"That's the cavalry from Fortress Conselton. Could it be...the orcs didn't just attack Finx Village?"
But looking at the direction where the other party was going away, Suo Deluoer whispered again: "Shouldn't the defense range of the fortress radiate towards the north...how come it goes southeast?"
Seeming to have thought of something suddenly, he suddenly asked Carter, "Miss Sally said yesterday...she is going to Fort Conselton?"
Seeing Carter nodding, Soderol tightened his grip on the reins—he knew very well under what circumstances the knights in the fortress would receive the task of dispatching the entire brigade. The current situation can only show that Sally may have encountered Unimaginable surprise!
What accident could have happened last night? Looking at the burning village of Finx in the distance, Soderol almost didn't need to think about it-it was all the ghosts of these orcs!
Speaking of which, Soderol was not a border pawn who later made a fortune as Rody imagined. And in the memory of later generations, Rody didn't know how the legion commander got his fortune in the first place.
In fact, Soderol was not of civilian origin.
He used to have the surname of an aristocrat. Although he was only a little-known baron family, he still had a higher status than ordinary people. However, after the family was destroyed by a political frame-up, the escaped Soderol followed his father's words before his death, and traveled all the way to the city of Houlier, asking for help from the Duke of Luciferon, and finally obtained the "Lieutenant" This humble post.
Because Soderol's father had some friendship with the Duke of Luciferon, and he himself was not bad, so after becoming a lieutenant, Soderol has always been a "seed" worthy of promotion in the eyes of Duke Lucifron. But in recent years, the old prince's attention to him has suddenly cooled down, and even turned into ignorance in the end, and Suo Deluoer suffered an unreasonable disaster because of this.
Six months ago, he "offended" the knight guarding Conselton for several inexplicable reasons, and was demoted to Finks Village as a second lieutenant.
Young people's ambitions are not lacking in Soderol, he just doesn't know what the duke is thinking, and wants to find the answer, but there is no way or opportunity. After a few years of suffering and grievances, the whole person is like a rusty blunt knife, which has no sharpness to speak of.
However, these encounters did not affect his clear mind and judgment. Carter would not know what Soderol was worried about at the moment, because the intrigue of the aristocratic class was tantamount to fantasy to him. But for Soderol himself, what happened in front of him seemed to mean a turning point.
He, who had always been dependent on others, had to make a choice at this time: should he put his hope on the old duke who seemed to have forgotten him, or... to make a way by himself
In a society where most peasants don't think they can become lords, it's not surprising that Soderol has the idea of making meritorious deeds—because he himself is a descendant of nobles, the glory of the family, and his own future.
Wanting revenge, wanting to stand out... Soderol understood that if he wanted to do all of this, the first thing he had to do was to make such a determination and thought.
After hesitating for less than three seconds, he took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "I still have some things to do, so I won't go to Nolan Village for now."
Roddy would not know that the "Strange Death of the Duke's Daughter" event, which was a cloud of fog in history, has begun an unstoppable reversal because of his own intervention; Sally Luciferon, who should have been killed by the orcs, is still Survived; Soderol, who should have known nothing about this matter, embarked on an unknown road because of the "ambition" in his heart; and Earl Francis, who should have pretended to be sad and returned to Houlier City, at this time Angrily, he dispatched troops, trying to kill his own sister by all means.
In this chaos, the center of the vortex - Roddy and Sally - are walking through the dark and perilous Silent Forest, facing unknown dangers unimaginable by ordinary people.
... .
In modern human thinking, "forest" often just means a large number of resources: tall trees, humming logging machines, trucks, derived products... furniture, paper, firewood and so on. However, for the humans of the Karen Kingdom in "Cracked Earth", the forest usually represents the unknown and danger.
Most of the forests in the game are located in human territory, and their resource utilization is basically limited to the development of wood in the surrounding forests, because when going deep into the forest, humans will be vulnerable to those "indigenous" due to environmental changes, except for keeping their heads in their belts Few of the adventurers in the world will go to the depths of these woodlands to face all kinds of powerful monsters and magical plants.
When it comes to Warcraft and enchanted plants, I have to talk about some settings of "Cracked Earth"—in short, during the game service period that Rody experienced, the whole world was in the "low magic" stage, and magicians were rare. There are not even many powerful monsters. Generally speaking, there is not much difference from a real medieval society. However, with the development of the game, the opening of several expansion packs and the progress of large-scale historical events, the magical elements of the world have gradually become stronger, and the individual power of magicians, or all professions, has also become stronger. There are many, and when a mage who can cast "Forbidden Curse" appeared, it was already five years after the game was launched.
After all, there are not many monsters with magic attack ability in Jingyu Forest at this time. In Rody's judgment, it shouldn't be much different from the forest he explored when he first started the server.
"Crack."
Sally's footsteps are not as silent and quick as Rody's. When she staggers, she will always hit the branches on the ground, which also caused many fine wounds on her calves. Just now, in order to catch up with Rody's footsteps, she accidentally stepped on The crisp sound of broken dry branches was extremely harsh in the peaceful forest.
Rody's movements stopped suddenly, and Sally didn't pay attention to the front because she was looking down at the wound. She bumped into Rody's body, and then instinctively opened her arms to embrace his body.
"Ouch!"
Before Sally could cry out in pain, Rody turned around and covered her mouth. Before Sally could show a surprised expression, he picked up the girl and ran towards the side without saying a word—the scene was in Sally's eyes. Li passed by, her stomach ached from Roddy's shoulder, but she didn't dare to make any sound.
She kept scolding this guy in her heart for not being considerate of other people's feelings, but at this moment she also understood that this guy in front of her had never had any evil intentions.
After running for more than 300 meters, Rody finally stopped sweating, and put Sally on the ground out of breath. The latter blushed and was about to complain, but he scolded him first: "Did you forget my warning?"
Sally, who originally opened her mouth to say something, was immediately speechless. She pouted and lowered her eyes, staring sadly at her blistered feet and calf full of wounds. Nodding his head, he insisted on not having a half-word rebuttal.
After all, Rody is not a piece of wood. He didn't want to be so harsh on a little girl, but helplessly, he is not a high-end professional player with a trumpet to brush dungeons. "One wrong step and the whole game is lost" refers to his current situation. Although Rody is sure that he can go through this forest alone without getting hurt, but he can't guarantee that the big living man in front of him won't cause any irreversible troubles—Sally is smart, but if she doesn't have good physical fitness, she won't be able to do it. unavoidable problem.
Seeing Sally holding back the pain and not speaking, Rody's heart softened. According to Rody's actual age, Sally can afford to call Rody "uncle". Being too harsh on the younger generation is also due to the pressure in her heart. After thinking about this, Rody sighed and looked back at In the woodland where he was just now, after confirming that the shadow under a certain tree root gradually receded, he finally felt relieved and sat down on the ground.
"Fortunately, you didn't attract any monsters..."
Although Luo Di complained in a low voice, he saw Sally's wounded calf with no expression on his face, and knew in his heart that she had suffered a lot. After thinking about it, he muttered "Let me see", then He reached out and took Sally's feet in his hands.
Sally pursed her lips, but she didn't seem to be bothered to make any expression of astonishment. She found that she had even begun to get used to the various "frivolous" behaviors of the hooligan in front of her... The actions of the other party were so natural, without probing or asking, touching and holding whenever she wanted, it was simply...
It's too hateful, this guy is really too hateful!
Sally is a lady, and she has never turned against anyone or cursed at her in such a big age. At this moment, facing such a nervous guy, she realized that she really has nothing at all.
After all, Luo Di's technical nerd is only strong in games, and there is really something missing in his head—perhaps it should be said that there are too many "routines" in his head, and the "emotional" part is almost zero. So even though he knew that feet were the private parts of female aristocrats, he didn't think about taking care of Sally's emotions at all at this moment... he was thinking about how to make the other party follow his footsteps as soon as possible.
After observing for a long time, Rody decided to get some herbal medicine to stop bleeding and reduce swelling. After a few brief explanations, he ran to the grass not far away to look for it. As for women, he admitted that he had some communication barriers, and the technical geek was lonely all his life. He had heard too many nonsense, many of which even he himself believed.
Woman... woman.
Rody searched for the herbs, but flashed before his eyes the lingering scenes in his memory. Wasn't the girl who liked to wear the red robe in the forest waiting for him to collect herbs to heal his wounds? Although it turned out that it was just a joke she made to test herself, Roddy, who was once stupid, was never annoyed by being teased by her.
Hey, when I think about it, I'm really a little silly.
Suddenly regaining consciousness, Rody looked at the hemostatic weeds that were common in the woodland in his hand, and realized that he had been standing there for a long time, shaking his head to get rid of those emotions. When he turned back, he saw Sally's eyes staring at him curiously. s eyes.
With a dry cough, Rody walked back to Sally, first washed her wound with a water bag, threw the herbal medicine in his mouth and chewed it, and then applied it on her wound: "The method is relatively simple, but the effect should be good..."
Bah bah spit out the remaining medicine dregs in his mouth, Rody felt a little numb in his mouth, and his speech became less agile: "You... If you feel... Bah - it's really bitter... I mean, if you feel sick , that can only be endured."