one combat power, how can I divide it in batches? No matter who leaves him, if he is targeted by Mr. Tao, he will be sent to death.
"Let's take one step at a time."
Xia sighed.
After crossing this stream and walking for another half a day, there was already no water in the carriage, and several people felt a little anxious. In addition to being careful and vigilant along the way, several people are all hanging there, and their mentality is also a little impetuous.
In the evening, I passed another deserted village to the south. There was a small dirt slope outside the village, only a range of more than 100 meters. There were a few fruit trees growing on it. The fruit trees were obviously wild. It was summer, and the autumn fruits were not ripe yet, but the fruit trees were already covered with fruits one by one, but they were not big and the color was quite green, obviously they were not yet ripe.
However, a few people recognize this fruit. It is a wild peach commonly found in the mountains. It tastes juicy and sweet. Seeing that the fruit is immature and wrapped in a green peel, the taste is barely tolerable even if it is a bit sour. Especially this kind of fruit is juicy and sour, and it is most thirst-quenching.
At this moment, several people are already burning in their throats. Seeing the sour fruit on the tree, they just swept over with their eyes, looked at the fruit, remembered the taste of this sour peach, and couldn't help but produce a trace of saliva under the tongue.
Xia Ya was about to go up to pick the fruit, but was stopped by Hasting: "Don't go!"
"Um?"
Xia turned back and looked at Hasting. Hasting sighed, took a deep look at the fruit trees, and shook his head: "Let's go, this fruit... I'm afraid I can't eat it."
Xia Ya's face changed: "You mean... there is something wrong with this fruit tree?"
Hasting's face was cold and he nodded slowly.
Xia Ya looked at the fruit full of trees and swallowed hard, but the mouth was dry, and where did the saliva come from, he hesitated for a while, and said, "This... the fruit is still hanging on the tree, even if you want to do tricks, Can't do it? Could that Mr. Peach still poison the unplucked fruit?"
Hasting's expression was serious: "Others may not have this ability, but he can do it." After a pause, he took a deep look at Xiaya: "You don't know the ability of these fallen dark elves, but I am It couldn't be clearer. Their ability to manipulate these natural things is beyond your imagination."
After walking for most of the day, it was summer again, and the sun was shining all the way, and Xia Ya was unbearably thirsty, only to feel that fire was almost bursting out of her throat, and it seemed that there was a flame burning in her heart. Looking at the fruit of the tree, I couldn't help but imagine in my mind: If you bite down hard, how wonderful the juicy and sour pulp will be imported...
But after listening to Hasting's words, in addition to being disappointed, I also felt a little annoyed.
Xia Ya sighed: "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that we always have to drink water, and there is still a long way to go... Even if Mr. Tao is really capable, he may not be able to calculate everything, right? This fruit is even for us. If you don’t eat, you have to find other ways to get some water to drink.”
After speaking, he looked at the fruit trees again: "Even if he really has the ability to poison fruit trees, he may not have thought of this link."
Hasting sneered, but just looked at Xi Ya and didn't speak.
Xia Ya stared at the fruits carefully, and finally walked over. He waved the fire fork, and with a bang, he chopped off a branch as thick as an arm, and fell to the ground with the seven or eight fruits on it.
Xiaya picked it up, walked to the car, and looked at a few people: "Try it, there's no harm."
With that said, he walked into the wilderness and searched for a while. With his ability as an excellent hunter, he quickly dug out a woodchuck's nest and caught two fat woodchucks. Open the fruit and stuff a few pieces of pulp into the groundhog's mouth.
Then he knocked off the groundhog's tail, and just stood by and watched silently.
After a few minutes, the two groundhogs were just curled up on the ground with their broken legs shivering back and forth, but there was no sign of being poisoned at all. Xiaya looked back at Hastings with a strange look on his face, which meant: It seems that You have too much heart.
Hasting's face was calm, with a faint smile.
Xia Ya was about to eat the fruit with confidence, but suddenly he heard a "Yi" sound from Dodo Luo next to him, and when he looked down, Xia Ya's face suddenly changed!
The two groundhogs on the ground suddenly trembled with all their might, trembling again and again, and the gray and black mouse hair fell off one after another, and within a moment, they turned into two naked flesh balls.
Then, these two meatball-like mice suddenly went mad, biting each other desperately, their claws intermingled, and they bitten bloody! ! !
Xia Ya took a breath: "Damn, it's really poisonous!!"
Hasting also frowned: "This poisoning has been delayed for a long time! Well, Mr. Tao must have calculated that we will find something to test the poison, so when the poison was poisoned, the time of the poison attack was delayed for a while."
Xia Ya was a little scared and scolded: "Fortunately we waited a little longer, otherwise..."
He hurriedly kicked the branch on the ground far away, and he didn't even dare to touch it.
"What the hell kind of poison is this." Xia looked at the two bruised groundhogs who had bitten each other: "It makes these two things seem crazy."
Hasting closed his eyes and thought for a while: "I heard that there is a poisonous spring in the fallen elf tribe. After drinking the water, people will lose their nature and become monsters that only know how to kill. Dafa, when he sees any creature around him, he will develop strong hostility, and then attack frantically, without reason. It seems that most of it is this kind of…”
Xia Ya shrank his head and kicked the two groundhogs away with one kick. He looked at the two fruit trees and went up to the two fire forks, all of which were cut down in the middle: "Since this thing is poisonous, cut it, To prevent others from accidentally taking the trick in the future."
In the village next to it, there is no water to drink. The water source in the village has long been blocked, and even the carcasses of animals have been thrown into the well, which has long been rotten and cannot be drunk.
The group continued on the road and walked for most of the night. Irent was the first one who couldn't stand it anymore. He was originally an ordinary farmer with an average physique. After walking for so long, he had no water to drink. I sat on the ground, my legs were weak, and I couldn't stand up.
Xia simply threw him into the car, but Duoduo couldn't support it anymore, so he simply asked Duduolo to get in the car to rest. Xia put on the rope by herself and continued to walk while pulling the car.
I couldn't help but curse in my heart: I'm still a dignified county governor, and he actually came to pull the car in person, what the hell is going on.
At dawn, in front of the road, Char suddenly saw a wooden barrel placed in the middle of the road.
At this moment, the front and rear of the road were empty, but a wooden barrel was lost in the middle of the road, which looked very strange.
Xia Ya walked over and took a look. There was a bucket of clear water in the wooden barrel, which looked clear and transparent, which made Xia Ya couldn't help but feel a little dizzy.
After all, I haven't drank a drop of water for two days!
At this moment, the summer is scorching hot, the sun is hot, the scalp of the sunburned person is hot, the face is covered with oil and sweat, and the fire in the throat is bubbling out, and the heart is so anxious that Xi Ya's mouth is already dry and cracked. , and the mouth is also dry and spitless. Even if I stick out my tongue and try my best to lick my lips, there is no moisture at all, but the friction is even more uncomfortable.
At this time, looking at the slow bucket of cold water placed in the middle of the road, it suddenly became full of temptation, and when I saw it, I could hardly pull it out! !
After Xia Ya was in a trance for a while, she came back to her senses, her heart was suddenly thirsty, and her anger burned even more!
Hasting has come up slowly and looked at Xi Ya: "This must be done by Mr. Peach. Hmph, he deliberately put such a bucket of water on the road to demonstrate against us and to make us angry. , he will have a chance to start when we want to make us impatient."
Although Xia Ya understood, he was so thirsty that he couldn't bear it, so he looked at the bucket of water and couldn't help but say, "You said, since he put this water here on purpose to anger us, will it not be poisoned instead? "
Hastings smiled: "Whether you drink it or not... do you dare to drink it?"
Xia Ya immediately shook his head, kicked the bucket with a kick, and the bucket of water suddenly spilled on the ground. Xia Ya looked at the water and said with a wry smile: "Damn, I've never felt that this water is so precious."
Hasting looked indifferent and glanced at Xiaya: "That's because you are young, and you have little experience after all. Hmph, when I was fighting in Odin's army, I experienced less water and food shortages during the war. Is it? When the water shortage is desperate, the horses will drink the urine of everyone."
Xia Ya smiled bitterly: "We can't drink our own urine too."
Hastings smiled: "It's not there yet. There are still two days before we arrive at Denzel City. As long as we are careful and careful, we can support it. Maybe if we are lucky, we can meet you. Your patrolling scout, then…”
Xia Ya also looked relieved: "Yes, we just need to grit our teeth and hold on, so that the old elf can't take advantage of it."
After walking reluctantly for another half day, in the afternoon, no matter how strong Xia Ya's physique was, the speed at which he walked while pulling the cart gradually slowed down.
The hot sun was on the front, and I was sweating all over my body, but now I can't even squeeze out the sweat. Xia felt that he was like a piece of meat thrown on the iron plate. Under the heat, the moisture had been completely squeezed out by the roasting. He didn't eat any more at noon. Although there was food in the car, smoke came from his throat, and he almost choked to death after eating a bite of the bread.
Both Hastings and Dodoro Ylent in the car hid in the carriage to rest. Hastings seemed to be fine, Dodoro and Ilent had no strength to speak.
Xia Ya was about to take a breath after walking a few hundred meters. She walked for a while and stopped for a while, feeling that the strength of her body was also passing away.
When it was almost evening, suddenly there was a dense and dull movement in the distance of the road.
Xia Ya couldn't move a little, but when he heard the voice, his heart moved, and he was still a little dazed - could I have hallucinations
But when you listen carefully, you immediately look excited!
The sound of hoofs! !
That's the sound of hooves! ! And it can be heard that it is the voice of a trained war horse! !
Looking up, behind a high slope in front of the road, I quickly circled out for two rides!
The horse's hooves are flying, and the horse is riding a leather armor with a saber. !
And the two cavalry rushed over, and they saw Xi Ya who was pulling the car from a distance. The two cavalry immediately opened a distance from both sides with a standard attitude, and forced them to come over.
Take a look at this posture - that's right! It's the standard scout ranger tactics of the Byzantine cavalry!
Xiaya simply stopped and stood in the middle of the road, waving at the two riders from a distance.
The two cavalrymen ran close, and finally saw Xi Ya in the middle of the road, Dunshu cheered, urged the horse, and rushed to Xi Ya. , but stopped quickly, the horse raised its front hooves, and before it could stand up, the two cavalrymen had already rolled off the horse.
"grown ups!"
"Aha, auntie!!"
Hearing this title, Xia Ya has no doubts in his heart... Except for the cavalry adapted from the two thousand horse thieves under his command, who would call him that
These two cavalrymen, after a closer look, actually recognized them. They both quietly sneaked to the south with them to provoke the relationship between the Chixue Army and the Corsican Military Region. They were also old subordinates who had been born and died together.
The two came up, and one supported Xia Ya, and the horse thief cavalry called Uncle Xia just now smiled and said, "We can be considered to have found you!! Now in the entire city of Denzel, most of the cavalry have been scattered out, in the Searching everywhere in the north of More County, Lord Green gave a death order. If we don't find you, uncle, let's not go back! Haha! It seems that we are lucky enough to let us meet you, Miss Nene also said Well, whoever finds you first, a bounty of 100 coins!"
Xia Ya forced a smile, grabbed the guy's arm, and panted heavily: "Yes, is there any water! Get it now!"
The two cavalrymen glanced at each other, and both saw Xi Ya's embarrassment, and one of them hurriedly took off the water bag on the saddle.
Xia Ya grabbed it, twisted it open, and poured it into his mouth.
The cool water is like a throat, and Xiaya almost choked on the first sip, but she choked it in one breath, and gulped down a third of it!
You must know that the water bags carried by the scout cavalry are enough to hold seven or eight catties of water!
After Xia drank one-third of the water in one breath, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and ran to the carriage, threw the water bag into the carriage, looked at Hastings in the carriage, and said with a smile, "Okay, if I meet you It's time for my people, drink it up! It looks like we're done."
Hasting finally breathed a sigh of relief, took the water bag and took a few sips before throwing the water bag to Dodoro. panting.
"Ha! What else can Mr. Tao think of now." Xia took the water bag and poured the water on his head, feeling the coolness of the water, wiped his face vigorously, and said with a smile, "He went all the way. All calculations have failed!"
Just as he was complacent, he suddenly saw Hasting's face change wildly in the carriage, staring at his own face and opening his mouth, his eyes were indescribably weird.
"Huh?" Xia looked at Hasting's expression: "Why are you staring at Lao Tzu like that?"
Hasting smiled sadly and pointed at Xiaya's face: "Ha! Haha!! I didn't expect that, but that guy still succeeded!!"
There was something wrong in Xi'a's heart. Seeing Hasting pointing at his face, Dodoro and Ylent beside him stared at him with wide eyes, their eyes full of horror.
Soon, Xia Ya understood why the three of them stared at him with such weird eyes.
Because he also saw the changes on the faces of the three Hastings!
The faces of the three people suddenly turned green, and the skin became green, which was indescribably weird! !
Xia Ya's heart moved, shouted, turned around and ran out, the two cavalry behind him were stunned, staring at Xia Ya's face.
"Sir! You..."
"Uncle?!"
Xia Ya's face was murderous: "Your water is poisonous!!!"
The two cavalrymen were horrified, obviously it didn't look like it was a fake.
Xia Ya rushed up, grabbed a guy's chest, and shouted sharply: "What's the matter with this water!! Where did it come from!"
The cavalry was trembling: "I, I poured it out in the city before I left the city..."
in town
Xia Ya's thoughts flew in his heart, since it was the water brought out of the city, how could there be a problem? No matter how powerful Mr. Tao is, he wouldn't go to Denzel City to poison him.
He immediately moved in his heart: "You... have you met anyone along the way! Have you touched your water!!"
The cavalryman who was grabbed by his neck immediately changed his face: "Yes! Just a while ago, we met an old man on the road ahead, and he was lying on the side of the road. We went up and questioned him. He said he was a refugee and wanted to escape to Dan. Zell City, we saw that his clothes were ragged, his appearance was not suspicious, and he was single, so there was no doubt... He asked me for water, and I gave him two sips of the water bag... Then we cross-examined him, He only said to go to Denzel City, and we showed him the way... Oh yes! It was he who told us that there was someone pulling a car heading south on the south side of the road, and he described our appearance to us. I suspected that it was you, the lord, who ran all the way here..."
Xia Ya's mind was dizzy, and her heart was bright: Sure enough! !
But his legs were soft, and he fell to the ground with a plop. He bit his lip hard, grabbed the water bag, and pulled it hard, and the leather bag was torn apart.
The water ran all over the place, but something fell out of the bag.
It is a small fish only the size of the fingernail of the little finger! Whole body green and green...
"Ha! Good calculation! Good calculation!!"
Xia Ya laughed a few times and tried to stand up, but at this moment all the strength in his body quickly left him, his hands and feet were weak, he barely crawled halfway, and fell to the ground again, he opened his mouth and stared at the thing on the ground, It seemed that he wanted to say something, but his mind gradually became blurred, and finally his eyes darkened, and he fell backwards.
The two cavalrymen panicked and hurried up to help Xia Ya.
At this moment, an old and gloomy voice suddenly came from behind: "Humph!"
The two cavalrymen, both sturdy and elite, turned around at the same time and drew their sabres.
Mr. Tao did not know when he had already stood behind the two cavalrymen. Seeing the two cavalry soldiers holding sabres, he smiled contemptuously, raised his hand at will, and two green mists spread over.
The two cavalrymen fell to the ground one after another, and the knives were thrown aside.
"Humph… "
Mr. Tao smiled smugly, turned his head to look at Xiaya on the ground, his eyes were sharp: "The thing that almost ruined my major event is now in my hands... I will naturally make you feel regretful slowly."
Mr. Tao lightly kicked Xi Ya. Seeing that Xi Ya didn't respond, he looked in the carriage again. Hastings and the other three had also passed out.