After fiddling with it for a long time to no avail, El Cid was not a mage and was helpless about the communication magic device that had stopped working for some reason. In the end, El Cid sighed and put the magic device back again. When the one in charge was about to go to bed and take a rest, El Cid suddenly found a group of soldiers running quickly from the window on the street, and some strange sounds seemed to be faintly heard in the night sky in the distance.
Although he was a little surprised, El Cid didn't think too much.
After a night's rest, the Saints got up early the next morning and immediately began to prepare for their trip to the Kingdom of Zegus. They paid some small money in the tavern and soon found out something about the ancient Kingdom of Zegus. According to the country’s information, this is the only country in the western part of the continent that borders the Youxuan Grassland where the orc tribe lives. It mainly believes in Uznok, the god of the earth. It has a vast land area but a sparse population. It has always served as the interface between the human secular kingdom and the orc tribe. Even when the relationship between humans and orcs was the most tense, the Kingdom of Zegus did not interrupt the diplomatic contacts between the orc tribes.
The city of Qom where Elshid and others are currently located is a trading city bordering the Zegus Empire. Every day, many caravans enter and exit the two countries to trade special products from the orc grasslands. To this end, they are looking for a convoy heading to the Zegus Kingdom. It's not difficult. In fact, there are many caravans on the mainland who also work part-time as passenger transport to earn extra money when they go to an area to trade.
Soon El Cid found a caravan going to the Kingdom of Zegus. Interestingly, after the other party learned that five saints were also going to the Kingdom of Zegus with the caravan, the caravan manager changed his mind. It means you can do it without charging a penny.
From the perspective of the caravan, with five powerful warriors accompanying them, they can be safer along the way. The security in the countries in the western part of the continent is pretty good, but some bandits occasionally appear. However, recently, due to the undead, some ferocious bandits have appeared. Under the indiscriminate slaughter of the undead, he chose to surrender. After all, it was better to stay in prison than to be torn into pieces by the undead. Moreover, after being killed by the undead, he might also become an undead, making his soul unable to escape and suffer eternal torture. It would be easier to go to the gallows than to end up like this.
"Our caravan will set off at ten o'clock noon in two days. It will take about four days to go to the border city of Yuca in the Kingdom of Zegus┉┉" A fat steward wearing glasses and looking a little fat explained to El Cid. some situations.
"Four days. I understand."
El Cid nodded: "Then we will prepare dry food and supplies in the next two days. I will trouble you then."
The speed of using a horse-drawn carriage as a means of transportation is conceivable. Usually, travelers hitching a ride in a caravan will be informed in advance of the approximate time required for the journey, and ordinary travelers will prepare in advance the dry food they need along the way. Of course, those with a little money can also pay the caravan directly and let the caravan be responsible for the food along the way.
"Oh~ no! No! Mr. El Cid, our caravan can provide food for you." The steward said hurriedly with a smile. It is definitely not suitable for these five powerful warriors with mysterious identities to have some friendly relations with them. It will be a loss. That little extra food expense is nothing at all.
Seeing the other party's enthusiastic look, El Cid did not continue to refuse. After thanking him, he returned to the hotel and began to prepare with everyone for the trip in two days. Although the other party promised to provide him with free travel during the four-day trip. Food and drinks are provided, but in order to prevent special circumstances, the Saints still purchased some food.
The Saints of El Cid's generation lived in the 18th century. At that time, when they were sent out by the Holy Domain to perform missions, the dry food the Saints carried could only be easy-to-preserve foods such as dry cakes and cured meats. , it is similar in another world. Without vacuum technology and cans, the only way to eat fresh food during the journey is to hunt and pick wild vegetables. However, now that we have space equipment, the situation has improved slightly.
The flow of time in space equipment can be said to be temporarily stagnant. All kinds of food can be stored in space equipment for as long as desired. In addition to the necessary potions and magic props, the space equipment of El Cid and others is now also loaded with some fresh food.
Because there were still two days before departure, the Saints also took this time to browse this prosperous trading city located on the border. During the day, the streets were lined with open shops and vendors doing business, and besides In addition to humans, you can also see small but muscular dwarves from time to time, and occasionally you can even see some rough orcs walking past the road.
Speaking of orcs, the word 'beast' is really correct. At least none of the orcs I saw along the way was less than two meters tall. However, it seems that except for a few saints who are outsiders, other pedestrians in the city seem to be used to it and don't react much.
"It's really tall, but it seems a little shorter than the tauren in Ulduar City." Kaludia said while holding a bag of purchased apples.
The orc who was being watched seemed to notice something and looked back at Caludia, but then turned his head disapprovingly and started bargaining with the merchant.
"What a peaceful scene. Humans, orcs, and dwarves all live together. It's like returning to the age of myth."
"In other words, this world is still in the age of myth."
El Cid and Alubion also expressed their inner sighs. This different world does have a cruel side, but it also has its own unique gentleness and beauty.
At this time, a group of knights at the other end of the street was escorting the convoy slowly towards here. The leading knight was holding the flag of the Kingdom of Cordoba to prove that the team represented the official Kingdom of Cordoba. Pedestrians on the road immediately saw this. He retreated to both sides of the street and gave way to the convoy.
And just as the motorcade passed by. El Cid suddenly discovered that the carriages passing by had what looked like coffins placed on them, and there were people dressed like priests passing by on both sides.
"It's so miserable."
"Hey~ Even though we fled into the city, we still couldn't escape death."
"Those undead are too scary."
Passers-by talked about it for a while, making El Cid confused about what happened. At this time, a silver horse stopped in front of El Cid. The female knight riding on the horse looked down at the Capricorn Saint. He spoke slowly: "These are the people who were previously attacked by the undead outside the city."
"You are Sir Feline Knight┉┉" El Cid naturally recognized the female knight whom he met yesterday: "Didn't those civilians who were traveling with us all evacuate into the city? Why are they still┉┉ "
"Because they were scratched by the undead, many people did not even last 24 hours before being infected by the plague and became undead."
Feilin took off her helmet and looked at the coffins on the carriage and sighed: "It could have been rapid freezing to put the injured in a state of suspended animation to avoid turning into undead, but I didn't expect that the undead would actually go deep into the interior. The city There was no water mage in the city who could quickly freeze the injured, so they could only conduct regular isolation and treatment, but the results were not ideal. Moreover, some citizens who entered the city deliberately concealed the fact that their relatives were caught by the undead in order to avoid being quarantined. As a result, when their relatives were transformed into undead, they were immediately attacked and eventually died. "
"Really!" El Cid looked at the coffins. Although the expression on the aloof sword master's face did not change, his pure eyes revealed a look of pity.
Clenching his fists, El Cid somewhat resented why he did not eliminate the leader of the undead at that time. The escaped death knight was now spreading death and destruction unknown to where he was.
"I have something to do and I'll take my leave first. As travelers during this period, please be careful. Don't underestimate the opponent because you have defeated some undead. Remember, once you are scratched by the opponent or infected with the undead plague, Then your life will be the end."
Feline warned El Cid one last time, and then the female knight put on her helmet again and left with the convoy.
After the convoy left, Al Cid, who felt heavy-hearted, had no idea of continuing to visit the city. Instead, he returned to the hotel to rest. Two days later at noon, the five people also arrived at the reserved Chamber of Commerce convoy station on time. , there were a lot of people going to the Zegus Empire this time. It can be said that two convoys set off at the same time, because the caravan was attacked by the undead before. Even though five saints joined the convoy, the convoy still hired A local mercenary group has a total of forty or fifty carriages and at least five or six hundred people.
The advantage in numbers also made travelers and merchants feel more at ease. Except for the undead who had no idea what fear was, basically no bandit group would dare to attack such a large-scale convoy.
"Hey! Is that you?"
Not long after they boarded the carriage, several Saints suddenly discovered that there was a familiar figure on the carriage.
"Sometimes fate is indeed unpredictable." The man with blond hair and golden eyes on the carriage said as he sat in the carriage looking at El Cid and others.
Pernleus!
El Cid recognized the identity of the man at a glance. The last time he asked his group in the tavern, he was an extraordinary man named Pernleus.
"Are you going to the Zegus Kingdom too?"
"It seems our itinerary is the same."
When the other party nodded, El Cid had to admit that fate does like to play tricks on people sometimes. At first, he didn't want to have too much contact with this kind of mysterious person, but in the end he didn't expect that fate would be between them. Come together and become travelers on the same destination. (~^~)